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"The Queen Mother is angry, the forbidden army is responsible for the palace, the defenders are responsible for the outside of the palace, I don't know who is calling this fire, it is not excluded that there are people in the palace who were instructed to murder the Queen Mother." When Wei Ye learned that the fire started in Kunfu Palace, the first thing he thought of was the people in the palace.

He knew very well that it was impossible to let anyone in easily, but he couldn't control the people in the palace, and he had analyzed it at the beginning, and there were still many cronies in the palace, if there was any will, it was not impossible to secretly poison him.

Baili Shuo has placed chess pieces for so many years, in order to seek a dynasty today, and these chess pieces in the palace must play their role.

Mama whispered a few words beside the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother Yi's tone softened a little after hearing this, now the capital is relying on Wei Ye, if he has a rebellious heart, it will be even more dangerous.

"Hmph, now you don't have a clue, you can naturally deny it, now there are internal and external troubles, the emperor will entrust you with the important task, and please be loyal to your duties, and the mourning family will give you three days to find out the truth of the matter!"

"Wechen obeys!"

This time, Empress Dowager Yi was obviously frightened, and before Wei Ye came, she had already asked the forbidden army to call all the people in the relevant courtyards.

The first fire broke out was the Chongming Palace, where the books were stored, but only a few small houses were missing, which were full of old books and damaged classics, and the palace people took a little bit every day to sort out and repair.

Although Chongming Hall is a little far away from Kunfu Palace, behind these huts is a bamboo forest, and after burning in a row, it is Kunfu Palace.

Empress Dowager Yi's dormitory is far behind, so the first to burn is her dormitory, plus most of the wooden houses, which burned quickly after the fire.

When Wei Ye inspected the bamboo forest, he found that the burning was very serious, and fire oil was used, and the route of the burning was from Chongming Hall to Kunfu Palace, without any signs of spreading, which showed that someone deliberately wanted to kill the Queen Mother.

After Gu heard about last night's incident, Uncle Chen and the guards were a little worried, feeling that this matter came very suddenly, and they were afraid that they would target the princess again.

"Han Qianyu has anything to do in the palace?"

"Miss Han went back to Hanfu yesterday, and she was not in Kunfu Palace when the fire broke out." Uncle Chen said.

"Do you say it's a coincidence, or is it deliberate? She caught fire as soon as she left? ”

"It's not clear now, I'm just worried that someone will harm the princess with this."

Gu sighed: "It's okay, I have to come after that, anyway, I didn't do it, and it's not so easy to splash dirty water." ”

Wei Ye checked for a day and had some eyebrows, there were not many people in Chongming Palace, and there were only three palace people on duty at night, after excluding these three people, he searched for everyone's movements last night, and finally found a few palace maids who looked panicked.

The smell of fire oil in the room of several people, and there were grass and wood ashes sticking to their clothes, and a few people lied that they accidentally rubbed it when they were in the imperial dining room, and finally interrogated before slowly letting go.

Empress Dowager Yi learned that there was progress, and quickly went over to check, but the three palace maids did not speak, so she directly ordered.

"Come on, each person will be whipped 50 times, and see if they still say anything!"

Wei Ye had only interrogated before and had not yet been tortured, and Empress Dowager Yi did not have that patience, if she hadn't waited for them to confess their guilt and confess to the mastermind, she would have been killed a long time ago.

"Prepare salt water for the mourning family, and splash it all on your body after the beating!"

Several palace maids were tortured, and their bodies were doused with salt water, and the whole person wanted to collapse.

One of them couldn't stand it, and slowly opened his mouth, but the voice was too small, Empress Dowager Yi asked Mama to come over and listen, Wei Ye also squatted down, and the palace maid whispered: "Mu ...... The princess ......"

Wei Ye was shocked, and Mama immediately told Empress Dowager Yi when she heard it.

"Queen Mother, she said it was Princess Mu!"

"Sure enough, it's the poisonous woman! The mourning family didn't expect her to be so arrogant! You guys, just like that! Otherwise, the mourning family will let you die without a body! ”

Several palace maids confessed one after another, saying that they were instructed by Princess Mu, they were on an errand in the imperial dining room, and Princess Mu had been to the imperial dining room, and one of them met them stealing things from the imperial dining room, especially valuable supplements, and they would be sent out to sell them to repay the money.

Princess Mu used this as a threat to let them murder the Queen Mother.

"Queen Mother, what the slave said is true, I didn't dare to say that it was because I stole things and I couldn't escape punishment, so I would help the princess, she said that if we are done, we will give us some silver taels as a coil after leaving the palace." One of the palace maids cried.

Another palace maid also spoke up: "Yes, Princess Mu said that when you leave the palace, it is Lord Mu who has the final say, as long as we listen to her, there will be a way out." ”

"Ask the Queen Mother for mercy!" The three of them kowtowed in unison.

Wei Ye didn't believe it, so he opened his mouth and asked, "You said that it was instigated by Princess Mu, but is there any evidence?" To put it bluntly, you can also identify it as me who did it! ”

"The princess didn't give us anything just to prevent people from getting caught, and the slave and maid are true!"

Wei Ye still had to question, but Empress Dowager Yi was furious: "What evidence do you want!" Princess Mu has hated the mourning family for a day or two, she wants the mourning family to die, do you need any evidence? Even if I hadn't been burned to death yesterday, she would have found a way to make the mourner angry to death! Wei Ye, you can go and arrest Princess Mu if you mourn your family's order! ”

Wei Ye wanted to defend himself, but he remembered what Jian Yuheng had said, to protect the princess in other ways, the Queen Mother asked him to arrest her, but it was a good thing, if she was someone else, maybe she really wanted to treat her as a prisoner.

"Command!"

Wei Ye led a team of people and horses straight to King Mu's mansion, and when he arrived, he asked people to wait outside, and he went in by himself.

Gu was not very surprised when he learned about this matter, and Wei Ye was sweating profusely.

"Princess! It's all burning eyebrows, and you still don't want to think about it! ”

"First of all, I don't admit guilt because I didn't do it, and secondly, I think those palace maids will definitely die inexplicably after writing their confessions, so there is no proof of death."

"Then you're still so calm?"

"Yuan Hang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and the prince have some friendship, you interrogate me first, go through the procedure step by step, and finally go to the Criminal Department, delay for a few days, even if the prince doesn't come back, Baili Shuo should call."

Wei Ye understood her intentions at this time, but she was still very worried: "If the Queen Mother ignores these and directly kills you, she won't be able to wait for me to send you to the Criminal Department!" ”

"I have a gold medal for avoiding death, this is given by the emperor, and the queen mother has no choice, she will not willingly let me be acquitted, and will definitely choose to let me be reviewed."

"However, since there is a gold medal for avoiding death, why do you have to be offended, you are a woman after all, no matter how good the prison of the Criminal Department is, it is not an inn."

"In this way, I used the gold medal for avoiding death, maybe before the prince came back, the queen mother had something to find me, what else would I take to exonerate at that time? After this time, she will not have the final say in the future. ”

Although Wei Ye didn't quite understand the meaning of the last sentence, he felt that this method was feasible, so he did it. (To be continued.) )