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In a blink of an eye, it is June, which is the warmest time of the year.Concubine Liang and the fifth prince are also preparing to leave Beijing at this time for Mingcheng.

The day they left was the third day of June. Someone from the Liang family came the day before, and finally saw Concubine Liang and the fifth prince. When the real parting day came, only the emperor, Chu Hui and others brought the palace people to see them off.

When they arrived at the city gate, the emperor didn't send them out any more, and returned to the palace after giving instructions.Chu Hui has always been on good terms with Concubine Liang, so she and Yun Wan rode fast horses to send Concubine Liang out of the city.

As the saying goes, ten miles away, the concubine Liang stopped the carriage and said, "It's been such a long journey, the princess should go back."

Chu Hui and Yun Wan got off their horses, walked to the carriage, looked at Concubine Liang and the Fifth Prince in her arms for the last time, and said, "It's time to go back. Although Mingcheng is good, but after all, after leaving the homeland, the empress will decide to go back." Take care of it. When Xiao Wu'er recovers, you will go back to Beijing with him."

"Borrow the princess's auspicious words." Concubine Liang couldn't help smiling, and put down the sedan chair curtain again.Who can tell what will happen in the future?Maybe she and Xiao Wu'er are both greedy for the scenery of Mingcheng, and they don't want to come back to the Forbidden City.

The carriage in which Concubine Liang was sitting slowly walked away again, and the accompanying rear guards gradually followed.If you look carefully, there is a familiar face in the guard, it seems to be Mo Chenglu.When he passed by Chu Hui, he smiled at Chu Hui and nodded.

Mo Chenglu kept guessing the identity of the little prince, but he had no clue. It wasn't until one day someone came to him with the princess's handwriting that he realized the identity of the Bole he met.Now this road was also chosen by the princess for him. First, he would be the accompanying escort of Concubine Liang and the fifth prince, and then send them safely to Mingcheng before going to the northern military camp closest to Mingcheng to join the army.At that time, with the merit of escorting the imperial concubine and prince, plus Chu Hui's handwriting, he will also be able to land a powerful position in the army.

The escort team also gradually left Chu Hui and Yun Wan's sight, and they finally turned back.

On the way back, Yunwan couldn't help asking: "Princess, is Mr. Mo really going to fight with the army in the future? But he looks weak, can he beat the enemy?"

"In addition to the soldiers fighting on the battlefield, the army also needs military advisers." Chu Hui laughed at Yun Wan's innocent question. He is a dignified Tanhualang, and he must have unique views on how to use soldiers. Moreover, the recommendation letter was sent directly to the emperor's uncle, so the emperor's uncle must know how to use this person."

Now it is Chu Hui's seventh emperor uncle, Prince Yu, who is guarding the northern border. Like the emperor, Prince Yu loves Chu Hui, his niece, the most.The person she recommended, Prince Yu, must be very important, and Mo Chenglu will not be treated coldly.

"Actually, I did this out of selfishness." Chu Hui said suddenly.

"What?" Yunwan didn't hear clearly for a while, and asked again.

"It's nothing." Chu Hui shook her head lightly. Others don't know Mo Chenglu's ability, but she knows that he has helped the soldiers win more with less and save themselves from danger several times.I hope that in this life, he can also help the emperor's uncle, so as to avoid the fate of the emperor's uncle dying in battle.

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This sending and returning was delayed for quite a while, and it was getting late when we returned to the palace.Chu Hui asked Yun Wan to go back first, while she went to the imperial study.

Yunwan obediently complied, and walked back by herself.In order to take a shortcut, she chose a relatively deserted path.

Walking halfway, someone suddenly jumped out from the grass, startled Yun Wan, and almost screamed: "Who... are you?"

"Where is the princess? Why are you alone?"

When the man opened his mouth, Yunwan realized that it was Qing Yuan, the maid from Linhua Palace who had met them once.How could she appear in this place, and she seemed to come here specially to wait for the princess.

"What are you looking for with the princess?" Yun Wan asked with some vigilance.

Qingyuan rummaged through her bosom for a long time, finally found a worn handkerchief, and said: "Give it to her, give this to the princess, this belongs to the princess!"

Yun Wan only heard Chu Hui's hidden guards say that Qing Yuan was a lunatic, but she never expected her to be so insane.Seeing that she was about the same age as Yun Yuan, Yun Wan felt a little sympathetic, and her attitude softened a lot: "The princess is not here now, if you want to give this to the princess, I can bring it to her." She said Then he reached out to pick it up.

Unexpectedly, Qing Yuan took the handkerchief back and stared at her very defensively: "This belongs to the princess, you want to grab the princess's things?"

"I... I don't want to take it away, but I can help you hand it over to the princess." This was the first time Yun Wan was guarded like a thief, and she didn't know how to make sense of it with Qing Yuan.

In fact, Qing Yuan didn't make any sense at all, no matter how Yunwan explained, she was always clutching the handkerchief tightly, it was very precious, and she was afraid of being snatched away by others.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Chu Hui might have to go back, Yun Wan didn't want to waste any more time, so she said to Qing Yuan: "Well, you go with me to see the princess, and then give the things to her personally .”

