Chapter 161 The Queen Mother is with Your Majesty?
Chapter 161 Is the Queen Mother... beating His Majesty?
On the other side, Mu Qingchao could finally return to the palace.
This must be the most depressing and longest morning she has ever had.
Even before going out, Shen Muchi personally put on the cloak handed to her by Eunuch Lu.
His tone was as gentle as ever, and he said: "The clothes have been smoked over charcoal fire in advance so that they will not get cold."
As he spoke, he wrapped the tassel in front of her body and slowly tied a knot for her.
"Let's go."
He took her hand.
Mu Qingchao didn't want to have an attack in this place. She also wanted to leave room for change. If she broke out in front of the Su family, it would push the entire Su family into dire straits.
So she could only obey Shen Muchi, performed a show with him, and sat on the guard of honor back to the palace as the Su family saw her off.
The common people crowded around to watch, and they all probably knew that the Queen Mother stayed at her sister's house last night.
After returning to Chaoyun Palace, Mu Qingchao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But what he saw was a face he was not familiar with.
The young maids knelt in front of her and shouted: "I have seen the Queen Mother."
Mu Qingchao's face suddenly fell: "Who are you?"
"Queen Mother, this servant is sent by Your Majesty to serve you."
"It's not like the Ai family doesn't have its own servants. Why does the Ai family need you to serve them?" Mu Qingchao already had some bad premonitions in his heart.
"Rose, spring buds..."
She shouted into the hall.
Sure enough, no one answered.
She hurriedly broke into the palace, but all she saw were unfamiliar faces.
"Where's Qiangwei? Where's Chunya? Where's Xiao'e? Where's Xiao Anzi?" Where have all the servants she was familiar with gone?
"They failed to take good care of the Queen Mother, so I sent them away."
When Mu Qingchao heard these words, his heart trembled, and when he turned around, Shen Muchi was standing behind her, still maintaining his calm look.
But Mu Qingchao's heart was in turmoil.
"Why?" she asked, "Why did you change them?"
"They can't take care of you." Shen Muchi said: "With so many people, they can lose a living person like you. Shouldn't such servants be replaced?"
"Fart! They have taken care of me for so many years. Don't I know if they can take good care of me?"
Mu Qingchao finally couldn't bear it anymore. She had endured it all morning and finally burst out.
"Where are they? Where are they now?"
"In Huanyiyuan."
"Huanyiyuan?"
Usually servants who committed crimes would be imprisoned in the laundry room, where they would do menial jobs such as starching and washing clothes. The most tiring and dirty jobs in the entire palace would be assigned to that place.
The work was numerous and tedious. There was no daily work, and many of them died from exhaustion.
Thinking about Chunya Qiangwei and the others, they have always been by her side. She has never been willing to treat them harshly and raised them delicately. When did she ever do those tasks?
On such a cold day, I had to wash a palace's clothes and soak my hands in snow water for a whole day.
How could they endure such suffering?
Mu Qingchao turned around and headed out of the palace.
But Shen Muchi stopped in front of her.
"Where is the Queen Mother going?" he asked.
"Where to go? If I don't want to find them, I want to let them back." Mu Qing said.
"I'm afraid you can't let go."
"Why?"
"Any palace maid who commits a crime will be punished. This is the rule of the palace. They have made such a big mistake. Not killing them is considered an extrajudicial mercy. Letting them go is not in line with etiquette."
"Isn't it appropriate for etiquette?"
Mu Qingchao looked up at Shen Muchi, what does it mean to be inconsistent with etiquette?
"Your Majesty knew that this matter was framed by others, but you didn't punish the person behind it, and you didn't strengthen the defense in the palace. The first people you sent away were my palace people.
What does this mean?"
Whether he was dealing with the situation in accordance with the law or deliberately making things difficult, he knew better than anyone else.
"These are two different things." Shen Muchi said.
"Those who do it behind the scenes cannot escape, and those who make mistakes should still be punished."
"you……"
Mu Qingchao clenched his fists and was too lazy to say another word to him. He rushed out angrily: "Get out of the way!"
Shen Muchi stopped in front of her, his attitude was obvious, he wouldn't let her go.
If he wouldn't let her, she would force her way in.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way..."
Mu Qingchao admitted that she was a little emotional. She had never seen such a person before. She was almost driven crazy by him. She was so anxious that she didn't care about her identity. All her hands and feet were directed towards him. He greeted me.
This shocked the surrounding servants.
Is the Queen Mother... beating His Majesty?
Oh my gosh, that's a dragon body. It's a death penalty to hurt even a hair on it.
But His Majesty just stood there, hugging the Queen Mother with one hand, and then said to the stunned palace people: "You all should step aside."
"yes……"
Mu Qingchao became more and more anxious as he watched the people in the palace walk out. He rushed out regardless, but was picked up by Shen Muchi in the air.
He hugged her directly and went into the inner room.
Mu Qingchao began to struggle, and kept calling him with his hands and feet: "What are you doing? Shen Muchi, put me down, put me down..."
When she became anxious, she even forgot his honorific and called him by his first name.
She has really had enough...
But Shen Muchi didn't even move his eyebrows when he heard her words. He just let her curse like this, and let her fists fall on him, but they were like a mud cow sinking into the sea.
He just carried her into the inner room.
With a "boom" sound, he closed the door of the inner room with his backhand, and then threw her whole body on the bed.
The mattress was covered with thick quilts, so it didn't hurt her much, but her body hadn't recovered yet and she felt dizzy after being hit hard.
She didn't care about being dizzy, climbed up and headed outside.
But Shen Muchi pushed him back to the bed.
The force on his hand was a bit heavy, making her shoulders hurt.
She raised her head and saw that his face was no longer as kind as he had pretended to be before. Instead, it was sinister and cold.
She grabbed the quilt underneath her.
She tried to keep herself calm.
"What do you want to do?" she asked.
"You said you just took me back to the palace, so what does it mean to dismiss my palace servants and lock me here?"
"Haven't the Queen Mother seen it yet? I want to be kind to the Queen Mother."
As Shen Muchi spoke, he half-crouched in front of her. He raised his head and looked at her. The look in his eyes changed and became full of affection again.
"What's wrong with the Queen Mother? Is it uncomfortable to live in Chaoyun Palace? Or is there not enough servants? Why are you always quarreling with me? Is there something I didn't do well?"
As he spoke, he took one of her hands and played with it.
But Mu Qingchao couldn't bear this extremely gentle look, so she withdrew her hand.
"If your Majesty really wants to be nice to me, then stay as far away from me as possible. It's best not to let me see you for the rest of your life."
The feud had become so bad that Mu Qingchao had nothing to hide and openly expressed his disgust.
She looked at Shen Muchi with eyes that became darker and darker.
"You really don't know how to appreciate someone," he said.