Chapter 337: Dig Deeper
Zijin still looked at him with blank eyes, straightforward and bold, without the slightest hint of shyness and timidity in the woman's family.
"You are you, you have your own good, you don't have to change at all."
In fact, even if you change, you are still just you. This sentence was buried in Chu Mubai's heart.
He lowered his arm and took a step back without moving.
As soon as Zijin said the words, he threw away all his shyness and plucked up the courage to say, "But Zijin wants to become what Brother Mubai likes." ”
Chu Mubai smiled and reached out to rub Zijin's hair. This action, he had done many times in his dream memory, skillfully, with doting. Today, he found that this girl is very similar to Yuehua when she was young.
When Yuehua was pampered by her parents, she was actually just a naughty tomboy, climbing high and low, dancing with knives and sticks. At that time, my stepmother had a headache and often complained about my father-in-law, thinking that she would never be as gentle and demure as those ladies.
The father-in-law also wanted to train her to be a heroic woman.
Later, Mo Guhan succeeded to the throne, the border wars continued, and when he was in the capital, Yuehua and his stepmother depended on each other, reined in the stubbornness of his childhood, and gradually melted the thoughts and worries of his father-in-law into the continuous embroidery thread.
He occasionally returned to Beijing, only to find that Yuehua had become a completely different appearance. Looking at him, there was also more cowardice and shyness in his daughter's family.
Later, Chu Mubai didn't want to think about it.
He thought that maybe Zijin was another Yuehua given to him by God, giving him a chance again, so that he could spoil her and not have to become the same character as Yuehua now.
Just like today's incident, in the face of Concubine Ling's harm, Yuehua endured it with all her might, but persuaded Mo Guhan instead. If so, she has a solid and huge support behind her, she can also be arrogant, and even say arrogantly: "This palace wants her concubine's neck, what can your Shen family do to me?" ”
It's just a pity that I'm still not strong enough.
He lowered his head and looked at Zijin very affectionately: "Zijin, when Yuehua gives birth to the prince and everything settles down, I want to beg her to give you and me a marriage, are you willing?" ”
Zijin suddenly raised his head, his eyes wide open: "What did you say?" Brother Mubai? ”
Chu Mubai smiled: "Are you willing to marry me?" ”
Only then did Zijin realize that she had heard correctly, her eyes quickly turned red, and her aggrieved tears trembled: "I thought, I thought you would never understand." ”
Chu Mubai stepped forward and grabbed her and gently pressed it against her chest: "Silly girl." ”
Zijin immediately burst into tears and laughed, stretched out his arms, and wrapped his arms around Chu Mubai's waist: "You can't be drunk, right?" Wake up tomorrow and forget? ”
Chu Mubai smiled dumbly: "Today, the emperor is recovering from a serious illness and can't drink, we are all just trying to stop, how can we get drunk?" ”
Zijin is not a pretentious girl, but in the face of love, she will still be like other girls, suffering from gains and losses, moaning and moaning without illness.
She smiled embarrassedly: "I just feel that happiness came too suddenly, and I was a little caught off guard." ”
Chu Mubai stretched out his hand and stroked her hair: "If it weren't for the fact that Yuehua is now an eventful season, I would enter the palace now and ask the emperor for marriage, would you feel stable?" ”
Zijin raised his head: "What's wrong?" Niangniang now has the emperor's favor, it can be said that she is a collection of thousands of favors, what else is there to worry about? ”
Chu Mubai frowned slightly, and did not hide what happened tonight, and said to Zijin: "Yuehua is pregnant now, so the people in the harem are always trying to harm her. She was alone in the palace, and I was always uneasy. ”
Zijin was silent for a moment, and finally spoke: "Or, let me go into the palace to accompany her, right?" ”
Chu Mubai didn't think about it, so he shook his head: "Those women in the palace are more ruthless than the other, all of them are unscrupulous, you are pure-minded, where can you be their opponent?" ”
Zijin was a little unhappy: "I'm a little stupid, but I know that Sister Yuehua's words must be right, I will listen to what she says, if anyone dares to bully her, I will beat her down first." ”
Chu Mubai was moved, knowing that Zijin was just trying to please himself, otherwise he would definitely not be willing to enter the palace, which was like a prison, and smiled slightly: "She will definitely not agree to let you get involved in that pool of troubled water." ”
"You didn't ask, how do you know?" Zijin pouted, a rare little daughter.
Chu Mubai nodded: "Okay, I'll ask her if I have a chance." ”
Zijin's face was full of excitement, blooming with a different brilliance, and the stars in his eyes jumped, shining as silver.
In order to keep Concubine Ling, the Queen Mother was furious, and said without showing weakness in front of Mo Guhan that she would investigate thoroughly. In fact, she doesn't have much idea in her heart about whether Concubine Ling is innocent or not.
Especially Concubine Ling turned out to be an unassuming person, she was so stupid that she asked Hancui to buy someone who was cautious and killed, and now she was caught by Mo Guhan, which is irrefutable.
Didn't she want to think about it, Mo Guhan attached so much importance to this case, how could she neglect to take precautions and give her a chance?
When Mo Guhan sent the eunuch to her, she felt that she had been slapped in the face. The eunuch's confession is tantamount to admitting that Concubine Ling is the instigator behind the scenes, there is no doubt about it.
