Bingling led the people to search the neighborhood several times with a lamp, but there was no trace of anything except where the people had stepped on and the weeds overwhelmed some.

It's getting darker and darker, and even if you look for it again, you're afraid it's hard to find it. She had no choice but to come over and say: "Queen Mother, there is still no trace of the search, so it is better to go back to the palace first." I'll have someone come over early tomorrow morning to take a closer look. ”

"It's fine. It's just that this place and the place where the Xinmei Imperial Garden was attacked must be guarded. In case someone comes overnight and ruins the traces. Again, concentrate on checking today's imperial garden errands, or people who pass through the imperial garden on the way to errands, whether it is a guard, a chamberlain, a palace maid or a woman who enters the palace to ask for peace, but everything that is stuck must be inquired in detail and recorded in a book. Cen Mu said with a cold face: "In this huge palace, it is impossible that there is no one who has seen this. Pass on the will of the palace, but anyone who can provide clues will be rewarded. ”

"Yes." Bing Ling responded neatly and set out to do this.

At this time, Xin Wei was almost relieved and not so scared. "The queen mother bothered about the affairs of the concubines, and the concubines really didn't want to go. In fact, it is already good to be able to pick up this life, and the concubines dare not have other thoughts...... If you can't find it, forget it. ”

"You can allow your people to live, but this palace cannot tolerate such a vicious person to do something under this palace." Cen Muning could feel the treacherous clouds in this harem, like the dark clouds that she loved to gather in the summer, surging towards her at a very fast speed.

In fact, the person who harmed Xinwei couldn't be more obvious. She knows it in her heart, and so does Xinwei.

"It's not too early, you should go back early." Cen Muning said to the guards on the side: "Send Xinmei back to the palace, and add two teams of guards to protect her outside the palace." If there is any mistake, it will be strictly punished according to the palace rules. ”

"Yes."

Many of the guards were in close contact with the queen for the first time, and the majesty of the queen was enough to make them feel uneasy.

I can't complain that I can become Princess Ruiming, and I have become the queen of the middle palace. It turned out that she was as harsh as the emperor.

"Is the mother okay?" When Qing Li knew about this, Cen Muning had already walked down the jade steps outside the palace gate. "It's all because the slaves and maids are not good, and they are negligent in serving, so they don't know that such a thing happened."

"It's okay, it's almost done. Just wait tomorrow morning to see what else there is left. Cen Muning smiled slightly, and walked up the jade steps with Qingli's hand. However, it is estimated that nothing can be found. Some people shoot and are quite nice and clean. I'm just making such a big noise to shock the hearts of the people in the harem. After all, nothing can be found. ”

"Hearing what Niangniang said, you already have the answer in your heart." Qing Li glanced at it a little cautiously, and then lowered his ear: "Could it be that you suspect the one in the Fengluan Palace?" ”

"Except for that one, who would be so anxious to do something to Xinmei? You must know that Xinmei is not favored by the emperor at all, and there is no need for the concubines in the harem to tolerate her. She is valued by the queen again. Bingling whispered this from the side.

"Acting in the palace without evidence is like never doing it." Cen Mu Ning looked at this huge hall with a smile: "Once you want to put it on the table, you must have ironclad evidence." Otherwise, it will not be able to block the mouths of the people, and it will also give the vicious people a chance to quibble. Especially when this troublemaker has a respected status, maybe she will bite back, blame you for slandering, and can't catch the fox and make a fuss. ”

"The slave remembers." Bingling and Qingli said in unison.

"Okay, it's so late, let's take a shower and go to bed." Cen Muning really felt tired. The hot water dispels a lot of discomfort and the aroma is overflowing. At this time, Zhuang Chenchen should be so comfortable and comfortable. With beauty by his side, he may not know Chu Peiyuan's reluctance, Xinwei's fear, Qingli's grievances, and all kinds of unrest in the harem.

Early in the morning of the second day, Bingling and Qingli respectively led people to search the two places yesterday in detail, and it was indeed as the queen said. None of them found any clues. The strangest thing is the crowded Imperial Garden, and I didn't see Xinmei being carried away at all, and no one saw her being knocked unconscious, as if this scene just appeared in someone's dream, and it never happened at all.

Cen Muning got the answer, so she took the walnut and red date soup she made herself to the Queen Mother's palace to ask for peace.

At this time, Ruan Er was already serving the Queen Mother with medicine.

"Say hello to the Queen Mother." Cen Muning saluted to the woman on the sickbed.

As soon as Ruan Er was about to hand the medicine bowl to the maid beside him, he was stopped by the Queen Mother.

"You are pregnant, and these rites can be waived. I don't have to tire my body, so I don't count. After the queen mother said this, she didn't even look at the queen and said directly: "The queen has always been the most considerate, and she must think about the emperor's heir in advance." ”

"That's what the Queen Mother said." Cen Muling stepped forward and took the medicine bowl from Ruan Er's hand. "Concubine Ying is pregnant, but she still serves the queen of heaven so diligently. What she knows is that she is filial to the Queen Mother. I don't know, but I don't know how to respect my mother, and I don't even understand that she is pregnant, and I want her to feed the queen mother with medicine. In the future, let the concubines do these things. Concubine Ying just watched from the sidelines, and it was excellent to talk with her. ”

The queen mother was very resistant to the queen's "closeness", frowning and refusing to take the medicine she fed.

