Chapter 235: The Empress Visits
But now is not the time to sigh, Chi Jingyu raised his hand and wiped the fine sweat from Bai Wushuang's forehead with his sleeve.
After the examination, Bai Wushuang used a needle and thread to re-stitch Tingye's corpse, covered it with a white cloth and went out with Chi Jingyu, the smell of blood on his hands was a little heavy, and the two went to the imperial dining room, the closest place from here, and borrowed the ground to wash their hands.
Bai Wushuang also sighed at how a person who parked a corpse and a cook could be so close.
After working hard for a while, Bai Wushuang still gained something today, except that he was almost taken to Dali Temple.
Thinking of what he promised Fu Wenxi before, Bai Wushuang felt that he had already come to the palace, it was better to investigate, it just so happened that Tingye was still Fu Xingyi's palace maid, maybe there would be something to gain during the period.
"Jingyu, do you know where the worship room in the palace is?" Bai Wushuang thought about his previous life, when he occasionally watched TV and watched costume dramas, he would see that every time the emperor wanted to decide which concubine to come to bed, it was the people in the respectful room who did it.
If I'm not mistaken, this should be the case here.
"What are you doing here?" Chi Jingyu shook his head, he knew what the place was, but he didn't know where it was in the palace.
"I want to check on Fu Wenxi's sister's matter, Tingye was originally his sister's palace maid, I think if I find out, maybe there will be some clues about Tingye." Bai Wushuang put her hands around her chest, if Chi Jingyu didn't know where the Jingshifang was, then she might as well ask the people in this palace.
She asked Chi Jingyu to wait for her in the same place, turned around and ran back to the imperial dining room, grabbed a little palace maid casually, and asked the location of the worship room.
Because the two of them were ordered to investigate the cause of Tingye's death, they also got the privilege given by the emperor to walk freely in the palace.
After getting the address, Bai Wushuang resolutely pulled Chi Jingyu like a respectful room.
The records in the worship room are all the concubines of the emperor's servants, so as long as Fu Wenxi's sister has served her bed, it is impossible to do without her clues.
After arriving at the respectful room, Bai Wushuang found the steward Decai, and after explaining his intentions to others, he asked, "Father-in-law De, I want to ask, do you know that there is a concubine named Fu Xingyi in the harem." ”
"Fu Xingyi?" Decai repeated the name in his mouth, trying to search for the name in his mind, as if he had thought of something, turned around and went into the room, took out a wooden sign and handed it to Bai Wushuang: "Madam, look, isn't this it?" ”
"What is this?" Bai Wushuang looked at the three words engraved on the wooden card, it was Fu Xingyi. The last name has changed, but the first name has not changed.
"This is the brand of the barley, but after the barley nobleman died, this brand has never been taken out again." Decai has been here for a long time, and when he mentions the barley, he looks sorry.
Bai Wushuang saw that Decai clearly knew Fu Xingyi, so he asked, "Do you know Father-in-law?" ”
"Noble barley, I changed my name to Fu after entering the palace." Xiao Dezi nodded, falling into the memory.
At that time, when the nobleman entered the palace, because of the beauty of his birth, he received the favor of the emperor, and he was promoted as a nobleman as soon as he came.
Among the concubines who came in, she was the most favored.
He still remembered that at that time, the emperor would definitely turn over her brand at night, so for a while, the barley nobles became the object of envy of everyone in the entire harem.
It's a pity that I don't know why, but the barley nobleman was beaten into the cold palace because of poor service, and finally died of illness in the deep palace.
After listening to what Decai said, he apologized and said goodbye.
After there was news about Fu Xingyi's matter, Bai Wushuang thought about telling Fu Wenxi and letting him know the truth of the matter, so he went to the prison after leaving the palace.
When I arrived in prison, I saw Fu Wenxi and found that he looked a little haggard at this moment.
Fu Wenxi sat in the prison and held the straw on the ground boredly, saw Bai Wushuang and Chi Jingyu coming to see him in the prison, got up and put his hands on the prison door and said, "Wushuang, General Chi, are you all right?" ”
Fu Wenxi was also stunned when he was arrested, he thought that he was arrested because he entered the palace without permission and was discovered and arrested by others.
I was afraid that I would burden the two of them, and I was relieved to see the two of them appear in front of me safely.
"We're fine, now that Tingye is dead, I will definitely find out the truth of the matter and give you a clean slate." Looking at Fu Wenxi's appearance, he didn't know why he was arrested.
Chi Jingyu stared at the two of them on the side, and although they were separated by a layer of prison doors, Chi Jingyu still didn't worry about Fu Wenxi.
"Tingye is dead? How so? For this news, Fu Wenxi was not only shocked by the accident, but also a little sad.
Tingye is his sister's only clue, and now that even she is dead, it will be even more difficult for him to investigate again.
Seeing that Fu Wenxi's expression was a little lost, Bai Wushuang also knew why he was lost, and explained: "I have already found out about your sister, she changed her surname to Fu after entering the palace, which is also the reason why we couldn't find out her existence before." ”
"Really? What did you find? As soon as Fu Wenxi heard Bai Wushuang say that there was a clue about his sister, he raised his head and looked at Bai Wushuang again, as if to confirm whether it was true or false.
