Harem Yi'an Palace.
Young Master Liu followed the Queen Mother Chen Jie in many twists and turns and walked toward Yi'an Palace, Chen Jie's residence.
Looking at Chen Jie's graceful figure, Young Master Liu kept looking around. Now everyone was in the front hall to pay homage to the two late emperors, and the huge harem was empty.
Following Chen Jie, Liu Mingzhi always felt a little weird.
Although my heart was open, I still felt a little awkward.
Taking one or two steps would be a step too far.
It seemed like the two of them were doing something shameful.
"Uncle, the cold wind is howling outside, so let's talk in the palace. It's much better to have a stove to keep warm."
Liu Mingzhi raised his head and glanced at Yi'an Palace, which he had met several times before, and looked around at the silent scene around Yi'an Palace where no one was around. It was so similar to the scene back then.
Looking at Chen Jie's graceful and calm appearance, Liu Mingzhi smiled and shook his head.
"Sister-in-law, let's chat outside in the pavilion to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."
Young Master Liu was afraid that Chen Jie would do what he did back then, so he really didn't dare to go into the palace alone and chat with her.
Whether it was far or near, hundreds of officials gathered in the school grounds of the front hall, and the Li clan members gathered in groups. If this misunderstood others, I couldn't explain it with all my words.
Chen Jie has a criminal record here. Who knows if she will suddenly have a twitch in her head and stand naked in front of him again.
If you can resist one temptation, you may not be able to resist the second temptation.
Now that Ren and Du's second channel has been opened, a strong person, a man and a woman alone in the same room may not be able to remain unmoved with their beauty in front of them as before.
It was better to talk in the pavilion outside. The view was wide and the palace maids and eunuchs passing by could be seen clearly, so I was not afraid of any misunderstandings.
Also set yourself a benchmark and curb your own behavior.
Chen Jie listened to Mr. Liu's words to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, and after a moment's thought, she realized what he meant.
Remembering how she had obeyed the instructions of her mother Nangong Meng in order to stabilize the emperor's throne and throw herself into her arms without even a trace in front of her brother-in-law, Chen Jie's eyes became a little unnatural.
"Since uncle wants to chat in the pavilion, Aijia respects uncle's wishes and asks uncle to wait in the pavilion while Aijia warms up some food and wine and will come right away."
Liu Mingzhi hesitated for a moment and nodded slightly: "Thank you, Mrs. Huang!"
Chen Jie walked towards the palace elegantly, and Liu Mingzhi also followed his memory and walked towards the pavilion from the last time.
Sitting on the stone bench covered with cotton pads, Liu Mingzhi looked at the scenery in the palace and thought about Chen Jie's purpose in finding him.
Teach yourself something.
Now that Li Ye's seat was almost secure, there was nothing else she needed to ask her about.
I'm afraid that even Chen Jie, the biological mother, doesn't quite understand Li Ye's current changes.
Thinking about the various possibilities of Chen Jie summoning him, Liu Mingzhi looked at the three waves of palace maids and eunuchs passing by with trays not far away, and felt lucky for his decision again.
If he really went into the palace with Chen Jie, even if nothing inappropriate happened, others would not believe it if the news spread.
A man in good health and a lady as old as a wolf.
The two of them were in the same room. If there was no shameful act happening, Mr. Liu wouldn't believe it if he wasn't the person involved.
After a long time, Chen Jie calmly walked out holding a tray.
There is a pot of steaming wine on the tray, two official kiln wine glasses, a stack of pastries, and a stack of simple side dishes to go with the wine.
For Chen Jie, the Queen Mother, preparing these things is a bit crude.
"Uncle, you've been waiting for a long time!"
"I don't dare. Sister-in-law, please sit down."
"Uncle, sit down too!"
Chen Jie exchanged pleasantries, placed the items on the tray one by one, filled the pot with two glasses of wine, and placed one of them in front of Liu Mingzhi.
"Uncle, have a glass of wine, don't be offended."
Liu Mingzhi looked at the wine glass in front of him awkwardly: "Sister-in-law, you are the Queen Mother of the current dynasty. You don't need to be so polite when talking to my younger brother. You are His Majesty's mother and queen, and my younger brother is just a minister.
I am a minister, and I hope the emperor’s sister-in-law will find out the identity of my younger brother in the future. "
Chen Jie hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly: "The Ai family understands, brother-in-law please!"
"Thank you, Madam-in-law!"
Liu Mingzhi picked up the wine glass and brought it to his mouth, but he didn't drink any of it, all of it flowed into his sleeves.
Liu Zhi'an's incident sounded a wake-up call for Young Master Liu, making him understand that some things should not be drunk indiscriminately.
Men have to protect themselves outside.
"Emperor's sister-in-law, you asked Eunuch De to summon my younger brother on the first day of the new year. I don't know what the matter is? You are so anxious."
