Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

The emperor and the empress have already left their respective rooms. At this time, Xiao Zuochen and Chu Yao are busy with their tasks in Mingxiang Pavilion - "decorating" Mingxiang Pavilion.

Although there were not many ornaments in Mingxiang Pavilion, there were drawers and curtains. The two pulled the drawers out partially, spread out the curtains, moved the bookshelves slightly, pressed the dust on the floor with women's shoes to make messy footprints, and then repeated the process on the second floor, finally opening the secret passage.

"Cough-cough-"

Both of them were choked with dismay.

"I say, do we need me to wear women's clothes to do this job?"

Chu Yao, who was exhausted and sweating, finally realized that he seemed to have been fooled by Xiao Zuochen.

"Isn't this to help you clear your suspicion?"

"What suspicion does my wearing women's clothes clear me of? If there is anyone who is suspected, it should be you, right? The dog emperor will definitely not suspect me of the evil you did."

"Think about it, I brought in two maids, and if they were suspicious, they would think you were a woman. But in fact you are a man, so when they think about it, they will exclude you, right~"

Xiao Zuochen lied without hesitation, but Chu Yao was not fooled by him this time.

"You don't need my help at all, and it doesn't matter if I dress like a man or a woman! You made me wear women's clothes on purpose!"

Chu Yao said this with his hands on his hips, and angrily took out the two buns in front of his chest and threw them on the ground.

Xiao Zuochen saw it and frowned.

“Don’t throw it around!”

Chu Yao curled his lips but still picked it up obediently.

At this time, Yunyou and Liuli came back. Yunyou walked in carrying a person on her shoulders, while Liuli was "helping" her.

"Why is the Queen alone? Where is Yuying beside the Queen?"

"Master, we will go and fetch Yuying here later~"

"Why not together?"

Xiao Zuochen looked at Yunyou and then at Liuli. It was obvious that there was no one on Liuli's shoulders and he could carry one more.

Liuli grinned awkwardly, with an expression that said, "Brother, you think too much."

"It's too heavy. There's no way I can carry it. Let's hide the person first and carry one over."

Xiao Zuochen nodded and said nothing. He really didn't expect that Yunyou had been trained, so she could handle it. Fortunately, there was no impact. Father would receive the news an incense stick later and come over from the study, so the timing was just right.

"Then put the queen away first."

Yunyou carried the queen and threw her into a corner. Her movements were a bit rough, and she shook off the queen's hair accessories.

‘Boom——’

The back of the queen's head hit the wall.

Xiao Zuochen and Chu Yao turned their heads when they heard the voice. Yun You looked at them awkwardly, then hurriedly picked up the pearl hairpin that the Queen had dropped from the ground and put it back on her head.

But Yunyou doesn’t usually wear these complicated accessories. She just puts one or two of these wherever she sees a place.

"Is that right?"

It looked a bit strange, and Yunyou herself felt that something was wrong.

Liuli reminded from the side that it didn't seem to be inserted like this just now.

Yunyou glanced at Liuli, then took out the pearl hairpins and put them back in a different order.

"Why...it's still weird?"

Liuli's expression at this moment seemed to be saying "that's so ugly".

Yunyou looked at the queen, then stood up and walked to a distance to look, then said with certainty.

"Yes, that's it, that's it~"

Looking at Yunyou's expression, she seemed really sure. She then walked a little closer and whispered something.

"Who cares~"

In fact, she didn't want to care anymore. ...... Liuli was speechless.

After "arranging" the queen, Liuli prepared to accompany Yunyou to move Yuying. As soon as the two of them raised their feet, they were stopped by Xiao Zuochen.

"Let Chu Yao go with you. He's a grown man, so he should do more work."

"Hey! You're a man, why don't you go?!"

Chu Yao stood up and retorted loudly, but Yun You hit him on the back of the head from behind.

"Keep your voice down. What if you wake me up?"

"Hurry up, Liuli has other tasks to do, don't waste time. After everything is done, go to the place we agreed on and wait for me. Chu Yao, just follow Yunyou."

......

After almost an incense stick of time, the emperor was almost outside the Mingxiang Pavilion. Yunyou, who had been squatting at the door, saw him from a distance and hurried back to the Yunxiang Pavilion. She stretched out her hand to unscrew the bottle with a special smell, and shook it under the noses of the queen and Yuying. After seeing the two of them inhale some, their brows slightly wrinkled. She knew that the two of them were about to wake up, so she ran away quickly.

