The Emperor's Favorite: The Detective Queen is too arrogant

Chapter 26 News from the woodcarving master

"You said that you came to the capital five years ago and signed a contract with Xunhualou for five years. When did you become free?" Lin Ling interrupted him.

Lu Xiangnan looked at Lin Ling, a little surprised why the person who asked the question was a handsome young man who looked about the same age as him. He looked at Master Ji's jaw and said after a pause,
"5 days left"

5 days?Lin Ling habitually knocked on the table and fell into thinking. Both of them were killed before the contract expired. Is this a coincidence or a deliberate design?
"Why didn't you tell the government about this before?" She remembered that the transcript she had read before did not record this.

"After Li Ge's death, the government came to me for questioning. Sister Luoxi said she didn't say anything because she was afraid that Li Ge's reputation would be bad after his death."

Lin Ling frowned, as if something was wrong.

"The night Luoxi died, where were you?"

"I was in the medical hall that night. When I was packing up Lige's things, I passed out from grief for a moment. The mother of the crimson garden sent me to the medical hall to rest for a night. When I woke up, I was told by the apprentices of the medical hall. Maybe it wouldn't have happened if I was with my sister that day." Lu Xiangnan lowered his head and said sadly.

"Are you in the infirmary all night?"

"Yes, I was weak since I was a child, and I had a fever that night. The apprentice also knew him and took care of me all night."

"Then did your sister and Li Ge behave abnormally the day they were killed?" Lin Ling continued to ask.

"Abnormal behavior?" Lu Xiangnan was a little confused.

"Well, it's just saying something unusual or doing something unusual"

Lu Xiangnan pondered for a while, then said with some doubts:
"I don't know if this is considered abnormal. I remember that Li Ge was looking for a sculptor before he was alive to be insulted by Wang Dagui. My sister seems to be looking for it all the time. I heard from her maid Linglong that there seems to be news in the past two days."

Lin Ling looked at Ji Lang, and Jing Yu also raised his eyebrows.

Ji Lang asked, "What news?"

"I'm not too sure, I have to ask Linglong to find out." Lu Xiangnan shook his head.

Afterwards, Lin Ling asked Ji Lang to question Li Fu, Lu Xiangnan, and Wang Dagui and others in the prison according to the previously designated timeline. During Wang Dagui's two nights, one was in the concubine's room, and Luoxi was killed the night before. It happened that I went out of the city that day, and there was nothing suspicious, basically no progress, she thought, it seems that she still needs to ask Linglong.

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"Linglong, where were you when Luoxi died last night?"

"My lord, the maidservant is sleeping." Lin Ling looked at the maidservant kneeling below, about thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed in clean clothes, and replied cautiously.

"Tell me about the night before yesterday"

"Yes... the girl said the day before yesterday that she was not feeling well and she wanted to rest earlier, so I withdrew."

Ji Lang: "What time is that?"

"Probably... Around Xu time" Linglong thought for a while and said.

Ji Lang was a little strange: "Xu Shi? Does your girl have no guests?"

"Of course there are. There are a lot of customers looking for our girl every day, but the girl pushed her away because she said she was not feeling well, but..." Linglong paused for a while, then hesitated.

Seeing this, Ji Lang hurriedly asked:
"But what?"

Linglong: "My lord, I don't know if it's the maidservant dreaming, because the maidservant sleeps next to the girl, and last night I seemed to hear a man talking in the girl's room, but I watched her fall asleep with my own eyes, and besides her brother , Girls don’t keep men overnight, even if Mr. Lu is there, the slaves are still there.”

Ji Lang: "When? Do you remember what you said?"

Linglong shook her head, "I was in such a heavy sleep that I couldn't tell if I was dreaming or not, let alone what time it was. My lord, is that person the murderer?"

"I'm not sure yet. I heard that Luoxi told you to find someone before he was alive?" Lin Ling asked

Linglong glanced at Lin Ling in surprise, isn't this the young master who went to Xunhualou with that handsome young man yesterday?She saw it yesterday when she was packing things in the backyard, and she must be the noble son of some adult!

