He Zhuang @宸说了半日的话 didn't feel anything wrong.

Cen Muning can rule out Concubine Ying, the Queen Mother and him, who was the black hand who hijacked last night, but she already has the answer in her heart.

After lunch together, Cen Muning said that he was a little tired, so he didn't accompany him to taste tea and talk, but just curled up on the soft bed, and the cats were generally basking in the sun and falling asleep.

Zhuang @宸提笔在旁边的桌案上, put her sleeping appearance into the painting, which looks pleasing to the eye. It's just that slight snoring that makes him want to laugh a little, okay, he's tired like this. It must be very hard to entertain the queen mother, right?

It's a pity that he has been a son for so many years, and he doesn't know what to do to please his mother. Not to mention Cen Muning.

All the women around him failed to win the favor of this high-ranking mother. She guarded these women like a thief, as if their presence would make her lose her son's favor.

This feeling is @宸很不喜欢, even disgusting. Back then, he was harmonious? A good love affair was broken up by her unexpectedly. Every time he thought about it, he complained. But there was nothing to be done.

Therefore, he was wary of his mother, for fear that the queen mother's hand would reach out elsewhere.

If Cen Muning couldn't serve by his side, he would really be alone, and he wouldn't even have someone to talk to.

The last stroke landed on her eyebrows. Zhuang @宸说不清楚为什么会喜欢她, probably from the first time he saw her, he felt that her wisdom was different. Maybe it's back then? The sentence "envy" is caused.

The painting was finished, Zhuang @宸从梁宝手里接过自己的印鉴, dipped it in cinnabar ink, and pressed it on the painting.

"Turn around and get framed." Zhuang @宸轻声吩咐了一句.

Liang Bao hurriedly responded, but he didn't dare to make too much noise, for fear of disturbing the queen's sleep.

Walking to the bedside, Zhuang @宸看她蜷缩在被子里, wrapped himself tightly, and felt that there was a layer of softness in his heart. He walked out of the inner room lightly, and then instructed Liang Bao: "The queen is afraid of the cold, let the Internal Affairs Bureau send more good charcoal for the queen's use." ”

"Yes." Liang Bao hurriedly responded, thinking that the emperor still cared about the queen the most.

On such a warm winter afternoon, walking in the warm sunshine, the whole person will feel very comfortable.

Zhuang @宸记得, he met the person who has always stayed in his heart at such a good time. "Yin Li."

"Master." Yin Li walked over quickly: "What do you command?" ”

"A while ago, a courtier recommended the sons and nephews of the stepmother's family to serve in the court. You go and pick two good ones to enter the palace, I want to see them. "Zhuang?@宸是希望用这种方式 in exchange for some tolerance from the Queen Mother. After all, it is a mother and son, and he doesn't want to do too much.

"My subordinates understand." Yin Li didn't ask much, just did what he was told.

But in fact, he did not approve of the emperor doing this. The Queen Mother has always been an insatiable and ambitious person. If you only use this way to curry favor, I am afraid that the Queen Mother will definitely get worse.

It's not easy to be an emperor, and it's not so easy to pass this level of your own mother.

After a good night's sleep, Cen Muning felt much better.

Rubbing her eyes and sitting up, she called Bingling in: "When did the emperor leave?" ”

"I'll draw a picture for you before I leave." Bingling smiled and closed her mouth: "Niangniang, you are really asleep, and you only woke up at this time." ”

"It's all about time." Cen Muning felt very comfortable sleeping, and stretched out when she got out of bed: "By the way, a few days ago, I entered the palace outside with a strange fruit, which has soft thorns all over its body, and the leaves on its head are jagged, which is particularly beautiful." The taste is also sweet and tangy, and it is soaked in light salted water when eaten, and it tastes delicious. ”

"The slave knows, the mother is talking about pineapples." Bingling smiled and said, "The Internal Affairs Bureau sent a basket. I said it would be sweeter if I left it for a few days and then ate it. ”

