Jiang Muyu wasn't the type to get to the bottom of things, so seeing that he didn't say anything, she didn't ask any more questions.

The carriage swayed for a long time and finally stopped at the gate of the palace.

Liang Qingchen had secretly put aside his mission and gone to Mount Putuo yesterday. Now he needed to go back and report to the emperor, so when he got off the carriage, Xu Lang was already waiting by the side, leading a tall and handsome horse.

Jiang Muyu was helped down from the carriage by Yun Yanhui. Just as she was about to enter the mansion, Liang Qingchen suddenly grabbed her wrist.

She turned to look at him, "What's wrong?"

Liang Qingchen pursed his lips and said, "Anyway, please trust me, I won't hurt you."

She was stunned for a moment, then smiled faintly and said, "I understand."

"You...go back home and wait for me."

"good."

After saying that, seeing that he was still holding on to her, Jiang Muyu asked again: "Does your Highness have anything else to tell me?"

Feeling her distance, Liang Qingchen pursed his lips and tightened his grip on her wrist, but he didn't know what else to say.

"If there is nothing else, I will return home first. Your Majesty, please come to the palace and report as soon as possible."

Having said this, Liang Qingchen had no choice but to let go.

Jiang Muyu bowed to him, turned around, stepped over the threshold and walked into the palace.

Liang Qingchen stared at her back for a long time, and only withdrew his gaze when he could no longer see her. He turned around, mounted his tall horse and rode towards the palace.

In the courtyard of Qingyu.

As soon as Tangtang saw Jiang Muyu coming back, she immediately rushed over and hugged her legs, calling in a baby voice: "Mom, Mom is finally back."

Jiang Muyu bent over and picked her up, but she almost couldn't hold her. "Oh, Tangtang seems to have become heavier, almost like a weight. Mother can't hold her anymore."

"No." Tangtang pouted and protested, "It's just that Tangtang has grown taller."

The girl, at such a young age, can't stand being told she's fat.

Jiang Muyu reached out and scratched her cute little nose, saying, "Okay, Tangtang has just grown taller."

Tangtang hugged her neck, buried her face in her neck, and said in a low voice: "I had a very bad dream last night."

"What dream?"

"I dreamed that my mother was missing."

Jiang Muyu was stunned for a moment, then he stroked her back and said comfortingly, "Isn't mother here?"

"Well, luckily it was just a dream." Tangtang rubbed her neck and said, "Mom must always be by Tangtang's side in the future. She can't disappear suddenly, otherwise Daddy, me, and my brother will be sad."

Jiang Muyu's heart softened and she nodded gently, "Yes, mother will always be by Tangtang's side and watch Tangtang grow up into a beautiful girl."

"Mom, don't lie."

"good."

…

Jiang Muyu had just coaxed Tangtang to take a nap.

Yun Xuan walked in with a brocade box in her hand. She knew at a glance that this was the birthday gift sent by Jiang Muxue.

"Did you find out anything?" she asked.

Yun Xuan shook his head and said, "It's just an ordinary longevity lock, nothing special."

"It seems that she is not stupid enough to tamper with the birthday present." Jiang Muyu did not look at the brocade box again, and said casually: "Throw it away to avoid bad luck."

"Yes." Yun Xuan put the brocade box aside and said, "My queen, the three civilians you captured that day are still locked up in the woodshed. How should we deal with them?"

"If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten about it." Jiang Muyu stood up and said, "I'll go take a look now."

After leaving Qingyu Courtyard, she asked the three guards who had imprisoned them last time to accompany her and headed towards the woodshed.

The supervising servant saw her coming and immediately knelt down and saluted, "I am here to see the princess."

Jiang Muyu nodded, "No need to be polite. How are the people inside?"

The servant stood up, still bending over, and said, "We've fed those three four meals in the past two days. They eat, drink, defecate and urinate all over the place, and they can't stand it any more."

"Well, open the door."

"yes."

The servant took out the key and opened the door of the woodshed.

The three people inside the door had heard the noise a long time ago. When they heard the sound of the door being locked, they immediately gathered together. The door of the woodshed was opened, and the strong light from outside shone in, making them a little blind.

