Chapter 22: Liu Zhong's Speculation
"Ruogu, you have also seen it, Qin Lingxiao is very fond of me now, I will not be hurt in a short time, you will not be able to help if you stay in the palace, and you may even set yourself on fire, it is better to ......"
Before Liu Yanran finished speaking, Shen Ruogu immediately interrupted her, "Yanran, you don't need to say it, I won't leave, let's sisters advance and retreat together." β
Hearing this, Liu Yanran sighed, knowing that she couldn't persuade her, so she had to say: "Ruogu, then you have to be careful, in the palace is not as good as outside, if you are not careful, you will die without a place to be buried." β
"Don't worry, Yanran." Shen Ruogu nodded, and after the two discussed, Liu Yanran didn't mention sending her out of the palace again.
Nothing happened next, but because Qin Lingxiao was fascinated by Liu Yanran, he often came here to see her every once in a while, in order to avoid him from noticing Shen Ruogu again, Liu Yanran arranged her in another palace.
Originally, this kind of thing should be arranged by the queen, but because Qin Lingxiao has not been canonized as a queen for the time being, and Liu Yanran, the concubine, is currently the highest-ranking in the harem.
Therefore, it is very convenient for her to act, and no one dares to raise objections to Liu Yanran's behavior of leaving people outside the palace in the palace without authorization.
However, Liu Yanran's rapid rise affected Liu Zhong, originally Qin Lingxiao's most favored and trusted person was him, but now he was robbed by Liu Yanran, which naturally made him very unhappy.
It's just that he hasn't caught Liu Yanran's handle, so he has to stay put, but now Shen Ruogu's matter has attracted his attention.
Liu Zhong has always believed in the creed of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, so he has already done all the investigations on Liu Yanran, including the death of her fiancΓ© at the hands of Qin Lingxiao.
It's a pity that Qin Lingxiao trusts Liu Yanran too much, and even Shen Ruohan is unsuccessful, so he knows that even if he goes out, it won't be of any use.
However, there are some problems with this ...... "Liang Qi", he is very sure that Liu Yanran and "Liang Qi" are not familiar with each other, they only met recently, but the performance of these two people is extremely familiar.
Of course, the most important thing is that he found that this "Liang Qi" did not match the rumored character, and after he thought that Liu Yanran had a good relationship with Shen Ruogu, Liu Zhong suddenly understood.
Could it be that this "Liang Qi" is Shen Ruogu?
On the other hand, Shen Ruogu didn't know that she was already suspected, and after staying in the palace for so long, of course she was not idle, and kept in touch with Mobei.
She can't trust other people, so she has been asking her master Zheng Xiu to send a message to Mobei's subordinates on her behalf, asking them to send some people with strong martial arts and good at lurking to the capital.
With their help, if the assassination of Qin Lingxiao was successful, they would be able to have more confidence in retreating.
Just as Shen Ruogu was planning this, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, as if many people were approaching her room.
Hearing this, Shen Ruogu immediately became vigilant, and after confirming that there was nothing around her that revealed her identity, she turned her eyes to the door.
The door was quickly pushed open, and the person who came in was the palace maid Xiaoliu, after seeing that it was her, Shen Ruogu was stunned, and just wanted to open his mouth to ask her about the situation, and then saw that Xiaoliu was followed by a group of people.
Shen Ruogu's expression immediately changed, because she saw that the person behind her was ...... Qin Lingxiao's most trusted chief eunuch Liu Zhong!
This is......
"Mr. Liu, why are you here, are you looking for me for something?"
Shen Ruogu remained silent, trying his best to show a calm appearance.
Seeing this, Liu Zhong sneered, "Shen Ruogu, don't pretend, I already know it's you." β
Hearing this, Shen Ruogu's heart sank, and he kept thinking about where he had revealed a flaw, or was it ...... Jiang Feng betrayed her?
Wrong! As soon as he thought like this, Shen Ruogu realized that he had made a mistake, if Jiang Feng betrayed her, then it would not be Liu Zhong who came here, but Qin Lingxiao.
"Mr. Liu, what do you mean by this? Who is Shen Ruogu? β
Seeing that Liu Zhong didn't bring any guards behind him, Shen Ruogu immediately realized that the other party was not completely sure of her identity, but was just bombing her, so she immediately calmed down and pretended not to know.
Seeing her like this, Liu Zhong also had some doubts about whether he had made a mistake, he just wanted to say another temptation, and a person came in from outside the door again, and said to him as soon as he came in: "Why is Manager Liu free to come to Sister Liang today?" β
Hearing this, Liu Zhong's expression changed slightly, and he realized that he couldn't find anything today, so he said: "I have seen the concubine Niangniang, the slave just came to see if Miss Liang lacked anything, since the maid is here, the slave will retire." β
After that, Liu Zhong didn't stop at all, and immediately disappeared in front of Shen Ruogu.
After he left, Shen Ruogu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly told Liu Yanran what had just happened.
"It seems that this guy is suspicious of you, Wakaya, you have to be careful next, don't be caught by him." Liu Yanran looked solemn and admonished Shen Ruogu.
Shen Ruogu nodded, her heart was a little heavy, unlike Liu Yanran, she knew better than anyone how much power Liu Zhong had in the palace, almost equivalent to another Qin Lingxiao, so she decided not to contact Mobei's subordinates for the time being after today, and spend this period of time.
On the other side, after Liu Zhong left Shen Ruogu, he immediately ran to the palace of the Empress Dowager Zhang Man and told Zhang Man his suspicion of "Liang Qi".
"You said that Liang Qi may be pretended by Shen Ruogu?" Zhang Man frowned slightly, a little unconvinced, after all, she, like Qin Lingxiao, trusted Liu Yanran very much, if there was a problem with "Liang Qi", it meant that Liu Yanran was definitely not clean.
Liu Zhong understood her thoughts, and secretly hated Liu Yanran in his heart for not only competing with him for favor on Qin Lingxiao's side, but even the Queen Mother's side was bribed.
"Queen Mother, this matter is very important, if the minion's guess comes true, then the emperor ......"
After Liu Zhong's reminder, Zhang Man's expression also became solemn, "The mourning family understands what you mean, and later the mourning family will go to remind the emperor to be careful." β
With Zhang Man's words, Liu Zhong's expression suddenly became happy, and he understood that Zhang Man was shaken by his persuasion, and he understood the truth of what should be done, so he didn't say anything more and left the queen mother's bedroom.
And after he left, Zhang Man immediately went to the palace where Qin Lingxiao lived and told Qin Lingxiao about Liu Zhong's guess, but Qin Lingxiao didn't care.
Because he felt that "Liang Qi" and Shen Ruogu did not have any similarities, he only thought that Liu Zhong was thinking too much.