Outside the West Palace, Li Chengqi coldly ordered Su You and everyone present: "From now on, without my will, no one is allowed to step into the West Palace for half a step, and without my will, the Queen of the West is not allowed to leave the West Palace for half a step!" If the Queen of the West wants to do anything, even if it is to buy a flower or plant, she must first ask me if she agrees. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

The listeners all bowed their heads and said "yes", but they all sighed in their hearts. They all knew that the emperor's intention was to put Empress Xi under house arrest - to be exact, this was even harsher than ordinary house arrest, tantamount to being sent to a cold palace, right? Even if she is allowed to live until the autumn of the next year, he will not let her live freely.

Su You will always be loyal to Li Chengqi, and when he heard such an order, he stepped forward and lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang picked a saffron earlier and gave it to the doctor Lai of the Tai Hospital, and then instructed the old slave to find out the origin of this saffron, but I don't know how the old slave should act now, and I hope the emperor will show it." ”

Li Chengqi frowned slightly. Just when he wondered what was wrong with this saffron, Lai Yangming ran into the gate of the West Palace with a medical book in his hand. Just seeing that the emperor was there, his brisk footsteps suddenly stopped. After hesitating, he had to bite the bullet and keep going.

"Why did you come to the West Palace?" After he saluted, Li Chengqi asked him in a muffled voice.

"Weichen learned that Niangniang was unwell, so he came to take a look." Lai Yangming replied respectfully.

"Bold!" Li Chengqi shouted loudly, and the people who approached him were so frightened that they couldn't help but snort. He didn't entangle with Lai Yangming, and asked directly: "Why did Queen Xi give you saffron?" If you dare to tell a single word of lie, you will be condemned for deceit. ”

Lai Yangming knew that the emperor had no good impression of him, and it was not a bluff to give himself the crime of bullying the emperor in anger. I can't help but feel a little jealous in my heart. But he was the Queen of the West early on, and his heart was towards the Queen of the West. If it would cause trouble for the Queen of the West, he would never say it. But. Regarding the matter of saffron, he thought that it was not a bad thing for the emperor to know.

After getting the saffron from the Queen of the West, he went back to the Tai Hospital and carefully read many medical books, and finally read a mysterious plant in an inconspicuous "Journey to the Western Regions". The description of this mysterious plant in the book is undoubtedly saffron.

Hearing that saffron has the effect of making women's pulses jump and menstrual affairs do not come, Li Chengqi had mixed feelings for a while, holding Lai Yangming's "Journey to the Western Regions", and his hands trembled slightly. Suddenly. He closed the book and returned it to Lai Yangming, and ordered loudly: "Follow me to Huaqing Palace." ”

He already knew that this saffron was given to Shen Yan by Concubine Jiao of Huaqing Palace. Now, he wanted to ask whether Jiao Huaiyu sent Shen Yanxi saffron intentionally or unintentionally.

In the Huaqing Palace, Jiao Huaiyu was playing with the second prince Li Huan, and his gestures were full of the gentleness of maternal love. I heard that the emperor was coming. Her eyes lit up. She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had seen the man she had been dreaming of in her palace.

He finally came, and her joy was hard to hide. However. When Li Chengqi entered the hall, he looked like he was going to devour her life alive, which disturbed all her expectations.

When he was worried in his heart, Jiao Huaiyu saw Long Wei above the high hall. But he didn't hear what he said, and his heart was even more uneasy. I also saw the people who traveled with him, except for Yuanji's father-in-law. There is also Lai Yangming, a doctor recommended by Shen Yan to practice medicine in the palace, and she quickly guessed Li Chengqi's arrival. must be related to Shen Yan. Finally, she decided to ask on her own: "Your Majesty ......"

"Doctor Lai," Li Chengqi spoke at this time, and he instructed Lai Yangming, "Let Jiao Guifei also see the wonderful use of this saffron." ”

After hearing this, Lai Yangming turned the "Journey to the Western Regions" in his hand to the page where the saffron was recorded, and then respectfully handed it to Jiao Huaiyu, and reminded: "If Niangniang doesn't understand anything after reading it, you can tell Weichen." ”

There are no difficult words in the book, and Jiao Huaiyu is not a stupid person, he hesitated to read the contents, and soon understood Li Chengqi's intention. She chuckled in her heart, and immediately raised her eyes to Li Chengqi and said, "The emperor came this time, originally suspected that his concubine had framed Queen Xi?" ”

Li Chengqi didn't make a sound, just looked at her directly.

Jiao Huaiyu knelt abruptly and hurriedly clarified: "Your Majesty, saffron has such harm, and the concubines really don't know about it. The concubine only heard the maid in the palace say that the saffron is a strange flower, so she gave it to the queen of the west......"

She suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly ordered the palace people around her to summon the palace maid Miao'er. She told Li Chengqi that this saffron was Miao Er who told her, and Miao Er also asked for it from outside the palace, and it should be Miao Er who intentionally or unintentionally harmed Queen Xi.

Jiao Huaiyu's words were earnest, and Li Chengqi was also skeptical. In any case, it's not too late to make a conclusion after seeing the palace maid Miao'er. However, about half a cup of tea passed, and the person who summoned Miao Er did not return for a long time. When the palace people she summoned came back, they were told that Miao Er was missing.

The people of Huaqing Hall began to look around for the whereabouts of the palace maid Miao'er.

