He raised his eyebrows, smelling the fishy sweet blood that had not been dissipated for a long time, and his stomach was churning, and he almost vomited.

"Don't look!"

Suddenly, a broad palm blocked her vision, a rough calloused palm covering her eyebrows, the body temperature from his palm, and the faint smell of ink.

Bo Ming took two deep breaths, and then he felt a little better.

It has been more than three years since she entered the palace, and there have been several people who have died directly or indirectly because of her, but when she saw the corpse, it was the first time, and it was a corpse with two lives. She is also a person with children, so she can't look at that blood-red stain......

At this time, I only heard the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer, and it seemed that the comer was in a hurry. However, his eyes were covered by the emperor's palm, and he couldn't see anything, so he didn't know who came.

When he was thinking about it, the person who came had already stopped, and the sound of rare silk rubbing seemed to be saluting the emperor, and then the familiar voice sounded: "Greetings to the emperor." ”

It's the queen, Hao Ming thought to herself. He hurriedly gently took the emperor's palm covering his eyebrows, and sure enough, the Empress Fucha who was facing him had already bent his knees. Hao Ming hurriedly bowed to the side, the queen was asking the emperor for peace, if she stood beside the emperor with a big grin, wouldn't she also salute her?

"The queen mother, Jin An. Ducking from one side, he also hurriedly bent his knees and made a blessing salute.

The queen bowed slightly at her, and her smile was very kind: "It turns out that Concubine Shu is also there." ”

The emperor was resting in her palace last night, when he heard that Duan Guiren had drowned. How could Humming still be able to sleep in such an amazing thing, so he came along to take a look.

The queen looked at the blood-stained body on the ground, and her face immediately filled with pity. He hurriedly recited the "Buddha name" in his mouth, and said with regret: "How could Duan Guiren run to the beach of Penglaifu in the middle of the night?

Ming's heart jumped, and the queen's words ...... Something is wrong, isn't it?! Duan Guiren was indeed discovered by the guards on patrol when the sky was dark, and then immediately reported to the emperor. That is to say, the drowning of Duan Guiren must have been before dawn, perhaps in the middle of last night, but it may also have been when it was dark yesterday evening! Drowning in two periods of time, it is not easy to be found! The corpse may not be found until this morning! It cannot be yesterday during the day!

But the queen blurted out that she drowned in the middle of the night!

Hao Ming hurriedly asked, "Did Duan Guiren drown in the middle of the night last night?, how did the queen mother know?" - the guards found the body. Catch it up, and then the emperor came here quickly, in such a short time. It shouldn't have been too late to determine the time of death, right? And there was no very precise forensic determination in ancient times, so how could it be judged whether he drowned last evening or in the middle of the night last night? But the queen actually knew!!

The queen was stunned, and her eyes suddenly flickered, but it was only a flash of panic. Then she hurriedly said, "Didn't he drown at night? I'm afraid that I will come up early, and I won't die. ”

Humming said softly, "Could it be...... Couldn't it be yesterday evening when it was just getting dark? At that time, the guards were changing shifts, and if they fell into the water, there might indeed be no one to rescue them. ”

The queen showed a look of sudden realization, "Yes, the palace has forgotten this stubble, or Concubine Shu is careful." ”

Mingming's eyelids drooped and fell silent. Duan nobles. Was it the queen who killed her?

yes, it's not unexpected. When the queen had a son. is still not allowed to be born by a famous concubine, how can she have no son, and she must strictly guard against the birth of a child!

But there is one thing that is very puzzling, why would Duan Guiren run to the beach of Penglaifu alone in the middle of the night? And he didn't bring anyone with him? This is unreasonable! What kind of method did the queen use to let Duan Guiren come here alone?

The emperor wrinkled his brows, looking at the body of Duan Guiren who was covered in blood, his face was extremely gloomy, obviously he didn't think that Duan Guiren had lost his footing and drowned!!

The low pressure exuded by the emperor's body, and the cold breath made people tremble.

The queen hurriedly wiped away her tears and said: "Duan Guiren is really pitiful, at such a young age, it is really sad and lamentable, the mother and son died!" The queen's voice gradually choked, and her eyes gradually turned red, she looked at the emperor with tears and said: "Your Majesty, although Duan Guiren has not served you for a long time, he has a gentle temperament and abides by his duties as a concubine, and now he dies early together with the little brother in his belly, which is really pitiful." Therefore, the concubine asked the emperor to posthumously crown the nobles as concubines to express their condolences. ”

There was also a touch of sorrow in the depths of the emperor's eyes, although she didn't have much affection for Duan Guiren, but he lost another child, looking at the dark red color dyed under Duan Guiren's banner uniform, the emperor's heart was sullen and very uncomfortable. He took a deep breath, then nodded, "Let the queen handle the funeral of the concubine." "——These words are the posthumous seal that the queen gave to the nobles.

The queen nodded hurriedly and said: "This is the duty of the concubine, and the concubine must do her best to give the concubine a ride." ”

Immediately, the emperor raised his voice and replaced Wu Shu to step forward, and he commanded in a cold and gloomy voice: "Go and find out who has left their respective palaces from yesterday evening to before dawn today, and who has been to the Penglaifu beach!!"

