At that time, Qianlong, who first chose to ask Qiu Lan and Qiu Yue about the situation, did not realize that before he began to thoroughly investigate the curse of the imperial concubine Gao and the slippery tire, he had already chosen to believe Xiao Yan in his heart, who was deeply interested in him and had many unsolved mysteries.

After Qianlong questioned Qiulan and Qiuyue, he ordered Qiuyue to summon the waiter to interrogate.

The waiter was just sent by Qiulan and Qiuyue to the Huanyi Bureau to pick up the clothes for Xiao Guiren, but on the way back, he unexpectedly met a little eunuch named Xiao Dongzi.

Xiao Dongzi has an ordinary appearance, but he has a pair of smiling eyes, on the surface he is a second-class little eunuch in Changchun Palace, but in fact he is a henchman of Queen Fucha Ningxiu.

When the waiter saw Xiao Dongzi, not only did he not have half of the joy on his face, but even showed a look of fear and panic.

Xiao Dongzi and the waiter staggered by, and only turned his head sideways and said to the waiter, "The master ordered me to sue you, it's time", and walked away and turned right at the fork in the road ahead.

After listening to Xiao Dongzi's words, the waiter suddenly trembled, and his eyes widened unconsciously, showing obvious fear and reluctance in his eyes. However, the queen mother had promised her that as long as she did this errand, she would free her only brother from slavery, and would reward her brother with a sum of money enough for him to leave Kyoto and go south to do some small business, so that her brother should be able to live without food and clothing for the rest of his life. Even if she met her parents who died early below, she would be able to have an explanation.

Qiu Yue looked in the direction of the Huanyi Bureau, and saw the waiter holding the clothes and walking towards the Chuxiu Palace. Qiu Yue looked at the look on the waiter's face, and always felt that tonight's waiter seemed a little strange.

Qiu Yue stepped forward and said to the waiter: "You can go back with me quickly, the emperor is now in the palace and hall, and I will send you back for questioning." ”

The waiter's body was shocked, but his brain, which was a little chaotic and dazed just now, immediately sobered up, and hurriedly replied: "The slave and maid obey the order, and the slave and maid will go back." ”

The painter hurried back to the body and hall, and saw Qianlong sitting in the main hall drinking tea, his face slightly gloomy. Qianlong saw the waiter painting trembling into the hall, but just raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the waiter, which made the waiter feel cold all over, and knelt on the ground with a puff, and asked Qianlong for peace with a trembling voice.

Qianlong didn't scream, leisurely took a book of poems at hand and flipped through it, just hung the painting aside, until the painting was tormented by the fear and anxiety that he tried to suppress in his heart and couldn't help it, and then asked lightly: "I heard that you were given to Xiao Guiren by the queen not long after Xiao Guiren just entered the palace to run for election. In this case, you should have some understanding of Xiao Guiren's temperament. In your opinion, what is Xiao Guiren's personality and character? ”

The waiter's mind changed rapidly, but he tried his best to show a decent smile on his face, and replied seriously: "The slave maid thinks that Xiao Guiren has outstanding appearance, and is gentle and weak on the surface, but in fact he has a strong self-esteem and a strong personality. The slave maid remembered that Liu Guiren, who ran for election with Xiao Guiren, took the lead first, and after sleeping for the emperor first, Xiao Guiren was a little unwilling and disappointed for a long time, and he cried a few times in private! ”

Qian's eyes flashed slightly, and he turned his words around, and asked in a deep voice: "What do you have to say about the fact that the grandmother and palace maids who served the imperial concubine today searched for witch Gu in the Slow Blessing Hall where Xiao Guiren once lived?" ”

The waiter's eyes flashed, and there was an obviously timid look on his face, but he still helped Xiao Yan defend himself: "Your Majesty, this matter has absolutely nothing to do with Xiao Guiren!" Xiao Guiren has just entered the palace, how can he know the birth date of the imperial concubine and understand these methods of using witchcraft to harm people? ”

The waiter deliberately revealed a ghost in his heart, nervous but still trying to argue for his master, thinking that he would definitely arouse the emperor's suspicion by acting like this, but he didn't expect Qianlong to squint at her for a moment, and suddenly nodded and said: "You are reasonable, I also think that Xiao Guiren is beautiful and kind, and he will not do such a crazy thing." For women, kindness is beautiful, and evil is ugly. Xiao Guiren has a beautiful appearance and is the best in the harem, why do you need to use this pickled method to compete for favor? ”

The waiter was stunned, is the emperor speaking for Xiao Guiren? Has the emperor already favored Xiao Guiren to such a point? Shouldn't the emperor see that she must have hidden something from her panicked expression, and then continue to interrogate her carefully? How could this matter be revealed so lightly?

At this moment, the waiter suddenly understood why the queen mother suddenly changed her original intention, and no longer regarded Xiao Guiren as a weapon to deal with the imperial concubine, but decided to take this opportunity to get rid of Xiao Guiren as soon as possible through the hands of the imperial concubine. Because Xiao Guiren, who is deeply favored by the emperor, is a threat to the queen's mother, and now he has surpassed the influence of the imperial concubine Gao.

