"As the Queen Mother, how can she have the nerve to do nothing?" Dugu Liancheng said, going into the study to review the papers.
About a quarter of an hour later, he called Li Yu to him: "Go and call Mu Ci out of the ancestral hall. Leave matters like praying to others."
Li Yuxin said that she couldn't help but ask him.
But the emperor gave an order and he had to go no matter what.
Half an hour later, he returned to the Long Live Lord and replied: "I have told your Majesty everything that the Emperor has told you. Your Majesty said you don't like to give up halfway. Once you have started, you must finish it well. There is no reason for anyone else to pray for you."
Dugu Liancheng's face darkened, but he didn't say anything else.
Three days passed and Mu Ci finally finished praying.
As soon as she went out, she saw Dugu Liancheng waiting outside with a smile on his face. She raised her eyebrows lightly and said, "Is the emperor so free?"
Dugu stepped forward and held her arm: "You worked hard praying for blessings. I came to pick you up personally."
Mu Ci felt that his smile was dazzling, and it looked fake at first glance, but it didn't show through.
"Think about what I said last time. Now I have a bunch of trash in my harem, and everyone knows how to frame them. You can't do it, you old treacherous swindler. I'll leave this case to you to investigate.
Don't worry." Dugu Liancheng put a high hat on Mu Ci.
Mu Ci smiled half-heartedly and said, "Am I always cunning?"
This word may be more appropriate to apply to Dugu Liancheng.
"What I mean is that you are as smart as ice and snow." Dugu Liancheng followed the good example and immediately changed his tune.
"Without any physical evidence or witness, it would be difficult for me to find out the real culprit. If I hadn't found out the case, would I have been implicated?" Mu Ci asked this key question.
She has also thought about it carefully in the past two days.
He Zhaoyuan's sudden tire slide is indeed challenging, and perhaps this is part of Dugu Liancheng's plan. By helping solve this case, she is helping Dugu Liancheng.
In this case, she can be regarded as Dugu Liancheng's ally.
When the crime is reduced, she should also be able to offset the sins of Mu Tong surnamed Mu.
Thinking about it this way, she knew that she would take on this case no matter what, but this case was difficult to investigate, and she understood that.
"It's not you who poisoned me, how could you be implicated?" Dugu Liancheng replied.
"Then if I find out this case, should I also be rewarded?" Mu Ciji thought.
She wanted to seize every opportunity for herself and Mu Tong to escape.
"Of course. You can get any reward you want!" Dugu Liancheng deserved it.
Mu Ci's eyes lit up: "You have no joke!"
In this way, she can safely investigate. When the real culprit is found, she will be qualified to negotiate terms with Dugu Liancheng.
Everyone else at the scene thought that Mu Ci wanted to get a reward for himself, but Sizhu knew that the empress had put all her efforts into it, but it was actually all for Wei Mu.
Mu Ci agreed to take over the investigation into the case of He Zhaoyuan's miscarriage, which caused considerable controversy in the harem.
Some people say that the emperor's favor towards He Zhaoyuan was extraordinary. Even after Mu Xue went tubing, nothing happened.
He Zhaoyuan did not protect the child herself, but even made a big show of wanting a thorough investigation. The emperor actually let He Zhaoyuan do whatever he wanted. Isn't this connivance?
Furthermore, Concubine De is now in charge of the harem. Why did Mu Ci take over the power and be responsible for investigating the case?
Of course, this matter also reached Zhao Ling's ears.
Jin Qiu also expressed his dissatisfaction with his master: "The emperor did not hand over this case to the empress for thorough investigation, but instead asked the queen mother to intervene. Did he regard the empress as a suspect?"
"Whoever wants to investigate a case like this will be happy to see this joke." Zhao Ling was not angry at all.
It would be great to have Mu Ci take over the case, so she doesn't need to be angry.
Furthermore, there are no clues in the case of He Zhaoyuan's miscarriage. Many people say that He Zhaoyuan was unlucky and could not keep the child, so it was not a victim at all.
If this is the case, it would be ridiculous if Mu Ci could find out anything.
She was worried about how to deal with the problem, so the emperor handed over this mess to Mu Ci, which was a disguised help to her.
"What the Queen Mother said is that since the Queen Mother is so capable, let her check carefully to see if she can find a flower." Jin Qiu echoed his master's words.
Let’s go back to Mu Ci.
New Year's Eve was getting closer and closer, and Mu Ci had nothing else to do and decided to investigate the case as soon as possible.
She went to Chuxiu Palace, found He Zhaoyuan, and asked her about some of the daily necessities she had used and come into contact with on the day of the slide, as well as her diet.
"Please tell me clearly your eating habits this month." Mu Ci said, and asked Sizhu to record it in the book.
"This is simple. Because I was afraid that someone would manipulate my diet, I specifically asked Amber to keep a daily diet record." He Zhaoyuan said and looked at Amber.
Hu Hui understood and quickly found the small book of records and handed it to Mu Ci.
Mu Ci took the recipe and looked through it carefully.
They were all nourishing foods that would not harm the body. She looked at them carefully twice and found no problems.
So, it's not the diet here that's the problem.
"The Ai family will take this cookbook and read it carefully when you go back. You are still in confinement and recuperating. If there is any progress, the Ai family will inform you." Mu Ci stood up and left the Chuxiu Palace.
Mu Ci was focused on thinking about the recipe just now and was not very focused while walking. When Sizhu wanted to remind Mu Ci, he was still a step too late and Mu Ci bumped into the banyan tree in front of him.
"You girl, you don't know how to remind the Ai family." Mu Ci said angrily.
Sizhu was having fun, and when he saw this, he joked: "By the time I wanted to remind you, it was already too late."
She stepped forward and blew on Mu Ci's red forehead: "There are no broken skins. Your Majesty's face must not leave any scars."
Mu Ci laughed dumbly, she didn't really care about this appearance.
"Okay, the Ai family is fine, let's go." Mu Ci raised his eyes as he spoke and looked at the banyan tree in front of him.
The banyan tree has been planted for several years, and its branches are spread out and wide. Because it is approaching the end of the year, many lanterns are hung on the branches, which looks a bit festive.
"Mother, it's snowing." Sizhu's voice woke up Mu Ci's distant thoughts.
Mu Ci looked up at the sky and saw snowflakes floating in the sky. They were very sparse at first, but gradually became bigger and bigger.
"Let's go back to Yong'an Palace quickly. This year's snow will come later than in previous years." Sizhu reminded Mu Ci.
Mu Ci nodded in agreement and left Chuxiu Palace accompanied by Sizhu.
When he returned to the vicinity of Yong'an Palace, Mu Ci had a lot of snowflakes on his body.
Dugu Liancheng heard that it was snowing and Mu Ci hadn't come back yet, so he simply walked out of the palace.
Mu Ci did not take the chariot today. When he heard Mu Ci's voice in the distance and watched her walking towards him, an inexplicable emotion surged into his heart.
He didn't know what this was, but as he watched her getting closer and closer to him, his heartbeat actually accelerated rhythmically with her pace.
