Chapter 59: Finding Out the Truth
Yan Minglan thinks that from here, she should be able to dig up something, even if she is not the mastermind of this matter, finding out that Hailan Lian secretly did other actions is enough to ruin Hailan Lian's reputation, maybe the Hai family's plan will be ruined.
It's a double win.
So, Yan Minglan begged loudly: "Since this matter is Minglan's responsibility, now that there is a problem, Minglan should deal with it herself, Minglan implores the queen to let Minglan personally find out the real culprit with bad intentions." ”
The queen walked next to Yan Minglan and wanted to help her get up, her voice was still soft, she patted Yan Minglan's hand, and her attitude was amiable: "Minglan girl, this palace naturally believes you, you go to find out, and return your innocence."
"Xie Niangniang is considerate." Yan Minglan kowtowed, her voice was loud, and she sounded full of sincerity, before she got up with the strength of the queen's mother.
The two stood opposite each other, each fugue.
The queen's mind drifted away, and she began conspiracy theories, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was the harem people who made trouble, and it may also be a fight between the princes, wanting to frame the emperor with Yan Minglan's hand, but it affected the most innocent Yan Minglan.
Thinking of this, she trusted Yan Minglan even more, and looked at Yan Minglan's complexion softer.
Yan Minglan thought about where to start, but there was still nothing abnormal when she tried it. Therefore, either it is non-toxic on the upper layer, or it is passive on the way to transport.
In the case of the former, it is necessary to start with the ambassador; In the case of the latter, it needs to be ascertained from the servants and guards of the translation house, if it is the latter, then it is probably Aunt Liu who intervened.
Yan Minglan was sure in her heart, and decided to start with the first possibility, and the second, under her nose, the success rate was relatively low, and it was too risky to buy the guards.
Thinking of this, she said to the queen who was still pondering: "Niangniang, Minglan has a thought, but she needs Lao Niangniang's assistance." ”
The queen was noticed, nodded, and called the palace maid: "Banxia, bring the jade pendant from the palace." ”
A good-looking female official wearing palace maid clothes and ornaments walked over, holding a jade pendant in her hand, bowing her head, and presenting the jade pendant in her hand.
Yan Minglan looked at this scene, she was so surprised that she blinked her eyes unnaturally, she figured out the intention of the queen mother, and she couldn't help but feel grateful in her heart.
The queen took the jade pendant, rubbed it twice in her hand, looked at Yan Minglan, her eyes were slightly curved, her lips were hooked, and she said: "This is the personal jade pendant of this palace, which is given by His Majesty and is a royal reward. ”
She put the jade pendant into Yan Minglan's palm and explained: "You have to keep it properly, if there is someone who does not cooperate with you to find out this matter, take out the jade pendant and suppress this person." ”
Yan Ming was clear, and after thanking her several times, she put the jade pendant into her sleeve, carefully not letting it fall out, she stopped for a while, hesitated twice, and still hung the jade pendant on her waist.
The queen didn't preach, put her hand on the back of her shoulder, patted it twice, and urged: "Go quickly, so as to return your innocence, if you really can't solve it, go to the emperor together, and the two of them will be able to catch the real murderer together." ”
At this time, another voice sounded outside the hall, Yan Minglan decided that it was very familiar, and just wanted to walk out quickly, so as to avoid the embarrassment of seeing each other.
However, the people outside walked quickly, as if they were expected, and they walked into the hall in the next second, and before Yan Minglan could take a step to retreat, the person who came had already arrived in front of her.
Qiao Tianshuo raised a very polite smile, "Yan Guan's family, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”
Yan Minglan also nodded politely, "Shuo Wang Ye'an." ”
Qiao Tianshuo smiled, quite serious, saluted the empress of his country with a puzzled face, and said in his not very proficient Chinese: "This king has been coming to his country for a few days, and today he happened to enter the palace to discuss matters with His Majesty, and when I thought about it, I had never come to the harem to visit the mother, and I was really ashamed in my heart, so I hurried here today without anything." ”
Because Qiao Tianshuo is a man, the queen can only politely help people: "King Shuo is a noble person, there is no need to be polite, the palace can know the prince's mind." ”
Qiao Tianshuo laughed again, his facial features were profound, and the arc of his smile was even more obvious.
Suddenly, he looked at Yan Minglan who was standing on the other side, and asked casually: "Did Yan Guan's family also come to visit Niangniang in the harem?" ”
The queen was stunned for a second, knowing that this kind of major event would be known sooner or later in Qiao Tianshuo's status as the prince, so she didn't hide it, and said with a worried face: "No, today this girl came to send trade tributes from other countries, and the palace kept her for lunch, but a palace maid came to report it, and many concubines were hindered by eating jade..."
Qiao Tianshuo immediately frowned, he didn't expect something to happen, he was afraid that Yan Minglan would be wronged, so he said coldly: "This king thinks that this matter cannot be done by Yan Guan's family. ”
The queen who was interrupted and Yan Minglan, who was hesitant, looked at him one after another, and the queen felt a little strange in her heart, King Shuo and Minglan are familiar with each other?
This thought quickly disappeared, and the queen didn't think much about it, after all, Yan Minglan was in charge of diplomacy, and it was inevitable that the two would know each other, she nodded in agreement with Qiao Tianshuo's words.
