CHAPTER IX

The queen smiled and said, "Anping, you take Xue'er to clean your face inside, it's not good to be seen by others." ”

"Yes, Queen Mother."

Princess Anping led Zhou Yunxue and Zhaoyang to the room specially prepared for the maids to change their clothes and clean their faces, called for warm water, and waited for Zhou Yunxue to freshen up and put on some clothes to cover the corners of her reddened eyes, before she said, "Xue'er, what you just said is true?" ”

Zhou Yunxue knew what she was talking about, so she nodded and said, "It was Xue'er's fault before, I mistakenly believed that others were unhappy to go around looking for the princess and Zhaoyang, but now that I have come to my senses, I hope that the princess and Zhaoyang will atone for their sins." After speaking, he bent his legs and gave a big salute to the two

An Ping hurriedly supported her and said, "So I'll see you outside." ”

She is a princess, if she really wanted to condemn Zhou Yunxue, she would not have known how many times she died, she had never seen any means of growing up in the palace, Zhou Yunxia's hand to sow discord was all left over by her play, the queen mother asked her not to worry about Zhou Yunxue, besides, she was in the palace all the year round, and there was no big conflict with Zhou Yunxue.

"Yes." Zhaoyang said, "You're just too stupid, now that you've finally grown your brain, it's not too late to figure it out." ”

Zhaoyang pulled her over and pressed her into a chair and said, "Come on, come on, tell me how you brought the two of them together." ”

An Ping also nodded and said, "I want to hear it too." ”

Looking at the gossip on the faces of the two, the corners of Zhou Yunxue's lips twitched slightly, and said, "I just drugged them while they were drunk and let them roll together, and then burned a fire." ”

"That's it?" Zhaoyang and Anping said in unison

Looking at their disbelief, Zhou Yunxue said helplessly, "That's it." ”

Zhaoyang collapsed in his chair in disappointment and said, "There is no thrilling plot at all." ”

Zhou Yunxue glanced at her, "You think it's a script." ”

The three of them chatted in the house for a while before going out, and then returned to the banquet, there were only five tables left in the original fifteen tables, it was already noon, the sun was not strong in March, and there was no meal at the banquet, only a wide variety of melons, fruits, snacks and wine, and everyone did not feel hungry when eating.

Zhou Yunxue and the three of them ate a few pieces of tea and snacks next to the queen and were full, and the queen also wanted to visit the garden after sitting for a long time, so the three of them accompanied her.

Before he left for a while, someone from the palace rushed over and reported with a bitter face, "Queen Mother, something happened." ”

The three of them glanced at each other, after all, the queen was the mother of a country, and there were no ups and downs on her face, and she said, "What's the matter?" ”

"The fifth lady in the mansion of the Chinese book was found drowned in the Bibo Lake."

Hearing this, a trace of inexplicability flashed on Zhou Yunxue's face, Miss Cao Wu would actually drown? That's kind of funny.

I only heard the queen say, "Oh? Take Hongu to see it. ”

"No."

Several people followed the palace people to Bibo Lake, the side was already full of people, seeing that the queen was coming, they all got out of the way, Wu Guifei and Liu Guifei were already there, the second prince and the third prince followed behind them, and when they saw the queen arrive, they all stepped forward to salute, but the remaining princes were nowhere to be seen.

The queen glanced at the stiff and purple corpse on the ground, and said, "Did you send someone to invite Jing Zhaoyin?" ”

The second prince said, "After returning to my mother, I have sent someone to invite me." ”

"Where's Lord Zhongshuling?"

"I also sent someone to invite it."

"Well, ask someone to protect the body, as well as her personal maid, and the others will return to the banquet first, and the birth will be handed over to you here."

The second prince arched his hand and said, "No." ”

Everyone followed the queen to the banquet and sat back in place, the Chinese book ordered Cao Zhengli to be a member of the third grade, and the fifth lady was a concubine, but she was his favorite concubine, which was unusual in the heart of Lord Cao.

The queen mother and the two concubines were in charge, and the people below couldn't help but whisper to the people next to them, and after waiting for a while, Jing Zhaoyin arrived with people and bowed down to the queen mother, "Weichen see the queen mother, the concubine mother." ”

The queen waved her hand and said, "Your Excellency doesn't need to be polite, get up." ”

"Xie Niangniang."

"The corpse is on the edge of the blue lake, come and bring a huge number of people over."

"No." A young father-in-law beside the queen stood up and led the people over

The huge man hurriedly followed with the two servants beside him.

Jing Zhaoyin just passed a while, the Zhongshu ordered Lord Cao to arrive, the queen had to send someone to lead it over, after a while, the second prince led the two of them over, gave them a seat, Lord Cao had a gloomy face and did not speak.

The queen tried the case on the spot, and the first person to be called was naturally Miss Cao Wu's personal maid, in the maid's oral account, Miss Cao Wu and since entering the garden, she only had contact with Miss Liu Jiasan, Miss Luo Jiawu, Miss Zhou of Houfu, Wu Family's son, and the fourth prince and the fifth prince.

The huge number of people came up to ask a few more people, the fourth prince and the fifth prince just met in the garden, and there was no conversation, naturally there was no suspicion, and Wu Changjun just said a few words to Miss Cao Wu, and then separated, and there was no evil, and there was naturally no suspicion, and there were only three young ladies left, but all three of them were handkerchiefs handed over by Miss Cao Wu, and I heard Xiaoyahuan say that the feelings were very good, but before the incident, Miss Cao Wu asked Miss Zhou to meet alone in the fairy pavilion, and the maids were all sent out and it was not clear what they said. But the Fairy Pavilion is not with Bibo Lake.

