Chapter 386: Investigation
"I didn't," Tanglin Guyun shook his head, "I just want to ask you, who else have you told about the child in Ru Xue's womb being a deformed fetus with a human face and a fishtail?"
"No," Duanmu Youning shook his head without hesitation, "This is not a glorious thing after all, how can it be publicized everywhere? Except for the emperor, the concubines have never told anyone." ”
"So, the strange thing is here," Tanglin Guyun's eyes were deep, "Since you haven't told anyone, then who has such a great supernatural power, and has already known what the fetus in Ru Xue's womb looks like, so he made this rag doll in advance to frame you?"
As soon as these words came out, Duanmu Youning was not in a hurry to investigate the truth. Smiling slightly, she stared at Donglin Guyun: "Doesn't the emperor think that only the concubines have the ability and motive to do this? ”
Despite the seriousness of the situation, Tanglin Guyun also smiled: "Youning, you don't have to test me with such words, I know that from the past to the present, you have never changed, and you are still the same as when I first saw you, your heart does not hide dirt, and it is as clear as a mountain spring." ”
Duanmu Youning's heart was shocked, and his smile became more and more exciting: "With just these few words, the concubine knows that the emperor has never changed, and she is still the only confidant of the concubine just like when the concubine first met the emperor." ”
Tanglin Guyun smiled: "I don't dare to say that I must not have changed anything, but the only thing that has not changed is my heart for you." Youning, no matter how many women I have, but in my heart, there is always only you. ”
Duanmu Youning pursed his lips and almost burst into tears: In this case, what more can the husband ask for? All the grievances he suffered before seemed to disappear at this moment, after all, the pain in Tanglin Guyun's heart was heavier than anyone else, who should he tell to?
The two looked at each other quietly for a moment, and Dongling Guyun suddenly sighed and said, "Youning, are you talking about business now?" Are you sure you want to continue to talk to me like this?"
Duanmu Youning couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's rare to get such a time, the emperor still has the heart to laugh." ”
"Otherwise, do you want to cry?" Dongling Guyun sighed again, "Things are already like this, if you and I don't grit our teeth and support it, won't the entire Yulin Kingdom collapse?"
This can be regarded as a way to release pressure on oneself, Duanmu Youning couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Okay, then, let's talk about business." The emperor asked the concubine, who else can have such magical powers, can know in advance what the fetus in the womb of the concubine looks like, this concubine can't answer for the time being, I'm afraid it will have to go through some investigation. ”
Dongling Guyun nodded: "Then do you have any suspicions in your heart?"
Duanmu Youning still has reservations: "It's still hard to say, before there is conclusive evidence, it's best not to rush to conclusions, otherwise it is easy to cause preconceived notions and interfere with correct judgment." ”
Dongling Guyun nodded: "In this case, how about I hand over this matter to you to investigate?"
Duanmu Youning agreed without hesitation: "That's exactly what the concubine meant, and she was about to take the initiative to ask the emperor for help." The emperor can rest assured that the concubines will definitely find out about this matter, and will never allow such dirty things to appear in the palace again. ”
Dongling Guyun exhaled: "It's hard work, just say what you need, I will order someone to prepare." ”
Duanmu Youning bowed and bowed: "Thank you, the emperor, the emperor will rest first, and the concubine will go to investigate." Saying that, she stepped forward to pick up the rag doll and turned to leave, but when she walked to the door, she suddenly stopped, turned around and smiled: "Your Majesty." ”
"Huh?" Dongling Guyun looked up, "What's wrong?"
Duanmu Youning smiled: "The emperor just said that, and the concubines like to hear it very much." ”
Dongling Guyun frowned instead: "Which one?"
Duanmu's quiet eyes were as gentle as the spring wind: "It's that the emperor said that the concubines have never changed." ”
With that, she turned and floated away. Dongling Guyun recalled what he had just said, and just smiled faintly: "You haven't changed, you are still the same Duanmu Youning from before." ”
Leaving the imperial study, Duanmu Youning immediately rushed to Zhen Ruxue's dormitory with Xiangnan, since the rag doll was found in that place, it was natural to start investigating from there. At this time, Zhen Ruxue was still treating the imperial doctor, and when she arrived, the palace maid guards hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "See the queen mother." ”
"No need to be polite, get up," Duanmu Youning waved his hand, "When Concubine Fang Caide's white cat took out that rag doll, who else had seen it?"
