"Brother Ling Li, can you agree to my return to Persimmon Lane?" Afraid that the topic would go too far, Shu Mei proposed to go home to save his relatives again.

"Good. You will go back early tomorrow morning, and come back before the palace gate. I asked Huo Cheng to go to the treasury to pick out some gifts, and you can take them with you when you leave. ”

"I ...... I would like to stay at home for an extra day. Shu Mei said cautiously.

"Nope." Ling Li wrapped her tightly in his arms, "I can't sleep well without you." ”

"How did you sleep without me before?" Shu Mei raised his head and asked with a smile.

"It used to be before. With you, it's different. Ling Li buried his head in her neck, sniffed her Qingfen's breath, and muttered, "Holding you and smelling your smell, I can sleep peacefully." ”

Shu Mei's heart moved, and he raised his arm to wrap around his waist.

In the eyes of outsiders, Ling Li's emperor is majestic and decisive, like cold ice. Only in front of her, he is the spring tide of water, surging and mighty.

On the second day, after Ling Li went to the morning court, Shu Mei took a four-person sedan chair, took Qiu Jin, Wei Shen and others out of the palace in a low-key manner, and returned to Shu Mansion in Persimmon Lane.

She was afraid of attracting attention, so she refused the chariot and the concubine's guard of honor arranged by Huo Cheng, and even the few carts of expensive gifts that Ling Li ordered to prepare, she only picked a few boxes of nourishing medicinal herbs to bring.

After the group returned to Shu's house, Shu Mei asked Wei Shen to follow her to visit the Liang family in the inner house with medicinal herbs, leaving Qiu Hibiscus and the palanquin bearers to rest in the outer room for tea and rest.

When Liang was receiving warm acupuncture treatment, Shu Mei said that she still had something to deal with, so she asked the housekeeper to arrange a carriage, she changed into men's clothes, and took Wei Shen from the back door to Dali Temple.

Wei Shen and the people of Dali Temple had already docked, and the carriage drove directly into the inner courtyard through the side door. After Shu Mei got out of the car, an errand officer came forward. He led Shu Mei and Wei Shen through several alleys, opened a narrow thick wooden door with a key, and entered a small boxy courtyard. There is also a plum tree in the yard, which is in the flowering period, blooming with pure flowers, and there are bursts of cold fragrance coming to the nose.

The messenger walked through the courtyard, pushed open a door facing the entrance, turned to Shu Mei and said, "Niangniang, it's here." ”

"The prisoners are locked up here?" Shu Mei was a little surprised, her grandfather had been a Dali Temple Qing, the Imperial Doctor, Dali Temple Prison she had been curious to pretend to be a man to follow to see, although it was not as eerie and terrible as it was rumored in the market, but it was also dimly lit and heavily guarded, how could it be like this? !

"Hui Niangniang, this prisoner has a special identity, and the emperor is especially gracious enough to be imprisoned here."

"Who is locked up here?"

"An old lady of the mother."

Shu Mei stepped into the threshold in confusion, and was stunned when he saw the man sitting on the wooden chair in front of the window.

"What? If you are Ling Li's Concubine Mu, you don't remember me? Am I the one who promised to give up the country for you in front of thousands of people? Ling Zhao, dressed in white, stood up and walked towards her with a smile.

"Ling Zhao, what is your intention in lying to me to come here?!" Shu's eyebrows tightened, and his body involuntarily took a step back.

"Didn't someone give you a message? I just had a kind heart, and I want to tell you about the mastermind behind the tragedy of the Anyuan Governor's Mansion before I die. Seeing that Shu Mei was still retreating, Ling Zhao stood still and said with a smile: "You are now the concubine Mu Niangniang who favors the crown of South Vietnam, are you still afraid of me who is about to die?" ”

"Dying?" Ling Zhao in front of him was no different from the past except for the simple and unpretentious clothes. If it weren't for him when he entered Dali Temple, in such a clean and elegant room, he looked so calm, where would he look like a death row prisoner in Dali Temple?

