Xiao Tao continued: "Although the little master is also angry with Xia Guo for his neglect on weekdays, but after all, he is a slave in the Frost Dew Pavilion, how can the little master not be worried? The little master was worried that Xia Guo would cause trouble outside, so he asked the slave and maid to go out to find it, and by the way, he instructed the slave and maid to go to the imperial dining room to get some rose paste. The slave maid took the rose ointment in the imperial dining room, and when she returned, she went to the nearby woods to look for Xia Guo, and thought that she had forgotten the time when she caught the crickets...... But I didn't think about it......"

Xiao Tao said, suddenly trembling with fright, and couldn't help but wrap her arms around her hands, and said tremblingly: "But I didn't think about it, the slave maid is in the woods...... Saw Xia Guo's corpse in the woods! The slave and maid walked in the woods while shouting Xia Guo, not paying attention to the road under their feet. Suddenly I tripped over something, and when I looked down, it turned out to be Xia Guo! Xia Guo has ...... Xia Guo has ...... It's dead! ”

As he spoke, he prostrated his head again, as if to stop his fear and trembling.

"Dead?" The emperor was obviously surprised, and asked, "How did you die?" ”

Xiao Tao clubbed her forehead, shook her head like a rattle, and choked up: "The slave doesn't know either, the slave and the maid took a closer look, and saw that it was Xia Guo's face, so she was so frightened that she retreated again and again." I fell into a big tree and came to my senses. But he was still scared, and he didn't dare to go forward at all. I thought of running back to the Frost Dew Pavilion to report to the little master, but I intimidated the little master, and I thought about the matter of the girl Zhiqiu, so I hurried to report to the emperor......"

Rong Yunxi listened carefully to Xiao Tao's words, patiently listened to her finish, and then asked unhurriedly: "You are a little palace daughter, naturally you know that the emperor is not something you can easily ask to see." Just because of this little thing, why dare you come to disturb Your Majesty without the permission of your own master? ”

"The slave is reckless, and I hope that the mother will forgive her sins...... Xiao Tao admitted her mistake very quickly, and after admitting her mistake, she explained: "But...... But the slave thinks it's not a trivial matter...... Concubine Bo was poisoned while eating porridge in Penglai Palace, how scary is this! Even if the slave is stupid, she can think that someone deliberately harmed Concubine Bo! Plus Zhiqiu is...... Be...... is the powerful palace daughter of the queen's mother, who is not clear in the palace, with the eldest prince and the concubine Bo Niangniang, the queen will not be able to live in peace. ”

"Slaves talk nonsense, and forget their mothers!" Xiao Tao said it confidently, but she was so frightened that she kowtowed again and again.

Listening to Xiao Tao's words, Rong Yunxi was calm. He said slowly: "What you said is not unreasonable. It's just that since you entered the palace, this palace has talked to you several times, and I think you are a girl who is not very bright and not very clear-minded. Now these words and sentences are seamless, so that Bengong can't help but feel surprised when he listens to it. Sure enough, the experienced people in the palace, the little girl who was originally confused and timid, and did not match her words before and after, not long after entering the palace, she was able to explain things so clearly, and she could also explain many meaningful words clearly. ”

Naturally, this is not for Xiao Tao, but for the emperor. Let the emperor be aware of the strangeness in this.

Rong Yunxi's awakening was obvious, and of course the emperor understood. But he didn't continue to ask Xiao Tao anything, but just lightly ordered: "Where is Xia Guo's body?" Take me to see it. ”

Li Zhonggui hurriedly reminded: "Your Majesty be careful, but don't let the bad luck of the slave and maid collide with the dragon body." ”

"It's okay, it's just a dead palace daughter, what's so scary." After the emperor finished speaking, he went to the back door of the apse first, and everyone had to follow.

