Chapter 81: Breaking through the secret of the palace
Mu Ci stepped back to the corner unconsciously. She wanted to say it was not her, but she couldn't argue.
After retreating to the base of the wall, with no way out, she struggled to get up, straightened her spine and asked, "Why did you come to Chenxiang Palace?"
Dugu Liancheng threw a piece of paper in front of her. She took it and looked at it, then frowned.
This is clearly her handwriting.
She usually practiced calligraphy in her spare time, but someone who was interested probably picked it up and imitated her handwriting.
"The Ai family asked the emperor to come over, and the emperor actually came over?" Mu Ci felt ironic.
Didn't he think that she would frame him? He came alone because he was sure that she, a weak woman, would not attack him, an emperor?
He doesn't seem to be such an unsuspecting person.
Dugu Liancheng was hit hard by Mu Ci's words, and he suddenly became angry: "The Queen Mother is so good at acting these days, I actually forgot how treacherous the Queen Mother is. It's because I was blind and saw the wrong person!"
He had seen Mu Ci's handwriting before, and recognized it at a glance as Mu Ci's handwriting. It was probably because Mu Ci had been keeping to himself recently, which made him lower his guard. He never thought that the Queen Mother would use such despicable tactics.
She framed him, so he agreed to her request and came to Chenxiang Palace alone.
Because of this, he fell into Mu Ci's trap without preparation.
This damn woman!
"How can you be worthy of the imperial brother by doing this?! Mu Ci, you are the most shameless woman I have ever seen!" Dugu Liancheng stepped forward and grabbed the brocade quilt wrapped around Mu Ci.
Because of the excessive force, the brocade quilt came loose, revealing half of Mu Ci's snow-colored shoulders.
Dugu Liancheng hurriedly let go of his hand and turned away, but out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a figure outside the door.
His heart trembled, and he rushed out with big steps, "Who is that person?!"
When he saw the person he wanted to dodge clearly, he fixed his eyes: "Li Cairen!"
The person peeping outside was none other than Li Cairen. Her face was pale and she did not dare to look directly at Dugu Liancheng, "My lord, my concubine, I didn't see anything..."
"Why are you in Chenxiang Palace?!" Dugu Liancheng's eyes were like poisoned arrows, locking Li Cairen firmly.
Li Cairen opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he was speechless.
In fact, she was instigated by Shen Manyun to come to Chenxiang Palace to find out what happened.
Chenxiang Palace used to be a secluded place for the concubines of the harem. Because the former emperor only married Mu Ci, and all the concubines who lived in secluded areas in the previous dynasties also disappeared, Chenxiang Palace became a real cold palace without a single person.
Usually there were only two guards guarding the place, but today even the guards were nowhere to be seen.
She was a little scared when she came in. She didn't dare to come in to see what was going on until she heard a sound coming from inside.
She never expected that she would see such fatal palace secrets.
Her first reaction was - she was finished.
"Say!" Dugu Liancheng kicked Li Cairen.
Li Cairen did not dare to avoid it and endured the kick: "My lord, I barged in unintentionally. Your Majesty, I really didn't see or hear anything. Please forgive me...
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At this time, Mu Ci was fully dressed, came out of the house, and said softly: "Li Cairen, please step aside. If you want to survive, what happened today cannot be told until death, otherwise it will be a serious crime that will kill the nine tribes. You know
no?"
Li Cairen kowtowed several times: "Thank you, the Empress Dowager, for not killing me, and thank you for your grace, the Emperor!"
After saying that, she endured the pain and escaped from Chenxiang Palace as quickly as possible.