Chapter 207
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then looked a little strange.

Xiang Wan was testing them just now!

The queen's mind is really not simple, it is not inferior to any of them, no wonder the emperor admires the queen so much, it would be great if... could have children.

"I'll talk about something first, and then talk about the way to lure the enemy," Xiang Wan said.

"Empress, please tell me." Everyone responded hastily.

"This matter is of great importance. After you hear it, don't let anyone know." Xiang Wan glanced at the crowd and said seriously.

"Please don't worry, ma'am."

"I'm not infertile. I don't want children now because the emperor was poisoned a few days ago. If he wants to have an heir at this time, the residual poison in the emperor's body may be passed on to the child. In addition, I was plotted against before and my body has just recovered. It's not the right time to have a child." Xiang Wan said sullenly.

You can't say clearly about Jun Moli's love affair, but if she changed the way of saying it, it would be easier for everyone to accept it.

"The emperor is really in poor health!" Meng Zhi exhaled softly. When Xiao Guanyu told him alone, he was somewhat skeptical, but now that Xiang Wan said it himself, it was amazing, so he believed it.

"Yes, for the sake of leaving the country safely, the adults must not leak any news. The emperor is now mostly cured of the poison. After this incident is over, I will rest for a while, and there will be an heir." Xiang Wan said.

Everyone looked at Xiang Wan in astonishment, and it took a while to come back to their senses.

If what Xiang Wan said is true, then she has no motive to kill, and she will soon become pregnant, which can silence everyone's mouths...

Meng Zhi was the first to lift up his robe and knelt down, "I'm short-sighted, and I offended the empress a lot, please forgive me."

Yue Lu and Li Shoucheng also knelt down and admitted their mistakes.

Xiang Wanqian pleaded, "My lords please stand up."

Everyone got up.

"In a while, I will take everyone to the homes of Lord Zhou, Lord Zhao, and Lord Li to inquire about what happened on the day of the incident. Lord Li, you can find a reason to conflict with me at Brother Ling's house. After I leave, You stood at the door and cursed," Xiang Wan said.

"This..." Li Shoucheng looked at Xiang Wan with some embarrassment.

"It's so ugly. My palace said that the case will be solved in ten days. This matter is well known in Lidu. Their purpose is to make courtiers and people feel dissatisfied with my palace and the emperor. They will definitely not miss this opportunity to make things worse. If they assist in handling the case With the minister dead, it will be even more difficult for the palace to explain, and the voices of dissatisfaction in the court will naturally become louder," Xiang Wan said.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly, how will Your Majesty plan to protect Master Li?" Meng Zhi asked.

"After Mr. Li scolded me, he immediately went to the palace to complain to the saint. In this way, if he is killed, the emperor will not escape the responsibility, and the chances of the opponent's attack will increase a little. After entering the palace, I will use the preparations in advance A good dummy went out of the palace instead of Mr. Li, and the confidants around Mr. Li were also changed by the people of this palace. Mr. Li changed his clothes and followed everyone back to Li's mansion to observe secretly. If they didn't come, this palace would think of other ways. " Xiang Wan said.

"Let someone die for you, this..." Li Shoucheng frowned.

"Master Li is upright, and I appreciate it very much. Please don't worry, my lords. The dummy, the dummy I made with my own hands, is not a real person, but it is enough to confuse the real." Xiang Wan said.

Hearing what Xiang Wan said, everyone was relieved.

"Your Majesty, Li Shoucheng has offended you so much today, and you will be punished in the future." Li Shoucheng said seriously.

Xiang Wan smiled, "Master Li relieved my worries today, what is the crime!"

Li Shoucheng saluted solemnly, admiring Xiang Wan's demeanor.

Even Meng Zhi, who thought about antiques, began to feel that Xiang Wan was the best candidate for queen.

"Ma'am, do you want to drive to Mr. Zhou's house now?" Zhuang He asked.

"Okay." Xiang Wan got up.

Everyone went to Mr. Zhou's house together.

Mrs. Zhou received the notice that the queen empress was coming early in the morning, and waited at the door with her family.

"Ma'am, the queen is like this, and she is not afraid of retribution." Madam Zhou's personal maid said.

"Shut up." Mrs. Zhou scolded in a cold voice, "You know that misfortune comes from your mouth!"

"Ma'am, I know I was wrong." The servant girl hurriedly fell silent.

Xiang Wan and the others had already arrived.

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly saluted.

"My wife pays homage to the empress." Mrs. Zhou knelt down and saluted.

"Madam Zhou, please get up." Xiang Wan replied.

"Thank you, empress."

"Mrs. Zhou, I have something to ask you."

"Yes, Madam, please enter the hall." Mrs. Zhou said.

Xiang Wan nodded, and the group entered the hall and took their seats. Xiang Wan sat in the main seat. Apart from a few adults, only Mrs. Zhou and her maid were there.

"Mrs. Zhou, I want to ask you, who was the first to find out about Master Zhou's accident?" Xiang Wan asked.

"Yes, maidservant Xiaohong." Mrs. Zhou pointed to her close maidservant.

Xiang Wan's eyes fell on the maid Xiaohong.

Xiao Hong instinctively wanted to step back, but held back abruptly. Xiang Wan's gaze was sharp, making people feel inexplicably guilty.

Xiang Wan's eyes paused slightly, the maid was suspicious.

"Xiaohong, tell me how you found out what happened to Mr. Zhou."

"Yes, yes, I obey." Xiaohong knelt down hastily, "I went to serve tea to the master at night, I knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered, so I pushed the door in and found the master..."

