Xiao Mubai frowned and retracted his hands, watching the girl in front of him kneel on the ground with a plop, trembling with fear on her face.
"Who are you?" Xiao Mubai had a cold face and a hint of anger in his tone.
"Reporting to Mr. Qiao, this servant is Mi Jiao, the palace maid chosen by the princess to serve at her side." Mi Jiao replied in a low voice with a hint of trembling.
"Do you know me?" Xiao Mubai asked with raised eyebrows. He was not impressed by the palace maid kneeling in front of him.
"Yes, Mi Jiao saw Mr. Qiao from a distance when he came to Yu'an Palace in the past." Mi Jiao pursed her lips.
Third Young Master Qiao is handsome and has extraordinary appearance.
Is there anyone in this palace who doesn't recognize him
Xiao Mubai nodded. When he came here in the past, he had some impressions of Xizhi beside the queen.
The rest was not noticed.
"Where is the princess?" When Xiao Mubai asked this question, he felt a surge of anger in his heart.
He spent every night in his mansion looking forward to the arrival of the beautiful lady, but he never saw the beautiful lady coming.
Tonight, I rushed to deliver the letter to her in person, but in vain.
Let him not be angry from his courage and fire from his heart.
"Princess, princess, she..." Mi Jiao was hesitant to speak.
"What is she? You should tell her truthfully." Xiao Mubai reprimanded her coldly.
Mi Jiao leaned back after being scolded by him and closed her eyes in fear, leaving only her eyelashes trembling.
The young master Qiao she had met before was always humble and polite to the queen.
I have never seen such a cold and fierce look.
"My servant doesn't know either. The princess only said that she wanted to go out for a walk alone. She asked me to sit here for her. If someone comes, I will prepare to go to bed to block her back." Mi Jiao said clearly.
"You just let her go without asking where she was going?" Xiao Mubai was a little dissatisfied.
"I can't stop you, my slave..." Mi Jiao pursed her lips, a little aggrieved.
"When did you leave? Did you tell me when you would come back?" Xiao Mubai looked at her looking like she was about to cry, and his tone became gentler.
"I've been gone for more than an hour, I should be back soon." Mi Jiao saw that his tone was better, so she comforted him.
"Is she like this every night?" Xiao Mubai's face was full of displeasure.
"That's not true. This is the first time tonight. No, I just met you here." Mi Jiao glanced at Xiao Mubai and was quite curious as to why Mr. Qiao visited the princess's bedroom late at night.
Xiao Mubai saw the confusion on her face and didn't bother to talk to her. He just motioned for her to get up and go back to bed to continue her mission.
Mi Jiao did not dare to say anything, stood up tremblingly, and continued to sit sideways on the bed.
Xiao Mubai went to the side hall, found a rose chair and sat down, suppressing his anger, waiting for Xia Chu to come back.
After about two cups of tea, Xiao Mubai heard some movement outside the door.
Then, a well-dressed young man dressed in black pushed open the door and entered.
The young man saw the food box on the table at a glance. As he walked behind the screen, he asked, "Mi Jiao, did your mother send someone to deliver supper tonight?"
When he walked behind the screen, he saw Mi Jiao with a wrinkled face and purring behind him.
Only then did he realize that there was someone behind him. He reached around his waist and pulled out a needle. Just as he was about to stab it with his backhand, he heard Xiao Zimu's familiar voice coming from his ear: "I'm back from wherever I went."
When Xia Chu heard this, he felt relieved and inserted the needle back in his hand.
"You go out and guard first." Xia Chu told Mi Jiao warmly.
If Mi Jiao was granted amnesty, she hurriedly stood up, saluted and retreated.
Xia Chu turned around with a cold face, frowned and said angrily to Xiao Mubai: "Why did you come into the palace at this hour?"
Xiao Mubai thought that Xia Chu would coax him, or at least put on a smile.
As a result, he had a cold face and did not explain why he left the palace late at night. Instead, he questioned him first.
"I came to the palace to discuss something temporarily, so I brought you a letter by the way." Xiao Mubai had a cold face, and a pair of phoenix eyes showed a cold light.
When Xia Chu heard that there was a letter, he reached out his hand.
Just when Xiao Mubai was about to scold him, he heard Xia Chu whisper: "I wish I had waited for you to enter the palace. I would have gone to Qiao's Mansion in vain."
Xiao Mubai opened his thin lips slightly, and the angry words that were about to blurt out disappeared in an instant. After being stunned for a moment, he said: "Did you leave the palace to find me?"
"Otherwise?" Xia Chu raised an eyebrow and asked, stretching out her hand in front of Xiao Zimu and waving at him again.
Xiao Mubai's dissatisfaction over the past few days and the anger that had just aroused tonight were all gone.
He reached out and took out the letter from the other sleeve and handed it to Xia Chu.
After Xia Chu finished reading Xiao Zimu's letter, he held his forehead in pain. When Xiao Zimu saw this, he couldn't help but asked: "What's wrong?"
In recent days, there have been no major incidents in Beijing.
Although Bian Ding and Raven were fooling around in King Mo's camp every day, they had nothing else to do.
Therefore, he couldn't help but wonder why Xia Chu showed such sadness behind his letter.
Xia Chu glanced at Xiao Mubai, looking like he was speechless. He walked to the table outside and sat down, poured a cup of herbal tea and drank it.
Xia Chu naturally knew Zheng Zhongguang's identity early on.
One of the reasons why he asked Xiao Zimu to go to Guwan was because he knew Zheng Zhongguang's identity.
Let Xiao Zimu quietly fill in the holes of Zheng Zhongguang's corruption before the matter can be undone.
Of course, it was also because he was embarrassed to tell Xiao Zimu directly, "Hey, you have a cousin who is embezzling money in Guwan."
Therefore, Xia Chu thought, it would be better to let Xiao Zimu find out and solve it by himself, while Xia Chu just pretended not to know about it.
As for the famine in Guwan, she had already made plans for him early on.
However, despite all the calculations, Xiao Zimu would suddenly attack at Zheng Zhongguang's son's full moon banquet.
Now, it is widely known that the Seventh Prince went to Guwan.
Xia Chu was not worried that Zheng Zhongguang's matter would be difficult to handle, although he had made a big mistake in his previous life and was sentenced to beheading in public. Incidentally, he also implicated the whole family, including the Ju family, Concubine Lian and Xiao Zimu.
But at this time, he was just greedy for some money. Xiao Zimu left early and could still be saved.
What worried Xia Chu was the second reason why he asked Xiao Zimu to go to Guwan.
Now that there has been such a big fuss, I don't know if those people in Guwan can find it.
Xia Chu went to the side hall to look for pen and ink. While studying the ink and thinking about it, he felt a sudden pain on his forehead. When he looked up, he saw that Xiao Mubai had just given him a slap in the face.
Xia Chu was irritated and blurted out: "What are you doing?"
Xiao Mubai saw that he was furious, so he took the inkstone on which he was grinding ink, and while grinding, he said warmly: "I saw that you were frowning and wanted to ask if there was anyone who needed help. I saw that you ignored me for a long time. no."
Xia Chu rolled her eyes at him and replied to something unimportant: "Zi Mu's cousin embezzled money."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Mubai threw away the inkstone and snorted coldly.
"It's more of an affectionate call."
(End of chapter)