"Where did you hide the rouge button before, and why couldn't anyone find it?" Dugu Liancheng followed up and asked.
He even wondered if she had given the rouge button to another man, and whether that man might be Qi Yu. If that was what he thought, he would cut Qi Yu into pieces now.
How could Mu Ci know what he was thinking?
"I just felt that the rouge button was too precious and I had to hide it better, so I hid it without telling everyone. If I had known about this disaster, I would not have put away the rouge button." Mu Ci's words were half true and false.
The purpose is to confuse Dugu Liancheng.
The rouge button is indeed a rare treasure in the world.
Ningxiang and Jirou were hit, but she showed no signs of being poisoned. It was probably because she was wearing a rouge button.
"Can't even I know where you hide your rouge button?" Dugu Liancheng stared at Mu Ci and asked.
He still suspected that Mu Ci had detained Rouge before. Otherwise, how could he not find her?
In the past, Mu Ci would not bother to answer Dugu Liancheng's questions. But it is different now, because she knows that Dugu Liancheng is not easy to fool. If he sees everything that happens in the harem, she cannot be at this critical moment.
It made him unhappy all the time.
"Of course not. If you want to know, I'll just tell you." Mu Ci said, pointing to the roof of the building: "Where I hid the things before, only Ji Rou knows."
Dugu Liancheng was stunned and looked towards the beams of the palace.
He really didn't expect that Mu Ci would put such a precious treasure in such a place. In addition, Ji Rou and Mu Ci were also unconscious at the same time, so it made sense that no one knew the whereabouts of Rouge Button.
"You didn't expect where I hid the things, right?" Mu Ci showed a proud smile.
Dugu Liancheng couldn't find any fault with her for a moment.
"You must remember your identity in the future."
She is his woman and cannot have an affair with other men. If not, he will kill her himself!
Mu Ci didn't understand what he meant for a while, but he wisely didn't say anything.
She thought he was asking her to remember her identity as the Queen Mother. She had always been the Queen Mother, and there was never a time when she didn't remember it.
"Do you understand what I'm talking about?" Dugu Liancheng became angry when he saw Mu Ci's confused look.
She has no tacit understanding with him at all, but she has been with him for so long.
"I will remember it," Mu Ci said politely.
"Remember what?" Dugu Liancheng asked in a leisurely manner.
"Remember your identity as Queen Mother." Mu Ci blurted out.
Dugu Liancheng looked at Mu Ci with helpless eyes, he knew that she didn't understand anything.
"You should remember that you are my woman." After Dugu Liancheng said this, he left.
Mu Ci was left standing there, scratching his head. She was just a woman he couldn't see the light of. Was he afraid that he had missed the four most critical words "can't see the light"?
She quickly put the matter behind her, and then it was time to plan and get down to business.
Two days later, all the concubines received the emperor's order, asking everyone to go to Yong'an Palace to pay their respects.
Mu Ci mentioned this matter to Dugu Liancheng.
She said that the ancestral rules cannot be abolished, and since she is the current Queen Mother, it is a rule for concubines to come to Yong'an Palace at dawn and dusk to pay their respects.
Dugu Liancheng felt that what she said was reasonable, and since there was no one in charge of the harem now, Dugu Liancheng wanted to leave all these mundane matters to Mu Ci.
Mu Ci did not agree, but said that his body had not fully recovered yet, and that he would discuss the matter again when he was fully recovered.
Dugu Liancheng was easy to talk to, so he didn't face any difficulties.
With the emperor's order, the concubines in the harem did not dare to disobey and went to Yong'an Palace to pay their respects the next day.
Among the concubines of rank five or above, only Muxue was not able to come to pay her respects because she was still grounded. The other concubines came, including the very low-key Xiang Ling and Qing Le.
Everyone bowed to each other and took their seats one by one.
Mu Ci looked at the sparse concubines and couldn't help but sigh: "Compared to the bustle last time when everyone came to pay their respects to the Ai family, it is much deserted now. Shouldn't we add more people to the harem?"
Hearing this, everyone had different thoughts.
Why are there so few people who come to pay their respects? Isn’t it all because of Mu Ci?
It was Mu Ci who single-handedly sent two of the three concubines into the cold palace, while the other one was still grounded and did not know when she would be able to leave the Xihua Palace.
The number of masters below the first rank was also reduced by five or six. This was all the result of Mu Ci's rectification.
Mu Ci actually said that she wanted to add people to the harem. Could it be that she was talking about herself?
Shen Manyun glanced at everyone present and continued: "Yes, there are too few sisters in the harem. I also heard a joke that the Queen Mother is going to become a noble concubine. That is the best thing I have ever heard in my life. Laughable joke.”
Her words were of course testing Mu Ci.
As soon as Shen Manyun said this, everyone pricked up their ears, wondering how Mu Ci would answer.
Mu Ci was drinking tea with an elegant posture, as if she didn't hear Shen Manyun's words.
When Shen Manyun saw this, he asked, "Empress?"
Mu Ci put down the tea cup and looked directly at Shen Manyun: "Shen Zhaoyi has been in the palace for a long time, but there are still many rules that she has not learned. In the next ten days, you will also go to the Master of Ceremonies Bureau to learn the rules. Once you learn it, come back. Don't Learn the virtues of the Zhao family, otherwise the Beigong will only become more and more crowded."
Shen Manyun's hands and feet felt cold under Mu Ci's gaze.
She lowered her eyes and replied: "Your Majesty's teaching is correct, I will obey your Majesty's decree."
An Rong sat aside and said nothing.
She felt that this kind of punishment was too light. Shen Manyun always couldn't see her position clearly. If Shen Manyun was the emperor's favorite concubine, then everything she said made sense. But the emperor ignored Shen Manyun, so she It is disrespectful to dare to say this to the Queen Mother in such a comfortable and comfortable position.
Go to the Master of Ceremonies Bureau to learn the rules for ten days, and the punishment will be the lightest.
After all, Shen Manyun is too impulsive. He cannot learn the most basic forbearance and will suffer big losses one day.
After Mu Ci reprimanded Shen Manyun, everyone became quiet. No one dared to speak again, and the atmosphere was a little stiff for a while.
Mu Ci seemed not to have seen this scene. He glanced around and finally fixed his gaze on Le Qing's face: "Le Jieyu, how are you doing with Nian'er? Speaking of Nian'er, the Ai family haven't seen her for a long time. How about this? Let Nian'er come to Yong'an Palace to stay for a while and stay with the Ai family."
Qing Le was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Mu Ci would come up with such an idea.
"The Queen Mother, Nian'er is still young, and I am afraid that the child will hit the Queen Mother..."
"When the child turned one year old, the emperor didn't hold a big banquet for him, so he just lived in a muddle. After this incident, the Ai family deeply felt that they should spend more time with the people around them. It doesn't matter, you can send him here." Mu Ci said and looked at the others: "The Ai family is exhausted. That's it for today. Let's disperse."
After saying that, she took the lead and walked away from everyone's sight with the support of Sizhu.
