She nodded and said, "Please." ”

The little eunuch went out to report back, and brought Scatter in.

After Zero fell in, he first bowed down to Queen Wu Yingying, and said: "Zero see the queen mother, Niang Niang Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose."

Empress Wu gave a handful of hands and said busily: "Aunt Scattered is here, and she is shining, so why be so polite." ”

Zero Luo smiled and said softly: "The slave maid came this time to bring Su Mei and Xiangmei back to Wan'an Palace for questioning, I wonder if the queen can allow it?" ”

Empress Wu also laughed: "Su Mei and Xiangmei have been waiting for the eldest princess for a long time, and now that the eldest princess has returned, she should naturally pass her two over and figure things out." ”

After speaking, she said to Su Mei: "Su Mei, you go and call Xiangmei over, and the two of you will follow Aunt Lingluo to Wan'an Palace, and after the eldest princess asks, come back for dinner." ”

Su Mei lowered her eyebrows and responded, "Yes." ”

He quietly saluted to Zero, and went in to call Xiangmei.

Seeing that Empress Wu was copying Buddhist scriptures, she felt curious for a while, so she stepped forward and asked, "Is the queen mother copying Buddhist scriptures these days?" ”

"But no, Buddhist scriptures can make people's minds clear, and they can pray for the queen mother, the eldest princess and the emperor of the two palaces, copying Buddhist scriptures is always a good thing for the body and mind of the palace."

Scattered looked at Empress Wu, and saw that she was very attentive when she copied the Buddhist scriptures, and it didn't look like perfunctory.

I also found a thick stack of Buddhist scriptures in the paper tube beside her, presumably a lot of them had been copied, and I couldn't help but admire it very much.

Xindao: This Empress Wu doesn't look like a person with a Buddha's mouth and a snake heart, presumably we were wrong about her before, but what Wan Zhen'er has done recently has become more and more chilling.

As she was thinking so, she heard Su Mei crying loudly and staggering in.

As soon as she entered, she fell to the ground, and her forehead was covered with blood, but she didn't have time to wipe it.

She cried out: "Niangniang, Aunt Zero, you, go and have a look, Xiangmei, she-"

"Xiangmei, what's wrong with her?" Zero was startled and hurriedly asked.

"Xiangmei, she's dead, and her body is hard." Su Mei cried.

Empress Wu and Scatter were shocked, and the two of them hurriedly helped Su Mei up, and followed her to the place where the palace maids lived to visit Xiangmei.

When they came to Xiangmei's room, they saw the door wide open, presumably because Su Mei saw that Xiangmei was dead just now, and she was too panicked to cover the door.

They walked in and saw Xiangmei lying on the bed, the quilt on her body had been lifted from the corner, and there was some blood on her clothes, but after a night, the blood had already turned black, and the situation was very terrifying.

"What's going on?"

Empress Wu had never seen such a scene before, and she couldn't help but take a few steps back, and sat down on top of her chair, her face pale.

Scattered has been following Jian Huaizhen for a long time, and she has seen a lot of big scenes, she stepped forward to probe Xiangmei's snort, and pinched Xiangmei's hands and feet, then turned around and said to Su Mei and Queen Wu: "Yes, Xiangmei is indeed dead." And judging by the stiffness of the body, I'm afraid I was already dead last night. ”

"What? You say my sister died last night, how is that possible? ”

Su Mei screamed, fell to the ground, and was speechless for a long time.

Ling Luo nodded, and she said to Su Mei: "Su Mei, you help Queen Wu back to the main hall first, and everything will be decided when I go back to Wan'an Palace and ask the eldest princess to come over." ”

Su Mei was heartbroken and sad at this moment, where did she have the strength to support Queen Wu, she just lay on the ground and cried.

Although she is a very strong person, she has seen her sister killed in Kunning Palace, and she has only known it since last night, and the sadness in her heart can be imagined.

And Empress Wu didn't expect that someone would dare to kill Xiangmei in Kunning Palace.

When she saw Xiangmei's death, she felt very hideous and terrifying, and she was also frightened.

Seeing this, she had to call the eunuch and the palace maid to come in and help Queen Wu and Su Mei to the main hall, and she told the two little eunuchs to guard the room where Xiangmei was, no one could let him in, and everything would wait for the eldest princess to come.

