"There's something else here." One of the guards found another cage in the corner, which was covered with dust and had apparently not been opened in a long time.

After opening the box, the contents were a mess, what kind of men's robes, rattles, teethers used by small babies, worn shoes, hats, and some worthless bamboo gadgets.

Everyone saw that the man's robe was exquisitely made, embroidered with dragon cloud patterns on it, and it was the prince's system, and they all thought it was the old clothes of the Yongdi, but Chonghua frowned: "Mention it." ”

Zhang Yi took out a robe at random, pinched his shoulders and shook it down, Chonghua's eyelids jumped.

This royal blue prince's regular robe only reached Zhang Yi's calf, and it was obvious that the original owner was only of medium height, while his father, Emperor Yong, was tall.

So this dress is not the eternal emperor's, so whose will it be?

Chonghua ordered someone to take a rattle and a set of baby clothes, and sent them to the Qingxin Hall with this set of prince's regular clothes, and searched it himself, and found a new one - all these cages were not specially made in the palace, but from outside.

"Let the people from the Shanggong Bureau come over, and then let people check where these cages come from and who made them."

Chonghua hurriedly walked out, because he was disgusted that he had gone through the secret room, for fear of bringing something unclean out, he didn't dare to approach her, so he only called Zhong Weiwei outside through the door: "Go back." ”

Zhong Weiwei had already heard about some of the incident, and was busy going out to Chonghua's side: "How is it?" ”

Chonghua stepped aside and said solemnly: "Stay away from me, and you will come back after I bathe." He also told everyone who went to the secret room with him to wash and change their clothes in time and pay close attention to their bodies before going back.

Zhong Weiwei was itchy and unbearable, and finally waited for Chonghua to clean it properly, so he quickly brought him a cup of hot tea and soup, and looked at him with a blank eye.

Chonghua wants to sell a pass: "You are listening." ”

Yan Chu came to report: "The people from the Shanggong Bureau are here." ”

Shang Gong of the Shang Gong Bureau came in with the secretary system and two elderly embroidery girls, kowtowed tremblingly, and Chonghua asked Yan Chu to hand over the bag of clothes to them: "Do you recognize it?" ”

After the two embroiderers carefully examined it, one said: "Back to Your Majesty, this often used brocade is a tribute for the fifteenth year of Kangtai, because the pattern is rare, there are only ten horses in total, Emperor Shenzong likes it very much, and ordered to make a regular dress for each of the sons as a reward." ”

Chonghua said lightly: "Who is this regular clothes?" ”

After carefully inspecting it, Xiuniang said cautiously: "This is Emperor Zhenzong's." ”

Authentic?

Why did Zhenzong's clothes appear in Concubine Lu's secret room? Chonghua said quietly: "How can you see it? ”

"The princes are not the same, the imperial things must be accurately fitted, in order to prevent confusion, it is generally designated to be responsible for the clothes of a prince, and everyone has their own mark."

One of the embroiderers stepped forward and lifted the foot of the robe, pointed to a place and said: "Your Majesty, please look here, the stitches here are back lines, which is the unique mark of slaves and maids." ”

When Emperor Zhenzong was still a prince, he was more favored, and his clothes were of course made by well-skilled embroiderers, and well-crafted embroiderers often stayed in the palace as masters when they were old.

Everything in and out of the palace is recorded, and you can know it when you check the account books, and there is no need for the embroidery lady to lie.

Chonghua didn't ask any more, and asked them to look at the baby products, and the embroidery girl shook her head: "This slave doesn't know." ”

Sending away the people from the Shanggong Bureau, Chonghua found Zhao Hongtu: "You are the old man in front of the first emperor, I will leave this to you to investigate." ”

Zhao Hongtu only glanced at it, and said with certainty: "This rattle is one of the congratulatory gifts sent by Emperor Zhenzong's palace when King Wu was born. ”

Then everything else should have been used by King Wu, Chonghua asked Zhao Hongtu to retreat, and turned around and told Zhong Weiwei about the situation.

Zhong Weiwei frowned: "What does it mean that Concubine Lu hid the clothes of Zhenzong when she was a prince in the secret room, and put them together with the clothes that King Wu used when he was a child?" ”

Chonghua said with a calm face: "I don't know." ”

Zhong Weiwei vaguely had a bold guess, but it was disrespectful to the dead Yongdi when he said it, and it was estimated that Chonghua would blow up when he heard it, so he didn't say much.

Chonghua was in a very bad mood, and his eyes were heavy and he sat on the side and meditated, and the atmosphere in the room was a little dull for a while.

Zhong Weiwei didn't bother him, got up and went outside to arrange dinner, and asked someone to bring the palace roster, and told Aunt Qian: "Remove all the palace maids and female officials over the age of twenty-five......

After making arrangements and returning to the house, Chonghua's expression had returned to normal, and he asked her, "You want to come over for dinner again tonight?" ”

Zhong Weiwei said: "Yes, I guess I wanted to inquire about Sister A's injury, but I couldn't wipe my face." ”

Chonghua said: "Sister should have told you everything, after dinner, I will go to do things, you stay and come down again, tell him what happened, and it is time for him to be sensible." ”

The husband and wife were talking, and before they knew it, it was dark.

came back again, the three of them had dinner with Heqiqi, Chonghua went to the study to do errands according to his words, Zhong Weiwei accompanied her back to the Tai Palace, and told Duanren and Xu Zhizhi about the past.

He didn't say anything for a long time, his eyes were full of tears, he wanted to cry but tried his best to endure it, Zhong Weiwei didn't make a sound, and gently stroked his back.

After a long time, he eased up again, hung his head and whispered: "If Aunt Wei is free tomorrow, take me to visit my aunt." ”

This is figured out, don't blame Duanren? Zhong Weiwei was very pleased: "No matter how busy you are, you can find time." ”

I wanted to speak again and again, and when I saw that it was not early, I got up very restrainedly and said goodbye: "Aunt Wei rest early." ”

Zhong Weiwei gave Aunt Qing a look, asked her to pay close attention to it, and once she found something wrong, she would report it quickly.

After packing up, Chonghua didn't come back, so he was afraid that he would be overworked, so he asked Xiaotang to invite.

Xiaotang came back soon: "Your Majesty is not ahead, it is said that he is going out again, there is an explanation before leaving, please rest early, don't wait for him." ”

Zhong Weiwei frowned, what are you busy doing when you run out every night? Could it be that Concubine Lu has a whereabouts?

At this moment, Chonghua, who was wearing a dark narrow-sleeved robe and a big hat, appeared in a residential area in the east of the capital.

This piece of dwelling is a medium-sized family settlement, the houses are neat and tidy, the door of the sixth family in the twelfth lane is closed, the lantern hanging on the door is displayed in the wind, the word "Xiao" is written on it, and a flag is hung on the side of the door, and the word "box cage" is written on it.

This means that the family specializes in cages for a living.

Ma Chang, who was dressed as a little girl, stepped forward and knocked on the knocker vigorously: "Is there anyone?" ”