Chapter 1719 Arrest (January 12)
The prince stretched out his hand, and Man Bao placed the needle bag in his hand.
The prince lowered his eyes and looked for a while, then said: "I know you don't know who it is, but you must have someone who you doubt. Tell me, who is it?"
Man Bao hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Your Highness, there is no evidence, just suspicion. You know how to use torture."
The prince glanced at her angrily and said: "If you don't mention the suspects, then the entire East Palace, especially the people in the Chongwen Hall, whether they are chamberlains, maids, lecturers or editors, anyone who may have access to your medicine box
Everyone will be tortured and interrogated, including Bai Shan and Bai Cheng."
Man Bao immediately said: "We suspected that Xu Yu who was serving me was here, but I quietly stared at her for a long time and didn't see anything."
The prince glanced at her up and down and said disdainfully: "You? Don't just try to scare the snake away, right?"
"Impossible!" Man Bao said confidently: "I will not scare anyone off guard."
She didn’t stare by herself, she was helped by Keke.”
The prince looked at the needle bag in his hand and said, "If it's her, we'll know if we catch her and ask her."
Seeing Zhou Man's sad face, he said: "Don't worry, I won't punish her severely. If it weren't for her in the end, I would have rewarded her with a female official."
Manbao breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said, "Your Highness, shall I go home?"
The prince raised his eyelids and glanced at her, "It's almost getting dark now, so you'd better stay in the East Palace for one more day. Tomorrow I'll have someone take you and Bai Shan back."
Man Bao then turned to look out the window. At this time, the heavy snow was still falling, making the sky and the earth look very bright, which did not affect her return home at all.
But when I looked back at the prince, I saw that he had already picked up the tea cup to drink tea, so I sighed and left silently.
She knew that they just wanted her to look at the crown princess and the little emperor's grandson.
Before nightfall, the little emperor's grandson woke up and had his first meal of milk. The princess was so happy to see that he started to feed after just two thrusts, she thought the child was very smart.
When the little grandson was full, Aunt Yu wrapped the baby up, took it from the wet nurse and placed it beside the princess.
Doctor Zhou Xiao said that when a child is just born, it needs to be closer to the mother, so that the child can feel safe, be less frightened, and grow faster.
The princess didn't know whether the child felt safe or not. Anyway, she felt safe looking at the child beside her, so her eyelids became heavier and heavier, but she fell asleep after a while.
She was tortured by labor pains last night and didn't sleep much to begin with. She was even more tired after another hard day today, so she fell asleep very quickly.
Man Bao looked at it and scanned the room again. She saw that all the people around the princess were trustworthy, so she went out to the corridor.
Bai Shan was standing on the porch looking at the snow. When he heard the footsteps, he turned around and said with a smile: "It's hard to see such heavy snow."
Man Bao nodded. Although the air was a bit cold after the snow, it also felt fresher. "Your Highness took the needle bag away."
Bai Shan nodded, turned back and continued to look at the non-stop snow, "I didn't say anything before because I was not sure, and the needles that were used were fine, so I didn't want to make a vigorous investigation. Since the fox's tail was exposed this time,
Naturally, we have to catch him. We can only catch a thief in a thousand miles, but there is no way to guard against a thief in a thousand days."
Man Bao said: "Although I doubt it, it may not be her."
Because Keke said that there was nothing unusual about Xu Yu from this morning to now. Even though the Crown Princess gave birth to the child safely, it was already known to everyone in the palace, and there was nothing unusual about her.
Maybe there is. Man Bao just watched a short clip specially taken by Koko. After she and other palace maids received the reward from the East Palace, they stood in the corridor and stared at the sky for about a quarter of an hour.
But no one could tell whether she was in a daze or admiring the snow.
For example, Man Bao and Bai Shan are just standing here looking at the falling snowflakes?
Bai Shan was much more decisive than Zhou Man. He said: "She is just a little palace maid, but she can give you an unfathomable feeling. I prefer her, Man Bao. Sometimes you have to believe in yourself."
intuition."
Manbao said nothing.
The two of them stood on the porch and blew the wind for a while. The sky gradually darkened, but the snow seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. She stretched out her hand, and a snowflake fell on the palm of her hand. It did not melt away. She gently picked it up.
It blew out from the palm of his hand, and then said with a smile: "Look, the snowflakes will fall to the ground, as if the ending has been predetermined."
Bai Shan also smiled and said, "As long as you can think about it."
Man Bao stretched out his hand to catch more snowflakes, and then scattered them out. He also reached out to disturb the snowflakes that fell in the air, and sighed: "It's a pity to roast venison at the racecourse in the western suburbs."
Bai Shan smiled and narrowed his eyes, "When I leave the palace tomorrow, I will ask someone to bring back a piece of venison, and we will roast it in the garden ourselves."
"OK."
In the side hall not far away, the prince withdrew his gaze from the window and said to Eunuch Wu: "Send her to the Sentence Department overnight, and let her live until she comes out."
Eunuch Wu agreed in a low voice, then bowed and left.
When Man Bao returned to the penthouse that had been cleaned up for her, Keke told Man Bao, "Xu Yu was arrested."
Keke cut out the section and showed it to Man Bao. She saw Xu Yu being pulled away by the two servants in a panic, with fear on his face, "I wonder what mistake I made..."
She also saw Eunuch Wu and his men searching Xu Yu's room, but nothing was found.
Man Bao watched her being dragged all the way to the Sentence Department, and frowned and said, "No need to stare anymore."
Koko didn't want to stare, as he had no interest in exploring the torture system of this world.
Man Bao tossed and turned all night again. When he got up the next day, he saw the little emperor grandson and the crown princess and left after confirming that the mother and son were in good condition.
She thought of something and turned around and said: "My dear, don't use cold water for the child when bathing, use warm water. The two gentlemen are very experienced. When you give the reward, give it more generously, so that they can move faster."
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The Crown Princess didn't understand the meaning of these words for a moment, but Aunt Yu thought of something and laughed with Manbao: "Thank you, Miss Zhou, for reminding me. If you didn't tell us, we almost forgot about this soap. They delivered the little emperor's grandson.
This is a great achievement, so it will naturally be rewarded generously."
Man Bao felt relieved, nodded and left.
The Crown Princess thought of something and immediately said: "You want to come and take a look at Xisan tomorrow."
Man Bao thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and decided to get a longevity lock when he went back and give it to the little emperor's grandson tomorrow.
The prince did what he said, and he sent Zhou Man and Bai Shan back, along with many rewards.
This time, the prince crossed the clear road and asked the chamberlain and guards to deliver him directly.
Chapter completed!