Mu Xuefu covered his mouth, and her narrow eyes were filled with a playful smile, "The concubine body is neither like the flower side concubine, such as the delicate flower, nor like the Ming side concubine, who knows how to save the king's heart, even if there is a fu in the name, I am afraid that it will not be comparable to the drunken hibiscus that the prince said, and I dare not get drunk with the prince's heart." ”

Delicate and charming, often saving the king's heart, she directly used the names of Hua Meier and Ming Bangxin to tease him. Jing Rong took the hand that covered her mouth, "A sour and jealous narrow ghost, the sour taste is really heavy." ”

"Let the concubine think about the names of the other four concubines of the prince." Mu Xuefu tilted her head, pursed her lips and smiled, and teased Jing Rong with the names of several concubines like a few family treasures, "I remember that there is a person named Yun Shu, there is a cloud in "The Story of the Dark Window", 'Don't be shocked by the humiliation, watch the flowers bloom and fall in front of the court; Go and stay unintentionally, looking at the sky and clouds. Such a poetic name is also a woman with a lot of interest. It seems that there is another person named Shen Yiren, this name is more meaningful, taken from the Book of Poetry's "National Style, Qin Feng, Pujia", 'Pujia is pale, white dew is frost, the so-called Yiren, on the water side. I remember that this Concubine Shen is a beauty who is as tender as water, it is really like the middle of the water. There is also a one called the slender one, 'Slender and delicate, exquisite and unparalleled.' 'Tut-tut, I remember her walking lightly and walking with lotus steps, which is very fitting for the name. And-"

Before she could finish speaking, Jing Rong interrupted her, "Okay, if you keep talking, the concubines in this queen's backyard can be praised by you." Rubbing her head, "You remember the names of these women better than this king." ”

Mu Xuefu choked her nose and touched the place where he had rubbed it, "I don't believe you don't even remember their names." What do you say the rest of the concubines are called? ”

Jing Rong frowned and thought for a moment, "I don't really remember, it seems to be called Zixi?" ”

"What's the matter? That Zhao Zixi is a concubine, why does the prince want her to be a concubine? Mu Xuefu raised her face, stared at him sideways, and pursed her lips slightly, "I also said that I don't remember other people's names, even a concubine, it's obvious that I am being fooled!" ”

"This king really doesn't remember, so he remembers that there is such a name in a trance, and this is still as good as your vinegar sea?" Jing Rong really felt helpless, why was this woman so unreasonable, but she loved her delicate appearance in her heart.

Mu Xuefu looked at his helpless appearance and smiled, "Whoever is jealous, you will be amorous." Glancing at Zhou Cheng, who was standing outside anxiously waiting, he pushed Jing Rong, "You go quickly, staying here for too long, the woman in the West Courtyard should talk nonsense again." ”

The warm tea fragrance is beautiful, and although the quiet atmosphere of such years is short, it can't help but make Jing Rong want to covet the warmth of this moment.

He sighed and stroked his forehead, "I originally wanted to rest and rest during the New Year's holiday, but I didn't expect that I still had to be idle." Slowly got up, held Mu Xuefu's hand, and seemed to be reluctant, "When this king finds out the truth, he will return your innocence, and you will endure it for a few more days." ”

After Jing Rong left, Qing Zhuo, Jin Lu and the others entered the house, but their faces were worried.

Zi Yao has always been anxious, with a faint annoyance, her cheeks trembled slightly, and said, "Does that Princess Yu really think that she is the master of King Chen's mansion?" Every day with a lofty posture, usually the master repeatedly tolerated her to save some face, but now he even wants to blame the master for the death of a servant, which is really unreasonable! The smart eyes rolled slightly, raised his hand and scratched his neck, and mysteriously lowered his voice, "It's better to wait for me to go to the West Courtyard in the evening and finish her silently." ”

Mu Xuefu put away her previous coquettish posture, glanced at her, picked up the tea on the table that was still cold and took a sip, and said, "If something happens to her, can our palace get rid of it?" Besides, this matter has already implicated me, and if she dies, I will be the first person to be suspected. ”

Qing Zhuo was calm in the end, groaned slightly, and said: "The master said that Hanxiang was specially arranged by someone to be by the prince's side, so it is very likely that she is Princess Yu's person." ”

"It's more likely that this Princess Yu killed someone, and let people throw her to us unknowingly, so as to frame the master." Zi Yao clenched her fists, looking categorical, but then frowned, "tsk", and questioned: "But how did the master's hairpin fall into Hanxiang's hands?" ”

This is also what Mu Xuefu can't figure out, she has worn the hairpin twice, once on Hua Meier's birthday, and the other time on the day Princess Yu arrived, she was worn in public, so everyone knows that the hairpin is hers. It can be seen that the murderer is bent on blaming himself, so he threw Hanxiang into her pond again, and stuffed the hosta into Hanxiang's hand.

