Although many important ministers and women feel that the entire palace is regarded as a suspect, this practice is too much - really want the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty to have the idea of killing the king, and the Chu family can still sit on the royal chair?!

Especially the second queen also asked men and women to go to the side hall or behind the screen to strip and be inspected, which is simply an insult to the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty!

But after Empress Dowager Gu and Empress Jiang took the lead in asking several virtuous and respected ladies to go to the side hall to watch the palace people untie their clothes and check whether there were any things and traces of poison, everyone was silent: There is no special treatment for people's mothers and wives, let alone you courtiers?

…… The reason why this is done is naturally because the Queen Mother Party and the Queen Party do not trust each other. []

The queen party suspects that this is arranged by the queen mother's party, and the queen mother party also suspects that this is a long-planned plan by the queen party!

I am afraid that the other party will make it, and I am afraid that the other party will call me to catch the thief, and at the same time, I want to catch the real thief - so the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Empress Gu and Queen Jiang can only check together, and while proving their innocence, they keep their eyes open and look at the other party so as not to be fooled!

Neither Empress Dowager Gu nor Empress Jiang found any suspicion, and the entourage of the second queen was also proven innocent. So the courtiers who went to the banquet next went to the side hall behind the screen of the main hall and the ladies went to the side hall, and everyone, including the subordinates and ignorant children, all underwent a rigorous inspection in front of everyone.

The inspection is not over yet - the second queen personally presided over and began to verify everyone's whereabouts since they stepped into the palace gate, even which section of railing, which pillar and which seat they had leaned on, they had to send someone to check nearby!

It's okay that the second queen didn't mention the railing, but as soon as she mentioned the railing, Qiu Yulan suddenly "chuckled" in her heart: "Just now I was laughing with Cousin Xin on the railing outside, and I heard someone at the corner who seemed to throw something under the flower tree outside the railing...... At that time, Cousin Xin thought that it was the snow reflecting the light, could it have anything to do with the assassination of the Holy Driver?! ”

Doesn't that mean that she and Xin Fubing were trapped?!

At this moment, the city government with the autumn swaying couldn't help but feel dizzy!

Even if the emperor is a puppet, even if it is his own mother, the Empress Dowager Gu, he can't afford to kill the king! Even if the emperor is not dead now, if something is really found under that flower tree, and Qiu Lulan and Xin Fubing can't make it clear, the two of them will definitely be finished!

Not only them, but the relatives and friends behind them, and even the illustrious Jiang family, may not be able to survive!

"What to do?!" Qiu Yulan calmed himself down and quickly thought about countermeasures, "I can't tell Cousin Xin now, I can't find a safe opportunity right now; Second, if she really wants to start with us to frame the queen's party for killing the king, she doesn't know anything and reacts more naturally - she can't say in advance that there may be something related to the murder of the holy driver under the flower tree, the flower tree is too close to the place where we are laughing, it is so close! The Queen Mother Party will definitely say that it was us who took the initiative to confess because of the pressure! ”

The only choice is to wait for things to be found out and questioned and not admit it!

"Why didn't Fang just wake up? I saw the corner of the clothes and heard the sound of footsteps and throwing things, why didn't I catch up?! Qiu Yulan regretted it at this moment, "Even I was suspicious, I had already said it to Cousin Xin, but I was interrupted by the little chamberlain who urged the hall, and now it seems that this little chamberlain is also very wrong!" Although it was true that not long after listening to him enter the palace, Emperor Fengjia arrived, but ...... Who knows if he was there looking at the wind and drawing our attention away in time so that we wouldn't be suspicious?! ”

It's just that it's too late to regret it now—the palace people have already walked towards the outside of the temple gate, to search for the railing.

According to the practice of Empress Dowager Gu and Empress Jiang distrusting each other and proving each other's innocence at this moment, it is natural that the palace people on both sides have it. Qiu Yulan estimated that in order to be more natural, the Queen Mother should pretend to find something under the flower tree without accident, so they should have searched for a long time.