"Yes, Miss Luoxi asked me to ask someone to find some kind of engraver a few days ago, and I just received some news the day before yesterday."

"Why do you want to find the master sculptor?"

"Returning to my lord, I heard that a famous woodcarver came to the capital recently, who can carve all kinds of flowers, plants and trees so lifelike, especially human figures, that they are carved like real people," Linglong said a little longing,

"Daughter's family loves beauty, Miss Luoxi and Miss Lige from Crimson Garden have always been sisters, so they made an appointment to meet the woodcarver, but who knew that the master couldn't find it, and the girls suffered such misfortune?" Then it turned red...

Lin Ling thought of him saying that there was news, so she immediately asked:

"You said there was news the day before yesterday, but the day when Luo Xi was killed?"

Linglong nodded, "Yes, that day I heard from the young man who was looking for the person that the master temporarily lived in a folk courtyard in the west of the city. During the day, when Miss Luoxi heard the news, she sent someone to look for it. I went out to run some errands, and left a post saying that I would visit the door the next day, but..."

Speaking of this, everyone understood the reason for the incident. They thought they were murdered before the second day when they came to Luoxi. In less than half a month, two young women in their prime were murdered, and they died like this. It's a brothel girl, which makes people sigh.

Slow down the brain-burning plot first, let's relax next time! ~(￣▽￣～)(～￣▽￣)～

The Daily Life of a Family of Three in the Fanwai Small Theater
Fengqi Palace, Lin Ling and her son are basking in the sun...

Jing Xuan was lying in Lin Ling's arms, sucking in the good smell from her body, hey, the queen mother hasn't hugged him for two days, the cat arched her body inward, um~ so soft and fragrant, no wonder His childish father always dominates his mother, and he inadvertently glanced at the figure walking not far away, his eyes brightened——

Jing Xuan: Empress, let me ask you a question, okay?

Lin Ling: Um~, what are you asking?

"Mother, am I the person you love the most?" After finishing the words, Jing Xuan looked at her eagerly.

Lin Ling was a little speechless. She had heard the familiar footsteps behind her a long time ago. She wondered if the two father and son had enmity in the previous life. It seemed that this kind of drama of fighting for favor would be staged every day. Looking at her son with a pitiful face, she sighed deeply. sighed,

"Xuan'er and father are the queen mother's favorite people!" The footsteps behind stopped

"But, the queen mother is Xuan'er's favorite person, so Xuan'er also wants to be the mother's favorite person, okay?" The voice was a little disappointed, but also a little hopeful.

Listening to her son's words, Lin Ling felt so soft in her heart that she instantly forgot the person behind her.

"Well, Xuan'er is also the queen mother's favorite person"

After saying that, Jing Xuan laughed immediately, put his arms around Lin Ling's neck and kissed her, and then jumped out of Lin Ling's arms,
"I knew that my mother loves me the most - I'm going to find Qing Ning to play, my mother will say goodbye"

Somewhat surprised by his son's sudden escaping action, and aware of the strong aura behind him, Lin Ling turned his head mechanically, seeing someone's gloomy and stern face,
"Hehe, Jinghan, you're going down..."

A certain person walked towards her without saying a word, and the latter slowly backed away
"Hehe, Your Majesty, the queen mother has something to do with me, I'll go and have a look..." Just as she was about to turn around, her hand was grabbed, and then she flew into the air and landed in someone's arms.

"You... what are you doing"

"Back to the room"

"Why do you go back to your room?"

"You know"

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The sun is shining outside the window, and the room inside the window is beautiful. After someone is satisfied——

"Tell me who is your favorite person"

Three most?

"...you are..." Under the pressure of someone, Lin Ling could only succumb.

　Haha, extra words are not included in the word count, I hope everyone will support my writing, I will try my best to type ╰(￣▽￣)╭

　　
　
(End of this chapter)