Xiao Tao walked a few steps quickly, bowed her head, and walked sideways a few steps in front of the emperor, thinking that the emperor would lead the way. Rong Yunxi, Li Zhonggui, Yunshang, and Dongxue all followed, and Zhiqiu naturally followed. Zhiqiu followed behind Rong Yunxi, and was so frightened that his legs and feet didn't obey the call, and he almost fell down several times.

Because she was looking at the note stuffed by Dongxue behind her back, Rong Yunxi was angry in her heart, and she was angry several times and left her to fend for herself, but in the end, it was just an angry idea, how could she really ignore her?

Seeing her follow with such difficulty, she still called Yunshang and said, "Zhiqiu doesn't know why, it's so hard to walk, and the girl is tired of supporting her." ”

Although he has entered Weiyang Palace, Rong Yunxi is still quite polite to Yunsheng, and Yunshang is naturally as respectful to Rong Yunxi as ever. With Rong Yunxi's instructions, Yunshang hurriedly came over to support Zhiqiu, and said with concern: "What is wrong with the girl?" ”

What is uncomfortable in Zhiqiu? It's just scary...... Or maybe it could be said that she was uncomfortable anywhere.

Rong Yunxi was thinking about Zhiqiu in her heart, and looked back several times, and saw that Zhiqiu was supported by Yunshang, and her pace and body gradually stabilized, and she thought that her mood was the same, so she relaxed her mind a little.

She can't walk alone with Zhiqiu, otherwise if the emperor sees it, wouldn't she think that she and Zhiqiu's master and servant are secretly calculating something? Let Yunshang help Zhiqiu walk behind, and he can avoid suspicion to some extent.

Zhiqiu didn't understand Rong Yunxi's hard work, looking at Rong Yunxi's back, what he couldn't say in his heart was not the taste. It seems that the young lady is really angry with her and is too lazy to care about her. Knowing this, she might as well not admit her mistake to Miss! When the incident happened, everyone mistakenly thought that the young lady asked her to go, so that the young lady would help her in order to clear herself!

Well, now, if the young lady leaves it alone, she will have only a dead end.

Thinking like this, I can't help but secretly hate my own recklessness and secretly scold myself for not being able to hold my breath. It's just some competitive thoughts, how can Miss understand, she doesn't understand it at all! So much so that I got myself in such a passive situation!

The group had their own thoughts, and Xiao Tao's footsteps were also fast, and the road that was not close was originally there, but it arrived in a short time. Li Zhonggui walked behind the emperor with a lantern, and the light of the lantern reflected the forest outside the imperial dining room, and the wind blew the shadows of the trees, which made this forest even more gloomy.

A gust of night wind blew, blowing a chill down people's backs. Xiao Tao gasped and said "oops", which frightened people's hearts.

"Your Majesty, just ...... This is it......" Momo stammered.

Even if Xiao Tao didn't say it, the emperor saw that a few steps ahead, there was a person lying down. The man was motionless in the woods in the middle of the night, apparently dead.

The emperor took the lantern directly from Li Zhonggui's hand, and walked to the corpse in a few steps. Li Zhonggui exclaimed "Your Majesty" in a low voice, and hurriedly followed.

Rong Yunxi calmly followed behind the emperor and Li Zhonggui, and Dongxue was so frightened that her legs were a little weak, and she followed tremblingly. Zhiqiu, with the support of Yunshang, although he was reluctant to come closer, he had to walk a few steps away.

Xia Guo had a very thin blood hole in his throat, the blood that flowed out had dried up, his mouth and eyes were wide open, and he looked quite frightened. There was a half-chewed almond in her mouth, and when she looked closely at the light of the lantern in the emperor's hand, it could be seen that she was holding a piece of brown paper tightly in her hand. The edges of the shards were uneven, as if they had been torn from something.

