Although the Empress Dowager lives in Qingning Palace, there are more than the Empress Dowager living in Qingning Palace, but also the Concubine of the Confucian Temple, the Virtuous Concubine, the Concubine Jing, and now there are Jingci Immortal Masters who live in the Qingning Palace. The Queen Mother is there, just go over and take a turn when she comes out - after all, the Queen Mother is busy, and she doesn't have time to talk every time, so go over and say hello, and bring your heart to it.

Today's situation is similar, Xu Xun's timing is good, and when he arrives at Qingning Palace, it is afternoon, and the Queen Mother takes a nap. She put up a number at Aunt Qiao outside the house, turned around and went to find Jing Ci Immortal Master. ――With the friendship between the two, Xu Xun went to Qingning Palace, and he didn't look at her.

Jingci Immortal Master used to be in poor health when he was the queen, and he was lying in bed all day long, but now he is a sister-in-law, but he is more energetic than before, and he replaces the nap with meditation. ”

However, when Immortal Master Jingci heard the noise outside, he had already stood up, "What kind of luck is not lucky, come in and sit." ”

After letting Xu Xun into the inner room, she smiled and said, "I've only been a Dao Gu for a few days, where is the kung fu?" Take this book of Taoism yourself, read it blindly, cultivate blindly, I even have Buddhist scriptures here, how can I be considered a serious cultivator. ”

The so-called learning of the Tao by Jingci Immortal Master is just an excuse to step down, no one will take this matter seriously, and do superficial work, take a few young palace maids to dress up as Xiaodao Tong, and buy the female crown costumes, probably even if it is passed. How is she going to cultivate the Tao, is it possible that there are still people who ask about it? Anyway, the offerings continue every year, just these money and things, whatever she wants. If you want to regenerate something extra, you have to see whether the queen mother or the emperor agrees.

Xu Xun has not yet adapted to Hu Shanxiang, who is dressed as a female crown, and said with a smile when he heard this, "Blind cultivation can be cultivated to such an appearance of immortal wind bones, you have a wisdom root." ”

"In fact, unless it is an authentic Zen Buddhism, it is all my own indiscriminate enlightenment," Jingci Immortal Master rubbed a copy of the "Lingbao Sutra" on his desk, but sighed, "When I didn't cultivate, I thought to myself: If you ask me to cultivate, I won't cultivate the Tao, and I will kill you with big fish and meat every day...... Now that I have really made a female crown, I love to read these Buddhist scriptures, which are indeed tasteful, and after reading them, people's hearts can be much calmer. ”

She can see through that is a good thing, although Xu Xun is a little dismissive of Buddhism, Taoism, gods and ghosts, but she will never argue with Jingci Immortal Master about this, she laughed a few times, still thinking about how to get to the point. Immortal Master Jingci said, "For a while, you are hiding from Qingning Palace, which is more powerful than a mouse hiding from a cat, and now you take the initiative to come over, you should be here for the Luo family's affairs, right?" ”

Xu Xun has indeed avoided contact with Qingning Palace recently-although she is not afraid of conflict, and she does not intend to be false and wronged, face to face and behind her back, but she is not a person who likes to make trouble. If she doesn't want to be the queen, she said it to Sun Guifei sincerely, but if there is no opportunity, she specially came to the queen mother to find out, it would be simply a trouble.

In such an eventful autumn, I want to make the Queen Mother angry again, the palace really doesn't know what to mess up with, the Emperor Hengzhi is not there, and the Queen Mother is estimated to be not much now, she can naturally hide for one more day and be free. As for when the Queen Mother will know her true intentions, or whether she has heard it or not, or whether she has not heard of it, this is not the news that Xu Xun can influence or grasp, so she chose not to worry.

Listening to the meaning of the Jingci Immortal Master, I am afraid that I think that I am still hostile to Sun Guifei, and I am happy to see that she is unlucky, so that I will come over to understand the details of the matter, so that I can make waves and fall into the well - or that I am happy and happy, Xu Xun almost instinctively analyzed the attitude revealed in this sentence: Could it be that the Queen Mother is still convinced that she has a deep desire for the position of queen?