"Hmm." Cen Muning nodded: "You go and choose a few good ones and personally send them to Princess Kechun to taste." Tell the eldest princess that she hasn't seen her in the palace for a few days, and she misses her very much. Please let her enter the palace early tomorrow morning. ”

Having said that, Bingling instantly understood. "Niang Niang is suspicious...... Princess Ke Chun? ”

"It's not a suspicion, it's already certain of her." Cen Muning said with some regret: "I thought that she would be able to live a comfortable life when she married her cousin." It seems that Shihongu thinks too well, and things may not be as good as they should be. ”

"No matter who poisons the mother, don't blame the slave for not allowing her." Bingling said through gritted teeth.

"Bingling, that's exactly what I'm going to tell you to do." Cen Muning sighed slightly: "Wait until this matter is done, and you will leave the palace." Let's find out what's going on with my cousin. Came back overnight to get back to life. It's good that I can know it before I see her tomorrow. ”

"The slave will do it." Bingling cautiously agreed.

"By the way, what time is this? Why didn't I see the deputy court's judgment to ask for a pulse? "Cen Muning is a little strange." Hasn't he even asked us for the money lately? Isn't it strange that such a money-grubbing person should not want silver? ”

"What the mother said is that the slave will send someone to ask. Rong Hou also piggybacked on him to inquire about him. "Bingling is not at ease with anyone. Everyone in this palace has their own thoughts, and it is not reassuring.

Things went very well, and the next morning, Princess Kechun's palanquin entered the palace.

Cen Muning dressed up to entertain, and specially ordered someone to make a lot of pastries she liked.

Princess Kechun rarely entered the palace, so naturally she went to the Queen Mother's palace to ask for peace first. One is to let the Queen Mother know that she has entered the palace, and the other is to let the Queen Mother see that she looked good when she entered the palace. If the queen dares to make a heavy hand, the queen mother will inevitably investigate the queen's harsh treatment for the face of the Chu family.

Thinking about it this way, when she entered the Fengling Palace, Princess Ke Chun was particularly confident.

Cen Mu Ning saw her come in, and her face brightened slightly. "I haven't seen the princess for a few days. The princess looks very bright, and wants to come to her cousin to treat you very well. ”

In a word, Princess Kechun's heart was like a knife. These days, she has both soft and hard, hard and soft, and has spent countless efforts to please a man. But I didn't expect it to be ...... in exchange The man took out the money and placed a concubine outside the house. Let her, a princess, lose face and be ashamed.

"Princess, what's wrong? I don't think my face is good. When Bingling served tea, he deliberately asked such a question.

"yes." Cen Muning's gaze also fell on her face, just looking at it peacefully.

But Ke Chun felt like she was trying to expose her disguise, making her show her scars and unbearable sincerity. "What does the queen want to invite this princess into the palace?"

"I just want to think about the princess, I want to see you." Cen Mu smiled and said, "The pastries in front of the princess are your favorite in the past." At that time, the Empress Dowager Yin would instruct the imperial kitchen to prepare it for you every time, and send it to you in different ways every day. The palace inevitably changed the taste of the different, deliberately found the former imperial chef and the cook, according to the previous style of the slightest change, if the princess likes, wait out of the palace to bring the imperial chef and the cook back to the princess's mansion together. You can eat whenever you want. Isn't that a good thing? ”

"Then don't I have to thank Sister-in-law Jiu for some kindness?" Ke Chun's face was unhappy: "Actually, sister-in-law Jiu, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it clearly." Between you and me, who doesn't understand whom? ”

"Since the eldest princess is so refreshing, then the palace will not go around in circles." Cen Muning smiled slightly: "You sent someone into the palace to assassinate me, and you wanted my life while the night was dark...... I'm afraid you don't want the Chu family and the emperor to know about this, right? ”

