While Mu Qingchao was still hesitating, he heard a sound of saluting outside.
"Slave/servant, please see your majesty."
Then the door was pushed open, Feng Xue rushed in, and Shen Muchi walked in hurriedly along with the Feng Xue.
"Common women come to see Your Majesty!" Upon seeing this, Mu Yin quickly knelt down in fear.
"A common woman didn't know that His Majesty was coming, so she couldn't go far to greet you. I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness."
When Mu Qingchao heard Mu Yin's salute, he knelt down and said, "The daughter of the people comes to see your majesty and begs your majesty's forgiveness."
Before she knelt down, Shen Muchi came forward to support her and held her wrist with his backhand.
Even in front of Mu Yin, she did not avoid suspicion at all.
Mu Qingchao was startled, and quickly wanted to pull his hand away, but he couldn't pull it back no matter what. He raised his head and saw Shen Muchi's clearly smiling face with a hint of warning.
"The Queen Mother is not in good health, so there is no need to kneel to me." His tone was gentle.
Mu Qingchao was wary in his heart. This was still the Su family, and he acted like this. What on earth did Shen Muchi want to do?
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... What's the matter with you coming so early?"
"I came here specially to take the Queen Mother back to the palace."
Take her back to the palace?
"Has the Queen Mother had your breakfast?" Shen Mu asked late.
"Not yet...not yet."
"It just so happens that I feel a little hungry too. Let me have breakfast with the Queen Mother. When we finish eating, we will go back to the palace together."
"The women of the country have ordered the meal to be passed on." Mu Yin said immediately after hearing this.
"No need to bother." Shen Muchi interrupted.
"I brought breakfast from the palace. The Queen Mother is still ill and it is not suitable for many people. I will just eat with the Queen Mother in the room."
The emperor is so thoughtful.
Mu Yin naturally had nothing to say, so she just said "yes".
"In this case, the civilian woman will leave first and not disturb His Majesty and the Queen Mother's meal."
Since Shen Muchi had said this, Mu Yin naturally did not dare to just stand there.
Besides, she wanted the emperor to send Mu Qingchao here in the middle of the night last night, and personally take her back to the palace early this morning. With such meticulous and thoughtful measures, what else could she be worried about?
After saying this, he hurried out.
"Hey, Mu Yin..."
When Mu Qingchao saw this, he hurriedly wanted to follow.
But his hand was held by Shen Muchi.
"Where do you want to go, Queen Mother? The breakfast hasn't been used yet."
Someone from the palace came in with a plate of food.
"These meals are specially made for the Queen Mother by the Imperial Kitchen. I know that the Queen Mother loves sweets, so I hired a special chef."
Mu Qingchao looked at the dishes one after another, being brought in like water. What was rare was that there was a charcoal stove under the dishes. It was still steaming all the way from the palace to the Su Mansion.
She turned back to look at Shen Muchi. For some reason, she always felt that Shen Muchi's smiling face made her look even more sinister.
"Your Majesty, what do you want to do?" Mu Qingchao couldn't help but ask.
"I have already said that I will take the Queen Mother back to the palace..."
The last time the two of them had such a bad relationship, she had already made everything clear. He had clearly turned her cold. Why was he acting like this now?
Just at this moment, a little maid stood outside the door.
He is a servant of Su Mansion.
The little maid held a bowl of dark medicine in her hand, and said with some trepidation: "Your Majesty, Queen Mother, the medicine... the medicine is ready, young lady... young lady asked the slave to bring it."
"Okay." Shen Mu responded belatedly.
"Give it to me."
The little maid had probably never thought about meeting the emperor. She even trembled when she walked. She put the medicine in Shen Muchi's hand with three trembling steps.
"You all, please step back."
"yes……"
Shen Muchi gave an order, and the servants standing in the palace retreated one after another.
Lu Xi walked at the end and carefully closed the door.
After everyone had left, Shen Mu turned back to look at Mu Qingchao.
"Queen Mother, take some medicine," he said.
"I feed you."
"No need, I have my own hands and I can drink it myself."
Mu Qingchao didn't appreciate it and stretched out his hand to grab the medicine in his hand.
However, the next moment, her hand was held by Shen Muchi.
"I said, I'll feed you!" Shen Muchi looked at her and said every word, which made people feel more and more creepy.
"Your Majesty...is there anything else that I didn't say clearly last time? I said it, I hope we can be safe and sound, you..."
"I just want to give the Queen Mother some medicine."
Before Mu Qingchao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shen Muchi, his tone was cold and sarcastic.
"Why is the Queen Mother so resistant?" he asked.
"The Queen Mother doesn't want me to give you medicine, so who do you want me to give you, Jiang Bo?"
One sentence was like a thunderclap, making Mu Qingchao's scalp numb. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Shen Muchi in front of her.
"you……"
With a smile still on her face, Shen Muchi took a spoonful of medicine from the bowl and put it to Mu Qingchao's mouth: "It's a pity that Jiang Bo has left the city now, so he can't stay by your bed to feed you." The medicine is gone."
"What do you know?" Mu Qingchao asked after a long while.
But Shen Muchi's expression suddenly turned sinister.
"Open your mouth!"
These two words startled Mu Qingchao, and he subconsciously opened his mouth. The medicine was right next to her mouth, and Shen Muchi drank it.
so bitter……
I drank too quickly and choked on my throat.
Mu Qingchao clutched his chest and raised his waist, coughing violently.
"Cough cough, cough cough..."
She almost coughed up tears.
Shen Muchi squatted next to her and carefully wiped the medicine stains from the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.
"Look at you, why are you drinking in such a hurry? Drink slowly. I'm not in a hurry. I have plenty of time. I will accompany you until you finish drinking this bowl of medicine."
They were clearly extremely gentle words, but they didn't sound that way.
Mu Qingchao covered his chest, raised his head, and met his smiling eyes, which was only scarier than seeing a ghost.
**
At this time, Jiang Bo was riding on his horse in the suburbs of Beijing, but he was distracted.
"General, what's wrong with you?" Yu An asked following him.
"Isn't our current speed too slow? According to the plan, we should arrive at Yanling before dark." Yu An reminded.
"Is it……"
However, Jiang Bo still had no reaction after hearing such words. Instead, he turned back and looked in the direction of Jinling.
How is she doing now?
Already awake?
I don’t know if the illness is cured or not.
He really wanted to take a look at her again, even to make sure that she was okay.
But the emperor pressed hard. From last night to now, he had been arranging his troops and almost didn't sleep a wink all night.
He knew that nothing could go wrong in this battle. When he came back with the Northern Qi, he would have settled the centuries-old dispute, and he could bring this matter up to the emperor openly.
But he still cares about her so much...
In the past, he was fearless and took life and death very lightly. Even on the battlefield, he would fight without risking his life.
But it’s different now. There are ties and weaknesses, and you start to be hesitant and in a dilemma...
After thinking for a while, he finally sighed.
"Send the order and speed up." He said to Yu An beside him.
"yes."
After saying this, Jiang Bo tightened the horse's rope, urged the horse on his hip, and walked quickly towards the snow and wind in front of him.