Xiao Quanzi understood what she meant, and immediately said: "Master, according to what I see, the dead are more reliable, and in this way, the theory of disaster stars can be more confirmed."
Concubine Yu glanced at him and said: "Many of them are famous businessmen and even officials in the capital. They are followed when they go out and in. How can they be killed just by asking?"
At this time, Xiao Quanzi had no idea, and said in a panic: "Then... what should we do? Should we just let the prince and I continue to investigate? If the emperor finds out the truth, there will be no end."
Concubine Yu ignored him, got up and walked to the charcoal basin. Amid the heat that hit her face, she slowly closed her eyes, her mind spinning in such silence.
Originally, she was very sure about this matter, but Hong Zhou's intervention made things more complicated. If one thing goes wrong, Ji Changming... what should he do?
When the self-ringing bell rang, Concubine Yu finally thought of a way and said coldly: "Go get a pen and paper."
Dongmei was about to go down when Concubine Yu suddenly said: "Wait a minute, go get the alum, and also get a peace charm that I kept in the cabinet." Dongmei didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she took the things as she was told.
, after Concubine Yu finished writing, she immediately ordered Xiao Quanzi to send him out of the palace.
As soon as Xiao Quanzi stepped out of the palace gate, he was spotted by the people sent by Hong Zhou. When passing by the East Street, the guards deliberately collided with Xiao Quanzi and took away Xiao Quanzi's arms without anyone noticing.
letters in.
Hong Zhou took the letter from the guard who rushed back home. After taking out the letter paper, he found that it was a blank piece of paper with not a single word on it. The guard standing aside was extremely shocked when he saw the white paper and did not wait for Hong Zhou to ask questions.
: "After I took the letter from Xiao Quanzi's arms, I immediately rushed back and handed it to the prince. I didn't stop and no one came near me. It's impossible for anyone to change the letter."
Hong Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Go get some water."
After the guards fetched clean water, Hongzhou laid the letter paper flat and put it into the water. He had seen letters exchanged between Hongxi and Yunlu and others. Some confidential matters were written in alum water and dried after they were written.
After drying, the writing on the letter paper will be hidden and it will look like an ordinary piece of white paper. However, once it comes into contact with water, the writing will reappear.
Hong Zhou stared at the piece of paper without blinking. After it was soaked in water, the writing slowly emerged. Hong Zhou didn't have time to be happy, his expression became extremely ugly, because there were only five words on the letter - and
The prince is well!
"Damn it!" Hong Zhou angrily knocked the copper basin to the ground and let the water splash all over the floor. The guard quickly knelt down and said: "My subordinate did not do his job well, please punish me!"
Hong Zhou's cheeks twitched and said: "It has nothing to do with you. It's because I underestimated this woman. I didn't expect her to be so thoughtful. She expected early on that I would send someone to keep an eye on Xiao Quanzi and try to take away the letter, so she deliberately used this method.
A letter was used as bait to lure this king into being deceived; I am afraid that the real letter has been delivered to Ergitu by now."
The guard bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, my subordinates can wait until nightfall and try to steal the letter."
Hong Zhou shook his head and said: "It's useless. With Concubine Yu's thoughts, she will definitely destroy those letters after reading them and keep them for us to find. However, as long as Ji Changming's line is still there, I will have a way.
Pull out her fox tail, and keep an eye on Ji Changming for me, and don't let go of any little thing."
The next day, there was still controversy in the court. More and more people asked Hongli to remove the "disaster star" from Xianyue's belly so as to maintain peace in the world. Although Hongli finally suppressed the matter, Hongli
Zhou could see that Hongli was becoming more and more reluctant, and he was afraid that before long, this matter would break out in full force. By then, Xianyue's child... Hongzhou sighed secretly, hoping that he could
Until then find out the truth about the rumors.
After reporting what he had discovered in the past two days to Hongli, Hongzhou went to Cining Palace to pay his respects to Ling Ruo. The latter had just come out of the Buddhist hall and saw him there. He smiled slightly and said, "Why did you think of coming to see Ai Ruo today?"
Home?"
"Hong Zhou has always wanted to come to pay his respects to the Queen Mother, but there are a lot of things going on in the court during this period, so he can't come often. I hope the Queen Mother will forgive me."
Ling Ruo sat down and took Yang Hai's hand, and said: "The matter in the court... but for the matter of the child in Concubine Xian's belly?"
Hong Zhou lowered his head and said: "Yes, many officials believe that the child in Concubine Xian's belly is a disaster star and will bring disaster, so they ask the emperor to remove the disaster star." After a pause, he said tentatively: "Queen Mother, what do you think about this?
What do you think?"
Ling Ruo took a sip of tea and said: "When the Ai family was still a lucky Jin in Prince Yong's palace, the Ai family and the unborn emperor were also regarded as unlucky people. Later it turned out that someone deliberately wanted to harm the Ai family mother and son.
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Hong Zhou perked up and said, "So, does the Queen Mother think this is also the case?"
Ling Ruo glanced at him and said: "Hong Zhou, it's useless for the Ai family to think that the child in Concubine Xian's belly is not a disaster. The key lies in what other people think. The emperor told the Ai family that you should investigate this matter.
?" After Hong Zhou nodded, she said: "According to the estimation of the Ai family, this matter won't be suppressed for long. You have to find out the whole story as soon as possible."
Hong Zhou said quickly: "Yes, I will definitely find out the truth as soon as possible."
Ling Ruo nodded slightly, and then asked: "Is there anyone who has doubts?"
Hong Zhou hesitated for a moment and said: "Not yet, but I would like to visit Qin Tian Prison."
What kind of person is Ling Ruo? As soon as he heard this, he discovered the problem hidden behind it. He frowned and said, "Prisoner Qin Tian? Do you suspect Ji Changming?"
"I'm not sure, but if this is someone who intends to harm Concubine Xian, then the disaster star thing is false. However, I personally heard Ji Changming say that there is a disaster star in the Forbidden City in the Hall of Yangxin. He calculated it based on his divination.
It is impossible for such a big mistake to happen unless..."
Ling Ruo said slowly: "Unless he is lying, right?"
Hong Zhou lowered his eyes and said: "Ji Changming has no relationship with Concubine Xian, and there is no reason to harm her, but others do. If Ji Changming is really lying, then he must know who wants to harm Concubine Xian. Go to Qintian Prison and have a look, maybe
What clues can you find?"
"The Ai family has not heard about Ji Changming's divination, and it has not been spread in the palace. It must have been suppressed by the emperor. But... Hong Zhou, if you go there like this, aren't you afraid of disturbing the situation?"
Hong Zhou did not mention the conversation he had with Ji Changming in the carriage. He only said: "But time is tight. If we just monitor in secret, I don't know how long it will take to find out the truth."
Ling Ruo thought for a moment and said, "The Ai family has thought of a way, which should be better than yours."
After hearing the method that Ling Ruo came up with, a smile appeared in Hong Zhou's eyes and he said: "The Queen Mother is still wise. The method is much more thorough than the method I thought of. I really admire it."