Shen Lingxi froze.

She never expected that Chu Yan would hold herself in her arms.

Although she had "intimate" contact with him before, it was just a deliberate pretense to show others, and most of them were her initiatives.

Shen Lingxi hadn't forgotten that this person had a habit of cleanliness, and every time she approached, she could feel his resistance.

"I can walk on my own......"

Shen Lingxi put his hand on his shoulder, slightly widening the distance between the two.

Chu Yanmo's pupils were slightly deep, and he raised his eyebrows to look at her, "Are your feet alright?" ”

He was about to put her down, and he was going to see how she dodged his sword move just now.

Shen Lingxi: ......

Never mind.

"Nope." She subconsciously grabbed the placket of his shirt and lowered her eyes, "Then there is His Royal Highness Lao." ”

Chunjun rushed over, and saw His Royal Highness, holding a woman, walking out of the room, and his jaw dropped in shock.

But when he saw that the person was Shen Lingxi, he felt that it was very reasonable.

Well, he should be able to rest soon.

However, the next moment-——

"Take this person on the ground to Beiya, so that she can be interrogated, don't let her die." Chu Yan handed over the palace lamp in his hand to Chunjun and instructed, "By the way, ask Mu Huai'an to bring someone here, the ice cellar has what he wants." ”

Chunjun: ......

Shen Lingxi saw that Chu Yan had almost no doubts, so he believed what she had just said, his slightly drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, silently relaxed his stiff body, and let go of the hand that was gripping his shirt.

He believed her, and she would believe in him.

Chunjun carried the palace lamp, shone it on the face of the woman in black who fell to the ground, and exhaled in a low voice, "Isn't this the martial maid next to the eldest princess?" ”

It's the eldest princess of Pingyang again.

Chu Yan was obviously also surprised, his sword eyebrows frowned slightly, "Send someone to keep an eye on the eldest princess." ”

Pure Jun should be down.

"I'll send you back first."

After Chu Yan finished speaking in a low voice, he hugged Shen Lingxi tightly, and after a few ups and downs, he walked out of the East Palace.

The night breeze was blowing, and there was an imperceptible, white fragrance of pear blossoms, wafting from him into the tip of Shen Lingxi's nose.

The question that lingered in Shen Lingxi's heart had a reasonable explanation.

It turned out that he had drunk alcohol.

No wonder they took the initiative to hug her.

It's just that at the palace banquet, he never appeared, where did he drink this wine?

Shen Lingxi looked at the East Palace, which was gradually moving away, and had a vague answer in his heart.

The road from the East Palace to the Shoukang Palace is not short, the two are considered to be "first" to meet, and it is not appropriate to say anything, and they all chose to be silent along the way.

Chu Yan sent Shen Lingxi back to the west hall of Shoukang Palace, and put her on the soft couch near the window, "You hurt ......"

"It doesn't matter, I'll just take a break."

Shen Lingxi urged, "Thank you, Your Highness, the ice cellar in the East Palace, there are still many things to be busy with, you can go and get busy." If there is anything wrong with my injury, Xiaodouzi will ask for a royal doctor for me. ”

Chu Yan glanced at her meaningfully, didn't say anything more, turned around and left, and went to the main hall.

*

About half an hour later, when Chu Yan left Shoukang Palace, the Queen Mother personally went to the side hall to find Shen Lingxi.

She sat down in front of the couch and retreated from everyone, looking a little sad, "Girl, listen to Liulang, have you found Xuetuan's body?" Is it in the East Palace? ”

Shen Lingxi nodded, and slowly explained the cause of Xuetuan's death and the situation in the ice cellar.

"The mourning family knows that the snow group is not lost, it must have been killed." The Queen Mother said hatefully, "It's just that they didn't expect that they would hide Xuetuan's body in the East Palace, it's really dampening!" ”

Shen Lingxi heard the mystery in the Queen Mother's words, "Didn't Niang Niang already guess who did it?" ”

"Who else could it be?"

The Queen Mother snorted, "She can't wait to make the mourning family angry to death, so that she can do whatever she wants in this harem." Previously, the mourning family looked at the emperor's face, and they were afraid of Liulang, and they didn't want to have trouble with her, but they didn't expect that she would let people hide the body in the East Palace, what did she want to do? She's trying to hurt Rokuro! Now it seems that the mourning family can't bear it any longer. ”

In this harem, if it is said that after the death of the queen mother, the only person who can "do whatever she wants" is the concubine of Yutan Palace.

"What did the mother say...... But Concubine Zhao of Yutan Palace? Although Shen Lingxi asked the Queen Mother, his eyes glanced at the snow group on the side.

The snow rolled up and lay on the queen mother's knees, without lifting her tail.

No reaction to the name.

This means that the murderer is probably not the one the Queen Mother said.

The Queen Mother noticed her gaze and also looked down at her knees.

"How? What do you say about snow balls? She asked directly, "Is the murderer Zhao Shurong?" ”

Shen Lingxi: ......

"Girl, you don't have to hide it from the mourning family." The Queen Mother's eyes were a little earnest, "The mourning family can see it, you must be able to see the snow ball, right?" Xue Tuan used to play with that hydrangea, and he liked to catch the yellow tassel the most. You haven't seen it, but you can paint it so vividly that you can see things that we can't see. ”

She lowered her head, raised her hand and stroked her knee a few times, and a little tear appeared in her eyes, "It's ...... Are you sleeping? ”

"The snow ball is listening to us, and if you touch it, it will snore." Shen Lingxi said softly, "It can't let go of you, it remembers you, and wants to return to you, so it will let me go to Heming Tower, enlist as an embroiderer, and bring it into the palace." ”

"It's a silly child." The Queen Mother's eyes were red, and tears fell on the soul of the snow ball.

"Meow......" Snow ball rubbed in her arms.

Shen Lingxi: "It wants you to take good care of your body and stop being sad because of its departure." ”

"Good, good, good."

The Queen Mother said hello three times in a row, wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, "You ask Xue Tuan, if Zhao Shurong did it, if it is her, the mourning family will never spare her." ”

"It's not." Shen Lingxi said softly: "Xue Tuan has no reaction to Concubine Zhao's name, and it probably has nothing to do with her. His Royal Highness King Fang Caining caught a suspect in the East Palace, you can rest assured that this matter will be handed over to His Royal Highness to investigate, and it will definitely be implemented. ”

"No, you can't let him investigate, this matter involves the East Palace, let him investigate, I'm afraid of causing trouble, and if I'm not careful, I'm afraid I'll fall into their trap." The Queen Mother is categorical.

She looked at Shen Lingxi, "Child, the mourning family heard that you have helped Dali Temple investigate several cases before, and tomorrow the mourning family will draw up a decree, ordering you to supervise the case as a special envoy of the mourning family, and then go with the Mu family boy to investigate this case, what do you think?" ”

With the Queen Mother as a backer, it must be very convenient to investigate the case.

The East Palace was originally the place where Shen Lingxi had always wanted to enter, but could not enter.

But even so, Shen Lingxi didn't want to be led by the nose by an enemy who had never shown up in the clouds.

"If you can share the worries of the queen mother, the courtiers are willing......"

She paused, raised her eyes, looked directly at the Queen Mother, and asked the doubts in her heart: "It's just that before that, can Niangniang tell me what happened to the East Palace that it will be abandoned so much." You just said that the other party hid the body in the East Palace to harm His Royal Highness King Ning, what does this sentence mean? ”