The back garden of Qiu Liao Palace is not very big. There is only a pond and a forest. You can't see anything in the dark. The chamberlain Jia didn't search the forest at all. He knew in his heart that Qi Zhong and the others might have turned over this small forest.

Up to the sky.

"Are you sure you have searched for this garden?" Qi Zhong looked very sad in response to the question from the chamberlain Jia: "You have searched, master. I have searched everywhere and only have to dig three feet into the ground."

The chamberlain Jia pointed to the pond: "What about in the water?"

Qi Zhong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Master, you mean---Hi!!" He patted his thigh and immediately turned around and said: "You guys, take off your clothes, go into the water and touch it, see.

See if anyone is in the water?"

Several guards who were good at swimming took off their clothes and went into the water. They waded and dived again and again. After struggling for a long time, they found nothing except catching some water plants. The chamberlain Jia was puzzled: "There is nothing in the water. Could it be that there is something wrong with that?

Did the wings fly away?"

He turned to Qi Zhong and asked: "Is there any other place in the back garden that we haven't searched yet?"

Qi Zhong tilted his head and thought for a long time: "I heard that there is another well in the west. Because the water is a bit salty, few people go there to draw water. Oh, I understand, master!"

When the chamberlain Jia saw the well, her heart went cold. She felt that her inference might be wrong. Because the well was so small that a petite palace maid could barely jump in. But what if a chamberlain like Shu Diao -

-----It is quite difficult to stuff the body in. But the matter is at this point, let’s become a living horse doctor!

Looking down from the narrow mouth of the well, I could only see a bottomless black still water, and nothing could be seen. I put down the well rope and scooped it up with the windlass for a long time, but found nothing except the well water. The chamberlain Jia finally relieved himself, but

But he still refused to give in: "Send someone to guard the back garden. If there is any movement, come and report to me quickly."

The queen's funeral was held in the main hall. The palace has been extremely quiet these days. From the quiet row house at the back, there were faint screams and lamentations. Following the direction of the wind, some faintly could be heard outside.

The Philodendron is in the center.

Dong'er stretched his neck and looked out the window, murmuring: "Why has there been no sound for a long time?"

Huang Ying was sitting on the bed, teasing the third prince Ji Ci softly. Hearing this, he raised his head and said, "You are so interesting. You feel restless when there is a sound, and you miss it even when there is no sound."

Dong'er gave a wry smile, walked to Huang Ying's side, and whispered: "I feel like a cat scratching my heart when I think of the day when the queen passed away. Looking at the king's behavior these days, he might be angry with us for not taking good care of the queen that day.

Bar?"

Huang Ying pondered for a while: "Your thoughts are not unreasonable. But the death of the queen has nothing to do with us, and I think the king also knows it, so the less we know about this matter, the better. Look at the past few days, Mr. Zhao Guogong

I've been working non-stop, I'm afraid I've already found out. I don't know anything else, but Qiu Liao Palace and Xuan Ning Palace must be inseparable this time."

"That's what the empress said." Dong'er frowned: "Your Majesty gave Yi Ji death, and Princess Boji--"

Huang Ying said calmly: "I hope she can figure it out."

In the main hall, Zhou Yi King Ji Xie was listening to Zhao Bohu's interrogation report with a sullen face.

"I have interrogated everyone in Qiu Liao Palace and Xuan Ning Palace, and the facts have become clear. The matter was planned by Yi Ji from Leng Palace, and Aunt Fox, who was responsible for delivering food, passed a message to Mei Zi, the eldest maid of Xuan Ning Palace, to try to get rid of it first.

The palace envoy Naoyang Si fell into the palace, and then managed to reveal her tragic death to the queen, which caused the mother to have premature fetal contractions, and then Wen Po, who had been bribed before, tampered with the queen when she gave birth. However, because the queen temporarily summoned his wife into the palace,

Po Wen had nowhere to start, so she had to forcibly tear off the afterbirth of the fourth prince, causing the queen to have massive postpartum hemorrhage."

Ji Xie clenched his teeth: "What does this matter have to do with Concubine E Ci?"

Zhao Bohu raised his eyes and saw that he was kneeling. From his angle, he could only see the slightly bulging cheeks of King Yi, which were tense and gnashing his teeth. He lowered his head: "Because Meizi refuses to admit it, just because Meizi refuses to admit it.

It is said that this matter was done by her alone and had nothing to do with the second concubine. Therefore, it cannot be concluded."

"What did one person do?" Ji Xie yelled angrily: "How can a palace maid get so much gold to bribe Po Wen if no one instructs her? She thought she was bitten to death, so she treated Gu as a fool?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down." Zhao Bohu kowtowed and advised.

Ji Xie forced himself to calm down: "Then what happened to Qiuli Palace?"

"Many people in the two palaces testified that Mei Zi was very close to Shu Diao, Concubine Ji Jiang's personal chamberlain, and the two often met and talked. According to the palace entry and exit records, Shu Diao left the palace several times in the past two months. According to the inference of the minister,

Shu Diao is the intermediary between the inside and outside of the palace, but this person has disappeared. I and the chamberlain Mr. Jia searched the inner palace, but there is still no trace."

The door of the main hall creaked, and the chamberlain, Jia, walked in timidly and muttered, "Your Majesty, I've found Shu Diao."

"Where?" Zhao Bohu and Ji Xie asked almost simultaneously.

"He threw himself into a well. I think his body had been soaked in water for the past few days. It finally floated up this afternoon. Although his body had doubled in size, when people in Qiuliao Palace recognized him, they all said he was a cunning person."

"Didn't you say that the mouth of the well was so narrow that Shu Diao couldn't get in?" Zhao Bohu asked.

The chamberlain Jia looked annoyed: "That guy is cunning. He took off all his clothes, then wrapped them with a big stone and tied them under his buttocks. Using the slipperiness of the well wall, he sank down by himself. I don't know what happened.

What kind of medicine did you take, and you are so hard-hearted that you must die?"

Zhao Bohu sighed: "In this way, the thread connecting Qiulia Palace and the outside of the palace is broken. It is neither possible to determine Concubine Ji Jiang's guilt, nor to determine who is helping outside. Alas.

!”

"I knew that there was something strange about that white paper kite. It's a pity that I didn't pay attention to it at the time." Jia, the chamberlain, thought about it and was really annoyed.

"What white paper kite?" King Zhou Yi asked.

"Oh, that day I led people to the vicinity of Qiu Liao Palace. I saw a white kite floating in the sky, which looked very weird. Then I searched the whole palace and couldn't find Shu Diao. I think it was then that he surrendered.

The well has burned itself out."

"So," Zhao Bohu drawled: "That white kite is a signal that Shu Diao has made an appointment with his master outside the palace. As long as he sees it, he knows that the truth has been exposed and he needs to commit suicide to keep the secret. That must be the case.

!”

"What's the point of caring about life and death for a mere servant?" Ji Xie roared angrily and punched the table with a heavy fist. There was only a crash, and several clusters of crabapple flowers carved from rosewood were broken into pieces:

"You are the lord of the world, so why do you need any personal or material evidence to convict someone? Bring E Shan to the main hall first!"

"No!" Jia, the chamberlain, bowed and said. He knew in his heart that King Ji Xie of Zhou Yi was not an angry person, but once he got angry, he would be violent. Maybe now was just the beginning.
Chapter completed!