The Doctor's Concubine: Don't mess with the evil princess

Chapter 191 The Queen Leaves the Palace

"Mother, I understand. I understand everything." Li Lingxiao's face was full of regret, and his voice was trembling. He slowly lowered his head, "But now that things have come to this, what else can I do?"

At this moment, he suddenly raised his head as if he was hit by something, rushed to the prison door, and grabbed the cold prison bars with both hands. He said to the queen anxiously: "Mother, I want to see my fourth brother. Please make sure to find a way to let my fourth brother come to see me! This matter is of great importance. I must explain it to my fourth brother in person. I hope that mother will agree to it!"

When the queen heard this, her expression changed slightly. She looked at Li Lingxiao with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"Mother, don't ask. I won't tell you anything. If you really want to help me, let my fourth brother come to see me!" Li Lingxiao's words suddenly became cold.

Seeing Li Lingxiao so determined, the queen was full of doubts in her heart, but looking at her son's anxious and determined eyes, she finally gritted her teeth and nodded slightly.

"Okay, Lingxiao, mother will find a way to let Zeqi come to see you. But you have to promise mother that you will never act impulsively again. Everything will be discussed after you meet Zeqi, okay?" the queen persuaded softly.

Li Lingxiao saw this, a trace of gratitude flashed in his eyes, and he nodded hurriedly and said: "Don't worry, mother, I understand!"

The queen looked at him deeply, then turned and left in a hurry.

Soon disappeared from Li Lingxiao's sight.

Li Lingxiao looked in the direction where the queen left and slowly loosened his hands that were tightly gripping the prison bars. He seemed to have lost all his strength as he slowly slid down the cell wall and collapsed on the ground.

His eyes were empty and blank, and his mind kept recalling everything that had happened along the way...

The Queen was quite worried when she came out of the Heavenly Prison. She knew very well that the Fourth Prince Li Zeqi had always been aloof and arrogant, and his daily behavior was quite strange and did not follow common sense at all.

He had been brooding over his mother's death for many years, and the Queen was not sure she could make him go to the Heavenly Prison to see the Crown Prince.

Suddenly, a person flashed in the queen's mind, and she seemed to see hope again.

Thinking of this, the queen walked quickly towards Fengqing Palace...

On the second floor of Tianya Inn, there was constant noise and bustle.

Mu Lanfeng lazily leaned against the window, watching the people coming and going on the street, the endless stream of people.

Suddenly, her attention was attracted. She was startled for a moment, then stared at it for a long time before looking away.

Ye Sanniang, who was standing by, seemed to notice something was wrong with Mu Lanfeng. She looked in the direction she was looking and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, girl?"

Mu Lanfeng's eyes flashed, and he was puzzled, "Why did she leave the palace?"

Ye Sanniang looked in the direction Mu Lanfeng was looking again.

Just outside the tavern, there was a woman dressed in men's clothes, which attracted quite a lot of attention.

She was wearing a neat men's suit, with her black hair tied up and combed neatly without a single strand of hair loose. If you didn't look closely, it would be hard to tell that she was a woman.

Behind her, there followed a maid, also dressed in men's clothing.

At this moment, the two of them were standing under the eaves of a tavern on the street.

The woman looked up from time to time, her eyes moving among the people coming and going, as if she was eagerly looking for someone.

The maid stood aside with her hands hanging down, placed neatly on both sides of her body, her back straight.

Although she did not look around as frequently as the other woman, she would occasionally cast her gaze into the distance, and it seemed that she was clearly waiting for something.

"Who left the palace?" Ye Sanniang turned her gaze to Mu Lanfeng again.

"Queen." Mu Lanfeng responded in a calm tone with an indifferent expression.

"What?" Ye Sanniang's eyes widened when she heard this. Her eyes were full of disbelief. She was very surprised and asked hurriedly, "The Queen has always lived in the palace. How could she leave the palace? Did the girl make a mistake?"

Mu Lanfeng glanced at Ye Sanniang, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said slowly and calmly: "Sanniang, I have met the queen several times before. I saw it clearly just now. Although the queen is dressed in men's clothes, her bearing and demeanor are incomparable to those of ordinary women! It seems that our queen is not simple!"

