That night, Mrs. Su was patiently copying Buddhist scriptures, a word of which she could not understand, in her quiet room. Suddenly she heard a noise coming from outside. She thought it was because someone from the palace had not finished her errand and was being arrested.
Where to punish, this is not a rare thing in Xinzheku, but this time it was different. The noise continued for a long time without stopping. She was curious, put down her pen and walked out. As soon as she entered
Outside, everyone was driven into the courtyard by several eunuchs holding lamps, including He Fang. Then one by one they were taken into a side room, and after a while they were let out for another one.
Among the eunuchs holding lamps, Mrs. Su saw a familiar person, Xiao Wu, who was beside Hongli. She was surprised, what was he doing and causing such a big battle? Could there be something going on in the palace?
Just as she was thinking to herself, she noticed that she opened the door and said a few words in Xiao Wu's ear, and then Xiao Wu walked towards her. Mrs. Su humbly knelt down to her and said, "I have met Fifth Eunuch."
Xiao Wu nodded slightly and said: "Madam, you are polite. We have been ordered by the emperor to check everyone in the palace, so as usual we have to check the lady. I hope you won't be surprised."
Su quickly said: "It doesn't matter." Don't say that she is no longer a pure concubine. Even if she is still a concubine, she would not dare to offend the people around Hongli easily, not to mention that Xiaowu has already made it clear that she is Hongli's intention.
Xiao Wu quickly arranged for a palace maid to examine Su Shi. It wasn't until the palace maid opened her mouth that Su Shi knew that this examination actually required her to take off her clothes and look at every inch of her skin.
After the palace maid inspected her, Mrs. Su came to Xiao Wu and said with a hint of curiosity: "May I ask Fifth Eunuch, what happened in the palace...?"
Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment and said: "To be honest, madam, early this morning... Concubine Yi passed away!"
"Ah?!" Su Shi exclaimed and said in shock: "How could the imperial concubine suddenly die for no reason? What happened?" After a pause, she said tentatively: "You are now ordered to check everyone in the palace.
Is it related to the death of Concubine Yi?"
Xiaowu has been able to follow Sixi and stay with Hongli for many years. He is naturally very strict with his words and knows what to say and what not to say. "Our family is acting according to the order. I don't know if it has anything to do with it. I hope my wife will not
Weird." Because of Yongzhang, he was not too rude to the Su family.
How could Mrs. Su fail to hear the rejection in his words? She immediately said, "It's my slave who talks too much and puts my father-in-law in trouble."
Xiao Wu nodded and said nothing. After a while, the internal prison officer under him came over and replied, "Father, Xin Zhe's warehouse has been checked all over, and no one with teeth marks has been found."
"Then let everyone go, and let's quickly go check the next place." As soon as Xiao Wu finished speaking, he heard the inner prisoner whisper: "Father, only the Jing Army is the only one left who has not checked. We should seriously check it.
Over there?"
They only knew that they were looking for someone with fresh teeth marks on their body, but they didn't know what was going on. They didn't know that this person was related to Huang's death, otherwise they would have dared to ask such questions.
If the palace people in Xinzheku are the most miserable, then the Jingjun army is undoubtedly the dirtiest. Because they have been exposed to filth all year round, they often have lingering odors on their bodies. The palace people all regard them as ferocious beasts.
As long as there is a slight possibility, I will not do this errand; if I encounter someone on the way, I will avoid it.
Xiao Wu stared at him for a long time, staring at the jailer until he felt scared. He knew that he had asked the wrong question, so he lowered his head and did not dare to look at him.
Xiao Wu sneered and said: "If you find it smelly, you can just not go, but our family will report the matter to the emperor truthfully. Maybe the emperor will be happy and arrange for you to serve as a servant in the Jing Army. That's like you
That’s my wish.”
Hearing this, the eunuch's face was filled with panic, and he said hurriedly: "I know my crime, please forgive me." If he is really punished as a pure soldier, then his life will really be over.
Xiao Wu said coldly: "It's just this once, if there is another time, don't blame our family for being merciless." The eunuch agreed repeatedly, believing that even if he borrowed ten more courages, he would not dare to say such words again.
Xiaowu snorted lightly and led everyone away. When he stepped out of Xinzheku, he happened to see Yongzhang walking in. He quickly called Qian'er and said, "I'm going to say hello to Third Elder Brother. Wish you good luck to Third Elder Brother."
"
"Yeah." Yong Zhang responded casually and walked in quickly, looking very hurried.
Although Xiao Wu felt a little strange, he didn't pay much attention to it. It was not his turn to take care of the brothers' affairs, not to mention that he had errands assigned by Hong Li and had to finish them quickly before answering.
Mrs. Su, who had not returned to the house in time, saw Yong Zhang coming in. She came up to him in surprise and said, "Why are you here now?"
Yong Zhang did not speak, but pulled her into the house with a solemn expression, and once inside, he closed the doors and windows tightly. Su was very surprised, "Yong Zhang, what happened?"
Yong Zhang walked up to her without saying a word, rolled up his right sleeve, revealing a clear and bright red tooth mark. Su stared at Yong Zhang in shock, "How could this happen?"
Without waiting for Yongzhang to reply, she thought of Xiao Wu who had just left, and said with an ugly face: "Could it be that the person they are looking for is you? What on earth... happened?"
Yong Zhang bit his lip tightly and said with an uneasy expression: "My son...he killed someone!"
"What?" Su Shi screamed, and the next moment she hurriedly covered her lips, fearing that others would hear her, her eyes were full of horror; after a long time, she put down her hands, walked to Yongzhang, and said in a trembling voice: "You
……Can you say that again."
"My son has killed someone!" Hearing these sensational words again, Mrs. Su finally calmed down a bit. After swallowing hard, she asked tentatively: "The person you killed...was Concubine Yi?"
Hearing this, Yong Zhang shook his head excitedly and said: "Er Chen... Er Chen didn't want to kill her, but... Er Chen had no choice. If she didn't die, she would definitely not let Er Chen and E Niang go, so...
"He stared at his hands, his eyes full of panic.
Su Shi calmed down, pulled Yongzhang to sit down, and then said: "What exactly is going on? Slowly tell E Niang."
Yongzhang reluctantly collected his thoughts and said: "Last night, Erchen couldn't sleep, so he left my brother's house and walked around. He accidentally saw Xiao Yuanzi. Erchen wondered what he was doing out there so late, so he followed him.
In the past, I found out... that he walked in through the door behind Chonghua Palace. I was curious and went in together..."
As he narrated, Yongzhang's thoughts returned to last night. After Xiao Yuanzi carefully entered the Chonghua Palace, he discovered that there was an extra person behind him. He was really frightened. After seeing clearly that it was Yongzhang, he quickly saluted.
He whispered: "Third Brother, why are you here?"
Yongzhang said solemnly: "I should be asking you this. Emperor Ama has ordered the Chonghua Palace to be sealed off. No one is allowed to enter. How dare you come in without permission? If anyone knows, even the concubines will not be able to protect you."
, follow me out quickly."
Xiao Yuanzi shook his head and said, "Please forgive me, Third Brother."