In the palace.

It has been a few days since the palace banquet, Xiao Yongyan has not yet lost his breath, and Xiao Yonghan's golden seal is placed on the table in the imperial study.

Li Jieyu cries endlessly every day, Xiao Yongyan originally went to comfort her, but later he didn't bother to go.

He took Gonggong Li to pace on the corridor of the imperial garden, and the sound of a woman talking came from the flowers.

"I heard that Princess Luo killed Li Jieyu's child, you were also present that day, tell us about it. ”

"I have been waiting by the side that day, in fact, Princess Luo didn't make a move at all that day, it was the county lord Ronghe who poured boiling water on Li Jieyu, who in the palace dared to put aside the guilt of the county lord Ronghe, and he had to find a scapegoat to come out!"

"Then why didn't Princess Luo refute and take the charge without saying a word?"

"Ahem, it's not that Princess Luo has a bad reputation, last time I heard that Princess Luo insulted the county lord Rong He, the scolding was ugly, daring to scold the county lord Rong and the county lord is simply looking for death!"

"By the way, Qi Yue went to testify that day, but he was found dead in the well that day, it's terrible!"

"Qi Yue may have killed Princess Luo, no wonder people say she is vicious. ”

"What do you know! Can anyone enter the Qianqiu Palace? How could she hear it? Qi Yue's mother and brother are both on errand in the closed city's Horse Mansion, and my father and mother are also inside, I heard that the Horse Mansion is more beautiful than the Imperial Palace. ”

"Let's not talk about it, you can't guess at will about the things in this palace, otherwise you don't know why your head will fall off. ”

Xiao Yongyan looked at the two or three palace maids who had dispersed, and instructed Gonggong Li: "Go and find out where these people are on duty, and bring them to see me!"

"Yes, the minion will do it right away. ”

Gonggong Li received the order and immediately asked his little eunuch to check on these three people.

Among them, the palace maid who exposed the truth quickly took the path and came to the Yong'an Palace. Yi Shanggong was already waiting at the side gate.

"The slave maid has seen Lord Shanggong, what should the slave and maid do now?"

Yi Shanggong took out a bag of silver from his arms and threw it to the palace maid: "Didn't you want to leave the palace a long time ago?" Take this bag of silver and hurry out, remember to go incognito immediately after you go out, the original palace where you have already died, if you dare to leak the news, then I will really send you to see the prince of Yama!"

The palace maid said: "My lord, please rest assured, after the slave and maid leave the palace, all the things in the palace will be forgotten, and nothing will be remembered." ”

Yi Shanggong nodded, and the palace maid went in to change into the clothes of a little eunuch, and left with a little eunuch from Yong'an Palace.

Yi Shanggong walked into the hall and replied to the concubine: "The person has been sent out, what should be wrong, but what should I do next?"

"Hehe, the emperor should be looking for this palace maid at this time, didn't a palace maid die of illness in Chaohua Hall recently, do you know what to do? Remember to throw the clue to the closed city, don't go wrong. ”

"The minion understands, and the minion will do it now. ”

Gonggong Li found the other two palace maids, but the palace maid who served at the banquet that day was never found.

It was found out that she was on an errand with Liu Guiren, but no one was found at Liu Guiren.

There is no way to return to the emperor when he goes back like this, so Gonggong Li ordered the people below to continue to look for it, and they can't let go of every place.

A little eunuch came to report in a panic, saying that a corpse had been found in the pond behind Yijing Palace, it was a palace maid, and her figure was very similar to the person Gonggong Li was looking for now.

Gonggong Li hurriedly took it over there.

There are only two or three eunuchs around the pond, because there are only people living here when the eldest princess and the county lord Ronghe come back, so usually only a few palace people are arranged to clean the courtyard and sweep the courtyard.

Gonggong Li saw that the palace maid's face was scratched, and the flesh and blood on her face were blurred, and he couldn't distinguish his true face, but his clothes and body were indeed the same as the palace maid in the morning.

The successive murders of palace maids in the palace have made the people in the palace panic, and there are all kinds of speculations, as long as the people related to the eldest princess have no good end.

The three eunuchs who were on errand in Yijing Palace were even more afraid, crying and begging the steward to transfer them to a position, but no one wanted to come to Yijing Palace, so they had no choice but to come over in shifts.

When Xiao Yongyan heard that this palace maid was also dead, he was immediately furious, and he always felt that he was a step too late to do anything, and it seemed that someone was secretly controlling all this.

"Go and call me Guiren Liu!"

As soon as Liu Guiren heard that his palace maid had been killed, he was immediately frightened, and when he heard that the emperor had summoned her, his heart was full of joy.

Since she entered the palace, she has been regarded as a little transparent, not favored, and does not deliberately compete for favor, if it weren't for this incident, the emperor probably didn't know that there was still her in the palace.

When he arrived at the imperial study, Liu Guiren saluted.