Just moments after Yunyou left, the Queen woke up first. She reached out and touched the back of her head, which hurt for some reason and seemed swollen. When she opened her eyes and saw the messy scene in front of her, the Queen was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and saw Yuying unconscious beside her, so she stood up and kicked her.

Yuying, who was about to wake up, opened her eyes in pain after being kicked by the Queen.

Yuying looked around and saw the queen's angry expression and messy hair again.

"Miss!"

"What on earth happened? Where is this place?"

"This... This should be Mingxiang Pavilion, Your Majesty!"

Yuying looked around and quickly recognized the place in front of her.

After hearing this, the queen turned around and looked around again. The surrounding layout seemed to be exactly that of Mingxiang Pavilion, but why did it look like it had been ransacked?

She had clearly listened to the news Yuying had told her, and then changed her clothes and rushed to Mingxiang Pavilion. But she was knocked unconscious on the way, and when she opened her eyes again, she saw the scene in front of her.

"Madam, your hairpin is crooked."

Yuying reminded and stood up to help the queen tidy up her appearance.

"Someone must have deliberately tricked me here!"

Knowing that she had been deceived, the queen was very angry and glared at Yuying who was tidying up her appearance. Seeing this, Yuying quickly knelt down again.

"Your Majesty, I also heard the news reported by the people in the Little Red Building. Lord Teng Sen is also here. You know that I did not lie!"

Yes~Brother Tengsen is here too.

Thinking of this, the Queen calmed down a little. It was indeed not Yuying's fault. It was the other party who deliberately spread false news to lure her to Mingxiang Pavilion. But she would have come here after receiving the news. Why did they knock her out and leave her here? Was it Xiao Zuochen who spread the false news? Did he know that I had been here before?

The queen had too many doubts at this moment. She ordered Yuying to get up and follow her around to see what was going on.

Mingxiang Pavilion was not very big. The queen took a few steps and saw a hole on the ground next to the bookshelf. When she got closer, she found that it was a secret room. However, there was no light in the secret room at this time, and it was pitch black when she looked down from above.

No wonder the emperor suddenly brought Xiao Zuochen here last time. There must be something hidden underneath. Could it be related to the throne?

It seems that the person who brought me here wanted me to discover this secret room. But if it is really a good thing, why didn't they just form an alliance with me instead of knocking me out?

Thinking of this, the queen suddenly had a premonition that the things in this secret room might not be a good thing for her. But standing above the secret room, it was hard to resist her curiosity. Finally, the queen decided to go down and take a look.

"Yuying, did you bring the fire starter?"

"I brought it, my lady~"

Yuying took out a fire starter from her bosom, lowered her hand, and lit the way ahead for the queen.

The queen stretched her head to look and vaguely saw a lamp on the side wall of the stone steps.

"Light up the sidelights."

"Yes, Madam~"

Yuying obediently walked down the stone steps. After taking two steps, she felt a chill on her face, which made her shiver.

The Queen saw her reaction.

"how?"

"My lady, it's very cold down here, please be careful~"

The queen didn't say anything after hearing this, but the next second, she really felt a chill down her spine.

"Bai! Yu!"

A majestic and intimidating voice sounded behind him. The emperor was already standing behind the queen.

The queen froze there for a moment, then turned around slowly.

It’s really the emperor!

At this moment, the emperor was glaring at her, an expression she had never seen before.

"emperor..."

The queen called out in a low voice, barely audible.

At this time, Yuying also hurriedly walked up the stone steps and knelt down.

"emperor!"

Emperor Mingren did not expect that the Empress had discovered the secret passage. And judging from the appearance of the room, it seemed that someone had turned it over. Apart from the two people in front of him, the Emperor could not think of who had done it.

He could allow the queen to have her own little power in the harem, allow her to use all her wits against others, and allow her to mess around in her own bedroom, but he could not allow her to run wild in the territory she ran to, let alone touch things that did not belong to her!

"Why are you here!?"

The emperor approached the queen step by step, and without waiting for her to answer, he asked again.

"Who asked you to come here? How do you know about the secret room? "

The emperor pushed the queen to the bookshelf step by step. The queen had nowhere to retreat, so the emperor simply reached out and grabbed the queen's neck. With a little force, he even lifted her up and her feet left the ground.

Without the support of the ground, the queen felt that she was about to suffocate to death.

