Xiao Jin bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

As he was talking, the eunuch bent over and walked over, followed by two eunuchs carrying a wooden board, which was covered with a red cloth, and then a trembling palace maid also came in, she knelt on the ground and trembled: "The slave is wronged, the emperor, the slave is wronged." ”

The emperor turned around and sat on the dragon chair, raised his hand to signal Xiao Jin and them to take a seat, and then his voice was cold: "Tell me the ins and outs." ”

The palace maid took a breath and said: "The slave went to dress up the mother as usual today, but when she went in to wake up the mother, she couldn't wake up, and the slave felt different, so she dared to test the pulse of the mother, who knows the mother's ...... Your Majesty, the emperor really doesn't care about slaves, please spare your life. ”

The emperor turned his head to look at Ji Qingyi, and the wrench on the thumb of his index finger Mosuo: "Ji Qingyi, what do you think?" ”

Ji Qingyi glanced at the palace maid, lowered her head and walked in front of the white cloth, turned around and asked, "I wonder if the maiden can examine the body of the noble concubine?" ”

The emperor raised his hand and said, "You are free." ”

Ji Qingyi squatted down and lifted the white cloth on the gorgeous concubine, this gorgeous concubine's eyes were closed, her face was as usual, if she hadn't been told that she was dead, she really couldn't see that she was a dead person now. Ji Qingyi opened the eyelids of Hua Gui Concubine, the pupils inside had been dilated for a long time, and she broke her mouth and looked at the color in her mouth, the tongue coating was seriously white, Ji Qingyi raised her head and asked the eunuch: "This father-in-law, has Hua Gui Concubine not asked for an autopsy?" ”

The eunuch nodded and said, "No, this hasn't had time to perform an autopsy yet." ”

Ji Qingyi bowed her head, looked down at the clothes on her body, and found that there were some silver silk threads in them, she turned her head and asked Xiao Jindao, "Is there a silver thread in my clothes?" ”

Xiao Jin nodded, Ji Qingyi looked at it and asked, "Is it sterling silver?" ”

Xiao Ling rolled his eyes and said: "Make clothes for you, the princess of Jin, we can still get the silver thread of the Jin Palace, don't talk so much, don't hurry up and investigate the case." ”

Ji Qingyi was too lazy to take care of her, and suddenly hissed off a piece of cloth from the robe on her body, and as soon as she finished this action, Xiao Ling stood up and said, "Send Qingyi!" What are you doing! ”

Ji Qingyi glanced at her lightly and said, "The brain is a good thing, I hope you have it too." ”

"You!" As soon as Xiao Ling wanted to step forward, he was glanced back by the emperor's scheming eyes.

Ji Qingyi took out a silver wire from the torn off piece of robe, and then put the silver wire into the mouth of the gorgeous concubine, and when she took it out to see, the silver wire did not change in any way, Ji Qingyi took off a hairpin from her head, and then looked up and asked Xiao Jindao: "Is this a sterling silver?" ”

Xiao Jin nodded, and Ji Qingyi stroked the emperor again: "Back to Your Majesty, there is no sign of poisoning on the surface of the noble concubine, and the people need to use a silver needle to test the poison now, can you please ask Your Majesty to find a silver needle." ”

As soon as Jie Qingyi's words fell, the emperor said to the eunuch: "Gao Yao, you go and get the silver needle." ”

"Huh."

As soon as this father-in-law Gao left, Xiao Ling asked, "Didn't you want to use this hairpin to test the poison just now?" ”

Ji Qingyi glanced at her like an idiot, and said, "The hairpin is so thick, do you want a hole to be poked in the body of the noble concubine?" ”

Xiao Ling said indignantly: "Then why did you just ask your brother if the hairpin is silver?" ”

Ji Qingyi raised his eyebrows and said, "I said a word, does it have to be useful?" People are going to talk nonsense. ”

"You man!" Xiao Ling has already been sent to Qingyi to be extremely angry, but he thinks that the emperor is here, and he doesn't dare to attack.

Isn't this just saying, Gao Gonggong walked over with a silver needle, Ji Qingyi took the silver needle, and pierced it in the stomach of the noble concubine, and when he pulled it out, he saw that the silver needle was still not discolored.

Ji Qingyi stared at the silver needle and muttered, "There's nothing wrong, there's no poisoning."

She walked up to the palace maid and asked, "When did Concubine Hua rest last night?"

The palace maid was trembling all over, and when she heard this, she said: "Niangniang went to bed early last night, and lay down when she was young."

Ji Qingyi asked again: "What is abnormal about the Hua Guifei these days?"

The palace maid lowered her head and said: "No, the mother has been very good these days, and yesterday I asked the slave to go to the Internal Affairs Office to get cherries to eat."

"Do you have anyone on duty at night?"

The palace maid said: "There are guards, but they are on duty in shifts, and there is only a time difference in between."

Ji Qingyi nodded, turned to the emperor and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Hua died of an overdose of narcotic drugs, and now her body has lost all her abilities, and she has been dead for four hours."

"Narcotic drugs?" Xiao Ling interjected on the side: "Narcotic drugs can also cause death?"