Seeing this, the two little eunuchs also knew that it was very important, so they hurriedly knelt down and agreed.

Scattered out of the Kunning Palace, anxious, hurried to the Wan'an Palace.

Jian Huaizhen felt a little strange when he saw Scattered walking in with a solemn expression, and asked, "What's wrong?" Why is it so urgent? ”

Scattered helped him, his face was very heavy, and he said to Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess, the big thing is not good, you should hurry up and go to the Kunning Palace to have a look." ”

Jian Huaizhen let out an "oh" and asked, "What happened?" Why the alarm? ”

Scattered took a sip of tea, and then said to Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess of the Emperor Qiqi, something is wrong." That Xiangmei was actually killed in Kunning Palace, and she died last night. ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard this, her complexion suddenly changed greatly, her eyes seemed to devour people, and she stared at Scattered and said, "What the hell is going on?" Tell me clearly. ”

Scattered told Jian Huaizhen about Fang Cai.

Jian Huaizhen didn't look at it, there was a hint of worry in her eyes, and she said lightly: "I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as we imagined. If the queen dares to kill people in Kunning Palace, then she is too bold. If this matter was sent by Wan Gui to do it, then this Wan Zhen'er is really terrifying. This palace has been walking the rivers and lakes for so many years, and has never encountered such a bizarre and strange case. ”

"Princess, what should we do next?" Scattered looked at Jian Huaizhen with a pleading look in his eyes.

Jian Huaizhen let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, since that's the case, let's hurry up and walk to Kunning Palace." Don't let the queen mother and the emperor know about this matter first. ”

Seeing this, Ling Luo nodded solemnly.

So, Jian Huaizhen came straight to Kunning Palace with his bits and pieces.

After arriving at Kunning Palace, she found Empress Wu sitting on a chair with a frightened face, as if she hadn't come back to her senses for a long time, while Su Mei was crying miserably on the side.

Sighing secretly, he sat down on a yellow pear rosewood chair, turned to Scatter and said, "You ask someone to bring a cup of hot tea to the queen to warm up, and then bring a cup to Su Mei." ”

scattered and hurriedly responded, and told the little palace maid to do it.

It wasn't long before hot tea was served.

The queen took a sip, and her face gradually eased, she seemed to see Jian Huaizhen now, and hurriedly saluted Jian Huaizhen and said: "I don't know that the eldest princess is driving, the concubine is not welcome, and the concubine is guilty." ”

What she said did not match the preface, presumably because she was overly frightened.

Jian Huaizhen ordered Zero to help her up and let her sit down on the chair again.

After drinking a sip of hot tea, Su Mei's condition was a little better, and she also saluted Jian Huaizhen when she saw her.

Jian Huaizhen shook his hand and said, "That's it, what's going on?" Tell this palace that this palace will be the master for you. ”

With tears in her eyes, Su Mei said, "The eldest princess, the slave doesn't know what happened. Last night, when the slave maid brought the girl to the room, it was still fine, and the slave and maid said a few words to the girl, and then came to the main hall to add clothes and charcoal to the queen's mother. When the slave and maid went back, they saw that the door of the sister's room was closed and the light was out, and the slave and maid thought that she was asleep, so they did not call her. This morning, when I got up, the slave and maid shouted a few times in front of her room, but no one answered, so I thought she was sleeping too deeply and didn't wake her up, who knew that my sister died like this. ”

The more she spoke, the more excited she became, and tears couldn't help but roll down her cheeks and wet the placket of her clothes.

Jian Huaizhen saw that she looked very pitiful, so he asked Ling Luo's order to bring a chair and let her sit down.

Jian Huaizhen then asked Empress Wu: "Queen Mother, do you know about this matter?" ”

Empress Wu shook her head blankly and said, "Eldest Princess, the concubines don't know what happened?" After Su Mei brought Xiangmei to Kunning Palace yesterday, the concubine ordered Su Mei to settle Xiangmei. Today until noon, the concubine remembered her, so she asked Su Mei how Xiangmei was, Su Mei said that Xiangmei was still sleeping, so the concubine ordered them to eat. Who knew that Aunt Zero happened to come at this time, and Su Mei went to find Xiangmei only to find out that she was dead. ”

When Empress Wu said this, the situation was very sad, and she glanced at Su Mei with infinite pity, with pity in her eyes.