She glanced at Immortal Master Jingci, wanting to see her attitude, but Immortal Master Jingci was still the same, with a decent and kind smiling face, her mind was subtle but not revealed, and there were no clues to analyze at all. Xu Xun sighed and simply said directly, "It's not either...... Although it was for the Luo family's affairs, it was not what my sister thought. ”

"What do you think I'm thinking?" Immortal Master Jingci smiled, "Even I don't know what I'm thinking, but you little girl knows everything about it?" ”

Although the words were a little unkind, the tone was ridiculous, obviously joking with Xu Xun, Xu Xun also smiled, "How old am I, or a little girl?" Immortal Master Niangniang, this is belittleing me, right? ”

The two of you exchanged words back and forth, and Immortal Master Jingci raised the initial question again, "What do you think I think of you?" ”

"I'm afraid that my sister will think that I came to ask about this because I want to embarrass Concubine Sun." Xu Xun didn't hide her attitude, after the abdication of Jingci Immortal Master, the two had little contact, and it was only after these few words that she felt the kind of intimate atmosphere that she could have a heart-to-heart - although, in the past ten years, the number of times the two really talked heart-to-heart was very rare. "I also want to have some hope for the rear position, and I want to take the opportunity to fall into the well and get rid of a big enemy for myself."

Jing Ci Immortal Master's expression moved slightly, "You really have no intention of the rear position?" ”

"What I said to the concubine is true, I really don't have the heart to touch the position of the queen." Xu Xun said, "To put it mildly, I have to think about it even if it is given to me to sit on, let alone think about all the treasures for this matter." ”

"I also expressed my opinion to the Queen Mother." Immortal Master Jingci was not surprised, and glanced at Xu Xun a few more times, but sighed, "Since I proposed to make you the successor, I have advocated to communicate with you, but Niangniang has never believed it, there are people in the harem who don't want to be queens......"

When Xu Xun heard this, he was noncommittal - what is the good of being a queen? It's not that the emperor is sincere to stand, and if he sits on it, he will be like Jingci Immortal Master, who has been living for ten years, and he will still fall down in the end.

"But I think that if you say you don't want to be a queen, you really don't want to be a queen......" Jingci Immortal Master smiled slightly and looked at Xu Xundao, "I know you never like to talk nonsense. ”

The two have known each other for ten years, and at the beginning of the draft, Xu Xun felt that 'Sister Hu' was gentle, generous, kind and tolerant, and later, she slowly paid more attention to these things under gentleness and kindness...... Today, as if he is returning to the basics, looking at the queen's gentle smile, Xu Xun's heart is like a first acquaintance, with a faint warmth.

"This time, although I still have to ask about the Luo family, it is not for Sister Sun, nor for Concubine Luo...... "She didn't pretend to be hypocritical anymore - hypocrisy is used on the enemy, at least in front of friends, you can be tactful, but you don't have to deceive." I want to ask Sister Hu if this is your handiwork. ”

When Immortal Master Jingci heard this, he was not shocked or angry, and he didn't even have many mood swings, but asked indifferently, "Will you guess it's me?" ”

Xu Xun also replied very well, "Because I'm definitely not me, and I don't feel like the Queen Mother." ”

There are only a few people who will embarrass with Sun Guifei, or who are qualified to embarrass with Sun Guifei, in the whole harem. Xu Xungang came out of Nannei, although he had to be named the concubine of Huangzhuang, but without the help of Liu Zhien, the strength of Yong'an Palace was greatly damaged, and there were no conditions to handle this matter subjectively and objectively. The Empress Dowager is old-minded, although she is dissatisfied with Sun Guifei, but she does not seem to have such a sword-oriented character, at least she will not push her relationship with the emperor to such a dangerous critical point. There is only one one left who has the motivation and ability, isn't there only Jingci Immortal Master left? After all, the emperor has deprived her of the status of empress, and the relationship between the two sides has been wiped out, and the empress is of course retaliating against Sun Guifei, who 'single-handedly caused her to be abolished', and she will not worry about affecting the reputation of the heavenly family at all.

All kinds of reasons in this, to be counted one by one, will inevitably hurt the dignity of Jingci Immortal Master, Xu Xun is just a little bit, Jingci Immortal Master also understands, she smiled, still did not answer positively, but asked, "If it is me, how will you be?" ”

Xu Xun said honestly, "This time, everything has been done, with the character of a big brother, he will definitely order Dongchang or Jinyiwei to strictly investigate the grievances behind this, if it can't be found, it is a big fate, if it is found out...... Sister, although the eldest brother will not be angry with Ah Huang, but you also have a large family living in the capital. ”

The emperor's love for Ah Huang may not be inferior to Diandian, although Diandian is especially liked by the emperor because of his strong body and a younger brother, but Ah Huang is also the eldest daughter, although her biological mother abdicated, but now in the princess, the treatment everywhere is still more than the two sisters.

