Chapter 116: Veil
Lu Yuning responded and instructed Qing Dai: "Go back and bring my moon-white orchid-embroidered handkerchief and moon-white cloth." ”
"Yes, master." Qing Dai answered, bowed to the queen and went back to Linglong Pavilion to get things.
After Qing Dai left, the queen mother drank the tea slowly, and she didn't mean to make Lu Yuning get up at all.
Lu Yuning knelt on the ground, lowered his head, and his nose was full of the fragrance coming from the sachet on the ground, Lu Yuning carefully analyzed the spices in this sachet.
The original taste of this sachet should be the fragrance of lotus stamen, and the configuration of lotus stamen requires spices such as lotus stamen, jatamansi, herb, sandalwood, cloves, and white plum meat.
Now there is a lot of musk mixed in it, which makes the taste of this sachet far from the original lotus incense.
This sachet should be the reason for Zheng Jieyu's miscarriage, right?
Whether it is the fabric of the sachet or the musk added to it, all kinds of signs have pointed at her, Zheng Jieyu is really painstaking, in order to deal with her, she can't even have the child in her belly.
The queen observed Lu Yuning kneeling on the ground while drinking tea, and saw Lu Yuning kneeling there as if she had settled down, without the slightest intention of asking for mercy or justification, the queen couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Lu Meiren is really calm.
Linglong Pavilion is not close to Fengyi Palace, and it took Qingdai more than two quarters of an hour to come back.
Qing Dai, who came back, was holding the horse with only a little bit of fabric in her arms, but her face was very ugly.
Lu Yuning looked at Qing Dai's face and chuckled in her heart, and couldn't help but wonder if the veil was missing, right?
Yesterday, she asked Qingdai and Qingzhi to count their things, and they were obviously still there!
The queen and the others naturally also discovered Qing Dai's face, a touch of deep thought flashed in her eyes, put down the teacup in her hand, and asked Qing Dai, "Have you brought the things?" ”
Qing Dai raised the fabric with both hands and said, "Back to the queen, the fabric is here." ”
Jade went over and took the fabric in Qingdai's hand and checked it, and said to the queen: "Niangniang, a small piece is missing." ”
The queen looked at Qing Dai: "What about the handkerchief that your master said?" ”
Qingdai's face stiffened when she heard the queen ask.
"If ......" Just when the queen thought that Qing Dai couldn't take out the handkerchief, Qing Dai took out a partially charred handkerchief from her cuff and said: "If you go back to the queen's mother, the handkerchief is here, but because the palace people are careless, a piece is burned." ”
Liuli took the handkerchief in the past, looked at it, handed it to the queen, and said, "Niangniang, the handkerchief was indeed cut from that piece of cloth." ”
When the queen heard Liuli's words, a touch of disappointment flashed in her heart, she took the handkerchief and looked at it, although the handkerchief was charred, but fortunately, the charred place was not too big, and she could judge what the cloth used in the handkerchief was. Indeed, like the fabric used for the sachet, it should have been cut from that piece of fabric.
In this way, Lu Meiren can be cleared of suspicion for the time being, and it is impossible to convict Lu Meiren only by relying on the musk in the sachet, although Lu Meiren is good at making incense, but in this palace, Lu Meiren is not the only one who can get musk.
After Lu Yuning proved that the fabric used in the sachet had nothing to do with her, the queen could only wave Lu Yuning to leave.
Coming out of Fengyi Palace, Lu Yuning asked Qing Dai with a sinking face: "What's the matter with the veil?" ”
Qingdai said to Lu Yuning with a dark face: "Back to the master, the slave and maid heard that Qingzhi said that the master had just left with the front foot of the slave and maid, and Zifu's cheap girl stole the handkerchief with her hind feet and wanted to burn it, but fortunately, the master let Qingzhi pay more attention before leaving, and the cheap girl was caught by Qingzhi as soon as she started and snatched the handkerchief from her hand." ”
When Qingzhi saw it, Zifu had already lit the handkerchief with the fire fold on her body, and it was Qingzhi who risked being burned to snatch a charred handkerchief from Zifu's hand, and in order to prevent the handkerchief from being burned, Qingzhi's hands were burned.
When Lu Yuning returned to Linglong Pavilion, he couldn't see much anger on his face, but the momentum on his body frightened Zhou Man and the others who were waiting in Linglong Pavilion.
They have been serving by Lu Yuning's side for more than a year, Lu Yuning has always been kind to them, and they have never seen Lu Yuning like this today.
Lu Yuning sat down in the main hall of Linglong Pavilion, glanced at a few people in the room, and asked, "What about the Zifu people?" ”
Zhou Man cautiously replied: "The villain tied people up and locked them in the side hall." ”
"Bring someone to me." Lu Yuning commanded.
Zhou Man answered, went to bring Zifu up, Zifu was helped with both hands and feet, and a rag was stuffed by Qingzhi in her mouth, and she was almost pushed into the house by Zhou Man.
Zifu saw that Lu Yuning was a little weak and looked away.
"Take the contents out of her mouth." Lu Yuning commanded.
Zhou Man stepped forward in response and removed the rag from Zifu's mouth.
Zifu thought that Lu Yuning asked Zhou Man to remove the rag from her mouth to ask her who instructed her, but who knew that Lu Yuning stared at her for a while, suddenly hooked her lips, and said with interest: "I'm a little curious about what benefits Zheng Jieyu gave you to make you willing to take the risk of doing this?" ”
Zifu couldn't help but look at Lu Yuning with wide eyes when she heard Lu Yuning's words, as if she didn't expect Lu Yuning to know who instructed her.
Lu Yuning ignored Zifu's shock, but continued: "I think you are willing to take the risk to destroy the veil, there are nothing more than two possibilities, the first is that Zheng Jieyu grabbed your handle and threatened you to do it, and the second is that Zheng Jieyu promised you enough to be tempted by the benefits. ”
"As far as I know, you haven't done anything wrong in the palace, so Zheng Jieyu shouldn't have your handle in her hands, so there is only the second possibility."
After Lu Yuning finished speaking, she said to Qing Dai: "Go and search her room for me to see if I can find anything." ”
"Yes, master." Qing Dai answered, and went to Zifu's room to search.
Zifu's eyes moved when she saw Qingdai go out, but she didn't say anything.
Lu Yuning glanced at Zifu, but she was not in a hurry, she picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly, waiting for Qingdai to come back.
After Lu Yuning drank a cup of tea, Qing Dai walked in empty-handed, shook her head at Lu Yuning, and said, "Master, the slave and maid have rummaged through this cheap maid's house, and I haven't found any other valuables except for the things that the master has rewarded." ”
Lu Yuning was not surprised, looked at Zifu and said, "Since this benefit is not in your hands, it should have fallen on your family." ”
"Zifu, if I'm not mistaken, your family seems to be from Zhang County, right?"
Zifu's face suddenly changed after hearing Lu Yuning's words, and her eyes showed a little defensiveness when she looked at Lu Yuning.