Pretending to be jealous in the arms of Dali Temple

Chapter 174 A glimmer of light

In the corridor, the two little girls looked at each other.

Wan Yan's heart beat a few times faster.

She is sustained by the belief that she will find the truth hand in hand with adults.

But until just now, Wan Yan was not sure whether her investigation was in the right direction.

After hearing what the maid said, Wan Yan knew where she should start.

"Think about it, who have you ever said this to?"

The maid looked at the little girl holding the emperor's jade pendant in front of her, her whole body exuded tenacity, perseverance, and her beautiful eyes shone brightly.

Inexplicably trustworthy.

"I'm in charge of combing the empress's hair every day. The empress doesn't like me to participate in other things in the palace, so when the empress is looking for me for nothing, I will run errands for the sisters."

The maid was no longer afraid, and secretly recalled, "One day not long ago, I went to the Shangyi Bureau, and on the way back, I met other little sisters, and everyone talked about gossip. I did accidentally say that the empress will open the Qianqing Palace during the autumn banquet. "

After finishing speaking, the little maid lowered her head and explained: "I really didn't do it on purpose."

Wan Yan was puzzled, "Is it special to open the Qianqing Palace?"

The maid nodded, "That's the emperor's place. There are many girls in the palace, and they have a lot of thoughts. Everyone wants to visit Qianqing Palace if they have the opportunity."

"What is there to see? Look at the emperor?"

The little maid knew that Wan Yan couldn't think of it, so she didn't say the words "climbing the dragon bed".

"Who was there that day, do you remember?" Wan Yan was immersed in asking questions.

"Qiancheng Palace, Compassionate Palace, Fengyang Pavilion, in order to prepare for the autumn tea banquet that day, the empress distributed a lot of clothes to each palace, so there were a lot of sisters. If I asked me to tell who was there, I really don't remember. .”

Wan Yan was a little disappointed in her heart, so it has become an open secret that the Qianqing Palace opened the palace door at the autumn banquet?
If this is the case, it is completely untenable for the adults to think that the thief was a temporary intention.

Thinking of this, Wan Yan's heart sank.

Now she is alone, how to find her way again?
"Concubine Yi..."

Wan Yan asked herself again in her heart, is Concubine Yi still suspected?

As soon as this question came out, another voice in her heart completely denied her idea.

If Concubine Yi really didn't take away the painting, then the person who took the painting deliberately planned to sell it on this day. Could it be that there is something wrong with Concubine Yi?

This is the second possibility Wan Yan thought of.

The thief framed Concubine Yi.

So what is the purpose of the thief stealing the painting?

Wan Yan now feels that the possibility of selling paintings is not great.

Firstly, Master Wen's posthumous works are expensive.

Secondly, this is something from the palace. Even if the person who bought the painting did it because he likes it, he can't risk getting his head beheaded.

Thinking about it this way, Wan Yan really felt that the possibility of being framed was very high.

And just now Concubine Yi has been talking about it, implying that this is a harem that cannibalizes, can she really have no suspicion?

And really know the truth?
It's a pity she won't say anything.

"I saw that the empress hit you just now, is it the same on weekdays?" Wan Yan was about to play the emotional card.

If the thief had a feud with Concubine Yi, it would be a bad idea to frame Concubine Yi at this critical moment.

The palace maid lowered her head and hunched her shoulders, her eyes were full of hopelessness that didn't belong to her age.

"After I entered the palace, I have been by the empress's side. One day, the empress saw that my hair was combed beautifully, so she asked me to try it. From then on, I served by the empress's side."

The maid said, sobbing in a low voice, "I am timid, I am not as good at talking as my elder sister, and I make my empress happy every day, just relying on the fact that I have this pair of skillful hands, my empress likes it, besides, when I was just by my side, my empress was not like this." .”

"How long have you been in the palace?"

"Entered the palace at the age of six, eight years."

