Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 32 The rain is coming (3)

The folding fan made of agarwood, the pearl with the size of a cat's eye, Qingru wrote it down carefully and said: "Sister, please feel wronged first, stay here for a while, I will try to find out the truth, and give you your innocence in front of the emperor!"

Rixi wiped the tears that were pouring out and nodded: "Yeah! But sister, you must hurry up, it's really scary here, it's pitch black, like you want to eat people, I'll go crazy if I stay any longer, sister !"

Qingru nodded, and wanted to remind her a few more words, Zhou Guanghai was already urging her outside the door, in desperation, she had no choice but to say goodbye to Rixi and hurried out, seeing Zhou Guanghai had to do something again, telling him not to wait It's too late, although she is suspected now, she is still the emperor's concubine anyway, so don't treat her badly.

After leaving the Department of Punishment, Qingru did not go back to the palace directly, nor did she go to the Palace of Compassion, but went to the Changyin Pavilion. She knew that only where things happened could she find something really useful. There must be clues left, not to mention the folding fan left there, she must get it as soon as possible to avoid being caught first.

The queen mother will definitely ask for it, but that is after she finds useful clues that are enough to prove that Rixi has been wronged, otherwise she will go to the queen mother rashly, I'm afraid she may not be able to stand up for Rixi.

At this time, Changyin Pavilion was silent, and there was no one on the stage or in the stands. Above the stands was a row of neatly connected rooms. She didn't let Mianxiu accompany her in, but walked up the stairs alone. Circling up.

She randomly found a room and walked in. After going through the heavy crimson gauze, she finally found the room where the accident happened. The pool of dried blood on the ground is the best proof.But the strange thing is that even though she searched the whole room, she didn't see the agarwood folding fan in Rixi's mouth. Could it be that someone took it away first?

Who could it be?The situation was so chaotic at that time, who would have the mind to pay attention to an inconspicuous fan, even if they saw it, they might not have the leisure to pick it up, unless...unless...a very bad thought flashed in Qingru's mind , this may make her heart sink all of a sudden.

Unless the mastermind who planned the whole thing is here, she arranged it. She knew what she would see when she opened the door early in the morning, so she just pretended to be panicked when she came in. In fact, she didn't care at all in her heart. Instead, she had a purpose Searching the house to see if there was any omission or negligence, when she found the folding fan left on the ground, she immediately put it away quietly while no one was looking.

If this is the case, then the clues that were finally found will be broken, damn it!But now Qingru has no choice but to be annoyed, so she can only continue to search in the house, hoping to find something more.

At this moment, the gauze hanging on the left side was suddenly pulled away by someone, Qingru looked back in surprise, and was quite surprised, "Hey!" Ru also looked surprised, neither of them expected to see each other here, after being surprised, they immediately understood the reason why the other appeared here, because they both came for the same purpose.

The two looked at each other and smiled, Qingru said first: "Sister, have you ever asked the imperial concubine, what did she say?"

Shui Yin pulled the silk and said slowly: "I have tried my best to ask for it, but the imperial concubine said that the emperor has always hated people cheating on him, let alone framing the emperor's heir. Otherwise, no one will be able to help her, but she has already agreed to ask the emperor for a few more days in front of the emperor, so that we have time to find some useful people and things to prove our innocence!"

She was a little hesitant when she said this, she seemed to have something to say but couldn't say it, she saw it clearly and said: "Sister, if you have something to say, you can just say it, we are the only two sisters here!"

Shui Yin gritted her teeth and asked, "Ru'er, didn't Ri Xi really do this?"

"Sister, why do you even suspect that Rixi is coming, alas!" Qingru stomped her feet and said angrily: "Rixi has been with us for the past few years, don't you know what she is like, how could she do such a thing , if Rixi knows this, how sad it will be!" In order to clear up Shuiyin's doubts, she relayed what she had talked with Rixi in the prison, Qing Ru, although angry Shuiyin didn't believe Rixi, but I also know that this is human nature, so I can't blame anything.

