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The No. 5 old monster was shocked in his heart, and only then did he understand Ye Ruoxi's intention to investigate this matter thoroughly.

"Yes, the slave obeys, the mother is wise."

"Please rest assured, the slaves and maids will interrogate them clearly and will not give them a chance to tell a lie."

Ye Ruoxi nodded, the people who were trained by Ye Tianqing since childhood, they should be very good at forcing confessions, and at the same time, they are also the people who resist punishment and know best how to escape from forced confessions.

She walked through the room, checked the traces everywhere, and found no traces of outsiders entering, in this case, only the latter result, Concubine Yan's death, is likely to have an inseparable relationship with the two slaves.

Jinxiu and Xiaoyun also understand the seriousness of the matter, the death of a concubine left by the first emperor may not be important, but the person who killed Concubine Yan behind the scenes may continue to make trouble in secret, and it will even be detrimental to the emperor and Ye Ruoxi.

"Xiaoyun, go find out the details of everyone in the Yu Palace, including all the slaves and maids. Jinxiu, interrogate clearly, the time of Concubine Yan's death, and who was around Concubine Yan before and after her death. ”

"It's a mother, slave and maid."

Ye Ruoxi walked in front of Concubine Yan and carefully inspected Concubine Yan, the pale Concubine Yan did look like she had died of illness, and there was no trace of death.

"Jinxiu, how did you see that Concubine Yan was killed?"

"Back to Niangniang, when the slave and maid came over, they saw the medicine that had just been drunk on the table, and then the slave and maid ordered someone to inspect the remaining medicine at the bottom of the bowl, and there was something in the medicine that should not be there."

"With such carelessness, did the murderer deliberately leak the traces, or did he want to confuse the public?"

Ye Ruoxi looked carefully, Concubine Yan had this disease, and she should usually pay attention to it, and she would not die easily. If there are no signs of this disease before, when the disease occurs, it is easy to delay the death. On weekdays, Concubine Yan should be taking medicine, and she won't die so suddenly.

"The medicines that Concubine Yan usually takes, are all those two slaves waiting, right?"

"Yes, the slave maid ordered someone to ask the imperial doctor, and the prescription has been given to the slave maid, and the medicine was sent from the Tai Hospital, but there are more medicines in it that are not in the prescription, which caused Concubine Yan to die of a serious illness."

A concubine who has lost power, a concubine who is under house arrest in the Feather Palace, a person who can't get out of the Feather Palace, such a woman is not a threat to anyone. The first emperor died, and there was no need for these concubines to fight for anything, they would all stay in the Yu Palace until they died.

The struggle for power in the harem can be eliminated, if you have a vendetta, who will this Concubine Yan have a grudge with on weekdays?

Or these are just the surface, the people who killed Concubine Yan want to use Concubine Yan's death to provoke something and create trouble. Is Concubine Yan's death just an accidental vendetta, or is it an introduction that will have a series of chain reactions?

Ye Ruoxi pondered silently.

"Jinxiu, I'll write a letter to my father in a moment. Pass my order and let the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion thoroughly investigate this matter and keep an eye on the four princes and Zhu

A prince, see what happens. ”

"Yes."

"In this matter, send another letter to my eldest brother to see if he has any reply."

"Yes."

"First put the body of Concubine Yan into the coffin, and ordered someone not to leak the news for the time being, and the matter was secretly investigated. Jinxiu, carefully investigate who has a grudge against Concubine Yan or the four princes in this palace. Those two slaves and maids must be carefully examined. ”

"Yes, the slave maid heard that this Concubine Yan has a bad temper in Su Rili, and she likes to scold and punish the slave maid."

Ye Ruoxi's eyes lit up: "Interrogate clearly." ”

"Yes."

A ray of dawn in the early morning with a chill rises from the east, and the temperature is lowest in the winter morning, and the cold wind with ice slag passes through the feather palace, hanging up the white that pervades the ground.

A pair of green and white jade hands, lifting the corners of the skirt, walked through the white that was blown by the wind, the plain dress set off her dusty and beautiful and indescribable delicateness, a pair of bright eyes, brighter than the eastern sky at this time, Yingying fluctuations.

The palace people all craned their necks, put their hands in their cuffs, and looked at Concubine Yan's room with gloomy faces, watching the coffin being carried into the room and then out of the room.

