Secret Agent: The Devil's Favorite Wife

Chapter 153 Investigation
Que Ruoyu looked at this Granny Xue, this old man who had devoted his whole life to the inner courtyard of the palace, and felt a pang of sadness in his heart. Thinking about how many people died in this palace, just to fight for one person. Petting, thinking about it this way, Que Ruoyu became more determined to investigate this matter clearly.

"Have you been serving in the palace all the time? How much do you know about the murder of Concubine Xi? And is Concubine Qing also related to this incident?"

When Granny Xue heard the word "in the palace", her expression changed. When Que Ruoyu brought up the matter of murdering Concubine Xi, she was so frightened that she couldn't help herself and wanted to close the door, but The father-in-law was very discerning, and hurriedly stood aside in front of the door, so that Granny Xue couldn't close the door.

Que Ruoyu looked into Granny Xue's eyes and said: "Grandma, I will not hurt you. You have served in the harem for so many years. Besides, you had meritorious service in protecting the lord back then. It was the emperor's permission for you to go out of the palace to spend your later years. No one will make things difficult for you." , I will not do anything to you, I just have to understand the truth of the matter, only you can tell me what happened back then."

Granny Xue didn't speak, and for some reason, her continuous cough just stopped at this moment. She was not as old as before, but a little more energetic. Although she couldn't close the door, she didn't flinch. Instead, he stood at the door, silent.

Seeing her reaction, Que Ruoyu was no exception, and said again: "Mother-in-law, you trust me, I am investigating this matter of life and death, no one knows that I found you, and no one will do anything to you, an old man. .”

The old man did not speak, but kept trying to close the door. After a long time, she finally said: "I don't understand what you are talking about, and I am not the person you are looking for. I am indeed Granny Xue, but I have never After entering the palace, at this time, the tailors in Wangjia Village, five miles away, should be going to bed soon."

Seeing the old man speak, the father-in-law subconsciously let the door open, and Granny Xue directly closed the door, which sounded like it was locked from the inside.

"What are you talking about? The donkey's lip is wrong! Look at this...do you want to open the door and ask carefully?" the father-in-law scratched his head and said.

Que Ruoyu carefully recalled what Granny Xue said. In fact, the old man's reaction should be reasonable, which just proves that she should know something.

However, she did not answer directly, but said directly, "At this time, the tailors in Wangjia Village, five miles away, should be going to bed soon."

Presumably this sentence is not nonsense, then Granny Xue may have a deep meaning.

Que Ruoyu thought for a while, and said to her father-in-law, "Let's go back first, and come out tomorrow, to that Wangjiacun."

Silent all night.

The next morning, Que Ruoyu got up early. She felt that there were fewer people in the early morning, and there were few eyes and ears, so she rushed early to go to the Wangjia Village that Grandma Xue mentioned yesterday to look for the tailor.

Wangjiacun is just an unknown small village. The carriage driver first went to Shibalipu to inquire about it, and then found the direction of Wangjiacun.

From a distance, this is just a dilapidated small village with perhaps no more than thirty households. It is hard to imagine such a dilapidated small village next to the imperial city.

The father-in-law knocked on the door of a house and asked, "Do you have a tailor here?"

But the countryman said with a look of foolishness on his face: "You said that, look at our big fart village, where can we get a tailor? If he had one, he would have starved to death."

After speaking impatiently, he went back to the house and closed the door.

Gongzheng was about to deliver the goods, but Que Ruoyu stopped him and said, "Don't cause trouble, let's travel low-key, it's better not to attract attention."

Then I began to think about why there is no tailor in this Wangjiacun. Could it be that Grandma Xue lied to her?It's not like this.

Is it...

Que Ruoyu knocked on another house and asked, "Is there any outsider here? You just moved here in recent years? Are you older?"

This time it was a middle-aged elder sister who opened the door, and the elder sister said enthusiastically: "You are talking about old Zhangtou, she came to our village the year before last and lived in a pigsty every day. Later, we pitied him. A man in his prime built a thatched cottage for him and let him live there without any trouble."

Que Ruoyu gave the elder sister some money and thanked the enthusiastic elder sister.

Then she came to the thatched hut of the "old Zhangtou", and she could see that the thatched hut was still very new with a few bricks and tiles. She knocked on the door, and an old man with white beard and hair came out.

After questioning, it turned out that his name was Zhang Yi, and he was a coolie in the palace. Later, when he was carrying something, he fell down. The supervisor saw that she was too old and the things were not broken, so he didn't pursue anything and drove him out of the palace. Something went wrong.

Que Ruoyu gave him a lot of money and proposed to murder Concubine Xi, but the old man did not shy away from it. He had no children, and at worst took the money and flew away, so he told Que Ruoyu everything he knew. He was working as a helper at the imperial physician's office, and happened to hear about this incident. He asked her to find the imperial physician who dispensed the medicine for Concubine Xi. It is said that this imperial physician is still in the palace.

When Que Ruoyu thought about it carefully, he felt that there must be something strange about this matter. Presumably, the imperial physician of the past had also been involved in it. If he didn't call the imperial physician of the past to figure out the ins and outs of these things, he might die without any results.

It's just that after so many years, I don't know how to break through this crucial link and solve the interlocking palace affairs.Unexpectedly, this imperial doctor would dare to stay in the palace after participating in such a harem battle, which is also audacious.If it was someone else, they would have packed up the gold and silver and fled for their lives.

