In the Fengling Palace, Cen Muning was a little absent-minded and played chess with Zhuang Chen.

has lost three sets in a row, and this game is another defeat is decided.

"What does the queen seem to have on her mind?" Zhuang Chenchen dropped the last son and looked at her eyes intently.

"Nope." Cen Muning smiled helplessly: "I got up early and the eldest princess of Ziyang came here and said something about my cousin. originally wanted to persuade her cousin for her, but she broke up unhappily. ”

"It is difficult for a clean official to cut off family affairs." Zhuang Yanchen picked up the teacup and took a sip, the tea was already cold.

Cen Mooning picked up the teapot at hand, only to find that the water in it had been drunk. "Bingling, change the hot tea for the emperor."

"Let the slave come." Qingli walked in quickly, removed the cold tea, and turned to replace it with a freshly brewed one.

"Where's Bingling?" Cen Muning was a little strange.

"Niangniang forgot, it's not that there are a batch of excellent embroidery samples in the capital, you let her go out of the palace to buy it." Qingli casually made an excuse because she knew that Bingling was out of the palace.

"Oh." Cen Mooning nodded slightly: "At this time, you haven't come back yet?" Hongu thought she had come back early. ”

Bingling hasn't come back yet, just sent a woman away, will it be such a trouble? Cen Muning's heart became even more uneasy.

The fingertips touched the teacup and were scalded. She retracted her hand in pain.

"Is the mother okay?" Qingli couldn't help but worry.

Zhuang Chenchen stretched out her hand and pinched her fingers to take a closer look.

"It's okay." Cen Muning smiled slightly: "I don't know why, I'm always a little distracted, as if something is going to happen." ”

"I'm here, what can I do?" Zhuang Chenchen said to Qingli: "That's it, just remove the chessboard." The queen is absent-minded, and I am not martial. ”

"Yes." Qingli led a little maid and put away the chessboard.

Cen Muning smiled a little apologetically: "It's all the concubines who are not good, and they have swept away the emperor's interest." Xinmeiren's chess skills are good, Concubine Liao plays the piano well, and the emperor is empty, so it is better to pass them on to accompany them. ”

"The queen is virtuous." Zhuang Chenchen stared slightly, but did not let go of the hand holding her: "But you should know that I am not such an easy to fool emperor." ”

"Poof." Qingli couldn't help laughing.

Cen Muning said with some embarrassment: "Where is the concubine trying to fool the emperor, you say this, it seems that the concubine is deliberate." In fact, Concubine Liao has no children, which is really pitiful, and the concubine feels sorry for her. ”

Zhuang Chenchen slowly let go of the hand holding her, as if thoughtful.

Cen Muning was silently by his side, and he was not in a hurry to speak.

After a long time, he raised his head and looked into her eyes: "It is difficult to raise children in the palace, and it has been like this in all dynasties. When the first emperor was there, I also had many brothers and sisters who did not survive, some of them were not lucky enough to come to this world to have a look, and some of them just came to the world to have a look. ”

"It's all the concubines who are not good, but I mentioned the emperor's sad things again." Cen Mu Ning sighed, and then changed the topic again: "The New Year is approaching, the reunion feast, can the emperor invite the relatives of the clan to the palace for a reunion?" After all, it's your first New Year after ascending the throne. ”

"Naturally, I want to." Zhuang Chenchen actually doesn't like to be lively. In the past, he didn't care about these cumbersome etiquette, as long as he was comfortable. But now that his identity is different, he must make friends with the clan, with those relatives who will obey him or may rebel against him, and slowly divide the powerful into their own use, or cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.

"Yes, the concubine will be well prepared." Cen Mooning smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty." Yin Li separated the door, and his tone was a little anxious: "General Chu is in a hurry to enter the palace and asks to meet the queen mother." I heard that something happened to his outhouse. ”

"What?" Cen Muning chuckled in her heart.

"Let him in." Zhuang Chenchen was waiting for him, and he seemed to have a premonition.

The door was opened by the minions, and Chu Peiyuan rushed in like a gust of wind, his eyes were bloodshot, and the whole person looked extremely angry. If it weren't for Zhuang Chenchen being here, he would probably rush in directly and grab Cen Muning's neckline and ask her why she did this.

It's just that when he looked at Shangzhuang Chen's cold and deep eyes, he couldn't help but bow his head in anger.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

"My cousin went and came back, what happened?" Cen Muning felt a little uneasy in her heart.

Chu Peiyuan took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms and fell directly to the ground. There was a lot of blood on the silver ticket.

"The queen is really generous." Chu Peiyuan looked at her with cold eyes: "It's worth this stack of silver tickets in your eyes, right?" Why did my father and mother refuse to fulfill me, but now it is you? What did you do wrong? Why are you so cruel? Forget it, I won't pursue this, just act as if none of this happened, Queen Mother, I beg you, give me back the pity, where did you hide her? Give her back to me. ”

"......" Cen Mooning looked at him confused, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Peiyuan, what the hell is going on, don't be so excited." Zhuang Chenchen looked at him meaningfully.