Determine the time and place, and investigate them one by one, it can be seen that the emperor wants to find out the cause of death of Duan Concubine Xilin Jueluo. Obviously, the emperor didn't think that Xilin Jueluo was completely drowning.

It's a concubine from a big family, and it's a corpse with two lives, how can the emperor not find out?

Hao Ming stepped forward at this time and said: "It is indeed possible that Concubine Duan was pushed into the water, but one person can be excluded." ”

When the queen heard this, she nodded hurriedly and said, "The emperor stayed in Concubine Shu's palace last night, and naturally the most unlikely one is Concubine Shu's sister." ”

Hao Ming smiled and bowed and said, "Thank you for the trust of the queen mother, but the concubine is not herself." ”

The queen was stunned.

Yu Ming hurriedly said in a soft voice: "The noble Xiu was punished and confined in Qingxia Zhai, presumably the queen also sent someone to ban Qingxia Zhai yesterday, right? In other words, it is impossible for Xiugui to come out to kill people by himself, nor can he send his henchmen to come out to kill Duan Concubine Xilin Jue Luo.

The queen smiled: "Concubine Shu is really thoughtful, and indeed the noble person can rule out suspicion." "——This queen must agree, it was she who ordered the noble people to be grounded, if she was not taken care of, she would not be able to get rid of her responsibilities first.

At this time, I saw Wang Qin bring a green-clothed palace maid with embarrassed clothes and her hair in a spilled bun and walked quickly to the front of the palace.

Hao Ming took a closer look, isn't this palace maid Jinyu, the palace maid of Xilin Jueluo's clan who had just been posthumously named a concubine by the emperor's imperial mouth? Why did she look like this? Her clothes seemed to be stained with grass clippings and soil, could it be that she was rolling in the soil? When she took a closer look, there was a piece of blood on the back of Jinyu's head who was kneeling on the ground, and she looked as if she had been hit hard by a sneak attack.

Jinyu saw the cold body at a glance, and was immediately shocked, and then her eyes were quickly filled with tears, and she couldn't help but pounce on Duan Concubine and cry.

Hao Ming secretly looked at it, Jinyu's every move didn't seem to be half hypocritical, and he seemed to be a loyal servant.

Wang Qin hurriedly stepped forward to pull down the crying Jinyu, and hurriedly reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is the maid Jinyu of the noble person, the guards found her fainting in the flowers in front of her, and she was just woken up by the slave pinching the middle of the person." ——Fang Cai was not in front of him, so naturally he didn't know that Duan Guiren had been posthumously crowned as a concubine by the emperor.

The emperor frowned very displeased when he saw Jinyu crying and being rude.

The queen was unusually tolerant, and sighed, "It's a loyal one." The queen's eyes were full of pity, and she asked softly, "Why did your little master drown in the lake?

Jinyu cried like a cat, her appearance was even more embarrassed, she whimpered: "Last night, the slave was knocked unconscious, but when I woke up, I saw that the noble man had ......" At this point, Jinyu whimpered and cried again.

Ming narrowed his eyes, "What did your master do when he ran out at night?

Jin Yu was stunned for a moment, and her expression seemed to be a little evasive.

The emperor frowned when he saw it, so he coldly ordered: "Send it to the Punishment Division for torture!"

As soon as these words came out, Jin Yu trembled all over, in the kind of place of the Prudent Criminal Division, the people who went in were rarely embarrassed, Jin Yu was naturally afraid, she hurriedly said: "The emperor spares his life!" It was my little master's uncle in the capital, Lord Bai Jia, the head of the Ministry of Works, who entrusted the internal management and collar office to buy the purchase, and gave us four thousand taels of silver tickets for emergency use. The little master was afraid of attracting people's attention, so he was ordered to accept it privately, so he and Jiao Gong agreed to meet here! So last night, the third watch, only the slave accompanied the little master here, and the little master let the slave look around, but when the slave walked to the front of the flowers, he suddenly hit the back of the head, and then he fell unconscious! The next thing, the slave didn't know!!"

Jin Yu was stunned like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, and spoke so quickly that she vomited cleanly.

The emperor's face was a little dark, and the head of the Ministry of Industry was just a petty official from the seventh grade, and his income was meager, but he was able to take out four thousand taels of silver at once! It is conceivable that the silver must be embezzled! But this corrupt silver is actually to supply the concubines in the palace!

At this time, a former imperial eunuch quickly came to report: "Your Majesty, Shuntianfu has an urgent report, there was a fight in a gambling hall last night, and it was an internal eunuch who was killed by mistake!"

Hearing this, Hao Ming's heart froze, could it be that the one who died was the "Gonggong Jiao" in Jinyu's mouth?

Sure enough, Na Jinyu also showed a stunned look, "Father-in-law Jiao is indeed a ...... who is a good gambler" - so for the sake of silver, he was able to help the concubine's family pass on the silver and give it to each other privately. (To be continued.) )