Yuan Qingling stretched out his hand and gently tugged at Mu Ru's father-in-law's sleeve, and said softly: "Father-in-law, is it related to Chu Mingcui's case?" ”

Mu Rugong said: "Princess, don't worry, no matter what it is, the emperor will always ask you first, if you really strongly object, the emperor will know the proportion." ”

These words made Yuan Qing even more worried.

What must I have asked her to mean? It is not necessary to do business, unless it is a matter in the house.

And the things in the house, if you have to ask her and she may strongly oppose it, is probably only the matter of the side concubine.

Yuan Qingling couldn't cry or laugh, how long has this stopped? Chu Mingyang just got married, and he took a breath, and now there is another one?

I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this meal.

After entering the palace, Father-in-law Mu Ru took him to Yunlong Pavilion.

Yunlong Pavilion is located in the east of the imperial city, at the junction of the East Palace.

Next to the Cloud Dragon Pavilion, is the Cloud Dragon Palace, the emperor's winter dormitory.

This Cloud Dragon Pavilion is three floors high, not big, there are stairs spiraling up outside, and the dining is on the second floor.

Man'er and Ah Si were waiting below, and Yuan Qingling followed Mu Ru's father-in-law up.

Emperor Ming Yuan has not yet arrived, but the table has been set up, and two palace maids are waiting beside him.

Here is divided into the outer hall and the inner hall, the meal is eaten in the outer hall, the layout is very simple, there is a word hanging on the east wall, the four words of "five grains are abundant", but it represents the best wish of Emperor Ming Yuan.

There is a screen on the west side, which leads to the inner sanctum.

On the south side of the stairs, on the north side is placed a desk, on the desk there are a few books, and some four treasures of the study, the most striking thing on the table is a jade lion, delicately carved and lifelike.

There was a stove in the house, and it was very warm, and when the south door was closed, no cold wind came in, but the wind whirred outside.

"The princess will sit down first, and the emperor will arrive later." Mu Ru's father-in-law said.

Yuan Qingling took a seat, and the palace maid brought hot water to wash her hands, and then served a cup of wolfberry chrysanthemum tea.

Yuan Qingling took a sip, the taste of chrysanthemum was very strong, a little bitter, and the sweetness of the wolfberry could not wash away this bitter taste.

After entering the mouth, it is very fragrant.

After drinking a cup of tea, I heard footsteps.

Yuan Qingling stood up and stepped aside, waiting to meet Emperor Ming Yuan.

The footsteps stopped outside, the door opened, and the cold wind swished in, blowing the tablecloth in the hall suddenly raised, and Yuan Qingling also felt the cold air suddenly attack, and shivered suddenly.

A touch of bright yellow clothes flashed, and Yuan Qingling knelt down, "Daughter-in-law see my father." ”

A gentle and slightly majestic voice came, "Get up! ”

Yuan Qing Ling Xie stood up and stood aside stiffly.

Emperor Ming Yuan strode over first, sat down in his robe, and looked at Yuan Qingling, "Come and sit!" ”

Yuan Qingling sighed, walked over and sat in Fang Cai's seat.

Father-in-law Mu Ru stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to pass on the meal?" ”

"Pass it on!" Emperor Ming Yuan.

It was far from the imperial dining room, but the dishes arrived quickly, and Yuan Qingling estimated that there was a small kitchen here.

The dishes are all home-cooked dishes, without the majestic atmosphere of the imperial meal, and they look delicate and small.

Five dishes, one soup, steaming hot.

Emperor Ming Yuan didn't speak, Yuan Qingling naturally didn't say anything, looking at the palace maid next to the vegetables, Emperor Ming Yuan said that she started eating chopsticks.

In the end, I was uneasy, so I didn't eat much.

Although it was not the first time to eat with Emperor Ming Yuan, Yuan Qingling was still relatively restrained and did not dare to eat more, on the other hand, last time, it was much more casual.

She secretly smiled bitterly in her heart, and she was really fearless.

Emperor Ming Yuan was accustomed to eating without talking, naturally on the one hand, because he had always eaten alone, and no one spoke.

The five dishes are almost all eaten, which is not how good the two of them are, but that there are only a few pieces of a dish, which is particularly exquisite.

There was some soup left, and Emperor Ming Yuan gave it to Mu Ru's father-in-law.

Mu Ru's father-in-law thanked him, picked it up and put it aside, and asked someone to remove the scraps and dishes.

After withdrawing, he gave each of them a cup of tea, and Yuan Qingling took a sip, which was hawthorn malt tea, which was used to digest and eliminate stagnation.

After drinking hawthorn water, Mu Ru's father-in-law cleared the field and asked all the palace maids to go down, and he stood in front of the south door.

Yuan Qingling put her hands on her knees, this movement was actually a little difficult, because her abdomen was bulging relatively large, which made her look like she was rubbing her legs.

Emperor Ming Yuan looked at her and asked, "What does the fifth child do in the mansion every day?" ”

Yuan Qing Ling cleared his throat and said, "Back to my father's words, the prince practices swords and words in the mansion every day, and his life is also fulfilling." ”

"Didn't scold me?"

Yuan Qing Ling was stunned, and said loyally and honestly: "This is absolutely impossible, the prince has ten thousand points of respect for his father." ”

Emperor Ming Yuan sneered, "Respect? That kid scolded me a lot in his heart, I just wanted to clean him up and frustrate his spirit. ”

Yuan Qing Ling's eyes moved slightly, and said: "Father, he really doesn't have any sharpness, you carefully frustrated your head, and even smoothed all the edges and corners, that's not good, people are the same as stones, if they are smoothed out and rounded, you can only be sitting." ”

Emperor Ming Yuan snorted: "You are quite good at protecting him." ”

"It is the duty of a wife to return to her father and protect her husband." Yuan Qingling thought in his heart that this opening sentence was really ordinary, so ordinary that it was just a chatter.

Emperor Ming Yuan snorted, and glanced at her lightly, "Well, I have something to ask you about entering the palace today, do you know how Chu Mingcui died?" ”

Yuan Qingling's eyebrows jumped, "I have heard of this, and I said that I committed suicide in prison." ”

Emperor Ming Yuan snorted, "In the prison, it is a dereliction of duty to allow the prisoner to commit suicide." ”

"It's a dereliction of duty!" Yuan Qingling hurriedly said, "Didn't my father suspend him for investigation now?" ”

Emperor Ming Yuan looked at her, his eyes were like a deep pool, and he couldn't see the bottom, "If you derelict your duty, it's easy to do, at most you will remove him from the post of Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, but yesterday someone was on the fold, and someone saw him kill Chu Mingcui with his own eyes, although Chu Mingcui is a suspect, but he has not been tried, and he is not guilty if he is not convicted, and she and Lao Qi have not reconciled, so, do you know that Lao Wu committed the crime of murder?" And the one who killed was the prince and princess of the dynasty. ”

Yuan Qingling's face turned pale and looked at Emperor Ming Yuan in a daze.

Emperor Ming Yuan said in a deep voice: "When the law of the dynasty, the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, he killed the prince and princess, and the crime should be beheaded!" ”

Yuan Qingling was shocked in her heart, but her face was still calm, and she distinguished: "Father, what the person who played the music said was that someone saw it with his own eyes, and this witness who saw it with his own eyes may also be framed, please be aware of it." ”

Emperor Ming Yuan said with a heavy face: "I will naturally be clear, so don't you enter the palace for questioning?" ”

Yuan Qingling took a breath slowly, her heart hung on her throat, her throat was on fire, and she said: "My daughter-in-law only knows that Chu Mingcui committed suicide in prison, and no one killed her." ”