The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

After the six eunuchs were carried over, Nanny Zhou and others still gave a negative answer.

The two young eunuchs they saw at Qingxi River in Qushui were not among them.

Everyone present was a little surprised. How could two people appear out of thin air and then disappear again?

Jiang Shiying suddenly thought of something and looked at Lu Zhaolin, only to see Lu Zhaolin also looking over. The two looked at each other and said in unison: "Mistress."

Since no one can be found among the eunuchs, it means that what Zhou Nai Niang and the others saw may not be real eunuchs, but disguised palace maids.

Lu Zhaolin once again ordered people to bring the maids from the palace over in batches. This time he emphasized that no one was allowed to be absent no matter what the reason.

At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and it was time for the usual dinner.

Seeing that Lu Zhaolin didn't seem to remember the meal at all, the queen said: "Your Majesty, it's time for dinner."

Lu Zhaolin waved his hand: "I'm not hungry."

The queen advised again: "I know that your majesty is concerned about the fourth prince, but the dragon body is the most important thing, so please take care of yourself."

As she said that, she glanced at Jiang Shiying and said, "Your Majesty just doesn't care about your own body. Concubine Jia was injured just now. She should be able to give birth and take care of herself."

Jiang Shiying didn't expect that the queen would bring the topic to her, so she raised her eyebrows, and then said to Lu Zhaolin pretending to be pitiful: "Your Majesty, please take pity on my poor Ying and use some things with her."

Lu Zhaolin was amused by her, pinched her face and said, "Ghost."

After all, he didn't refuse anymore and ordered Yao Xingde to prepare a meal.

Seeing that the fourth prince seemed a little sleepy, Jiang Shiying reminded: "Your Majesty, let Ning Concubine take the fourth prince back to rest first."

Lu Zhaolin followed her line of sight and saw the fourth prince lying in Ning Bin's arms, his head already inching, and said: "Ning Bin, take Xun'er back first, and remember to give him a sip of calming soup. "

Lu Zhaolin led a group of concubines to dine in the front hall of Guangcai Pavilion, while Yao Xingde stayed outside and stared at Nanny Zhou and others to recognize them.

After the last batch of palace maids had left, there was still no one among them.

At this time, the palace manager reported: "Your Majesty, two maids are missing, and they have not been found yet."

Lu Zhaolin's face was expressionless: "Yao Xingde, let people search the palace. You want to see people alive, and you want to see corpses. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you still have to find the person for me."

The next day, when Jiang Shiying got up, she heard that the guards fished out two female corpses from Jinghu Lake the night before.

During breakfast, Yu Chengyi was beside her and reported the news to her.

"Your Majesty did not leave this matter to the Queen, but asked Eunuch Yao and the people from the Shenxing Department to investigate together."

This does not mean that Lu Zhaolin does not trust the queen and suspects that the queen has a hand in it.

It just means that his attitude on this matter is that he must get to the bottom of it and there will be no room for confusion.

Jiang Shiying said: "It's very good. This is how we should investigate. The evil spirits in the palace who are attacking the emperor's heir should also be killed."

Yu Chengyi continued: "On Concubine Ning's side, Nanny Zhou and Xianglan were taken away by people from the Shenxing Division."

Jiang Shiying was not surprised. She felt something was wrong yesterday.

At first, Nanny Zhou and Xianglan reported to Ning Bin that they wanted to take the Fourth Prince to Qingxi River in Qushui.

Even if we have to go to Guanyu Pavilion later, someone should go back and report to Ning Bin.

But looking at Ning Bin yesterday, she didn't know anything about it.

The words "handling things poorly" can't be used to excuse it.

How could someone who could be placed next to the Fourth Prince by Ning Bin be someone who didn't handle things well?

Yu Chengyi said: "Eunuch Yao and the people in the Shenxing Division are very tight-lipped. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get any information from them in the future."

Jiang Shiying didn't care: "It doesn't matter, this matter has nothing to do with us."

Just after breakfast, Ning Bin arrived with the fourth prince.

As soon as they entered the room, Ning Bin pushed the fourth prince and said, "Xun'er, do you still remember what my mother-in-law told you?"

The fourth prince nodded, then knelt on the ground and saluted Jiang Shiying, saying: "Xun'er pays homage to Empress Jia, thank you very much for your life-saving grace."

