After being bound to the learning system in my mother's womb, I became the empress

Chapter 367 The baby living outside the palace
The Secretary of Needlework is in charge of needlework, embroidery and other affairs in the palace. The Secretary is the chief officer and is the fifth rank.

When Xia Sizheng learned that the Queen had summoned him, he felt panicked. Did he make any mistake?
She hurriedly stuffed a delicate purse into Bai Zhi's hands.

"Aunt Bai Zhi, I don't know why the Queen summoned me suddenly? But what did I do wrong? Please tell me clearly."

The purse was quite heavy, and there was probably a lot of money in it.

Bai Zhi didn't refuse, and gave her a few words of advice: "It's not a big deal, I just want to ask a question."

Si Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that she did something bad to make the mother-in-law angry.

I just don’t know what the empress wants to ask her?

"Xia Sizheng, come and see, what's the difference between these two swaddles?"

The queen spared Xia Sizheng's courtesy and asked straight to the point without beating around the bush.

Xia Si calmed down and stepped forward to make a careful distinction.

"Reporting to your Majesty, these two swaddles are no different. Even the stitching is made by the same person."

The stitching techniques of different embroiderers are just like the handwriting of different people, there are differences.

Most people may not be able to see this difference, but who is Xia Si?

She is the boss in charge of the entire Acupuncture Division.

She climbed up step by step from the lowest level of embroidery girl.

In addition to her excellent management skills, her embroidery skills are also among the best in the entire needlework department.

Although her eyes are no longer as alert and sharp as they used to be due to years of embroidery, she can still do something as simple as distinguishing stitches.

The queen and the emperor looked at each other.

Xibao's swaddling clothes and Wanwan's swaddling clothes were actually made by the same person!
Therefore, there is no possibility that Xibao's swaddling clothes just have different styles from Wanwan's swaddling clothes.

The queen asked again: "This is the swaddling clothes that Wanwan wore when she was a child. Do you know who the embroiderer girl was who swaddled Wanwan in the first place?"

Xia Sizheng thought for a while and realized that there were only four mistresses in the entire palace. Before the little prince was born, there was only one mistress in the palace, Princess Fengyang.

So she remembers everything about Her Highness the Princess very clearly.

What's more, she and the embroiderer girl were good sisters a few years ago.

"Returning to the empress, it's Huang Jiao. At that time, Wei Chen and Huang Jiao were just low-quality embroidery girls in the Acupuncture Department. They got close because of their similar temperaments and became good friends.

"Her embroidery skills were still better than mine, so Si Zheng asked her to make swaddling clothes for Her Highness the Princess, while I made socks for Her Highness the Princess.

"I am very familiar with her acupuncture skills and I recognized her at a glance."

The queen asked: "What about Huang Jiao? Is she still in the Acupuncture Department?"

Four years ago, Dr. Ling came to the palace to nurse her back to health. It was a bit cruel to say that many palace maids stayed in the palace all their lives and died of old age in the palace.

She proposed to her that palace residents over the age of 25 should be released from the palace and allowed to marry freely.

(Actually, Lin Xi, who was disguised as Ling Ling Yi, discovered that there were many spies hidden in the palace and sent these palace residents with ulterior motives out of the palace on an excuse.)
The queen was convinced and let a group of palace people out of the palace.

She was worried that Huang Jiao was one of the palace guests leaving the palace, so she asked this question.

Xia Sizheng: "Thanks to the grace of the empress, Huang Jiao was able to leave the palace a few years ago. As for her situation after leaving the palace, I don't know."

Queen: "Okay, I have nothing more to ask. Bai Zhi, please send one to Xia Sizheng for me."

Xia Si said hurriedly, "I don't dare take it", bowed and retreated.

The queen glanced at the emperor, and the emperor understood, "I will send someone to check this Huang Jiao right now."

Capital, south of the city.

The backyard of an embroidery workshop.

Huang Jiao is the owner of this embroidery shop.

While she was opening a shop and doing business, she also recruited some talented girls and taught them embroidery.

A crow flew over, landed on a branch, and called to her twice.

