After coming down the mountain, I was pampered by two emperors!

The three-month wedding period is coming soon, and Mei Xichen carefully prepared a big gift for Shangguan Qing.

"My lord, the gift you asked for has been brought to you. Do you want to take a look?" Xu Mo asked.

"Okay, hurry up and bring it to me." Mei Xichen put down the book in his hand and took a small box.

When you open it, you will see a pair of ivory-shaped pendants. The ivory is separated into two pieces, and each piece is shaped independently, each with its own meaning. There are strange-looking rubies inlaid on each side.

When two pieces of ivory are put together, it forms a dragon and phoenix pattern, and instantly the two rubies form a plum blossom pattern. Above the ivory is an easily overlooked button. After pressing it, only the ruby ​​appears. It spun and then transformed into the shape of a butterfly.

Mei Xichen smiled knowingly, closed the box and put it away, then sat back on the chair.

Mei Xichen glanced at Xu Mo, as if Xu Mo still had something to say.

"Xu Mo, do you have other things to report to this king?" Mei Xichen asked doubtfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Dozens of villagers from Tiejiapu came outside the gate early this morning. According to their reports, more than 20 days ago, several officials came to the town and said they were building underground sewers for the official's house. At that time, they said that after the completion They were given ten taels of silver as wages, but so far they haven't seen anyone. They asked around to see which dignitary's mansion in the city had hired these craftsmen, but they didn't know about it, so they came to find the master and asked him to look for them. whereabouts."

"Repairing underground sewers, but people are missing." Mei Xichen asked doubtfully.

"Yes, I have sent people to Tiejiapu, not far from Kyoto City, to find out more about it. According to the local people, this is indeed the case." Xu Mo replied affirmatively.

"You do this first, appease the visiting people, arrange food and lodging for them, and send people to secretly investigate to see which official who is not afraid of trouble dares to dig underground sewers privately. There are so many people involved in this matter, it is impossible that there will be no trouble at all. Disappeared for no reason?" Mei Xichen sat on a chair, holding her chin with one hand, and said thoughtfully.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will send someone to investigate immediately." Xu Mo Shen bowed and hurried out.

Mei Xichen seemed to have something on his mind when he returned to the palace. Even when Shangguan Qing was talking to her, he was absent-minded.

"Your Majesty, are you too tired these days?" Shangguan Qing asked distressedly.

"Yes, Qing'er." Mei Xichen quickly replied.

"Have you encountered anything difficult?" Shangguan Qing asked again.

Just as Mei Xichen was about to talk, Xu Mo's knock came from outside the door.

"My lord, are you resting?"

"Come in, how about the matter you were asked to check? Do you have any clues?" Mei Xichen asked eagerly.

Xu Mo shook his head and said, "Everything that needs to be investigated has been investigated, but there are no clues."

"What's the matter, Your Majesty? Is there any difficult case? You might as well talk about it." Shangguan asked with concern.

Mei Xichen told Shangguan Qing exactly what happened today.

"Building underground sewers? And then the craftsmen disappeared? This is very strange, Your Majesty." Shangguan Qing replied with his eyes widened.

"In my opinion, they may not really be repairing underground sewers. Think about it, this matter needs to be reported, and it is not a crime in itself. Is it used to hide it? Besides, why are the craftsmen missing? , is there someone who wants to do something illegal but is afraid that the matter will be exposed?" Shangguan Qing gave Mei Xichen step-by-step suggestions and hints.

Suddenly, as if Mei Xichen understood something, she turned to Xu Mo and said, "Quick, call the soldiers guarding the city over."

"Your Majesty, now?" Xu Mo asked.

"Yes, now, hurry up." Mei Xichen said anxiously.

After a while, Xu Mo found two soldiers guarding the city gate.

"See you, Your Majesty." The two soldiers knelt in front of Mei Xichen.

"You must answer truthfully when I ask you questions." Mei Xichen asked sternly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I don't dare to lie to you." The two soldiers replied while kowtowing.

You guard the city gate every day. Are there any vehicles entering or exiting during the gate period? Mei Xichen asked loudly.

"His Majesty, in the past it was indeed a common occurrence, but since you took office, Your Majesty, our staff have also been mobilized, and many people don't dare to do so." A soldier said stutteringly.

"Who used to rush in and out of the city before the city gate was opened?" Mei Xichen asked again.

"Your Majesty," it was the carriage in the palace, the soldiers whispered in fright.

"Tell me more specifically, who in the palace belongs to me?" Mei Xichen stood up from the chair and said loudly.

"Yes, it's Concubine Xue's carriage. Concubine Xue's carriage will enter the city at midnight every three days, but it only transports some flowers and plants and nothing else. I heard that Concubine Xue's favorite plants are used for bathing and For drinking." Seeing the bad situation, the soldier shook off everything he knew.

"However, Your Majesty, we no longer do this, but apart from our class, there is another class that is secretly committing crimes against the wind." Another soldier said.

"Okay, since you are still doing your own business, I will not pursue this matter. However, you two must not tell anyone what happened today, otherwise you will be careful with your heads." Mei Xichen used a stern tone while threatening. said.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I don't dare, I don't dare." The two soldiers kowtowed hurriedly, for fear of offending the Prince.

"Go down." I saw two soldiers rolling and crawling and ran out in fright.

Turning her head, Mei Xichen looked at Xu Mo.

"Xu Mo, I suspect there must be something fishy about what Concubine Xue is transporting. If you do this, replace the soldiers guarding the city with your own people and see what kind of plants they are transporting. You have to enter the city in the middle of the night." Maybe this matter is closely related to the disappearance of the craftsman."

"Yes, my men will do it now." Xu Mo replied.

After Xu Mo left, Shangguanqing smiled and said to Mei Xichen, "Does the prince suspect that the water channel construction is related to Concubine Xue?"

"What do you think of Qing'er?" Mei Xichen asked with a smile.

"I'm afraid the prince's plan may not be feasible." Shangguan Qing walked back and forth in the room and bent down to look at Mei Xichen.

"Think about it, my lord, if the underground waterway is repaired, they may not risk their lives to go through the city gate."

"If they don't go through the city gate, how can the people sent by the prince capture them? Besides, the soldiers also said, they are just flowers and plants. Even if they are caught, what is the point? She is a noble concubine after all. What can you do to her?" Shangguan Qing's series of rhetorical questions made Mei Xichen seem to think that the plot just now was too childish.

"Oops..." Mei Xichen sighed. "Why didn't I think of what Qing'er said was so extreme?"