"The Queen Mother." Cen Mu Ning's tone was soft, with a strange flattery: "If you don't take medicine well, how can your body return to normal." Thinking about it, the emperor is always thinking about your phoenix body. Even if it's for the emperor, you have to get better as soon as possible. ”

While speaking, the medicine soup spoon was on the queen mother's lips. The more this is the case, the more the Queen Mother can't open her mouth.

"What are you doing here?" The Queen Mother was angry, and flipped over the spoonful of medicine with her sleeves: "The mourning family doesn't need you to serve." There are so many things in the harem, you can do whatever you have to do, don't mourn the family here and be an eyesore. ”

Cen Mooning smiled gently, revealing a sense of style.

The Queen Mother was stuffed by her angry chest, and her eyes became sharper: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"Mother, have you noticed that you are so fluent at this time, and you really don't stutter at all." Cen Mu couldn't close her mouth with a smile, took the other silver spoon handed by Qingli, and fed the medicine again: "It shows that Concubine Ying's prescription works." In this way, the medicine must be drunk even more. ”

"Do you have the cheeks to do it?" The Queen Mother was angry with her: "The mourning family doesn't treat you like this, you still have to go to the mourning family." ”

"Even if the queen mother doesn't like the concubines, you can't stop the concubines from doing their filial piety to you. What's more, today is the day when the concubines come to the Queen Mother's palace to say goodbye. If you let the concubines in the harem know that the concubines are not on good terms with you, and the concubines don't like you, and spread it, wouldn't it be a disharmony between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the heavenly family, which is not a good thing. The emperor has only been on the throne for a short time, and even if the concubines have 10,000 guts, they can allow such a thing to happen. Therefore, even if the queen mother doesn't like concubines, please make a show for the emperor. Cen Mu frowned and said with a smile: "Is it okay for you to drink this bowl of medicine fed by the concubine?" ”

"What harem day to say goodbye? How come the mourning family doesn't know? The Queen Mother was suspicious, and stared at Cen Muning cautiously with a pair of eyes.

"Didn't the concubine give her mother?" Cen Muning patted her head and couldn't help but get angry: "Qingli, why don't you remind the palace, how can you not let the Queen Mother know about such an important matter!" ”

Qingli hurriedly admitted his mistake: "It's all the slaves and maids who are not good, the slaves and maids only care about tracking down the murder case in the harem, and they forget about it." Please also ask the Queen Mother for forgiveness. ”

"What murder?" The Queen Mother had a cold face: "Where are your masters and servants playing?" ”

"It's not a murder either. It was someone who knocked Xinmei unconscious, tied up stones, and threw them off the lake. happened to let the concubine bump into her and saved her life. But it was not possible to trace who did it. But the queen mother doesn't have to be careful about this, the daughter-in-law will definitely find out. ”

The Queen Mother didn't make a sound, only saw Lei Zhen come in quickly: "Empress Dowager Qi, the concubines who invited Ann have gathered outside the palace." ”

"The mourning family is gone, and they are all gone." The Queen Mother was sick and haggard, and she had never dressed up carefully at all, so where did she have the heart to see those concubines. What's more, she is still angry with the queen, and she is not satisfied with the queen's arrangement at all, how long her face is.

"It's not good." Cen Muning said softly to the Queen Mother as if coaxing a child: "Queen Mother, you can see those concubines." They were happy all night to greet you. Maybe you get up before dawn to clean up, just to please you, if you don't even want to see each other, there will be some gossip. Queen Mother, can everything focus on the overall situation? ”

"Are you blaming the mourners for not knowing the general situation?" The Queen Mother was so angry with her that her whole face turned red.

"The concubine just wants to ask the queen mother to do her part for the harmony of the harem." Without waiting for her to speak, Cen Muning said: "Ask someone to open the curtain, and the queen mother just gossip with her through the curtain." Isn't that good? ”

As soon as her words fell, Bingling led a few clever girls and closed the curtain.

The Queen Mother wanted to say something again, but the medicine spoon came to her mouth again. "Queen, this is the place to treat Fengluan Hall as your place. Do you still have a place for the mourning family in your eyes? ”

"It is precisely because the concubines respect the queen mother that the queen mother comes first everywhere. Only then will such a greeting be arranged. Otherwise, the concubines are still seriously ill as the queen mother, wouldn't it ruin the reputation of the queen mother. Cen Muning's voice fell, and the concubines had slowly walked in.

The screen in front of the bed was removed, and the curtain was as thin as a layer of cicada wings, how could it be impossible to see the queen mother's appearance.

"The concubines and others visit the Queen Mother, and I wish the Queen Mother good health and happiness."

Cen Mu Ning looked at the Queen Mother with a smile, thinking that it was strange that she was not angry. Kill people under her nose, then don't blame her for not being soft or hard to push back.

After a long time, the Queen Mother hummed: "You have a heart, no courtesy." ”

She was as calm as she could, and she didn't show anything else on her mind. "The mourning family is sick, if it weren't for the queen's arrangement, it would be difficult to see you once. In the future, if you are free, you can walk around here more often, and you can also relieve the boredom of the mourning family. ”

"The concubine obeys." The concubines saluted in unison, all smiling like flowers.

Especially Xin Wei, she stood in front of people, in a slightly conspicuous position, and saluted the Queen Mother again with a smile: "Queen Mother Qiqi, if you don't dislike it, the concubines are willing to come to Fengluan Hall to serve every day to repay the Queen Mother's kindness." ”