Lan Yi lowered his head, his nails were about to sink into the palms of his hands, his eyes were full of unspeakable hatred, and he heard that Concubine Ying and Changjue were facing each other, and he almost couldn't hold back, but fortunately, at this time, the little eunuch outside said that Concubine Ke Niangniang had arrived, and he wanted to see Princess Gong, and the emperor remembered that she had always been friendly with Empress Cikang, so he nodded after all.

The news of Rong Huan's death was basically impossible to hide in the harem, and several main mothers had already talked about it, but word of mouth did not let the low-ranking concubines know, and the concubines sat aside, and the moment they heard the bad news, they didn't know how to sprout a wave of courage, and they left the table directly and rushed to the side hall.

This woman, who looked very cowardly, was dressed in the clothes of the banquet, and she didn't even care about her manners, and when she strode in, she ignored the emperor and didn't do it, so she walked to Lan Yi with tears in her eyes, and asked softly, "Child, are you okay?" ”

Lan Yi rarely has anything to do with her, but with just one sentence, you can hear her sincerity.

"Mother, I'm still ......"

She wanted to say "I'm okay", but the word "good" couldn't be spoken, her heart cramped, tears fell, and she blurted out, "I don't understand, I really don't understand, Rong Huan gave me sweet rice cakes to eat last moment, why did she ......"

Concubine Ke took her in her arms and said: "After the queen mother left, I couldn't protect you, I didn't use it, I really didn't use it!" ”

No matter what the reason, Lan Yi and Concubine Ke were also heartbroken at this time, the mother hugged and cried bitterly, so miserable, it really made the palace people outside hear it, and they couldn't help but have hot eye sockets.

It stands to reason that this is not in accordance with the rules, if it is not a big funeral in the palace, it is not allowed to see such a flamboyant cry, but even the emperor is not good to drink, after all, the good daughters of other people are sent to the palace, and they are gone in a blink of an eye, and they can't stand it on anyone.

Fortunately, at this time, Gonggong Liu came over to report, "Your Majesty, the water chestnut asks to see you." ”

The water chestnut was just in a hurry and suddenly fainted, and soon woke up, just now she cried for a while, and said that she wanted to tell her masters what she knew.

The emperor said, "Bring her quickly." ”

Lan Yi was about to sit up, Wei Changjue hurriedly walked to her side and let Lan Yi snuggle up to him, at this time, the couple couldn't care about anything else, and they didn't care about showing such a mutually supportive closeness in front of others.

The water chestnut was brought in, her eyes were also swollen, her face was haggard, she looked no better than Lan Yi, the guards pressed her to kneel on the ground, if in normal times, Lan Yi would let her stand up and answer, but this time, no complaints, impossible.

Water chestnut's eyes never looked at Lan Yi and Wei Changjue, kowtowed heavily to the ground, and said: "The fault of the slave and maid, ten thousand deaths cannot be redeemed, the cause of today's incident is because the slave maid was led away by a small palace maid in Weiyang Palace, she stopped the slave and maid on the palace road, saying that since the death of the queen's mother, she has always been bullied in the Internal Affairs Office, and wants the slave maid to help, or ask His Royal Highness for instructions, or help her to do some relationship, they are all old people in Weiyang Palace, and the slave maid is not good to refuse directly, so she promised to help her." With such a wrong effort, the little county lord disappeared. ”

Lan Yi couldn't figure it out, "Since you know that the little county lord is gone, why don't you come and tell me immediately?" ”

The water chestnut choked, "The slave maid knew that the matter was big, and was about to tell the princess, the little palace maid next to her said that she saw the little princess going in the direction of Huayang Palace, probably playing hide and seek, and the slave maid thought that since someone saw the little princess, she must be able to find it in the past, so she went all the way there, but she didn't expect that the palace maid was full of lies and deceived the slave maid. ”

Lan Yi realized that everything that happened to the water chestnut was also arranged, and the other party was in action step by step, and today he vowed to take Rong Huan's life, without knowing anything, even if she was a mother-in-law, she couldn't guard against it.

The emperor asked directly: "Who are the people who have been in contact with you?" ”

The water chestnut reported the name of the little palace maid of Weiyang Palace, and said: "The palace maid who showed the way to the slave maid in the back, the slave maid looked at her face, and she had never seen it in the palace. ”

The emperor glanced at Gonggong Liu, Gonggong Liu immediately understood, bowed, and went out to inquire about it, and after saying this, the water chestnut kowtowed in despair, "Please give the emperor a dead slave!" ”

The emperor sighed, the water chestnut has been by the queen's side for so many years, even in front of the emperor, and there is also a familiar feeling, but this matter has reached such a point, no one can help the water chestnut get rid of the crime.

"You were originally a meritorious person who served Empress Cikang, but because of a moment of negligence, you made a big mistake, and when everything is clear, I will give you the whole corpse."

With some gratitude on his face, the water chestnut whispered: "Thank you for the emperor's grace!" ”

Lan Yi looked at her, and suddenly said: "Rong Huan is already dead, a few more people will not help, not to mention that the water chestnut is not the murderer who killed Rong Huan." ”

Water chestnut has never dared to look at her, but now that she heard such words, a heavy guilt swept over, so that she couldn't even straighten her neck, "Princess, please don't, don't forgive the slave, slave...... The slave maid made a big mistake, and she could only apologize with death, not to mention that the little county lord was so small, she would be afraid, it was not a pity for the slave and maid to die a cheap life, at least she could go down to accompany her......"

