Lin Zheng didn't say anything, he lowered his head slightly, and a faint flush instantly appeared on his cheeks.

He lowered his head and could see the mud marks on the edges of his shoes.

Seeing Lin Zheng's reaction, Mu Jingzhao instantly laughed like a big-tailed wolf.

He paced two steps to the side and sat down on the soft stool next to him, "Ah Zheng, Ah Zheng, I don't know what to say about you!" ”

Lin Zheng's heart jumped suddenly, and vaguely, he felt that Mu Jingzhao seemed to know something.

"Today, there is news from the cold palace that I say-" Mu Jingzhao casually picked up a sesame pill from the table and sent it to his mouth.

The sesame pills are only a little larger than the hawthorn, the whole body is round, and you can still see the sesame seeds with distinct grains and rich aroma on the surface.

This is the only dessert that has been approved by the Imperial Physician and can be consumed at will.

In fact, it is not a dessert, because there is no sugar added to it, and what you eat is just the burnt smell of sesame seeds.

The imperial doctor once said that eating this sesame pill is good for hair, and advised Mu Jingzhao to eat more.

Inexplicably, Jiang Ning's slightly yellow hair appeared in his mind again.

It was as if a floodgate had been opened in an instant.

Mu Jingzhao looked at the little dirt left under Lin Zheng's feet, and unconsciously recalled the scene he saw in the cold palace not long ago.

Jiang Ning sat under the eaves of the cold palace with a gentle smile, and looked at Lin Zheng who was working with a relieved expression.

That picture is a little too beautiful to be true.

He suddenly lost the nature of eating, so he casually put the sesame ball in his hand back aside.

"Ah Zheng, how can you explain to Lu Feng like this?" Mu Jingzhao tilted his head slightly and looked at Lin Zheng.

The expected interrogation did not come, and Lin Zheng exhaled with relief, but soon a deeper confusion came to his mind.

"Land breeze?"

Mu Jingzhao shook his head with hatred on his face, "Although the palace has always turned a blind eye to the affairs of this man and woman, you can't even covet the woman of your good brother!" ”

Hearing this, Lin Zheng was in a fog, and he thought about it carefully for a long time, but he really couldn't remember when he had done such a thing.

He bent down, "The minister has never had any special behavior with the girl who folded willow. ”

"Oh?" Mu Jingzhao suddenly laughed, he held his head, confused.

"What the person who came to report told me was that he saw that you had a close relationship with a woman in the cold palace. In this cold palace, there are only two women in total, if it weren't for the willows..."

Mu Jingzhao clapped his hands with sudden realization, "That is, Concubine Ning?" ”

Lin Zheng was startled, and instantly fell to his knees with a "plop".

"The minister didn't dare, but Concubine Ning told the minister that these manual jobs were quite troublesome, so the minister offered to help the mother irrigate."

Mu Jingzhao actually didn't believe Lin Zheng.

The two of them grew up together, and he knew Lin Zheng's personality better than anyone else, and he naturally knew in his heart that Lin Zheng would not be able to betray the king no matter what.

And Concubine Ning is indeed quite good at letting people work for her for free.

However, he didn't know what he was doing, and he always recalled the scene he didn't see in the cold palace over and over again in his mind.

And every time the picture is presented, there is a nameless anger that rises from Mu Jingzhao's heart.

This feeling made him feel quite uncomfortable, and he just wanted to grab a random reason and vent it.

"Alright." Suppressing the discomfort in his heart, Mu Jingzhao raised his chin, "Hurry up, please." ”

He glanced unconsciously at the plate of sesame balls beside him, and reached out to push it away.

"These days, what is the change in the cold palace?"

Lin Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and finally slowly stood up from the ground.

"Back to the emperor, no. Niangniang's life is no different from daily life, and she rarely has intimate contact with people. ”

"Never seen Concubine Liu again?"

"Nope."

Mu Jingzhao nodded, "What about the queen?" ”

"Nope."

Mu Jingzhao touched his chin, looking a little puzzled, "It shouldn't be." ”

Lin Zheng couldn't understand what Mu Jingzhao was saying, he just tilted his head slightly and asked, "Actually, the minister has something to understand." ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

"Why did Niangniang choose to invite the emperor to dinner on the fifteenth?" Lin Zheng thought for a while, and added, "This can be said to be a hundred harms and no benefits, unlike Concubine Ning's arrangement." ”

"It's my arrangement."

"The emperor's arrangement?" The confusion on Lin Zheng's face deepened.

"I'm waiting for a good show." Mu Jingzhao nodded slightly, his face full of anticipation, "It's never been a good show." ”

couldn't understand what Mu Jingzhao said, Lin Zheng simply stopped talking, and the two looked at each other relatively wordlessly.

After half a cup of tea, Li Zinian trotted to the door of the Heart Nourishing Hall with a frightened face, "Your Majesty! The emperor is not good! ”

Mu Jingzhao's smile deepened, but his expression was still calm, and he raised his voice and shouted out the window, "Come in." ”

Li Zinian hurriedly ran into the store, instantly rushed to Mu Jingzhao, and knelt down, "The poisoned thief has been found!" ”

Lin Zheng looked surprised, but it was Mu Jingzhao, and his expression did not fluctuate at all.

"People, bring it up."

Li Zinian's cheeks were slightly red, and he couldn't stop trembling.

"The man is dead."

Mu Jingzhao frowned, and sat up straight in an instant.

"Dead? You tell me the whole story. ”

"Yes, yes!"

Li Zinian trembled all over, and it was obvious that he was also frightened by this sudden change.

In the three years since Mu Jingzhao ascended the throne, he has always treated his subordinates with courtesy, and the ladies in this palace do not like to fight, and they are good with each other.

There is only one Liu Guifei, although her temperament is a little spicy, she has always acted in a measured manner and never caused a fatality.

This life-threatening matter can be said to be the first time in so many years in the harem.

Li Zi began to babble and speak, "According to your instructions, the slave has been privately investigating the matter of the fifteenth night banquet, but with little success. Until today, the slave plans to give up the imperial dining room and follow the list you gave me to investigate the palaces. ”

"Just as the slave was about to leave, a few lovesick seeds suddenly fell from the clothes of a palace maid who was cleaning in the courtyard."

The servant thought that if the man was really a murderer, he should not be so sloppy, so he was ready to step forward and ask a few questions. Unexpectedly, when the palace maid saw the slave, she instantly ran away like a frightened rabbit. ”

"The slave hurriedly caught up, and you also know that the minion's legs and feet have never been very sharp, and this incident happened too suddenly, so I chased the palace maid for a while."

In the end, with the help of the Praetorian Guard, the minions finally took down the palace maid. But, but..."

The trembling on Li Zinian's body deepened.

However, the palace maid instantly shouted that she was the only one who did this, and it had nothing to do with anyone, so she bit her tongue and committed suicide.