After watching him leave, Zheng Jiu turned around and returned to Zhou Quan's house. The latter saw him coming in and asked in surprise: "What's wrong?"
Zheng Jiu recounted what had just happened and said in a solemn voice: "I'm sure that Fu Tai is watching us, and he is Zhang Quan's man. It is most likely that he came from Zhang Quan's instruction. Could it be...
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Before he could continue, Zhou Quan said: "No, we have always been careful in our actions. Zhang Quan can't know, but... he has been trying to find fault with me. During this period, you often come in and out of my room. How many times do you go in and out of my room?
It caught his attention, so I sent Fu Tai over to investigate. As long as we are careful, nothing should happen."
Zheng Jiu nodded and said, "As for the queen, the manager has to go back and report it in case the queen is unhappy."
"I know." Zhou Quan responded tiredly. After nightfall, he changed into dark clothes and walked quietly to Kunning Palace without holding a lamp.
The person in charge of guarding the palace gate was Jiang Feng. After identifying Zhou Quan, he quickly bent down and gave him a slap, and then said: "Mr. Zhou, are you here to see the master?"
Zhou Quan nodded and said, "That's right. Is the empress in there?"
Jiang Feng replied: "It's in the main hall, but the master is in a bad mood today. Please be careful when you speak."
Zhou Quan reluctantly twitched his lips and said, "We know, thank you for reminding me."
He carried his heavy legs to the main hall. Xianyue was reading the brochure that had just been sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs a few days ago. When she saw Zhou Quan coming in, she just said calmly: "Here?"
Zhou Quan gritted his teeth slightly, knelt down and said, "This slave is incompetent and has betrayed your Majesty's trust. Please punish me!"
Xianyue did not speak, but Jinping said: "Mr. Zhou, didn't you always say that you would be careful and not be discovered? But look at it now, in the whole palace, you can't find a single person who doesn't know this.
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Facing Jin Ping's accusation, Zhou Quan was speechless. After a while, he whispered: "I really didn't expect that the effect of lily of the valley incense would be so strong. Even the crows in Leng Palace and Fengxian Palace were attracted, making
The matter has caused such a big fuss, and this slave really deserves to die!"
In the flickering candlelight, Xianyue sighed faintly, "Well, this matter is not what you thought. Maybe from the beginning, I should not have allowed you to use lily of the valley." After saying this, she raised her hand.
Said: "Get up."
After Zhou Quan stood up, Xianyue asked again: "Is there any news about this matter?"
Zhou Quan said hurriedly: "No, I have always been very careful. No one knows about it except Xiao Chengzi and Zheng Jiu."
Xianyue nodded and said: "The emperor has already said that he will investigate this matter in detail, so you and Zheng Jiu must be careful in the following days. Once found out, not only you, but also this palace will be in danger."
"I understand." Zhou Quan gritted his teeth and said, "Please don't worry, your Majesty. Even if I are really traced to you, I will never say a word about your Majesty."
"I know you are loyal, otherwise I wouldn't leave these things to you. It's a pity..." Xianyue walked to the long window and took a bottle from the square-eared bottle that Yuyuehua saw.
The beautiful peach blossoms smell under the nose.
Jin Ping gritted his teeth and said, "It's a pity that Wei promised to be so tough on her life. Every time, she was allowed to have a near miss. It's really hateful!" Although she came to serve Xianyue, she never forgot how Huang died.
Yes, she thought about Wei Jingxuan's death every moment.
Xianyue put the peach blossom back into the vase and said in a cold voice: "It's not that her fate is hard, but she has someone to help her."
As soon as these words came out, Zhou Quan and others were shocked. After looking at each other, Qi Kuan said: "Master, did you say that Wei promised to have Mao Gui and Xiang Ju by his side?"
Xianyue shook her head and said: "With these two people, it is impossible for Wei Jingxuan to remain unscathed so many times. There should be others."
"Others?" Qi Kuan said in surprise: "Wei promised to be confined in the Yongshou Palace. Except for the people around her, it is impossible to contact other people. Besides, she has no power now. Who is willing to take the risk to help her?"
Xianyue frowned and said, "I don't understand this problem either, but I have an intuition that someone is helping her."
Jin Ping probed: "Could it be Third Brother and Su? They have always been the closest to Wei Yao."
"No." Qi Kuan shook his head and said: "The third elder brother has been imprisoned in the clan mansion. As for the Su family, she can't even step out of Xinzheku. The fourth elder brother will not help her.
The news is also difficult, how can we help Wei agree?"
Jinping thought about it and said, "That's true, but apart from them, I really can't think of anyone else."
Xianyue said coldly: "If we don't try to find this person, the Wei family's trouble will get bigger and bigger."
Qi Kuan's eyelids twitched and he said: "Master is worried that the emperor will lift the ban that Wei promised?"
"As early as when the truth about the death of Brother Nine was revealed, the Emperor had this thought, but was blocked by me and Concubine Ying, so he never issued an order to lift the ban. Now that the Wei family was attacked by crows and escaped death, with her
If you have a temper, you will definitely seize this opportunity and ask the emperor to lift her from the ground."
Hearing this, Zhou Quan once again had a look of guilt in his eyes, lowered his head and said, "It's all my fault, slave. If I could have been more careful and tried the effect of lily of the valley on crows a few more times, I wouldn't have ended up like this."
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"It's useless to talk about the past. What's important now is to find the person who secretly helped the Wei family. Zhou Quan, you are the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and you will come into contact with more people and things than Qi Kuan and the others. Pay more attention in recent days.
Go to the Yongshou Palace to see if you can find the person who is secretly helping the Wei family."
"My servant knows." Zhou Quan responded with some uncertainty: "My servant heard from Xiao Chengzi before that the reason why Wei promised to escape death this time was because someone risked his life to save him and killed more than seventy of them with one person's power.
crow."
Xianyue naturally heard about this, took a few steps and said, "You mean the third-class guard responsible for guarding Yongshou Palace? What's wrong? Do you suspect it's him?"
Zhou Quandao: "I'm not sure, but he did have the opportunity to contact Wei and agree to it, but... I don't understand why he agreed to help Wei?"
Qi Kuan said: "Wei Zheng is the best at catching people's weaknesses. Maybe...this guard has something in her hands, so she has to obey orders."
Xianyue thought for a moment and said: "Since you have doubts, let's go check this person's background."
No matter how Ren Xiayue and the others guessed, they would never have thought that Wei Jingxuan would be so bold as to use her own body as bait to control Li Jifeng to serve her.
In the following days, Hongli sent his guards out of the palace to investigate the matter of Linglanxiang. Zhouquan also followed Xianyue's instructions, while paying attention to the movements of Yongshou Palace, while sending Zheng Jiu to check on Li Jifeng. This person's condition was not the same.
It was difficult to find out, but it was soon found out clearly; Li Jifeng belonged to the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty, and his father was also a guard. A few years ago, he took a wife under the arrangement of his parents. He has a son and a daughter at his knees, and his life is quite harmonious.