However, Empress Hu was abolished, and it is said that her father's title came because of the seal, but there is a reason whether it is recovered or not. Once the title is pursued, the dignity is suddenly lost, and the large number of relatives who live in the Hu family, which one does not want to eat and drink, and which one does not want Hu Hou to promote? Xu Xun's own family is like this now, and the Hu family is no exception. At that time, there will be less income and no dignity, but the expenditure will not decrease, and within five or seven years, the Hu family, which has only been prominent for a few years, is afraid that it will fall again.

Xu Xun was afraid that Immortal Master Jingci hated Concubine Sun Guifei too much, so that he didn't take care of it at all - although this worry could be said to be a little too worried, but with this thought, without reminding her, she was uneasy after all, so she still came to Qingning Palace, which she avoided in the end.

Immortal Master Jingci nodded, her eyes were a little kinder, and she didn't take a chance, and she almost gave an answer without any hindrance.

"I didn't arrange this," Immortal Master Jingci's tone was soft, "but I do know the details. ”

With just this sentence, the identity of the real planner is about to come out. Xu Xun couldn't help it anymore, she exhaled softly in surprise, "Ah! How is her! ”

"Can't think of it, right?" Immortal Master Jingci also smiled, there was some bitterness in this smile, some self-deprecation, and even some genuine fun, "Even if things are arranged properly, it is inevitable that something will go wrong." ”

"You mean—" Xu Xun understood a little.

Immortal Master Jingci nodded. "The person is real, that is, Luo's family, all of them are farming in northern Jiangsu, Luo was young when he was arrested in the palace, what is the name of the village, where it is not clear, and the file records are vague. Maybe it's because of this that Changning Palace didn't go to pick up her family out of the mountain. ”

As for how the Queen Mother found Luo's family, it goes without saying, Luo himself doesn't remember, it doesn't mean that there were no detailed files left at that time, with the authority of the Queen Mother to manage the palace now, just appoint a eunuch to do things properly. If you send someone to pick it up and settle down in Beijing or something, there is no difficulty.

"After all, I am a villager in the mountains and wilderness, and I don't have much knowledge......" Immortal Master Jingci also had a strange smile on his lips, "To beat the Dengwen drum, in fact, it is all arranged haode." But they didn't count it out - seeing a lot of people that day, their family became excited, and they had a few more ......"

Xu Xun suddenly understood everything.

Knocking on the drum, it is natural to be included in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for questioning, the ancestors have an order, the dengwen drum case must be accepted, and it must not be shirked. Tell the truth under interrogation, how can the superintendent of the imperial history try such a big case? Naturally, it has to be reported layer by layer, all the way to King Xiang. There is at least one of the yamen in the middle, and if the Metropolitan Procuratorate has the intention to shirk and toss and turn a few more yamen, the matter will become even bigger. At the very least, several important ministers of the cabinet will definitely know the ins and outs of this case, and when the time comes, it will be reported to King Xiang and transferred to the emperor for disposal. No matter how the Emperor disposed of the case, most of which were vague and could not have been forced to publicize the facts, those who should know the truth of such a detailed case and clear testimony would know in their hearts. In the future, the emperor may not have the face to 'raise the prince' to set up Sun Guifei, and even if he continues to let Sun Guifei raise the prince, the ministers will not be serious with the emperor for the sake of the backyard, but...... As long as Sun Guifei is mentioned as a later matter, it is impossible to say that there will be people who will oppose this matter on the ground. No matter how euphemistic the words were, the emperor could not deny the minister's words, and he could not bring humiliation on himself - this trick left a permanent mark of shame on Sun Guifei's face, making her hopeless for the rest of her life.

The old man pushed her as the successor, just to oppose Sun Guifei as the successor, if this move goes well, Sun Guifei can't be the queen at all. Does she Xu Xun do it or not, what's the matter in the future? Therefore, she didn't go to the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother didn't come to her - in her old man's Jihua, Xu Xun was not that important at all......