After being told by Qing Ruyi, Shui Yin's face was a little red, she really shouldn't have doubts, the doubts disappeared, and she suddenly became worried again: "How can we convince the emperor that Ri Xi is innocent?"

Qingru shook her head dejectedly, without any convincing evidence, everything was empty talk, Fulin's paranoid and arrogant temperament, there is no reason why she did not understand, if not, he and she would not miss it due to misunderstanding , she will not be reduced to today's field.

Qingru breathed a sigh of relief and changed the topic to another place: "Sister, didn't Yueling say that you went to beg Concubine Tong, and how did she answer you?"

Shui Yin said: "It's strange to say that I always suspected that Concubine Tong had no kindness towards Rixi, but this time she said the same thing as you, she told me to ask the imperial concubine, and said that if the emperor sent her If she comes to try this case, she will definitely find a way to make Rixi guilty. In addition, she also said that Shu Changzai, in the final analysis, is just a maid. The palace lady, even if she wears the feathers of a colorful phoenix, it's the same. Rixi is a descendant of a famous family and comes from a noble family. How could the emperor punish her for the child of a palace lady?

"Concubine Tong was very serious when she said these words, she didn't seem to be duplicity. Ru'er, you are more thoughtful than me. In your opinion, what does she mean by saying this? Is it to win our trust? ?” Shui Yin has not been in the palace for a long time, so she doesn’t know enough about Concubine Tong’s personality, so she has always been afraid to believe her words.

"I don't know if what she said is true, but I know one thing very well. If the crime of Rixi is confirmed, even if the emperor does not punish her severely, it is impossible for Rixi to return to the previous favor. The emperor respects her." She has always had a grievance in her heart. It is more useful to seek forgiveness than to ask for mercy!" Qingru's hand slowly swept across the gauze blown by the wind, her gaze was as deep as a pool.

"By the way, Elder Sister Yin, did you see a folding fan here when you first came here, and there was a cat's eye-sized pearl hanging on the fan pendant?"

"Fan?" Shui Yin was a little confused when he heard it, and recalled for a while: "When the accident happened, I didn't pay attention to it when I came in, but I checked every corner of the room when I came in just now, and I didn't see anything. Fan, what's the matter, is this related to Rixi?"

Only then did Qing Ru realize that she forgot to mention this matter when she said it just now, and when she finished adding the rest, Shui Yin came to understand and waved her hand and said, "Forget it, someone must have taken the fan away. I don’t know where to look for it, so let’s look around and hope to find something useful.”

Qingru nodded helplessly, this is the only way for now, the two searched separately, in fact, they had searched this room several times before, and now they searched again, naturally they couldn't find anything, and Shui Yin couldn't help feeling a little bit Discouraged, when she passed by a lit candlestick, she suddenly smelled a strange smell. She couldn't hold back for a while, snorted, rubbed her sore nose with a handkerchief, turned around and left, and then walked away after a few steps. Backed off.

No, this doesn't seem to be the smell produced by the normal burning of candles. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but move in her heart, covered her mouth and nose, and leaned in front of the candlestick to take a closer look. This attention really made her discover something unusual.Immediately called Qingru to look at it together, and saw some light yellow dust scattered on the candlestick with candle oil, the strange smell just now was caused by the hot candle oil dripping on the powder.

Shui Yin rubbed some powder between her fingers, searched all the places in her memory, but couldn't think of what it could be, her face was filled with disappointment, and she rushed to the same frowning Qing Such as: "Sister, do you recognize this thing?"

"I don't know!" Qingru shook her head regretfully. Although she didn't know each other, her intuition told her that these powders must have something to say, so she carefully scraped off the powders with her fingernails and picked them up with a brocade handkerchief. If there is something, there will always be someone who knows it.

After putting away the veil, and checking the room without any omissions, they retreated together with Shuiyin. As soon as they went out, Shuiyin's maid, Zhilan, came up and reported that the palace had just sent someone to report that the emperor announced that he was going to do it. Qing Palace questioned.

(End of this chapter)