Chapter 038: Suspicious
"Princess, early this morning, news came from the palace, saying that it was the child in the belly of the concubine...... Nope. I don't know if it was intentional or unintentional, Aunt Qiu was still holding the cloud-patterned Shu brocade satin in her hand, but she said such a sentence to Mu Qingchen.
At this time, Qingchen was writing, and after listening to Aunt Qiu's words, the movement in his hand paused, and the ink on the tip of the pen dripped on the paper, and quietly blurred.
"Really, it's a pity......" just sighed, and Qingchen calmly took away the ink-stained paper and picked up the pen again.
Aunt Qiu kept looking at the look on Mu Qingchen's face, but she never saw any clues, she boasted that she had read countless people, and it was because of this that the emperor would send her to be by the side of Princess Jade Hook, but she never thought that she had been by Princess Jade Hook for a long time, but she didn't even find a suspicious thing.
The only suspicious ...... Maybe it's this Jade Hook Princess, there is nothing suspicious.
"How is this good? Isn't all these tricks that the slave and maid worked so hard to draw in vain?" Jin Yan immediately asked in surprise when he heard this.
"I can't use it this time, it's always useful one day, the emperor is in his prime, and the harem concubines are young, are you afraid that there will be a time when you can't send them out?" Qingchen said disapprerovingly.
"The prince is auspicious. Qingchen had just finished speaking, but he heard the red silk guarding the door salute like this.
Qingchen looked up, but saw Xiao Yi walking in from outside the door in a dark robe, a pair of hooking eyes were full of flirtatious smiles, and on his handsome and unparalleled face, the cynical ruffian was played by him to the fullest, one more point would be frivolous, and one less point would be less charming, which was appropriate.
"The princess is in good spirits. Xiao Yi smiled.
"Why did the prince come over today?" Qingchen put down his pen, raised his head and smiled slowly at Xiao Yi, his eyes flashing slightly.
"Let this king see what the princess wrote?" Xiao Yi didn't answer the rhetorical question, walked to Qingchen's side with his hand, wrapped his arms around Qingchen's waist from behind, rested his chin on Qingchen's shoulder, and said in a slightly condensed tone, "Lang Yan is unique, the world is unique, is the princess praising this king?"
Mu Qingchen was stunned, such a sudden intimacy made her a little at a loss, Rao is wedding night, the two already had a skin-to-skin relationship, but for her, Xiao Yi was still a strange man.
There was a slight burning touch on her cheeks, which made her lose her mind for a moment, recalling that when she wrote these eight words, it was really Xiao Yi's face hidden under the chic and uninhibited appearance in her mind, and she was shocked for no reason.
"The prince will make fun of me, the prince has not come for many days, and it is normal for me to read the prince......" Qingchen cooperated with the bowing of his head, used his internal strength, his face flushed with a touch of red, his voice was tactful, and he seemed to be very embarrassed with the shyness of his daughter's family.
Seeing that the two of them were in such a situation, Aunt Qiu put down the needle and thread in her hand very interestingly, gave Jinyan and Shuyu a look, and the three of them retreated together, and the moment Aunt Qiu turned around and closed the door, she saw Xiao Yi pick Mu Qingchen up horizontally and go towards the inner room.
"The princess's appearance is really cute......"
"Lord Wang...... Hmm......" Qingchen bit his lip, letting the ambiguous moan float out of his lips, and his delicate body was held in Xiao Yi's arms, snuggled without any gap.
It wasn't until he was sure that the footsteps outside the door were getting farther away that Qingchen pushed Xiao Yi away from his body, sat up straight, and straightened out the clothes that were messed up by Xiao Yi.
The shyness on his face has long since disappeared, replaced by boundless coldness.
"The princess is really good acting. Xiao Yi sat on the edge of Qingchen's bed, sitting side by side with Qingchen, his fingers hooked Mu Qingchen's chin, and the evil smile on the corner of his mouth did not diminish at all.
"Each other, each other. I don't know what is the important matter for the prince to find me today?" Qingchen reached out and removed the fingers that were grazing on her chin, and asked coldly.
"This morning, the emperor demoted three officials in a row, although the position is insignificant in the court, but there is a common characteristic. Xiao Yi looked at Mu Qingchen, returned to his original expression, and said.
"Prime Minister Shen's protégé?" Qingchen said with a word.
"The news from the palace that Concubine Xiang suddenly had a miscarriage, and the reason was only because she drank a bowl of tonic soup sent by Concubine De. Xiao Yi spoke again, "Now, your purpose has been achieved. ”
"Yes, my goal has been achieved, but hasn't the prince's purpose also been achieved?" Qingchen snorted coldly and chuckled, "The prince has returned to Ningyue, the foundation is not stable, and the things he plans need to be planned before acting, right now, it is a great opportunity for the prince." ”
"You know what the king wants to do. Xiao Yi's eyes shrunk, staring at the woman who was obviously too smart, "This king is really curious, what kind of master of the Heavenly Star Kingdom can teach a woman like you." ”
"The prince lingers in the Qinglou every day, but he can still grasp the affairs of the previous dynasty in the palace clearly, and the jade hook is also very curious, how huge the prince's power in the dark is. "Qingchen is unmoved,-for-tat.
The deeper the contact with Xiao Yi, the more frightening Qingchen became.
