one step closer to the end

That's right!

Qian Yexuan, one of the ten great masters, is a cook. It is said that he has been an imperial cook since the grandfather of Emperor Shun Yao. No one knows his real age. Anyway, he looks like a person in his 50s, with a full body He was dressed in a clean red official robe, with a thin body and a clean beard without a single beard.

"Quickly give the Grand Master a seat..."

Emperor Shun Yao straightened up and raised his hand. It could be seen that he respected Qianye Xuan very much. Qianye Xuan also bowed politely and thanked him. He sat in a pile of royal chefs and did not speak. There was no emotion on his face. .

"Your Majesty! No need to count..."

Zhao Guanren got up and walked to Emperor Shunyao, bent down and said: "There are a lot of people who are empty-paid. The number of eunuchs is 180-230, and the number of maids is [-]-[-]. We haven't counted your concubines yet, but I estimate that there are a lot of people here. ...I'm afraid it's not enough!"

"You bastard! It's on my head to eat nothing..."

Emperor Shun Yao slapped the armrest of the seat with one palm, and burst into a rage. The concubines fell to their knees in fright, and the black slaves also knelt down, and the old eunuch's face was worse than that of a dead mother. Ugly, obviously knowing about the empty pay.

"Wait a moment!"

The empress raised her head in shock and said, "The guards haven't even finished counting, how do you know how many people are missing?"

"Reporting to the queen! I asked them to line up front and back, and multiply the two rows horizontally and vertically to get the number..."

Zhao Guanren clasped his hands and said, "It's just that it's not convenient to count the number of ministers in the harem. Please ask the empress to send someone to take out the roster and count. The corpse in the imperial garden is very likely to belong to a certain concubine. If the situation is true, it will be a big trouble!"

"Get off all of you, if I have fewer concubines, you don't want to be a queen..."

Emperor Shun Yao was so angry that he swears again, the empress didn't even dare to say a fart, she hurriedly led the concubines to run down the steps, and Emperor Shun Yao was like a beast in a cage, with red eyes and troops on the high platform Up and down pacing.

"emperor!"

Jin Wuming finally counted the number of people, and it was indeed the same as Zhao Guanren's number, but he also handed over a list, where any missing people were clearly written.

"Those who are not paid, are all dragged out and chopped..."

Emperor Shun Yao threw the list back abruptly, Zhao Guanren copied it, and said, "Your Majesty! If you kill someone, you will die without proof. There must be many people who were deceived by your subordinates like Mr. Tian. You can't let a sinner go, but you can't kill innocent people either!"

"Have you figured it out..."

Emperor Shun Yao pointed at the empress furiously, and the empress hurriedly ran up and knelt down, and said: "The concubine inspects the harem every day, there is no shortage of concubines in the harem, and there are also a lot of slaves in the harem, that is, there are five less in the East Palace." people!"

"Princess!"

Emperor Shun Yao had completely disregarded his face, and shouted: "You don't want to face yourself, don't blame me for not giving you face today, you get out of here, if you don't know, I'll cut off your head!"

"emperor!"

A chubby princess ran out rolling and crawling, knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "The lord, the prince has heavy hands, and he accidentally killed a few servants who caused trouble, and the daughter-in-law was dragged out and buried. But the servants of the Eastern Palace cannot enter the Imperial Garden, and the deceased is not from the Eastern Palace!"

"You bastards..."

Emperor Shun Yao gritted his teeth and scolded: "If I don't investigate today, I'm afraid you will hide it until I enter the imperial mausoleum. You don't want to be a princess. Come on! Put her in the cold palace and wait for her punishment!"

"Your Majesty! It's none of your business, it's none of your business..."

The Crown Princess knocked the floor tiles loudly, but the four female guards immediately carried her away, and Princess Yaoyue stood below without even daring to lift her head, but the little princess gloated, taking advantage of the emperor's inattention. , and gave Zhao Guanren a wink.

"I'm so pissed off, I'm so pissed off..."

Emperor Shun Yao walked back and forth several times, pointed at Zhao Guanren and said, "Zhao Yunxuan! You go and investigate, I must find out who the woman who died in the imperial garden is, and find out all the ghosts and monsters in the harem. Everyone go with him!"

"Thank you everyone! Yamen who have read the list can leave..."