Huang Jiao, who was instructing students in embroidery, saw this and left for a while with some excuse.

Back in the room, the crow also flew in, with a thin bamboo tube tied to its foot.

Huang Jiao took out the note inside and unfolded it.

"In a few days, someone will come to you to inquire about information related to the swaddling clothes you made for Princess Fengyang in the palace six years ago. Then you will tell the visitor that you found that one of the swaddling clothes you made is missing, but you are afraid of being punished. punishment, so it was not reported.”

This letter was naturally written by Lin Xi.

Among the people who came out of the palace that year, some were spies and spies, and some met the conditions for leaving the palace. Lin Xi accepted them all.A Changchun Gate branch was set up to arrange these palace ladies.

Huang Jiao is one of them, she is Yin Lizhu's person.

When Lin Xi was replaced, Huang Jiao also played a role in it.

She sent out a swaddle in advance, so that Yin Lizhu's people could wrap the fake princess in the swaddling clothes early, so as not to waste time by changing the swaddling clothes temporarily.

But now, Huang Jiao and others have become Lin Xi's people.

Lin Xi can even use Yin Lizhu, the mastermind behind the scenes, for his own use, so naturally he will not let Huang Jiao and others go.

Instead of killing them in revenge, it would be better to keep them and let them work for her for the rest of their lives to pay off her debts.

The reason why she didn't let Huang Jiao tell the truth was naturally because she didn't want the emperor and empress to get the answer so smoothly.

If it goes too smoothly, it will appear fake and arouse suspicion.

Huang Jiao burned the letter and fed the crows.

A few days later, someone found her.

The secret guard showed her his identity token and said, "My master wants to see you."

Huang Jiao, who had stayed in the palace for many years, naturally recognized what the token represented and followed the secret guard.

Came to a secluded and quiet house.

I met the emperor and empress who were supposed to be in the palace.

"The daughter of the people has met your majesty, empress."

The queen called out, "Huang Jiao, I want to ask you something, and you have to answer it truthfully."

Huang Jiao said hurriedly: "My queen, just ask, the daughter of the people will definitely tell you everything she knows."

The queen glanced at Bai Zhi, who took out two swaddling clothes.

"Did you make these two swaddles?"

Huang Jiao looked at it and replied: "It was made by a folk girl."

Bai Zhi: "Did you know that this one was found outside the palace? How could the swaddling clothes you made for Her Royal Highness end up outside the palace? Did you sell them secretly?"

Huang Jiao knelt down with a puff, "I beg your Majesty to tell me a lesson, how dare a common girl do such a thing?"

Queen: "Tell me, how did this swaddling clothes end up outside the palace?"

Huang Jiao bit her lip, looking embarrassed.

Bai Zhi shouted coldly: "Why don't you tell the truth quickly!"

Huang Jiao: "Yes, the folk girl said this. When the folk girl was counting the swaddling clothes, she found that one piece was missing. At first, she thought it was blown somewhere by the wind while drying, but she couldn't find it anywhere. Then she realized, It was probably stolen.

"The girl looked for it privately, but couldn't find it. She was afraid of taking responsibility, so she made another one to make up for it."

As he spoke, he kept kowtowing to the emperor and empress who were standing above them.

"The daughter of the people is guilty, and she is unworthy of the queen's kindness. My queen, please punish the daughter of the people."

The emperor did not believe this and raised his finger towards the secret guard.

The secret guard immediately took Huang Jiao away.

Conduct an interrogation.

Naturally, some unconventional methods will be used during interrogation.

In the past, the queen did not approve of lynching, but this time she did not stop it.

When it came to her biological daughter, she did not hesitate to violate her own principles.

However, even so, the secret guard could not get any other answer from Huang Jiao.

She always insisted that a swaddling clothes accidentally disappeared that year, but she did not sell it privately, nor did she secretly give it to anyone.

Things are at an impasse again.

The emperor and empress have returned to the palace.

But someone was left outside the palace to keep an eye on Huang Jiao.

The couple intuitively felt that Huang Jiao was not telling the truth, and there was probably someone hiding behind her.

(End of this chapter)