A dance finally ended, and everyone was applauding, but Ye Xuexi didn't know what she had danced just now, but she still applauded her face.

After one group of dancing girls retreated, another group immediately picked up, the instruments in the hall began to beat light and slow notes, and the maids also walked in in an orderly manner to serve food to the guests, and the whole scene finally had a festive and cheerful atmosphere.

"The concubine wishes the side concubine Niangniang a youthful permanent and the prince loves Bai Shou. A woman who looked to be less than thirty years old sitting next to Mrs. Ye stood up and congratulated Ye Shuanghan with a wine glass.

"Mrs. Wang has a heart. Ye Shuanghan's cheeks were pink, he smiled, and gave a glass in return.

Most of today's banquet are women, presumably the minister's wives, but all of them are delicate and beautiful, and they are quite comfortable from a distance.

The concubine didn't know what to say, but she still wished the side concubine a smile and a youthful stay. ”

A woman near the bottom of the feast stood up suddenly, and after saying this, she raised her head and drank the sake from her glass.

Ye Shuanghan didn't seem to react, she sat in the seat for a long time and didn't move, and finally the grandmother on the side poked her with her finger before she reacted, and then thanked her with a smile.

"Mrs. Zhao has a heart. ”

"This Xie Yanyan is really bold, she dares to come to the birthday banquet of the side concubine, isn't this deliberately finding fault!"

The two people sitting on the lower edge of Ye Xuexi must be two broken-mouthed women, yes, as soon as Ye Shuanghan's wine glass was put down, the two of them began to talk to each other.

"Isn't it? When the side concubine Niangniang and King Luo got married, she actually went to the emperor! Fortunately, the side concubine Niangniang didn't bother with her, so she calmed down, and now she is already married, and she is still uneasy!" The other lady glared at the woman who was called Xie Yanyan with eyes like knives, as if she wanted to skin and tear her apart.

It turned out that this person named Xie Yanyan had also made a big fuss about Ye Shuanghan's wedding, Ye Xuexi was really bold, Ye Xuexi moved her eyes over there, only to see that the woman named Xie Yanyan had red lips and white teeth, a pair of apricot eyes and curved willow eyebrows looked pitiful, how could it not be as spicy as they said.

When I looked at Mrs. Ye again in a blink of an eye, I found that Mrs. Ye's face was a little unsightly at this time.

But after all, it was at a banquet, and since no one mentioned such a thing, it was better to assume that they didn't know.

However, things didn't seem to be so simple, because not long after the banquet, and everyone was still immersed in the pleasure of chatting, someone hurriedly ran to say that there was a dead person in the lotus pond behind, and when the body was fished up, it turned out to be Mrs. Zhao.

Mrs. Zhao?

Ye Xuexi was suddenly startled, and still remembered that Ye Shuanghan called her Mrs. Zhao at the banquet, so it was that Xie Yanyan!

How could she suddenly die in the lotus pond?

However, as soon as the news came out, all the ladies present were shocked and stunned, and they were all frightened.

Ye Shuanghan's face was pale, and he didn't react for a while.

"Today is my sister's birthday, it's better not to touch this kind of thing, I'll take a look. Ye Xuexi stretched out her hand on the back of her hand and comforted her, and then asked the grandmother beside her to send her back to the room to rest.

"Has this matter been notified to the prince?" Ye Xuexi asked the subordinate who followed behind him on the way to the lotus pond, and the subordinate hurriedly nodded and said that it was notified.

It's no wonder, after all, people died in the Luo Palace, and as the owner of the palace, they should be the first to know.

But how could this Xie Yanyan die in the lotus pond?

By the time Ye Xuexi arrived, Xie Yanyan's body had been salvaged and placed on the ground, and someone covered her face with a handkerchief, as if they didn't want her to be so ugly when she died.

Murong Du stood there with his hands in his hands, his body was slender and straight, and his face was cold, and he had already lived up to the gentleness he had just looked at Ye Shuanghan.

As if he felt that someone was coming behind him, he suddenly turned around, but Ye Xuexi had already come to his side.

"Sister, I have sent my grandmother back to rest, and I seem to be frightened. Ye Xuexi said lightly, then squatted down and directly uncovered the handkerchief covering Xie Yanyan's face.

Everyone was shocked, and Dong'er hurriedly stopped him: "Niangniang!"

Ye Xuexi looked at the somewhat pale face that was blistered without changing his face.

Her skin was very white, like that kind of tender tofu, which was Ye Xuexi's impression, maybe because there were weeds and branches in the lotus pond, so there were many small scratches on her face.

The clothes on the body are also complete, except for some black and black things on the sleeves.

"What is this?" Ye Xuexi looked carefully at the thing on the sleeve and felt a little strange, because her two sleeves had the same marks in the same place.

"Qi Yu Niangniang, that is the trace of aquatic plants, when we salvaged Mrs. Zhao, Madame's hands were entangled in the aquatic plants in the lotus pond. ”

Plants?

Ye Xuexi frowned.

"What does the prince think about this?" she stood up and looked at the corners of King Luo's mouth slightly raised, and smiled faintly.

"Falling overboard. He said.

The tone was very light, as if he didn't take this matter to heart.

"But the prince, if you fall into the water, why don't you even have a maid by your side?" A dignified lady walked in King Luo's mansion and didn't even bring a maid with her?

Murong Du slowly lowered his gaze on her face and looked at her determined expression, "Could it be that Ye Zhaoyi has any ideas?"

I didn't have any ideas, I just thought it was strange, and besides, how could there be so many aquatic plants in the lotus pond? Why didn't Xie Yanyan call for help when she fell into the water?

Didn't all of this look like murder?

"Ye Zhaoyi thought that Mrs. Zhao was killed by someone?" Murong Du's eyes were deep and bottomless, but they seemed to be able to penetrate people's hearts.

"It's just suspicion. She smiled faintly.

Murong Du stepped forward, squatted down and turned Xie Yanyan's corpse, and stood up without speaking for a long time.

"There are no obvious scars on her body, so it can be concluded that she was indeed drowned, but the traces of aquatic plants on her sleeves are too suspicious, it does not look like she was entangled by herself, and besides, there are scars on her face, which are very new, but they are not bloody, most of them are scratched after death, doesn't the prince think that this is like murder? Someone drowned Mrs. Zhao in water, and then threw her into this lotus pond to disguise herself as a stumble and fell into the water. Ye Xuexi said word by word.

Murong Du glanced at the surroundings with his gaze, and then smiled indifferently, "I didn't expect Ye Zhaoyi to have such a thinking, but unfortunately, in my Luo Wangfu, no one dares to kill people under my nose, so, you guessed wrong." This lotus pond is more remote, yes, but very few people take care of it, and it is normal for more aquatic plants, as for the maid next to Mrs. Zhao, I have just sent someone to interrogate, the girl said, at that time, it was Mrs. Zhao herself who ordered her not to follow, and you look around, a few days ago, it rained heavily, the ground was covered with moss, and no one walked here, I think about it, it should be Mrs. Zhao herself walked here, but because the ground was slippery and did not stand firm, she fell into the lotus pond and was entangled in aquatic plants, and finally unfortunately died. ”