"Yes." Xi Rui nodded.

"Chang Shiliang, give me a seat." Mo Junchen took a sip of the tea that was about to cool and hid the anger in his eyes.

"Slave and maid, thank you, Your Majesty!" Xirui helped Granny Feng to stand up tremblingly and sat on the two embroidery stools that Chang Shiliang had moved.

"You go on." Mo Junchen quickly turned the bead string in his hand.

"Seeing the master's physical condition and spirit getting better day by day, the slave and maid are really happy in their hearts. Just when we all felt that the master had begun to wait with peace of mind, she suddenly asked Lianxue to take that note, and go to Yin Banxian in the middle of the night to ask Yin Banxian to save His Highness."

"And then Reyuki went?" Mo Junchen's face was gloomy.

"Lian Xue persuaded the master, saying that witchcraft is strictly forbidden in the palace, and if she is discovered, she will lose her head, but at that time, the master can't care so much, she said that if Lian Xue is not willing to go, then she will go by herself. But how can we be slaves and maids have a reason to let the master do things, and Lianxue went out of the palace with a hard head. You know the rest of the matter, Your Majesty. Please forgive your master." As she spoke, Xirui fell to her knees and pleaded for Qing Meiren.

"She's confused!" Granny Feng, who was sitting on the side, suddenly sighed.

"Mother, in front of Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense." Xi Rui was afraid that Mo Junchen would be guilty, so she hurriedly persuaded in a low voice.

"And who are you threatened again?" Mo Junchen didn't care about Granny Feng's sigh and continued to ask. The frightened look in Lianxue's eyes before she died made Mo Junchen feel like a fish in her throat.

Xi Rui was visibly excited, and when she raised her head again, her eyes were full of fear, and her lips trembled: "Pigeon."

"Pigeons?" Pigeons again. Mo Junchen had the idea of slaughtering all the pigeons in Jin'an City at this moment.

"Yes......" Xi Rui clenched her sleeves with both hands, trying her best to suppress the fear in her heart, "On the second night after Lian Xue returned from Yin Banxian, another pigeon came to Liuyun Palace. In the bamboo tube at his feet was a palm-sized note, on which were written the names and locations of the three of us...... At the bottom is written the words "Sit together, and there is a drop of undried blood next to it."

Listening to Xi Rui's words, Mo Junchen fell into a long silence. After a long time, Mo Junchen drank all the tea that had been cooled in the tea bowl in one gulp: "You stay in the palace first, and when the matter is over, we will talk about your going and staying."

"Slave and maid, thank you, Lord Ronne!" After Xirui pulled Granny Feng to thank her, she left the Zichen Hall backwards.

"Chang Shiliang." Mo Junchen sat behind the dragon book case, his eyes looked at the window lattice, his expression was a little trance, "You say...... Am I really hard-hearted......

"Your Majesty, Qing Niangniang has His Majesty and His Royal Highness in her eyes, but you have all the people and rivers in your eyes." Chang Shiliang brought a cup of hot tea and put it in Mo Junchen's hand, looking at the man in front of him, who had always been heroic and dominant, but he was haggard at this time, and his sideburns seemed to have gray hair. Chang Shiliang's eyes couldn't help but turn red, "Your Majesty, let's take a sip of tea and rest." The imperial dining room has made a new osmanthus cake, and the old slave has brought it, Your Majesty will try it." Chang Shiliang said, and hurriedly withdrew from the Zichen Palace, he was afraid that Mo Junchen would look up and see the tears in the corners of his eyes.

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Before Qiao Xiya approached the Zichen Palace, she saw Mo Haoning and Su Huaizuo studying something in the flower hall next to the Zichen Palace. She tiptoed over, and said coldly behind Mo Haoning, "What are you looking at?"

"Grandma, you're scared to death!" Mo Haoning was so frightened that he almost jumped up, and after seeing that it was Qiao Xiya, he couldn't help patting his chest and complaining.

"Who let you be so sneaky in the palace?" Qiao Xiya couldn't help but laugh when she saw Mo Haoning's appearance for the first time, and then stretched out her little hand, "What good things are you seeing?" Show me, too!"

"Miss Joe, no, no, Lord Joe." Su Huaizuo arched his hand and said seriously, "Today we went to look for the family of the maid Xirui, and we happened to meet the gangster who pretended to be a palace person to find Xirui's mother, and after subduing the villain, he found such a waist card." As he spoke, Su Huaizuo put the waist card engraved with the small word "Lin" in Qiao Xiya's hand.

"This waist card ......" Qiao Xiya took the waist card and looked at it carefully.

"Have you seen it?" Mo Haoning hurriedly stepped up.

"Nope." Qiao Xiya shook her head, "However, if I see the same thing next time, I can recognize it at a glance."

"By the way, why are you here?" Qiao Xiya returned the waist card to Su Huaizuo.

"We were ordered to bring Xirui's family into the palace." Mo Haoning said, snatched the waist card and put it in his arms.

"I can find it." Su Huaizuo looked at Mo Haoning with wide eyes.

"This king will present it to you in front of you." Mo Haoning patted Su Huaizuo's shoulder, "General Su, let's go back and rest first."

"I...... Hey......" Su Huaizuo sighed, shook his head helplessly and left.

Looking at the back of Su Huaizuo leaving, Qiao Xiya said cautiously, "Lord Wang, ......is General Su okay?"

"It's okay, the two of us have been practicing martial arts together since we were young, and besides, this king will not take credit for his achievements." Mo Haoning glanced at Qiao Xiya, "Didn't you say that you were good at calling your son?"

"In the palace gate, there is no way to be respectful or inferior." Qiao Xiya was slightly blessed.

"What about you? What do you think? Did you find anything?"

Qiao Xiya's gaze dimmed instantly, and she shook her head slightly: "It's too late, Yin Banxian's house was burned to ashes, and we only found the pearl flower mentioned in Lianxue's confession in the ashes."

"Look, it's out." Qiao Xiya looked up with Mo Haoning's words, only to see Xi Rui supporting an old woman to exit the Zichen Palace.

"Let's go." Qiao Xiya straightened the hem of her skirt and prepared to enter the Zichen Palace.

"Wait." Mo Haoning stopped Qiao Xiya, "Xirui must have said a lot to his father, let him be quiet alone, let's go in later."

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"Are they back?" Mo Junchen drank two cups of tea and ate a piece of osmanthus cake before he slightly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart.

"Back to Your Majesty, Lord Hao and Lord Qiao have been waiting in the flower hall for a long time." Chang Shiliang stood at the door of Zichen Hall and bowed back.

"Let them in, I have something to ask." Mo Junchen let out a long sigh of relief and slowly turned the bead string in his hand.

"Father."

"Your Majesty."

The two saluted in unison.

"Get up. Sit." Mo Junchen seemed to be seriously ill, and sat behind the Long Shu case a little tired and looked at the two. After the two were seated, Mo Junchen ordered Chang Shiliang to give the two of them the confession of Xirui recorded by the former secretary of the imperial palm.

"Pigeons?" Qiao Xiya read it quickly and asked questions.

"I also think this pigeon is strange." For Qiao Xiya's keenness, Mo Junchen nodded approvingly, "If you can fly into the Liuyun Hall accurately, then it is very likely that Qingmei has been communicating with the outside of the palace through pigeons, maybe Qingmei is not as indisputable as she seems on the surface."