Tuoba Chen waited until Lan Ruo's mood calmed down, and then let the palace people walk towards the flower pond in the apse, Lan Ruo likes flowers, especially water lilies, but at this time it has passed the flowering period of water lilies, and the dead branches and leaves have been removed early, leaving only some duckweed floating on the water, Ruyi suddenly said: "Why does the queen's palace raise water lilies?" ”

Tuoba Chen turned around and said, "Why can't you raise water lilies?" ”

He Xi lowered his head in a panic and rebuked in a low voice: "Ruyi, don't talk nonsense-"

Ruyi knelt down on the ground in a panic and said: "It's the slave who lost his words, it's the slave who lost his words-"

Tuoba Yue said: "Is it a rumor about water lilies?" ”

Tuoba Chen was confused when he heard it, Tuoba Yue had no taboos, and said frankly: "Brother Chen knows why Miss Ruyi is so surprised, just because, the water lilies are in the Jiangnan area and even in the southern Xinjiang There is a bad saying——"

Tuoba Chen sighed and said, "What kind of statement? ”

Tuoba Yue walked to the side of the flower pond, looked at it carefully, nodded clearly, pointed to the calm and waveless water surface, and said, "If the younger brother is not mistaken, the water drunk in this flower pond is not living water." ”

Tuoba Chen nodded and said: "Indeed, in the palace, only the pond in the imperial garden drinks living water, and the queen's palace is stagnant water, and because it is stagnant water, it is very suitable for growing water lilies." ”

Tuoba Yue nodded and said: "There is a saying in Southern Xinjiang that water lilies beckon yin spirits are the summons of great evil. ”

He Xi sighed and said: "The concubine didn't know at first, Ruyi didn't choose what to say, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me." ”

Tuoba Chen stood with his hands in his hands, looked at the flower pond on the side, and said: "The queen likes water lilies, especially this extremely precious blue water lily, I have been looking for a long time to find some such varieties, planted in the flower pond in this apse, but I don't want to-"

After a while, he sighed and said, "That's it, let's take me to see the body of the palace maid first." ”

A few people walked towards the pavilion, and when they got closer, they smelled a rancid smell, it was autumn now, and the smell was still so big, apparently because it had been a long time.

Several people stepped into the pavilion, only to see a wet female corpse lying on the ground, the head was gone, one hand was gone, and then, the rest of the body was also crippled, leaving traces of being eaten by fish.

Although He Xi had been prepared for a long time, when she saw such a scene, she was still in a state of distress, and a sour feeling surged in her stomach, she endured it, walked to the side where there was no one, and retched a few times.

The anxiety and irritability in her heart became bigger and bigger, Ruyi followed, took out a small bottle, and shook it under He Xi's nose, the cool mint aroma eased He Xi's tense nerves slightly, she held her chest, gasped a few times, and finally forcibly suppressed the disgusting feeling.

She looked at the two people in the gazebo from a distance, and was reluctant to go in any way.

After a long night's effort, Tuoba Yue and the emperor came out, and when they saw He Xi's face a little pale, Tuoba Yue said unintentionally: "Is your noble body unwell?" ”

He Xi slightly avoided his concerned gaze and said, "Let His Royal Highness King Xian see and smile." ”

Tuoba Chen stepped forward and took her hand and said, "I'm sorry for you, if you are really unwell, go back and rest, and let King Xian deal with this matter." ”

He Xi shook his head slightly and said: "His Royal Highness King Xian is His Majesty's younger brother, but it is inconvenient to walk in the harem, and since the concubine has been entrusted by His Majesty, she can't cause trouble." ”

Several people stood in a wide place, and Fuqing had already brought the imperial doctor to the autopsy.

Looking at the lotus canopies standing in the water in the flower pond, the withered rhizomes don't know why, always making Tuoba Chen feel that it was a hand stretched out from under the flower pond, weird and ugly, and looked at the koi fish in the pond freely.

Originally, they were all extremely peaceful things, but when they thought that when these koi fish sank under the water, they actually fed on human flesh, thinking like this, Tuoba Chen said: "Come on, go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inform them, and let them pull out all the water lilies in this flower pond, and fill in this flower pond." ”

The little eunuch was stunned for a moment, and stammered: "Your Majesty - this is the queen's favorite place - this-"

Tuoba Chen's heart became more and more irritable and said, "What, isn't my words useless?" ”

The little eunuch was flustered in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the slave will do it immediately." As he spoke, he almost ran out with a roll.

