Rebirth of Fengmou

Chapter 193.another earring
Her hands were placed at the navel of her abdomen, her thumb and index finger were tucked into her belt, and she formed a holding position, which was frozen there because she was out of breath.

Du Lanyan squatted closer, and gently took out her hand. As soon as she pulled it out, a piece of white silk was brought out. Du Lanyan had no time to pay attention to it, and her eyes were locked between her index finger and thumb, where she was holding A thing, pinched so hard that only a little pink outline can be seen.

Du Lanyan stretched out her hand to pull the thing, but found that she couldn't pull it at all. Presumably, it was because the thing was important. Before she died, the maid wanted to look at it again, but she died before she took it out, so it was a pity. pinching.

Du Lanyan used both hands together, holding a finger in one hand, and forcefully opened it to both sides, but she could only break it a little bit. It happened that this little bit made a gap between her two fingers. It just fell on the grass.

It was an earring, and it was a familiar earring.

Du Lanyan picked it up and put it in front of her eyes for a closer look. It was a pink petal-shaped earring with crystal clear petals and a novel style, which was a favorite style among young women nowadays.

An identical one immediately flashed in Du Lanyan's mind, it was in the valley, under Chang Lin's pillow.

It's just that this earring is not unique, and it's not surprising that there are heavy ones, so even when she thought of that earring, Du Lanyan didn't think too deeply, but picked up the white silk on the ground, which was embroidered with chrysanthemums. There are two words embroidered everywhere: Ju'er.

Du Lanyan folded the handkerchief, and was about to search for other things that could prove the identity of the maid, but suddenly heard a sound behind her, she stood up subconsciously, and hurriedly hid.

Because she was hiding in a hurry, she was still holding the white silk and earrings in her hand. She had just breathed evenly when she saw a person coming out from the corner of the palace wall. He looked left and right, as if looking for something, his eyes When it turned to the maid, her eyes suddenly opened, and a light of excitement burst out from inside.

"I found you!" She walked up to the maid, kicked the maid's body, and then said to herself, "You're actually dead? Hmph, it's going to take a lot of time to die!" , See if I don’t melt you down, I’ll leave you with no bones left!”

She was talking to herself, and after she finished speaking, she took out a small porcelain bottle from her cuff, opened the red cloth stopper, and poured some white powder on the maid. It started to corrode her skin, and in an instant, the maid's body turned into a puddle of stinky water. As the man said, there was no bones left.

Looking at the stinky water on the ground, the man smiled with satisfaction, then plugged the plug, turned and left.

Du Lanyan stayed in the same place all the time, not daring to make a sound, until the man walked away, she sat down on the ground slumped, I can't imagine, if she hadn't been vigilant enough, at this moment, she might have become a puddle of water.

The person who came just now was wearing a eunuch uniform, but he was very strange, remembering the way he walked when he left, his legs were close together, his toes were in the shape of a "eight", his steps were short and fast, this was an eunuch The walking posture reminded Du Lanyan of another person - Chang Lin.

At that time, she felt that Chang Lin's walking posture was a bit strange, but now that she thought about it, it was the same, because at that time he was dressed as a woman, and although his walking posture was weird, it was not unacceptable. If it was a man, it would make people feel that this posture is a bit sissy, but now that the eunuch walks, Du Lanyan understands.

Chang Lin is a eunuch!
He once said that because he offended the powerful and was hunted down, he fled to the deep mountains to hide. Du Lanyan thought of this, and looked at the earrings in her hand. An idea was planted in her head, but it grew bigger and bigger without water. It is suspected that Chang Lin is the missing Dezu!

Because he helped the powerful to complete the frame-up, after the Du family was ransacked and beheaded, the powerful wanted to rest easy, so he became murderous. Unfortunately, Chang Lin is not a silver-like pewter, he just escaped with his own ability When I was born, I went to the mountains to live in seclusion.

It's a pity that there are still lovers in the palace, who never forget, even if they took the token of love, they always think about it.

