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"Slave Qian Xi has met Lord Duan." Eunuch Qian Xi kowtowed politely to Duan Mingchen.

"Eunuch Qian doesn't need to be too polite." Duan Mingchen said.

"Yes, my lord." Qian Xi stood up, held the dust whisk in his hand, and stood respectfully aside, without even glancing at him.

Qian Xi doesn't look like a father-in-law in appearance. He was born with a square face, broad shoulders and thick back. The expression gives people a simple and honest feeling.

Usually the palace people who are favored in the palace are smart and eloquent. It is difficult for a quiet and dull personality like Qian Xi to stand out.But the so-called art industry has a specialization. Although Qian Xi is not good at interpersonal communication, he is very good at communicating with small animals. The nobles in the palace have nothing to do in their spare time, and they like to raise cats, dogs, and birds to pass the time.Because Qian Xi was particularly good at raising animals, he gradually showed his face in front of the nobles, and was transferred to the Compassion Palace as an errand, in charge of serving the Queen Mother's Persian cat.

The Queen Mother dotes on the Persian cat very much, and holds it in her hand all day long. She loves the house and the crow, and Qian Xi, who is in charge of raising the cat, has also been treated differently by the Queen Mother, and she puts him in front of her to serve her.

Duan Mingchen said to Qian Xi: "Your father-in-law should have heard about it, right? The queen mother was murdered, and I am in charge of investigating the case. I have a few questions for my father-in-law, and I hope you can answer them truthfully."

Qian Xi nodded: "Excuse me, my lord."

"When did Eunuch Qian come to the Compassion Palace to serve?"

"Reporting to my lord, the servants began to serve in the Palace of Compassion and Ning in June this year."

"Then where did you work before that?"

"Before coming to Compassionate Ning Palace, the slaves were working in Jingyang Palace, raising cats for the imperial concubine."

"Oh, so you served the imperial concubine before? Since you were in Jingyang Palace, why did you leave again, and then you came to Compassionate Ning Palace? Could it be that Concubine Ning doesn't like you?"

"It's not that the servants are asking for a transfer. The imperial concubine treats the servants very well. It's just that by chance, the Empress Dowager heard that the servants and cats are well-raised, so she ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to transfer the servants to the Palace of Compassion."

Duan Mingchen hummed, and said: "The night the queen mother had an accident, you should have been serving by the side. Tell me about the situation at that time."

Therefore, Qian Xi explained the situation that night.Although he is not good at expressing, and his words are not as detailed as Zi Kui, but basically he can say exactly what Zi Kui said: the queen mother woke up at the time of You, the doctor Lu came to give the Queen Mother a pulse at the time of three, and the emperor and queen at the time of five. He came to visit the doctor and left after a quarter of an hour. After Bai Zhi had dinner, he suddenly had a stomachache, vomiting and diarrhea. Zi Kui asked him to temporarily replace Bai Zhi. He delivered medicine to the Queen Mother instead of Bai Zhi.

Duan Mingchen stared into Qian Xi's eyes and asked: "The Queen Mother's expected death time is from Haishi to Zishi. What are you doing during this time?"

"The Empress Dowager went to bed at the beginning of Haishi, Aunt Zi Ka stayed in the room for the night, and the slaves stayed outside the Empress Dowager's bedroom."

"Did you hear anything unusual?"

"Since receiving the threatening letter, the whole Palace of Compassion and Peace has raised its vigilance. If there is any disturbance, Zi Ke will immediately sound the alarm, but that night has been very quiet. To say that it is abnormal..." Qian Xi frowned. Eyebrow, thinking hard, suddenly seemed to remember something, "Probably at the beginning of the twelfth century, the servant seemed to see a black shadow flying out of the window of the Empress Dowager's bedroom."

"What kind of shadow, please be more specific!" Duan Mingchen asked.

