"I still say the same thing, the emperor can't bear to part with the one from Yong'an Palace. We slaves should make the decision for the master. When necessary, we have to be ruthless." Bi Qiao finished provoking and walked away.
She knew how loyal Li Yu was to the emperor, and because of this, Li Yu was able to kill Mu Ci under the stimulation of her words.
Watching Biqiao go away, Li Yu took a deep breath.
He knew that Bi Qiao's words were somewhat reasonable, but he also knew that if he really attacked Mu Ci like Bi Qiao said, the emperor would definitely abandon him.
Although the emperor usually lets him go, he will never tolerate it at critical moments. Today is the best proof.
Perhaps if you think more optimistically, Mu Ci is not a good match for the emperor in terms of status, but everything else is to the emperor's liking.
The late emperor is dead, so it is not impossible for the emperor to be with Mu Ci. There were many such cases in the previous dynasty, but none of the women were queen mothers.
Li Yu was injured and after kneeling all night, his whole body no longer belonged to him.
When Dugu Liancheng came out, Li Yu immediately climbed to his feet and said, "I know I was wrong. Please show mercy, Your Majesty."
Dugu Liancheng saw that his face was pale and there were injuries on his body, so he finally relented: "That's it, the punishment ends here. You don't have to accompany me today. You need to heal your injuries first."
After he finished speaking, he got into the chariot.
Li Yusurong kowtowed in the direction Dugu Liancheng left. At this moment, he was even more determined to serve Long Live Lord well in the future.
No matter what Long Live Lord wants, he should obey it unconditionally and even make suggestions for Long Live Lord.
After the wound was treated, Li Yu took a nap and felt much better.
Then he went to Yong'an Palace to serve him.
Mu Ci felt baffled.
After Li Yu came, he not only nodded and bowed to her, but also flattered her.
The servants serving in Yong'an Palace felt horrified when they saw Li Yu like this. After all, Li Yu was a popular figure in front of the emperor, and he usually didn't look at people seriously. Suddenly, Li Yu changed and flattered the empress and aunt of Yong'an Palace.
Even with injuries behind his back.
"Manager Li, are you okay?" Yingchun couldn't help but ask curiously. She seriously suspected that Li Yu had injured his brain.
"Although I was punished yesterday, I took medicine today and am much better. I'm fine. Miss Yingchun, don't worry." Li Yu said with a smile.
Yingchun rolled her eyes. She was not worried about his injury at all, right?
"What did Mr. Li do to make the emperor so cruel?" Yingchun asked again.
Even Mu Ci was curious about Li Yu's answer.
Of course Li Yu didn't dare to tell the truth, so he stepped forward to serve Mu Ci tea, "Of course I did something wrong and made the emperor unhappy, so I was punished."
"You usually serve in front of the emperor, but now you go to Yong'an Palace, aren't you afraid of the emperor's censure?" Yingchun asked again.
"Today is a day off. I thought of the Queen Mother, so I came here to show my respect to the Queen Mother." Li Yu said, planning to step forward and pat Mu Ci's legs and feet.
When Yingchun saw his attentive look, she shuddered: "Okay, let me take care of you. Our mother-in-law is not used to being served by Manager Li."
When Li Yu saw her referring to Mr. Li on the left and Mr. Li on the right, he smiled and said: "From now on, call me Li Yu. Sooner or later we will be a family. There is no need to be so outspoken."
His last words attracted the attention of Mu Ci and Yingchun.
"Who is with your family? You are serving the Long Live Lord, and I am serving the Queen Mother. How can we become a family?" Yingchun was speechless.
"In the entire harem, the emperor is the closest to the empress. What is it if they are not a family?" Li Yu said, and then added: "Maybe they will be closer in the future, and then they will be even more of a family."
When Mu Ci was promoted to little prince, from Queen Mother to Lord of the Middle Palace, they became even more like a family.
Judging from various signs, the emperor and Mu Ci will be together sooner or later. He is optimistic about Mu Ci, defeats all the concubines in the harem, and is proud of the harem.
"Come on, you go out and talk, don't disturb the Ai family." Mu Ci said, and then ordered Sizhu: "Go and call Feng Jiu over."
Feng Jiu quickly entered, and Mu Ci got down to business: "The emperor handed over Zhao Di's case to the Ai family. At present, we don't have any evidence, everything is based on speculation. Is there any way to get Mei Jieyu to take the initiative to confess?"
"This is a bit difficult. Mei Jieyu is not stupid. How about I eavesdrop again to see if I can hear any answers that will help solve the case." Feng Jiu replied.
Mu Ci played with the jade pendant on her bracelet and replied quietly: "They are on alert now and there is no way they will let you hear anything more."
She decided to close the net as soon as possible.
Feng Jiu took a step forward: "Is there anything you can do?"
"Yes, there is, but it's a bit difficult to implement. However, it depends on people. You can give it a try. Even if it doesn't succeed, you can just leave the mess to the emperor to deal with it."
Mu Ci looked at the bracelet and said, "That's it, that's it. Come here..."
Then she whispered to Feng Jiu, and Feng Jiu understood and went to deal with the matter that Mu Ci told him.
Two days later, Yuanhe Pavilion.
Lu Mei hadn't seen Lu'er show up for a long time, so she sent other palace servants to look for Lu'er to come and serve her. As a result, the palace servants replied and there was no sign of Lu'er.
"Go and look for her and see where she went. After you find her, ask her to come over and take care of her." Lu Mei didn't take it to heart.
Just like that, another hour passed.
The palace servants searched everywhere they could, but couldn't find Lu Mei. She had no choice but to turn back to Lu Mei and report back: "I have searched everywhere, but there is no trace of Sister Lu'er."
Lu Mei's heart skipped a beat, something could have happened, right?
Lu'er is prudent in her work and will always give instructions wherever she goes. Today, Lu'er has disappeared for three hours and still hasn't come back. This is very unusual.
"Slave, let's go look for it again." After the palace man finished speaking, he left the garden and the pavilion.
Lu Mei was waiting in the garden and pavilion, pacing back and forth, feeling anxious as she had never felt before. Her intuition told her that something must have happened to Lu'er, otherwise she would not have disappeared for such a long time.
Could it be that he was taken away by Mu Ci's people?
Thinking of this possibility made her even more anxious.
The day passed quietly while waiting, and Lu'er was still missing, making Lu Mei even more panicked.
She vaguely knew that there was something fishy about Lu'er's disappearance, but she didn't dare to think the worst. If it was just an accident, that would be the best.
That night, she had an uneasy sleep. When she closed her eyes, she saw the scene of her and Luer teaming up to throw Zhaodi into the ancient well that day.
Of course she didn't know that while she was awake all night, someone sneaked in quietly and took away a piece of physical evidence...
The next day, Lu'er didn't show up; the third day, Lu'er still didn't show up.
Until the third night, someone suddenly broke into Yuanhe Pavilion, a group of guards. Without saying a word, they took Lu Mei away.
Lu Mei had not slept peacefully in the past few days, and spent every day in fear. Suddenly someone broke in, and it seemed as if the dust had settled, and she actually felt relieved.
