"Why did Her Highness come out so quickly?" When Su Duo waited outside the side hall, he saw her come out with a solemn expression, and he had to hurry up to ask. "The queen didn't deliberately embarrass you, did she?"

"Nope." Ziyang thought about Cen Muning's words, and was a little uneasy. "Where's the forehead?"

"I'm still driving in the imperial study, and I haven't come here at this time." Su Duo smiled and said, "If the princess is worried, it is better for us to wait a while and go home together." ”

"No, don't wait." Ziyang was afraid that he couldn't help it, and he couldn't help but say what he had just done. But Cen's expression didn't look like another joke. When she entered the palace in the morning, the relationship between her and Chu Peiyuan eased slightly, for fear of implicating the queen, and the relationship that was easy to ease would become tense again. "Let's go back to the house first, I'll think about it again."

"Yes." Suduo summoned the carriage and helped her into the carriage.

I saw the ice cream all the way, and I didn't forget to salute him. But she didn't rush to Princess Ziyang's side, but secretly observed the princess's expression, and turned to Cen Mu Ning to say: "Miss, when the slave saw the princess leaving, her expression was solemn, but she was calm, but she was the same as the one who only made her temperament before. Princess Fang Cai came, is it just for Jin Buyao's business? ”

"yes." Cen Muning nodded: "This palace has already persuaded her to live a good life, my cousin's temperament, if she knows that she is calculated, she will inevitably make a fuss." Especially this person is likely to be me, it is strange that he does not break into the Fengling Hall to ask me to explain. Therefore, it is the best way to calm things down. ”

"But the slave is afraid that it will backfire." Bingling said worriedly: "Princess Ziyang has long had a knot with you, and it also involves Empress Dowager Yin and the abolished emperor. What if she thinks you're saying that on purpose, but doesn't listen to you? ”

"If it weren't for implicating my cousin and the Chu family, I wouldn't have bothered to care what she was thinking. Even if she doesn't believe me, she should plan for herself. I won't harm my grandfather's family. Cen Muning sighed slightly: "It's that spice, what's the difference?" I put it in the hands of this palace for so long, and I didn't feel that something was wrong. The emperor's scheming is really deep. ”

"It must be something we're missing." Bingling said firmly: "Those spices are ordinary things, non-toxic, and there will be nothing wrong." Unless it's ......"

"The medicinal properties complement each other." Cen Mu stared blankly: "Chu Mansion or the princess, there are still medicines that can cooperate with it." The two echoed each other and made that night's golden night. ”

"Yes." Bingling also nodded: "The most terrifying thing about the whole thing is that the emperor can guess that Miss will give the golden step to the princess." If you like that step shake yourself, Miss, and keep it for your own use, wouldn't it be a waste of the emperor's plan? ”

"That's it." Cen Mu Ning sighed: "If the princess doesn't mention this matter, let's pretend not to know." The sachet sent by Concubine Ying is very good, and I will bring it to the palace tomorrow. ”

"Yes." Bingling understood and nodded neatly.

"That's right." Cen Muning only realized at this time that there was no one around her: "What about Qingli?" Why doesn't you seem to have seen her for half a day? ”

"Just now in the Queen Mother's Fengluan Palace, the emperor asked Yin to leave to investigate the matter of Xin Meiren, and Qingli quietly followed." Bingling smiled and bent his eyebrows: "Slave and maid, look, Qingli still can't let go of Yin Li." ”

Cen Mu nodded and didn't say anything.

A little later, Qingli returned to Fengling Palace. Xu was not by the queen's side all day, and he was a little embarrassed. I also went to the small kitchen to cook a lotus root soup and brought it to me. "It's not bad to use a lotus root soup after dinner, and the slave puts some hawthorn in it to help you eat it. How about a quick taste? ”

"You're willing to come back." Bingling smiled slightly: "How?" Can you find out what happened that day with Yin Li? ”

"I'm a little eyebrow-raising." Qingli smiled and sent the bowl to Cen Muning's hand: "It was said that I took Xinmei to recognize people." ”

"Recognize people so soon?" Cen Muning had to admire Yin Li's methods, in the end, it was Zhuang Chen's person who trained him. So neat and tidy. Qingli nodded seriously: "I heard that it was the two maids who served in our palace in the past, and they had some festivals with Xinmei." After entering the palace, Xinmei became a beauty again, but they were still uncanonized royal maids. Out of jealousy, he had a bad idea of Xinmei. said that the clues found on the rope used to tie Xinmei were very familiar, and at a glance they knew that it was a woman's craftsmanship. ”

Cen Mu Ning smiled and said, "In this way, it is the palace that has neglected to overlook." ”

"Don't be angry, the queen mother, things in this palace are already complicated. Xinmei people are not favored in the first place, if it weren't for your pity, where would the emperor go to great lengths for her. But now that this matter has been clarified, it is also a good thing. There are those two maidens as examples! ”

Bingling looked at Qing Li suspiciously: "The royal maid has such courage, and it is reasonable that the queen mother did not expect it." Who would have thought that those slender jade hands embroidered during the day and could kill people in the evening. What's more, they also have the strength to carry the unconscious Xinmei from the Imperial Garden to such a remote place! ”

"You don't know about this." Qing Li sighed: "In the past, those royal maids who were sent to the Ruiming Palace, all of them were equipped with unique skills. Some are good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, while others are obsessed with dancing knives and guns, and can do a few kung fu. It is not difficult for them to bring down a Xinmei and carry it for a while. ”

"I see." Bingling didn't know whether Yin Li deceived Qing Li, or Qing Li was willing to deceive the queen for Yin Li. After all, this matter can only end like this.

