Before Mo Rongzhan could think of another way, news came from Chengde Villa. He could not think too much about it and immediately left the palace.
When he arrived at Chengde Villa, he did not immediately go to see Ye Zhen but called Xue Lin and Wu Chong over.
"What the hell is going on?" Mo Rongzhan looked at them coldly. Thinking that someone could sneak into Chengde Villa under the eyes of so many people, he wanted to kill them first.
"The Empress insisted on hunting in the woods outside the villa today and did not allow this subordinate to follow her. This subordinate let people follow the Empress into the woods from a distance. It didn't take long for those people's acupoints to be sealed." Xue Lin did not dare to look directly at Mo Rongzhan. He bowed his head and told him what happened yesterday. They had not found out who had been in the woods.
Mo Rongzhan asked coldly, "Didn't I say not to let the Empress leave the villa?"
The outside of the villa was accessible in all directions. No matter how many guards he left, he had to prevent people from lurking near the villa. Therefore, he did not want Ye Zhen to go out of Chengde Villa. Only inside the villa was the safest.
Wu Chong whispered, "The Empress insisted on going out. This subordinate did not dare to stop her."
Mo Rongzhan remembered Ye Zhen's temper. When she had to achieve a certain goal, even he could not stop her. Xue Lin did not dare to stop her for fear that she would get angrier and hurt herself. "Was the Empress injured?"
"The Empress said that she did not see any strangers in the woods." Xue Lin said.
Whether she didn't see them or didn't want to say it, Mo Rongzhan did not know.
Mo Rongzhan did not ask any more questions. Since Xue Lin could not find out who the person was, he must not know anything.
Who in the capital could deal with so many guards at the same time and come and go without a trace? Even Xue Lin could not find out who it was.
"You two remember thirty lashes." Mo Rongzhan said faintly and strode to the Daohua Courtyard.
Xue Lin and Wu Chong bowed their heads and thanked him.
In the Daohua Courtyard, Ye Zhen and Mo Rongyi were barbecuing meat in the courtyard. Several maids were waiting on them. Ye Zhen had not had such a good time for a long time. She was eating chicken wings and drumsticks that had just been roasted in her hand.
"If only there was osmanthus wine. This is a good time to drink it." Ye Zhen sighed.
"You still want to drink?" Mo Rongzhan walked in decisively. When he saw that the lass that he had been worried about for half a day was actually leisurely roasting meat here, his face almost tensed up.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Except for Ye Zhen, everyone knelt down and saluted Mo Rongzhan.
Mo Rongyi chuckled as he put down the chicken wing in his hand. "Imperial Brother, I'm full. I still have to hurry back to the capital, so I'll be leaving first. Sister-in-law Empress, I'll come visit you again when I have time."
Ye Zhen scolded angrily, "Are you a monkey? You run so fast!"
"Then what are you?" Mo Rongzhan asked with a sullen face.
"I'm just a little white rabbit locked in a cage. If I get out of this cage, I will be taken away by the jackals." Ye Zhen looked at Mo Rongzhan with a faint smile.
Mo Rongzhan knew that she was angry at his words.
"How do you look like a bunny? You look more like a tiger." Mo Rongzhan held her hand tightly before she could pull it away. "Who made you angry?"
Ye Zhen sneered, "Who dares to make me angry?"
Mo Rongzhan took her into the house. "Is it too boring in the villa? Zhen will accompany you out today, will you? "
"No, Your Majesty is busy every day. How can you have time to accompany me?" Ye Zhen said faintly.
"Yao Yao, don't talk to me in that tone." Mo Rongzhan frowned at her. Her words made him feel more upset.
Ye Zhen whispered, "Then how should I talk to you?"
Mo Rongzhan sat down with her in his arms. "Who did you meet in the woods yesterday? What did they say to you?"
"Who does Your Majesty think I will meet?" Ye Zhen asked with a smile, but it was a little indifferent.
"Tell me first, why are you unhappy?" Mo Rongzhan kissed her cheek and asked softly in a low voice.
Ye Zhen looked at him seriously. "I don't like this. When I give birth to the child, will you let me go back to the palace? If the capital is still in danger and the situation in Nanyue has not been solved, what will you do?"
Mo Rongzhan chuckled helplessly. "Yao Yao, I am doing this for your own good."
"You are doing this for my own good now. When you have a child in the future, you will worry that someone will hurt the child, so you will keep us here, right?" Ye Zhen asked.
"No, when you are done with your confinement, I will take you back to the palace." Mo Rongzhan coaxed softly. "Yao Yao, don't be awkward. I already know who poisoned Hu Yue 'er. I just don't want to alert the enemy, so I didn't convict that person."
Ye Zhen sighed softly. "I'm not being awkward. I just don't like you protecting me here like this."
She knew that Mo Rongzhan was doing this for her own good. He was afraid of losing her. She also convinced herself to stay in Chengde Villa. When he finished his business, she could return to the palace to be with him. She did not hear from others that he doted on others. Even though she knew it was false, she still felt very helpless and uncomfortable. Especially recently, she felt even more depressed. No matter where she went, there would be people nervously reminding her that it was dangerous outside.
She couldn't go here, she couldn't go there. Where else could she go?
She was the Empress of Jin Kingdom, his wife, not a pet he kept in Chengde Villa.
Mo Rongzhan hugged her shoulder. "Yao Yao, bear with it. I also want you to be around every day."
If Hu Yue 'er had not been poisoned, he might have taken her back to the palace. But now, the situation in Nanyue was more serious than he thought. Moreover, the hands of the royal family stretched too far. He must kill them all. Otherwise, he would never be at ease.
"There are dangers every day. If you solve all the threats in the palace, are there no other dangers?" Ye Zhen looked at him and asked.
Mo Rongzhan rubbed his eyebrows and stood up helplessly. "Yao Yao, if I hadn't sent you to Chengde Villa, it might not have been Hu Yue 'er who was poisoned. I used to be too lax with the royal family. I don't know what kind of hidden forces they have. Give me a little more time, okay?"
What about the marriage with the Qi Kingdom? Ye Zhen asked in her heart, but she didn't say it in the end. "Have you ever thought that if I were in the palace, no one would necessarily be poisoned?"
"I don't want to take risks!" Mo Rongzhan said coldly. "I will put an end to anything that is disadvantageous to you."
"You just don't believe that I can protect myself." Ye Zhen said.
Mo Rongzhan said, "I'm just worried that there will be another Qi Ruoshui and Lu Lingzhi!"
Ye Zhen immediately fell silent. She was captured by Qi Ruoshui because of her carelessness. Even if Mo Rongzhan lost his memory, it still left a panic in his heart.
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(Tianjin)
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