The county lord of Yuanheng listened to her questions and said: "When I was taken to the queen mother's palace, the emperor was no longer small, he was very diligent in his studies, and he almost didn't see him go out for a walk, every time I saw him, almost it was when he went to ask the queen mother to say goodbye, that Ruying, I have an impression, although I can't remember the appearance, but vaguely a very pleasing appearance, and her temperament is good, and she takes care of the emperor's diet and daily life. But one day, I didn't see her anymore......

The county lord of Yuanheng remembered that morning, she fell asleep in the side building and heard a few quarrels between the emperor and the queen mother outside.

The emperor's tone was a little anxious, and he said, "Queen Mother, Ruying was assigned to me by you, and she has been cautious and dedicated to her for many years, what kind of dissatisfaction do you have that you can't tolerate her? Didn't you promise her to stay? Why did you go back on your word? Where the hell is she now?"

The Queen Mother's voice was cold, and she said, "The mourning family does this, naturally there is a reason for the mourning family, you should never have this person in the future!"

Li Qingyi listened to her account and was stunned.

The county lord of Yuanheng came back to his senses from his memory and asked her, "Have you noticed what the emperor said?"

"Well, the emperor said that the queen mother had promised him to let Ruying stay."

The county lord of Yuanheng still knows the queen mother's temperament very well, "That's right, although the queen mother is tough, she will do everything she promised. But she repented on Ruying's matter."

"Mother means that there was a sudden accident that made the Queen Mother have to make another deal with Ruying?"

The county lord of Yuanheng stood up from his chair, paced two steps slowly, and said, "At that time, it was the critical juncture of the change of the throne, and Ruying was so close to the emperor, did she inadvertently know something secret, so that the queen mother refused to let her go? But no one must know about these things, but why do you suddenly ask about Ruying?"

"It is said that the reason why the good nobleman became a concubine is because of the resemblance to Ruying."

Lord Yuanheng was surprised: "Really?"

"Well, Qin Zeng has seen Ruying's portrait and hooked a few strokes to show me."

She took the portrait drawn by Qin Zeng and handed it to the county lord of Yuanheng.

The county lord of Yuanheng has long been blurred about Ruying's appearance, so he doesn't feel anything when he sees the nobles, but Ruying's portrait still awakens some memories of the county lord of Yuanheng.

"Actually, it seems that the little girl who stood by Tan's side that day should be the sister of a good nobleman, and she looks more like Ruying."

Li Qingyi's face was surprised, "I didn't notice."

Lord Yuanheng said: "This has nothing to do with the case, and you don't need to pay too much attention to it, after all, it is an old matter of the emperor, and it is not easy to investigate deeply."

Li Qingyi nodded, "Well, I just asked my mother in passing, then I'll go out to Dali Temple first."

*****

The palace people who served beside the good nobles, as well as the palace people in the Furong Hall where she lived when she was in Fanghua Palace, were all transferred to Dali Temple for detention at this time.

When Li Qingyi arrived at Dali Temple, Cui Chun, the young secretary of Dali Temple, was still busy with other things, so she went to the place where Yucomb and others were being held, and casually called an attendant to come out for questioning.

"What errand did you receive in the Yuxiang Palace?"

The chamberlain, with a delicate face and a very neat speech, replied, "The villain obeys orders in front of the nobles, and runs errands to pass the word."

Li Qingyi didn't beat around the bush, and asked straight to the point: "In this way, you should know more about the personnel that the good nobles come into contact with on a daily basis. So, do you know that Linglong has been in contact with outsiders for a while? Or are there people in other palaces who are often associated or acquainted?"

Without much thought, the chamberlain said, "Linglong has a gentle temperament and treats people kindly, but she is very timid and does not like to deal with strangers. When our master was in the palace, Linglong had almost no contact with the people in the other palaces, and if he went to walk outside the Yuxiang Palace, he usually went to the jade comb."

"Before, you said that she didn't have any conflict with the good man. But other than that, did Linglong ever ask for something from a good person and then be rejected?"

The chamberlain shook his head slowly, thinking for a while, "No

Yes...... Don't say that Linglong doesn't have anything to ask for, even if she does, she may not dare to talk about it to her master."

Li Qingyi frowned: "Think about it carefully, did Linglong say anything special on weekdays, or did she have any emotions such as anger and dissatisfaction?"

The chamberlain looked distressed, and after a while, he suddenly said, "I remember, Linglong seems to have been worried about her future."

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"Linglong is a sentimental person, and once said by chance that the palace maid can leave the palace at twenty-five. But she is a personal palace maid of a good nobleman, and it is very likely that she will stay in the palace as an aunt in charge. She said that she didn't want to stay in the palace, and she was afraid that the good nobles would not let her leave."

"Why wouldn't the good man let her go? Isn't there still a jade comb?"

"It is precisely because the jade comb has already obtained the consent of the master, and she can leave the palace as soon as she is old, so Linglong is worried. After all, the two palace maids who serve each other can't both leave, and usually one of them will stay as a housekeeper aunt."

Li Qingyi was puzzled, "Why did Jade Comb decide to leave the palace so early?"

The quiet room where the suspects are held in Dali Temple is quite dim.

This little waiter is used to serving people, and he picked the candle flame very easily before saying, "Jade Comb and Linglong are extremely powerful in front of the master, especially the Jade Comb, almost all the big and small things in the Yuxiang Palace are in charge of her, so she has more face than others in front of the master. If you ask for something, just tell your master directly, how can you reveal it to us?"