"It's good to have a result." Cen Muning's requirements are not high. "It's good that I didn't wronged them. Qingli, wait a minute, you go to the warehouse to choose a few horses and send them to Xinmeiren, and let her make a few clothes to wear in the season. It can be regarded as comforting her for being frightened this time. ”

"Yes, slave and maid will go." Qingli happily agreed, saluted and retreated.

Bingling was a little worried, and asked with a little hesitation: "Does Miss think Qingli can be trusted?" After all, she was instructed by the emperor to serve you. ”

"The hardest thing in the world to figure out is the human heart." Cen Muning didn't want to think about it: "Isn't there an old saying!" Lu Yao knows that the horsepower has been seen for a long time. ”

"The slave and maid understand." Bingling nodded slightly: "It's time for dinner, Miss is hungry too." The slave and maid will go and prepare. ”

"Okay." Cen Muning walked alone to the window lattice of the side hall, retreated from the window, and many ginkgo leaves fell on the ground outside. From spring to autumn, she was by Zhuang Chenchen's side for so long, but she still failed to find evidence that the Queen Mother killed her mother. The falling leaves made her heart a heavy depression. Is there any way to find out the truth of the past?

When everything goes round and round, it goes back to square one. Where does she go from here?

Autumn dye the sadness in her eyes, mixed with the breath of approaching winter. This feeling is really uncomfortable.

Early the next morning, Cen Muning went to Fengluan Hall to greet the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother was sick before, so she didn't have to go every day. But now the Queen Mother is very good, and she wants to take back the phoenix power of the harem. She must be diligent, and sooner or later she will find out what she wants to know.

"Bang-dang-"

Before entering the inner room, Cen Muning heard the sound of Yushu falling to the ground, accompanied by a slight sobbing from the woman.

"Do you want to burn the mourning family to death?" The Queen Mother's tone exuded a majestic majesty that only danced alone, and she couldn't tolerate half a refutation from others. Although Cen Muning didn't see that posture, she could feel the deterrent power coming through the wall.

"Who made the queen angry early in the morning?" Cen Muning walked in with a smile, her tone carrying a thin warmth. "Bingling, why don't you go and change a basin of water for the Queen Mother."

"Yes, sissy." Bingling stepped forward to pick up the suffocating fish wash on the ground, and bowed respectfully before retreating.

The kneeling man on the ground curled up and did not dare to look up, and the clothes on his back were wet. It can be seen how much strength the Queen Mother used just now to attack her.

"Who is this?" Cen Muning stepped forward curiously: "The queen mother was so angry. ”

"Yes...... It's a concubine...... will not serve the queen mother, and ask the queen mother for forgiveness. Liao Rongyu trembled, and her voice trembled fiercely.

"Is it Concubine Liao?" Cen Muning only found out who it was at this time, and she understood why the Queen Mother was so angry. "Since you won't serve the Queen Mother, then step down. I have time to let Miss Lei Zhen give me good guidance, and when I learn to do my best, I will come to the Queen Mother's side again. ”

"Yes......" Liao Rongyu kowtowed hard, but she couldn't stand up tremblingly.

Qingli was kind and stepped forward to help her.

The Queen Mother took the tea offered by Lei Zhen, took a sip slowly, and her face was slightly gloomy: "The queen has to take care of the affairs in the mourning palace." Let the people who are dissatisfied with the mourning family want you to send it down? ”

"Naturally, the concubine didn't mean that." Cen Mu frowned and said with a smile: "The concubine just doesn't want her to stay here to get in your way." What's more, the concubine also has an important thing to tell the queen mother. She stayed here and heard it, and it was not convenient. ”

Seeing her smiling brightly and her face full of spring breeze, the Queen Mother was angry: "What's the matter? ”

"The two maidens who went into the water have been found by Yin Li, and they were also executed by the emperor's order last night." Cen Muning sighed slightly, and said regretfully: "When the concubine was in the Ruiming Palace, she read the living records. knew that they were all sent to the palace by the Queen Mother. ”

"So what?" The Queen Mother stared at her and looked at her: "The person sent by the mourning family made a mistake, are you going to come to the mourning family to ask the teacher for the crime?" Queen, don't think that now that you have the phoenix power in your hands, you can empty your eyes. The mourning family has gone through two dynasties and is accustomed to countless court battles, and it is still standing, is it just luck? Or do you think that the mourning family is old, and they can't help you? ”