Mu Jingrui met Eunuch Zhang again at the entrance of the station.
"Mr. Mu, did you not sleep well last night? Why do you look so ugly?"
Eunuch Zhang walked to Mu Jingrui, with a little meaning in his smile.
"You are a pillar of the court, but you must take care of your health. If His Royal Highness lacks your support, the road will be too difficult."
As Eunuch Zhang said, he made a gesture.
The eunuch who was accompanying him respectfully placed something in the palm of Eunuch Zhang's hand.
"Mr. Mu, this is the supplement given by the Queen Mother when I left the palace. It was carefully developed by the Imperial Hospital. Stay by your side in case of emergency."
Mu Jingrui glanced at him and couldn't help but froze.
The handkerchief wrapped in supplements...
He took the thing over and spread his handkerchief to look carefully.
Isn’t this Mu Jingyan’s possession?
"Mr. Mu, I'm going to take the lead. Let's see you in the capital."
Mu Jingrui's eyes flashed, and the sharp aura made Eunuch Zhang shiver involuntarily.
He quickly turned around, got on his carriage, and left.
Mu Jingrui's face turned pale and a layer of murderous aura was shrouded in his eyes.
"Sir, are you okay?"
"Walk."
Mu Jingrui suppressed the anger in his heart, turned over and rushed back with a starry sky and moon.
After he returned to the capital, he did not even return home and went straight to the prince's mansion.
Sure enough, Mu Jingyan was missing.
"Since going out to pay tribute to the Queen Mother that day, Xiaoyan has never come back."
At this time, Xiao Yujue was so anxious that he couldn't sleep or eat.
He knew that Mu Jingyan was in the hands of the empress dowager, but he had no choice.
"I sent someone to investigate secretly. After searching through the entire palace, I couldn't find Xiaoyan. What made me most troubled is that I had no idea what the purpose of the empress dowager detained Xiaoyan."
Xiao Yujue entered the palace to inquire about the empress dowager's words, but the empress dowager said nothing, as if this matter really had nothing to do with her.
He did not have enough evidence that Mu Jingyan was in the hands of the empress dowager, and even if he wanted to ask the emperor for help, there was no right reason.
"The purpose of the empress dowager..." Mu Jingrui's voice was a little hoarse. He paused for a long time, took out the letter hidden in his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Yujue.
Xiao Yujue was also shocked after reading it, and looked at Mu Jingrui with complicated eyes.
He patted Mu Jingrui on the shoulder and asked in a low voice: "What are you going to do?"
"The most important thing now is to rescue Xiaoyan, the others..."
Mu Jingrui sighed deeply.
He returned home listlessly, looking at the empty room, he felt an unknown anger in his heart, as if it would erupt at any time.
Mu Jingrui endured for a long time and overturned the table, his eyes red, as if he could drip bleeding.
At noon the next day, Mu Jingrui sat in the study, carefully considering where Mu Jingyan was going.
He summoned his confidants to discuss, wanting to explore the palace at night and find out Mu Jingyan's whereabouts.
"Jing Rui..."
A familiar and crisp voice came from outside, and Mu Jingrui subconsciously showed joy, and then another feeling of sorrow surged into his heart.
He waved his hand and his men immediately stepped out.
"Jing Rui, are you really back?"
Shangguan Wanning pushed open the door of the study and saw Mu Jingrui's tall figure. She quickly stepped forward and glared at him coquettishly.
"Why don't you tell me when you come back? If my father hadn't said that you had gone to morning court today, I wouldn't have known."
Mu Jingrui had thousands of words to say to Shangguan Wanning, but he swallowed it back when he was at his mouth.
"Jing Rui, what's wrong with you? Why don't you speak? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Shangguan Wanning reached out to touch Mu Jingrui's forehead, but he avoided it.
This action seemed unintentional, but it made her feel an unprecedented alienation.
"Jing Rui, you..."
"I'm fine. I'm a little tired, you go back first."
Shangguan Wanning was stunned.
This is not exactly like Mu Jingrui's attitude towards her.
Shouldn’t he, like her, let go of all his concerns and thoughts to embrace each other?
"You're really okay?"
"I said it's okay..."
Mu Jingrui's attitude was obviously a little impatient, and Shangguan Wanning could feel it even if she was stupid.
The woman's pride and reserve made her eyes burst into tears.
"Just go. Mu Jingrui, don't come to me again."
After Shangguan Wanning finished speaking, she turned around and ran out.
Mu Jingrui felt deeply distressed when she looked at her aggrieved look.
He subconsciously got up and chased after him, and then after only two steps, the content of the letter appeared in his mind.
His heart hurt hard. He clenched his fist and punched the pillar.
Late at night, Mu Jingrui and several of his confidants sneaked into the Queen Mother's bedroom while the patrol guards were changing shifts.
Tonight, the moonlight was lonely and seemed very quiet.
Mu Jingrui searched for a circle and found nothing. When he came to the outside of the Empress Dowager's Buddhist temple, he heard the sound of beating wooden fish and chanting scriptures and praying for blessings.
"Mr. Mu, come in. The Queen Mother has been waiting for a long time."
It was Eunuch Zhang's voice.
Mu Jingrui's brows were locked. He hesitated a little, pushed open the door and walked in.
He looked up and saw that on the shrine of the Buddhist temple, all the people worshipped were the people who were beheaded by the Ling family.
At this time, the empress dowager was wearing plain clothes, without makeup, and even without red hairpins. She kept turning Buddhist beads in her hand.
Mu Jingrui took off his masked black scarf and looked at the queen mother with sharp eyes.
"Did you receive the wedding gift that Eunuch Zhang sent to you by the Ai family?"
"Thank you for your kindness, I have received it."
"Do you like it?"
"dislike."
"It's right if you don't like it. The original purpose of the Ai family is to not want you to have a good life." The empress dowager's voice became gloomy, she took a few steps forward, and narrowed the distance with Mu Jingrui.
"Tonight you will break into the Ai family's bedroom at night. If the Ai family shouts loudly now, you will be dead."
At this point, Mu Jingrui knew that there was no room for change between him and the Empress Dowager.
He smiled coldly and said, "I will avenge myself before the guards arrive."
The Queen Mother's heart was chilled.
She couldn't remember how many years had been, and no one dared to talk to her like this.
"The Ai family believes that you have such ability. But... there are probably a lot of people who will be buried with you."
"Empress Dowager, now that's the matter, we might as well open the skylight and say something. What do you need me to do to let me release my sister?"
"Mu Jingrui, you are very smart." The Empress Dowager nodded in praise, and there was inevitably a little regret in her heart. "If your intelligence is used by the Ai family, the Ai family will like you very much. What a pity...
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The Empress Dowager winked at Eunuch Zhang.
"Before Ai's family tells you what you want you to do, Ai's family lets you meet your sister first. Let you make sure she is still alive."