Zhao Guanren held up a map of the Forbidden Palace, and shouted: "Si Li Jian, Yu Ma Jian, Si Shi Jian, Shang Bao Jian, Jingong Jian, Yin Shou Jian, Du Zhi Jian, Yu Kitchen, Xi Xin Si, Tai Hospital, The Bell and Drum Division and the Huntang Division can leave the entire outer eight bureaus, and the female officials and six officials are all left behind!"

"The slaves retire!"

A large number of people retreated hastily as if they had been pardoned, but the faces of those who stayed behind were all pale, and there were thousands of concubines and royal children, all of whom were kneeling in panic. It is estimated that everyone's buttocks were not clean.

"This is the first time for a lower official to enter the palace. If there is a mistake in the title, I hope you will forgive me..."

Zhao Guanren cupped his hands towards the bottom, and said: "Please, ladies and princes and grandchildren, go back to your respective palaces, order your slaves and maids and don't go out for the time being, if there is an emergency, you can send a eunuch to pass it on, everyone in the East Palace, please move to the Zangshu Pavilion to rest !"

"The concubine resigns!"

The concubines walked away again, and basically only the harem servants were left. Dozens of gardeners and flower slaves were all tied up. It was hard to control the rootless people, and half of them were scared to pee Pants.

"Your Majesty! I'm starting to investigate now..."

Zhao Guanren turned around and bowed, and Emperor Shun Yao waved his hands tiredly: "Go! No matter who is involved, I must investigate and find out the truth. If you dare to cover up, you will definitely be executed!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Zhao Guanren took a booklet and walked down the steps, and came to the gardeners to ask questions, but they didn't expect that there would be corpses in the imperial garden, and they didn't spend their pay, and no one was missing.

Zhao Guanren frowned and said, "Planning the hole will definitely kill the flowers and plants. How can someone turn over the ground and not know?"

"My lord! Ladies love to play in the imperial garden, and the flowers and plants are often trampled to death..."

The gardener cried and said: "Especially around the rockery, a lot of peek-a-boo will be trampled to death, and there are court ladies and eunuchs who are lazy and pee there as soon as they take off their pants. Besides, we are all on duty. Be suspicious!"

"Put it on, I'll find you again if I need something..."

Zhao Guanren got up and went to the court ladies. The dozens of court ladies were neither humble nor overbearing.

"Grand Commander!"

Zhao Guanren quickly ran into the middle hall, Emperor Shun Yao was already sitting in the hall drinking tea, Jin Wuming stood beside him, his face sinking like water, and asked, "How?"

"The female officials Liushang colluded together to confess, and the confession was verbatim..."

Zhao Guanren said helplessly: "These maids are all veterans, and there is no flaw in the confession. I will put them back later. Please find some skilled female guards and sneak over to stare at them to see if anyone is there. Destroy the evidence!"

"Don't be too busy..."

Emperor Shun Yao asked in a deep voice: "I just suddenly realized a problem. Normal people should never bury their corpses in the imperial garden. It is easy for people to find them, but the rockery where the corpses are found is very particular. What might you see?" Mystery?"

"Mystery?"

Zhao Guanren quickly took out the floor plan of the imperial palace. In fact, he didn't see anything, but he could get a general idea, and pretended to be shocked and shouted: "The eye of the formation! The eye of the feng shui formation, someone is deliberately destroying the feng shui of the harem. Once the formation is broken, it will be..."

"What? But it doesn't matter..."

Emperor Shun Yao lowered his teacup and stared at it. Zhao Guanren bent over in fear and said, "Your Majesty, don't blame me. It's no wonder that the yin energy in the imperial garden lingers. It turns out that someone used vicious tricks to defeat the feng shui of the harem. This feng shui defeat is just... Extinct household! Extinct offspring and grandchildren!"

"Sigh~"

Jin Wuming gasped, and Emperor Shun Yao crushed the tea bowl with a "click" and said angrily, "I know that corpses don't appear on the formation for no reason, and it's because of the vicious trick of promiscuity." Hurry up and find out, if you can't find out, don't even think about eating!"

Chapter 0481

"La la la..."

The little princess walked towards the harem bouncing around, looking like an innocent and beautiful girl. Princess Yaoyue squinted at her with a displeased face, but she still put on a proud posture, no matter how she looked, she looked like a Proud pullet.

