The strange thing about this matter is not in Shou'an Palace, but how the news came out.

Shou'an Palace is almost a place of death in the palace, people outside don't go in, and those inside won't come out, and the only chance to come out is the day of death.

They will be specially handled by a group of people, put in a simple coffin, and carried out of the palace, never to be in a hellish palace again.

The news inside will not be leaked, and only half a day in a month will the Ministry of Internal Affairs go in, deliver something, and then bring out the news inside.

Ling Tiancheng has been on the throne for so many years, and he has always come over like this.

But suddenly, before the day came, someone released the news and spread it to Zhuang Siyan's ears.

You don't have to think about it to know that someone did it on purpose.

But why did the man do it, and what did he want out of it?

The imperial doctor quickly gave the result, and the dead person was the same as Lan Xin's poison.

In other words, the poison in Qixiang Palace is not the only one, someone sprinkled that thing everywhere like rain, just waiting for someone to pick it up and eat it, and then died violently.

The heavy sky pressed until this afternoon, and finally could not bear it, and the cold poured into the people for a while, and when the cold played enough majesty, the snowflakes fluttered down.

The first snow of winter came earlier than usual, but it seemed to be expected.

And the snow was very heavy, and it didn't take long for the ground to be covered with a thick layer, and the houses and trees in the distance were white.

Zhuang Siyan was appeased by Ling Tiancheng in the Xuan Palace, and was not allowed to go out, so he could only watch the snow when he was bored.

I didn't feel comfortable seeing the snow, because I was afraid that she would freeze, so the palace people asked her to move to the palace over and over again.

After saying this, seeing that she really did not go in, they simply removed the stove, and added a fox fur jacket to her, and then put a small stove in her hand.

It's warmer all around, but the interest in watching the snow has diminished.

And Zhuang Siyan was not pure in his heart, he originally saw that the snow was to relieve himself, but at this time, he was tossed by the palace people, and he was even more irritable, so he walked to the main hall.

Ling Tiancheng hadn't come back yet, and there were only a few palace people guarding the hall.

It was warm inside, so Zhuang Siyan sat in and waited.

At this time, Ling Tiancheng was in the Chenxi Palace, and he quickly inquired about the news, someone had seen Zhuang Siyan today, or her palace people, and what did they say to them?

The news came from a rough envoy.

At that time, Zhuang Siyan was wandering around the palace, and the palace people seemed to have inadvertently said it to another palace person.

That palace man was obviously new for a long time, and like Zhuang Siyan, he didn't even know about Shou'an Palace.

It wasn't until Ling Tiancheng sent someone to find her and ask her what she had heard.

The palace maid trembled and repeated the words, and said that Zhuang Siyan was nearby at the time, and she didn't know whether to listen to them.

Li Fu took people to the internal affairs mansion to find someone, and saw that the palace maid was also dead.

His lips were purple and bloody, and there were red dots on his body, just like Lan Xin and them.

For a while, the people who knew about it were all hairy and upright.

If the palace is a big palace, how strict the management is, the guards who search every day don't know how many people, but in only two or three days, three people died one after another, and it was the same kind of poison.

If it was a coincidence, or that they committed suicide, no one can believe it.

Zhou Gonggong, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, was so frightened that his legs and stomach cramped, and he knelt on the ground trembling vigorously, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Li Fu asked him a master, and he replied with a series of "woo lala", followed the clockwork machine, and said all the things about the palace people, and then automatically added: "Your Majesty, the slave really doesn't know that she is such a person, the slave should die, please spare the emperor." ”

Ling Tiancheng was so angry by his instigation that he asked him, "You deserve to die, how can I spare you?" ”

As soon as Gonggong Zhou heard this, he directly threw himself on the ground and cried, begging Ling Tiancheng to spare him.

Even Li Fu was annoyed by him, and when he got a look from Ling Tiancheng, he asked the guy to stand up and get out, and then he leaned over and said, "Your Majesty, are you taking all the people related to this palace maid over now?" ”

Ling Tiancheng: "Yes, and her family outside the palace, don't check the person who died in Shou'an Palace, what does it have to do with her?" ”

Li Fu hurriedly agreed, and when he came out, he went to the Internal Affairs Office again.

But in fact, my heart is not much better than that of Father-in-law Zhou.

These people are taking people everywhere, and they have to help the emperor check this and there, which is really not his specialty, his specialty is to slap horses, observe words and looks, and serve people with tea and water.

When Li Fu hurried to the Internal Affairs Mansion, Zhou's father-in-law, who was frightened and weak-legged, had just returned, and his butt had not yet fallen on the chair.

Li Fu glared at him: "Get up, what's the use of kneeling at this time, the two dead people are related to your internal affairs office, you don't want to do anything, just kneel on the ground, can the father-in-law of the land help you?" ”

Father-in-law Zhou: "......"

If the father-in-law of the land can help him, he is willing to go into the ground, as long as he can not face these things, he can do anything.

