It was the beginning of winter, but there was no snow to see, and last night's light rain mixed with snow particles only moistened the ground. The plane trees were bare, and some rough eunuchs swept away fallen leaves and dead branches on the forest paths.

The sun was excellent near noon, and the eunuchs Xiao Tang and Xiao Gao checked the road in front of them to make sure that nothing was lost.

Yao Jiaxin's travel route was ordered to go down early in the morning, from Bitong Academy to the west, to the shore of Houhu Lake, and then take a walk along the lakeside.

This is the path she often takes.

Suddenly, I saw the eunuch Tang Yin running back in a panic and kneeling in the middle of the road, "Niangniang, please stop!" ”

Yao Jiaxin frowned: "What's going on ahead?" "——Checking the road conditions has always been just a process, is it possible that there is a real problem?

Tang Yin's childish white face showed a look of embarrassment, he didn't know how to reply, and hurriedly kowtowed: "Something happened on the lake, I'm afraid it will frighten Niangniang." ”

The more she said this, Yao Jiaxin was aroused by curiosity, what could happen on the lake?

Tang Yin whispered: "There is a palace maid...... Drowned in the lake. ”

Drowned?

Yao Jiaxin raised her eyebrows, the water area in the park is huge, and the waterways extend in all directions, which is comparable to the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

But the rules of the palace do not allow the palace people to act alone, and at night each palace and each courtyard will be locked, once the lock is locked, the palace people are not allowed to move around at will. In this way, the possibility of accidentally falling into the water after dark is avoided.

Therefore, the people who fell into the water in the garden did have, but drowned...... It seems that she has not been out of the garden in the two years since she came to the garden.

"Take the sixth elder brother back." Yao Jiaxin turned her face and instructed the nanny to grandma.

Hong Xiaoxu immediately pursed his little mouth and twisted his little ass dissatisfiedly.

Yao Jiaxin had to retreat to the second, "Take it to Cihang Pudu to worship Guanyin." Then, she stroked Hong Xiaoxu's soft face to soothe her: "You go over first, and E-Niang will go later." ”

Su Yu nodded hurriedly: "When you encounter this kind of bad luck, you should indeed worship the Bodhisattva." ”

Yao Jiaxin: ...... That's not what she meant.

The nanny mother steadily picked up the heavy meat ball Hong Xiaoxu, curtsied, and went to the direction of Cihang Pudu. He was followed by a group of eunuchs and palace maids.

Yao Jiaxin smiled slightly, "Okay, let's go to the lake and have a look." ”

Su Yu was stunned, "Niangniang! ”

Yao Jiaxin didn't give Su Yu a chance to dissuade her, and said lightly: "This palace is not so timid!" ”

Su Yu hesitated, but after all, she still didn't dare to disobey her master, so she hurriedly and carefully helped Yao Jiaxin and went to the shore of Houhu Lake.

The wind in early winter is a little cold, especially the wind blowing from the lake mixed with the cold, which is a bit chilly.

The icy waves crashed against the shore, and a female corpse floated on the shore like that, undulating with the ripples of the waves.

Yao Jiaxin looked carefully, this is a young palace maid, looking at it should be at most twenty years old, a pair of moth eyebrows are bent without drawing, and a face is already miserable and white, without the slightest blood.

Xiao Tang and Xiao Gao had already stepped forward to take the floating corpse out of the lake, and Xiao Tang quickly put a sweat towel over the female corpse's terrifyingly white face.

Yao Jiaxin's expression was indifferent, just a floating corpse, of course she couldn't be scared. This palace maid should have been dead for a long time, except for her pale face, the body was not obviously swollen, it can be seen that she has not been soaked in the water for too long, probably for a night at most.

Su Yu hurriedly comforted again: "Niangniang, this matter has been notified to the Shen Criminal Division, and the Shen Criminal Division is called to investigate." You're pregnant, what if you get something dirty? ”

Xiao Tang stepped forward again: "Niangniang, this palace maid...... It is the blue pepper of the Kaiyun Hall of the Carved Moon. ”

Yao Jiaxin blinked, the queen's palace maid? And it's still from the Lan generation?

However, Yao Jiaxin really didn't recognize this Lan Jiao, after all, there were as many as twelve of the queen's personal palace maids. Although the Lanzi palace maid is also at the personal level, how can she know all of them?

"Then inform Hu Zhongliang again." Yao Jiaxin commanded.

As soon as the words fell, a somewhat familiar voice came from not far behind him, "See the concubine Niangniang!" ”

Yao Jiaxin looked back and saw that it was a woman in a brown palace dress, who was the young teaching grandmother beside the queen - Hui Xu, known as "Aunt Hui Hui".

Yao Jiaxin raised her eyebrows, this Hui Hui came so coincidentally......

"Get up." Yao Jiaxin's tone was indifferent.

Hui Yun quickly got up, ran quickly to the female corpse, and lifted the sweat towel covering the female corpse's face. Immediately, Hui Wei let out a cry, "It's really Sister Lanjiao!" She disappeared last evening, and the minions were looking for her, but they didn't think about it...... I accidentally fell into the water! ”

Hui Wei hid her face, whimpered and cried.

Yao Jiaxin was speechless, there were no sisters between concubines, and the same was true between palace maids! They are competitors to each other, and the sisterhood of the yarn ball is deep!

Yao Jiaxin asked lightly: "The palace maid has never been allowed to act alone, how could this Lan Jiao fall into the water and drown?" ”

Hui Hui's eyes were slightly red, and her eyes looked at Yao Jiaxin's face with a fierce look, trying to find a frightened look on her calm and waveless face, but ...... Not really! The concubine's calmness exceeded Hui's expectations.

Hui wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes, and said, "Yesterday, Lan Jiao accidentally broke one of the queen's beloved jade cups, and the slave was angry, so he hit her twice. The girl ran out crying, and the slave thought she was running back to the palace maid's residence to rest, but she didn't expect ......"

As she spoke, Hui Xuan showed a look of self-reproach, and she hurriedly curtsy again: "It's all because the slave is not good, and the concubine is frightened." ”

Yao Jiaxin said lightly: "Frightened? Not really. ”

This bland tone and look made Hui Xuan's face stiffen, and she forcibly pulled out a smile, "That's good, the concubine Niangniang finally got pregnant with her second child, if there is the slightest mistake, the slave will really die unforgiving!" ”

Saying that, Hui Yun bowed again, "Guifei Niangniang, this Lan Jiao is the palace maid of the Kaiyun Palace of the Piercing Moon, and the slave has always taken care of her sister. Now that she has unfortunately drowned, it is up to the minions to settle the aftermath for her. ”

The corners of Yao Jiaxin's mouth curled, "This is a human life, let's call it to the Prudent Criminal Division to deal with it." ”

Hui Yun's face couldn't help but change, but she quickly returned to normal, anyway, she was clean and couldn't find anything.

The eunuchs of the Prudential Punishment Division were only late.

Yao Jiaxin instructed the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground: "Although she is just a palace maid, she was selected by the Internal Affairs Office, and she is a person from the queen's palace, so you must check it carefully." If he really fell into the water, he would be buried alive and given silver to comfort his family. ”

"Huh!"

After explaining, Yao Jiaxin was not interested in blowing the cold wind by the lake, so she asked to sit on the shoulder of the concubine and ordered: "Go to Cihang Pudu." ”

Hui Yun listened to it in her ears, and couldn't help but snort coldly, pretending to be indifferent, isn't she scared to worship the Bodhisattva?!

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