Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

Lian Xin immediately pulled Yu Shu up, and the two moved closer to the wall.There are rules in the palace. Loud noises inside and outside the imperial city are strictly prohibited, and it is even more strictly forbidden to chat casually between palace servants.Although they are not slaves, they are still of low status. At this moment, they hang their heads and draw back their bodies, just waiting to make way for the few people who are about to come. "For so many years, Imperial Physician Zhao has been taking care of Er Niang on her behalf. This king is very grateful." "The lord has broken the old minister. If it hadn't been for the help of the concubine, the old minister would have been unable to serve in the palace. Later, the old minister will prescribe some nourishing prescriptions. He wants to wait until the summer season is over. It won't be so hard, my lord, don't worry too much."

At this time, Yun Li had just visited Concubine Qin in Shoukang Palace, and came out with Zhao Bo'an, the imperial physician from the imperial pharmacy, and talked a few words, all centered on Concubine Qin's body.Everyone in the palace knew that the Seventeenth Prince was always filial and would come to the palace every month to pay his respects. Even after the two major events of offering sacrifices and offering sacrifices to Confucius, he didn't care about taking a break. Going around the side corner of the north palace wall, I happened to meet two beautiful girls in simple flag dresses.

Yun Li thanked Zhao Bo'an, and his indifferent gaze inadvertently passed over the two women who leaned back to one side, and then stopped their eyes, and then stopped their footsteps.He only stared at the girl in the light blue dress standing on the left side, slightly raised the corners of his lips, and unconsciously showed a faint smile on his face. "My lord, if there is nothing else, the old minister will leave first." Zhao Boan kept touching his chin, thinking about Concubine Qin's illness, so naturally he didn't notice the change in Yunli's expression.Seeing that he had already reached the imperial pharmacy, he bowed and said goodbye, and wanted to write down the prescription quickly.Yunli waved his hand at him, motioning him to leave.

Lian Xin lowered her head, only feeling a slightly warm gaze on her face, she couldn't help but clenched the corner of her skirt. Yun Li coughed lightly.At this time, Yu Shu saw this, quickly tugged on Lian Xin's sleeves, and bowed to him, "I will pay my respects to the Seventeenth Prince." Lian Xin was pulled back to her body, she was stepping on the flag shoes on the bottom of the flower pot, her center of gravity was unstable, she couldn't help but staggered, Yun Li quickly reached out to help her.A pure masculine breath rushed towards her face, Lian Xin retreated subconsciously, but avoided his hand.She supported Yushu to stand firm, and was about to lean back to leave, but heard a soft voice above her head, "You go back first. As for you... stay here, the king has something to say." Yun Li said After finishing, he coughed twice again in a disguised manner.

Yu Shu knew how to read facial expressions, and knew that there were always people talking in the palace, so he still had to do what he had to do to save face, so he quickly pulled back and said humbly: "Your servant obeys." Without looking back, he walked in the direction of Zhongcui Palace. When only Lian Xin and Yun Li were left on the side of the vermilion palace wall, Yun Li stared at the girl in front of him, and after a while said softly: "Come with me." Bypassing the Jingyang Palace, to the east is the Xuanqiong Palace, and people don't come here very often.And it happened to be noon at this time, and many concubines in the palace had to take a nap for half an hour, so even the cleaning maids hid in their own housing estates to escape the heat.

Yun Li pushed open the door of one of the halls. The layout inside was simple and clean. There were ice cubes in the gilded bronze stove, which were used for the emperor to enjoy the coolness when he visited temporarily. Lian Xin followed him all the way, not knowing where he was going.As he stepped into the palace gate, a cool and refreshing breath rushed to his face, instantly dispelling the heat outside. Yun Li is very familiar with this place, entered the door, walked to the cloud leg table in front of the east window, spread out the teacups on the table, first poured himself a cup of tea, then drank it with his head up, thinking he was thirsty It's tough.Then he poured her another glass and handed it straight over.The small teacup with fine porcelain powder foundation was handed to Lian Xin all the way, even his two fingers pinching the teacup almost touched her sandalwood lips.Lian Xin took a half step back in fright, but did not reach out to pick it up.