"emperor--"

The empress's slender neck, originally as white as jade, was now covered with red marks. She felt that she could not breathe, and she held the emperor's big hands with both hands, trying to pry his hands apart.

When the emperor saw the queen's red face, he threw her to the ground with his big hand. The queen almost fell directly into the secret room.

"I spared you last time you came to Mingxiang Pavilion, but don't push your luck. Don't touch things that don't belong to you!"

At this time, she was breathing deeply, and Yuying hurriedly crawled to her side to help her breathe.

The queen was also staring at the emperor. Although the emperor almost strangled her to death just now, she was not afraid because the emperor would not really kill her. But the emperor's series of reactions just happened to show that the things under this secret passage were extremely important to him.

What's underneath this?

Seeing that the queen did not refute anything, the emperor continued to speak.

"Where is Chu Yao?"

The Queen understood the first part, but not this part. She stroked her chest, frowned, and looked up at the Emperor.

"Who is Chu Yao?"

"Are you playing dumb?"

The emperor almost squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

"I have no idea who you're talking about. It's useless no matter how fierce your expression is."

The queen took a deep breath, said something to him calmly, and then slowly stood up. Yuying, who was standing beside her, hurriedly helped the queen up and tidied her appearance.

"Humph~"

The emperor saw her cold expression and thought that she must be telling the truth, but her tone was not soft at all.

"It's better for you not to know. Just stay in your Fengqi Palace and don't go to places that don't belong to you. Do you understand?"

The queen dusted herself off and sneered.

"Are you going to break up with me?"

"Hmph, don't worry, the position of Queen will always be yours. Just be content to be the White Jade Queen that everyone admires!"

After listening to what the emperor said, the queen sneered again and bowed.

"Then I will not disturb Your Majesty's pleasure. I will take my leave~"

Yuying supported the queen and left Mingxiang Pavilion.

The emperor was left there to adjust his mood.

"Yue Wu, go down and take a look."

Yue Wu jumped down from the air, took out a fire starter and entered the secret room, and came out after a while.

"My Lord, there is nothing unusual."

"Well, fix the bookshelf."

"Yes."

The emperor finished speaking and glanced at the secret room again. Yiyi, I won't go down to see you.

Then the emperor turned and left.

On the way back to the study, the emperor kept thinking. Although the queen did not make any excuses, if she really did not know who Chu Yao was, why did the news she received in the study today say that she had arrested Chu Yao? Who passed the news? What was the purpose? Or was it just to let me find out that the queen was in Mingxiang Pavilion?

"Master, it's all sorted."

Yue Wu caught up with the emperor, knelt before him, and waited for his new instructions.

"Try to search the Queen's palace today to see if there are any clues about Chu Yao."

Yue Wu was stunned for a moment, but responded immediately.

"Yes."

"difficult?"

"In the Queen's bedroom, there is a man who knows martial arts. I am afraid that..."

"Well, I forgot about that. Then go with my will. Even if she has a hundred men, they can't stop you."

"Yes!"

After Yue Wu finished speaking, he retreated back into the darkness.

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Yun You left only after the Mingxiang Pavilion returned to peace. During this time, she had been watching from a distance. She didn't know what the emperor and the queen said inside, because the master said that there were four guards around the emperor, and in order to avoid being discovered, they couldn't get too close.

After the emperor left, Yunyou also left Mingxiang Pavilion and ran towards Yunyuan.

Yun Wei was spotted about 200 meters away from Yun Garden. He was holding his arms in front of him, and behind the bushes around him, two young maids were whispering.

"Is that the Yun King's guard? He's so handsome!"

"Everyone says that Prince Yun is a beauty, and his appearance makes women all over the world ashamed. But what's the point of marrying a beauty? Do you have to compete with him every day? You'd better marry someone who looks heroic like Guard Yun!"

"You are dreaming. Even if the guards of Prince Yun are poor, the one they marry will definitely be a concubine's daughter of a noble family. How can it be our turn?"

"If you ask me, just ..."

"You two! Are you slacking off again?"

A sharp rebuke was heard in the distance. It was the palace maid who discovered that the two little palace maids were peeking at a man.

When the little palace maid saw that she had been discovered, she quickly lowered her head and ran away.

When the nanny saw their backs as they left, she didn't forget to add a sentence at the end.

"You're so young, but you only know how to think about men! Go get some work!"

After scolding, the nanny left immediately, leaving Yun Wei standing there expressionlessly.