General Raiders

If something happens, there will be someone to take care of you. "

There should be people who respect the king, Yun Xi nodded, and led Mu Chengze to Chuxiu Palace.

23. Sad death

The side hall of Chuxiu Palace.When Yunxi and Mu Chengze arrived, Chunxi and Wang Xiaohuan had already entered, and Chunxi's heart-piercing cries could be heard from afar.

Yun Xi's heart sank, and she said, "Ah Ze, wait for me, I'll go in and take a look..."

"No, I want to go by myself." Mu Chengze was shaking all over, but his voice was extremely calm.

Yun Xi didn't stop him when she heard the words, and ordered people to guard the inside and outside of Chuxiu Palace, and walked into the palace with Mu Chengze.I saw Chunxi kneeling on the ground, holding a woman in palace costume and wiping her tears. The woman in her arms was hanging her hands, her eyes were closed, her face was as white as paper, her lips were purple, and the corners of her lips were bleeding. Chunxi After shaking her for a long time, she didn't respond, and she seemed lifeless.

This woman is none other than Chen Guiren, the birth mother of the sixth prince.

Mu Chengze staggered as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and suddenly knelt down.

Yun Xi turned away and couldn't bear to look any further, this familiar scene almost made him breathless.

Muzi became more sullen, and let out a breath of foul air.The servant came to report that someone was killed in the Chuxiu Palace, even on the Lantern Festival, or under his nose, did he take him as the emperor seriously? !

He had no choice but to end the Shangyuan Lantern Festival and visit the side hall of Chuxiu Palace in person, a place he thought he would never set foot in.After being inspected by the experienced palace guards, Chen Guiren's lips were blue and his nails were purple, obviously poisoned, so Mu Ziyue ordered Qiu Yi, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, to enter the palace to see him.

Mu Ziyue sat on the main seat, and his lower head, Mu Chengze hadn't gotten up since he knelt down.Mu Ziyue called the palace servants to take him to rest elsewhere, but he refused, and he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end.

Yun Xi felt sorry for the sixth prince and begged for him: "Your Majesty, this is the birth mother of His Royal Highness after all... If he wants to stay, let him stay."

Mu Ziyue sighed softly and nodded his head.

Qiu Yi rushed to him. The second in command of Dali Temple was not yet thirty, and he looked like a gentle scholar, but in fact he had many years of experience in solving cases, and he had solved many major cases for Mu Ziyue.He got the news in advance, and when he saw him, he also brought an experienced foreman. After reporting to Mu Ziyue, he put away any suspicious things in the side hall of Chuxiu Palace, put them in a cloth bag, and handed them over to Mu Ziyue. Special care.

Wu Zuo inspected Chen Guiren's body and the surrounding conditions, so he wanted to remove the body as usual.Mu Chengze had been in a daze until suddenly he jumped up.Yun Xi quickly hugged him and said, "Ah Ze, don't worry, they are here to investigate the case..."

"Investigate the case?" Mu Chengze murmured and repeated, after experiencing the sad news of his biological mother's death, his sanity was a little blurred.

"Hmm... Aze, your mother must have been poisoned..."

Yun Xi kept comforting and persuading him.Mu Chengze's out-of-focus eyes gradually returned to his senses, he glanced at Yun Xi, held his arm tightly, and choked out a sob: "Cousin..."

He couldn't go on anymore, bit his lip tightly, and burst into tears.

Regardless of the pain in his arm being grabbed, Yun Xi hugged him tightly, patting his back one after another: "Ah Ze, don't hold back, just cry, just cry..."

All the concubines in the palace rushed over after receiving the news.They had never had any friendship with Chen Guiren, and they didn't feel any sadness when he came. The hairpins remained the same, but in fact, they wanted to show off in front of Mu Ziyue's eyes.Concubine Zhou Hui was still by the king's side, Concubine Xu Huang was sitting alone in another place, and King Jing was opposite. Brother Mu Chengwen and Mu Chenghao had been sent back to Prince Jing's mansion first, and the other concubines found their own seats and sat down.

Qiu Yi is good at solving cases. While ordering people to carefully search for evidence in the Chuxiu Palace, he organized his thoughts in his mind. The person who died was a nobleman who had not been favored for many years. According to the preliminary inspection, he died of poisoning. more...

Qiu Yi obtained Mu Ziyue's consent, and in front of Mu Ziyue, began to ask the relevant people one by one, and asked them to record them one by one.

Qiu Yidao: "Marquis An Le, His Highness the Sixth Highness, and Chun Xi rushed over after receiving a report from Wang Xiaohuan while viewing the lanterns. May I ask when?"

Yun Xi recalled it for a while, and said, "Xu time."

Chun Xi nodded beside her.

Qiu Yi said again: "Then Wang Xiaohuan, when did you find out that something happened to Guiren Chen?"

Wang Xiaohuan said: "Master probably cooked the Lantern Festival at the time of You, and asked His Royal Highness and Sister Chunxi to send it to Marquis An Le. The slave didn't go, so he stayed in the palace to guard it. Later, the master guessed that His Highness was coming back soon, so he ordered the slave to go to the imperial dining room to pick it up. Some snacks that His Highness likes to eat. When the slave came back, he found that the master had... This slave was scared out of his wits, so he hurried to find His Highness and Sister Chunxi."

Wang Xiaohuan cried: "If the slave came back earlier, maybe the master will be fine..."

Qiu Yidao: "How long did it take you to come and go, did you see anyone acting suspiciously?"