Du Lanyan clenched the things in her hands, looked at the corpse water not far in front, and slowly clenched her hands. Yaya couldn't find Dezu before, but this time, starting with this person named Ju'er, she should be able to find clues , as long as there is evidence to prove that Chang Lin is De Zu, then her clues will be there again!

Thinking of this, Du Lanyan turned around and was about to leave. After thinking for a while, she turned her head to look at Ju'er who had turned into a puddle of water, bowed slowly, and then left without looking back.

She is not the Virgin Mary, and she can be out of control at any time. At this moment, she will not bury the woman with only a pile of clothes, because doing so will set her on fire, so she will not look back gone.

No one else sympathized with her, why should she sympathize with others?
Putting the things in her hands away, she returned along the original road. When she reached Fengqi Palace, Chu Zhao and Wei Jiayu were already sitting in the main hall talking and laughing. She deliberately avoided it and went back to the room where she lived.

Yaya was tidying up in the room, and when she saw her coming back, she went up to say hello, Du Lanyan hurriedly grabbed her hand and helped her up, turned around by the door and looked around, then closed the door, and pulled Yaya to the bed .

"Yaya, I have something to tell you. You are a person with martial arts skills. Do you know if there is anyone around here?" Du Lanyan pulled Yaya and said seriously. Infected by her expression, Yaya also nodded seriously. , she walked to the windows on three sides, looked outside, listened attentively, and then went back to Du Lanyan, saying: "Madam, although the martial arts of slaves are not as good as those of the master, they are not weak. No one was watching or eavesdropping."

Du Lanyan nodded, took out the silk in her hand and handed it to Yaya, and said: "There is no clue about Dezu's matter, so you can check this court lady named 'Ju'er', and you may find out if you follow her. By the way, this The palace lady is handsome, and the most obvious sign is a red mole on the left nose. This matter must not be known to others, and one must be careful not to let others know, because the palace lady is already dead. If the murderer Knowing that if you check, I'm afraid you will catch fire and be in danger."

Du Lanyan thought for a while, and then said: "How about I draw the portrait of that woman for you later?"

Yaya shook her head, and said: "No madam, the information you gave is enough, this little thing can still be done by servants."

Yaya looked confident. Although Du Lanyan was still a little worried, she couldn't say anything when she looked at her, so she nodded.

After finishing speaking, Du Lanyan just wanted to take a bath, remembering that her hands had touched the hand of the maid before, and then the maid turned into a puddle of water, and she felt goosebumps belatedly , so as soon as she finished speaking, she asked Yaya to go down and prepare for a hot bath.

He went around behind the screen to change clothes.

The servants in the palace moved very quickly, but the one in Fengqi Palace was the fastest. It was only time for Du Lanyan to change her clothes, and the bucket and hot water had already come up.

She didn't wear any clothes inside, but just put on a long robe outside for the convenience of bathing.

Asking Yaya to close the door, she just untied her belt, and just about to go in, she heard a knock on the door, Du Lanyan quickly put on her clothes, and Yi Yaya went to open the door.

Yaya stepped forward, opened the door, and saw Yinzhu standing outside, she smiled and asked: "My princess is taking a bath, why is Yinzhu coming here?"

"Just now the edict was announced at the Longxiang Hall. The emperor is happy today. He held a banquet in the Longxiang Hall and asked all the concubines in the harem to attend. The empress said that since Princess Rui lives here, they will go together tonight. The slaves are here to inform Concubine Rui is ready and will be leaving in a while." Yinzhu is also full of smiles.

"Understood, we'll wait in the front hall after packing up later." Yaya replied, nodded to Yinzhu, and closed the door.

Du Lanyan had already soaked in the bucket. When Yaya entered, he was enjoying the warm water with his eyes closed. When he heard Yaya coming in, Du Lanyan ordered: "Find a plain dress. It's no different in this palace than outside. Everything is beautiful." Keep a low profile, and when you go to the banquet at night, you can take the time to investigate quietly."

