At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the footsteps were very hurried but very powerful, and when I heard it, I could hear that it was a man's steps. Just thinking about it, I saw Qin Yunuo walking in anxiously, and Jiang Zhixing also followed behind Qin Yunuo with a panicked face.

As soon as the queen saw Qin Yunuo coming back, she threw herself into Qin Yunuo's arms: "Nuo'er." ”

Qin Yunuo patted the queen on the back: "Queen Mother, don't be too sad, Aunt Xiu'er is such a palace maid, we must bury her." ”

"It was the queen mother who killed her, it's all the queen's fault, you didn't see it, Xiu'er didn't even look blind to death." The makeup that the queen cried was spent.

Qin Yunuo frowned slightly: "Queen Mother, Erchen knows that you blame yourself, but you don't have to say that." You're tired, so get some sleep and you'll be fine tomorrow. ”

Jiang Zhixing also said: "Yes, Queen Mother, don't be too sad." Watching the queen crying, Jiang Zhixing felt faintly painful.

The queen looked up at Jiang Zhixing: "Zhixing, how about you sleep with this palace tonight?" ”

"Huh?" Jiang Zhixing was a little surprised.

The queen nodded: "This palace is afraid of nightmares at night." ”

Jiang Zhixing nodded: "Well, haode." Jiang Zhixing walked to the queen's side and helped her to the bed: "Then Zhixing will stay here tonight to accompany Niangniang, if Niangniang is willing, Zhiying will serve Niangniang every day in the future." ”

The queen looked at Jiang Zhixing with some joy: "Is what you said true?" ”

Jiang Zhixing nodded: "Of course it's true, Niangniang, come, let's wash our faces and comb our hair first, in this case, we can sleep more comfortably." ”

As soon as Lin Lin heard Jiang Zhixing's words, he hurriedly brought a basin of hot water.

Qin Yunuo saw that Jiang Zhixing was comforting the queen, so he withdrew, and he rushed to see Xiu'er's body. Now Xiu'er's body has been carried out of the "Wanxi Palace", and Qin Yunuo has not been able to see it.

"This Xiu'er girl really died too early, such a haode palace maid, I really don't know if there is more?" When Father-in-law Xia mentioned Xiu'er, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Qin Yunuo also sighed: "Yes, she has been with her mother for so many years, think about it in two years, she can leave the palace in two years." ”

Xia Gong said fairly: "Your Highness, the old slave has a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Qin Yunuo looked at him: "Father-in-law, don't say anything directly." ”

"Just now, the old slave checked the body of Miss Xiu'er and found ??????" Father-in-law Xia looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, he lowered his voice and said, "I found that there was a pinch mark on Miss Xiu'er's neck." ”

Qin Yunuo was taken aback: "What do you mean?" ”

"If the old slave didn't guess wrong, then Miss Xiu'er must have been strangled to death before being thrown into the well."

"Grandpa Xia, are you so sure?"

"Miss Xiu'er has been in the palace for so many years, the old slave knows a little about her, she is a girl who grew up by the river, how could she drown in such a small well. Besides, if Miss Xiu'er fell into the well by herself, then she should have fallen headfirst. But when the old slave fished up her body, she was head-up. ”

"Could it be that the corpse is in the well and turns itself over?"

"Impossible, because this well is only a little bigger, and children under the age of ten have some difficulty turning around, let alone a girl as big as Miss Xiu'er. Moreover, they all said that Miss Xiu'er had only disappeared for a while, why did she drown so quickly? When Father-in-law Xia said this, he shook his head: "I really don't know, which god killed Miss Xiu'er." ”

Qin Yunuo frowned: "So does the queen mother know about this?" ”

"The old slave didn't dare to tell the mother, she was very heartbroken now, and the old slave was afraid to say it, which made her even more sad."

Qin Yunuo nodded: "Well, don't tell the queen mother about this matter first, I'll deal with it." By the way, who has been here tonight? ”

"Yes, Uncle Guo is here."

"Uncle, what is he doing here?" Qin Yunuo was a little strange, weishenme Fan asked Tian to enter the palace, the queen didn't let him know, when they were not there, what about entering the palace?

Father-in-law Xia shook his head: "I don't know, it was Miss Xiu'er who passed on the word, saying that the queen invited Uncle Guo to the palace for dinner." ”

Qin Yunuo didn't speak, he lowered his head and thought about it, and finally he remembered. Last time, Jiang Zhixing said that the person who brought people to wash the nun with blood was Fan Wentian. Presumably, the queen also knew about this matter, because of Zhixing, so the queen chose to invite Fan Wentian into the palace when the two of them were not in the palace, and she must have asked about this matter in detail.

Father-in-law Xia asked, "Your Highness, do you suspect that it was Uncle Guo who killed Miss Xiu'er?" ”

Qin Yunuo shook his head: "No, I'm thinking about Zhixing." Father-in-law Xia, Aunt Xiu'er, don't go around publicizing it first, I'll find out the matter. ”

Father-in-law Xia nodded: "Your Highness, don't worry, the old slave will definitely rot this matter in his stomach." ”

Qin Yunuo said a few more words, and then went back to his room.

Jiang Zhixing asked Xiaoyu to move her quilt to the queen's bedroom, and slept on the soft couch. Lin Lin kept vigil tonight, she slept in the outer room, Jiang Zhixing didn't dare to sleep too deeply, afraid that if something happened to the queen, she would not know.

In the middle of the night, Jiang Zhixing was awakened by a scream, and through the faint candlelight, Jiang Zhixing saw that the queen had sat up and was panting.

"Niangniang, are you okay?" Jiang Zhixing hurriedly got out of bed and ran to the queen's side.

The queen looked up at Jiang Zhixing: "I dreamed of Xiu'er in this palace just now, her face was covered with blood, and she was standing in that place." The queen pointed in the direction of the screen and suddenly shouted.

Jiang Zhixing looked at the screen, and there was a person standing there.

"Mother, it's a slave." The man hurriedly walked towards them, and only then did he see clearly that it was Lin Lin who was sleeping in the outer room for vigil.

Jiang Zhixing was also frightened by Lin Lin, but she was much calmer than the queen, she said: "Don't be afraid, Niangniang, it's just a nightmare, you go to sleep, I'll stay by your bedside, okay?" ”

The queen nodded, and lay back in the bed, looking nervous and afraid to close her eyes and sleep.