Wang Xiaohuan recalled it for a while, and said: "The servant's footsteps are fast, and the trip only takes half a stick of incense. I didn't see anyone on the way... Oh, it was just when I was approaching Chuxiu Palace, I seemed to see Aunt Fangruo from Yongshou Palace. In a flash."

Mu Ziyue glanced faintly at Concubine Zhou Hui who was leaning beside him: "Did you send someone to Chuxiu Palace today?"

Concubine Zhou Hui was originally here to watch the play, but seeing the sudden mention of Yongshou Palace, her face changed a little, and she denied it flatly: "Your Majesty, my concubine and Mrs. Chen Guiren are not relatives or relatives, why send people to Chuxiu Palace for the big festival?"

He frowned and reprimanded Wang Xiaohuan: "If you see it, you see it. If you don't see it, you don't see it. Human life is at stake. What do you mean?"

Wang Xiaohuan kowtowed and said: "Although I have never seen you face to face, but in terms of body shape and clothing, I am undoubtedly Aunt Fangruo."

Fang Ruo is the confidant of Concubine Zhou Hui of Yongshou Palace.This is also an old man, who has been serving in the Yongshou Palace and has never been married. All the servants in the palace will respectfully address him as "aunt" when they see her.In the palace, the palace people all have rules about what to wear, only this Aunt Fangruo can wear gold and silver as she likes, and it is also because Concubine Zhou Hui, who attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven by herself, no one would dare to offend her easily.

Concubine Zhou Hui said coldly: "Since I haven't seen it directly, it may not be Fang Ruo, and there may be someone deliberately impersonating. At this moment, I deliberately mentioned it, maybe it is because I want to pour dirty water on my Yongshou Palace!"

Yun Xi had also seen this Fangruo before, and thought for a moment and said, "This Aunt Fangruo is dressed uniquely and has a rather special figure, almost everyone in the palace recognizes it, if someone pretends to be, they will be recognized immediately... I think that the emperor might as well call this Aunt Fangruo to come, and ask Mr. Qiu to ask a question."

Mu Ziyue also has some impressions of Fang Ruo.Fang Ruo is over forty years old, but she likes fresh and tender colors very much, and she has a burly figure, and she looks terrible when dressed up, which is really not something ordinary people can pretend, so she nodded and said: "Yes."

Soon Fangruo was brought from Yongshou Palace, Qiu Yi straight to the point and said: "Fangruo, where are you from Youshi to Xushi today? Did you come to the side hall of Chuxiu Palace?"

Fang Ruo said with a blank face: "Today's Shangyuan Festival, the servants don't like the excitement, so they stayed in the Yongshou Palace and didn't come out."

Wang Xiaohuan remembered something, and quickly kowtowed: "I remember Aunt Fangruo... that person, who was walking in a hurry, got caught by a nearby branch and hung up!"

Qiu Yi immediately said: "Your Majesty, can you order people to search around?"

Concubine Zhou Hui winked at the nearby confidantes. Yun Xi was secretly staring at the concubines present, seeing everything in her eyes, got up and said: "Your Majesty, please let the guards outside look for you. When you come , I have ordered people to surround the Chuxiu Palace first to prevent suspicious people from entering or leaving. This case is still under trial by Mr. Qiu, and there is no conclusion yet. Since you are here, please sit down and don't call people around easily. "

Concubine Zhou Hui's face froze, An Lehou said this directly to her!

Concubine Xu Huanggui had been listening to Qiu Yi's questions, and she nodded slightly at this time: "What An Lehou said is true. I heard that Chen Guiren was poisoned. If it is true, for the safety of His Majesty, we must find out the poison as soon as possible."

The more Mu Zi knew the pros and cons, his eyes turned cold, and he looked at Yun Xi: "I'll leave the outside to you!"

Yun Xi nodded, and ordered people to search outside quickly.Sure enough, after a while, someone found a small piece of rag on the branch of a nearby tree, as if it had been ripped off from some kind of fabric.

Qiu Yi took the rags and compared them with the clothes Fang Ruo was wearing.Fangruo's expression was different, Qiu Yi found that there was a hole at the bottom of her skirt, and the shape of the fabric was exactly in line with the rag.

This shows that Fangruo has indeed been to the side hall of Chuxiu Palace!

Mu Ziyue's anger suddenly jumped up, snorted, raised the teacup at hand and smashed it: "Diao slave! How dare you lie in front of me!"

Seeing that Fang Ruo was found out, she was terrified and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty. Concubine Zhou Hui also knelt down together. She didn't expect Qiu Yi to catch Fang Ruo so quickly!

"Your Majesty, this is all done by slaves, and my concubine really doesn't know about it!" Although Concubine Zhou Hui was very annoyed, she still had some confidence in her heart.

"Oh?" Muzi recalled that the Zhou family had said the same thing before, and looked at her coldly: "So this time, you still don't know?"

Fang Ruo gritted her teeth, kowtowed her head and said: "This matter is indeed done by the servant alone, it has nothing to do with the empress, it is the servant who dislikes Mrs. Chen and wants to trouble her, so I came to Chuxiu Palace today, but the servant He didn’t poison her! Hearing that she left suddenly, the servant was afraid, so he didn’t tell the truth.”

Qiu Yi didn't refute it, and followed her: "How did you trouble Mrs. Chen?"

When mentioning what she had done, Fang Ruo unconsciously formed a sinister smile: "The Sixth Highness and the Seventh Highness were at odds a while ago, and I once took charge of the Seventh Highness. This servant feels sorry for the Seventh Highness, so I will write it down. Today is the holiday, Chu Xiu The side hall of the palace happened to be where Mrs. Chen was, and the slaves