As soon as the queen finished speaking, Su Mei jumped down from the chair, knelt on the ground and said to Jian Huaizhen: "Princess Qiqi, please don't misunderstand the queen mother, this matter must have nothing to do with the queen mother." Su Mei has been following the queen for so long, and no one knows the queen's heart better than Su Mei, and the mother will definitely not be unfavorable to my sister. ”

Jian Huaizhen was a little stunned when she heard Su Mei say this, she raised her hand and said, "You get up first, this palace didn't say that this matter has anything to do with the queen's mother, right?" ”

Su Mei heard Jian Huaizhen say this, and her heart settled down, and she explained: "The slave maid is just afraid that the eldest princess will suspect the queen mother, after all, there have been too many things involving our queen mother recently. In fact, our queen mother is not that kind of person at all, the queen mother is kind-hearted and virtuous, the slave has been with her for so long, what kind of person she is, no one knows the slave and the maid. ”

Su Mei said solemnly.

"It's easier said than done."

Ling Luo raised his eyebrows and glanced at Jian Huaizhen, and suggested: "Whoever wants Xiangmei to die the most now, Xiangmei's death will be investigated from her." ”

Jian Huaizhen listened to the scattered words and knew that what she was referring to was Wan Zhen'er.

She thought about it, and then said to Ling Luo: "In this case, you go and invite that person to come, and say that this palace invited her to Kunning Palace to discuss something." ”

"Yes." Scattered Yingying bowed, turned around and walked out.

After Zero left, Jian Huaizhen ordered someone to take her to check Xiangmei's body.

Xiangmei's body was still in the custody of the two eunuchs in the house.

After Jian Huaizhen entered, he touched her corpse and found that her corpse had already stiffened, and corpse spots had appeared on the corpse, and she had been dead for a long time.

Jian Huaizhen ripped open Xiangmei's sleeve again, and found that there were indeed many scars on her body, which were obviously caused by being severely beaten before her death.

Jian Huaizhen already had a sense of proportion in her heart, so she returned to the main hall in Kunning Palace, waiting for Scattered to bring Wan Zhen'er.

Not long after, Zero Luo came with Wan Zhen'er, and Wan Zhen'er was also accompanied by Mama Chen.

Seeing Jian Huaizhen, Wan Zhen'er hurriedly saluted: "See the eldest princess, the princess Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Jian Huaizhen raised his hand and said, "That's it, there is no need to make this false salute at this time." Wan Guiren, this palace, may I ask you, the palace maid in your palace, Xiangmei, is dead, do you know? ”

"What? Xiangmei died. ”

Wan Guiren showed a look of surprise, she looked at Jian Huaizhen fixedly, and said after a while: "Xiangmei, why did she die?" It's impossible. ”

Jian Huaizhen seemed to have something to say: "Why did Wan Guiren come to ask this palace, this palace also wanted to ask Wan Guiren if he knew about this matter?" ”

Wan Zhen'er shook her head again and again and said, "The eldest princess of the Emperor Qiyu, how could the slave know about this. The slave and maid have always treated Xiangmei very well, and Xiangmei's death made the slave and maid feel very surprised. ”

Jian Huaizhen remained silent, and continued to look at Wan Zhen'er and listen to her.

Wan Zhen'er really pretended to be very frightened, and said: "Xiangmei was originally in my palace, but she suddenly disappeared that day, and I sent Mama Chen to inquire around, but I didn't hear from her. We had been worried about Xiangmei's whereabouts, but we didn't expect to hear about her death today. ”

Wan Zhen'er's sharp teeth made Jian Huaizhen admire it very much, but this admiration has a different meaning.

Jian Huaizhen has always felt that Wan Zhen'er is a very weak and affectionate woman, but she didn't expect that she is talking one by one now, obviously lying, and her face does not change.

Jian Huaizhen was very dissatisfied with her in her heart, because she knew that the whereabouts of Xiangmei and Sumei were easy to inquire about in the palace, and with the supernatural powers of Wan Zhen'er and Mama Chen, if they couldn't be inquired, no one would believe it.

