"Concubine Tao, it's late at night, let's go back and rest early." Tao Yaoyao looked at him, just like the uninhibited and enchanting when they first met, the cold wind blew her hair and temples, she didn't feel cold only the chill in her heart.

"What's in this lake?" Tao Yaoyao glanced at the Lake of Forgotten Worries and spoke.

"Water." Qingtianhao was silent for a moment, and gently spat out a word.

"I'm afraid that the past in this lake can't be covered by these stagnant waters, but these pasts, sealed in the dust for so long, really want to uncover this scar?" Tao Yaoyao looked into the distance, dozens of wooden boats were floating in the lake at the moment, and there was no light in her eyes.

"Niangniang, how can the things of the world be clear in a few words, and the clear is just a joke." The corners of Qing Tianhao's mouth were smiling, and his eyes were crooked when he looked at her, but Tao Xiaoxiao just couldn't see the slightest smile.

"Hongu has been taught." Momo turned away, and no one could see her fragility hidden in the night.

"Tao Yao'er, since you have been involved in this disputed world, it is too late to escape." Qing Tianhao looked at her back and muttered to himself.

This search was a search for a day and a night, and Qing Yezhuo naturally knew about it, but he didn't say anything, and handed over the matter to Qing Tianhao, and Qing Tianhao also stood by this lake for a day and a night. When the peach arrived on the second day, the lake was still heavily surrounded, and Wanfeng also came to see what was bluffing, but there was still no shadow of the night.

"Found something!"

"What?" As soon as they were done, they went up and looked.

"What is this?" The lake was formed after leveling the pavilion, and there was not much silt, which can be seen by a slight erosion.

"This is the golden Buddha that Wan Guiren lost when he first entered the palace, why is he here?" An old eunuch who knew him looked at it and said suspiciously.

"Your honor, that is indeed your Golden Buddha." After the little palace maid next to Wan Guiren went to confirm it, she said softly.

Everyone looked at Wanfeng, but her face was not very good. This golden Buddha was dedicated to the emperor when she first entered the palace, it is said to weigh ten catties, and it is inlaid with countless exquisite pearls, but I don't know why it was stolen the day before the night scorching feast, and it took a long time to find a silk scarf wrapped in the golden Buddha under the bed of a small lord in the same palace. The result can be imagined, the little master was directly pulled out and killed, and Wanfeng was named a nobleman.

Now, how did this golden Buddha appear in this lake that has been left unattended for many years?

"Wan Guiren, it seems that that little girl did not die because she stole the Golden Buddha, but received divine grace." When Tao Ying saw Wanfeng's expression, she knew it in her heart, and then sarcastically.

Li Wan was angry that she took fifty steps and smiled a hundred steps, but she was helpless. Back then, the little lord and her style were similar but slightly better, whether it was appearance or talent did not belong to her, she had never been in the eyes of the saint, she knew that this person was a stumbling block to her success, if this woman was gone, then the emperor's eyes must be on her. Fortunately, her father is rich in the world, but she has a mediocre background, which can be imagined.

At that time, the night scorching feast was approaching, she used the name of offering gifts for her father, secretly bought the silk scarf to put under the little master's bed, because the golden Buddha was too heavy to carry and hidden, so people abandoned it, she has always been complacent about what she was willing to give at that time, and today it seems that she is simply deceiving herself, lifting a stone and shooting herself in the foot.

"Lord Wang, Wanfeng hasn't recovered yet, and this will be a little clear, so I'll go back to rest first." Wan Guiren's face turned pale, and the conspiracy he was thinking about was completely exposed, or in front of so many enemies, blood was surging in his heart, if he didn't try to suppress it, he was afraid that a mouthful of blood would spurt out.

"Since the noble man is unwell, let's go back first." Qing Tianhao is also a smart person, and as soon as he heard the two sentences, he probably knew what was going on, and he nodded and didn't break it, of course, not for Wanfeng, but for her father's sake.

"Lord Wang, there is something here, like a ......" Just as the noble man was leaving, there was a voice in the lake again.

"Scoop it up." Qingtianhao's brows furrowed.

"Ahh

"Oh my God!"

After the two guards scooped up the fishing nets in their hands and carried them to the shore of the lake, some of the palace maids who were closer to them exclaimed in surprise, and then covered their mouths with their hands and looked at the things on the ground in horror.

Tao Xiaoxiao glanced at it, it was a skeleton, and it had been a few days. However, this is nothing, what makes people marvel is that there is an iron chain at the right ankle of the skeleton, and an iron ball is tied to it, which must be the reason why this corpse has not been found for so many years.

Sleeping at the bottom of the lake for so long, accompanied by sand and gravel and silt all day long, there is no good death.

"Did you commit suicide by throwing yourself into the lake?" Jiang Shaoqing said weakly, she glanced at the thing on the ground in fear, and didn't dare to look at it a second time.

"No, it's not suicide." Tao Xiaoxiao said suddenly.

Tao Yaoyao looked at the bones that were being cleaned, shook his head, and sighed.

"This woman's limbs were broken by external forces, and then she was chained to an iron ball and thrown to the bottom of the lake." Said softly for a moment.

"How does my sister know it's a woman?" Tao Ying asked angrily.

"Doesn't my sister know the difference between men and women?" Tao Xiaoyao didn't look at her, but the contempt in her tone made the other party angry and couldn't refute it.

Some little eunuchs and palace maids heard the chuckle and didn't dare to speak out because of the concubine's face.

