Chapter 40: A Contest

Xiao Yiyun did the matter of opening the coffin by asking Yun Yi to follow him to Gu Yumei's spirit, in front of the public, such a thing is not good for anyone, so now except for Xiao Yiyun's people who opened the coffin, there are only the two of them here.

"You all go out. ”

Xiao Yiyun's voice was so cold that when Yun Yi frowned, there were only two of them left in the mourning hall.

Yun Yi turned around and looked at Xiao Yiyun. When Xiao Yiyun checked Gu Yumei's body just now, Yun Yi was also watching carefully from the side, and indeed did not find anything wrong.

"Now you're satisfied?"

Yun Yi frowned, but hooked his lips and smiled: "Yes, I am very satisfied." ”

Xiao Yiyun didn't say a word to Yun Yi again, and turned to leave. The wind brought by Xiao Yiyun's departure blew through Yun Yi, and suddenly, Yun Yi felt a little cold.

Well, the mourning hall is always a little cold. Yun Yi reached out and rubbed his arm, turned around and left the mourning hall.

Yun Yi returned to the Purple Shadow Palace, a little distracted. Xia He came over and gently called her a few words before she came back to her senses.

"Xia He, you're back. ”

"Madame, what's wrong with the Queen?"

Yun Yi shook his head: "I've checked it carefully, maybe I guessed wrong, everyone can't think about it, Gu Yumei really can't think about it at that time, and she will kill herself." Where are you? Who has touched anything here?"

Xia He nodded: "Indeed, Xiaoyue, the palace maid next to the eldest prince." ”

Yun Yi frowned: "Is it her?"

She did come over, picked out the herbs, and then went out with the herbs she had picked out. ”

Yun Yi raised her eyebrows: "That's it?"

Xia He shook his head: "She went to see someone after destroying the things, and Mrs. originally guessed that the person who came to do the tricks would go to see her master, so she asked her subordinates to continue to follow." But in fact, no, the person she went to see was an extremely ordinary palace maid in the palace, a person in the imperial dining room. Satsuki said that she had destroyed the herbs as instructed and that there would be no more problems, and then took the money and left. ”

Yun Yi groaned: "Yue'er, this girl is greedy for money, it seems that she is being used as a target to do things." After that, where did you see the man?"

"That person didn't go anywhere, but in the evening, Yingge went to the imperial dining room, and I kept staring at the palace maid, so she would find out even if she made eye contact with someone. Although the man and Yingge didn't talk, they nodded to each other, and then Yingge hooked her lips and smiled and left. ”

"Yingge, Concubine Hua. Hmph, it's really inseparable from her. Yun Yi looked at the dark sky outside the window, her face was hidden in the darkness, and it was terrifyingly dark in the half-light and half-darkness.

Before going to bed, the palace maid Xiaoyue once again secretly counted the large sum of money she had gotten, and then fell into a deep sleep. When she got up on the second day, the first thing Satsuki did was to put her hand under the pillow and make sure that the things containing the money were still there, so she got up and washed up with peace of mind.

In the evening, Xiao Yue received another note, the handwriting on the note was very familiar to her, it was a letter written to her by the person who gave her the opportunity to get wealth, thinking that there might be another opportunity to do things for that person and get money, Xiao Yue was in a good mood.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Yue took advantage of everyone's sleep, secretly got up, and tiptoed out the door.

There is no moon tonight, and the black clouds completely obscure the moon, and there is no light to shine. Xiao Yue didn't dare to attract attention, didn't carry a lantern, staggered a group of guards who checked at night, and when she arrived at the appointed place, she found that she was nervous and broke out in a cold sweat.

When Yue'er saw the black figure by the lake, she breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed. At this time, a gust of night wind blew, and Xiao Yue, who was in a cold sweat, couldn't help but shiver. The dark moon, the dark shadows, and the unsightly deeds still make people can't help but be scared. Xiao Yue suddenly hesitated, she had already taken so much money, did she continue to take risks?

Xiao Yue shook it, thinking that she had come all the time, and it would not be good to go back at this time. She stayed until she left the palace three years later, at the age of twenty-five, she was already an old woman, and it was not easy to marry a good family at that time, how could she live well without some money?

There are still old fathers and mothers at home to support, even if the money is a lot, but it can't stand the empty sitting, she has to save more money, go out of the palace in the future, open a tavern or something, find an honest person, and live a life in peace and smoothness, that's good.

Thinking like this, Xiao Yue put aside the worries in her heart, and she didn't feel guilty about betraying her master at all, for the sake of her future good life, she couldn't care about that much at all.

"It's coming. ”

"Well, is there anything else I can do to help?"

"Well, there's one thing you have to do, are you willing?"

Yue'er didn't care what it was, and replied: "As long as I can do it, I will try my best to achieve anything." ”

"Oh, yes? That's great, it's the only thing you can do. ”

"What's the matter?" Satsuki said with some excitement.

