"Forget it, forget it. I don't eat humans, so why are you so scared?"

"Furong," the Queen ordered, "go and prepare a bowl of tea for Madam Chen as well."

"Yes, my lady."

Fu Rong retreated, and only Queen Mu Xin and Gu Qing were left in the room.

The atmosphere was a little strange, and Mu Xin's appearance seemed inappropriate, but she pretended to know nothing and continued drinking her tea, very calm and composed.

The queen glanced at her, still smiling. Gu Qing nodded without saying anything, waiting for the queen to speak.

As expected, the Queen invited her here because of the matter of the Princess of Northern Frontier.

"Madam Chen, I just heard that you went to the Northern Frontier Princess's bedroom, and she recovered?"

Gu Qing replied respectfully, without anyone suspecting he was making up stories, "Your Majesty, it is like this."

"It's just that this isn't my credit. It just so happened that the Princess of Northern Frontier has recovered. Others don't know about it yet, and I happened to spread the news."

Gu Qing smiled helplessly, "Besides, I am just a woman, I don't have any magical medical skills."

The Queen listened to her words, pondered for a moment, and a smile deepened on her lips. "In that case, Madam Chen is also a blessed person."

"Now that the Princess of Northern Frontier has recovered, Your Majesty can rest assured." The Queen looked relieved.

Hearing this, Gu Qing was not happy at all. If Mu Xin had not been present, the Queen would probably not have spoken in such a roundabout way.

For her, crushing herself is as easy as crushing an ant.

If the Princess of Northern Frontier recovers, the first person in the palace who will be threatened will be the Queen.

The Royal Concubine had a calm and indifferent temperament. If the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince were not the only two princes left in the court, and if Li Xiangsheng was pressing her all the time, Li Xiangji would not have embarked on the path of vying for the throne.

If he did not fight for the throne, the fate of the Mu family could be imagined.

Although the Queen appears to be indifferent to the Fifth Prince's fight for the throne, she must have put a lot of effort into it secretly. Now she has to deal with a princess from the Northern Frontier, which will only make things more difficult for her.

Gu Qing lowered her head, acting as respectfully and cautiously as any other official lady. The Queen thought she wouldn't dare interfere in the affairs of the palace, so she waved her hand and said, "I'm tired. You all may leave."

"Mrs. Chen has done a great job, so I reward you."

…

It was already dusk when Gu Qing and Mu Xin left the palace.

The setting sun and the solitary wild geese flew together. The whole palace was heavy and lonely. The dull sounds of the evening bells circled around the capital. Gu Qing looked back at the road he had come from and sighed deeply.

Mu Xin knew why she was in a bad mood: "I hate the people in the palace the most. Sometimes I wonder how my aunt stayed here for so many years."

"Don't take today's events to heart. The Queen is just like that. She always likes to pressure people. If there's even a little bit of a threat, she'll find a way to get rid of it. But since you're married to Chen Zhizhou, she won't dare do anything to you."

Mu Xin originally wanted to mention the imperial concubine, but when he thought about the reason why the queen scolded Gu Qing today was because she helped her aunt, he swallowed his words and said no more.

Gu Qing's eyes were dim. In her previous life, she had never taken a close look at this capital city.

Now that I've experienced it, I realize how cautious Chen Zhizhou was along the way.

She just went into the palace and met the two ladies, and she felt a little uncomfortable, but it would be even more difficult for Chen Zhizhou to walk among these people every day.

"It's nothing. I want to thank you in front of the nanny today." Gu Qing said gratefully.

If Mu Xin had not insisted on going to the Queen's palace with him, I'm afraid the Queen would not have been able to ask questions so easily.

True friendship is revealed in times of adversity. Gu Qing was quite touched that Mu Xin was willing to do this for him.

"I brought you in here, so I must bring you back safely. Otherwise, Chen Zhizhou will cause trouble for me." Mu Xin put his arm around Gu Qing's shoulders and joked deliberately.

The atmosphere became much more cheerful. Gu Qing couldn't help laughing and was also impressed by Mu Xin's courage. He was so casual even in front of the queen.

"To thank you for your kindness, how about I treat you to some snacks at Furong Tower tonight?" Gu Qing said with a smile.

Mu Xin immediately dismissed the maids and servants behind him: "You don't have to follow me. I'm going to have a drink with Madam Chen. When the time comes, you can ask my eldest brother to come and pick me up."

"Yes, Princess." The servants and maids of the Mu Mansion returned with the peach blossom wine given by the imperial concubine. Mu Xin followed Gu Qing into the carriage and said, "Let's go."

On the other side, the military camp.

Le Feng came back and reported: "Master, the young lady has come out of the palace."

"Who did Madam meet in the palace?" Chen Zhizhou played with the dagger in his hand, which shone coldly under the candlelight.

Liao Feng reported all the information from the spies to Chen Zhizhou, and concluded by saying, "The princess is with her, and the lady didn't stay long at the Queen's place."

Chen Zhizhou sneered: "In front of the Mu family, the queen can't pretend for long."

"Madam has returned home?" Chen Zhizhou raised his eyes and put the dagger back into the scabbard.

"I went to Furong Tower with the princess." Le Feng was silent for a moment. "Today, Master Zhao also brought Pei Shaoheng to the Furong Tower for a banquet."

Chen Zhizhou's eyes darkened, he stood up, flicked his sleeves and said, "Let's go to Furong Tower."

"yes."

…

Furong Tower, the best building in the capital.

The building was filled with noise and the courtesan was playing the music of "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" on the balcony.

Mu Xin pulled Gu Qing straight to the No. 1 room on the second floor, and suddenly ran into someone.

She frowned and said impatiently: "What are you doing?! You don't have eyes!"

Gu Qing was about to calm her down, but when she looked closely, she saw that the person she bumped into was Zhao Qi.

For a moment, she actually smiled. If it were an ordinary man, he would not have been bumped into by Mu Xin, but Zhao Qi was weak, no wonder...

"Princess! Madam Chen!" Zhao Qi hurriedly climbed up, his movements a little funny. Pei Shaoheng, who came later, helped him up: "Brother Zhao, are you okay?"

After he finished speaking, he realized that the two people opposite him were the princess and Gu Qing. He immediately clasped his hands together and bowed, "Greetings, princess."

He nodded slightly to Gu Qing: "Mrs. Chen."

The four of them just happened to block the way up and down the stairs. Gu Qing tried to ease the situation and said, "Xin'er, let's go up first. There are too many people here."

Mu Xin glared at Zhao Qi. Because of Wu Xian'er, she felt both disgusted and pitiful towards Zhao Qi, and her emotions were quite complicated.

Gu Qing shook his head helplessly, turned around and said to the two of them, "Master Zhao and Master Pei, my wife and the princess are in the Tianzi No. 1 room on the far left of the second floor. If you two are free, please come and have a cup of tea."

This was originally just a polite remark, but Zhao Qi had been feeling bad because of Wu Xian'er hurting Gu Qing last time. Furthermore, he had just accidentally bumped into the princess, which made him even more embarrassed. He nodded slightly and said, "Brother Pei and I have some things to take care of. We'll be back later."

Gu Qing responded without saying anything else. Mu Xin snorted coldly, "Qing'er, let's go."

The two turned around the corridor and slowly disappeared from Zhao Qi's sight.

Somehow, he suddenly remembered how Mu Xin waved the whip to protect Gu Qing that day, but he was not as domineering as he was today.

The princess seems to dislike me?