"Sister-in-law, are you just going to let her do whatever she wants? What if she has bad intentions?"
Lu Qingyuan was indignant and a little worried.
Shen Mingyue was very calm: "Hongye and Qiuhe are following us, don't worry."
Long after being betrayed by Qiu Ju, she screened the people in Yongle Palace twice, and only those who remained were loyal.
There would be nothing in her palace that shouldn't be there, so she was not afraid of being searched.
Qing Yuan said dissatisfiedly, "You are just soft-hearted. I don't know what the emperor is thinking. You have to pamper such an ignorant person!"
Are you soft-hearted?
Not really.
She was just afraid that if the stalemate lasted too long, it would put the emperor in a difficult position.
It would be better to let Shui Ling search directly. After searching for a while, she would give up and get scared.
"Something's going to happen."
Mo Yunchi frowned and counted with his fingers.
"What's the matter?" Lu Hongxuan tilted his head and looked at Mo Yunchi curiously: "You can tell fortunes? Is it effective?"
"Yeah, it works very well."
Mo Yunchi nodded and said seriously, "I had predicted that my mother would leave me. But the next day, she abandoned me in the palace and ran away secretly."
“…”
Lu Hongxuan patted Mo Yunchi's shoulder and said, "Your mother has her own reasons. Don't overthink it. By the way, quickly figure out who's going to get into trouble! Is someone trying to harm my mother?"
Mo Yunchi's eyes turned and he counted with his fingers again.
He pondered for a moment and laughed: "Don't worry, those who harm my aunt will suffer."
"Is this true? Then what do we need to do?" Lu Qingyuan asked impatiently.
Mo Yunchi shook his head: "Just wait and see."
Shen Mingyue smiled and said, "If that's the case, then don't worry too much. Let's play chess. Yunchi and Hongxuan will play together and see if they can beat us two adults."
Lu Qingyuan finally felt relieved, rubbing his hands together, with a sly smile on his face: "It's not good to bully the weak, right? But I like it! Hongxuan, I won't give in to you!"
"Come on, who's afraid of who?"
Lu Hongxuan pulled Mo Yunchi and sat on the left side of the chessboard.
Two children and two adults played chess, and all four of them were very serious.
Su Qiqi was sleeping soundly in Shen Mingyue's arms.
It's boring, so boring. How can playing chess be as fun as sleeping?
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Here, Shui Ling and Fu Ping are seriously "looking for the cat".
He said he was looking for a cat, but in fact he turned left and right and soon got into Lu Hongxuan's house.
"Empress Ling, this is the third prince's room." Qiu He reminded.
Shui Ling glared at Qiu He in dissatisfaction: "Can't we find the Third Prince's room? The Imperial Concubine didn't say that just now!"
Qiu He said helplessly, "The Third Prince and Master Mo live together. They have many rare and fragile things. If I break them, I won't be able to report them. I hope Concubine Ling will be careful."
"If you break it, I will compensate you. The Emperor has given me countless treasures. How could I be stingy?"
As she spoke, Shui Ling began to look for it.
On the desk, on the couch, under the bed...
She even reached into the vase and touched it.
Finally, she found the black box that Concubine Xian had mentioned on a wooden shelf piled with countless books and ancient tomes.
She quickly stepped forward and took the box in her hand: "What is this?"
Qiu He said anxiously, "This is the Third Prince's personal property. You can't touch it."
"Why are you so anxious? Is it possible that the things inside cannot be shown to others? Maybe my cat is hiding in there!"
Shui Ling said this as she tried hard to pry open the wooden box.
Fu Ping anxiously advised: "Your Majesty, if you continue to make trouble, the Emperor will be angry if he finds out!"
"What are you afraid of? I didn't break anything. I was just taking a look."
"But……"
"I'm very curious. I wonder what's inside. How about this? I'll go ask the Imperial Concubine."
Shui Ling didn't open it directly.
Instead, he held the box and ran to the front yard.
Hongye and Qiuhe looked at each other, both confused and puzzled, obviously not understanding what Shuiling was trying to do.
When Shui Ling ran to the front yard, she found that the empress dowager and the emperor were sitting under the eaves drinking tea.
The virtuous concubine and the noble concubine stood aside.
"Hey, what's that thing Sister Shuiling is holding in her arms? It looks really creepy."
When Concubine Xian said this, she secretly winked at Shui Ling.
Shui Ling instantly understood that it was Concubine Xian who invited the Queen Mother.
She knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty. I have been plagued by nightmares and sleepless nights. In my dreams, I saw this box opening its bloody mouth and swallowing me whole. I think there is something wrong with this box."
"What's in the box?" asked the Queen Mother.
Shui Ling shook her head: "I don't know, I can't open it."
The Queen Mother winked at Wan Shuang.
Wanshuang walked forward, took the box from Shuiling's hand, looked through it carefully, and pressed hard on the slightly raised part at the bottom of the box.
Snap——
With a crisp sound, the box was opened.
Inside, there are two voodoo dolls.
The densely packed silver needles are enough to make people scare and break out in cold sweats at a glance.
Shui Ling was so frightened that she was breathing rapidly and kneeling on the ground, holding her chest.
She glared at Shen Mingyue with resentment: "You are so cruel, Concubine! You actually used such a sinister and vicious method to harm me!"
The Queen Mother had a cold face and was filled with anger.
"Bring it here for me to see!"
Upon hearing this, Wanshuang carefully handed the voodoo doll to the empress dowager.
The Queen Mother picked up a voodoo doll and carefully removed the silver needle. She saw the words "Shui Ling" written on the doll's chest.
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