Xia Qing sneered and said: "Aren't you here just to take my life? Otherwise, how could Zheng Jiu suddenly transfer you to the cold palace?"
Hearing this, the palace man smiled and said: "You are overthinking. I am not here to take your life. There is no poison in this meal as you mentioned. Eat it quickly. I will collect it later."
After watching him leave, Xia Qing carried the things into her own house. It was called a house, but it was actually four walls and a roof. There was nothing except a bed.
She took out a silver hairpin from her sleeve and inserted it into the food. She had hidden it specially before the hairpin was removed. Silver is the most sensitive to poison. Once poisonous, it will immediately turn blue-black.
, which is why she deliberately hid the silver hairpin. From the moment she stepped into the cold palace, she would use the silver hairpin to test the poison of everything before entering it. She didn't want to die in the cold palace without knowing it.
"It's strange, it's really not poisoned?" After trying the last dish, the silver hairpin was still as bright as before, without any blackening.
Could it be that he had guessed wrong? As soon as this idea came up, he was rejected by Xia Qing. Both Xianyue and the Hu family hated themselves to the core. Even if they had been deposed from the cold palace, they were probably still dissatisfied.
You can't take your own life. Zheng Jiu suddenly transferred his people to this cold palace that everyone was afraid of. This is the best proof.
She probably wanted to wait until she relaxed her guard before taking action. Hehe, she would not let Nala Xianyue get her wish. She would definitely leave the cold palace alive, definitely!
At this time, Zhichun was ordering the palace servants to put dinner on the table one by one. After everything was ready, she walked to Nuang Pavilion and said to Xianyue who was reading: "Master, you can eat now."
Xianyue responded. After reading the opened page, she put down the scroll and followed Zhichun to the side hall. As soon as she picked up the gold chopsticks with clean hands, she saw Qi Kuan leaving. After saying Qian'er,
He said: "Master, I just went to the guest room and heard Manager Cheng say something very strange."
"Oh?" Xianyue Liu raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "But is it related to that silk and satin shop?"
"Yes." Qi Kuan responded and said: "Although there is still no problem at the silk and satin shop, Wang Ali, Ye Qiu, and Ji Yu have gone to the silk and satin shop each time in this month.
The intervals are exactly ten days."
Zhichun whispered the name Qi Kuan said and said, "I remember these three people are Li Concubine, Liang Concubine, and Lan Guiren's palace servants. What are they doing in the Silk House?"
"On the surface, it seemed that they were going to buy silk and satin, because every time they went in and came out, they would buy several feet of silk and satin. However, the people who were secretly following them discovered that they would throw away the bought silk and satin after walking for a while.
Or give it away casually, all three of them did it, without exception."
Jin Ping frowned and said, "In that case, buying silk and satin is just a cover. They go to the silk and satin shop for an ulterior purpose."
"It should be like this." As he said this, Qi Kuanmian said suspiciously: "But I have been to that silk and satin shop, and there is nothing strange about it. What can Wang Ali and the others do?"
"Ten days... ten days..." Zhichun murmured and repeated these two words. Suddenly his eyelids twitched and he said anxiously: "Master, I have remembered that when the Xia family was still in Yonghe Palace, every month
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Xia family would give Xiaoshouzi a day off, so that
He went out of the palace to visit his family. Although Xiao Shouzi usually left the palace occasionally, it was the custom on the first day of the lunar month. It had been almost two years. Now that I think about it, Xiao Shouzi went out of the palace on the first day of every lunar month not to go back to visit his family, but to go
Silk shop?"
"More than two years..." Xianyue closed her eyes and tapped her index finger lightly, "Dudu" one after another. After a long time, she suddenly opened her eyes and said: "If I remember correctly, the emperor has begun to indulge in women and has a big temper.
The changes also started more than two years ago."
Jin Ping said: "So, the sudden change in the emperor's temperament is really related to the Xia family?"
"It's too early to say this now." As she said this, she turned her gaze to Qi Kuan, "Go to the minister's room immediately and tell Cheng Xiang that from now on, he will send someone to keep an eye on the silk fabrics day and night.
Zhuang, if you find any abnormality, please report it to me immediately."
After Qi Kuan agreed, he added: "Actually, the best way is to go to the silk and satin shop to search. Unfortunately, we have no evidence and it is inconvenient to show up, so we can't search." As he said, he tentatively said: "Master, and
Doesn't the prince have many guards? Otherwise...ask him for help, and then send guards to the silk and satin shop at night to investigate."
Xianyue thought for a moment and said: "Instead of searching secretly, it would be better to do it openly."
Qi Kuan said in embarrassment: "I think so, but even the prince cannot search other people's places at will."
"No need to bother with the prince." Under the puzzled eyes of Qi Kuan and others, Xianyue said slowly: "Although the capital is at the foot of the emperor, it is not necessarily more peaceful than other places. There are often thieves who come to the capital to do business.
They may steal or extort, or even murder; when the government pursues these people, it often takes a lot of time, and some of them are never even caught."
Jin Ping nodded and said: "There are many such people. The last time I left the house, I saw the government offering a reward for a robber. I heard that he stole the jade cup of an adult from the Ministry of Industry. The reward has been offered for a month.
No one has been arrested yet; but what does this have to do with our matter?"
Xianyue smiled and said: "If there are clues now that the thief is hiding in that silk and satin shop, what do you think Shuntian Mansion will do?"
Jinping replied without thinking: "Of course I will send the Yamen to search!"
Hearing this, Qi Kuan and Zhichun looked at each other and said, "We understand, the master wants to use the help of Shuntian Mansion to search the silk and satin shop?"
Xianyue nodded and said, "Yes, in the name of the government searching for bandits, we can search the silk and satin shop without making them suspect us."
Although Zhichun also thinks this method is good, he still has some doubts, "But even if Shuntian Mansion really finds something, firstly they may not pay attention to it; secondly, they will not take the initiative to tell us."
"I have thought of this, and I will make arrangements for it." Seeing what she said, Zhichun stopped talking and scooped out a bowl of soup and handed it to Xianyue, "Master, please eat quickly, I said
After such a long time, the food is almost getting cold."
Xianyue took a few sips and said: "Jinping, please find someone to contact the palace people of Chengqian Palace and Yongshou Palace to see if there are any palace people who are not in the same place. Maybe you can use them to find out where Li and the others came from the silk shop.
What on earth did you get?" Chengqian Palace and Yongshou Palace are the residences of Li and Liang concubines respectively. As for the Wu family, she lives in Qinlan Pavilion in Chengqian Palace.