Gu Yanru's words naturally won Xiao Ling's great praise, saying that her words and deeds can be called an example of the harem, and she rewarded Gu Yanru with a lot of things in front of everyone, which made the concubines under her change color slightly.

"Qi to the emperor, General Duan asked to see him outside the palace, saying that he had something important to tell the emperor. Qin Xi walked in from outside and said to Xiao Ling.

Mu Qingchen has been standing quietly in the center of the hall, looking at the Queen Mother with a silent face, when she heard Qin Xi say the words "General Duan", she clearly saw a touch of tenderness flashing in the Queen Mother's eyebrows, her eyes were horizontal, her eyes were gradually dyed with a trace of affection/desire, her body trembled slightly, and she was quickly restrained again.

"I almost forgot that I had an appointment with General Duan today. After the mother, the sons left first. As soon as Xiao Ling heard this, he immediately got up and said to the Queen Mother, but he took all the unnaturalness of the Queen Mother into his eyes.

After Xiao Ling finished speaking, he turned around and left, and when he passed by Mu Qingchen's side, the smile on the corner of his mouth became even colder, and he looked at Mu Qingchen fixedly, as if he saw another face through her.

Mu Qingchen knew that Xiao Ling was suspicious of him, so he had to bow down and stand there with his eyebrows lowered and send Xiao Ling away. But she never thought that Xiao Ling didn't move her steps, but whispered in her ear:

"Princess Jade Hook is really delicate, and the light skills of her subordinates are also good. ”

After Xiao Ling said this, he laughed and turned to leave, his mood seemed to be very happy, leaving the Queen Mother and the concubines in Ci'an Palace looking at each other, not knowing what was going on.

When Mu Qingchen heard this, his heart was cold, and the corner of his eye looked at the back of Xiao Ling leaving, and there were thousands of thoughts in his mind.

The subordinates are good at light work, so they naturally talk about night death, but when was the night death exposed? What did Xiao Ling know?

"The Queen Mother, I have been busy all morning today, the Queen Mother must be tired, the concubines and others will not bother, and I will come to the Queen Mother another day to say goodbye. Gu Yanru saw Xiao Ling leaving, so she got up and saluted the Queen Mother, "The concubine retired first." ”

Awakened by Gu Yanru's voice, Mu Qingchen came back to his senses, and watched the harem concubines all retire one after another, leaving only Shen Bihuan alone to accompany the Queen Mother, so he also followed behind Concubine Shu and Concubine An, walked out of Ci'an Palace, and walked towards the palace gate.

"Minions, see Princess Yi. Xiao Quanzi, who was in charge of leading the way near the palace gate, saw Mu Qingchen and came over to salute, followed by two people.

"The last general, Duan Hong, has seen Princess Yi. Xiao Quanzi's voice fell, and then another voice sounded.

Duan Hong, these two words unexpectedly reached Mu Qingchen's ears.

Mu Qingchen raised his head and looked at the man standing in front of him, he was about to be confused, it was when he was in the middle of the day, such a handsome and extraordinary man, but for the sake of the queen mother, he never married, and he spent his whole life in Mobei, and slowly came to his current status.

"General Duan is polite. Mu Qingchen returned the salute, his eyes silent.

"General, the emperor is still waiting, let's go. Xiao Quanzi bowed down and said to Duan Hong.

"Princess Yi, the last general will leave first. Duan Hong saluted Mu Qingchen again, and then followed Xiao Quanzi towards Longchen Palace.

"General, please—" Mu Qingchen said as he turned to leave.

The moment he staggered, Mu Qingchen saw the face of the person following behind Duan Hong, with a sharp gaze like an eagle falcon, with a rugged face and a bold aura, which was very different from the elegance of the Central Plains man.

With just one glance, Mu Qingchen had already recognized that person, she had seen it in the private room of Wangjiang Tower that day, but at that time he was standing behind Yan Ruhai as a housekeeper.

The corners of Mu Qingchen's mouth hooked up a smile, knowing that Duan Hong's visit to Xiao Ling this time was for the purpose of dealing with Mobei, but he didn't know what Xiao Ling's plans were, thinking of this, he took Jinyan to speed up his pace and walked out of the palace gate.

"Princess, that's the prince—" As he walked out of the palace gate, Jin Yan suddenly pointed in a direction and said.

Mu Qingchen looked in the direction that Jin Yan was pointing, but saw Xiao Yi riding a horse galloping all the way, stopping at the gate of the palace, turning over, and walking in front of Mu Qingchen.

"Qingchen, are you okay?" Xiao Yi held Qingchen's hand, with some anxious concern in his eyes.

Mu Qingchen was stunned, watching Xiao Yi gallop because of the horse, a slight sweat oozed from his forehead, although his face was calm, but the worry in his eyes was not false at all.

The burning touch in the palm of his hand made Qingchen come back to his senses instantly, looking at the hands held by Xiao Yi, he took a step back unexpectedly, pulled his hand out of Xiao Yi's palm, and slowly spoke:

"It's okay, thank you for your concern. ”

When the words fell, Qingchen clearly felt that Xiao Yi's gaze gradually cooled, becoming the same as before, and said lightly: "It's okay if the princess is fine, this king still has important things to do, so I won't stay long." ”

After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he glanced at Mu Qingchen deeply, turned around and got on the horse, and left quickly.