But I didn't expect that the Luo family was just a small people after all, and they might not even have entered Nanjing City in their lives. The sergeant who was guarding Dengwen began to loudly pour out the true grievances of his family, and turned the selfishness that should have belonged to inside information into sensational news circulating all over the world...... The emperor can't be vague, and the reputation of the Heavenly Family is also in danger. If the queen mother's original jihua was a slap in the face, so that the emperor suffered a secret loss and had nowhere to say, the current situation is a slap in the face, directly in the face of the emperor, according to Xu Xun's understanding of the emperor, he must be quite angry now.

No wonder, the atmosphere in Qingning Palace has been so depressing recently, and the Queen Mother has a few henchmen who don't have a good face. Not to mention the bad mood brought about by Jihua's failure, whether this trick will be reversed on the queen mother's head is something that is hard to say. Although the mother-son affection, the emperor's filial piety to his mother is a matter of course, but the mother-son affection must also be maintained, the queen mother has made a fuss, and the whole world will discuss the prince's life experience, on the one hand, he has repeatedly checked and balanced his mother, and on the other hand, he is an innocent and damaged son, which side the balance in the emperor's heart will tilt, Xu Xun can still guess - a little bit is just a daughter, the emperor's attention to the prince is definitely stronger than a little bit.

"This matter shouldn't be traceable, right?" She frowned, "Even if you act according to the original Jihua, the eldest brother will have to send someone to find out the details-"

"It should be difficult to recover the original owner." Jingci Immortal Master said casually, "After all, all kinds of precautions have been taken beforehand, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei are not as capable as the legends in the world. ”

She paused, and then said, "I also used your words to persuade Niangniang, and there will be no specific physical evidence or human evidence." According to the handwriting of this matter, at most it is bixia's heart testimony...... Even if it is a mental testimony, he will only doubt me, not others. ”

Xu Xun will think so, so will the emperor, how sure Xu Xun is, the emperor will only be more sure than her. Moreover, Xu Xun will come directly to ask Jingci Immortal Master, but the emperor may not meet her, and the answer he got directly to ask the Queen Mother will definitely not be true. What's more, Xu Xun also doubted that the emperor would ask the queen mother directly...... This is even worse than asking clearly. Although he can't get real evidence, if the emperor has an answer in his heart, he is even more disgusted with Jingci Immortal Master, although he will not give her death or something, but it is very likely that he will take back some things that can be taken back or not, for example, what Xu Xun is worried about, the title of the Hu family.

Xu saw Xu Xun's tangled worries, and Immortal Master Jingci didn't wait for her to speak, so he said, "At that time, Niangniang also told me that she was more worried about me...... But I don't think there's anything to worry about myself, you know, weishenme? ”

“weishenme？” Xu Xun could only ask.

"I'm sure I'm going to be deposed," a look of pain flashed across Immortal Master'......s face, and she adjusted her words. It should be said that when I finally accepted the fact that I was going to be deposed, I sent someone home and communicated with my father because I was worried about my family. ”

"When my father heard about this, he was naturally furious, disappointed and heartbroken." There was a hint of sarcasm in the tone of Jing Ci Immortal Master, "I still remember what Lotus Lotus and I said when we reported this matter, my father's first sentence was 'She was deposed, what should we do', and Zuihou said, 'Niang Niang must beg the Empress Dowager more to protect the future of our Hu family'." ――I asked the lotus lotus many times, and it was the same result...... From the beginning to the end, my father asked 'what are we going to do', he didn't ask 'what will happen to her', he only had 'me' and no 'she'. ”

Xu Xun was speechless for a while-the loneliness of being the only one in the heavens and the earth was so poisonous and painful, even if the Jingci Immortal Master handled it so lightly, it was still very infectious. At this moment, she was so apt and so devoted to comprehending the pain, disappointment, and embarrassment of Immortal Master Jingci.

"What are they going to do? Do what you have to do. The Jingci Immortal Master said, "What's the matter with me?" Don't think about me, and I don't think about them......"

