Chapter 268: Meeting Ying Ziye
Chu Xiaoxiang's gaze froze, she just felt that in the record of the last year of Ji Ranyu's death, it seemed that someone was deliberately omitting, or those that had been recorded before, but they were destroyed in a little-known way.
Chu Xiaoxiang flipped through the records about Ji Ranyu overnight, and didn't notice anything wrong.
But after thinking about it carefully, Chu Xiaoxiang felt that it was a little reasonable.
After all, these records that can be stored in the Ministry of Rites can be officially made public, so this is the reason why the Ministry of Rites does not need to be heavily guarded and is not noticed.
But although the clues in front of him seem to be about to be broken.
Chu Xiaoxiang was unwilling to do anything, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, as if he remembered something.
Sure enough, when she was wandering around in those dusty materials, she suddenly stopped at a book called "Ji Guo Procurement Roster".
"Ji Guo procurement?" Chu Xiaoxiang's eyes lit up, but when she opened the book and looked through it page by page, she found that it was not only the eighth day of the winter month of the twenty-fourth year of Yuan Yin, but even the twenty-fifth year, and the date recorded on it actually stayed in the last month.
Chu Xiaoxiang took a deep breath and thought to herself, this is really God helping her.
It really responds to the sentence "There is no place to find when you step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it." ”
Chu Xiaoxiang focused on browsing back and forth on the "Ji Guo Procurement List", and finally she found that in the first three months before Ji Ranyu's death, there were suddenly some more procurement items related to medicinal materials in the palace, although when the names of those medicinal materials were written, it seemed that someone wanted to hide something, and deliberately wanted to blacken it.
But through the strokes between the lines, Chu Xiaoxiang had vaguely seen an eight or nine points.
Under the blackened strokes, there are all hidden: "Money White Flower Snake", "Beehive", "Whole Scorpion", "Centipede", "Nux Nux", ......
When Chu Xiaoxiang looked at those strokes, he suddenly remembered his previous life, when he was in the Royal Museum, he happened to have seen a book about introducing poison.
In that book, not only the name of each plant or animal with poisonous elements is illustrated, the reaction of the poisonous attack, the source of the toxicity, and the characteristics and effects of the poison.
Chu Xiaoxiang happened to remember that in that book, she had seen a long snake that emitted a cold light all over her body. And the reason why this long snake caught her attention was that this snake looked like it was wearing a shiny armor, and from the angle that Chu Xiaoxiang looked at, the snake was majestic, just like a general among ten thousand snakes!
Chu Xiaoxiang can still vaguely remember that the book records that this snake seems to be very light at first glance, but if you take snake gall bladder as medicine, it will be highly poisonous after a long time.
Chu Xiaoxiang looked at the procurement list that recorded the "Golden Flower and Silver Snake", and the name of the silver snake was pasted with two ink stains intentionally or unintentionally.
Chu Xiaoxiang thought in his heart, I am afraid that it was deliberately manipulated, because they did not buy all snakes!
Chu Xiaoxiang pursed her thin lips, raised her hand and recorded the names of the newly added medicinal materials on the pages, and at this time, there was a sound of footsteps beside her: "Princess, are you okay?" Can you hurry up, someone in the palace came just now, and I blocked it! ”
"Huh? Block back! Chu Xiaoxiang suddenly raised the corners of his mouth, his eyes wandered to look at Wang Wei, Wang Wei raised his hand and patted his head, and said to Chu Xiaoxiang: "Don't worry, princess!" Don't worry, I didn't talk about you, just two or three words to send them away! ”
"Well, that's good," Chu Xiaoxiang looked at Wang Wei, nodded trustingly, turned around and took out some propolis from his pocket, and re-glued it back to the places where he tore the seal just now.
After making sure that nothing was wrong, Chu Xiaoxiang turned around and left.
But at this time, she was about to walk to the door, when she saw a face at the door that she was extremely unwilling to see at this time.
Seeing Wang Wei, Prime Minister Ying Zhao's son, Ying Ziye, hooked the corners of his mouth: "Wang Shangshu, why did you appear here?" With such enthusiasm, you are still standing outside to greet you, could it be that Wang Shangshu suddenly became smart when you learned that I would come? Or is there some ulterior secret hidden inside! ”
Ying Ziye's words were full of obvious gunpowder flavor, and the meaning of provocation was full!
Wang Wei hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled: "General Ying said that he was laughing, I just happened to come out, and I met you, General." ”
"Just came out? Wang Shangshu, you would leave your post without permission? Ying Ziye looked incredulous and hooked the corners of his mouth.
It is true that his work occasionally needs to call for some information, so when he met Wang Wei, although the two of them usually don't talk much, Ying Ziye could also feel that this Wang Wei was different from some people under his father's banner.
At least he is more upright and reliable!
So at this time, it doesn't look like he did anything like Wang Wei did it!
No, there must be something going on here!
Thinking of this, Ying Ziye hooked the corners of his mouth, and just as he wanted to say something, he saw Chu Xiaoxiang suddenly walking out of it behind Wang Wei.
"General Baby! Who should I be, it turned out to be you" Chu Xiaoxiang said, pursing his lips, although this baby Ziye refused to inherit his father's business, but entered the palace to do things for the imperial court, and had participated in some wars before, but his meritorious achievements were not great, would it be more suitable to call him "the son of the world"?