"This palace also thinks so, so let this girl find out for herself, otherwise I'm afraid she will be framed."
Qiao Tianshuo only reacted at this time, it turned out that the queen actually trusted Yan Minglan, and also, probably because she was too nervous, after all, Yan Minglan was going to marry the third prince born by the queen in the future.
His face darkened a little.
Qiao Tianshuo arched his hand at the queen, and in order not to be abrupt, he said: "This matter is related to the road of trade, and this king can provide manpower to help the Yan official family investigate the case together." ”
The queen raised her beautiful eyebrows and looked at Yan Minglan: "It's okay, with the help of King Shuo, this matter will be easier to solve, and the palace also needs to report this matter to Your Majesty, you can leave the palace." ”
Yan Minglan took a deep breath, glanced at Qiao Tianshuo and thanked him: "His Royal Highness King Lao Shuo has bothered. ”
Then, without waiting for Qiao Tianshuo, she walked directly to the outside of the palace, passing by the long palace road, there were many palace maids and eunuchs, their eyes were sharp and they all saw the jade pendant on her waist, and immediately knelt down and bowed, Yan Minglan knew the importance of this jade pendant more clearly, although she was not very comfortable with everyone's reaction.
However, it should be much easier to have a jade pendant, she comforted herself in her heart.
Sitting in the carriage, without waiting for Amber to inquire about the situation, Yan Minglan immediately instructed the coachman, "Go to the post house where the envoy is." ”
Amber saw her young lady's face, and asked with some concern, "Miss, what's wrong, what's going on?" ”
Amber knew very well in her heart that to the people, the emperor was the sky, and if she made a mistake in front of the emperor and gave an order, she would be beheaded, and she was even more panicked when she thought about it.
She looked at Yan Minglan worriedly, and Yan Minglan felt a warmth in her heart, "Don't worry, don't worry, I believe in you Miss I, it's just that someone with a heart is framing me." ”
Yan Minglan pointed to the jade pendant on her waist and reminded: "This is given by the queen's mother, with the assistance of the queen's mother, it will be much easier to find out about this matter." ”
Amber set her eyes on the jade pendant, which was engraved with a fiery red phoenix, which was the exclusive symbol of the queen, and the common people were not allowed to use it, she didn't expect that the young lady would have such a great honor to use this thing.
She was sincerely happy for Yan Minglan, and thought in her heart that it seemed that the queen really liked Miss.
When she arrived at the inn, Amber got out of the carriage first, put the pedals under the carriage, and then helped her young lady out of the carriage.
She stepped forward again and took the initiative to push open the patina door in front of her, Yan Minglan walked in along the place where the door opened, Amber immediately followed, and the two quickly found the ambassador.
Ignoring the surprised eyes of the ambassador, Yan Minglan took a step forward, she had already made up her mind, and said confidently: "The batch of pastries that the envoy handed over to me before and sent to the palace went wrong. The ladies in the palace vomited and diarrhea after using up, and the queen asked me to find out about it. ”
The ambassador immediately opened his mouth wide in disbelief, "Yan Guanjia, how can this be?" The official did not do anything, this is related to the continuation of the friendly relations between the two countries, the official does not dare to do anything, if His Majesty knows who dares to do this, and will divide the five horses. ”
He chattered and talked non-stop, and he could make a person who had seen the world look like this, which shows that it is indeed very important.
Yan Minglan didn't think it would be him, after all, the ambassador was the hub of exchange between the two countries, and the emperors of other countries would definitely inspect it, so they dared to rest assured that people would be appointed to this position.
Yan Minglan reluctantly interrupted and calmed the panicked ambassador: "The ambassador is relieved, and the official doesn't think it's you, so we have to find out the truth of this matter together." ”
"Yes, yes, what the Yan official family said is very true."
The ambassador's head nodded quickly, like a hungry chicken pecking rice, and it was a little funny, but no one could laugh at the current situation, even Amber had a solemn face.
Yan Minglan had already had an idea, looked at the ambassador who was so flustered, and reminded: "I don't know who sent this batch of pastries when it arrived in the hands of the ambassador?" ”
The ambassador was very cooperative, and immediately pondered for two seconds and recalled: "The pastries were ferried by boats at the border gate, and then sent by the soldiers at the border gate. ”
At this time, Qiao Tianshuo's carriage also arrived, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw that the two were talking, without making a sound, bowing politely to the ambassador, and then listening to the ambassador's non-stop narration.
Yan Minglan knew that Qiao Tianshuo had arrived, so she didn't look at him, and thought seriously, "Can the envoy find the soldiers who sent things now?" ”
"Of course, of course, I'll find it." The ambassador knew Yan Minglan's intentions and instructed two of his subordinates to invite the soldier here.
He himself invited Qiao Tianshuo and Yan Minglan into the flower hall to wait, so that people could be entertained well, and they should not neglect the distinguished guests.
The three of them waited patiently for a quarter of an hour, and the ambassador couldn't stop pacing back and forth in the flower hall with a heavy face, which made Qiao Tianshuo and Yan Minglan uncontrollably nervous.
Soon after, the two men entered with a man in a soldier's uniform, and one of his subordinates was filled with indignation: "Ambassador, this soldier has a problem, he wants to run away as soon as he hears that his two subordinates are going to bring him here, he must have a weak heart, and there is a ghost in his heart!" ”