After Luo Qinghan left the Qingge Palace, he immediately called Zhao Xian.

According to Xiao Xixi's prompting, they found a well about 100 zhang in the southwest.

There is a female corpse hidden in the well, and it should be the missing palace maid Epiphany.

The well is located in a very remote location, which has been abandoned for many years, and no one usually comes to this place, and the wellhead is still pressed by a heavy stone slab, and if you don't remove the stone slab, you can't see the situation in the well at all.

If it weren't for Xiao Xixi's help in the calculation, they were afraid that they would never have imagined that Epiphany would be here.

The corpse was soaked in the well water, already swollen and soaked, and its entire face was unrecognizable.

The Yulin guards examined the body from head to toe, and found a silk handkerchief from her, the lower right corner of which was embroidered with the name of Epiphany, which was enough to indicate that this person was Epiphany.

In addition to the silk handkerchief, they also found a round jade pendant around the corpse's neck.

Zhao Xian wrapped the jade pendant in a silk handkerchief and held it in front of the prince.

"Your Highness, this jade pendant looks like something from the palace."

Luo Qinghan glanced at the jade pendant: "Go to Shaofu to find out which palace this jade pendant is." ”

"Whoa."

Shaofu is in charge of the supply of royal money and palace supplies, as long as it is something in the palace, Shaofu will have a record.

Zhao Xian took the jade pendant to Shaofu, dug the Shaofu eunuch out of bed, and forced him to ask about the origin of the jade pendant.

The young eunuch wiped off his eyes, carefully looked at the jade pendant against the lamp, and looked at it for a long time before he said.

"This seems to be something from Changle Palace."

Zhao Xian narrowed his eyes: "Are you sure?" ”

The young eunuch hurriedly said: "This is indeed a thing of Changle Palace, but it was rewarded to Concubine Ning by the Queen Mother last year. ”

After saying that, he deliberately called up the relevant file and pointed to one of the records.

"You see, it is clearly written here that the Queen Mother gave Concubine Ning a pair of red jade bracelets, an agate bead string, a pair of pearl earrings, and a round jade pendant ......"

Zhao Xian directly snatched the file, returned to the East Palace, and reported the matter to the prince.

Luo Qinghan's face didn't see any change in expression, and said lightly: "It's okay to find out here, you've worked hard all night, go back to sleep." ”

"It's all a matter of subordinates, I don't dare to say that it's hard, my subordinates say goodbye, and Your Highness, please rest early."

After Zhao Xian left, Luo Qinghan stared at the round jade pendant for a while before falling asleep.

The next day, as soon as it was dawn, Luo Qinghan went to the Jiaofang Palace.

Empress Qin got up earlier than him.

By this time she had finished her breakfast and was taking a walk in the garden.

Luo Qinghan bowed his hand: "The sons and daughters greet the queen mother." ”

Empress Qin asked, "I heard that you ran around the palace in the middle of the night with the Yulin Army last night, but did you find anything?" ”

"The queen mother is wise, and the son has found the person who poisoned her, a palace maid named Epiphany. Last night, Yulinwei found Epiphany's body in the well, and after examination, it was found that she was thrown into the well and drowned after being knocked unconscious, and Yulinwei found a round jade pendant from her. ”

Luo Qinghan opened the silk handkerchief, revealing the round jade pendant placed inside.

Empress Qin just glanced at it, and had no intention of touching it.

She asked lightly, "Who does this thing belong to?" ”

"It's Concubine Ning's."

Empress Qin raised her eyebrows: "It turned out to be Concubine Ning." ”

Concubine Ning is the biological mother of the fourth prince, Luo Xinran.

I heard that when Concubine Ning first entered the palace, she was very favored because of her moving dancing.

Soon she was lucky enough to become pregnant and unable to sleep, the emperor's attention turned to other women, and later there were many newcomers in the palace, and Concubine Ning's favor gradually faded.

But even if she doesn't have the grace of the emperor, she still has four princes, which is by no means comparable to those ordinary palace concubines.