Chapter 63

  So now it's back to square one again.

  Who could it be that bribed her into doing it?

  Chao Sheng looked at Auntie Li.

  She knew that Aunt Li must have had an answer already. Otherwise, she wouldn't let that person off so easily, just driving him out like that.

  Auntie Li didn't answer, instead she asked her back: "Who do you think it is?"

  Chao Sheng fell silent for a moment: "I was just guessing blindly."

  "Go ahead and take a wild guess, who do you think it is?"

  She whispered out a name softly.

  Spring ink.

  "Why?" asked Aunt Li.

  Intuition.

  Of course, intuition can also be wrong.

  Although Chun Mo has changed her appearance, many people say she is completely different from before. But in Chao Sheng's eyes, the most important thing about her hasn't changed.

  She still kept a close eye on the fourth prince.

  In this regard, she is the same as Song Can of Songtao Pavilion. Although she is still in a slave position, she has already regarded her master as her own man.

  What happened at Yiqiu Palace in the past, and what happened with Golden Flower and Golden Leaf, are all related to Chun Mo.

  In a year of quietude and tranquility, the Imperial Palace of Autumn was almost peaceful.

  Now Chunmo has made a comeback, and Yiqiugong is somewhat like it used to be, not very peaceful.

  Moreover, Huayeju is just a small place, and if you want to get in good with the kitchen staff, make some connections, the little palace maids have neither the heart nor the courage for it, and even if they did have the courage, they wouldn't have the money.

  It's not that Chao Sheng really found any evidence of Chun Mo's wrongdoing, but rather that among all the people who couldn't be suspected, she was one of the more suspicious ones.

  She is a big palace maid, with heart, guts and money, and she also has a bad record.

  Auntie Li unexpectedly shook her head.

  "Really?"

  "Not her." Li Aunt's finger drew a light line on the table. The table had been used to make New Year's cake, and there was still some glutinous rice flour left, which made a clear mark with just one stroke.

  Auntie Li slowly wrote a name on the table with her finger.

  The tide is stunned.

  She thought she and Li Aunt must have gotten it wrong or been misled.

  It's often acted out in movies, where the truth is always blocked by layer after layer of misunderstandings.

  How could Qiū Yán possibly want to harm her?

  From the time she arrived at Yiqiu Palace, the only person who was kind to her, apart from Li Gugu, was Qiushan. Chunmo, although not particularly harming her, always kept a guard up against her, constantly suppressing her and not allowing her to show off in front of the Fourth Prince. It can be said that before Chunmo's semi-confinement, Chao Sheng had no presence at all in front of the Fourth Prince.

  She herself doesn't want to show off is one aspect.

  But on the other hand, Chunmo was extremely strict with any palace maid who had a bit of charm, and Chao Sheng didn't want to get in trouble for no reason, so he couldn't even get a taste of the mutton, but ended up getting into all sorts of trouble instead.

  On the contrary, Autumn Ink was always helping her and teaching her. When Spring Ink was being unreasonable, Autumn Ink would come out to uphold justice.

  Could it be...

  The tide was born without words, asking the sky, just like those suspenseful reasoning ones, the one that doesn't look like a murderer at all, is it really the true culprit behind the scenes?

  "Why?"

  The tide was born and unknowingly asked this sentence out of his mouth.

  Why did Qiu Yan want to do this?

  Li Aunt shook her head in response to Chao Sheng's question, but said: "In the second year of Jianping, Cheng Meiren died of illness, and the fourth prince moved to Yiqiu Palace. I came here in the sixth year of Jianping, and Qiu Yan, Chun Mo and others came in the spring of the eighth year of Jianping. I remember it clearly that Wei Gonggong brought them from the palace. Chun Mo was born well and was clever, unknowingly occupying the first place, suppressing everyone else everywhere."

  Chao Sheng didn't quite understand what Auntie Li was getting at, but she listened attentively.

  "At that time, Empress Dowager was still alive, and the Lord of the Imperial City was also an old man who had served under Empress Dowager for several decades..."

  Cháo shēng yǒu diǎn wù le.

  English Translation: Chao Sheng has a little understanding now.

  So, at that time, Chun Mo and others can be considered as people sent by the Empress Dowager to Sunzi's side?

  But the empress dowager has been dead for many years now, so who are they all considered to be under now?

  It's hard to say.

  Perhaps they all have their hearts set on the Fourth Prince.

  It is also possible...

  "Aunt..." Chao Sheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.

  Aunt Li's hint, she understood.

  She thinks there's no reason for them to be enemies, as they don't have any grudges and seemingly no conflicting interests.

  She didn't compete with Qiū Yàn for the position of the eldest, and Qiū Yàn didn't consider the Fourth Prince as her own man to treat her as a potential seductress.

  She's out of her mind.

  How could she have forgotten, this is in the imperial palace?

  In the imperial palace, apart from hatred and interests, there are many more reasons to frame others.

  Being ordered around is one of the most common ones.

  Aunt Li sighed: "This matter looks simple on the surface, but the more I think about it, the deeper the water is. So I let Uncle Wei take that person away. Even if you ask me again, I won't be able to ask anymore. Last time the row of meat didn't work out, and now I've driven this one from the kitchen too, she's probably also counting in her heart."

  What else can be said?

  It's finally clear who the bad guy is.

  But the bad guys were just accomplices, and there was a mastermind behind them.

  When I first crossed over, Chao Sheng could only quietly bite his handkerchief - what should I do, can I escape?

  At that time in the alley of washing clothes, Chao Sheng would think, I'm already so miserable, whatever.

  But now she is neither a newcomer nor at the bottom of this grand imperial palace.

  After hesitation, fear, gritting his teeth and other psychological changes, Chao Sheng still got up early the next day with great enthusiasm to work.

  Are you afraid? Of course I am.

  There is a big shot hiding behind the scenes who wants to make things difficult for her, can she not be afraid?

  But afraid it's useless anyway

  Was she afraid that he would let her go?

  Do you want to escape?

  Of course, when she thought of her excitement, the first thought was to hide, to hide, even if it was just burying her head in a pile of sand, it was a spiritual comfort.

  But... ideals are beautiful, reality is cruel.

  The palace is a big cage, even the emperor can't get out. Even if he gets out, it's just for a short time to let the air out, and in the end, he still has to come back. Born here, die here too.

  It's hard for even a tide to get out. Let alone leaving the imperial palace, it's not easy to leave the gate of Yi Qiu Palace either.

  Running won't solve anything, and being afraid is useless.

  What else can be done?

  Can only face.

  Chao Sheng compared herself with Qiu Yan for a moment.

  In every aspect, she and Qiu Yan are not on the same starting line.

  Qiu Yan is older than her, so Qiu Yan is more mature, more experienced, more cunning, and has more seniority and status... The little eunuchs in the palace may dare not listen to Chun Mo, but everyone listens to Qiu Yan.

  Are there many people who have heard of Tsunami?

  Qiu Shan also has a hidden attribute - there is someone behind her back.

  And what about Chao Sheng?

  Take a look back and maybe... can Li Aunt be counted as one?

  Just kidding, it's not a heavyweight.

  So after being stirred up by the tide, he could only tuck his tail between his legs, on the one hand trying to repair his own weaknesses, and on the other hand looking for loopholes in the opponent.

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  Allergic and itchy can't scratch, waaahhh... I want to go back and comfort myself, I want a ticket to comfort myself.