Xiao Ce warned: "You should go out of Jinyang Palace as little as possible in the future. I often can't be with you, just because I'm afraid that you may encounter danger sometimes and I happen to be away..."
Of course Qin Zhao understood what Xiao Ce had not finished, and she readily agreed: "Okay, I listen to the emperor. The emperor asked me to go out less, so I will stay in Jinyang Palace to have the baby. Don't worry, emperor, I'm not that
Fragile. In addition, Si Bao and Xiao Linzi are both capable, I will be fine, and so will the child."
This child will be born smoothly, she is confident.
When Xiao Ce saw her being so well-behaved, his heart ached: "I've wronged you."
Qin Zhao was happy when he heard this: "I have good food, good accommodation, and fun in Jinyang Palace, so how can I feel wronged? Plus, I'm very lucky, and God can't bear to see me wronged."
Xiao Ce held her hand tightly, and the remaining doubts disappeared.
This girl was so sensible that she actually made him feel indebted.
After that, Qin Zhao no longer mentioned Luo Baolin and Xiangyuan. After all, they were dead. Let’s see if we can find any clues in the future. Otherwise, with the death of these three people, the hand hidden in the darkness may not be able to be found.
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And she felt that as long as that person still had ambitions and desires, it would be impossible to keep the harem in peace, let alone watch her child be born peacefully without doing anything.
She also believes in the old saying - time will tell a person's heart.
On the other side, Yongchunzhai.
Princess Yongchun did not expect that Xiangyuan would suddenly commit suicide by throwing herself into a well. She did not accept this fact until the afternoon.
She is not a good master and has a bad temper. She often scolds her servants, but she does not have a deep impression of Xiangyuan.
Therefore, she couldn't understand why a good palace maid could not think about it and committed suicide in a well. It would be fine to say that she had treated Xiangyuan badly and made Xiangyuan loveless, but she was sure that she had no special affection for Xiangyuan.
impression.
She went to Yongning specifically to tell her about this matter, but Yongning was not interested and seemed to think that it was very common for a palace maid to die.
Yong Ning also said that in this harem, chamberlains, palace servants or nuns will die every month. It is too common for Yongchun Zhai to die in a fragrant garden.
She felt that Yongning's words seemed reasonable, but she still couldn't figure it out.
She had no place to go except Yongningzhai, so she went to Jinyang Palace.
When Qin Zhao saw Princess Yongchun coming, he asked Baozhu to bring some snacks made of Baoyu.
Princess Yongchun had no appetite this time, and she was still struggling with Xiangyuan's death: "Qin Zhao, tell me, why would Xiangyuan be so stubborn that she threw herself into a well? Why are some people not afraid of death?"
Qin Zhao thought for a while and then said: "Perhaps there is no one or thing in this world that she values and there is no difference between her living and dying, so she chose death first. Although we living people cannot understand it, we hope we have a clear conscience."
Furthermore, the fact that Xiangyuan will die has nothing to do with Princess Yongchun. The root of the problem is that Xiangyuan knows too much and must die.
When Xiangyuan chooses to use Liu Ying's men to kill her, Xiangyuan is destined to go to hell.
She glanced at the servants brought by Princess Yongchun, but there was no trace of Liu Ying, so she asked casually: "I remember Liu Ying is also the eldest palace maid, why don't I see her today?"
"She and Xiangyuan were close. Today Xiangyuan committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. She looked very sad, so I asked her to rest today." Princess Yongchun answered truthfully.
Qin Zhao smiled slightly: "Really?"
Although Xiangyuan is dead, Liu Ying is close to Xiangyuan on weekdays. Will she know some secrets that others don't know?
She suddenly wanted to see Xiangyuan's residence, or maybe she could find something there.
Thinking of this, she stood up and said, "I am deeply impressed by Xiangyuan and would like to visit Xiangyuan's residence. Is that okay?"
Princess Yongchun was surprised: "Why are you so impressed by Xiangyuan?"
She usually doesn't take Xiangyuan with her. Qin Zhao only sees Xiangyuan a handful of times, right?
Qin Zhao pointed to his head: "I can't help it. I have a good memory, but I am particularly impressed by good-looking people. Xiangyuan happens to be the kind of beauties I like to see. It's a pity that beauties are doomed. Let's go, I'll go to Xiangyuan.
Let’s take a look at Yuan’s residence.”
Princess Yongchun could not refute Qin Zhao for a while. When she returned to Yongchun Zhai, she suddenly felt that something was wrong. This was obviously her territory, so why did Qin Zhao seem to follow her into her house?
She cursed secretly, and out of curiosity, she followed Qin Zhao to the side room where Xiangyuan lived.
Xiangyuan was a second-class palace maid, and she was supposed to live in the same room as the other second-class palace maids. But because Xiangyuan and Liu Ying played well together, and because Princess Yongchun never paid attention to such trivial matters, Liu Ying made arrangements for Xiangyuan.
Got a private room.
"The place she lives in is not bad." When Princess Yongchun came in, she looked up and down and found that the house where Xiangyuan lived was clean and tidy.
Qin Zhao roughly glanced around the room.
Although it is a private room, the space is not large. There is a bed, a desk, and a wardrobe, but there seems to be nothing else.
Moreover, this room was clean and tidy, and it didn't look like anyone had touched it. No one had probably entered it after Xiangyuan's death.
She finally stood in front of the dressing table and opened a wooden box in front of the table. When she saw something wrapped in a brocade handkerchief inside, she opened it curiously and saw a simple wooden hairpin quietly wrapped in it.
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"I haven't seen Xiangyuan wearing this wooden hairpin before." Princess Yongchun saw the wooden hairpin and took it for a closer look.
"It doesn't look like it's new. Are you sure Xiangyuan has never worn this wooden hairpin?" Qin Zhao asked.
At this time, Huang Ying answered: "Perhaps you can ask Liu Ying. Liu Ying is close to Xiangyuan and knows Xiangyuan better than this slave and His Highness."
It happened that Liu Ying heard the movement in Xiangyuan's house and came over to see what was going on.
Hearing Huang Ying's words, she stepped forward and responded: "I have seen this wooden hairpin before, but I have never seen Xiangyuan wearing it."
Qin Zhao was silent for a moment and said to Princess Yongchun: "Can I take this wooden hairpin?"
"Of course!" Princess Yongchun responded happily: "But after all, this is a dead person's thing. I'm afraid it's unlucky. Are you sure you want to take it away?"
Qin Zhao smiled: "What I find scary is not the dead, but the living."
Of course, Princess Yongchun didn't know why Xiangyuan died. Up to now, everyone in Yongchunzhai thought that Xiangyuan committed suicide, but she knew that there must be human intervention in Xiangyuan's death.
It’s just that I don’t know what method the other party used to make Xiangyuan willingly throw herself into a well. With Xiangyuan’s death, this secret may never be revealed.
Her intuition told her that this wooden hairpin was something Xiangyuan valued. Otherwise, Xiangyuan would not have wrapped this thing so carefully.
"What you say always makes sense. That's all, just take it." Princess Yongchun was happy to see that Qin Zhao didn't care.
