Cen Muning thought that the moment she saw Chu Peiyuan, she would cry uncomfortably, but when Chu Peiyuan was lying quietly on the cold bluestone bricks, covered with thick white linen, and appeared in front of her in a quiet way, her whole person looked very calm.

It was as if the dead man in front of her had nothing to do with her.

"Niangniang...... Bingling stepped forward and persuaded: "The matter has come to this point, it is most important to find the murderer." You have to take care of your body. ”

"Now that it's over, what if you find the murderer?" Cen Mu frowned: "It's impossible for Chu Peiyuan to wake up again." ”

"I said a long time ago that I told you to keep your distance from the people of the Chu family, but you didn't listen. Now that the catastrophe is coming, it is also difficult to protect oneself. ”

Although the voice was familiar, for a while, Cen Muning didn't react. She turned around and saw the familiar face clearly, and then wrinkled her eyebrows slightly: "Did Xiangye ask you to say this to me?" He just wished I was caught up in the storm and unlucky? ”

Cen Mufeng's face was not good, and his tone was even worse: "Don't talk nonsense here." Father is too lazy to mind your business. It was the emperor who asked me to tell you that now all the evidence points to you, and Chu Peiyuan is the mouth that was destroyed by you. ”

"Silenced by me?" Cen Mu looked at him puzzled. "Okay, what's the need for him to be killed by me?"

"Your mother's death back then was related to Chu Peiyuan." Cen Mufeng said bluntly.

"What?" Cen Mooning was slightly stunned: "How could it have anything to do with him?" ”

"I don't know." Cen Mufeng frowned and said, "But this matter has been moved into the court." The emperor only let me tell you, I'm afraid you can't hide from the grounding, you'd better be prepared. ”

"What a mess." Qingli yelled at her very dissatisfied: "What does Chu Peiyuan's death have to do with Mrs. Cen?" Why don't you make it clear. Also, since the master knows that Niangniang was framed, why does he have to be grounded? ”

Cen Mufeng wrinkled his brows and glanced at her, before he said in a low voice: "I have already done what the emperor ordered, and I will leave." ”

"You ......" Qingli wanted to catch up and reason with him, but was caught by Bingling in the corner of his clothes.

"The more times like this, the more we have to hold our breath. Qingli, it is convenient for you to go to Qingxuan Palace, after all, you are the emperor's servant. Try to find out what evidence points to our mother. Bingling said worriedly: "The rumors outside won't just disperse, we have to think about what to do next." ”

Qingli looked at her calm appearance and blamed herself a little. "You're right, I can't be so reckless. I'm going to the Qingxuan Palace. Niangniang, don't worry, the master has you in his heart, no matter what happens, he will definitely not let you suffer. ”

"I hope so." Cen Mooning said regretfully: "I want to stay here for the last time." ”

Qingli nodded: "The slave and maid retired first." ”

She left and closed the door, and Bingling walked over quickly and lifted the white linen cloth on Chu Peiyuan's body. "Mother, the slave wants to check the wound again."

"It's fine." Cen Muning squatted down and examined Chu Peiyuan's body together with Qingli. The blood from the wound in the chest had coagulated, apparently caused by a sharp dagger. But the dagger was not on the corpse, and on his wrists and ankles, the marks of being bound were clearly visible.

Chu Peiyuan's brows were tightly locked, as if he was miserable.

"Qingli, who else do you say knows about Chu Peiyuan and his mother?" Cen Muning looked at Chu Peiyuan's cold face and gasped.

