This night, I don't know why, Cen Muning always felt very stuffy.

The charcoal stove in the room was burning, could she hear the crackling sound, and she couldn't sleep peacefully as she got more and more stuffy.

But tonight, the emperor went to Concubine Min's palace.

"Stop, you still dare to run, stop......"

Outside the door, Qingli's voice pierced the silence of the night sky, which really frightened Cen Muning. She quickly got up, put on a thick silk robe, and asked in a loud voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Bingling walked over quickly and pushed open the door: "Queen Mother, Qingli has caught the assassin." ”

The word assassin is particularly uncertain. Bingling always felt a little strange, how could there be such a stupid assassin? Before he made a move, he was caught?

"Change my clothes." Cen Muning always felt that this "assassin" was more like wanting her to know something. Thinking about it like this, I came to my senses, and I couldn't sleep well anyway, so I might as well find something to do.

Everything was ready, and Cen Muning met the assassin in the wing room on the side of the inner chamber.

Qingli tied him up like a dumpling, not to prevent him from escaping, but to relieve his anger. "Say, who sent you to assassinate the queen? In the middle of the night, what are your plans? ”

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, she went up and kicked randomly. "Call your mouth hard, I'll see if your bones are hard or your mouth is harder."

The bound assassin's eyes were red, and she was about to cry, but Bingling stopped her.

"If you let people talk, you have to take off the cloth that is stuffed in their mouths. How do you explain it when you cover your mouth? ”

Qingli sneered lightly: "If you have the courage to enter the Fengling Hall to assassinate, you have to expect to suffer." If you can't swallow a piece of cloth, what can you do with the remaining bitter fruit? ”

After taking off the cloth, the man cried and said, "The queen spares her life, the slave is not an assassin." Minions are not assassins. ”

Listen to his voice, like a eunuch. Cen Muning couldn't help frowning: "You are the chamberlain serving in the palace?" Why did he mix into the Fengling Hall in such a costume in the middle of the night? What are your plans? ”

"Eunuch?" Qingli was also taken aback. "Okay, why are you dressed like this? It's not easy to recruit from the truth. ”

"Queen Mother, the slave has no other way to do this." The eunuch choked up and said, "The slave used to contact Aunt Schumann for matters outside the palace. Whatever news from outside the palace is sent into the palace, and what news is delivered from inside the palace, it is all through the hands of the slaves. However, Aunt Schumann died tragically, and the Queen Mother was confined to Fengluan Hall again, and the news was immediately broken. This is not a big deal, the slave is still waiting in the palace, doing internal affairs, but it is easy and ordinary. But in the last two days, the minions heard that someone was secretly searching all over the palace to find out the minions and kill them. The slave really had no other way, so he thought of coming to ask Niangniang for help. Thereupon...... So the slave took advantage of the opportunity to clear the sewage at the corner gate and mixed in. ”

"Even if what you say is true, your outfit is too strange, isn't it?" Bing Ling looked at him intently: "Obviously you are an inner chamberlain, you put on a night suit and were accused of being an assassin, if you are directly killed, won't you even have a chance to meet the queen mother?" ”

"The queen doesn't know." The inner eunuch gritted his teeth and said, "The servant heard that there was really an assassin in the Niangniang Palace, and this matter has alarmed the emperor. I think that only by being misunderstood as an assassin can I see the face of the mother as soon as possible. Of course, the minions were also worried that they would be injured by mistake, so the minions didn't carry any blades from beginning to end, just thinking about quickly being captured and sent to the mother. It's just that...... It's just that the aunt next to Niangniang is too ...... If the slave hadn't run just now, I'm afraid that she would kick her waist and break it with one kick......"

"Poof!"

Cen Muning and Bingling couldn't hold back and laughed.

Qingli looked indifferent, and said seriously: "Aunt Ben would rather kill mistakes than let go, who called you to be so sneaky." If you come directly to see the queen, won't you be spared a beating? I hurt myself in one more move, who do you blame! ”

"The slave didn't dare to come directly to ask for the mother. Isn't that the same as telling others that the slave is the one who is going to be killed? The inner attendant was aggrieved: "The slave just sent a letter, and he didn't do anything terrible, who knows how to get into trouble." In the slave's family, there are still a lot of old grandmothers to raise, and the slave doesn't want to lose his life. ”

With a serious face, Cen Muning frowned and said, "Why do you think this palace can help you?" ”

"Because of the minions...... The slave knew the secret of the Queen Mother. The inner eunuch bit his lip and frowned: "Aunt Schumann thought that the slave didn't know how to read, so she was relieved to hand over the errand to the slave." But in fact, in the early years of the slave, before the family was defeated, he learned to read and write with Mr. Private School. ”

"In other words, do you think you have the capital to make Hongu save you?" Cen Mu looked at him with heavy eyes.

"The minions don't dare." The inner attendant lowered his voice and said: "Looking at the palace, the only one who can compete with the queen mother is you, the queen mother." Aunt Schumann once asked the minions to deliver a letter. The contents of the letter were secretly read by the slaves......"

He frowned, struggling to roll forward, after all, it was impossible to walk through it with a rope.

