Huang said doubtfully: "Isn't it normal to have such a reaction when you suddenly learn that the people you have been with for more than ten years have an accident, and there are two of them?"
Xia Qing shook her head and said: "No, it may be normal for others, but for Concubine Yu, it is definitely not normal."
Xianyue listened to her words and said, "Noble Xia, please tell me what you think of."
"Yes." Xia Qing bowed in her chair and said, "What kind of person Concubine Yu is, both empresses and concubines, we all know very clearly. Such a person puts interests first and does not care about love.
Indifferent, how could she be so sad because of the death of two palace people? To put it bluntly, even if the fifth prince died, the first thing she would think of would be her status in the palace.
Rather than being sad.”
Huang understood the meaning behind her words and said in a low voice: "You mean... Concubine Yu is just pretending to be like that? But why did she do that?"
Xia Qing shook her head and said: "This... I haven't figured it out for a while." As soon as she finished speaking, a voice rang in her ear, "Because she wants to get rid of suspicion!"
Huang and Xia Qing looked at each other and said, "Why did your Majesty say this?"
Xianyue stood up and walked slowly in the palace, saying softly: "I suspect... Xiao Quanzi and Dongmei were killed by Concubine Yu!"
Huang exclaimed in horror: "This...how is this possible? Those two are old people who have been with her for more than ten years. How could they kill her? Not to mention that Dongmei was tortured before she was alive."
Xia Qing also said: "Yes, although I think she is pretending to be sad, it is really unbelievable to say that she killed Dongmei herself. Doing so will not only be useless, but also break her right and left arms."
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Xia Yue stroked her forehead and said awkwardly: "I'm not sure, but apart from her, I really can't think of anyone else."
Huang thought for a while and said: "So, it is possible that all this is a scene written and directed by Concubine Yu? What is the reason? Dongmei and Xiao Quanzi have been with her for so many years, if it is not a big deal
, she would never kill these two people; besides, the way she dealt with Dongmei was really chilling, as if she had some deep hatred."
Xia Qing bit her lips lightly and said: "I'm afraid there is only one possibility that can make Concubine Yu do this. It's that Xiao Quanzi and the others wanted to betray Concubine Yu, but they were discovered by Concubine Yu, so they were brutally killed."
"Why did you betray Concubine Yu for no reason?" After Huang's words, the hall fell into silent silence, because no one thought that the two people who had followed Concubine Yu for so many years had done so much for her.
The troublesome people will betray Concubine Yu at the same moment.
I don't know how much time passed, but Xia Qing said softly: "In addition, there is one more thing that I still can't figure out."
"What is it?" Under Huang's inquiry, she said: "Zuo Zuo said that Dongmei and her husband did drown. Normally, people will scream for help when they fall into the water. Dongmei was abused.
Let’s not talk about it, but there are no scars on Xiao Quanzi’s body. Why didn’t he scream when he fell into the water? In that case, he might still be rescued.”
Huang nodded and said: "Yes, this is a doubtful point. Unless someone has gagged his mouth or made him mute, he will definitely call for help."
Xia Qingyan said: "But Zuo found no signs of being gagged or poisoned. In other words, they could make noise at that time."
Xianyue said softly: "Even if you really can't make a sound, you can still make a sound by slapping the water with your hands, and in the dead of night, any sound will be amplified several times; but Concubine Yi, your palace people didn't hear any sound. In fact,
It’s unreasonable, as if they were killed and then thrown into the pool.”
"It is indeed very strange, but Wu Zuo said that they did indeed drown, so what I said is not true."
This sentence caused everyone to fall into silence and doubt again. What Xianyue said was very possible, but it was also contradictory to what Wu Zuo said. It was really strange.
After a long time like this, Huang's voice rang in everyone's ears, "Could it be that... they did drowned, but not in Linyuan Pond. In this case, the matter will be explained."
"But there is only one Linyuan Pond in the palace. Apart from that, there is no place for drowning." As soon as Xia Qing finished speaking, Xianyue said: "Xia Guiren is wrong. There is no place for drowning in the palace."
there are many."
Xia Qing said in confusion: "Many? Where do you start talking about this?"
"If you want a person to drown, you don't have to be in a pond, lake, or river. Even a small basin of water is enough to kill a person." When she said this, Xianyue's expression suddenly changed.
, blurted out: "Yes, it is very likely that Dongmei
Their heads were forced into the water and they were drowned, and then they were thrown into the Linyuan Pond. If they were really Concubines Yu, then the real place where Dongmei and the others drowned was in the Xianfu Palace; similarly, Dongmei was tortured
The place is also in Xianfu Palace."
Mrs. Huang nodded with deep understanding, and then said awkwardly: "But these are all our speculations. There is no real evidence, so we cannot convict Concubine Yu." After a pause, her eyes lit up and she said: "By the way, that one
The hairpin probably fell in Xianfu Palace. As long as the hairpin is found, Concubine Yu can be convicted."
Xia Qing shook her head and said: "That is a clue, but it may be difficult to convict Concubine Yu based on it."
"Why did Mr. Xia say this?" Faced with Huang's inquiry, Xia Qing said: "If she really killed the person and the hairpin was really a clue, then Concubine Yu would definitely hide it in every possible way, but I saw that she just talked about the hairpin.
The look on her face at that time showed no intention of concealing anything, and she even said it on her own initiative; there are only two possibilities, first, this matter has nothing to do with her; second..."
Xianyue took over and said: "She has properly disposed of the hairpin. She is not afraid that we will find it at all, and even... she will use it to frame us."
Xia Qing nodded slightly, stroked the grape pattern on her sleeves and said, "Yes, that's what I mean."
Mr. Huang spread his hands and said helplessly: "Then after talking for so long, it's all in vain?"
Xianyue bit her lip lightly and said: "From now on, you all should be more careful and try not to let irrelevant people into your palace to avoid being plotted." After the two nodded, she turned to Zhichun.
He said: "Go to the House of Internal Affairs and ask if the concubine is still in the palace. If so, send him a message to see me."
After Zhichun accepted the order and retreated, Huang said tentatively: "Mother, what have you thought of?"
Xianyue said with deep eyes: "If our guess is true and the place where Dongmei was killed was indeed in Xianfu Palace, then... the floor of Xianfu Palace must have been stained with Dongmei's blood."