The lights in Changchun Palace are bright, and the layout and structure of the entire palace are still beautiful and fine; The surrounding pillars are carved with wood carvings, and the pen is fine, elegant and delicate with a majestic atmosphere.

Not only that, Song Yuan and Wan Ling looked around, and saw that the palace maid and the eunuch walked lightly, and even the saluting movements were smooth, as if they were extremely well-behaved. If that's the case, that's fine, but these people all have warm smiles on their faces, as if they have encountered something happy, and even the act of saluting you is an honor, which makes you feel truly respected.

The deep palace should have been solemn, but this Changchun Palace was inexplicably light and lively.

"Isn't there any happy event in the palace?" Song Yuan asked this very secretively.

The little father-in-law is also a smart person, knowing that Lin Jieyu had just had an accident today, and they were indeed suspected of gloating if they were too brisk, so they explained: "The adults don't know, Niangniang used to teach the little ones that this is a day of happiness and a day of unhappiness, in this case, it is better to live every day happily." In short, if you encounter something bad, the joy will pass! If you have to lose your face, maybe this bad thing will still haunt you! So after that, everyone in Changchun Palace was happy. ”

He didn't lie, Yi Xiangxiang did say this before. However, the reason why the people in Changchun Palace are happy for a while is not because of Yi Xiangxiang's words, but because Yi Xiangxiang is back.

There were rumors outside that the queen had been killed before, if it weren't for the pressure of Xiaodan and a few big palace maids in Changchun Palace, and Jiang Hai secretly urging it, it would really be a plate of loose sand! Later, the saint Zhao Ziqian returned to the palace and cleared out the spies in the Changchun Palace, and the people who stayed behind took back their mothers soon after.

What's more, they all know what is going on between the queen and An Concubine, so they feel that the queen really treats them as their own, so they are naturally even happier.

The little eunuch was too smart to speak, so Song Yuan didn't dwell on it, but just praised: "The queen mother is transparent and open-minded." ”

Wan Ling didn't hear the low tone in Song Yuan's tone, but said very cheerfully: "I also like the queen very much, if she hadn't reminded Li Jieyu about it last time, we wouldn't have known...... Although the murderer was not brought to justice in the end, the truth was finally found. ”

Speaking of this, she was still a little angry, she obviously found out that it was Concubine Kang Guifei who killed Li Jieyu, but the Shanggong Bureau, who came and went, actually put Hu Jieyu into the three divisions for interrogation and went to bear the guilt. Although there are too many chains of interests in between, Wan Ling still feels that Song Yuan is unfair.

After all, if it is really fair, it is necessary to ask Concubine Kang for an explanation for Li Jieyu.

So when Hu Jieyu was imprisoned, Wan Ling also begged to Changchun Palace and begged Queen Yi Xiangxiang to come forward to administer justice to Li Jieyu and Hu Jieyu. However, the queen did not come forward, but her reason was sincere and sincere, she said that she did not need to offend the saint, the Kang family, and the Lin family for strangers.

Of course, Song Yuan's reason is definitely the same as Yi Xiangxiang's, but in Wan Ling's opinion, the former was not fulfilling his duties in his position, and the latter was almost implicated at that time, and he hung up on his own business.

Therefore, compared with Song Yuan's attitude towards Li Jieyu's matter, Wan Ling admires Queen Yi Xiangxiang more.

However, although Wan Ling is a fool and a straightforward person, he has been dealing with various cases for a long time, and he also understands that human nature seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages, so even if there is injustice, it is not good to say anything.

Wan Ling sighed and continued: "In the past, it was said that the queen mother was talentless and virtuous, but it turned out that a group of people looked away. Song Yuan, look at it now, even if the queen mother is not in Changchun Palace, these errand people in it have never slackened, it can be seen that the queen mother is obviously a person who attaches great importance to the rules. ”

Song Yuan didn't think so, judging from her past contact with the queen, she only felt that she was an extremely casual person, and now this appearance should be because of the reason why the Holy Zhao Ziqian lived in Changchun Palace!

However, she didn't say much, but raised her legs and continued to follow her little father-in-law to the main hall.

Song Yuan and Wan Ling were led to the door of the main hall, and then they were led to the inner hall by the little eunuch at the door of the main hall.

The inner hall is also brightly lit, and what rises in the purple gold incense burner is a "haunting dream" of incense, and you can smell a refreshing fragrance from a distance, which makes Song Yuan hook the corners of her mouth.

