At this point, Ji Erlan didn't need to ask any more. After that, she can give an explanation to King Du. I believe that with his means, Xiao Xun's family affair that has not yet been settled is not even a trivial matter.

Her gaze subconsciously passed through everyone and looked towards King Du, only to see him wearing a moon-white robe with a purple crown of jade. Surrounded by a large group of people, I don't know what to discuss, and my face is full of impersonal coldness. But even so, the people around him were still full of excitement and their eyes were burning.

She suddenly thought of the splendid robe he wore by the black clothes of the family at the edge of the Gushui in the Mid-Autumn Festival that day, and felt that he seemed to be more pleasing to the eye, at least some human touch.

While talking, the singing and dancing gradually stopped, and the cup and lamp change at the banquet were nearing the end. Everyone stopped the topic and looked at the Empress Dowager Song, waiting for her to say something like 'here today'. However, before the Empress Dowager Song could speak, everyone was attracted by a panicked cry for help.

"Help! No...... Okay, Lan Guiren...... Something happened! A shrill female voice came from a distance, intermittent and out of breath, but it never stopped calling for help.

The emperor's body stood erect suddenly, his brows furrowed, but he didn't ask out loud at the first time, but turned his gaze to the Empress Dowager Song, and the resentment and hatred at that moment were inadvertently captured by Ji Erlan, which made her stunned. But when she wanted to take a closer look, the emperor had already retracted Fang Cai's gaze and replaced it with heartache and eagerness.

Empress Dowager Song didn't notice the emperor's gaze, and after she heard the voice, she immediately asked, "What's the matter?" What happened to Lan Guiren? ”

Suddenly there was a clatter of cups and plates colliding in one corner, and everyone turned around, and a woman in her thirties stood there, her face pale, and the table in front of her was in disarray, and the soup was poured out. There was also a man in official uniform standing next to her, who turned out to be Lan Guiren's parents, Jiang Daoyuan, a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and his wife Zheng. They obviously wanted to ask out loud, but because the queen mother and the emperor were in front of them, they didn't dare to trespass, so they could only stand there stunned, watching the palace maids who came to report the news in the distance getting closer and closer.

The palace maid's footsteps were vain, and her sideburns were scattered, it was Xiaoshuang who had just followed Lan Guiren, her face was full of tears, and her lips were trembling, like a flower about to wither, white without a trace of blood. She almost fell in front of the Empress Dowager Song and cried: "Empress Dowager, it's not good, Lan Guiren, she ...... She was killed......"

She couldn't say that Lan Guiren was dead, as if that kind of words would reveal her own fate as soon as she said it.

There were countless gasping voices around, and Empress Dowager Song was furious: "Fang Cai Lan only left from the palace banquet, why was she killed in just a short period of time?" She turned her head to look at the stunned emperor and said, "The people present, except for Jiang Shilang and Mrs. Jiang, are all staying here, and they are not allowed to move, and the emperor will follow the mourning family to have a look." ”

Subconsciously commanded in a tone, as if the lord of the world was not the emperor, but her.

Ji Erlan sighed slightly in her heart, if it was her, she would not be willing to be controlled by others like this, even if this person was her biological mother. Just like herself, didn't she also want to resist under Ji Chenglin's suppression!

The emperor didn't say a word, Tie Qing got up with a blue face and went to Lan Guiren's residence, no one knew if he was unhappy with Lan Guiren's affairs, or because of something else. And the Empress Dowager Song had already taken the lead through everyone and walked towards the Yunhua Palace where Lan Guiren was. Song Yuheng followed her very naturally, without the intention of avoiding it, and the Empress Dowager Song also acquiesced to her following.

From this, it can be seen that Song Yuheng has an extraordinary status both in the palace and in the Song family, and is more valued than her sister-in-law Song Yaoxian. But at the same time, he was also imprisoned more than Song Yaoxian. For example, her future status as queen is almost certain.

Just when the Empress Dowager Song and the others were about to get out of everyone's sight, Song Yuheng suddenly turned his head to look at Ji Erlan and said, "Empress Dowager, it's better to let Miss Ji Er go with her, she is so smart, she may be able to help." ”

Ji Erlan was slightly stunned, not understanding what Song Yuheng's move meant. Isn't this kind of palace secret known to as few people as possible? Song Yuheng involved her, what did he want?

Empress Dowager Song paused, turned her head to look at Ji Erlan, and didn't seem to agree. After all, most of the things in the palace are implicated and secret, and it is not wise for outsiders to know about them before the matter is clarified. But the emperor's eyes flickered, as if he wanted to go against the Empress Dowager Song, and said: "It's okay, it just so happens that her father is from Dali Temple, and if there is any doubt about this matter, it will also be investigated by Dali Temple." ”

Empress Dowager Song hesitated slightly, but since the emperor had already spoken, she nodded.

Ji Erlan could only obey her fate, she stood up from Cheng Xiaoxiao and the others, gave a blessing and gave a salute, and followed. The county lord of Yuanyang seemed to understand what was happening at this time. grabbed Ji Erlan's sleeve and argued, "I'm going too!" ”

The emperor made a straight face this time and said, "You are a little child, stay here well, and you are not allowed to go anywhere." ”

Yuanyang is favored by the emperor, and it is the first time she has seen the emperor show such a serious look to her, and she has to argue when she is wronged. Ji Erlan patted her shoulder and whispered in her ear to comfort: "This is not a simple matter, there may be trouble, the county lord is here waiting for me to come back." ”

Yuan Yang pouted with tears in his eyes, and when he got Ji Erlan's words of comfort, he immediately nodded obediently as if a kitten had been smoothed.