Bai Wushuang nodded: "We went to the Jingshifang and learned that your sister died of illness because she was beaten into the cold palace. ”
"Impossible, impossible, my sister died so miserably, how could it be that she died of illness?" Hearing the news, Fu Wenxi's eyes widened wide, indicating that he didn't want to believe the news, and he grabbed Bai Wushuang's wrist excitedly: "Wushuang, I ask you to help me check it again, my sister really can't be that simple, I beg you, I can't help it here now, I can only ask you." ”
was grabbed by Fu Wenxi's wrist violently, Bai Wushuang was a little frightened, Chi Jingyu pinched Fu Wenxi's wrist with an unhappy face and forced him to let go of her hand.
Bai Wushuang rubbed his wrist that was scratched and hurt, and sighed: "Okay, I promise you." ”
"Thank you, Wushuang, I will repay you well when I come out." Forced to let go of Bai Wushuang's hand, Fu Wenxi also regained his senses, and his eyes were full of guilt when he looked at Bai Wushuang.
They came in to see Fu Wenxi just to tell him about it, after all, both of them were embarrassed now, so they couldn't stay in prison for too long.
After finishing business, Bai Wushuang and Chi Jingyu said goodbye and went back.
Along the way, Chi Jingyu didn't say a word, his expression was tense, and he just walked forward.
Bai Wushuang noticed that something was wrong, grabbed his arm, and stopped: "Are you angry? ”
"Nope." Avoiding Bai Wushuang's eyes looking at him, Chi Jingyu denied it.
"You have." Bai Wushuang sighed, this person was really quick to deny it every time he asked him when he was angry.
I've known him for so long, I've lived for so long, how can I not know him.
With his mouth open, she knew what he was going to say.
Chi Jingyu looked at Bai Wushuang, a trace of undercurrent flashed in his eyes, he raised his hand to pick up the person's little hand, and looked at the red place on her wrist full of distress: "Yes, I'm angry, you see that your hands are pinched red, don't you know what hurt?" ”
Bai Wushuang's heart was simply moved by Chi Jingyu, he would feel sorry for her for this little thing, and he also knew that Chi Jingyu had always been unhappy with Fu Wenxi, because he had never let go of Fu Wenxi's confession last time.
So when she decided to help Fu Wenxi, he didn't agree.
Standing on tiptoe and kissing him on the cheek, he quickly turned his face away: "Well, it doesn't hurt now." ”
The slightly cool touch on his face came, and it reached the bottom of Chi Jingyu's heart, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he took Bai Wushuang's hand and walked towards his mansion.
Bai Wushuang, who was following behind, also smiled like a spring breeze, as if all the previous troubles no longer existed.
Although the existence of Fu Xingyi was found in the Jingshi room, the result was not as simple as imagined, and there was no clue about Tingye's death, so he had to send someone to continue to investigate.
After a few days of waiting, this matter finally has some eyebrows.
When the barley nobles entered the palace, they used to compete with the queen for favor and for a period of time they were incompatible.
After thinking about it, I had to confirm it myself, so I immediately set off for the palace.
After entering the palace, when he came to Yikun Palace, Linghe stopped Bai Wushuang and said, "Mrs. Chi, the queen mother is in poor health, and she will not meet anyone for the time being." ”
Bai Wushuang recognized Linghe, and he had no doubts about Linghe's words.
I can only say that today is not a coincidence, and I didn't catch up with the right time.
"Then the troublesome Linghe girl waited for the mother to wake up, and told her that I had been here." Bai Wushuang smiled at the Spirit Crane, and then turned to leave.
I went out today and didn't see anyone, so I had to come back another day.
As a result, the next day, when Bai Wushuang was still struggling with whether to go to the palace again, the queen actually came to visit the general's mansion in person.
Bai Wushuang hurriedly got up and personally went to the door to welcome the queen in, and asked people to prepare pastries and entertain her with the best tea.
"Yesterday, I was not well, so I lay down on the couch to rest, and it was after I woke up that Linghe told me that you came to the palace, and I was idle today, so I just came to see you." The queen only brought Linghe out of the palace today, because of Yun Qifei's relationship, so she was also more intimate with Bai Wushuang.
When I woke up yesterday, I heard Linghe say that Bai Wushuang had come.
I don't know what she is looking for herself, so I went out of the palace today and came to the General's Mansion to find her.
"Queen Mother, I came to the palace yesterday to ask you, who did Tingye have some contact with in the palace before his death?" Bai Wushuang didn't study much about the truth or falsehood of what the queen said, and there was only Linghe alone in the hall besides the two of them.
Linghe is the queen's person, so there is no need to be taboo.
As if he expected that Bai Wushuang was looking for her to ask about this matter, he didn't have a surprised expression at all: "I came here today to tell you some inside information about this matter." ”
Originally, because Bai Wushuang and Chi Jingyu were both Fei'er who supported her, she helped to pay attention to Tingye's affairs.