"Are you really going to live here?" Jialan asked incredulously.

I took out a pot of tea from the inner sanctum, and sat down in the court. Jialan was still standing, looking around.

I don't blame her for being surprised, it's just that the place where I live now is the courtyard that Mrs. Qimo once arranged for me to live in. It's secluded, with mountains, rivers and green fields, and for me, nature is the best place to stay.

I have nowhere to go in Mucheng, and the only place I can stay is Won Hyuk's former mansion. But now that Yuan Hyuk is in charge of the affairs of Yu Kingdom, and he has moved back to the palace after his wedding, I can't go there anymore.

Yesterday Yuan He asked me if I had a place to stay in Mucheng, and I had planned to find an inn or something to settle in Mucheng. Yuan He persuaded me to stay in the palace, the palace is so big, as long as someone arranges a comfortable place for me, it will be convenient to check the affairs of Mrs. Ruyi in the palace.

That's where I thought.

Originally, it was just a casual mention, but Yuan He really agreed, and immediately sent someone to find this place and clean it up.

"What is this?" Jialan walked around the courtyard, and finally her eyes fell on the swing hanging from the tree.

"It's a swing." I looked up and blurted out, not really concerned.

"Why is there a swing here?" The more Jialan thought about it, the more she couldn't figure it out.

"It seems that Yuan He arranged it, I remember that there is one in his mansion, and now this one is very similar to the one in his mansion, maybe he asked people to demolish the one in the mansion here." In fact, when I first saw the swing hanging here, I was also surprised, but I didn't expect that ten years have passed, and Yuan Hyuk still remembers.

Jialan seemed to understand whether she understood or not, but she smiled very strangely. "It turns out that the son of the world in everyone's eyes has become unbearable and tyrannical, but only for you, he doesn't seem to have changed at all."

"What do you want to say?" I looked up from the tea room in front of the table, and I knew what she meant. "Don't talk casually just because you have a long mouth, can you bring what I asked you to bring?"

"Naturally, what you ordered, he was taken to heart." Jialan said, walked up to me, pushed the tea in front of me aside, and then spread the scroll in her hand on the table. "Here is a list of all the people who served in the palace twenty years ago, from the important ministers of the former dynasty to the palace maids."

"How many of them are sure to leave the palace? How many others died or disappeared in the palace? "I stretched out my finger and ran it across the scroll, name by name.

"There were more than 3,400 people in the palace that year, and more than 3,200 people were determined to leave the palace, and there are marks here. And the one who died in the palace was painted with a black frame, and as for the missing ......, "Jialan didn't look closely on the way here, and she didn't expect me to ask her such a question, so she couldn't answer it for a while."

"Thirty-four people are missing." I read it once and wrote down everyone's name. "These thirty-four people are all in direct contact with Madame Ruyi, twelve of them are in charge of her palace, and the other twenty-two people, there are those who have the imperial doctor's room, the imperial dining room, and even the secretary's room, that is, all the people who know that she saved her zài, and maybe even know what happened to her in the end, are missing."

Imperial Doctor, Imperial Diet...... In other words, no one who knew her final illness and what she ate at the end escaped the catastrophe.

"Twelve?" Jialan seemed to have thought of something, and she muttered, "According to Mrs. Ruyi's status in the palace, there should be fourteen people in her palace." ”

"Status?!" I wondered, "Is there a specific distinction between the status of the ladies in the palace?" Including the number of subordinates in the palace? Then according to what you said, how many people are there in Mrs. Qimo's palace? ”

Jialan folded her hands and counted it, "If according to common sense, Mrs. Qimo is the eldest wife of the monarch, then she is the queen, but the monarch has not made Mrs. the queen." In this way, Mrs. Qimo's status should be lower than that of the queen, but higher than that of other ladies, and it should be eighteen people, but I heard that Mrs. Qimo doesn't like to be disturbed by outsiders very much, so there are very few of her subordinates, except for Yun Chu, there should be only four people. ”

"Four?!" I figured out if I really didn't hear clearly. This gap is too big, even if Qi Mo falls out of favor, it shouldn't be so much different from Mrs. Ruyi.

"That's the way it is." Jialan was pretty sure she wasn't wrong, and I heard me right.

Jialan is so sure, she shouldn't be wrong. But this thing ...... Yuan Jue, I suddenly thought of the crux of the problem, yes, it was Yuan Jue. "Then can you find out when the palace people around Mrs. Qimo have been reduced to four?"

