Yuan Qingling and Yu Wenhao looked at each other. Sure enough, the King of Nanjiang entered the palace for the King of Nanjiang. It may not be an assassination. It is possible that the two of them know something inside, but they cannot trust others, so they can only find a way to enter the palace.
Go and report to the emperor.
It's a pity that these two people were killed. Even if they knew who killed the King of Southern Xinjiang, they had no way of knowing.
"Then during the time they were in the palace, apart from breaking into the Supreme Emperor's palace, did they do anything else?"
Yu Wenhao asked.
General Luo racked his brains and thought, "There are really no other clues. Oh, by the way, their bodies were thrown out of the palace and dumped in the mass graves in Nanshan. When Wei Chen investigated, he wanted to
I looked for clues on the body, only to find that the body had been taken away."
"It was taken?
Was it eaten by a wild dog?"
Yu Wenhao said.
"No, Wei Chen went to the mass grave the next day. Even if the body was chewed by wild dogs, the clothes, shoes and socks would still be left behind, but he was not found. It is almost confirmed that he was taken away."
"In other words, someone collected their bodies and buried them?"
Yuan Qingling thought for a while, "If that's the case, there must be some of their people in Beijing. Didn't you pursue it further?"
General Luo said: "I searched around the area and found traces of burning stones on the mountain about three miles away. It is the custom of the southern Xinjiang people to cremate people after death. Unfortunately, no one was found to bury them at that time. However,
Judging from the burning specifications, these two people should not be civilians."
"Incineration specifications?"
Yuan Qing was startled.
Yu Wenhao explained: "Yes, you can tell your identity from the pile of stones. If you are an ordinary person, you will pile a layer of stones to form a circle, and the body will be burned in the circle. If you are a noble official or a local elder, you will pile two layers of stones."
It ranges from the fifth floor to the fifth floor, and there is a stone staircase to show their noble status. General Luo, which floor do you think you saw?"
General Luo said: "Third floor!"
"On the third floor, those must be the subordinates of the King of Southern Xinjiang."
Yuan Qing Ling looked at him blankly. The third floor must be people with very high positions, but they would rather go into the palace to meet the emperor. It can be seen that what they want to say is not simple. I believe it has a lot to do with the death of the King of Southern Xinjiang.
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After sending General Luo away, Yu Wenhao was very confused, "If there were still their people in Beijing at that time, why didn't they continue to think of a way?
Wouldn't it be unfair to the two people who sacrificed themselves if we just stopped like that?"
Yuan Qingling thought thoughtfully, "Perhaps, there is a more important thing than avenging the King of Southern Xinjiang."
"You mean Man'er?
However, Man'er has been wandering around a lot in recent years and has suffered a lot. It can be seen that there are no southern Xinjiang people in the capital who know her identity. Otherwise, why wouldn't they come out to protect her?
And let her be a slave everywhere."
"Man'er said that she was accompanied to Beijing by her two mothers-in-law, but when those two mothers-in-law died, do you think it was Man'er's mother-in-law who conducted the burial for those two people?
Then not long after, they died one after another, leaving Man'er alone to struggle for survival in the capital."
Yu Wenhao thought for a moment and said, "This is a possibility."
Yuan Qingling told him Aunt Qing's unusual reaction after seeing Man'er. The two analyzed it and felt that they should arrange another meeting.
We can't just rely on speculation at the moment, we must know as much truth as possible. At least, we need to know the relationship between Aunt Qing and Man'er.
Now that the news is released, it will attract Aunt Qing and more people. This is just the beginning.
Prince Shun's mansion was finally ready to move into. All the palaces, princes and ministers sent congratulatory gifts. The gifts piled up in such a pile that they couldn't be dismantled in time, so they were piled in the warehouse and asked to be sorted out and recorded slowly.
But at this time, a batch of gold, as much as four thousand taels, was lost from the palace treasury. Since the imperial concubine was now in charge of the affairs of the harem, people in the inner palace reported the matter to the imperial concubine first.
Although the Queen is no longer involved in the matter, her status is still there, so the Imperial Concubine still reported the matter to the Queen. After hearing this, the Queen didn't say anything and just asked the Imperial Concubine to investigate.
However, people in the Queen's Palace spread the news that Prince Shun had given the Eighth Prince two thousand taels of gold.
When Prince Shun came back from the expedition, the emperor rewarded him with a thousand taels of gold. If he gave all of it to the eighth prince, it would only be one thousand taels at most. Why are there two thousand taels?
In order to avoid suspicion, the queen called the imperial concubine's people to check, and found that one thousand taels of the eighth prince's gold were stamped with the seal of the inner treasury.
The eighth prince was very nervous and did not allow anyone in the palace to touch his gold. He said it was given to him by his younger brother and chased them away frantically, looking very scary.
The queen could only say: "Okay, whether the gold belongs to the inner palace or not, it should be filled back from this palace. The palace has not been peaceful recently. Not to mention the inner treasury has been lost, even many things have been lost in this palace.
Even the Eighth Emperor lost a lot of things in his palace. Why don't you know what the thief's intentions were? He just stole gold, silver and jewelry, but even stole gadgets. Could it be that he is addicted?"
The imperial concubine had no choice but to send someone out of the palace to go to the palace. After all, the amount of money in the palace was fixed every year. Four thousand taels of gold could be exchanged for 40,000 taels of silver. The Mid-Autumn Festival expenses were all included.
If the gold is not recovered, the imperial concubine will be suspected of poor accounting and will have to advance money to meet Mid-Autumn Festival expenses.
The Prince Shun's Mansion was still in a mess, so Yuan Qingling took Man'er, Ah Si, Qiluo, Lu Ya and others to help. Rong Yue also brought many people. After all, the Prince Shun's Mansion didn't even have a mistress.
Jiu is a martial artist and doesn’t understand this either.
People in the palace helped to check, even the queen sent people out, and Aunt Qing also directed people to work. When she turned around, she saw Ah Si coming in with Man'er and the others.
Aunt Qing's eyes wandered for a moment, her movements froze for a moment, then she turned around and continued to give instructions, but her voice obviously changed her tone.
"Man'er, your pig head is not good at work. Just go to the corner and tidy up with Qiluo. Make some snacks and don't damage the things, otherwise you won't be able to afford the compensation if I sell them."
Ah Si's tone towards Man'er suddenly became very bad and bossy.
Man'er was startled, then laughed dryly, "Oh, okay."
Ah Si pushed her back with one hand, pushing her to stagger and bump into Aunt Qing's back, "Hurry up, or you won't be able to eat tonight."
Man'er felt a little aggrieved and didn't know why Ah Si was angry with her, but there were so many people that it was hard to ask, so she just said sorry to Aunt Qing.
Aunt Qing looked at her, her face softened obviously, "It's okay, you can go to the corner and do your work."
"good!"
Man'er and Luya walked over.
Aunt Qing looked at Ah Si, her face expressionless, but there was a strange look in her eyes, which seemed to be anger.
Ah Si pretended not to see it and strode past.
Not long after, her sarcastic voice was heard again, "You are still not convinced that you are a pig-brained person. These are porcelain, can they be placed on the ground?
Can you afford to pay for it if you stumble over your shoulder?
Okay, go away and get a broom and go out to clean. A person like you who comes from a humble background is worthy of doing some rough work."
Aunt Qing bent over and looked over, and saw Ah Si pointing his finger at Man'er's head. Man'er's face was full of grievance and shock, and tears were welling up in his eyes.
She paused, dropped what she was holding and walked over quickly.