"Yes, Hui Changzai is very much in the emperor's favor, and she is also close to the Empress Dowager. Your Majesty cannot let Hui Changzai down," said Zhao Ruhai.
Dai Jingfeng nodded and said nothing more, but he still felt puzzled in his heart.
A few days ago, the Royal Guards were ordered to investigate a maid in the Cining Palace. He didn't care about such a small matter. He just told his men to do it. But this was the first time that Zhong Zhiheng asked the Royal Guards to investigate a mere palace maid. He was curious and asked casually. As a result, his men's report really shocked him.
The girl's name was Jinghui. Her parents were both servants of the Xu Mansion. Jinghui was born at 3:30 pm on the 7th day of the 7th month of the first year of Jiasheng. It was the time when Empress Zhenxian passed away. At that time, the Xu family thought that Jinghui was unlucky, and ordered the execution of her parents on the spot, and even threw her, a newborn baby, into the river. It was the Queen Mother who took pity on her and saved her life. Later, she was sent to Mount Wutai, so the girl grew up in Buddhism since she was a child. She had been serving the Queen Mother and worshiping Buddha, and had never left Mount Wutai. It was just that the Queen Mother was not feeling well this year and could not leave the palace, so she asked people to bring Jinghui to the palace to serve her. Unexpectedly, she attracted the attention of Zhong Zhiheng in just a few days.
Dai Jingfeng was very surprised. It was really amazing that there were such coincidences in the world. However, he did not expect that Zhong Zhiheng would make her, an unlucky person, a concubine. He thought that Zhong Zhiheng would order the execution of this woman named Jinghui because of his affection for Queen Zhenxian. He felt sorry for Jinghui. She could stay in the mountain for her whole life. Although it was lonely, she could still survive, right? Why did she have to go down the mountain?
Dai Jingfeng was just thinking about this when he heard Zhao Ruhai say, "Chang Zai, take care."
Dai Jingfeng came back to his senses and turned his head suddenly, and saw a slender and graceful woman walking out of the imperial study. Dai Jingfeng looked at her in a palace satin and snow-white silk skirt and was secretly amazed. It was rare to see such a plain lady. He inevitably looked at Hui Changzai's face and was immediately stunned. This person's appearance...
Hui Changzai walked out of the imperial study slowly, her pale thin lips tightly bound and without any expression.
"General Dai, the Emperor is waiting for you inside." Zhao Ruhai saw him like this and kindly stepped forward to remind him.
"Yes, thank you, eunuch." Dai Jingfeng said hurriedly, and at the same time he couldn't help but look over his shoulder at Hui Changzai's receding figure, then turned around and entered the imperial study.
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"Your Majesty, your subordinate greets you and wishes the Emperor good health!" Dai Jingfeng hurried in and knelt down to pay homage to Zhong Zhiheng.
"What's wrong?" Zhong Zhiheng looked at Dai Jingfeng, holding the tea bowl lazily, and raised his hand to Dai Jingfeng, "Get up and talk."
"Yes, thank you very much, Your Majesty," Dai Jingfeng stood up and said to Zhong Zhiheng, "Your Majesty, last night, the Queen Mother sent someone out of the capital, and it looked like they were going to Ningguta."
"Oh, why do you say that?" Zhong Zhiheng looked at Dai Jingfeng lazily while sipping his tea.
"Your Majesty, I can see clearly that the man left the capital at night, driving a large cart. The cart was loaded with two large boxes of medicinal materials, five hundred taels of silver, and many quilts and mattresses. He must have gone to Ningguta," Dai Jingfeng said, pausing before adding, "The cart was also loaded with a small box of frostbite cream made in secret by the palace."
Zhong Zhiheng paused, put the tea bowl on the table, and nodded after a while: "Yes, where else can we go except Ningguta?"
"Should we intercept him?" Dai Jingfeng asked hurriedly, "He's driving a car on the road, so he must be walking slowly. We can catch up with him in less than a day."
"Forget it," Zhong Zhiheng shook his head and sighed, "Ningguta must be very cold right now. If we don't send something to Ningguta, the Queen Mother will probably be worried day and night."
"Then... should we send the Jinyiwei to secretly follow us to Ningguta?" Dai Jingfeng asked again.
"No need. Didn't you just say what was in the car? What's the point of following it?" Zhong Mingwei said slowly. While taking a sip of tea, he suddenly asked, "Did the Queen Mother personally order someone to go to Ningguta?"
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