"Didn't the lord say that you have something to order? If there is nothing else... the maidservant will leave first..." After she finished speaking, she leaned back and wanted to leave. Yunli grabbed her wrist from behind, "I really need to find you." The housing estate is very bright, the sun shines in through the window lattice, reflecting a bright and dazzling halo on the ground. Lian Xin kept her back turned, remained silent, and lowered her head even lower.And he was standing behind her at this moment, a little close, she could even smell the unique scent of incense on his body, lingering faintly in her nose.

After a moment of silence like this, Yun Li held her hand, rubbed her fingertips on her wrist, "There is no one else here, you look up and look at me." Very soft and soft voice, with the warmth Breathing out in Lian Xin's ear, there was a tone of discussion and coaxing. Lian Xin's ears were hot, and her cheeks turned red.And after he finished speaking, he turned her body around and moved her gently, trapping her between himself and the table.The pure and masculine air that only belonged to men enveloped his whole body at once, Lian Xin remembered to struggle, and exerted a little force on his hands, but he couldn't get rid of his shackles no matter what.But when he stepped back, his body was already clinging to the table, so that when the two were arguing, the two got closer.

"Let go of me..." Lian Xin's voice was extremely low, her breath was a little panting, and she was both ashamed and annoyed. Yunli watched her at a loss with a smile, and clamped her elbow with his arms, the strength was very light, but with an irresistible momentum, "Then you have to say something to me again." "Say... what?" Lian Xin bit her lip, while holding the corner of her skirt with her other hand. "Say whatever you want. For example, you have been unable to come out of the palace, and I can't even see you..." Yunli half-bent down, deliberately looking for her eyes, and the handsome cheeks that were getting closer and closer forced her to hesitate. Not meeting his eyes, "For another example, I was sick a while ago and couldn't enter the palace, and I couldn't even get your care."

The black eyes are shining, like a bright starlight jumping.There was a faint smile on Yun Li's face, Lian Xin only looked at him, then quickly looked away, "Didn't the prince just enter the palace..." When I saw him from a distance in the corridor outside Zhongcui Palace that day, his body was very healthy, not to mention sick.On the contrary, as a girl to be drafted, she can only hang around Zhongcui Palace and Xiuge all day long, and she has to report to several directors when she wants to come out for a walk.Where is he like him, he can see whoever he wants... Yun Li suddenly bowed his head, and lightly brushed her hairline with the tip of his straight nose, but his eyes became brighter, "Aside from today, when did I enter the palace this month?"

"Isn't it the day when it rained last time, with Miss Jiajia?" She blurted out hastily, but didn't notice the compelling smile in his eyes.When Lian Xin realized it, she suddenly felt ashamed - she just saw him sharing an umbrella with Niuhulu Jiajia, so she showed her concern on her face like this, it was really petty.And Yushu's words are correct, Jiajia and him have known each other for many years, and it is reasonable to just talk together.She is not an ignorant person, but despite the truth, there is always a strange emotion stuck in her heart. Lian Xin bit her lip, feeling so ashamed, so she pushed him hard.Yun Li did not allow her to leave his side, and embraced her in his arms, "I entered the palace that day only for the sake of the teacher..." His body was very hard, and the hand around her waist was firm and powerful, so that the tortoise shell inlaid on the clothes hurt her a little.The intimacy of skin-to-skin contact through the cloth is slowly spreading between each other, the scent from the man's body fills the nose more and more intensely, Lian Xin's cheeks are flushed, and she can't help feeling dizzy. "The teacher has great kindness to me and Er Niang. This time, the teacher was thrown into the sky prison, and Er Niang was very worried. I ran for half a month, waiting for things to turn around. I went to Jiajia that day to ask some teachers. The government affairs that have been done." Although it is a daughter's family, Jiajia has studied official politics with her father since she was a child.Some major cases in Shangshu Province, as long as they have been brought home, must have been sorted out and corrected by Jiajia.If it is about the secret affairs of the government office, no one knows better than her. Lian Xin put her hands on his chest and murmured: "Actually, you don't need to explain to me..." He was half a head taller than her, and when he bent his face down, his lips just brushed against her earlobes.The corners of his lips were slightly raised, and he pressed a kiss on her bright red cheek, with a smile in his eyes, "But I'm very happy." On weekdays, he is dignified and quiet, and when