"If you have anything to say, you can say it right here. Move forward, make up. Qingli stepped on his back and said dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, yes, my aunt spares her life. The minions didn't dare. The inner eunuch was too frightened to move, so he lay on the ground and pleaded.

"You say yes." Cen Mooning picked up the hot tea handed by Bingling and took a sip.

"That letter is also strange, it was actually sent to the mansion of the young general of the Chu family." The inner chamberlain raised his eyebrows and said, "There are only four words on the letter, so I can do it myself." ”

"Sent to a monk's house?" Cen Muning was not the slightest surprised. It is said that the Queen Mother and the Chu family have never had anything to do with it. No matter how confused Chu Peiyuan is, he will not take refuge in the Queen Mother, after all, he is the person promoted by the emperor. There is a queen mother in the middle, I'm afraid it's not like that. Besides, what does it mean to be "self-sufficient"?

Did he do something that the Queen Mother was not used to, so the Queen Mother warned him to stop?

This made Cen Muning even more strange. What does it mean that the Queen Mother went to warn a general with troops to do it for herself? If Chu Peiyuan has other thoughts, the Queen Mother will tell the emperor directly, and she will need to open the net and ask someone to dial Chu Peiyuan?

Thinking of this, Cen Muning couldn't sit still. If it wasn't too late, she should have gone to see Chu Peiyuan and ask for clarification.

"I'm afraid it's more than that, right?" Qingli stepped on the inner eunuch again: "What kind of letter have you sent?" Why don't you hurry up and recruit from the truth? ”

"Everything else is much the same, except that there is no movement in the palace, or people are asked to keep an eye on the movement outside the palace. It's not just to carry out an order of the Queen Mother. But these orders are also the same, such as monitoring Fengling Palace, tracking the minions who go out in Fengling Palace, and monitoring Cen Xiangfu or Chu's family and other houses. This was before, since Aunt Schumann died, everything came to an end. ”

"Why do you think that the matter of the Chu family's outer house is the most important?" Cen Mu Ning looked at the slave thoughtfully and asked meaningfully.

"That's because these days, General Chu always enters the palace to ask the emperor for grace, hoping to release General Chu. They are all the queen's family, and you are also anxious to come to the mother. The inner chamberlain cried and said: "Niangniang, the slave used to do things for Aunt Schumann, and there was no way to do it, she chose the slave, and threatened the slave with the slave's family...... And the slave is just sending a letter in the final analysis. I have never done anything unreasonable, please be merciful, save the slave, and save the slave's family. The slave is willing to serve wholeheartedly by the side of the mother to repay the grace of the mother. ”

"You are so sensible, this palace will naturally not treat you badly." Cen Muning said quietly: "It's just that it's getting late now, so it's better to talk about it tomorrow." ”

"Yes, yes." The inner chamberlain bowed respectfully to the ground: "Everything is up to the queen." ”

"That's right." Cen Mu Ning asked thoughtfully: "This palace doesn't know what your name is." ”

"The slave Liu Shun is willing to swear allegiance to his mother."

"Liu Shun." Cen Mu Ning nodded: "Qingli, take him down, give him some good food and drink, and a thick quilt." The rest will be said tomorrow morning at dawn. ”

"Thank you for your grace." Liu Shun kowtowed tightly, although he was still trampled by the green plow, but the smile on his face was much happier at this time.

The person was taken down, and Bingling could not take care of asking. "Mother, do you think this minion's words can be trusted? How did the slave think he had other plans? ”

Qingli thought for a moment and said, "He said that Schumann asked her to send a letter to the outside house, and there were only four words on the letter, so that she could do it for herself...... If this letter was not sent to Major General Chu. Could it be for the woman who was kept in the outer house? ”

Her words made Cen Muning's eyes light up: "Yes, why didn't I think of this layer." Could it be that woman is the Queen Mother's person? No, I have to go see Chu Peiyuan. ”

"Now?" Bingling glanced out the window: "It's too late at this time, it's better to ...... tomorrow morning"

"Right now." Cen Muning smiled slightly: "At this time, the palace is the quietest, not to mention that the emperor went to Concubine Min, and the palace door was locked." At this time, it is not easy to attract the attention of others. ”

"Yes." Qingli nodded: "Then the slave will arrange it." It's just that...... Niangniang, nothing in this palace can be hidden from the eyes of the master. Whether you go now, or tomorrow morning, the master will know. ”

"Well, naturally." Cen Muning didn't plan to hide it from Zhuang Chen.

"Then the slave will go and take care of it." Qingli saluted solemnly, and just about to leave, he couldn't help but asked again: "Do you want to call someone to check the bottom of Liu Shun?" In this palace, the heart of defense is indispensable at any time. ”

"Naturally, I want it." Bingling nodded in agreement: "The slave also thinks that this inner prison is suspicious. In short, you must take a good look at him. ”

"The slave knows what to expect." The green plough quickly retreated.

Cen Muning smiled slightly and said to Bingling: "I feel more and more now that everyone in this palace is good at playing chess. Whether it is a high-ranking person or a penniless person, they all have their own calculations. Each game is intricate, and everyone in the game is doing their best, which is really interesting. ”

"That's what the mother said." Bing Ling said: "In the deep palace, who doesn't count people, who doesn't be calculated, there is no more lively place than this." ”