Chapter 1337： I have no reason to refuse

"Okay, Mr. Mu, then I'll go and pass a message to the Duchess."

"Ok."

Lin Ze turned and left, while Mu Jingchen went straight downstairs.

It was still early, and only Yi Ran and a few maids were cleaning in the hall downstairs.

Seeing Mu Jingchen coming downstairs, Yi Ran immediately bowed his head to say hello.

"Mr. Mu, early."

Mu Jingchen's face was expressionless, and he gave a light "um", his eyes didn't stop on Yi Ran.

He went straight to the sofa, leaving only one sentence for Yi Ran: "Come over and make a cup of tea."

"Okay, Mr. Mu."

After Yi Ran answered, watching Mu Jingchen sit down on the sofa in front, he did not immediately go to make tea, but reached out and touched his right wrist.

His right wrist had a poisoned needle last night. Although the toxin has been cleared, his wrist is now weak, and it's a bit hard to even lift it up.

She looked around, and wanted to order her maid to make tea for him.

But the other maids are doing things and can't get started at all.

After hesitating, she went to the kitchen by herself.

…

Mu Jingchen sat on the sofa, put his notebook on his lap, and checked the latest news from various countries.

Yi Ran came over with the tea and brought it to him.

"Mr. Mu, please have tea."

Mu Jingchen stared at the laptop screen, watched a piece of news about L country, and was surprised, and ignored Yi Ran.

Yi Ran was a little embarrassed, his hands holding the tea stalled in the air.

Because of the weakness of his right hand, the teacup has moved a bit.

Reluctantly, she could only remind one more sentence: "Mr. Mu, the tea you want is ready."

Only then did Mu Jingchen come back to his senses.

He casually closed his notebook and reached out to pick up the tea in Yi Ran's hand.

However, before his hand touched the teacup, Yi Ran's hand trembled suddenly, and the teacup instantly slipped from her fingertips.

With a sound of "chi", the tea cup touched the floor, it fell to pieces, and the tea splashed Mu Jingchen's kick.

With a trace of panic in Yi Ran's eyes, he quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Mr. Mu, I was not steady for a while, please forgive me."

Mu Jingchen glanced at the broken tiles on the ground, and then moved his eyes to Yi Ran's right hand.

"You are hurt?"

When he saw it through, she immediately admitted: "I accidentally fell and hurt my wrist when I got up at night last night, Mr. Mu, I'm really sorry."

Mu Jingchen stared at her right wrist and said nothing.

Yi Ran looked at his scrutiny gaze, with a trace of tension in his eyes, but the surface was still calm.

She is wearing a long-sleeved dress, and no one else should see any clues.

Mu Jingchen glanced behind him, retracted his gaze, and said nonchalantly, "Let’s let someone clean up."

"Yes, thank you Mr. Mu for your understanding."

Yi Ran thanked him again and again, and immediately called the maid to clean up.

When the broken porcelain pieces on the ground were cleaned up, Huangfu Liyue also got up.

When she went downstairs, she saw the maid packing up a pile of broken tiles and walking out of the hall.

Seeing Mu Jingchen sitting in the hall, she walked over and asked, "What's the matter? Who threw the water glass?"

Mu Jingchen motioned her to look at the door.

At the door, Yi Ran was standing there.

Huangfu Liyue whispered: "It's really strange, why does Yi Ran often make such low-level mistakes recently?"

It is not uncommon for ordinary maids to make mistakes occasionally.

But Yi Ran is a maid, the most appropriate one selected from many maids.

A few days ago, I had forgotten her and her children's habits. Now she can make mistakes even serving a cup of tea, which really makes her puzzled.

After hearing her say this, Mu Jingchen asked: "Often?"

"Well, a few days ago, she even forgot the habit of me and Wubao."

Her words made Mu Jingchen take a look at Yi Ran.

Just now, Yi Ran said that her hand was injured by a fall, but Mu Jingchen observed that her wrist was not swollen at all.

From his experience, since he didn't fall into redness or bruising, how could it hurt so much that he couldn't even pick up a cup of tea?

Obviously, Yi Ran was lying.

But why did she lie?

Mu Jingchen looked solemn and asked Huangfu Liyue: "What is the background of this Yiran?"

She turned her head to look at him: "Do you doubt Yi Ran?"

They guessed last night that there might be ghosts in the temple.

Listening to Mu Jingchen's tone just now, she could easily tell that Jingchen was suspicious of Yi Ran.

He did not shy away and said: "Before the inner ghost is found, everyone in the temple is suspected."

Huangfu Liyue glanced at Yi Ran at the door.

"Yi Ran used to serve on Ye Ting's side. She was proper, reliable, and innocent. She had served in the palace since she was a child.

After I confessed, Ye Ting recommended her to his father, and his father arranged her to the Chang'an Hall. As far as I know, she has never had contact with the queen. "

These last words made Mu Jingchen put away his guard.

Since there has never been contact with the queen, the chance of being an inner ghost is not high.

However, he did not relax his vigilance.

"Nevertheless, we have to be vigilant and take precautions before it happens."

"Ok!"

Huangfu Liyue immediately looked out the door, setting aside the subject.

"Now that the queen knows that the father and the king have joined us to investigate the mother's affairs privately, she must have felt threatened.

I think she should also know that the father and king will not abdicate, because he is deliberately delaying time for us to find our mother.

I guess that she will not wait any longer. For her own safety, she will force her father to abdicate as soon as possible. "

Mu Jingchen did not answer.

He agreed with her.

Feeling threatened, the queen will not wait another month.

Next, it's up to the king to deal with it.

…

the other side.

The king's guess was the same as that of the two of them. The queen knew that he would be angry with his daughter to deal with her. She took Feng Suying out and forced him to abdicate immediately.

However, they all guessed wrong.

The queen was the same as last night, nothing happened.

Today, not only did she have no anger on her face, she did not question the king.

Instead, he sat calmly in the hall drinking tea and eating cakes.

The king sat aside and looked at her leisurely appearance, suddenly a little bit unable to understand her.

She knew that she and her daughter were secretly investigating Suying's whereabouts, but she was indifferent?

This is not like the queen's temper.

The queen who was eating the cake noticed the king's somber eyes, and the corners of her lips suddenly raised.

"Your Majesty, do you want to tell me something?"

The king’s face was cold, and he said bluntly: “Now, I have done what you asked me to do. I have handed over the state affairs to Yuncheng every day, but after so long, I don’t even know whether Suying is dead or alive.”

The queen put down the cake in her hand and stared at him.

"Your Majesty wants to see Feng Suying?"

She said nonsense, the king's face sank as he asked.

"Don't give up, Queen, I'll give you everything you want. I have already announced the news of abdication early. Should you let me see Suying?"

The queen slowly raised her eyelids, a weird smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

"Your Majesty has a deep affection for Sister Suying. If you want to see her, how can I refuse?"