Just when Li Chengqi was waiting impatiently, someone came to report that there was a body of a palace maid in the lotus pond in the southwest corner of the Huaqing Palace, and he was no longer breathing when he was salvaged ashore. Later, it was confirmed that the deceased in the lotus pond was Miao'er.

"Less than half an hour after I died." After checking, Lai Yangming gave Li Chengqi a gift, and then set his eyes on Jiao Guifei.

Could it be that Jiao Guifei made people kill people and kill people, happy to die without proof?

The same suspicion also appeared in Li Chengqi's cold eyes. Facing his gaze, Jiao Huaiyu couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, do you suspect that this servant was murdered by a concubine?" ”

Li Chengqi put aside his gaze and didn't make a sound, Gu Zi fell into his own thoughts.

"The concubine never had the intention of framing the Queen of the West with saffron, and she hoped that the emperor would be clear." Jiao Huaiyu only felt that he was being suspected, and his heart was really unbearable, and he couldn't calm down. For this reason, she stepped forward to Li Chengqi and begged him to find out about the matter. "Miao Er's death, I also hope that the emperor will see everything clearly, catch the people behind it, and give justice to Queen Xi, and also return the concubine to innocence."

"It's nature!" Li Chengqi snorted coldly, and finally brushed his sleeves away.

Miao'er's death made all the clues seem to be broken. Although everyone guessed that Miao Er was killed by him, the people in the Inner Servant Province could not find evidence of his killing, and the case was impossible to investigate. The death of the palace maid is small, but the person behind it is a big matter, so Li Chengqi quickly asked the criminal department to intervene in the matter.

Guo Xuan, a foreigner who had done things for Shen Yan earlier, took the initiative to ask for help this time, and promised to solve the case within three days with his head. His arrogance set off a momentary uproar in the Criminal Department, and also attracted the attention of Li Chengqi.

How did he make such a promise that he didn't have to risk his life? Li Chengqi bluntly asked him: "What reward do you want for solving this case?" ”

"Being able to clear up the grievances of the Queen of the West is the greatest reward for Weichen." Guo Xuan's answer was shocking.

To the sensitive and suspicious Li Chengqi, such words are not just a polite remark. This little member of the Criminal Department has only had so many contacts with Shen Yan, how can he care so much about her innocence and grievances?

"Okay." Li Chengqi didn't ask much, only promised Guo Xuan: "Solve this case within three days, and I will take the position of your director." ”

"Your Majesty." Guo Xuan was calm, and his promise to Li Chengqi did not seem to be greedy.

Guo Xuan is Guo Xuan in the end. Within two days, he found out that the Red Floating Plains of Lingying Pavilion had a good relationship with the dead Miao Er of Huaqing Palace. If he touched the melon again, his suspicion was directed at the Lingmei of Lingying Pavilion. That night, he made the servant of the Inner Servant Province unkempt and wet, wearing the clothes that the dead Miao'er wore that day, and stopped Hongfu who went to bed in the next room in a secluded place.

"Sister Miao'er...... Sister Miao'er, don't scare me! Hongfu was so frightened that he knelt on his knees and begged for mercy, kowtowing to Miao'er's "ghost" again and again, "I was wrong, I'm sorry for you...... Forgive me! Do you have any unfulfilled wishes, you tell me that I will help you fulfill them, but please don't come out and scare me again......" Knowing that begging for mercy was useless, she suddenly straightened up and shouted at the "ghost": "Come on! I'm not afraid of the sky! Even the living are not afraid, are you still afraid of a dead person? Come on! Come on! You have the ability to come here! Float around there to scare whom? ”

"You're the one who's scared." Guo Xuan appeared behind Hongfu with a few attendants.

At that time, the "ghost" of Miao'er who was wandering on the road ahead would also reveal the true face of Lushan. Hongfu knew that he had fallen into a trap.

"Say it! How did you kill Miao'er, the maid of Huaqing Palace? Guo Xuan got straight to the point.

"I didn't." Hongfu is not timid and afraid. Facing Guo Xuan, she quickly calmed down, did not admit her crime, but asked rhetorically, "Why did Lord Guo say that I Hongfu killed Sister Miao'er?" Am I just scared by your tricks? Hmph," she sneered, "isn't that what you criminal department officials are capable of?" ”

Guo Xuan didn't care, he also laughed "hum", and then told Hongfu: "Our Criminal Department still has eighty-two sets of punishments, which is enough for you to confess the person behind you." ”

"You ......" Hongfu was taken aback, "don't you want to bend into a move?" ”

"Whether it's a trick or not, you know it." Guo Xuan sneered, and then ordered Hongfu to be arrested and detained.

Hongfu was unconvinced, and shouted and scolded his mother all the way. After hearing this, the Lingmei of Lingying Pavilion was afraid of harming herself, so she couldn't hold her breath early, and soon she ran to Jinyang Hall to meet Li Chengqi. She told Li Chengqi that her maid Hongfu fought for her favor in many ways on weekdays, but the matter of Saffron was never instructed by her, that is, Hongfu had the audacity to frame Queen Xi, and this matter was also unknown to her beauty.

"The concubine admits that the emperor is good to her sister and the concubine is jealous, but the concubine has always remembered that her sister was good to the concubine when she first entered the Hou Mansion, and she also remembered the agreement with the emperor, so she will not do anything to harm her sister." Lingmei did not pretend in front of Li Chengqi, but did not change her fast-talking temperament.

"Is that Hongfu's own initiative?" Li Chengqi looked straight at Ling Meiren. (To be continued.) )