At night, Zhou Heng tossed for half a night, Cui Keyin was very tired and slept very deeply, and felt that there seemed to be some sound in a trance, but he couldn't hear it clearly. She wanted to open her eyes, but her eyelids were heavy and she couldn't open them.

When I woke up again, the curtains were bright, and the sun was shining outside, and it was already three poles of the sun.

"Niangniang," Lu Ying, who came in to wait, had a bad face, and said, "There was a thief in Xiyuan in the middle of the night last night, which shocked the Queen Mother." Yang Niangniang came to report and announced that the imperial doctor would go to Xiyuan for diagnosis and treatment overnight. ”

The West Garden is no better than the Imperial Palace, and there is no rule that the palace door cannot be opened until the hour is locked. So even if it's a big night, the imperial doctor can go in under the guidance of the inner attendant.

Cui Keyin didn't raise her head, frowned slightly, and said, "Troublesome?" Shocked the Queen Mother? ”

What a coincidence, the Queen Mother just made a fuss about moving back to Kunning Palace, and then made a fuss.

"Yes." Lu Ying seemed to want to speak and stopped.

Cui Keyin saw it in the mirror and said, "The courtiers all know it, right?" ”

Lu Ying smiled bitterly: "Yes." The mother is like a god. It's just that why didn't the mother ask if the thief had caught it? ”

"Do you need to say it? Originally, the thief shouted to catch the thief, how could he catch it, and he had already run away. ”

"Niang Niang Shengming." Lu Ying was convinced.

Cui Keyin smiled slightly, combed her hair, ate her meal, and said, "Let's go, go to Xiyuan to visit the Queen Mother." ”

The palace people in the Queen Mother's palace looked panicked, and some of their bodies were trembling slightly, obviously very scared. Cui Keyin's face was calm, as if nothing had happened, and when she arrived at the warm pavilion, she walked in without waiting for anyone to report.

The Queen Mother was lying on the couch, her eyes slightly closed, not knowing whether to fall asleep or close her eyes to recuperate. Yang Wan'er sat on the brocade pier in front of the couch in a daze, heard a slight sound of footsteps, raised her head, saw Cui Keyin, and cried "wow" and threw herself into Cui Keyin's arms.

This time, Cui Keyin took precautions and took a step away. She pounced.

"!" She was aggrieved and aggrieved: "Last night, the thieves stole a jewelry box from the Queen Mother......"

Other words. I really lost something.

The palace man lifted the chair, Cui Keyin sat down, and said, "What jewelry is in the jewelry box?" But someone went to find it? Have you caught the thief? Can the Queen Mother be frightened? What about the imperial sister-in-law? ”

She asked a series of questions, but Yang Wan'er couldn't answer a word. Just wiping away tears.

Cui Keyin turned her head and said, "Go and ask the imperial sister-in-law to come over." ”

The pearl was gone.

Cui Keyin raised his eyes and looked around, the warm pavilion was small, the dresser on the left side was clean and spotless, and the place where the jewelry box was placed on weekdays was empty. On the right hanger, a jewel-woven silver silk peony tuanhua jacket and a dark green skirt are draped. Presumably she got up this morning and wore it.

The inner and outer rooms are separated by three pine, cypress and plum orchid screens, and when the outer room walked in just now, Cui Keyin also noticed that there was no abnormality.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you've been a thief.

Aunt Rong walked in and saluted, "See Niangniang." The Queen Mother had used medicine and fell asleep. ”

Cui Keyin motioned for her to get up and said, "Who was on duty last night?" Do you know where the thieves came in? ”

Aunt Rong lowered her head and said with a wry smile: "Last night was Yilan's shift, because she was robbed." The Queen Mother blamed her for two sentences, she couldn't think about it for a while, and committed suicide by throwing herself into the ring. I don't know where the thieves came from. ”

This is even more suspicious, the thief was not recruited by her, why should she be blamed, and why did she commit suicide after two sentences of blame?

Cui Keyin looked at Aunt Rong with clear eyes and said, "Dead? Why don't you come and report it to Hongu to know? ”

Aunt Rong lowered her head and said, "I just found out, but I haven't had time yet." ”

"Lu Ying, you take someone to take a look." Cui Keyin said: "Xuan Zilan is back." Check it out. ”

Cui Keyin didn't notice that the Queen Mother, who had taken medicine and fell asleep, opened her eyes when she heard this. glanced at Cui Keyin, and closed her eyes again.

Lu Ying answered, and walked out quickly.

Aunt Rong took the tea brought by the palace people and handed it to Cui Keyin, and said, "The queen mother's bedroom is only afraid that it will not be easy to let irrelevant people come in. It's a trivial matter, forget it. ”

"How can you forget it." Cui Keyin said: "Xiyuan is a royal palace, and the queen mother and sister-in-law have been living here for the past two years, and it is no different from the palace. How can there be any reason for the theft of the palace? If it's hard to let outsiders in, isn't that thief an outsider? Or has Aunt Rong found out that it was a thief? ”

Aunt Rong obviously didn't expect Cui Keyin, who had always been mild-mannered, to be aggressive, so she took a step back in fright and said, "No...... No, how does the old slave know who the thief is? ”

Cui Keyin looked into her eyes.

She didn't dare to look at Cui Keyin, lowered her eyes, and looked at the corner of her skirt in front of her.

At this moment, the Yang family came, and before the person could bypass the screen, he hurriedly said, "You are here." Last night, I asked people to stuff a note into the palace, and the emperor also asked people to stuff a note out. When the palace gate opened, I wanted to invite you over, but I thought that you must not have gotten up yet, so I had to give up. ”

The palace door is locked, and if there is an emergency, you can only write the urgent matter on paper and stuff it into the crack of the door. When the guards in the palace receive the note, they will pass it in layer by layer. Cui Keyin realized that when she heard a sound in the middle of the night, she was happy to report the matter outside the door.

Zhou Heng didn't wake him up, and immediately gave instructions.

With that, people came in.

Cui Keyin got up to greet her, and sat down outside. Cui Keyin said: "What happened last night? Why did a thief break in? ”

Yang sighed: "I don't know either. I slept until midnight, and was woken up by the shouts of the thief, and I thought I was dreaming. No one expected that the thief would be so bold and steal into the palace. It wasn't until the queen mother sent someone to report that I knew that it was a thief, so I hurried over, and the thief was gone. ”

"What traces have been left?"

Several hours passed, and the sky was sunny again, and along the way, although Cui Keyin was careful, she didn't see any footprints or anything like that, and she cleaned everywhere.

"In the middle of the night, the palace people were frightened, and they were all panicked, how could they notice this. I only said that I heard footsteps on the roof, and I guess the thief had uncovered the tiles and jumped down to steal something. Yang said hatefully: "It's so bold, even the queen mother's jewelry dares to steal." ”

Cui Keyin said: "So, it's a ranger?" Risking such a big risk to run to the palace and steal jewelry? Is there any theft anywhere other than the queen mother? ”

"Not really. The queen mother here, only lost a jewelry box, which contained several pieces of the queen mother's beloved hairpin. ”

Cui Keyin showed a sarcastic smile on her lips and said, "This thief is very lucky, as soon as he steals it, he steals the hairpin of the Queen Mother." Not to mention anything else, just if the queen mother wears it, it is priceless. ”

"Not really." Yang sighed: "I feel uncomfortable when I think about the queen mother's beloved jewelry being lost to the people and being treasured as heirlooms by some irrelevant people." (To be continued.) )