But what surprised her was that it didn't take long for this group of palace people to come back and say: "The railing has been searched, and the outside of the railing has also been checked, and there is nothing wrong." ”

This reply didn't make the second queen feel that there was anything wrong, because the second queen didn't suspect the two juniors, Qiu Lulan and Xin Fubing. However, Qiu Lulan didn't know that the second queen would be confused about the real murderer, and he was stunned for a while when he saw this: "Why doesn't that scene have anything to do with the poisoning of the holy driver?" Or was this not done by the Queen Mother? ”

It's not the queen mother, it's the queen as usual - Qiu Yulan knows that her husband's family has Xue Chang's promise, but she doesn't know the specific progress, so she can't help but speculate: "Could it be that the queen's party decided to start in advance, and the reason why the reason why the queen chose me and Xin Fubing to throw things near the flower tree was to cover with the help of our laughing voices?" ”

Thinking about it like this, I was still very nervous, "What did that person throw away?" I didn't find it this time, it may be difficult to find. But, something must have been thrown away, right? I couldn't mistake that strange sound in the snowstorm! "It's hard not to feel sad about this situation," Fang Cai also complained that Cousin Xin made up too much brains, but now that she thinks about it, she is the one who understands: even if she wants to cover up the movement with the sound of our laughter, even if that thing is difficult to find, but what if it is discovered? Then Cousin Xin and I are ready-made scapegoats, aren't we?! ”

She knew that Empress Jiang and Old Madam Tao had a problem with her, so she naturally had to be suspicious, "So when you need to sacrifice, I am the first person to be pushed out, right?" ”

Just as the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he suddenly felt that his sleeves were pulled vigorously a few times, Qiu Yulan was startled and came back to his senses, but he heard Su He whisper behind him: "The old lady just turned around and called you twice!" ”

"Grandmother, granddaughter-in-law is a little distracted, I hope you will forgive me!" When Qiu Yulan heard this, he hurriedly whispered to Mrs. Tao to apologize.

Old Madam Tao said lightly: "You have never seen such an occasion, and it is not surprising that you are scared...... Don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with us, you calm down, don't lose the face of our family! ”

Although the tone of the words was calm, the meaning was very heavy.

Qiu Yulan felt panicked in her heart, but she had to bow her head to lead the training: "Granddaughter-in-law knows!" ”

However, although her anomaly was even discovered by the old lady Tao sitting in front of her, it did not arouse any suspicion. Because many young wives and young ladies will look no better than hers.

In the end, this matter is too big, even if they all have a clear conscience, they don't need to worry about the fire burning on themselves like Qiu Yulan, but as long as they think about the consequences of this incident tonight, they also feel trembling!

It's just surprising that until dawn, everyone checked and checked, and no suspicious points were found!

Even if Empress Dowager Gu and Empress Jiang took the lead in inspecting and explaining what they had done in the places they had stayed in since entering the palace, these two took the palace as their home, so they couldn't be regarded as an example and left all the Manchu civil and military and their dependents in the palace until the murderer was found, right?

Therefore, in the early morning of the first day of the first lunar month, the palace gate, which had been suddenly closed and heavily guarded since midnight, finally opened.

The people who left the palace in a long queue were really physically and mentally exhausted, but they couldn't rest immediately when they returned home.

Because the people who didn't come back after waiting all night were also in a hurry, they had to explain and appease. Old Madam Tao especially praised Sheng Shushui for doing a good job in this regard: "Your eighth sister-in-law is pregnant, it is really not appropriate to tell her about this." ”

Last night, the Jiang family went to the banquet, and everyone didn't say anything when the time came, and even the subordinates sent to inquire about the news were blocked out of the palace gate - with the current court situation, Sheng Shushui almost thought that the Queen Mother's party had come to a poor dagger, and all the Jiang family who entered the palace could not come back to the palace!

