The meal was eaten, this time, Xie Jiarui was not like the previous few times, always avoiding the patrol of the palace, sneaking into Qingzhu Garden, he said to Chi Baiyu generously, after going out for a while, he missed Han Qingmo very much, and wanted to have a cup of tea in Qingzhu Garden.

Can Chi Baiyu still not allow it?

She had long known that Han Qingmo and Xie Jiarui had a good relationship, so she nodded and motioned for him to take care of himself.

When Han Qingmo and Xie Jiarui returned to Qingzhu Garden, Zhou Daming put the food box he brought for Sun Cheng into the dark place, and then went out to arrange the defensive line.

It took a while to come back, and of course, when I came back, I had an extra tea tray in my hand with two cups of hot tea on it.

As long as it wasn't for the incident of meeting Chi Baiyu, Han Qingmo was always so unhurried, and both of them drank half a cup of hot tea, and they didn't speak.

Xie Jiarui originally thought that this trip would still be a little rewarding, so he waited for Han Qingmo to ask him, and then he pretended to cry about how hard he worked this trip, how much he suffered, and how difficult it was, so that for his sake, if he accidentally made a mistake next time, don't be so ruthless like this time, in a word, let him go to the mountain in the snow.

But obviously, I miscalculated again.

Han Qingmo seemed to have seen through Xie Jiarui's plan, so he sat quietly, slowly, taking small sips of tea in the cup, as if in this kind of weather, it is a very comfortable thing to sit by the charcoal stove and drink tea while roasting the fire.

Compared with Han Qingmo's patience, Xie Jiarui has never been his opponent.

Sure enough, when Zhou Daming refilled his second cup of hot tea, Xie Jiarui couldn't sit still, "You are so calm that you don't even ask." ”

"You're not going to say it?" Someone said lightly.

Xie Jiarui: ......

"But it's good for you to ask." By the way, isn't my plan just going to work?

Han Qingmo simply and rudely asked, "Do you think I'll say that kind of nonsense?" ”

If he can say, why should he ask such meaningless words?

"......" This contest, Xie Jiarui finally ended in failure, "Okay, if you don't ask, don't ask, I said, although the booklet is registered, saying that Zhang Dalin is going back to his hometown to recuperate, but his parents, brothers and neighbors all said that Zhang Dalin did not go back during that time, and now we are basically sure of our previous guess that Zhang Dalin did not return to his hometown, so, indirectly, it shows that he is not actually sick, and he pretends to be sick, and he pretends to be a few months, what does this mean?" Explain that the task he is going to carry out will take several months, and what kind of task will take several months? ”

Han Qingmo thought that Xie Jiarui still had something to say, so he kept speaking out, waited for a while, and found that he didn't speak again, so he looked at him, "Send someone to take Zhang Dalin's portrait to the northern Xinjiang to investigate, remember, don't move too much, investigate secretly, but the speed must be fast." ”

Han Qingmo's words made Xie Jiarui's eyes light up, yes, wouldn't it take a few months to go far away?

Zhang Dalin's skills are average, his appearance is average, and Zhou Minghao can't give him a horse with special leg strength, such a person, doesn't it take more time to go out of the country? And because of his average appearance, he looks honest, and he will not attract the attention of others on the road, plus, in a strict sense, he is not a person next to Zhou Minghao, he takes a few months of sick leave, and no one will notice anything.

Stringing together the things before and after, Xie Jiarui has to admire, Zhou Minghao's arrangement seems to be quite brainy.

"Okay, I'll go back in a while, and I'll arrange it right away." Xie Jiarui responded.

Han Qingmo was silent for a while, and then spoke again, "Spread the news that the Queen Mother in the palace is seriously ill." ”

Xie Jiarui was surprised, his eyes widened, "The Queen Mother is seriously ill?" What disease? Are you dying? ”

……

"It should be not lightly ill, but Cishou Palace is now too tightly guarded by Empress Dowager Zhou's people, and I can't find out the news inside."

That day, after listening to Chi Baiyu's words, Han Qingmo asked people to check immediately, only to find out that the Empress Dowager Zhou protected herself this time, and all the people who served in front of the bed were her close maids, who were locked in the room every day, and rarely came out, even if they needed anything, they would let the second-class maids outside send them to the door of the room, and then they would bring them to the room.

With such strict protection, it is extremely difficult for anyone to find out any news.

What Han Qingmo didn't understand was that Empress Dowager Zhou didn't call any imperial doctor to diagnose the pulse this time, otherwise, even if Cishou couldn't find out the news, the Tai Hospital would still be able to find the news.

Even once, Han Qingmo was wondering if the Empress Dowager Zhou was pretending to be sick?

can think of Chi Baiyu's words, Han Qingmo dispelled this suspicion again, coupled with Zhou Minghao and Chi Baiyu's gambling contract, how much Empress Dowager Zhou attaches importance to him, his brother-in-law, as long as he has long eyes, he can see it.

Although Chi Baiyu finally looked at Zhou Zuyao's face, and did not let Zhou Minghao kneel down in front of her in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, but even so, according to the past, Empress Dowager Zhou would summon Chi Baiyu into the palace and reprimand her several times, but this time, she didn't move at all.

got that he actually missed the bet between Chi Baiyu and Zhou Minghao, Xie Jiarui regretted it and jumped straight on the spot, "I just said that I won't go, you want me to go, let me miss such a beautiful play!" ”

He really regretted his death, knowing that the quickness of his tongue that day would have such consequences, he would not be quick for that moment.

"If that's the case, then the Queen Mother Zhou may just be pretending to be sick? In order to pretend to be a little bit like this, I endured it all my life, and after the end of Zhou Minghao and my sister-in-law's gambling contract, I didn't look for my sister-in-law's stubble. This is Xie Jiarui's point of view.

He felt that he thought so, there was a reason, otherwise, how could anyone be sick and not look for a doctor, oh, yes, it was a poor person who was so poor that he couldn't get the money to find a doctor, but was Empress Dowager Zhou a poor person?

Obviously not, she wants to see a doctor, as long as she needs a word, the best doctor in the hospital will have to run to treat her.

Being in a rich and powerful family, Xie Jiarui has been in contact with similar people since he was a child, but he deeply knows that the richer and more powerful people are, the more afraid of death, a woman like Empress Dowager Zhou, although she doesn't have much real power in her hands, but in her twenties, she can sit in that position, presumably she also wants to sit for decades, and doesn't want to die so early, so she has no reason not to see a doctor.

Only by pretending to be sick does not need to find a doctor to treat the disease.