What made Xiao Yuexi suspicious was the smell of Mu Yunqing's body - the smell of ambergris.

More than two months ago, she came back from Connecticut, and the night she was attacked, the person who knocked her unconscious was also the same smell!

She finally understood why she felt that smell familiar before she fell unconscious, because she had often smelled it when she was in front of the saint!

Really, is he......

Xiao Yuexi looked at Mu Yunqing quietly, and the more she looked, the more she felt that it was impossible. Not to mention the dignified Ninety-Five, how could it be possible to go out of the palace in the middle of the night to save her. Mu Yunqing's appearance alone doesn't seem to be able to lift a sword to meet the enemy.

After watching it for a long time, Xiao Yuexi still felt that it was more likely that there was a problem with her sense of smell that day. Or does that person just smell like? She never uses incense, and it's normal to smell it wrong.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuexi saluted and said: "The emperor's atonement is a slight ...... The concubine was rude. ”

suddenly changed from a "micro-minister" to a "concubine", Xiao Yuexi's heart can be described as mixed. However, Mu Yun didn't care, just hung his signature low-pitched smile, pulled Xiao Yuexi to sit down, and put the things in his hand on the table. Xiao Yuexi found out that he came in with a food box, which contained a few delicate snacks. He said softly, "You can eat a little more, it's still early for dinner, you can't be hungry all the time." ”

Xiao Yuexi took a piece of pastry that he handed over, his hands were pale and slender, making the thick calluses in his palms look extremely dazzling - he was an unfavored prince when he was a child, in addition to being wantonly beaten and scolded by other princes and princesses, even the servants who served were unwilling to do their best, these calluses were all made out of rough work......

"Yuexi? Why don't you eat it? ”

Xiao Yuexi came back to her senses and ate two bites in accordance with the holy will, only to feel tasteless, and she didn't know what she ate at all.

Mu Yun poured her a cup of tea and put it in front of her, making her almost choke to death in flattery, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to ......"

How do you know that the emperor is more aggrieved than her: "Didn't you say that you didn't want to be disturbed?" ”

Xiao Yuexi: "...... "Then why did you come in, Your Majesty?"

Mu Yun learned to observe words and emotions for a rare time, and explained: "I have something I want to tell you, you eat first, I'm not in a hurry!" As he spoke, he had already picked out a few pieces of pastry and added, "Eat them all!" ”

...... "Your Majesty, are you feeding pigs?"

The belly full of slander was held down by Xiao Yuexi, and she just said quietly: "Your Majesty ......"

"Huh!" Mu Yunqing suddenly interrupted Xiao Yuexi with a dissatisfied face: "I said that there are no outsiders, we don't talk about those rules!" I don't call myself 'I', and you don't call me 'Emperor', we will spend more time together in private in the future, don't you always feel uncomfortable like this? ”

Xiao Yuexi was stunned for a long time, and then said dryly: "You don't have to be like this...... I, I'm not hungry, just say whatever you want, I'll listen while eating. ”

Mu Yunqing's face hung up with a warm smile again, but the smile was fleeting, his eyes were full of loneliness, and then he asked melancholy: "Have you heard of my mother?" ”

Xiao Yuexi was stunned.

Mu Yunqing was not born to the current Queen Mother, but was raised by the Queen Mother later. It was precisely because of the decision of the Queen Mother that Mu Yunqing's miserable career of being bullied by everyone ended. It's just that it was too late, Mu Yunqing was already thirteen years old at that time, and he had already passed the best age for enlightenment, so that now he can't do anything, and he has been laughed at by the courtiers and people for so long, and he doesn't care about his miserable childhood.

Xiao Yuexi hesitated for a moment before asking, "...... Do you mean Concubine Xiang? ”

Most of the monarchs have done the lack of virtue of the palace maid after drinking, and this Xiang concubine is the unlucky palace maid. She is a rough palace maid, and she has been receiving an errand to subsidize her family in Nanchuan Palace. On a sultry night, Emperor Qianfeng, who was taking refuge in the Nanchuan Palace, drank a few more glasses of cold wine, and saw that a rough palace maid felt like a fairy, so he dragged on the dragon couch and was pampered.

A palace maid, if you really don't like it, no one will say anything wrong if you don't give her a name, and the sobered Emperor Qianfeng didn't take it seriously at all, but that palace maid was pregnant with a dragon heir! This is no joke, Emperor Qianfeng had more than a dozen daughters at that time, but there were only four sons, one of whom had just died of a vicious disease not long ago, and the queen mother at that time hoped that Sun Xin would give birth to this child no matter what.

This palace maid finally gave birth to Mu Yunqing, and the queen mother was overjoyed, and directly gave the palace maid a concubine after Emperor Qianfeng, and also gave the word "Xiang" as a title. But this blessing came to an end here, the emperor didn't favor her, and even took a son who didn't like her, so he chose a name so casually, just because the clouds were thin and the breeze was light on the day he was born, so he took the name Yunqing, which doesn't seem to be taken seriously.

Emperor Qianfeng really didn't pay attention to it, otherwise Mu Yun wouldn't have been bullied so badly when he was young.

