He hurried out of the queen's harem, but met Li Weiyang in the middle of the palace gate. Ying Chu smiled coldly and said, "Miss Guo, why are you still in the palace at this time?"

Li Weiyang smiled and said, "I am accompanying Concubine Hui on the order of the Empress. Why, Lord Ying also has an objection to the Empress's will?"

Ying Chu, who was as humble as a dog in front of Pei Hou, smiled coldly and straightened his body and said, "Ms. Guo is really a clever tongue. This time you successfully escaped, but is it that easy next time? It seems that you should find a few more handles of Your Highness firmly to hold them firmly as a talisman, otherwise you will never get up if you are not careful!"

The tone of his speech was cold, and the joints of his teeth were clattering.

Li Weiyang had never seen him look so terrifying, and couldn't help but be surprised. She looked at the other person's expression carefully and suddenly chuckled.

Ying Chu said coldly: "Why are you laughing at?"

Li Weiyang sighed quietly: "I laughed at the empress that Lord Ying was angry, but came to vent anger at an innocent person. Don't you feel that it's a bit too much and angry?" Ying Chu's eyes were getting too far, but he heard Li Weiyang continue to say, "I heard that Lord Ying was once a retainer of the empress, but it's true?"

It is actually better to say that it is a retainer than a slave. Ying Chu was shocked, and then stared at Li Weiyang and said, "Yes, my Ying family has served the Pei clan for generations, and it has been passed down to my generation. It has become the tenth generation." As he said, he looked at Li Weiyang with a scrutiny and said, "I wonder why Miss Guo suddenly became interested in this matter?"

Li Weiyang took two steps lightly and looked at him with a smile: "Mr. Ying Chu is too loyal to the Empress, so I am a little curious. Lord Ying... I must admire the Empress very much."

Ying Chu said expressionlessly: "The Empress is my master, so I naturally respect her."

Awe and admiration are completely different. When Li Weiyang heard his words, he could not help but smiled gently and said with concern: "Why should Lord Ying hide it? Look at your angry and hurrying look, why didn't the Empress get you angry? This is wrong. Lord Ying is capable of doing things and is also the Empress's loyal subordinate. Is there anything she wants to blame you? Or is it that the treatment of Your Majesty is not very smooth?"

Ying Chu looked at Li Weiyang and was almost shocked by the other party's keen intuition. He shook his body unconsciously but stopped it in time, and said with a smile: "Ms. Guo is really unique and can't hide anything from your eyes. Yes, I did give medicine to Your Majesty just now. Although Your Majesty has hope of recovery, it will take some time. I'm afraid Miss Guo will be disappointed."

Li Weiyang smiled and said, "What's the point of disappointment about me? Your Majesty is sick this time, and it's also caused by long-term overwork... The headache is also an old disease. I wonder how Lord Ying treated Your Majesty?"

Ying Chu glanced at her and said coldly: "This is my secret recipe, and I'm afraid it's not convenient to mention it to Miss Guo."

Li Weiyang smiled lightly and bowed lightly, saying, "It was Guo Jia who took the initiative! It was getting late, Guo Jia said goodbye, Lord Ying will see you again."

Ying Chu watched Li Weiyang leave gracefully, and endless coldness emerged in his eyes. This woman was really not simple. She seemed to have seen through her in just a few words.

Li Weiyang returned to Guo’s mansion all the way, but the concierge reported to her: “Ms. Wang is here.”

Wang Zijin was visiting at this time? Li Weiyang thought about it and stepped into the hall, but saw Director Guo sitting with Wang Zijin. As soon as he entered, he heard Director Guo laugh and said, "Jia'er, you are back. Why do I talk to Miss Wang? She ignored me? It can be seen that you still need Jia'er, you can accompany me!"

Li Weiyang smiled and said, "Did the fifth brother say something bad? Did Miss Wang get angry?"

Wang Zijin snorted coldly and said, "Young Master Guo Wu has always had this personality and is arrogant. I will not care about him."

Director Guo's expression remained unchanged, and gently waved the folding fan, and said leisurely: "Ms. Wang is not arrogant, but is too proud, so that his eyes are on the top of his head."

