Chapter 11: Tracking
The queen reprimanded: "Why didn't you say it earlier? β
Su Qingwan hurriedly got up, "At that time, I thought it was the maid who looked away, but I didn't care, I fell ill again last night, and now although my body has recovered a lot, my head is still a little heavy, and I didn't remember it for a while, so I asked the queen to punish her." β
She is so docile, Tang Xinrou is not easy to attack, "I can't blame you either." β
Yun Caiqing said: "It's just a white shadow, the concubine was worried about the group, she didn't care at all, and she didn't think about it just now, Luoluo, you can see the appearance of the white shadow clearly, say it." β
She really forgot, she just didn't want to talk about it.
Luoluo knelt down and said: "The slave maid was in the peach forest at the time, and I only saw a white figure passing by, and I didn't see what it looked like.
The shadow was so fast that it disappeared in the blink of an eye. β
After Luoluo finished speaking, he lowered his head and waited for the dispatch.
Annoyed at how she was so uncalm just now, Fluttershy pulled her back, clearly reminding her not to say much.
Su Qingwan said: "It's strange to say, hiding in Linhua Palace in late autumn, that means that she has encountered something that makes her feel scared, but she still has food in Linhua Palace, who gave her this food?" β
Su Qingwan stopped at the point, and didn't continue to say, as long as everyone's attention on Luoluo was diverted.
Luoluo is just a slave, her answer obviously failed to satisfy the few people present, if she doesn't get it right, she will be punished, with her current identity, even if she keeps Luoluo, she will put herself in trouble.
Sure enough, hearing her words, Wu Guiren frowned and said, "Someone sent food to Late Autumn, who could it be?" β
Xue Fuyin and Zhao Xinran stopped talking, now this matter has little to do with them, and there is no need to worry about being splashed with dirty water by someone.
Yun Caiqing said: "Check who always goes to Linhua Palace in the past two days to know the result, in addition, you can also start from the aspect of food, the food in the harem comes from the imperial dining room, of course, the queen's Chaofeng Palace is also fired, but it is definitely not the queen's mother." β
Unless the emperor agrees, each palace cannot set up a private stove, if you want to decoction medicine and make tea, you have to build a small stove in the corridor, such a stove can not get food.
Hearing her mention Chaofeng Palace, Tang Xinrou raised her eyes and glanced at her, "Dong Nian, can you check the imperial dining room?" β
Dong Nian stepped forward and promised: "The slave will take someone to investigate, and the results will be available before lunch." β
He hadn't thought about it so much before, and he had stolen the food from the nearby palace that night, but now that he thought about it, the closest thing to Linhua Palace was not Yunling Palace, but Yun Concubine lived in the palace, who dared to steal things under her nose.
The queen nodded: "Go quickly." β
Soon, Dong Nian escorted a fat cook from the imperial dining room in.
"Hui Yu Niangniang, this person's name is Liu Wei, he is the assistant cook in the dining room, he has a very good relationship with Wanqiu, and he also sends food to Wanqiu every night, andββ"
Dong Nian paused slightly, glanced at Liu Wei, who was pressed to the ground and knelt on the ground, and continued: "And he was the one who killed Late Autumn, the slave found scratches on his arm, and there was a dagger and a rope to strangle Late Autumn in his room. β
After searching and comparing, it was found that there were still blood stains on the dagger that had not been wiped clean, and the thickness of the hemp rope was the same as the strangulation marks on the neck in late autumn.
Under his interrogation, Liu Wei also confessed the process of killing.
Tang Xinrou raised his forehead and said, "Make it clear." β
Dong Nian bowed down in response, and then scolded sharply: "Liu Wei, don't you come truthfully soon!" β
Liu Wei had the wounds left by the previous interrogation, his expression was depressed, and he looked at everyone present with a sneer, looking open, "It's really funny, Late Autumn is just a slave, and if she dies, she will die, how can she find out the truth for so many people?" Wu Guiren, don't you say it? β
When he looked at Wu Guiren, there was disgust in his eyes.
Wu Guiren was frightened by his eyes, and was speechless for a while, Du Juan said: "Okay, you Liu Wei, I have long heard Sister Wanqiu say that you plotted against her, but I didn't expect you to kill Sister Wanqiu because of this, I really deserve to die!" β
"Presumptuous!" Xue Fuyin said, "The masters didn't speak, and you dare to shout even if you are a maid, how does Wu Guiren control his subordinates?" β
"The cuckoo saw the real murderer, and forgot the etiquette for a while, and the words were intense, why did Concubine Xue grasp this little thing, the most important thing now is to listen to what the murderer has to say." Wu Guiren looked cowardly towards Concubine Xue, but his words did not retreat.
The palace is not a fuel-efficient lamp, from the show girl to the canonization, can the little white rabbit who can survive without understanding anything?
Liu Wei snorted lightly, his attitude was extremely contemptuous, and then said: "Wu Guiren is really able to speak, since you want to make a big deal about it, why do you want to make a big deal about it, oh, that's right, because there was an assassin last night, you can't hide it if you want to, just make a big deal yourself, and you can also clear your suspicions." β
Wu Guiren was shocked: "What nonsense are you talking about!" β
Tang Xinrou was also stunned, and the rest of the people also had similar expressions to her, why did it become that Wu Guiren was going to kill Late Autumn?
Su Qingwan smelled the smell of conspiracy from it.
Wu Guiren hurriedly refuted: "Queen Mother, don't listen to his nonsense, how can a concubine harm the late autumn!" β
"What are the facts, the queen has her own judgment, let's listen to him first." Xue Fuyin said in a positive voice.
Su Qingwan sat there quietly, looking at this, Xue Fuyin seemed to be at odds with Wu Guiren.
Liu Wei glared at Wu Guiren angrily: "The reason why you want to kill Wanqiu is because Wanqiu knows too many secrets about you, once she tells you those things, you will only have a dead end, so you want to kill people!" β
Wu Guiren laughed angrily: "If I wanted to kill her, I would have done it a long time ago, why wait until now, besides, you killed the person, I have never seen you, who wants you to frame me!" β
Liu Wei: "Late autumn is loyal to you, even if you threaten you, you still keep secrets, and would rather offend Zhao Changzai and be punished to the Huanyi Bureau, than tell others about you." β
He coughed a few times, spilled a wisp of blood, and said: "On the same day, after you saw Wanqiu, she was sullen and ran to me, although I have not known Wanqiu for long, but the emotional matter, who can tell it clearly, I persuade her to tell your secret, otherwise sooner or later she will die in your hands, she didn't listen, and hid in Linhua Palace in fear, just afraid that you would find her."
I brought her food every day, and last night, I brought some pastries to see her, mainly to persuade her not to hide, to tell the queen your secret, and to get a backer, but she just didn't listen. β
Liu Wei exhaled slowly, "She didn't listen to me, I had to kill her, I originally wanted to wait for this turmoil to pass, and take the secret to find Wu Guiren to get some benefits, but I didn't expect Wu Guiren to make a big deal about it." β
This person just said that he had a relationship with Wanqiu, and this will say that he killed Wanqiu, is his words true or false?
Wu Ningzhu shook her head, she didn't understand why things turned out like this, except for that incident, she didn't have any unsavory secrets, let alone kill Wanqiu.
But that incident was not serious enough to make her have the idea of killing Wanqiu.
"Things have come to this point, I killed someone, there is only one way to die, Wu Guiren don't think about it, I think the queen must be curious about what is going on, making Wu Guiren so afraid."
Wu Guiren didn't know the bottom in his heart, and stopped loudly: "You don't want to talk nonsense!" β