"Then what if the queen asks?" Today she did not come to Fengqi Palace with Du Lanyan, Yin Zhu became suspicious, if she went to the palace banquet and found that she was not there, what should the queen do if she asked Du Lanyan or took the opportunity to make trouble?
"It's okay, I'll do everything." Du Lanyan replied, Yaya watched her soaking in the bucket with her eyes closed, looking like an old god, she stopped talking and turned to help her choose clothes in front of the closet.

When the clothes were found, Du Lanyan had already washed and stood up and wrapped them in bathrobes.

Yaya chose an off-white dress, the color was not particularly bright, compared to the white satin, this color looked a little old, she changed it, and tied her hair into a simple bun, instinctively He wanted to find the mahogany hairpin and put it in, but he couldn't find it in the bag for a long time. He was about to ask Yaya if he didn't bring it, when he suddenly remembered that the hairpin had already been given to Lingyun.

Thinking of this, she felt a sense of loss in her heart. Looking at the black hair, she wanted to find a suitable hairpin, but found that apart from the peach wood hairpin that was the most suitable, nothing else was good.

If it's not good, I don't want it at all. Because of the light makeup, she is very light and plain, but it gives people a sense of tranquility, like a woman from the Jiangnan Water Village who has walked out of a painting. She is as gentle as water, but softer than water. There is a bit of toughness in this softness, which makes her look soft and strong.

"Let's go!" Seeing that there was nothing wrong with her, Du Lanyan said, after going out, she let Yaya stay in the room and went out by herself.

Going to the front hall, seeing Chu Zhao and Wei Jiayu in the hall, Du Lanyan greeted them, and then sat on a chair beside her.

"Oh, Princess Rui, all the concubines will be going to the palace banquet today, and everyone will be dressed beautifully by then, and you will be inferior to dressing like this!" Wei Jiayu held Chu Zhao's arm, Seeing Du Lanyan wearing this outfit, although she thought it looked good, the color of the clothes was too plain, and there was no jewelry on her head.

Hearing what she said, Du Lanyan smiled: "Women want to please themselves, they dress up because they care about the emperor, they have a lot of eyes, and they lie down. If they want to dress up, they must be in front of Prince Rui."

How could she steal the concubine's limelight? Isn't this just asking for trouble and attracting people's envy?

After hearing her words, Wei Jiayu secretly glanced at Chu Zhao embarrassingly. She understood the mood of a woman who pleases herself best. Before meeting Chu Zhao, she dressed casually and didn't think there was anything wrong with it. After getting Chu Zhao, no matter how beautifully she dressed, she always felt that it was not enough, and she was always afraid that Chu Zhao would not like it. At this time Du Lanyan said that, she thought about it, so she stopped talking.

At this time, Empress An came out, supported by Yinzhu, she was dressed up, wearing a palace dress specially customized for the empress, the makeup on her face was meticulously painted, and everywhere was exquisite, Empress An was also a famous big lady when she was young Beauty, although she is getting older now, and there are crow's feet around her eyes, she still has a charming charm, and there is still charm in her eyebrows and eyes. If such a woman is not married to an emperor's family, but to an ordinary man, she should be cared for for a lifetime Yes, but now, she has to rely on Fen Dai to make herself beautiful, hoping to win some favor from Wei Ze.

Seeing Empress An, Du Lanyan couldn't help feeling a little self-pity. She didn't know where and why this feeling came from, but she felt a little sadness surrounded her heart, making her look a little melancholy.

When the queen came out, Du Lanyan and the three stood up to salute, Empress An said lightly, and walked forward. After Queen An walked in front, the three of them raised their heels. Wei Jiayu used to have such a palace banquet. She often participated, but today when Chu Zhao was here, she told the queen that she could not go, so after going out, Chu Zhao and Wei Jiayu left, while Du Lanyan followed Queen An.

"Where's your maid?" After walking for a while, Empress An suddenly asked.

Du Lanyan trotted for two steps, went to Empress An's side, gave a blessing, and said: "Return to the empress, that girl is disobedient, and broke my concubine's hairpin today, so that I can only wear such a plain dress with black silk on her head." I went to attend such a grand palace banquet, but I was so angry that I punished her to kneel in the room."

