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"The queen mother?"

Perhaps Bai Yin was too surprised and couldn't help blurting out.

With a smile on her face, Jiang Ruyi nodded before Shun Ruyi said, "That's not true. The queen mother has been here for a long time. Master Bai, let's go in quickly."

Bai Yin frowned. To be honest, Bai Yin hated the Queen Mother as much as Wen Renxia, ​​but if that woman came to him, it would definitely not be a good thing.

Amid Jiang Ruyi and Shun Ruyi's iconic smiling faces, Bai Yin walked into the spacious Hall of Mental Cultivation.

There is still a faint smell of medicine in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. It has been a few days since Wenren Xia caught a cold. With Liu Qingshou's medical skills, Wenren Xia's body should be almost recovered.

Bai Yin didn't meet Xia Ning, he probably collapsed after so many days, and he didn't know where to go to rest, so Bai Yin handed over the things in his hand to a familiar guard, and then went inside.

Through a screen, Bai Yin faintly saw two dark shadows on the indoor seat, on the left and right sides, and knew without thinking that they were Wenren Xia's mother and son.

But when Bai Yin walked a few more steps inside, he unexpectedly heard Liu Qingshou's voice inside.

Although Bai Yin didn't know what Liu Qingshou was talking about, he could occasionally hear Liu Qingshou repeating over and over again: medicinal materials such as "Poria cocos" and "pearl", presumably he was telling the queen mother some ways to maintain her appearance.

As for the imperial doctors in this palace, they are really not ordinary people. They have to show miscellaneous things to the masters, big and small, of the palaces on weekdays, and they have to study how to maintain their skin after they are done.It is said that it has been popular in the palace nowadays to use the "Sanbai Jade Girl Ointment" that Liu Qingshou researched in the past few years. It is said that after applying it on the face and then washing it off, it is like changing the face, which is more serious than that. The porcelain fired by the official kiln is smooth.

Although the Empress Dowager has lost her youth, her love for beauty has not diminished by half, so she always invites Liu Qingshou to her palace for advice.

Bai Yin stood still outside the screen, and the queen mother seemed to be immersed in the conversation with Liu Qingshou.

Wen Renxia's face showed a hint of impatience, as annoying as a folk boy accompanying his daughter-in-law to buy makeup.

His eyes wandered boredly, and as his eyes moved, he naturally saw Bai Yin first.

"Hey! Queen Mother...Master Bai has arrived..."

Wen Renxia's voice interrupted the Empress Dowager's conversation with Liu Qingshou.

There was a moment of silence inside the screen.

But after a short period of silence, some clever little eunuchs ran up and hurriedly lifted the screen away.

The scene on the screen slowly appeared in front of Bai Yin's eyes.

Just as he thought.Wen Renxia's illness has mostly recovered.

He was wearing a dark dragon and phoenix shirt, sitting on the bed, resting his elbows on the table, and resting his chin.The Queen Mother was wearing her usual olive palace dress, sitting as dignified as ever.

"Master Bai is here, let's sit down first."

The queen mother nodded slightly to Bai Yin, smiling very kindly.

In fact, she was also a beauty when she was young. The fate of generations of women in the Dongmen family is to marry into the royal family. Even the lowest status women can be promised to high-ranking officials to sit in the backyard.

For a woman like the queen mother, of course, her status is extremely noble, and her wrists are also extremely outstanding, so she can achieve the supreme position of a woman.

As the number one in Beiming Kingdom, Bai Yin is now serving the royal family, but he can't be compared with ordinary guards.

She knows more about the courtesy that should be given than Wenren Xia.

Liu Qingshou and other servants and maidservants chose to leave with a wink, while the nuns beside the queen mother walked out to see him off.

Bai Yin was obviously very used to the "special care" the queen mother gave him.So I didn't make any excuses, just went ahead.

As soon as Bai Yin sat down here, the queen mother over there lightly weighed the lid of the teacup in front of her, and said slowly: "Actually, I came to you not for anything else, but about those few cases... Aijia After thinking for a long time, I finally felt uneasy, so I came to ask, after all, whether it is King Jinling, King Shouning or the child Cuixin, they are all friends of the emperor since he was a child. .”

The words in the queen's mouth sounded like a faint trace of sadness.

Bai Yin lowered his head and stared at his toes.

After pondering for a while, as if thinking of something, he slowly raised his head, looked at the Queen Mother and said, "The Queen Mother Lao has been bothering, the case is indeed very difficult, but in the past few days, I have really found something... "

Wen Renxia and the queen mother raised their heads almost at the same time. When Wen Renxia heard this, she couldn't help but let her chin move away from her hand, but the queen mother slipped her hand and directly took the The bottle cap fell onto the teacup with a clatter.

Wen Renxia blurted out almost at the same time: "What did you find out?"

Bai Yin raised his head and glanced at Wen Renxia, ​​then lowered his head and stared at his hands: "I have been investigating for a long time with Master Sun who is holding Jin Wu, and Master Wang who is in charge of Dali Temple, and I finally feel that these three cases , Sure enough, as the Holy Majesty said, it was not an accident."

Wen Renxia sat up slightly, thought for a while, and then said: "Then, it's not an accident, it's expected... Or, it's murder at all."

The queen mother kept her hand on the tea lid, without saying a word.