"Miss, do you know why the Queen left the palace for no reason?" Ye Sanniang asked curiously.

Mu Lanfeng shook her head. She couldn’t figure out why the Queen did this.

The Crown Prince has done something as heinous as forcing the Emperor to abdicate. At such a sensitive moment, even if the Queen really has no knowledge of the matter and has not been involved in it, she should still be cautious in every aspect.

After all, as the mistress of the harem, her every move was under the scrutiny of the emperor. If she was not careful, it would very likely arouse the emperor's unwarranted suspicion.

What is puzzling is that she actually disguised herself and sneaked out of the palace at this moment, which is really unreasonable.

It seems that unless the Queen has some important reason to leave the palace to deal with something, she would never act like this!

Mu Lanfeng picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and guessed thoughtfully: "It may be related to the prince!"

"Prince?" Ye Sanniang was slightly startled when she heard this. Just as she was about to say something, she saw the waiter quickly walked up to her and then lowered his voice to report: "Sanniang, there is someone downstairs who wants to see you!"

"Do you know who is coming?" Ye Sanniang's expression suddenly became stern and she asked cautiously.

The waiter quickly shook his head and answered truthfully, "I have never seen this guest. The visitor just said that when you meet her, you will naturally know who she is."

After hearing what the waiter said, Ye Sanniang frowned slightly, her heart full of doubts. She subconsciously looked at Mu Lanfeng with a hint of inquiry in her eyes.

Mu Lanfeng gently put down the teacup, a thoughtful look flashed in his eyes, and he nodded slightly to indicate that Ye Sanniang might as well go and take a look.

Ye Sanniang took a deep breath, stood up, straightened her clothes, and went downstairs with the waiter.

Mu Lanfeng sat where he was and picked up the teacup again, but he had no intention of drinking tea anymore. He just gently stroked the rim of the cup, thinking about what he had just seen, the Queen disguised herself and left the palace.

Full of doubts, Ye Sanniang slowly followed the waiter downstairs.

He glanced around the store and saw two people sitting in the corner. Upon closer inspection, he saw that they were the two people in disguise that he had seen upstairs before.

"How could it be her?" Ye Sanniang couldn't help but exclaim inwardly. Her heart was instantly filled with ripples, as if a stone had been thrown into the calm surface of a lake.

She widened her eyes slightly, and many thoughts flashed through her mind.

After calming down a little, Ye Sanniang began to think carefully in her mind.

But after a moment, she seemed to suddenly figure something out, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: She is worthy of being the queen who is the mother of the country, her methods are extraordinary and her actions are unfathomable.

It seems that when she was upstairs earlier, the Queen did not appear in front of them accidentally, but did it on purpose!

I can’t guess what the Queen is trying to do this time.

The queen disguised herself because she didn't want others to know her identity. Ye Sanniang naturally understood this meaning.

Ye Sanniang took a deep breath, suppressed the doubts in her heart, straightened her clothes, and slowly walked towards the two people in the corner.

When she came closer, Ye Sanniang bowed slightly, saluted, and with just the right amount of doubt and respect on her face, she asked softly, "Just now I heard the waiter say that someone wanted to see me, and I think it was you two, but I don't know why you two are looking for me?"

The queen, who was disguised as a man, raised her eyes slightly and looked at Ye Sanniang, with an elusive depth in her eyes.

After a moment, she slowly spoke, her voice deliberately lowered a few degrees, still revealing an unquestionable majesty, with a bit of urgency: "I want to see the fifth young lady of the Mu Mansion!"

Ye Sanniang was shocked when she heard this, and thought to herself, "Why would the Queen suddenly want to see the girl?"

Since the Queen said so, she naturally knew that Mu Lanfeng was upstairs. Ye Sanniang did not hide it and hurriedly replied respectfully: "In reply to your question, the fifth young lady of the Mu Mansion is upstairs at the moment. I just don't know why you are looking for her?"

The disguised queen frowned slightly, as if she was a little displeased with Ye Sanniang's questioning, but she had no time to care at the moment, and just said in an increasingly anxious tone: "You'll know when you see that girl!"

After saying that, he stood up and pretended to go upstairs.