midnight

Inside the prefectural order study

The eight ladies discussed matters with the county magistrate and sixteen housekeepers.

Xu Wen, the chief housekeeper, was the first to say clearly: "There is such a thing in the county government, and the dignified grandson was actually poisoned by someone." It's too bold. The enemy is not small. Bao Buqi is the power of the prince's mansion, the concubine, the concubine. Of course, it is also possible that other princes jumped out to murder the prince's illegitimate son. None of us are smart enough to find out the ins and outs of the whole case. It's better to find two of the smartest talents in the county to help solve the case. Anyway, there must be an explanation for this scandalous case. The prince was the first to not let us go. ”

The four ladies shook their heads, they didn't think so.

The eldest lady was very disappreciative and said, "I'll solve the case by myself for such a trivial matter." There are few porridge and many monks, why do you have to find someone to come? Plus you're already a lot. What's more, I've solved nine big cases before. Our eldest lady is the smartest in our family. After all, my father is a clean old wolf. I'm his daughter, I'm not stupid. I immediately found out who the thief was. You guys wait and see. Aha, a trifle. Hahahehehe. ”

The second lady Xuehua persuaded: "Eldest sister, there is a lot of glory and wealth, so there are two more people to share it." Eldest sister, this case must be solved. Our whole family can't run, and we all have to take responsibility. The prince must have hated us to death. You must find a capable person to solve the case, otherwise...... Disasters will come one after another. The enemy can succeed the first time, and the second time. The more I thought about it, the more scared I became. Will the enemy poison us? We're going to poison our whole family. I think all of us are enemy targets. Could it be a house thief? After all, the enemy is big, and the trick of buying people's hearts is easy to play. ”

"yes, it's hard to prevent. I don't know who did the bad thing. My heart was pounding. Besides, if such a big thing happens, the above must be investigated, and we must have an explanation. The lord is really, but fortunately, there are no children. Speaking of which, the lord is not small. They are all middle-aged. Niece Zhang Mingtou is our hope. In the future, it will all depend on her to give us the tomb on the Qingming Festival. But we didn't take good care of their mother and child. What can I do? The fourth lady said.

When the eldest lady heard this, she suddenly realized, and her mouth suddenly opened. She was nervous and worried: "What's a big deal about this? Are we to blame? Oops, I didn't think much of it just now. Is this so serious? ”

"Yes, eldest sister, it's very serious." Sifang said.

"The kid's face has changed. I saw Zhang Mingtou's eyes complaining that we didn't take good care of us. Sanfang said.

"Whoever you change, which mother you change, will be angry. It's strange if you're not angry or distressed. After all, it's your own flesh and blood. The second room said.

"Pity the child. I don't have any children, and I'm counting on her. I took good care of her in the future, but now it seems to be in vain. The eldest lady said distressedly.

In the end, the four ladies discussed and decided to investigate and torture everyone one by one from the house, and be sure to find first-hand clues to see if there was a house thief who should have killed a thousand knives.

Suddenly, the county magistrate heard another butler talking to him with a hint in his eyes. The prefectural order immediately realized that something was wrong. The county commander and the old housekeeper Wu Dalang quietly bit their ears in the corner of the study.

"Master, the mother and son have escaped, and the old housekeeper Zhong Minghan is gone. Looks like there's no end to it. Wu Dalang said urgently.

The county magistrate thought for a while and gritted his teeth and said, "Arrange for my concubine's third sister Miss Yin and her child to pretend to be my niece, mother and son. It's just about the same age, and the child is about the same age. The silver girl's son will be five years old. Just enough to impersonate. You know this, I know, God knows. Don't let my wife and the other housekeepers know. It's just pretending to be like that. Until I found my niece, mother and son. It's really uneasy. His third uncle didn't believe it. I'm going to put on a play. ”

Wu Dalang said: "Okay master, I'll arrange it immediately." Make sure that God doesn't know what's going on. Returning to one major event can change the appearance of the silver girl's mother and son into Zhang Mingtou's mother and son. It must be seamless at this point. The old slave retired. ”

The county magistrate said reassuringly: "Go and do it." ”

Six days later

8:53 a.m

The four ladies in Zhang Mingtou's bedroom have been guarding the mother and son again in the past six days.

Sure enough, the county order is very comfortable outside the hospital, and Wu Dalang's housekeeper is the most effective. The silver girl's mother and son have indeed changed their appearance to Zhang Mingtou's mother and son. And it's exactly the same, so no one notices the flaw.

The four ladies were terrified. Because the little emperor's grandson and biological mother actually had a cold body. It's so sudden.

As soon as the eldest lady touched the face of the child and the child's mother, she shouted: "Ah! ”

Three sleeping ladies woke up. The three of them and the eldest lady slept all night with the quilt on their backrests. In fact, six days have passed. It's really day and night, never leaving.

The eldest lady woke the three of them up. The three of them stood up and threw away the quilt, and hurriedly went to touch the faces and bodies of the mother and son. When the three of them touched their hands, their hearts felt like they had fallen into an ice hole.