When the waiter was worried about how to finish the errand given to her by the queen mother and put all the blame on Xiao Guiren, she saw Qianlong glance at her with disdain, and her deep eyes were full of undisguised disgust. "The most disgusting thing in my life is the ungrateful betrayer. Xiao Guiren has always treated you well on weekdays, but today you dare to act in front of me, intending to murder Xiao Guiren. Do you know that according to the old custom of the Manchurians, when the master died, the slave had to give the master a funeral. And if a slave dares to betray his master, he is to be severely punished until his master is satisfied. ”

When Qianlong saw that when he heard him say this, there was no trace of shame in his eyes, but instead he showed a picture of himself thinking that he had done it very correctly, and suddenly sneered: "It seems that my news is really not wrong. You have never regarded Xiao Guiren as your master in your heart, and your real master has always been someone else. ”

The waiter's face changed greatly, his body shook violently, and he was anxious to explain the matter to Qianlong. However, without waiting for the waiter to speak again, Qianlong ordered Qiuyue to directly plug the waiter's mouth with a towel cloth, beat him into the Shen Penal Division, and sent his henchman eunuch Pan Fu to strictly interrogate the waiter, and at the same time strictly ordered Pan Fu to hand over the confession to him first, and before getting his will, any matters related to the waiter's confession should not be passed on.

Pan Fu interrogated the waiter according to Qianlong's order, but he didn't expect to be tortured, but the waiter drew out that Xiao Yan was jealous of Liu Guiren at the beginning of entering the palace because he was jealous that Liu Guiren was the first to serve the emperor among the selected show girls in this year's selection under the recommendation of the imperial concubine Niangniang, so he held a grudge and specially ordered her to find out the birthday of the imperial concubine Niangniang, and engraved it on the wooden figure and set a curse.

According to the waiter, this curse set by Xiao Yan is very vicious, it will gradually deprive a woman of the right to be a mother, even if the woman can barely get pregnant, the child she is carrying will definitely be miscarried, and she is destined to not be born safely.

Pan Fu tortured the waiter in order to torture him, but he didn't expect the waiter to only bite Xiao Yan to be the one who used witchcraft to curse the imperial concubine in the Chuxiu Palace, and the rest refused to say another word, and finally wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide, and his strength was so great that he almost bit his tongue off, thanks to Pan Fu's timely discovery that the waiter's expression was different, so he quickly stepped forward and broke the waiter's mouth. Although the waiter did not die, due to the injury of his tongue, he was afraid that he would no longer be able to speak normally in the future.

Pan Fu felt that the painting was a bit strange. According to his experience, if the prisoner who was tortured had a ** in his heart to survive, he would try to survive the punishment no matter what, and the punishment he received was much harsher than the punishment he used for the painting, but it could still last for several days. However, the painting gave up and committed suicide too quickly and resolutely, which made Pan Fu feel that there was only something hidden in it.

In accordance with Qianlong's instructions, Pan Fu presented the confession of the painting directly to Qianlong's imperial inspection in the early morning of the second day.

Qianlong read the testimony of the waiter and felt even more angry.

As he expected, this wanted to set a vicious trap to frame his little pet. What a death! As a small palace maid, she definitely does not have such a position and courage, so it seems that this must be the instruction of the real master behind the painting, Queen Fucha Ningxiu.

Last night, after Qianlong sent the waiter painting into the Shen Criminal Division, he successively sent Lamei and Imperial Doctor Hu to interrogate.

The confessions of these two people are very interesting, Lamei insisted that the situation of the dragon fetus in the womb of the imperial concubine Gao had improved, but it suddenly took a sharp turn; And the imperial doctor Hu Mingfang couldn't help but kowtow to Qianlong, saying that his medical skills were not perfect, so he failed to keep the dragon fetus in the womb of the imperial concubine, and because he was afraid that the imperial concubine would hold a grudge, so he agreed to temporarily hide the true situation of the dragon fetus for the imperial concubine Niangniang.

Qianlong pondered for a long time with a gloomy face, and sent two secret guards, ordering them to investigate the clues on the family and the witch doll painted by the servant in detail, but in their hearts, they already understood most of the Gao's miscarriage. These two women fought with each other in their previous lives, and they still can't stop in this life. Originally, the two of them didn't fight each other, but they hated but affected other innocent people.

Thinking of this, Qianlong was slightly stunned, is it an innocent person? When did he trust that little girl so much?

Qianlong twisted his eyebrows and thought carefully for a long time, and then gradually relieved. The little girl is now pregnant with his two long-awaited little brothers, what if he pampers her more?

In the Changchun Palace, Fucha Ningxiu walked around the hall worriedly. She had already heard the news that the painter had been beaten into the Shen Criminal Division by Qianlong, but the result of the interrogation could not be found out anyway.

The reason why she had promised the painting service to find a way out for her only brother was just to temporarily appease the painting. After the waiter died, in order to kill the mouth, she could only order someone to remove the younger brother of the waiter. As the saying goes, cutting the grass does not remove the roots, and the spring breeze blows and grows. No wonder she's ruthless, she won't leave herself with such trouble!