Xianyue is a woman who loves beauty very much. She dresses up carefully every day and does not neglect her makeup because of her beauty. I remember once, he teased Xianyue about this. Xianyue said that women should look good to themselves, so she
I hope that what Hongli sees will always be the best side of her.
One thing after another appeared in Hongli's mind, and the more he thought about it, until his finger touched the makeup box, Hongli finally remembered the purpose of his visit today.
Hongli took a deep breath of the air that was a little turbid because the doors and windows had been closed, and opened the makeup box. The entire makeup box was divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower. There were some jewelry on the upper two layers, and two combs on the bottom layer.
One is made of ivory and the other is made of wood.
Hongli did not go to get the ivory comb, because he remembered that the comb was a gift he gave to Xianyue shortly after Yingge's fall. Over the years, Xianyue has been using it, and even after entering the palace, he did not use it
Stay in Qiandi. Therefore, if there is a comb here that Su gave to Xianyue, then it can only be the wooden comb.
As soon as I brought the comb closer, I smelled a fragrant aroma that made me feel peaceful. Only agarwood can have such effect.
"Light all the lamps." Following Hongli's instructions, Sixi and Xiaowu lit all the lamps and candles in the inner hall, just like daylight.
Hongli took the comb under the lamp and examined it carefully. Sure enough, he found that there were thin gaps on each comb tooth. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't find it at all. Looking at it this way, it seemed that there was something in the gap, but for a moment
He couldn't see clearly, Zhuming Sixi took a silver needle and inserted it along the gap. When he took it out again, the silver needle didn't touch anything, but he clearly felt that when the silver needle just penetrated,
He encountered a weak resistance. It was strange. Could it be that he felt wrong?
In order to confirm this guess, he tried the other comb teeth one by one with a silver needle. They were all the same, with a slight resistance, but he didn't know what was inside, and the silver needle couldn't find it out.
Hongli sat in the chair with a comb in his hand, frowning tightly, thinking about the questions that had been lingering in his mind since just now.
Cai Ling said that she learned from Tang Jiu that Su once gave Xianyue a comb, but she did not tell Xianyue the secret of the comb, so Xianyue always thought it was an ordinary comb. Although he had just talked with
Cai Ling said that it was probably Su who had forgotten it, but he knew in his heart that it was absolutely impossible to forget such an obvious feature, unless...Su didn't say it on purpose.
She found such a valuable and special comb, but she didn't tell others its true use. Why?
Hongli couldn't figure it out, so he decided to come here and take a look for himself. Now he found the comb, but he couldn't figure out what was inside.
While he was thinking about it, Hongli heard the sound of a cat meowing in his ears. He looked up and saw a cat whose body was no different from the night color standing at the crack of the unclosed door, looking at them warily. Hongli
Remember, it was because he originally wanted to kill Xing Xing, but later Ling Ruo personally came to plead for mercy, and he was suspicious of Xianyue harming Mingyu, so he spared the cat and kept it in Yanxi Palace
Zhong, he hadn’t seen it all the way here before, and he had almost forgotten about it.
Just as Hongli was about to look away, he suddenly trembled and stared at Kaixin. After an unknown amount of time, he said in a trembling voice: "Go and get a dagger immediately to open these comb teeth."
Si Xi followed three emperors one after another, and guessed some of Hongli's thoughts. She did not dare to say anything, and immediately asked the palace attendants in Yanxi Palace to find a dagger that was originally used for decoration, and then cut off a few combs.
He used the sharp front end of the dagger to open the hollow comb teeth along the thin gap. While Sixi was doing this, Kaixin, who had originally escaped, walked back to the crack in the door, opening his eyes and peeping in the night.
Green eyes stared at them.
When the contents of the comb teeth were exposed, Hongli's face became extremely ugly, because the contents of the comb teeth were not hair oil or anything to maintain hair, but black hairs. Those hairs...
It's exactly the same as what was found in Yonglian's braids.
Xiao Wu watched this scene, quietly pulled Si Xi's sleeve and said: "Master, why is there hair in this comb? Is it...cat hair?"
Si Xi immediately made a silence gesture towards him, signaling Xiao Wu not to talk too much at this time. He had already realized the seriousness of the matter.
In the palace... I'm afraid something big is going to happen!
Hongli clenched his hands hard to suppress the huge anger in his chest, and said with an iron face: "Pack these things and bring them back to Yangxin Hall!"
After saying this, he took the lead to walk out. It was not until he was far away from Yanxi Palace that Hongli let out the breath he had been holding in his chest.
When Si Xi and Xiao Wu hurriedly caught up with Hongli, they found that he suddenly changed direction when he was about to reach the Yangxin Hall. Si Xi said bravely: "Your Majesty, don't we go back to the Yangxin Hall?
?”
Hongli ignored him and just walked quickly until he entered a palace. Only then did Sixi know where Hongli came from - Cining Palace.
Ling Ruo was about to take a rest when Yang Hai came in to report that Hongli was here and was waiting outside. He felt quite strange and said, "It's so late, what is the emperor doing here?"
Yang Hai lowered his head and said: "I don't know, but the emperor's expression is very solemn, so there should be something important."
Ling Ruo nodded, asked Shui Xiu to put on her clothes again, and then said: "Please come in, Your Majesty."
After a while, Hongli appeared in the inner hall, bowed and said: "My son, I want to pay my respects to the emperor's mother. I have disturbed the emperor's mother's rest. Please forgive me for disturbing her rest."
Ling Ruo smiled and said: "There are still words of forgiveness between mother and son. Did something happen when you came to see the Ai family so late?"
Hongli was silent for a while and said: "The emperor's mother-in-law has told my son before that Xianyue's plot to kill Mingyu and make him allergic may have some ulterior motives. My son discovered something today that may make Mingyu sick.
The person whose life hangs on a thread is really not Xianyue."
Ling Ruo looked stern and said, "What did you find?"
Hongli glanced at Sixi, who immediately put the comb and cat hair wrapped in a handkerchief in front of Ling Ruo knowingly. When he saw the things on the handkerchief, Ling Ruo's eyelids jumped and said: "How can you get these things from me?"
Where did it come from?”
Hongli narrated the cause and effect, and then said: "My son was just doubtful at the time, so he went to Yanxi Palace to check. Unexpectedly, he actually found this thing, and he also found cat hair among the teeth of the comb.
"
After Ling Ruo looked at the comb teeth and cat hair respectively, she said in a serious voice: "You said this agarwood comb was given to Xianyue by the pure concubine?"
"I haven't asked Chun concubine yet, but this wooden comb matches Cai Ling's words, and it should be the one Chun concubine gave me. If Cai Ling hadn't accidentally mentioned it today, my subject would have been here till now, no, maybe in this life.