"Your Majesty, this was discovered by Governor Luo in the Xuande Building." Zhou Shan presented a thing.

Because of the involvement of the concubine, Governor Luo only handed in what he found after searching the Xuande Building.

Emperor Yong'an looked at it and saw that on the tray held by Zhou Shan was a slender bamboo tube, one end was sealed, and the other end was open.

Emperor Yong'an immediately glanced at the flower snake pinched in the guard's hand.

Xu didn't have long after returning to the palace from Xuande Tower, and the palace was as warm as spring, and the snake was quite energetic, and its hanging tail kept curling.

Emperor Yong'an spoke: "Put it in." ”

The guards were ordered to do so.

Under the gaze of Emperor Yong'an, the flower snake slowly swam into the bamboo pipe.

The guards blocked the entrance with their wrenches to prevent the snake from escaping.

Emperor Yong'an ordered the guards to retreat and look at several concubines.

There are a total of four concubines who are fortunate to accompany the lanterns, and the highest ranking is An Concubine and Li Concubine.

An Concubine has the illustrious background of the descendants, and Li Concubine is like a title, her face is like a full moon, her skin is like coagulated fat, she is born with a beautiful appearance and a good appearance, and her promotion speed after entering the palace is amazing.

The other two beauties are also quite favored among these noble ladies who entered the palace.

As for those old people, Emperor Yong'an didn't bring any of them.

He is old and decrepit and unable to give birth, and it is not worth paying attention to the heart of this emperor who is currently thinking about having children. Seventy-seven and forty-nine newcomers in their prime are still too busy.

"Let's talk about it, who harmed the concubine." Emperor Yong'an rubbed his eyebrows, breaking the suffocating silence.

As soon as these words came out, the four concubines immediately knelt on the ground and cried, and shouted one after another: "Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged, and you don't dare to harm the concubine if you kill the concubine——"

The four of them cried together, and suddenly they were like countless house sparrows chirping.

Emperor Yong'an snorted: "Enough! ”

As soon as the crying stopped, the four of them raised their heads and looked at Emperor Yong'an with teary eyes.

Emperor Yong'an didn't have the slightest intention of pity and cherishing the jade, and said with a cold face: "That snake can't come out of thin air, right?" ”

On such a cold day, the snake has already slept in its nest, and it is difficult to find one. What's more, he also brought it into Xuande Building and climbed on Xiao Guifei's cloak.

The more Emperor Yong'an thought about it, the more angry he became, his eyes froze when he looked at the four of them, and he slowly asked, "Who was the closest to the concubine at that time?" ”

Concubine Li's expression froze.

"Say!"

As Emperor Yong'an shouted, Concubine Li pressed her forehead to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "It's a concubine." ”

Emperor Yong'an looked at Concubine Li condescendingly, and asked coldly, "What were you doing at that time?" ”

"The concubine was concentrating on watching the fireworks at the time, and this was the first time the concubine went up to Xuande Tower to watch the fireworks......"

In the past, she was still a girl from an ordinary noble family, and she would go to the Lantern Festival with her sisters every year on the Shangyuan Festival, and she also looked at the figure upstairs in Xuande from afar.

But it turned out that the high place was unbearable.

Concubine Li slowly raised her head, tears sliding down her soft cheeks: "Please Emperor Mingjian, don't say that the concubine has no reason to harm the concubine, even if she really has any bad intentions, where can she get that flower snake?" ”

The other three seemed to be reminded and cried and complained of grievances.

"Please let the emperor know clearly, the concubine is scared to death when she sees the snake, how dare she use it to harm the concubine."

"Yes, snakes are so terrible that they don't dare to touch them......"

"Woo woo, even if the concubine is looking for snakes, she can't find them, the royal garden is bare, and even people can't get cold, let alone snakes?"

Emperor Yong'an listened to this, and his eyes were a little more thoughtful.

Although these four concubines are the most suspicious, it is not easy to get a snake on this winter.

You must know that this is the Imperial Palace, let alone at this time, even in the summer when the flowers and trees are green, there are almost no snakes. There will be special palace people who are responsible for dealing with rats, ants, snakes and insects, so as not to surprise the nobles.

And if you want to bring things in from outside, it is even more difficult for these low-ranking concubines who have only recently entered the palace.

Emperor Yong'an pondered like this, and suddenly a face flashed in his mind.

It's Princess Changle.

For Changle, it would be much easier to get a snake and bring it to Xuande Tower.

When he first thought of Princess Changle, he was a father who had always regarded his daughter as the pearl of his palm, and his first reaction was inevitably negative, but Emperor Yongan was not.

He is not only a father, but also an emperor, and an emperor with a cold nature and deep scheming, and after calming down, he only uses reason to analyze.

Changle not only has this convenient condition, but also may have this motive - Emperor Yong'an thought of this, his eyes became deeper and deeper, as if it was night at this time.

But Changle has never been close to Xiao Guifei, if he really has the intention of harming Xiao Guifei, how to ensure the smooth realization?

Doubts swirled in Emperor Yong'an's heart, and his attention fell back on the four concubines who were kneeling on the ground.

If there is something that you can't figure out, it means that there is another mystery.

The four concubines were around Xiao Guifei at the time, but they barely had the conditions to get snakes; Changle has the conditions to get a snake, but he has never approached Xiao Guifei-

Emperor Yong'an's eyes flashed, and a guess arose: What if Changle cooperated with one of the four concubines?

With this thought, his eyes became even colder when he looked at the four concubines.

Emperor Yong'an didn't speak for a long time, and the four concubines didn't dare to cry anymore, and they all knelt honestly.

The four of them are at the age of flowers, with tears in their eyes, and even if they kneel, they are pitiful.

Emperor Yong'an stared at the four of them, and finally spoke: "That's it, since you have no one to confess, then give you all death." ”

When the four of them heard this, they looked up in disbelief: "Your Majesty! ”

Emperor Yong'an was unmoved, and said lightly: "Zhou Shan, come to the wine--"

Zhou Shan had already been surprised by Emperor Yong'an's approach in his heart, but he didn't dare to show the slightest surprise on his face, and responded to the promise with an expressionless face.