At dusk, the evening breeze blows.

Chang'an City is shrouded in twilight, the quaint streets and city walls cast their reflections in the afterglow, the cats on the corner of the street nap peacefully, a few dogs bark occasionally in the distance, the cats suddenly disappeared, and a few children frolicked on the street, as if they were in the painting.

Su Wuming was in it, as if he had walked into a painting.

This situation made Su Wuming, who was originally full of passion in his heart, suddenly calm down, and felt that it would be a good choice to slowly appreciate the beauty of this world.

It's just that in this world, some people are destined to accomplish things that others can't.

The night is getting deeper, and the palace is lit up everywhere, but the surroundings are silent, although during the day today, Su Wuming said that the ghost and ghost are just a palace maid who is unbearable and lonely to send to the garden, but there is such a person's storage, everyone still has a trace of fear in their hearts, except for the palace maids and eunuchs who are on duty, the others go to rest early.

Tonight there is a faint moonlight, clear and shining, and the occasional stratus cloud is scattered when the wind blows.

Concubine Cao was not flopped by the emperor tonight, she had a little trouble in her heart, she subconsciously touched her stomach, and then instructed her palace maid: "Qing'er, go and bring lotus seed soup to this concubine." ”

Qing'er is a fifteen-year-old girl, she looks very cute, Cao Man spent a lot of effort to find and send her to the palace, she is very well-behaved, after listening to Concubine Cao's words, she hurriedly retreated.

After Qing'er retreated, Concubine Cao couldn't help but sigh again, as the emperor's woman, she didn't feel happy, she only felt that her life might be ruined like this, because she had never enjoyed the favor of a man, a woman, if there is no love from a man, what is the point of living?

She knew very well that she was just a victim of her father's promotion and wealth.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, Concubine Cao has removed a layer of clothes, the delicate ketone body is faintly visible, Concubine Cao couldn't help but rub the fullness of her chest, and she couldn't help but think of a man in her mind, that man's technique is so skillful, much more powerful than the emperor, thinking about it, Concubine Cao couldn't help but scream.

But soon she realized that this was the palace, and that perhaps there were many eyes around her that were watching her, and she slowly withdrew her hands, feeling infinite chagrin in her heart, that she could not even have the most basic happiness in this palace.

The room was very bright by candlelight, and Concubine Cao took the bronze mirror and shone it up and down, feeling that she was taking it to the palace for the rest of her life, which was really a tyrannical thing, but in the end, she could only sigh, and then took the rouge in front of the dresser and smeared a layer on her face.

After the rouge was wiped, Qing'er had already brought the lotus seed soup made in the imperial study, Concubine Cao glanced at the lotus seed soup in the bowl, and then asked: "Recently, the imperial dining room is very unclean, but you watched the cook finish the lotus seed soup?" ”

Qing'er nodded again and again: "Back to the mother's words, the slave doesn't dare to leave the cook's hand for a moment." ”

Hearing Qing'er say this, Concubine Cao nodded slightly, then picked up the small spoon and drank it slowly.

In the middle of the night, occasionally a few insects chirped, a room was pitch black, the people on the bed kept tossing and turning, she seemed to be unable to sleep, and the moonlight shone into the house through the window lattice, casting a hazy feeling over the whole room.

The man on the bed slowly sat up from the boat, facing the moonlight, revealing a subtle smile.

The next day it was cloudy, as if a heavy rain was coming, and the moonlight of last night seemed to be unable to resist the changeable weather.

The palace was in chaos at this time, and Li Yan was furious.

Early in the morning, Su Wuming was called to the palace by the eunuchs in the palace, in addition to Su Wuming, the national uncle Cao Man, and the uncle Cao Chong were also called into the palace, because after earlier today, a palace maid named Qing'er in the palace found that Concubine Cao was dead.

Concubine Cao died peacefully, and when Qing'er found out that Concubine Cao was dead, she was lying on the bed, her body stretched out, as if she was in her sleep, dying silently.

But no matter who saw Concubine Cao's corpse, they would not think that it was a natural death, because Concubine Cao's lips were purple and her face was black, which was an obvious sign of poisoning.

Someone dared to poison people in the palace, this is an insult to Li Yan, after the emperor Li Yan heard about this from Meng Cairen's bedroom, he didn't have time to warm up with Meng Cairen, so he hurried over, and after seeing the corpse, he sent someone to call Su Wuming Cao Man and others.

called Su Wuming to come to ask him to solve the case, I don't know when, Emperor Li Yan found that he couldn't lack Su Wuming.

After Su Wuming looked at the corpse, he carefully examined it, and did not find any external injuries on Concubine Cao's body, the signs of poisoning were obvious, after Su Wuming finished the examination, he told everyone the results, Cao Man and Cao Chong cried fiercely, as if their entire Cao family was about to end from here.