These words were suddenly spoken, and a trace of discomfort flashed in Princess Kechun's eyes. But soon, she regained her normal look, and shook her head with a smile: "What is the imperial sister-in-law talking about?" When will I send someone into the palace to assassinate me? This is not a joke, and if you are not careful, you will lose your head. I'm an eldest princess who has already been married, even if I don't care about my own face, I have to estimate that the lintel of my husband's family is not. No matter how poor the queen mother is, she is also a real relative of my husband's family, so it's not easy to talk nonsense. If someone with ulterior motives listens to it, I will not get along with the queen and cause disputes between the royal family and the Chu family. ”

"What are you talking about?" Cen Muning's delicate fingers gently tapped the white jade teacup and made a sound. "The Chu family is a family of good ministers who are loyal to the court and the emperor. Even if there is no credit, there is always hard work in serving the royal family with trepidation over the years. Where does the strife come from? ”

"Yes." Princess Ke Chun smiled slightly: "It's me who used the wrong words, don't mind the imperial sister-in-law." ”

"In fact, your temperament is not that you dare to do it." Cen Mu Ning got up and walked in front of her with Bingling's hand.

Ke Chun was reluctant, but he still stood up. Who knows, as soon as she stood up, she was pressed by the queen and sat down again.

"Queen, ......" Ke Chun looked at the queen's face, and he couldn't say the words that came to his mouth.

"Ke Chun, do you think that this palace sent you to the palace to meet you just because of the suspicion of this palace? The so-called assassins you sent into the palace are simply the @宙留下的暗士 of the Abolished Emperor Village. Back then, he cherished you very much, and in order to ensure your safety, he sent more than ten people to secretly protect you. Now that he has gone west, these people have become your cronies again. There are more than ten people, and it is impossible to plan big things, but it is a particularly easy task to kill a woman who is powerless. What's more, you also bought off the maids in the palace. ”

As soon as Bingling commanded, Qing Li brought up the two maids he had caught earlier.

"They are very smart, they use their hands and feet in the spices and incense powder of the palace, and there is always one that the palace will use. The poison does not smell at all, and even if it is used on the body, it is not easy to detect. It is said that you have always been favored by the Empress Dowager Yin, so you only know how to be brutal and willful. However, this palace feels that your ability to calculate people's hearts has been passed down to your mother, and over time, it is unknown whether you may be able to achieve your wish. ”

"Imperial sister-in-law, there is no excuse for the crime you want to add. You say those people are my people, do you have proof? Ke Chun obviously had no fear, the people she sent into the palace failed to assassinate, and she killed them all after she returned. As long as the queen has no evidence, the emperor will not pick out this matter to deal with. What's more, there is the Chu family behind this......

"Isn't it easy to ask for evidence?" Cen Mu Ning smiled with a chill: "Aren't there still dark warriors who have abolished the emperor by your side?" They are the best proof of this. ”

When Ziyang heard her say this, his face changed: "What do you want to do?" ”

"Looks like you're not stupid either!" Cen Muning said with a bright smile: "You know that the emperor is taboo against those who abolish the emperor. You were not involved in the rebellion that day, just because you were clean. But now that the rebellious person is serving you, and it is about entering the palace to assassinate, do you think you can still be as lucky as last time, and you can pick yourself up? Such evidence is enough to turn you from a princess to a useless waste. ”

"Do you dare?" Ke Chun was really afraid of having nothing, her eyes were red, and she asked Cen Muning with difficulty: "Do you dare to be so ruthless?" If I am involved in the crime of rebellion, what will happen to your Chu family? What about your grandfather, uncle, and cousin? I am now with you, why don't we have both glory and loss? Would you really give up the Chu family for your own life? ”

Cen Muning had to admit that the Chu family treated her much more affectionately and righteously than the Cen family. In those days when she could barely survive in the Cen Mansion, her aunt always asked people to send silver. Guo will not abuse her too much because of his aunt's affection.

After her mother left, the fourth aunt and wife Sui Miao gave her false maternal love, and then her aunt, who sent her some warmth in the way she could. Of course, she will not lead the troubles to the Chu family.