The emperor turned his head slightly, pointed to Xia Guo's hand holding the fragments, and instructed Li Zhonggui: "Break it open." ”

"Yes." To be honest, in this case, Li Zhonggui also had a chill down his spine. But after all, I have been in the palace for most of my life, and I have seen some in the world, so I will not be frightened by such a scene. Courageously stepped forward, grabbed Xia Guo's thumb and four other fingers with two hands, and broke it with a fierce blow, and the dead man's clenched fist opened. The piece of vellum paper in his hand immediately fell on the gloomy grass, but it was only a small piece the size of half a palm.

"Bring it." The emperor commanded again.

"This ...... Your Majesty, don't let the dirty thing in the hands of this dead man crash into the dragon's body. Li Zhonggui worried.

"What are you talking about? I'm still afraid of that? The emperor said impatiently.

Li Zhonggui naturally knew that the emperor was bold, and he didn't dare to persuade him anymore, so he could only pinch the edge with two fingers, carefully pinch this small piece of kraft paper, and hand it to the emperor with both hands.

The emperor brought the light of the lantern closer, but the hand that was about to be stretched out stopped, and he did not take it himself, but took Li Zhonggui's hand, looked at this small piece of paper, "sizzled", turned around and ordered Yunsheng: "Go and call the imperial doctor." ”

Rong Yunxi also stepped forward to take a look, and saw that there was some fine white powder on the small piece of kraft paper that Li Zhonggui was holding in both hands. This is also the reason why the emperor did not take it and look at it, the emperor was worried that he would catch these Feng powders one by one, so that the imperial doctor could not distinguish them.

There are no stars and no moon in the dark night, and I am afraid that a heavy rain is coming. A gust of wind blew, and Li Zhonggui hurriedly clasped the piece of paper in his palm with both hands, so as to prevent it from being blown away by the strong wind. Several people hid their faces for a while, and this gust of wind blew, and the woods were calm again.

Li Zhonggui didn't dare to open his hands, but just clasped his hands together with gaps, waiting for the imperial doctor to come.

From here, it was closer to the Imperial Medical Department, and Yunshang went directly to the Imperial Medical Department to find the Imperial Doctor who was still on duty. Because there is a big banquet in Penglai Hall tonight, the Imperial Doctor's Office has naturally been prepared, and almost all the Imperial Doctors are staying in the palace. Even if there are already four in the Penglai Palace, it is not difficult to find the imperial doctor in the Imperial Doctor's Department, so two came together.

The two imperial physicians asked the emperor and Rong Yunxi for peace, and the emperor instructed: "Zhonggui, come and take a look at them and see what the powder is?" ”

Imperial Physician Zhao carefully took the piece of brown paper from Li Zhonggui's hand, twisted a little powder on the tip of his finger, put it under his nose and smelled it, but frowned and said, "This ...... Where does the daffodil juice smell come from? ”

"Huh?" Li Zhonggui was surprised, and hurriedly sent his palm to his nose to smell, "Ah! Isn't that what it smells like? It's like the smell of incense powder on a woman's body! I'm afraid that the fragrance on Miss Xia Guo's body is stained on the paper! ”

"No, no, no! Definitely not! Xiao Tao shuddered and said, "Xia Guo doesn't smell like daffodils!" The fragrance used for summer fruit is rose! When I first entered the palace, the slave noticed that it was definitely not a daffodil! ”

The emperor frowned, turned to look at Zhiqiu, and said, "Come here." ”

Always in Yilan Palace, not only is the smell of Yunxi familiar to him, but even the taste of early summer and Zhiqiu, he also recognizes. These two girls have the same smell on their bodies, both of them - the smell of daffodils.

Hearing them talk about daffodil juice, Zhiqiu was so frightened that he hung on the ground and collapsed, leaning against a big tree beside him, which barely stabilized. At this time, when she heard the emperor call her, she was already so frightened that her legs trembled and she was drenched in cold sweat, how could she have the courage to step forward? They are going to slander her and kill her! This is no small crime! The person is dead, and the huge cauldron is hard to buckle on her!

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