Su Wuming saw Cao Man like this, and his heart couldn't help but be full of contempt, what kind of person Cao Man was, Su Wuming also understood more or less during this period of time, Concubine Cao was just a stepping stone for him to gain power, and when he found out that Concubine Cao was not liked by the emperor, he actually colluded with others and wanted to rebel.

This point was investigated by Su Wuming earlier, that Chai Qi was a household secretary, and he didn't dare to deduct grain and grass in an attempt to rebel against the great cause, and the reason why he dared to do this was Cao Man's coercion and temptation, of course, Su Wuming also knew very well that behind Cao Man, there was another person.

Now that Concubine Cao has been killed, I am afraid that it will speed up the rebellion of this wave of people, after all, as soon as Concubine Cao dies, Cao Man will really lose his backer in the court, and he can only find someone who is more beneficial to himself.

In addition to anger, Li Yan also has a trace of distress, after all, Concubine Cao and himself are also husband and wife, although Li Yan has many women, but he has a trace of inseparable affection for the women who have accompanied him.

After Su Wuming finished his investigation, Li Yan waved his hand: "I don't want to know this, I just want to know who is the murderer and who poisoned him, Su Aiqing, you must investigate this matter for me, someone dares to poison the palace, and I want to punish him for the nine clans." ”

The emperor was really angry, Su Wuming greeted him again and again, and then launched an investigation, he first asked Qing'er, Qing'er's little girl, who was already frightened at this time, but in the face of Su Wuming's inquiry, she still told her what happened last night.

Last night, Concubine Cao's only entrance was the bowl of lotus seed soup.

Su Wuming looked at Qing'er and asked, "That bowl of lotus seed soup was made by you watching the imperial chef make it with your own eyes?" ”

"Yes, because there was a stewed chicken incident before, Niangniang is very careful about food, no matter what she eats, she has to be watched by the slave maid, so that those imperial chefs will not have any chance to murder, last night, the slave maid has been staring at the imperial kitchen, but I didn't expect that Niangniang was still killed."

After listening to Qing'er's words, Su Wuming was a little strange, why did the skinned wild cat just serve it to Cao Man on the day of the palace banquet, and now Concubine Cao was killed again?

Could it be that the murderer did all this qiē just because he hated Concubine Cao or Cao Man?

Could it be that there are people in the palace who have a grudge against these two people?

The battle in the harem is bloodless, but sometimes it still costs people's lives, although Concubine Cao is not the most favored by the emperor, but she is the emperor's woman after all, Li Yan's concubines are not very many compared to other emperors, so could it be that other concubines want to kill Concubine Cao?

This is extremely possible, but what Su Wuming has to do now is to find out the cause of Concubine Cao's death first.

After listening to Qing'er's words, Su Wuming thought for a while, and after a while, asked, "Did Concubine Cao's lotus seed soup finish last night?" ”

"I'm done."

"Where's the bowl?"

"Washed by slaves!"

Su Wuming was a little disappointed, originally he also wanted to test whether the poison was in the lotus seed soup, if the poison was in the lotus seed soup, he could narrow down the scope of the investigation to the imperial kitchen, or in the imperial dining room, there should not be many people on duty in the imperial dining room last night, just investigate it, you should be able to find something.

But now that all the evidence has been destroyed by Qing'er, there is no way to start from the lotus seed soup.

However, apart from the lotus seed soup, Su Wuming really couldn't think of any other way to poison Concubine Cao, so he was going to go to the imperial dining room to ask, after all, Qing'er was just a little girl, and it was not impossible for someone in the imperial dining room to poison the lotus seed soup.

And just when Su Wuming was about to leave the scene of the murder, he suddenly discovered a very strange thing, that is, Concubine Cao's face was actually coated with a layer of rouge.

Women love beauty, and it is normal to be coated with rouge, Su Wuming has been in Datang for so long, and he has found that almost as long as a woman is a qualified woman, she will apply rouge on her face, and even a woman like Nangong Yan is also coated with a faint layer of rouge.

It's just that the person who still wears rouge when he sleeps at night, Su Wuming is the first time he has seen him.

Su Wuming glanced at Concubine Cao's face and found that there was a layer of rouge on her face, although the rouge was lightened because of the black and purple hair of her face at this time, she was still able to have a layer of rouge, and it could be seen that it was applied before sleeping.

Su Wuming pointed to the rouge on Concubine Cao's face and asked, "What's the matter with the rouge on Concubine Cao's face?" ”

Qing'er hurriedly replied: "Niangniang has the habit of applying rouge at night, because ...... Because Niangniang said that maybe when the emperor will come, she will be fortunate to her, she wants to show the most beautiful posture in front of the emperor, and over time, she has this habit. ”

This can be said to be the sorrow of women, the sorrow of women in the palace, but it is very moving, women in order to get the emperor's favor, but everything is done, smearing rouge at night, for many women in the palace, it is very insignificant, but in Su Wuming's eyes, I feel that this is all pathological.