Chapter 43: White Jade and Red Phoenix Hairpin
The girl is petite, her face is like a peach blossom, the lotus-colored palace dress, with the golden embroidery edge, there are round pink pearls falling on it, and the head is even more dazzling, and the lining is shining.
"Master Di, this is Princess Qingyang!"
Tao Li pulled the visitor closer, and then introduced to Di Xue.
"In the Lower Dali Temple, Cheng Dixue, I have seen Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Di Xue gave a salute after speaking.
Princess Qingyang waved her hand, and then looked at Di Xue curiously: "Tao Li always praises you with the palace, what you saw today is indeed extraordinary, but I don't know if your solving the case is really as magical as a rumor!" ”
"Back to the princess's words, it is too magical to call it, it can only be said that the truth will not be erased!" Di Xue returned.
"Oh, it's interesting for you to speak, it's worth Tao Li's recommendation, it just so happens that there is something lost here in the palace, you can help the palace find it."
Princess Qingyang changed her words and said to Di Xue.
Di Xue returned: "I don't know what Her Royal Highness the princess lost?" ”
"What this palace lost is the white jade and red phoenix hairpin rewarded by the queen mother, and I often wear it every day, but I can't find it this morning!"
Princess Qingyang obviously looked a little ugly after speaking, it seems that this hairpin is indeed her favorite thing.
Di Xue arched her hand: "Please also ask Her Royal Highness the princess to describe the scene of the last time she saw the hairpin, and the lower officials will have a basis." ”
"The last thing I saw was last night, when the palace came back from the imperial brother, and then Jin Chuan waited to take off the headdress."
Under the narration of Princess Qingyang, Di Xue went to last night's scene.
Princess Qingyang's jewelry is kept by Jin Chuan, and the princess's favorite jewelry will be put into a four-layer jewelry box and locked.
The key is only available to the princess herself.
Yesterday, Princess Qingyang came back from the emperor, so she put the hairpin into the jewelry box, and then went to bathe and change clothes.
It wasn't until this morning that I opened the box and found that the white jade and red hairpin inside was missing.
The jewelry box was locked by the princess herself last night, so it could only be stolen from the evening until early this morning.
After listening to this, Di Xue smoothed it out and analyzed it.
Princess Qingyang's Jingyang Palace is deep in the inner palace, and the surrounding area is heavily guarded, and it is impossible for outsiders to enter and steal.
And from yesterday night to today, no outsiders entered.
The person who stole is most likely Jingyang Palace's own person.
Thinking of this, Di Xue arched her hand and said:
"Your Royal Highness Princess, if you are not in a hurry at this time, can you go to the palace to check?"
After Di Xue finished speaking, Princess Qingyang happily agreed, and also called Chu Ran to go with her.
After entering Jingyang Palace, Di Xue only felt that it was very luxurious, the palace garden was exquisite, and the palace building was even more exquisite and beautiful.
The most in the courtyard is the peach tree, and although the peach blossoms are defeated at this time, the small peaches on the trees are also pink and cute.
After entering the main palace of Jingyang Palace, because it was inconvenient for Chu Ran to enter the dormitory, he waited outside alone, and Di Xue and others entered the dormitory of Princess Qingyang.
The hand-picked is filled with pink veils, and the whole looks very beautiful.
Di Xue, under the guidance of Princess Qingyang, saw the box with valuable ornaments.
There are four layers above and below the box, the first to third layers are in the shape of drawers, and the fourth layer is the cabinet.
The handles of each layer of the box can be screwed, and the outside is connected together and locked with a large copper rod.
The lock on it is specially made in the palace and is not easy to open unless you use a key.
Di Xue carefully inspected the lock and found that it was intact, but there were some scratches on the keyhole of the lock.
"Your Royal Highness, can you show me your key?"
After Di Xue finished speaking, Princess Qingyang took out the key from her purse.
Di Xue saw that the whole body of the key was polished very smooth, and it was silky to open the lock when she put it into the lock.
It seems that the person who picked the lock did not use this key.
Di Xue took the open jewelry box and studied it.
There was no trace of destruction in the entire box, which verified Di Xue's idea.
Then Di Xue carefully inspected the hall again, and after there was nothing abnormal, everyone left the dormitory Di Xue asked:
"Your Royal Highness, when will your keys leave your side?"
"It's probably only time for me to take a shower, and when I rest at night, I put my purse in a small box next to my pillow, and no one will move it."
After Princess Qingyang finished speaking, Di Xue nodded: "It seems that the person who steals is the one who can get close to the princess, since Her Royal Highness the princess has narrowed the scope, you might as well come and ask for directions!" ”
"How?"
Princess Qingyang asked.
Di Xue smiled slightly, and then returned:
"That is, the princess mobilized the maids around her to find it, and then Tao Li pretended to find the hairpin, which could be shown to everyone from afar, and then the person who stole the hairpin was naturally uneasy, and we can follow this to find the real hairpin thief."
After Di Xue finished speaking, Princess Qingyang stole a little: "This method is good, but where to get a fake hairpin?" ”
"Fake hairpins can be imitated by someone with superb craftsmanship and wax, as for who will come." After Di Xue finished speaking, she looked at Chu Ran with Tao Li.
Chu Ran smiled helplessly, and then made the hairpin under the description of Princess Qingyang.
"This is really no different from the previous one, if you don't take a closer look, you really can't see the difference!"
After Princess Qingyang finished speaking, she was eager to act.
After summoning the maids and maids in the palace, Princess Qingyang and Tao Li successfully performed a play according to the method taught by Di Xue.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the palace maid Lianxin beside Princess Qingyang to look wrong, and then when she went back to the house to check, she was caught red-handed by everyone.
After Lianxin confessed, Di Xue learned that her mother was seriously ill in the suburbs of Yuanjing, but her own money was not enough for treatment, so she wanted to steal the princess's things and sell them in the palace, so as to exchange money for her mother's treatment.
Although Di Xue felt that what she said was reasonable, she always had some doubts in the middle, why did she have to have this hairpin?
Not to mention the fact that it is safer to steal something that the princess does not love, but which is expensive.
But before Di Xue could think about it, the princess's ceremony was about to begin.
After they had left the princess, they went to the place where the princess was and her ceremony.
After taking a seat, the emperor took the princess out, and the princess lost her liveliness just now, and her face was noble and serious.
After the money palm seal announced the reward of the princess and Her Majesty, the banquet began.
Di Xue also pushed the cup with Chu Ran, Zhou Huai and others, but it was also rare and easy.
But at this moment, Li Yong and Prime Minister Li Cheng came to the palace.
Holding a scroll in the shape of a holy decree, he fell to his knees.
"Prime Minister Li, why is this?" Chu Yun asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister is here today to ask for the little Li Cheng to marry Princess Qingyang!"
As soon as Li Yong's words came out, everyone was shocked.
"Prime Minister Li, how do you say this?"
Chu Yun asked with a displeased face.
"Your Majesty Mingjian, the holy decree held by the minister is the queen mother, and it is explained that after the princess and the queen will be married, she will marry the child Li Cheng!"