"Don't bully people too much!" Wang Zijin slapped the table suddenly, almost losing his composure.

Li Weiyang looked at the other party in surprise and said, "Fifth Brother, you are really capable. You can force Miss Wang, who has always been happy and angry, to this point."

Director Guo couldn't help laughing, and Wang Zijin said with a slight expression: "I'm kind to visit you, but you told your fifth brother to bully me like this. Forget it, I'll leave now!" She stood up and was about to walk out as she said.

Li Weiyang quickly stopped her and said with a smile: "Since you are here, why leave so quickly? You don't say anything completely."

Wang Zijin looked at Director Guo coldly, and Director Guo quickly raised his hands and said, "Okay, I'll shut up immediately and say nothing." As he said that, his hand was leaning against his mouth and made a move to silence.

Wang Zijin smiled coldly, turned to look at Li Weiyang and said, "I see that Mr. Guo Wu will cause trouble sooner or later. Jiaer, you should control him well, so as not to slander the Duke of Qi's mansion."

Director Guo moved his mouth and seemed to say something. Thinking of his promise just now, he shrugged his shoulders, picked up the teacup and drank the water leisurely as if nothing had happened.

Seeing that the other party stopped talking nonsense, Wang Zijin whispered: "How is your situation in entering the palace this time?"

Li Weiyang smiled lightly and said, "Empress Pei has lifted my confinement order, and now I can be unobstructed in most capitals."

Wang Zijin lit up and thought for a moment before saying, "I have received the letter you ordered Zhao Yue to me. But I didn't expect that the girl Wutong was actually a spy sent by Empress Pei."

Li Weiyang said lightly: "Er Pei's eyes are everywhere. If not, how can she say that her power is deeply rooted? Miss Wang should be more careful!" She said this and suddenly smiled and said, "No, I should call you Zijin."

When Wang Zijin heard this, he knew that Li Weiyang was thinking of her as his own person. He felt warm and smiled and said, "Actually, if it weren't for your handful of tea, I really wanted to turn against you."

Director Guo couldn't help but say, "Miss Wang's thoughts are getting really fast."

Wang Zijin glanced at him: "That won't be as fast as your promise."

Director Guo knew that the other party was mocking him, so he smiled softly and stopped making any more noises.

Li Weiyang and Wang Zijin sat down and ordered Zhao Yue to renew her another cup of tea, then said lightly: "Thank you, Zijin, for your concern. It is precisely because of your instigation and help that I can get out so quickly."

Wang Zijin smiled and said, "I am just a person who implements it. All your ideas are made by you. It can be seen that I am far from you in judging people's hearts."

Li Weiyang said: "Everyone in this world has his own strengths and weaknesses. My strength lies in seeing through people's hearts, and I'm proud of your strengths lies in the formation of marches, so why bother with me?"

Wang Zijin thought about it carefully and found that this was true. Now she already understood the truth that there are people outside of people and there is no longer any concerns about competing with Li Weiyang. She said softly: "Actually, this time I originally wanted to go to the battlefield with my father, so I could plan for him one or two, but when I think about the situation in Dadu... I still stayed in the Wang family. I think Empress Pei was so anxious to transfer them away, and I probably had other purposes."

Li Weiyang smiled and said, "She will never cause this war just to get rid of me."

Wang Zijin thought about it carefully, and a layer of worry appeared on her face and said, "Do you think she wants to seize the palace?" When she said that she was taking over the palace, her voice was obviously three points low.

Director Guo next to him also looked solemn, and he couldn't help but sit up straight and said, "No, she is so bold?"

Li Weiyang smiled and said, "If Empress Pei doesn't have the courage, then who else in the world dares to claim that she has courage? Of course she has courage, it only depends on whether she has the intention!"

Wang Zijin couldn't help but frown and said, "How do you say this?"

Li Weiyang looked at Wang Zijin and said word by word: "I met Ying Chu in the palace today." Ying Chu is the queen's confidant. It is not surprising that Li Weiyang came to the palace to meet Pei Hou and met Ying Chu.

