The four hundred and ninetieth chapter is expected
Xiao Lizi nodded and accepted the order, and walked out of the palace again. On the way, he felt melancholy and cursed secretly, this Concubine He is really a vicious-hearted woman. In order to find someone to take the blame, she even pushed out her personal maid.
While he felt sorry for the maid, he also felt an inexplicable disappointment in his heart. Perhaps this disappointment came from the feeling that Emperor Qianxi did not want to hold Concubine He accountable.
When he came outside the palace, he saw Xiangling who was tied up with a strip of cloth in her mouth. She shook her head and sighed softly, with a flash of sympathy in her eyes.
Approaching Xiangling, she murmured to herself, "Why bother!"
But Xiangling never raised her head or responded to Xiao Lizi's words from beginning to end.
Finally, Xiao Lizi waved to the people on the side and motioned for them to bring them in.
Xiangling entered the palace and was kicked to the ground. The pain hit her, making her groan a few times.
Emperor Qianxi asked someone to remove the strip of cloth from her to facilitate the interrogation. To Emperor Qianxi's surprise, the interrogation process of Xiangling went extremely smoothly.
Xiangling did not hesitate at all throughout the whole process and directly admitted in front of Emperor Qianxi what she had done to Princess Yucheng and Ling Yun that day. What was even worse was that she revealed all the details in front of Emperor Qianxi, causing Emperor Qianxi to become furious. , kicked her directly and forcefully.
Xiangling was already kneeling down on the ground, but she was kicked hard by Emperor Qianxi suddenly, and she fell backwards without any warning. The severe pain in her body caused her to inhale repeatedly.
In order to maintain his dignity, Emperor Qianxi did not take action in front of everyone, even if he was angry in his heart. Instead, he waved his right hand vigorously and breathed heavily through his nose, asking Xiao Lizi to take the person to the sky prison.
Xiao Lizi knew that Emperor Qianxi didn't want to see this person again, so he sent someone to drag Xiang Ling down without any hesitation.
Before leaving, Emperor Qianxi suddenly stopped Xiao Lizi and said coldly, "Let her be destroyed, life would be worse than death..."
As soon as these words came out, the temperature in the palace dropped suddenly, and everyone present could clearly feel the chills on their backs, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
After Xiangling was taken down, Concubine He did not leave immediately. Instead, she repeatedly told Emperor Qianxi how she was doing and took the initiative to plead guilty.
But his words were evasive, and he specifically did not think highly of his maid. He went out of his way to explain it, and only said nothing about the affairs of Princess Yucheng and Ling Yun.
It is not difficult to see from this that Concubine He did not really feel guilty about Ling Yun and the two, but was worried that Emperor Qianxi would implicate her because of Xiang Ling, so she took the trouble to admit her mistakes. It can be said that she had sinister intentions.
Xiang Ling's sudden confession made Emperor Qianxi upset. Even though Concubine He spoke vividly, Emperor Qianxi still ignored her and didn't even have the intention to look at her.
Maybe she wanted to be quiet for a while, so she directly signaled to the maids of Qianning Palace and asked them to take Concubine He back.
Seeing this, Concubine He pretended not to leave, and was still brewing a new round of offensive in her heart, which made Emperor Qianxi unable to resist, and finally had to choose to forgive her.
As a result, her eyes were full of tears, and they were about to flow down if she disagreed with her. Unexpectedly, Emperor Qianxi suddenly turned his back at this time, leaving her helpless, and Concubine He had to choose to give up.
Returning to Qianning Palace, Concubine He immediately locked herself in the room and told the people below that she was too sad. She called it too sad and wanted to be alone and quiet.
But at the moment when the palace maid closed the door, almost at the same time, Concubine He turned her back, and a relieved smile appeared on her face. Her smile was so bright that it could be described as a flower blooming.
At this moment, her whole body was not as embarrassed as she had been in Jingxin Palace just now. If she hadn't been worried about being overheard by someone who cared about her, she might have laughed loudly to show her joy.
When the scene changed, it was said that Xiao Lizi sent someone to take Xiang Ling to the prison. Perhaps he was worried that something might go wrong, so he followed her all the way without any trouble.
Until the Tianlao, unexpectedly, Xiao Lizi did not obey Emperor Qianxi's order to torture Xiangling or use any capital punishment to make her life worse than death. Instead, he threw her into the Tianlao with his backhand and sent her to the Tianlao. Specialized personnel strictly monitor it.
In the sky jail, Ling Yun heard the noise and struggled to stand up from the ground. When he took a closer look, he was surprised to find that someone was also imprisoned.
What was even more unexpected to him was that he discovered that the prisoner who was tied up was actually a woman, which aroused his confusion.
Looking back, I noticed that there were several people following me. At the end, I found an acquaintance - Xiao Lizi.
This made him wave to him and shout loudly, "Eunuch Li, Eunuch Li..."
Xiao Lizi heard the sound and looked towards him. He saw him waving and murmuring to a few people in front. Then those people nodded and dragged Xiangling out again and dragged her to the prison next to Lingyun.
