The next day, in the Qingyang Princess's Mansion, the copper ring on the green gate was washed by the autumn rain, the hall was nine rooms and twelve frames, and in the study room in the west, Zhu Di and the imperial sister came to investigate the process and results of the case.

“…… The evidence is conclusive, Zheng Qianhu also denied and slandered Xingniang for stealing a man, and was killed by an adulterer when she was cheating. He is a veteran of the battlefield and can afford to be tortured, but-" Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "He couldn't survive the outer room he raised outside, and he confessed to it, and the shopkeeper of the pharmacy who sold arsenic [frost can also be identified, and the transcript and confession are complete, and he can't deny it." ”

"The outer room confessed, saying that Xingniang was old and had not given birth for a long time. Zheng Qianhu raised her outer room outside and gave birth to a son. But Xingniang's condition is to go to the mother and keep the child, and send the outer room far away, so that she is willing to recognize the identity of the child. Zheng Qianhu conspired with the outer chamber to come up with this vicious method to poison him. ”

Princess Qingyang is about forty years old, round face and long eyebrows, she is the oldest princess of the royal family, married to the concubine Huang Chen, Huang Chen is the commander of Huai'anwei, a military attaché, won the trust of Emperor Hongwu, holds heavy troops, and guards outside all the year round.

"He has a lot of courage to slander the reputation of the former court lady." Princess Qingyang smiled coldly, "The human and material evidence is complete, Zheng Qianhu still refuses to recruit?" ”

Zhu Di nodded, "Imperial sister, after the three ** sentences, Zheng Qianhu refused to admit his guilt. Commander Zheng of the Pro-Army Governor's Mansion has already gone to the Zongren Mansion to dignitaries, but I have already transferred this person to the place of detention, and he can't find him for the time being. ”

Princess Qingyang looked at the raindrops falling along the eaves outside the window, one by one they were as full and shiny as pearls, but once they smashed on the hard stone floor, they immediately became countless fragments and mixed into the dirty muddy water.

is like the life of a female official Xingniang, no matter how good and respected she is in the court, but after marrying a woman, she is like a pearl covered with dust, and even died in her husband's vicious schemes!

Thinking of this, Princess Qingyang's brows gradually became cold, "Oh? Commander Zheng is so powerful, the order of the Zongren Mansion is the crown prince, and he dares to break in and ask for someone. ”

Emperor Hongwu set up the Zongren Mansion to manage the members of the royal family, and the order of the sect was the crown prince Zhu Biao, the second prince Zhu Fan and the fourth prince Zhu Di were the left Zongzheng and the right Zongzheng respectively.

Zhu Di said: "The Captain's Mansion is directly under the direct jurisdiction of the father, and they only obey the orders of the father, and they have always acted so arrogantly. Zheng Qianhu is a thousand households of the Duwei Mansion, and he and Commander Zheng are distant cousins of the same township and clan, born and died together on the battlefield. ”

Princess Qingyang asked, "What did the prince say?" ”

Zhu Di replied: "The prince said that the Zongren Mansion only manages the members of the royal family, and although Xingniang has been a Wupin Shang Palace, she does not belong to the royal family after all. Since she died unexpectedly, the case should be handed over to the Yingtianfu Yamen for trial. ”

The prince's implication was that he felt that Zhu Di was nosy.

Princess Qingyang sneered, "How do you answer?" ”

Zhu Di said: "I said that the younger brother knew that he was wrong, so he took that person out of the prison of the Zongren Mansion early. ”

The prince is a smart man, and he also knows that Zhu Di was entrusted by Princess Qingyang, so he did not continue to ask Zhu Di where he hid that person, but relayed Zhu Di's original words to Commander Zhao as if he were kicking a ball, and neither end of the offense.

Princess Qingyang said: "Thanks to the female doctor you are looking for is a careful one, such a vicious trick was quickly seen through by her, and she found evidence, but she is a talent, give her some rewards, now-"

Princess Qingyang stood up from the rosewood passionflower seat, walked to the window, stretched out her round wrist and then flew the pearl-like water droplets under the eaves, the raindrops smashed into the palm of her hand, and soon gathered a small handful of rainwater, "I haven't talked to the queen mother for a long time, the fourth brother will follow me into the palace." ”

In the afternoon, Zheng Qianhu was directly dragged to the execution ground, slashed a thousand times, and the skin and flesh were all shaved off, turning into a humanoid skeleton and panting. The commander of the clan brother and the military commander of the Duwei Mansion was demoted, demoted from a dignified first-class military attache to a six-grade hundred households, and set off for Shaanxi, Gansu and Gansu on the same day.