Even if the murder of Concubine Xi had not been revealed, Concubine Qing should not have kept him alive until today. If the truth is not investigated, the truth of the matter may be buried underground forever and never see the light of day.Thinking of this, Que Ruoyu quickly walked towards the Tai Hospital.

When Que Ruoyu came to the imperial hospital, he grabbed a young eunuch and inquired about the whereabouts of the imperial physician.
The little eunuch only said that he was always on duty and that the imperial physician was never absent, but that he hadn't been seen in the past few months, and complained that the slave, Jian Tian'er, was worried because he was afraid that the emperor's empress would be summoned urgently in case of illness. But the imperial doctor was nowhere to be seen, and ordered the young man to look for it, but if he couldn't find it, he would lose his head, and he even pretended to wipe away his tears while talking.

Que Ruoyu couldn't bear to listen to the little eunuch's bitterness, grabbed the little eunuch's hand that wiped his tears, and asked anxiously: "Then do you know where you can find this imperial doctor?"

I saw the little eunuch blushing and stammering: "Miss Ruoyu, although our family is clean, I'm afraid it's wrong for you to do this." After saying that, he covered his face with his sleeve , made the little daughter's shyness ten to ten.

Seeing this, Que Ruoyu understood, and took the little eunuch's hand along the way: "Where is the father-in-law? Ruoyu was impatient for a while, and didn't think about it so much. With a little thought, the father-in-law came to have a drink with the little brothers." After a few cups, I will be Ruoyu's host, and I hope my father-in-law will not dislike it."

After finishing speaking, he stuffed two silver ingots into the little eunuch's hand along his cuff.The little eunuch weighed his weight, cleaned up all the strange faces just now, cleared his throat, and whispered to Ruoyu's ear, "My lord is not on duty recently, and I don't know where my lord has gone. , but if the girl is in a hurry, you can go to the adult's house, it is much better than waiting here stupidly." What is the difference between these words and nonsense, Que Ruoyu was angry and couldn't break out, so he had to leave the Tai Hospital first.

On the way back, the more Que Ruoyu thought about it, the more he felt that this was a strange thing, so he turned around and walked towards the imperial hospital immediately. Just as he was walking to the door, he saw an old man in court clothes hurried out of the imperial hospital. Isn't it the imperial doctor this girl is looking for?It was clear in his heart that this was being played by that little eunuch.

"My lord, take a step to speak." Que Ruoyu stepped forward and stopped the imperial physician. The imperial physician looked at Que Ruoyu and knew that he might not be able to escape today, so he nodded. "My lord, do you still remember what happened to Concubine Xi?"

"Girl, I was just a medicine dispenser back then, and I didn't know anything." The old man didn't even look up, but shook his head like a rattle.

"My lord, if the events of those years were revealed, even Concubine Qing would not be able to protect you. She might send you out as a scapegoat. Why should you hide them for them? If my lord tells the events of those years one by one Tell me in detail, when the emperor disposes of it, I can still testify for you, proving that you were only instructed by someone back then and did not know the inside story. At that time, you can be punished lightly. If you are stubborn, I am afraid it will be me Can't help you either."

Que Ruoyu's words are true and false, the old doctor's words are true, and the words of pleading for mercy, don't even think about it, it must be a lie. Besides, murdering a concubine is such a serious crime, no matter who comes, he can't ask for another one. light hair down.The imperial physician has also been struggling in this high wall for many years, and lives with his head on his head every day, so how could he not be able to hear the truth and falsehood in Que Ruoyu, a little girl's film?

So he bit his tongue and refused to admit it. He just said that he didn't know what happened back then. If he had something to do with him, how could he still work in the Tai Hospital? Does the girl question like this because she didn't believe the decision of the Holy Majesty back then? ?Do you think the Holy Majesty was blindfolded, not Mingjun?
Que Ruoyu didn't expect that he couldn't press the question, but was bitten by the old fox instead.If I asked further, I was afraid that it would be troublesome if I was killed by this old fox, so I had to give up.Suppressing the anger in his heart, he said in a deep voice, "It's the little girl who was rude, and she offended me so much. I hope you will forgive me."

Seeing Que Ruoyu leave, the old imperial doctor hurried back to the imperial hospital, and called the little eunuch who was held by Que Ruoyu just now to turn around and enter the herb storehouse in the backyard, "Master, Que Ruoyu is looking for you for the matter of Concubine Xi?" "Exactly , I’m afraid that if this little girl continues to investigate further, you and I will be exposed. You quickly report to Imperial Concubine Qing, and say that what happened back then may be exposed, and begging her to protect me is also protecting yourself.”

The little eunuch avoided people all the way, and came to Concubine Qing's palace, only to see Concubine Qing playing with the raccoon cat, when the little eunuch came in, he waved everyone around him to go down, and then drove the raccoon away.He asked nervously, "Why are you back? But what went wrong?".

I saw that the little eunuch seemed to have changed his face, and he didn't see the foolish look just now. "Report to master, that Que Ruoyu has already found out about the imperial physician, and the imperial physician asked me to bring the message back. Please protect him, and you are also protecting yourself, according to the servant." Look, this imperial doctor is always a hidden danger, how about "

(End of this chapter)