The princess of time travel is not stupid

Chapter 72

Sitting on the rickety carriage, Xia Mi closed her eyes and rested her mind, but her mind was thinking about what the Empress said in the morning.

"White tea, don't let it go." The empress' light words poured over Xia Mi like ice water. She looked at the empress in surprise, who glanced at her and shook her head, "She will do bad things."

"will not."

Empress: "She will break your heart."

Xia Mi asked back: "The Queen Mother's heart, has it ever been complete?" Without the person who wants to spend the rest of his life, how can the heart be complete?Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the empress sighed, and holding Qing Wu's hand, she sat up a little bit, and said: "If you have the heart, why rush at this moment?"

Xia Mi also wanted to say that being chased away by the empress meant that Moya's affairs had to be investigated, Beizhou's affairs were not over yet, and now that the family and the country were in danger, other matters should be put aside first.This made Xia Mi feel a little funny, humming coldly in his heart, and left.

The Qingming ceremony was still supported by Xia Mi. In short, he was familiar with the way and did not have any troubles.

"Your Highness, someone has sent a letter." When they returned to the Empress's Mansion, it was already dark, and the concierge reported the situation to Xia Mi. Xia Mi opened the letter as she walked in, and wrote in beautiful small characters: We will meet in the middle of the night.

Where to meet?with who?

"Who sent it?"

The concierge hesitated for a while, "It's a child, biting a lollipop, I guess it must be someone else."

Xia Mi nodded, and walked towards the study room. The handwriting was obviously not written by her right hand. Who would go to such lengths to see her and hide her whereabouts?We are going to meet in the middle of the night, probably not because I am afraid that I will find out, but because I am afraid... that others will find out.

Nanny Zhao came in with hot water, saw Xia Mi frowning tightly, as if thinking about something, put down the hot water and was about to go out, when she heard Xia Mi ask, "What's wrong with Dabai?"

"It's been fine for the past two days, no fuss."

"Although March is already the beginning of spring, she is weak and sick, and her foundation is not good. Let her pay more attention, and don't remove the charcoal fire." Xia Mi thought of Zhou Yanlai again, and sighed, "The main room should also be taken care of. "

Mother Zhao responded one by one, and finally saw that Xia Mi seemed to be in a better mood, so she took the opportunity to probe: "How about, master, go sit down with the concubine and have a meal?"

"Mommy," Xia Mi shook his head helplessly, "Why bother?" Since it is hopeless, why give him hope?

"Husband and wife are one, after all, it's better to have more contact." Under Zhao Nanny's repeated persuasion, Xia Mi would occasionally go to Zhou Yan's room to sit and have a meal, and then... nothing more.At this moment Xia Mi responded and said, "Let's go over there for dinner that night."

When it was almost time for dinner, Xia Mi went to the North Yard to have a look at Dabai. After raising it for so many days, it was still a bit fatter, although... it was not as thick as an arm of the servant in the housekeeper's yard.

"Dabai's food hasn't changed in the past two days, and he slept soundly." Yao San gave Xia Mi a detailed report on Dabai's situation.

"How about those nannies?" Xia Mi teased Dabai in the cradle with her index finger, and she didn't know whether she was awake or not. When she met Xia Mi's fingers, she sucked her mouth, as if sucking milk. It looked very heart-warming, and soon Xia Mi withdrew her finger and did not dare to tease her, for fear of infecting the child with bacteria.

"In the future, don't tease the child like this." Xia Mi rubbed her fingertips, "The child is too young, and the most afraid thing is to get unclean things into his mouth."

"Yes, the master is considerate." Yao San replied, she had heard the experienced old people say that when the child's teeth grow, they have to find some cork to grind their teeth, now thinking about the master's words, it is also very reasonable .In this regard, writing this matter down again is another distraction for Dabai.

Before the meal time, Xia Mi went to Zhou Yan's for dinner, but actually didn't want to chat before the meal.

"Your Highness, you are here."

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Xia Mi sat down at the dining table, Zhou Yan's name to the outside world is childcare, so naturally he can't go anywhere when he stays in the house, and he rarely even goes to the courtyard.

Zhou Yan shook his head, "This is my job." He was busy serving vegetables to Xia Mi, but he seldom ate it himself. Xia Mi couldn't stand it anymore, and said, "There are them, you eat yours."

He just smiled, and would still add vegetables to Xia Mi occasionally, and over time he just let him go.

In the middle of the night, Xia Mi was waiting in the study room, the lights were flickering, a figure jumped in from the window, turned around and closed the window immediately, then walked up to Xia Mi, took off the mask, and saw that it was Wu Cheng.

"When did you come back?"

"The army is stationed outside the city, I came in first." Wu Cheng sat down without asking, took a sip of the tea on the table, and then said: "The matter of Beizhou is very complicated."

Xia Mi added another glass of water for her, Wu Chengcai calmed down, and said, "The magistrate was originally from the northern border, a Jinshi in the 12th year of Xuanwu, and then released, with mediocre achievements. The prefect of Beizhou should have been a Another candidate passed away due to illness on the way to work, and she was originally a substitute, so she took over."

"Dead of illness?" Xia Mi just thought about this sentence, there should be something more in it.

Wu Cheng nodded, "I sent people to the northern border to check again. Her ancestors were once a side branch of the Dong family."