Mu Xuefu squinted her eyes, as if there was a trace of cold air shrouded in the ice pool in the cold winter wax moon, and said, "I'm afraid that there are spies in this courtyard." Although she has carefully selected the people who serve in the East Courtyard, and she never treats them badly in terms of wealth and silver, but people's hearts are easy to break, and it is difficult to calm their desires, and it is difficult to ensure that there are not so many people or two people who are bought.

"Spies? Yes, it must have been this spy and the murderer who cooperated with each other and quietly moved the corpse into our courtyard. In addition, the spy stole the hosta before, stuffed it into Hanxiang's hand, and then pushed the person into the flower pond, which explains why the corpse died here but we don't know. Bai Yi was stunned for a moment, "But this inner hall has always been taken care of by a few of us, even if the little maids come in to serve, we are watching, how can they get the master's hairpin?" ”

"Really?" The corners of Mu Xuefu's charming eyes lifted slightly, and her gaze slowly looked at her, "There will always be a time when we are all gone." ”

Bai Yi looked at her, thought calmly, as if suddenly realized, and slapped his head heavily, "Look at my memory, on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the prince took his master to Jingyuanhou's mansion to pay homage to Jingyuanhou, and a few of us went with us, but no one watched." Yes, it seems that I haven't seen that hosta since that day. It's just that the master's jewelry has always been too much, so I didn't pay attention to it. It's all my fault, if I found out that the hosta was missing earlier, and made a record in Steward Zhou, the master would not have been wronged. ”

Mu Xuefu raised her hand, "Why do you blame yourself, even if you don't have that hosta as evidence, this dirty water will also splash on me." ”

Zi Yao gritted his teeth and was cold, and his face showed a rare sharpness, "Since there are spies, I will go and arrest them all now and torture them severely, I don't think only the maids but also the little eunuchs will be arrested and interrogated together, I want to see how hard this spy's mouth is." ”

Just as she was about to turn around and go out, Jin Lu grabbed her hand. Jin Lu shook her head, smiled gently, revealing a touch of composure, "Don't be impulsive, it's not good to startle the snake." Besides, not all the people who are serving outside are spies, if you are punished, there will be some voices in our courtyard crying for dad and mother, what should people outside think? They are worried about how to deal with our masters, do you want to give them a reason? ”

Zi Yao stopped, turned around and looked at the other people's approving gazes, the impulsive act just now was like a deflated firework, and before it rose to a high place, it lost its arrogance. She puffed out her cheeks, stomped her feet, and said, "Then let's let that spy go so easily?" ”

Mu Xuefu smiled helplessly, "When will you be as stable as Qingzhuo and Jin Lu?" She leaned on the couch and pondered for a moment, her fingers touched the tedious and delicate carving on the back of the Huanghuali chair, and slowly put away the smile that spread on her lips, turning into a sword like a touch of coldness on the bitter cold, "Do you know that there are spies around us, are you afraid that you won't be caught?" Then he looked at Qing Zhuo, "You go and find out who was on duty the night before you found Hanxiang's corpse, and then put on the tone of the little maids, and see who saw someone enter the inner room on the twenty-fifth day, maybe this spy is not a person." "The warm house is burning with wisps of sweet fragrance, but Mu Xuefu's expression is as cold as a lonely and cold snow lotus in the cold wind on the top of a snow-capped mountain, without a little temperature.

Jing Rong left the East Courtyard and went to the basement, where Hanxiang's body was stored. Thanks to the fact that it is winter now, the cold weather can delay the decomposition of the corpse, and after the accident, Jing Rong asked people to store the corpse in a special way, so that the corpse is no different from the one that was just picked up that day.

"What did you find?" Jing Rong's cold voice became even more somber in the icy places around him, and he walked into the corpse and looked at the marks left on her pale neck. Sure enough, it is exactly the same as what Mu Xuefu said, it is really two traces.

The man who examined the corpse picked up the hand with incense, "There is no mud and sand in the nails of the deceased, and there are two bruises on the neck, which have been verified to be dumped after death." ”

"Anything else?" Obviously, Jing Rong was not satisfied with his discovery, which Mu Xuefu had already said, so why did he need to say it again.

"Actually, none of this is enough to say anything, but the small one has a major discovery." He paused for a moment, as if he had sold a lawsuit, until Jing Rong looked at him and frowned, and then said: "The deceased's body is thin and weak, but his abdomen is a little big and hard, so I guess that the deceased has been pregnant for more than three months." ”

Jing Rong was stunned, but in fact it was unbelievable, more than three months, that means that she was already pregnant when she was brought back to the palace. He knew that this Hanxiang was arranged by the woman in the West Courtyard to his side, so who was the person who handled the child in her womb? Could it be Jing Xuan? Or is it her lover's? Or is it that the child in Hanxiang's belly was originally prepared for him, but because he hadn't been fortunate to her for a long time, this belly was useless. And a useless woman is also a scourge to keep, so kill her, not only to hide her pregnancy, but also to blame Mu Xuefu?