Chapter Twenty-Three: The Great Prince's Mansion
Yun Jingxian walked to the door and welcomed the bride out, but the bride was stopped and reported before she got off the sedan chair. The bride's feet must not touch the ground when entering the door.
Li Changge, who was sitting in the crowd, watched Yun Jingxian walk forward step by step, and remembered that he was also reported to the house by Yun Jingmo like this. When he was in a trance, a little guy walked quickly to the inner hall, and after a while, Duo'an walked to Yun Jingmo and Li Changge.
"Your Highness! Empress! Something happened! Early this morning, the guards of the forbidden army found that the eldest prince was not in the mansion! ”
Li Changge and Yun Jingmo were taken aback at the same time: "What? ”
Duo An continued: "The emperor means that the two of you are leaving quietly now, don't attract attention, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can control the forbidden army in the palace to investigate this matter. ”
The two of them no longer had the heart to look at the newlywed couple who were worshipping the high hall, and the bride's wedding sedan chair and the Qin family were still parked at the main entrance. The two had to go out through the side door. rode all the way to the Grand Prince's Mansion.
"What's going on inside? Is there a search? Yun Jingmo asked the leader of the forbidden army.
The leader of the forbidden army knelt down on one knee, clenched his fists and said: "The subordinates are incompetent, the eldest prince said that he was unwell this morning and did not eat breakfast, and when we delivered lunch, we found that the eldest prince was no longer in the house." The house has been searched, but nothing has been found! ”
Yun Jingmo waved his hand to signal this forbidden army to get up. Li Changge asked, "Commander Wang!" After the eldest prince was convicted, how many people were left to serve? ”
When the commander of the forbidden army heard Li Changge ask himself, he bowed slightly, and replied: "Originally, no one was allowed to serve, but there were two people who had been following the eldest prince who were unwilling to leave, so there was only one aunt and a servant who came out of the palace, and the rest were sent out." ”
"Please also ask the commander to send a subordinate to help you go this way, go to the East Palace and invite Aunt Fusang to come over!" Li Changge smiled and said.
The commander didn't reply immediately, but looked at Yun Jingmo. Yun Jingmo nodded at him, and the forbidden army waved his hand to ask his right-hand hand to go down and ask for someone.
"Wait outside! I'll go in with the crown princess and have a look! After Yun Jingmo finished speaking, he pulled Li Changge and walked towards the mansion. As he walked, he asked, "Why do you want to call Fuso?" ”
Li Changge looked at the prince and replied: "Because this aunt is an old man in the palace, just like Fusang, a bride like me who married into the royal family, she is still a little girl, and she will not be taken into her eyes. Just let Fusang, who is from the same background, go around with her! ”
Yun Jingmo smiled: "You think so thoughtfully! What do you want to ask? ”
Li Changge said: "This palace maid takes care of the eldest prince closely, and the eldest prince's quiet disappearance this time must have been planned in advance, but he didn't deal with this palace maid, or took her away, which proves that this palace maid doesn't know anything, and she didn't do anything for him, so we can only start the investigation from the usual behavior of the eldest prince." ”
"!" The two were sitting in the main hall, and Li Changge heard someone shouting.
Fuso is coming.
"Aunt Fusang, do you know Aunt Linhua?" Li Changge asked?
"She and the slave maid entered the palace at the same time and met a few times, but when the palace was divided, the slave and maid were assigned to serve in the Chengzhi Pavilion, and she was directly assigned to the palace of Concubine De Niangniang to serve, and it has not been common since then!" Fuso replied.
Li Changge nodded and said, "She will come in a while, you can help me ask a few questions, she may not buy my account, they are all people in the palace, you should know what to say?" ”
Fusang nodded to indicate that he knew, and Li Changge asked people to bring Linhua in.
"Slaves and maids see His Royal Highness the Prince, the Crown Princess." Linhua knelt on the ground and saluted, seeing that Li Changge had no intention of telling himself to get up, he had to kneel on the ground and look up at Li Changge.
Li Changge looked at her fixedly, and seeing that she didn't look a little weak-hearted, he was even more sure of the idea that she didn't know. So he said to him: "Fusang will ask you a few questions in a while, and you can answer them truthfully." ”
Linhua nodded, and Fusang stepped forward and asked, "Linhua, the eldest prince suddenly disappeared, you served her closely, and let people go without permission, are you guilty?" This is what Li Changge taught her.
Linhua was the old man in the palace in the end, and said unhurriedly: "But the guards are heavily guarded outside, and the eldest prince suddenly disappeared, the first one who should be held accountable should be the guards, right?" ”
Fusang saw that she was not in the middle of the court, and he continued to ask: "The guards are the affairs of the former dynasty, and they have their own whereabouts of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the affairs of the harem are naturally handled by the Crown Princess. Li Changge secretly gave Fusang a finger on the side, and it was really subtle enough.
"The slave and maid have never let go of the eldest prince without permission, Niangniang Mingjian." Linhua kowtowed and said.
"Then Aunt Linhua must answer Niangniang's question carefully!" Fuso said as he stood aside.
Li Changge asked, "How is the prince's routine in the last few days?" ”
"Everything works fine"
Li Changge: "Then what are you usually doing in the house?" ”
Linhua: "It's just some ordinary things!" Nothing. ”
Li Changge's tone was a lot sharper: "The eldest prince's disappearance for no reason has nothing to do with you, you don't say anything, you make it clear that you want to protect the eldest prince." ”
Linhua was not frightened by Li Changge's momentum: "The slave and maid don't know anything, it's just that the slave and maid are people in the palace, and now there is no direct evidence that the slave and maid are guilty, so I'm afraid that the slave and the maid will not be disposed of when the East Palace says to deal with it, right?" ”
Fusang smiled: "Although your official deed is in charge of the Chengshi Pavilion, there is no evidence that you are innocent now, you and I are both old men in the palace, if the mother sends you to the Queen Mother, whatever crime you commit will be determined by the Queen Mother." …… Also, your family, if you are more serious, it will be a disaster for the whole family. ”
Linhua knows those secret operations in the palace, and knows the queen mother's methods, if it is a bit far-fetched to convict her in the matter of the eldest prince, then it is too easy to go back to the palace and charge her in the palace casually.
Hanging his head, Linhua asked, "What does Niangniang want to know?" ”
Li Changge: "Let's just say what the eldest prince is doing every day?" Where do you spend time in Fuchu? ”
"The eldest prince usually ...... "Linhua resigned himself to his fate, and said everything that should be said!"
Kitchenette! Lin said that the eldest prince usually stayed in the study, but he usually went to the small kitchen occasionally to make some soup. A gentleman cooks far away, not to mention such an ambitious person, how can he be willing to cook by himself.
"Let's go! Go to the kitchenette. "Yun Jingmo also grasped the point!
The kitchenette was big and clean, just too many stuff piled up on the grocery cabinet.
"The Great Prince has been deposed, how can there be so many supplies? The supply of the East Palace is not so much! Fuso looked at the grocery container and stepped forward and said.
Fuso picked up something and looked at it: "Huh! This thing is used for brushing pots, but there are already two on the stove, so why do you have to put three here? ”
Problematic! Li Changge stepped forward to observe. Then he said, "Come on! Empty the stuff on it! ”