While he was talking to the Queen about his feat of setting fire to the Xixia camp, there were several knocks on the door. The Queen and Su Ningxin immediately got up and arranged their clothes and hair accessories before opening their mouths to let people in.
After entering the door, Eunuch Xia saluted and said, "Madam, the girls over at Qingfangju had a dispute. It seems that another girl fell into the water."
The Queen frowned, "Have you been rescued? Are you injured?"
"Back to you, Madam, it was the third girl from the Su family who fell into the water and was rescued by the palace maid. We asked the imperial doctor to come over and take a look. She was probably just frightened and nothing serious." Eunuch Xia answered meticulously with a wooden face.
Since there was no injury, it shouldn't be a big problem, and the queen was not in a hurry to go over, "Do you know who you had a dispute with?"
"There was a dispute with Qiu Han, the fourth girl from the Book of Etiquette. I don't know the specific reason for the dispute."
After hearing what Eunuch Xia said, the queen looked at Su Ningxin questioningly.
Su Ningxin shook her head like a rattle, "I just returned to the capital two days ago, and I haven't even spoken to Su Huaxin. I don't know what her temperament is."
"That's all, let's go and see what's going on." After saying that, the queen stood up and let Eunuch Xia help her out. Su Ningxin put on her veil and followed her out on the other side.
When she walked to the door, the queen suddenly thought of something. She stretched out her fingers and rubbed Su Ningxin's forehead. She said with disgust, "You didn't put on enough powder today."
The Queen rubbed a layer of powder on her fingers and then applied it on her lips, making her lips look bloodless and her whole body looked not good. She really looked weak from fatigue and worry.
Su Ningxin: "..."
[I want to rub your eyes with my hands. I suspect that your dark circles are fake.]
Thinking that Xia Mutou was still there, he would be furious if he dared to do this, so Su Ningxin just thought about it and did not dare to take action.
We arrived at Qingfang Residence with the Queen, followed by a group of eunuchs and maids, which was quite a scene.
As soon as she walked into Qingfang Residence, she saw the emperor and Yan Guiren, whom she had just met, sitting in the pavilion. Su Ningxin glanced at the queen subconsciously and saw that her eyes darkened obviously.
In fact, Su Ning felt a little sad for her. Although there were many concubines in the palace in the past, the emperor ignored them all. He said that there were three thousand people in the harem, but in fact, the only one who was favored was the queen.
The emperor dismissed the harem a year ago. At that time, Su Ningxin lamented that the queen, a time traveler, had indeed taken the heroine's script. Unexpectedly, the dismissal of the harem was the beginning of the queen's inability to be a couple for the rest of her life.
While Su Ning was thinking about this, the queen had already adjusted her mood and walked to the pavilion calmly. After the two parties saluted each other, the queen asked, "Why is the emperor here?"
"I heard that the queen is having a banquet here, so I came over to take a look." The emperor replied, and as he spoke, his eyes glanced at Su Ningxin unintentionally.
The queen and Su Ningxin also understood what he meant. Everything in Xingyuan Mansion was no small matter. The emperor probably wanted to ask Su Ningxin to find out the whole story.
The queen and the emperor looked at each other, nodded slightly, and said, "It's a joke to the emperor. Such a thing happened during such a banquet. I must find out what happened, and don't let Miss Su San I have been wronged in vain.”
After saying this, the queen looked at Yan Diejiu who was beside the emperor, "Yan Guiren, please ask me, too. It's rare that you are here too."
Yan Diejiu was a little reluctant. She finally had the opportunity to see the emperor, but seeing that the emperor did not stop her, she did not dare to disobey the queen's wishes, so she could only follow reluctantly.
When the Queen and her entourage entered the house, Su Ning took a step behind without leaving a trace, and no one cared that she failed to follow.
After everyone left, the emperor asked the guards and eunuchs to retreat to a distance and watch. Su Ningxin sat down opposite the emperor casually, poured herself a cup of tea, took a sip of tea to moisten her throat and said,
"Which part do you want to hear?"
The emperor smiled helplessly, "Are you really becoming more and more rude?"
"What's the use of being polite? In the end, it's not me sitting here telling you stories. What's the use of making up for it?"
"It makes some sense." The emperor nodded, and then asked, "I probably know everything. Is this you Shen Qing?"
"It's me. Is Ji Chu from Long Guard?"
"That's right, I didn't trust the late emperor's secret guards in the past, but now it seems that they can be used as confidants." The emperor did not hide anything, he just said it directly, "The secret guards of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion Can things be confirmed?"
"I also got the news from a killer. I don't rule out the possibility of being framed. However, it is certain that the Zhenguo Government has its own agenda. Anyway, it is all about weakening his family's influence in the court. Is it related to that? Collusion won't change your decision, right?" Su Ningxin asked.
"I do have this plan, but whether the Zhenguo Palace colludes with him or not will determine how I will deal with the people in the Zhenguo Palace in the end."
"There's no rush anyway. I plan to marry my concubine to the Duke of Zhenguo. Maybe I can get some useful information then."
"This is a good idea. Do you need me to issue an imperial edict granting marriage?"
Su Ningxin waved her hand, "No, just give her a decree from the queen. For a concubine's marriage, no imperial decree is needed, and a decree is enough to promote her."
After finishing speaking, the two of them were silent for a moment, and Su Ning thought to herself, "I have done so many things for you, why don't you get even a little reward?"
The emperor glanced at Su Ningxin from top to bottom and said, "Looking at how you are dressed now, you don't look like you are short of money at all."
"You can't say that. The reward is what motivates me to continue helping you. You can't want the horse to run but also want the horse not to eat grass." Su Ningxin said with a look of disapproval.
"If I remember correctly, before leaving the palace, someone insisted on a peaceful breakup and asked for the division of property, and emptied half of my private treasury." The emperor looked at Su Ningxin with sad eyes, which made Su Ningxin feel guilty.
In the end, Su Ningxin was defeated, "Forget it, forget it this time, but you can't default next time."
After the two people finished talking, the people in the room came out. Not only the queen and Yan Diejiu, but also the official ladies who were gathered in the room also came out.
However, their expressions were a little strange. Yan Diejiu looked depressed, and the noble girls following behind had longing in their eyes.
Before they came out, Su Ningxin had already heard the footsteps, stood up from her seat, stepped back and stood respectfully opposite the emperor.
Yan Diejiu, who came out of the room, saw this scene and immediately became furious. She suppressed her anger so that she did not cross the queen and rush towards Su Ningxin.
(End of chapter)