Chapter 8 Calculations
The Eldest Princess's Mansion.
Nearly a hundred stewards and two chief guards knelt in the hall, the brightly lit hall was silent, the prostrate steward on the ground rested his head against the white jade slab, the cold sweat on his forehead rolled down from the crack in his hair and dipped into the floor, everyone stared at the stone patterns on the ground with frightened faces, trembling.
As the guards came in and out, from time to time one or two masters were dragged out with their mouths covered, the eldest princess leaned sideways, leaning lazily on the back of the chair, and Yu Qing sat in her lower seat.
Yu Qing looked at the person in charge who was covered with his mouth covered and dragged out of the hall with tears in his eyes, knowing their fate in his heart, among them there were a few familiar people, and when he met their gaze, Yu Qing inevitably had a little unbearable on his face.
The eldest princess saw it in her eyes.
"Do you think they're pitiful?"
The eldest princess suddenly looked at her mouth.
Yu Qing shook his head, nodded again, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mother, they violated the rules of the princess's mansion, ignored the orders of their master, and violated yin and yang, which is indeed hateful and should be punished." Can...... Isn't it too much to kill with a cane? ”
"Passed?"
The eldest princess first muttered and repeated Yu Qing's words, and then there was an expression on her face that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, Yu Qing saw the expression on her mother's face and naturally knew that she was not satisfied with her reply, she was a little uneasy and a little puzzled.
The eldest princess looked at Yu Qing's childish face, and thought of Ye Gantang, who was not afraid of danger during the day and saved the day, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
But she still relented and taught Yu Qing.
"Ye Gantang didn't have an accident in the Eldest Princess's Mansion today, not only her own reputation was saved, but also from the Eldest Princess's Mansion, as well as you and me."
When she saw Yu Qing's serious appearance, she couldn't help but soften her heart, but when she thought of today's Liya, the eldest princess hardened her heart again.
"Today, all the servants of the West Garden have been roded, do you feel unfair to those who have not been involved in this?"
Yu Qing nodded hesitantly.
The eldest princess took off the gorgeous clothes at the banquet at this time, took off the hairpin on her head, and the whole person looked a lot gentle, but at this moment, when she raised her eyes to look at Yu Qing, she was sharp.
"Someone can mobilize the maids in the house without the knowledge of you and me, and then drown them at will. Qing'er, the evidence is time-limited, and the longer we investigate, the fewer clues we get. Jia Wang's words may sound cold and heartless at first glance, but they are the fastest way to solve the problem. And these people in front of them ......"
The eldest princess looked at the people who were still kneeling in the hall, and the coldness in her eyes overflowed.
"Who handed the key to the front room to an outsider? Who is the one who arbitrarily transfers the servant to leave his post without permission? Who is underregulated? Who thinks that he is already the real master of the princess's mansion and can deceive the palace? Who eats inside and outside, one servant and two masters? ”
The eldest princess stood up from the main seat, the light in her eyes silenced Yu Qing, and the words in her mouth made Yu Qing tremble.
"Today, she can kill and frame people when she is a guest at the princess's mansion, can she send us back to the West with a cup of poison on another day?"
Whether they were kneeling below or standing next to the eldest princess, they all knelt on the ground with weak legs and sang in unison: "Your Highness, the slave maid is loyal, and the slave maid does not dare!" ”
The eldest princess sneered, she turned her back to everyone, her voice was not loud, but it was cold to everyone's hearts.
"You and the others are all servants of the princess's mansion, their lives are worth their lives, and the family is tied to the princess's mansion, don't do something that shouldn't be done. As for the traitorous things of the day, Su Mei,"
Mama Su owed a debt and listened to the eldest princess's instructions.
"Find out their family members too, this palace is soft-hearted, and there are enough people killed today, so send them to the western border, where the war has just been settled, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt, which is a good place to use people."
All the stewards' faces turned pale, and they trembled and said in unison: "No." ”
Waiting for everyone to leave, Mama Su helped the eldest princess back to the room, there was only the eldest princess in the room, the horse lived in the side courtyard, and the horse would not enter the master bedroom without the order of the eldest princess, and the horse had not entered the master bedroom for three years.
