Chapter 16: Mo Ju's Little Gossip

Out of some kind of secret thought, Huo Yanzhi did not tell Zhao Jiufu the secret he heard from a "special channel", but just made a general will, asking the people below to check whether there was anything strange about Sun Cainu's death.

Therefore, it is impossible for the people below to have a good relationship with the master, and they can think about the child, and they all wonder if His Majesty heard some rumors from somewhere, maybe Sun Cainu was tortured to death by which concubine, and wanted to find a place for him, so he checked it out.

But Wang Dexi, who went to do business, didn't know, but Zhao Jiufu, who was waiting for Huo Yanzhi's review all day long and meeting with the old minister, had some guesses.

Today's Huo Yanzhi is still young, although he has some careful thoughts of his own, but he has not yet cultivated into the standard face of the emperor who is difficult to distinguish between joy and anger in the future, and he accidentally penetrated a little bit of the style of speech when he mentioned Sun Cainu, and Zhao Jiufu, who had already become a fine man, could not guess the thoughts of his master. Therefore, I pay more attention to the errand of the little apprentice.

It is not a coincidence to hear that Sun Cainu's personal palace maid was assigned to the Huanyi Bureau and died in a short period of time!

"There's something to talk about, why do you talk about it?"

Zhao Jiufu unhappily gave Wang Dexi a light and heavy kick, and asked, "What other clues have you found?" Who is the faceless person you just mentioned? Sell off again, watch out for your doglegs! ”

Wang Dexi's figure flashed flexibly, but the chubby Zhao Jiufu failed in one move, and he almost lost his balance.

"Hey, master, you take it easy, in case you flash your waist and can't serve, and the master relies on you so much, our subordinates can't handle your errand~"

The corners of Zhao Jiufu's mouth curved, and he quickly pressed it down again.

Wang Dexi slapped a sycophant, didn't dare to frolic anymore, and said in a low voice: "Sun Cai's female son is a little withdrawn, and she didn't have a good concubine before her death, but she is good to that palace maid Xin'er." According to the people of the Huanyi Bureau, Xin'er is also a little weird, and she doesn't have any dealings with the palace people of the Huanyi Bureau, only one old aunt has a good relationship with her. After Xin'er died of illness, it was the aunt who took care of Xin'er, and sent the self-trust she had accumulated out of the palace to Xin'er's family......"

Zhao Jiufu listened attentively, and calculated it carefully in his heart.

Sun Cainu didn't last autumn, that Xin'er went to the Huanyi Bureau and didn't survive the winter, and the cause of both of them was wind cold.

This doesn't seem to be wrong, a little unfavored girl, and a little palace maid who was sent to the Huanyi Bureau when her master died, and in the autumn and winter solar terms, she didn't wear warm clothes and couldn't eat enough, she froze, and she contracted the wind and cold, because of poor physique or lack of medicine and medicine, this kind of thing is very common in the palace, almost every year.

But Huo Yanzhi's obvious meaning is not here......

If the master wants to investigate, of course, the people under them can only raise their hands in favor and implement it unconditionally.

After making up his mind, Zhao Jiufu instructed Wang Dexi: "You start with that old aunt and see if you can ask for some clues." Also, the little masters who lived in the Phixiang Hall with Sun Cainu before can also quietly check it. Remember, Your Majesty does not want to make a noise......"

Wang Dexi responded with belching, but he was a little worried.

"Master, the strange person I want to talk about who doesn't eat oil and salt is that Aunt Xi Yue. Ordinary people see us going out of the Qiande Palace, not to mention flattery, how can they be polite, right? That Aunt Xi Yue is like a deaf and dumb person, and all she can do when she talks to her is a reply......"

Zhao Jiufu said: "I don't care what method you use, in short, if this person is valuable, you have to find a way to pry her mouth open!" Then he went into the temple again.

Wang Dexi racked his brains with his head in his arms, thought for a while, and really came up with a good idea by him.

Early the next morning, he went to the Huanyi Bureau again.

However, this time he came to find Aunt Xi Yue, nor the little eunuch who talked yesterday, but Zhiwei, who met by chance yesterday.

When Wang Dexi came, Zhiwei was washing clothes, it was still early at this time, and the well water was cold, and her slender and fair-skinned, not delicate hands were estimated to have been soaked in the water for a long time, and they had become a little red and swollen, and they had lost the dexterity of arranging flowers and pruning bonsai in the past.

But Zhi Wei's face was very calm, the same as yesterday, there was no resentment and gloom, and his subordinates were also very serious, without a trace of perfunctory.

Goodbye Wang Dexi, Zhiwei was naturally surprised. When she heard Wang Dexi's intention, she frowned slightly.

She said tentatively: "Princess, I have just arrived, and I haven't known anyone in the Huanyi Bureau yet. I haven't seen the Aunt Xi Yue you said yet, and besides, you ...... look"

Zhi Wei helplessly pointed to the three basins of dirty clothes in front of her: "There is so much work waiting, if you don't finish washing it in time, I'm afraid that today's food will not be eaten." The prince's entrustment, I'm afraid that I won't be able to do it......"

