Chapter 44: A detailed investigation into the causes and consequences
After breakfast the next day, Xue Hengzhao returned to the needlework bureau.
Everyone here has heard that something happened in Qingyunfang, and some people thought that Xue Hengzhao would never come back there.
When I saw her, I couldn't help but have different expressions.
Chi Su was happy from the bottom of her heart, but couldn't say anything due to the crowd, so she smiled at Xue Hengzhao.
Xue Hengzhao didn't say anything. He returned to his seat with an expression as usual, picked up his needle and thread and started working.
After a while, Liu Quan came over and was not surprised to see Xue Hengzhao. As usual, he said to her with a gentle tone and a calm demeanor: "Since you are back, you are still in charge of things here. I will be more relaxed." Xue Hengzhao agreed with a "yes".
When work ended at noon, Chi Su took Xue Hengzhao and walked to his residence.
Xue Hengzhao asked her: "Aren't we going to eat? I'm already hungry."
Chi Su said: "Of course you have to eat, and you have to eat well."
Xue Hengzhao laughed: "Why are you preparing to help me catch the wind? Where did you get the money?"
"I still have money to treat you to a meal. My monthly monthly silver doesn't count. Isn't this some reward from years and years ago?"
"Keep your money and send it to your parents and brothers. It's even more difficult for them there." Xue Hengzhao knew that Chi had a large family and Chi Su was frugal in the palace just to save some money to send out. Every time I send money, I have to be restrained by the eunuchs, and I have to take some money out of it and give it to them.
"Since when did you start imitating your mother-in-law?" Chi Su gently pinched Xue Hengzhao's waist, "Just eat what you have. Don't tell me, I paid for this meal. That's right.
You just have to eat what I stole and robbed. If you get beaten and punished, I will take it as you see fit."
"So I'm obsessed with it," Xue Hengzhao said while protecting his slender waist, "Then I'd like to thank Miss Chi San."
"This meal is not for free. You have to tell me what happened before and after?" Chi Su has been itching in her heart these days, but she is thinking about it a lot, and there are still many things she can't figure out. p>
This time Xue Hengzhao comes back and naturally wants to answer her questions.
As soon as the two of them returned to their residence, a little eunuch from the kitchen brought a food box to them.
It contains four dishes, one soup, puff pastry and hydrangea steamed buns.
While Chi Su took out the food, he said to Xue Hengzhao: "I invite you to dinner not only to ask you about things, but also to calm your worries.
It's dangerous to say that. When I saw you hadn't come for two days, my heart was in my throat.
How could you predict in advance that Mr. He was going to harm you?"
"It was a palace maid from her side. When I got there, she raised her nose and raised her eyes at me.
Among them, she said a few words that aroused my alarm." Xue Hengzhao washed his hands, picked up the spoon, and took a sip of the soup. "She said that I was obsessed with climbing high branches, and that I didn't bother to serve the ladies in the palace, but only wanted to
You have to go out and be the master."
"What she said is too much. She just met you." After hearing this, Chi Su immediately felt sorry for Xue Hengzhao.
"That's what you said, so I knew someone must have said something to her.
It was as if he was insinuating that I was deliberately currying favor with the prince of Duke Anguo." Xue Hengzhao thought the soup tasted really good and took another sip.
"But that's just a rumor among the people." Chi Su didn't think there was any murderous intention hidden here, "It's okay for people who understand to listen."
"Actually, there are only two tricks the villain can use, either to frame him or to spread rumors.
Since these words came from her mouth alone, it means that everyone over there knows it, or sooner or later they will know it.
Liu Quan handed me over to his god-sister, and another palace maid only obeyed her orders.
It stands to reason that you should show some mercy to me. Since she is so mean and mean, it is obvious that Liu Quan's god-sister is also very unhappy with me, and she must have said these words first.
Then one can’t help but wonder what her purpose is? I’m embarrassing myself here, and the one I’m hitting is her brother’s face.”
Xue Hengzhao peeled off the cocoon and analyzed Chi Su in detail.
"Don't tell me, this explanation is indeed true." Chi Su gradually understood, "Then why do you think that He Guiren will believe their words and punish you?"
"It stands to reason that this possibility is not high, but since they said this, they must have concluded that He Guiren would also be very concerned about it.
And for a woman to be so concerned about another woman's scandal, it is most likely that she is interested in that man." Xue Hengzhao expressed his judgment.
After Chi Su heard this, he was so frightened that his chopsticks dropped to the ground and said: "Oh my God! How can this happen? You mean... He Guiren actually likes the prince?!"
"The two palace maids have been around Mr. He all the year round, so you can find some traces of this kind of thing." Xue Hengzhao didn't think this was any surprise at all.
How could He Guiren really like the sixty-year-old emperor at such a young age?
Before she entered the palace, like most women, she must have secretly made a secret promise.
"So if these two palace maids say in front of Mr. He that you have an affair with the prince, Mr. He will definitely be jealous and harm you?" Chi Suguang felt a cold chill running down his spine just thinking about it.
If it were her, the most she would do is quarrel with the palace maid, and the rest would be unimaginable.
"That's it, so just in case, I came back to tell you what happened before." Xue Hengzhao said, "I only speculated that this possibility is possible, and I am not very sure."
"Then if you expose He Guiren's poison, aren't you afraid that the poison was actually planted on the prince?" Chi Su couldn't help but worry, "If that's the case, wouldn't it be harming him?"
"I'm quite sure that this poison was definitely not planted on the Crown Prince." Xue Hengzhao said with a smile, "It is absolutely impossible for He Gui and the Crown Prince to be together. She knows this herself, so why bother to spend so much time to cast the curse? <
/p>
She did this just to gain more favor from the saint. After all, she had already entered the palace as a concubine, and there was no way out from this matter.
And this Gu should have been sent to the palace by her family, with the purpose of making her more noble and bringing glory to her family."
After hearing this, Chi Su sat there for a long time, nodding, shaking his head, and sighing.
Xue Hengzhao ignored her and ate the vegetables by himself, chewing them carefully and slowly, it was very delicious.
Suddenly Chi Su slapped the table, stared at Xue Hengzhao with narrow eyes and asked: "But why did those two palace maids want to harm you? What grudges do you have with them?"
"Who sent me there? Don't you understand yet?" Xue Hengming smiled, "You can do it now, and you still know how to follow the clues."
"You...you mean Liu Quan? He wants to harm you?!" Chi Su really couldn't believe it.
In her heart, Liu Quan is a rare good person.
And she also wondered why Liu Quan wanted to harm Xue Hengzhao.