The case is closed. Apricot Niang re-entered the burial and prepared for burial.

Yao Miaoyi is very proficient, using needles and threads to stitch the dissected parts, even if there are ice cubes, the corpse has begun to decay, those eyes are still not blind, and it is very worrying to see, Yao Miaoyi has to stick the eyelids with fish glue again.

Xingniang died tragically at the hands of her husband, Yao Miaoyi had some empathy for her, because her mother was assassinated, and it may also be that her husband Xu Da instigated that the rabbit died and the fox was sad, so Yao Miaoyi had some pity for Xingniang's body, hoping that her death would not be so terrifying.

Seeing that the cloudy dead man's eyes were barely closed in Yao Miaoyi's hands, the court lady Li Taoniang asked, "Isn't Doctor Yao afraid?" ”

Yao Miaoyi was vigilant, this Li Taoniang was a seven-grade classic in the palace, and it happened to be the female official who searched her and questioned her when the pro-soldier Duwei's Mansion arrested the members of the Ming Sect Secret Party in Hangzhou!

Today, Li Dian was ordered by Queen Ma to send a set of funeral clothes and jade to the tragic death of Xingniang. Xingniang and Li Taoniang are the first maids to serve Queen Ma.

Xingniang was born in a scholarly background, and she was very liked by Queen Ma, and she was sealed in the Wupin Shang Palace; And Li Taoniang is the daughter of Orion, her temperament is cold and hard and unpleasant, and she is only a seven-grade classic.

When the two met again, Li Taoniang always stared at Yao Miaoyi, and often made tentative remarks.

Li Taoniang has done things for the Captain's Mansion, and she is not an ordinary female official who lives in the harem. Yao Miaoyi didn't dare to hide it, and even told the truth about her brother's past in the army, Li Taoniang asked her if she was afraid, and hurriedly replied: "Back to Li Dianzheng's words, the grass people have studied medicine since childhood, and they are used to seeing life and death. Death is like a lamp going out, the dead are not afraid, and the living are terrible. ”

Yes, the human heart is terrible. Xingniang has served the court for many years, but it is such a tragic ending, and those who know it are all embarrassed, hating Zheng Qianhu for being shameless and vicious, and hating the people entrusted by him for his thin life.

Li Taoniang used to be very jealous of Xingniang, but now looking at Xingniang, who can't even save her body, her jealousy has disappeared, leaving only pity and resentment.

The fish glue was completely glued, and Yao Miaoyi let go of the hand that was pinching her eyelids, and rested two pieces of white jade polished to the thickness of her fingernails on Xingniang's eyelids. Because of pity for Xingniang's death, Queen Ma gave a set of nine-trick jade and a pair of pig-shaped jade grips.

The human body has seven orifices of ears, eyes, nose and mouth, and the lower body has two orifices: pylorus and fecal door. In order to prevent evil qi from entering the body, the burial is stuffed with a set of jade utensils, and the jade cicada is generally held in the mouth to indicate rebirth. Holding a long jade pig in his hand indicates that he will be rich in the afterlife.

Yao Miaoyi quickly stuffed the Nine Tricks Jade into the Nine Tricks, returned to their positions one by one, and nodded to Li Taoniang, "Li Dianzheng, you can decorate the burial." ”

Li Taoniang's eyes were slightly wet, and she personally wiped Xingniang's body, painted her eyebrows, and changed into a set of Wupin Shanggong costumes given by Queen Ma. Xingniang was brutally murdered by her husband, and she probably didn't want her husband and wife to be honored, so she wore a four-grade phoenix crown to bury Mrs. Xuan.

At the end, Li Taoniang wanted to stuff a pair of jade pigs into Xingniang's hands, but Xingniang's fingers were stiff and curled like withered branches, and she couldn't break them, Yao Miaoyi said: "Li Dianzheng, I'll come." ”

G-ba-go!

Yao Miaoyi skillfully broke the deceased's fingers and raced the jade pig into it, and it was finally completed.

Li Taoniang soaked her hands in white vinegar and said: "Farewell to Suzhou, I can actually see you again, I and you can be regarded as fateful, you don't need to call me so politely in the future, they generally call me Aunt Li." ”

For some female officials with status and qualifications in the palace, they all call them aunts or female gentlemen, female masters.

Yao Miaoyi thought that handkerchief handkerchief Hu Shanwei was also a female official in the palace, if she could make friends with Li Dianzheng, maybe she could help Hu Shanwei, so she shouted from Shanruliu, "Aunt Li." ”

After soaking in white vinegar and rinsing with clean water, Li Taoniang wiped her hands and returned to the palace in a carriage to resume her life.