Wang Dexi smiled and lowered his voice: "Does the girl want to stay in the Huanyi Bureau until she dies?" I know that the girl will be out of the palace in two years. But this is not anywhere else...... Not to mention anything else, have you seen a few young palace people like you here? And how long can these people stay here? Now that spring is better, when it comes to the cold winter wax moon, tsk tsk~ The girl is a smart person, and think about it, I will visit another day. ”

He hurried away without waiting for Zhiwei to refuse, leaving her standing in a daze.

Have a good relationship with Aunt Xi Yue and ask her about Xin'er and Sun Cainu......

How strange this task sounds, if it weren't for the fact that Wang Dexi was the person in front of the emperor, Zhi Wei might have thought of some nonsense with conspiracy theories.

"Sun Cainu seems to have died in the second half of last year?"

While she was washing clothes mechanically, she recalled the unfamiliar name of Sun Cainu.

Although the Siyuan Bureau is not well-informed, Zhiwei has a group of small helpers who can "ventilate and report the news", and she has to go to work in the Imperial Garden from time to time, so she still has a little background in these gossip, but she forgets it after hearing it, and she doesn't pay much attention to it.

She vaguely remembered that it seemed that in the late autumn of last year, the queen held a flower-viewing banquet, and they naturally had to work diligently to support the queen mother of the east, and they were busy for several days before picking out the batch of famous chrysanthemums with the best quality.

Later, the flower-viewing banquet was over, and there was a shortage of manpower, so Steward Li ordered her to move the flower pot when she had just arrived and had a stick injury, and Sun Cainu's death was what she heard about a pot of gossip about that day. The source of the Mo Ju is estimated to be the conversation of the concubines at the flower viewing banquet, and it was only a passing mention at that time.

"Could it be that there is something strange about Sun Cainu's death? But shouldn't the queen investigate this matter? The emperor didn't seem to like Sun Cainu before, and it was really strange to suddenly send someone to investigate this kind of thing privately......"

Zhiwei was in a trance, and with a plopping sound, she was splashed with water.

She frowned slightly, looked up at the thin palace man who had just thrown a large pile of dirty clothes into the wooden basin, and before she could speak, the latter took the lead.

"What do you see? Who do you think you are? It's just a sin slave who was assigned, and he hooks up all day long, and his clothes can't be washed! What's the matter, you still feel wronged by coming here? If you can't do your own work, can you ask the rest of us to help you clean up the mess? ”

When Zhi Wei heard the words "hook up three and four", she was a little annoyed, but she didn't want to argue with Hua Cai, but she didn't hear the nonsense behind her.

She lowered her eyes: "I'll just wash it again, Sister Huacai rest assured." ”

Hua Cai saw her so submissive, and the anger in her heart was suffocated halfway through, so she had to leave in a huff.

When it was time for lunch, Zhiwei couldn't finish this morning's workload, and went a little late, so she didn't catch anything, only vegetable juice, steamed bun residue, and the brilliance of watching her gloat at the long table at the bottom of the bowl.

Zhiwei could only continue to work hungry, and if she didn't wash the rest of her clothes before dark, she was afraid that she wouldn't even be able to eat dinner.

What she said to Wang Dexi was not a pretext.

Because she was belittled by the queen's speech, she encountered a unique "welcome gift" as soon as she moved in. As soon as she went out to fetch a basin of water, she found that her baggage had been moved, and a few old pieces of jewelry that had been specially left in it had disappeared without a trace, and the people in the room were all calm.

The phenomenon of bullying is everywhere, and Zhiwei has been prepared for a long time. But she didn't expect that Huacai in this Huanyi Bureau looked at her unpleasantly, found her work all day long, and pleaded with other palace people to isolate her.

The reason is also a bit ridiculous.

First, Hua Cai and Hua Ying have served the same master, and there is a bit of sisterhood, knowing that Hua Ying was killed with a cane is related to Zhi Wei, she naturally wants to vent her anger for Hua Ying, who "died unjustly".

The second is that there are very few young palace people in the Huanyi Bureau, and even fewer are slightly beautiful like Huacai, she has been assigned for two years, and it took a lot of effort to get things up and down, and she has recruited a number of eunuchs who are interested in her, and she supports those people on weekdays. Zhiwei was born well, at least much better than her, and she attracted a lot of attention as soon as she came to report, and Huacai naturally hated her even more.

If Zhi Wei knew what she was thinking, she would definitely smile bitterly and shake her head, and sighed that the two of them deserved to be good sisters, and even their brain circuits were strikingly similar.

The eunuch in charge was afraid that the queen would not want to see Zhiwei, and Huacai would not wait to see her, so that although she was a newcomer, her work was the heaviest among all the palace people. It's only been a few days since she was transferred, but every day from dawn to dark, she hardly had a moment to rest, she was more busy than a dog, where did she have the time to please Aunt Xi Yue?

Zhi Wei didn't want to get involved in the royal affairs, even if Wang Dexi hinted to her that if she helped him do this, she would find a good place to go.

But she finally escaped from the queen and the concubine, and now she wishes that she was as far away from the palace as possible, so how could she want to go back?

Zhi Wei had a very good idea, and she was determined to stay up in the Huanyi Bureau until she left the palace, and even Aunt Xi Yue happened to appear near her, but she just took a look and didn't change her mind.

But she didn't expect that change would always be faster than planned.

She forgot that in this imperial city, the emperor and concubine were escaped, and there were many other crises. There are some of them, and she can't hide from them even if she pretends to be stupid!