The atmosphere in the DPRK and China has been very dull recently.
The witchcraft disaster had been a big deal during the late emperor's reign, involving tens of thousands of people, and even the former prince and empress Xianzhen died in it.
At that time, the late emperor issued an order to strictly prohibit the practice of witchcraft and Gu.
Unexpectedly, this thing that had been banned for decades would suddenly reappear in the world one day, as His Majesty's favorite concubine and the daughter of the current Chief Minister.
It is understandable that His Majesty is furious.
However, Zhong Ming kept interceding for his daughter.
The Zhong family has already lost a daughter in the harem. Zhong Yingying is his last legitimate daughter and her last chance to have royal blood, so Zhong Ming must keep her no matter what.
Shen Mu couldn't move Zhong Yingying, so he confined her to Sicui Palace.
But he was able to influence the Liu family. The entire family of the Minister of Rites was imprisoned overnight, and even some officials in the court who were related to the Liu family were also imprisoned.
As for Concubine Hui, she was a concubine with a good fortune, a delicate body, and an expensive body. She survived twenty strokes.
But being alive is not as good as being dead. Dragging this half-dead body and being locked up in the Sicui Palace, watching the family members in trouble one by one, there is nothing you can do.
Shen Muchi's move was not a big move, it seemed like he was punishing the Liu family, but anyone could see that His Majesty was beating the Zhong family.
It seemed that the previous harmony between Zhong Ming and Shen Muchi could no longer be pretended, and they each tore off the disguise and looked disgusting.
The atmosphere in the court also became tense, and the ministers did not even dare to express their anger when they went to court.
Except for one person - Jiang Bo.
He still went his own way, doing his own thing, and he didn't know whether he was too slow or didn't care at all, as if the disputes in the court had nothing to do with him.
Although the pretending to be a ghost has come to an end, the palace has become more and more turbulent because of such a big incident.
Jiang Bo still cannot relinquish his position as commander of the Imperial Guard, and he still has to patrol day and night.
As we watched, spring was over, the weather was getting hotter and hotter day by day, and the cicadas began to chirp noisily.
The weather had been sunny for several days, but suddenly one day, there was a "bang" of thunder and heavy rain seemed to pour down.
Jiang Bo was on duty when the raindrops fell on his body, causing him pain.
"heavy rain!"
"Oh, I just changed my clothes today!"
The palace people around were noisy and the footsteps were chaotic.
"Queen Mother, please run slower, be careful of falling."
Suddenly, a voice came from behind.
Jiang Bo suddenly turned around and saw a pretty figure coming from the other side of the palace wall. She was wearing a lotus-colored skirt and holding a large handful of lotus leaves that she had just picked from the lotus pond, but she had been soaked by the rain. Soaked.
With a smile on her face, she turned around and said to the maid behind her: "Oh, Chunya, why are you so slow? You have to go back, otherwise you won't have time to go back and make lotus leaf cakes."
The smile on her face was bright and pure, and her pretty little face was washed away by the rain, looking clean and charming.
With such a little girl, who can connect her with the insidious, vicious and trouble-making Queen Mother in the harem?
Mu Qingchao greeted Chun Ya happily, but when he turned around, he saw Jiang Bo standing in front of him, with a pair of bottomless eyes falling on him.
The smile on Mu Qingchao's face gradually faded.
Since that day, she has not seen Jiang Bo again.
It was she who deliberately avoided him.
He was anxious and worried about her, running around, but she said "minding your own business" in reply. Thinking about it, he must be very angry.
But this is the kind of person she is, and ingratitude is the norm.
After all, he felt guilty. The look on Mu Qingchao's face was a little unnatural. After all, he suppressed his smile, walked to his side in a few steps, and called out: "Prince Jiang."
After saying that, he passed by him and wanted to leave in a hurry.
"What happened that day was something you did on purpose, right?"
Just as Mu Qingchao was about to leave, Jiang Bo called him from behind.
Her footsteps paused, and she heard him ask from behind: "All of this was actually arranged by the Queen Mother, right?"
When Mu Qingchao heard this, his heart sank for no reason.
After a moment of silence, he finally nodded: "Yes, it was arranged by the Ai family."
It feels a lot easier to say these words. It has already been said anyway, so why bother to be more straightforward and decisive, lest I feel uncomfortable if I don't get up or down.
Mu Qingchao simply turned around: "What? Seeing that the Ai family could kill dozens of people if they took action, so the prince is afraid?"
She looked at Jiang Bo and frowned.
"So that peach blossom cake..."
"It was also intentional by the Ai family." Mu Qingchao agreed: "The winter jasmine flowers inside were intentionally added by the Ai family."
"Why?" Jiang Bo asked.
"Why else? Don't you understand such a simple reason, Prince Jiang? It's just to use you, let you hand over the Ai family, and then attract the Zhong family to search the palace, and finally use the trick to dismount the entire Sicui Palace.
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She looked at Jiang Bo's brows that were getting deeper and deeper. She turned her head slightly and stopped looking at him.
"Who knew that Prince Jiang would not only hand over the Ai family and protect the Ai family, but would also run around trying to save the Ai family?
Haha, it’s so stupid to be taken advantage of without knowing it.”
Mu Qingchao laughed twice, but felt indescribably sad in his heart.
He must think she is a terrible person, right?
He tried his best to save her, but was laughed at for being stupid. Thinking back to that day, he hurriedly knocked on her Chaoyun Temple and said, "You hurry up and leave."
Looking back now, do you think it’s a bit ridiculous?
How could there be such a bad person as Mu Qingchao in this world?
"The Ai family is inherently bad!"
Jiang Bo didn't speak, but she yelled this sentence first.
But he saw her clenching her hands into fists and walking to Jiang Bo aggressively: "The Ai family is really bad. The second time they saw you, they were poisoned by love, and the third time they saw you, they became murderous.
I've said it before, you'd better stay away from people like me to avoid getting blood splattered on you."
After she finished speaking, she turned around, hugged the large handful of lotus leaves, and headed into the rain curtain.
My heart felt empty, as if a big piece had sunk in somewhere.
In fact, when I saw him that day, heard him telling her to hurry up and saw him standing in front of her, it would be a lie to say that she wasn't moved.
In two new lives, everyone in the world lied to her, harmed her, bullied her, humiliated her...
She was fighting alone, and she had to protect the entire Mu family's women and children behind her. Jiang Bo was the only one who tried to protect her.
Seeing him standing outside Chaoyun Palace, telling him to leave quickly, weren't you moved? She wasn't hard-hearted either.
But she is obviously so bad, and she has made him so embarrassed after several confrontations, so he should hand her over and get a reward.
What went wrong?
Mu Qingchao didn't understand.
Just like Jiang Bo, you shouldn't make such a stupid mistake.