Seeing that the queen was silent, Ke Chun couldn't help but be proud. "Queen Mother, instead of spending so much time talking to this princess about these insignificant things, you should spend more time and plan for yourself. This time when she entered the palace, Princess Ben specially brought a lot of things and sent them to Concubine Ying, Concubine Liao and Xinmeiren. Brother Jiu's temperament, I have somewhat finished it. has never been a monopoly on the power of the harem, so in the future, I am afraid that I will have to worry about it. Where does Ke Chun dare to cause trouble for you? ”

Cen Mu Ning saw that her eyes were only full of pride, and she couldn't help but hook her lips: "The reason why you have resentment in your heart is because of your husband's betrayal or contempt." As a woman, I can understand this. But what I can't understand is that he can't live with you, and with the outer room, in the end, it's also a matter between you. What does it have to do with Hongu? Why didn't you bother with him, but instead ordered someone to assassinate Hongu? Isn't that weird? You know, the person who contributed to this matter was not this palace, and if it weren't for your nod that day, I wouldn't want to see your good relationship. Don't you think it's funny that you're risking your life to do something that you've worked so hard to do? ”

"You don't put on a clean posture here." Ke Chun gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think you can humiliate me like this?" The person Chu Peiyuan likes is you, don't you know anything about it? ”

"Poof-" Cen Muning couldn't hold back and laughed. It was probably the funniest thing she'd ever heard.

"Alas, Bingling, you say that others are dead, and they are finally dead. I didn't die, otherwise I would have been wronged. Cen Muning adjusted her face: "Just because you imagined it yourself, thinking that your cousin treated me well because of this, you are going to risk your life to kill me?" In the end, you can't let go of your princess figure and self-esteem, or do you really love your cousin so much that you can't tolerate the slightest infidelity on his part? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Ke Chun was a little confused by what she said.

"My cousin has a heart, but this person is not me." Cen Muning looked at her eyes intently, and said helplessly: "You'd better figure out what you have, and then think about how to win back your husband's heart." Don't be desperate at every turn. If it weren't for the Chu family, you would have lost your head a long time ago, do you believe it? ”

"How is this possible?" Ke Chun's face was full of suspicion: "You said that the person Pei Yuan likes is not you?" That's impossible. He has a lot of things about you in his study, and he can't hear anyone in the house talk about you. Also, he spent a lot of money to buy the close maid of the Sui family, the former fourth aunt of Cen Xiangfu, and tied him to the mansion every day to do rough work, isn't it to vent your anger? ”

"......" Cen Muning raised her eyebrows slightly, and her eyes became a little cold. She really didn't know that her cousin was behind her, and he had put so much thought into her. But in reality, she was absolutely sure that it wasn't love.

"He's my cousin, even closer than my brother." Cen Muning said with a solemn expression: "She once liked a girl, but that girl couldn't accompany her to the end. But it's not me. ”

"Who is she?" Ke Chun tensed his nerves and looked at Cen Muning as if he was facing a great enemy. "Tell me, who is she? Where is she now? ”

"Many years ago, that girl died of incense." Cen Muning said with some regret: "She was originally the maid chosen by my mother for me, called Rufeng. At that time, we read books together, practiced calligraphy together, and learned female popularity together. Presumably what you saw in your cousin's room, it should be hers. Maybe my cousin didn't want to recall that past, so he didn't bother to explain it. ”

"Dead...... Ke Chun wanted to laugh at first, but finally cried. How can I compete with a dead man? She died, and the most beautiful appearance remained in Pei Yuan's heart. What they went through has become a memory that I will never be able to achieve in my life. I tried so hard to get rid of his sweetheart, but it turned out that it was impossible in this life......"

"The mountains and rivers are full of empty thoughts, it is better to pity the people in front of you. That's what I've always wanted to say to my cousin. Cen Mu Ning looked at Ke Chun's tears and couldn't help sighing: "Although you are not the person you like, you may not be the most suitable for your cousin." But with your true affection for him at this time, I am willing to forget the unpleasant events of that night, and I hope to take care of you and my cousin. But, Princess Kechun, I also hope you understand, just this once! If something like this happens again, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

As he spoke, Cen Mu glanced at Bingling.