Queen Ma is washing her hands and making soup in the imperial dining room. She and Emperor Hongwu are married husband and wife, both from the grassroots, share weal and woe, and are rich and noble, she is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, kind and gentle, tolerant and tolerant, both the government and the opposition and the harem are highly praised.

Since the death of the famous general Chang Yuchun, the political situation has been troubled outside and inside, and Emperor Hongwu has been depressed and unhappy, not thinking about tea and dinner. Queen Ma often cooks by herself, makes dishes that her husband likes to eat, and frequently serves them to persuade her to eat. Emperor Hongwu took pity on his wife for working hard in the kitchen, and even if she had no appetite, she ate it slowly.

When Li Taoniang returned to the palace to restore her life, Queen Ma was making rose goose fat hot dough cakes, and the steamer made the vision of the kitchen look dim, Li Taoniang looked down and did not dare to look directly at the queen, only to see the blue cloth apron tied to Queen Ma swaying with the rhythm of kneading.

After Li Taoniang finished explaining, she heard Queen Ma stop and sighed: "Back then, I took in your four girls, peach, apricot, pear, and plum. Mei Niang escorted the heroic sacrifice; Li Niang married and had children; The apricot girl entrusted was not a person, and died with hatred; You're the only one who keeps following me. Tomorrow, Xingniang will go to the funeral and send her off for the last time. ”

"Yes, Queen."

Queen Ma said: "That sinner has been executed for a long time, and his bones will be scattered, and he will not be buried in front of Xingniang." ”

"Yes, Queen."

"Alright, you can step aside." The dough was rolled out, and Queen Ma brushed a layer of goose fat on the crust.

Li Taoniang muttered for a moment and said, "Queen Mother, do you still remember the disappearance of Xu Feng, the eldest daughter of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei? ”

Li Taoniang didn't dare to speak out about the assassination of Mrs. Xu's Xie and the disappearance of Xu Feng. Because Xu Feng's grandfather Xie Zaixing collaborated with the enemy to rebel, he has always been a thorn in Emperor Hongwu's heart, and no one dared to mention half of the word "Xie".

The sideburns are brushed with oil on the white crust and stagnant slightly. Queen Ma said: "Of course I remember, the Xu family and the emperor have sent people to look for it, but at that time, there was a shortage of soldiers, and it was too difficult to find a seven-year-old girl." What's wrong? Did you find something? ”

Li Taoniang then told Yao Miaoyi about her acquaintance, "...... Although she didn't remember her parents' background after a high fever, judging from the time when Zen Master Daoyan adopted her, she was basically able to match Xu Feng's disappearance; And in terms of appearance, there are five points of resemblance to the Wuzhong Shuangbi Xie sisters back then, but this girl grew up in the countryside of the market——"

Li Taoniang remembered that Yao Miaoyi was calm and calm without frowning when she gathered the corpse, "The personality and temperament are too rough and spicy, and it is difficult to associate her with the delicate and expensive daughter." ”

Queen Ma sprinkled sugar roses on the goose oil dough cake, rolled them together and then rolled them out with a rolling pin, "Earlier, the Xu family and the emperor also visited some girls who looked and were similar in age, and some people were even greedy for rich bounties, and deliberately took immature girls to Xu Mansion to confess their relatives, but unfortunately in the end, they were not, and they were happy." ”

"There are many beautiful women in Wuzhong, especially in Suzhou, and it is common for girls to give birth to better. However, this girl can attract your attention, I am afraid that there is something really extraordinary, so I will hand over this matter to you to take someone to investigate secretly, and go to Suzhou to verify the origin of this woman. ”

Li Taoniang hurriedly said: "Yes, Queen Mother." "If it can be proved that Yao Miaoyi is Xu Feng and has solved the unsolved cases for several years, she has made a great contribution, and her promotion is just around the corner.

The death of Xingniang made Li Taoniang completely give up the idea of going out of the palace to marry, and she could still enjoy wealth and glory by working as an errand in the palace.

Li Taoniang is a person of few words, and she will retire when she receives the order, and she is not good at words, otherwise she would not be just a seven-grade classic.

The next day, after she sent Xingniang back to the palace for the funeral, the eunuch Huang Yan greeted her with a smile and said with a flattering smile: "By the mouth of the queen, I appointed you as the secretary of the Shangyi Bureau." Congratulations to Li Siji, who has been promoted to a sixth-grade female official, and after serving for all these years, she has finally been able to see the moon and the clouds. ”