"In the blink of an eye, it has been a year since the empress entered the palace." Sizhu also remembered the date.
Next is the death anniversary of the late emperor, so the empress will probably be sad again, right?
Mu Ci looked ahead blankly, as if he didn't hear what Sizhu said.
"Empress?" Sizhu increased her voice.
Mu Ci's distracted eyes finally came into focus. She stood up quickly and said, "Si Zhu, make some preparations and leave the palace with the Ai family."
Sizhu was shocked when he heard this: "Where are you going, empress?"
The empress has a special status, can she leave the palace at will?
Although the emperor has not ordered anyone to sleep with the empress recently, and the real culprit has not been found in Concubine De's case, the empress has always been a suspect.
"The Ai family is going to Dingshan Temple to pray for blessings!" Mu Ci said every word.
When she said this, Sizhu immediately understood that the empress was going to Dingshan Temple to burn incense for the late emperor, because August 23 was the death anniversary of the late emperor!
It's just that the empress left the palace without authorization, and she was going to pay homage to the late emperor. The emperor would definitely not be happy when he found out...
In the end, Sizhu didn't say a word to persuade her and silently packed her bags: "I'm just worried that after leaving the palace, someone will try to do harm to the empress."
"There is Ningxiang and a message to protect the Ai family, don't be afraid." Mu Ci replied softly.
"But I'm still worried, should I tell the emperor in advance?" Sizhu was still worried.
Mu Ci shook his head.
If Dugu Liancheng knew about this, she might not even be able to leave the palace. She just wanted to go to Dingshan Temple and see the apricot grove there, and maybe take a look...
Seeing the struggle on Mu Ci's face, Sizhu finally couldn't bear to persuade her. If there was really danger, she would protect her empress with her life.
The empress just wanted to go to Dingshan Temple to fulfill her wish. How could she bear to see her disappointed expression?
Mu Ci's master and servant were very mobile. They just packed up some changes of clothes and headed to Xihe Gate.
When she got to the palace gate, Mu Ci showed her face. When the guards saw it was her, they didn't dare to stop her. She walked out of the palace gate smoothly...
"Your Majesty, it's not good!" After Li Yu got the news, he immediately reported it to Dugu Liancheng.
"Why are you so scared?" Dugu Liancheng looked at Li Yu coldly.
Li Yu didn't dare to hide it: "The Queen Mother has left the palace!"
"Leave the palace?!" Dugu Liancheng was stunned.
What does leaving the palace mean? Mu Ci is the Queen Mother. She should die in the palace. What qualifications does she have to leave the palace?
"Speak clearly!" Dugu Liancheng shouted in a deep voice.
"I heard from Yingchun that the empress left the palace to pray for the people. I heard that she went to a far away place. After praying for blessings, she will return to the palace." Li Yu conveyed Yingchun's words in full.
"She will also pray for the people?" Dugu Liancheng sneered, not believing this statement.
"In my opinion, the empress is one of the few people in the harem who can clearly distinguish between right and wrong. Before major matters of right and wrong, the empress is not ambiguous." Li Yu subconsciously spoke for Mu Ci.
He didn't even realize that he subconsciously regarded Mu Ci as his mistress.
"What benefits has Mu Ci given you, and you have to defend her at all times?" Dugu Liancheng asked.
Not long ago, Li Yu was always speaking ill of Mu Ci and telling him to stay away from Mu Ci. I don't know when Li Yu started to change. He always defended Mu Ci and sometimes treated Mu Ci better than his master.
That stupid look of flattery is even more dazzling!
Li Yu was stunned, and immediately knelt on the ground to express his sincerity: "As the sun and the moon can tell, the empress has not given me any benefits. I just saw that the emperor likes the empress, so I love Wujiwu."
He replied confidently, but Dugu Liancheng smiled coldly: "What a love for Wujiwu. Which of your eyes can see that I like that witch? Will I like that witch?!"
After saying that, he maliciously added: "All the women in the world are dead, and I can't even fall in love with Mu Ci!"
Li Yu didn't dare to answer the question randomly at this time.
From his point of view, the emperor was clearly in love with Mu Ci. Even if Mu Ci did not come to please the emperor like other women, even if Mu Ci was very incomprehensible to the amorous feelings, it was such an unsoft Mu Ci who was favored by the emperor.
Up.
"What, you don't think so?" Dugu Liancheng made a show of kicking Li Yu.
Li Yu didn't dare to hide, but Long Live Lord never really kicked him. He said with a smile: "I am wronged. If the emperor says there is no, then there must be no. It is a slave who will misunderstand the holy will, and I deserve to die."
He said, lightly slapping himself twice, intending to punish himself.
"You're glib!" Dugu Liancheng ignored Li Yu and went to the Imperial Study Room to handle government affairs.
When he was done and free, he thought of Mu Ci again.
"Who was with her when she left the palace?"
Li Yu immediately stepped forward to report: "The empress took away Ningxiang and sent soft silk and bamboo. Feng Jiu, Yingchun and other servants of Yong'an Palace stayed in the palace."
"Can the tricks of those few palace servants protect Mu Ci completely?" Dugu Liancheng pondered for a moment and then said: "Where can Mu Ci pray for blessings? You send some people to protect her and don't let her make any mistakes!"
"This... this servant doesn't know either." Li Yuxin said, the emperor is so tough-talking and is obviously so nervous about the whereabouts of the empress.
"If you don't know, just ask again!" Dugu Liancheng waved his hand, indicating that Li Yu could get out.
Li Yu hurried away and soon returned to the imperial court: "When I return to the emperor, I have asked. Neither Yingchun nor Feng Jiu knows where the empress has gone."
"Maybe he went to some shady place, so he deliberately concealed it." Dugu Liancheng thought about it, and suddenly asked: "You should go to a temple to pray for blessings. Check what temples are near the capital..."
Dugu Liancheng's voice faded, and he suddenly remembered a place, that is - Dingshan Temple.
Li Yu saw that Long Live Master's expression was getting colder and colder. He didn't know what happened, and he didn't dare to ask.
When the emperor mentioned the temple, his expression changed. Could it be that there was something wrong with the temple that the Queen Mother went to?
However, the emperor did not know which temple the empress went to pray for.
He couldn't figure out what went wrong for a moment, so he quietly left the imperial study, found Biyu, and asked what famous temples there were in Daxia.
When he heard "Dingshan Temple", he finally understood why the emperor was angry.
The death anniversary of the late emperor was approaching, and Mu Ci left the palace to pray for blessings at this time, so the place she went to was Dingshan Temple.
No wonder the emperor's face looks so ugly.
It was simply because Mu Ci was still thinking about the late emperor and the death anniversary of the late emperor was coming soon. Under the guise of praying for blessings, Mu Ci actually went to Dingshan Temple to pay homage to the late emperor.
Li Yu knew that the emperor was in a bad mood, so he was cautious when serving the emperor. He also reminded Biyu specifically, and Biyu said that he could tell.
But there are always people who are short-sighted and accidentally make a mistake, which happens to be seen by the emperor. You can imagine the consequences.
After handling the political affairs, Dugu Liancheng went to Wushou Palace to visit Zhao Ling.
Zhao Ling was attentive and found that the emperor looked absent-minded today, as if he had something on his mind.
No, mid-sentence, the emperor became distracted again.