"Eunuch Tian!"

Zhao Guanren walked side by side with the eunuch, and asked: "There should be a curfew in the palace at night, so who can haunt the imperial garden at night or early in the morning?"

"Curfew! Lock down on time every night for a curfew..."

Eunuch Tian nodded and said: "Except for the ministers on duty at night who carry the waist badge, generally no one is allowed to leave the palace without authorization. There will be guards who will conduct interrogation, and no one will enter or leave the imperial garden after dark. The imperial garden will also be locked and closed. Prevent assassins from hiding in it!"

"Elder-in-law! It's time for us to help each other..."

Zhao Guanren said in a low voice: "You find someone to cover the empty salary, and I will be responsible for searching him. You also have to do me a favor with the headless female corpse, and show me the way based on your experience. In case it gets dark If you can’t find out, if the emperor cuts me off in a rage, I’ll be in trouble!”

"Yuanchun! He is the mastermind of the empty pay, so just check on him..."

Eunuch Tian whispered: "Actually, it's not a big deal for the masters to kill a servant. They can be carried out for burial if they report a sickness. Those who conceal and don't report are slaves who kill slaves, but Yuhuayuan has the ability to bury people." , You said it’s not good to bury, isn’t burying the imperial garden waiting to be beheaded!”

Zhao Guanren said depressedly: "Just because you said it, doesn't mean you didn't say it. Can you give me some dry goods?"

"This old slave will let you know..."

Eunuch Tian said again in a low voice: "I have counted the people who are on empty pay. The list is full of old empty pay. There is only one person who is really missing, and that is the little eunuch in Liu Huangfei's palace. She reported her disappearance by herself, so where is the female corpse?" Come on, I really don't know!"

"Concubine Liu Gui?"

Zhao Guanren was stunned for a moment and said: "Prince Duan's biological mother, the little princess' grandma, please tell me quietly if there is any secret way in and out of this palace, and I will never let it out!"

"It's absolutely impossible! There's a secret way..."

Eunuch Tian quickly waved his hands and said, "Prince Duan's birth mother is Imperial Concubine Liu. Concubine Liu is the nephew of her clan. If she doesn't enter the palace, the little princess has to call her cousin. A prince was born five years ago. In recent years, she has been regarded as more popular. Beloved, it doesn't rule out that someone deliberately framed her as the blame!"

"Elder-in-law! Please come forward and lead the way..."

Zhao Guanren yelled on purpose, and Yaoyue stopped in a tacit understanding. He walked over and said in a low voice: "Princess! You have revealed the truth to the lower officials, so I can help you hide it. Don't find out about you in the end." , You are unlucky to implicate me!"

"Go ahead and check it out, it's about Princess Ben..."

Yaoyue said without looking sideways: "The male corpse must be Concubine Liu Gui's little eunuch. She reported a disappearance last month. Her expression just changed. She must have concealed something. I'm not afraid to tell you, Concubine Liu Gui I like the immature little eunuch the most, like a wolf like a tiger!"

"I knew you would say that, princess! Your candy is gone..."

Zhao Guanren stopped and took out a candy, Yaoyue snorted coldly and followed Eunuch Tian.

"Give me sugar!"

The little princess ran over and snatched the candy, and said with a contemptuous smile as she walked: "The old women are slandering Concubine Liu Gui. It is 100% because of their good deeds. They are jealous that our mother's family is favored by the emperor, and the princes have more children than them. Her mother's family They're all a bunch of ugly ghosts!"

"It's not that simple..."

Zhao Guanren shook his head and said, "Someone purposely wanted to make a big deal out of it. Maybe it wasn't just for the harem. It's just that I happened to be mean and exposed the matter. I hope your grandpa won't silence me!"

"Since my grandfather asked you to be investigated by a foreign minister, it means that he no longer trusts anyone in the palace..."

The little princess said in a low voice: "You are a fledgling boy again, as long as you don't commit any taboos, he will never kill you easily, by the way! What did Death Yaoyue give you, it must be more than silver taels, she is a failure Unstoppable bitch!"

"I said I wanted to sleep with your aunt, she made me a consort..."