These words seem to have been buried in my heart for too long, and when I say them at this time, there is an extra pleasure in addition to the dripping pain, and the Jingci Immortal Master lowered his tone, "They sent the eldest sister into the palace, the picture is rich, and the picture sent me into the palace, the picture is not rich?" What does this wealth have to do with me or my eldest sister? My mother has passed away, and how many times have I met the remaining brothers? Hu Rongbo has lived all his life, is he going to give future generations a family business to inherit...... Why doesn't he have the ability to do it himself, and he still has to rely on his daughter? Even if Bixia wants to abolish his title - then it will be abolished, I think he can still have another one, send it to the palace, and exchange it for another wealth! ”

What else can Xu Xun say? Her worries were completely superfluous, it wasn't that Immortal Master Jingci didn't see this, but that she didn't care anymore...... In this heaven and the world, she is already alone, no one can rely on and no one is reliable, only a daughter, and she doesn't need her care, no wonder she can read the scriptures, at this moment, her mentality is really very dusty.

There was silence in the room for a while, although the atmosphere was not embarrassing, Xu Xun felt that he had finished speaking, and he could get up and say goodbye.

Jingci Immortal Master left her, "The Queen Mother didn't wake up from her nap, you should also sit for a while, so you can go over and whistle before leaving." ”

Xu Xun shook his head, "I don't really want to see her." ”

"After all, this is a bit rude...... "Immortal Master Jingci is also thinking about Xu Xun as a whole." I'm afraid that the old lady will not be very happy. ”

"Life is so short." Xu Xun smiled and said, "Sister, you can see it, in fact, I also see it...... Life is so short, you always have to do more things you want to do, and you care too much about other people's opinions, which is very tiring. ”

Jingci Immortal Master was stunned, but smiled, "This person, without reading the scriptures, actually realized it." ”

She no longer persuaded Xu Xun, but said, "Then I'll send you out." ”

The two went out of the house side by side, passing through the small garden, wearing flowers and willows all the way, and walking in the lively and prosperous flowers in late spring and early summer.

"Actually, I expected it." After walking a few steps, Immortal Master Jingci said again.

Compared with the slightly revengeful tone just now, there was a little more empty sadness in her words at this time. "I expected him to react like that...... I'm not surprised at all. ”

Immortal Master Jingci sighed, and she said, "Xiao Xun, I walked a few steps ahead of you on the road in this palace, and now that I am done, you still have to walk." The further you go, the more lonely you feel...... At the end of this road, there is no husband, no children, no parents, and all that is left is himself. Everyone in Qingning Palace is like this, I'm afraid you are no exception, you don't want to be the queen, I agree with it. In fact, if it is not right, the ending is like this, so why fight? It's better to start practicing as soon as possible, and you can still get rid of this long loneliness......"

She said, "I won't say this to you until you have come to your senses—it will be good for you to send you a few simple scriptures in a few days, and you will have to read them at your leisure." ”

Husbands can't be friends, children can't be accompanied, relatives can't rely on, even the queen mother, who has the most stable position in the palace now, can't escape the three assertions of Jingci Immortal, Xu Xun is also lost in the boundless loneliness she described, and it took a long time to come back to her senses.

"Learning Buddhism and Taoism, I don't have a wisdom root." She did smile and declined the kindness of the Jingci Immortal Master, "It's better to be down-to-earth first and bring a little bit well." ”

Immortal Master Jingci was not reluctant, she changed the subject, "I haven't seen a little bit for a long time, is the child okay?" ”

"Okay, I've gotten a lot fatter, a doll of this age, a ...... every day"

The two chattered, and soon passed through the end of this spring and entered the deep corridor.

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For more than 1,000 miles, a person can walk at the fastest speed for more than 20 days -- 50 miles a day, whether by car or horseback, it is a very extreme speed. But in the hurry of changing horses and people day and night, in places where there are official roads, a thousand miles is five days and nights. The emperor had not left the capital for more than 1,000 miles, and the news of the strict investigation of the Dongchang was sent to Liu Siqing, the eunuch of the Dongchang Governor, in only two days.

Running errands all his life, when he is old, he has already had the idea of retiring, but he still has such a tricky errand, although Liu Siqing smiled bitterly, but what can he do? The emperor's words are heaven, if you want to solve the case within a time limit, then you have to solve the case within a time limit, and there is no discount. Twenty days is twenty days, fortunately it is not a three-day deadline, otherwise, the mountains and rivers are far away, and I really don't know how to check.

