Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 227
Huo Mingzhu saw Baili Jingqi's hesitation towards her, so she wondered what happened to make this silly prince look like he couldn't bear to tell her, but he didn't know that his appearance made her want to Know what happened to go back.

"Ajin, what did you have for breakfast?" Baili Jingqi dawdled for a long time, and finally asked this irrelevant question.

Huo Mingzhu resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and said respectfully to Baili Jingqi: "If you go back to His Royal Highness, Mingzhu's breakfast is the same as what His Highness uses."

"Then, how much can it be used?" Baili Jingqi asked again.

Huo Mingzhu said: "It's okay, it's no different from the future."

"Oh. So..." Baili Jingqi stopped talking.

In the end, Huo Mingzhu felt that she couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "What's the matter, His Royal Highness?"

Baili Jingqi faltered for a while, and finally, as if he was going all out, he looked closely into Huo Mingzhu's eyes and said, "Ajin, what Gu is going to tell you next, although it is very cruel to you, You have to promise Gu, hold on, don't be too sad, okay?"

"Sad?" Huo Mingzhu looked at Baili Jingqi suspiciously, thinking in her heart, what else could be worth her sadness now, and make Baili Jingqi so serious.

After thinking about it, she found that there was nothing that could make her sad.

However, Baili Jingqi's appearance cannot be faked, something must have happened, and in Baili Jingqi's opinion, it has dealt a great blow to her.

In Baili Jingqi's eyes, she really has a few things that are worthy of sadness, such as the death of a relative in the family, or the dismissal of officials in the family, etc., the above should not be the case, Huo Mingzhu kept denying the possibility of losing one article in her heart, because she hadn't heard any bad rumors about the General's Mansion or Pingyang Hou's Mansion.

"Yes, Ah Jin, Gu heard that your master... Taoist Baimei..."

As soon as Huo Mingzhu heard it, she understood in her heart that it turned out to be Taoist Baimei. Looking at Baili Jingqi's appearance, could it be that Taoist Baimei had suffered an accident?
Thinking of this, before even asking, Baili Jingqi said: "The Taoist Baimei was assassinated and died in the General's Mansion yesterday. The murderer used a hidden weapon and killed him with one blow."

After finishing speaking, he hurriedly took a step forward and said to Huo Mingzhu: "Ah Jin, don't be too sad, people can't be resurrected after death, the Taoist priest valued you so much before he was alive, if the Taoist priest has a spirit in the sky, I can't bear it .”

Huo Mingzhu had been mentally prepared for a long time. It was impossible for Baili Zonglu to let Taoist Baimei go so easily, but he didn't expect to do it so soon.

As for her, if she hadn't been in the palace at the moment, by Prince Baili Jingqi's side, she might not have been able to escape this catastrophe, and anyone who went against Baili Zonglu would probably end badly.

Huo Mingzhu was aware of Baili Zonglu's methods, and had no feeling at all about the death of Taoist Baimei. It can be said that Taoist Baimei died because of her.

However, right now she can't act as if nothing happened, she has to act sad, after all, the one who died was her mentor.

Thinking of this, Huo Mingzhu forcefully squeezed out a tear, making her face look like that of unbearable pain, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Your Highness, can you find out who the murderer is?"

Baili Jingqi seemed to be sorry for Huo Mingzhu, he didn't dare her to look at him, he lowered his head slightly to show his apology, and he spoke in a lower voice than before: "I'm sorry, Jin , solitary, solitary is useless, it can't help you find out the murderer." Baili Jingqi's voice was a little softer, with a guilty look on his face.

Cao An couldn't see that his master was like this, so he said to Huo Mingzhu: "Miss Huo, you don't know that after the prince learned the news this morning, he started to investigate, went to the general's mansion, then to the Ministry of punishment, and finally returned I went to see the post-mortem officer, if the crown prince failed to find out the murderer for Miss Huo, but he can't blame the crown prince for it, he has tried his best."

"Cao An, you have nothing to do here, you step back." Then he said to Huo Mingzhu: "Ah Jin, don't listen to what this servant says, if you can't find out the murderer for you, it won't help you at all. It is also useless, and it will only add to the joke."

The shock in Huo Mingzhu's heart was not fake, what this silly prince did again and again made Huo Mingzhu moved and surprised again and again.

Huo Mingzhu is not a saint. Although she came here for revenge, her emotions and desires are still there. Even if she thinks that she has a hard heart, she is confused by Baili Jingqi's actions.

Seeing that Huo Mingzhu was silent, Baili Jingqi thought that Huo Mingzhu was sad, so he also felt uncomfortable: "Ajin, don't be sad."

"Thank you, His Royal Highness, for your concern. Master's departure makes Ming Zhu feel very sad. Can you take a day off today? Ming Zhu needs to see Master off." Huo Mingzhu thought about going out of the palace to sort out these messy emotions.

The silly prince nodded hurriedly: "Gu Yun, Ah Jin is going, but I have to promise Gu, don't be too sad, and take good care of yourself."

Huo Mingzhu nodded indiscriminately, lowered her head and left.

Back at the General's Mansion, Huo Mingzhu directly found Fang Tieyi: "That day, did you indeed see the man in black hiding in the Ninth Prince's Mansion?"

