"I have seen with my own eyes the power of this thing, which is enough to drive a cat crazy. It smells like mint. I wonder if I have ever smelled it on my second elder brother?"
Xianyue frowned and said: "When I heard what you said, I really got some impressions. At that time, the palace people said that there was a medicine bag in the clothes that the second elder brother washed and brought for no reason. I felt strange that there was actually a medicine bag in it.
That’s the thing, Concubine Hui is very sinister.”
"Well, there should be something wrong with the medicine bag. The clothes were all washed and sent from Xin Zheku. I might as well follow this line to check. Maybe I can find out something."
Xianyue glanced at her and said: "Why the pure concubine is definitely a problem with Xin Zheku, maybe it's because Concubine Hui bribed people from Kunning Palace."
Su Shi was startled, then nodded and said: "It is indeed possible, but I think it is not easy to bribe people from Kunning Palace, and it is easy to attract people's attention, which is not as convenient as Xin Zheku's."
"That's right." Xiayue nodded, called Qi Kuan and said: "After hearing what Chun concubine said, I immediately went to Xin Zheku to check and see if the palace attendants around Hui Concubine had been in and out of Xin Zheku in the past few days.
Please ask me carefully about everything Zheku has done."
Qi Kuan stood there blankly. Xia Yue knew clearly that Wen Zhu had been in and out of Xin Zhe's library and had touched the second elder brother's clothes. Why did he give such an order? What did it mean?
A'luo also felt something was wrong, and just as he was about to open his mouth, Xianyue glared at her secretly, and then asked Qi Kuan: "Why are you still standing here? Didn't you hear what I said?"
Qi Kuan came to his senses and quickly lowered his head and said: "Come on, I'll go right now."
After Qi Kuan left, Su Shi said: "It will take some time to go back and forth from here to Xinzheku. Your Majesty is eating while waiting. I have my concubine ask someone to buy some dishes that My Majesty likes."
Xianyue raised her hand and said: "No need, just use whatever you want. I don't have much appetite. Alas, if Concubine Hui cannot be convicted this time, I don't know what trouble will happen in the future."
"Don't worry, Madam, God is fair. If she does such a thing, God will definitely not let her go." With such persuasion, Mrs. Su welcomed Xiayue to the side hall for dinner, and diligently served her a bowl of soup and said:
"But having said that, I really love my second elder brother."
Xianyue smiled and said: "I also love Yonghuang and Yongzhang so much. Everything belongs to each person, but I have never been biased."
"I know, well, if Concubine Hui was half as kind as your empress, she wouldn't be in trouble today." Mrs. Su shook her head as she spoke, and Ying'er said beside her: "Those who harm others will eventually harm themselves.
In the final analysis, Concubine Hui is basically harming herself, but she still refuses to realize it."
Xianyue glanced at Ying'er and nodded: "This is exactly the truth. Unfortunately, few people can understand it. Sometimes they even know it but still commit it. I really don't know what to say."
"Everyone has their own ideas, and no one can influence anyone else. The only thing we can do is to protect ourselves. The rest..." Su Shi sighed and said, "It's really powerless."
Xianyue lowered her head and drank the soup in the bowl without saying a word. After the dinner was finished, Qi Kuan finally arrived. Before entering the door, Xianyue said eagerly: "How is it? Did you find out anything?"
Qi Kuan's eyes flashed slightly, he bowed and said, "Returning to the master, I have asked the steward of Xin Zheku and the palace maid in charge of washing clothes. They have not seen anyone around Concubine Hui coming or going in the past few days."
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"Impossible!" The first person to say these three words was not Xianyue, but Su Shi. She stared at Qi Kuan in surprise, "Have you asked clearly?" She had obviously arranged for Wen Zhu to go there.
Xin Zheku put the medicine package in Yonglian's clothes. How could no one see it? Those people were blind.
Qi Kuan lowered his head and said: "Returning to Concubine Chun, I asked you very clearly and said that I have never seen anyone from the palace around Concubine Hui coming or going."
When Mrs. Su was in a state of confusion, she heard Xianyue's voice muttering to herself, "Everyone says they have never seen it before. Could it be that... I am wrong in my suspicions. It was not Concubine Hui who harmed the second elder brother."
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Hearing this, Mrs. Su quickly said: "You can't be wrong, it must be Concubine Hui. Who else in this palace except Concubine Hui would hate the empress and the second elder brother so much? There are so many people in Xinzheku, maybe Qi
Xianyue raised her hand and said: "No need, I believe in Qi Kuan. If he says no, there won't be."
"But..." Su Shi almost told the story about Wenzhu going to Xinzheku. Fortunately, she felt something was wrong in the middle and swallowed it quickly, otherwise the flaw would have been exposed.
Xianyue was not ready to let her go just like that, and asked: "But what?"
Su Shi said uncomfortably: "It's nothing. I just think that the person who intends to murder the second elder brother must be Concubine Hui. I don't know why Xin Zheku would say that he has never seen her. It's really strange."
"Perhaps, but there is one thing that I find very strange." Xianyue stood up and said: "Actually, as things have progressed to this point, I have always been suspicious of Concubine Hui, and there is no real evidence, but what Concubine Chun said just now seems to be confirmed.
Just like what Concubine Hui did, is it possible that Concubine Chun knows something that I don’t know?”
Su's eyes flashed, and she lowered her head and said, "If I knew something, how could I not tell my concubine? I just feel that no one would do such a thing except Concubine Hui."
Xianyue nodded noncommittally and said, "But Qi Kuan has asked Xin Zheku, and it is true that he has nothing to do with Concubine Hui. How should we explain this?"
Su's mind changed rapidly and hesitantly said: "This... I also find it strange, so I feel that for the sake of caution, I should send someone to check again to avoid any omissions."
Xianyue smiled slightly and said: "No need to go to such trouble. Qi Kuan, tell the pure concubine the truth."
"Yes." Qi Kuan agreed and said to Su: "I'd like to inform you, I've been to Xinzhe's Treasury before and learned that Wenzhu, the maid next to Concubine Hui, had gone to Xinzhe's Treasury to get some clothes and turned over Er'a's clothes.
Brother’s clothes.”
Su Shi listened blankly, not understanding why Qi Kuan said different things. Before she could ask, Xianyue asked, "Is it strange to be a pure concubine?"
Su's mind was racing, she nodded and said, "Yes, I don't understand which of Qi Kuan's words is true and which is false."
Xianyue pulled Su Shi up and put a smile on her lips, "Chun concubine, do you think I am stupid?"
Mrs. Su quickly said: "Your Majesty is extremely intelligent, how can she be associated with stupidity? I'm sorry to say this disrespectful thing, but if your Majesty is stupid, then there won't be a single smart person in this palace."
The smile on Xianyue's lips gradually widened, and she said: "Extremely intelligent... these four words, I think it is more appropriate to give them to pure concubines."