Seeing that Lian Shaohua had almost finished drinking, Li Qi made an excuse to go to the toilet and left Yunliang Pavilion in a hurry.
But who knew that as soon as he came out, a man stopped him, and he was a eunuch.
"Master Li." The eunuch looked at Li Qi with a grin.
Li Qi was stunned for a moment: "Who is this father-in-law?"
The eunuch did not answer, but pointed to the carriageway beside him: "Master Li, the imperial concubine has invited you."
Imperial concubine?
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, what is going on?
What does the imperial concubine want with me?
Seeing that Li Qi was confused, the eunuch came over and whispered: "The reason why the imperial concubine asked Mr. Li to go over is because the prince..."
After hearing this, Li Qi reacted.
I heard Jiang Qian say before that isn't his mother a noble concubine?
In other words, the prince is looking for me?
The question is, why the hell is the prince looking for me?
Full of doubts, Li Qi got on the carriage.
The car drove all the way to the palace gate and changed into a sedan again.
About half an hour later, we arrived at the imperial concubine's bedroom.
After Li Qi followed the eunuch in, he came to the door of a wing.
"Master Li, wait a moment, I'll go in and make an announcement," the eunuch said.
Li Qi nodded.
Not long after, when the eunuch came out again, he said with a smile: "Please, Mr. Li."
When I entered the wing, I saw a woman sitting in the hall, with two maids busy with something beside her.
Li Qi took the opportunity to take a look and found that the woman was very young and she didn't look much older than him.
Of course, she just looked young. Li Qi knew that since she was Jiang Qian's mother, she must be in her thirties or almost forty, but she was just well-maintained.
"Li Qi has met the imperial concubine." Li Qi bowed and said.
"Master Li, you don't need to be polite." The imperial concubine said and ordered the maid, "Give me a seat for Master Li."
"yes."
Soon after Li Qi sat down, he slowly remembered the name of the imperial concubine.
He had heard the prince mention it before that the imperial concubine's name was Dou Miaofu, and she was the only daughter of General Dou of Great Xia.
"I wonder why your Majesty came to me?" Li Qi asked with a slight smile.
Dou Miaofu looked at him, her eyes wandered around him, and after a moment she said: "Master Li has made great contributions to Guangnan this time, and he will be promoted in the future..."
"The villain's achievements are all thanks to the prince. Without the prince's recommendation, even if the villain has great abilities, he would not be able to make meritorious deeds." Li Qi said.
When Dou Miaofu heard these words, she seemed very satisfied and nodded slightly.
"Master Li, you are now the popular person around the prince. Since you are the prince's person, you are also one of our own..."
Having said this, Dou Miaofu glanced aside. The palace maid and the eunuch immediately reacted, retreated, and closed the door.
Soon, only Li Qi and Dou Miaofu were left in the room.
When Li Qi saw this, he also understood that Concubine Dou had something to say to her.
"Originally, I don't want to ask anything about the prince's affairs. But as Jiang Qian's mother, I naturally don't want to see him suffer." Dou Miaofu said slowly.
Li Qi quickly echoed: "That's what the empress said."
"I'm calling Mr. Li here this time. I have something I want to explain to Mr. Li."
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions."
Dou Miaofu took a sip of scented tea and then said: "The third prince will return to the capital soon... In the past few years since the third prince has been away, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry and the ministers in the court have all relied on the prince. They were originally the third prince.
It is understandable that the third prince would seek refuge with the prince after he left the capital, but now that the third prince is coming back, some of these people can no longer tolerate it..."
Hearing this, Li Qi couldn't help but murmur in his heart: During this period, his ears were numb when he heard the name Third Prince.
Damn it, it seems that the third prince's return this time may cause a disturbance.
"During this period, I heard that someone has started working for the third prince, trying to win over people from the other three departments."
Speaking of this, Dou Miaofu paused and said, "I don't know if this is the third prince's instruction or if they are just being smart. As someone close to Jiang Qian, Mr. Li must pay more attention to this matter."
"That's what the empress said." Li Qi cupped his hands and said.
"Since they have started to take action, it would be unreasonable if we don't do something." Dou Miaofu picked up a letter and handed it over, "Mr. Li, this is for you."
Li Qi quickly took it and glanced at Dou Miaofu. Seeing that she had no intention of saying anything more, he opened the letter and read it.
After reading the above content, Li Qi's lips felt a little dry.
Damn it!
"Master Li, I'll leave this matter to you. You don't need to conduct a thorough investigation, you just need to have relevant evidence. It will be up to the prince to decide how to use the evidence."
"yes."
Dou Miaofu glanced at Li Qi and said: "Master Li, the court stipulates that no official of the court is allowed to enter Fengyue's premises. Master Li must pay attention to this in the future."
Li Qi was startled and came back to his senses: "Yes."
Dou Miaofu nodded with a half-smile and called a palace maid in.
"Take Mr. Li down and bring the things I prepared to Mr. Li to take back."
"Yes, empress."
Coming out of the room, Li Qi followed the palace maid to a warehouse.
He kept thinking about what was written in the letter.
If what was said in that letter was true, a lot of people would be involved this time.
Damn it, I'm a fifth-grade official, and you ask me to deal with those second-grade officials, you really think highly of me!
Thinking about it, Li Qi entered the warehouse and saw no movement for a long time.
Looking at the back of the palace maid in front of him, Li Qi said with some confusion: "Don't you have something to give me, the imperial concubine?"
The palace maid slowly turned around and saw that she wiped it on her face, and her appearance immediately changed drastically.
When he saw the true face of this palace maid, Li Qi almost jumped up!
"Lady?!"
Li Qi blurted out.
Bai Mengxuan glared: "If you dare to scream again, believe it or not, I will cut out your tongue?"
Li Qi never expected that Bai Mengxuan would be in the imperial concubine's palace!
"Um...Mengxuan, I finally see you. I thought I would never see you again. Do you know how hard I have missed you during this time?" Li Qi said with a bitter face.
Bai Mengxuan said coldly: "Why did you run to the prince?"
"It's a long story..."
Li Qi, who usually talks about running trains, for some reason at this time, actually told what happened in detail.
Neither exaggerating nor concealing anything.
He told the story of how he fell from the tree, killed the tiger and saved the prince, and how he gained the prince's trust.
After Bai Mengxuan heard this, he smiled and said, "It seems that I left you on the tree that day, and it actually fulfilled your wish."