"On the second day of her marriage to the king, she only kept four people." Jialan was so sure that when she saw that I was suspicious, she added another sentence, "Earlier, when Yuan He sent someone to investigate the matter of Yun Chu, he checked the entire palace of Mrs. Qimo, and this was also found out at that time. ”

On the second day of Mrs. Qimo's marriage to the monarch, only four people remained?

I remember that they had a big quarrel on the night of the wedding, and at that time, the king's anger also affected Yun Chu, causing Yun Chu to be injured and Mrs. Qimo to make a big fuss. If she had fallen out of favor from this time, she would have cut her subordinates. And Mrs. Ruyi returned to favor at this time, and it didn't take long for her to become pregnant...... After that, Mrs. Qimo, no, it should be Yun Chu, Yun Chu somehow got pregnant...... That's right, since the monarch recognizes Yuan Jue's son, he must know that Yuan Jue's biological mother is Yun Chu, why should he help Yun Chu hide it?

Why did the monarch help Mrs. Qimo hide the fake pregnancy? Although he later handed over the act of the prince to Yuan He, the son of Mrs. Ruyi, the monarch seems to be very fond of Yuan Jue, yes, the monarch really loves Yuan Jue...... Although he seems to have all kinds of tempering for Yuan Jue, in fact, why is he not cultivating Yuan Jue, I remember that ten years ago, Yuan He also said something similar, and even Yuan He understood that the monarch favored Yuan Jue more.

But in this way, why did the monarch hand over the position of the prince to Yuan He?

Mrs. Ruyi Huai Yuanhe, the people around her took good care of her, but there was an accident after the birth, and this accident caused Mrs. Ruyi to die, and after that, the monarch did not pursue the matter. And many years later, the monarch is seriously ill, but Mrs. Ruyi has turned into a ghost, but she does not intend to take revenge, but to protect the monarch and her son?!

Mrs. Qimo's fake pregnancy is actually to cover up Yun Chu's pregnancy. Therefore, the number of people around her has been reduced, so as to avoid people's eyes and ears, in this case, I am afraid that those four people are no longer alive now.

That's right, all the questions ultimately point to Lady Qimo and the monarch.

Jialan waited for me to speak, and when I turned my head to look at her, she was bored playing with her fingers. I pointed to the names on the scroll and said, "Look, these four people are the original subordinates of Lady Qimo, try to see if you can find them, or find someone who knows about them." "Because I have already guessed that Mrs. Qimo's fake pregnancy will not be able to be spread, and these four people have probably been wiped out." And in Mrs. Ruyi's palace, in addition to these twelve people, there are indeed two, one is the chief steward who died in the river before leaving the palace, and the other, I only know his surname is Nan, you see if there is a way to find this person, be sure to ensure his safety and bring him to me. ”

After explaining this, I thought about it and asked, "Although it is easy to say, after all, it is not a person who is looking for it, do you have a way?" ”

"Rest assured. Yuan Hyuk has already transferred all the people he sent to look for clues to you, just let them investigate, with Yuan Hyuk as a backer, they will be careful. "Jialan has a lot of crooked ideas, and she has a way to do it when she turns her head.

It's okay this way, it will save the two of us from looking for it, and it will be very troublesome.

"And what are we going to do next?" Jialan asked. "It's not like you're sitting here waiting for news."

"Let's go check the secret report that was handed over to Master Meng." First the secret report, then the witch doll, follow this clue, maybe you can find out the person who is secretly planning to frame Yun Chu.

"Oh?" Jialan screamed in surprise.

"What's wrong?" I wonder how she reacted like that.

"Nothing." Jialan looked very uncomfortable, pursed her lips, and then continued, "If you want Lord Chameng, there is someone who may be able to help you, but he must be willing." ”

I saw Jialan's hesitation and desire to speak, and I guessed a few points in my heart. "Cheng Jing?"

Jialan pursed her lips, confirming my suspicions.

"Let's talk about it." I don't want to see them right now, and if there's any other way, I'm sure I'm not going to bother them. "By the way, you still have one more thing to help me, we will go to two ways, I will go to check Lord Meng, and you go to see Mrs. Qimo."

"What? Looking at Mrs. Qimo? Do what? "Jialan didn't understand what I meant.