"What you were asked to do before has a great impact on my master, and I must not let anyone else know. ”

Satsuki nodded a little confusedly. She knows all this, she said before she asked her to do things, she will never be allowed to talk too much, she has already answered, and now that the matter has been done, why do you mention this.

But the answer is always right, maybe people are afraid that her mouth is not reliable before they tell her again. After answering, she will give her other tasks.

"Yes, yes, I know that, and I'll never tell anyone. Besides, don't I don't know who the master of your family is? ”

"Well, although you don't know who my master is, if this murder of the prince is leaked, it will inevitably cause an uproar, and at that time, my master will inevitably be affected......"

"Yes, yes, the little one understands, and will never reveal half a sentence, don't worry, I ...... Ahh

The moment Xiaoyue fell into the water, I only saw the extremely cold eyes of the person who pushed her into the water, and the words without warmth - I still want to believe that the mouth of the dead is the most reliable.

Satsuki struggled in the water, this was an extremely barren area, and patrolling teams didn't come here very often. When she came just now, the patrol team had just passed, and in a short period of time, no one would come at all.

It didn't take long for Satsuki to stop struggling, sink into the water, and the man who pushed her into the water evoked an icy smile and turned to leave. Not long after she left, Satsuki burst out of the water and took a big breath of fresh air. At this moment, Xiao Yue was extremely happy, the person who pushed her into the water didn't know that she actually knew about water, and she was just in a hurry, afraid that if she didn't pretend to be dead, that person would kill her in another way.

Xiao Yuehou climbed ashore in fear, and she didn't come back to her senses for a while, she didn't expect that person to be so ruthless. She originally thought that she didn't have much to do, just do the things they ordered, but she didn't expect them to be so ruthless that they had to kill her.

Xiao Yue knew that people's hearts were sinister, but she didn't expect that people's hearts could be so sinister!

Satsuki gritted her teeth and went back to the room, during which she was caught by the patrolling soldiers, she excused herself to come out for a little relief, but she didn't want to go the wrong way in a daze, and finally stepped into the water. The leader didn't believe it at first, but a Praetorian Guard pulled him behind him, and it was very strange to say that it would be a ghost hitting the wall.

The leader saw Xiaoyue's dejected appearance, estimated that it was possible, and after asking her identity, he let her go.

Yue'er returned home physically and mentally exhausted, and the person in the same room with her was still asleep. Satsuki fumbled in the dark night to change her clothes, and then sat at the head of the bed with her knees crossed, stunned.

She's not dead, so will that person come back and continue to do it, and won't stop until she is killed? What should she do?

The distraught Xiao Yue saw that her companions around her were sleeping so soundly, and a wave of irritability rose in her heart - why am I here on the line of life and death, and you are still sleeping sweetly there.

Satsuki stretched out her foot and kicked her companion, but her companion didn't react, Satsuki came up and kicked her harder, but she still didn't react, and she didn't even roll over.

Xiao Yue frowned, they are extremely strict in their discipline as palace maids, and they even have strict requirements when sleeping, not only must they have a fixed posture when they sleep, but if there is something after falling asleep, they must also ensure that they can wake up immediately to do things for their masters. The palace maids are all vigilant, and they will not sleep to death even if they are tired.

Xiao Yue had a bad premonition in her heart, and stretched out her hand to push her companion: "Xiao Cui, wake up, Xiao Cui ......"

Sure that Xiao Cui was sleeping very deeply, Xiao Yue suddenly thought of something, and quickly returned to the side where she was sleeping, and felt under the pillow. There, nothing.

It's gone, it's gone, it's nothing...... Xiao Yue sat dejectedly, with those words repeated in her heart.

Xiao Yue stretched out her hand to hide her face, yes, how could there still be? They asked for her life, naturally they would not leave any more traces, a palace maid, it is normal to die, but if she finds that she has a huge amount of money after death, it will be strange. They all calculated to this point, to take her life, to take everything from her.

Satsuki, who was in the dark, suddenly chuckled under her breath. For the sake of this money, she betrayed it, and in the end she got the money, but in a blink of an eye, she was going to lose her life and money, and she really lost money in this deal.

"Afraid that I will reveal it so you want my life, hmph, you are ruthless, don't blame me for being unjust!" Xiao Yue clenched his fists in the dark, his eyes full of resentment.

Xiao Yue didn't know that the person who pushed her into the water didn't leave, she had been secretly observing Xiao Yue's every move, she knew Xiao Yue's situation very well, greedy for money, a lot smarter, cautious, ruthless, and understood water nature.

Hearing Xiao Yue say this, the man hooked the corners of his mouth and dodged away. And the place where she went back was clearly the territory of the Purple Shadow Palace......