After Mingzhu entered the room, she immediately looked back at me, her eyes flashing with a little fear, as if - like a rabbit in a wolf's den.?                                                                                                             

This time, she barely felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

The doubts in my heart became deeper, but there was still a faint smile on my face. I walked over and said, "Sister Mingzhu has anything to say, please sit down and reminisce."

"Thank you."

The two of them sat at the table in the middle of the room. They should have poured tea and treated the guests in etiquette, but now my hands are inconvenient, so I can only give up. However, she doesn't look like someone who is in the mood to come to drink tea. She sat there with her hands on the table and kept twisting her fingertips, making her fingertips red, as if she had some unsolvable troubles in her heart.

Seeing her like this, I calmed down instead.

Will the enemy retreat and I advance?

So, he looked at her with a smile: "I wonder what kind of advice does Sister Mingzhu have to come to her humble house today?"

"I--"

She raised her head and looked at me, but she stopped talking. A layer of cold sweat on her forehead had condensed, sliding down drop by drop.

I felt vaguely that she seemed to have something important to say to me, but she was still a little worried, as if she was still considering the pros and cons, and was undecided. After thinking about it, she smiled and said, "Sister Mingzhu has come, you might as well say something. Even if things fail, there are no six ears here, and it can't be heard from the third person."

After hearing these words, she felt a little relieved, and raised her head to look at me: "Okay, Lord Yue, I came here today because I wanted to tell you something, but--" She hesitated again and whispered: "Don't tell others. If the concubine knew that I was here to find you and told you about these things, I would definitely die miserably."

Just saying this, her face turned paler than before.

I understood even more in my heart that she seemed to tell me something important. Although Shen Rou had just used me to deal with Nangong Lizhu, her hatred for me, just like what I did to her, would be eliminated from each other quickly. If she knew that Mingzhu had contacted me privately, she was afraid that Mingzhu would not be enough to cut off her head. So I nodded seriously and said, "Sister Mingzhu, don't worry, after leaving this room, no one knew you had been there."

"That's good, that's good." She murmured and repeated a few words, rubbing her sweaty forehead with her sleeves, and then turned her head to look out the window. She was sure that no one was peeping. Then she carefully leaned over and said softly: "Mr. Yue, you Jixian Palace - especially that Mr. Liu, be careful."

"What?"

As soon as I heard about Qinghan, I was shocked: "What do you know?"

She said carefully: "Yesterday, Taifu Shen sent someone to the palace to send a gift for spring to the imperial concubine. After the person came, he had a secret conversation with the imperial concubine for a long time. I was originally serving outside, but I didn't hear much, but when I went in to serve tea, I heard them say something, as if--"

"It seems like something?"

"It seems that this time, Taifu Shen was very unhappy about the imperial examination in the Gongyuan Academy, and some weapons and spears in Yaowu Tower. I heard them mention the name of Lord Liu several times during the conversation."

My heart suddenly became raised.

Sure enough, Shen Gongyi was not so easy to fight. On the imperial examination field of the Gongyuan Academy, Qinghan offended Ouyang Yu first and destroyed Shen Gongyi and the six departments for fraud. That day in Yaowu Tower, he went to inform Sun Jingfei of the weapon being tampered with. In addition, he had always had close contacts with the newly promoted young officials in the court, so he could be said to be a person in the hostile camp of the Taifu.

Could it be that Shin Gongyi is going to take action and first deal with him?!

When I thought of this, I hurriedly stood up and said, "What else have you heard? What are they going to do to Lord Liu?"

Mingzhu shook her head: "I don't know about this. The Empress didn't let us listen to these things."

"..." I stood by the table and bit my lower lip.

If Shin Gongyi really wants to attack Qinghan, he is just a newcomer in the court after all, how can he fight against the powerful Taifu?

After Mingzhu said this, she stood up and said, "Mr. Yue, anyway, you all should be careful. I'm leaving."

After saying that, she turned around and was about to walk out, and I hurriedly called her: "Sister Mingzhu."

"Um?"

"Why do you come and tell me?"

Strangely, she has always been Shen Rou's confidant and doesn't have much good expression on the people in our Jingren Palace. Moreover, after following Shen Rou for so many years, it can be said that the master and servant should share honor and disgrace. Why did she suddenly turn against me this time and tell me about this matter? Is there any hidden truth in it?

Looking at my inquiring eyes, Mingzhu hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Yue, your eyes are like a torch, and I can't say anything else. I just hope that in the future, if Lord Yue, Queen, and Your Highness are accomplished, I can give me Mingzhu a way."

“…”

When I heard her words, my heart skipped a beat.

What she said was me, the queen and - the day when things were accomplished?

What's the meaning?

Nian Shen is still so young that she has not yet involved these struggles, but she mentioned that Nian Shen’s success is the day. Moreover, even if it is really involved in these struggles, it is difficult to tell who will lose and who will win. How could she join us for no reason?

I said, "Mingzhu, is it - what happened to Chonghua Palace?"

When she heard this, she felt a little panic in her eyes and said more cautiously: "I, I can't say it."

“…”

"Anyway, please don't doubt what I said today, I won't lie to you."

“…”

"Goodbye."

After saying that, she opened the door, poked her head out and looked around, and confirmed that no one was around, so she walked out carefully and walked towards the side door.

I stood in the room, watching her back disappear outside.

