Things have come to this point, Zhuang Siyan doesn't care anymore, he has to find it.

And Ping'er was already panicking because of this, she was a little trembling when she spoke, and she trembled and explained to a small palace person, asking her to go to the place where Lan Xin often went to find it again.

The night was already a little deep, and the rainy night in winter was so cold, adding a lot of desolation to Lan Xin.

Zhuang Siyan called Ping'er over and asked, "Where does she usually go more?" ”

Ping'er opened her mouth and was about to speak, when she saw Ling Tiancheng standing behind Zhuang Siyan, looking at herself with a not very good face.

The words that had slipped to his mouth were swallowed again: "Hui Niangniang, I don't know, Sister Lan Xin usually likes to stay alone, sometimes she goes to the imperial garden to visit, sometimes she is in the palace." ”

Ling Tiancheng waited for her to finish before he said to Zhuang Siyan: "It's late at night now, and it's very cold outside, just let them go and find it, you don't have to think about it, you won't leave the palace left and right, you will definitely find it." ”

Zhuang Siyan shook his head directly: "This is not right, I have a gut feeling that something is happening, let's go out and have a look." ”

If the palace is big, if you really want to find it from room to room, you can see it in every corner, and you may not see it until dawn.

But this matter is no longer Zhuang Siyan's business, but now it has become Ling Tiancheng's business, so he quickly asked the eunuchs in the palace to look for it together, and instructed all palaces to report to the Xuan Palace as soon as anyone sees Lan Xin.

He protected Zhuang Siyan from letting her go out, and only stayed here to wait for news.

When it was almost time to arrive, a palace person came back and forth, saying that in the evening, when it was about to rain, Lan Xin was seen going in the direction of the cold palace.

Zhuang Siyan couldn't sit still, so he got up and was about to go out.

Ling Tiancheng followed her in two steps, and put a thick cloak on her: "Don't worry, just know where the person is." ”

He didn't say a word, passed the sedan chair, and made sure to let Zhuang Siyan sit on it, saying that the road was wet and slippery, and he was afraid that she would accidentally fall.

In fact, they were pulling here whether to take a sedan chair, and Li Fu had already ordered someone to quickly go in the direction of Qixiang Palace.

When Zhuang Siyan and the others also arrived, they saw that the palace gate was ajar, and two palace people were standing at the door, still carrying lanterns in their hands.

When he saw them coming, he saluted first, and then said that there was no one inside.

Zhuang Siyan got down from the sedan chair and walked straight inside.

Li Fu gave Ling Tiancheng a look from behind.

There were people in it, and it shouldn't be very good, but they were dealt with in advance by Li Fu.

He just didn't want Zhuang Siyan to be frightened when he saw such a scene, but he didn't do anything to Lan Xin in his heart, not only because he was dissatisfied with this palace person, but also because she was Zhuang Siyan's personal palace person, and he never touched her.

Now that she is inexplicably dying in the palace, something must have happened.

It's just that Zhuang Siyan is here at this time, and Ling Tiancheng can't inquire, so he just follows her quickly.

Zhuang Siyan has handled many cases and is very experienced in controlling the scene, although Li Fu and the others came in advance, disposed of the body, and made Qixiang Palace a little messy, but if you look closely, she still finds the difference.

She didn't elaborate, and directly asked the palace people who followed behind: "Who was the first to enter here to find it?" ”

Li Fu couldn't help but want to go to see Ling Tiancheng, but he quickly realized that in the eyes of this concubine, a single look of others could reveal secrets, and this matter had nothing to do with the emperor, if he took a look at it at this time, maybe she would think that it was instructed by the emperor.

So Li Fu retracted his eyes again, and then walked forward with the two little eunuchs: "It was the old slave who came with a few of them." ”

Zhuang Siyan: "How many people are there?" ”

Li Fu: "Seven." ”

Zhuang Siyan: "Call them all over." ”

Li Fu didn't dare to slack off, and called the person carrying the lantern at the door, as well as the two in the courtyard, and the seven people were all counted, and all of them stood in front of Zhuang Siyan.

She dragged a place in the corner of the wall and said, "Go over there, leave a footprint to come out." ”

Those eunuchs didn't know what was going on, but Ling Tiancheng already understood what she was going to do.

In Qixiang Palace, in addition to these eunuchs, there are also women's footprints.

Male and female footprints differ in width and size, so if you look closely, you can find a few women's footprints in those dusty places.

Zhuang Siyan's face was sharp, and he looked at Li Fu and asked, "Gonggong Li, the seven of you come in, then you tell me whose footprints it is?" ”

Where did Li Fu investigate the case? I'm not so sensitive to footprints or anything.

Under the palace lamp, those footprints were disorganized, horizontal and vertical, he couldn't see any difference at all, how could he tell whose it was?

As soon as he was embarrassed, he couldn't control his eyes, so he really went to look at Ling Tiancheng.

His glance directly led Zhuang Siyan's gaze over.

She decisively gave up Li Fu and those little eunuchs, walked directly to Ling Tiancheng and said: "Lan Xin is my personal palace maid, she has followed me since she was a child, from the Zhuang Mansion to the palace, and she can be regarded as sharing weal and woe with me, no matter what happens to her now, I have to know where she is, how is it?" ”

I can't hide it anymore.

Ling Tiancheng's original intention was not to let her be stimulated, but now that it is here, if she is not allowed to know the result, it will not be a stimulating thing.

