Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Chapter 199 Intercepted Letter

With her words, Xiao Mo's tense heart instantly relaxed a lot.

Yes, the reason she was worried was because the person was now far away and she couldn't see him.

When people come back in a few days, all problems can be solved.

Xiao Mohui held Shen Yun's hand and forced a faint smile: "Well, you have a point."

I really hope that Murong Shou's reply letter can reach the imperial city before Nie Changyuan.

This way she would have enough time to find a solution to the problem.

After nightfall, a man dressed as a maid took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Concubine Liang who was resting with her eyes closed.

"Your Majesty, this is a letter from Xiao Mo that I intercepted outside the city."

"Well, what's the content?"

Concubine Liang was enjoying the massage from the palace maid, so lazy that she didn't want to open her eyes.

The man held the letter in his hands and said with his head down, "It's just a letter from home. There's nothing suspicious about it."

"What?" Concubine Liang opened her eyes unwilling to believe it and waved away the people behind her.

She took the envelope, opened it and read it carefully twice, and the disbelief in her eyes turned into doubt.

"At this critical moment, she still has the mind to write a letter to Murong Shou. I don't believe it. There may be a secret message in the letter, asking Murong Shou to help her, but we just can't understand it."

The man withdrew his hand and took two steps back: "Should we still give this letter to the emperor?"

"We think it's a family letter, and the emperor thinks so too. It's useless to give it to him."

Concubine Liang threw the envelope into the stove beside her: "Go and keep an eye on it."

"Yes."

"Try to keep this matter secret from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If he hears anything and asks you about it, you can't explain it clearly and ask him to come to me."

The emperor did not make the matter of Nie Changyuan public, so Qi Yue, who had been handling state affairs in the Eastern Palace, was not aware of it.

What happened in the court was done by Concubine Liang behind his back. In order to create this opportunity, she even pretended to be sick to delay him.

The reason why she wanted to make this move without telling Qi Yue was because she knew that he had not let go of Xiao Mo.

With such mixed feelings, he would definitely not agree to take action against Nie Changyuan.

Fortunately, when she was planning this, Chen Ye thought of a rumor that happened when Nie Changyuan resigned from office.

Now it doesn't matter whether this rumor is true or not, because the emperor has become suspicious, and she only needs to use a little trick to make him die in Qinshan.

Concubine Liang thought about it for an entire afternoon and decided to abandon her original plan and try another one.

At first, she thought that if the story between Nie Changyuan and the princess of the enemy country was false, then she would forge one and hand it over to the emperor for disposal.

Colluding with a foreign princess is a serious crime, and the lightest punishment is beheading. As his disciple, Xiao Mo will definitely be implicated.

But then she thought about it carefully and realized that this plan didn't work.

Because if Nie Changyuan is unable to prove his innocence, the blame will be placed on him alone.

At most, Xiao Mo would be demoted or neglected because of his military achievements in previous years.

If the country needs her in the future, she only needs to make another contribution and she will return to her current position.

She couldn't do something that wouldn't permanently eliminate the problem.

Since Xiao Mo is not easy to kill, then we can keep her by our side. This will be another way to eliminate the trouble forever.

Concubine Liang looked at the branches outside the window that were dimly visible in the breeze, and a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, full of calculation.

Before dawn the next day, Qi Minxiu disguised herself as a maid who followed the housekeeper out to buy groceries and successfully slipped out.

When he arrived outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, he changed his clothes and pretended to be a servant there, and sneaked in again behind a group of servants.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiao Mo's Suqiyuan was guarded tightly. Whenever she went out, two guards would follow her.

Murong Shu and Xiao Wenbo didn't know what was going on, and were stopped twice when they tried to enter Suqiyuan.

It doesn't seem like a simple matter, but if Xiao Mo did something wrong, why didn't the emperor take action directly, but imprisoned her first.

Is there not enough evidence yet?

Since there was no court session these days, he didn't dare to ask the emperor specifically, for fear of running into trouble.

Xiao Wenbo returned to the yard with a sigh, puzzled by this sudden incident.

Xiao Mo stood on the eaves, observing the guards outside the courtyard and the situation in the mansion.

Suddenly, she saw a familiar face looking back at Suqiyuan.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and she quickly jumped down, pretending to go out for a walk and walked out of the yard.

The guards guarding the gate of Suqiyuan saw Xiao Mo coming out and hurriedly followed her.

Xiao Mo ignored her and went straight to the back room.

Qi Minzheng was just about to find a chance to look for her, but unexpectedly she came: "You, come here."

The servants who were moving things stopped what they were doing and looked at her.

Xiao Mo pointed at Qi Minxiu and said, "You, move these flowers to my room and be responsible for arranging them."

At the end of her words, she raised an eyebrow.

Qi Minxiu smiled knowingly, lowered his head, held two plates of different flowers in each hand, and followed Xiao Mo back to Suqiyuan.

After entering the room, Xiao Mo helped him take the things in his hands and patted the dust off his body with a handkerchief.

"How did a face become so messy?"

"If I don't put something on my face, I'll be recognized right away."

Qi Minxiu held Xiao Mo's hand that was wiping his face, and tilted his head to give her a light kiss.

Xiao Mo withdrew her hand, lowered her eyes, and walked to the table beside her: "What did you say to the emperor yesterday? Why are we both locked up when you came back?"

"What else can I say? I'll just beg for mercy. It wasn't my words that angered him, but someone warned him in advance."

Qi Minxiu told the emperor that he saw Chen Ye and Zuo Zhong Shilang outside the palace when he went to see the emperor.

Xiao Mo understood immediately after hearing this: "Chen Ye is Qi Yue's man..."

She frowned and slowly clenched her fists: "It seems that he is going to attack us."

"It's not necessarily his idea alone. His mother, Concubine Liang, has much greater ambitions than he does."

Qi Minxiu carefully analyzed this problem for Xiao Mo: "She is not an ordinary concubine in the deep palace."

"This time, they have taken control of my lifeline." Xiao Mo sighed softly, holding her forehead with a helpless look on her face.

Qi Minxiu took her hand, clasped it tightly in his palm, and comforted her, "Don't worry, Master will be back in a couple of days. By then, who knows who will be afraid."

"No, since they have already taken action, they must have a complete plan.

We are in the light, they are in the dark, and we can’t predict what will happen after we return.”

Xiao Mo sighed repeatedly, her eyes full of self-blame: "Blame me, it's all my fault. I was the one who implicated Master."

"Amo, don't worry about it. Cheer up. I will have someone keep an eye on the situation in the court and tell you as soon as there is any news about Qin Shan."

Qi Minxiu moved closer to her and held her in his arms for a while.

Xiao Mo closed her eyes and nodded gently: "Thank you, Ah Xiu."

"Why are you thanking me? Okay, I asked Ling Su to pretend to be me and rest in the house. I'm afraid someone will find out if we stay here for too long, so I should go back."

He lowered his head and tapped her forehead lightly.

Xiao Mo raised her head and smiled at him: "Be careful when you go back."

"Ah."