"What is Fourth Brother doing now?" Wen Xi asked after not saying anything for a long time.
Hu Yu shook his head and said, "Please stay with Song Gege."
Wen Xi's eyes were wandering, maybe she was thinking too much, the gender of the child in her belly was undecided, and the fourth elder brother had just come to the palace, so he didn't dare to do such a thing after thinking about it, and it was still under Kangxi's nose! However, in her heart,
But he couldn't doubt it at all, so he said: "Ayu, go and quietly invite Grandma Wu to come over.
Wu Lu has been Niu Hulu's grandmother for many years. She has served Wen Xi for many years. Although she has been with Yinzhen for almost four years, Wen Xi is sure that she will still be loyal to her!
Taking advantage of the night, Qiuwu Palace was quiet, and you could only hear the occasional breeze blowing by, and the sound of the sycamore leaves being caressed. The Qiuwu Palace was brightly lit, and Kangxi put his hand on Wen Xi's shoulder and said: "It's getting late, go to bed early.
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Wen Xi shook her head and said, "I can't sleep. Your Majesty, please go to sleep first."
Kangxi sighed and said, "I have ordered Jing Fulu to conduct a detailed investigation. All the people serving Yu Ludai and Wan Jing will be taken down. Anyone who is suspicious will be tortured."
Wen Xi hummed, hoping nothing would come out of torture. At this time, Hu Yu had secretly called Nanny Wu. After hearing this, Kangxi couldn't help but frown: "Aunt Wu? You're not serving Yinzhen.
People?"
Wen Xi said calmly: "They are the ones who serve me. Wan Jing and Ru Yan are fine, and I don't know what happened to the Song family. I don't feel at ease."
Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief and said: "He's just a slave. There's no need to ask him personally. Just reward him with whatever he wants."
Wen Xi smiled slightly and said, "I just want to reward her. Your Majesty, please go to bed first. I will be here soon."
Kangxi was also tired. He had to get up early tomorrow and go back to the palace to attend court, so he went to his bedroom.
The little eunuch invited Nanny Wu in. Wen Xi deliberately stepped back and paid attention to her surroundings. Kangxi did not eavesdrop, so he asked her with confidence.
Aunt Wu has gained some weight, which shows that her life has been good in the past few years. Since Aunt Wu has already rewarded Yinzhen, Wen Xi did not intend to meet her in private. Now that they have met, Wu Lu can naturally guess what Wen Xi asked.
, looking peaceful.
Wen Xi didn't say any nonsense and asked directly: "How is Mrs. Song?"
Mother Wu said: "Master, don't worry, Song Gege has good water properties. He went back and drank a bowl of ginger soup and then rested. Fourth brother also rested now."
"How come Fourth Brother appears around Qingyue Lake?" Wen Xi asked clearly.
Mother Wu smiled slightly and said: "My fourth brother is the most filial. After lunch, he has been painting pomegranate flowers in the pavilion of the pomegranate forest. He has painted seven or eight paintings!"
Wen Xi's heart moved slightly. She did say that the pomegranate flowers were blooming well today, but it was just a casual remark. Yinzhen also said that he would paint two pictures of pomegranates for her. But Wen Xi didn't take it to heart. She couldn't help scolding herself for being too careful.
Heartbroken!
It was impossible for Aunt Wu not to hear Wen Xi's doubts about Yinzhen, so she said: "The people Si elder brother brought this time, Song Gege was rewarded by the emperor, the guards were arranged by the emperor, and the maids and eunuchs were all former servants of Qian.
The little eunuch and the little palace maid walked out of the palace."
Wen Xi couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. Yinzhen used people who came out of her palace in this way. It was undoubtedly out of trust and gratitude to her. But Wen Xi had no reason to doubt him! Although Wen Xi was pregnant, she didn't know whether it was a boy or a girl.
.Killing this child will not do him any good! And although he has a lot of money, his power is not enough to give him the courage to do such a thing. Once exposed, Kangxi will not forgive him
Overtake him! He is now just one of the dozen sons of Kangxi. Even if he studies and studies hard, all he can rely on is her as the "mother" in name only! How can he dare to enmity with Wen Xi?
After confirming that it couldn't be him, Wen Xi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Ayu, get some bird's nests and donkey-hide gelatin and give them to the Song family, and ask Mother Wu to take them back."
But, if it wasn't Si Age, then who did it? He tossed and turned all night, and fell asleep late at night. When he woke up the next day, Kangxi had already left.
Early in the morning, Jing Fulu came to report that the osmanthus oil that Wan Jing brought to the palace was missing, and the maid Caizhou who kept Wan Jing's belongings bit her tongue and committed suicide. Now, the little clues that were finally found were immediately revealed.
broken!
"Tell my sister-in-law to go and check Caizhou's family immediately!" Shu Shujue, the mother-in-law of E, would have been more effective in checking this kind of thing. Wen Xi asked Guarjia Zhongxin to check it because she trusted her! Who is it?
, actually able to bribe the slaves born in the Niu Hulu family?! His hands reached out to the Niu Hulu family’s Gege, but he still didn’t notice it! The person who took action must have already started to deal with the Niu Hulu family.
!What happened yesterday was nothing more than sacrificing one chess piece!
Sure enough, the news came immediately that Caizhou's mother and sister had been poisoned to death! The person who did it was really ruthless. If the plan failed, he would immediately destroy the chess pieces, making Wen Xi unable to continue the investigation!
After noon, the fourth elder brother took Mrs. Song and sent over all the pomegranate pictures he had drawn. He also thanked and said goodbye. A minor elder brother could not leave the palace for a long time.