Bing Ling quickly took out a token from his waist and held it in his hand to show Ke Chun.

"How did you get it?" Ke Chun was quite surprised: "This is ......"

"This is the token you used to control the Dark Warriors left behind by the Abolished Emperor. Only when a dark man sees such a thing will he die for you. Now I'll keep it for you. Cen Mning said gently: "Those people have not been instructed for a long time, and they will be scattered and unable to be loyal." This is probably the best arrangement for them. It is also the best arrangement for you. ”

"The queen is really the queen, I can't complain that the two concubines in the harem are pregnant, and you are still the main master." Although Ke Chun was unwilling, he still admired her for making Brother Jiu die. "The Queen's Mother......"

Seeing Cen Mu Ning turn around, Ke Chun couldn't sit still: "Can you teach me?" ”

"What?" Cen Mooning turned her face and looked at her suspiciously.

"How can I make my husband ......" What words to say next, Ke Chun himself didn't know. Have you changed your mind? Chu Peiyuan's heart has never been with her? How can you talk about turnaround?

Thinking of this, the brilliance in her eyes gradually dimmed.

Cen Muning could feel that she really liked Chu Peiyuan. It was a feeling that couldn't be concealed, and I couldn't help myself.

"If you are really good to someone, he will feel it. For a day or two, nothing has changed. But the days have gone on......"

"Nope." Ke Chun shook his head again and again: "Don't, I don't want to live for a long time." I want now, I want him now, I want him to be by my side, I don't want to sit alone until dawn. Can you understand that feeling? ”

"This kind of thing, it's not like you can be fast if you want to." Cen Mooning said truthfully: "My cousin is a person with deep affection, when he is emotional, he will be affectionate." It was like the wind in the past, and it will do to you in the future. All he needs is time, and it's best for you to let him figure it out for himself. ”

"But he hasn't been home in days." Ke Chun burst into tears. She tilted her head, looked at Cen Muning with a little stubbornness, and asked, "Queen Mother, have you ever tried jealousy?" It's like there are thousands of insects and ants gnawing at your heart. I shouldn't have made myself so uncomfortable, but as long as I think about those things, I can't control myself at all. I can't wait to tear that slut apart, she is humble, she is inferior, she seduces the hearts of other people's husbands, but she can live in peace. She will never know what kind of tormented wife is sleeping behind the man she sleeps next to, waiting for the man she took away to come home. Queen Mother, didn't Brother Jiu go to the palace of other concubines, wouldn't you be jealous? Don't you want him to only accompany you, just accompany you, and his heart will always be with you? ”

Speechless when asked by her, Cen Mu stared at her distorted expression.

"Huh." Ke Chun suddenly smiled, and when she saw Cen Mu Ning in her pupils, she suddenly felt that she was so ridiculous. "I almost forgot, Brother Jiu has always loved you. What I didn't get, he gave it to you. What else do you have to be jealous of. If Brother Jiu is not the emperor, or the former King Ruiming, he does not have to undertake the mission of reproducing heirs, and he may not even have a concubine when he comes to him. Queen, how the hell did you do that? I really envy you......"

"Being jealous of others is actually a problem with yourself." Cen Mu Ning frowned: "Because only your heart will hurt, but they won't." ”

Ke Chun smiled dumbly: "Yes, only my heart will hurt." But I'm just not reconciled! ”

She suddenly clenched her fists, gritted her teeth and said, "Why am I uncomfortable, why do I have to endure such pain, you give me back the token, I will let people kill that woman tonight!" ”

"So what?" Cen Muning sneered lightly: "If he can have one woman, he can have ten." The more you do that, the more he will hate you. If you want to get his sincerity, it is useless to be ruthless. It's better to think about how to control these two people in the palm of your hand......"