"Zhou Ying, no matter what, Uncle Changbai must have a reason for giving me the jade carp. You can distrust me, but you can't distrust him. Yi Xuan said gently.

Zhou Ying was a little apprehensive.

"It is better for the Wen family to be the princess of Yu than the people of the Hu family and the Li family. I married him, it was the decision of the Wen family's fathers after deliberation, do you understand? ”

Yi Xuan didn't know how true or false his words were, but in order to envelop Zhou Ying, he had to say so.

Zhou Ying's expression loosened slightly, hesitated for a moment, walked back and sat down, and took a sip of tea.

"What does the princess want me to help with?"

Yi Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled brightly: "It's very simple. There was a murder in the palace, and someone blamed me. The murderer should be someone from the palace, and it is likely that he has escaped from the palace. On the murderer's arm, there was a deep nail mark, and blood was pinched out. With only these clues, can you find people? ”

Zhou Ying nodded very happily: "Enough." ”

"Alright, I'll wait for your news." Yixuan happily sipped tea again and said, "I won't come here in person next time." You asked Xingchun to give the news to Shuang'er, the maid at the door. ”

Song Xingchun, that is, Fang Cai's guy.

Zhou Ying frowned: "How do you know Xingchun's name?" ”

Yi Xuan was stunned for a moment, and her eyes drifted wildly: "Naturally, my aunt told me." ”

Zhou Ying looked at Yixuan very dissatisfied. He felt that there was nothing special about this girl, so why could he let Lord Wen take a fancy to her and tell her all this important information.

Forget it, since he is the person that Lord Wen looks down on, he has nothing to complain about.

After explaining the matter, Yixuan didn't stay long, and went back to the house directly.

She was a little excited. At the beginning, because Zhou Ying was her relative, she asked Zhou Ying to obey her directly, without letting Wei Xiang interfere. So Wei Xiang knew that there was such a line as Zhou Ying, but he didn't know how Zhou Ying and the others connected with her. It is precisely because of this that Zhou Ying and they were not killed.

She was in a good mood and returned to the palace, only to find that Cuiwei Courtyard had already opened up.

The people in the courtyard were crowded together, and the inner and outer three floors were gathered around to watch the excitement, and when they saw the princess coming, they consciously got out of the way.

Hu Qingyun turned out to be here.

Seeing this woman, Yixuan immediately became alert and walked forward quickly.

"Why are you here?" Yi Xuan narrowed her eyes and asked unceremoniously.

Hu Qingyun smiled, "I heard that something happened in Cuiwei Courtyard, and the concubine came over to take a look." ”

"What's the matter?" Yixuan looked at Xiangyun.

"Back to the princess. The slave found this in the herb's house. Xiangyun held a small porcelain bottle in his palm, "The doctor came to check, this is arsenic." ”

"Slaves don't! It's not a slave thing! Vanilla cried like a tearful child, kneeled to Yixuan's feet, and cried to defend herself: "It is impossible for a slave to do such a thing!" Slaves and maids have never seen anything like this! Ask the princess to be the master of the slaves! ”

Xiangyun pointed to Vanilla and said excitedly: "Vanilla, you must speak and act according to your conscience." Didn't I find it out of your box, could it be that I framed you? What reason do I have to frame you? You'd better tell the truth, why did you kill the dealer's mother and son? ”

Vanilla shook her head with tears in her eyes, unable to say a word.

Yi Xuan looked at the situation of these two people, and no one looked like they were lying. The poison is definitely not under the herb, and the medicine bottle is not planted by Xiangyun, so there is only one possibility, that is, someone sneaks into the herb's house and puts the medicine bottle in the herb's house.

Yixuan glanced at Hu Qingyun.

Hu Qingyun covered his mouth and coughed, "Did the princess see it?" The concubine said a long time ago that although it was not the herb poisoning, this matter had nothing to do with her, and she must have conspired with the murderer to kill the mother and son of the Zhuang family. It's just vanilla, why do you want to do this? ”

"The slave really doesn't have ......," Vanilla cried in fright.

Hu Qingyun raised his face, his gaze brushed lightly over the begonias in the garden, the corners of his mouth were flat, and his face, which was still staring at a gentle smile, suddenly became cold.

"The matter has come to this point, and you can't deny it, come on, bring the herbs down for trial."

It's about bending into a trick.

The two mothers-in-law behind Hu Qingyun stepped forward, and the fierce gods were about to grab the herbs. Yi Xuan looked at this farce with an expressionless face, and she was tired enough.

Take people in front of her, when she is dead?

"Who dare?"

She threw out a sentence coldly.

The two mothers-in-law hesitated.

Seeing that the princess was willing to save her, Vanilla immediately hid behind the princess, trembling.

"The people in the courtyard of the main palace, the main palace will discipline itself. Concubine Hu didn't have to interfere. The palace remembers that Concubine Hu has no right to manage the affairs of Cuiwei Courtyard, has Concubine Hu forgotten? ”

Although Hu Qingyun is in charge of the palace's back house, Cuiwei Courtyard is taken care of by Cao Jun, and Hu Qingyun has no right to interfere.

However, Concubine Hu smiled lightly: "It's not that the girl in Cuiwei Courtyard has broken the rules, and the princess is good for training, but this girl has poisoned people, and people's lives are at stake, and it is the ordinary people outside who are dying, and the concubine can naturally manage it." And if this matter is not dealt with in time, it will inevitably endanger the reputation of the prince, and outsiders only regard the palace as a place where the king is bullying and has no royal law. ”

Hu Qingyun's big hat is buttoned down, and Yixuan has to be put away, and if he doesn't let it go, he has to let it go.