he seldom gets angry, especially when it comes to such things.But she was not only angry, but also annoyed and blamed him.He asked himself that he was never a person who was willing to explain to a girl, but he just wanted to tell her, he was afraid that he would offend the beauty by not explaining clearly, so how could he not explain? Lian Xin's shame and annoyance were washed away by this kiss, and she was gently hugged in his arms like a treasure. She immediately lost her temper and could not help but secretly hate herself for being useless.As if he knew her thoughts, he rested his chin on the top of her head, blowing Wusi with his warm breath, "Since you gave me that bead outside your house before entering the palace, my whole heart is you It's..." Lian Xin raised her eyes in a daze, and looked at him uncertainly, but she saw her own reflection in those clear pupils. The wind dissipated the fragrance of the flowers, and the gentle sunlight shone on the two of them, casting the embracing figure onto the ground for a long, long time.The fragrance of flowers in the garden is quiet, even the warblers on the trees are quiet, and the room is quiet. When Lian Xin returned to Zhongcui Palace, Feng Xiuchun had already sent people to urge her several times.Yu Shu dawdled in the room on purpose, only telling the servant that something was rubbed on her hair and she couldn't wash it off, and she was trying to tease her.When Lian Xin stepped through the threshold, Yu Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly dragged her to Changyin Pavilion. "Maybe there's a play going on over there, Aunt Xiuchun must be scolding in a hurry right now!" The palace has recruited a new opera troupe, which is very famous in the capital.To be able to enter the palace, it is natural that the recommendation of the people inside is indispensable.Just because Concubine Qin's birthday will be held in a few days, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will start to arrange it a whole month in advance, and even the theater troupe has to be invited early.First he went through the motions in Changyin Pavilion, and when it was the right day, he ran into the master in a hurry. Of course, you can’t bother the concubines to watch a scene like this, and the eunuchs and slaves in the palace perform their own duties, and they can’t leave their duties without authorization. The concubines simply summoned the girls who were waiting for the draft in Zhongcui Palace to watch. On the one hand, it shows the greatness of the emperor's grace, and on the other hand, it also serves as a personal field. When Yu Shu and Lian Xin came to Changyin Pavilion, the verandahs on both sides were full of people, Feng Xiuchun ordered the servants to count the number of people one by one, when he saw them, he gave them a hard look, and waved them to sit down quickly. Yu Shu stuck out her tongue, and pulled Lian Xin to sit in the back row.Going to the scenes is boring. When I was at home, Ama was fascinated by Liyuan and always took her to listen to the operas. Now the performances are all old plays. I have watched them more than ten times, and I can memorize the words of the plays. . Lian Xin sat quietly on the open chair, her mind was not on the stage, her eyelashes were slightly drooping, and there was a sweet smile on her face. Yu Shu grabbed the chestnuts on the table and ate them, and just after taking a sip of tea, he saw her childish expression, and not only smiled, he punched her elbow, "Look at you, your mouth almost reaches the ears, But have you untied your knot?" Only when the two of them are alone, they will not hide their words.In a situation like this where people talk a lot, even Yu Shu, who is impatient, is very careful not to mention anyone easily.Lian Xin knew what she was talking about, she curled her lips, but smiled without saying a word. "You, you, I told you that it was just a misunderstanding, and you just wanted to think about it. But you wronged a good person." Yu Shu nodded Lian Xin's forehead, and laughed while eating.Suddenly remembered something, leaned closer to her, and said in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them, "I have seen it, when the Seventeenth Prince looked at you, his eyes were so gentle that he could be drunk to death!" It happened that "The Female Consort" was being performed on the stage, and all the women present watched it with gusto and applauded repeatedly.Lian Xin was slightly embarrassed, and stretched out her hand to push her reproachfully. Sophora japonica flowers in August are still fragrant, and September has come in a blink of an eye. There are clusters of autumn chrysanthemums planted in Miyagi, with various varieties and colors, single petals, double petals, flat catkins, curly catkins, straight ones and drooping ones, all of which are numerous and complex.The chrysanthemums all over the city stretch out, decorating the majestic and magnificent Forbidden City in gold and jade. Lian Xin collected the first new leaves of the newly bloomed chrysanthemums, took out the white dew that had been sealed for