"The slave can be sure that those who know these things must also be involved." Bingling gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Uncle Young Master has always been straightforward and fast-talking, and he is by no means the appearance of a deep city. But over the years, he had never shown any guilt for his wife, or guilt for his young lady, and perhaps he himself did not know how troublesome this matter was. Therefore, the slave can be sure that even if the death of the lady is related to him, he must be counted in it but it is not known. Then this person who calculates him is the culprit. And the slave can be sure that this person is Qu Yu. ”

Thinking of the woman she saw in the outer house that day, Bingling couldn't help but regret it: "It's all to blame for the slave's carelessness at the time, and she was anxious to send her away." didn't bother to take a closer look at her appearance, and let her cover her face. Otherwise, it will be the end of the cape, and she will also be found. She must not be allowed to go unpunished! ”

"Don't look for it." Cen Muning's heart ached faintly, but her tone was extremely determined: "That woman must be around here." ”

"Why did Miss say that?" Bingling was puzzled: "Does she have other plans?" ”

"Not bad." Cen Mooning nodded again and again: "You think, she spent so much effort to rob the prison, and tried to calculate me, the purpose couldn't be simpler." She wanted me to lose everything I had now, but not my life. Then the only possibility is that she wants to take away everything I have. If that were the case, she would have been near the palace, or even hidden in it. Only with such close contact can her hands be long enough. ”

"The slave maid will let people look for her, rummage through the entire palace, and find her out!" Qingli gritted her teeth and said: "I think she did the things before she came, she plotted against you three times and twice, but she can still hide it under our noses, this woman is indeed not simple." ”

"There's no hurry." Cen Mooning sneered: "You don't have to look for it." ”

"Miss, what do you mean......" Bingling looked at her with some trepidation.

"Since she wants to take her place, she will inevitably appear in front of us." Cen Muning smiled slightly: "All the previous things were her foreshadowing. Once Hongu loses power, it is the best time for her to appear. All we have to do is wait. ”

There is an unfathomable enemy lurking around him, and this feeling inexplicably makes Cen Muning excited. "Bingling, listen to me, don't do anything, save your strength, and wait quietly."

"Yes." Bingling nodded neatly: "The slave understands." ”

With a bang, the door was slammed open.

Cen Muning and Bingling looked over in unison, and saw Chu Rongzhi breaking in with a panicked face.

"It's not true, it's not true, how can this be...... This is not true......" Chu Rongzhi stood in front of Chu Peiyuan, and wanted to squat down and stroke his body several times, but he didn't dare to approach it with contradictions, and muttered this sentence vigorously in his mouth, looking really pitiful.

Cen Muning didn't make a sound, just watched this scene quietly.

After a long time, Chu Rongzhi lost his strength and sat down beside his son with a bang. "Pei Yuan...... The white-haired person sends the black-haired person, how can you bear it...... How can you bear to leave your father and leave like this...... Peiyuan ......"

"Uncle, don't be overly sad, your body is important." Cen Muning comforted at the right time.

"Everybody says ...... Pei Yuan was careless, he didn't listen to the news delivered by the person who sent the letter, and led someone to save your mother, which would cause my sister to die in the wilderness, and there was no body to ......" Chu Rongzhi raised his head, looked at Cen Muning's eyes, and asked with tears: "Could it be that the queen also believes this slander, so she will poison Pei Yuan?" ”

"Uncle thinks Mu Ning will be so confused?" Cen Muning glanced at him.

"Never." Chu Rongzhi said firmly: "You have been wronged. They want you to break with the Chu family and lose your backup. At the same time, it also makes the Chu family your heart disease. ”

"Uncle is a man who understands." Cen Mooning nodded gently.

"Don't worry, as long as I still have a breath, I will definitely find out about this matter, avenge Peiyuan, and wash away your grievances." Chu Rongzhi gritted his teeth and said. "Don't worry!"

"Nope." Cen Mu Ning shook her head again and again: "Uncle's heart, Mu Ning is grateful. But in this matter, you must not do it. ”

"Why?" Chu Rongzhi looked at her suspiciously.

"The enemy is in the dark, and I am in the light." Cen Muning, you dare to say only these six words, and her eyes revealed continued anticipation: "I think it's the best plan for my uncle to know what to do." ”

Chu Rongzhi was a little unwilling, but he could understand what Cen Muning meant.

