It was already 13:35 when he left Lingbao Temple.
Xu Qian'an entered the palace, asked the guards to pass the ssage, and waited for a quarter of an hour at the palace gate. At 13:45, the eunuch finally arrived.
"Master Xu, how should we investigate next?" the eunuch asked.
"Go to Feng Palace to find the queen... You don't need to inform His Majesty in advance to see the queen, right?" Xu Qian'an said.
The eunuch waved his hand hurriedly, "His Majesty said that you can go wherever you want in the harem. Of course, the premise is that you have a servant to accompany you, especially to see the imperial concubine and the queen."
Xu Qian'an nodded.
Of course, if you want to see the emperor's woman, you can't see her in private.
The full na of Feng Palace is Fengqi Palace, which is the largest and most luxurious palace in the harem-the emperor's bedroom is not included.
Arriving at Fengqi Palace, Xu Qian'an and the eunuch waited in the corridor outside for half an hour to hear that the queen was taking a nap. A pretty maid ca over to announce:
"The queen is awake, please co over, Lord Xu."
Xu Qian'an followed her into the palace and saw the queen, who was the mother of the country, in the luxuriously decorated front hall. She was wearing a dark phoenix robe embroidered with gold threads and a gorgeous crown on her head.
Her eyebrows were like paintings and her mouth was plump. She was no longer young, but her face was full of collagen, and she didn't look old at all. This added a mature woman's charm to her flawless beauty.
She was ranked in the top two among the beauties I had seen, and Luo Yuheng was ranked first, but the national teacher was charming and had a buff bonus, while the queen relied on her own hardware... No one in the harem could beat such a woman as the queen.
Xu Qian'an hurriedly bowed his head and maintained the etiquette and rules that a foreign minister should have.
"You are indeed a young talent."
The queen is obviously also a face control. She looked at Xu Qi'an and nodded with satisfaction: "Huaiqing often ntioned you in front of and praised you. I have also heard about your deeds of solving strange cases in Beijing."
The first impression of both parties was good.
I don't know if Xu Qi'an feels good about himself, he thinks the queen admires him very much and is not at all shy.
"Wei Yuan is lucky to have such an outstanding subordinate like you." The queen said softly: "Bring tea to Lord Xu."
The maid served hot tea, Xu Qi'an took it with both hands, did not drink it, and asked directly: "I ca here for the Fufei case, and I have a few questions for the queen."
"Please ask, Lord Xu."
"Do you know the maid Huang Xiaorou?"
"I don't know her." The queen shook her head.
"Is there a maid nad He'er in the queen's palace?"
"Yes." The queen was silent for a few seconds and nodded slowly.
"Mada Rong of the Crab Pavilion said that four years ago, Huang Xiaorou committed suicide for no reason. The maid who lived in the sa room with her at that ti saved her. That maid was He'er in the Queen's palace."
"He'er has never been to the Crab Pavilion." The Queen denied it directly.
Xu Qi'an continued: "After the autopsy, I found that the maid Huang Xiaorou was fatally injured. It was definitely not sothing that a maid could save, nor could it be saved by the imperial physician of the Imperial dical Bureau. She must have taken a magical dicine that could bring her back to life."
The Queen stared at Xu Qi'an and said lightly: "Do you have any evidence for what Lord Xu said?"
"The body is the evidence."
"What about the elixir?"
"...No." Xu Qi'an shook his head.
It was the Queen who tore up the inco and expenditure records of the Imperial Pharmacy?
The Queen nodded and said softly: "I am tired. I will send Lord Xu out of the palace." Didn't you just finish your nap... Xu Qi'an stamred a few tis, got up helplessly, and left Fengqi Palace with the maid.
.....
Xu Qi'an glanced at the sun, "Little eunuch, have you finished collecting the list?"
The little eunuch took out a folded piece of rice paper from his arms, "I was just about to give it to Lord Xu."