half a month, and mixed them to prepare Koudan.After being sent to Xianfu Palace, Concubine Yun was very satisfied. Although she lived in the palace for a long time, she had never seen such a novel and fragrant ornament—it was more pleasing to the eyes than the juice of impatiens when applied on well-maintained nails. Drops are more mellow than honey ointment, and the thick or light patterns outlined are like a smudge of plum ink, magnificent and fragrant. In this way, no matter where Wu Yingyun went, he always stretched out a pair of soft clothes first, and the concubines in other palaces were all envious and amazed.Wu Yingyun was even more satisfied, and specially rewarded a lot of satin and jewelry, and sent them to Zhongcui Palace with great fanfare, and made it clear to everyone that Yushu and Lianxin are her people, and no matter whether they can pass the reading in the future, they can stay in the palace. In Xianfu Palace, even if it is a female official. This is naturally a great honor for a girl who is new to the palace.Among the other beautiful girls, there are noble ones, so naturally they look down on them; the other ones who are born under the Five Banners are very envious, and secretly hate how they didn't learn the same ability to please people before entering the palace. However, such a prosperous scene came to an abrupt end on the third day——"Miss Yun's hand has an accident!" In the gorgeous bedroom of Xianfu Palace, the crystal curtains hang down, swaying the dark fragrance and shadows in the room.Wu Yingyun sat on the beauty's couch with a blank face, even if a servant served freshly stewed pear blossom snow stuffed meatballs, she couldn't make her smile.Impatiently, she stretched out her hand and pushed, and pushed the serving servants and the stew pot on the tray to the ground. The stew pot slammed down, and the steaming soup inside spilled on the red carpet.Wu Yingyun stared at the sticky lump, feeling even more upset.At this moment, Yu Shu and Lian Xin were brought in. The so-called good things do not go out, bad things spread thousands of miles.A while ago, Wu Yingyun's hands were swaying tightly, but since her hands started to grow red spots yesterday, rumors spread quickly in the palace, saying that she was greedy for beauty and self-defeating, and her novelty and delicate nails became a laughing stock.As a result, the respect room put aside her name tag, fearing that her hands would infect the Holy Majesty. When the two of them were escorted into the gate of the palace, Wu Yingyun was angrily sweeping all the teacups on the table on the ground, and when the tile touched the back of her hand, she grinned again in pain.Lian Xin and Yu Shu were startled when they saw this, they knelt on the red carpet in the center of the hall silently. "You guys really dare!" Wu Yingyun turned around and slammed the brocade box in her hand, right in front of Lian Xin and Yu Shu. Lian Xin recognized that it was the Koudan box she had given a few days ago—it contained a bright red powder cake, if it was crushed a little and melted into the honey cream, it could be applied on the nails, and the color would not fade for half a month. "You guys are really brave. It was a waste of Bengong trusting you so much and pampering you so much, to poison Kodan and make Bengong's hands look like this!" After Wu Yingyun said, she stretched out her hand towards them.The skin that was originally white and creamy has become extremely wrinkled due to allergies, and black and red plaques are scattered all over the back of the hands, like small open mouths, which is very scary.The nails were all black, and there were obvious signs of festering and falling off. Lian Xin and Yu Shu were so frightened that their faces changed, and they kowtowed repeatedly, "Your Majesty, the servants are wronged!" "Injustice? I think you did it on purpose," Wu Yingyun pointed at Lian Xin angrily, "I know that last time I asked you to deal with Li Qingwan, you were unwilling, and you were even more unwilling to let the little princess lose her mother. But I know Your wish has also been fulfilled, didn't you release this lowly servant girl? How dare you wait for an opportunity to take revenge and poison my hands!" At this moment, Yu Shu was so frightened that his three souls disappeared and his seven souls disappeared. He didn't understand what Wu Yingyun said, but he vaguely knew how dangerous Lian Xin had made a deal with Xianfu Palace in order to save himself. Can't help red eyes. Lian Xin knelt on the ground, but kowtowed again, "Your Majesty, every petal used in the Kodan prepared by the servants was carefully picked by the servants, and the honey ointment and incense powder were sent by the servants of the Xianfu Palace ordered by the Empress. In the hands of slaves, there will be absolutely no problem with the material." "Yes, ma'am, after the delivery, the servants were afraid of problems, so they specially used it on their own hands, and it was all good!" Yushu stretched out her hand in a hurry, it was a little rough, but she didn't have any allergic symptoms. Wu