daughter in power

Chapter 112
There was a dead person in the palace, and the empress could not suppress the news. Emperor Wuwei finally found out.

If you know it, you need to investigate it. It stands to reason that the Department of Internal Affairs should be responsible for the investigation.

Things in the backyard are really inappropriate to disturb Dali Temple.

But Emperor Wuwei heard about the tragic condition of the corpse, and felt that there was something strange about it, so he immediately sent Dali Temple to investigate.

Dali Temple intervened, the Department of Internal Affairs withdrew, and the empress also stopped.

When Qiqi returned to the imperial dining room, it happened that the eunuch came to invite someone.

She looked at the short inner eunuch coldly, and said indifferently, "Where are you going?"

This eunuch was the one who sent Qiqi to the plum garden. He blinked and said with a smile, "Since Miss Qiqi has asked, our family will never answer. Master Zeng, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, please go to the lakeside Looking at the corpse, it seems that I want to ask everyone."

Watching corpses by the lake?

Qiqi's eyes flashed, and she remembered Jing Baolin's appearance when she talked about Ling'er.

The inner prisoner hurriedly lowered his head: "Miss Qiqi doesn't want to see it, anyway, everyone knows that you will not be a murderer."

Of course she wasn't, but she really had nothing to do with it.

If she hadn't had a dispute with Jing Baolin, Ling'er would have been eager to protect her lord, so she definitely wouldn't have yelled.

If you don't yell, maybe you won't die quietly.

Her eyes turned cold: "Go and see what's wrong, if I don't go, others will think I'm guilty."

She glanced at the inner prisoner and strode away.

The inner eunuch hurriedly greeted the others in the imperial dining room, and followed her pace.

When we arrived at the lakeside, Mr. Zeng was already there.

There are also many people around the lake.

They are all the internal eunuchs of palaces and gardens.

Everyone's complexion is not good, no one is happy to be called by Mr. Zeng to see the corpse.

Jing Baolin is also there.

With her powerful maid, she stood far away by the lake, looking as if she was still in shock.

Qiqi walked over, but did not salute her.

The two stood side by side, staring blankly at Ling'er's body in the distance.

The corpse really stinks, and there is not a single piece of good meat on it.

Lying in a mess in the grass by the lake, attracting mosquitoes.

But that face happened to be very lively, even with light makeup on.

It feels so weird.

A Gong'e who has been missing for several months, her body is highly decomposed, but her face is as delicate as ever.

The inner eunuchs of Gong'e all had pale faces, fearing that they would be found by Ling'er's wronged soul.

There was constant whispering by the lakeside, all saying that Ling'er was haunted by her grievances and wanted to take her life.

For a while, everyone was a little uneasy.

Lord Zeng raised his voice and said: "All the palaces went up to check one by one in order, and carefully identified the corpse."

Everyone became more and more frightened, but he said calmly: "After seeing the corpse, please tell me in detail what Ling'er did the night she disappeared."

Everyone didn't dare to refuse, they went up one by one, looked at the corpses one by one, and explained clearly what happened that night.

There were guards taking notes, not letting go of any information.

These transcripts will be checked in the future, and no one dares to talk nonsense, for fear that they will slip up during the check and be suspected of being a murderer.

Qiqi didn't dare to talk nonsense, she just said that she was sleeping in the plum garden, and when she was hungry, she went to the imperial dining room to find something to eat.

I went to the imperial dining room to eat, and then returned to the plum garden.

Shuanger can testify to these things.

In the past, she and Jing Baolin did not get along, and everyone knew it.

Ling'er was missing, and she couldn't get along with her at all. Naturally, she was safe.

Shuang'er is now the princess to be married, who dares to confront her.

Qiqi passed the border safely, and no one questioned her.

Jing Baolin was not so lucky. Even though it was Baolin, he was asked a few words by the guards.

With a cold face, she only said that she slept in the palace that night and woke up in the middle of the night to drink water, but Ling'er had disappeared.

I dare not say a word of nonsense.

Mr. Zeng couldn't find out why, so he had no choice but to give up.

The lakeside is full of a group of eunuchs and eunuchs, only Jing Baolin is the master, and Dali Temple has treated her unfairly.

Unable to ask, he quickly bowed and let her go.

Ling'er was once her right hand, she definitely won't break her own arm, her suspicion is easy to remove.

She supported Gong'e and went away, Qiqi turned her head and saw the tall and thin inner eunuch arguing with Master Zeng.

This inner eunuch is not considered to be in power, and there are only a few people under him.

He was notoriously bad at treating the low-ranking inner eunuchs in the palace.

Few of the lower eunuchs and eunuchs in various palaces and gardens have not been angered by him.

Qiqi still remembers being kicked out of Huanhua Pavilion by him, kicking her on the calf and hitting her in the face.

At that time, for the sake of her parents, she endured everything.

But now Jiang Maoyou has long been exonerated and has become a court official.

She herself became the third-class female official in the imperial dining room, and she was evenly ranked with him.

Where does she need to be angry with him?
At this moment, the internal warden blushed and argued with Mr. Zeng, as if he couldn't explain clearly what happened that night.

This person loves to accept bribes and benefits, and he also bullies and tosses others along the way. It is actually easy to figure out where he is going.

Master Zeng asked him something, but no one helped him, they all looked at his jokes.

Everyone pushes the wall down, especially such an unsightly wall, who would not want to push it?
Even if you can't push it with your own hands, you will definitely not help it.

With a twinkle in her eyes, Qiqi walked up to Mr. Zeng and listened carefully to their conversation.

The conversation between the two was very simple, and the inner eunuch couldn't explain what they did that night at all.

For a while, he said sleeping in the house, and for a while he said he was doing errands with the servants.

