Chapter 10: Disputes
After the two of them sat down in turn, Su E immediately asked: "Today, Yun Concubine Niangniang and Su Meiren were called because Wu Guiren's maid died tragically in Linhua Palace, did the two of you see anything near Linhua Palace last night?" ”
Su Qingwan and Yun Caiqing glanced at each other, and at the same time shook their heads and said, "The concubine didn't see anything. ”
Wu Guidao: "Gonggong Dong said that there were cat scratches on his face in late autumn, and Yun Concubine's cat happened to be found in Linhua Palace, and the concubine wanted to ask, why did Yun Concubine's cat appear in Linhua Palace at night?" ”
Yun Caiqing asked rhetorically: "I also want to know who brought the dumplings?" Who was ruthlessly scratched? ”
In terms of momentum, she is not even afraid of the emperor, how can she be afraid of these palace women, she just hates these conspiracies.
Listening to this Wu Guiren's tone, did he suspect that Wanqiu's death had something to do with her, or did they say something before she came, guiding Wu Guiren to have this idea.
The queen straightened her posture, "Dong Nian, tell what you have found." ”
Dong Nian, who was on the side, stepped forward and said respectfully: "Ladies and gentlemen, listen to the slaves, and come to the result after experiencing the corpse, the late autumn was strangled to death last night, and Concubine Yun and Su Meiren came back from Linhua Palace at the end of the year. ”
When he paused for a while, except for the queen, Xue Concubine and the others all looked at Yun Caiqing and the others, Dong Nian's words were saying that when they arrived at Linhua Palace, it was when Late Autumn was killed, even if they didn't see Late Autumn's corpse, they should have encountered the murderer, or noticed something else.
And the two of them said that they didn't find anything, which has to make people suspicious.
No one questioned at this moment, so I heard Dong Nian continue:
"In the two days of her disappearance in late autumn, she has been hiding in Linhua Palace, where there are traces of life, the night before her disappearance, I heard Gong E, who was in the same room with her, said that in late autumn, she was sullen during the day, and in the middle of the night, she was seen sneaking out, and she didn't come back after that."
Su E asked: "Can it be found out why did you hide in Linhua Palace in late autumn?" ”
Dong Nian replied: "I checked the people she contacted that day, except for Wu Guiren, who was the slave of the Huanyi Bureau, and she also went to the imperial dining room, and she didn't find anything wrong during this period. ”
Zhao Xinran suddenly said: "Since Wu Guiren is willing to go to the Huanyi Bureau to see her, why don't you take people back to her side, is there some ulterior secret that was caught by Wanqiu, I am afraid that she will say it, so I will kill people." ”
She made a bold guess, but Wu Guiren was taken aback and refuted loudly:
"Zhao Changzai, you have no evidence, how can you say this, I can't bear to see Wanqiu being wronged there, I went to tell her that day, and I will pick her up in a few days."
The maid cuckoo beside her said: "My master is kind to Sister Wanqiu, and the slave maid also went with her at that time." ”
Concubine Xue rubbed her handkerchief and said in a pinched tone: "Hiding in Linhua Palace in late autumn, I heard that Linhua Palace is haunted, and everyone in the palace knows that she should not be harmed by that thing." ”
The queen glanced at her dissatisfiedly and said coldly: "Where did the ghost come from in the palace!" ”
She now feels uncomfortable when she hears the three words of Linhua Palace, the huge Linhua Palace, the specifications are larger than Chaofeng Palace, but it was set on fire by Liang Yuan's slut, in order to establish the image of a virtuous and virtuous queen, she just wants to be luxurious, and she has to control one or two, and none of the things in the palace can be compared with those in Linhua Palace.
Concubine Xue was not afraid of the queen, and when she looked at her coldly, she only bowed her head slightly and restrained herself.
This made Tang Xinrou unhappy, speaking of which, since entering the palace, she has never really been angry, and she has never ordered anyone to be executed, and these people still don't know her interests.
That's not going to work.
Xue Concubine's name is Xue Fuyin, the Xue family is a century-old family, she was born in a wealthy family, and she has her father behind the household Shangshu and the clan with a lot of family as the backer, so she is not afraid of the queen.
