After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

Nian Susu noticed that she was in a low mood and her smile gradually faded. He asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Did you feel wronged just now? Did Wang Yuejiao embarrass you again? I'm going to beat her up!"

She rolled up her sleeves and was about to go find Wang Yuejiao, but Li Yaoyuan quickly stopped her.

"Miss Nian, I'm really fine. Don't...don't offend her." She winked, wanting Qin Guanqing to help persuade Nian Susu.

Qin Guanqing felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy. He waved his hands in fear, indicating that he could not afford to offend this lady.

Nian Susu snorted angrily and stared at Qin Guanqing, "Second Prince, tell me, what happened just now?"

Someone must have targeted Li Yaoyuan, and Qin Guanqing helped her out, so there was the scene of thanking her just now. And the person who targeted Li Yaoyuan was most likely Wang Yuejiao.

"Is this the attitude you have when talking to the prince?" Qin Guanqing was so angry that he laughed out loud, without any intention of blaming him, "You are quite courageous."

Nian Susu was so angry that he didn't care about the second prince or the third prince.

"fine."

She pulled Li Yaoyuan with her and turned to leave.

Li Yaoyuan didn't react. She walked several steps before she remembered something. She turned around and nodded to Qin Guanqing as a farewell.

Qin Guanqing was in high spirits and nodded at her.

Watch the two people leave.

When Qin Guanqing turned around to look for Qin Junyu, he was nowhere to be seen, so he returned to his tent.

……

Qin Junyu was originally going back to the tent, but on the way he met a little palace maid who claimed to be Concubine Ning's person. Concubine Ning wanted to discuss something with him, so she invited him to her tent.

He hesitated for a moment and followed the palace maid.

The maid took him to an inconspicuous little tent in the far corner of the camp.

The palace maid stood outside the door and had no intention of going in. She made a "please" gesture to him towards the tent door.

"Your Highness, the Queen said that there are too many people over there and it might cause gossip, so she asked Your Highness to meet here."

Qin Junyu glanced at her sideways and recognized that she was Concubine Ning's personal maid. He believed her words for the time being and raised his hand to open the tent door.

He first observed the entire tent to make sure there was no place to hide anyone, then he stepped in.

Concubine Ning was sitting at the table with her side facing the door, with two cups of hot tea, one in her hand and another opposite her, obviously waiting for him.

Hearing the noise, she turned around and saw who was coming. She smiled, but the smile did not reach her eyes.

"Your Highness, please take a seat. There are only you and me here, so there is no need to go through all the formalities."

"For the sake of your highness and my safety, I asked the palace maid to lead your highness to this remote little tent. Your highness should understand, right?" Concubine Ning said this to dispel Qin Junyu's doubts so that the two of them could sit down and talk things out calmly.

If the concubine's private meeting with a non-blood-related prince were to get out and someone were to make a big fuss about it, it would either be accused of having an affair and treason against the emperor or of forming a clique for personal gain. It is understandable that she was cautious.

Qin Junyu's tense brows suddenly relaxed, "Of course."

The two men sat face to face, each with their own ulterior motives.

"Your Majesty, did you invite me here not just for tea, right?"

"Your Highness should know why I called you here."

"I am not your second brother, so I cannot guess what your Majesty is thinking."

"You really can't guess it or you guessed it but don't dare to say it?"

"There is nothing that this king dare not say."

……

The two of them tested each other, and neither dared to reveal his true thoughts first.

After he finished one cup of tea, Concubine Ning poured him a second cup.

Qin Junyu no longer had any patience. If Concubine Ning had not been Qin Guanqing's mother, his attitude would not have been so good, and he would not have had the leisure to drink tea.

He did not touch the second cup of tea. "It was Concubine Ning who invited me here. Now that I am here, Concubine Ning is on guard and refuses to reveal her true purpose. I will come again when Concubine Ning is willing to tell me."

He stood up to leave.

Concubine Ning was anxious, "Wait!"

Qin Junyu stood there, looking down at her condescendingly, the candlelight flickering in his eyes. His fireball-like pupils stared at her quietly, as if they could see through people's hearts.

Concubine Ning felt an inexplicable sense of pressure and looked away as if nothing had happened.

Although she is about the same age as her son, when she faces Qin Junyu, she always feels oppressed by the gaze of someone in a higher position.

She smiled stiffly, "It's not that I don't trust Your Highness, I just think Your Highness is a smart person and can guess it."

Qin Junyu sat down again without responding to her.

Concubine Ning had no choice but to reveal her true purpose: "I want to thank you in person."

"Thank you for what?"

Concubine Ning curled her lips, "Your Highness, there is no need to hide it anymore. I already know everything."

"I really don't know what your majesty is talking about." Qin Junyu remained calm.

The two people were still exchanging words.

Seeing that he was not fooled, Concubine Ning could not speak openly, so she had to test him with a mixture of truth and lies, "In fact, the secret guard today was not captured by my people, but someone sent him to the door of my tent and left a note saying that this person was the queen's man."

Qin Junyu frowned, very puzzled, "Your Majesty means that the secret guard is the virtuous king's man, but someone deliberately revealed to your Majesty that he is the queen's man, and wants to use your Majesty to deal with the virtuous king, right?"

He said it so bluntly that Concubine Ning didn't know whether it was true or false.

If the note was really left by Qin Junyu, and she had told him everything, he could just acknowledge it directly, and the two of them might even be able to form an alliance and get what they want.

But he didn't admit it. Instead, he helped her analyze the situation. Could it be that he didn't trust her?

Concubine Ning suppressed her doubts and followed his words and asked, "Didn't His Highness send the person?"

Qin Junyu denied: "If I knew last night that someone drugged the horse, why didn't I bring the person to my father directly? Why did I wait until today?

In fact, it is the Queen who should be thanked. If the Queen had not caught the secret guard who drugged me, the virtuous king would have put all the blame on the Queen. "

Concubine Ning felt that what he said made some sense.

There was no friendship between the two of them, so there was no need for Qin Junyu to go to so much trouble to send such an important suspect to her. This would be a big gamble.

If she hadn't mentioned the capture of the secret guard today and there were no witnesses, Qin Junyu would be the one most responsible for the accident.

At this point, Concubine Ning had already understood that Qin Junyu was not the one who tipped her off.

She also believed that Qin Junyu would not leak their conversation tonight.

After Qin Junyu left, Concubine Ning stayed in the tent alone for a long time.

……

On the other side, the queen disguised herself as a palace maid and sneaked to the outside of Qin Zehai's tent. However, she could not get in because there were heavy soldiers guarding the door.

The queen came forward wearing a veil and carrying a box. She stuffed a few ingots of silver into the two guards and whispered, "Prince Qing asked me to deliver something to Prince Xian. Please be flexible, brothers."

The two guards exchanged glances, hesitant.

Seeing an opportunity, the queen stuffed a few more ingots of silver over and said, "I'll be right out after giving you a few words. It won't take too long!"