The eyes of the people around her looked at Ji Erlan with extremely strange eyes, what kind of power did she have to subdue Da'an's number one troublemaker so quickly?

When everyone walked to Yunhua Palace, it was already a mess, and all the palace maids shrank in a corner with pale faces, and their eyes looked at the brightly lit hall, as if there was a man-eating beast lurking there, and they didn't dare to take a step. And a few personal palace maids beside Lan Guiren sat at the door of the house, leaning against the door, their fingers stubbornly grabbing the door frame, trembling like chaff.

The emperor's footsteps paused there, as if he had really poured some true feelings into Lan Guiren, and he didn't dare to face the truth as if he stopped, and asked for a while: "Lan'er...... What do you think? ”

The several palace maids who fell in front of the door seemed to be extremely frightened, and none of the palace maids' shoes fell somewhere, and they didn't even hear the emperor's question. Xiaoshuang, who had just reported the news, ran back after him at this time, couldn't care about being out of breath, and asked, "Hanjiang, how is the master?" ”

The maidservant girl named Hanjiang trembled in shock when she heard this shout, and then her voice trembled, and she said in horror: "Master...... She...... It's out of gas......"

Xiaoshuang fell to the ground with a soft plop, and Mrs. Song's color changed greatly, and she walked into the house first. Ji Erlan followed behind her and the emperor, and saw that Empress Dowager Song's body stiffened for a moment when she saw Lan Guiren's body, and took a step back suddenly.

She then looked in front of her.

I saw Lan Guiren with his head outward, lying on his back to the ground. The face was painfully distorted, the lips were open, and the eyeballs almost protruded from their sockets. The delicate sweetness has long since disappeared, and his face is like a demon crawling out of hell. Everyone's eyes went down, looking at her abdomen, the original bulging belly was bloodily broken a big hole at this time, and the baby that had been formed was still pulled out of it, and the flesh and blood were blurred......

When Zheng saw the scene in front of him, he was immediately greatly stimulated, and after a sharp scream, the whole person collapsed. Jiang Shilang, who was standing one step behind her, didn't even react to help her, but Ji Erlan quickly reached out to stop Zheng's fallen body and hugged her.

When the emperor saw the Lan Guiren who was still alive just now, he had become like this at this time, and he only felt that his blood was surging: "Who the hell is it!" Who is so bold as to dare to mutilate my concubine! ”

His voice was furious and uncontrollable, and even the Empress Dowager Song couldn't help but be moved.

Who is it that so blatantly provokes the majesty of the Heavenly Family?

Ji Erlan was puzzled. Someone in the palace dies at any time, whether it is a concubine or a palace maid, there are various reasons and ways to die, but all of them have a nominal purpose. Even if there is no name, it will be covered up by the murderer or blamed. However, Lan Guiren's way of death, without hiding or detouring, told everyone nakedly that Lan Guiren died unexpectedly and was murdered.

In this case, even Ji Erlan felt that it was too tricky. She went to see everyone's expressions for the first time, the shocked Empress Dowager Song, the angry emperor, and the heartbreaking Jiang Shilang and his wife. However, what is more worth paying attention to is that Song Yuheng's look, the kind of fear that comes from a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, is a little strange.

That feeling is like a person who is obviously mentally prepared and knows what he is about to face, but at the moment of meeting, it still exceeds her expectations, and the kind of fear mixed with the unexpected is somewhat different from ordinary emotions. Although Song Yuheng quickly covered up the past, Ji Erlan firmly believed that he was not mistaken.

She couldn't help but think, could it be that Lan Guiren's death was related to Song Yuheng?

If it is said that Concubine Lan's death involved a fight between the harem concubines, then Song Yuheng, the future queen, may not have a motive to kill. But she has such a close relationship with the Empress Dowager Song, if she does such a thing, the Empress Dowager Song will not know about it?

Or, the death of the Lan nobleman is actually the meaning of the Song family?

Ji Erlan silently calculated in her heart, wondering if there was anything unusual about everyone's behavior tonight.

She suddenly thought that when she first heard Xiaoshuang scream, why would the emperor look at his mother with such a look? Could it be that the emperor's first reaction was that it was the hand of the Empress Dowager Song? Could it be that the Queen Mother, who had just comforted Lan Guiren with kind eyes, killed her in a blink of an eye?

But what is the need? Lan Guiren is not the only concubine in the harem who has children. is not the only favored one, she has been powerful recently, and it is only because she is a newcomer in the palace.

After all, the emperor has been on the throne for nine years, even if the Song family wants the Song family daughter to become the queen, they have to wait for Song Yuheng and the adult to say, during this period, the throne is vacant, and the emperor is not allowed to touch a woman, and he is not allowed to have children, right?

In that case, who is it and why did you want to kill Lan Guiren? And use such cruel methods?

In addition, Song Yuheng specially called her here, what was it for? Is this incident related to her?