After sending away Yao Xi, Wan Yu ordered the kitchen to prepare the food and drink, and ordered someone to invite Longyi and Lan Jieyu.She stayed alone in the hall, holding Yao Xi's painting in her hands - it really got uglier the more she looked at it!

Wan Yu was so angry that he threw the painting aside, not seeing it.

The maid from Ning'an Palace suddenly came and said that she had something to report.

"Did something happen to Ning'an Palace?" Wan Yu was a little nervous.Don't tell her that Yao Xi is lost again!Xianqian usually doesn't send people here very often, and sending people over must be something.

After the palace maid entered the palace, she closed the door and said: "Go back to your mother. You asked to investigate the way Eunuch Yao entered the palace, and there is a result."

"Hmm. What did you find?" Wan Yu's expression became serious.

"The empress ordered to start with the eunuch named Liufu in the internal official supervisor. We found out that he used to have a good friend in the west courtyard, and he died suddenly at the beginning of the year. But the prostitute told people after he was drunk last year that Liufu was promoted two years ago. One day, I was looking for a son with a portrait, and it was her idea to let Liu Fu ask the matchmaker Mrs. Liu Ma. The clues are broken here."

Wan Yu gave the palace maid a cold look: "Check carefully before replying. Didn't you say that there is a result? Is this the result?"

The palace maid shook her head, and continued: "On the second day that Eunuch Yao disappeared, there was a man who inquired about the whereabouts of a certain young eunuch in the four divisions and eight divisions. He said that his younger brother entered the palace in the fall of the year before last. The people in the court bureau sounded like Eunuch Yao, so they came to Ning'an Palace to deliver the letter. Aunt Qianqian ordered someone to arrest the man for interrogation. The man said that he was the one who was bought by Liufu to become a eunuch in the palace with Mrs. Liu Ma. Just now, Eunuch Yao went to Ning’an Palace to collect things, and Aunt Qianqian secretly asked that person to identify him, and that person confirmed with his own eyes that Eunuch Yao was Sun Xibao.”

"Heh!" Wan Yu didn't believe it, the man kept saying that Yao Xi was his younger brother?She dared to talk nonsense without even knowing that Yao Xi was a daughter.

Knowing so much inside information, it was clear that he was the accomplice who kidnapped Yao Xi into the palace for Liufu. Maybe it was because she heard that Yao Xi was favored by her, so she came to her door and planned to use Yao Xi's secret identity to blackmail money. "That man is still hiding something in his belly. If he can't find out, he will beat him to death. You must ask Aijia carefully. When and where did he abduct Yao Xi? Do you know who Liu Fu was accused of? ? Be quiet and don't let Yao Xi know."

There are two possibilities for Yao Xi to enter the palace.

Either it was done by Tang Huaili and his gang, who took Yao Xi into the palace to protect Yao Xi from being harmed by his enemies.Either Yao Hezheng's enemies wanted to take advantage of Yao Xi's entry into the palace to harm the Yao family. If she found out who it was, she must thank that person for allowing her to meet Yao Xi by accident, and then kill him to replace him. Yao Xi takes revenge.

"Yes." The maid stepped back and went back to Ning'an Palace to deliver the decree.

Wan Yu guessed right.

After selling Yao Xi into the palace, Sun Ergou was afraid that debtors would come to his door at any time, so he took the 200 taels from Liufu and his wife Liu Shi and ran away overnight.It is said that 200 taels of silver is enough to buy a house and a field. If the couple work hard and do some small business, they will definitely be able to live on.

But Sun Ergou gambled a lot, and Liu was lazy by nature.A mere 200 taels of silver was squandered in a blink of an eye.Sun Ergou is also quite inhumane, after selling Yao Xi's money, he even designed to sell Sun's family, and continued to gamble with the money, and began to think about ways to get money after losing everything.He is lazy and incompetent, and when he has nowhere to go, he thinks of his younger sister, Sun Xibao, who was sold into the palace by him and made a eunuch.

He didn't know whether Xibao was dead or alive after entering the palace, and he planned to try his luck in the yamen of various bureaus.He lied to the sixth father-in-law that Xibao was his younger brother. What if his younger sister was still alive and received a salary from the palace?Couldn't he use his sister's identity as a woman to keep blackmailing her?In the end, before he could find out anything, he was dragged into Ning'an Palace and tied up in a daze.

Not long after the maid left, Wan Yu saw Longyi and Lan Jieyu coming together.She was taken aback, Qianqing Palace is not close to here, Lan Jieyu can come so fast, could it be that she has been in Longyi Palace?There is no taboo in broad daylight.