Wan Yan couldn't tell what was in her heart.

"When did the empress start to change?" Wan Yan felt that it shouldn't be a problem to ask such a question. Just now, she had only been in contact with Concubine Yi for a cup of tea, and the woman was uncertain.

"After the crown prince settled in the East Palace, the servants can't tell the exact time. Anyway, the empress has changed a little bit. In the past, the empress rarely lost her temper. Later, she changed a lot. I am a little afraid of her."

Wan Yan frowned when she thought of the woman who was doing the same thing in the front and the other in the back.

"Concubine Yi is in the palace, is there anyone who doesn't get along well?"

Wan Yan asked tactfully, but she actually meant who was Concubine Yi fighting in the palace.

"Empress." The little maid blurted out: "Empress Yi is cold-tempered, she seems to get along with many empresses badly, girl, you must not say these words."

The little maid thought that she shouldn't say these words, so she hurriedly asked Wan Yan to agree, "I shouldn't have said so much to you, but... no one listened to me, I..."

Wan Yan pressed the back of the little girl's hand, "Don't worry, after we part, these words will rot in my stomach."

The little maid sighed.

"Has the Queen gone to the Qing Palace today?"

Wan Yan vaguely remembered seeing the testimonies of the maids just now, and there were a lot of people going to Qianqing Palace today.

"Go, today I have been with the empress. During the palace banquet, the empress left the banquet early. I heard from other sisters that the empress stayed in Qianqing Palace."

Wan Yan looked far away, it seemed that the next person she was going to meet was the empress.

Clenching the jade pendant in her hand, Wan Yan asked the last question, "Do you think Empress Yi might take the painting?"

Meeting Wanyan's gaze, the little palace maid glanced around, lowered her eyes and shook her head, "I don't know, the empress has changed a lot. When the empress and the old lady of the Zhen Guogong's mansion talked, she didn't need anyone to serve her."

After turning for a long time, the problem came back.

"when did it happen?"

"Before the palace banquet begins."

Wan Yan suddenly remembered that after Princess Minyang spoke rudely to her, the old lady of Zhen Guogong's mansion left for a while.

It turned out that at that time the old lady met with Concubine Yi in Qianqing Palace.

"Which room are they in the Qianqing Palace?"

"It's not the main hall where the paintings are hung. The empress is afraid that people will see it, so she specially let the old lady enter the left hall through the side door."

"How long have they been seeing each other?"

"Tea time."

Wan Yan remembered that when the old lady came back, her face was full of spring breeze, and it really didn't look like she stole a painting from the palace and planned to take it out of the palace.

Besides, this is before the palace banquet. My lord has analyzed that the painting must have been lost around the end of the palace banquet.

After going around in a big circle, finally ruled out the suspicion of Concubine Yi, Wan Yan heaved a long sigh of relief.

Without an adult by her side, she was able to rule out a suspect.

"Let me ask you the last question. If Concubine Yi didn't take the painting, who do you think is most likely to frame her?"

"Planting?" The little palace maid blinked, "Your Majesty is not close to anyone else, especially Empress Empress. I can't say well about others."

Speaking of this level, Wan Yan saw a glimmer of light.

Two people stood under the palace wall, the shadow of the candle was dim.

When talking, Wan Yan tried her best to keep her voice down, she occasionally heard the slightest noise in the silent night.

At this time, if an adult analyzes it, is the person who does not sleep inquiring about news?

As the footsteps got closer, Wan Yan heard the voice more and more clearly.

There are also cries hidden in the ups and downs of the wind.

The little maid looked up at Wan Yan, and said in a low voice, "Sister, there seems to be someone dead in the palace."

Wan Yan was startled, the moon hid in the clouds.

"I heard Eunuch Huang's voice. Just now, when my sister was talking with the empress in the inner hall, I heard that something happened in the House of Internal Affairs."

The cries were getting closer.

dead?
Wan Yan's scalp tingles.

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