Mu Ci looked at the banyan tree intently and walked slowly to the foot of the banyan tree.
It is indeed a century-old tree, with intertwined roots and stretched branches, as if it is about to break through the sky. It looks quite spectacular.
In addition, since it has been closed in recent years, the lanterns are hung high, which makes it look festive and beautiful.
If it were her, she would also like such a beautiful and magnificent scenery.
"When were these lanterns hung on the branches?" Mu Ci asked after pondering for a moment.
"This... this slave doesn't remember clearly, just not long ago." Amber said calmly.
She really couldn't remember. When she found out, a lantern had been hung on it.
Mu Ci's beautiful eyes were half-squinted: "Didn't you do it yourself?"
Hu Huo shook his head: "All my thoughts are devoted to serving my master. I don't have such leisure time."
Mu Ci turned to look at Ji Rou: "Get a lantern and come down!"
Ji Rou took the order, jumped up, and quickly took out a red lantern and handed it to Mu Ci.
Mu Ci opened the lantern, put it to his nose and smelled it carefully.
It has the smell of agarwood. Not every palace can get this high-quality agarwood. The most important thing is, why is there agarwood in the lantern? Who would take off the lantern and open it to look carefully like her?
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Unless someone wants to use agarwood to cover up other smells, such as musk, safflower and other medicinal smells...
Amber saw Mu Ci's behavior and guessed that there was something wrong with these lanterns.
Her face turned pale, and she never expected that someone would make a fuss about such a conspicuous lantern.
Mu Ci looked carefully and found that there were several small holes under the lantern. As long as the wind blew and the lantern shook, if it contained musk powder, some of it would blow down.
"Before He Zhaoyuan had a miscarriage, did she drink tea under this tree?" Mu Ci asked.
Amber's face turned pale and she looked at Mu Ci blankly.
"It seems there is." Mu Ci's face darkened.
Even if he did not stand under the tree, but just stood under the verandah of the West Wing Hall, the wind would blow, bringing musk and powder of other abortion medicines, and float into the tea. Over time, He Zhaoyuan would have a tire sooner or later.
Fortunately, Dugu Liancheng valued He Zhaoyuan. After He Zhaoyuan's tire slip, the guards at Chuxiu Palace were strengthened. Otherwise, these lanterns that might have let go of drugs like musk would have been destroyed long ago.
In this way, the truth about He Zhaoyuan's tire slip will never be known.
"No wonder my slave always felt that the smell around here was a bit weird in those days. At that time, I only thought that the smell of medicine came from which palace, but I never thought that the smell came from these lanterns." Amber bit her silver teeth with hatred: "It's all my fault.
Too careless. If he had noticed it earlier, the master would not have suffered a miscarriage."
"The other party can come up with such an idea to harm others, so it is impossible to guard against it. I think that person has figured out He Zhaoyuan's living habits long ago, and then came up with this bold plan. In this harem, there must be no intention of harming others, and no intention of guarding against others.
None." Mu Ci replied quietly.
He Zhaoyuan couldn't protect her child, and she could only blame He Zhaoyuan for not being careful enough.
Otherwise, this disaster can be avoided.
When He Zhaoyuan got the news, her expression was shocked. She knew that there was nothing wrong with her child, but she never expected that it would happen in this way.
Later I asked Amber, and even Amber didn't know when those lanterns were hung up.
All she knew was that someone had hung up the lantern without anyone noticing, and in such a blatant way, while she was paying attention every day, she lost this child.
It would be a lie to say that she is not sad, but the outcome has been decided, so what's the use of being sad anymore?
After she calmed down, He Zhaoyuan asked: "Empress Dowager, can you find out who is behind this plot to frame me?"
She wanted to avenge her child, but she had to know who was behind it.
"We haven't found anything yet." Seeing that it was getting late, Mu Ci stood up and said goodbye: "Take good care of yourself, the Ai family has returned."
Even if she has a suspect, she can't speak out without proof.
Even though her intuition told her that it was Mu Xue who was jealous of He Zhaoyuan that had planned all this.
When passing the banyan tree, Mu Ci slowed down.
This tree has experienced many years of wind and rain, but it still stands tall in Chuxiu Palace. Looking from a distance, it is a beautiful scenery.
Who would have thought that someone would use such a scenery to harm others?
There are endless ways to harm people in this harem, and it is really difficult to guard against them.
"Mother, it's windy here, let's go." Sizhu stamped his feet.
Mu Ci remembered that Sizhu was not a martial artist like Ji Rou. She also wore a rouge button. Ordinary people would feel cold if they stood in the cold wind for a long time.
Her eyebrows became gentler and she smiled and said: "Let's go back to Yong'an Palace. Take some time to check which palace has received agarwood."
"Yes, empress." Sizhu responded, quickened his pace, and headed towards Yongfa Palace.
The whereabouts of the agarwood incense was quickly discovered. There are many palaces where the agarwood incense has been received, but there are very few palaces where the best agarwood incense has been received. The only one recorded in the records is the Sansou Palace, and the Xihua Palace is not there.
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After Mu Ci received the news, he smiled half-heartedly and said: "It seems that even the escape route has been prepared. Someone is determined to blame this problem on Wuyou Palace. The relationship between that person and Wuyou Palace has formed.
It’s not small.”
So, the person who harmed He Zhaoyuan had even planned his escape plan, just to drag Zhao Ling into the water. How much does he hate Zhao Ling?
"The empress does not mean that it was Concubine De's fault?" Sizhu was dumbfounded.
She thought that as long as she found out which palace received the agarwood incense, the master of that palace would be the real culprit, but it turned out that she was too simplistic.
"When the Ai family discovered the agarwood incense in the lantern today, they knew that this thing was unusual. If they really wanted to use agarwood to cover up the smell of herbs, they could have used the most common incense, but the murderer used the highest-end incense wood. Then
The Shi Ai family guessed that even if they found something, it would just be smoke to confuse people's vision." Mu Ci replied quietly.
She didn't have high hopes for this matter.
What she could think of, how could the other party not think of it? Before harming anyone, the real murderer must have thought of a way out after the incident.
So reaching this point basically means that the case has reached a dead end.
"Then what should we do now? Your Majesty still needs to explain." Sizhu said calmly.
Mu Ci smiled: "Of course I told the truth. At present, we can only find Zhao Ling, so let's push Zhao Ling out. That day, Zhao Ling took advantage of the Ai family's rise to power. The Ai family has not yet settled the accounts with her. Now they are not just trying to deal with her.
Opportunity?"
Since she is determined to play a game, she is naturally happy to watch the excitement, as long as it does not burn her body.
She is a person who holds grudges, and she has always kept the deal between Zhao Ling and her in her heart.
The concubines hanging around in the harem and the powerful people obtained by means of tricks must be repaid one day, right?