In a fit of rage, she immediately announced that the palace maid Hancui came over for interrogation, and Hancui was still lucky in the face of the little eunuch's testimony at first, and refused to admit it.
She lynched mercilessly, and with a terrible flick of her fingers.
Ten fingers connected to the heart, with green skin and delicate flesh, after all, it can't stand it, I have to admit that instructing the eunuch to kill his mouth is exactly what Concubine Ling meant.
She immediately took the case at that time: "In this way, the consequences of poisoning and poisoning the emperor are really the credit of your master?" ”
The palace maid Hancui was sweating profusely, and her eyebrows and eyes were deformed in pain, but she denied this matter very resolutely, saying that her master was really wronged.
Regardless of whether they are really wronged or not, Mo Guhan and Chu Yuehua must have an explanation in front of them.
She wants to keep Concubine Ling.
She was so anxious at the time that she didn't even torture Han Cui, since Concubine Ling had nothing to do with this matter, could she take the risk of killing people and killing people?
She was just bent on excusing Concubine Ling, so she immediately ordered without hesitation to kill the eunuch and Hancui with a cane, and there was no proof of death.
She pushed everything onto Han Cui, and when Mo Guhan asked Han Cui the reason for killing Shi Yunhai, she let out a "grunt" in her heart and realized her negligence.
She casually made up the excuse of Hancui and Shi Yunhai's fornication, prevaricated Mo Guhan, and avenged Concubine Ling, but in fact, she didn't have a score in her heart.
After returning to the Ruian Palace, the first thing she did was to summon Concubine Ling and interrogate her about the whole incident.
Concubine Ling burst into tears, begging with sorrow, no matter how she said it over and over again, it was still the same sentence: "Everything was told by Shi Yunhai, and he didn't know it." “
The Queen Mother returned Mo Guhan's words to herself as they were: "If you don't have a weak heart as a thief, why do you need to kill Shi Yunhai to extinguish your mouth?" ”
Concubine Ling's face was full of panic, but it was fleeting: "That Shi Yunhai is a soft bone, but three or two punishments will be bent into a move, what if you climb to Ling'er in order to survive?" Ling'er must be at a loss for words, so she had to do it first to prevent future troubles. ”
Her words are not entirely unreasonable. The Queen Mother solemnly stared at Concubine Ling with extremely strict eyes: "Then the mourning family will ask you again for the last time, is it you who poisoned the queen?" ”
Concubine Ling screamed bitterly, shouted injustice, and swore a curse.
The Queen Mother thought to herself for a while: "The mourning family chooses to believe you for the time being, and make decisions for you, investigate this matter clearly, and return your innocence." If you dare to conceal and deceive the mourners, the mourners will certainly not spare you. ”
Concubine Ling was really a little frightened at this time, hugging the Queen Mother's legs and crying: "Aunt Huang, now you are the only one who can help Ling'er, Ling'er is really wronged." ”
The Queen Mother helplessly helped her up: "If you want to redress your grievances, think about it, in this matter, is there anything suspicious about Concubine Chu Yuehua and the others?" Are there any clues in what Shi Yunhai told you? ”
Concubine Ling lowered her head and pondered for a long time, but she really couldn't remember any flaws.
She was so anxious that she almost cried: "This incident happened very suddenly, and she was caught off guard, Ling'er just devoted herself to exposing Chu Yuehua and rescuing the emperor, and she didn't think too much about it." ”
The Queen Mother waved her hand helplessly, and she could only let her go back first.
For the sake of Concubine Ling, she began to investigate the matter, she thought about it over and over again, and started Zhou Yuan's idea.
If what Concubine Ling said is true, then either Shi Yunhai is lying, or this matter is a trap for Zhou Yuan.
On the pretext of diagnosing the pulse, she found her own people in the Tai Hospital, and carefully asked Shi Yunhai and Zhou Yuan about the affairs of the two in the Tai Hospital.
Except for the discord between Shi Yunhai and Zhou Yuan, those people couldn't say any valuable clues.
The Queen Mother thought, assuming that Zhou Yuan did have a tryst with others behind the rockery at that time, and hid it from everyone, then the "Jade Book" in Shi Yunhai was indeed its own, but Shi Yunhai fell into Zhou Yuan's trap and misidentified it.
The Queen Mother began to look for this girl who cooperated with Zhou Yuan's acting.
It's actually not that hard to dig into. Just ask someone in the hospital about it. There is no such thing as an impermeable wall.
It's just that Xuanji went in and out of the Tai Hospital on the orders of Ya Jieyu, there was a reason for righteousness and brightness, and she had other thoughts from the beginning, so she was cautious, and the people in the Tai Hospital did not notice that there was anything unclear about her and Zhou Yuan.
The Queen Mother looked for someone to inquire, but no one mentioned Xuanji.
However, the land raid was not so lucky. When she was in Ci'an Palace, she often found all kinds of excuses to find Zhou Yuan, and the two of them were looking for a secluded and uninhabited place to sneak around, and many people in the hospital knew it, but they didn't find fault with it.
When the Queen Mother asked, naturally the first one to be pushed out and hung on the table was Lu Raid.