If she is in a hurry, she may not be able to leave the palace again, that is the last thing Ling Tiancheng wants to see.

"Li Fu, tell Concubine Wan everything you saw when you came in." Ling Tiancheng said.

Li Fu's hands were a little trembling, and the dust tip in his hand swept away the dust on the table next to him.

"When we came in, Miss Lan Xin was already dead, and she was lying on a bed over there, and she looked like she had committed suicide."

Zhuang Siyan's eyes narrowed: "Looks? What about the doctor, call them over, and where are the people? ”

Li Fuma took her to the side hall.

The time was too tight, and they didn't have time to move the dead body out, and they were afraid that Zhuang Siyan would see it, so they put it in a room with miscellaneous items in the side hall.

At this moment, a group of people, all with lamps in their hands, poured in, filling the small side hall.

Ling Tiancheng circled Zhuang Siyan with his hand, afraid that others would touch her, and he was afraid that something would happen to her.

Lan Xin's body was already stiff, and it should not be a short time to die.

Her lips were a little purple, there was a little black blood on the corner of her mouth, and there were some small red spots on her skin, which showed signs of poisoning.

The imperial doctor soon came, and the preliminary judgment was that it was also poisoned, and it was very likely that she had taken the poison herself.

Their theory is that Lan Xin took the strong poison, and if she was not poured into it, it would inevitably be sprinkled or other fights.

This will leave marks on the corpse, but there is nothing on the corpse at the moment.

Zhuang Siyan didn't say anything.

Judging from all the scenes they saw, Lan Xin committed suicide.

Because in Qixiang Palace, except for the footprints of the eunuch, there is also Lan Xin's, and there is no one else.

And the Tai Doctor's statement is not wrong, if someone else gives her poison, then there will be disputes and pulls between the two sides, in this case, there must be other traces to be found around.

But if the other party was tricking her into drinking the poison, it would definitely not be in this place.

And the strong poison in Lan Xin, the entrance is dead, so who has so much ability to trick her here, and can also trick her into drinking poison?

Moreover, a palace person who came to report earlier also said that when he saw Lan Xin coming to Qixiang Palace, he was also alone, and he did not see anyone walking with him.

Even Zhuang Siyan thought that Lan Xin had been in a bad mood recently, and maybe she would really commit suicide.

But she couldn't believe that Lan Xin was the kind of woman who was soft on the outside and strong on the inside.

She seems to be just a subordinate, and she can cry when she encounters something exciting.

But Zhuang Siyan knows very well that she has been by her side for so many years and has seen so many things, many times Zhuang Siyan herself has lost her rationality, and she can still stay sober to remind her what she should pay attention to.

Would such a person commit suicide?

That night, Lan Xin's body remained in Qixiang Palace and did not move, and all the palace people retreated to the palace gate, sealed the door, and no one was allowed to enter again.

Zhuang Siyan followed Ling Tiancheng back to the Xuan Palace.

Ling Tiancheng was also afraid that she would be in a bad mood and wouldn't be able to sleep because of Lan Xin's matter.

As a result, after she returned to the Xuan Palace, she went to the side hall, asked people to prepare hot water, took a comfortable bath, and then fell asleep with a pillow after coming out.

Ling Tiancheng came over to see her quietly, saw that Ping'er was still waiting in the outer room, and whispered to him that Niangniang had fallen asleep and didn't seem to be in a bad mood.

He stood at the door for a while, and then quietly returned to the main hall.

Wouldn't you be in a bad mood?

She was almost a little happy in front of Ling Tiancheng, she usually didn't hide her joy and anger, she was outside, and she wasn't the kind of person who was scheming.

Lan Xin has been with her for too many years, even if she doesn't have any childhood memories, she says that she is a different person now.

But she woke up in the palace at the beginning, and there was only Lan Xin by her side.

In addition, the place where Lan Xin died was the place where she woke up, and Qixiang Palace actually had a very different meaning for Zhuang Siyan.

Ling Tiancheng was a little unsure what was wrong with her, but people can fall asleep quickly, it shouldn't be too bad, right?

Early the next morning, Ling Tiancheng went to the morning court, and Zhuang Siyan had already woken up from the side hall.

It's just that she didn't get up in a hurry, listening to the silence of the people outside, and estimating that Ling Tiancheng had already gone out, she got up from the bed and quickly got dressed.

Originally, I wanted to go out alone, but as soon as I saw Ping'er's eyes, I knew that if I didn't take her with her, maybe she would go to Ling Tiancheng to complain immediately.

So he waved to Ping'er and said, "Accompany me to Qixiang Palace." ”

Ping'er stammered, didn't dare to say anything, and followed her out.

The eunuchs at the gate of Qixiang Palace have changed a wave, and now the guards don't know what happened here last night.

But they were very eye-catching, and when they saw that the favorite concubine was coming, even if there was an explanation that others could not go in, after she said a few words, they still put people inside.

It's just that Ping'er, who is following behind, as soon as she steps into this place, she feels that the cold wind gusts, and she drills into her head and brainless, so cold that she still feels unstable after being wrapped in clothes several times.

"Mother...... Niangniang, let's go out, Sister Lan Xin, she ...... "Ping'er's teeth collided, and her speech was a little unclear."

Zhuang Siyan glanced at her and said, "Otherwise, if you wait for me at the door, I'll come out in a while." ”

Ping'er: "......"

If she puts her mother in alone, this head will be safe for a long time.