Seeing Meng Yi didn't say anything, Luo Cheng said impatiently: "They can't help you. If you want to get any help, you'd better find a way to kill Mu Yunzhou first."

Luo Cheng wanted to leave after saying this, but when he turned to leave, he seemed to think of something and said to Meng Yi, "Don't think that the prince doesn't know about the things you gave to the young lady before. Besides, you poisoned Shen Qingxu a few days ago, why was it solved so quickly? I think you all know the reason. I don't think I need to remind you of the prince's order again."

Meng Yi's expression suddenly became nervous. She was naturally aware of Shen Qingxu's poisoning.

They are the only ones in the world who can use Peach Blossom Drunk. Once the Peach Blossom Drunk on Shen Qingxu is removed, King Liang will know that it is because of them.

At this moment, Meng Yi suddenly realized that the antidote Lin Shuyao took was for Shen Qingxu.

But has Lin Shuyao’s poison been cured?

But after a moment, she felt relieved. If Lin Shuyao was really poisoned, she would not be like this. Fortunately, he was just here to trick her into giving her the antidote.

But she also wanted to know the whereabouts of Lin Shuyao. After all, her daughter had caused trouble, and with King Liang's vengeful character, she was afraid that she would not be able to get away with it.

She quickly chased after him, stopped Luo Cheng and asked, "A few days ago, I lost track of Shuyao. Do you know where she is now?"

Luo Cheng glanced at Meng Yi impatiently: "How would Your Majesty know where she went before? If you want to investigate, why don't you go find it yourself?"

Luo Cheng didn't say a single nice word, and was even unwilling to say anything more to Meng Yi, so he walked straight into the palace.

Meng Yi looked at Luo Cheng's leaving back, suppressed her dissatisfaction, turned around and left.

After returning home, she ordered her people to find Lin Shuyao's whereabouts as soon as possible.

But she didn't expect that the search would go so smoothly, and she soon found something related to Lin Shuyao.

Looking at the items presented, Lin Mengxi asked in disbelief: "Are you sure?"

The subordinate held up the token related to Shen Qiuchi and said to Meng Yi: "Yes, after investigation, we found the place where Miss Lin disappeared, and this token was found there."

After hearing the solemn promise from her subordinates, Meng Yi picked up the token, gently stroked the patterns on it, and made a decision in her heart.

The next day, Meng Yi asked someone to take the token to Shen Qiuchi.

In just half an hour, she was face to face with Shen Qiuchi.

Meng Yi held the token that her subordinates had found and said, "Queen, do you know where Shuyao is?"

"Should I call you Empress Xi? Queen Mother? Or Lin Mengxi?"

Meng Yi's expression changed, and she said calmly: "It's up to you."

Lin Mengxi didn't have much to pay attention to at this moment, she just wanted to know the whereabouts of Lin Shuyao.

Facing Lin Mengxi's questioning, Shen Qiuchi also felt strange: "Shuyao is missing, why don't you go look for her and come to my place?"

At this time, she pretended to see the token in Lin Mengxi's hand: "You don't think that I arrested her, do you? Why would I arrest her? Last time because of Qingxu's matter, I didn't have time to thank her, so why would I attack her?"

Seeing Shen Qiuchi's frank look, Lin Mengxi also realized that something was wrong.

When she was about to say something to Shen Qiuchi, a person walked in from outside.

The footsteps stopped behind Lin Mengxi, and then a familiar yet unfamiliar voice came from the mouth of the visitor: "It's you!"

Lin Mengxi turned around and found that the person standing behind her was actually Xiao Qi! For a moment, Lin Mengxi looked flustered, clenched her hands, and was at a loss.

But in Xiao Qi's eyes, these were signs of her guilty conscience, and her expression suddenly became extremely sarcastic: "I thought you were dead, but I didn't expect you to be alive and well and even come to the palace to see the queen to reminisce about the past."

Lin Mengxi didn't know what she wanted to say to Xiao Qi, but Xiao Qi didn't care what she wanted to say and spoke to herself: "You have been alive for so many years but you haven't come to see me. Why do you think that I, your son, am not worthy of your attention?"

Xiao Qi said this, knowing that it would not hurt Lin Mengxi, but would hurt himself, but he still wanted to say this, unable to control himself at all.

"Xiao Qi, I didn't mean to..."

"It's not intentional. I was sent away when I was young and grew up in the Mu family. As a prince with an awkward status, I have always lived under someone else's roof. As a mother, don't you ever think about my difficulties?"

As Xiao Qi spoke, the depression in his chest did not disappear because of the venting of words, but became more turbulent: "Or, you have been living in the capital, but just didn't show up. You saw everything that happened to me? But you didn't care!"

In the end, Xiao Qi actually didn't know whether he was venting or proving that he really didn't care.

Because Lin Mengxi in front of him also had a hint of pain in her eyes at this moment.

But after seeing it, he did not feel happy. Instead, he thought that the woman in front of him was just pretending in front of him.

After all, if she really had any sympathy and care for her son, she would not have disappeared for such a long time and never contacted him!

"I... these things, Xiao Qi, I can explain them to you later..."

Even though Lin Mengxi knew that it was futile for her to say this, the lack of feelings and resentment over the years could not be brought up out of thin air with just a few words.

Ask yourself, if she was the one going through all this, she might hate herself even more than Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi took a deep breath and did not continue talking about this matter. Instead, his voice became much calmer: "For so many years, I have used you to comfort myself in the miserable days after being bullied, but I don't need you now. What exactly are you doing here today? If you have nothing to do, leave early."

After saying it all, he felt much calmer, and Xiao Qi returned to his previous state, as if the person who had just gone crazy was not him and nothing had happened.

Lin Mengxi sincerely apologized: "It's my fault. If there was a better way to solve these problems, I wouldn't have left you for so long. Don't worry, I will definitely tell you what happened in the future."

Xiao Qi glanced at her indifferently, and the expression in his eyes was completely different from before.

Did he hate Lin Mengxi, or did he hate himself for being powerless during his childhood?

In fact, Xiao Qi himself didn't understand, but he still let go of those hateful emotions and slowly walked away from her.

"This is all my fault. You don't have to blame yourself. I will definitely give you an explanation!"

However, Lin Mengxi stopped him. Xiao Qi turned around and found that Lin Mengxi was looking at him with an unusually firm gaze.

This kind of determination seemed to penetrate into Xiao Qi's heart. He was excited, but eventually calmed down.

He is no longer the little kid he used to be and won't easily believe anyone.

But Lin Mengxi's words still left a mark in his heart. Maybe... maybe soon he would be able to hear what his mother had been doing for so long and get the answer he had been hoping for for a long time.

"Okay, then I'll wait for you to tell me everything that happened."

Xiao Qi's words also made Lin Mengxi feel at ease. When she heard Xiao Qi's questioning, she knew that all this was actually related to King Liang.

If he hadn't done so many sinful things, she and Xiao Qi wouldn't have been separated at a young age, leaving him, a child, to bear all of this alone.

At this time, the mother and son reached some kind of consensus, which made Shen Qiuchi, who saw all this, happy for them.

"However, Queen, I want to know Shuyao's whereabouts. Is she...really not with you?"

Xiao Qi sneered when she heard this. Yes, if it wasn’t for Shuyao, why would she come to the palace? After all, Shuyao was the daughter she had with the man she loved most.

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