She knew the incense because it was her favorite incense.

Yipinxiang is a spice shop handed down by the Yi family's ancestors, and there is actually no particularly bright place in Yi Kangwen's generation until Yi Xiangxiang takes over. Yi Xiangxiang also likes spices, and after focusing on research, he added some previous perfume knowledge learned in modern times, and carried forward Yipin Xiangxiang.

Today's Yipinxiang is still hard to find, although there are shops all over the Li Dynasty. Because Yi Xiangxiang, a profiteer, started hunger marketing with modern people's sales thinking, and every spice set up is sold in limited quantities, which is the case with this "Soul Fever Oh".

Song Yuan had been haunted by the dream of buying this several times, and finally got this incense from the queen through Zhao Ziqian's words. The details will be shown later.

I saw Song Yuan and Wan Ling follow the little eunuch into the inner hall, and saw Jiang Hai waiting there.

Jiang Hai smiled and said with a smile when he saw the visitor: "Lord Song and Lord Wan are still on an errand so late, it's really hard work. ”

Song Yuan smiled when she heard this: "The responsibility lies." ”

Wan Ling also followed suit, which can be regarded as saying hello to the river and the sea.

After all, Jiang Hai is the head of internal affairs, and he is the person who serves Zhao Ziqian closely, so Song Yuan and Wan Ling are naturally very polite.

"The two adults don't need to be so polite, the mother and the saint are eating inside, and the miscellaneous family will come out to pick them up, and the two adults will go in with the miscellaneous family." Jiang Hai said and continued to lead the two inside.

Wan Ling didn't notice anything unusual, and Song Yuan did feel a little strange. Not to mention that it is extremely strange that An Concubine can dine with the saint in the inner hall of Changchun Palace, let's just say that Jiang Hai's attitude, how can he feel extremely respectful of An Concubine?

It wasn't until they bypassed the large landscape screen in front of the inner hall and saw the emperor and queen who were eating in front of them that Song Yuan and Wan Ling's shock was particularly obvious.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't want to show her true face, but after Zhao Ziqian came over in the evening, Yi Xiangxiang praised Wan Ling when she mentioned Lin Zhixin's matter, and then Zhao Ziqian said that Song Yuan was his subordinate, and she no longer hid it.

"No wonder you helped her get her haunted in the first place." In the evening, when Zhao Ziqian told Yi Xiangxiang Song Yuan's identity, Yi Xiangxiang said in a sour tone.

Of course, Zhao Ziqian didn't notice it.

Song Yuan is actually a female secret guard trained by Kang Rui, and there are many children of families in Kyoto City who are foreshadowed by Zhao Ziqian, but there are very few women, and Song Yuan is one of them.

When the palace needed to install people, Song Yuan automatically asked for help. Originally, she was going to enter the palace as a show girl, but because she had brains and abilities, Zhao Ziqian pushed her step by step to the position of the head of the Shanggong Bureau.

Of course, without Zhao Ziqian's secret support, it would not be so easy for the young Song Yuan to sit firmly in the position of the principal. After all, the Shanggong Bureau connects the six palaces, and the information that can be grasped in the middle is very comprehensive.

And Song Yuan and Wan Ling didn't expect to see Queen Yi Xiangxiang at this time.

Although Wan Ling, who was born as a child, was outspoken on weekdays, she was actually an extremely patient person, but she still spoke before Song Yuan: "Didn't you say that the saint and An Concubine were eating?" ”

When she asked this, she looked at Jiang Hai.

Seeing this, Jiang Hai smiled: "Lord Wan misunderstood, the miscellaneous family didn't say that it was Concubine An's mother!" ”

Song Yuan and Wan Ling both thought about it separately when they heard this, indeed, from the palace gate, the names they heard were all Niangniang, not An Concubine Niangniang, but their preconceived notions, which automatically substituted into An Concubine Niangniang.

The main hall of Changchun Palace was as warm as spring, and Song Yuan and Wan Ling looked at each other.

Although Song Yuan comforted herself and said that the queen might not be dead, the impact she saw with her own eyes still made Wan Ling's mind a little wooden.

Song Yuan was also surprised, as Zhao Ziqian's subordinate, she knew that her master disdained to lie. But now seeing Yi Xiangxiang really sitting alive in front of her, and still appearing in such an unbelievable posture, made her feel a little depressed.

