Jiaochu

Chapter 119 Birthday Celebrations Upstairs ([-])

Two days later, Xiao Anzi came to reveal some investigation progress to Ye Lingxi.

The ancestral home of Cui'er in Xiao Guifei's palace is in the south of the Yangtze River. She is the daughter of a small official. Coincidentally, this small official is the chief clerk of Danyang County Sheriff, and this Danyang County Sheriff not long ago Accused of corruption and malfeasance.

"Princess, didn't you want to know what was written in the blood book before? I tried my best to find out. Her life experience was written on it, which is even more bizarre."

Cui'er's father was originally a county magistrate under the Danyang County Sheriff. He was an upright man and did not want to please his superiors, let alone help the county magistrate do things that were only for the common people. Therefore, he offended the Danyang County Sheriff and was framed and imprisoned. , hanged herself in prison within two days, and her house was set on fire that night. She was the only one among more than a dozen people in the house who survived.

Later, she managed to enter the county governor's house and became a maid. When the court draft was held, she found out that the chief clerk wanted to adopt an adopted daughter to serve in the palace instead of his own daughter. She seized this opportunity and entered the palace. She was assigned to Concubine Xiao's palace. She wanted to state her grievances to the emperor several times, but she had no evidence and was afraid that the emperor would not believe her. Moreover, she entered the palace as an imposter. Once her identity was exposed, she would surely die. She was not afraid. Death, what she fears is that no one will avenge her family after death, so she has to wait patiently, wait for the best opportunity, and give the enemy a fatal blow. People who violate the law will eventually fall into trouble.

Finally, she waited for this opportunity. The governor of Danyang was reported. The emperor asked two ministers to investigate the case. She knew that being an impostor was a serious crime and she did not plan to live anymore. She had nothing to miss in this world. She wanted to be reunited with her family as soon as possible, so she risked her life to write this blood letter. She just hoped that the emperor could bring justice to her family and let the sinners get the punishment they deserve.

After hearing about Cui'er's life experience, Ye Lingxi couldn't help but sigh. Her parents were killed by an adulterer, and she had to endure it for many years to take revenge. What a tough and cruel determination this was. After being silent for a second or two with such emotion, she He regained his composure and reason.

Assuming that the blood letter was not fraudulent, Cui'er created a chaos in order to draw attention to herself, and then committed suicide in the house by taking poison. Anyone who can't find her will definitely be the first to suspect her. And her father will also ask people to investigate her origins and background. When the time comes and this blood letter is added, even if it cannot achieve the expected fatal blow, it can still add insult to injury to the opponent. If this is the case, then Cui'er should have no reason to come. The hand that pushed her behind to hurt her should be someone else, or the person behind Tweetie instigated her to do it, but judging from what Xiao Anzi told about Tweetie's life experience, she felt that the other person was not the kind of person who knew how to do it. Killing innocent people indiscriminately can actually feel the hatred and hatred in the other person's bones.

For a moment, Ye Lingxi felt that someone had opened a layer of fog in front of her eyes, and behind this layer of fog, she had a vague premonition that she would see some unexpected danger.

Feeling a little stuffy in the house, she decided to go for a walk outside. Xiao Anzi said tactfully that the weather was good, and that when she passed the imperial garden just now, she heard someone said how many plum blossoms were in bloom in the plum garden. She was going to go and have a look. Xiao Anzi said diligently Lead the way.

Among the bare branches, one or two branches have indeed grown flower buds, most of which are about the size of mung beans. The petals are tightly wrapped, like round rubies inlaid on the branches. One flower is about to bloom, You can vaguely see some bright yellow stamens, and the other one has fully bloomed. The petals as red as rouge are stacked one on top of another, holding the bright yellow stamens. It has a unique beauty, bright and clear.

Ye Lingxi looked at the plum blossom that was already in full bloom, and she seemed to be able to smell the faint and cold plum fragrance. There was no noise around her. She felt very calm and reached out to touch the pure and pure plum blossom. , but my hands are short and I can’t reach it even if I stand on my tiptoes.

Then a hand stretched out from above her head, and her calm mood was burst like a bubble.

"Don't pick it."

The slender white hand paused for a moment, and then retracted it. A bit of confusion flashed across the deep and cold peach blossom eyes. Aren't you going to take it off? "Don't you like this one?" Ye Lingjue's unique cold voice sounded above Ye Lingxi's head. She frowned and said, "Second brother, can you make a little noise next time when you walk?"

Ye Lingjue flashed a faint smile and said, "I'll try it next time." He repeated the question just now, "Don't you like that one?"

Ye Lingxi asked back: "If you like it, you have to take it off. Can't you just look at it?" Hearing that the person behind her didn't speak, she stood there for a second, two, three seconds... then secretly glanced back, and saw The other person was looking at the sky, so she waved the people who were following her to move away. After thinking for a second or two, she asked straight to the point, "Has the second brother heard about Cui'er?"

Ye Lingjue snorted.

"Second brother, don't you have anything to say?" Ye Lingxi said,
Ye Lingjue said: "You don't even want to look at me, so what does it matter if I don't say anything?"

Ye Lingxi: "..." She turned around and stared directly at the fair and cold face. I don't know if it was an illusion, but she always felt that there was a bit of a evil smile on the face after the conspiracy was successful, but there was obviously no smile on the corner of the mouth. A hint of upward curvature.

"Let's go and have a look in front." Ye Lingjue walked forward through the plum branches. After taking two steps, he paused. After Ye Lingxi came over, he continued walking forward slowly, "At that time Why are you crying like that?"

"...?" Ye Lingxi was a bit unresponsive to this confusing question. After a second or two, she replied nonchalantly, "I'm scared to tears."

Ye Lingjue glanced sideways, looked at the horizon in the distance and murmured to himself, "It's still a step too slow." After a while, he used his usual calm and calm tone. He said, "There is someone else who tampered with the railings. The imperial dining room was damaged a few days ago, and craftsmen came into the palace to repair it for a while."

Ye Lingxi also heard about this incident from Bell. He heard that he forgot to turn off the stove at night, and the sparks from the stove floated onto the firewood. Fortunately, the little eunuch who got up at night discovered it in time, otherwise the fire in the house would The pots and pans are all going to be burned.

Seeing Ye Lingxi deep in thought, Ye Lingjue stopped.

"What the second brother means is that some of the craftsmen tampered with the railings?"

"There is no problem with the origins of those craftsmen, but when Commander Wu led his people out of the palace to look for these people, one of the craftsmen disappeared. Commander Wu brought the rest back and imprisoned them in the Yeting Division for interrogation. The craftsman was a He came from out of town a few years ago, has no family, and has no relatives in the capital, and his whereabouts have not yet been found."

(End of this chapter)