Seeing that her expression was strange, Wang Zijin couldn't help but ask, "What did you see when you see him?"

Li Weiyang pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "I have heard before that Ying Chu has been giving His Majesty a medicine to treat headaches. However, for so many years, His Majesty's illness has not been broken, but he has become addicted to using medicine. He has to take this painkiller every three months. During the six months when Ying Chu was not in Dadu, he ordered people to send the medicine to the palace. It can be seen that His Majesty already has a great appetite for this medicine and can't even leave it. I guess this is just a way for Empress Pei to control His Majesty."

Wang Zijin couldn't help but wonder: "But if she could get rid of His Majesty on the medicine, she could control the prince to ascend the throne."

Li Weiyang laughed: "It's not so easy? Even if the prince ascended the throne, the court officials will still doubt her. You must know that Your Majesty has been taking Ying Chu's medicine. What really happened? Ying Chu was the first to escape. Ying Chu couldn't escape. Will Empress Pei be suspected? This is a paradox in itself."

Hearing this, Wang Zijin couldn't help but become more confused: "Are you saying that Empress Pei asked the emperor to take medicine just to control him, not to kill him?"

Li Weiyang nodded: "Yes, I think Ying Chu has hidden hatred for Your Majesty. But as Empress Pei, I really can't see what she wants to kill Your Majesty. Although their relationship is not very good, Your Majesty even regards her as an enemy."

Hearing this, Director Guo said with thought: "There is always only one person you like, and he has always suspected that Princess Qixia's death is related to Queen Pei, so he hates her even more. If the Pei family had not been powerful before, it would have been impossible for the birth of the prince and other princes. Look at Your Majesty who has never entered Pei's harem again in recent years, you can know how deep the resentment in his heart is."

According to the royal custom, on the first and fifteenth day of each month, the emperor must stay in the empress's harem. Empress Pei was able to give birth to the crown prince and two princesses by this. But now after His Majesty gradually controlled the Pei family, he never stepped into the empress's harem again, and even the old system was abolished. This was not only a humiliation to Empress Pei, but also a kind of intention of telling the world that Empress Pei completely lost favor.

No woman can tolerate such things, let alone Empress Pei, who is arrogant and cruel. She should be full of hatred for the emperor, but why did she not act? Wang Zijin thought from the other side. If she had changed herself, she would probably not tolerate her husband treating her like this. But why could she tolerate her for so many years? She really couldn't figure it out, so she didn't speak for a long time.

Li Weiyang said lightly: "What are Zijin thinking?"

Wang Zijin was stunned, then suddenly raised his head and looked at the other party, saying, "I just feel very strange. According to His Majesty's attitude towards the Queen, she should hate him very much. Why is Ying Chu full of hatred for His Majesty?"

Li Weiyang sighed softly, "I'm going to ask the fifth brother."

Director Guo was surprised: "Ask me? How could I know what this eunuch is thinking?"

Li Weiyang smiled and said, "Who said Ying Chu is an eunuch?"

Director Guo's expression changed: "Isn't he? How is this possible! If the palace is not clean, there is no way to accompany the palace at any time." When he said this, he looked at Li Weiyang suspiciously and said: "How do you know that he is not a eunuch?"

Li Weiyang smiled and said, "I don't mean that. What I mean is that he is now an eunuch, but he was not! Before he became Pei Hou's servant, he was always a retainer of the Pei family, and he must have served Pei Huaizhen. If he had any thoughts that should not have, it would be very likely!"

When Wang Zijin heard Li Weiyang say this, he was shocked: "You mean, Ying Chu is about the queen..."

Li Weiyang nodded and affirmed her guess.

Director Guo said in disbelief: "How is this possible? A eunuch, how can he be so brave? Even if he was not a eunuch in the past, he was just a small slave. He said that his retainers were all polite to him!" When he said this, his eyes were still very contemptuous.

But Wang Zijin looked at him and shook his head solemnly, "No, Jiaer is right."

Director Guo frowned: "How did Miss Wang know that this must be right?"