"Lord Wang, the clothes on this corpse have all decayed, only this one remains." One of the guards handed over a piece of white cloth in his hand.

Qing Yezhuo gently opened a corner, immediately wrapped it, and handed it to his subordinates without care. And because Tao Yaoyao was close to him, he also glanced at it.

"It's!" Tao Yaoyao only glanced at it, and her heart was so surprised that she couldn't speak, she touched the jade bracelet on her wrist, and a different color appeared under her dark eyes.

Qing Tianhao looked at the white bones that had been fished out, and they had almost been cleaned up at this time.

"Lord Wang, because he has been in the water for too long, it is unknown whether his body was eaten by fish or rotted, and it is really impossible to tell when he was killed." The medical officer who came to the order was also covered with sweat in the winter.

"Oh? Can the identity of that grade be confirmed? The uninhibition on Qing Tianhao's face seemed to have precipitated, leaving only a deep depression.

"This ......" The medical officer was also very helpless, it was originally Imperial Doctor An who followed Concubine Yingniang, who knew that Imperial Doctor An was on leave today, so he had to be on duty with such a good relationship and no background, no, it was a problem.

"Judging from the root of the tooth, you may be able to tell the age." Tao Yaoyao pondered for a while, as for the identity-

"The mother is wise." The medical hall glanced at Tao Yaoyao gratefully, because he was so nervous that he forgot that he had this method, and then hurriedly checked it as ordered.

"Back to the prince and Niangniang, this female corpse is estimated to be about forty years old, and there has been a traumatic injury on the little finger of her left hand. All the limbs were broken, and if the knee bones were worn out, it would have been seven or eight years, but if they were soaked in water, they would have been shortened by fifty percent. The medical officer said conservatively.

"This lake is rarely taken care of, and the fish and shrimp in it are even worse, and in the summer the lotus is overflowing, so it has to be shortened by two percent." Tao Xiaoxiao added.

"That's what the mother said." The medical officer wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said, "Lord Wang, it's been a year or two if you count it like this. ”

"Who should be so cruel and use such a cruel way?" Jiang Shaoqing couldn't bear to look directly behind Tao Yaoyao, and said with red eyes.

"The noble man is really compassionate, it's a pity that after so long, there is no way to distinguish the identity." Tao Ying glanced at her and said, Jiang Shaoqing immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.

This is the case in everyone's hearts, how many people in this harem die every day because they have offended people who should not be offended, and how many soulless pillars die in unknown corners. First the little master, and then this nameless female corpse, this small barren lake has already seen two lives, and I'm afraid this is just the tip of the iceberg.

Everyone present had their own thoughts, only Tao Yaoyao was still shocked in her heart, if she was not mistaken, the one wrapped in white cloth was a bracelet, and that bracelet she was very familiar with, it was the spring ribbon color in her hand. There is a pair of spring ribbons, one is clasped on her wrist, and the other was given to the queen by the emperor, that is, the mother of Qing Tianhao. Tao Yaoyao can only see his side face, but he can't see his expression, and Jiexia is even more bottomless.

"There's a discovery!" There was another sound in the lake.

"What's wrong with this one, it's not a good thing." Tao Ying's attitude is obviously not about herself, hanging high, sneering on the sidelines.

"Lord Wang, it is a hairpin, which is consistent with the wound of the corpse, and the depth is also consistent, it should be a murder weapon." The guards presented the hairpin to Optimus.

Qing Tianhao picked up the hairpin through the white cloth, looked at the sunlight carefully, felt a little familiar, and then his face was shocked, and he looked at Tao Yao.

"Isn't this my sister's hairpin? How did it become a murder weapon? Tao Ying then asked in surprise.

The palace people all looked at Tao Yaoyao, as if she had confirmed her identity as the initiator in their hearts.

"Niangniang's hairpin must have been lost today, so it will be planted by the villains." Jiang Shaoqing suddenly stepped forward and said.

Tao Xiaoyao glanced at Jiang Shaoqing, not grateful or moved.

This Luoxia hairpin is what she wears every day, and this maid is a servant who once served her and was considered to be a betrayer of the Lord for glory, and it is not surprising that Tao Yao'er secretly killed her, but when she was about to seal the queen, it seemed that things became confusing. In any case, people get stolen goods, these four words are the thoughts of the people present, after all, how can you often stand by the river without getting your shoes wet, this Tao Yao'er is too good to hide. Even Qing Tianhao looked at her in a daze, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Jiang Guiren is too worried, this Luoxia hairpin is the beloved thing of this palace, how can it be easily stolen." Tao Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

Tao Ying exhaled, she was really afraid that Tao Yao would die and not admit it. "Hmph, I think you have a lot of ability, it turns out that it has not changed at all from before, it will depend on how you are good." Tao Ying said secretly in her heart, squinting at Tao Yao'er standing upright in the field, indescribably dazzling.

"Niangniang-" Jiang Shaoqing is a little different from inside and out, she thought that Tao Yao'er would gratefully go down the stairs, although this cannot prove her guilt on the surface, but everyone will think that this is the case, and such a person will be impeached as a queen. However, who knows if she doesn't follow the words at all, which one she wants to sing?

"Biyun-" Tao Xiaoyao looked at the faces of everyone present, and smiled lightly, the sun was warm, and the city and the country were all hearted.

"Yes." Biyun opened the peach lacquer brocade box in his hand, and there was a silver silk cushion in the brocade box, and lying quietly on it was an identical Luoxia hairpin.