The dead in the palace are not allowed to stay, let alone park the coffin, and only after the emperor dies, the coffin can be parked in the palace.

"What a heroic lady, the concubine sees the mother."

In the distance, a soft voice sounded unhurriedly, and a plain palace beauty, standing slim in the wind and snow, bowed deeply to Ye Ruoxi.

"Niangniang, that's Concubine Lian, the mother concubine of the Thirteenth Prince."

Ye Ruoxi nodded, and glanced at Concubine Lian deeply, could it be that this Concubine Lian has something to say to her, is it related to the death of Concubine Yan last night?

"Concubine Lian, it's cold outside, you are such a delicate beauty standing here, even I can't bear to look at it."

"Niangniang, you are such a beautiful fairy-like beauty, standing in the wind and snow, making the concubines lose their minds, and I can't help but want to come over and take a few more looks. It's cold outside, why don't you go to the concubine's room to rest for a while and drink a cup of hot tea. ”

"That's very good."

Ye Ruoxi knew that Concubine Lian's son, the Thirteenth Prince, did not participate in the seizure of the throne, he was still young, and he had just been released from the palace to stand on his own, and this mother must be thinking about her young son.

Also, in her time, a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child was a little child, and she had to be urged by her parents to eat several times, and she was like a baby in her arms, cared for, pampered, and lived a happy life of stretching out her hands for food and opening her mouth with clothes.

The princes of this era, even if they are the princes, as soon as they reach the age of fourteen, they have to leave their mother's side and go to the mansion given to them outside to live alone and face everything.

No matter how many slaves and servants are around, the days of fine clothes and fine food are not as good as having a mother by your side.

"Mother, please."

Concubine Lian was respectful and deeply blessed to invite Ye Ruoxi into her room.

Yu Palace, where people live are concubines who have given birth to heirs or princesses for the first emperor, and the treatment is not low, and there is no lack of anything in daily use.

The palace has such a large-scale cutting degree, and there is no too much cutting supply for these concubines, of course, it cannot be compared with the past, and each of them can only leave a few slaves and maids to wait, and there are old routines.

"Mother, please be seated."

Ye Ruoxi did it, and there was a fiery red charcoal fire in the room, which made the room warm.

Concubine Lian did not give Ye Ruoxi tea, in order to avoid suspicion, and also to avoid Ye Ruoxi's suspicion, the tea was exempted, and inviting Ye Ruoxi to drink tea was just an excuse.

"Niangniang, the concubine is still the second time to visit Niangniang, I have long heard that Niangniang is wise and benevolent, and I don't want to have the opportunity to say a word to Niangniang until today."

"The concubine is serious, I have just entered the palace, and the affairs are cumbersome, so it is really rude to not be able to come to meet the concubines."

Ye Ruoxi didn't want to have too deep contact with these concubines, after all, these concubines who lived here, their sons did not bully Xuanyuan Yan less, and she was angry about this. However, the prince of Concubine Lian is young and is not among them, so she is willing to come over and say a few words to Concubine Lian.

She mainly wanted to find out about Concubine Yan's death through Concubine Lian, maybe this Concubine Lian knew something, because Concubine Lian's room was adjacent to Concubine Yan's courtyard.

In the room, there were no slaves and maids of Concubine Lian, and Jinxiu and Xiaoyun were also sent to investigate the matter, Ye Ruoxi deliberately did not bring other slaves and maids in to give Concubine Lian a chance to speak.

"This Concubine Su Riyan's health is not good, and the heartache has never been better. I don't want to leave suddenly, this news was learned by the four princes, and I don't know how sad it should be. ”

"Niangniang, the concubines are in the harem these days, but I haven't heard of Niangniang's heroic deeds. The emperor and Niangniang broke into hundreds of thousands of troops side by side, killed the enemy generals, and captured the enemy's battle flag, which greatly boosted the hearts of the soldiers of my Tanglin Kingdom, so that they could defeat the enemy army in one fell swoop. ”

Concubine Lian changed the topic, no longer mentioning the death of Concubine Yan, but praising Ye Ruoxi with her mouth.