Jiang Shiying said warmly: "I have received Xun'er's thank you, Empress Jia, please get up quickly."

The fourth prince looked at Ning Bin and saw Ning Bin nodded, then stood up.

When Ning Bin came this time, she also brought a large amount of medicinal materials and supplements, as well as many precious toys.

Jiang Shiying teased her: "With Sister Ning Bin's attitude, she probably emptied her entire family and moved them all to me, right?"

Ning Bin smiled: "It's not as exaggerated as my sister said."

The two joked for a while, and Jiang Shiying said: "I have a little palace maid here who is very good at making snacks. Let Yu Chengyi take Xun'er to try it."

Ning Bin understood and said: "Okay, Xun'er is very happy. Isn't he just a little glutton?"

Then, she naturally ordered the palace attendants she brought with her: "You all should follow him over there and keep an eye on Xun'er. Don't let him be too greedy."

After Cheng Yi took the Fourth Prince and Ning Bin's palace attendants out, Jiang Shiying ordered A Yuan to guard the door.

Then, Jiang Shiying said: "Sister Ning Bin, I have something to entrust you with."

Ning Bin said seriously: "Don't worry, Sister Jia Bin, since you rescued Xun'er yesterday, we, mother and son, have been on your side. If anything happens to you, feel free to send me."

Jiang Shiying smiled and said: "It's not a big deal. My legs and feet have been inconvenient these days and I can't go out, so I wanted to ask my sister to help me deliver a message to the imperial concubine."

"Sister, please tell me."

Jiang Shiying said: "Sister, please help me ask the imperial concubine: The fourth prince went to see the koi, and his interest was aroused by the little eunuch's words. Princess Funing wanted to play with the doll that day, and it was really just for no reason. Arise?"

Ning Bin had some guesses in her heart: "You mean?"

Jiang Shiying nodded: "I think the methods of the people behind these two incidents are somewhat similar."

Ning Bin solemnly promised: "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely pass on these words."

What Jiang Shiying wanted her to pass on was not only related to the imperial concubine, but also to her own son. So that night, Ning Bin went to the imperial concubine's Chengye residence to visit.

The next day, the imperial concubine brought people to Jiangxue Pavilion.

The two people retreated and talked secretly in the room for half an hour.

No one knew what they talked about. They only knew that from then on, the imperial concubine no longer looked arrogant and dismissive towards Jiang Shiying.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Yao Xingde and the people from the Shenxing Department reported the investigation results of this incident in front of the emperor.

"Those two maids have been serving in the palace and have been there for seven years.

According to the palace records, their families are all in the town at the foot of the mountain. However, the servant checked the address and found that the two families did not exist at all, and the information on the two people's records was false. "

Hearing this, Lu Zhaolin's face became solemn.

This shows that someone buried these two nails in the palace seven years ago.

Yao Xingde continued to report: "I checked the nun who was responsible for purchasing them. She left the palace two years ago when she reached the age. Less than a month later, she fell into a well and died due to drunkenness. The local government The case was settled by accident.

That nanny has no relatives, only a little maid whom she bought after leaving the palace. The Shen Xing Department has already tried it, and there is nothing unusual about the little maid. "

This line is equivalent to being broken here.

Lu Zhaolin pondered for a moment and said: "Verify the identities and backgrounds of all the palace residents in this palace, starting with the other palace residents that the nanny bought."

"Slave, I obey." Yao Xingde and the director of the Criminal Punishment Department arrived.

Then, the Chief Superintendent of the Shenxing Department began to report the results of their interrogation: "The palace official responsible for the maintenance of Guanyu Pavilion has conducted several rounds of interrogations and still insists that he carefully inspected Guanyu Pavilion the night before and found nothing abnormal. , the railings were intact at the time.

Nanny Zhou and Xianglan also insisted that the reason why they did not report back to Ning Bin was due to luck and laziness. They felt that they were just taking the fourth prince to a different place to play and nothing would happen, so they were too lazy to send anyone back. "

Yao Xingde added: "I also sent people to check the situation at these people's homes, and found nothing unusual."

As of now, the only thing that is clear is that the people behind the scenes may have started planning it a few years ago.

A few years ago, there was a person who could put several nails in the palace. There are only a handful of them in the entire harem.

Lu Zhaolin's eyes were filled with gloom and he said sternly: "Continue to investigate."