Xiao Cui's work efficiency is really high, I just sent the prince away the next morning, and before dawn, she had already brought Xie Jiu's personal maid Xiao Tao.

It seems that she has already contacted people last night, but I'm afraid that some of the gifts have already been sent out, otherwise Xiao Tao wouldn't have come with her so early.

However, the morning is not the best time to engage in conspiracy activities, shouldn't this kind of thing take advantage of the "dark moon and high wind and high night"?

I said to Xiao Tao, "What should I do if my master can't find anyone when he gets up?" "I don't want to startle the snake until it's done.

Xiao Tao knelt down and replied: "Back to the crown princess, Liangdi has been bedridden for the past two days because of a miscarriage, and even if she usually doesn't get up so early." ”

I looked at the sky outside and said, "Also, most people don't get up so early." Presumably you're still sleeping at this time, but you've worked hard today, and these rewards are for you. "I grabbed a handful from the box that Xiao Cui brought and asked Xiao Cui to take it to her. I don't know what it is, anyway, the golden wall is brilliant, either gold or jade, or jade agate.

Xiao Tao's eyes were about to shook, and she stretched out her hand and wanted to take it but didn't dare to take it, and just said in her mouth: "These are too valuable, and the slave and maid don't dare to accept it." ”

I smiled and said, "Then you will make meritorious service." Besides, what are these things, as long as you help the palace clear up your grievances, the palace will not only reward you heavily, but also when the palace maids are released in the palace next year, the palace will also write your name on the roster of the East Palace, so that you can return to your hometown with treasures and fine clothes, and go back to marry well. ”

When Xiao Tao heard this, she immediately knelt down and thanked her: "If the crown princess can let Xiao Tao return to her hometown, it will be Xiao Tao's reborn parents." After Xiao Tao goes back, she must set up an immortal tablet for the princess at home, three incense sticks a day, and worship it all year round. ”

I couldn't help but ask with pity: "When you entered the palace, you didn't want to, right?" "There are many palace maids in the palace who have been forcibly recruited, otherwise, who wants to send their daughter into the palace to be lonely for a lifetime, and their flesh and blood will be separated.

"Don't hide it from the princess, the slave is really unwilling. When the slave maid was at home, she already had a very good fiancé, and she had been engaged for two years, and she planned to marry in half a year. However, the emperor suddenly issued an order to 'prohibit the world from marrying', and asked girls of the right age to register for the register. Those who have money take the money to bribe the people above, or hide their age, or lie about being married. The slave and maid were poor and had no money to bribe, so they had to report it truthfully, and as a result, they were selected. The slave maid entered the palace at the age of fourteen, and it has been 5 years since then, and the fiancé in the family must have already married another person, and the slave maid did not dare to think about this marriage. But if the princess can be gracious, so that the slave and maid can return to their hometown, serve their parents, and accept the joy, the slave and maid are willing to be cattle and horses, and serve the princess. ”

"This palace doesn't want you to be a cow or a horse, as long as you tell the truth about Xie Liangdi's miscarriage. When you spoke, Xiaocui recorded it on the side, and after the record was made, you signed and drew it. In the future, the queen will personally summon you for interrogation, and you will report to the queen like this, okay? ”

"Okay, as long as the crown princess is willing to let the slaves and maids return to their hometowns, they can do whatever they want."

It seems that the allure of gold and silver treasures is far less than the temptation to return to their hometowns, and I have lost the bait right.

"Okay, then Bengong asks you, how did Xie Liangdi miscarry?"

"She fell and fell on her own."

"Where did you fall?"

"When I came back from the queen mother yesterday, I slipped on the slope behind Qingyi Palace, and we didn't hold it at once, and rolled underneath. At that time, there was nothing, but after a while of coming back, I saw red, and by the time the doctor arrived, the child could not be saved. ”

"It turned out to be a fall. It's also a shame that she will make a fuss about this lost child, and take the opportunity to blame me. ”

Xiao Tao said a little puzzled: "Actually, when Liangdi first asked the slave maid to repay the queen, she didn't mention the crown princess, nor did she mention any witch doll. Later, for some reason, the queen came, and her words all changed, and the slave maid was stunned when she heard it next to her. ”

Sure enough, there was someone else behind Xie Jiu who manipulated him. During the time when Xiao Tao was ordered to inform the queen, the master appeared, not only instructed Xie Jiu to release the puppet, but also taught her all the rhetoric.

And who this master is, I can't ask Xiao Tao, because she wasn't there at the time.

So I asked her another question: "Who put the puppet in it?" ”

"It's the person next to the mother."

"Who?"

"I know."

Xiao Cui and I are almost all gone, Xiaozhi? It can't be, such an innocent little girl, she's only 15 years old this year.

Seeing our disbelief, Xiao Tao smiled and said, "Niangniang may not know, Xiao Zhi and our Liangdi are fellow villagers, and in other words, Liangdi is still Xiao Zhi's distant cousin." ”

Xiao Cui suddenly sounded something, and said angrily: "Miss, the crickets were leaked out last time, and most of them were Xiao Zhi's troublemakers." “

I nodded, yes, I was still more wary of other older palace maids, but this little girl was young, she was only 13 years old at that time, and I only thought she was a child. Unexpectedly, the most naïve is the most terrifying.

So, the one who eavesdropped outside the window last night was really Xiaozhi? Could it be that she likes the prince, so she wants to use Xie Jiu's power to gain favor? Or, Xie Jiu took advantage of her girlish feelings and secret desires, and promised her something, so that she did not hesitate to take risks?

I said with emotion: "This little acquaintance usually likes to wander around, I always thought she just loved to play, but in fact, most of the time she went to you, right?" Did she tell her cousin everything about our side? “

"Back to the crown princess, yes."

I sighed again, "There is still a little doubt in this palace, Xie Jiu only had a miscarriage yesterday afternoon, she is a woman who lives in the deep palace, where can she find a puppet with a charm and a needle to marry me?" “

Xiao Tao replied, "She made that puppet a long time ago." ”

I was shocked, "Could it be that she planned this thing a long time ago?" So you made a doll in advance? ””

"This slave doesn't know. The slave maid only knew that the puppet was sewn by herself, and the slave maid did not know where she put it after it was done. However, according to the slave's guess, this should have been done to curse the crown princess, and it could also be the name of the crown princess. It came in handy today, so it was changed to her own name. ”

I see! The person who gave her advice was really smart, and even the props could be used locally to turn waste into treasure.