Ming Shiyin was in no mood to complain about those palace people, he felt that the top priority was to find Chunteng quickly. But the East Palace is so big, where will the prince keep Chunteng? Just now, the queen mother deliberately told her to go to the firewood room and look for it in the warehouse, but the prince's face was not flustered, it seems that it should not be in these places. The crown prince must have locked Chun Ivy in an extremely secret place a long time ago, which is why he is so fearless.

Ming Shiyin thought about his footsteps and involuntarily walked towards the side hall behind the East Palace, the morning sun had risen high, the sunlight sprinkled on Ming Shiyin's shoulders, and behind him, his small figure was stretched out on the ground as a long shadow, just like an adult.

Ming Shiyin frowned and thought, and suddenly heard a strange sound, which seemed to come from behind the side hall. Ming Shiyin's eyes were alert, and he didn't want to hurry to the back of the side hall. The side hall of the East Palace is built very majestic, with red palace walls, maple windows, and glazed tiles on the eaves, looking magnificent. There are also large stone discs under the house that are ground into columns and reinforced.

This is the cornerstone of every palace, Ming Shiyin walked in the corridor with steps, he only felt that the East Palace was very dirty, the corridor was full of dust, and his robe must be stained with bad dirt.

Ming Shiyin thought about walking more carefully, so he lowered his head and looked inch by inch, thinking about avoiding those dirty places under his feet. As a result, he suddenly saw a little blood stain on the gray road, and the bright red blood stain looked like it had just condensed, as if it had just appeared.

I saw a commotion in the side hall, and Mama Li took the lead out of the side hall, and stared at those palace people: "You lazy bones, why don't you rummage in the courtyard quickly?" A small side hall has been looking for so long! Are you blind? ”

Those little palace ladies who were drunk by Mama Li all lowered their heads, and they didn't dare to come out.

Ming Shiyin frowned, this Mama Li is always a fox and a fake tiger, relying on the trust of the queen mother to be in the limelight in front of the palace maid. Although he didn't like it, he didn't bother to bother with it. There are many curved things in the palace, and the fittest survive.

Mama Li originally wanted to reprimand, but she saw Ming Shiyin's voice in the distance. She immediately turned her anger into joy, and ran towards Ming Shiyin with a smile on her face.

"Why is the Third Highness here?" Mama Li looked at Ming Shiyin respectfully with a smile on her face. There were as many wrinkles on her old face as there were folds on the skin of a bun.

"I passed by here, what happened in the side hall earlier?" Ming Shiyin frowned and asked casually, in fact, he wanted to hear something.

A trace of unnatural look immediately flashed on Mama Li's face, and she smiled and returned softly: "Third Highness, there is a girl who fell down in the side hall, which scared my old woman, is it okay?" ”

"Really?" Ming Shiyin asked, and his gaze swept over Mama Li. Slightly white hair, fifty or sixty years old, with a lot of age spots on his face, and dark and wrinkled skin. Wearing a yellow-black embroidered peony gown, there is also a purse hanging from his waist, the small purse is bulging, and it looks like it contains a lot of money. She stood stiffly, with her head down, looking like an honest palace person. She wore a dark brown skirt under her gown, and the group hem was faintly white, looking like she had been washed many times. A pair of black cloth shoes are also quite wrinkled and stained with a lot of dust.

When Ming Shiyin was about to retract his gaze, Mama Li couldn't help but twist it, and his eyes saw a little shallow blood stain on Mama Li's skirt on the far right. The blood didn't look like a wound on her foot, but somewhere.

Ming Shiyin frowned and said, "Mama Li, turn around and show me." ”

"Huh?" Mama Li only felt confused when she heard this, she thought about it, and didn't know what Ming Shiyin wanted to do, so she turned around obediently. She began to wonder if there was something behind her.

Ming Shiyin stared at Mama Li's bloodstained skirt, and saw Mama Li slowly turn around and turn her back to him. Sure enough, he saw more bloodstains, and the blood stains were on the hem of Mama Li's skirt, and there were more pieces, which looked about the size of a palm. It is very likely that Mama Li walked carelessly and rubbed over the bloody place, but she didn't know it. It is also possible that Mama Li squatted down somewhere, and the edge of her skirt fell to the ground, and she happened to be stained with those blood.

Chunto was caught by the prince and put into the palace, and he must have suffered a lot. This bloodstain made Ming Shiyin think of Chunteng at the first moment, his face turned cold, and he hurriedly asked: "Mama Li, did you really see anything in the side hall?" ”

Mama Li nodded hurriedly and continued to reply in a low voice: "Back to Your Highness, I really didn't see anything." ”

When Ming Shiyin heard this, his face turned dark. Could it be that Mama Li and the prince are in the same group, otherwise why would they help the prince speak?

"If there's nothing in the side hall, then where did the blood on your skirt come from, you say?" Ming Shiyin's tone suddenly became extremely serious.

When Mama Li heard this, she looked down in a panic, she glanced left and then again, and confirmed that the red mark on the skirt was human bloodstains, which could not be refuted. She pursed her lips and lowered her head.

"Is Ivy in the side hall?" Ming Shiyin asked with a serious face.

"No, no, no." Mama Li hurriedly turned around and waved her hand at Ming Shiyin. She then said hurriedly, "If the Ivy girl is in the side hall, I will definitely bring her out." The queen mother said that this matter should be handled impartially, and of course I dare not deceive. ”

"And the blood stains on your skirt, what's the matter?" Ming Shiyin's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Mama Li with a scrutinizing gaze.

"The slave was in the room, and as soon as he entered, his shoes stepped on a pool of blood, and the frightened old slave was scattered." When Mama Li said this, a look of horror flashed on her face: "That pool of blood is very shallow, it has not yet solidified, and it looks very scary." I was still wondering what was going on, but Xiao Yuzi, the prince's entourage in the room, came out. Xiao Yuzi said that it was the blood that came out of the chicken killing in the morning. Forgot to clean up. Then he gave the old slave a lot of silver, and he was shocked. The old slave received the money, so he didn't care about such trivial matters. ”

Then the old slave looked back and forth in that room many times, and it was true that the hall was empty, and there was no sound, and the Ivy girl was indeed not in the side hall. So the old slave is planning to take the other palace people and look for them in another place. After all, the queen strictly ordered me to look for it inch by inch, and the old slave should not be slack," Mama Li had a flattering smile on her face.