Concubine Xiang didn't come too early, and Xiao Yuexi didn't hear many rumors.

"I ...... too I don't know much about it, but I heard that Concubine Xiang contracted a vicious disease and died within a few years of entering the palace, ...... you mentioned this?"

Before he finished speaking, he was surprised to find that a trace of coldness flashed on Mu Yun's light face that had never appeared before, he smiled lowly, and whispered a little painfully: "Heh! Serious diseases...... The secret affairs of the palace are naturally inconvenient to leak. My mother was secretly executed! ”

Xiao Yuexi was really shocked in her heart, and her attention involuntarily focused.

Mu Yun slowly tightened his fingers and clenched them into fists, as if he had thought of something terrible, and seemed to be enduring something.

"There was another incident back then, which was about my fourth brother."

The fourth prince, Mu Yanyu, has now been named Prince Xian, Xian is the virtuous of virtuous talents, but people like to call him "King Xian" behind their backs. He is really idle, he is either teasing the birds in the palace all day long, or traveling around, although he has a sick bone, he still can't hide his honest playfulness.

Xiao Yuexi didn't understand why she suddenly pulled the topic to Prince Xian, so she only looked at Mu Yunqing suspiciously, waiting for his next step.

"The fourth brother's serious illness was initiated in that year, after the fourth brother's condition stabilized, my mother also had a serious illness, and it was not as good as my fourth brother's life, and it was ...... in just a few days" Mu Yun looked at Xiao Yuexi lightly, his eyes were full of sadness, and he asked: "Yuexi, you say, is there such a coincidence in the world?" ”

What a coincidence! Xiao Yuexi said in her heart. looked at Mu Yunqing's reaction, and couldn't help asking, "Do you know anything inside?" ”

"Of course I do! Because the fourth brother and his mother are not a bad disease, but poisoning! ”

In fact, Xiao Yuexi also guessed that it was poisoning after listening to Mu Yunqing's words, and even guessed more things, and subconsciously blurted out: "Are you saying that someone poisoned the virtuous king back then, and then blamed Concubine Xiang on the situation?" ”

"Yes! One very calm morning, a large group of palace people broke into my mother's dormitory, and before she understood what was happening, she found a large bag of poison, and the Tai Hospital took it to check, it was the poison that caused the fourth brother to toss in the ghost gate for several days some time ago! My father couldn't help but say that he ordered someone to pour all the medicine into my mother's mouth, and ...... in front of me."

In that scene, Xiao Yuexi felt a chill just thinking about it, and she didn't even notice the change in her gaze towards Mu Yunqing.

"At that time, I was still young, and I only knew that my father sent someone to block the news, and only said that my mother died of illness, and I only learned later that the medicine was so vicious...... Fourth brother, he ......"

Mu Yunqing didn't say any more, Xiao Yuexi also knew, and sighed softly and said, "So His Royal Highness King Xian's body is so bad?" It's really bitter to take medicine all year round to continue your life...... It's rare that he doesn't have any trouble with you, and when your royal brothers and sisters bully you, he can still help you block it......"

When Mu Yunqing heard this, he suddenly looked up at Xiao Yuexi, his eyes were scarlet, and his emotions were a little out of control: "It's because the fourth brother believes in me and my mother that I can't let this matter be left like this!" ”

Xiao Yuexi instantly understood something, and suddenly said: "So you guessed that the person who designed it back then was in the palace, and I, as the director of the State Supervisor, was inconvenient to enter and leave the harem, so I was enshrined in the palace?" ”

In this way, it makes sense. This case of planting is so crude, but the aftermath is done very neatly, the people behind it must have some means, and it is very likely that they will still stay in the palace to recuperate, and her entry into the palace as a concubine will indeed add some convenience to the investigation.

Mu Yun was silent for a while, Xiao Yuexi looked at him suspiciously, and met him with a pleading gaze: "Yuexi, are you willing to help me?" ”

And sure enough, it was!

Xiao Yuexi suddenly felt a sigh of relief, but faintly, she felt something strange in her heart.

Mu Yun thought she wanted to refuse, and her tone couldn't help but become more anxious: "Yuexi, I really have no one available!" When I was a child, I had no power or power, and there was no way to verify this matter, and now I have too much power, and my every move is under the noses of others, so it is really inconvenient to come forward. It's you, Yuexi, if you don't even want to help me, I really don't know what to do......"

Xiao Yuexi had an illusion, as if the next moment she refused, His Majesty the Emperor in front of her could burst into tears. Trembling with extreme cold, he took away the terrifying picture in his mind, and hurriedly said, "Okay, okay!" I'll promise to check it for you! ”

Mu Yun smiled lightly.

Xiao Yuexi was speechless for a while, and only after a long time did she say with a straight face: "It's just that the time is too long, and the concubines and concubines who can stay in the palace are not something I can approach at will, and the investigation may be slower, you have to be prepared." ”

Mu Yun nodded lightly: "I've been waiting for so many years, I'm not afraid!" And I believe that with you, there is nothing that cannot be found! ”

“…… You really have confidence in me! ”