At this time, on the other side, the banquet in Jiying Hall was coming to an end. After three drinks, the guests were almost satisfied and planned to go home.
At this time, only Zhong Shoufu asked: "Where is the Queen Mother? Why haven't I seen her for so long?"
Where is the Queen Mother?
Yes, where is the Queen Mother?
Everyone overtly and covertly ignored the Queen Mother, but no one noticed that she had disappeared for such a long time.
At this time, everyone turned their attention to Chun Ya, the maid next to the Queen Mother.
Facing so many looks, Chun Ya was trembling and couldn't speak for a long time.
Later, he simply knelt down on the ground and said, "Slave... I don't know where the Queen Mother has gone. Just now, the Queen Mother said that she wanted to change clothes, so she didn't need to follow her.
But...but I don’t know why the Queen Mother didn’t come back for so long."
"What do you mean, the Queen Mother has disappeared for such a long time and there is no one around her?"
After hearing these words, Zhong Ming stood up suddenly. He looked like he was really concerned about the Queen Mother's comfort.
Shen Muchi also got angry and slammed the wine glass in his hand to the ground: "Nonsense!"
"The master has been missing for so long, why didn't you, a maid, report it earlier?" he accused angrily.
Chunya trembled, and knocked her head to Shen Muchi with a "bang bang bang" sound, shouting: "Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me..."
"His Majesty."
At this time, Mrs. Zhong stood up.
"It's useless to blame this little girl at this time. It's better to go to the Queen Mother first. I think the palace is heavily guarded, so there shouldn't be any danger.
I'm afraid it's snowy and the road is slippery, and it will be bad if I fall and get bumped somewhere.
Although the palace is so big, there are many of us, so we should be able to find it quickly if we look around."
What Mrs. Zhong said was quite reasonable. No matter how she didn't say it, she was Mu Qingchao's nominal grandmother. It seemed to outsiders that she cared about her granddaughter.
But only she knew that what she wanted was for everyone to see Mu Qingchao being humiliated with their own eyes.
Not only did she want her to die without a burial place, she also wanted her to lose all face in front of the public, and she wanted the entire Mu family to be nailed to the rack of shame and criticized by the world for eternity.
Only in this way can she somewhat understand the shame she felt that day.
"Yes, yes, let's all go look for it..."
Everyone agreed. They were clearly ignoring Mu Qingchao just now, but now they all looked concerned, which was just a pretense.
Zhong Yingying couldn't suppress the sneer in her heart and just walked slowly behind the others.
Jiang Bo is the only one here who is really looking for someone.
He is a person who cannot pretend, nor can he be hypocritical. Regardless of his past grudges with Mu Qingchao, he only knows that saving people's lives is his instinct.
Therefore, he was the fastest and walked ahead of everyone.
Approaching the direction of Yuxia Palace, he suddenly smelled a faint fragrance.
The smell is very light and has been blown away by the wind, but Jiangbo is particularly familiar.
This is the Ji Qingxiang who bewitched him yesterday.
After using the same incense twice in a row, I knew without thinking that it was Mu Qingchao's handiwork, but I didn't know who she wanted to harm this time.
From the bamboo forest ahead, there was the faint sound of men and women moaning, but Jiang Bo ignored it and just followed the scent.
Sure enough, he saw Mu Qingchao walking out from the other side of the forest.
She was neatly dressed and looked relaxed. She must have taken care of things well.
"It's really you!" He frowned.
When Mu Qingchao heard this voice, he raised his head and looked at a man standing in the vast snow, solemn and clear, as if he was studying.
"I just heard the sound of men and women having fun when I passed by. Is it because of your fragrance?" Jiang Bo asked angrily.
Yesterday, he suffered a big loss from that incense, and today he saw her using it to harm others. The majestic Queen Mother actually used such despicable methods to harm others again and again.
"What kind of happy couple? The Ai family doesn't know?" However, Mu Qingchao pretended to be harmless to humans and animals.
She covered her mouth and smiled: "Could it be that the prince had an awakening yesterday and started to miss women? He must have had an erotic dream, right?"
He had a slight smile and a charming voice.
In Jiang Bo's eyes, he just looked like a slut.
He didn't want to get involved with her: "Yes or no, we will decide for ourselves!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left.
The most urgent thing he needed to do was to see the victim.
But the next moment, he was blocked by Mu Qingchao.
"My lord, you want to expose me, right?" She looked up at him, looking panicked for the first time.
Jiang Bo looked at her and even felt incredible: "Now that things have come to this, do you still want me to protect you?"
Mu Qingchao knew that Jiang Bo had a tough temper, but he still softened his voice.
"Just think of it as me begging you to let me go, okay?"
She begged in a low voice. She had always been able to let go of her figure. As long as she could survive, what did her figure mean?
"If you beg me now, why would you want to harm others?" Jiang Bo asked back.
"You asked me to protect you, but you took two lives. I'm sorry, but I can't do it."
"you……"
Mu Qingchao suddenly raised his head, but his face suddenly changed color.
"If that's the case, then you can't blame me."
There was a flash of cold light, and she summoned a dagger from nowhere and stabbed Jiang Bo straight into the abdomen, hard and accurately, directly killing him.
Jiang Bo was so horrified that he had no time to react and ducked to the side. The dagger grazed his arm and brought out a string of blood beads.
Fortunately, he was very quick. He turned around and pinched her wrist with his backhand. With a "click", her wrist was dislocated and the dagger in her hand fell to the ground with a "ding".
The other hand quickly clamped onto her neck.
This set of skills was used to deal with enemy assassins, and when used on Mu Qingchao, it left her unable to move at all.
It's just that the enemy assassins were not as ruthless as her, they would fall out whenever they wanted to, and even he would be fooled. If it had been anyone else, he might have died from this.
"Just because I refuse to protect you, you want to kill me?" Jiang Bo pinched her neck and said angrily.
Half of Mu Qingchao's body was trapped by Jiang Bo. After struggling twice, it was like a fly shaking a tree, so he simply gave up.
"What if?" she asked.
"Is it possible for you to report me? Either you die or I live. It's better if I strike first than just sit back and wait for death, right?"
Either you die or I live. It is better to strike first than to sit back and wait for death. This is the principle she has always believed in when she was reborn.
"you……"
Jiang Bo was so angry that he didn't know what to say. He had never seen such a woman before. She looked like a soft and weak girl. How could she be so vicious?
"You are really hopeless!"
When Mu Qingchao heard this, he suddenly felt ridiculous and felt angry for no reason.
"Prince Jiang, you can kill me if you want. Now I am in your hands. You are a knife and I am a fish. You can kill me as you please without any complaint. Don't you think it's ridiculous to say those useless nonsense?"
How noble and selfless do you think you are? Why are you preaching to me?"