Chapter 174: Murder with a Knife (4)
For five days in a row, I didn't see any special movements from Hou Yuanxiu, and she still went to Fengyi Palace every day to find Concubine Man, and it seemed that she was getting along with Chi Xiaoman better and better.
Originally, if you are interacting with people seriously, then friendship can only accumulate step by step, but playing games is different, you can accumulate a lot of common topics in a short period of time, and it is easier for people to open up and accept each other while chatting while playing.
So in just a few days, Hou Yuanxiu felt that Chi Xiaoman had completely accepted herself, and it could be said that she had regarded her as a close friend in her boudoir.
And Zuo Xiyao's side, last night, he had already asked the maid Leng Xiang to get what Hou Yuanxiu had been hiding.
It was, as she had guessed, a medicine bag.
Zuo Xiyao was so happy to get the medicine bag, he could have already seen the victory of stepping Hou Yuanxiu under his feet.
Quickly, she asked Leng Xiang to find the powder of the same color, changed the contents of the medicine bag, and then quietly put it back in its place.
I don't know what to do.
What kind of medicine is that medicine bag, she can't ask the imperial doctor in the palace, so she can only ask the maid Leng Xiang to ask the queen mother to take her out of the palace this morning, and ask the folk medical hall, but this also wasted a morning.
In the afternoon, Leng Xiang returned to the palace, and the news he brought back made Zuo Xiyao very happy, it turned out to be really poison!
Hou Yuanxiu, who is that woman going to kill with poison?
Zuo Xiyao is also a little clever, in the current situation, Hou Yuanxiu will obviously only target two people, if it is not Concubine Man, it is herself.
Now she just needs to brake quietly and watch Hou Yuanxiu's movements. And she felt that if Hou Yuanxiu was not stupid, the object of poisoning would definitely be herself.
It is not unfounded for Zuo Xiyao to think so, judging from Hou Yuanxiu's dedication to being close to Concubine Man's actions these days, if she still poisons Concubine Man, won't she be listed as the primary object of suspicion? And poisoning Concubine Man, what good can it do to Hou Yuanxiu? It will only make the emperor completely angry and vow to find out the murderer, does Hou Yuanxiu think that she will be able to get out safely at that time?
On the other hand, if the target of the poison is oneself...... The emperor and the queen mother must also be investigated, but what if Hou Yuanxiu has already colluded with Concubine Man? Concubine Man is the emperor's favorite concubine, so there must be a way to exonerate Hou Yuanxiu, right?
Concubine Man's current attitude looks like she has accepted Hou Yuanxiu, and letting Hou Yuanxiu, who is good friends with her, enter the harem is better than letting her, who is not familiar with her at all, become the emperor's concubine, right?
After thinking about it a few times, Zuo Xiyao thought that what he thought must be right, Hou Yuanxiu's poison must be used against herself, and then use Concubine Man to get rid of her guilt.
That afternoon, she was still waiting for Hou Yuanxiu to deal with her, and then she was ready to take a surprise bite, but the truth surprised her.
There was a knock on the door, and she was asking Leng Xiang to open the door with a smug face, but it was a group of palace guards who came in.
"What's going on?" Zuo Xiyao looked blankly at the group of people who came in.
"Everyone is not allowed to leave, and the lowly rank came to search on the order of the emperor, please forgive Miss Zuo. After the guard at the head finished speaking coldly, he ordered everyone behind him, "Search for me!"
"What are you doing here! I'm a guest invited by the Queen Mother, even on the orders of the emperor, so I should give an explanation, right?" Seeing that a group of people really searched her room, Zuo Xiyao was furious.
"The humble duty is just to act on orders, please forgive Miss Zuo. ”
How could Zuo Xiyao be satisfied with the businesslike and one-on-one answer, and shouted: "I want to see the emperor!
The guard ignored her yelling, but after all the guards came back to report that nothing had been found, the captain of the guard finally said to Zuo Xiyao: "Please go to Fengyi Palace with your humble duties to meet the driver." (To be continued......)