Li Fu: "This poison comes from outside the palace, so you have to find out all the people who have been in contact with this palace maid recently, and the dead one in the Ming Shou'an Palace, how do you usually get in, and who are you?" Is there anyone else who can go in but you? Let me tell you, this matter also involves a personal palace maid of Concubine Wan, if you can't figure it out, you can weigh it yourself. ”

Father-in-law Zhou cried again.

He is most afraid of weighing himself, not that others will simply give him a good time, because if he is not careful, he will also weigh that he will also die, which is really physically and mentally afraid.

It's just that now Li Fu has given him what he wants to do and what he should have, and he hasn't really died anyway, so he has to brace himself to check these things.

Two hours later, Gonggong Zhou appeared in the Chenxi Palace again and reported all the information he had learned to Ling Tiancheng.

Ling Tiancheng: "So, that poison really came from the palace maid's family?" ”

Li Fu hurriedly spoke: "The people in her family have also been arrested, and now they are locked up in the prison of Dali Temple, and they will be tried by Lord Jia personally, and there should be an explanation soon." ”

Ling Tiancheng let out an "um" sound.

After a while, he asked again: "What are the people who usually get close to this palace, have you found out?" ”

Father-in-law Zhou's face was a little bitter: "If you want to say that this palace maid is usually clever in her work, she is also obedient and sensible, but she doesn't talk much, when she first came, everyone still wondered if she was dumb, and she didn't say a word to people for a few days, and she was not close to people, and she was usually alone." ”

A person who is alone and doesn't say a word for a few days suddenly has the interest to talk to a palace maid who is not very familiar with him and gossip in Shou'an Palace.

Even if you are blind, you can hear that there is something wrong with this.

This woman is by no means simple.

Zhuang Siyan didn't wait for Ling Tiancheng in the Chenxi Palace.

After dark, the snow fell even bigger, covering the lights of the Xuan Palace, and the palace people in the palace had to go over to clear the snow once in a while before they could release the light again.

Zhuang Siyan only stood outside for a moment, and a thin layer of snow fell on her body, covering the color of her clothes.

Ping'er originally held an umbrella for her, but looking at Zhuang Siyan's slightly raised face, as if she wanted to take a good look at how the snow fell from the sky, she stood still.

However, it's really too cold outside, and Ping'er thinks it's nothing, but if the master freezes to death, then how will she explain to the emperor?

So she leaned a little closer to Zhuang Siyan, trying her best to make her voice sound soft and warm: "Niangniang, it's snowing outside, let's go back, the emperor must be too busy today, and the slave will inform you when he comes back." ”

Zhuang Siyan said "um", the first time he listened to her like this, he really walked to the side hall.

As soon as she entered the door of the inner hall, Ping'er quickly swept the snow off her body first, and then moved the stove to her, and also brought the small stove over.

It took a lot of work to settle Zhuang Siyan, and he gradually felt the warmth in the room.

Zhuang Siyan took the warm tea that Ping'er gave her, sipped it gently, and asked her: "When I am not in the palace, you and Lan Xin are in charge here, do you know who else she has dealings with?" ”

Ping'er thought hard for a while, shook her head and said, "I haven't had anything to do with in the past year, but I've seen her go out before." ”

Zhuang Siyan: "Then is there anything wrong with her?" ”

Ping'er nodded slightly, paused for a moment before saying, "The slave didn't pay much attention to it before, but recently I found out that she is not the same as before."

It seems that there are very few words, and I always like to be alone, and when my mother is away, we sometimes play together, but Sister Lanxin never joins us.

Moreover, she sometimes sleeps late at night. ”

Zhuang Siyan asked, "Sleep late?" So what does she do when she doesn't sleep? ”

Ping'er frowned and said, "I don't know, it seems to be sitting all the time, as if there are a lot of things on my mind, sometimes I call her a few times, but I can't hear it." ”

In modern times, this is a manifestation of depression.

But it is both depression and a cause, and she can't be depressed for no reason, and she is followed by two lives, could it be that the three of them were depressed together, and then they committed suicide together?

Zhuang Siyan regretted a little that he hadn't observed Lan Xin well before.

After she came back, she also knew that Lan Xin was wrong, but she always thought that it was because of the dealer's business, and she didn't think about it elsewhere, but she didn't expect this girl to be inexplicably involved with Shou'an Palace.

If Qixiang Palace is called Cold Palace in the entire palace, then Shou'an Palace is the Palace of Death.

There is no need to go in, Zhuang Siyan just thinks about it, and he also knows what the situation is inside.

A group of people who have suffered countless hardships and are now dying of old age, the prosperity and glamour that they once fantasized about are no longer with them.

There is only one path that awaits them, and that is the dark path of death.

It must be full of death, right?

Has Lan Xin ever been in? What will you think when you go in? Or what will someone say to her?

The little palace man in the Internal Affairs Office, did Lan Xin go in first, or did she go in later?

What did she see and hear?

Judging from her form before her death, it seems that when she was alive, she was also very similar to Lan Xin's situation, both of them were withdrawn and unsociable.