Wen Xi invited him to sit down and ordered tea, "Why are you leaving so soon?"
Yinzhen said: "Huang Ama only allowed his son two days' leave. He came the afternoon before yesterday, and he should go back this afternoon."
Wen Xi nodded and looked at Mrs. Song who was standing aside obediently. Although Wen Xi didn't believe that Mrs. Song rescued Yu Ludai out of sheer kindness, she also refused to let go of her great contribution to saving the princess. Even if she was not necessarily pure-hearted, Wen Xi was still
I thanked her very much and couldn't help but smile warmly on my face: "As I said, she is a well-behaved and good girl."
Mrs. Song hurriedly said: "I'm a clumsy servant, I don't dare to be praised as an imperial concubine!"
With a warm smile, he said, "I feel relieved that there is someone like you around me to continue to serve my fourth elder brother." After saying that, he asked someone to get a bunch of fine pearls and rewarded the Song family.
Brother's heart. She sent a call to Nanny Wu in the middle of the night last night to ask questions. It is impossible for the master Yinzhen not to know, and it is inevitable that he would be worried that this "Eniang" would doubt him. Now that Wen Xi rewards the Song family, he must be able to rest assured.
a bit.
The fourth elder brother took the Song family to the side hall to meet Yu Ludai, and then left the palace.
Wen Xi's heart could not settle down, and all the clues were broken. Although she and Yu Ludai were fine, if the person in the dark was not found out, he was afraid that he would take action again in the future! Wen Xi would definitely catch such a person.
Come out, otherwise you will be uneasy day and night! There was no progress on Jing Fulu's side, so Wen Xi asked him to release all the irrelevant people. But in her heart, she was thinking carefully about who did it.
Wen Xi always thought that the people in the palace could not reach out to the palace. Maybe she was wrong! If she had a son at one stroke, the status of many people's sons would be shaken. However, Wen Xi and the fourth concubine had never had any conflict, and they had never been in conflict in the past.
Bo is somewhat affectionate. Concubine Hui, Concubine Yi, and Concubine Rong all have sons. Would they do anything for their sons? However, such suspicion is too groundless.
Wen Xi couldn't help but wonder, could it be the Queen Mother... But the holiday between her and the Queen Mother was just Yu Ludai throwing her golden retriever into the water. It was incredible! The Queen Mother was not Xiaozhuang, how could she do it for
A dog trying to kill his own grandchildren?
Wen Xi thought about it for a long time, but she couldn't figure out who was planning to harm her?!
After this accident, Kangxi came to the palace more frequently, almost once every three to five days, usually at noon, and left before dawn the next day. He also asked Jing Fulu to step up his questioning, and killed many people with the cane.
I don’t know whether he is really guilty or if he is innocent and implicated.
Even Wen Xi could tell that someone had bribed the Niu Hulu family's slaves and planted the nails. Why did Kangxi get angry with those slaves? Wen Xi tried to persuade him several times, but to no avail. Later, he still had the same problem.
The child said that it was not good to see too much blood, so Kangxi stopped.
Kangxi was not too angry at first, but he became more and more angry after returning to the palace several times. Could it be that he found something? He asked: "Did the emperor find any clues?"
Kangxi couldn't help but hesitate, then smiled and said: "Why do you ask that?"
Wen Xi said in a deep voice: "The emperor seems to have become more angry these days, as if someone has made him angry."
Kangxi immediately said: "I was so angry at those dog slaves at that time. So many people couldn't protect Yu Ludai! They are all useless slaves!"
But Wen Xi was extraordinarily calm, looking straight at Kangxi and saying, "Your Majesty found something, right?"
Kangxi's Danfeng immediately had a dodgeful look in his eyes, and he hurriedly smiled and said, "Don't think too much about it!"
Wen Xi became more and more sure of her guess and looked directly at Kang Xi with a hint of questioning: "Who is it?!"
"Okay!" Kangxi patted Wen Xi's shoulder, "You are overthinking it! It's getting late, so go to bed early. I'm tired too."
The bedroom was extremely quiet at night. Occasionally, I heard the rustling of insects and the sound of wind blowing leaves outside. The bedroom was brightly lit, and the curtains on the bed had fallen. Kangxi sat on the bed with his warm hands, and couldn't help but look tired on his face.
Zhise: "I have to rush back to attend the morning meeting tomorrow."
But Wen Xi pulled him hard and refused to let him lie down, "Who is it?! Who asked the emperor to protect her like this?! Concubine Hui? Concubine Yi? Concubine Rong? Or the Queen Mother?!"
Kangxi smiled bitterly and sighed, shook his head and said: "How could it be them? How could they have such ability? It's even more impossible for Huang Aniang! You love to think too much!"
But Wen Xi caught a clue from Kangxi's words, and suddenly said: "The emperor means...not the queen mother, let alone the concubines?!" If not even the fourth concubine, then those concubines and low-level concubines
It’s impossible for me to be a concubine!
"The emperor's deeper meaning, isn't it the work of the people in the harem? It's the methods of the previous dynasty?!" Wen Xi has always only dealt with the harem. For a while, she really didn't think that the person who did such a thing was the former dynasty's method.
The person...maybe not necessarily the former dynasty, but...an ordinary minister that Kangxi would try his best to protect. Kangxi would not tolerate him! And ordinary ministers would not dare to do such a thing!
Wen Xi suddenly thought of a person, and the surprise in her eyes could not be concealed. She looked at Kangxi and asked: "Is it the prince?!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation, monthly vote, and your support