Ah Yao asked Rong Qianhan twice.

For the first time, Song Yi pretended not to hear.

The second time, Song Yi said that Rong Qianhan left the Prime Minister's Mansion.

He obviously noticed that Ah Yao was not very happy.

If A-Yao asks again, how should he explain it?

Rong Qianhan didn't think about it and said, "You tell her the truth." ”

"She already knows that you have left the Prime Minister's Mansion, and her subordinates are afraid that she will think too much, do you want to tell her that the emperor asked you to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"Not necessarily!"

He didn't want her to worry about him right now.

"But ......"

Rong Qianhan raised his eyes, "Song Yi, what you have to do now is to protect her, and you don't have to worry about the rest." ”

"Yes."

After Song Yi left, Rong Qianhan was completely sleepy and simply left the room.

He kept thinking about how A-Yao's silver needle was lost.

Just as he was concentrating on it, a reckless maidservant suddenly burst into his yard.

When the maidservant saw him, she immediately fell to her knees in a panic.

"The slave and maid have seen the regent, but the slave and maid don't know that the regent is still in the courtyard late at night, and he is still ......"

Rong Qianhan interrupted her, "What are you doing here?" ”

"The slave and maid come and clean the house."

"Cleaning the house in the middle of the night?"

The maid didn't dare to raise her head, and replied truthfully, "Since Ah Yao fell ill, Steward Liu asked us to come and clean up Ah Yao's house every night. ”

"Why don't you clean during the day?"

"Steward Liu thinks that A-Yao doesn't want people to see us cleaning, so that no one will talk too much, so let us clean at night."

Ah Yao's identity in the house is embarrassing, saying that she is a maidservant, and she doesn't have to work.

said that she was not a servant girl and had no official identity.

During her illness, there were many inconveniences, so Steward Liu could only ask people to clean her house at night, so as not to make A-Yao uncomfortable.

"It's well-intentioned, you go!"

"Yes."

The maid was just about to leave, but was suddenly stopped by Rong Qianhan.

"Wait!"

The handmaiden stopped.

Rong Qianhan walked up to her and asked, "You have been cleaning up the house for Ah Yao for the past few days and nights?" ”

"No, whoever is free will come."

Rong Qianhan's eyes sank, as if he had thought of something.

"Immediately find the maidservant who cleaned up the house for A-Yao in the past month."

The maidservant was stunned for a moment, and although she didn't know what he was going to do, she quickly did so.

After a while, all the maidservants who had cleaned up the house for A-Yao were found.

Glancing at the maidservants standing in two rows, Rong Qianhan asked, "Are they all here?" ”

"Back to the regent, there is another one named Dongmei who didn't come."

"Where did she go?"

"Dongmei has gone home to save her relatives, and she won't come back until tomorrow."

Rong Qianhan raised his eyes and looked at everyone, "Report all your names." ”

"Yes."

The maidservants told him their names.

"Let's all go down!"

"Yes."

After the maidservants had gone, he went to the steward overnight, and asked him where they were.

The housekeeper looked through the daily entry and exit records of the Regent Palace, and then compared the names of these people, and walked straight to Rong Qianhan.

"How?" Rong Qianhan asked.

"Back to the prince, these people have never left the Regent's Mansion in the past month."

Rong Qianhan frowned and said slowly: "What about the one named Dongmei?" ”

The housekeeper continued to check, "Dongmei said that her family was sick and asked for leave to go home early this morning. ”

"Where is her home?"

The housekeeper found the identity information record book of the people in the mansion again, and turned to Dongmei's information.

"Lord Wang, this is Dongmei's identity information."

"Where is Lijia Village?"

The housekeeper thought for a while and said, "Ten miles south of Kyoto is Lijia Village." ”

"The king knows."

The housekeeper raised his eyes, "Why does the prince check on these handmaidens in the middle of the night?" But what happened? ”

"It's okay, you don't have to think about it, you go!"

"Yes."

After the housekeeper left, Rong Qianhan found Lijia Village that night and inquired about Dongmei's home in the village.

He came to the door of Dongmei's house and happened to hear the conversation inside the house.

"Dongmei! What the hell is wrong with you? You're packing up your things in the middle of the night, where are you going to take us? ”

Dongmei was packing her baggage, and said impatiently: "Mother, don't ask, just follow me." ”

"Dongmei, did you make something wrong in the Regent's Mansion?"

"It's not."

"Dongmei!"

Rong Qianhan pushed open the door with one palm, and through the dim oil lamp in the room, he saw Dongmei's mother and daughter clearly.

"Who? Who is it? Dong Mei Niang asked.

Dongmei saw the person clearly, and was so frightened that she knelt on the ground.

"The king, the prince."

Rong Qianhan walked up to her, "You are Dongmei?" ”

"Yes, it's the slave."

Glancing at the small room, Rong Qianhan sat down straight.

"Where are you going?"

"Slave, slave ......"

Dongmei Niang's eyes were not very good, so she groped her way to Dongmei's side and asked, "Dongmei!" Who is it? ”

"Mother, don't ask."

"It's the king."

Dong Mei Niang thought for a moment, and also knelt down with Dong Mei, "The people have seen the regent. ”

Rong Qianhan set his eyes on Dongmei, "You don't have to panic, you tell this king what you did, and this king will spare you as appropriate." ”

"Slaves ...... damned"

Dongmei knew that she couldn't escape, so she simply explained everything truthfully.

Because she needed money for her mother's eyes, she accepted money from a strange man and stole a silver needle from Ah Yao while she was cleaning up the house.

