The residue in the paper bag has been air-dried, and the shriveled and heavy color is full of mixed medicinal smell. Ji Erlan only glanced at it, and then handed it to Su Gu on the side, she specially brought Su Gu with her today. Su Gu took a cursory look and frowned, "After a cursory look, there is indeed nothing wrong. ”

"You can leave it alive first, and then go back and discern it carefully." Ji Erlan instructed, and asked Mrs. Xu again: "Then Gongzi Xu's condition improved later, which holy hand healed him?" ”

Mrs. Xu suddenly fell silent and pursed the corners of her lips, as if there was something bad to say.

Ji Erlan was surprised: "Is there anything else hidden?" ”

Mrs. Xu sighed and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter now, Zhi'er is dead...... her sad face became more and more lonely, and it took a long time before she said: "That person actually didn't show his face at all, but just caught a beggar on the street and sent a letter and a prescription." Said to cure Zhi'er's illness. I half-believed it and took the recipe to Lang Zhong to see, and only said that it was a recipe for replenishing the middle and benefiting the qi. ”

She took out a letter from her bosom and said, "However, I was helpless at that time, so I tried to give Zhi'er medicine. Who knows, unexpectedly, Zhi'er has really recovered little by little, and her sanity has cleared up a lot...... I was ecstatic, so I used this recipe to treat Zhi'er in a down-to-earth manner, and in the past six months, he has been cured, except that his body is weaker than ordinary people, and he has basically recovered as before. ”

Su Gu took the prescription and read it softly: "Skullcap, coptis, cork, licorice...... This recipe is called 'Yellow Soup', and it is indeed a recipe for tonifying and nourishing qi. ”

Ji Erlan was slightly surprised, and looked at the letter in his hand, although the handwriting on the letter was neat, it could only be barely regarded as juanxiu, and it seemed that he was not a person who often wrote it. There is only a simple sentence written on it: This medicine can cure Ling Gongzi's illness.

"Is this man still showing up after that?"

Mrs. Xu shook her head: "No, this person is very gracious, and my Xu family has nothing to repay." It's a pity that Zhi'er still died in Huangquan. In a word, she was forced to tears again. Miss Ji, I know that you have nothing to do with this matter, but since you are like me, I feel that this matter is different...... I hope you can find out about this matter and give me an explanation. ”

"Mrs. Xu, if there is really a secret in the death of Ling Gongzi, there will inevitably be a time when the truth will be revealed."

Coming out of the Xu Mansion, Ji Erlan wanted to go to King Du to ask how Lianxin's matter was investigated, but she didn't expect that as soon as she went out, she saw Lei Ze jump out of the carriage. Ji Erlan was surprised: "Why are you here?" ”

Lei Ze's face was dark, and he whispered a few words in her ear, and Ji Erlan was shocked: "How can this be?" ”

Lei Ze smiled bitterly: "I don't know, Miss Ji should go to the palace and ask the prince." ”

The Duwang Mansion is as cold and silent as ever, and on weekdays, Ji Erlan only feels that the lifeless atmosphere here is very unlikeable. But at this moment, there are countless surprises and questions in my heart, and even the chirping of birds is particularly abrupt.

Yang Zhen was handling business on Cangyatai, and his face was no different from usual, but the moment Ji Erlan saw him, he felt that there was a faint helplessness and anger floating around him that he could not grasp the world.

"Lord Wang." Ji Erlan called softly, some sympathy for some reason. has been in a high position for a long time, and his status is noble, but he is always caught by a dense net, making him unable to move.

When Yang Zheng saw her coming, he put aside the pen in his hand. said: "Razor told you?" ”

"Yes." Although Ji Erlan was full of doubts in his heart, he didn't know how to ask.

"You just told me about Xiao Xun's wishes yesterday. Today, the emperor took a fancy to her and ordered her to enter the palace on a certain day. ”

Although Ji Erlan had already heard what Lei Ze had said, this was even more true and treacherous when he said it from the mouth of the king himself. She wondered, "Why?" ”

Yang Zhen's face was unchanged, and his tone was still flat: "Because Xiao Xun was arranged by his family, he was going to return to Lanling in the near future, so he went to the palace to bid farewell to the imperial concubine." When I went to the Queen Mother's palace to say goodbye, it happened that the emperor was also there. ”

There is only one imperial concubine in Da'an Palace, who is the adoptive mother of Duan Wangye. Even when the Queen Mother saw her, she had to call her a concubine. Xiao Xun is raised under the knees of Princess Duan, so he is very familiar with the imperial concubine, and if he wants to leave Beijing and return to Lanling, he will inevitably enter the palace.

Ji Erlan was still puzzled: "Xiao Xun's time in Beijing is not short. It's not that I haven't seen it before, why did the emperor have a good eye for Xiao Xun at this time? ”

Yang Zhen also shook his head: "I don't know, maybe the Queen Mother got a glimpse of the king's meaning, so she stopped it?" ”

"It can't be!" Ji Erlan affirmed: "Don't say that the prince hasn't made a move, just saying that Xiao Xun entered the palace today to bid farewell to the crown princess is enough to make the queen mother not suspicious." Maybe it's just a coincidence? ”

Yang Zhen did not answer, because there would be no answer to the matter itself, Ji Erlan frowned and thought for a moment, and then asked: "So did the emperor propose this matter, or did the queen mother take the lead in causing the topic?" ”

