"Miss, do you doubt my uncle?"

In the inconspicuous ordinary carriage, Xianyue lowered her voice and looked at the house in the distance with Chu Huanyan.

"What are you thinking about?" Chu Huanyan turned her head, raised her hand with a smile and tapped Xian Yue's forehead.

The latter reached out and touched his forehead and said puzzledly: "If you don't doubt my uncle, why do you follow him quietly and don't let the Zhou family know about it?"

Just now, the young lady and she left quietly through the back door under the cover of secret guards. The Zhou family should still feel that they are still in the room.

"I didn't doubt my uncle. I didn't want anyone in the Zhou family to know that I was out. I just didn't want my whereabouts to be leaked." Chu Huanyan looked at the house, "Of course I believe my uncle and grandfather, but for what Huangfuling said, I I can’t completely believe it.”

It was not so much that she was hiding her whereabouts from the Zhou family, but rather that she was hiding her whereabouts from Huangfu Mausoleum, or in other words, she still had to do some superficial work.

"Miss, I don't understand. You don't believe what Huangfuling said. Mr. Zhou really took refuge in Danyue, or do you not believe something?" Xian Yue asked doubtfully, her voice still low.

Chu Huanyan didn't answer, she just sat quietly in the carriage and waited.

It wasn't until less than half an hour later that Zhou Xuanqi's figure appeared at the door of the house again.

His face was solemn, and he got into the carriage with disappointment. From the looks of it, it seemed like nothing could be asked.

It was Ling Qi who sent him out, but after Zhou Xuanqi left, Ling Qi did not turn around and go back to the house, but walked straight towards Chu Huanyan until he stopped outside her carriage.

"Queen, Your Highness said, since you are already here, why not go in and talk."

Chu Huanyan opened the curtain, her expression showing helplessness, "It seems that I haven't hidden my whereabouts well enough."

Ling Qi did not speak. The empress was indeed cautious, and the spy outside the Zhou family did not notice her leaving. However, precisely because of being too cautious, there were suddenly many more secret guards protecting her around the house. How could their people not be aware of it at all.

Chu Huanyan looked past Ling Qi, towards the house, and continued: "However, let's go in and talk about it. I really have no confidence in the character of the regent of your country, so let him come out. I am here. Wait."

Ling Qi frowned, a little displeased with Chu Huanyan's dismissive attitude, but in the end she said nothing and turned back to the house to report.

But just after Ling Qi walked into the house, Chu Huanyan did not really wait where she was. Instead, she got off the carriage with Xian Yue, took a detour to a secluded place outside the back door of the house, and stood at the corner of the courtyard wall. , waiting quietly.

The house is not too big, and the distance between the front and back doors is not too far, so standing here, you can still vaguely hear the noise coming from the front door, which is the sound of broken jars, accompanied by vague shouts of panic. It seems to be calling "Empress"!

Xian Yue didn't hear it clearly and turned to look at Chu Huanyan in confusion.

The latter smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the carriage we were riding in was burned down."

Xian Yue was stunned, and her complexion suddenly changed.

"Could it be that people from the Danyue Kingdom want to attack you..."

Halfway through the words, looking at the smile on her young lady's face, Xian Yue suddenly realized, was the young lady doing it on purpose?

"It's almost time." Chu Huanyan whispered, and then, the sound of broken jars came one after another, but this time it came from the yard.

"It's on fire, it's on fire!" shouts came from the yard.

Chu Huanyan looked at the thick smoke coming out of the courtyard and the quick firelight, and leaned against the courtyard wall calmly.

This time she sent out almost all the secret guards and used kerosene. No matter how many people Huangfu Ling arranged, the house would definitely not be saved.

Moreover, such a house could not hide many people.

Not long after, as expected, there came the order to give up fighting the fire and evacuate first.

Chu Huanyan stared in the direction of the back door and saw several people who looked like servants running out of the back door, and among them there was a person wearing a black curtain hat whose face could not be seen clearly.

"Zhou Muting." Chu Huanyan suddenly called out.

The man surrounded in the middle was suddenly startled, then he quickened his pace and immediately ran in the opposite direction.

The secret guard that Chu Huanyan had arranged long ago showed up immediately. Without waiting for the boys to stop him, he sprinkled the drug and left quickly with the others.

As soon as the secret guards left, Chu Huanyan heard Huangfu Ling's voice coming from behind.

"The Queen brought so many people with her. It turned out that she was not for protection, but to set fire."

Chu Huanyan turned around and looked back. Huangfuling had already walked over.

"It's a pity that I finally chose this house to stay, but it was ruined by the Queen." Huangfu Ling glanced at the fire that was still burning in the house, "I had promised to let Zhou Muting go home. After all, why would the Queen be so aggressive?"

"I'm really sorry. Rather than trusting His Highness the Regent, I would rather snatch the person back myself."

Moreover, this house is secluded and has an independent courtyard. Although there are some vacant houses around it, they are not closely connected. Even if no one saves the fire, it will not affect other houses.

"Then how did the Queen confirm that Zhou Muting was in this house?"

"It's just a guess. The ink on the letter you sent to the Zhou family is still fresh. If the person is really in Danyue court, then there shouldn't be anyone who wrote this letter and sent it to Jinzhou after all the delays. Such fresh ink.”

So when she saw the letter, she suspected that Zhou Muting was already in Jinzhou.

But in the final analysis, it was just speculation and there was no evidence, so she didn't mention it in front of her grandfather and uncle.

Today she just wanted to give it a try. After all, if someone was really with Huangfu Ling, even if he was hiding in the dark, he would probably show up after his uncle left to ask what they had talked about.

It's best to set a fire at this time to lure people out in a panic. Even if you can't, or even if all your guesses are wrong... it will be Huangfuling's house that is burned.

"The Queen is indeed attentive." Huangfuling half-curved his lips and looked at Chu Huanyan.

The other party even burned her own carriage just now. She probably thought that if she heard the noise, she would at least go out to confirm whether she was in the carriage. By distracting him, the people in the dark can take action more easily, and when Zhou Muting fled in a hurry, no one could stop him.

Of course, everything was exactly as Chu Huanyan expected. His first reaction just now was to confirm whether Chu Huanyan was in the carriage and ignored the rest.

only……

"The Queen is staying here so calmly. Do you think that I will not arrest anyone, or do you think that the remaining guards are enough to protect you in my hands?"

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