Chapter 016: Making a Living from Lies

Master Qi promised Gu Qingming that he would send the news of Yun Yao's presence in the palace every day, and would not let the husband and wife lose contact, which made Gu Qingming feel at ease to let Yun Yao enter the palace.

Yun Yao's identity at this time was a folk medicine girl, and she entered the palace to give birth to the queen's mother.

Anyway, the entire Hao Palace knows that the queen is pregnant, so it is reasonable for Master Qi to send a reliable medical girl to the queen's side, no one will suspect anything, everyone will think that Master Qi is just worried about his daughter and grandson.

The words were divided into two ends, and at this time, in the Ning Palace of the capital city, Shen Che and Jiang Yi were also in trouble.

The Empress Dowager Qin did not move, everything was as usual in the palace, even if Shen Che guessed that something was wrong, but he did not dare to investigate blatantly, so he fell into a passive state.

Shen Che didn't know for the time being that the Empress Dowager Qin had seen through his disguise, and every day in addition to entering the palace with the vassal kings to ask for peace, he was wandering around the capital with these brothers who had not seen him for many years, enjoying the beautiful scenery and food of the capital.

At night, he still lives in the royal courtyard, and occasionally recruits a few kabuki to entertain himself, and his life is happy.

Of course, this is just an appearance, in fact, Shen Che is worried every day, because Jiang Yi will be summoned into the palace by the queen mother every day, and she will stay all day.

Every time Jiang Yi came back, when Shen Che asked what she had done in the Hehuan Palace, her answer was always the same-chatting with the queen mother, and more about Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan's affairs in Yiguo.

Fortunately, in order to please Rong Ya, Jiang Yi did not say anything bad about Yun Yao and them, but praised their intelligence, so for so many days, they have been fine, and nothing special has happened.

"Are you going to the Hehuan Hall tomorrow?" Shen Che looked at Jiang Yi under the candlelight and asked, his frowning brows showing his displeasure.

"It's not that you don't know how much has happened to your favorite concubine Lu Yingquan and that extremely smart Yun Yao since they arrived at Yiwang Palace. The queen wants to hear it, can I still say it?" Jiang Yi also seemed to be aware of Shen Che's attitude, so her tone was not very good.

After all, these days, she herself is in a painful torment. obviously hates Yun Yao and Lu Yingquan very much, obviously wants them to die, obviously the two sides are hostile relations, but in order to please Rong Ya and not let herself suffer, she has to desperately say good things about Lu Yingquan and speak with a clear conscience.

"When Uncle Cheng Wang and the others had lunch today, they were already discussing the matter of leaving Beijing. If Uncle Wang and a few Wang brothers leave, we will definitely not be able to stay here for long. Shen Che said, "Maybe it's tomorrow, after you enter the palace tomorrow, explain the reason to the queen mother and ask her to let you leave in advance." These days, you've done enough work, and the queen will definitely understand. ”

"The concubine knows. Jiang Yi nodded and said, "The queen mother is kind-hearted, and even a palace maid misses her sister to help, and if I ask for my resignation tomorrow, she will definitely not be forced to stay." ”

Shen Che heard this, nodded, and stopped speaking, as if he didn't take Jiang Yi's words to heart, but in fact, his mind was occupied by other things.

He always felt that in the past few days, there was something wrong with Empress Dowager Qin's attitude towards him. Because since he stepped into the capital, the Empress Dowager Qin's temptation of him has not stopped. At first, it was Rong Yan, then it was a sobering soup, and then it was a separate banquet, and there were endless tricks, the purpose was to break his disguise

But in the past few days, the Empress Dowager Qin has stopped tempting, and she didn't even make any movements, and the whole person was calm and a little abnormal. This is not quite in line with the consistent style of the Empress Dowager Qin.

Shen Che has been fighting with the Empress Dowager Qin for so many years, fighting wits and courage, and he knows the Empress Dowager Qin very well, so he knows that there are only two reasons for the Empress Dowager Qin to give up the temptation of him.

First, the suspicion of him has been completely dispelled in the heart, and there is no need to test again, and second, there is no need to test him again.

According to the degree of suspicion of the Empress Dowager Qin, it is absolutely impossible to dispel her suspicions about him, and the longer the time, her suspicions will only become deeper and deeper, and there will be no day when she will die at all. Therefore, the Empress Dowager Qin should have noticed that he had a problem from some things.

Thinking of this, Shen Che's expression became serious, he still seemed to underestimate the Empress Dowager Qin's methods, where did the flaws appear? These days, he is cautious every day, making sure that he will not have any problems. Then the only possibility is...... Jiang Yi.

Jiang Yi just said that the queen mother was kind-hearted, and he seemed to understand something.

It is precisely because the queen mother is kind-hearted and young that most people will not be wary of her, and they will not think that she will be the queen mother's spy. Maybe even the queen herself doesn't know that she summons Jiang Yi every day, and what she says and does is very likely to be under the control of the Empress Dowager Qin.

Perhaps, it was Jiang Yi and the queen's chatter that went wrong.

Thinking of this, Shen Che turned to look at Jiang Yi and asked, "Have you ever had anything unusual happen in the Hehuan Hall these days?" Or is there anyone else around you when you were talking to the queen mother?"