Speaking of the back, her voice was hoarse again, apparently tears filled her eyes, and her throat was also choked. Lan Yi was easy to recover in front of her, and when she heard the last sentence, she only felt that the pain that rushed to her heart hit again, followed by the instability of her lower abdomen, which made her feel frightened.

Desperately let herself not think about whether Rong Huan was okay for the time being, her calm voice, hearing her ears, felt cold, "Rong Huan used to play with you the most, she wouldn't be willing to let you accompany her so for nothing...... Die. ”

Saying those two words with difficulty, Lan Yi seemed to use all her strength, the water chestnut was stunned, her lips trembled slightly, but she couldn't say anything.

And Lan Yi slowly got out of bed at this moment, and then walked in front of the emperor step by step, and knelt down with a "poof" under the attention of everyone.

Wei Changjue's first reaction was to help her, but seeing Lan Yi's weak but extremely determined appearance, he hesitated for a moment, and finally chose to kneel beside Lan Yi together.

The Emperor frowned, "Get up, you haven't done anything wrong." ”

Lan Yi grabbed the ground with his head and said in a dumb voice: "I beg my father to thoroughly investigate the forbidden palace and find out the real culprit." For the sake of royal face, Erchen does not seek to punish clearly, nor does he seek to tell the truth of Rong Huan's death to the world, but only asks for evil retribution, so that Rong Huan can rest in peace under the nine springs! ”

The emperor detained people, but he didn't announce what was going on, in fact, it was for such a thing, he couldn't tell the world, face was already secondary, if the palace was such a strict place, he could casually kill a child, could there be a safe place under the sky?

"Lan Yi, you are wronged, you and Changjue are both wronged." The emperor sighed, he glanced at Rong Huan, and suddenly asked, "Imperial Doctor, how did Rong Huan die?" ”

The imperial doctor swallowed his saliva and said cautiously: "If you go back to the emperor, there are no external injuries on the little county lord, but there are traces of struggle, and Wei Chen thinks that the little county lord should have died of suffocation." Someone must have covered the little lord's mouth and nose with a hand or something, so that she couldn't breathe, and ...... It lasted a bit of a long time. ”

Lan Yi's hand pinched the hem of her clothes tightly, and tears rolled out of her eyes almost unconsciously.

His own child died so miserably!

The emperor said angrily: "Go and investigate, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find out the murderer, just find out that time, who has been to Zhongling Lake, and then find out the nurse!" ”

The guards took the order and left.

Lan Yi was helped up by Wei Changjue, the emperor gave him a seat, and said to Liu Gong with a calm face: "There are many people in the palace today, and I and the concubine suddenly left the table, for fear of causing panic, you go and announce it, and say that the little county lord has a sudden illness, and the imperial doctor is doing his best to treat it, so that everyone does not have to worry." ”

Gonggong Liu hurriedly bowed down to respond, and the emperor said: "Today's incident, let the people who handle it shut their mouths, if there is a trace of bad remarks, I will take off their heads!" ”

Gonggong Liu hurriedly said: "The slave will do it." ”

Seeing Gonggong Liu rushing out in a hurry, Lan Yi suddenly looked at Concubine Ying and asked, "Concubine Niangniang, I don't know something, please help me solve my doubts." ”

Concubine Ying actually didn't expect Pei Miaoqing to kill directly, unlike what she had calculated before, at this time, the wood was already in the boat, and it finally met her wishes, so she folded up and dealt with it with her spirit, "You say." ”

Lan Yi said: "In the past, when the emperors and grandchildren entered the palace, there were many palace maids and eunuchs to take care of them, why did Rong Huan not have anyone around him this time?" ”

Concubine Ying immediately said: "This is the negligence of the palace, because this longevity banquet is grander than in previous years, and the manpower on the banquet naturally has to be arranged, so the people who follow the little prince and the little county lord will inevitably be less, and the children will play and scatter, and the palace maids and eunuchs will chase everywhere, and there will be some who are scattered." ”

Lan Yi chased after him and asked, "Then there are always guards, right, what about the guards who patrol the palace?" A person chases Rong Huan and finally kills her, there will always be traces revealed, why can't those guards notice this person? ”

Concubine Ying hurriedly explained, "The guards are patrolling in batches, and these are not under the control of the palace. She glanced at the emperor and sighed, "The guards are close ministers of the Son of Heaven, Lan Yi, are you questioning the emperor when you ask this?" ”

Lan Yi hated her very much at this time to sow discord, but she was the emperor's harem, in terms of identity, experience, and ruthlessness, she was far inferior to her, in the past, she was a little trouble, and sent a few little minions to do some pickled things, and never personally shot at herself, really have to think about it, Lan Yi, a princess who has never received real holy favor, what can she compete with her?

Thinking that Rong Huan's revenge was difficult to avenge for a while, she was really angry, so she had to raise her voice to refute, Lan Yi's lower abdomen suddenly cooled, and she was so uncomfortable that her face was so pale, she couldn't even speak.