However, the emperor was not completely unreasonable, in addition to the death order he sent to Liu Siqing to solve the case within a time limit, there was also a warrant authorizing him to mobilize the Jinyi guards to investigate the case. Liu Siqing directly sent someone to send the warrant to Jinyiwei, either to submit to the commander of Jinyiwei, or to save a file: the day Luo's matter first came out, he found the commander of Jinyiwei, and he sent his elite to Nanjing to investigate the case together with Liu Siqing's most useful big stall. -- Such a big matter, it is impossible for the emperor to move the Dongchang factory, it must be grasped a certain situation, anyway, with Liu Siqing's understanding of the emperor, it is impossible for this lord to let go of the Luo family like this.

He has good professional qualities, and now he will play a role? After Liu Siqing received the order, he was not in a hurry or impatient, so he asked him to send a copy to Nanjing: If the master can't find out the case, he will die when he is old, and someone must have to carry it.

There is no need to say more than a word about the attitude here, as long as the edict is sent, the big stall will naturally understand. After Liu Siqing sent the news, he didn't care about Nanjing.

He began to ponder the matter of the city of Beijing.

To be exact, it is the matter of the Imperial City of Beijing.

There is no doubt that the main messenger of this matter must have come from within Miyagi. The vassal king or something is nonsense, Liu Siqing has already had a few suspects in his heart: the Queen Mother, the Huangzhuang Concubine, and the Jingci Immortal Master, just these three people didn't run away, at most add a Concubine He Hui or Xiao Wu Beauty. The emperor's other brothers, although they are not in the domain, are usually honest and honest, but I am afraid that they don't know much about the prince's life experience, let alone making trouble behind their backs.

Liu Siqing also has a certain amount of eyeliner in the palace - not much, he can't do the same as the kings of the hundred officials in the capital, and he can even know a lot of private affairs, but there are also a lot, when the emperor asked him to investigate Sun Guifei before, these eyeliners came in handy, but they didn't give back any valuable news. It's the same this time, although the eyeliner is a conscientious errand, but it can't stand the harem masters living quietly on their own.

Yes, after Luo's affair came out, the Queen Mother was in a bad mood, but what does this mean? The royal embarrassment is like this, and it is strange that she will be in a good mood. -- Concubine Huangzhuang went to Qingning Palace once, but she only went once, and she came out again after going, and she hadn't gone to say hello for more than a month, so she always had to allow others to move around.

Concubine He Hui has not moved, this concubine has now fallen out of favor, and she has a dull relationship with Concubine Sun Guifei, so she has no motive at all. Xiao Wu Meiren may have a motive, but she has committed a taboo by hiding arsenic herself, and now she is closely guarded, and she has no chance to contact the outside world at all, and her mother's family lives an ordinary life in the capital, and there is not much contact with the palace, and the suspicion is pitiful. Therefore, the possibility of persimmon picking up soft pinching is shattered.

And what about the three people who are suspected, each of them is actually not something that Liu Siqing can afford to offend, even if there are clues, he may not dare to investigate, let alone have no clues now-but he can't help but investigate, offending these three people, bad luck in the future, he can't find out the case, bad luck is right in front of him.

What if you don't say that the eunuchs are loyal? Everyone is alone, and there is no descendant to consider, he is old, how many years can he be happy? Are you still afraid of finding a back account? Of course, looking at the present, Liu Siqing gritted his teeth: It's on!

With the emperor's edict in hand, you can check the Luo family, and indeed find some clues: according to the confession of the Luo family, there are indeed some outsiders who came to contact them and ask them if they are Luo Concubine's family. After taking out the genealogy and the two taels of silver that the official reward (I have not been willing to spend it, there is still an official seal on it), the stranger told them the current situation of Luo Concubine, and the Luo family was naturally anxious when they heard it, so the foreigner led them to take a boat to Beijing, and then arranged the scene in front of the drum.

So they got the appearance and dress of the foreigner, as well as a few meaningless names, and the name of the foot shop where they lived after entering Beijing. If you want to go further, you can still interrogate a large number of people, but Liu Siqing has no intention of spending this spirit - the other party is not a fool, and he must have been prepared, so it will be difficult to find the mastermind within 20 days.

Check straight from the source!

Liu Siqing himself is a eunuch, and it is convenient to do things, so he dared to invite Luo Concubine to the 24th Yamen for questioning.