Yi Xuan snorted coldly: "This palace thinks that this arsenic is definitely not vanilla." ”

"How so?"

Yi Xuan looked around at everyone: "If the palace sends other people to guard the firewood room today, I am afraid that this bottle of arsenic will also appear in other people's rooms accurately." In such a big place as Cuiwei Courtyard, there are a lot of people, and it is not easy to take advantage of the chaos to come in and put something? This palace asks you, what suspicious characters can you see in Cuiwei Courtyard today? ”

The maids and mothers-in-law in Cuiwei Courtyard are all carefully selected by Cao Jun, and there will never be a problem, then it can only be someone who comes in from outside.

Hu Qingyun's face was slightly gloomy.

The crowd of onlookers whispered, and after a while, a childish voice came out and said, "Princess, I saw it." ”

Yixuan's eyes were happy, and he hurriedly said, "Come out and speak." ”

What came out was a ten-year-old girl, who timidly hid beside Yixuan. Yixuan touched her head and encouraged: "If you see something, say it, don't be afraid." ”

The little maid nodded and said, "I saw a sister, I don't recognize her, anyway, she is not from Cuiwei Courtyard, and she sneaked into Sister Vanilla's house." I was hiding to the side, and when I saw her go in, I came out very quickly, and then I left through the West Corner Gate. ”

After hearing this, everyone booed, and it seemed that Vanilla had really been wronged.

Hu Qingyun smiled, but his eyes glared at the little maid fiercely, "If you think about it carefully, are you dreaming?" ”

"It's not!" The little maid's voice was very loud, "I see it clearly." ”

Hu Qingyun was still about to speak, but Yi Xuan had already interrupted her: "Concubine Hu, the top priority is not to arrest the person who planted the spost?" ”

Hu Qingyun said lightly: "What this little girl said may not be the truth. ”

As soon as the words fell, a woman in the crowd spoke: "The slave maid is guarding the West Corner Gate, and I did see a maid with a raw face walking out." ”

Yi Xuan smiled, looking at Hu Qingyun's uncertain face, she felt very relieved.

"What's your name?" Yi Xuan patted the little girl.

The little maid behaved in a proper manner, and said: "The slave maid is called Caiji." ”

That's a good name.

Yi Xuan said: "It's better to let Caiji and the janitor recognize people separately, if they recognize the same, it means that they are telling the truth." She lowered her head in thought, and said, "Since Concubine Hu is so concerned about the death of the Zhuang family's mother and son, let's start with Zhilan Courtyard." ”

Hu Qingyun's hand hidden under his sleeve slowly clenched into a fist, and he looked at Yixuan for a while before he smiled: "Why do you have to make such a big fanfare? It's not a glorious thing. Since the vanilla girl is wronged, forget it. ”

The corners of Yixuan's mouth twitched, and they all sneered: "Isn't it Concubine Hu who made a big fuss first?" ”

Everyone looked at Concubine Hu one after another, wondering if she was weak-hearted.

"But-" Yi Xuan's words changed, "as long as it has nothing to do with Cuiwei Courtyard, this palace has no intention of caring about it." Concubine Hu, please go back. ”

“……”

The princess didn't pursue it?

If the investigation continues, the murderer may be found, and everyone is waiting with their eyes wide open. No matter how bad it is, Concubine Hu wronged the princess's maid, why should the princess reprimand a few words, why is there only a fluttering "please go back"?

It's so disappointing.

Hu Qingyun couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

At the end, she smiled and said, "Sure enough, the princess is still reasonable and generous." The concubine didn't bother the princess, so she said goodbye. ”

Today was a last resort, but I didn't expect the princess to return home so early. Otherwise, she will definitely take Vanilla away and force Vanilla to present a confession. At that time, the death of the mother and son of the Zhuang family will be inseparable from the princess.

She knew that a confession could not shake the status of the princess. But at least, the death of Zhuang's mother Zhuang Liu has nothing to do with her. She just gave the princess a blow by the way. If she can't hit a blow, she naturally has other ways to push the death of these two people onto others.

Hu Qingyun left generously. As soon as she left, Yixuan ordered the door to be closed.

"Vanilla, Xiangyun, come in with the main palace." Yi Xuan said.

The two didn't dare to delay, hurriedly entered the house, and knelt down together.

"Do you know what you're doing wrong?"

Xiangyun spoke first: "The slave maid found the bottle, it shouldn't be publicized, it should wait for the princess to come back and make the decision." ”

She is also eager to make meritorious contributions, and wants to find out everything before the princess comes back, so that the princess will definitely feel that she is reliable and trust her more in the future......

Who knew that things were all messed up by Concubine Hu!

Yixuan took a sip of tea to moisten her throat, put her arms on the desk, her posture was slightly slanted, and she said with her eyes fragrant: "You are wrong in your self-righteousness." ”

Xiangyun's heart jumped.

"What did Hongu tell you? If there is any suspicious person or suspicious thing, if there is, come and tell Hongu. You saw the bottle and thought the vanilla was poisoned, right? But even if the vanilla is poisoned, you can only pretend not to know in front of outsiders. Because of the vanilla accident, it was the main palace that was involved. ”

Xiangyun Daigo was empowered, and kowtowed again and again: "It's the slave and the maid who are stupid, and the slave and the maid are bold and reckless!" begged the princess to spare the slave and maid this time, the slave and maid did not dare again! ”