Xiaohong said that her voice was choked up, and tears fell down.

Xiang Wan raised her eyes slightly, Lianya at the door nodded slightly, turned around and left quietly, and went to the mansion to inquire.

"Get up."

"Thanks, thank you, empress." Xiaohong answered with her head down, pretending that she had never seen the market before. In fact, she wanted to cover her gaze, and didn't want Xiang Wan to see any clues.

The corners of Xiang Wan's lips moved slightly, "Mrs. Zhou, Master Zhou is reading in the study. Who was the last person to come out of the study?"

"Yes, it's also Xiaohong." Mrs. Zhou said, her voice fluctuating slightly, "My wife asked Xiaohong to deliver dinner to the adults. After the adults finished eating, Xiaohong went to clean up. After that, the guard said that no one had entered Study room, until Xiaohong found out that the master was...by..."

Mrs. Zhou was still full of sadness when she mentioned that Mr. Zhou was killed.

Xiang Wan asked Mrs. Zhou some more about Mr. Zhou's daily life, and the questions were very detailed.

Xiang Wan estimated that it was about the same time, his eyes turned, and he stood up, "Mrs. Zhou's condolences have changed, and I will definitely give Mr. Zhou justice. I will come here first today, and I will come to bother you again if necessary."

"My wife thanked the empress for her concern, and sent the empress to her respectfully." Mrs. Zhou said.

Xiang Wan led everyone away.

Lian Ya was already waiting in front of the carriage, she reached out to support Xiang Wan's carriage, and followed her.

"Ma'am, are you going to Master Zhao's house?" Zhuang He asked.

"Hmm." Xiang Wan replied.

The carriage moved forward slowly.

"Let's talk." Xiang Wan leaned against the carriage's pillow, her body relaxed. She was a little sleepy, but it was not time to sleep yet.

"Yes, empress, the slaves just chatted with the maids of the Zhou Mansion. They didn't say much, they just said that Madam indulged Xiaohong, but when they came back, they met two young servants who were gossiping and said a lot. And Mr. Zhou... have long been secretive, but Mrs. Zhou refused to let Xiaohong be a concubine, but everyone in the house knew it, so Xiaohong went to see Mr. Zhou at night. Everyone thought it was normal and didn't think much about it. "Lianya said.

Xiang Wan frowned slightly, Mrs. Zhou was heartbroken, her maid and her husband were struggling.

Xiang Wan slowly frowned. If so, Xiao Hong would no longer be suspected, but what's wrong?
"Let people stare at this little red first."

Xiang Wan decided to trust her intuition. Anyway, even if she was wrong, she would not suffer a loss if she just stared at her.

"Yes." Lianya replied.

The car stopped in front of Mr. Zhao's house.

Xiang Wan asked Mrs. Zhao as usual.

The last stop was Shangshu Youcheng Li's family, which was Li Shoucheng's elder brother's home.

Li Shoucheng's sister-in-law, Mrs. Li's eyes were red and swollen, her steps were deep and her feet were shallow, and she was very haggard.

Li Shoucheng stepped forward, "Sister-in-law, my condolences."

"Shoucheng." Mrs. Li said with a choked voice. Seeing Xiang Wan, she gently pushed Li Shoucheng away, stepped forward, and saluted tremblingly.

Xiang Wan's movements were deliberately slow.

"Empress, my sister-in-law is old and unwell." Li Shoucheng said in a deep voice, not hiding his dissatisfaction with Xiang Wan at all.

"Lord Li, I was about to speak, but you delayed the time." Xiang Wan raised his eyebrows. Li Shoucheng was very smart. Although he was a veteran of the two dynasties, he was actually young. In [-], Jun Moli became emperor, so he was only in his twenties, and he was the youngest brother of Li Shouyi, Shangshu Youcheng. There was a twenties age difference between them. Mrs. Li took care of him like his mother.

"Ma'am!" Li Shoucheng frowned, looking dissatisfied.

Xiang Wan glanced at Li Shoucheng coldly, his eyes full of impatience, "Madam Li, please."

"My wife, thank you, thank you, empress." Mrs. Li glanced at Li Shoucheng in a panic. Li Shouyi was gone. Of course, she couldn't let Li Shoucheng have an accident.

"Ma'am, brother-in-law is young, please make amends." Mrs. Li looked at Xiang Wan and said respectfully.

"It's okay, Mr. Li has been dissatisfied with me for a long time. Mrs. Li, I have something to ask."

"Your Majesty, my younger brother won't..." Mrs. Li said hastily.

Xiang Wan frowned and interrupted Mrs. Li, "Mrs. Li, come in."

"Yes, yes." Mrs. Li hurriedly responded, leading Xiang Wan and others into the door.

In the lobby, Xiang Wan sat at the main seat and asked many things about Mr. Li. Every time Mrs. Li talked about it, she burst into tears.

Li Shoucheng stood up abruptly, "Empress, my sister-in-law is old, you are not letting her hurt again!"

"Master Li, Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhao, we have been asking all the way here. If we don't ask clearly, how can we find out." Xiang Wan said coldly.

"Your Majesty, you only focus on investigating the case, why have you ever cared about the living?" Li Shoucheng said with a frown.

"If Mr. Li is not used to the way I investigate cases, you can go to the palace and sue me." Xiang Wan stood up and walked out full of anger.

Mrs. Li was in a hurry, and hurriedly dragged Li Shoucheng out to chase.

When they reached the door, Xiang Wan had already got into the carriage, and the carriage drove away.

(End of this chapter)

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