After explaining clearly, Xiao Lizi passed them and walked straight towards Ling Yun.
When Xiao Lizi was approaching, Ling Yun pointed at Xiang Ling and asked doubtfully, "Eunuch Li, what did that guy do?"
Xiao Lizi glanced at Xiang Ling, his eyes were cold and stern, and when he looked at Ling Yun, he put on another expression, with a faint smile on his face, and said thoughtfully, "Master Ling, this person is amazing, said Maybe you’ve seen it before!”
Ling Yun's eyes fell on Xiang Ling again, and he kept looking her up and down. At the same time, he whispered, "Have I seen this person before?"
Xiao Lizi smiled and said nothing, the meaning of which was all in his smile.
The two of them were chatting about each other, during which Ling Yunxiang brought the topic to Xiang Ling, but Xiao Lizi was such a good person, how could he be deceived by him.
So every time he looked at Xiang Ling, or brought the topic to Xiang Ling, Xiao Lizi would stare at him with a smile, unable to ask anything about Xiang Ling.
Until Xiao Lizi said goodbye, Ling Yun still returned without success. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart: He was indeed the person next to Emperor Qianxi. He was quick to respond and had a very strict mouth. He was really a difficult old eunuch.
After Xiao Lizi left, Ling Yun's eyes once again stayed on Xiang Ling, but no matter how he called, the tied man just ignored him.
This situation lasted for a while, but he still didn't get a response. He was asking for trouble, so he didn't continue, but closed his eyes to rest.
Only in this way can he feel a little bit of coolness and not feel restless in this stuffy cell.
Xiao Lizi left the prison and did not return the way he came. What he wanted in his mind was to send people to control Xiang Ling's family.
This was the code secretly given to him by Emperor Qianxi when he left the Jingxin Palace. This can also explain why Xiangling was not executed by Lingchi, but unexpectedly appeared in the prison.
Before Xiangling entered the palace, she was Concubine He's personal maid. Because Concubine He used her very well, she brought her in with her when she entered the palace. It was originally for enjoying the blessings, but unexpectedly, because of Ling Yun's incident, she had to carry Xiangling for her.
I don't know if I can survive if I take the blame.
Now that you have entered the palace, you must follow the rules of the palace, that is, every maid who enters the palace must fill in the information record of her family.
Even if all relatives are no longer alive, they must be registered so that the palace can send someone to verify their true identity and ensure that their identity has not been falsified.
Therefore, Xiao Lizi only needs to spend a little time to find out where Xiangling's relatives live.
After finding out, Xiao Lizi led several eunuchs and about a dozen imperial guardsmen, and after some disguises, quietly left the palace and walked straight to the direction where Xiangling's family lived.
When I arrived at my destination, I found that the door was closed. I looked around and finally couldn't help but break in.
He opened the door, only to find that there was no one inside, and everything in the yard had been moved around.
Xiao Lizi could guess this scene without even thinking about it. The people who lived here had already moved away.
Sure enough, after asking people nearby, his guess was proved to be correct. Xiangling's family had moved away two days ago. No one knew where exactly they had moved.
Xiao Lizi looked at the empty yard and felt disappointed. He thought to himself that Concubine He might have made a foolproof plan to prevent them from following the clues.
Use Xiangling's family members to force her to submit, forcing her to tell the true truth.
Yes, although Xiang Ling had confessed, Emperor Qianxi obviously did not believe that this incident was Xiang Ling's idea. In order to find the real murderer, he wanted to control Xiang Ling's family and force her to speak.
Nowadays, they are still one step slower, one step slower, each step slower...
What Xiao Lizi didn't know was that as for the move of Xiangling's family, it was not actually arranged by Concubine He, but by someone else.
Someone had secretly transferred Xiangling's family before sending the envelope to Qianning Palace. As for where they were transferred, perhaps only those hiding in the dark could know.
This trip out of the palace was doomed for Xiao Lizi to return without success.
However, what Xiao Lizi and his group did not notice was that from the moment they entered the courtyard, someone was secretly watching them in the dark. As soon as they left, the person hurriedly ran in another direction.
Returning to Jingxin Palace, before Xiao Lizi could speak, Emperor Qianxi asked him first, "How is the matter? Have you ever controlled that person's family?"
Hearing Emperor Qianxi's inquiry, he smiled bitterly in his heart, shook his head vigorously and said, "Your Majesty, this servant is useless. When I led people to the destination, the courtyard was already empty. I broke the door and went in, and found that there was no one inside.
Many things have been moved away, and after asking others, I learned that the family had moved away two days ago, and I don’t know where they moved to!"
"Well, I understand."
Emperor Qianxi was not surprised by this news, as if it was expected by him, so his answer was neither salty nor bland, and surprisingly he did not blame Xiao Lizi for his poor performance.
This couldn't help but arouse little confusion. He pondered for a moment, but he still couldn't figure out why Emperor Qianxi was so calm. Could it be that Emperor Qianxi had expected this to be the case before he came back?