"Dong Qingyu from the Ministry of Rites?"

"Exactly, not only that, her family's genealogy is all re-fabricated, and the name and surname have been changed. If it wasn't for the cleverness of the men who said that they were looking for someone from the nobles in the capital, they might not be blown up. Therefore, I don't know what the forces behind it are. But I can estimate one or two, and I heard about the Scarlet Wedding on the way back, why is that?"

Xia Mi briefly explained the matter, Wu Cheng bowed his head in thought for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid it's for you."

"Well, Mo Ya should have left the city. Xia Yan either went to Nanliang or the cemetery." Some thoughts were still unresolved. After hearing Wu Cheng's words, she seemed to catch some clues, but she was not very sure. clear.Shaking his head, "When will you return to Beijing?"

"tomorrow."

Xia Mi nodded and said, "Be careful in everything."

One night passed, who would have thought that the criminal Wu Cheng escorted to Beijing committed suicide.Although the empress did not come to the city gate to meet her in person, she still sent Xia Qian there, "This... Mrs. Wu should give this princess an explanation, otherwise it would be difficult to tell the emperor when I go back."

"The minister deserves to die, and he didn't take good care of the prisoner." Wu Cheng knelt down to plead guilty, but his heart sank. These days, she watched it personally, but it was only an hour and a half last night. Angry, who gave the prisoner the pieces of suicide?

"Don't dare, please invite Master Wu to enter the palace with the princess." Xia Qian smiled lightly, and then returned to the sedan chair, but Wu Cheng dismounted and walked on foot. For a while, her confidants were a little dissatisfied, but Wu Cheng stopped her.

Shaking his head, he signaled them not to be impulsive.

She glanced at the sedan chair walking in front, and felt that the decision made last night was correct, and she only blamed herself for being negligent.

Xia Mi, who was guarding the empress's side, frowned slightly, and felt uneasy again. Originally, she was the one who went to fetch Wu Cheng back instead of the empress, but the empress fell into a coma, holding her hand, as if she had something to say, The group could only beg Xia Mi to stay with the empress and let the third princess go.

The imperial doctor waited in a row, but couldn't explain why.Xia Mi glanced at Imperial Physician Hu, "Why?"

Doctor Hu shook her head again and again, "The emperor has been ill for a long time, and his foundation has been weakened. This time he is so angry and bloody, I'm afraid it will take a long time." She frowned and didn't say anything. Xia Mi paused and asked in a low voice: "Is there something that made the Holy Majesty angry?"

Xia Mi shook her head, nothing to mess with her these two days?

Doctor Hu wrote a word "Jing" in Xia Mi's hand, and stood by the side again.Xia Mi put her hands into her sleeves, as if nothing happened.

"Auntie, has something made the Queen angry recently?" Seeing Qing Wu making tea alone, Xia Mi deliberately followed to the side hall, seeing no one around, asked softly.

Qing Wu kept working hard, and she replied in her mouth: "Why did Your Highness say that? Didn't His Highness help you with the recent papers?"

Xia Mi took the apple on the plate and took a bite, "I heard that my aunt grew up with the queen mother, so I guess they have a very good relationship?"

"Your Highness and Bai Ming are also very good."

"How can this be compared?" Xia Mi said with a smile, "There are some things I know well, so there is no need to go around in circles, right?" She bit the apple, and suddenly turned around in Qing Wu When going out, he said: "Nurse Hua walked away very peacefully."

Sure enough, Qing Wu's footsteps paused, and she sighed, "Your Highness, you must be cautious."

Against whom?

After Xia Mi gnawed the apples, after much deliberation in her mind, only the youngest Xia Qian was left.After walking out of the side hall and returning to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, I saw that the prime minister, all the six departments except Wu Cheng were there, the empress woke up in a daze, and was calling people over, as if she had something to explain.Zhong Guiren, who was ill, hurriedly retreated, and raised his eyes to look at Xia Mi when he passed by.

"Your Majesty, the third princess has brought Lord Wu into the palace."

The empress coughed a few times, and was helped to sit up halfway, "Come on."

"See the emperor." While Xia Qian and Wu Cheng were saluting, Zhao Yuan, who was standing beside Xia Mi, said softly that the prisoner was dead.Xia Mi's expression didn't change, but she was shocked in her heart, Wu Cheng came to her last night to give some clues, and today the prisoner died?why?Either Wu Cheng went back and killed her, or someone took advantage of Wu Cheng to go out and killed her.

"Where's the prisoner?"

"Report to the Emperor, the prisoner... committed suicide." Wu Cheng was still kneeling on the ground, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"Ahem...you..." The Empress covered her mouth and took a long time to breathe, "Where did you go last night?"

"The minister never left half a step."

The empress sneered, and turned her head to look in Xia Mi's direction, "Zhen, I received a secret letter early today, in which Wu Cheng sent troops to the northern border without permission and revised the criminal's genealogy. Entrusted by people?"

Wu Cheng raised his head abruptly, "Your Majesty has learned from you."

This matter is different from what Wu Cheng said to her. Looking at the increasingly chaotic situation, the only thing Xia Mi can be sure of now is that someone has set her up.Suddenly looking at Xia Qian, the latter noticed her gaze and smiled back.