I thought that Deng Guiren would work with the show girls in the embroidery courtyard, but unexpectedly, she was actually arranged to be in the lower courtyard with the rough girls.

Zhou Yunji couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. The Yin nobles must have hated the Deng nobles in their hearts. Even if they were related to each other, they could not compete with the greed for favor and inferior position in her heart.

Quite boring.

"What does it smell like?" Zhou Yunji couldn't help but frown as she opened the door.

"My beauty, forgive me." The eunuch who led the way said quickly: "This lower courtyard has not been repaired for a long time, and the roof is leaking. After the rain like yesterday, there is wet water vapor everywhere in the room. No matter how hard you wipe it, it is difficult to get rid of it.

That lasting smell.”

Although the sky was sunny, the damp coldness was still obvious, accompanied by the smell of mold. Zhou Yunji really found it difficult to adapt. "Where is Deng Guiren?"

"The noble lady is embroidering in the inner room." The eunuch extended his hand to signal her to come in. "The inner room can be better."

"Okay, you go down first." Zhou Yunji winked at Mengmiao, the nearby maid.

Mengmiao led the others to stay where they were.

Zhou Yunji found the so-called "better" inner room alone. The reason why it was better was not that it was free of bad luck, but that it was rare to have a window that let in some sunlight.

"Ms. Zhou, the beauty of Hehuan Palace, pays homage to Deng Guiren." Zhou Yunji bowed politely.

Deng Sui put down the embroidery work in his hand, raised his head and smiled: "No courtesy."

"Your Majesty is busy, I am not bothering you, are you?" Zhou Yunji spoke softly, smiled appropriately, but kept a proper distance from Deng Guiren. It felt like she would not get close easily, nor did she want to get close.

"It's okay." Deng Sui said warmly, "I just bothered Sister Zhou to come over. I don't know what the matter is."

"I am here to deliver a message for Lord Yin." Zhou Yunji frowned slightly and said, "The Yongxiang Order has just come to report that a criminal maid detained in Yongxiang three days ago has disappeared. Originally, Lord Yin should have bothered with this matter.

, but the noble man has been feeling unhappy these days, and everything in Yeting is prosperous, so it is really difficult to get away. Although noble sir, you have just entered the palace, but after all, you are also a noble man, so noble man Yin invites my concubine to come and ask, I don’t know you

Are you willing to bother with this?"

This matter is not as simple as it sounds.

Where is Yongxiang? I don’t know how many people disappear for no reason every day.

It happened that this criminal servant had been missing for three days, so the Yongxiang Order dared to report it, and had no choice but to report it.

When Deng Sui thought about this, the smile on his lips became clearer: "I, my concubine, should share your worries for your majesty and for the Yin nobles. But I have only been in the Han Palace for a short time, so I am afraid that I will be too deep and short..."

"What you mean is..." Zhou Yunji thought she was going to decline politely. But Yin Guiren just wanted to use this matter to make things difficult for her. If she couldn't handle it well, I'm afraid it would be difficult to explain. She felt a little uneasy, and there was a look in her eyes.

A hint of anxiety.

Deng Sui captured this keenly and knew the origin of this matter. "I mean, it will take more time. Let me investigate this matter slowly. I just don't know if Yin Guiren has any requirements."

How many days will it take to find out?”

"Oh, not at all." Zhou Yunji only breathed softly in her heart. "My lord, just take your time and check it out. If you need any help or if you don't understand anything, you can always have someone come to Hehuandian to give you instructions."

Just a word. I will give you my full help."

"That's troublesome." Deng Sui looked at her with warm eyes.

"I don't dare. I should obey your noble order." Zhou Yunji said: "I have arranged a chariot to take your noble man back to Jiade Palace. I will not bother you with the embroidery work. Later, the Yongxiang Order will go to Jiade Palace.

I would like to express my greetings to you, and then explain the whole matter in detail."

"Okay." Deng Sui nodded. The first thing she had to figure out was who the missing sin maid was.

After coming out of the lower courtyard, Zhou Yunji's cold sweat slowly broke out. "Meng Miao, ask someone to inform the Yongxiang Order. The matter will be handled by Deng Guiren. Send him to Jiade Palace to wait for Deng Guiren's summons."

"No." Mengmiao followed the words and retreated.

Zhou Yunji looked back and sighed softly.

Mr. Deng, Mr. Deng, please don’t blame me if you have any trouble. I am also forced to do this!

Thinking this in her heart, Zhou Yunji became more and more uneasy.

If in the future this Deng Guiren rises and replaces the Yin Guiren, the first thing that may come to mind is the trouble she has caused today.

"Mengzhen, please go to Yongle Palace and report back to Lord Yin. The matter has been settled."

"No." The little girl responded respectfully and stepped back.

Zhou Yunji then got on the chariot and ordered: "Let's go! Bao'er is still waiting for me."

Immediately afterwards, Deng Sui got on the chariot and was taken directly back to Gad Palace.

The two little girls were complaining, but unexpectedly the young lady was sent back.

"Why did the noble man come back at this time?" Tuo Yan was also surprised. "Didn't you say that I would pick you up after dinner?"

"Things have changed temporarily, but I don't need to go to the lower courtyard to do embroidery work anymore." Deng Sui took the tea cup and took a sip of tea.

"That's great, miss, it's good that you don't have to go to the lower courtyard to do embroidery work. I just heard from Sister Tuoyan that the lower courtyard is very humid. If you sit on the mat all day, your knees will definitely hurt." Mei Shu

He was so happy that his smile could be seen from his watery eyes.