But, what can I do in the middle of the night?

Master Zeng was young, with a face as calm as water, and said slowly: "If you still don't know where you are going, you can only go to Dali Temple with me."

Mr. Zeng invited him to Dali Temple, but there was absolutely no good fruit to eat.

The inner supervisor hurriedly turned his head, pointed at his subordinates, and scolded: "Hurry up and testify against our family!"

Several people lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

Qiqi curled her lips into a smile: "Zeng Shaoqing?"

Master Zeng turned his head and looked at Qiqi with cold eyes.

Qiqi bowed: "Jiang Qiqi, the third-class female officer of the Imperial Dining Room, has seen Zeng Shaoqing."

Mr. Zeng frowned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Miss Qiqi is polite."

Qiqi stood up, Master Zeng was already concerned: "Since the girl has nothing to do with the case, please go back first. This place is filthy, I'm afraid it will stain your mouth, nose and eyes."

This place is indeed filthy, the guards who came to investigate the case all wore masks, only Master Zeng had a bare face.

Qiqi shook her head, and said gently: "I was going to leave too, but I suddenly remembered when Master Zeng asked about the case. The night Ling'er disappeared, I seemed to see him."

She pointed back at the tall and thin inner eunuch, and said in a cold tone: "I went from Meiyuan to the imperial dining room to look for food. When I passed Shenzhu Lake, I seemed to see him going to the hairpin garden."

This is clearly a false accusation, how can the inner prison obey?

Hearing this, he immediately jumped three feet high, pointed at Qiqi fiercely and said: "You little bitch, why did our family offend you, you want to spit blood!"

Qiqi fearlessly looked at his mad appearance: "I'm just telling the truth. Back then, you were an official older than me. Although I saw you, I didn't dare to disturb you."

"You!" The inner eunuch shouted: "Our family... didn't see you at all that day. You are a real frame-up! Jiang Qiqi, our family has no grievances or enmity with you, how dare you frame our family!"

He almost jumped up and beat Qiqi.

Master Zeng stepped up, blocked Qiqi, said with a cold face, "Take it away."

The guards quickly stepped forward, escorted him from left to right, and dragged him out of the palace.

He refused to let her bully Master Zeng and Qiqi.

He was forced to leave, couldn't help but struggled to turn around, and screamed: "Jiang Qiqi, how dare you avenge yourself publicly, grandpa will not let you go, Dali Temple will return grandpa's innocence, you wait for grandpa... ..."

Of course he never went to Hairpin Garden to murder Ling'er.

Of course he believed in his innocence.

Of course he thinks that he can escape unscathed, so Qiqi is really asking for trouble by framing him.

But if Qiqi framed him, so what?

The heavy kick outside Huanhua Pavilion, as well as the pain from the dust whisk, are all vivid and clearly distinguishable.

Her face still seemed to be in hot pain at this moment.

Shouldn't those who insulted her be punished a little?

What a small punishment.

She lowered her head, as if she couldn't hear the inner prisoner's words.

Of course, it also seemed to be frightened.

When the rest of the palace people saw that the eunuch was taken away, they all secretly rejoiced.

Sensing everyone's joy, Mr. Zeng turned his head to comfort Qiqi and said, "Miss Qiqi, don't worry, even if this person didn't murder the deceased, he must have done other bad things. This officer will definitely investigate and deal with it, and the villain must be brought to justice." Law."

Qiqi nodded and remained silent.

But three or five days later, news came from Dali Temple.

The short inner eunuch couldn't stand the torture, so he bit his tongue and committed suicide.

After he died, he would never embarrass Qiqi again, let alone confront other low-ranking women in the palace.

Qiqi stood at the entrance of the imperial dining room, looked at the eunuch who announced the news, and said calmly: "Elder-in-law has worked hard, here is some money, you can buy some wine on weekdays."

Said, handed out a purse.

The inner warden stretched out his hands and shook his hands, and postponed, "Miss Qiqi has seen someone else, so our family came to report. That damned bastard is finally dead this time, it's good for everyone."

Although he refused the money, he was not willing to let go, and half pushed the purse half away.

Three or five days later, Dali Temple failed to find out the reason why Ling'er was murdered.

Zeng Shaoqing went into the palace again, arrested some inner eunuchs and went to Dali Temple for interrogation.

However, there is no luxuriant, let alone Jing Baolin.

After going back and forth like this for seven or eight days, seeing the weather gradually warming up, the murder and rotting corpse case that had been rumored in the palace was finally silent.

Ling'er's body was burned and buried.

On the third day of February, Princess Shuang'er got married.

Qiqi was ordered to go to Changhunhou's mansion to accompany her for marriage.

The meaning of accompanying marriage is actually equivalent to being a companion and talking to the bride.

The time was the second day of February, the first day Princess Shuang'er got married.

With Emperor Wuwei speaking, it was very easy for Qiqi to leave the palace, even escorted by the Imperial Forest Army himself.

When they arrived at Changhunhou's Mansion, the Imperial Forest Army returned collectively, Qiqi got out of the carriage, and followed Changhunhou to the inner garden of the Houfu.

Going all the way, bamboo forests are cultivated, and the scenery is beautiful.

The place where Shuang'er lives is very luxurious and expensive, as if compared to the princess's specifications.

Qiqi looked up: "Feiyuxuan."

Several servant girls stood guard at the door, and when they saw Qiqi, they hurriedly invited her in.

Qiqi entered the vertical flower gate, glanced over the exquisite courtyard, and smiled slightly.

Go up the steps, enter the main hall, turn around the screen, and Shuang'er is sitting in front of the window drawing flowers.

Seeing her warm face, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You are here, come and see me..."

(End of this chapter)