For Ying Dongjun, this incident was just a small episode, and she put it behind her mind after returning home.

At the same time, the empress dowager in the palace learned that Li Changfu had gone to the Zhu family, and had a secret conversation with Zhu Yuanzhen, the head of the Zhu family, for two hours, and then returned drunk.

This news made Empress Xiao alert and immediately asked her mother, Li, to go to the palace to discuss, but when she ordered, she paused, and finally summoned her cousin Xiao Huiniang.

The first thing Xiao Huiniang did after entering the palace was to talk to the Empress Dowager enthusiastically about Princess Chengping and the Ningxiang County Lord robbing men in the street.

"...The man said in public that he wanted to go home with Princess Chengping, which shows what the princess has in the folk! If he was a serious girl, which man would go home with her? She is a woman! Her family's face was lost!" Xiao Huiniang thought of something and said angrily, "Didn't that Ningxiang County Lord said it was quite powerful before? It seems to be useless now. Even if he can't even snatch a man, he can't snatch Princess Chengping!"

"I asked you to come into the palace, I didn't listen to you saying this!" Xiao Yingniang finally interrupted her impatiently when she heard this.

Xiao Huiniang looked at the Empress Dowager and felt a little aggrieved. She didn't say what she said? Is it a big matter for the court? Isn't that a man's business? Moreover, the Empress Dowager doesn't talk to her about state affairs on weekdays.

"What does the Empress Dowager want to hear?" Xiao Huiniang asked bluntly.

Xiao Yingniang asked: "Recently, have you had contact with people from the Zhu family?"

"Zhu Family?" Xiao Huiniang was stunned. "When I went to the temple to burn incense and pray for a few days ago, I met the third wife of the Zhu Family. However, seeing her in a hurry, she didn't talk much, just said hello and left."

"The third wife of the Zhu family?" Xiao Yingniang pondered, "What are she doing in the temple now?"

"Go to pray for Zhu Zhaoyi?" Xiao Huiniang guessed, "Last Emperor Bintian, Zhu Zhaoyi was so sad that she had a premature birth. The child was not saved, and she almost couldn't save her. In order to raise Zhu Zhaoyi's body, didn't the Zhu family ask for grace to bring people to their temple for rest? I heard that she hadn't been raised yet, so she might have gone there at some time. Alas, it's also pitiful. I remember she was half a year younger than me."

Xiao Yingniang lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and said to Xiao Huiniang: "Come on, I have something to leave to you."

"Yes." Xiao Huiniang quickly got up and walked to Xiao Yingniang.

Xiao Yingniang whispered a few words in Xiao Huiniang's ear.

Xiao Huiniang's expression was normal, but as she listened, she couldn't help but raise her hand to cover her lips, her eyes wide open.

After Xiao Yingniang finished speaking, Xiao Huiniang looked incredible. She looked around and whispered: "Empress, isn't what I mean, right?"

Xiao Yingniang said coldly: "It's what you think."

Xiao Huiniang looked reluctant and stopped, "But why did the Zhu family do this? Why did the Li family do this? Although the Zhu family is not among the four aristocratic families, they have been married to our families over the past few decades. Your relative's aunt married into the Zhu family, and the relationship was so close that she could not be kissed anymore. When Zhu Zhaoyi first entered the palace, she also relied on your care everywhere. The late emperor did not like to get close to the harem. She had not been favored for several years. It was still the empress's aunt who asked her to come to the empress, and you took the pill while His Majesty..."

"Shut up!" Xiao Yingniang stopped Xiao Huiniang.

Xiao Huiniang swallowed the unfinished words, and she was not ignorant of the importance of them. She was so shocked today. In addition, she couldn't help but see that the people in the palace had already let the empress dowager be sent out.

"Anyway, she can't do this, right? If she gave birth to a child safely, what else can you do to her?" Xiao Huiniang said vaguely.

Xiao Yingniang said coldly: "I hope she can't do it either. Otherwise, I hate ungrateful things the most!"

Xiao Huiniang couldn't help but shivered when she heard Xiao Yingniang's cold tone. In the six months since her cousin became the queen mother, Xiao Huiniang felt more and more unfamiliar with her, and she was less and less afraid to be arrogant in front of her like before.

Xiao Huiniang promised the Empress Dowager: "Don't worry, Empress, I will definitely find out this matter."

"Well, go. Don't let others know about this in advance."

"yes."

Although Xiao Huiniang is not as calm and cautious as Xiao Yingniang, she is not useless. She can usually do what the Empress Dowager has given her.

In just two days, she entered the palace again and reported the matter she found to the Queen Mother.

"Empress, I sent someone to sneak into the Zhu Family Temple for two consecutive days and touched the place inside and out. When I saw Zhu Zhaoyi who was ill in bed, she seemed to be really not well. As for the rest of the Family Temple, there was nothing suspicious about it. But..."

Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at Xiao Huiniang. Xiao Huiniang didn't dare to keep it invisible and hurriedly said, "But a hunter living nearby said that one day he went into the mountains to hunt wild animals, but was accidentally injured and returned in the middle of the night. When he passed by the nearby area, he heard the crying of a baby. There were not many families living nearby, and the crying could only be from the Zhu Family Temple."

After hearing this, Empress Xiao didn't say anything, but her expression was extremely cold.

Xiao Huiniang said carefully: "Why should I send someone to look for it?"

"No need." Empress Xiao said calmly, "If the Li family wants to hide someone, you will not be able to find it with your power."

Xiao Huiniang felt that she was underestimated, "But they hid so tightly, but I found some clues!"

Empress Xiao smiled coldly, "That was not what you found out, it was him deliberately demonstrating to this palace."

Xiao Huiniang was shocked, "Demonstrate?"

Empress Dowager Xiao said: "If you really want to hide it to the end, Li Changfu would not have gone to the Zhu family after seeing me. He deliberately aroused my suspicion and asked me to investigate. But you can only find out this point."

"What exactly does he want to do? Do you want to have another one..." Xiao Huiniang paused in anger and swallowed the remaining few words.

Empress Xiao did not care and said directly: "He wanted to tell me that he could support my son ascend the throne. When he was unhappy, he could support others. There are more than one family and the royal family. If one family changes, there will be no other family."

Xiao Huiniang said angrily: "Our Xiao family and the Li family have always been in the same mood and have a lot of help to the Zhu family, but the Li family secretly colluded with the Zhu family and plotted against us! It's a blessing that they are still relatives of the family!"

Empress Dowager Xiao said: "If you are profitable, you are relatives. If you are contrary to your interests, you are enemies."

Xiao Huiniang asked worriedly: "Empress, then what should we do now? Should we tell our uncle and father and others?"

Empress Xiao thought about it, but said, "No need for now."

Xiao Huiniang was puzzled, "Why?"

Empress Xiao said calmly: "As you said before, our Xiao family and the Li family are in harmony. The elders always care too much about problems. In the end, for the sake of the overall situation, they may even ask me to make a step back."
Chapter completed!