Wei Qingqing listened to Xue Kite's words and did not put down the album in his hand, but sped up his movements and kept sniffing every painting in the album with his nose...... Gradually, her expression became a little solemn.

After Wei Qingqing carefully smelled a few albums, she quickly came to a conclusion in her heart, "I found that the ink fragrance on the album is a little different!" ”

"Moxiang?" Ji Li walked quickly to the bookcase as he spoke.

Wei Qingqing had already divided the picture album on the bookcase into two stacks, one with more and one with less.

She motioned for Ji Li to take one from each of the two stacks of albums and smell the ink on it, "You smell and see if the smell of the ink used to paint on the two stacks of albums is different!" ”

Ji Li sent the albums to his nose separately, sniffed them lightly and quickly nodded and said: "Well, the ink on the top of this album has a faint fragrance of brain musk in addition to the fragrance of ink, and the one only has the fragrance of ordinary ink." ”

He paused as he spoke, and quickly added, "The ink used in places such as Tai Hospital and Ruyi Hall is 'oil smoke ink', that is, 'second-class ink'." ”

"Oily smoke ink is the most common ink in my dynasty, which is generally made of vegetable oily smoke, and added kraft glue, pearls, ice skin and a small amount of musk and other raw materials, the finished product is moist and bright, and the ink fragrance is refreshing."

"The first-class ink that is one grade higher than the oil smoke ink is the tribute ink, and the materials used in the tribute ink are more precious, and the musk will be replaced by the more precious brain musk, and the amount will be increased;"

"Pearls will also be changed to high-grade southern pearls; In addition, some gold leaf ink will be added, and the finished product is more delicate and precious than ordinary oil smoke ink. ”

"Different ink aromas are the biggest difference between first-class ink and second-class ink, second-class ink only adds a small amount of musk, so the musk flavor is almost covered by other flavors, and the final product only has a faint ink fragrance;"

"And the first-class ink adds a large number of brain musk deer, and the final product will have a faint brain musk fragrance in addition to the ink fragrance."

Hearing this, Wei Qingqing followed Ji Li's words and said: "In other words, the ink supplied to the Ruyi Pavilion in the palace is not this kind of first-class ink with a faint aroma of brain musk, right?" ”

"That's right!" Ji Li raised his eyes as he spoke, glanced at Wei Qingqing, and said the inference in each other's hearts, "Someone changed the ink of the Ruyi Pavilion!" ”

Wei Qingqing bowed slightly, and then handed the album with a faint fragrance to Ji Li, "Since someone has painstakingly changed the ink of the Ruyi Pavilion, then there must be something wrong with this ink, you can take the album back to the Tai Hospital, and find out what is mixed in this ink!" ”

Ji Li just relied on hearing at the moment, and he couldn't tell what was happening in this ink for a while, so he could only take Wei Qingqing's suggestion and bring the album back to the Tai Hospital for careful study.

Wei Qingqing decided to take a two-pronged approach, so as soon as Ji Li left, she ordered someone to invite Zhang Painter, who was specially designed to draw a small album for her in the Ruyi Museum.

After Painter Zhang arrived at the Flying Frost Pavilion, Wei Qingqing didn't say much, and only threw two albums with different grindings to him, "You and carefully identify that this album was painted by your own hands." ”

Painter Zhang opened the album and quickly scanned it, and quickly gave a positive answer, "This album is indeed painted by a lower official, but it is just a ......."

"Just what?" Wei Qingqing asked while staring intently at Painter Zhang.

"It's just that this ink is not the ink that Ruyi Pavilion is used to," Zhang said with a slight blush, and his tone was also very ashamed, "Xia Guan was too focused when painting this album, and he forgot himself for a while, and he didn't find out that the ink was wrong in time, so I was really ashamed!" ”

Painter Zhang was so outspoken, and he also took the responsibility on himself, thinking that he didn't know that there was a problem with this ink...... This made Wei Qingqing slightly dispel his suspicions.

After all, if he was the one who was working on the ink, he should have said that he didn't know at this moment.

Wei Qingqing had already discovered that the albums that used high-quality ink were all albums that had only been sent in the last three days, so she deduced that the people behind the scenes had done their work in the past three days.

She thought for a moment, and quickly asked Painter Zhang, "In the last few days, especially in the last three days, has anything unusual happened in the Ruyi Pavilion?" ”

Painter Zhang tilted his head slightly and thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"So who has been to the Ruyi Pavilion in the last three days? Especially among the people who have been to your studio, are there people who have never been to it on a daily basis? Wei Qingqing asked reluctantly.

"There are a lot of people coming and going in the Xiaguan Studio, but most of them are people who walk in the Ruyi Museum on weekdays...... By the way, there's one person who hasn't been here before! ”

Halfway through his recollection, Painter Zhang's face suddenly became happy and remembered a person, "Qiushui, the big palace maid next to Concubine Chen, once went to the Ruyi Pavilion to find the lower official, saying that the concubine Niangniang heard that the lower official was good at painting small portraits, and wanted to invite the lower official to invite the Moon Pavilion to paint a small portrait for the concubine Niangniang!" ”

"Concubine Chen......" Wei Qingqing gently repeated these three words, and the suspicion of Concubine Chen gradually increased in her heart - could it really be Concubine Chen's hands and feet?

After Wei Qingqing asked Painter Zhang a few more questions, he was almost certain in his heart that Qiushui secretly changed Painter Zhang's ink!

It's just that she needs more conclusive evidence.

After Wei Qingqing's mind was tossed, she quietly found Mama Liu next to the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, and asked her to follow the clue of Qiushui to check down, and it was best to find out what kind of ink Concubine Chen used to write and paint.

Mama Liu is the most powerful person next to the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan, and over the years, she has helped the Empress Dowager Xiaoduan investigate the turbulent lawsuits in the harem, and soon found a lot of things along the clues provided by Wei Qingqing.

"Concubine Chen has always liked to be top-notch in everything, and everything must be unique, so she uses the most precious and luxurious tribute ink for writing and painting on weekdays."

Mama Liu not only found out what kind of ink Concubine Chen used on weekdays, but also managed to get a small piece of that ink.

She handed the tribute ink used by Concubine Chen to Wei Qingqing and said, "This is the tribute ink used by Concubine Chen on weekdays." ”

Wei Qingqing put the piece of ink under her nose and sniffed it lightly, and sure enough, she smelled a familiar smell - this is the smell of the ink that Zhang Painter has replaced!

In order to be safe, Wei Qingqing pointed to the ink block and asked Mama Liu, "Is there anyone else in the palace who uses this kind of tribute ink?" ”

Mama Liu has always been thoughtful, and she has already found out these related questions clearly, and as soon as Wei Qingqing asked her, she gave the answer without thinking, "Only Concubine Chen in the palace uses this kind of tribute ink." ”

Wei Qingqing asked again: "What about the emperor?" Doesn't he need to pay tribute? ”

"The emperor naturally also uses tribute ink, but the emperor uses better tribute ink, which is completely different from the one used by Concubine Chen." Mama Liu replied with a smile.

In other words, this tribute in Wei Qingqing's hand is only in the hands of Concubine Chen in the entire palace...... This can be regarded as ironclad evidence!