Mama Su rubbed the eldest princess's forehead, and she comforted the princess softly, saying, "Your Highness, don't be angry, you will be angry." ”
The eldest princess let out a long sigh.
"How is Hongu not angry? Qing'er is growing, but the palace is getting older. When the palace was there, Qing'er was His Majesty's niece and the cousin of the princes, what if the palace was gone? You see today, the palace is still there, and the Li family dares to be presumptuous in the eldest princess's mansion, if this eldest princess is really in Qing'er's hands, Qing'er will not let them slaughter it? ”
Mama Su's hand gradually stopped.
She has accompanied the eldest princess for decades, and in addition to the love of master and servant, the two also have some friendship, so there are some words that Su Mei can say.
"Your Highness, today's events are really strange. Who is the waiter who almost drowned Miss Ye? ”
The person who attacked Ye Gantang was found out, not a maid, but a chamberlain who followed the eldest princess from the palace, a eunuch.
That chamberlain was the person sent by the Queen Mother when the eldest princess opened the mansion, the queen mother was the biological mother of the eldest princess, and the eldest princess couldn't have imagined that such a person was actually a nail that some people put in the eldest princess's mansion!
If it weren't for Ye Gantang's great life, this nail would have been fixed in the Eldest Princess's Mansion for a long time!
And this time it's just a nail knocked out on the surface, what about in the dark?
Thinking of this, the eldest princess only felt uneasy.
The eldest princess closed her eyes slightly, her eyebrows were a little tired, and Su Mei looked a little distressed, but there was no way to calm it.
"No matter who it is, it won't be a calendar. Let's follow him down, this palace wants to see who planted the spy here in this palace. ”
Her face was full of murderous intent and coldness, "Although the father is dead, the queen mother is still alive, and the biological brother of this palace is still sitting on the dragon chair, I really don't know whether to live or die." ”
"Since His Highness thinks it has nothing to do with the Li family, why do you want to do it today?" Su Mei asked with some hesitation, after all, although the Li family is not the main family of the horse, it is also a relative of the horse.
But the eldest princess seemed to know what she wanted to say.
The eldest princess showed undisguised contempt and disdain in her eyes, she shook her head slightly, and said lightly: "Kill chickens and make an example of monkeys." ”
Who are the monkeys?
Nawry has already had results.
I don't know why, the eldest princess suddenly opened her eyes and seemed to mutter: "You say, why did the Seventh Prince come today?" ”
Su Mei's hand moved slightly, and he subconsciously said: "For King Jia? ”
The eldest princess shook her head slowly, she thought back to Qin Mingcheng's actions at the banquet, he was not interested in everything at the banquet, he didn't pay attention to King Jia, and he didn't drink, he only occasionally raised his chopsticks to eat the food on the low table.
The eldest princess suddenly said, "Call the maid who is serving the Seven Princes." ”
As the eldest princess recalled, the Seventh Prince was indifferent to everything at the banquet, and the only topic provoked was about Ye Gantang.
Ye Gantang.
Something seemed to flash through the eldest princess's mind.
The eldest princess muttered: "Does the Li family have a concubine who has a good relationship with Concubine De?" ”
Su Mei thought for a while and said, "It seems that it is, the beauty of the Li family who has been sealed, and that beauty is very close to Concubine De." ”
Concubine De, the biological mother of the Seven Princes.
Su Mei is not stupid, she seems to feel something about these connections when they are put together, but there is still a key thing missing to shroud the truth in the fog, as if there is nothing.
"Your Highness......"
"Let people go and find out if the Seven Princes have anything to do with Ye Gantang."
Su Mei frowned, pressed the thought that came to his mind, and walked out quietly.
The vicious scheme of sealing the throat with a sword, and the ruthless method of killing people without blinking, are indeed like Concubine De's methods.
If so, it's really related.
The eldest princess's eyes narrowed half-narrowed.