Later that day, the people of Dali Temple were ordered to enter the palace to thoroughly investigate the death of Sun Guiren.

As soon as they entered the palace, they sealed the bamboo forest with great momentum, and according to Li Mobai's holy decree, no one in the entire imperial city could set foot in this boundary for half a step.

Except for Shen Ci's worries.

She wandered aimlessly around the bamboo forest, trying to find some clues.

But there is not a single weed on the ground except bamboo. After going around twice, Shen Ciwei got lost in this bamboo forest.

Because of this, Shen Ciwu thought of some clues.

Sun Guiren said that she would make bamboo leaf wine every year before the New Year's Festival, so she should have been to the bamboo forest many times, and she could find the way to the bamboo forest without getting lost.

But if an outsider like himself intrudes into the bamboo forest, if he doesn't have a reference, it is easy to get lost in the forest.

It's hard to get out smoothly, let alone find someone inside, waiting for an opportunity to commit murder?

Therefore, there is a high probability that Sun Guiren's death is not because no one knows that she went to Xiuzhu Forest to follow her.

There is a great possibility that the murderer was originally in the bamboo forest.

Shen Ciwei thought while pacing, with Sun Guiren's temper, even if he inadvertently offended someone, he would not attract death.

Is it possible that she broke the good deeds of others and caused people to die?

In the afternoon, the sunlight sprinkled through the interlacing of bamboo leaves, and Shen Ciwu saw from a distance that something seemed to reflect the light on the ground.

She hurried forward to pick up the thing that refracted the sunlight.

It was a piece of armor.

Gilt on the outside, woven and flowered, it is a style that can only be worn by the mother of the main seat of the first house.

What's more, it's as smooth as new and doesn't cause dust.

The night before the incident, there had been a lot of autumn rain in Jiangdu, and if this armor had been lost here before, then it would definitely not be so clean.

Sun Guiren died violently in the bamboo forest yesterday afternoon, and no concubine will set foot in this place.

Therefore, Shen Ciwei can almost be sure that this armor was left here on the day of Sun Guiren's accident.

The armor was originally designed to protect the nails of the ladies who were as long as green onions, so in addition to sleeping, they were worn on their hands almost all the time.

It's like a ring worn by modern people, and if you suddenly take off something that you are used to wearing every day, you always feel a little uncomfortable.

If the person who lost the armor fell unintentionally, and fell in such a conspicuous place without covering, she definitely had no reason not to pick it up.

So there is only one possibility, and this armor was dropped by people in a panic.

At this point, Shen Ciwei could almost deduce that the owner of this armor must have something to do with Sun Guiren's death.

Therefore, as long as you investigate secretly, which of the mothers of the first palace in the harem were not in the palace on the day of Sun Guiren's accident, and there is no strong alibi, then she is the most suspicious.

Shen Ciwei first reported the matter to Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and then reported the matter to Li Mobai with him.

Li Mobai asked the people of Dali Temple not to leak the news, and secretly investigated all the suspected concubines in private to see who was the most suspicious.

For the rest of the matter, Shen Ci was worried that it was inconvenient to come forward to investigate, so she went back to her palace first.

When it was time for dinner, Pei'er and Qi'er prepared a large table full of dishes, and said, "The little master has been tired all day today, and the slave maid has prepared for you all the dishes you like to eat every day, and the little master will eat more." ”

There was only one chair in front of the table full of dishes, which made her a little embarrassed, "In the past, when I was eating, Sun Guiren always talked about it in a short time. I only thought she was noisy at that time, and I couldn't hear her anymore, and I felt sorry for her. ”

"Don't be sad, little master, everyone has their own lives, we just have to live our lives well, and we can't take care of others."

Shen Ci smiled reluctantly, raised his eyes and looked at Pei'er and Qi'er, "I want to thank you for today's events." ”

"The little master said this, but he was going to torture the slaves and maids, and the slaves and maids had to be freed from the living dead pit in the palace maid's house with your grace, and in the past, if it wasn't for the little master's kindness to rescue, our lives would have been gone. The little master treats us well, you are in trouble, how can we hide and not help? ”

Shen Ci got up and moved two more chairs in front of the table, "I don't like what you call me now. We must abide by the rules in front of people, and when we are alone, we are not masters and servants, but just friends. I treat you well, and you treat me with all your heart, and don't scream in front of me in the future. I can't finish this big table alone, so sit down and eat with me. ”

The two of them also made a lot of excuses at first, but they couldn't stand Shen Ci's worries and enthusiasm, so they had to get her wish.

Pei'er put a chopstick of red meat in Shen Ci's bowl, and said with a smile: "Little master, taste what this venison tastes like~"

Venison?

Shen Ciwu stared at the piece of meat in his bowl for a long time, and asked, "Where did you get it?" ”

"It was sent from the imperial dining room in the afternoon, and the little lord went to the bamboo forest with the people of Dali Temple at that time, so I don't know. The father-in-law of the imperial dining room said that this was the wild deer that Nanyuan hunted yesterday, and the emperor did not reward anyone, only the little master, which shows that the emperor loves the little master. ”

Li Mobai sent it?

He detained and searched for himself, and he was reluctant to let himself eat melon seeds, how could he send venison to himself in a good manner?

If he sent it, then he accidentally pushed him into the quagmire today, and when he got up and rapped with himself, how could he not mention it?

Shen Ciwei felt that something was wrong, and saw that Qi'er picked up a piece that was ready to be put in her mouth, and hurriedly knocked her chopsticks off, "Don't eat it, this meat is weird, have you tested it?" ”

Pei'er and Qi'er were both dumbfounded.

The venison personally sent by the father-in-law in the imperial dining room said that it was a reward from Li Mobai, where would they test it again?

Seeing that Shen Ci was worried, Pei'er took out the silver needle and probed it into the venison, and took out the silver needle for a long time, but there was nothing unusual, so he said with peace of mind: "The little master has been worried, and it has been tested, and it is non-toxic." ”

The fact that the silver needle cannot be tested does not mean that the venison is absolutely safe.

In the courtyard, there is a maid who is taking grain and feeding it to the pigeons.

Shen Ciwu threw the venison out of the rhombic window, and was soon taken away by a pigeon.

She watched the pigeon fly to the treetops and ate it with relish, and heard Qi'er quip: "The emperor's only reward for the little master is not uncommon, take it to feed the pigeons." ”

She was still smiling when she said this, but the next moment, she suddenly covered her mouth and screamed.

I saw that the pigeon, which had been in good spirits a moment before, fell heavily from the branch to the ground not long after eating the venison, and fluttered twice before it moved.

"It's really poisonous!" Pei'er hurriedly protected Shen Ci and pushed the plate of venison far away, "Fortunately, the little master is careful, otherwise if we really eat it, we won't have to end up like that pigeon?" ”

Qi'er kept her tears in her eyes, huddled in the corner of the wall and trembled, "Who wants to harm our little master, the father-in-law of the imperial dining room said that this venison was sent by the emperor, could it be that the emperor really believed the nonsense of Concubine Luo, thinking that Sun Guiren was killed by the little master, so he wanted to kill the little master?" ”

Compared with the panic of the two of them, Shen Ci was unusually calm.

She glanced at the direction of Xianshou Palace outside the window, and said word by word: "The emperor is not the only one in this palace who can instruct the imperial dining room to do this kind of thing. ”