Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 1011 I want to listen

Thinking about those ministers who have to get up so early every day, I begin to understand why they have to go to bed early, otherwise they really can’t get up at all.

But when I woke up the next day, Gu Qingjue, who had left early, was still in bed.

Su Yixin: "That's strange, don't you have to go to court today?"

Gu Qingjue: "I feel a little tired these days. Your Majesty has granted me two days off. I can accompany you to the palace today."

"Why didn't you tell me last night?"

"Surprise for you!"

Well, even though we are an old couple, it’s really a pleasant surprise to do this once in a while.

After breakfast, the two took a carriage into the palace and got off at the palace gate. The eldest princess and Princess Huai'an were already waiting there.

"I have already sent a letter to the Queen Mother."

The four of them first went to the Qingshou Palace to meet the Queen Mother, and then went to the Ciyuan Hall where Concubine Miao lived.

"Mother, I am here to see you."

Concubine Miao has not appeared in public for many years, and Su Yixin has not seen her since the incident with Prince An more than ten years ago.

After many years, Concubine Miao had some white hair on both sides of her temples, more fine lines at the corners of her eyes, and her skin was a little loose, but it still looked smooth. The most noticeable thing was the dark circles under her eyes, which was probably due to poor sleep in recent days.

"Meet the Toffee."

Concubine Miao nodded, stood up and personally lifted Su Yixin's hand to salute: "You are now the Princess of Shuyang, there is no need to perform such a grand ceremony."

Then he asked Gu Qingjue, "Is His Royal Highness Prince Jin accompanying the Princess?"

Gu Qingjue: “Yes.”

"I did alarm you, but this matter has troubled me for many days and kept me awake at night. It's really painful."

While Concubine Miao was talking, Su Yixin had been observing her. She had a clear mind, and the dirty things she saw should not be her imagination.

"Tiffany Miao, when does that dirty thing usually appear?"

"It varies. Sometimes I see it standing in front of my bed right after I fall asleep, sometimes it seems to be under the bed, and a few times it is on the window."

After Concubine Miao finished speaking, she felt a little uncomfortable and subconsciously rubbed her arms with her hands.

Su Yixin said: "To be honest with you, Concubine Dowager, I have not felt any yin energy or unclean things in Ciyuan Hall while sitting here."

Not only did she not feel anything, Zhou Zheng and the others in the blood jade also said that there were no ghosts, and the soul-calming order on her body did not move at all.

Therefore, Su Yixin tends to think that it was someone’s doing.

After all, no matter how powerful the evil spirit is, it is impossible to escape her eyes, the perception of Zhou Zheng and Tan Tai Xi, and the detection of the Soul-Calming Order.

Concubine Miao: "Princess Shuyang means that it was man-made?"

She herself was in an awkward position and thought that His Majesty had sent Pan Yi just for the sake of formality and was unwilling to sincerely help her solve the problem.

Unexpectedly, there was no evil spirit, but rather someone with ulterior motives who was playing tricks.

"Yes, this needs to be handled by the Toffee herself."

The princess spoke up at this time: "Princess Shuyang, although it is now confirmed that it is not evil, but it is a man-made ghost and someone may be investigating. Can you help the concubine to find this person?"

Gu Qingjue is the best at investigating cases. He is sitting here now. The princess spoke to her because she wanted Gu Qingjue to investigate. Su Yixin looked at Gu Qingjue and saw that he did not look embarrassed, so she said, "Let me try!"

Concubine Miao said gratefully: "Thank you for your hard work."

Su Yixin first asked Concubine Miao to call all the servants in her palace and screen them based on their physiognomy. After checking, she found that there were quite a few interesting palace servants, almost accounting for half of the palace servants in Ciyuan Hall.

Concubine Miao was shocked when she saw the selected palace maids: "So many?"

"There definitely won't be so many people involved." Su Yixin said, "But they definitely have more than just the Concubine as their master."

The princess narrowed her eyes and said, "You are such a traitor. You better find out that you didn't harm my mother. Otherwise, I will make sure you don't see the sun tomorrow."

Su Yixin selected these people based on their facial features. How to interrogate them next would depend on Gu Qingjue's ability.

Gu Qingjue had them separated, and then distributed paper and ink to each of them, asking them to confess what they had done. If they confessed voluntarily, the punishment would be reduced or exempted depending on the severity of the case. If they concealed it and were found out, they would be punished more severely.

This trick is still very effective against those who are timid. At least half of them confessed voluntarily.

However, those who voluntarily confessed were actually not important matters. They were nothing more than stealing some things, or they just didn't like someone and did something bad in secret to embarrass their opponent.

The other half have strong psychological qualities.

People with strong psychological qualities can be divided into those who have brains and those who don't.

The brainless ones will not confess anything, thinking they are loyal to their real master. This is easy to deal with. Gu Qingjue has been the Privy Councilor for so many years, and he can judge the truthfulness of their words with just a few words.

The more difficult ones are those who have strong mental qualities and are very smart.

However, after layers of screening, only four or five were left.

The eldest princess glared at the people kneeling on the ground and said, "Who do you belong to? How dare you murder my mother?"

How could they possibly answer if asked this way?

If she could speak, she would have said it all just now, and she wouldn't have to waste her breath.

One of the mothers said slowly, "Princess, I really didn't do anything. I have been working in Ciyuan Palace since I was thirteen years old. I have never done anything to offend the Concubine Dowager for more than forty years. Please understand my mistake, Princess Dowager."

Concubine Miao was also unwilling to believe that her mother had any ulterior motives towards her.

Although she was not her personal mother, she had been serving her in Ciyuan Palace since she was very young. If there was any problem with her, Concubine Miao could not even think about it.

Seeing the old mother's sincerity, the others all expressed their innocence.

Concubine Miao: “…”

She looked at Su Yixin and Gu Qingjue with some embarrassment.

The eldest princess was still clear-headed and said to Concubine Miao: "Mother, we are looking for people who are playing tricks. If we look closely at their purpose, it is really frightening. We can't think they are innocent just because of one or two words."

While the Princess was talking to Concubine Miao, Gu Qingjue had already started the interrogation.

These people had clear ideas, but they were facing Gu Qingjue, who was able to find clues from their words and actions, and finally locked on two palace servants, one was the mother who spoke at the beginning, and the other was a eunuch who was about the same age as her.

"Your Majesty has arrived."

Concubine Miao and the eldest princess stood up in surprise.

"See Your Majesty."

Concubine Miao asked tentatively, "How did your Majesty have time to come to Ciyuan Palace?"

"I heard about the haunted Ciyuan Palace, but I have been busy these days and don't have time to come."

Concubine Miao: "Your Majesty, please go and do whatever you want. The Prince of Jin and his wife are here, and I believe they will be able to find out the truth soon."

Zhao Rui nodded: "Let me listen."