Outside the palace, which was originally quiet and peaceful, was surrounded by two teams of internal guards, and several small teams patrolled back and forth from time to time. The security was tight.
Inside the palace, all the maids and eunuchs held their breath and worked quietly and cautiously.
In the inner hall, Ning Yujin was leaning on the bed, drinking papaya and snow clam soup with an expression on her face, and licking the corner of her mouth, she called Zi Su boldly: "One more bowl!"
While serving her soup, Zisu said: "Mr. Ping Gui said that she picked up the token on the road when she followed her there. No one has lived in the palace over there for a long time. It is more deserted than the cold palace. Besides the murderer, who else is there?" Will it pass? The token must have been accidentally dropped by the murderer. And didn’t the lady say it? You can confirm by listening to the voice that the eunuch who got you over was the informant, and that eunuch was the Mingxi Palace The eunuch in charge and Concubine Liu’s confidant can’t go wrong with this matter.”
"As for that man, Mr. Ping Gui also interrogated him privately. He was an ordinary imperial guard. He was about to go back to rest after the shift, but he fainted for no reason in the middle of the road. He must have been caught casually, and he didn't know anything when asked. , so I sent him away."
Ning Yujin was holding the soup bowl and preparing to drink the soup, but she lifted it up several times and put it down again, frowning and thinking about something.
"This, is the truth of the matter?"
Zi Su said: "The culprit behind the scenes must be Concubine Liu. Didn't the eunuchs who snitched on him also be recruited? He was responsible for the whole process. I originally planned to design a scene for you to catch an adulterer, but I don't know why in the end But it turned out that you were poisoned. Although the process in the middle was different, the confessions before and after are correct. He also said that it was Concubine Liu who instigated it, so is there any lie?"
Ning Yujin shook his head: "This is what makes me confused. He said that the reason why Concubine Liu framed me was because I framed Concubine Liu first, and that I blamed Concubine Liu for the Queen's poisoning. go!"
She immediately tilted her head and wondered: "Isn't the Emperor still investigating the matter of the Queen's poisoning? It's hard to say whether we promised to take action or not. Then how come Concubine Liu is so sure that I put the blame on her?"
Zi Su looked at Ning Yujin holding the soup bowl swinging around, frowned and said, "Miss, can you... drink the soup first?"
Ning Yujin put the bowl aside: "Let's drink it later, I'm suddenly not in the mood."
Zisu asked: "Could it be someone who said something to Concubine Liu?"
"That's for sure. It's strange that no one is up to something here."
Sitting on a mountain and watching tigers fight, snipe and clams fighting, and the fisherman profiting, this is just a common drama in palace battles.
Ning Yujin thought for a while, asked Zisu to come over, and said to her: "Go and find out what Hao promised, she must know something when she stays with Concubine Liu all day long."
Zisu suddenly frowned: "Miss, why do you need to get to the bottom of it like this? Concubine Liu gets the punishment she deserves, isn't that enough?"
Ning Yujin shook her head and reached out to touch Zisu's head: "If there is someone else behind this matter, then she will not die. I can't let so many people in the Mingxi Palace die in vain. Nor will the real people behind the scenes be allowed to go unpunished."
Zi Su looked at Ning Yujin, was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "I understand, I'll do it right away."
Just as he was talking, he heard a eunuch shouting from outside the palace: "The emperor has arrived!"
Ning Yujin patted Zi Su on the arm: "You go out from the side hall first."
As soon as Zisu left, she immediately shrank into the quilt and pretended to be unconscious.
But thinking that there was a bowl of papaya and snow clam soup next to her that would definitely reveal the secret, she quickly stood up and drank it in one gulp, then threw the bowl under the bed and lay down on the bed again.
When Mo Ye dismissed everyone and walked to her, she was lying quietly on the bed, as if she had never woken up.
Mo Ye walked to the bed and looked at her. He didn't have any hope at first, but after looking at the suspicious stains left at the corner of his mouth, he suddenly pursed his lips and laughed silently.
He sat down on the edge of the bed, leaned back on the chair, and began to speak slowly: "Jin'er, did you know? Those old ministers are going to quit the court, and they want to welcome the Nine Emperors Uncle back to regain his throne. You think it's funny
Isn’t it funny? I have already started to deal with all the memorials since my father fell ill. In the six months since I came to the throne, I have been working very hard and never dared to slack off. I have been light on corvees and valued talents, accepted advice and rewarded important ministers generously, but they
They actually want to rebel! Do they really think that I am a vegetarian, or do they think that Daye belongs to them?"
"Jin'er, tell me, am I really inferior to the Nine Emperors in everything? My military strategy, my magnanimity, my intelligence... Is it because of this that I can't get what I want?"
"Ah!" Ning Yujin really couldn't listen anymore after hearing this. She immediately lifted the quilt and stood up and said, "This is wrong. This person has his own height. Your Uncle Nine Emperors is amazing.
I don't deny this. He is handsome and handsome, has extraordinary bearing, is graceful, and is wise and powerful... Ahem, but he is running on the battlefield, and his murderous spirit is too strong. If you want him to be the emperor, if the court
What would he do if a corrupt official appeared in the hall? He would definitely kill him with a knife!"
"But which dynasty doesn't have corrupt officials? Corrupt officials also have a necessity for their existence. Because of corruption, they dare not rebel in order to protect their own family property. And only by holding his handle in the emperor's hands can he serve him better. You
If Mo Jingxiao were to be the emperor, he would probably force all the civil and military officials of the dynasty to squat on horseback."
At the end of the sentence, I couldn't help but grit my teeth. From the look on my face, I seemed to have a lot of resentment towards the squatting horse step.
But after he finished speaking, Mo Ye smiled, crossed his hands, twirled his thumbs and said, "You are finally willing to wake up."
Ning Yujin's eyes suddenly widened, and she pointed at Mo Ye tremblingly with her hand, her face full of grief and anger, "You! You lied to me!"
Mo Ye laughed loudly: "It's you who didn't handle the evidence thoroughly."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the corner of her mouth.
Ning Yujin stretched out her hand and wiped it. Damn it, there were stains from the snow clam soup!
That's all she's worth!
"No matter what, it's you!" Ning Yujin shamelessly acted shamelessly, but paused midway and asked solemnly, "Were all those things you said just now false?"
Mo Ye still smiled and said slowly: "You can say it's fake, or you can say it's true. It doesn't matter anyway."
After saying that, he paused for a moment and then said, "I'm glad you're okay."
Ning Yujin was immediately embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
Mo Ye lowered his eyes and smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly: "You don't want to see me, I know. I just want to see if you are okay."
After saying that, he stood up, waved his hand and said, "You should have a good rest, I'm leaving."
Ning Yujin tilted her head and scratched her head - why did she suddenly feel a little guilty?