"Pass the meal!" Wan Yu got up and entered the dining hall, and ordered to the maid waiting at the palace gate.

After the dinner was passed on, Wan Yu ordered the maid who passed on the meal to retreat: "No one is allowed to come in without Aijia's order, including Yao Xi!" Then she said to Longyi and Lan Jieyu: "Sit down! Eat while you eat." while talking."

Long Yi and Yao Shuanglan didn't sit down, but walked up to Wan Yu and knelt down holding hands.They had already discussed it on the way here. After the emperor was no longer a problem, the only hidden danger was the queen mother who knew about it.

"What is this for?" Wan Yu glanced at the two of them lightly. "Do you want to ask Aijia to hide it from the emperor for you?"

"I want to ask the queen mother to do it!" Longyi knelt straight and earnestly said: "Brother Huang has already planned to abolish Shuanglan's Jieyu position, and Shuanglan's entry into the palace was a misunderstanding from the beginning..." Longyi put all these years together She and Yao Shuanglan told the Queen Mother about everything, and then kowtowed heavily to the Queen Mother. "I implore the Queen Mother to fulfill it!"

Yao Shuanglan also solemnly kowtowed to the Queen Mother, and then held Longyi's hand tightly.

"Hmm~" Wan Yu looked down at the two people's fingers intertwined, with a resolute expression on their face, she chuckled and said, "I didn't expect it to be a fateful mandarin duck. Get up! If the Ai family intends to tell the emperor, why wait until now? Call you today Not because of this, but because of the case of the Yao family."

Long Yi supported Yao Shuanglan and sat down side by side opposite the Queen Mother.

"The Ai family said that the case of the Yao family will be settled by the Ai family, and the matter between the two of you can also be settled. There is only one—" Wan Yu looked closely at the two sitting next to each other and said, "Don't worry about it anymore." The stupid idea that Yao Xi took away from Aijia, Aijia will never forgive you a second time!"

"Yes." Long Yi obediently agreed.

Yao Shuanglan also nodded slightly.She just heard Dali say how much her younger brother missed the Empress Dowager when he left the palace, and as an older sister, she would respect his younger brother's choice.Moreover, the younger brother became a eunuch, so it is actually very difficult to meet his sweetheart. It is rare that the empress dowager does not dislike her younger brother. She should be grateful.Even if one day the empress dowager despises her younger brother, she, the elder sister, will always guard him behind him.

There was a smile on Wan Yu's face, as expected, it was easy to handle things with someone in his hands!

She said to Yao Shuanglan in a gentle tone: "Okay. Now tell Ai Jia what's going on with your father's case? Have you found any clues?"

"Eunuch Tang has actually found out the whole story of the Shu family's massacre, but there is no evidence." Yao Shuanglan planned to tell the queen mother everything she knew without reservation. "The reason why Dad was convicted back then was because of the testimony of the survivor Shu Yongfang, the third youngest of the Shu family. Shu Yongfang had entered and left the private house of Meng Delai, the father of Dongchang, and Meng Gonggong and Dad had old grievances."

"Are you sure that Meng Delai is the real culprit behind the scenes?" Wan Yu raised her eyebrows and said, "If you're sure about Aijia, you can do it."

"It's just an inference. All the property of the Shu family was used to frame Daddy. Why Shu Yongfang killed his family is temporarily unclear, but he must need money to live. However, there is no evidence that Eunuch Meng manages Shu Yongfang." Yao Shuanglan said truthfully.

Wan Yu slowly knocked on the table and said: "The third son of the Shu family may not be alive. He must have some private grievances for killing the whole family so ruthlessly. It's just that these have nothing to do with you and me. The truth is that many times it doesn't matter." It's important, as long as the goal is achieved. As for whether Meng Delai framed your Yao family, the Ai family will order people to investigate, for the sake of him being the emperor's confidant, the Ai family will not wrong him."

It doesn't matter if you are wronged, Meng Delai is not a good person, and she has a lot of bad debts in Dongchang.If Meng Delai really harmed the Yao family, her account would have killed Meng Delai eight times.

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Yao Shuanglan said gratefully.She understood what the Empress Dowager meant. It was not important to the empress whether the case could be solved or not, but the empress was determined to rehabilitate the Yao family, even if the means were not so bright and aboveboard.