Sirou was not so optimistic: "This is His Majesty's imperial edict, how can you just say it's exempt?"

Deng Sui smiled and looked at her: "You better think carefully."

"Miss, what do you mean..." Sirou didn't dare to ask any more questions, and chills ran down her spine.

If there wasn't something more difficult to do, how could he be exempted from punishment for no reason!

Before Deng Sui could answer, an eunuch came from outside and said, "Mr. Yongxiang has come to pay homage to Mr. Deng."

The two girls looked at each other, both flustered.

Tuoyan calmly helped Deng Guiren sit down and said: "Pass."

"Yongxiang ordered Yang Miao to pay homage to Deng Guiren."

Deng Sui waited for him to finish his salute and then said: "I bother you to come here because I heard that a criminal maidservant disappeared in Yongxiang three days ago. I don't know the name of this criminal maidservant and why she was imprisoned in Yongxiang.

What’s the reason for missing without reason?”

This was the first time for Yang Miao to deal with this Yin nobleman, and he did not dare to be careless at all. "Replying to the nobleman, the name of this criminal maid is Wang Ruoying, who used to serve Empress Dowager Dou. Later, because the Dou family was convicted, she was sent away forever.

Xiang, has been imprisoned for three years. As for the reason for the disappearance... the slaves are incompetent, and they have conducted thorough investigations several times and found nothing. They say that there were no signs before Wang's disappearance."

At this time, Deng Sui still couldn't see Yongxiang Ling's motives. Was he involved for no reason, or was it a move to serve others? "It's better to do this. Later you will record the details of Wang's entry into the palace in a bamboo book."

Send it to Garde Palace so I can take a closer look. Now, you will lead me to Yongxiang to have a look."

"Miss... you are not allowed to be a noble person." Mei Shu quickly dissuaded her: "What kind of place is Yongxiang? You can't come in and out at will."

Sirou touched the hem of her clothes and signaled her to stop talking so fast. But in her heart, she didn't want Deng Guiren to take this trip.

"This..." Yang Miao was also stunned for a moment. "Yongxiang is a place where concubines and concubines are imprisoned and committed crimes. Very few concubines are willing to set foot there, and after all, Yongxiang is a place..."

"I know." Deng Sui didn't take it seriously: "If you want to find out about this matter, you have to go and explore it in person. While it's still early, I'll trouble you to lead the way."

"No." Yang Miao didn't say much, but she also felt that this noble man was completely different from the Yin noble man.

"The two girls were caught in the rain yesterday and are still not feeling well. Why don't we stay in the palace and take care of them." Tuo Jian not only had no intention of stopping him, but also very much agreed with Deng Guiren's move. "Let my servant accompany you to Yongxiang.

How is it?"

"Okay." Deng Sui nodded gently: "I'm sorry to bother you."

As the chariot drove all the way to Yongxiang, Deng Sui did not pay any attention to the pairs of eyes following behind. The news that she went to Yongxiang to investigate the matter thoroughly spread to everywhere as quickly as possible.

After Yin Lingyue got the news, she rushed to Zhangde Palace.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

At that time, the emperor was holding a pen and writing something on the bamboo slips. He looked up and saw Yin Guiren in a tender blue dress with elegant pearl ornaments, which made people look particularly comfortable.

"Your clothes look really nice." Liu Zhao put down the brush in his hand. "Why are you coming here at this time? It's almost noon."

"I have prepared some side dishes for your majesty to taste." Yin Lingyue said with a smile, "I'm afraid that your majesty, you are only focusing on running the government, missing the meal time and hurting your health."

Liu Zhao's eyes became slightly clearer: "I just know that you are the most gentle and considerate, which warms my heart."

While they were talking, Mo Bin and Mo Li had already served the side dishes prepared by Guiren Yin.

The inside is a dark brown lacquer plate, painted with vermilion lacquer cloud patterns, which is quite exquisite. But it is not as pleasing to the eye as Yin Guiren's side dishes.

"Just looking at it, I think it's delicious. I must have put a lot of effort into it." Liu Zhao held Yin Lingyue's hand and sat down on his lap. "How can you have delicious food without beauty? Just stay with me.

Use some."

"Nuo." Yin Lingyue lowered her head and smiled warmly. "I have one more thing to do. I hope my cousin will forgive me."

Privately, when she called the emperor's cousin, she wanted something.

Liu Zhao waved his hand and asked the waiters to leave. "Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

"My concubine is exempted from the punishment of Deng Guiren... I will deal with this now and hope that my cousin will forgive me." Yin Lingyue blinked softly, and a pool of autumn water rippled out of her eyes with affection.

"Oh?" Liu Zhao looked at her doubtfully: "Why is that so?"

"I have always had trouble sleeping these few nights. In addition, some materials need to be purchased in the spring, and the decorations in each palace also need to be replaced..." Yin Lingyue said with a shameful smile: "I feel tired and find it difficult to distract myself. Since Deng Guiren

She has already entered the palace and shares the status of nobles with me, so I thought that instead of letting her take care of those trivial matters, it would be better to make up for her mistakes and be able to relieve my difficulties and share your majesty's worries."

"Relieve the difficulty?" Liu Zhao held her green-white fingertips and couldn't help but frown: "What troubles you, I don't know?"

"In reply to Your Majesty, get up early to discuss politics with your ministers. The Yongxiang Order came to Yongle Palace to report the matter. The guilty servant Wang who was imprisoned in Yongxiang disappeared." Yin Lingyue looked at the emperor's eyes intently: "
Chapter completed!