Mingzhu, Suishenrou, has been in the palace for many years since she entered the palace. Naturally, she can see through many things and know how to weigh the pros and cons. If she wants her to betray her master and come to surrender to the queen, there is only one possibility, that is, she can have greater benefits than Shenrou.

But now, the matter has not yet begun and the winner has not yet appeared, why has she come here?

Also, she just mentioned that the Lord Highness was successful, and this sentence was very strange. It seemed that this was the real reason why she would turn against him. Could it be that she had seen something in the Chonghua Palace? But Nian Shen is still so young. Even if she really talked about the appointment of the crown prince, Pei Yuanhao was still in his prime. Even Grand Tutor Shen was not in a hurry at this time. Neither the queen nor the queen had been on the agenda. Why did she suddenly mention this?

If deep thoughts are really accomplished, what does that mean?

.

Mingzhu left, but I couldn't sit in this narrow room. Whether Shin Gongyi really wanted to attack Qinghan or not, he should tell him to beware of it!

When I thought of this, I hurriedly got up and was about to go out. As soon as I walked to the door, the door was pushed open.

Shui Xiu stood outside the door, holding the door with one hand, but looked out. When she turned around, she saw me standing at the door, and said in confusion: "Sir, I just seemed to have seen Mingzhu. Has she been here?"

"No."

"But looking at that back looks very much like her."

"You probably saw it wrong, why did she come here."

"Um..., that's right!" Shui Xiu was easy to coax. She immediately walked in with a smile. Seeing me standing at the door, she said again: "Why, do you want to go out? The emperor and the queen have both told you not to let you run around. You have injured your hand again, don't hurt it anymore."

“…”

"By the way, sir, I just came from the Imperial Garden and saw that Grand Secretary Fu also entered the palace. He rarely comes here."

Fu Badai also entered the palace? I turned around in confusion: "What are he here to do?"

"I don't know this. Is the emperor always asking him for national affairs to discuss?"

My heart moved - I couldn't go out to find Qinghan, but since Fu Badai entered the palace, I quietly told him and asked him to remind Qinghan, which is also good.

I made up my mind and told Shui Xiu that I would only go out for a walk and get some breath. Although Shui Xiu was not relieved, she saw that I had always promised not to run around, so she had to agree to me. I didn't go out of the main gate, walked out of the side gate, walked around the lake for a while, and then arrived at the side gate of the Imperial Garden. I happened to see Eunuch Yu standing there to explain the work of a few eunuchs.

As soon as he saw me, he immediately came up: "Mr. Yue, you are--"

I smiled and saluted, "Eunuch Yu, I heard that Grand Secretary Fu has also entered the palace?"

"Well, let's talk to you inside."

"Oh... can I get in?"

Eunuch Yu glanced at me with a smart look, thought for a while, and said, "Your words were not afraid, but - you should always be careful."

I nodded and thanked him, and then entered the arch. The weather has become warmer these days, and the snow has melted. The branches under the snow in the imperial garden have faintly emerged. Although they have not yet become magnificent, they feel that they are not afraid of the cold and thrilling cold of ice and snow.

I walked in and passed a corridor and saw two people sitting in the pavilion in front of me playing chess.

It was Pei Yuanhao and Fu Badai.

However, Fu Badai's eyes - how can he play chess?

I was puzzled and walked closer carefully. Only then did I see clearly that the chessboard was full of black pieces. At this time, it had become a long dragon, entrenched on the chessboard, and there were no chess pieces in the other blank spaces.

This is--?

Fu Badai sat opposite the emperor, facing me, closed his eyes slightly, stroked his white beard, and smiled, "Right six and eleven."

Right six and eleven? I frowned and subconsciously wanted to take a foothold to see, but it was really far away and I couldn't see which step it was. But according to him, it should be near the dragon head in the upper right corner - it turned out that he was playing blind chess.

Although I looked at him with a happy expression, there was a clear light in his slightly closed eyes.

Pei Yuanhao held a black spot, put it down, and said, "Five on the right and ten on the right."

When Fu Badai heard this, he immediately stroked his beard and smiled: "Emperor, the emperor has already walked through this step before. If he goes again, the long dragon will be trapped."

“…”

Pei Yuanhao immediately lowered his head and looked at it. When I looked from a distance, I realized that the empty place on the chessboard was actually a trap. The emperor's long dragon seemed to be about to get into the trap.

Pei Yuanhao smiled and threw the chess piece back into the chess box: "It seems that I'm going to be chess. My dear is indeed Gao Duan."

Fu Badai also smiled and said, "It's the emperor's mind, not in this chess game."

He said the word "this" a little heavier. Pei Yuanhao heard it and seemed to laugh again. He stood up. I thought he was about to turn around, so he hurriedly took a step back to the tree beside him. But he saw that he just waved his sleeves casually and walked a few steps towards the water corridor with his hands in his arms. Suddenly, he said with a "hmm", stopped and picked up a wooden board on the ground, which seemed to have a nail on it. He frowned and said, "It's getting more and more unruly. The wooden boards with nails were thrown everywhere!"

Fu Badai smiled, still sitting at the table, touching the chessboard with one hand lightly, as if he was still thinking about Pei Yuanhao's chess path just now, and said with a smile: "What bothers the emperor, is that nail?"

"..." Pei Yuanhao was stunned and turned around and looked at him.

"Although this nail does not hurt people, it is nailed here and stabs the emperor, so the emperor doesn't want to keep him, right?"
To be continued...