Yingyun was in a fit of anger, but she couldn't hear their explanation, so she waved her hand impatiently, signaling the servants to drag them down. Yushu panicked and kowtowed again and again.The moment Lian Xin was pulled up, she suddenly said loudly: "Does Empress Yun really want to be kept in the dark? Someone is using the hands of slaves to compromise your well-being!" The parrot on the copper frame fluttered its wings, and a few feathers floated down, which were black tail feathers.Wu Yingyun kept staring at the feather falling to the ground, then turned to look at Lian Xin uncertainly, "What did you say?" "Your Majesty, that Kodan was indeed made by a servant, but according to your knowledge, you should have already figured out that the person who poisoned you was not a servant or the like." Lian Xin raised her eyes seriously, and looked directly at the noble woman standing in front of her. When Kou Dan had a problem, she and Yu Shu were the first to bear the brunt, but would anyone be so stupid as to take their own life to frame others?Don't say that she is not related to Wanbi and the little princess, even if she wants to take revenge, she can't get herself involved, it's obvious that someone tampered with them when they were preparing Kou Dan. Thinking of this, Lian Xin picked up the brocade box on the ground.The box carved with red lacquer has three layers inside. When you open the first layer, it is the condensed fragrance powder cake made by her. ; The third layer is snow and ice white, which is specially used to maintain nails. Lian Xin stretched out her hand and smeared a little on the back of her hand. Seeing this, Yu Shu hurriedly stopped her.Wu Yingyun saw it, and snorted coldly, his heart is really poisonous, otherwise how could this Yushu stop him?Could it be that she held a grudge against herself, that... "Your Majesty, the taste of Kou Dan is not right." Lian Xin raised her eyes at this moment, interrupting Wu Yingyun's thoughts. Handing the brocade box to the servant who came forward, Lian Xin said very clearly: "If it is a Kodan incense product, the longer it is stored after it is made, the stronger the fragrance will be. However, it is only three days. The smell of the powder cake in this box has been washed away. Although the servant girl dare not say that she is proficient in this kind of daughter thing, she is somewhat familiar with it. I still remember reading a book before, to make the smell of Kodan less, There is only one kind of thing—the heart-broken grass.” Seeing that Yunpin's hands were swollen and rotten like this, the symptoms really seemed to be accidentally infected with the poison of the heart-broken grass. Wu Yingyun obviously figured out what was going on, and slammed the table, and the few remaining teacups on it were also thrown to the ground, smashing the tiles all over the floor, "I have always been cautious, everyone in the hall Someone is staring at everything. Unexpectedly, someone with a heart took advantage of it. Come on, give me a ride!" As soon as the voice fell, a servant immediately stepped forward, "Here, go to Zhongcui Palace, I will fall Let's see who is so desperate!" A group of people from Xianfu Palace walked towards Zhongcui Palace in a mighty way, with Yu Shu and Lian Xin following behind.Feng Xiuchun didn't get the news in advance, so there were no palace people waiting at the gate of the courtyard. After the following palace maids and mothers stood in the courtyard, Feng Xiuchun ran out to pick him up, "I don't know Concubine Yun When the empress arrives, the servants are far away to welcome her." "Okay, I'm here today to catch the murderer who poisoned me, you hurry up and lead the way, I want to search the house!" Wu Yingyun waved her hand, and without waiting for Feng Xiuchun to answer, she signaled the palace people behind her to come up forward. These are the extra servants and mothers, who are usually raised in the hall and are only responsible for taking care of the little princess's daily life.Wu Yingyun didn't dare to do anything to the little princess, so she only went to find trouble with these palace servants who were in charge of serving her every now and then.The servants were full of fire and had nowhere to vent their anger, and today they just vented in the room of these girls who are waiting for the draft. The chairs were overturned, all the quilts on the bed were dragged to the ground, and the bottles and jars on the table were also broken - who knows which porcelain bottle the poison is hidden in?The servants smashed everything that should be smashed, and the nuns rummaged through boxes and cabinets fiercely.The beautiful girls in the East and West Wings all stood outside the door, watching with trepidation, no one dared to step forward to stop them. Wu Yingyun didn't sit down either, just stood in the courtyard and waited.About half a quarter of an hour later, a servant came out of a house in the west wing with a small porcelain bottle, "Look, Madam, I found this under the pillow of Miss Yushu!" There is also a fine sandpaper with the words "broken grass" written on it. Wu Yingyun raised his head, gritted his teeth and stared at Yu Shu, "It really is you, a bitch, last time I let you enter the North Fifth Institute, it was really cheap for you, why didn't I send you to Ninggu Pagoda to deal with those tuberculosis patients?" Ghosts as companions! Come on, let me drag you down, and hit 50 boards first!" Yu Shu was shocked, only heard Wu Yingyun mention the last time, he couldn't help feeling angry, and shouted: "You were the one who wronged me last time, this time, it's just retribution. Who made your heart hurt?" Vicious, always trying to frame others!" Wu Yingyun was so angry that she took the bottle in her hand and threw it at Yushu's face. This time, with all her strength, the bottle just hit Yushu's forehead, and blood flowed immediately. "My lady, this matter has nothing to do with Yushu, please look into it clearly." Seeing Yushu being taken away, Lian Xin plopped down on her knees in front of Wu Yingyun, kowtowing repeatedly. "I came here only after listening to your words. Now that the stolen goods have been stolen, what else do you have to argue for her?" Lian Xin panted slightly because of her impatience, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, Yu Shu and this servant are like sisters, she will never use the hand of this servant to harm Your Majesty, there must be someone else in this matter!" "Sister Love..." Wu Yingyun suddenly laughed when she heard these four words, "What can I tell you about you? The facts are in front of you, but you still maintain a lucky heart, Niu Hulu Lian Xin, are you really so innocent, or are you playing with me? Is there sisterhood in the palace?" Lian Xin kowtowed again, "Your Majesty, I really feel that something is wrong with this servant. Because there are more than a dozen kinds of materials needed for Kodan, and many of them were sealed up beforehand. During this period, the servant waited irregularly. Then I would go to the Xiu Pavilion to receive instruction, and I also listened to the opera in the Changyin Pavilion, which was delayed for a long time. When the servants are not waiting in the house, it is unpredictable whether anyone will come in, and who will come in..." She didn't finish her words, but she already clarified the arguments. Why is it such a coincidence that when a group of people came to search, this bottle of heartbroken grass poison happened to appear under Yushu's pillow-presumably they were taken away by the slaves in the Xianfu Palace, and the caring person came behind Frame the blame. Wu Yingyun stared sullenly at the girl kneeling on the ground, and said in a low voice, "What you say is unsubstantiated, prove it to me!" Even though the housing estate was as clean and orderly as usual, there was not a single thing left behind by outsiders, not to mention that the maids and nuns had rummaged through it, and even if there were any traces, they were destroyed.Lian Xin stood at the door, frowning deeply facing the mess in the room, but only for a moment, she suddenly stepped in and walked straight to the red carpet in front of the table - the lattice frame was on the side of the table, and the The brocade box where the incense is placed is placed on the third floor of the lattice frame. The table is not far from Yushu's bed, and the three places just form a corner.Even though the searchers searched everywhere, they didn't waste time in front of the flat stone table that could see everything at a glance. Lian Xin bent down, and gently lifted the carpet in front of the table, revealing several footprints on the back of the carpet. "This..." Wu Yingyun looked at the footprints on the carpet, puzzled. "Your Majesty, when servants and servants usually pluck flower petals and make incense powder, they always spill a lot of powder. The previous ones have been cleaned up in time, but yesterday when the finishing process was done, the spilled ones have not had time to clean up. These spilled powders are passed through The carpet will seep into the ground, and as long as someone steps on it, it will easily leave footprints... Madam, look, these footprints belong to three people, except for the servants and maidservants, the third person should be the one who stole the heartbroken grass bottle in Yushu The person under the pillow is also the person who poisoned him." She thought she was doing it perfectly, but in fact it was completely secret. Originally, if there was no act of framing, according to the rule of cleaning every two days in the housing estate, it would be impossible to find out if it was just poisoned, but that person had to do 100% of it, and it turned out to be smart Instead of being misunderstood by cleverness. "But it's also possible that some show girl came to one of you and accidentally left behind..." Lian Xin nodded, "Your Majesty is right. But before the people who searched just now entered the house, the gate of the house was locked. If there are other beautiful girls who come to look for slaves, they can still go in when they see that there is no one in the house. Stopping at