Chapter 52: Questioning (1)
She had already made up her mind, as long as Empress Chen did not agree to investigate the matter, she would keep kneeling on the ground and not getting up, to see who could consume whom. Empress Chen couldn't avoid it, so she wanted to drag Empress Chen into the water!
Empress Chen almost blocked her chest in one breath, this Han Jinxiu wants to force her? But she was grabbed by Han Jinxiu, which really put Queen Chen in a dilemma.
After a while, Empress Chen spoke up: "Crown Princess, hurry up!" ”
"Did the queen mother agree?" Han Jinxiu raised his head, and the two looked at each other.
chuckled, and Queen Chen said softly: "You kid, this palace is the master of the harem, if something like this happens in the East Palace, this palace naturally has the responsibility to investigate, get up quickly, the ground is cold, be careful of hurting your body." "Can she not say yes?
Han Jinxiu said happily: "The daughter-in-law thanks the queen mother, and the daughter-in-law also thanks the queen mother on behalf of Her Royal Highness." ”
After learning from Ah Jiu that Empress Chen had accepted the investigation, the crown prince stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go and join in the fun." ”
Ah Jiuhu is suspicious, join in the fun?
Ah Yan patted him on the shoulder and urged, "Don't think about it, hurry up and keep up." ”
When the prince and his entourage arrived at Empress Chen's bedroom, Empress Chen was interrogating the palace people in the small kitchen of the East Palace, and everyone who had been to the small kitchen today was suspicious, and they were all called by Empress Chen one by one and interrogated clearly.
Seeing that the prince was coming, Queen Chen's heart sank, the princess didn't leave, and the prince came again, did the couple make up their minds to entangle her?
After some greetings, the prince coughed lightly twice, and Han Jinxiu, who was standing beside him, hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and said softly: "Your Highness, sit down quickly and have a cup of tea." ”
Unexpectedly, what broke everyone's eyes was that the prince really obeyed Han Jinxiu's words, sat down beside her, and consciously took the tea cup she handed over, pursed his lips and drank a few sips, and then saw Han Jinxiu take the tea cup in the prince's hand and put it down. Without waiting for the prince to speak, Han Jinxiu got up again and walked to the prince's side, pinched the silk handkerchief in his hand, and wiped the corners of his mouth for him.
"There is Concubine Lao, you are also tired today, sit down and rest quickly." The corners of the prince's mouth provoked a smile.
Hearing this, Han Jinxiu's eyes shone brightly: "The concubine listens to His Royal Highness." ”
The corners of Empress Chen's mouth twitched slightly, the two of them seem to be really husband and wife, and they are sure that if the two of them don't leave, this case still has to be investigated, isn't it?
Han Jinxiu felt beautiful in her heart, it was good to be able to sit with the prince.
When the crown prince came, Empress Chen took the initiative to ask him to try the case.
Who knew that the prince said respectfully: "Everything depends on the queen mother." ”
Empress Chen: "......" could only take a deep breath and said, "Then the palace will continue to investigate." I can't wait to drive the crown prince and the princess away, the two of them are sitting comfortably, but who knows that she is sitting on pins and needles.
After checking the palace people in the small kitchen of the East Palace, Queen Chen frowned, and the poems and texts sent out to investigate also came back to tell that the palace people's residences in the kitchen were investigated, and no drugs and suspicious things were found, so the next step was to investigate Zhu Liangdi and Wu Liangdi.
Empress Chen pulled the silk handkerchief in her hand, her eyes fell on Zhu Liangdi and Wu Liangdi, and said coldly: "This palace will ask you two one last time, does this matter really have nothing to do with the two of you?" "This is the last chance to give them an honest explanation, if it has nothing to do with the two of them, it will be the person from the harem who has removed the East Palace.
Wu Liangdi glanced at Zhu Liangdi quickly, only to hear Zhu Liangdi swear: "Queen Mother, the concubine can swear with the life of the whole family, and this matter has nothing to do with the concubine." ”
"The concubine can swear with the life of the whole family, and this matter has nothing to do with the concubine." Wu Liangdi followed closely behind.
Under the order of Empress Chen, two grandmothers began to search Zhu Liangdi and Wu Liangdi's bodies, and the guards went to the palace of the two Liangdi to find out if there were any clues.
searched around, found nothing, Zhu Liangdi and Wu Liangdi had nothing on them, and no suspicious clues were found in the palace of the two of them, so there would be no clues in this case, and it would be impossible to find out who was the mastermind behind the scenes? Empress Chen looked at Han Jinxiu thoughtfully, and said after a while: "It's not early, everyone will go back for the time being today, and wait for the Ming Japanese Palace to investigate carefully." ”
Hearing this, Han Jinxiu's sharp eyes looked at Wu Liangdi and Zhu Liangdi, and found that the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and a glimmer of light flashed in their eyes, so it can be concluded that the two of them must have something to do with this matter, how can they easily let them go.
Just when Wu Liangdi and Zhu Liangdi were supported by the palace maids to get up, saluted Queen Chen and the crown prince, and turned around to leave, they were stopped by Han Jinxiu: "Wait! ”
Frowning slightly, Empress Chen spoke, "What else is the matter with the crown princess?" ”
"The queen mother, the daughter-in-law thinks that since she has checked it, she will check it to the end today, check the outing registration form these days, and see if there are any other clues?" Han Jinxiu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.
Wu Liangdi felt in her heart, the crown princess still held on to them?
Zhu Liangdi scolded Han Jinxiu fiercely in her heart, damn it, she was holding on to the two of them, suspecting that the two of them had taken a flattering drug in the ginseng soup, Queen Chen didn't find any evidence, so she asked them to go back for the time being, but she killed Han Jinxiu halfway, she gritted her teeth and had to turn around.
Empress Chen looked at the crown prince: "What does the prince think?" ”
With a slight bow, the prince said softly: "I think the crown princess's proposal can be tried." ”
The crown prince also looked at the crown princess, what kind of fox tricks did she use, Queen Chen was a little disgusted with Han Jinxiu, pinched the silk handkerchief in her hand, and said lightly: "Since this is the case, then the palace will send someone to check the palace registration form, but if you can't find any clues, it will end here today." She was going to rest, but she was delayed, and they refused to leave when it was getting dark.
As soon as they received Empress Chen's instructions, the guards went to check the registration form of the palace.
The hard work paid off, and the guards soon came back to tell that no one in Zhu Liangdi's palace went out for a month, but there was a palace maid named Lan Zhu in Wu Liangdi's palace who had just left the palace three days ago to buy rouge gouache for Wu Liangdi. Now this palace maid named Lan Zhu has been taken to Empress Chen's palace and is waiting outside the palace.
"Let her in." Empress Chen commanded without hesitation.
The guards quickly led Lan Zhu in, Lan Zhu was dressed in purple clothes and combed in a double bun, and when she saw Queen Chen, the crown prince, the crown princess and others, she hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye.
"Three days ago, what did Wu Liangdi do when you let you out of the palace?" Empress Chen was the first to ask.
Lan Zhu lowered her eyes and said crisply: "Back to the queen, Wu Liangdi asked the slave maid to go out of the palace for her to purchase rouge gouache." ”
"Where did you go?"
"Liu Ji went to the west of the city."
"Can I go to another store?"
"Slaves don't."