Xiao Yi's life in the Heavenly Star Country for ten years can almost be described by two words, when she was still Ye Chengcheng, in order to help Xiao Ling ascend to the throne and dominate the country, she had analyzed all the Xiao royal families that threatened Xiao Ling, but she still did not find that Xiao Yi still had such a force lurking in the Ningyue Country.
If it weren't for the fact that she was born on Princess Jade Hook this time, she might never have known that behind the prosperity of the Ningyue Kingdom, there was also Xiao Yi.
What Xiao Yi is trying to do is nothing more than the position of the Ninety-Five Emperor, which coincides with her goal of bringing down Xiao Ling, but she first arrived in Ningyue as the princess of Tianxing, and Xiao Yi has just returned to China, and she does not have a strong network like Xiao Ling, and the hearts of the people accumulated in the past, so everything has to be planned slowly.
She designed to provoke the dispute in Xiao Ling's harem, and transferred the death of the fetus in the womb of Xianggui Concubine to Shen Bihuan and the Queen Mother, which made Xiao Ling lose the bargaining chips against the Shen family, and also made Xiao Ling and the Queen Mother's already suspicious hearts fall apart even more.
The dismissal and dismissal of the official was just the first step for Xiao Ling to move the Shen family, but Xiao Yi could take this opportunity to install his own people in the court and slowly gain a firm foothold.
Seeing that Xiao Yi didn't speak again, Mu Qingchen spoke again: "If the prince is fine, let's go and see Concubine Shen, Prime Minister Shen's protégé was demoted, and the Shen family was suppressed, her heart must be unhappy, Wen Xiang nephrite, the prince still needs pity." ”
Xiao Yi heard Qingchen's meaning and knew that she was opening her mouth to drive people away, so she couldn't help grinning:
"What? The princess is pushing this king into the arms of other women, but I don't know if this is a pampering or an attempt to capture and indulge?"
Qingchen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh that the speed at which this person's face changed was too fast, shook his head, and then spoke:
"Why do you use me to push, except for me, the prince in other places is very diligent, I just think that if the prince wants to achieve his goal, Concubine Shen is a good breakthrough, isn't it?"
"Thank you for the reminder, but the princess herself can't be careless, who is credible around her and who is not trustworthy, you still have to investigate clearly. After Xiao Yi finished speaking, he turned to leave.
After listening to Xiao Yi's words, Qingchen frowned, there are only four people around her now, Huai Jin and Zhan Yu are both confidants cultivated by Xingxinglou, which is naturally credible, Aunt Qiu is Xiao Ling's person, there is no doubt that it is ...... He's talking about Jinyan?
But Jinyan is careless and timid on weekdays, although she is a princess maid, she has an impulsive temperament and speaks straightforwardly, such a scheming girl, will it be a hidden danger around her?
Thinking like this, Qingchen walked to the door and opened the door, but saw Jin Yan standing at the door, as if he was looking down and thinking about something.
"Jinyan, when did you come?" Qingchen asked, she remembered that when Xiao Yi came, Aunt Qiu took her and Zhiyu away.
"Slave maid...... When the slave saw the princess leaving, she thought that the princess might need to be served, so she came over. Jin Yan smiled and said, "Princess, won't the prince stay for dinner?"
"Where can I keep him, he went to the Warm Pavilion. Qingchen listened to Jin Yan's words, then smiled, and explained.
The smile on Mu Qingchen's face did not leak, and she never showed the slightest clue, and I don't know if she believed Jinyan's words, or if she had other plans in her heart.
"The princess is really, the prince is here, why did he let him go to Concubine Shen? In terms of appearance and talent, what is the comparison between Concubine Shen and you, the princess? The slave doesn't know what the prince thinks......" Jin Yan seemed to be a little unwilling to chatter, as usual, nothing else.
Qingchen didn't let Jin Yan stop this time, she listened carefully to Jin Yan's words, and suddenly there was a hint of clarity in her heart.
Xiao Yi would not say such things for no reason, there must be evidence or something to remind her like this, just like when she told him that Qin Zhong was not trustworthy.
Jin Yan grew up in the Heavenly Star Kingdom since he was a child, and has been by Mu Qingchen's side since he entered the palace, and he has no chance to contact others, the only person he can contact is the people in the Heavenly Star Kingdom Palace.
Mu Qingjue.
The name flashed through his mind, and Qingchen set his eyes on Jin Yan, as if he wanted to see something from the face of this seemingly innocent woman.
Jin Yan was a little uncomfortable by Mu Qingchen, and suddenly stopped her mouth, pursed her mouth, and didn't say anything else, she didn't notice that Qingchen had become suspicious of her, but Qingchen didn't like her to be so broken-mouthed, just like the first few times she scolded her not to talk much.
"Jin Yan, how long have you been with this palace?" Mu Qingchen suddenly asked.
"Why did the princess suddenly remember to ask this? The slave maid entered the palace of the Heavenly Star Kingdom at the age of seven, and has been following the princess all the time, and has been married with the princess until Ningyue, and now it has been a full nine years. Jin Yan said, with a smile on his face, and he didn't seem to be at all defenseless against Qingchen's words.
"Nine years, that's enough. Qingchen lowered his head, lowered his eyelids, covered the look in his eyes, and whispered.
Nine years is enough time for Mu Qingjue to train a girl to be a good at disguise, her every word and deed, every move, is like a little girl who doesn't understand anything, but it is often such a seemingly harmless person who will give a fatal blow at the most critical time.