Playful Queen

Chapter 79

At this time, Master Yin Liu of the Clan Mansion came over with an old nanny who seemed to be over half a hundred years old, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is Nanny Yu who raised crows in Yongyingzhai, and she discovered it this morning. Empress Lipin's body."

Nanny Yu's hair was black and white, she seemed to have been in this palace for decades, she knelt down and kowtowed: "This old slave pays my respects to the emperor."

"Are you the one who takes care of these crows?" Zi Yechen asked after looking at this person.

"Back to the emperor, the old slave has been taking care of them for 22 years. Every night, the old slave will lead them back with the sound of the flute, but last night there was no movement for a long time. The old slave was anxious, so he went out to look for them. He didn't come back until this morning, and he saw them. Concubine Li is lying in the courtyard, Your Majesty, they will not take the initiative to attack people." Nanny Yu said it in detail, and finally refuted the crow she had kept for 22 years.

After completing the autopsy, Wu went up to the emperor and said respectfully: "Return to the emperor, the empress Li Pin died in the early morning. Judging from the wounds on her body, it was indeed a wound pecked by a crow. The muscles were stiff. After a lot of struggle, there was mud left on her shoes. , I should have walked through the palace alley in front of me."

"Did you find any rotten smell or something on Li Pin's body?" Meng Li's voice suddenly sounded, facing the wind, it was particularly loud.

Wu Zuo immediately took a look at the book in the hand of the recording boy, and said respectfully: "I didn't find these things when I returned to the queen. I don't know why the queen asked such a question?"

"Crows don't peck people easily, especially raised crows. The reason why crows go crazy is the smell of rotten meat." Mengli explained, which I accidentally wrote down when watching nature and science programs before. Unexpectedly, it came in handy again, Mengli looked at those surprised eyes, "If you don't believe me, you can try that piece of carrion, but since Wu Zuo didn't find it, then the crow didn't peck people for it."

These words made Duan Wang feel surprised at this woman again, those deep eyes unconsciously cast towards that petite body, unexpectedly, they happened to bump into those clear eyes.

She was shocked, why did he look at her with such strange eyes?Thinking of this, her face was instantly covered with a blush.

Zi Yechen saw this scene completely in his eyes. He was surprised by the way the uncle looked at Mengli, but he was even more shocked by Mengli's expression at the moment. Shen Mengli actually flirted with the uncle in broad daylight?

Surprise turned into anger, and he clenched his hands under the big sleeves. At this moment, even he didn't notice how ugly his face was at the moment, as if there were two clusters of flames burning in his eyes.

At this time, the officials who were going to Liyang Palace hurried in and reported to the emperor respectfully: "My Majesty, I just asked the people in Liyang Palace, saying that the concubine Li has been out of her mind for the past two days. He left Liyang Palace in a hurry at Haishi, and never came back after that.”

"Could it be found out that it was Lipin who lost her mind for something?"

"Wei Chen also asked about this matter, but no one knew about it. He only said that the concubine Li is relatively close to a new maid these days, and Wei Chen has already brought all the people from Liyang Palace." Master Li turned around. , I saw the maids and eunuchs behind me immediately came forward to pay their respects. At this time, a petite figure was late, wearing a green palace uniform, with his head kept low, and he walked forward slowly. Between his steps, he could see her Her feet trembled a little, probably because she was frightened by hearing the news of Li Pin's death this morning, or maybe because she was nervous about facing the emperor's inquiry, so she came to the emperor and empress and knelt down to pay her respects.

Zi Yechen was in a bad mood at first, so he casually glanced at these maids and eunuchs, and when his eyes swept over, he finally landed on the person who came late, and said in a very bad tone: "Why don't you speak, look up beginning!"

When the maid heard this voice, her whole thin body was shocked, she was silent for a while, and finally raised her head slowly, her small face was very delicate, she looked at Zi Yechen with watery eyes, she still didn't speak .

The little eunuch beside her immediately said for her: "Your Majesty, this is a new court lady. The mute slave is a mute and can't write, so..."

The dumb slave did not look away from Zi Yechen's body without other people's words, even if the person she was looking at was not looking at herself, she kept looking at it, as if at this moment, her time stood still, It’s just that the time of the person she’s looking at is still flowing, even if it’s still, it’s not because of her, Zi Yechen’s eyes always look at Mengli inadvertently, and when he heard the little eunuch’s words, he waved his hand coldly, “All let They went outside and asked them all about it."

At this time, a young eunuch knelt down on the ground with a plop, and said in panic, "Your Majesty, this must be a punishment from heaven! Actually...actually...the reason for the uneasiness these days is because the empress... also participated After seeing the Buddha statue and hearing the news of Concubine Rong's death, she had nightmares every night."

The little eunuch trembled all over, and expressed the doubts in his heart, "Yes, the servant has heard about it. Before the incident happened, Madam Li told the servant that she offended someone, and said that person must come to her."

The older Master Li heard what the little eunuch said, and said in shock: "The crow is the divine bird of our Jin Heavenly Kingdom. If it wasn't for Concubine Li infringing on the gods, how could they have suffered such a catastrophe?"

"What Master Li said is true, Your Majesty..."

This is simply nonsense!The four words that Meng Li was about to blurt out were instantly uttered by Zi Yechen: "It's nonsense! Don't use these interfaces to prevaricate me, let me continue to investigate this matter!" Zi Yechen looked cold and said fiercely Staring at them, several ministers were frightened by the emperor's expression, and immediately agreed.

When the ancients encountered such a strange case, they would blame it on something that violated the gods and was punished by the gods, demons and ghosts. What a nonsense!Thinking about it carefully, Concubine Li walked out of Liyang Palace because of a letter, and she disappeared for at least three hours, and was stung to death by a crow three hours later, what happened to her during those three hours?Moreover, there is another thing that apart from the sting wound on her body, no one saw her being stung to death by a crow...

It seems that Zi Yechen also has the same doubts in her heart, so she worries about this matter again.Mengli looked at him, no matter how many doubts she had in her heart, she didn't say anything more, and left with Concubine Hui and Concubine Yun.

Just when she walked out of Yongyingzhai, Mengli caught a glimpse of the maids and eunuchs standing at the door. They were all from Lipin's palace, and they all had mournful faces. They were probably grieving for their master and worrying about their imminent separation. Feeling sad about not going out, Mengli finally set her eyes on the impressive face among the maids. She remembered that she was called a dumb slave, only she was not crying, and because of this, Mengli took a special look at her. Her eyes were dull, but her face was very pale. She kept looking at herself, no, the person she was looking at was not herself, but... Yun Xi?
(End of this chapter)