"Hongzhan is good, we'll go back later." After appeasing Hongzhan, Liu said: "It's already this time, it's not too late to wait for Niangniang to find out the so-called truth before leaving, so that Niangniang will always suspect the concubine." ”

Ling Ruo smiled and didn't speak, and after waiting for about half an hour, Shui Xiu and Yang Hai came back one after another, followed by Bai Gui and Zhao Fang respectively, each of them holding a booklet in their hands, and in order to prevent them from getting wet by the rain, they also deliberately wrapped them in oiled paper.

"The slave knocks on the noble concubine Niangniang, the humble concubine Niangniang, the Yan nobleman, Xu promises, the four masters are auspicious!" After each of them saluted, Ling Ruo motioned for them to get up and said, "This palace summoned you here to ask two things, first, who has gone to the imperial pharmacy in the past three months to get medicinal materials such as incense, no matter what the purpose, please ask Chief Manager Zhao to pick them out for this palace." Second, in these three months, whether the people of Yongshou Palace have any records of leaving the palace, and if so, when and when, they will also write down in detail to the palace. ”

Although it was inferred from the needle hole on Hongzhan's back that he was drugged at that time, after all, there was no real evidence, saying that the trick of checking out the misty incense near the pinhole was okay to deceive Liu, if it was really to be used as evidence, it would not work, because the imperial doctor knew it as soon as he tested it, and he couldn't hide it at all, but it would affect Zhou Minghua. Therefore, the best way is to find the source of the drug, Liu is not a doctor, and he can't make the drug himself, so there are only two possibilities, one is to take it from the imperial pharmacy, and the other is to let people go out of the palace to buy it; Either way, it will be recorded in Zhao Fang or Bai Gui's booklet.

In the hall, the lights are bright, but it is unusually quiet, except for the sound of rain outside, you can only hear the sound of turning paper.

Zhao Fang was the first to go through the records of medicinal materials for these three months, and reported that no one had taken any medicinal materials with any incense effect. After listening to his words, everyone turned their eyes to Bai Gui, who was still looking through the booklet, waiting for the results on his side.

After turning the last page, Bai Gui put down the booklet and said to Ling Ruo: "Qiqi Guifei Niangniang, on the ninth day of the second month, the begonias beside Concubine Qian Niangniang went out of the palace and did not come back until the evening, and the rest was gone. ”

After motioning for Zhao Fang and Bai Gui to step aside, Ling Ruo said to Haitang, who was silent, "On the ninth day of the second month, what are you going to do when you leave the palace?" ”

"Slave maid...... Slave maid ......" Begonia thought nervously, "Slave maid has gone home to visit her family. ”

Ling Ruo didn't say anything, just turned his head to Yang Hai and said: "Later, you go to the worship room with Bai Gui to see where Begonia's family lives, and then go out of the palace to Begonia's house after dawn tomorrow to see if she really went home at that time, whether she left halfway or any unusual place, if so, check all the pharmacies in the capital for the palace to see if Begonia has been there, for the sake of clarity, let the painter paint a portrait of Begonia." ”

From just now, Liu has endured not to have a seizure, because in her mind, Ling Ruo couldn't catch her evidence at all, it was nothing more than speculation, she was just trying to prevent someone from checking the records of the imperial pharmacy and finding out that she had taken the incense there, so she deliberately asked Begonia to go out of the palace to buy it, there are so many pharmacy in Miyagi, unless Ling Ruo can pinch it, it will definitely not be able to find a pharmacy where Begonia can buy incense. But Ling Ruo actually said at this moment that he would let the court painter paint a portrait of Begonia, and then interrogate one by one, although it has been some days since the matter, who dares to guarantee that the shopkeeper of the pharmacy will forget Begonia, in case he still remembers, wouldn't it be ......

Thinking of this, Liu Shi said first: "Niangniang, is this Haitang as a Jiangyang thief or what?" Do you want the Criminal Department to take over the case? ”

"This palace also wants to return Haitang's innocence, so it will make this decision, and I hope that the concubine will understand. If it is found out that Haitang has not been to the pharmacy at that time, it will prove that this matter has nothing to do with Qian Concubine, and the palace will give Qian Concubine an explanation at that time. As soon as Ling Ruo's words fell, Liu Shi took over and said, "What is Niangniang's so-called confession, do you dispose of Qi Jia's family?" ”

"This is natural." As soon as Ling Ruo's words fell, Liu shook his head angrily and said, "Qi Jia's hurting Hongzhan is certainly punishable, but what should Niangniang say about her repeated insults and suspicions to her concubine?" Although the concubine is not as noble as the mother, she is also the emperor's concubine, but you suspect that the concubine harmed her own son, and you interrogate the concubine and the people around the concubine like a prisoner, you ...... Where do you leave your concubines? Where is the emperor? She deliberately aggravated her tone, and even used Yinzhen to suppress Ling Ruo, wanting to force her to stop and not continue to investigate, she ...... I'm really scared!

Ling Ruo looked at her and said, "This palace is also a last resort, please be considerate of the concubine." This was Ling Ruo's answer to her, gentle but there was no room for return,

Seeing that Ling Ruo was not moved by his words, Liu became even more anxious, it was like being roasted on a fire, and every moment was a wordless torment.

Jin Gu looked at Liu's nervous and uneasy appearance, knowing that she was afraid that Ling Ruo would really find out the problem, but she was helpless, and it was really unexpected that things would develop to this point.

She had to quickly think of a way to get her master out of this matter, otherwise if she continued, she didn't know what else would happen. But Concubine Xi obviously doubted the master, and she would definitely not give up if she didn't check the ugliness of her life.

Only now it seems that there is only one way, that is, she takes care of everything, saying that she is angry that Yan Guiren is rude to her master, so she secretly instructed Haitang to do these things. Although doing so is likely to kill her, it is better than watching Liu, who grew up, have an accident.

Thinking of this, Jin Gu gritted her teeth and stood up and said, "Niangniang, slave maid ......" As soon as she said a few words, she was interrupted by Xu, "Niangniang, since you can't continue to investigate until tomorrow, it's better to let Qian Concubine and them go back first, the concubine just saw that the sixth elder brother had yawned a few times, thinking that she was going to sleep." After that, she glanced at Jin Gu and said, "Presumably Jin Gu also wants to say this." ”

Xu's sudden interjection made Jin Gu very strange, when she glanced at Xu, she unexpectedly saw her winking at herself, although she didn't understand her intentions, but Jin Gu still followed her words and said: "Yes, usually at this time, the sixth elder brother has almost stopped, so if Niangniang allows, can you allow Concubine Qian Niangniang and the slaves to retreat." ”

Although Xu's eyes were very hidden, Ling Ruo's eyes still caught a glimpse of something, and she was quite strange in her heart, what kind of eyes did this Xu have with Jin Gu for no reason, could it be that there was a relationship between them, but it didn't look like it, Xu didn't help Liu just now say a word, and she also told herself about it, it shouldn't be related to Liu, it's really strange.