Bai Yin nodded, and said in a slightly tired voice:

"It was indeed murder. And now all the evidence points to two people."

Wen Renxia frowned: "Who is it?"

"Yan Wan and his maid Alian..."

The room was instantly quiet again.

The movements that the Queen Mother had been maintaining finally changed, and she turned her head to look at Bai Yin.And Wen Renxia's face also instantly became stiff, and the slightly frivolous expression that had been on his face just now could no longer be expressed.

Wen Renxia's eyes became more and more fierce, like two knives stabbing Bai Yin's body straight, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and there was a sneer:

"So what do you think? Since it's related to him, I'll send him directly to the Department of Punishment. Seventy-two criminal laws have been used. Just pack it up and feed it to the dog. What's the nonsense!"

After saying this, Wen Renxia suddenly paused, turned his head and shouted outside the door: "Jiang Ruyi! Immediately go to the Yuqing Palace and bring that bastard to the Punishment Department!"

"Wait a minute!" A slightly weak but upright voice resounded in the room, just in time to intercept Wen Renxia's words.

"Mother, what are you doing!"

Wen Renxia's voice was quite annoyed, and he turned his head almost at the same time, looking at the queen mother with resentment on his face.That looks like a child who lost his temper!

The Queen Mother met Wen Renxia's furious gaze, but she was not afraid, instead she smiled at Wen Renxia: "Jun Qiu, what are you doing? Lord Bai just said that the case has something to do with Yan Wan's lowly slave, but It has not been determined, and you are too impatient to do so."

Junqiu, these two characters are none other than Wen Renxia's epigraph, just like Wen Rensi's name is Zhoushui.

Wen Renxia's face turned red immediately, and he was not young anymore. Of course, this redness was not caused by embarrassment, but was completely choked by his mother!Wen Renxia probably never imagined that one day her mother would not stand with her, but help Bai Yin instead!

"Mother's queen!" If it was for others, Wen Renxia would scold her mother right now!But for his mother, he endured it and could only spit out these two words!

The Empress Dowager smiled at Wen Renxia again, and comforted her: "Don't worry, according to previous examples, if someone in the palace is suspected, they will be sent to Zhi Jinwu for a few days of investigation. If it is really him who committed the crime Wrong, it’s not too late for us to punish him, if that bastard really did something then, how can the Department of Punishment’s mere 72 punishments relieve hatred?”

The queen mother said this, but her eyes drifted to Bai Yin's body involuntarily, especially when she said "72 criminal laws", she even accentuated her tone intentionally or unintentionally.

Wen Renxia was furious, but he was not stupid. He had seen the eyes of the Queen Mother on Bai Yin long ago, and knew that the two had something to hide from him, so he sneered and turned to face the door again. Going over: "It's up to you!"

After Wen Renxia dropped these words, Renbian had already strode out the door.

Outside the door came the sound of Jiang Ruyi calling Wenren Xia to put on more clothes, but Wenren Xia crackled and cursed at Jiang Ruyi like a firecracker. Wen Renxia hurriedly trotted all the way behind him.

Bai Yin saw Wenren Xia's figure gradually disappearing in the snow, and finally felt a burst of relief in his heart, as if the haze in the sky had dissipated, so he couldn't help standing up straight, but just as he stood up straight, Behind him, a lingering voice sounded again:

"Shouldn't you thank me for helping you so much?"

Bai Yin paused, but he didn't even turn his head: "Even if you have to thank me for this kind of help, the empress dowager is too stingy."

The queen mother continued to hold the teacup in her hand, and said with a slight smile: "Since Mr. Bai said so, the Ai family really feels that I am stingy. The Ai family does not want to talk nonsense with you. This time, the Ai family allows you to take him to the barracks." Jin Wu, but I am creating an opportunity for you. Aijia hopes that you can seize this opportunity and take that bitch away from our Beiming this morning. The farther the better, the bitch, like his mother, is a A character like a lone star of the devil, wherever he goes, there will be bad luck...Although the emperor has always wanted to stay and torture him, I feel annoyed when I see him."

Hearing this, Bai Yin suddenly turned his head and looked at the woman with mixed emotions in his eyes: "This is not in line with your style. According to you before, you should seize this opportunity and threaten me well." That's right."

After hearing this, the queen mother removed her hand from the bottle cap, stretched out her hand to lick the hair beside her ear, and said seriously: "It was the past. At that time, I thought you were young and easy to deceive, so I threatened you, but I In the end did you underestimate you... I know you hate A Xia, but I never thought that you would take revenge on A Yu... It was you who mixed broad beans into A Yu's rice porridge back then, and he still behaved like that Little, you have the heart to do it..."

Bai Yin took a deep breath, and said slowly, "So what? You turned A Si into a blind man, and I made A Yu into a fool. It's just a matter of courtesy."

The queen mother slowly raised her eyes, and looked at Bai Yin again, as if a trace of pain flashed in her eyes: "Tit for tat, it's fine if you hurt A Yu, but what about Concubine Shu's A Ji? You killed me."

Bai Yin fell into silence again, but he shook his head immediately: "When I practiced the sword, the master said that if someone cuts you, you have to stab him to death to relieve your anger. How can a Yu On par with Asi? What's more, I haven't asked you for an explanation on my master's matter...Some things, since the Queen Mother did it back then, she did it and can't change it."