Not bad, he is very efficient, as expected of soone trained in the palace.
Xu Qi'an unfolded the list and glanced at it. There were more than a dozen palace maids, servants, and guards listed on it.
"Let's check them one by one according to the list above." Xu Qi'an said.
"Then the queen..."
"Of course it can't be checked."
Xu Qi'an sighed. Although Emperor Yuan Jing gave him great privileges and he could check whoever he wanted, the queen would never cooperate, and he, Xu Qi'an, couldn't force it.
But one thing can be confird, that is, the queen has sothing to hide.
It can't be that the queen really did it, then Huaiqing would be very pitiful. Shouldn't I continue to check it? But if I don't check it, wouldn't Bian Bian be very pitiful? Here it cos, a Shura field of choosing between two... Xu Qi'an sighed silently in his heart. But then again, the queen is so damn beautiful. She still has such charm even when she is old. How beautiful she must have been when she was young, no wonder she beca the queen.
ing and the queen have so similarities between their eyebrows.
"Compared to her, I still think Luo Yuheng is better, because she can satisfy my many tastes... Oh, Su Su can also."
Xu Qi'an couldn't help but think of what Taoist Jinlian said just now. Luo Yuheng has a variety of appearances, which can let n see the one they like, while he is looking at a young woman in her twenties, a young woman in her thirties, a mature woman in her forties...
"I really don't want to admit that I am lustful."
In the next hour, Xu Qi arranged to check the people on the list. Because of limited ti, he had to leave the palace before the palace was closed, so he only had ti to check one-third.
In the loud closing bell, he successfully left the palace, took his own mare from the Yulin Guards, took back the black and gold long sword given by the Supervisor, and slowly left the
imperial city.
At this ti, only the afterglow of the sunset remained.
The curfew began, and the pedestrians on the street had long disappeared. Xu Qi'an was wearing a night watchman's uniform, and with the gold dal on his body, he could go
anywhere except inside the palace.
"Da Da Da..."
The mare walked slowly on the deserted street, and Xu Qi'an thought about the context of the
Fufei case.
Fufei was the biggest victim in the whole case, the victim used to fra the prince, and the person who did it was Huang Xiaorou who had been silenced.
Huang Xiaorou had been seriously injured, but was cured by the queen, so the queen had a
great favor to her.
The queen's fourth prince was a legitimate son, and the current prince was a concubine's son. The queen was unwilling to let the prince's position fall to soone else, so she set up a trick to fra the prince and take back the position of the East Palace.
The motive is clear, and the whole case is reasonable, but there is a lack of evidence.
Yes, there is still a lack of evidence to convict the queen.
"Mada Rong is right. There are too many secrets in the inner palace that cannot be told.
Once you get stuck in it, you can't get out. I thought this case would take so ti, but I didn't expect it to progress so quickly. Now there is no chance to delay. The damn Emperor Yuan Jing has not issued an edict to confer a title. I will ask for leave tomorrow."
At this ti, a picture erged in Xu Qian'an's mind: behind the left roof, there was a man in black lying, and behind the right roof, there was also a man in black lying.
In the alley ahead, there stood a man in black holding a knife.
With the special characteristics of a warrior in the Refining Spirit Realm, he imdiately
sensed the danger.
I was ambushed... This thought arose in his mind, and the next mont, a sharp sound of breaking through the air ca.
Dusk.
After dinner, Emperor Yuan Jing was planning to go to Lingbao Temple to find Luo Yuheng, ditate with her, and listen to Taoist classics.
The eunuch guarding outside suddenly reported, "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen is outside to
ask for an audience."
What was she doing at this ti... Emperor Yuan Jing frowned, thought for a while, and said,
"Let her in."
If Concubine Chen ca to his bedroom at this ti, if it was a few years ago, Emperor Yuan Jing would think that she was offering herself to sleep with him.