But she still maintained her indifference in front of Xiao Tao: "Grandmother, they are all tired, and they said hello before they entered the door and said that they would be settled when they came back, and there was no need to ask for peace!" The starling especially drank too much and vomited so much that he was afraid that he would come back and quarrel with you, so his grandfather asked him to stay in the front guest yard for one night. ”

At this point, I'm afraid that Xiao Tao is still sleeping soundly.

Mrs. Tao has always valued Xiao Tao, and of course she is very satisfied with the practice of Sheng Shushui.

However, she didn't have the strength to boast too much, and then she had to arrange people to admonish juniors and subordinates, and she was not allowed to talk nonsense about the poisoning of the holy car at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, so as not to cause trouble - if you want to take advantage of this, you have to wait for Qin Guogong to come up with a charter!

But Qiu Yulan is not in the mood to listen to these now, and her mind is now on it: "What about nineteen? Grandmother, Nineteen said last night that he went out of the palace to confront Dai Cong and others, but then His Majesty was poisoned, the palace gate was closed, and no one could enter the palace, but I don't know if he came back? ”

The answer to this question was also very concerned, and immediately sent someone to inquire.

Fortunately, there was a letter soon: "After confronting the witnesses that Dai Cong said last night, the nineteenth prince and the eldest prince wanted to go back to the palace, but the palace gate was closed at that time, and the edict of the two mothers forbade everyone to enter and leave, so they went to the courtyard near the palace gate to rest. This will already be back, and it is being called to sacrifice by the old lady! ”

Old Madam Tao and Qiu Yulan breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and the former looked around and said, "Then let's do this first, you all go down and make up for sleep...... When they finish sacrificing their ancestors, they still have to be busy! ”

On the way back to the fourth room in Qiu, Sheng Shushui had to catch up and ask a few words, and after listening to her story, she couldn't help but lose her face: "How could such a thing happen?" This is in full view! ”

"What's even more bizarre is that the Queen Mother and the Fourth Aunt have turned over the people and things in the entire hall!" The voice was low, "Even if it's a good order, I will only take off my dirty clothes during the inspection!" That's it, let's talk about the person who started it, and he didn't even find the poison, do you think this thing is weird? ”

Sheng Shushui was surprised: "Didn't find any poison? Could it be that Your Majesty was poisoned out of thin air? ”

"Only the wine that Your Majesty drank was poisonous, but there were only a dozen breaths in front of Your Majesty's entrance, and a little chamberlain tasted it." Qiu Yulan sighed, "That little waiter has nothing to do!" ”

Sheng Shuishui's eyebrows tightened, and when he looked up, he saw that he had arrived at the courtyard of Qiu Yulan, so he stopped and said: "You go back to rest first, alas, a good day......"

"Grandmother said that this matter has nothing to do with our family, sister-in-law, don't worry too much." Qiu Yulan comforted her a few words - although Sheng Shushui stayed at home and did not personally experience the scene of the emperor's poisoning, she was more frightened. After all, Qiu Yulan and the others at the banquet knew what was going on, but Sheng Shushui didn't know anything - I don't know how many terrible possibilities she thought about this night?

But now that the stormy waves are imminent, the two of them don't have time to talk more, and after a few words, Qiu Yulan went back to the house to settle.

If you want to say that she is tired, she is really tired, but she can't sleep when she is really placed on the couch. I was afraid that I would continue to be busy, so I had to reluctantly sleep...... Half-asleep, he suddenly felt the tent being swept up by a strong wind, and strode in with a man who came in with great momentum, but when he reached the edge of the couch, he suddenly stopped, as if he had already contained his mood.

Qiu Yulan was startled and then surprised, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Jiang Yashuang bending down and reaching out to touch his face.

"What's wrong?" Seeing the excitement in his eyes that he could barely hold on, Qiu was confused! ()