“…… I really don't remember, I just remember that there was a stream in front of my house. Luo Concubine said, "And my father's name - my father's name is Luo San, and everyone calls him the third brother." I really can't remember anything else. ”

Crop people, generally no one will use a big name, they are all called by ranking, and it is very normal for Luo Concubine to remember. How many cases has Liu Siqing handled in his life? Just looking at Concubine Luo's expression, you know that she is not lying.

"Did the noble concubine ever ask about the nobleman's life?" He asked kindly, as if he was chatting with Concubine Luo.

"I asked," Concubine Luo's face flashed, but she quickly returned to normal, "It's me...... Soon after accepting the favor, the eldest palace maid next to the concubine asked about the matter, saying that although she could not give a name for the time being, she could also take care of her family a little. At the time, I can't remember how anxious I was, after all, the opportunity was rare...... But it was true that I was still young at the time, and I couldn't remember anything. ”

It's also true...... Concubine Luo herself doesn't remember anything, and it's hard to start with her. Liu Siqing no longer pondered the possibility of Luo Concubine and the mastermind colluding with each other, and asked a few more irrelevant questions before getting up and sending Luo Concubine out, "Today alarmed the nobles, is it the slave or the maid, the nobles please forgive me." ”

But Concubine Luo didn't move, she looked left and right, lowered her voice, and asked hurriedly and sincerely, "Father-in-law, don't be polite to me, I-I just want to ask my father-in-law, are those few, are they me-my family?" ”

Liu Siqing also expected that Concubine Luo would ask this question, he had already thought of the answer, but looking at the eager look on Concubine Luo's face, he couldn't help but suffocate.

Eunuchs and people are all miserable, although Concubine Luo is the prince's biological mother today, she will not know her future in the future, but she has left home since she was a child, and even if her parents are real parents, she has to ask others. Liu Siqing himself was also a little eunuch, but when he was in the most difficult time, he could still think about his parents at home and his relatives at home.

There is a stream in front of the door, and there is no doubt that Luo San should be Luo Concubine's father, but ......

"I'm afraid this matter still needs to be verified." The old eunuch has been trained for many years, and his heart is like a stone, and he finally forced himself to say this with a smile. "If there is a result, the slave and maid should come to the door and inform the nobleman in person."

But Concubine Luo shook her head gently, as if she had seen something from Liu Siqing's face—but she didn't say anything, but showed a faint smile.

"Then thank you father-in-law." The smile disappeared in a flash, and Concubine Luo quickly froze again. She turned around and took her leave.

Liu Siqing frowned - but he quickly let go of his worries, and Concubine Luo realized that it was her business, and he didn't have to worry about her.

Since it is impossible for Luo Concubine's place to be leaked, how did the mastermind find Luo Concubine's family?

Attn.

Liu Siqing did not delay for a moment, and went straight to the secretary of the Shanggong Bureau - the selection of people is a matter of the six bureaus and one division, and the roster of palace maids is in charge of the secretary's department, and the secretary's department will also have a list of female histories who have been out of the palace over the years, and communicate internally and externally, relying on the certificate issued by the Shanggong Bureau, there will definitely be clues in the Shanggong Bureau.

With the emperor's edict, who can stop Liu Siqing? Liu Siqing spent half of his precious twenty days in the Clerk's Division, and his stall head soon discovered a clue: there were three lists of Luo Concubine's birthplace that could be reversed, all of which were stored in the Clerk's Division.

At the same time, the stall heads, who are good at investigating cases and have a discerning eye, found that these materials have been deposited for at least ten years, and there is a thick layer of dust on them, and there is only one directory, and there are traces of being extracted.

The clue did come from the Division! The mastermind was also here and discovered where Luo Concubine came from!

In the department of the clerk, there is more time to collect information and less time to consult information, probably all the places where files are stored, especially the register registered when the palace maid enters the palace, the possibility of being accessed is infinitely close to zero. Although there are two clerks, two clerks, two bookkeepers, and six female histories, there are no female officials in the palace in recent years, and there are basically only two people in charge of affairs in the secretary's department. If the inquiry fails, how can there be warriors under Miki? For the sake of his own life, Liu Siqing will not be afraid of torture.

On the twelfth day, he took the two female historians into custody.

――On the thirteenth day, there was finally movement in the harem, and Qingning Palace summoned Liu Siqing to interrogate.

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