After Uncle Jiang agreed, he went to prepare for Wang's death. A Luo stayed with Wang until it got late, and then left at Uncle Jiang's persuasion.
A Luo was like a wandering ghost. She had no idea how she got back to the Forbidden City. It wasn't until someone grabbed her and kept calling her in her ears that her eyes barely regained focus. She saw Cai Ling...
He looked at himself worriedly.
Seeing A Luo looking at her, Cai Ling said quickly: "Sister A Luo, what happened? Why are your eyes so red and you look so scary? Didn't you say you were going to redeem your mother's life? How's it going?
Is that old bastard trying to blackmail you for more money? If so, I still have some scraps of money here, just take it."
A Luo shook his head and murmured: "No need, no money, no need for anything..."
Cai Ling became more and more worried because of her appearance. She pulled her to a corner and said, "Sister A Luo, what happened? Please tell me something. You are really worrying me to death!"
A Luo looked at Cai Ling, crying while struggling to squeeze out a sentence, "Last night...last night there was a fire that burned my mother to death!"
Cai Ling exclaimed with disbelief on her face. Just like A Luo, she never expected that things would happen so suddenly.
A Luo covered his face and cried: "As my mother's only relative, I leave her posthumous affairs to others. I am really the most unfilial daughter in the world!"
Cai Ling hugged her distressedly and said, "No, Sister A'luo, don't blame yourself. There is nothing you can do about it. Aunt Izumi knows her well and will forgive you."
A Luo cried so much that she couldn't speak. She didn't even know someone was coming to them until Cai Ling said in her ear: "Sister A Luo, kneel down quickly, the pure concubine is here."
A Luo raised his head and saw Su Shi. He reluctantly stopped crying and knelt down with Cai Ling to salute. After Su Shi motioned for them to get up, she walked up to A Luo and held a handkerchief to wipe away the tears on her cheeks.
She didn't care about being avoided by A Luo, and said with concern: "Why are you crying so sadly? Have you been punished by your master?"
A Luo wiped his face carelessly, lowered his head and said: "The matter of returning to the queen has nothing to do with the master. It is the slave who encountered some sad things."
Su Shi said: "It must be very serious for you to cry like this. Can you tell me about it? Maybe I can give you some help."
Just as A Luo was about to speak, Cai Ling was the first to say: "Returning to the queen, sister A Luo just found her long-lost mother yesterday and was about to pick her up when she left the palace today. Unexpectedly, a sudden fire burned A Luo to death.
My sister’s mother.”
Su Shi said with surprise: "Such a thing happened. Do you know why the fire broke out?"
A Luo shook his head and said: "No one can tell clearly. I only know that it burned suddenly, and only my mother was burned to death."
"How could such a thing happen?" Su thought for a moment, then said solemnly: "Aluo, why didn't your mother escape at that time?"
"I don't know. I wasn't there at the time. Maybe... maybe my mother was too asleep, so she didn't know about the fire." As soon as A'luo finished speaking, Su shook her head and said, "It's impossible. It hurts like a burning fire.
No matter how deep you sleep, you will inevitably be awakened by pain. There is only one kind of person who will not wake up."
Cai Ling asked curiously: "Empress, what kind of person are you?"
"Dead man!" Su uttered these two words coldly, which startled Cai Ling. She stroked her chest and shook her head repeatedly: "This is impossible. Sister Aluo only saw her yesterday. Everything is fine. There is nothing."
Anything, where will... die."
While Cai Ling was talking, Ah Luo thought of the scar on Wang's neck. Could it be that... her mother had died before the fire? But her mother was just a poor woman who was sold into a brothel, and she was already in her prime.
Lao, who would want to harm her?
Ying'er glanced at her coldly and said, "Which palace are you a maid in? You are so unruly when talking to your master."
Upon hearing this, Cai Ling quickly knelt down and said, "I was in panic for a moment and offended your Majesty. Please forgive me."
"That's all, it's nothing serious. Get up." After saying this, Su looked at A Luo again and said, "When your mother's body was found, were there any signs of struggle?"
"No." Aluo's answer caused a strange look in Su's eyes, and he said: "This is strange. Even if you can't escape because the fire is too strong, you should still struggle. If you are like this
Say, it does look a bit like... a dead person."
When she said this, A'luo became more and more suspicious, but she didn't want to talk to Su about these matters. She knelt down and said, "If your Majesty has no other instructions, I will go back to Yanxi Palace first."
Su smiled and said: "Although I have some unpleasantness with your master, you don't have to regard me as a scourge. A few days ago, my family sent some snow clam paste from Changbai Mountain to the palace. I can't use it all by myself."
, I was thinking of sending some to Concubine Xian later, and now that I meet you here, it’s just right, you can take it for me.”
Seeing what Su said, A'luo had no choice but to agree and follow her all the way to Yikun Palace. Cai Ling also followed her. After waiting for the palace servants to get the snow clam ointment, Su said: "A'luo, I just thought about it."
, I think your mother’s death is very strange, have you discovered anything?”
A Luo hesitated for a moment and said, "I found that there seemed to be knife marks on my mother's neck, but I am not sure."
Cai Ling said in shock: "There was no struggle, and there were knife marks on her neck. Could it be possible, really... really..." The following words were too shocking, and she did not dare to continue, but A Luo already understood her.
Meaning, he denied: "No, who would deliberately kill his mother? It should be just an accident."
Mrs. Su stroked the rim of the cup and said slowly: "Aluo, I want to ask you, apart from you and Cai Ling, who else knows about your mother?"
A Luo said hesitantly: "And...Master."
"Concubine Xian?" Mrs. Su said in surprise, and then said to herself: "If it's Concubine Xian, it wouldn't be surprising at all."
When A Luo heard what she said, his expression changed and he said, "My dear, what do you mean by this?"
Mrs. Su put down the tea cup in her hand and said, "Aluo, how old were you when you started to stay with Concubine Xian, and how many years have it been now?"
A'luo didn't understand what she meant by asking, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "This slave has been serving his master for a total of seventeen years since he was six years old."
"Seventeen years..." Mrs. Su narrowed her long eyes and said, "In other words, you are already twenty-three years old. According to the rules of the palace, you can leave the palace in two years and be free from now on.
body."
A Luo heard something in her words and said, "If you have something to say, you might as well express it clearly."
Su Shi said coldly: "It's nothing. I just thought of a possibility. A Luo, do you really want to hear it?"
A Luo lowered his eyes and repeated what he just said, "Please express it clearly."
Su Shi nodded slightly and said: "Your mother was safe for seventeen years, but she died after you found her. This matter...must be related to you."