fast and ferocious

Chapter 534 Entering the palace for questioning (one more)
"It's all my fault that Uncle Seven led me astray!" Qin Wubing complained.

The eldest princess was still laughing, Qin Wubing said sullenly: "Still laughing! If that's the case, you should find someone to send a message to me yesterday..."

"This kind of thing, besides me telling you myself, who else can I tell you? Although the secret passage can be blocked, the less people know about it, the better. I persuaded the emperor last night that the palace has already locked the key. So I rested in the palace, and I got up early in the morning and left the palace to come to you, can't you?" The princess pouted.

Qin Wubing hurriedly admitted his mistake, said a few more cold jokes, had breakfast with the Eldest Princess, and then left the room. It happened that the eunuchs from the palace also arrived at this time, and the emperor ordered Qin Wubing to have an audience.

The old monk hesitated whether to follow, Qin Wubing said: "You can go directly to the government office and wait for me, the emperor asked me to go and investigate the case as soon as possible, there is no need for you to follow along."

The old monk was still hesitant, Qin Wubing said again: "Don't say that the secret way can be sealed, just say that you know that there is a secret way, and if you don't tell me, who would know? Quickly pack up and go to the government office to wait for me. It will only be a few minutes before I enter the palace." A matter of words."

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Sure enough, when the emperor saw Qin Wubing, he didn't raise his head, he just kept looking at the paperwork in his hand, but told him to investigate the murder case outside the city as soon as possible. report.

Qin Wubing responded repeatedly, and the emperor waved his hands and said: "Go and do your work! But pay attention to your body, lest little aunt... seem like I'm bullying you!"

Qin Wubing smirked twice and left the East Nuan Pavilion.

Dequan sent Qin Wubing out of the palace, on the way Dequan whispered: "The Queen Mother met Xu Momo two days ago."

"Oh? Isn't Madam Xu being transferred away from the Queen Mother?"

"The empress dowager said that she would not see her in a few days, so she panicked. He just met and talked, and the emperor agreed, but he also explained to the empress dowager that there will be no next time! The empress dowager must have understood."

"Will anyone be present when we meet?"

"That's natural, the old slave will be there."

"Oh?" Qin Wubing stood still and asked, "Do you remember what they said at that time?"

"The Queen Mother wiped her tears when she saw Mother Xu, saying that because she had troubled Mother Xu, Mother Xu advised the Queen Mother to take good care of her health, and the Queen Mother said that during this time, she always wanted to go to the late emperor so that she would not suffer the pain alive. The mother hurriedly persuaded her, saying that the queen mother is the most blessed person, and she should think about things first, so the queen mother began to cry, saying that there is no one around to talk to, and that these servants don't know how to serve others and don't understand her. I like it, every day made her angry, and Madam Xu also started to cry, saying that the queen mother should be patient and teach slowly. The old servant saw that the queen mother and mother Xu were crying sadly, fearing that the queen mother would break her body from crying, so she ordered someone Take Mother Xu away."

Qin Wubing stood on the spot to digest for a while, and then asked: "Can I meet the people who have been serving the Empress Dowager these few days?"

"Qin Duwei came with the old slave."

Dequan took Qin Wubing to Renshou Palace directly, Qin Wubing didn't intend to see the Queen Mother, and just waited in the courtyard.

Soon, Dequan brought over a few people who often appeared beside the Queen Mother on weekdays. There were four people in total, three court ladies and one eunuch.

Qin Wubing first asked Dequan: "If you call the four of them out, after I leave, will the Queen Mother..."

Dequan hurriedly said: "The old slave was going to transfer them away, the queen mother doesn't like them."

Only then did Qin Wubing ask questions with confidence.

Qin Wubing's move made several court ladies and eunuchs very grateful. They said whatever Qin Wubing asked, not only without reservation, but also knew how to infer other things from one instance, and described the Empress Dowager's daily trivial matters in detail.

Afterwards, Dequan took Qin Wubing to several places separately, and met the maids and eunuchs who had served the queen mother these days and were transferred away.

After everyone was questioned, Qin Wubing knew what the Empress Dowager had done these days, but it was of no use at all.

After the Empress Dowager resumed her diet, her daily routine was to find out the faults of those who served her around her. Anyway, the gate of Renshou Palace was not accessible, and the Empress Dowager could only toss about in her own palace.

Dequan was also very cooperative. The queen mother would replace anyone she said was dissatisfied, and seeing new faces every day, the queen mother had something to do.

Suddenly one day the Empress Dowager wanted to talk to Mrs. Xu about her life and death, and Mrs. Xu was transferred to the laundry bureau. Although she didn't have to do some heavy work, she no longer had the days of being a half-master.

When the two masters and servants met, just as Dequan said, after a few words, the two of them wept bitterly, Dequan had to take Madam Xu away, and after taking Madam Xu away, the Queen Mother did not continue to be sad, Instead, she was in a good mood to touch up her makeup, and then went to the yard to look at the peonies she had planted herself.

The queen mother has been sleeping very well, but suddenly she couldn't sleep at night two days ago, and she couldn't sleep until last night, and she was not allowed to pass on the imperial doctor.

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After asking, Qin Wubing followed Dequan and walked towards the gate of the palace again. When he reached a place where there was no one in the front, back, left, and right sides, Qin Wubing stopped again, and asked Dequan in a low voice: "The secret path must be guarded." , how could it be easy for people to enter?"

Dequan lowered his head and whispered, "It's not a miracle to be able to enter. Although there are guards, but no one passes by all year round, it is inevitable that there will be slack, but there are many traps in the secret passage, it is a miracle that she can go out smoothly!"

Qin Wubing raised his eyebrows, looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, and asked in a low voice: "Will these words today cause you trouble?"

"The emperor told the old slave that if Captain Qin asks anything, as long as the old slave knows, he must answer truthfully."

Qin Wubing nodded and asked: "According to what you know, have the mechanisms in the secret path been changed over the years?"

Dequan shook his head and said: "It should not have been changed. The emperor walked by once after he ascended the throne, accompanied by an old slave. At that time, the emperor said that he would block this secret road so that future generations would not have the opportunity to use it. He said that guarding the country is better than guarding This secret path is much more useful!"

"The exit of the secret passage is outside the South City? Is there no one guarding it?"

"It's outside Nancheng, but the exit has long been blocked..."

"You mean that the emperor wants to block it, you mean to fill up the entire secret passage, and the exit of the secret passage was blocked long ago?"

Dequan thought for a while and replied: "The exit was blocked from the outside before. As for when it was blocked, the old slave does not know, but the old slave knows that it was blocked again yesterday inside."

"The specific location of the exit..."

"The Eldest Princess brought people to block her"

Qin Wubing frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "You followed the emperor for a while, maybe you can write down how to get there?"

Dequan smiled and said: "Qin Duwei, don't worry, the old slave just followed, the mechanism for going out and coming in is different..."

"Who else is following?"

"There are also Wu Feng and Lan Yu."

"Who opened the mechanism?"

"emperor!"

Qin Wubing knew that Dequan had misunderstood him, and asked again: "If you watch carefully all the way, can you remember how to pass the level?"

Dequan thought about it seriously, then shook his head and said: "I really don't know, this old slave only looks after the emperor's feet and rarely raises his head, so..."

Qin Wubing nodded and said: "Let's go, after you go back, if the emperor asks, you should tell the truth."

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(End of this chapter)