And she and Zhao Xinran are friends, Zhao Xinran was identified by Wu Guiren this time, saying that she harmed the late autumn, and Xue Fuyin came to help.
Just now, Zhao Xinran bit back, Wu Guiren didn't make a shrinking turtle, got up from the chair and walked to the middle, knelt on the ground and cried to the queen:
"The concubine is too wronged, it was originally to investigate the murderer of the late autumn, but she was slandered as the real murderer, and the queen wants to be the master of the concubine."
Zhao Xinran glared at her angrily, and glanced at Su Qingwan who was watching from the wall, isn't this trick of crying to the queen Su Qingwan's specialty.
Su Qingwan smiled at her, today she just wants to be a transparent person.
Wanqiu is just a slave, if it weren't for Wu Guiren who made trouble with her early in the morning, how could Tang Xinrou take care of this matter.
Another reason was that the incident might have something to do with the Assassins, who she desperately wanted to capture, and if the Assassins were not caught, she would have trouble sleeping and eating, and always feeling that she was in danger.
Tang Xinrou said: "What does Concubine Yun think of this matter? ”
Yun Caiqing was drinking tea with her hand, her expression and posture were very similar to that of a guest officer listening to a book in a teahouse, and she was named by the queen, and she did not panic.
"Returning to the queen's mother, the concubine feels that this matter is not simple, the concubine's tuanzi will not hurt people for no reason, if you don't do anything to the tuanzi in late autumn, the tuanzi will not hurt it."
Wu Guiren immediately said, "What do you mean by Concubine Yun?" ”
"You don't understand, and I don't want to say it a second time."
Yun Caiqing glanced at her, and then said, "In addition to the corpse found in Linhua Palace, did Gonggong Dong find anything else?" The smell of the dumplings is sensitive, and they must have smelled something before they ran to Linhua Palace.
The dumplings are cats who like to eat fish, and in addition to fish, their favorite is osmanthus cake. ”
Love to eat osmanthus cake is taught by Liang Yuan, Liang Yuan used to feed the dumplings with osmanthus cakes, and the dumplings didn't like to eat, but since Liang Yuan's death, the dumplings like to eat osmanthus cakes.
Hearing that the dumplings love to eat osmanthus cakes, Su Qingwan couldn't help but be slightly touched.
Dong Nian shook his head and said, "There is food, but I have never seen osmanthus cakes and fish, and there is no other food that can attract cats." ”
Wu Guidao: "Did Concubine Yun and Su Meiren really find nothing else last night?" ”
Although she was pressed by Yun Caiqing, she still had the courage to ask.
Wu Guiren is the daughter of Wu Saijiu, and her family is also first-class in Kyoto, but she can't even protect her maid when she enters the palace, and she has to swallow her anger after being oppressed by a high-ranking concubine.
Su Qingwan followed Yun Caiqing and shook her head silently, but Luoluo, who was standing behind her, was suddenly startled and sighed softly, attracting everyone's attention.
Wu Guiren seized the opportunity and asked, "What are you shouting?" ”
The queen also glanced at her, Luoluo was not a bold person, and when the queen looked at her like this, she immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "The slave and maid remembered the ghost she saw that night...... No, no, it's a white shadow. ”
She thought of what the queen had just said, and immediately changed her words, not daring to mention the ghost word again.
"What white shadow?" Wu Guiren asked.
Su Qingwan also suddenly said: "I remember, when I was in the peach forest that night, Luoluo saw a white shadow, and I thought it was...... It was so dark and eerie around us, and we were startled by her screams, but when we looked closely, we saw nothing. ”
She had forgotten about this, but when the second brother appeared in the house, she remembered it.
What Luoluo saw was a white shadow, and the second brother was wearing a night suit.
This shows that in addition to the second brother passing over there that night, there was also the murderer who killed Wanqiu.
Because Late Autumn was wearing blue clothes, and she couldn't disappear from their eyes in the blink of an eye, Luoluo saw that it was not Late Autumn, but a murderer who had just killed someone and was about to flee.