"Thank you? That child Yao Xi followed Ai's family, and you and Longyi...we are a family in the end." Wan Yu personally poured wine for the two of them, raised her glass and said, "Let's sip your friendship and enmity with a glass of wine!"

Longyi had given up drinking, hesitated for a while, seeing that Yao Shuanglan had already drank the wine in the glass, so she quickly picked up the glass and drank it down.

***

When Yao Xi arrived at Ning'an Palace, he first sent the receipt to Aunt Xianqian.

Xian Qian let people watch the tea, told Yao Xi to sit in the living room for a while, and said that there was something urgent, and she would come when she was done.Yao Xi obediently sat in the hall of the side hall, not noticing at all that there were a pair of disgusting eyes watching her secretly.

When Xianqian came out again, she looked at Yao Xi with more doubts.Lan Jieyu said Yao Xi was Yao Xian, but the ruffian named Sun Ergou said Yao Xi was called Sun Xibao.Ordinarily, it must be Lan Jieyu's words that are more credible, but everything Sun Ergou confessed matches with what she sent people out of the palace to investigate.Liufu and Mrs. Liu Ma and so on.

Whether it is true or false, the Empress Dowager will decide for herself, she only needs to report everything she finds truthfully.Xianqian took the list from Yao Xi's hand with a smile and said, "You suddenly disappeared, but I worried Auntie to death, but luckily you came back safely. What's going on?"

Yao Xi smiled politely, didn't know how to answer, so he changed the subject and said, "Your Majesty asked me to have dinner at Ning'an Palace before going back. I see that everyone here is very busy, I wonder if it's convenient?"

"It's about adding a pair of chopsticks. What's the inconvenience?" Xianqian smiled and said, "It's not time for dinner yet, please sit down for a while, I'll order someone to prepare the things your mother wants."

"Then I'll go to the side room first?" Yao Xi got up and said with a smile.She hadn't seen Meng Li'an for a few days, and she planned to visit her old friend.

"Okay. I'll have dinner later and I'll send someone over to call you." Xianqian watched Yao Xi go to the consort, and hurriedly ordered the maid to go over and call the Queen Mother.After thinking about it, she still tends to believe that Yao Xi is Yao Xian, because Yao Xi and Lan Jieyu really look like a family at a glance, and that Sun Ergou who came out of nowhere has no relationship with Yao Xi at all. The look of a brother.

Yao Xi skipped to the side room, and met Meng Lian who was fetching water for washing by the well, his back was still so fragile! "Brother Li'an!" Yao Xi flashed in front of Meng Li'an, and laughed loudly, "Do you miss brother?"

Meng Li'an was taken aback by Yao Xi who suddenly appeared in the dark, and almost knocked over the water in the bucket.He didn't think much about Yao Xi, but he was worried to death.The first Yao Xi suddenly disappeared, and the empress dowager was looking for someone all over the palace. At that time, he thought it was his godfather who was afraid that Yao Xi would become more powerful in front of the empress dowager, so he simply and rudely got rid of Yao Xi.

Seeing Yao Xi standing in front of him alive today, he couldn't help showing a reassuring smile. "Where have you been these few days?"

Why is everyone concerned about where she went?Yao Xi had already grown fearful of this question.Unable to answer, I can only continue to change the subject: "Eat more! It's time to grow taller! Your brother and I didn't grow taller because our family was poor and didn't have enough to eat."

"My father-in-law is a busy person, so he didn't come to see me, did he?" Meng Li'an walked to the side room with water in his hand.

Yao Xi looked at the child's pitiful skinny appearance and wanted to give him a hand, but when he stretched out his hand, he realized that his hand was burnt.She followed behind Meng Li'an and said: "Your Majesty told me to come over and get some things from the storeroom. Aunt Qianqian has gone to the storeroom. I'll come to visit you while I have free time."

"The Empress Dowager doesn't allow you to enter the storeroom?" Meng Li'an tentatively asked, and glanced at Yao Xi uneasily from the corner of his eye.He had been dormant in Ning'an Palace for a long time, but Aunt Xianqian kept the basement very strict, and he had no chance to get the account books.Perhaps Yao Xi, who is favored by the empress dowager, is his only chance...

Yao Xi smiled and shook his head.

"Your Majesty can't trust your father-in-law, right? Your Majesty was so anxious when you disappeared." Meng Li'an also smiled: "I remember that all the aunts and palace maids serving by your Majesty have been in the warehouse."

Yao Xi didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but when he heard Meng Li'an say that, he suddenly felt a little disappointed.Can the empress dowager not trust her?

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