Wang Zijin replied: "This matter is not difficult to guess. If it were the fifth young master, would you do something like Ying Chu for the sake of your beloved?"

Director Guo was shocked. After a long time, he suddenly understood: "What do you mean is Ying Chu becoming a eunuch to accompany the queen?"

Li Weiyang smiled slightly and said, "He is the queen's retainer, so he naturally has the opportunity to enter the court. He is just around the corner. Why do you have to become a small close servant? This is a huge price. If you weren't full of special feelings for Empress Pei, as for being so loyal? Think about it, how much he has done for Empress Pei over the years and how much risk he has taken. Who would believe it if he has no love for Empress Pei? Even if others can see Ying Chu's feelings for Empress Pei, so what? He is just a eunuch, not a man at all, and no one will think about this."

After Li Weiyang reminded him, Director Guo didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he finally sighed and said, "So I said, women's perception is terrible. Look at you two, you guys are so accurate, which makes me feel ashamed."

Li Weiyang looked at Wang Zijin with a smile: "Since Ying Chu is infatuated with Empress Pei, it's not difficult to deal with."

Director Guo asked in surprise: "Isn't it difficult to deal with? What do you want?"

Li Weiyang said slowly: "The more he is infatuated, the more he creates opportunities for us. As long as he makes use of this handle properly, it will be more effective than anything else."

Director Guo raised his eyebrows high when he heard this: "You want to take advantage of Ying Chu's love for Empress Pei?"

Wang Zijin smiled and said, "If you abandon such a big secret, wouldn't it be a pity!"

Director Guo looked left and right, and was as beautiful as a lotus, while romantic as a man. However, he was all scheming and vicious, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The most toxic woman's heart is the most toxic woman's heart!"

After talking about Ying Chu's incident, Wang Zijin was secretly concerned and came to visit again the next afternoon. Zhao Yue led her into the garden and saw Li Weiyang and Director Guo sitting in the pavilion playing chess leisurely. The curtains on all sides had been rolled up, and the breeze blew by, and the atmosphere was quiet and warm.

Seeing Wang Zijin coming, the maid next to her quickly led her to sit down. Li Weiyang smiled and said, "Why are you so anxious? Didn't you just come yesterday?" She said, and a son had already left behind.

Wang Zijin smiled faintly: "Yesterday you said you wanted to think of an idea for Ying Chu, but you were interested in me. I didn't fall asleep all night last night, but you always said halfway through the words. Wouldn't you be worried to death?"

Li Weiyang glanced at her and smiled without saying a word, but turned to Director Guo and said, "Fifth Brother, it's your turn to play chess."

Director Guo thought hard for a long time, and seemed very hesitant. Seeing that he was thinking there, Wang Zijin looked down and saw that the black piece of chess had occupied half of the world. It can be seen that Li Weiyang was sure to win. She couldn't help but urge: "Okay, don't just play chess, you haven't answered me yet!"

Li Weiyang looked calm and obviously didn't take this matter to heart: "I have said that I will have my own way, so why should Zijin be so impatient? You didn't have such a personality in the past."

Wang Zijin couldn't help but snorted and complained: "It has aroused the appetite and said nothing on purpose. Why didn't you find that you are so bad in the past?" As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Princess Ali coming.

Princess Ali originally looked smiling, but when she saw Wang Zijin, her beautiful eyes chilled, and her voice became more displeased: "What are you doing here? The Guo family doesn't welcome you!"

When Wang Zijin heard this, he was stunned, while the other two laughed. Director Guo said, "It can be seen that Miss Wang, you are not likable. Even a person like Princess Ali, who is cheerful and has no grudges, doesn't want to see you."

Wang Zijin wanted to get angry, but after thinking about it, he endured it and said to Princess Ali: "Your Highness, Princess, don't you know that I have become good friends with Jiaer, right?"

Princess Ali looked at Li Weiyang suspiciously, with a three-point puzzled look in her eyes. She really couldn't understand these smart people. She fought each other every few days and could actually do tea and chess together in a blink of an eye. What were they thinking?
To be continued...