"Liu Guiren, raise your head, I have something to ask you. What is the origin of the palace maid who died in your palace? Did you attend the palace banquet that day?"

Liu Guiren hesitated, not knowing how to answer, if she told the truth, she offended the virtuous concubines again, if she didn't tell the truth, she was afraid that she would be the next to suffer.

After all, the fact that he was summoned to the imperial study by the emperor spread throughout the harem.

"Is my question that hard, and does it take that long to think about it?"

Liu Guiren really felt that no matter what he said, this life was hanging in the balance, so he simply let it go, tell the truth.

Liu Guiren knelt down: "Your Majesty, the concubine attended the banquet that day. There was nothing special about that palace maid, and the concubine didn't know why she was assassinated. ”

Xiao Yongyan walked down: "How she was killed, you don't need to know, the cause of her death is naturally investigated by Dali Temple." I ask you, what happened at the banquet that day?"

"That day, it was actually Ronghe and the eldest princess who kept verbally insulting Princess Luo, Princess Luo has been forbearing, who knows that they are becoming more and more open-mouthed, Princess Luo argued with them for a few words and was splashed by Ronghe County Lord. Princess Luo dodged, and it happened that the water was all splashed on Li Jieyu's body. ”

Liu Guiren explained everything clearly, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Why didn't you say that day?

Liu Guiren's head lowered and said timidly: "The concubine doesn't dare to say ......"

She wiped the tears from her face, knelt there and didn't dare to move, who dared to tell the truth in that situation that day?

Xiao Yongyan's face softened after a moment: "Okay, you go down! If anyone dares to embarrass you, you will come and tell me." ”

Liu Guiren was overjoyed in her heart, but she didn't expect that because of this incident, the emperor would remember her.

"Yes, the concubine remembered. The concubine retired!"

She bowed down and walked out of the imperial study, her eyebrows were full of smiles, and she was one step closer to the emperor!

Gonggong Li has been listening to the side, his palms are full of sweat, this eldest princess and the county lord are too lawless!

Xiao Yongyan came to Chaohua Palace, and Concubine Xian was very happy to see him coming.

"Why did the emperor come suddenly, the concubines were not prepared at all, hehe!"

"What to prepare, to prepare a set of lies to deal with me?"

Hearing that the tone was wrong, Concubine Xian was so frightened that she quickly knelt down: "Even if the concubine has the guts, she won't dare to deceive the emperor!

Xiao Yongyan snorted coldly, walked into the hall, sat on the upper seat, and looked directly at Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian is the daughter of Prime Minister Qin, and she originally planned to be canonized as the imperial concubine next month, but the harem has always been well organized by her, and he didn't expect Concubine Xian to deceive him!

"I don't know if you are pretending to be me or the eldest princess in your heart? At the banquet that day, it was obviously Li Jieyu who Rong Hejun took the initiative to splash, why didn't you say it directly, but instead used words to guide me to misunderstand Princess Luo, causing me to be estranged from the imperial brother. ”

Xiao Yongyan's every word made Concubine Xian tremble when she heard it, so many hats were buttoned down, it was possible to be killed!

Concubine Xian kowtowed heavily: "The concubine was far away at the time, but she saw that the two had a dispute, and the concubine didn't react at all when the conflict occurred...... Whining...... The concubines are really devoted to the emperor......"

"The concubine was kind enough to see off the eldest princess that day, I don't know why the eldest princess and the county lord Ronghe were embarrassed everywhere Princess Luo, they were-for-tat, no one gave in, and when the concubine reacted, Li Jieyu had already fallen, if the emperor didn't believe in the concubine, the concubine would only have to die...... Woohoo......"

Xiao Yongyan sat there without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.

Concubine Xian saw that Xiao Yongyan didn't move at all, and her heart trembled, she died small, and her family was big.

Concubine Xian was ruthless and slammed into the door frame, no matter how quick the eunuch next to her was, Concubine Xian's head still broke and she fainted on the ground.

Xiao Yongyan hurriedly went down to check, Gonggong Li was very eye-catching, and hurriedly sent someone to pass on the imperial doctor.

Yong'an Temple.

Yi Shanggong walked in with a smile: "Concubine, what you expected is not bad at all, now Chaohua Hall is already in chaos, I heard that Concubine Xian is going to commit suicide by hitting the wall, so as to die Mingzhi!"

"Hehe, she won't die, if she doesn't come to this show, she won't be able to take herself out!

Yi Shanggong walked up to the concubine and pinched the concubine's shoulder: "How can you assume that Liu Guiren will definitely tell the truth? If she doesn't say it, it will be all in vain." ”

"Her father is just a five-grade petty official, and she doesn't want to cause trouble in the palace, she can't afford to mess with her. From the moment she entered the imperial study, she was targeted by the harem tigresses, and she could only save her life by climbing to the emperor. ”

The concubine closed her eyes comfortably and enjoyed the massage of Yi Shanggong: "Whoever wants to provoke the relationship between the emperor and Yonghan will have to die!"