Chapter 913 The temptation in Shun's palace
Yuan Qingling and Yu Wenhao looked at each other and said that the King of Southern Xinjiang was indeed entering the palace for the King of Southern Xinjiang. That might not be an assassination. It might be that they both knew something. But they could not trust others and could only find a way to go into the palace to report to the emperor.
Unfortunately, these two people were killed, and even if they knew who was killed by the King of Southern Xinjiang, they would have no way of knowing.
"So have they done anything before they entered the palace except breaking into the Supreme Emperor's palace?" Yu Wenhao asked.
General Luo racked his brains and thought for a while. "There is really no other clue. Oh, by the way, their bodies were thrown out of the palace and were thrown on the mass grave in Nanshan. When Weichen investigated, he wanted to find clues from the corpse. But he found that the bodies had been taken away."
"Take it away? Did you get gnawed by a wild dog?" Yuwen Hao said.
"No, Weichen went to the mass grave the next day. Even if the body was gnawed by a wild dog, his clothes, shoes and socks would remain, but it was not found. It can almost be confirmed that he was taken away."
"In other words, someone collects their bodies and bury them?" Yuan Qingling thought for a while. "If this is the case, there must be their people in the capital. Have you not followed up again?"
General Luo said: "I searched around the neighborhood and found traces of burning stones on the mountain about three miles away. The customs of the people in southern Xinjiang were cremated after their death. Unfortunately, no one was found to be buried for them at that time. However, judging from the burning specifications, the identities of these two people should not be ordinary people."
"Incineration specifications?" Yuan Qingling was stunned.
Yu Wenhao explained: "Yes, you can see the identity from the pile of stones. If it is an ordinary citizen, a layer of stone will be piled into a circle, and the corpses will be placed in the circle and burned. If it is a noble official or a local elder, there will be two to five layers, and there will be a stone step to show their status and honor. General Luo, how many layers do you think you are seeing?"
General Luo said: "Three levels!"
"The third level, I guess he is the subordinate of the King of Southern Xinjiang."
Yuan Qingling looked at him in a daze. The third floor must be a person with a very high position, but he would rather go to the palace to meet the emperor. It can be seen that what they want to say is definitely not simple. I believe it has a lot to do with the death of the King of Southern Xinjiang.
After seeing off General Luo, Yu Wenhao was very confused, "If there were still people in the capital at that time, why didn't you continue to think of a solution? Wouldn't you let down the storm just to stop the battle and be sorry for the two who died?"
Yuan Qingling thought, "Maybe, there is something more important than avenging the King of Southern Xinjiang."
"You mean Man'er? But Man'er has been drifting a lot over the years and has suffered a lot. It can be seen that there is no southern Xinjiang native who knows her identity in the capital. Otherwise, why wouldn't she come out to protect her? She also let her be a slave everywhere."
"Man'er once said that she had two mother-in-laws accompanying her to Beijing, but those two mother-in-law died. Do you think it would be Man'er's mother-in-law who was buried for the two? Then, not long after they died one after another, they left Man'er and struggled to survive in the capital."
Yu Wenhao thought for a while, "There is a possibility."
Yuan Qingling told him about Aunt Qing’s abnormal reaction after seeing Man'er. The two analyzed it and thought that another meeting should be arranged.
At present, we cannot just rely on guessing, we must grasp as much truth as possible. At least, we must know the relationship between Aunt Qing and Man'er.
Now that the news can attract an aunt Qing and more people, this is just the beginning.
The mansion of King Shun was finally able to enter the house. All the palaces and the imperial ministers gave gifts. For a moment, the gifts were piled up like mountains, and they were not demolished in time, so they piled them in the warehouse and asked someone to slowly organize the records.
But at this moment, the imperial palace lost a batch of gold, which was as much as 4,000 taels. Because the imperial concubine is in charge of the harem affairs now, the people in the inner palace first reported to the imperial concubine.
Although the queen is not in charge of the matter now, her status is still there, so the imperial concubine still reported it to the queen. After hearing this, the queen didn't say anything, just asked the imperial concubine to investigate.
However, news came out of the people in the Queen's harem that Prince Shun gave the Eighth Prince two thousand taels of gold.
When Prince Shun returned from the war, the emperor rewarded 1,000 taels of gold. If he gave it to the Eighth Prince, it would be only 1,000 taels at most. Why would there be 2,000 taels?
In order to avoid suspicion, the queen asked the imperial concubine to check it out, and found that the eighth prince's gold was actually 1,000 taels of which were printed with the inner treasury seal.
The eighth prince was very nervous and refused to let people in the palace touch his gold, saying that it was given to him by his younger brother, and drove people away frantically, looking very scary.
The queen had no choice but to say, "Okay, whether these gold belong to the inner palace or not, they should be filled in from this palace. The palace has not been peaceful recently. Not to mention the loss of the inner treasury, even a lot of things have been lost in the palace, and even the Eighth Prince's Palace has lost a lot of things. How come I don't know what the thief is trying to steal gold, silver and jewelry, but I have to steal things. Am I addicted?"
The imperial concubine had no choice but to send someone out of the palace to the Shun Prince's Mansion. After all, the silver in the palace is fixed every year, 4,000 taels of gold, which can be exchanged for 40,000 taels of silver, and the expenses for the Mid-Autumn Festival are all included.
If the gold is not recovered, the imperial concubine will be suspected of being ineffective in accounting and will have to pay for the Mid-Autumn Festival expenses.
There was still a mess in the Shun Palace, so Yuan Qingling brought Man'er, A Si, Qi Luo, Luya and others to help, and Rong Yue also brought a lot of people. After all, there was not even a mistress in the Shun Palace. Lao Jiu was a martial artist and didn't know these things.
The people in the palace helped check it out, and even the queen sent someone out, and Aunt Qing also directed the people to work hard. When she turned around, she saw A Si bringing Man'er and the others in.
Aunt Qing's eyes floated for a moment. After her movements were frozen for a moment, she turned around and continued to give instructions, but her voice obviously changed tone.
"Man'er, you don't know how to work, so go to the corner to organize your snacks with Qiluo, don't mess things up, otherwise you won't be able to pay for it if you sell them." A Si's tone of Man'er suddenly became very bad, and he was domineering.
Man'er was stunned and laughed dryly, "Oh, okay."
A Si pushed her back with one hand, staggering and hitting Aunt Qing behind her, "Hurry up, otherwise you won't want to have a meal tonight."
Man'er felt a little aggrieved. She didn't know why A Si was angry with her, but there were too many people to ask, so she just said sorry to Aunt Qing.
Aunt Qing looked at her and her face became much softer, "It's okay, you can go to the corner to work."
"Okay!" Man'er and Luya walked over.
Aunt Qing looked at A Si, with no expression on her face, but there was a strange look in her eyes, as if she was angry.
As Si, he thought he couldn't see it and strideed by.
Not long after, she heard her sarcastic voice again, "You are not convinced by saying that you are a pig's brain. These are all porcelains. Can you put them on the ground? Is it possible to pay for it after tripping back? OK, get out and take a broom to clean it. Those who are vulgar from a background are worth doing some rough work."
Aunt Qing bent down and looked over. Seeing A Si pointing his fingers at Man'er's head, Man'er's face was full of grievance and shock, and tears were circling in her eyes.
She paused, threw down the things in her hand and walked over quickly.
Chapter completed!