As Du Lanyan spoke, there was still some anger in her tone.

"So the phrase 'women are those who please yourself' in the Caicai Palace just now is actually just an excuse for you to cover up your plain clothes?" Queen An asked lightly.

Du Lanyan immediately bowed her waist even deeper, and said with sincerity and fear: "I beg your empress to forgive me!"

"Let's go!" Empress An didn't mean to blame her. This woman is just a stupid woman who likes to compete for the limelight, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Yes." Du Lanyan exhaled heavily as if she had been pardoned. The sound of exhaling made Empress An frowned even more, and a trace of contempt and contempt floated in her eyes. Then, with the support of Yinzhu, she slowly moved toward go forward.

The corners of Du Lanyan's mouth raised slightly. In fact, that was not an excuse, but a fact. It was just that in front of Queen An, she needed to pretend to be a little stupid, so that she could let go of her guard. At the same time, she also needed a reason for Yaya to inquire about news and create opportunities. She knew that , Queen An will definitely send someone to watch Yaya, but Yaya is not a stupid person, even if someone watches, she can get out, so she is not worried, but slowly follows Queen An Go to Longxiang Hall.

Longxiang Palace is a bit far from Fengqi Palace. Originally, Empress An could take a walk, but for some reason, Empress An wanted to walk there today. Du Lanyan could only follow behind, looking around with her eyes while walking.

The road they walked was the one that Du Lanyan walked in the afternoon, but they didn't walk on the small road like Du Lanyan, they walked on the main road. Although it was a little far away from the small road, Du Lanyan still saw the red-painted wall, and it was still clear. Through the fence and saw the building inside.

Needless to say, the building is grand and magnificent. What caught her attention the most was a small tower inside. The tower was not very tall, with only three floors. There were bells hanging on the four corners of the top floor, which jingled when the wind blew.

The tower is a little farther away from the wall, and you can only see it if you stand a little farther away from the wall, so he didn't see the tower in the afternoon, and at that time she was all focused on studying Ju'er's earrings and handkerchief, thinking that even if the bell rang, She couldn't hear either.

Walking along the long road beside Queen An, she always walked along the wall. Du Lanyan felt that this direction was towards the main entrance of the red wall. She thought that she might pass by this palace in a while, and then she carefully Find out what this place is called, and ask Yaya to check to see if the owner here is the person behind the killing of Ju'er!

The most favored concubine in the palace is now Xia Xiang. Her Fangfei Pavilion is not so good, but she doesn't know who can live here. Just thinking in her heart, a few people walked to the entrance of the main hall. Du Lanyan Looking up, the three characters "Longxiang Temple" are flying and dancing, and under the illumination of the yellow lanterns, they look brilliant and majestic.

Du Lanyan stared blankly at the three large characters, and then froze in place. She never expected that this was Wei Ze's palace, nor did she expect that this was Longxiang Palace!

The appearance of Ju'er when she died suddenly appeared in her mind. A thigh was sawed off, and maggots were already rotting on it. What kind of torture did he suffer before his death? The place where she was tortured was likely to be the Longxiang Palace, and the person who tortured her was probably Wei Ze!
She has always known that Wei Ze is lustful, but she never thought that she is not only lustful, but also so cruel. If Ju'er was really tortured by Wei Ze, does it mean that Wei Ze has a tendency to sexual abuse?If this is the case, wouldn't it be dangerous for Xia Xiang to follow him?

Thinking of this, Du Lanyan became anxious, and hurried forward a few steps, then suddenly stopped, her reaction was too excited, Queen An is still here, she can't be so reckless, fortunately, just now she stood When she was in a daze in front of the gate, Empress An walked away from her with the support of Yinzhu, so she hurried up a few steps, but still stood behind Empress An, she took a deep breath, calmed down her emotions, He bowed his head and followed behind Queen An.

　I'm sorry, it's late today, please forgive me, three chapters will be combined into one chapter.

　　
　
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