Yang Zhen walked out from behind a few cases, walked under the window, looked out, and said: "Although the matter of Lan Guiren has nothing to do with the Queen Mother, it is the unhappiness that the emperor remembered that Tinglan was taken away. Recently, there has been a bit of imperceptible sparseness between their mother and son. Therefore, the Queen Mother seems to be deliberately trying to ease such tensions. ”

Therefore, after the emperor showed some interest in Xiao Xun today, the Queen Mother took the opportunity to say that since the Empress Dowager and Princess Duan were so reluctant to Xiao Hun, it was better to leave her in the palace and stay with her for a long time. The emperor was very happy to hear this, and immediately agreed, allowing her to enter the palace on a certain day. ”

Since Yang Zhen can clearly know the details, it shows that there are also a lot of eyeliner in the palace, but this matter is too ...... Ji Erlan was short of words, and he didn't know how to describe the feeling in his heart, and finally he could only say one sentence: "Providence makes people." ”

Her fingers quickly tapped on the corner of the table a few times, and guessed: "Looking at the harem concubines, it seems that there are few strong and domineering women. It shows that the emperor is disgusted with tough women because of the relationship between the queen mother. In addition, the emperor recently lost Lan Guiren, and suddenly noticed that Xiao Xun had a temperament and was smooth and weak, and he was a young girl. ”

"Maybe. But no matter what, since the emperor has spoken, this matter is a foregone conclusion. ”

Ji Erlan silently drank tea into her throat, and she didn't know what to do. Thousands of choices, it was hard to find a suitable woman, but suddenly someone else robbed her halfway...... "It's a pity ......"

Yang Zheng was silent, and didn't want to talk about this matter anymore, so he talked about Lianxin: "The matter you entrusted has been clarified." ”

"As I expected?"

Yang Zhen turned his head to look at her, his eyebrows raised slightly, and the corners of his lips showed a smile. It seems that because of his smile, the entire Duwang Mansion swept away the depression of Fang Cai, and even the condensed air was a lot refreshed. "As you expected."

The next day, the time set by the emperor had arrived. All the people involved in the case are gathered in Dali Temple. Because it was a murder case or in Da'an Palace, the severity of the incident was enough for the three law divisions to pay attention to.

In front of the Shaoqing Xie Hall of Dali Temple, he was sandwiched next to the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Imperial History, like sitting on pins and needles. Frequently looked at Ji Erlan. It seems to ask again if she is really sure. Ji Chenglin, who was standing behind him, was also very nervous, and cold sweat broke out on his head from time to time, but when he saw that King Du and Ji Erlan both had calm faces, he reluctantly calmed down and waited for the emperor to come.

Surprisingly, Mrs. Xu also came to Dali Temple, she stood in the crowd, silent, but with hope in her eyes, as if looking forward to something. Although everyone knew in their hearts the connection between the Xu Mansion and this case, because of the emperor's face, they all pretended not to know anything.

Only Jiang Shilang and his wife were embarrassed the moment they saw Mrs. Xu, they glanced at each other, and they all hung their heads silently, and even the sadness after the death of their daughter was diluted a lot.

Xiaoshuang stood silently behind everyone, her eyebrows lowered, looking at her toes. And Han Jiang's eyes flashed with tears from time to time, and his face was nervous and frightened. When they saw Mrs. Xu coming, they were all surprised for a moment, and then they shrank behind everyone more honestly, not daring to attract too much attention, for fear that if one was not good, they would lose their lives.

Outside, there was a small chamberlain singing loudly, the emperor and the queen mother walked in slowly, Song Yuheng was still with the queen mother, the difference was that Song Yaoxian actually came with him today.

The moment she saw the King of Crossing, her face flashed with vague joy, and the excitement and satisfaction contained in it turned into a trace of warmth, warming her cheeks. She pursed her lips to suppress her smile, forcing herself not to show her mind in front of others, but that kind of shy and timid beauty can still make the ice and snow melt and spring flowers bloom.

However, when she saw Ji Erlan standing not far from the king of the cross, everything came to an abrupt end.

Ji Erlan stood in the corner, and everyone's expressions fell into her eyes one by one. Naturally, he didn't ignore the change in Song Yaoxian's expression, and sighed secretly in his heart: he was really an unlucky pond fish for nothing.

The emperor sat down, his eyes swept over the people below, Xie Tangqian hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, this case is confusing, and the ministers have indeed gained something under the best efforts to track it down, but most of the mysteries of this case have been ascertained by Miss Ji, and the ministers dare not take credit." Therefore, please ask the emperor to allow Miss Ji to state the case one by one. ”

Everyone's eyes fell on Ji Erlan, and the Queen Mother and Song Yuheng both looked at each other with different colors, tacitly. The emperor's face was still gloomy, he glanced at Xie Tang, then turned his gaze to Ji Erlan, and said softly: "Did you find out the murderer?" ”

Xie Tangqian didn't dare to take credit, he was obviously bottomless in his heart, and he was afraid of getting into trouble, so he pushed it all on Ji Erlan's body. Ji Erlan didn't care, she took a step forward and replied: "The courtier is not talented, and she is willing to solve the mystery of this case for the emperor." ”

The emperor let out a deep 'um' and said, "In that case, you can tell me who is so bold as to treat my concubine with such vicious means!" ”

In the face of the emperor's anger, Ji Erlan's tone was not chaotic at all, and he behaved as usual. She looked around at everyone and said, "Actually, this case is not one, but two. ”