Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

The farce of the bride selection was over, but for Xiao Zuoming, the matter of General Bai was not over. Although the imperial physician did diagnose that General Bai had the ingredients of aphrodisiac in his body, Xiao Zuoming still felt that this matter had a lot to do with him.

"Your Majesty, do you have anything else to do?"

Seeing that Xiao Zuoming refused to let him go back and kept staring at him, General Bai simply asked.

Xiao Zuoming simply threw the problem to him.

"There were four brides who were replaced, and one of them was chosen by General Bai as his bride,"

Xiao Zuoming tapped the table with his fingers. The sound was not loud, but it was particularly clear in the quiet study.

"I suddenly remembered that when General Bai chose the bride who pretended to be Zhu Lian'er, that person retracted his hand. I wonder if General Bai still remembers it?"

General Bai understood that Xiao Zuoming still suspected him! But he had no evidence now. The Imperial Hospital could also prove that he was a victim, but Xiao Zuochen's medicine was too strong, and he had a hard time getting up to go to the bathroom!

"I remember that because of the sudden incident with the daughter of the Gu family, I was not in the mood to choose a wife. I just wanted to end it as soon as possible, so I chose Zhu Lian'er, who was closest to me. After all, Zhu Lian'er's portrait was one of the best. When I reached out to take her wooden sign, she retracted her hand. I thought it was her little trick, but it aroused my desire to conquer her."

Xiao Zuoming nodded. He did not lie.

“I guess she didn’t expect that she would be chosen by General Bai at that time. She felt a little resistant and made that move subconsciously.

I guess General Bai also heard on his way into the palace that Xiao Zuochen, Bai Qingning and two others had escaped. General Bai had contact with Xiao Zuochen a few days ago, and Bai Qingning is your sister. I wonder what General Bai thinks about this matter?"

General Bai raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Zuoming for a second, then responded.

“I did meet His Royal Highness Prince Yun once before, but that was a month ago. After all, Prince Yun is a junior to me. I haven’t been back to Tai’an City for a long time, so I wanted to go and see him and pay my respects to the Buddha.

As for Bai Qingning..."

General Bai paused for a moment. He was not sure whether Xiao Zuoming knew that Bai Qingning was a fake. If he said she was a fake, Xiao Zuoming would definitely ask him why he did not report it since he knew she was a fake. So General Bai thought quickly and gave this explanation.

"I remember that when I was a child, my sister and I were the closest. Because my sister was weak, the whole family cared for her very much. But since my father took her to Miaojiang, although her health has improved, her relationship with the family has become worse and worse. I think the whole family did not agree with her marrying your father, but she was like a possessed person and had to marry. In the end, the family could not persuade her and had to agree to let her enter the palace. After entering the palace, the opportunities to meet became even fewer, and I went to guard the border. It has been ten years since I last saw her. When I was a child, I could not understand my little girl's mind. Now that she has grown up, I have no idea what she is thinking.

But what makes me feel strange is that the emperor is my sister's biological son. Is there anything she would not tell you? She even wants to flee the palace?"

Xiao Zuoming couldn't help but tighten his hands behind the desk. He knew the reason why Bai Qingning wanted to leave the palace, but he was not sure whether General Bai knew it or not.

The two of them were pulling each other like this, neither telling the truth but still testing the other.

The atmosphere remained awkward for a while. Seeing that neither of them responded, Mu Dai spoke up to help out.

"Your Majesty, the ginseng you ordered to prepare for General Bai should be ready, and judging by the time, you should attend the morning court. What do you think...?"

Mu Dai spoke, giving Xiao Zuoming something to say.

"Oh, you see, I was so absorbed in this matter that I forgot the time. In that case, prepare the medicine and have someone escort General Bai back to his residence to rest quickly. He doesn't need to attend the morning court these two days."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xiao Zuoming watched General Bai leave, and he also went to the morning court accompanied by Mu Dai, but his mind was not on the morning court at all.

Another thing that puzzled Xiao Zuoming was that Xiao Zuochen would actually take Qingya with him, and he didn't know what their relationship was now. Another question that bothered Xiao Zuoming was that if they wanted to disguise themselves as brides and escape, why did the first bride want to assassinate him? If the first bride was theirs, then they had to kill him with a single blow, otherwise they would have to choose a new bride, and one of them would have been accidentally chosen, so what was going on with that old Gu girl?

Xiao Zuoming felt like her head was about to explode. She felt that she had never been so stupid before. It was all because of this third brother!

Mu Dai saw Xiao Zuoming rubbing his eyebrows and asked quickly.

"Your Majesty, would you like me to ask the imperial kitchen to prepare some ginseng tea for you?"

Xiao Zuoming nodded, still Mu Dai is the most pleasing. But in this huge palace, it seems that except Mu Dai, no one else can be trusted.

The assassination of the daughter of the Gu family was carried out in front of all the officials, and now the whole city of Tai'an has spread. However, the escape of Xiao Zuochen and others has also spread, and some officials even exaggerated it.

"Your Majesty, I feel that Prince Yun's escape with the Queen Mother is a heinous act! As a prince, he did not show filial piety to the late emperor in the Buddhist temple, but instead kidnapped your biological mother out of the palace. This is simply, simply an insult to you!"

The ministers of the Third Prince's faction started to make trouble again, but no one on Prince Yun's side spoke up. Because they all knew Prince Yun was going to escape, and everyone contributed to it. Some asked their spies in the palace to pass on information, while others secretly tripped up Xiao Zuoming's people so that they would not pay attention to the situation in the Buddhist Hall and Fengqi Palace.

Anyway, His Royal Highness Prince Yun has now successfully escaped from the palace. Even if their mission is accomplished, they no longer care what Xiao Zuoming does afterwards, because His Royal Highness Prince Yun's escape is only the first step.

"Okay, okay~"

The Third Prince and his party had been performing a one-man show in the hall for a long time, but Xiao Zuochen's people did not interrupt. Xiao Zuoming found it boring and simply told them to shut up.

"If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court~"

"this!"

The ministers of the Third Prince's party looked at each other in bewilderment. In the past, the Third Prince was quite close to them, but why did he always ignore them after ascending the throne? It felt like he was destroying the bridge after crossing it.

The ministers of Prince Yun's faction had already left, leaving only the Third Prince's faction standing there in a daze, looking unhappy. If Xiao Zuoming continued to treat these "heroes" in this manner, then the relationship between them would probably be strained.