Guo Hui trembled, knelt at Zhu Yuanzhang's feet and cried: "The concubine has been a little irregular for a while, and she deliberately asked people to add saffron to the meal, but unexpectedly, the imperial dining room confused Concubine Sun's dinner with the concubine's dinner." These damn bastards!" The more she spoke, the more sad she became, and pleaded with tears in her eyes: "It's all the concubine's fault, the concubine shouldn't let the imperial dining room add saffron, if the concubine cooks in her own small kitchen, it won't affect Concubine Sun." Ask the emperor to punish the concubines, otherwise the concubines will have no shame on the concubine. ”

Yang Jieyu, who was good friends with Guo Hui, hurriedly said: "I beg the emperor to forgive Concubine Hui's unintentional mistakes, Concubine Hui's body is cold and should not kneel for a long time." Besides, Concubine Hui would call the imperial dining room every month to arrange food and drink like this, and there had never been a mistake when the queen mother managed the harem before......"

Guo Ninglian was furious when she heard this, and interrupted Yang Jieyu's words regardless of it, and asked: "Yang Jieyu, what do you mean? The queen mother has not made a mistake in managing the harem, but I have made a mistake in managing the harem? Don't forget that I am not alone in managing the harem. Who knows if the Imperial Dining Room mixed up the food or if someone deliberately instructed it with ulterior motives!"

Yang Jieyu muttered bitterly: "But today is a double number, the imperial dining room is confused with dinner, and the imperial doctor is also called by Concubine Ning......"

Xiao'er resented Guo Ninglian for deliberately delaying and delaying Concubine Sun's treatment opportunity before, and at this moment, she also took the risk of the following mistakes and stood up and cried bitterly and accused: "I beg the emperor to make the decision for Concubine Sun." When the slave maid asked to see Concubine Ning before, Concubine Ning avoided it, and waited for half an hour before calling someone to summon a doctor at random, but Concubine Sun Niangniang was ......"

"A bold and cheap maid, she dares to talk nonsense in front of the emperor. Guo Ninglian was annoyed and angry, lost control for a while, and actually slapped Xiao'er in public.

"That's enough!" Zhu Yuanzhang was dizzy from the noise, the pain of losing his son and the mutual accusations of the concubines and Guo Ninglian's gaffe made him angry, and he angrily ordered: "Concubine Ning is arrogant and derelict in her duties, and she will be punished for thinking about it for three months; although Concubine Hui is unintentional, she is also responsible for being grounded for half a month; from now on, the affairs of the harem will still be taken care of by the queen; all the people in the imperial dining room will be put into the prison and beheaded after the autumn; the imperial doctor on duty dares to drink and make mistakes, harming others and himself, this crime is still unforgivable, and even the nine clans should be killed!" Red flowers are forbidden in the harem, and those who violate the order will be punished for the crime of disrespecting the order!"

The Son of Heaven was furious, and the blood flowed and drifted. At least hundreds of people lost their lives at this order. Everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to make a sound, and Chenggangong was so quiet that they could hear a needle falling on the ground.

The emperor was angry, and the concubine asked the guards a few more words. Originally, Ma Xiuying didn't want to have many things when Zhu Yuanzhang was angry, but the torture investigation habits in her previous life made her sensitively aware that this matter was not as simple as it seemed, and hundreds of lives were just in Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and she couldn't ignore these people who lost their lives because of Zhu Yuanzhang's wrong orders.

"If the queen has something to say, just ask!" Although Zhu Yuanzhang was impatient, he still gave Ma Xiuying face.

Ma Xiuying asked the guard who found the body of the imperial physician on duty, "When you found the imperial physician, how long had he been dead, and what other items were with him?"

The guard thought for a moment and replied: "When the villain fished out the corpse of the imperial doctor, his body was still very soft, and it is estimated that he died for less than an hour, and he still carried a medicine box on his back, and it was the medicine box floating on the water that the villain found him." ”

Ma Xiuying had a vague judgment in her heart, approached Zhu Yuanzhang and whispered: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor died strangely, his body and medicine box are in the water, why did he leave a broken wine jug on the shore?"

"You mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were fierce, and a fierce light flashed.

Ma Xiuying nodded lightly, "Your Majesty, you can't make hasty conclusions about this matter, and you can't make a big deal about it, give the concubine a little time, and the concubine will definitely be able to find out the reason." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes, was silent for a moment, opened his eyes, and said calmly: "That's it, this matter is over, the queen doesn't need to investigate again." My order has been given and will not be changed. ”

"But that's hundreds of lives!" Ma Xiuying was anxious, why did Zhu Yuanzhang insist on the wrong order even though he knew that there was something else wrong with this matter.

"Isn't my royal face worth a few lives? Just think they are for the funeral of my emperor!" Zhu Yuanzhang had a cruel sneer on his face, waved his hand to let everyone disperse, and warned everyone to stop talking and not to discuss this matter in private.

Ma Xiuying left in despair, her heart was full of sadness, sad for Zhu Yuanzhang's coldness, and sad for hundreds of lives. In the twilight of winter, the biting cold wind drilled into people's skin, and Ma Xiuying's heart no longer felt the cold, and it was as barren as a bare dead branch.

"Master, let's go back quickly. Xun Ying shivered coldly. She didn't understand why Ma Xiuying didn't sit on her shoulders and had to walk. Even if you want to take a walk, don't pick this hour, it's pitch black, the night is quiet, and it's worrying to think about it.

"I'm going to take a look at the Tai Liquid Pool. Ma Xiuying suddenly stopped and turned around.

"Master?" Fu'an and Fude, who were holding their shoulders, gasped reflexively.

"Tai, Tai Liquid Pool?" Xun Ying staggered under his feet, and his voice changed tone. I heard that dead people always like to wander in the place where they died, but Tai Liquid Pool has just died of a Tai Doctor. Besides, it's already night, and that's the time when those "things" like to be there. The wind howled wildly, the light branches were blown to the west, and the flames in the lanterns flickered and dimmed. The more Xun Ying thought about it, the more mad she became, and she always felt a strange voice ringing in her ears, and she stumbled and said, "Master, can you go again during the day?"

"By daytime, there are fewer leads. Don't be afraid, there are no ghosts in this world, and even if there are, no one is afraid. Ma Xiuying let out a long sigh, in fact, she knew that even if she went to the scene of the incident, she might not be able to find any clues, but her professional habits in her previous life made her unwilling to give up like this, even if she didn't solve the case, she hoped to do something for the deceased.

"Clues?, could it be that the master suspects ......" Xun Ying's fear was diluted a little by curiosity.

"I don't know, you can only know the result if you look at the scene. ”

"But the emperor sent people to block the Taiye Pool. Xun Ying's voice involuntarily lowered, as if he was afraid of alarming something.

"I'll talk about it when I get there. Ma Xiuying instructed Xunying and Fu'an and Fude to follow.

Xun Ying gritted her teeth, and while moving her two weak legs, she kept praying: "There is a debtor and a debtor, we didn't harm you, don't scare us." ”

Before they approached the Taiye Pool, the four of them were stopped by a column of guards, and when they heard that Ma Xiuying had arrived, the guards stepped forward one after another to salute. The words were quite polite, but he insisted that no one was allowed to go to the scene of the incident by the emperor's order, including Ma Xiuying, the queen.

Ma Xiuying did not embarrass them, nor did she have the need to embarrass them. From a distance, the shore of the Taiye Pond was brightly lit, and many guards were pouring stones and soil into the pool, presumably intending to fill it up. Even if there were any clues, they were vanished in this huge project. It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang is determined to completely destroy this matter, including his hidden secrets.