Ji Qingyi nodded, and handed the silver needle to Gonggong Gao: "An appropriate amount of anesthetic is nothing, but if you take more, it will hinder the normal operation of human organs and paralyze people's thinking.

After she finished speaking, she turned around and asked the palace maid on the ground, "What did Concubine Hua eat or drink last night?"

The palace maid lowered her head and thought about it: "Niangniang always wants to drink sour plum soup these days, but there is no fixed time, she came back from the queen mother last night, and drank three bowls in one go, and after drinking, she said that she wanted to rest."

"Queen?" Ji Qingyi looked at the emperor above, and asked the palace maid again: "What is the noble concubine going to do with the queen?"

The palace maid swallowed a mouthful of saliva and continued: "The fresh lotus seed heart that General Chu brought from the south, Niangniang invited the concubines of each palace to taste it."

As soon as the words fell, I heard a report from a eunuch outside: "The queen has arrived."

Ji Qingyi thought to himself that this was really a coincidence that it was better to come early, and the concubines in this harem did not have any worries. Just thinking about it, I saw a person in a black suit walking over, the person didn't have any extra jewelry, only a hairpin on his head, it looked more simple than Ji Qingyi's dress, but this queen seemed to be out of the water hibiscus appearance, which made people happy when they saw it. The queen walked to Ji Qingyi's side, and said to the emperor: "The concubine sees Your Majesty."

The emperor came over and helped her up: "Empress, why are you here?"

The queen stood aside with a decent demeanor and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the concubine heard the news of the death of the noble concubine early this morning, and heard that she was taken to the Jinluan Palace by the emperor for trial. It was originally a matter of the harem, and the concubines had the duty to investigate. ”

Ji Qingyi looked at the emperor and saw that he didn't say anything else, so he asked, "Queen Mother, can the people ask you a question?"

The queen smiled decently and said, "Please speak."

Ji Qingyi pointed to the palace maid and said: "Hua Gui Concubine died after eating a large amount of anesthetic drugs, this palace maid said that the queen mother hired the mothers of each palace to go to the middle palace to eat lotus seed hearts last night, Hua Gui Concubine drank three bowls of sour plum soup and fell asleep after returning last night, what does the queen mother think about this?"

The queen looked at the gorgeous concubine lying on the ground, and then said: "The lotus seed heart arrived yesterday afternoon, and after the palace entrusted someone to send some to the emperor and the queen mother, the rest thought of holding a banquet in the middle palace, after all, the harem has not been lively for a long time." The palace originally wanted to wait until today to hold a banquet, but now it is summer, and the heat is hot during the day, and this lotus seed heart cannot be placed for a long time, so the palace thought that last night I would invite all the concubines to the middle palace. ”

Ji Qingyi nodded thoughtfully, and asked again: "Then does the queen still remember, what was abnormal about the gorgeous concubine last night?"

The queen shook her head and said, "There were a lot of people last night, everyone was very happy, and they all secretly drank some wine, so the palace didn't pay much attention to others."

The palace maid said: "Niangniang doesn't like to eat lotus seed hearts very much, saying that lotus seed hearts are too bitter, but last night Niangniang was happy, so she ate more, and felt bitter in her mouth, so after returning to the West Palace, she clamored to drink sour plum soup, and drank three bowls before going to sleep."

Ji Qingyi looked at the queen again and said, "Then who is responsible for these lotus seed hearts?" Which lady has a fixed number? ”

The queen nodded: "There is a fixed number, and the concubines are distributed according to their ranks, and the higher the rank of the noble concubines, the more naturally they are divided."

The palace maid seemed to think of something again, and said: "Because Niangniang doesn't like to eat lotus seed hearts very much, she has more here." That's why the other girls came to think of our mothers and begged for it. ”

Ji Qingyi nodded and said, "Then what does the noble concubine eat besides Lotus Pengke?"

The palace maid thought for a while and said, "I ate some dried fruits."

Xiao Ling listened to it for a while at this time, and suddenly said, "That is to say, there is no problem with the lotus seed heart in the banquet last night."

Ji Qingyi thought that this person was not too stupid, so he explained along the way: "So the problem is the three bowls of sour plum soup."

As soon as the words fell, the palace maid hurriedly lay down and choked up: "How can it be sour plum soup, Niangniang drinks sour plum soup every day, she drinks no less than a dozen bowls every day, there was no problem in the past, why is there a problem today?"

Ji Qingyi smiled and said: "Of course, there is no problem with the sour plum soup in the past, and the problem happens to be that day." The person who murdered Hua Gui Concubine must know Hua Gui Concubine's work and rest very well, and he also knows Hua Gui Concubine's hobbies, knows that she likes to drink sour plum soup recently, and also knows that she doesn't like to endure hardship, the queen's banquet is just accidental, if there is no queen mother's banquet, he may commit the crime later, but he will still murder Hua Gui Concubine. ”

The palace maid cried and said, "How can this be, who wants to frame Niangniang."

Xiao Ling sneered: "Your mother has made too many enemies on weekdays, and she is used to being arrogant, who doesn't want to teach her a lesson."

"Xiao Ling!" Xiao Jin scolded sharply: "If you talk nonsense, you will copy the family letter!"