Chu Xiaoxiang was having some questions in his heart, Ying Ziye twisted his eyebrows, is there really something going on here?
"Is that you, Princess Gulun? What are you doing here? Ying Ziye arched his hand, looking quite respectful, Chu Xiaoxiang frowned: "Look at what you said, isn't this place only allowed you to enter, not me?" ”
Hearing what Chu Xiaoxiang said, Ying Ziye quickly pursed the corners of his lips and explained, "No, princess, you misunderstood!" Xiaguan does not mean this, Xiaguan means that according to the practice of the previous dynasty, the harem is not allowed to participate in politics. Princess, you have come to the Ministry of Rites so early, and the lower officials are worried......"
Chu Xiaoxiang shook his head lightly and smiled slightly: "Sure enough, it's the general, you are too worried!" The reason why this princess is here today is because the queen mother suddenly came to the princess's mansion last night to ask the concubine about the concubine. You know, this is the first time that Princess Ben has experienced these things, so I am afraid that there will be something wrong with it. Today, I came to look up the classics of the Ministry of Rites here, and I want to learn and follow the precedent of the previous dynasty! ”
"I didn't expect that the princess had such a majestic strategy, and the lower officials were really worried," Infant Ziye heard it, Chu Xiaoxiang said that the Queen Mother arrived at the princess's mansion last night, and talked about the marriage of the concubine Qiyan, and he suddenly pursed the corners of his mouth.
The reason why Princess Ji Ran Ge is here is not the meaning of the Queen Mother?!
Thinking of this, he no longer dared to say anything, but hunched over, with an extremely solemn and respectful look on his face.
"It's okay," Chu Xiaoxiang hooked the corners of his mouth, smiled, and then said, "I'll go to the palace later, if General Ying still has doubts, do you want to go together?" ”
Although Chu Xiaoxiang invited with a warm face, Ying Ziye did not have the courage to agree.
"Thank you, princess, it's just that Xia Guan has a public office, and it is inconvenient to travel together, if there is a happy event in the princess's mansion on his day, Xia Guan will definitely follow his father to congratulate him!" As he spoke, Ying Ziye gave up his hand and secretly glanced at Chu Xiaoxiang, seeing that the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, and she didn't seem to be angry because of her sudden recklessness just now, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as Chu Xiaoxiang turned around, he went to the place where the palace was procuring, and the waiter in charge of the procurement looked like a newcomer at a glance, and after the exchange, Chu Xiaoxiang was sure that her doubts were confirmed.
"The previous comprador just left last month, and he is a new man here, called ...... Call ......" To this new comprador waiter, Chu Xiaoxiang shook his head speechlessly, he actually stammered so much that he forgot his last name when he was nervous.
"That's enough," Chu Xiaoxiang couldn't help but wave his hand, interrupting the new comprador and said, "Then do you know what is the name of this comprador squire from your predecessor?" ”
The comprador shook his head: "I don't know about that, but I've heard that he's a man, and he actually wants to dress up as a woman." It makes everyone here laugh at him for being a pervert, pseudo-girl! Whether he left for this reason, I don't know. ”
"A man dressed as a woman? Ginkaku? Chu Xiaoxiang was stunned for a moment, if this matter was done by Yinxiang Pavilion, then why did Shen Yinxin insist so much at the beginning, saying that he had not killed Ji Ranyu? Thinking of her, she will never be a general person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!
But in this world, apart from the Yinxiang Pavilion, where is there any place where other men will dress up as women?
Chu Xiaoxiang pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, and at this time, the comprador in front of him pointed to his knees, just now because of the sudden arrival of Princess Gulun, he knelt on the ground as soon as he was nervous!
"Can I get up, please?" The comprador pointed timidly at his knee.
Chu Xiaoxiang couldn't help but smile and glared at the comprador angrily, who knew that the comprador was so scared that he fainted immediately!
On Chu Xiaoxiang's good-looking face, his embroidered eyebrows frowned, sighed, and left with his hands behind his back.
After Chu Xiaoxiang left the comprador office, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this comprador was extremely suspicious, as if he knew that someone would find him, so he would leave the palace early before Chu Xiaoxiang arrived.
Although he felt that there were still many suspicious things about this matter, Chu Xiaoxiang raised his eyes and looked at the sun hanging in the sky, it was already close to noon at this time, and the officials were only working every morning.
Even if I have more expectations in my heart, I have to go back to the princess's mansion first!
Chu Xiaoxiang turned around and walked towards Changle Palace, but as soon as she returned to the princess's mansion, she saw that today's princess's mansion looked much more deserted than before.
"The big wedding of the horse is coming, why are there suddenly fewer people doing this business?" Chu Xiaoxiang looked at the maids and attendants who usually worked, and disappeared in the blink of an eye, could it be that everyone knew that she would enter the palace today, so they took advantage of her absence to be lazy like now?
Just when Chu Xiaoxiang was at a loss and felt a little lost, the maid inside just ran out.
Seeing this, Chu Xiaoxiang hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed the other party: "What kind of system is it in such a hurry?" ”
As soon as Chu Xiaoxiang said, when the maid named Hong'er suddenly looked up and saw that it was Chu Xiaoxiang, she hurriedly opened her mouth and said breathlessly: "No, it's not good, something happened to the princess!" ”