Rong Qianhan slapped the table heavily, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

Dongmei lowered her head, "Slave damned!" The slave thought that she was just stealing a silver needle, but she didn't expect it to ......"

Su Mingxuan's death caused a stir in Kyoto, and when Dongmei found out, she anxiously asked for leave to go home, planning to take her mother out of Kyoto.

"Dongmei! What exactly did you do? ”

Dongmei didn't speak.

He pondered for a moment and asked in a cold voice, "Do you remember who that strange man is?" ”

Dongmei shook her head.

His brow furrowed.

Dongmei immediately kowtowed to him, "I did the thing, please don't embarrass my mother, please." ”

He abruptly got up and said, "Go back with the king at once." ”

"Yes."

Rong Qianhan took Dongmei back to Kyoto overnight and sent it to Jingzhao Mansion before dawn.

In order to find out the real murderer, Yuan Ping has not closed his eyes for two days.

Knowing that Rong Qianhan was coming, he immediately went out to greet him.

"I don't know if the prince came early in the morning, and I missed the welcome, and I ask the prince to forgive me."

"It's useless to talk less."

Rong Qianhan pointed at Dongmei, "She has important clues that will help you find the real culprit." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

Yuan Ping asked Dongmei to be taken down and returned to him.

"How's it going?" Rong Qianhan asked.

Yuan Ping looked at him with an embarrassed face, and didn't answer for a long time.

The emperor has ordered that Rong Qianhan must not interfere in the investigation of the real murderer, and he can't tell Rong Qianhan the details of the real murderer.

"This king is just concerned about the progress of the case."

"Lord Wang, this ......"

"Huh?"

Seeing that Rong Qianhan's face changed, Yuan Ping didn't dare to support him anymore, and truthfully told Rong Qianhan all the details he had found.

Rong Qianhan's eyebrows furrowed, and he said thoughtfully: "You mean that there are some men's footprints outside the wall of Su Mingxuan's death?" ”

"Exactly."

Yuan Ping's face was full of sadness, and he sighed lightly: "Except for these footprints, the lower officials can't find anything else, I'm afraid it's ......."

"It doesn't matter, if you examine the people who this king has given you, there may be new discoveries."

"Yes."

The real murderer who killed Su Mingxuan could not be found, but there were man's footprints and Dongmei's confession, which was enough to prove that Ah Yao was not the murderer.

He cared about who the real murderer of Su Mingxuan was, and he just wanted Ah Yao to be safe.

Rong Qianhan walked out of Jingzhao Mansion satisfied.

……

Another day, Ah Yao sat beside Mama Zhu and sighed softly.

Song Yi sent what she needed last night, and she had already taken care of Mama Zhu's legs, medicated, and bandaged the wounds.

Mama Zhu turned her head to look at her, "What are you sighing for?" ”

"Day by day is so fast, I'm afraid I don't have much time."

"You're still young, what are you talking about?"

She smiled at Mama Zhu, "If Lord Yuan can't find out the real murderer who killed Su Mingxuan in three days, I will have to take the blame." ”

"That dog won't let you go when it's dead?" Mama Zhu scolded indignantly.

She was a little helpless, "It was the silver needle that killed him that I lost, and I couldn't run away." ”

"The dog deserves it, maybe God wants to take him."

"Actually, I was going to kill him, but before I could do it, he died at the hands of someone else, and it didn't feel too good to take the blame for others."

Mama Zhu moved her mouth, not knowing what to say for a while.

Ah Yao looked at Mama Zhu's legs, "I'll give you a prescription, and when you go out, you will take medicine according to my prescription, and your legs will be able to walk in one month at the earliest." ”

"You're all like this, and you still care about me?"

"I'm your doctor, so naturally I can't ignore you."

"You ......"

The words came to her mouth, but Mama Zhu swallowed back.

In the middle of the night, Song Yi's voice came from outside the door.

"A-Yao, it's time to eat."

Yao got up and went to pick up the food.

She didn't talk as much as she used to, and took her meal and went back to the house.

Song Yi stood at the door a little uncomfortable, hesitated for a long time, but he still decided to tell Ah Yao.

"Ah Yao, don't blame the prince, the prince's current situation is no better than yours."

Ah Yao didn't say anything.

Song Yi's heart was up, and he said: "In fact, the emperor asked the prince to leave the Prime Minister's Mansion, and now the court is ......."

Song Yi told Ah Yao everything.

After listening to this, Ah Yao no longer had the slightest appetite.

"You must not complain about the prince."

She smiled calmly and said, "I have never complained about the prince, I know, you go back!" ”

She didn't react at all, so Song Yi couldn't figure out what she was thinking.

"A-Yao, you ......"

"I'm so hungry, I want to eat, I don't want to talk anymore." She interrupted Song Yi.

Song Yi swallowed back the words that came to his lips, "Then I'll go." ”

After Song Yi left, Ah Yao sat on the ground in despair.

"Not eating?" Mama Zhu asked.

"I'm out of appetite, you can eat!"

Mama Zhu ate it, "Today's meal is very good, don't you really want to take a bite?" ”

"I don't want to eat it."

Mama Zhu didn't care about her anymore and ate all the meals by herself.

Seeing that she was still sitting in the same position just now, Mama Zhu patted her on the shoulder.

"You'll be fine."

She turned her head to look at Mama Zhu, "I'm afraid I won't live long, are you really unwilling to tell me anything?" ”

Mama Zhu's expression changed, and she hesitated and moved her mouth.