The huge man frowned and only asked Zhou Yunxia, the eldest lady of the Zhou family, and said, "Miss Zhou, what did you and Miss Cao say in the Fairy Pavilion?" ”

Zhou Yunxia saluted him, and said coquettishly with tears in her eyes, "My lord, this is a private matter related to Miss Cao, can I not say it?" ”

The huge man looked at Lord Cao, only to hear him say in a deep voice, "Say." ”

Zhou Yunxia's face was slightly red, and she dipped the tears that overflowed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and said with some crying, "I have a good relationship with Miss Fifth since I was a child. ”

After speaking, Zhou Yunxia's face turned red, and everyone who was doing it looked embarrassed, and many of the sons turned their backs and lightened their faces, and the huge people and Lord Cao were also slightly embarrassed.

The huge man coughed lightly, and said to the kneeling maid with a wooden face, "What Miss Zhou said is the truth?" ”

The maid trembled and said, "Back to my lord, it's the truth, my young lady did just come to her menstrual affair today, and borrowed Miss Zhou's menstrual belt." ”

"What was unusual about your young lady when she came out of the pavilion?"

The maid thought for a while and said, "At that time, when the young lady came out of the pavilion, her face was pale with a menstrual belt in her hand, but every time the young lady came to the menstrual event, she would be like this, and the master also knew it." ”

Lord Cao nodded, "Not bad." "When the fifth girl was at home, she did have a pale face for a few days a month, and he asked if it was due to menstruation.

Then Miss Zhou's suspicion was gone, and the huge man said, "Who found the body first?" ”

"It's a slave."

A little palace maid in front of the second prince walked out with shaking her shoulders, knelt on the ground, and cried, "It's a slave maid, the slave maid was just passing by, and I saw something floating in the lake from a distance, and I thought it was a dress and wanted to pick it up so as not to scare the nobles, and when I got closer, I found that it was a person, and the slave and maid were scared to death, so they shouted for help, and the four princes and the five princes passed by, and the slave and maid did not dare to deceive." ”

The huge man looked at the two princes, the two nodded, and the fourth prince said, "That's true, my fifth brother and I went into the water to save people at that time, but unfortunately it was too late." ”

The huge man nodded, and said to the maid, "Why haven't you been by Miss's side for such a long time, and where are you?" ”

The maid cried and said, "My lord, the young lady told me to serve the pastries, because the peach blossom cake that the young lady liked was not yet good, so the slave waited in the kitchen for a while, and the cook could testify." ”

"Cook Lady."

A cook of about forty years old was reported up, and the huge man pointed to the maid and said, "Have you seen this person?" ”

"Back to my lord, the slave maid has seen, this girl came to ask for peach blossom cake, because the fresh is not out of the pot, she doesn't want the cold pastry on the side, she said that her young lady can't eat cold when she comes to menstruation, so she waited in the kitchen for a while."

"How long have you waited?"

The cook thought for a moment and said, "Less than a cup of tea." ”

From the kitchen to Bibo Lake, it will be almost a cup of tea, he asked people to check and there is no way to copy, this maid is not suspicious, is annoyed, at this time a soldier reported that after the investigation of the two servants of the crime site have been washed and waited for the adults to summon them, the huge person passed on the two, and said, "But what did you find?" ”

"Back to my lord." A man said, "The deceased's lungs were filled with water, there were some aquatic plants and sediment in the lake in the mouth and nose, and the whole body was white, the lips were purple, the body was slightly swollen, and the time of falling into the water was about a cup of tea." ”

"What about you, what did you find?" The huge man asked another servant

The man said, "Back to my lord, the villain surveyed the pavilion in the lake, the edge of the lake and the surroundings to find any abnormalities, but there is a veil not far from the pavilion in the lake. ”

As he spoke, the subordinates behind him put a plate with a handkerchief in front of the huge man and Master Cao, and said, "This handkerchief is not stained with mud and sand and aquatic plants, the small one has just been tested, if Miss Cao struggles with the handkerchief or puts it on her waist, it will be stained with mud, sand or aquatic plants, and this handkerchief is clean and only soaked, and it can only be caused by the wind blowing off." ”

"Come and see if this is your lady's veil?" Huge humanity

The maid knelt and moved over, looked at it carefully, and said, "Master Hui, it's the handkerchief that Miss brought today." ”

This looks like picking up a handkerchief and falling into the water is more likely, the huge man twisted his eyebrows, and said to Lord Cao, "Lord Cao, look..."

Cao Zhengli raised his hand and wiped his face, got up and arched his hand at him, "Thank you for finding out the cause of death for the little girl." ”

The huge man hurried, got up and saluted back, and said, "For the things in the humble position, please also ask Lord Cao to mourn." ”

Cao Zhengli waved his hand at him, ordered his subordinates to carry Miss Cao Wu back, and took away the Cao family sisters.

The peach blossom banquet of Lord Cao and Jingzhao Yin, who was to be sent away, continued, but this kind of thing happened, everyone at the banquet was not very high, and there were still two hours before dinner when the Qinqi calligraphy and painting Kui came out, Qin Kui was naturally Yan Chengjun, the chess Kui was Liao Qingxin, the third lady of Liao Mansion, the book Kui was Chen Yun, the sixth lady of Chen Mansion, and the painting Kui was Jiang Meng, the eldest lady of the Jiang family.

Zhou Yunxue said goodbye to Zhaoyang, got into the carriage, and saw Zhou Yunxia being helped by the maid to hurriedly kick on the carriage parked behind, mockingly hooked the corners of her lips, she couldn't get her name, and she was almost involved in a murder, so she should rush back, and just about to put down the curtain, but saw that the skirt of the maid who was climbing into the carriage was actually wet, she couldn't help but squint, raised her hand and lowered the curtain, and the carriage slowly drove forward.