At this time, Fuqing walked over, wrapped something in a white cloth in his hand, presented it to Tuoba Chen, and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor has verified that this corpse is indeed the dead palace maid, and the servants have found this on the palace maid's body again." ”

As he spoke, he opened the white cloth, and when he saw the thing, Tuoba Chen was stunned and said, "What is this?" ”

That thing has begun to be plated with a layer of rust because it has been soaked in water for a long time, but it can still be distinguished that it is a small seal, He Xi took a thousand steps, and wanted to reach out and pick it up to observe it carefully, but was stopped by Fuqing and said: "Little master, this thing is a filthy thing found on that corpse, your body is precious and you can't touch it." ”

He Xi shook his head and said to himself, "It's okay-"

Then she took the white cloth and looked at it, it was indeed a small seal, she gently wiped the bottom of the seal, revealing the original handwriting, and saw a complicated symbol engraved on it, He Xi frowned and said: "This seems to be the language of Mobei." ”

Tuoba Yue stepped forward, took the thing and looked at it: "It is indeed Mobei's writing is good, this is the word [Shuo]." He looked at the seal carefully, pointed to one of the very inconspicuous positions, and said, "This is the wolf pattern that symbolizes Mobei." ”

Tuoba Chen didn't say a word, he stared at the seal, as if he knew it, and he didn't seem to know it.

Suddenly, someone shouted at the gazebo: "There is a discovery-"

Fuqing looked at a few people with calm faces, hurriedly walked over, and took the things over, this time it was a tight paper bag wrapped in oil paper, the oil paper was waterproof, and it was so finely wrapped in many layers, even if it was blistered for many days, it did not damage the things inside, Fuqing unfolded layer by layer, only to see that what was hidden inside was a very detailed drawing.

The drawing was nothing else, the seal that had just been discovered.

In the lower right corner of the drawing, there is a person's name seal - Su Bingren, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, Su Bingren.

This time, several people were silent, and the imperial doctors who had been examined also stood aside, and Tuoba Yue smiled and said: "It turns out that our Ministry of Industry has even forged a seal without permission, I don't know what it is for?" ”

What is it for? He Xi lowered his eyes, naturally he wanted to put people to death, and he searched for three things from Mu Wang's Mansion back then, the military deployment map of the Great Calendar, as well as those so-called letters of collaborating with the enemy, and a token, which was these three things, which broke the Mu family.

This seal is Liang Bo and the drawings are Liang Bo's painstaking efforts for several years to find one that can prove the innocence of Mu Wangfu.

She took a deep breath and said, "Fuqing, I asked you to investigate the identity of this woman before, but did you find out?" ”

Fuqing looked at the expressions of several people present, and hurriedly said: "Back to the little master, this woman entered the palace in the thirteenth year of Xinhe, and her father was a craftsman, but when she entered the palace, she had already passed away." And she had been in the flower room before, and then she was transferred to Yiyue Palace to serve. Before the accident, he had been in Yiyue Palace. ”

Tuoba Yue said: "Your Majesty, it is a serious crime to privately control the seals of other countries, and this matter involves Lord Su, so it is not simply a matter of the harem, and the minister is sure that His Majesty will hand over the case to Dali Siqing." ”

Tuoba Chen just stared at the things in front of him, and after a while, he seemed to be a little tired and said: "Just according to what King Xian said, Fuqing, go to Dali Temple Qing to pass the decree, this matter must be investigated clearly." ”

Fu Qingnuo, Tuoba Chen took a deep breath and said: "I'm tired, you should go back and rest early, this matter will be handed over to Dali Siqing in the future." ”

He Xi's goal had been achieved, and he secretly glanced at Tuoba Yue, and said in unison: "Obey." ”

Back in Lingxiu Palace, He Xi looked at Tuoba Lin, and said to Ruyi: "Ruyi, this palace wants to be quiet alone, there is nothing important, don't let people disturb this palace." ”

Ruyi nodded, closed the door of the temple and waited outside.

He Xi turned around and went back to the dormitory, walked to a landscape drawing, gently took down the scroll, and gently pulled open a wooden board, revealing a small hidden grid embedded in the wall.

In the dark grid, there is a wordless spiritual seat, He Xi knelt in front of the spiritual seat, his eyes gradually softened and said: "Father, mother, brother, Xia Dong, Jin'er has come to see you, this day, you must have been waiting for a long, long time, maybe it won't be long before Jin'er can personally engrave your name on the tombstone and engrave it in a dignified manner." ”

As she spoke, tears flowed uncontrollably. It's not sadness, it's joy, it's a sense of relief.

In fact, the corpse of the palace maid was first found by Tuoba Yue in Yiyue Palace, and it was Tuoba Yue who fell on the corpse and sank it under the flower pond, she is not the daughter of a craftsman, but the queen put an eyeliner in Yiyue Palace, but what she has on her body is real.

They spared such a big circle, just to make things bigger, so that Tuoba Chen had to hand over the case to Dali Siqing, and put this old case in front of the people of the world for careful trial.

As for why it was sunk in the flower pond behind the queen's bedroom, instead of in the imperial garden, it was naturally their plan.

She sat quietly on her knees, looking up at the wordless monument in front of her, crying, laughing, expecting, believing, waiting for the day to come.