Ye Ruoxi said a few perfunctory words, seeing that Concubine Lian refused to return to the topic, and had no patience to spend time with Concubine Lian here, she got up and said with a smile: "The concubine can't rest all night, and she should have a good rest, I will leave here, Concubine Yan's matter needs to be dealt with, and I will come over another day to say hello to the concubines." ”

"Don't dare to be a mother

is noble, in charge of the phoenix seal, how dare the concubines work to come here, they dare not be here. It's a pity that Niangniang is in charge of the harem and is busy with affairs, and it is inconvenient for the concubines to leave this place and go to ask Niangniang for peace. ”

Concubine Lian got up, and did not keep Ye Ruoxi anymore, so she wanted to send Ye Ruoxi away.

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Ruoxi turned around, and she didn't bother to ask anything, she loved to say it or not, and this Concubine Lian didn't necessarily know anything, she didn't have the patience to spend it here.

"Some time ago, Niangniang let most of the palace maids and slaves in the harem go out, and also found a home for them, inside and outside the palace, all praised Niangniang for her benevolence and virtue, and she was the first virtuous queen of the Tanglin Kingdom. It's just that some slaves and maids want to go out, but they can't be free, and they still have to stay here. After the concubines went to the first emperor, their hearts were like ashes, and they should have followed the first emperor and waited for the first emperor to go underground. However, there is also a young son beside him who is not yet an adult, and he does not dare to live up to the bloodline of the first emperor. ”

"In a few days, I will order someone to bring the thirteenth brother over to meet, and in the future, I will regularly send someone to pick up the princes to come over to visit, and the mother and son will be reunited."

Concubine Lian's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but lean over and kneel: "Concubine, thank you for your grace." ”

She whispered in a low voice: "The two slaves and maids around Concubine Yan have been waiting for her since she was a child before entering the palace. ”

Ye Ruoxi paused, stopped and bent down to help Concubine Lian up, his eyes fluctuated slightly and he didn't speak.

"The two slaves and maids who stayed with Concubine Yan are already twenty-five or six years old, some time ago, Niangniang asked the slave maid to leave the palace, and the two of them also begged Concubine Yan to go out of the palace to find a home, but they were punished by Concubine Yan and never let them out."

"Last night, the concubine couldn't sleep because she missed her young son, and she didn't want to hear that there was something wrong with Concubine Yan's courtyard. Later, she fell ill and died, and there was no one else in the courtyard room of Concubine Yan at that time. ”

"Concubine Lian has a heart."

Ye Ruoxi whispered, there was a lot of fog, could it be that behind this matter, there were just two slaves and maids who were unwilling to be punished harshly, and they boldly killed their masters?

"How can you see it so clearly, isn't it discovered by Concubine Yan's slave?"

"Niangniang, it's time for you to go back, the concubine will send you."

Concubine Lotus lowered her head and smiled softly, the gentleness of that bow was just like a water lotus, it was so delicate that Ye Ruoxi couldn't help but be stunned and felt pity. If such a beautiful woman had been placed in her time, she would have been a little widow, and I don't know how many men would kneel in front of her and beg her to marry them.

In this era, such a delicate and beautiful woman can only be in the deep palace, like a flower, in her youth, and her life is so wasteful, and there is no hope.

"After arriving at the Yu Palace, the concubine didn't see Sister Wanfei, Su Ri and Sister Wanfei got along very well, and I didn't know how good she was now."

Ye Ruoxi groaned slightly, Concubine Wan was Xuanyuan Zhi's mother, and she was sent out of the palace to Xuanyuan Xuanzhi's mansion for retirement. This was Xuanyuan Yan's promise to Xuanyuan Yan in the past, but this matter was extremely secret, and only a few people knew about it.

Emperor Xian

's concubines left the palace and lived with the prince to retire, which was a bit unruly, and the matter has been concealed.

"That's naturally very good, the concubine doesn't have to worry, maybe one day the concubine will be able to see it."

Concubine Lian sighed slightly, didn't dare to say anything more, and sent Ye Ruoxi out.

"Niangniang, you see how close the courtyard of the concubine is to the courtyard of Concubine Yan, and you can see the things in the courtyard and room of Concubine Yan very clearly through the courtyard wall. The yards here are small and delicate, and the snow should be cleared. ”

Ye Ruoxi noticed that there was a hill-like snow piled up at the foot of the courtyard wall, almost as tall as the courtyard wall, and on the other side of the courtyard wall was the courtyard of Concubine Yan.

There are faint traces of footprints on the pile of snow, and I don't know who stepped on it.

Ye Ruoxi's heart suddenly moved, and he walked over to take a look at it, and from here, he could indeed clearly see the things in Concubine Yan's courtyard, including everything in the room.