In the first ten years of his Taoist practice, the concubines in the harem begged to sleep with
him, but Emperor Yuan Jing ignored them all. The stubborn ones knelt outside for a whole
night. Later, seeing that he was as hard as iron, knowing that they could not win back the emperor's heart, the concubines stopped thinking and lived a peaceful life.
Now, he has beco very Buddhist. Everyone lives their own lives, and occasionally they can get together to chat.
The harem of Emperor Yuan Jing was probably the most harmonious one in the five hundred
years of Dafeng.
After the eunuchs left, Emperor Yuan Jing sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and breathed. Not long after, Concubine Chen rushed in crying, crying and saying: "Your Majesty, you have to make a decision for and the prince."
She ca for the prince, and this result was not surprising to Emperor Yuan Jing, or rather, it
was within his expectations.
Emperor Yuan Jing, whose black hair had grown back, opened his eyes and looked at Concubine Chen calmly, "The prince's matter is still under investigation, my beloved concubine, please go back, the right and wrong will naturally be judged by justice." "Still investigating? Hasn't the case been solved? Your Majesty, I heard it all from Lin'an." Concubine Chen held a silk handkerchief, wiped her tears, and said sadly:
"The prince was wronged, the prince was wronged."
Hmm? Emperor Yuan Jing frowned and said, "What did Lin'an tell you?"
"That Lord Xu has already found out the truth..."
Emperor Yuan Jing was stunned. He knew that the drowned body that was fished out of the
Crab Pavilion today was the palace maid who had been missing for many days beside
Concubine Fu. But he never expected that Xu Qi'an would find out the truth so quickly? Concubine Chen cried and told the information she knew.
After listening, Emperor Yuan Jing's face was gloomy. He turned his head and ordered his companion, "Call the person who supervised Xu Qi'an."
The old eunuch in the python robe left in response, and in less than a quarter of an hour, he
ca in with the little eunuch.
The little eunuch glanced at him from the corner of his eye. Emperor Yuan Jing was sitting
cross-legged on the bed, his expression showed no joy or anger, and Concubine Chen was kneeling beside the bed, sobbing.
Emperor Yuan Jing said calmly, "What progress has been made in the case today?"
The young eunuch had already prepared a plan in his mind. Hearing this, he replied without
pause: "After Mr. Xu entered the palace, he imdiately rushed to examine the body and concluded that the palace maid Huang Xiaorou was first drowned in the water and then thrown into the well."
Then he added the process of the autopsy to prove this conclusion.
"In addition, Lord Xu also found that the palace maid Huang Xiaorou had a fatal injury in the
chest. She should have died a few years ago, but she was revived with a miraculous dicine... Then I went to the Crab Pavilion and asked Rong Mama..."
This ti the young eunuch was very experienced. He only narrated the process without
adding any personal feelings, nor did he talk about the interaction between Xu Qian'an and the two princesses.
He figured it out. Although telling these things would cause trouble to Lord Xu, his practice of reporting the two princesses would probably make His Majesty even more unhappy.
Why hurt others and yourself?
Besides, Lord Xu was very kind and caring to him. Although he was a little irritable, it was not
a bad thing. "Have you confird that part of the inco and expenditure account book of the Imperial Pharmacy was torn up?" Emperor Yuan Jing asked for confirmation. "That's what Lord Xu said." The eunuch still did not express his personal opinion. Emperor Yuan Jing nodded slowly: "Notify the coroner to enter the palace overnight and re-
examine the body of the palace maid Huang Xiaorou. I want to know the answer
imdiately." Half an hour later, Daban brought back the results of the coroner's autopsy, which
corroborated with Xu Qian'an and were conclusive.
Emperor Yuan Jing was in a daze and did not speak for a long ti. The huge bedroom was
silent.
Until Concubine Chen fell to the ground and cried: "Lord Xu dare not investigate the queen.
Only Your Majesty can do this in person. Please Your Majesty make the decision for the prince and for ."
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