Back in the camp, the empress dowager learned that Mo Rongzhan was injured and immediately brought Liu Zhihua to see him.
Although she knew that Mo Rongzhan was fine, the empress dowager's face was still very ugly. She looked coldly at Ye Zhen standing next to her and said to Mo Rongzhan, "Aijia has said long ago that you should not take women into the mountains to hunt. This is not good, but you don't believe it. Fortunately, it is only a minor injury.
"Mother, zhen's injury has nothing to do with the empress." Mo Rongzhan said lightly. The empress dowager was already disgusted with Ye Zhen to the extreme. No matter what happened, she would always blame it on her.
The empress dowager continued, "How can it not be related? Last time, it was also because of her that you were injured. This time, it is the same."
Mo Rongzhan frowned, "Mother!"
"Aijia knows that you care about her." The empress dowager snorted, "I heard that you brought two people back."
"Well, I got lost in the mountains." Mo Rongzhan said faintly, "Mother, I let you worry, I am not seriously injured."
The empress dowager glanced around coldly, "You only took Fu De with you this time. Now that you are injured, no one will take care of you. Let Zhihua stay and take care of you."
Ye Zhen looked up at the empress dowager, the last trace of patience in her heart finally dissipated. "Mother, the emperor has this concubine by his side."
"If you can take care of the emperor, will the emperor be injured?" The empress dowager said unhappily, insisting on arranging Liu Zhihua to Mo Rongzhan's side.
"Mother, you speak as if this concubine made that tiger appear." Ye Zhen smiled faintly, "This concubine knows medicine. Apart from this concubine, who can take care of the emperor?"
Liu Zhihua lowered her head and did not speak.
The empress dowager said coldly, "How do you know that Zhihua doesn't understand medicine?"
"This Miss Liu …" Ye Zhen's mouth floated with a sarcastic smile. "I heard that you are this year's Xiu Nu. You don't stay at home and wait for the selection. Instead, you go around with the identity of a Xiu Nu. Those who know that you are here to serve the empress dowager, what will those who don't know think? You are a Xiu Nu who has not yet entered the palace.
Liu Zhihua raised her head sharply, her face turning green and white as she looked at Ye Zhen. These words were too heavy for her. The Empress simply wanted the Emperor to hate her.
"Lu Yaoyao, can't I have someone I like by my side?" the Empress Dowager asked angrily.
Ye Zhen smiled and nodded, "Mother, how dare this concubine say no? When Miss Liu enters the palace in the future, this concubine will arrange for her to serve you. Anyway, there are still many female officials and palace maids in the palace."
Other than becoming the Emperor's concubines, there were also those with lower statuses who would become palace maids. The other type was becoming a female official. If Liu Zhihua became a female official, then she could forget about becoming the Emperor's woman.
The Empress Dowager was so angry that her heart ached. "Lu Yaoyao, you … you …"
Mo Rongzhan stopped Ye Zhen in a deep voice. "Empress, how mother arranges the maids is mother's business. Don't interfere."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Ye Zhen saluted and turned to the empress dowager. "Mother, this concubine is not sensible. Please don't blame this concubine."
The Empress Dowager looked at Ye Zhen coldly and left angrily. "Ignorant!"
Liu Zhihua's face was as pale as snow. She was not a fool. How could she not hear that although the Emperor was scolding the Empress, he was actually helping her?
He was talking about female officials!
When the Empress Dowager and Liu Zhihua left, Ye Zhen glared at Mo Rongzhan.
Mo Rongzhan looked at her innocently. "It has nothing to do with me."
"How can it have nothing to do with me?" Ye Zhen's heart was sour. She, the Empress Dowager, was still here. The Empress Dowager unscrupulously shoved other women to his side. It would only be worse in the future. "It's all because of you!"
"Yao Yao, you can't blame me." Mo Rongzhan said helplessly. He did nothing at all.
Ye Zhen knew that she couldn't blame him. He had just helped her secretly, otherwise, the Empress Dowager would not be so angry. "Do you think the Witch King of Western Liang will help the Empress Dowager?"
"That depends on what happens in Western Liang." Mo Rongzhan's eyes darkened.
"If no one can solve the Empress Dowager's hypnosis …" Ye Zhen's scalp tingled at the thought of facing such an Empress Dowager for the rest of her life.
Mo Rongzhan whispered, "And Ye Yaoyao, she will say it."
Ye Zhen thought of Ye Yaoyao, who was still locked up in the Overwatch Council.
"I'll go see Yan Xi first." Ye Zhen whispered, "He looks very wary. If you see him, he may not be willing to say anything."
"If he has something to ask of me, he will naturally be willing to say anything." Mo Rongzhan said lightly.
Ye Zhen thought for a moment. "Then wait for him to take the initiative to see you?"
Mo Rongzhan said, "You go see him. I will send someone to Western Liang to check."
"Good." Ye Zhen nodded gently. "Don't you know his uncle?"
"I have met him a few times." Mo Rongzhan smiled faintly. "We have fought before on the battlefield, but not a deep friendship."
"…" Ye Zhen looked at him speechlessly. Why did he act so familiar with Tuoba Xuanyuan today?
Mo Rongzhan raised his eyebrows. "If I didn't say so, he wouldn't have come back."
Ye Zhen shook her head and smiled. "I'll go see Yan Xi first."
When she left, Mo Rongzhan asked Eunuch Fu to call Shen Yi.
After a while, Shen Yi came in from the outside and saluted Mo Rongzhan. "Your humble servant greets the emperor."
"Send someone to Western Liang to find out what has happened recently. Also, find out the whereabouts of King Ke." Mo Rongzhan ordered in a deep voice.
Shen Yi answered in a low voice.
Mo Rongzhan was silent for a moment. "Ten years ago, the palace released a group of palace maids. Let them check if there is a palace maid named Qianxue, about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old. Find out her whereabouts in the past ten years."
"Yes." Shen Yi was slightly surprised. Was this Qianxue the woman the emperor saw in the mountains yesterday?
"Don't let the empress know about this for the time being." Mo Rongzhan whispered. He didn't want Ye Zhen to know about the existence of Qianxue. If Qianxue was really Qian Luocha's woman, then she must have a relationship with Murong Ke.
Qianxue used to be a palace maid beside Murong Ke.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Shen Yi did not know what to answer.
Mo Rongzhan nodded faintly. "Go down."
Shen Yi's footsteps moved but stopped again. "Your Majesty, Qian Luocha still refuses to say anything."
"Don't leave anyone alive." Mo Rongzhan's voice was cold. Since they refused to speak, then there was no need for them to live. Anyway, he would not let go of Qian Luocha's people.
"Your humble servant understands." Shen Yi said.
Mo Rongzhan looked out of the window coldly. If Murong Ke really had a relationship with Qian Luocha, then why did Qian Luocha chase Ye Zhen before?
This was why he had always been suspicious of Murong Ke.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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