The reborn princess is the concubine

Chapter 74 Progress

In this way, time passed peacefully for another three days. The queen and the other three almost turned the harem upside down, but there was still no progress.

For this reason, the Empress Dowager summoned the four of them separately two days ago, and when she learned that they still had no clue, she said that if nothing was found within ten days, the matter would be closed with Nian Qing committing suicide.

Suddenly, Su Yunran had a premonition that the peaceful time might be over.

"Wei'er, why do you think the Empress Dowager is going to close the case all of a sudden? This is what the Empress Dowager wanted to investigate on her own initiative."

Behind the bed curtain, Su Yunran turned sideways, looked at Ye Muwei who was lying beside him, and asked curiously.

Ye Mu said lightly, "I talked to the queen mother and asked her to end the so-called investigation as soon as possible, otherwise the royal family of Ye Kingdom will lose all face."

"The queen mother agreed so happily?" Su Yunran asked in a low voice, what is the purpose of the queen mother to investigate this matter with great fanfare?

"Well, I agree." Ye Mu tilted his head slightly, and said with a smile, this is not an important matter, no matter how displeased the queen mother is, she will give her a little face.

"I think it's troublesome." Su Yunran moved closer to Ye Muwei, leaned on her shoulder, and sighed, "Anyway, it's me who is unlucky." Ye Muwei kissed her face, "Don't worry, I will protect you." looking at you."

Su Yunran may really be a crow's mouth. On the third day after she said this, she had just finished her breakfast when a nun from the Palace of Compassionate Ning came to give a briefing.

She raised her eyebrows and took Xiyan to the Palace of Compassion.

Stepping into the Palace of Compassion and Ning, Su Yunran saw an object rushing towards her, scared her back a few steps, and was supported by Xiyan so that she did not fall down.

"Concubine Yun, why did you kill my sister? We all apologize to you!" Nianxi cried out loudly, accompanied by the object, "Why? Why can't we tolerate our sister so much?" She stood firm The body, with tears streaming down his face, was crumbling.

Su Yunran stood at the door, frowning.

"Presumptuous." Xi Yan lowered her face and said sharply, "What is your identity, who gave you the courage to talk to the imperial concubine like this?"

Nianxi cried even harder, trotted, knelt in the middle, and pressed his forehead to the ground, "I beg the empress dowager, the empress dowager is the master, the master."

Su Yunran raised his foot and walked in. There were not many people this time, only the queen, and concubine De and Liang, and the other concubines were not there.

"I have met the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager." Su Yunran saluted calmly.

The queen mother raised her hand, and said to the mother beside her, "Help Nianxi up, she is not well yet, give me a seat."

Nian Xi sat down crying and looked at Su Yunran with very unfriendly eyes.

"Concubine Yun Gui, do you know why the Ai Family is looking for you today?" The Empress Dowager said in a calm tone without showing any emotion on her face.

Su Yunran had already guessed a little bit, but he didn't know anything about it, "Go back to the queen mother, the concubine doesn't know."

"Concubine Yun, you..." Nianxi couldn't wait to say something, but was interrupted by the Queen Mother, "Nianxi!"

Nian Xi flinched, "The queen mother forgives me."

The queen mother glanced at her, and continued to say to Su Yunran, "The queen has already investigated who appeared near the lotus pond the night Nian Qing was killed."

"That's great." Su Yunran chuckled, "But even if the Queen Mother appears near the lotus pond, it doesn't mean that she is the murderer of Nianxi." If you want to pour dirty water on her, you must See if she wants to.

"Naturally." The Queen Mother nodded and clapped her hands, "Bring them up."

them?Su Yunran thought, are there actually two people?Who will it be?

She looked towards the door, her pupils shrinking.

The ones brought up were Qianxue and a familiar eunuch. They should be from Qifeng Palace, but they were not the ones they trusted.

Qianxue and the eunuch knelt in the center, lowered their heads, trembling.

"Servant Qianxue/Xiao Dezi, I have met the empress dowager, the empress empress."

"Concubine Yun Gui, do you know them?" The queen mother pointed to the one kneeling below and asked Su Yunran.

"I know the concubine." Su Yunran said while observing the reactions of the people present, Concubine De and Concubine Liang couldn't see anything, but the Queen's eyes were somewhat joyful and surprised, which made her a little confused , the queen was surprised, "The maid on the left used to be my personal maid Qianxue, and the eunuch on the right looks familiar."

"Ever?" The queen mother repeated a few words in doubt.

"Mother's Queen." The Queen interjected, leaned into the Queen Mother's ear and whispered a few words, and the Queen Mother's puzzled expression disappeared.

"Tell me." The queen mother pointed to the little eunuch.

"Go back, go back to the empress dowager." The little eunuch had never seen such a serious battle before, and he was so frightened that he couldn't complete his words, "The night when Miss Nianqing fell into the water, it was the servant who was on duty at night. The servant, the servant saw Qianxue secretly I left Qifeng Palace and came back after more than an hour."

