The two laughed a few words, and Hua Fu asked, "It's difficult to see the Lin family now, I don't know where the lady wants to start?" ”

Shu E said: "I want to take a look at the note I found from Xiaocairen that day, but I don't know if the queen still has it in it." I think the note shouldn't be in Concubine Rong's place. ”

Hua Fuqi said: "Is it the note that Concubine Rong found on Xiaocairen?" I don't know what the lady is suspicious of. After thinking about it, he said: "The queen also seems to be suspicious of Concubine Rong." ”

Shu E nodded and said, "Yes." Concubine Rong found a note and wanted to go to the Chunxi Pavilion to compare, so the queen called me and wanted to go with Concubine Rong. At that time, the queen, Concubine Rong and I went to the Chunxi Pavilion together, and the queen asked me to go to the Taiqing Building on the grounds that there was no one in Taiqing Building to take care of Xiaocai's afterlife, and sent Zhanxi to accompany me. ”

Shu E said and stretched out her finger to draw randomly on the table, and continued: "I guess that when the queen called me to the Chunxi Pavilion from the beginning, she planned to let me go to Taiqing Mansion halfway. ”

Hua Fu said: "After the Lin Imperial Servant was hit hard, even the Queen Mother and the Emperor said that they would punish him, but the Queen transferred the Imperial Attendant Lin to the Yanhe Palace, although the treatment was the same as that of ordinary palace people, it was finally a clean and spacious place. I don't know if the queen also has the same thoughts as the lady, and she has to check some things after Lin recovers from her illness. If so, the lady can also get a strong backup. ”

The two were discussing, and suddenly Lilac came over and said, "Kunning Palace, please ask Shu Meiren to come over." ”

Shu'e and Hua Fu glanced at each other, and both of them were a little surprised.

The queen was sitting in the side hall of Kunning Palace, and when she saw Shu E coming, she ordered Zhanxi to take out something and hand it to Shu E.

Zhan Xi opened the plain satin brocade handkerchief in his hand and peeled it off layer by layer, and inside it was the note with blood stains. Then Zhan Xi took out another piece of paper, on which were written the same words as on the note. I think it was the queen and Concubine Rong who went to the Chunxi Pavilion together and ordered the people of the Fourth Pavilion to write down the piece of paper that verified the handwriting.

Shu E looked up at the queen, only to hear the queen say: "Under the rockery, next to the body of Xiaocairen, I see that your expression is a little strange." Sad and puzzled, did you find something? ”

Seeing Shu E's somewhat surprised look, the queen said again: "My suspicions, you may not have seen a little. Indeed—" The queen said and slowly stood up and said, "I have a lot of incomprehension about the death of Xiaocai, and the Lin Imperial Servant confessed his guilt and killed himself. I don't want anyone to turn their hands into clouds and rain in this harem, trying to confuse the public and deceive people's hearts. In this way, the living are confused and the dead are uneasy, and I am also ashamed of the phoenix seal handed over to me by the emperor. Shun Jieyu is now restrained by Concubine Rong, and everyone in the back garden is also panicked, only you can help me. ”

Shu E's heart moved, the queen's words had something in common with her own thoughts. After sorting out the clues, Shu E said: "The view of Xiaocairen's body is sad, the concubine saw the carved gold hairpin, one bead has long been gone, the other has been scraped to lose its luster, and the softness of the hollow gold hairpin is even more distorted. Especially at that time, it was especially shocking to see the messy hair with blood and gravel and sand in the canopy. ”

The queen looked at Zhan Xi and said to Shu E, "You also noticed this." Xiao Xia's injuries are serious, but most of the serious injuries are in the back of the head and back. On the contrary, the wound on the face was milder. ”

"Then Xiaocai people should fall with their backs to the rockery, and they fall close to the rockery." Shu E said her own speculation: "Because the back of the head and back are facing the rockery, the skin on the back of the head is scraped, and the hair is also shaved frizzy, mixed with blood and gravel. As for the injuries on Xiaocairen's face, there are some bumps and bruises, and the scratches are friendship. I think it was caused by her falling and rolling on the ground. ”

The queen took a deep breath, nodded, and said with a smile: "On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when you dealt with Yang Chunxi's various difficulties in destroying the strings, I already knew that your intelligence was difficult to reach. The unfortunate omen of broken strings was easily resolved by you. ”

Shu E was surprised: "What happened on the night of the feast...... The queen said that Yang Jieyu ......"

"The only people who can get their hands on the guqin are those people." The queen smiled: "Seeing everyone's reaction after the strings were broken, it was natural to think that it was her." You are favored by the emperor and return to the palace as a beauty, she is naturally reluctant in her heart. But I don't think she likes you, and I've had it since a long time. On that day, she tried her best to recommend you to take care of part of the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in front of the Queen Mother, and she may not have a good heart for you. ”

Shu E was amazed by the queen's words, the queen didn't say much, but she didn't want to be so clear in her heart.

The queen smiled slightly and said, "You can go on with yours." Yang Chunxi is jealous of you, but she is not the only one who feels unhappy about your favor. Just be careful, and with me, I won't let you suffer. ”

The queen's words were plain, but kind. Shu E also knew that since Lu Dao entered the palace, she has been taken care of by the queen openly and secretly, and she is also very grateful in her heart.

Shu E continued: "Later, the concubine was ordered by the queen to arrive at the Taiqing Building, so that she was able to take a closer look at Xiaocairen's injuries. found that Xiaocai also had scars on the back of his hand, naturally because he hurriedly reached out to stop the fall when he fell. The injuries on the front of Xiaocai are relatively light, and there are almost no scars on the palms of the hands. This is also easy to figure out, because Xiaocai fell with his back to the rockery, and the palms of his hands were naturally not damaged. None of this is surprising, but I think of this note that Concubine Rong found in the Yaoyang Pavilion before going to Taiqing Tower—"

Shu E said and stretched out her finger to the note wrapped in the handkerchief, and continued: "But I can't help but be more confused. ”

The handwriting on the inside of the handkerchief was still clear, but the blood stains mixed with the mud and sand marks on it had become dark in color.

The queen looked at Shu E and said in a deep voice: "If the note is held in the palm of Xiaocai's hand, there is no blood stain in the palm, where does the blood on the note come from?" If it is placed in the placket of Xiaocai's clothes, there will be no mud and sand scratches and blood stains on it. ”

Zhan Xi exclaimed in a low voice and said to the queen: "The queen asked me to pack up this note, the original intention is here!" Then he exclaimed: "If the note falls next to the body of Xiaocai under the rockery, there may be some possibility that it will be stained with bloodstains and sand, but ...... Qinglian and Yushu and the others didn't find anything next to the body, and the note was found by Concubine Rong after returning to Taiqing Building! ”

The queen and Shu E both looked solemn, and the room was silent for a while.

After a long time, the queen sighed in a deep voice: "Concubine Rong is a hundred secrets!" ”