The premise is that the door or window of the room is open.

She stood on the snow, her eyes fluctuating in contemplation, it was winter at the moment, the cold wind was biting, why did Concubine Yan open the door and window?

His eyes fell on the walls and the snow, these courtyard walls were not high, even if it was a weak female stream, it was not difficult to climb into the other party's courtyard from this place that was almost the same as the height of the courtyard wall.

In the courtyard of Concubine Yan on the other side of the courtyard, there is also some snow piled up on the wall, and it is too easy to think about it.

Ye Ruoxi's gaze swept slightly over the snow on the wall of Concubine Yan's courtyard, turned around and got off the snowdrift, and walked outside without saying a word.

"Concubine, send Niangniang, Niangniang, please go slowly."

Concubine Lian lowered her head and whispered, Ye Ruoxi passed by Concubine Lian's side, her footsteps paused for a moment, and she looked at Concubine Lian sideways.

"Concubine Lian, can you tell me, when did you climb over the wall to Concubine Yan's courtyard last night? Did you go and do something? ”

Concubine Lian's face changed suddenly, and she was stunned for a moment.

Ye Ruoxi's footsteps didn't pause for a moment, and walked past Concubine Lian's side.

"Come on, invite Concubine Lian down, bring everyone here down, interrogate them strictly, don't alarm too many people."

"Niangniang, Niangniang, please listen to the concubine."

"Puff ......"

Concubine Lian knelt down behind Ye Ruoxi: "Niangniang, everything the concubine did was for the sake of you, how could Niangniang treat the concubine like this?" ”

"Dare to say that the person who crossed the wall and entered the courtyard of Concubine Yan, don't you know who it is?"

"Niangniang, you can't say so out of thin air, the concubine is just a delicate woman, how can you climb over the courtyard wall to go to Concubine Yan's courtyard, let alone the concubine ......"

Ye Ruoxi didn't want to listen to it anymore, and walked towards the courtyard gate: "Old Five, start quickly." ”

"Yes, the minions obey."

Someone stepped forward to cover it

took Concubine Lian's mouth and took Concubine Lian and her maidservants down for interrogation.

Ye Ruoxi took a deep breath of cold air, there were many doubts in this matter, whether it was the maid beside Concubine Yan, or Concubine Lian and others, they all had indescribable suspicions.

However, none of them had too clear motives, especially the delicate Concubine Lian, why did she risk climbing over the wall to enter Concubine Yan's courtyard to kill Concubine Yan, which would not do Concubine Lian any benefit.

If Gong Qingtian is still there, Concubine Lian does this, it can be said that she is fighting for favor and power, Gong Qingtian is already dead, and Concubine Lian is too reluctant to do this.

"Niangniang, you go back and rest for a while, these things will be handled by the minions."

How can Ye Ruoxi be in the mood to rest, the matter of Concubine Yan is like a mountain, pressing on her heart. Xuanyuan Yan was busy with state affairs, and he was busy until late at night every night. She couldn't let Xuanyuan Yan worry about the affairs of the harem anymore.

"Put Concubine Lian alone and send someone to see if the Thirteen Princes are good now."

"Yes, the minion obeys."

Ye Ruoxi returned to the palace and wrote two letters, ordering one of the letters to be sent to Ye Tianqing's place in the imperial mausoleum, and the other letter was sent to wait at the palace gate, and when he saw Kang Yuanbang going to court, he handed it to Kang Yuanbang.

"Niangniang, you rest for a while, and the slave will go and ask Concubine Lian and her slaves to see what is behind the scenes."

"Just ask the slaves and maids around Concubine Lian, and tell them that if they are willing to tell the truth, reward them with their property and let them out of the palace. If there is a place to go, they can leave on their own, and if there is nowhere to go, I will also arrange a proper home for them. ”

"Yes, the minion obeys."

"Concubine Lian, don't ignore her first."

The fifth man bowed and retreated.

In the morning light in the distance, the brilliant morning sun has just risen, and the glazed tiles shine and dazzling cold.

The frost that had condensed at the foot of the stairs was broken, leaving a mess of footprints.

The complicated affairs of the harem made Ye Ruoxi a little headache, she was too unfamiliar with the palace, and she needed someone by her side. Although Jinxiu and Xiaoyun are powerful, they are not slaves of the palace after all, and they are not very familiar with the palace.

(End of chapter)

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