As soon as the door of the woodshed was opened, a foul stench hit my nose.

Jiang Muyu subconsciously took a step back and covered his mouth and nose.

There were no windows in the woodshed. The three men were wrapped in sacks, with only their heads exposed. Their mouths were stuffed with a large ball of rags. They defecated and urinated in the sacks, so the smell was naturally terrible.

Jiang Muyu ordered the guards to bring the person out.

"Take the cloths out of their mouths."

The guard immediately did so.

As soon as their mouths were freed, they cried out for mercy:

"Princess, we know we are wrong. Please let us go."

"My Lady Princess, I shouldn't overestimate my own abilities and talk nonsense."

"Princess, please be magnanimous and spare our lives."

Jiang Muyu frowned when she heard this. The noisy crying of these people gave her a headache.

"Stop it. If you keep making noise, I'll lock you up for another three days and three nights."

The three of them immediately shut up, lowered their heads and dared not say a word.

Jiang Muyu looked down at them and said, "I will only ask a few simple questions. As long as you answer truthfully, I will let you go."

“Yes, yes.”

"I will tell you everything I know."

"Princess, it's okay to ask."

Seeing their good attitude, Jiang Muyu was very satisfied. "It turns out that they can only be obedient if they are trained. Come, tell me, who ordered you to gossip in front of my house?"

One of them immediately said, "It's Master Zhong."

Another person said: "Yes, it's Zhong Lei. He gave us money and asked us to come to Prince Rui's Mansion to help Aunt Jiang."

Hearing this, Jiang Muyu didn't feel that surprised. After all, in her impression, Zhong Lei was not a good character. Although he didn't have many roles, his lustful nature was almost engraved on his face.

The last person said with a bitter face: "We are just greedy for a little money. He said that the princess has always been kind and would not do anything to the common people. That's why we..."

"Oh?" Jiang Muyu sneered, "Do you think I'm not generous enough?"

The first person immediately said, "Don't be angry, Your Majesty. He is talking nonsense. It is because we did something wrong that Your Majesty punished us. This is what we deserve."

The second person also nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, it was our own fault. We were only interested in profit, which led to this result."

The third person followed suit and said, "It's my fault that I don't know how to speak. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Jiang Muyu looked at them. It was obvious that the three of them did not behave like ordinary people. Instead, they looked more like hooligans. So he turned around and asked the guard.

"Have you checked the backgrounds of these three people?"

One of the guards said, "We checked and found out that they are hooligans hanging around West Street in the capital. They don't have any proper jobs on weekdays, so they make money by helping others do some immoral things."

really.

Jiang Muyu looked down at them and suddenly smiled, "So, if I give you money, you can do things for me?"

The three of them exchanged glances, then said in unison: "Your Majesty, please tell us what you want. We are happy to serve you."

Jiang Muyu took out a few taels of silver and said, "Just do what I tell you, and this matter can be written off, and you can still make some money. Of course, you must not tell anyone that it was I who told you to do it, or I will have your tongues ripped out. Do you understand?"

The three of them immediately turned around and said yes.

"Okay, let's untie them."

"Yes." Three guards immediately stepped forward and quickly loosened the hemp ropes around their necks.

Jiang Muyu even made them wash and change clothes in the palace before letting them out through the back door.

…

On this side, Zhong Lei had just come out of Ruyifang, carrying the packed wine and food and walking towards the Zhong Mansion. However, when passing through an alley, his head was suddenly covered by a black cloth that fell from the sky.

The food in his hands fell to the ground, and before he could react he was beaten up. The attacks came from all directions and hit his head and body in a disorderly manner.

He screamed in agony: "Who are you? Do you know who I am? The Prime Minister's wife is my aunt, I will definitely teach you a lesson!"

However, no one answered him, and the attack did not stop at all.

Gradually, the only sound left in the alley was his low plea for mercy: "I was wrong, I was wrong, please let me go..."

He curled up on the ground, gradually becoming unable to shout. Only then did those people finally decide to let him go. They came and left silently.

Zhong Lei managed to get up with great difficulty, but he fell back down again, fainting from the pain.