"The emperor has arrived—" Liang Bao's voice resounded clearly in his ears.

Cen Mu Ning immediately said: "Uncle rest assured, Mu Ning will definitely bury his cousin and will not let him go away in shabby." ”

"I don't need you to bother." Chu Rongzhi's face immediately changed: "My Chu family's affairs, and I don't need the queen to interfere." My son is dead, and no matter how much he is buried, it will be in vain. ”

Entering with Zhuang Chen, there were also Cen Yun and several old ministers.

Everyone could feel the pain and resentment in Chu Rongzhi's tone.

"Your Majesty." Cen Mooning nodded weakly at him.

Zhuang Chen's tone was a little cold: "The general suddenly lost his son, and his grief was excessive, I can understand your feelings." The funeral of the major general, I have instructed the Internal Affairs Bureau to handle it. ”

"Thank you for the Emperor's grace." Chu Rongzhi said with tears: "It's just that Peiyuan's death is not clear, even if he is in the ground, it is difficult to be safe." Weichen begged the emperor to investigate the matter thoroughly so that Pei Yuan could close his eyes. ”

"Nature." Zhuang Chenchen glanced at Cen Xiang on the side.

Cen Xiang hurriedly stepped forward: "Queen Mother, have you ever seen this dagger?" ”

Cen Mooning raised her head, and there was a coolness in her eyes: "This dagger ......"

This dagger is a relic of the mother. She remembers her mother occasionally taking her with her. When she went to the garden to pick flowers, she used this dagger to cut off the branches to prevent her from being punctured by the thorny flowers.

It's just that the mother's relics have been destroyed by the Guo family, and it's not strange that this thing is not in Cen Xiangfu.

"This dagger is a murder weapon." Cen Xiang said with a disgusted face: "When you go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to live, do you take it away?" Now it is confirmed that what happened back then was also because Chu Peiyuan failed to rescue in time, which led to the final ending, and it is true that he indirectly killed your mother, so you are so impatient to do it, right? ”

Cen Mooning sneered, raised his head and looked at his face: "It seems that you hope that this matter is related to this palace." ”

"In other words, can the Queen recognize this dagger as a relic of your late mother?" Cen Yun asked again.

"I know it's my mother's relic, but I use it to kill people, is this filial piety or stupidity?" Cen Muning asked without being salty.

"Your Majesty." Zhong Youdao, the leader of the Yanguan on the side, couldn't help but speak: "Weichen thinks that there is something suspicious about this matter. Although the murder weapon is the relic of the queen's late mother, and there is evidence to prove that Mrs. Cen's death is related to General Chu Shao, there is no substantial evidence to prove that the queen mother committed the murder because of this. After all, the Chu family is the grandmother of the queen's mother, and because of an old incident, they killed the killer and left evidence pointing to themselves...... The old minister thought that it was not a wise move, and it would not be of any benefit to the queen herself. This thing is strange, and there must be an inside story. ”

"But...... After all, it pointed to the queen mother. Chu Rongzhi said this deliberately.

"Then someone will check it out." Zhuang Chenchen and Cen Muling glanced at each other and said, "Since the matter has not been clarified, the queen will stay in Fengling Hall first." I also don't have to listen to those rumors anymore and mess up my mind. ”

"Yes." Since it was a good thing to say in advance, Cen Muning naturally had no surprises. "Concubines, thank you for the emperor's grace."

She knelt down and saluted, and Fang got up with Bingling's hand: "The concubine will retire first." ”

When she passed by Cen Yun's side, she frowned and asked, "Don't Cen Lian's late wife's relics be recognized?" Do you want to ask this palace for verification? If you were a murderer, would you carry out the murder with such a clear weapon, and you would still be left at the scene waiting to be questioned? ”

Without waiting for Cen Yun to speak, she left gracefully.

There are some things that Cen Muning will never forget for the rest of her life.