Chapter 155: The Queen came here for more than just a look at me

Cheng Jin walked up and sat on the chair next to Jing'er.

Cheng Jin said, "It's true."

Jing'er widened her eyes in surprise. She didn't expect him to be so straightforward. "Then why did the Queen come here today?"

Cheng Jin leaned back in the chair comfortably, pretending to be a master. She waved her hand, and Cuizhu immediately understood and walked towards Jing'er.

Jing'er looked at Cuizhu approaching with a calm expression on the surface, but in fact, the sleeves tightly held in her hands had already revealed that Jing'er was very nervous.

Until Cuizhu opened her palm and showed what was in her hand, Jing'er still didn't recover from her fear.

She looked at the red purse in Jing'er's hand and thought it was a bottle of medicine.

Jing'er seemed to be relieved and chuckled, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for keeping me here to celebrate the New Year."

"But I am such a worthless person, and I am really scared to ask Your Majesty to prepare medicine for me personally."

Jing'er smiled and said, "I owe Your Majesty my life, and it's time to return it to Her Majesty."

She looked at Cheng Jin and then at the purse. She only paused for a moment before she resolutely took it in her hands and prepared to open it.

When Jing'er got it in her hands, she immediately realized that it was not the poison she thought it was.

Jing'er opened the purse in her hand with some disbelief. It was not medicine, but ten taels of silver.

Jing'er looked up at Cheng Jin, who then stood up, walked to Jing'er's bed and smiled, "Yes, we are here to give you money."

"To bribe you."

Jing'er didn't understand even more.

She originally thought that Cheng Jin's sudden visit to her must not be for some good purpose. It must be that Cheng Jin discovered her correspondence with Xu Jilin, and she waited until the New Year to take her life.

Jing'er returned the purse.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty. I cannot accept it."

"If Your Majesty has other intentions towards me and wants to buy my loyalty." Jing'er deliberately raised her eyes and glanced at Cheng Jin again, as if she wanted to give Cheng Jin some hints.

"Then Your Majesty really believes it too much. I absolutely have no second thoughts about Your Majesty." Jing'er lowered her head again when she said these words.

Cuizhu saw it: "Look, you dare not look our Majesty in the eye, who would believe it?" Jin'er

did not refute, and Cheng Jin did not say anything, but just pushed the money back.

"It's not to buy your loyalty, it's New Year's money, everyone has it, not just for you."

Jing'er was a little skeptical after hearing what Cheng Jin said, but still didn't dare to accept it.

"If you don't want it, you can ask someone to take it out of the palace and give it to your mother and brother at home."

Cheng Jin reminded.

Jing'er's eyes suddenly turned red, and she gritted her teeth and said, "How do you know?"

Cheng Jin sat next to Jing'er and explained, "The Queen Mother suddenly sent you to my palace, so I must know your background."

Jing'er said, "I am from a clean family, and I believe the Queen Mother has also checked it out."

Cheng Jin said, "Indeed, so you should accept it."

"If you get sick in the palace, I can find a doctor for you, but my brother at home is sick. If you don't have money, there is nothing you can do."

Jing'er wanted to ask Cheng Jin how she knew, but suddenly she thought, isn't it easy for Cheng Jin to know all this? Just send someone to take a look and you will know.

But she still wondered, "Why does the Queen care so much about me? The Queen knows that I was the Queen Mother's person before."

Cheng Jin nodded and said, "I know, but you are now in my palace." After

hearing what Cheng Jin said, Jing'er didn't know what to say, so she just responded indifferently.

Cheng Jin continued, "In a few days, when I have free time, I can let your brother and mother come to the palace to see you. You must get better soon. I will call the imperial physician later."

Before Cheng Jin finished speaking, Jing'er's tears rolled down. She was in a panic and wanted to get off the bed to kowtow to Cheng Jin, but Cheng Jin immediately held her down.

"What are you doing?"

Jing'er was stopped and could only kowtow to Cheng Jin several times on the bed.

Jing'er cried without caring about her tears, "I am a worthless person, and it is not worth the Queen's worry for me."

"I have no intention to work for the Queen Mother, but the lives of my mother and brother are in the Queen's hands, and I really have no choice."

"But don't worry, Queen, I didn't tell the Queen Mother everything about you, I just told her some irrelevant things."

Cuizhu was shocked: "You really work for the Queen Mother?! You think our Queen is so good to you."

Cheng Jin was not surprised. She came to Jing'er today not only because she wanted to give her money, but more importantly, she found that Jing'er would contact people outside from Chunhe Palace every few days after dark.

Cheng Jin didn't know what they were talking about.

But she was just gambling.

Although Cheng Jin left Jing'er outside to do unimportant things like sweeping, she was the Queen Mother's person after all, so Cheng Jin could not fail to notice her.

She found that Jing'er did not do anything strange except secretly writing something every few days. Even if she had the opportunity to enter the house sometimes, Jing'er always refused in every possible way, as if she was afraid that she would know something. Since

Qu Wanxin failed to do it yesterday, she must have thought of other ways, and if she wanted to start with Cheng Jin, she would definitely need information about Jing'er.

Although Jing'er was not used by Cheng Jin, she was still in Chunhe Palace and had the best chance to contact Chu Chengye and Cheng Jin.

Cuizhu snatched the purse that had just been given to Jing'er with some anger. Jing'er knew what she had done, so she naturally accepted the trial without raising her head.

Cheng Jin patted Cui Zhu's shoulder, and Cui Zhu let go and put the purse in Jing Er's hand.

Cheng Jin said, "I won't hide it from you. I really wanted to bribe you today."

"But from your look, you really have no choice. Let's forget it."

Cheng Jin guessed that Qu Wanxin and Xu Jilin would not give up so easily. They would definitely try every possible means. So it would be a good deal for her to buy Jing Er in advance.

But Jing Er's mother and brother at home were controlled by Xu Jilin, and Jing Er was actually helpless.

No wonder Jing'er was so willing to do things for Xu Jilin. She was willing to destroy her own face to prove herself, just to stay in Chunhe Palace as Xu Jilin's spy.

Xu Jilin was the only thing Jing'er could do.

Cheng Jin thought about it, at least she knew Jing'er's true thoughts,

so she was not at a disadvantage. Although Cheng Jin really needed Jing'er to do things for her now and let her deal with Cheng Jin and Xu Jilin, she couldn't ignore the life and death of Jing'er's family.

She could also learn Xu Jilin's methods to make Jing'er loyal to herself, but she couldn't.

She couldn't stand it at all, let alone do it.

Cheng Jin sometimes couldn't help but sigh that some people can succeed, maybe they really have perseverance, determination, and ruthlessness that others don't have.

Cheng Jin didn't intend to force Jing'er.

"I'm just telling you, the choice is up to you."