"The night was very dark at that time, and the black shadow was fleeting, like a puff of smoke. The servant thought it was dizziness, and then heard two cats meowing. I thought, it should be the Queen Mother's Persian cat ran to the Queen Mother's Go to the bedroom, and then jump out of the window. It used to do this often, so the servant didn't think much about it. I can only think of the abnormal situation that the adults said."

"Didn't you suspect that the shadow might be an assassin?"

"The imperial palace is already heavily guarded, not to mention that outside the Palace of Compassionate Ning, Wan Duzhu sent ten more Dongchang masters to patrol day and night. Since the father-in-law of Dongchang was stationed, the threatening letter never came in again, so the slaves thought they could sit back and relax. Who would have thought that someone would be so bold as to sneak into the heavily guarded palace and commit such heinous crimes."

Duan Mingchen thought that what Qian Xi said about the time and method of the black shadow's appearance could be compared with Zi Kui.It's just that, if the assassin sneaked into the Compassionate Ning Palace, would the Dongchang masters guarding outside really be unaware?

But this question can only be asked by Gu Huaiqing's father-in-law who is stationed in the East Factory when he returns from his palace search.

Duan Mingchen asked: "My father-in-law has been serving the queen mother for a long time, what do you think of Zi Ke's behavior? Did she behave abnormally the night of the accident?"

Qian Xi said without hesitation: "On the night of the accident, the servants stayed outside the hall. Aunt Zi Ka stayed in the bedroom with the Queen Mother as usual, and did not hear any abnormalities."

As if afraid of Duan Mingchen's disbelief, Qian Xi added: "Aunt Zijia is kind and capable. No one in the Palace of Compassion Ning dislikes her. She is loyal to the Empress Dowager and always serves her with all her heart. The former Empress Dowager When she was frightened by cats and fell into a coma, I don’t know how many times Aunt Zi Ka cried in private.”

Duan Mingchen gave a noncommittal hum, and asked again: "Everyone says you are a master cat breeder, and the queen mother loves you very much because of this. The queen mother usually likes that Persian cat very much, and often holds it in her hand. It is reasonable to say that the cat You should also be very close to her, right? Why did you suddenly go crazy, severely scratched and injured the queen mother, and even caused the queen mother to fall and fall into a coma?"

"I don't know what adults do. Although cats are docile most of the time, when they are in heat, they will become irritable and irritable, especially for male cats. It is best not to hug him casually at this time. Touch him or you risk getting scratched by it."

As Qian Xi spoke, he showed his hand hidden under his sleeve, and showed Duan Mingchen several purple scratches on the back of his hand: "Look, my lord, even if I tame it every day and give it food, it will still scratch me. .This is not the cat's original intention, it's just instinct. After a few days, it will stop being in heat, and it will be fine."

Although Qian Xi didn't talk much, his explanation was quite clear, and there was no discrepancy with what Zi Kui and Bai Zhi said.

Except for these three people who served the Empress Dowager personally, the rest of the Palace of Compassionate Ning Palace were not allowed to enter the bedroom. Duan Mingchen asked around, and everyone confirmed that the only people who came to the Palace of Compassionate Ning Palace that night were Imperial Physician Lu, the Emperor, the Empress, and others. Wan Zhen, the time of coming and going is also consistent with Zi Kui's account.

Wan Zhen was the last one to enter the palace to meet the Queen Mother. After paying his respects, he withdrew from the palace. The maids and eunuchs who were serving outside the palace witnessed it with their own eyes. Seeing Wan Zhen exiting from the Empress Dowager's room, she left the Compassionate Peace Palace without stopping.It was the end of the Xu Dynasty, and after that, the lights in the Empress Dowager's bedroom were turned off, and no one was seen entering the bedroom, only Zi Ke and Qian Xi were left inside.

After Duan Mingchen interrogated the palace servants, he did not let them go free. He continued to guard them in the side hall of the Compassionate Ning Palace, and let Zhou Li, the chief eunuch of the House of Internal Affairs, lead them to search the residences of the palace servants himself.