When Yi Xiangxiang had an accident, how much manpower and material resources Zhao Ziqian used, Song Yuan knew, and therefore she knew how heavy the queen's weight was in her master's heart, but no matter as the head of the Shanggong Bureau or as Zhao Ziqian's subordinate, she didn't know that the queen had returned to the palace, which was a bit of a blow to her.

She kept her head down and didn't speak.

Yi Xiangxiang on the side originally wanted people to withdraw the dinner first, but Zhao Ziqian said when he saw this: "I haven't seen you talk about the rules in Changchun Palace on weekdays, forget it, they are not outsiders, you can talk while eating." ”

Song Yuan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and Yi Xiangxiang easily caught it.

Yi Xiangxiang smiled and said to Song Yuan and Wan Ling, "You two haven't had dinner either, have you?" After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for the other party to answer, so she asked Xiao Dan to set up a seat under her and serve a new meal.

The emperor and queen invited each other, and there was no reason to refuse. Besides, how many of the families in Kyoto can dine with the emperor and queen like this? It was Song Yuan and Wan Ling who were very honored to sit down.

Because of such a toss, Wan Ling first let down her guard, only to hear her ask, "Queen Mother, why are you in the palace?" Aren't you already ...... Didn't you recuperate from your injuries in Bessoen? ”

Realizing that he had almost lost his words, Wan Ling quickly changed his words.

Yi Xiangxiang wore a crimson silk skirt with a pair of golden partridges embroidered on it; Her appearance is not beautiful, but because of the confidence she exudes, her temperament is particularly outstanding.

"It's a long story, the concubines you have seen in the past few days are actually disguised by me. Concubine An and I are small, and I have something to do when I go back to the palace, so I will talk to the two adults again this time, I don't know how Lin Jieyu's case is investigated? Yi Xiangxiang ate the meal slowly, while asking Song Yuan and Wan Ling, the dignified demeanor was decent.

Wan Ling was a question asked subconsciously, it was okay for someone to be the queen who didn't treat her for a crime of snooping, and she could still talk to you with Yan Yue and talk about it again, which made Wan Ling feel good about Yi Xiangxiang again.

However, she also knew the severity, and as soon as Yi Xiangxiang mentioned the case, she immediately realized that the matter was important.

Song Yuan frowned when she heard this, if the person in front of her was An Concubine, she didn't need to reveal the progress of the case. But the queen is the master of the harem, so she has no reason to hide it.

However, the problem now is that there is no progress at all!

She felt a little ashamed.

Song Yuan pondered for a moment, and then said: "Lin Jieyu's case is very strange. ”

Yi Xiangxiang turned her head when she heard the words and asked, "Why did Lord Song say this?" ”

"The queen doesn't know, I've examined the corpse...... Lin Jieyu's body, if it is said to be a scar...... There were no other injuries on her body other than the blow from the heavy object, but ...... One thing is very strange...... "It's all souls who answer."

"What's strange?" Yi Xiangxiang asked.

Wan Ling frowned and replied: "Lin Jieyu only wore single clothes. ”

When Yi Xiangxiang heard this, she naturally knew why Wan Ling said that it was strange here.

Winter in Kyoto is bitterly cold, and although it's already early February, it snowed last night. The palace in the imperial city has a bit of status, which burns the earth dragon all day and night, and even has a charcoal basin during the day. Although Lin Zhixin is only Jieyu, there are not many high-ranking mothers in the palace, and she is Lin Guifei's cousin, so she has always been good for food and clothing. However, she was killed in a single garment, which shows that she was not in the cold palace when she was beaten.

"In this way, the cold palace is not the scene of the first crime, right?" Yi Xiangxiang touched her chin and thought about it.

Song Yuan nodded when she heard this: "If Lin Jieyu went to the cold palace by herself, she would definitely not be so thinly dressed, it can be seen that she was sent to the cold palace after being hurt." ”

"It's no wonder that no murder weapon was found at the scene." Yi Xiangxiang continued to touch her chin: "It is very likely that the murder weapon was left at the first scene, if this is the case, it is really difficult to do." ”

The reason why Yi Xiangxiang said that it was difficult to deal with was because firstly, it was completely impossible to know what the murder weapon was, and secondly, even if he knew what it was, it would be very difficult to find it in this big palace.

So this clue is actually broken.

"What Niangniang said is very true, we have sent someone to Yi Miao Pavilion to investigate in detail, but there is no murder weapon that matches the wound, so it is completely inconclusive. Now I can only ask the detective to see if there are any clues. Song Yuan sighed.