Jian Huaizhen remained silent, she continued to ask Wan Zhen'er after a long silence, and said, "Then what happened to the death of this fragrant plum that you saw?" ”

Wan Zhen'er thought for a while, and then said, "How did this Xiangmei die?" ”

Jian Huaizhen was silent, and said from the side: "Xiangmei was killed by someone in the palace maid's room in Kunning Palace. ”

Wan Zhen'er stopped talking when she heard what she wanted.

Seeing her like this, Jian Huaizhen sneered: "If you have anything to say, just say it, you don't have to act like that." ”

Wan Zhen'er knew that Jian Huaizhen was dissatisfied with her.

Despite this, she pursed her lips pretendedly, squeezed out two tears from her eyes, and said: "The slave maid doesn't know if the slave maid is right, but this Xiangmei is now dead in the palace maid's room in Kunning Palace, and the queen mother naturally has something to do with it." The slave still remembers that the queen mother caused me to lose my child that day, which is the queen mother who Xiangmei pointed out to be the queen. If Xiangmei's death has nothing to do with the queen's mother, it is not the queen's mother's revenge, who would believe it if she said it. ”

Wan Zhen'er's words pointed directly at the queen, and they were obviously carefully planned.

When Jian Huaizhen heard this, she lowered her head and thought for a while, then raised her head and asked the queen: "Queen, Wan Guiren said that you did this, what do you think?" ”

Empress Wu's expression was sad, she shook her head again and again and said, "Those who are clear are self-purifying." The concubine had never done such a thing, and Su Mei also knew that the concubine did not blame Xiangmei for what happened a few days ago. ”

Su Mei hurriedly interjected from the side and said, "Yes, the eldest princess." The queen didn't blame my sister at all, but Wan Guiren abused my sister first, and she always had a suspicion that she couldn't get rid of. ”

Jian Huaizhen glanced at Wan Zhen'er, and then said to Wan Zhen'er: "What do you think of Wan Guiren?" ”

Wan Zhen'er's expression became very excited, and she said with a straight face: "Eldest Princess, don't be deceived by others. The scars on Xiangmei's body have nothing to do with the slave maid, the slave maid has always been very good to Xiangmei, and everyone in my palace knows it. Slave Yi has always treated her as a confidant, how could she abuse her. The scars on this Xiangmei's body may have been framed by someone else after deliberately abusing Xiangmei. What's more, this Kunning Palace is the queen's place, the last time the slave and maid wanted to come to ask the queen for sin, the queen didn't let the slave and maid come in, and the slave and maid stood outside for a long time and didn't come in, let alone be able to kill someone in her palace. ”

Wan Zhen'er's words were heard in Queen Wu's heart, Queen Wu only felt very angry, she pointed at Wan Zhen'er and said, "You, you-"

Wan Guiren looked at Empress Wu and Jian Huaizhen without fear.

Jian Huaizhen thought about it, she knew that if it was really Wan Guiren who killed Xiangmei, then she must have bought the people in Kunning Palace.

However, there are hundreds of people up and down in Kunning Palace, and it may not be easy to find out who was bought by Wan Zhen'er.

She was thinking about how to solve this matter, but she heard someone report that the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces had arrived.

When Jian Huaizhen heard this, he sighed helplessly.

She didn't want to tell the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces about it, because Empress Dowager Zhou had already had the heart to abolish Empress Wu since the last incident.

In this way, I am afraid that this matter will not be so aftermath.

Jian Huaizhen glanced at Wan Zhen'er, only to see her kneeling there with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes bowed, without saying a word.

However, Jian Huaizhen also knew in his heart that it was absolutely impossible for Empress Wu to inform the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, so the person who notified the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces must be Wan Zhen'er.

Jian Huaizhen's gaze wandered over Wan Zhen'er for a long time.

Now, she has to admit that she really saw the wrong person at the beginning.

Wan Zhen'er is not the gentle and gentle person she imagined, but everything she does has ulterior motives. And she has a very delicate layout, and she is very ruthless in her work, and she will never leave a way back.

Jian Huaizhen was thinking about it, and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces had already walked in.

When they saw Jian Huaizhen and exchanged news with Jian Huaizhen, they sat down on both sides.