"In other words, you only know that she is going to leave the palace at an old age, but you don't know why she is leaving the palace?"

The little waiter's tone was not hurried or slow, and there was a hint of softness in his voice, which was very coherent, which made people very comfortable to listen to: "I can't say that, although I don't know what the jade comb has planned, but the way out for the palace maid is nothing more than two. Some people like the wealth in the palace, so they stay as housekeepers and aunts, and follow the scenery of the master. Some people don't like the intrigue in the palace, and they tremble, so they go out of the palace to find a lover and live an ordinary life, although they may not live well, but at least they don't have to serve people anymore."

Li Qingyi heard what he said, and it was indeed the truth, so she asked, "So the jade comb is so powerful in front of the good nobles, but she wants to leave the palace, is there anyone outside the palace that she cares about?"

"I don't know." The little chamberlain shook his head and said, "Linglong has a soft temperament and gets along with us on weekdays, so everyone knows a little bit about her. She is a timid person, walking on thin ice in the palace, and she is not doing well, and the slightest thing will make her so scared that she can't sleep all night, so it is common sense to be in a hurry to get out of the palace, not necessarily because of anything else."

"Hmm."

Li Qingyi nodded, thought silently for a while, and then let him go back.

She herself went back to the front and found that Cui Chun had finished the business at hand, his expression was still gloomy, and he must have not slept well last night. At this time, he was discussing with everyone where to start with the case of the good nobleman, but there was no progress because of many evasions.

When everyone saw Li Qingyi coming, they all stopped what they were doing.

She has outstanding appearance, even if she dresses as a man, it is difficult not to attract attention, and because she was appointed by the emperor himself, everyone is full of curiosity about her, guessing whether she is like her second uncle, and has some amazing ability.

Li Qingyi behaved as a man, generously greeted everyone, and then specifically said the situation of the corpse, and then stopped.

Cui Chun picked out the things that could be assigned to everyone to do, and when everyone else had received their own tasks and left, Li Qingyi told Cui Chun about the family affair between the good nobles and the Yu family before entering the palace.

But after Cui Chun heard it, he was quite taboo.

After all, the good nobleman is already the emperor's woman, even if she is dead now, it is not easy to publicize the involvement of the good nobleman with other men.

Li Qingyi looked at his hesitant expression, and knew that he couldn't make up his mind whether to check or not, she pondered for a moment and said, "The emperor only gave three days, Lord Cui must have a lot of things to arrange, why don't you go to Pan's house and Yu's house to inquire about the matter to me, do you think it's feasible?"

Cui Chun was greatly relieved when he heard this, and said to Li Qing

Yi said, "In that case, Miss Li has to worry a lot."

Li Qingyi smiled, "Your Excellency is polite."

It's not that she wants to show her skills to find out the real culprit, but Cui Chun's appearance that she doesn't dare to check like this, she doesn't know when she will have a result, she can't always spend on this matter.

Besides, the emperor has given a time limit, and when the time comes, he won't be able to find out why, and he doesn't know who is going to be unlucky.

Chang Yan muttered in a low voice: "This Cui Shaoqing is notoriously timid and afraid, I really don't know how he got mixed with Shaoqing of Dali Temple......

"Being timid does not mean that you can't do good things." Li Qingyi smiled lightly, and didn't care that Cui Chun threw the hot potato to himself, and said, "Let's go, let's go to Panfu first, and then come back and interrogate Linglong and the others."

"I heard that Linglong suddenly cried early in the morning, she wouldn't be so scared, would she?"

"Being able to cry means that she has vented this fear. If you keep holding back and not saying a word, it's really easy to go crazy."

As soon as the master and servant came out of Dali Temple, they collided head-on with Qin Zeng's car.

Qin Zeng poked his head out of it, "Get in the car."

Li Qingyi is as good as a stream.

After getting into the carriage, she asked, "Aren't you busy today?"

"I'll drop you off."

Li Qingyi's smiling eyes were crooked, no matter where the entire capital went, he would stop by the way, didn't he want to see himself?

Seeing her smug, Qin Zeng turned his head and ignored her, like a proud peacock.

Pan's family lives not far away.

A stick of incense arrived.

Qin Zeng also got out of the carriage and planned to accompany Li Qingyi in.

I heard that it was the person who handled the case who came to interrogate, and saw that there was an emblem of Dongchang on the carriage, and the porter hurriedly and carefully welcomed them in.

The death of the noble man made the atmosphere of the Pan family extremely sluggish, and the subordinates did not dare to speak loudly, and they were quiet wherever they went.

Mrs. Pan's eyes were swollen and bloodshot, and when she saw that it was the two people who examined her daughter's body yesterday, she couldn't help crying bitterly.

Li Qingyi comforted: "Madame, please mourn, the most important thing today is to find out the cause of the death of the good nobleman. If you have any questions, please let us know."

However, Tan couldn't hold back when he cried, and he couldn't listen to her at all.

Qin Zeng said in a deep voice, "The emperor only gave three days to find out the reason, if you can't give the emperor an answer at that time. I'm afraid that the Pan Mansion will also be implicated, and when the time comes, how will Lord Pan still obey orders in front of the emperor?"

Tan himself was a little afraid of Qin Zeng, and when he heard this, his brows were even more sad, but he gradually stopped his sad voice and said, "Whatever you want to ask, just ask......