Qingchen was a little unstable by Xiao Yi's sudden and hurried departure, she and Xiao Yi originally had their own plans, did not interfere with each other, and occasionally helped each other, there was no need to show such an expression. What's more, if she is not mistaken, Xiao Yi should have misunderstood her about the matter of Second Mrs. Shen.

Xiao Yi has a tough heart and will not be easily emotional, since he has Ye Chengcheng in his heart, she will never believe that Xiao Yi will worry about her because he is in love with her, and live a new life, in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, she has already told herself to be cold-hearted and cold-hearted, in order not to let her mind be affected, staying away from Xiao Yi is the best choice.

Thinking of this, Qingchen didn't say anything, and only returned to King Yi's Mansion with Jinyan.

"Princess, are you back, are you okay?" Zhiyu had been waiting in Luluocu, and when he saw Qingchen coming back, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Xiao Yi was found by you?" Qingchen didn't answer the rhetorical question, looking at Zhan Yu.

"Yes...... There is no other way for the slave to go to the ...... In case something happens, only the prince can enter the palace, and only the prince can help the princess. Zhanyu nodded and said.

Qingchen was originally a little angry about Ji Yu asking Xiao Yi for help, but when he heard Ji Yu say this, he calmed down. Because what Zhu Yu said was right, if something happened to her in the palace, only Xiao Yi would have time to enter the palace to help her.

"Jin Yan, let me ask you, is there any inscription on the base of the white jade Guanyin statue?" After calming down, Qingchen remembered the reason for the incident and asked.

"No, when the slave put the white jade Guanyin statue in the brocade box, the base of the Guanyin statue was nothing, until the palace was presented to the queen mother, the box never left the slave's hand, and the slave didn't know why there was a line of words all of a sudden. Jin Yan bowed down and replied, looking a little uneasy.

"I understand, it seems that this is their mother and son jointly testing me, how can I make them satisfied?" Mu Qingchen knew in his heart, and his eyebrows turned slightly.

Step by step, cautious, but it still aroused the suspicion of Shen Yuan and Xiao Ling. It was not easy for her to let Xiao Ling and Shen Yuan's mother and son separate, and aroused Xiao Ling's intention of destroying the Shen family, how could they join forces so easily?

"Princess, what are your plans?" asked Grip Yu.

Mu Qingchen thought for a moment, then asked Zhan Yu to come over and said something in her ear, but saw that Zhan Yu nodded clearly, and his eyes were clear.

"General Duan is going to leave Beijing soon, right? Then take advantage of the fact that he leaves Beijing and do what needs to be done. Mu Qingchen said with a cold light in his eyes.

Shen Yuan is the biggest reliance of the Shen family, as long as Shen Yuan is still the queen mother and Shen He is still the prime minister, the tree of the Shen family will never fall, not to mention that now the Shen family is already choosing a good family for Shen Biting and seeking new allies for the Shen family.

If she didn't speed up her actions, once Xiao Ling or Shen Yuan found out about her, then everything before would be in vain.

"But wouldn't this involve the prince?" asked Shoyu.

"Do you think Xiao Yi is really an idle prince who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it? He still has more chips in his hand, maybe I just gave him a chance by doing this. Qingchen said, "Moreover, only in this way can Shen Yuan's crime be confirmed." ”

"I told them to do it right away. Shake Yu nodded and turned to leave.

After Jiyu left, Qingchen looked at Jin Yan and asked, "Have you never understood what I'm doing?"

"Yes, the slave and maid don't understand, but the slave and maid remember that the princess said that when the time is right, the slave and maid will always let the slave and maid know everything. Jin Yan nodded and said.

"Now is the right time. Qingchen smiled and spoke, "Jinyan, you have been by my side for nine years, you may be surprised why I judge the two of you before and after, but if you think about it carefully, a princess who was pampered by her father and brother since she was a child, suddenly heard the bad news of the defeat of the country, was sent to the enemy country and relatives by her own brother, and was forced to leave her hometown, leave her homeland and relatives, and go your separate worlds with your sweetheart, if it were you, would you hate it?"

The slave maid always knew that the princess was wronged, and it was the slave's fault, and the slave maid not only did not comfort the princess well, but also did something wrong, making the princess angry. Jin Yan lowered his head and said.

"I don't blame you, you're also for your brother's safety. Qingchen said, "My current identity is the princess of the Tianxing Kingdom and the princess of the Ningyue Kingdom, but it's ugly, it is the fine work sent to the Ningyue by the Tianxing Kingdom, and it is also an abandoned son who was abandoned by his brother, if I don't plan for myself, once the Ningyue Tianxing starts a war in the future, as the princess of the enemy country, how should I deal with myself?"

"So the princess wants to ......" Jin Yan shook her lips, but she only said half of the words.

"Whatever I want to do, it's just for self-preservation. Jin Yan, you don't want him to meet your brother one day, and the two sides are on a hostile position, right? So I do this because I don't want you to choose either side between me and your brother one day. Qingchen said so, looking at Jin Yan's eyes, full of helplessness and sighs.

Although Jin Yan betrayed Mu Qingchen, she has been by Mu Qingchen's side for nine years, and the two can be said to have grown up together since childhood, but this master-servant relationship is not fake.

So whether Jin Yan believes it or not, she doesn't know, but whether it's true or not, false and real, what she needs to do now is to give Jin Yan a reasonable explanation.

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(Tianjin)