"Inquiry...... The people in the palace all have a seven-trick exquisite heart, if you want to ask the truth, it is much more difficult than finding the murder weapon. Yi Xiangxiang said with a smile.

She didn't ridicule Song Yuan, but the people in this palace really have a seven-trick exquisite heart.

Song Yuan didn't expect the queen mother to be so outspoken, she glanced at the saint Zhao Ziqian, and saw that the latter had no intention of blaming, so she also smiled bitterly and said: "What the mother said is extremely true." ”

She didn't have much to say, after all, she was the person in charge of the Shang Palace Bureau, and she would have to deal with various palaces in the future, so she could only be ambiguous.

This is the tactfulness of the official.

Besides, when she looked at Yi Xiangxiang now, she had an inexplicable emotion, and she subconsciously didn't want to talk to her too much.

The haunting fragrance was still wafting in the air, but Song Yuan knew that her heart was a little messy.

Wan Ling didn't have those scruples, and she was as blunt as Yi Xiangxiang: "Queen Mother, you don't know, these people are just like that loach, slippery!" After Song Yuan and I went, I didn't know what to ask, and no one dared to talk more! ”

Everyone is reluctant to get into trouble, which is understandable, but she is afraid that becoming a little daughter-in-law will really make her and Song Yuan a little incomprehensible.

To be exact, only the spirits themselves do not understand.

Compared with Wan Ling, who deals with corpses all day long, Song Yuan is also a member of the Seven Exquisite Hearts, otherwise even with Zhao Ziqian's support, he would not have become the head of the Shanggong Bureau at a young age.

Although the Li Dynasty did not respect women as much as it did in the old times, it also discriminated against women to some extent. Song Yuan is also at the age of getting married now, but Yi Xiangxiang knows that there are very few people who go to the Song family to propose marriage.

It's not that Song Yuan is not good enough, it's that she's really good.

No man would want his wife to be a strong person, let alone the head of the Shang Palace Bureau.

"Anyway, Lin Jieyu was killed in the palace, so everyone is suspicious. Lord Song and Lord Wan don't have any worries, just ask me directly if you want to ask anything. Since I returned to the palace as an An Concubine, you can just treat me as an Concubine. Yi Xiangxiang asked people to remove all the meals on the table, because they were too full, and ordered Xiao Dan to serve the diet tea.

Yi Xiangxiang was easy-going, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but Liu Fangfei, who came in from the door, was very disdainful of this: "You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, if they dared to ask, they would have asked a long time ago, where can you call them to ask!" ”

Song Yuan and Wan Ling were stunned when they heard the prestige, and when they saw Liu Fangfei's face.

Yes, just now the queen told them that she was disguised as an concubine, and she thought that this was the original owner.

Liu Fangfei saluted Zhao Ziqian, but only meant it to Yi Xiangxiang, and then turned to look at Song Yuan and Wan Ling.

Song Yuan and Wan Ling hesitated for a moment, but still got up and saluted Liu Fangfei: "Meet Concubine An." ”

I saw Liu Fangfei waving her hand heartily: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm not a concubine, it's all your queen master who is very idle and wants to make trouble." As she spoke, she found a circle chair and sat down to eat the snacks on the table.

Song Yuan felt that it was not good to ask Yi Xiangxiang what to do in front of Zhao Ziqian, and this An Concubine clearly didn't know anything, and she was in a bit of a dilemma for a while.

In fact, she didn't ask anything, at least many concubines talked about the conflict between Kang Guifei and Lin Jieyu during this time, and Kang Guifei was undoubtedly the first suspect. She was originally suspicious of Concubine An, who had just entered the palace, and the reason was naturally because Concubine An and Lin Jieyu were in constant conflict. But now that he knows that "An Concubine" is the queen, the saint seems to know all about it, but in fact, it can also eliminate the suspicion of An Concubine or Yi Xiangxiang.

But Song Yuan was not so happy in her heart, because she didn't know what Yi Xiangxiang secretly returned to the palace for, and she was also very puzzled by her master's connivance with Yi Xiangxiang.

"Lord Song doesn't have to be taboo, since I asked someone to bring you in, you can ask." After Liu Fangfei's talk, Yi Xiangxiang also found out that her identity was a problem, but now that it is like this, there is no other way.

Song Yuan smiled when she heard this: "The queen mother is polite, but since the queen mother has returned to the palace, why do you want to pretend to be an concubine?" ”

Yi Xiangxiang was stunned.