The three of them were not reconciled, and immediately shouted at the eldest lady and the butler who was standing next to him and also woke up from his sleep.

Mrs. Sanfang shouted, "What are you doing in a daze? Wipe their bodies with hot water! ”

Mrs. Sifang said, "Give them hot soup quickly." Breakfast porridge! Why haven't you sent it yet? ”

The second lady cried, "I won't die." Why? It's good, it was fine yesterday. ”

When the old butler heard this, it was like a bolt from the blue, and he felt that the four women were too useless at a critical time. The old housekeeper pounced on him and immediately pinched the mother and son. He pinched it with his ruthless hands.

"Wow, wow, wow......" The child woke up in pain and began to cry. The second lady knocked out one of the old butler's hands. Immediately after that, the child's mother will also gasp. It's also moaning and crying out in pain. When the old housekeeper and the four ladies saw this meeting, their hearts fell to the ground, and they were greatly relieved.

The Prince's Mansion in the capital

The prince, who had just finished breakfast and was playing eagles and catching chickens in the corridor with the slaves, suddenly had tinnitus in his ears. He heard the child crying.

"Wow Wow Wow Wow ......"

The prince immediately stood still, and continued to bend forward. The prince only felt that his heart was like a knife, and he knew which of his relatives was crying. But the prince wondered that his eight children were all fine, and he had no baby, so the crying of these eight children was not like this. Then how can I have a heartbreak that my flesh and blood are crying, my heart is like a knife, and it is uncomfortable.

The prince straightened up and looked north, lost in thought.

Ten minutes later, the prince returned to his study. The prince had already asked the seven butlers to be called to the study for questioning.

The prince was so angry that he couldn't wait to step forward and scold the seven middle-aged and elderly fathers-in-law.

But the prince held back. He thought: "Now is the time to employ people, so don't chill the hearts of the minions first." After all, he is the seven most powerful housekeepers in the house. I don't care about the usual intrigue, but now it's time to work together to do something for me. ”

Her husband, Huang Youcan, immediately cried: "Master, what's wrong with you? It can make the old slave feel distressed. ”

When the prince heard this, his heart softened, and his heart turned out to be warm. The prince's eyes were red and he helped the seven butlers up first, and then faced them, and the seven fathers-in-law continued to bend down to show respect, which was all habitual.

The prince was aggrieved and said bitterly: "The master has a kind of heart-piercing pain. ”

"Huh? Are you sick? The seven men immediately pounced on the prince and examined the prince's body. The prince tossed the good life. Check the pulse, roll his eyelids, pull out his tongue and wait for a long time.

The prince hurriedly said: "It's not me, it's just that I heard a cry with ringing in my ears!" ”

"Now, the house is not clean, and the female ghost is crying?"

"Maybe it's a maid crying."

The prince said hurriedly: "It's not a woman, it's a baby, and I think it should be my flesh and blood." ”

"Huh?" The seven fathers-in-law were dumbfounded.

The prince pointed to the north and said urgently: "Go and check!" Probably in the north! ”

The seven fathers-in-law suddenly came to their senses, and immediately nodded and shouted, "Chick!" Then he hurried out to run errands. The seven people scrambled to accept no one and used their own methods to find out the origin of the prince's children.

Half a day later

A Yuelai inn in the capital is the No. 4 wing room of the Son of Heaven.

Father-in-law Jiang, the second-in-command of one of the seven fathers-in-law, was overjoyed, and he personally checked and found a small string of yellow tassels in the corner of the bed in a prince's jade pendant. He concluded that he was sure of the prince's things.

The middle-aged father-in-law Jiang proudly put on a stand for his four nephews and father-in-law and said, "It must be the prince's thing." Sure enough, the prince has lived here. ”

"Fourth uncle, could it be that this thing belongs to another room, and it just happened to be put in this room, huh?" A tall, thin eighteen-year-old father-in-law said.

"Yes, I always feel that the shopkeeper deliberately lured us here. It's this room. Return to the master and you have found the tassel. It seems to be the prince's thing. The big fat and burly young father-in-law said.

Father-in-law Jiang looked back at the four attendants, two smart and two dumbfounded.

The father-in-law immediately came over and said, "I didn't say that it must be this room." But the identity of the prince should also live in this room. Other rooms many times. ”

The tall and thin father-in-law said, "Maybe I happened to live in a bad room." The shopkeeper felt that he couldn't go, so he arranged a Tianzi room. ”

The fat father-in-law said, "That's right, after so long, can the room remain the same?" Even if it is left behind by the prince, what if it is a token from the prince to other women? Or maybe the prince accidentally lost it when he was with other women. ”

Gonggong Jiang nodded in agreement: "There are still too few clues, and the truth can't be deduced for the time being." ”

"Father-in-law, are you too little to have so many clues?" A girl in red walked in, and began to be cheeky and familiar with herself, and began to explain to her father-in-law as a detective.