"Yes, miss, I listened to your orders. I have been paying attention to the situation on the Taoist priest's side for the past few days. One more time to pick it up, that night, an assassin sneaked into the palace, if I hadn't hidden in the dark in advance, with the assassin's skill, I would definitely be able to hide it from everyone."

Fang Tieyi reported the news to Huo Mingzhu one by one. Huo Mingzhu listened, pondered for a moment, and then asked: "The Ninth Prince came to the General's Mansion, did he leave directly after seeing the master?"

"No, the Ninth Prince went to look for the Second Miss." Fang Tieyi said.

Huo Mingzhu let out a sigh, and then said: "I see, you can go down."

"Yes." Fang Tieyi went down.

Then Su Hui ran in, and when she saw Huo Mingzhu sitting in front of the table, she yelled: "Miss, I miss you all day long, but when you come back, you only look for that idiot."

Huo Mingzhu was pulled back by Sulu's voice, and when she saw Sulu, she said to her: "Do you think I'm here to play?"

"Su Hui knows that the young lady must be very sad when the Taoist priest is dead." Su Hui suddenly became obedient, as if she was afraid that her yelling would make Huo Mingzhu feel uncomfortable.

Huo Mingzhu said, "It's not as uncomfortable as you imagined."

"Miss, why don't you take me into the palace? How can you do it without a personal maid in the palace?" Su Hui said suddenly. I don't know how hard it is during the day. If you don't even have a caring person, it's so much, so this idea came up.

Huo Mingzhu glanced at Sulu, and felt that her proposal was good. It was inconvenient for her to come forward for many things in the palace. With Sulu's ability to listen to corners, it would be good for her to hear some useful news. However, she wanted to How can Su Ling be brought in?

Thinking of this, Baili Jingqi's face appeared in Huo Mingzhu's mind. For some reason, Huo Mingzhu felt a little guilty. She repeatedly used Baili Jingqi to achieve her goals, but Baili Jingqi was Treat her like a child.

"Miss? Miss?"

"Huh?" Huo Mingzhu was drawn back by Su Yu.

"Miss, what are you thinking about? I've been talking to you for a long time." Su Hao felt more and more that this lady was getting more and more preoccupied, so she became even more convinced that she must go to the palace. Go to serve Huo Mingzhu.

"Su Hui, I have something for you to do." Huo Mingzhu had already thought of a way to let Su Hui enter the palace.

"Okay, I will do whatever Miss asks me to do, as long as I can stay by Miss's side." Su Huan said.

"Earlier, I practiced some elixirs for emergencies. Now that my master died suddenly, the golden elixirs used by the emperor must not be interrupted. Otherwise, the emperor's dragon will return to its previous state, and may even cause some old diseases. And this elixir of mine can not only alleviate or even cure his old illness, now, we have to wait for the opportunity, the fifteenth of this month is the day when the effect of the medicine disappears, the emperor will feel very uncomfortable, wait until the sixteenth day, you So I sent this pill to the general, saying that I practiced it."

"That's it?" Su Hui couldn't believe it, what Huo Mingzhu asked her to do was so simple, she just saw Huo Mingzhu's face, and thought it was something that could be done at the risk of her life.

"You think it's simple, but do you know what the consequences will be if this elixir is changed by someone else, or a few drops are sent to the emperor's mouth?" Huo Mingzhu was not alarmist, It's not intentional to intimidate Su Hui, but to state the facts.

When she said this, it was because Element Li had done the job well. She had no plan to let Su Rui deliver the pill, but if Su Rui wanted to enter the palace and be her powerful helper, she had to let her status It's different, the emperor already knows that he is the apprentice of Taoist Baimei, and if he dares to eat the elixir, she will succeed, and at that time, the Sulu who sent the elixir can naturally go to her side.

"Miss, you mean?" Su Yu finally understood that the task this time was not as simple as she imagined. This food is for the emperor, so if the emperor eats it, what good or bad is it, then...

"It's exactly as you think. If the emperor doesn't trust us, both of us will be in danger. If someone else loses the bag and makes the emperor suffer, we will definitely die. Do you know the stakes in this? " Huo Mingzhu said.

Su Hui nodded foolishly.

"If you know it, you have to finish it well. If it is done, you can come to my side and be my personal maid." Huo Mingzhu patted Sulu on the shoulder.

Su Hui was still in a daze. She always felt that her young lady had changed too fast, and the things she did were becoming more dangerous and more bizarre. She didn't know that the young lady this time Isn't it to strengthen the old lady's body to learn alchemy?Why did he only make a batch of elixir for the old lady, and then went to the palace to accompany the prince, and prepared a elixir for the emperor.

Sulu couldn't even figure it out, and Huo Mingzhu didn't explain it to him.

Huo Mingzhu was relieved to hand over this matter to Su Huan. Although Su Huan was always careless and heartless on weekdays, she was very good at doing things and was loyal to her. time, is the best candidate.

Seeing Su Hui's troubled look, Huo Mingzhu thought of the cause of Su Hui's death in her previous life, and she swore secretly that since she pushed Su Hui out, she would take good care of her and wait for her to avenge the two of them , she will talk about this past and present life with Su Rui for the last time.

After Huo Mingzhu asked Sulu to put away the elixir well, she took her to Huo Zhengde's study. Because of the reason, she also wanted to ask her about the process of her master's death in the general's mansion. And expressed his sadness.

(End of this chapter)