After Chu Qingluo and Peony were imprisoned together, the dragons in Guangrentang were leaderless, and Long Kui asked the empress for the temporary jurisdiction of Guangrentang on the grounds of facilitating the investigation of the case. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the other side of the Chu Mansion, Mrs. Chu was so anxious that she washed her face with tears every day, wanting to go to Grandmother Chu and beg her to come forward to intercede for Chu Qingluo. But Grandmother Chu had already retired during the reign of the first emperor, where could she still speak in front of the current empress.

Fortunately, Luo Lifei took Chu Yilin to Chu's house, saying that Chu Qingluo was just routinely detained and questioned, which was not a big deal, so she calmed Chu's mother first.

Chu Mu thought that Chu Qingluo's recent series of accidents must have been committed by Tai Sui or something, so she burned incense and worshiped the Buddha at home all day long, and invited a priest to come to the house to practice, hoping that Chu Qingluo could return safely as soon as possible.

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Long Kui led a group of people to investigate the matter in Guangren Hall for two days, and then reported the situation to the empress on the third day.

"Is Long Aiqing saying that there has been a major breakthrough in the case?" The Empress asked.

"Exactly." Long Kui replied: "If the Holy Lord allows it, the lower officials want to punish the suspect severely, and I believe that within a day, it will be revealed." ”

"Suspect?" The empress was uncertain, "Who are you referring to?" ”

"The suspect is none other than Lord Chu. The lower official received a report and said...... Lord Chu and Lord Ziyan have a personal relationship. Xia Guan suspected that this was a love killing. When Long Kui said this, he deliberately stopped to observe the expression on the empress's face.

"That's nonsense!" The empress's reaction was really not very happy.

"If there is no conclusive evidence, the lower officials will not dare to speak falsely." Long Kui then said: "Li Yan, the executive officer under Xia Guan, was once an executive officer in Guangren Hall, and she had witnessed the scene when Lord Ziyan sent his entourage to give gifts to Lord Chu. ”

"Gift-giving?" The empress phoenix's eyes narrowed slightly, and she asked, "What kind of gift?" ”

"Li Yan said that what she saw was a very delicate small brocade box." Long Kui said: "Xia Guan has already interrogated the entourage who gave gifts for Lord Ziyan, and he is very sure that there is a piece of Xiuyu in the brocade box. ”

"Poof!"

As soon as Nightshade's words fell, someone in the corner of the hall popped and laughed.

"The Holy One forgives sins, and the lower officials are really rude." The person who laughed was none other than Jiang Hua.

Jiang Hua was in charge of the imperial dining room and was the lowest-ranking female official among the tenth-order female officials. Although she has a direct and bold personality and a very loud voice, she rarely hears her voice in the morning of the Qingming Hall every day.

If you want to stand for a long time in a low position, when you should be humble and silent, and when you should retreat into advance, you should know more about people's eyes than those who are in high positions. Trembling, walking on thin ice.

But today, Jiang Hua actually laughed in front of the palace, which couldn't help but make others feel incredible.

"Why is Lord Jiang laughing?" was discussing such a serious matter, Jiang Hua actually laughed, and the empress's face became even darker.

"Back to the saint, the lower official heard Lord Long just talk about giving gifts, and suddenly remembered something, so he couldn't hold back."

"You say." The empress saw that Jiang Hua was not such an unruly person, so she didn't bother with her.

"Does the Holy Lord still remember Lord Chu making duvets?" Waiting for the empress to nod, Jiang Hua continued: "Xiaguan assisted Lord Chu to make the duvet at that time, and he also acted on orders, but Lord Chu was hot-hearted, so he asked for a few duvets for Xiaguan as well. If Lord Long only relied on a piece of Xiaoxiu jade to conclude that Lord Chu and Lord Ziyan had a personal relationship, then Lord Chu begged for the lower officials, could it be that the officials colluded? ”

After Jiang Hua finished speaking, someone in the hall immediately echoed in a low voice, "It's-" "This doesn't mean that Lord Chu and Lord Ziyan have a personal relationship." ”

"Of course it's not enough." Long Kui stiffened his face and raised his voice: "There are also witnesses who can prove this." With that, she gestured to the attendant at the door.

A man was then summoned to the temple and saluted the empress, saying, "Holy Peace." ”

Seeing the visitor, a trace of displeasure flashed on Li Ziyou's face.

"Who are you?" The Empress asked.

The man replied, "The villain is the retinue of the Clothing Pavilion, named Li Yu. ”

Nightshade added from the side: "He and Lord Ziyan are old acquaintances, and it can be said that he knows quite well about Lord Ziyan's previous situation in the Garment Pavilion. After speaking, he turned around and instructed Li Yu: "When the Holy Lord asks you later, you have to answer truthfully, but if you hide a little, it is the crime of deceiving the king, understand?" ”

Li Yu nodded embarrassedly and said, "The villain understands." ”

The empress glanced Li Yu up and down before asking, "I ask you, Ziyan and you used to be old acquaintances, what is the relationship between the two of you?" ”

Li Yu bowed his head and replied: "The villain and Lord Ziyan have been together in the garment pavilion for many years, and the relationship has always been very good, and the other entourages also know about it. ”

"That's good." The empress asked, "When Lord Chu was an executive officer in the Garment Pavilion, did he have a close relationship with Ziyan...... Or even a personal affair? ”

When Li Yu heard the empress ask, although he had already been mentally prepared, he couldn't help but gasp. "Back to the saint, the relationship between Lord Chu and Lord Ziyan...... It's better than everyone else......"

Seeing that his words flickered a little, the empress said sharply: "I am asking you, is there a personal affair between them?!" How to prove?! ”

Li Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly replied: "The little one only knows that they are very intimate with each other, unlike other entourages, Lord Ziyan directly called Lord Chu by her name at that time, and never called her Lord Chu." They stayed together almost every day, and in addition, during the summer festival, Lord Chu also attached great importance to Lord Ziyan's clothes and accessories, and even took him out of the palace to choose fabrics...... Ten dedication. These are all treatments that other followers do not have. ”

Li Yu was in a hurry to explain, but at the same time comforting himself, what he said was the truth, and he did not deliberately fake. The relationship between Chu Qingluo and Ziyan is much better than that of others.

"......" The empress looked at him deeply, pondering and not speaking.

At this time, Nightshade stepped forward to mend the knife again. "As long as the Holy Lord thinks about it, he will find that the relationship between Lord Chu and Lord Ziyan is really extraordinary."

There is no need to remind the nightshade that the empress is already reminiscing. She remembered that her cotton headrest was obtained by Ziyan from Chu Qingluo, and she remembered that Ziyan had interceded for Chu Qingluo more than once...... And when the two of them are together, they sing and harmonize, and they are indeed full of tacit understanding.

Seeing that the empress's expression was getting more and more wrong, the sixth princess hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Holy Lord, these are all chasing after the wind and shadows, and they can't be taken seriously. ”

"Evidence is often dug up little by little from these clues! (To be continued.) )