"If you don't kill me, how can your Ling Li brother sleep peacefully?" Ling Zhao smiled wistfully.

"If you really know the mastermind behind it, why didn't you tell me in the past?"

"There was no need to tell you in the past."

"Then tell me now, do you want me to intercede with Brother Ling Li for you?" Shu Mei said vigilantly.

"Intercession? According to Ling Li's temperament, I'm afraid that the more you plead, the faster I will die. Ling Zhao saw her leaning against the door, clenching her fists vigilantly, so he smiled and took a few steps back, and returned to the wooden chair in front of the window and sat down. He picked up the clay pot on the table and poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Shu Mei, "Do you want to taste the cold fragrant tea of this Dali Temple?" I made it with plum blossoms from the courtyard outside, and the taste was so unique that it was the only place in South Vietnam that I could drink. ”

Seeing that Shu Mei didn't answer, he shook his head again and smiled: "Afraid that I will be poisoned?" Forget it, I'll pour it myself. ”

"It's not easy for me to get out of the palace, if you just want to find someone to chat with you, I can't accompany you." Shu Mei didn't want to get along with him for a moment, so he turned around and wanted to leave.

"Concubine Mu, I chatted with you for a few words, but I just want you to be a little mentally prepared, since you are so impatient, then I might as well speak up."

"Okay, you say." Shu Mei let go of the hand that was pulling the latch.

"The tragedy in the Anyuan Governor's Mansion was planned by Ling Li."

Shu Mei felt like he had been hit on the head, and his mind was dizzy for a while, before he helped the door of the house and asked weakly, "What did you just say?!" ”

"I said, the tragedy in the Anyuan Governor's Mansion was planned by Ling Li."

Shu Mei's face turned pale suddenly.

Ling Zhao raised his head and drank the tea in his cup, and said slowly: "On that day, the killing intent in the Anyuan Governor's Mansion was soaring and the blood flowed like a river, but you were the only one who survived, did you never doubt it?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, don't want to slander Brother Ling Li!" Shu Mei said hurriedly.

"Is it slander, you go back and ask him, don't you know?" Ling Zhao put down the teacup and said coldly, "He kept you just to stimulate your grandfather and fulfill his wish to form the Zhenxi Army." I hate that I have made all kinds of calculations and plans, but after all, I am still a step below him, and only by holding the military power can I gain a firm foothold and seize power......"

"You said this, but you just want to provoke the relationship between me and Brother Ling Li!" Shu Mei eagerly interrupted Ling Zhao's words.

"You're absolutely right. Why did he get all the beauty and the beauty, but I had nothing?! Ling Zhao gritted his teeth and said.

"I'm not going to believe your nonsense."

"It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, anyway, if you secretly came to Dali Temple to see me today under the pretense of provincial relatives, he will believe it." Ling Zhao said with a smile.

"You, you are despicable and shameless!" Only then did Shu Mei realize that he had fallen for him.

"Indeed." Ling Zhao looked at Shu Mei, and suddenly pursed his lips and said: "I have always hated women, but for some reason, as long as I think that you are Ling Li's woman, I have a little interest, could it be because of this men's clothing?!" ”

Seeing Ling Zhao walking towards him with a smile, Shu Mei opened the door and staggered out as if he had escaped.

"Mother, are you alright?" Wei Shen, who was waiting outside the door, saw Shu Mei's face pale, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her.

Shu Mei shook off his hand with a look of disgust and walked out quickly.

Until she got into the carriage back to Shu's house, her mind was still dizzy.

- "On that day, the killing intent in the Anyuan Governor's Mansion was soaring and the blood flowed like a river, but you were the only one who survived, did you never doubt it? ”

She really never doubted. From the time they met in Xixi Palace, he was the only heroic brother in her mind.

- "He kept you only to stimulate your grandfather and fulfill his desire to form a Zhenxi army. ”

He carried himself to the court, which shocked the monarch and ministers, and then the court ordered the formation of the Zhenxi Army. Was he really planning it?!