Zhao Guanren raised his brows triumphantly, but the little princess disdainfully said: "Just talk about it! Yaoyue doesn't like men at all, you can even say that she hates men. She likes to grind mirrors with women. There is not a single eunuch in the bedroom, and women are good friends." Lots!"

"I'll go! No wonder it's an old maid..."

Zhao Guanren was surprised to understand that it happened that Concubine Liu Gui's bedroom had arrived, and the four-in-one courtyard was not as big as his house, but it was regarded as an extraordinary status in the palace.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Concubine Liu Gui holding a child, sitting in the courtyard and said coldly: "I knew that there was a bitch who wanted to frame this concubine! Hmph~"

"Your Majesty! I have offended you, and I am ordered to investigate the case..."

Zhao Guanren stepped forward to bow his hands to salute, the little princess immediately winked, two maids pestered Princess Yaoyue to invite her to drink tea, Eunuch Tian also sat down on the stone bench knowingly, Concubine Liu quickly walked into the room, and Zhao Guanren and the others led them into the back hall.

"I really didn't do it, that little ghost has been missing for half a month..."

Concubine Liu Gui stomped her feet angrily, Zhao Guanren put his arms around the little princess and smiled and said, "Your Majesty! We are our own people, otherwise the Crown Princess will be thrown into the cold palace, just tell me the truth, we know you like to be served by little eunuchs, I It won't hurt you!"

"Ouch~ You and our family Yongning really match..."

Concubine Liu Gui pampered the little princess, and after brewing her emotions for a while, she finally told the truth.

"My lord Zhao! This concubine is telling you the truth, ever since I gave birth to the dragon son, I have been crazy, and I have been thinking about men over and over again at night, and I can't even apply ice..."

Concubine Liu Gui snarled, "Eunuch! Everyone in the harem is tacit understanding, and nothing can happen anyway, but the missing little dead ghost is not tight-lipped, so I sent someone to silence him in a fit of anger, but he actually ran away early." Yes, I haven't found it after three days of searching!"

"Concubine!"

Zhao Guanren frowned and said, "Does the little eunuch have something against you, and wanted to give it to another concubine for self-protection, but he was silenced?"

"Absolutely not! Even though he is a eunuch, it is a disaster for people to find out..."

Concubine Liu Gui said firmly: "I've always been very cautious. I let them go after I searched after serving, and never let them enter the house to serve. Besides, I have nothing to arrest, but adults can check Liushang. The milk is the mother, and the news is better than us!"

"As a digression, where does the emperor usually sleep and who sleeps with the most..."

Zhao Guanren scanned the inside and outside, but found nothing unusual. There were only six eunuchs and court ladies inside and outside.

"The emperor usually sleeps in the Qi Refining Pavilion, and whoever flips the brand will go over and serve..."

Concubine Liu Guifei said: "The emperor has been to Bai Guifei's palace the most recently. The little bitch just gave birth to a prince, and paid a lot of money to buy the imperial hospital, telling the emperor that human milk is the best for health, and it is best to be his own child. From time to time, I run over to drink milk!"

"I'll go! There are so many ways to compete for favor..."

Zhao Guanren shook his head dumbfounded, asked a few things, and then left. The concubines are also divided into factions, mainly the Queen's Party, the Prince's birth mother, the Queen's Party, the Prince Duan's birth mother, and the Lenggong Party, which is not related to either side. .

"Concubine Zhou Xian! I will bring Master Zhao to ask a few words..."

Princess Yaoyue led Zhao Guanren into the door, and the little princess sat in the courtyard very tactfully. The two of them cooperated very tacitly now, and whoever belonged to him would be brought in for questioning. Eunuch Tian was also a super old fritter, standing Studying snails under the grape trellis.

"Master Zhao has worked hard, a little money for tea..."

Concubine Zhou Xian took out two gold ingots as soon as she entered the door. Princess Yaoyue was a little displeased and wanted to speak, but Zhao Guanren raised her hand and said, "Princess! Please don't interrupt me when I ask questions. My head is tied on the waistband. Who is it?" If you want to fool me, I will fight with my life!"

"You didn't ask for this, I think you are the real God of Plague..."

Princess Yaoyue rolled her eyes in disdain, but she sat down on the chair obediently, but Concubine Zhou Xian was embarrassed holding two gold ingots.

"Thank you for your kindness. There are many people in the palace, and I dare not accept them randomly..."