Concubine Xi cleared her throat and said, "Last night, after dinner, I went out for a walk to digest my food and encountered a little palace maid acting sneaky!"

The Queen took a sip of tea and said, "Go on."

Concubine Xi continued, "I wanted to stop the maid to see what she was doing, but she ran away! There were no guards patrolling nearby, and no one in my palace could catch up with her."

Concubine Lan couldn't help asking, "If that maid wanted to set the fire, why did she act so obviously and was seen by you, Concubine Xi?"

Concubine Xi: "If it wasn't her, why didn't she stop when I called her, but ran away? Concubine Lan, tell me, who else could it be?"

The Queen scolded, "Alright, stop arguing! I will investigate this matter, and you can all leave."

Concubines: “Yes”

Inside Chuxiu Palace

Concubine Lan said, "Noble Lady Shu was really incompetent. Not only did she fail to burn Song Qingwan to death, but she was also discovered by Concubine Xi!"

The maid said, "It's good that Miss He died, Your Majesty. She was not worthy of serving the emperor in the harem. As for Noble Lady Shu, I'm sure she wouldn't dare to betray you. Her family is still in your hands."

Concubine Lan said, "I just hope that old bitch Queen can't find out anything!"

The maid said, "Your Majesty, please relax."

As for Concubine Xi, she was very upset because she was bumped by a palace maid last night, so she went to the road she passed last night.

Concubine Xi said, "Look carefully for any clues left by that slave girl!"

The palace maids and eunuchs said "yes"

So one by one they all lowered their heads to look for

As they were searching, a eunuch came running over and said, "Madam! I found it! I found it!"

When Concubine Xi heard this, she hurriedly asked, "What did you find?"

The eunuch said, "I found a piece of cloth next to the swill bucket in Anyang Lane. It looks like a palace maid's dress was accidentally torn off."

Concubine Xi: "Great, great! Go and give it to the Queen and let everyone in the palace see which palace the maid's clothes belong to."

The eunuch said, "Yes, Madam, I will go right away!"

The eunuch trotted all the way to Fenghua Palace, shouting loudly, "The slave wants to see the Queen! The slave wants to see the Queen!"

The queen's maid, Beatrice, came out and shouted, "Keep your voice down! Where do you think you are?"

The eunuch was so excited that he felt that he had done a great deed. "I want to see the Queen. I found some clues about the man from yesterday!"

After hearing this, Beatrice said, "Then come in with me."

After entering, the Queen asked, "What is the important matter that you must ask to see me?"

The eunuch said, "Your Majesty, I am Xiao Luzi, the eunuch who is beside Concubine Xi. I have found some clues about the maid who bumped into our queen yesterday!!"

The queen couldn't help but frown. "What clues?"

The eunuch said, "There is a piece of cloth under the swill bucket at the entrance of Anyang Lane. It must have been left behind by the missing palace maid who was chased to Anyang Lane last night!"

The Queen: "Show it to me!"

The eunuch took out the piece of cloth from his sleeve, and Beatrice took it and handed it to the queen. The queen looked at it and didn't see anything special.

The Queen said, "This is from the maid's clothes. Come and have a look, Beatrice!"

Beatrice took the cloth again and looked at it carefully. She found that it was made of coarse linen.

"Empress, this is coarse linen! And it's dark green. Although the maids in Xinzheku also wear coarse linen, the ones in Xinzheku are darker in color. If I'm not mistaken, this is the clothes of the maids in the cold palace!"

Queen: "Cold Palace? How could a maid from the cold palace run so far to Anyang Lane to do something improper? I'm sure the arson incident is related to this person!"

"Pass on my order! Immediately search all the maids in the cold palace to see whose clothes are missing this section!"

The servants said, "Yes, I will go right away."

In the cold palace

Concubine Shu also heard about the fire last night and couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. She heard that the palace, concubines and servants were all burned down. She thought to herself, I am really smart. Finally, I have got my revenge!

Suddenly, many people came and surrounded the cold palace.

Concubine Shu couldn't help but said in fear, "Could it be that the truth has been revealed?"

Guards: "All the maids in the cold palace, put down your work, come over and stand in a line!"

The maids looked at each other, no one knew what was going on, so they just followed the instructions.

Then people would compare the palace maids' clothes one by one to see who was missing that one piece of clothing.

Seeing this scene from the corner, Shu Guiren was so frightened that she quickly returned to the room and closed the door.

I tried hard to recall last night. Did I really accidentally tear my clothes? Fortunately, fortunately, I didn't wear my own clothes, but the clothes of the palace maid Chunling. This time, it can only be said that Chunling was unlucky.

"You! Come with me!" The guards really stopped Chunling.

Chunling shook her head like a rattle. She didn't know what was going on. Several guards dragged her away.

"What's wrong, sir? I don't know when my clothes got torn! Where are you taking me, sir?"

Shu Guiren hid in the house and listened to Chunling's loud explanation. She said in panic, "It's over, it's over..."

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