Upon hearing this, Madam Mo smiled like an auntie, and then looked at Princess Mu openly, "I heard that the concubine in your mansion has been pregnant for more than five months. Why didn't you take good care of her? Didn't you give them contraceptive soup? It's not a glorious thing for a concubine's son to be born before a legitimate son!"

Princess Mu immediately lost her temper and retorted, "Where did you hear that, sister? It's simply not true! King Mu dotes on me so much!"

Madam Mo pursed her lips and smiled again, "That's right, I wonder if there are enough pilose antlers and Cynomorium songaricum in your house. We don't need them in our palace, so they are all lying around. If your house doesn't have enough, I'll send some to you someday!"

All the women started to snicker. Deer antlers and Cynomorium songaricum are not to be eaten as food, so whether they are enough or not is clearly saying that King Mu has too many wives and concubines, so his kidneys may not be in good condition!

Princess Mu naturally knew that the prince had one son in the first half of the night and one in the second half of the night, but it was never her turn. She finally had one on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, but he was not very interested in her. It was all because of her maid who secretly put a lot of deer antler and Cynomorium songaricum in the soup that she was able to conceive such a child.

Others didn't know that she was feeling guilty, so she immediately lost interest and said hastily, "Thank you for your concern, sister! No need! I have an appointment with my best friends, so I won't chat with you here!"

After saying that, she turned around and left with a few people.

The concubines in the pavilion started to chatter, "Princess Su is really eloquent! Princess Mu is so embarrassed by what you said!"

"Does the King of Mu really rely on Deer Antlers and Cynomorium songaricum to survive? Sister is really well-informed!"

Mrs. Mo turned to Su Bei and said with a faint smile, "Abei, come and sit down."

Then she said to the concubine, "Although Abei and I are nominally master and servant, we are actually as close as sisters!"

If she had relied on herself, she would have been stepped on by Princess Mu just now. It was all because of what Su Bei whispered in her ear.

Coincidentally, when Mrs. Mo held her birthday party last time, Su Bei heard the maids brought by Princess Mu whispering that the concubine was pregnant and that the pregnancy was too serious and could not be averted. They also said that there were not many Deer Antlers and Cynomorium songaricum left and they might have to buy some recently.

Just from these two sentences, Su Bei knew that Princess Mu was not living well. Why don't these people just get divorced? Why do they have to pursue this false reputation? This time, Xue Jinrong spoke up, "I heard from Prince Jin that there is a girl named Abei in Prince Su's mansion who is very good at making pastries. She can also make something called ice cream, and she can recognize Miao language. I saw her today and she is really good!"

Su Bei smiled awkwardly, fearing that Mrs. Mo would be angry and start to fight again. However, Mrs. Mo was relying on her to save face, so she said, "No, my family said that Abei's family was also officials in the past. They must have offended someone and the whole family suffered. Otherwise, she would also be a daughter of an official family!"

Xue Jinrong didn't care about status or position at all. She just felt impressed when she thought that Su Bei could translate that wonderful book for her.

The two of them smiled across the table.

After Princess Mu left, she no longer had the heart to attend the banquet. She just felt that everyone was looking at her with sneers, as if they were all laughing at her.

She hurriedly took the two maids back to the mansion. The more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. The two maids by her side must not tell others about this news. There must be a spy in her yard! So she gathered everyone in the yard together, and they reported on each other. In the end, they caught two suspected spies, causing panic in the yard.

However, the Prince Su's Mansion is also investigating spies.

After Su Bei and Mrs. Mo had a banquet together, they returned to the mansion. Unexpectedly, Chu Younan came to the Peony Pavilion. Mrs. Mo thought he was here to ask for an explanation, but unexpectedly, Chu Younan didn't say anything, just chatted for a few words. She felt so guilty that she quickly sent Su Bei and Chu Younan to Lingfeng Pavilion, and only then did she feel at ease.

In fact, when the housekeeper of the mansion investigated the cause of the fire, everyone said that only Su Bei and the princess were present at the time, so Chu Younan planned to inquire in person. However, he heard Su Bei thinking in his heart: My Lord, the news of your "incompetence" has spread outside. You should stop being awkward and come out with the princess immediately, otherwise you will bring shame to the whole of Kyoto!

The point! The point! It's spread outside!

There is a spy in the palace! Everyone in the palace knew that although the prince was kind-hearted, he hated people who betrayed him the most. Once upon a time, someone went to the prince's study to steal the defense map, and his fate was terrible. He was beaten to a pulp.

Therefore, this spy was either bribed with a large sum of money or his family was threatened by someone.

The cause of the fire was put aside for the time being. Chu Younan started the investigation from his own yard, gathered the people in the yard downstairs, and then he waited quietly in the study on the second floor.

Su Bei leaned over the window and looked out. He saw a group of grown men chattering, which was really rare.

"Come back!" Chu Younan said in a deep voice.

Su Bei came back in a bad mood, stood beside the desk, rubbing the ink stick, obviously unhappy.

Chu Younan just glanced at her calmly without saying anything. She kept looking around, and people outside might be afraid and gossip about her.

There was a faint sound of chattering, and it was unclear what was being said, but Chu Younan had heard it clearly.

"Is there a spy in the mansion? Who could it be? Chen Er, the sweeper, seems a little suspicious, could it be him?"

"I don't know what the prince lost, but I only stole a small spoonful of ice cream. Does that count as a spy?"

"Lu Jiu disappeared for a long time on the day of the fire. I wonder if he went to tip off the fire?"

"Poached eggs! Delicious! Hehehe, I wonder when that girl will give me some again!"

Chu Younan raised his eyes and saw that Su Bei had already worn off a large chunk of the ink stick in anger. He curled his lips in pain and said, "Go ahead, let them all go, and ask Guizi to find a few more!"

Su Bei put down the ink stick and went out. After a while, he came back and picked up the ink stick to grind it. Chu Younan's lips twitched immediately. But he thought that the ink smelled good, so he let it go.

But my heart aches!

After a while, Guizi replied: "Your Majesty, the cooks and maids in the kitchen will be here soon..."

Before she could finish her words, Guizi had already forgotten her original task and started to cry out: "Miss Abei! You can't grind it! That is a priceless gift from the emperor! There is only one like this in the palace!"

Su Bei stopped, looked at the ink stick that she had worn off a large piece of, and the dark black ink on the inkstone, and immediately smiled awkwardly, then walked out, "I'll go find a small bowl, add some water, and it can still be used!"

Chu Younan's heart finally didn't hurt so much. He looked at Su Bei's back and said weakly, "Use the water of Yang Tai Sui, and the ink will not fade for a long time!"

Guizi muttered in his heart: In the past, I had a little bit of trouble, and the prince had to give me an icy face. Now, nothing happened. Miss Abei is really favored, why am I not a girl? Chu Younan: I am just prettier than you, and have a better figure than you. If you were a girl, you couldn't even enter Lingfeng Pavilion!

Downstairs, the cook and his wife left, and the palace soldiers were replaced. The palace soldiers withdrew, and the servants were replaced. Everyone was very puzzled. The prince was looking for spies, so he asked everyone to chat downstairs for a while. This was too much of a joke! When it was midnight, Su Bei fell asleep on the table. Chu Younan got up, walked to the door, and said to Guizi: "I'll go meet these people!"