"The emperor forgives the sins." Chu Peiyuan held back his anger and said as calmly as possible: "The queen mother asked Bingling to take people to Weichen's house, and it is a pity that there is no one left in the house." ”

"What?" Cen Mu stood up violently, perhaps because he was too anxious to get up, and his eyes were dark. Before she had time to slow down, she stared at her distracted eyes and asked, "There is no one left in the house?" ”

"yes." Chu Peiyuan's voice trembled: "The eldest princess of Ziyang came to you to complain in the morning, and before noon, your people destroyed a house in Weichen." Queen, are you so anxious? ”

"Nonsense." Cen Mu froze and settled: "This palace has never done it." ”

"Hmph." Chu Peiyuan chuckled, but his face was extremely gloomy: "Didn't you let Bingling follow me?" Didn't you ask her to take the silver ticket and invite her to leave? You also asked the eldest princess of Ziyang to cooperate with you to stage a bitter trick, in fact, it was to divert the tiger away from the mountain to lure me away, and you resorted to such a means while I was away. Queen Mother, do you know that you will never leave me, for the sake of the stability of your own posterity, and for the sake of the Chu family not to offend the royal family, you will not hesitate to kill the killer and do such a heinous thing......"

Cen Muning picked up the teacup in her hand and threw it at Chu Peiyuan.

The slightly hot tea made Chu Peiyuan feel excited, and his face was stained with tea leaves: "Queen Mother, let me say it again, you give it back to me, I just treat it as if nothing happened." ”

"Are you talking here?" Cen Mu Ning looked at him coldly: "If you want to blame me, blame me for being too merciful, just let Bingling take the silver ticket and invite me to leave." If I really have murderous intentions, how can I not let you see her corpse! ”

"Cen Muning!" Chu Peiyuan took two steps forward angrily, eager to lift her up by the neckline.

Zhuang Chenchen coughed lightly at this time: "General Chu, this is Fengling Palace." The one in front of you, whom you call by name and list the crimes, is my queen. ”

Chu Peiyuan's heart tightened, he understood the humility that he should have as a courtier. "Weichen is offended, please forgive the emperor."

"The matter hasn't been clarified yet, is it inappropriate for you to enter the palace and accuse the queen in such a hurry?" Zhuang Chen's tone was majestic, and when he spoke, although he didn't look at Chu Peiyuan's face, his intention was already obvious.

"Wechen has indeed lost proportion, but it's a pity to ......"

"I came to play chess with the queen in the afternoon, and the Bingling you mentioned did not return to the palace." Zhuang Chenchen was already very patient when he talked to him like this. "As for your accusation, the queen has already explained it herself, and it is not the truth. At this time, you should go out of the palace first. ”

"Your Majesty." Chu Peiyuan shook his head resolutely: "Weichen must ask the queen mother to understand, where he is." Otherwise, Wei Chen would not leave the Fengling Hall by half a step. ”

Zhuang Chenchen could hear his resoluteness in his voice, but he didn't feel moved. "I have always valued you and regarded you as my minister. For the first time, I hope to cultivate my henchmen, Chu Peiyuan, your performance today is too disappointing for me. ”

"Your Majesty, if something happens to the queen, can you still be so calm? Lai Xi is the most important person in Wechen! Chu Peiyuan said bitterly: "Lost and regained, Weichen doesn't want to gain and regain." ”

"Yin Li." Zhuang Chenchen already had an idea.

"The subordinates are here." Yin Li stepped forward respectfully.

"General Chu was taken into a prison and imprisoned in solitary confinement. No one is allowed to visit. Zhuang Chenchen said every word very clearly.

"Your Majesty, you can't." Chu Peiyuan struggled to shake off Yu Linwei, who stepped forward, and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Your Majesty, Weichen still has to go to find a pity, please be merciful." ”

"I let you go, but you don't. That's all I can do. Zhuang Yanchen only looked at his eyes at this time: "If you indulge, I'm afraid that this Fengling Hall will be lifted by you." If the queen is questioned by you, if your slanderous words are spread, will it not tarnish the queen's wisdom. How can I sit idly by? ”

"Your Majesty, Weichen can't be imprisoned, and Weichen has to go to find it." Chu Peiyuan gritted his teeth and glared at Cen Muning angrily: "Queen Mother, don't you miss the brotherhood with Weichen and intercede for Weichen?" ”

"Cousin." Cen Mu Ning looked at his eyes and said movingly: "Even if the emperor doesn't do this, this palace will not let you leave the palace." If there is something that you can't bear, this palace is afraid that you will not be able to bear it and go crazy. The emperor's move is precisely to protect you and the Chu family. ”

Chu Peiyuan got up to escape, but was stopped by Yu Linwei, who stepped forward, and actually fought in front of the emperor.

Every move he made fell into Cen Muning's eyes, which aroused the disappointment in her heart. Disappointment was like a slowly rising surface of water, drowning her little by little. He's really crazy, crazy.

Is this love? Cen Muning has never experienced this kind of madness regardless of it. What kind of woman is that person who is so attractive? ”

Yin Li took out his hand, grabbed Chu Peiyuan, and escorted him to the prison.

Cen Muning's mood still hasn't calmed down, it's all this time, why hasn't Bingling come back yet? "The Emperor's ......"

"I will let Yin Li leave the palace to find out the truth, don't be impatient." Zhuang Chenchen knew what she was going to say, and reached out to shake her hand: "You just wait in the palace." There's me. ”

These words, like a spring breeze, soothed the harshness of winter. Cen Muning nodded lightly, and watched him leave before he got up and saluted with Qingli's hand. "Thank you, Your Majesty."