the same time as the outside, it would not be for ordinary people." After Lian Xin said, she lifted the carpet on the side of her bed near the screen in the inner room, and there were footprints on it that were exactly the same as on the previous carpet. Wu Yingyun suddenly fell into deep thought. "It seems that the person the empress is looking for is not only vicious, but also extremely cunning. I don't want such a black sheep to appear in Zhongcui Palace, so I let the servants supervise the young masters to take off the shoes for comparison, so that I can give them to the empress as soon as possible. Share your worries." Feng Xiuchun didn't know who Wu Yingyun wanted to find or what grievances she had, but seeing the grandeur of the Xianfu Palace and hearing Lian Xin's shocking and admirable inferences, she felt that she had to let things go , so she asked her to do the comparison. Wu Yingyun nodded, indicating that she would handle everything, and then Feng Xiuchun ordered the servants to gather everyone in the yard, "Your young masters are all golden branches and jade leaves, but the servants want to catch treacherous people for the empress Yun, so I am wronging you for the time being." My lord." Feng Xiuchun's words were submissive, but his demeanor was undeniably tough.As soon as she waved her hand, the servant girl beside her came forward with a blank face, two people from left to right, two people from right to left, and waited for the girls to take off their shoes one by one, and then verified the footprints. Xu Jia Xixiang stood in the middle, her face as calm as water.She is an aristocrat from Shangsanqi, how could she do such an indecent thing like taking off her shoes in public?He has never been suspected, even to the point where he needs to prove his innocence. "Hey, isn't that Auntie Xiuchun's cat..." Standing beside Xixiang was one of the showgirls who always fawned over her.Xi Xiang hugged her shoulders and leisurely pointed to a swing frame to the west, where a tabby cat basked in the sun.Xi Xiang whispered slowly, "In the morning, that old woman asked you to feed the cat, did you feed it?" The show girl tilted her head and thought for a while, then asked in confusion, "Did she ever say that?" "I knew you would forget. What else can you remember in your head besides eating? Hurry up and bring it here. After the footprints are checked, you will take it away immediately. The old woman can't see it." Naturally, I can’t remember it, and if I can save time, we will be punished with you!” The show girl was a little hesitant, at the moment everyone was standing here, but it seemed that it was not good for her to leave by herself.But she didn't dare to offend Xixiang, so she nodded and bent over to coax the kitten behind.She stood in the middle of the second row, blocked by people in front, back, left, and right, so a series of actions were not seen by others.When she tiptoed back with the cat in her arms, the servant just happened to check the footprints with two rugs. "Fortunately, Miss Xixiang reminded me, otherwise I will be scolded again!" The beautiful girl wiped the sweat from her forehead and muttered softly. Xi Xiang glanced at her sideways, with an inscrutable smile on his face. "Master Xixiang, please come out and let the servant take off your shoes for you." At this time, the maidservant of Zhongcui Palace came to Xixiang with a carpet, and on the two powder-stained carpets, there was a trace of footprints, not very big, just in the shape of a girl's flat embroidered shoes.If you change to flag shoes with flowerpot bottoms and square heels, it will be extremely difficult to find out whose footprints it is. Supported by a servant girl, Xi Xiang leaned back slightly, raised her chin slightly, and solemnly raised her calf, while another servant girl bent down to take off her shoes.At this moment, she staggered suddenly, but accidentally bumped into Xiu Nu beside her. "Ah..." Xixiang tilted her head and almost fell, but fortunately she was supported by the servants on both sides.But Xiu Nu who was standing on her left was not so lucky. She was pushed so suddenly that she fell out of the way. With a meow, a half-sized tabby cat jumped out of the show girl's arms, frightened, and jumped out with its tail between its legs.The women present were all taken aback, a few wrong steps in a panic stepped on the footprints on the carpet - when a servant girl went to report to Wu Yingyun, the evidence on the red carpet could no longer be distinguished . "Your Majesty, this servant did not do it on purpose, please forgive me, Your Majesty!" Wu Yingyun squinted her gaze, staring at this beautiful girl with an unfathomable face. She looked pretty, but if there was anything special about it, she couldn't see anything memorable about it. Did she use a trick to poison herself? "Now that things are up to now, I don't want to spend too much time talking with you. If you want to suffer less physical pain, I advise you to do it honestly." Great courage... Wu Yingyun's eyes narrowed dangerously, and a hint of predation flashed in his eyes.