"Leave it alone, I'll ......," I had just stood up to admonish her, when I was interrupted by someone who had recklessly entered the courtyard. I couldn't help but ask, "Who?" ”

"The people around Mrs. Meng." Jialan leaned sideways and hid behind me, she whispered a reminder, but it was more like she was waiting to see a good show, "You're going to be miserable now." ”

"What do you mean?" I don't know why the people around Mrs. Meng came, and I was miserable.

But before Jialan could answer, the group broke into the courtyard in a mighty way.

When they broke into the courtyard, they split into two columns and made way for me to come directly from the outside of the courtyard, but surrounded me behind me. At this time, a gorgeously dressed, temperamental woman, supported by a girl who was waiting by her side, walked slowly and methodically from outside the courtyard, she was dressed in purple and red is very gorgeous, embroidered with gold wire, more noble, graceful, eyebrows between the eyebrows but a little heroic.

She was carefully supported by the girl beside her, walked to my side, and stood side by side with me, but her eyes looked behind me, as if she didn't care about me for a moment. After only a moment's pause, she took two more steps forward and sat down on the stone bench I had been sitting on.

Jialan quickly put away the scroll on the table.

She glanced at Jialan fiercely, as if she had known her for a long time, but she looked extremely disgusted.

"Bold people, don't bow when you see Mrs. Meng!" Who knew that the little girl beside her helped her to sit down, and immediately changed her submissive appearance just now, and pointed at my nose before scolding.

But I was not in a hurry, and turned around. "You broke into my yard and didn't tell me, who is here, and why do you blame me?"

"You!" The little girl was so blocked by my words that she couldn't speak, so she immediately leaned down, squatted beside Mrs. Meng, and grabbed Mrs. Meng's arm to complain. "What a well-toothed commoner! Madame, slap her mouth! ”

The lady seemed to be angry with her girl, and she raised her eyes and glared at me. "Who are you and why are you living here?"

"By Yuanhyuk...... ......I blurted out my habitual words, only to react to the mistakes between the words when everyone was stunned. "The one who was entrusted by the son of the world to investigate the case."

"Oh? Why I don't know why there is a female official like you in the palace. She spoke out again.

"Isn't it strange that there are so many people in the palace, has the lady seen every single one?" The so-called soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the question she threw at me, I will turn around and throw it back, not to offend, not to give in.

"You dare to talk to me like that, you must be so bold." She laughed, but her murderous aura grew heavier and heavier. "Do you know who I am?"

"You are the wife of the prince Yuanhe, and the daughter of the Meng family." Dare to run rampant in the palace like this, what is the possibility except for such an identity protection?

"You're not afraid of me?" She was helped by the girl to stand up again, this time it was face-to-face with me.

I replied indifferently, but I didn't think there was anything to be done by her to look for things like this, "I'm afraid of what you'll do?" You are the ...... Madame of the Prince, I owe you respect. But I'm afraid of you, I don't know where to start? ”

"Then I will teach you how to be afraid of me when you enter the gate of this palace." She said, giving the girl a look.

The girl rushed forward angrily, rolled up her sleeves, and just raised her hand...... She turned her head and asked Mrs. Meng, "Madam, is it really a fight?" ”

"Hit." Mrs. Meng gave an order.

I looked at the embarrassed little girl who turned around again, she moved, but she still didn't hit me.

"Madame, you have to think about it, if the prince knows that you have moved her, what will happen to you?" Jialan fanned the flames on the sidelines.

"So what." Mrs. Meng was angry, pushed the little girl away, pushed her head away, and scolded angrily, "Waste! ”

With that, she raised her hand to slap me in the face.

I grabbed her wrist and immobilized her. "Madame, I probably understand what you're talking about, but apparently you've misunderstood. Let's just go back like this, before these things get big and make a noise, or we'll all be in trouble next. ”

She tried a few times, but she couldn't pull it back from me.

I saw that her anger was almost gone, so I let go.

Jialan smiled beside her, and Mrs. Meng was so angry that she swept the teapot on the table to the ground, shattering the porcelain pieces on the ground. Thinking about it, she was still not relieved, and walked around the courtyard twice, and finally her eyes fell on the swing, and she drew a knife from the guard's waist, and slashed it indiscriminately, cutting the swing hanging from the tree to a mess, and threw the knife away in a rage, and turned to leave.

The little girl hurriedly got up from the ground and chased after her, "Madame, ma'am!" Madame, wait for me, ......" (To be continued.) )