Chen Jie didn't know that Young Master Liu had secretly concealed the wine, so she once again picked up the pot and filled Liu Mingzhi's glass with wine.
Looking at Liu Mingzhi with a somewhat complicated look, Sakura pursed her lips a few times and tried to speak several times but hesitated.
Liu Mingzhi looked at Chen Jie's reaction in shock. He didn't know what was wrong with Chen Jie and what he wanted to say, but it was so difficult to say it.
Is it some privacy issue about women?
If this is the case, he should seek help from the imperial physician. What does it have to do with him, a foreign minister?
Looking at Young Master Liu's surprised and curious eyes, Chen Jie bit her lips tightly, looking hesitant. She obviously wanted to say something but didn't know how to say it.
Under Liu Mingzhi's increasingly weird gaze, Chen Jie picked up her wine glass, put it between her lips, and drank the wine in one gulp.
Then he picked up the pot, poured wine, and continued drinking.
After drinking about seven or eight glasses in a row, Chen Jie stopped and took a long breath.
Chen Jie was obviously the kind of woman who couldn't bear to drink. She drank seven or eight glasses of warm wine in a row, and her cheeks gradually became flushed.
Liu Mingzhi's eyes turned from astonishment to astonishment, and he looked blankly at Chen Jie who was slightly drunk across from him. He felt baffled and didn't know what kind of medicine this woman was selling in her gourd.
Please tell me how the problem became that one person was drunk after drinking alcohol.
What on earth did she want to do with him? Show off your drinking capacity? Isn't this nonsense? After only seven or eight small glasses of wine, I could only sit at the same table with my children at home.
Something worth showing off.
Chen Jie shook her head slightly and looked at Young Master Liu calmly.
I don't know if he is really drunk when he looks like this.
"The body of Demon Queen Ren Qingrui is missing."
"Hey, that's it. Sister-in-law, what do you mean about this kind of thing? Sister-in-law, what did you say?"
Young Master Liu went from being careless to a shocked expression in just an instant. He looked as if he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. He suddenly stood up from the stone bench, and the palms holding the wine glass were trembling slightly.
Chen Jie looked at Young Master Liu's panicked reaction and nodded with a complicated expression.
"Brother-in-law, you heard it right, the body of Demon Queen Ren Qingrui is missing!"
Liu Mingzhi stared at Chen Jie blankly for a while, and finally understood why Chen Jie had such a hesitant and unspeakable reaction.
The late queen's body was missing. If word spread, it would definitely be a scandal.
Liu Mingzhi swallowed twice and drank all the wine in the glass. Like Chen Jie, he picked up the pot and poured the wine himself, and then drank it all.
After drinking more than ten glasses of wine in succession, the wine bottle was obviously empty. Liu Mingzhi slowly sat down and looked up at Chen Jie.
"How did the royal sister-in-law know?"
"I went to visit the late emperor's tomb a few years ago, and also paid a visit to accompany the mausoleum. No matter how much Ren Qingrui caused trouble to Chao Gang, she was still the late empress to the outside world. The Ai family thought that the debts would be wiped out after death, so they went to pay homage. How could they expect to see this What's left is an empty coffin.
After her death, the Ai family saw with their own eyes that she was put into the coffin by the palace maids and eunuchs, but why not long after, the body disappeared.
At first, the Ai family thought that some low-level tomb robbers took risks and sneaked into the tomb to steal the buried treasures. However, none of the funerary objects in the coffin were lost. Tomb robbers were born for money.
But her body was missing, and the burial objects were not moved at all.
The more Aijia thinks about it, the more something is wrong. Could it be that her resentment is hard to get rid of, and she is an innocent soul......
This matter is so unbelievable that the Ai family is so hesitant, they really don’t know how to speak! "
Liu Mingzhi squeezed the wine glass in his hand tightly and pondered for a moment with deep eyes.
"Didn't the three thousand tomb-guarding troops guarding the imperial mausoleum and the innate master Zhou Fei, the innate master, hear anything? What did they say?"
"The Ai family of the mausoleum guard didn't dare to ask, for fear of publicizing it. Old Manager Zhou asked the Ai family, but he was also extremely shocked. He didn't know when the body of the Demon Queen would disappear!"
"Are there any traces outside the imperial mausoleum?"
"From what Old Manager Zhou said, there are no clues to prove that anyone has sneaked into the imperial mausoleum.
The Ai family just thought that it couldn’t really be the Demon Queen’s ghost..."
"Sister-in-law of the emperor, I am speechless and have strange powers and chaos.
In this prosperous world, how can there be any unjust souls seeking their lives?
There are really ghosts, and some people are pretending to be ghosts! "
After Young Master Liu finished speaking, the whistling wind outside Yi'an Palace suddenly became more noisy. The strange sound of the draft in the corridor made one's teeth ache.
Gudu.
Young Master Liu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his face slowly stiffened.
My mother, why do I suddenly feel that the surrounding environment is weird!