Several people glanced at each other, and two of the palace maids stepped forward and said, "If you go back to the queen's mother, the slaves and maids have seen it." ”
"Very good," Duanmu Youning pointed to the green-clothed palace maid among them, "Then you tell me, what was the situation like at that time." ”
"Yes. The green-clothed palace maid nodded hurriedly, and recalled carefully for a moment, "Back to the queen's mother, when the slave maid was cleaning up the clothes of the virtuous concubine, the white cat suddenly ran in. The slave was startled and tried to drive it out, but it suddenly got under the bed. The slave was about to look for a stick or something, but it ran out by itself, and still had the rag doll in its mouth, and then ran all the way out, and was stopped by Concubine De's maid. ”
Duanmu Youning nodded: "Which room is it, take the palace with you." ”
"Yes," the palace maid nodded, "the queen mother, please." ”
Then she took Duanmu Youning into one of the rooms, and pointed to the bottom of the bed: "Queen Mother, that's over there, the white cat took out the rag doll from under the bed." ”
Duanmu Youning nodded: "Okay, you go out first, and then I will ask you when the palace checks it out." ”
The palace maid turned around and walked out with a bang, and Duanmu Youning then instructed Xiangnan to take a look at what was abnormal under the bed and around it. Shonan stepped forward with a promise and carefully inspected the coming. However, the mastermind also knows that this matter is not trivial, so he will naturally be more careful and will not leave too obvious clues. After watching it for a long time, Shonan retreated: "Niangniang, I didn't find anything." ”
Duanmu Youning nodded: "As expected." Let's go, and then go out to ask those palace maids. ”
The two of them came to the outer room, and everyone was still waiting quietly. Duanmu Youning looked around, and then asked, "Who has been here recently, and I will explain them to the palace one by one." ”
Everyone hurriedly agreed, and the green-clothed palace maid replied first: "Back to the queen's mother, the mother doesn't have any friends in the palace, so no one usually comes." ”
This is true, since she became pregnant, Zhen Ruxue has caused a lot of trouble, and naturally no one dares to come again. I asked several people in a row, but there were no valuable clues. Although Duanmu Youning was disappointed, he didn't say much and left with Shonan.
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and they immediately got together to discuss.
"Why is it that the queen mother is here to investigate this? This is too strange, isn't it?"
"What's so strange? This kind of thing happened in the harem, and the queen mother is the master of the harem, so naturally she should investigate. ”
"But the queen is the most suspicious in this matter, isn't this a thief shouting to catch a thief?"
"Don't talk nonsense, if the queen mother hears it, do you still want this life?"
"Yes, yes, yes, be quiet, but then again, I'm afraid that's what everyone thinks, right? Who else has such great magical powers except the queen mother?"
"You say, we have all thought of this, can't the emperor think of it? How could he let the queen mother come to investigate? In this way, how can it be possible to find out what results?"
"Of course there is a result, maybe the queen will find a substitute for the dead ghost at random, won't the matter be solved?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent, and no one spoke again for a long time. I don't know how long later, one of them suddenly said cautiously: "Actually, although we are people from the side of Concubine Xian, I don't think the queen mother may have done such a thing." ”
The rest of the people glanced at each other, and the other nodded and said: "I also think so, the queen mother is generous and benevolent, how could she do such a hurtful thing, maybe this is someone deliberately framed at all." ”
"Forget it, don't say it, it's already like this, it's useless to talk about it, be careful to spread it, and cause trouble in vain. ”
At that moment, everyone sighed and dispersed, anxiously waiting for the final result. Everyone's discussion Duanmu Youning naturally wouldn't hear it, and even if she heard it, she didn't have any mind, all the way back to Tianfeng Palace, she didn't care about taking a breath, and immediately took out the rag doll and studied it carefully.
This doll is very ugly, needlework is really not very good, but it's a pity that the red cloth silk thread used is the most common material, it can be seen everywhere in the palace, I am afraid there is not much direction if you want to use this as a clue, even any palace maid in the palace can get this kind of cloth and needlework. After looking at it over and over again for a long time, but still didn't find anything, Duanmu Youning couldn't help but put the rag doll on the table in frustration, and sighed with his hand on his eyebrows.
What can I do about this, I can't see anything. Is she only able to use the Divine Eye? She is naturally not afraid of using the Divine Eye, but what she is afraid of is that even if the murderer is found with the Divine Eye, if there is not enough evidence to prove it, even if she identifies it, who will believe it? Even if no one dares to oppose it because she is the queen, she is afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public.
"What the hell is going on?" she muttered to herself, "Who has the same great powers as I do to know what the deformed fetus that Concubine Xian is pregnant looks like?"
And this is obviously the point, and only by understanding this can we know who is behind the scenes. So how do you figure it out?
"It's clearly the queen's conspiracy, what else is being investigated?" Qiao Lianying, who was guarding the bed, gritted her teeth and said while enduring her grief, "It's that the queen was afraid that Ru Xue would rob her favor if she gave birth to the prince, so she used demon magic to harm her child like this." Originally, Ru Xue said that the queen knew how to demons, and I couldn't believe it, and I scolded her for not talking nonsense, but who knew it was true! Ru Xue, you have suffered. ”
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