famous eldest daughter

Chapter 15 Discovering Dong Ce
The queen asked three questions in one breath, and everyone's eyes were locked on the maid in charge.

The maid in charge replied calmly and calmly: "I forgive you, my servant, I went to check the blue brick mechanism on the wall of the back gate of Hehuan Hall. I walked through the harem gate of Hehuan Hall and saw the people sweeping at the harem gate. Two or three palace maids didn't know...Crimson committed suicide."

A simple statement, but it completely cleared the connection between Hong Hong's suicide and her going to Hehuan Palace.

She is worthy of being the No.1 in front of the Queen. Just because of her tacit understanding with the Queen, this No.1 position belongs to her alone.

Gu Yuqing sighed as she watched the maid in charge and the empress singing in perfect coordination with each other.

The queen stared at the maid in charge and was silent for a moment, then said: "You went through the back door. Scarlet Red has always served in the front hall. Although they are both in the Hehuan Hall, the back door and the front hall are far apart. It's normal for you not to know. What's the crime? There is."

After that, the queen swept her sleeves and signaled the maid in charge to step back. Her sharp eyes fell on the maid in green who was huddled on the ground, and she said sternly: "Tell me, what is the relationship between you and Hong Hong! Just like the fourth prince. As you said, it was Scarlet Hong who instigated you to murder Concubine Hui?"

The palace maid in green looked pale and said with a trembling voice: "This slave has no connection with Scarlet Hong. Those who give slaves instructions are through the green brick mechanism at the harem gate. Scarlet Hong has never given any instructions to slaves. I am just a member of Hehuan Palace. Lady Sasao rarely has the opportunity to talk to Hong Hong."

The words of the palace maid in green made this seemingly clear case a little more confusing.

If she was indeed instigated by Scarlet, then the case can be understood with Scarlet's suicide.

It was just a case of trying to harm a slave by trying to harm his master.

But at this time, she was not under the instigation of Feihong, and Feihong did hide the poisonous mushroom that murdered Concubine Hui, and the evidence was conclusive.

So who is the person who instigated this green-clad palace maid?

Speculations abounded in everyone's minds.

"Your Majesty, I came in late, and there is something I don't know about. What did this palace maid do, and how is she involved in this poisonous porridge case?" Xiao Duo pointed to the green-clothed palace maid on the ground and asked the queen respectfully. Dao, full of doubts.

Gu Yuqing turned to look at the Queen.

The appearance of Crimson has basically eliminated Xiao Jingyu from this matter. At this time, the queen no longer had any worries in her heart. Her graceful and noble face was filled with just the right emotion. The warm spring sun hit her face through the sparse branches and leaves. On her face, the dancing light spots added a bit of charm to her body.

Although Xiao Duo asked the Queen directly, with her mother and concubine present, there was no need for the Queen to tell him personally what had just happened.

"Someone saw her sneaking around at the entrance of the imperial dining room early this morning, and she was brought up for interrogation after this poisonous porridge incident happened." Concubine Shu glanced at the palace maid in Tsing Yi who was kneeling on the ground, and said to her son Xiao Duo.

"Unexpectedly, she was brought up and before the interrogation started, the note hidden in her sleeve fell down. The note clearly stated that she was asked to lead away the woman who was cooking porridge for Concubine Hui."

As Concubine Shu's voice grew louder, the palace maid in green trembled more and more violently.

After Concubine Hui finished speaking, Xiao Duo pointed at the palace maid and said sternly: "You only said that you have never seen the person who ordered you, but as a palace servant of Hehuan Palace, why do you obey orders from others? When did you Start working for the person who gave you orders through the Qingzhuan Agency? What have you done for her?"

The palace maid in green cowered her shoulders and cried loudly: "I am not willing to do this. She has taken my younger brother as a hostage. If I don't listen to her orders, she will send my younger brother to Biyue Pavilion as a boy to accompany guests."

Biyuexuan, the largest brothel in Kyoto.

The handsome-looking seven or eight-year-old children who accompany guests are a new feature there, attracting many children from wealthy families to go and have a good time.

"At the end of last year, when I was clearing the snow at the back door of Hehuan Hall, I picked up a note on the ground. On the note, I clearly wrote the date of birth and the name of my younger brother, as well as the specific location of my home."

"The note clearly stated that the slave is required to act on her behalf, otherwise the slave's brother will be sent to Biyuexuan and the slave will be asked to give a reply within three days."

"This slave is my only biological brother from the same mother..." Recalling the past, the palace maid in blue burst into tears.

Gu Yuqing looked at Xiao Duo's face calmly.

Sure enough, when the palace maid in green mentioned that Bi Yuexuan mentioned the child, Xiao Duo's eyebrows trembled.

She spent too much time with Xiao Duo in her last life, so Gu Yuqing naturally knew that the corners of her eyebrows would tremble whenever Xiao Duo was in a state of panic.

"What kind of shameful and dirty things have you done for that person?" Xiao Yu, who was silent with his arms folded, asked when the palace maid in green finished her words, with a hint of disgust in his voice that was not deliberately concealed, but sympathy.

The palace maid in green raised her hand to wipe away the tears that covered her face, and said with her red and swollen eyelids: "I gave the man an answer at noon on the third day. From then on, I will go to the harem gate every day when cleaning. Checked at the Qingbrick office, but failed again and again."

"Until this morning, I got the first note."

The mournful voice of the palace maid in green fell, and Gu Yuqing saw Jixiang, who was sent by her to send Dong Ce back to Qihuang Pavilion, flashing past outside the brocade shed.

"Is this the first mission you've received?" Xiao Duo asked with an expressionless look as he looked at the palace maid in green with a gloomy look, but his eyes looked at her with an aggressive look.

The palace maid in green clothes couldn't bear Xiao Duo's cold aura, her body trembled, and she quietly replied: "Yes."

When Gu Yuqing saw it, Xiao Duo breathed a sigh of relief calmly.

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Looking across Xiao Duo's face, Gu Yuqing stood up and said to the Queen: "Your Majesty, this person can not only set up traps at the gate of Her Royal Highness the Princess' palace to win people's hearts, but he can also take hostages outside the palace. It shows that he has an extraordinary status. Your Majesty It is better to ask the female official to take the note in the hand of the palace maid to compare the handwriting, maybe something can be gained."

It was related to Xiao Jingyu's safety and innocence. Gu Yuqing knew that the queen would definitely agree.

"It's still your thoughtfulness." The queen said with a smile, and ordered the maid in charge just now, "Take this note, let someone compare the handwriting, and call all the ladies on duty today to this palace."

The palace maid in charge took the order and left. As she was leaving, another palace man came in in a hurry and passed by the palace maid in charge.

"Why are you so alarmed?" the queen asked with a frown.

I muttered in my heart, what happened today? Why are things happening one after another?

As soon as the palace servant who came to report entered the brocade shed, he knelt down in front of the queen, glanced at Concubine Hui's face, and said: "My queen, when I passed by the Qihuang Pavilion, I met Dong Shizi. It looked like he was being raped. Someone was drugged.”

Following her words, Gu Yuqing looked at Xiao Duo intently.

Dong Ce was clearly sent to Ming Yuxuan near Qihuang Pavilion, so why did he return to Qihuang Pavilion?
Xiao Duo's tense face showed his uneasy heart, his left hand on the desk couldn't help picking up the blue and white porcelain wine glass at hand, and squeezed it tightly, with clear joints.

(End of this chapter)