Chu Qiao suddenly jumped off the bed, stretched her neck and looked outside.
Although she doesn't believe in ghosts, An Ge's words just now really sent chills down her spine. But even if there really are ghosts, they shouldn't appear in broad daylight, right?
A figure flashed at the door of Yayuan, as if a woman came in furtively.
"who?"
Chu Qiao grabbed the candlestick on the cabinet. No matter what came in, she had to have something to defend herself. This candlestick was made of copper. I wonder if ghosts are afraid of pain?
The shadow outside flickered, as if she heard her voice.
"Is there anyone there?" Shadow called slightly, his voice sounded familiar.
"Come out and stop pretending!"
Chu Qiao raised the candlestick high, but at this moment, Mingzhu's head poked in, and when she saw the candlestick held up by Chu Qiao, she screamed in fright.
"Xiao Qiao, it's me." Mingzhu's face turned pale.
It turned out to be a pearl? Chu Qiao quickly put down the candlestick.
"You, why are you here?"
Chu Qiao felt strange that Mingzhu was not staying well in Bieyuan, so why did she come here?
Mingzhu did not immediately answer Chu Qiao's words, but opened her eyes wide and looked around Chu Qiao's room with an envious expression on her face.
"You are really well off now. You live alone in such a big house. It's bigger than Empress Jieyu's room."
"Do you think I am so lucky? This is a haunted house. A concubine died in the past. No one has lived in it for more than ten years. If you like it, you can come and live with it."
Chu Qiao's heart was still pounding. This was really scary, scary to death. The pearl came as soon as it came. Why did she seem to be a thief?
"There really is a ghost..."
Mingzhu timidly took a step back, not daring to look around any more. She swallowed her breath and timidly turned her gaze to Chu Qiao.
"My queen asked me to come here to find you."
"She asked you to come over to me? What's going on?" Chu Qiao immediately became alert when she heard that Li Yerong had asked Mingzhu to come.
Only then did Mingzhu explain her purpose of coming to Yayuan.
"Your Majesty asked me to thank you."
"Thank me?"
Mingzhu's words made Chu Qiao feel a little surprised. A noble and arrogant master like Li Yerong would let Mingzhu come like this just to convey her gratitude? Undoubtedly, the woman sent Mingzhu here this time for other purposes.
"Xiao Qiao, you are so awesome. The method you told my concubine is really useful. My concubine went to visit Li Bin. Although she was turned away several times, she did not give up. Finally, Li concubine was willing to see her and forgave her.
, in addition to persisting in visiting Li Concubine every day as you said, the empress also kept the lights on for two nights in a row. Not to mention, it really attracted the attention of the emperor. The emperor knew the empress's feelings for Li concubine, so he still wanted to die.
The prince put on the lantern and sent the prince and his father-in-law to the garden to give out some rewarded tonics. The empress was very happy, so she asked me to come to you and tell you what to do next."
Listening to Mingzhu's words, Chu Qiao believed that the emperor was not a confused person, and his approach of avoiding the important and taking the easy made him feel guilty for Li Zhaoyi. Unfortunately, these actions of Li Zhaoyi were not sincere and were all superficial tricks, deceiving the emperor.
Chu Qiao cannot escape the blame for being the mastermind.
Now that Li Yerong had tasted the sweetness of the information meat mine, he asked Mingzhu to come to Chu Qiao, hoping that there was some way to make the emperor change his mind about her, favor her again as before, and let her make a comeback.
Greedy, when will Li Yerong understand that the emperor has no feelings for her anymore, and asking the prince to come to visit Bieyuan is just because he feels uneasy.
"No need to do anything else, just let her show her sincerity to Concubine Li." Chu Qiao said in a low voice.
"Be good to Libi? Is it that simple?" Mingzhu was a little unsure.
"If she doesn't want to, forget it. I have no other choice." Even if Chu Qiao had an idea, she would not tell Li Yerong again. The woman might use her to do bad things. Chu Qiao didn't want to hurt her anymore.
People.
"Actually, you helped the empress, and the empress has not forgotten you. She said that when she returns to Jingren Palace, she will let you go back too and promote you to a good servant." Mingzhu conveyed Li Yerong's words enviously.
Chu Qiao almost laughed when she heard this sentence. Did Li Yerong really think that she was a child? With a little benefit, she forgot about the dangerous situation that she wanted to kill before, and stayed by the side of that insidious woman.
It's better than putting a knife on his neck. Chu Qiao won't take this risk.
"Please help me thank you for your kindness. I am fine here in the imperial kitchen and will not go back."
"Chunxiang... no, Xiao Qiao, you know the character of the empress. If she asks you to go back, you will definitely hold a grudge in your heart if you don't go back." Mingzhu reminded Chu Qiao.
"Mingzhu, since you know Empress Zhaoyi so well, you should understand that Empress Zhaoyi will definitely get rid of anyone who may hinder her future, just like she wanted to kill me because of my face, even though she is now in dire straits
, needs my help, but this does not mean that she has no murderous intention in her heart, it is safer for me to stay in the imperial dining room."
Rather than letting Li Zhaoyi play around with applause, Chu Qiao would rather work hard on her own. The imperial cook is not a handyman in the imperial kitchen. It would not be easy for Li Zhaoyi to harm her.
"That's what you said, but if I go back later, how will I get back to you?" Mingzhu asked.
"Just say that I can't go back for the time being. If I can delay it for one day, I will delay it for one day."
Chu Qiao would not reject Li Yerong outright and leave her a living. Perhaps Empress Zhaoyi believed that Chu Qiao had compromised, so she didn't hate her so much. When Chu Qiao found out the truth about her uncle's injustice, she would leave immediately.
, where can Li Yerong find Xiao Qiao?
"All right."
Mingzhu thought that was a good idea, so she nodded and was about to turn around and leave, but after thinking about it, she stopped and stood there hesitantly, as if she had something to say that she couldn't say.
"Is there anything else?" Chu Qiao asked strangely.
"There's something strange about me."
Mingzhu frowned and lowered her voice and said, "Yesterday, I happened to meet Ruoshui, the maid next to Concubine Hui, and she asked me about you."
"Ask me?" As soon as she heard the words Concubine Hui, Chu Qiao knew that the trouble she had always wanted to avoid had finally come to her door.
"Ruoshui asked, how come you are so proficient in spices? He also asked how long you have been with Empress Zhaoyi and whether you have met with Empress Zhaoyi often recently."
"How did you answer?" Chu Qiao asked immediately.
"How do I know if you know about spices? I only know that Li Chunxiang has only been with the empress for more than a month, and I am the only one I know. But in fact, Chunxiang has been gone for a long time..."
Mingzhu's last words were so frightening that Chu Qiao quickly covered her mouth.