"Just say what you want to say." Dugu Liancheng opened his thin lips lightly, but don't look at him like a monster.
Or else, Mu Ci, this woman, has no interest? She has never been a normal woman.
Mu Ci curled her lips slightly, not intending to tell the truth.
Dugu Liancheng was dissatisfied: "I order you to say it!"
Mu Ci raised his head and looked at Dugu Liancheng, half-smiling but not smiling: "I just suddenly remembered a saying, wild flowers are more fragrant than domestic flowers."
Of course Dugu Liancheng heard that this was not a good word, and he frowned coldly: "What do you want to express?"
What does it mean that wild flowers don’t have the fragrance of domestic flowers? Is she insinuating that she is the royal brother’s domestic flower, but to him she is a wild flower?
How can anyone describe themselves as a wild flower? This woman is probably sick.
"It's just a sigh of relief. What can I express?" Mu Ci replied slowly.
She was really feeling emotional. Before, she didn't know why he forced her to be his woman. Was he interested because the person he liked was not him?
Doesn’t Qing Le also have a sweetheart?
"Are you sure you're just expressing emotion?" Dugu Liancheng looked at Mu Ci up and down, always feeling that there was something in her words.
Mu Ci secretly wondered if he should ask directly why he always likes to touch women who don't like him?
Women like Zhao Ling, Shen Manyun, and Mu Xue are devoted to Dugu Liancheng, but Dugu Liancheng is not sincere to them.
However, if the man Qing Le admires is not Dugu Liancheng, who else could he be?
There are only a handful of men in the harem.
At this moment, she suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Qingle and the others were all sent to the palace at a very young age to become palace maids. They were still young before entering the palace, so it was impossible for them to find a man they liked outside the palace. The most likely thing was that they met Qingle after he entered the palace.
The man who made her heart beat.
"Besides you, who else is there in the harem?" Mu Ci blurted out and asked.
Dugu Liancheng looked at her meaningfully: "What do you want to do?"
How dare you ask him about other men?
"I'm just curious. Think about it, there are so many people in the harem, and there will always be a time when they are in love. If they are attracted to a certain man, who else can they have other than you? It's like Biyu. She has a problem after entering the palace.
Is there a chance for her to go to the palace? Or is there a chance for her to meet other men?" Mu Ci simply asked.
"You want to meet other men after entering the palace? How is that possible?!" Dugu Liancheng's eyes grew colder, and he suddenly thought of Qi Yu.
Originally, I was still worried that Mu Ci's lingering poison had not been purged, so it seemed that it would be better to throw Qi Yu out of the palace as soon as possible.
"Are you sure it's impossible? Just like when you usually meet with ministers to discuss affairs, the maids serving you always have the opportunity to see other men, right?" Mu Ci felt that this possibility still exists.
But she quickly remembered that when Qing Le and Dugu Liancheng were together, he was just the emperor's younger brother, and Dugu Lianyun was the emperor.
"What are you thinking about?" Dugu Liancheng's face turned dark.
Seeing that he was angry, Mu Ci couldn't continue the topic: "I'll just ask."
She walked away absent-mindedly, not seeing the strange look in Dugu Liancheng's eyes on her.
Seeing this situation, Li Yu thought for a while and chased after him, saying to Mu Ci: "Your Majesty, you should pamper your emperor more."
It would be strange if the emperor is not angry that he is still thinking of finding other men at this time.
Mu Ci's eyes lit up when he saw Li Yu: "By the way, you are a celebrity around the emperor..."
Li Yu saw that Mu Ci was half-sent: "This slave is indeed a celebrity around the emperor. If your Majesty has anything you want to know, just tell me. I can help bridge the gap between your Majesty and the Emperor."
Mu Ci's plan comes to mind.
Li Yu is loyal to Dugu Liancheng and has been with Dugu Liancheng for so many years. He must know some secrets of the harem. She can ask him.
"Did Le Jieyu perform well when she was the emperor's maid? How much do you know about Le Jieyu?" Mu Ci asked pretending to be casual.
When Li Yu heard that it was about Qing Le, his expression was a little hesitant.
Mu Ci did not miss the details of his expression and said quietly: "Why, you still can't talk about her?"
"Don't worry, Madam, Le Jieyu has never been a threat to you!" Li Yu thought Mu Ci was jealous and wanted to reassure Mu Ci.
"This statement is interesting. What does it mean that she is not a threat to the Yi family? She even gave birth to a prince, and she is also the eldest prince..."
"Then she is not a threat to the empress. There is no need for the empress to take Le Jieyu to heart. She is really not a threat to the empress!" Li Yu said with certainty.
Mu Ci's beautiful eyes were half-squinted: "You should just speak more clearly."
"There are some things that I cannot say, but I can rest assured, the relationship between Le Jieyu and the emperor is not that way. As for the eldest prince, it is not what the emperor thinks... It is not what the emperor thinks after all." Li Yu was afraid of herself.
He said something he shouldn't have said and simply turned around and ran away.
"Come back, you haven't finished what you said!" Mu Ci shouted at Li Yu's back, but Li Yu ran faster and soon disappeared.
Seeing Li Yu running away, Mu Ci didn't know what to do.
Thinking about what Li Yu said just now, she was still a little confused.
What does it mean that the eldest prince is not who he thinks he is? And that Qing Le and the emperor are not who he is?
She vaguely felt that Li Yu's words revealed something.
However, Li Yu only spoke half of the story, and Bi Yu only spoke half of it. The rest was left to her to guess.
Later, she called Sizhu to her and asked, "Do you think there are other men besides the emperor in this harem?"
Next, she recounted the conversation between Li Yu and Biyu with her.
After Sizhu listened, she thought about it for a long time. Her eyes lit up as if she remembered something, and her expression became a little weird.
"What did you think of?" Mu Ci asked curiously.
"Your Majesty, there is usually only one man in the harem, the emperor. This is correct. But please don't forget, before the emperor ascended the throne, there was indeed another man in the palace." Sizhu said in a deep voice.
Mu Ci was stunned and didn't react for a while.
Before the emperor ascended the throne, there was a man?
"My Lady, haven't you figured it out yet?" Sizhu looked at his master helplessly.
For someone as smart as your empress, there are times when she can’t figure things out.
Mu Ci looked at Sizhu with a blank look on his face. Sizhu originally felt heavy, but now he just wanted to laugh.
"Before the emperor ascended the throne, the only man in the harem was the late emperor." Sizhu stopped talking and jumped directly to the point.
Mu Ci was stunned: "First Emperor?"
Jing Sizhu said this, which seems to be the truth. Although the late emperor was seriously ill, he was still a man, and he was a particularly outstanding man.
Moreover, if someone as good as the late Emperor were not ill, what woman would not like him?
The person Qing Le likes is most likely the late emperor, so everything makes sense.
