Almond was shocked when she finished listening to the conversation between them.

Without him, the deserted courtyard she had just been to today was mentioned on the plaque with the three words "Peony Pavilion".

It can't be such a coincidence, right?

Could the side concubine in this maid's mouth be the white bones in the well?

If the side concubine was killed, why did everyone say that she eloped with a man?

Today she had decided to ignore it, but now more doubts came to her mind.

Seeing that the few people in front of him were making a mess, they were about to fight.

Almond finally came to her senses and shouted.

"Don't fight!"

Several people looked at her in disbelief, as if they had just noticed a person standing here.

"Pushing and shoving in the palace, like something! Aren't you afraid that I will tell the prince?! ”

Several people quickly stopped what they were doing and stood up in an orderly manner.

"Your Excellency."

Because Almond has just arrived, his identity in Fuzhong is unknown, and he lives here as Sheng Guangji's friend.

So although everyone didn't know where she came from, they still called her an adult.

At this time, these people recognized the almond, and their hearts beat drums, for fear that she would sue in front of the prince.

But almonds are not there for the purpose, just to scare them.

After seeing that they were all honest, he shouted.

"Hurry up and do what! If I see that you don't obey the law again, I will definitely report it to the prince. ”

Several people hurriedly nodded yes and left in a hurry.

The maid glared at a few people with red eyes, and was about to leave, but Almond stopped her.

"You stay!"

The maid turned around in confusion and said glutinously.

"Your Excellency...... Anything else? ”

Almond naturally has something, this maid used to be the person next to the side concubine, she should know a lot of information, she has to ask her carefully.

However, this matter must not be known to the prince, otherwise she will be blamed for being nosy.

The road is the way to the kitchenette, and it's dinner time, so people can pass by at any time.

Thinking of this, Almond spoke.

"I have something I want to ask you, you come with me."

Today, the prince is in the mansion, and Fourteen should not follow her.

The maid seemed to hesitate, as if she was afraid that she would not be good for her.

Almond approached her and said softly, "It's about the side concubine, if you want to help her, come with me." ”

The maid looked at her with wide eyes and disbelief, as if to confirm the truth of her words.

Biting her lip and thinking about it, she quickly made up her mind and nodded vigorously.

Almond took the maid one after the other, and entered the garden at a distance.

After finding a hidden place, the two made sure that there was no one else around before Almond began to question.

"You used to be a person from the Peony Pavilion, and the owner of the Peony Pavilion was the side concubine?"

The maid didn't seem to understand why she was asking questions that everyone knew, but she nodded.

"Yes, my name is Ran'er, and I came to marry with the side concubine."

I see, no wonder she is so loyal to the side concubine.

Almond understood, and continued to ask.

"You and I have a good talk about what happened before the side concubine disappeared and how she disappeared."

It is much more appropriate to use the word disappear instead of the word elopement.

Sure enough, Ran'er's eyes were red and she told the story.

From Ran'er's words, Almond roughly understands the character background of this side concubine, as well as her story.

This side concubine's name is Liu Ruyi, and she is the daughter of the head of the household.

The family is big, born in the door of weight, and I am also a beautiful girl, a talented woman who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

But a talented woman, she is a high-born family, and she is always arrogant.

All the men couldn't get into her eyes, but they were in love with Sheng Guangji, who was still the prince at the time, and he didn't marry.

Later, when she grew older and refused to marry, her father had no choice but to turn around, and finally asked the emperor for marriage.

Originally, Liu Ruyi thought that happiness finally belonged to her, but she didn't expect that the two after marriage respected each other like guests and their feelings were indifferent.

Of course, this is all one-sided.

Liu Ruyi loves Sheng Guangji's madness, but Sheng Guangji only respects her and respects her, but he doesn't love her.

For this reason, Liu Ruyi often complained in front of Ran'er.

Then, her chance came.

Sheng Guangji was injured in a spring hunt, Liu Ruyi took care of him wholeheartedly, accompanied him day and night, and the relationship between the two became much closer.

However, she was not satisfied with this.

Since the wedding for more than two years, the two have never had a round room, even if the cave room is candlelit, the two sleep in separate beds.

Therefore, she had crooked thoughts, and even used means, just to get Sheng Guangji.

Liu Ruyi had discussed countermeasures with Ran'er about these things, but in the end, Ran'er didn't know what the result was.

She didn't know if Liu Ruyi succeeded, she didn't know when Liu Ruyi started, and she didn't even know if Liu Ruyi did it.

In short, not long after, Liu Ruyi disappeared overnight.

It was rumored in the house that she couldn't stand the loneliness, so she ran away with other men.

But Ran'er didn't believe it, only Ran'er knew how much Liu Ruyi loved Sheng Guangji, and she loved her crazy, and it was absolutely impossible to do such a thing.

However, no one listened to her, she could only secretly guess that maybe the plan failed, Liu Ruyi couldn't stand the blow, and if she looked for death, she would disappear without a trace.

Hearing the end, Almond shook his head and sighed.

Liu Ruyi is indeed dead, but it is not a suicide, but someone killed him, in his own yard.

But a body in the well was so obvious, how could no one find it?

Thinking of this, Almond also told what he had seen and heard.

After hearing this, Ran'er cried excitedly, almost unable to suppress her emotions.

"It's Miss, it's definitely Miss!"

She broke down and cried, but Almond had to interrupt her.

"The well is in the courtyard, and people come and go, how come no one of you has found it?"

Ran'er paused to cry, her eyes empty as if she was thinking about something.

After a while, she said, "We don't usually use that well much, and after the young lady did not return all night, the next day the prince was furious and purged everyone in our courtyard. The next morning I looked for Mademoiselle everywhere, and as for the well, the water was so deep that I seemed to glance at it hurriedly, and nothing unusual seemed to be there. ”

The water is deep?

Almonds understood.

Glancing at the well that day, she seemed to have seen a stone.

As for the water, it may have taken too long and dried up.

When she went to look at it, there was no water in the well, and at a glance she saw the terrible white bones.

At this point, Almond already has a rough idea of how Liu Ruyi died.

Thinking of the bloody hairpin, it should be fatal with the hairpin, and then tie a stone to her body and sink her to the bottom of the well.

Everyone thought that she had not returned all night, and Sheng Guangji was furious because of this and dismissed all the personnel in the Peony Pavilion.

So it was so coincidental that no one found out, and it wasn't until so many years later that Almond unraveled the truth of the year.

But......

Who exactly is the murderer?

Why kill Liu Ruyi?

This almond is unknown.