"Your Royal Highness is suspicious that the Empress Dowager Qin sent a spy to the side of the Empress Dowager and listened to all our conversations?" Jiang Yi reacted very quickly at this time, and quickly sensed Shen Che's intentions, so he said with a smile, "No, when we chatted, there were only two of us in the palace, and even the finches were guarded by me outside the palace." If someone had come close to eavesdropping, the finch would have known. ”

"Is there really nothing abnormal?" Shen Che was still uneasy in his heart, he didn't believe that Empress Dowager Qin would die down so easily.

"Nothing out of the ordinary. Jiang Yi shook his head, "But there is a very coincidental thing, but this is already the second day of our stay in Ganquan Palace, and it has been several days, and I don't know if it is abnormal." ”

"What's the matter?" asked Shen Che patiently.

Jiang Yi saw that Shen Che seemed to be really nervous, so she told Xiaoqing about looking for her sister, and said at the end: "That palace maid is also quite pitiful, she has been separated from her sister for several years, but what she is waiting for is the news of her sister's death, she ......"

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Yi raised his eyes and suddenly saw Shen Che's dark face, as if he was suppressing his anger.

"Your Highness, you ......"

"Did this king tell you that no matter what happens in the palace, you have to tell me word for word when you come back?" Shen Che said word by word, "Jiang Yi, you have mistaken this king's big event!"

"Concubine...... What did the concubine do wrong?" Jiang Yi still didn't understand, but after listening to Shen Che's words, he was suddenly a little panicked.

"That little eyebrow in your mouth, she is the meticulous work sent to Ning Palace by the Empress Dowager Qin! You exposed the time of He Meiren's death, which is equivalent to telling the Empress Dowager Qin that since these days, the letters sent to Ning Palace have all been fake. Shen Che said coldly, "If you had told this king earlier, this king would have been able to find a way to remedy it, but now ......"

"Then what now?" Jiang Yi was completely panicked, completely at a loss, "Otherwise, let's leave now, leave overnight, and return to Yiguo, no matter how much Empress Dowager Qin covers the sky with her hands, she can't be powerful in Yiguo!"

"Innocent!" Shen Che said angrily, "Fleeing overnight, isn't this clearly telling the Empress Dowager Qin that I, Shen Che, have ill intentions?"

Jiang Yi stopped talking, and the whole room fell silent, and it was quiet as if the heartbeat of the two could be heard.

Shen Che wanted to blame Jiang Yi again, but he stubbornly endured this anger. After all, he was also at fault in this matter, he didn't tell Jiang Yi the truth, and let her fall into the trap of the Queen Mother.

Now is not the time for accountability, but most importantly, how to find a way to remedy it.

It has been three or four days since the Empress Dowager Qin learned the truth, the Empress Dowager Qin must be prepared, in order to prevent him from leaving, the defenders of the city gate will definitely be more strictly checked than in the past, and around this courtyard, I don't know how many people are staring, he is sure that if he takes a step out of the courtyard now, someone will definitely report his whereabouts to the Empress Dowager Qin.

Since he can't be clear, he can only outwit it, and only by leaving the capital and escaping from the surveillance and control of the Empress Dowager Qin can he have room to turn around.

Thinking of this, Shen Che took a deep breath and said to Jiang Yi: "Listen to me, the Empress Dowager Qin has already become suspicious of us, and she will definitely not let us leave so easily, so our biggest goal now is to find a way to leave the capital." ”

"How should I leave?" Jiang Yi had no master, so he could only listen to Shen Che's arrangement.

"Tomorrow morning, you will enter the palace as usual, so that the Empress Dowager Qin will think that we are unaware and lower her vigilance. Shen Che said, "During this time, I will find a way to get out of the city first." After you enter the palace, when you see the queen mother, you will immediately ask for your resignation, don't delay, I will arrange for someone to wait in the alley on the east street at the palace gate, and you go directly to that side when you go out of the palace gate. ”

"And then, am I going out of the city to find you?" Jiang Yi asked.

"You can't leave the city right away, my people will take you in disguise, hide in the capital for a while, and wait until the city gate is lifted before taking you out. Shen Che's eyes flashed slightly, he didn't want to deceive the person in front of him anymore, but now he had to use lies again to find a way out for himself.

"Then I can't go back to Yiguo with His Highness!" Jiang Yi encountered such a big battle for the first time, and he had no opinion at all, so he could only let Shen Che arrange it.

"Yi'er, Empress Dowager Qin's target is me, she has been sending meticulous work to Yiguo for so many years, and she has been constantly tempting, all to guard against me. Now that she has noticed something, she will definitely not let me go, and if you go with me, it will affect you. Shen Che took a deep breath and said, "If she finds out that I am leaving, she will definitely know that I am going back to Yiguo immediately, and she will definitely send someone to chase and kill me all the way." You are weak and can't stand the bumps, so staying incognito in the capital is the best way. ”

Jiang Yi listened to Shen Che's words, and her heart was moved.

She always thought that in addition to the great cause of the country in Shen Che's heart, there was only Lu Yingquan, but she didn't expect that in such a dangerous time, he would actually consider her safety in his heart.

With his words, even if she died, what was she afraid of? Just hiding in the capital, and when the rumors passed, she could still return to Yiguo and wait for him to fulfill his promise.