"Qianxue, what do you have to say?" The Queen Mother asked again.

"Back to the Empress Dowager, the servant did not leave Qifeng Palace." Qianxue was much calmer than the little eunuch, and explained, "The servant did not wake up that night, I wonder if the little eunuch admitted to the wrong person, or deliberately framed the servant. "

"No servant." The little eunuch hurriedly explained, "I really saw Qianxue go out, and guarded the door for more than an hour, and saw her come back with my own eyes, so I confirmed it was her. Otherwise, how could I know how long Qianxue had been out?" Woolen cloth!"

The father said that the father was right and the mother said that the mother was right, and the queen mother also had a headache, so she looked at Su Yunran and said, "Concubine Yun, what do you think?"

"The Queen Mother, please allow the concubine to ask a few questions." Su Yunran stood up and came to the Queen Mother.

"You ask." The Queen Mother didn't believe it very much, and was more inclined to frame it.

In fact, it is difficult to distinguish who is telling the truth and who is telling the lies, because there is no evidence, so Su Yunran is not worried at all, "Xiao Dezi, you said you saw Qianxue sneaking out of the palace, why? On the day of the accident, didn’t you say it?” The little eunuch looked up at Su Yunran, then quickly lowered his head, “Returning to the words of the imperial concubine, the maidservant thought that one more thing is better than one less thing, and she also thought that Miss Nianqing committed suicide, so she didn’t I said it." Besides, who doesn't know that Qianxue and the other four are the personal maids brought by Concubine Yun Gui from Su, they are very much loved, if they say it, Concubine Yun Gui will definitely be involved, and when Concubine Yun Guifei loses her favor, they are all here Where can I get a good deal from the servants of Qifeng Palace?This is the survival instinct of the little eunuchs and maids.

"Then what do you say now?" Su Yunran continued to ask, everyone here understood what the little eunuch hadn't said.

"Slaves have the habit of talking in their sleep. A few days ago, I accidentally said it out. I thought I couldn't hide it anymore, so I said it." Xiao Dezi really didn't want to say it, otherwise he would have said it a long time ago. I didn't expect to have sex with him The eunuch sneaked back to be lazy when he was on duty at night, and just heard him say.

Su Yunran smiled without asking whether it was true or not, facing Qianxue, "Qianxue, what explanation do you have?"

"The servant has never left Qifeng Palace." Qianxue said firmly, "This is just Xiao Dezi's one-sided words, so it can't be accurate."

"Then why did you, Xiao Dezi, talk about you instead of other people?" The queen said suddenly, throwing a cup at Qianxue's feet, smashing it to the ground, "Bold servant, how dare you lie! It seems that there is no need to punish you I won’t tell the truth anymore!” This is really a surprise, Su Yunran’s backhand is not here, I didn’t expect that there would be a maid who sneaked away from Phoenix Palace at night, this is all right, the vicious concubine Yun Gui, still Can you win His Majesty's favor?

"My servant doesn't know either." Qianxue kowtowed, "Perhaps Xiao Dezi did something wrong and was reprimanded by this servant, so he may hold a grudge and wait for an opportunity to retaliate."

"Xiao Dezi!" The Empress made up her mind to get Qianxue to admit it, and said sharply, "Are you telling the truth?"

"My servant dares to swear to the sky that every sentence is absolutely true. If there is a false sentence, I will be struck by lightning and die." Xiao Dezi kowtowed in a hurry and said anxiously.

"The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager." Su Yunran said at this time, "One of these two must have told a lie, but now there is no proof, so it cannot be determined. And even if Qianxue really went out, she can't say that She killed Nian Qing."

"It's not that she killed her sister, why did she sneak out in the middle of the night!" Nian Xi finally couldn't help but said, knelt on the ground, and walked a few steps to Su Yunran's side, "Concubine Yun, Qianxue is your maid, of course you speak for her , she is your maid, you must have ordered her to kill my sister, otherwise why would you justify her!"

Su Yunran raised his hand and slapped Nian Xi, then took out a handkerchief to wipe his hands, and threw it at his feet, "The queen mother and queen didn't say anything, you are a concubine, what right do you have to speak? Here, it's your turn speak?"

Nian Xi covered her cheeks, opened her lips and teeth, and did not make a sound, but the jealousy and anger in her eyes could no longer be concealed.

The Queen's complexion was a bit ugly, she didn't take her seriously when she hit Nianxi, but what Su Yunran said was not unreasonable, there are so many people here, there is no Nianxi to speak, and it will only be said when it spreads The Nian family has no tutor.

The queen mother was even more happy to see them fight first, so she didn't say anything.

Concubine De and Concubine Liang couldn't speak even more, and kept pretending that they didn't exist.

"In addition, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, I don't know if you have thought about it. In the middle of the night, Nian Qing left Fengmian Hall and walked through half of the harem, what to do in the lotus pond?" Su Yunran continued, "If It makes sense to say that Nianqing committed suicide near Qifeng Palace because I punished him, if not, why did Nianqing go to the lotus pond?"