Qingyuan nodded, and walked towards Huixin Hall with Yunwan.But when they walked out of the path, a group of guards appeared at the end of the path.Qing Yuan seemed to have seen a ghost, she yelled and ran away far away.

Yunwan wanted to chase after her, but the leading guard asked, "Miss Yunwan, who was that person who ran away just now?" They wanted to investigate suspicious people in the palace.

"It's just a crazy court lady, I've seen it a few times." Yun Wan said, she can't catch up now, after all, she has no reason to chase a crazy court lady.

Thinking about Qing Yuan along the way, Yun Wan bumped into someone directly.When she rubbed her forehead and looked up, she realized that it was Chu Hui she bumped into.

Seeing her blushing forehead, Chu Hui rubbed her forehead and asked, "What are you thinking? You didn't see me."

"Princess, who do you think I met just now?" Seeing her, Yunwan immediately stopped feeling the pain in her forehead, and looked at her with bright eyes.

Chu Hui had no interest in guessing, but she didn't want to spoil her interest, so she guessed perfunctorily: "Chu Sixian? Chu Silang? Chu Siyuan? Chu Sixie?"

"...Princess, are you being too perfunctory?" Yun Wan's cheeks puffed up with anger, "It's nothing new to meet a few princes, why should I let you guess? I just met Qing Yuan .”

"Qing Yuan?" Chu Hui's expression became serious, "You went to Linhua Palace again?" After all, Linhua Palace is a cold palace, and it is always unsafe for Yun Wan to go there alone at such a late hour.

"Of course not, I met her on the small road passing Chongming Palace." Yunwan shook her head hastily, "She seems to really know you, Princess, and she even held a tattered handkerchief and said it belonged to the princess. Yes, I must hand it over to you.”

Chu Hui frowned tightly: "The handkerchief is still tattered? This person is really strange. According to the situation found by the hidden guards, she went to Linhua Palace as soon as she entered the palace. How could she be with me?" thing?"

"She has been secretly inquiring about the princess. Let's go to Linhua Palace again in another day. Maybe we can meet her. Then we can ask her." Yunwan stretched out her hand to smooth Chu Hui's brow, "Today I I also talked to her a few times, although she is acting crazy, she can't explain everything clearly." She refused to hand the handkerchief to herself, which shows that her mind is very clear.

Chu Hui smiled at Yun Wan: "Okay, let's go find her in a few days and ask her clearly."

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Royal study.

The emperor looked at the handkerchief on the desk, and then at Qingyuan who was kneeling on the ground with her mouth gagged not far away, with a complicated and embarrassed expression on her face.

After a long time, he sighed and said: "I didn't want to kill you, but since you are already crazy, why do you still appear by Huier's side?"

"Woooo..." Qing Yuan's eyes were full of fear and fear, but she couldn't scream out after being gagged and tied up, and she had no way to retreat. She could only watch helplessly as the emperor raised his hand, The ruthless dark guard raised his long face and cut off her neck.

Qing Yuan's blood was spilled all over the ground, her eyes were open before she died, she kept staring at the place where the handkerchief was...

"Your Majesty, what should we do with this person's body?" The dark guard would not let the body stay here after killing someone, so as to taint the Emperor's eyes.

The emperor looked at her body and said, "Send her back to Linhua Palace, and declare that she fell into the water and died! Burn her body as soon as possible, and no one is allowed to investigate the cause of her death in private."

"Yes!"

On the second day, news spread that a maid in the palace had slipped and fell into the water.It wasn't a big deal, but Chu Hui felt something was wrong.

"Ziyu, go and find out, who is the maid who fell into the water and died?" Chu Hui finally sent Ziyu to inquire.

Ziyu had many acquaintances in the palace, and within half an hour she found out who died, and returned to the palace to report.

"Your Highness, I found out that the servant who died today belonged to Linhua Palace, and his name was Qingyuan."

When Chu Hui heard this familiar name, she couldn't help being surprised: "Qing Yuan!" It really was her!

"How could it be?" Yun Wan was also taken aback, she saw Qing Yuan yesterday, why did she fall into the water and die today?Although Qingyuan was crazy, she was not stupid, so how could she fall into the water and die for no reason? "Princess, she..."

"I see, you go down first!" Chu Hui suddenly interrupted Yun Wan.

"Yes." Ziyu replied and went down.

Chu Hui suddenly grabbed Yun Wan's arm and dragged her to her side: "In the future, you will never mention Qing Yuan again, remember?"

"Why? Princess, you and I both know that it is impossible for Qing Yuan to fall into the water and die, she must have been killed by someone!"

Chu Hui held Yun Wan's arms tightly with both hands, and almost shouted at her: "Of course I know, but because of this, you can't mention her anymore!" Of course she knew that there was something wrong with Qing Yuan's death, and It has something to do with her, she has even guessed who killed Qing Yuan.

Qingyuan's death sounded a wake-up call for Chu Hui. In this palace, it is too easy for the person who has the plan to kill someone quietly to kill someone.Qingyuan has already given her life because of a secret related to herself, Chu Hui dare not take Yunwan's risk at all, Yunwan is more important than Qingyuan, than a handkerchief, than a secret...more than everything else.