The two of them couldn't tell the truth from the false for a moment, so they could only say quietly: "Miss..."
As if thinking of something, Mo Qin showed fear on his face.
"Every palace in the harem is filled with birds of prey and ferocious beasts. I don't even have a palace of my own. If you are not afraid of death, you must enter the palace with me..."
When they heard this, the two maids turned pale with fright. They had obviously heard the relevant rumors.
Someone urged: "Queen, the key to the palace door is about to be released."
Mo Qin hurriedly lowered the curtain and stopped looking at the two of them. The carriage started moving again and drove slowly into the palace gate in the setting sun.
-
The eunuch entered the room and lit a candle. The warm light met the dim sunset. It was getting dark.
Jun Ye finished approving a memorial while waving his pen, raised his eyes and looked out the window, and asked the eunuch:
"The queen hasn't come back yet?"
The cold tone made the eunuch's hands tremble, and he didn't dare to breathe.
"Back to Your Majesty, the Queen has not returned to the palace yet, she should be on her way."
Since ancient times, have any concubines in the harem been able to leave the palace at will? This is really a first.
"Has the key to the palace gate been changed?"
"Put down the key a quarter of an hour ago."
Jun Ye didn't ask any more questions and just said quietly: "Go down."
As if he had been pardoned, the eunuch hurriedly retreated, praying in his heart that the Queen would come back soon.
When Mo Qin returned to the palace, the sun had completely set, and the palace residents waiting outside breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as he sat down, Jun Ye came back from the imperial study. There was no anger on his face, but his tone was like an ice blade.
"You still know how to come back?"
She ran out early in the morning and didn't come back until dark at night. If he hadn't told her ahead of time, he would have sent someone to invite her back.
He was angry when Mo Qinpin came out, "Of course I will come back, can I still get lost?"
Jun Ye has a strange yin and yang aura:
"I won't throw it away even if I throw it away, just because I'm afraid some people won't want to come back."
After saying that, he asked her again, "Is the meal available?"
Mo Qin held back her laughter and raised her hand to hug him, "You haven't eaten yet and are you waiting for me?"
Speaking of this, Jun Ye narrowed his eyes and pushed Mo Qin away in disgust.
"Hey, I'm so dirty after running around all day. Don't hug me."
He said he was disgusted, but only he knew what he was thinking.
Mo Qin has also been too good in the past few days, so he can wait patiently until now.
Maybe he knew that he was back late, or maybe he felt guilty for saying bad things about him, so Mo Qin coaxed him:
"Okay, okay, I'm going to take a shower and change clothes first."
After Mo Qin went to take a bath and change clothes, Jun Ye also learned everything that happened today from his subordinates.
When Mo Qin came out, she saw Jun Ye leaning on the soft couch, holding a book in his hand and not knowing what he was reading.
The palace servants outside began to prepare food, but Jun Ye didn't finish lunch. He really didn't expect that Mo Qin would come back. He didn't know whether she had forgotten about it or didn't want to stay in the palace for a moment longer.
When the meal was almost done, Jun Ye began to calculate the accounts again. He slowly repeated what Mo Qin had said before:
"I admit that I have a bad temper, but at the least it can range from threats and beatings to scolding, and at the worst it can lead to death with a stick and decapitation?"
"You don't even have your own palace?"
He held his head with one hand and stared at Mo Qin, not knowing whether he wanted to clear his name or something else.
"I don't know when I threatened and beat you, or when I thought about killing you and decapitating you?"
As soon as Mo Qin took a sip of soup, he choked.
"Ahem!"
Jun Ye very gently raised his hand to help her calm down, and he said reluctantly.
"Have I treated you harshly? Have you had no place to live?"
Mo Qinsha had something to say:
"You asked me to take me to see 'Rhubarb' that day. Didn't you want to scare me?"
"Well, what else?" Jun Ye listened quietly, but did not defend himself.
It was indeed he who did this.
Later, Mo Qin had more to say. She didn't make this up.
"I'm living in your house now, living under someone else's roof, but I don't have a palace of my own!"
Yes, everyone has come out.
Jun Ye didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "From now on, this palace will be yours. I'll live with you and live under someone else's roof, okay?"
Mo Qin looked away and said sadly: "I just want to use your reputation to scare these two troublemakers."
Upon hearing this, Jun Ye was stunned for a moment.
It's not that he doesn't know the purpose of Mo Qin's words, but he can't help but wonder if she really sees him that way.
She couldn't help herself, and everything was not what she wanted.
No one knew that he had been on pins and needles all afternoon, fearing that she would really not come back. No one knew that when he heard those words, his heart hurt as if it was tightly grasped by a pair of hands.
Countless words of intimidation and threats were circulated on the lips, and only one sentence remained:
"Well, don't come back so late next time."
-
Liang Yubing found out about this the next day.
There were government officials guarding the entrance to the small courtyard, and there were people rummaging through things inside.
Seeing that something was wrong, Liang Yubing did not go forward directly, but asked a random passerby.
Originally there was no one here, but yesterday afternoon a lot of officers and soldiers suddenly came here, and more people came to watch the fun.
From time to time, people dressed in dresses passed by on the wide dirt ground, and many people just stood there, craning their necks to look in.
The lady who was asked was an enthusiastic person, and she started talking loudly.
"This is serious, the old man in the hospital is a murderer!"
"There are a lot of corpses in the cellar! Yesterday, the government officials rescued many people from it!"
"Daughter, why are you asking about this? Do you know the people who live there?"
Liang Yubing felt dizzy after hearing this. The scorching sun at noon shone on her body, and she felt her hands and feet were cold and her back was chilly.
She had seen the people in the cellar before.
Those were used by Old Man Zhou to test medicines. Everyone was poisoned with different poisons. She also helped record the status of those people every now and then.
A few days ago, the two of them were discussing how to catch a new one, break the leg and use it for surgery.
Old man Zhou usually catches orphans or outsiders, how could he be exposed?
Was someone deliberately going against her?
No, it's impossible. Not many people know about this.
"Daughter, daughter?" The aunt saw that Liang Yubing's expression was wrong, a glint flashed in her eyes, and she pulled Liang Yubing.
"I think you look familiar. Have I seen you somewhere?"
In the morning, people from the government were still asking if they had seen the young woman who often came in and out of the courtyard. Could it be this person?
If you send it to the government, you will definitely be rewarded with silver!
Liang Yubing reacted and immediately began to struggle.
"You admit it wrong, I was just passing by, and I was a little curious about this..."
The more Auntie looked at her, the more familiar she felt. Now when she struggled, her five points of suspicion immediately turned into nine points.
The aunt did rough work and had a lot of strength. She dragged Liang Yubing towards the yard with both hands and shouted:
"Master! Master! I caught a suspect. This woman is the one who always ran into this courtyard before!"
"That's her!"
