"She wants to take someone away from the palace."
Xia Huanyu pursed her lips: "She guessed the psychology of the few of us clearly, she thought, if something happens to the person in charge of the harem affairs, then we don't know what the situation is, who poisoned it, and who poisoned it. What kind of poison, and I am afraid that everyone in the harem will be in chaos after hearing the news, so the first thing to do is to try every means to conceal the news."
"And she can just take advantage of this moment to pretend to pass on Yi's decree and take him away."
Yun Chang raised her eyebrows slightly, but she was a little surprised. She had thought of countless possibilities, but she never thought that it was for this one.
"Who is it that she wants to take away?" Yun Chang raised her eyes and asked.
"A court lady." Xia Huanyu settled down casually, and added: "A court lady in Xiangyi Palace."
Yun Chang squinted her eyes, and slightly tightened her hand holding the chess piece.
Xiangyi Palace is the palace where Concubine Li is under house arrest.
Thinking of this incident, Yun Shang vaguely guessed which maid the steward Wang wanted to take away.
Most likely it was because she came to the Imperial Garden to beg her, saying that Concubine Li saved her life, and begged her to ask a doctor for Concubine Li to treat her illness, and finally sent her to the maid serving in Xiangyi Palace.
"Is it the maid who was sent to Xiangyi Palace after Concubine Li was placed under house arrest?"
Xia Huanyu slightly raised his eyes: "Yes, have you seen it?"
Yun Shang nodded and told Xia Huanyu about the matter.
"The court lady ran to me and begged me for such a trivial matter at the risk of bumping into me. Even though Concubine Li made a mistake, she was not guilty of death. If I die in the palace, I'm afraid that any kind of rumors will be spread, which will not be good for me, His Majesty or even my father, queen and queen, so I agree."
"It's just that at that time, when I asked the maid to serve in Xiangyi Palace, the maid's expression was a little strange. It seemed that I didn't expect that I would make such a decision. But I didn't wait for her to react, so I let people Send her to Xiangyi Palace."
Yunshang explained what happened before to Xia Huanyu and Hua Ling, and then she went back to the matter in front of her: "I guess, the maid must have some purpose. Back then, I asked the imperial doctor to treat Concubine Li. Perhaps he also wanted to use the imperial physician to enter the Xiangyi Palace to inquire about the news and then deliver the news out of the palace..."
"It's just that I sent her to Xiangyi Palace suddenly, and Xiangyi Palace is heavily guarded, and because I was suspicious of her, I specially asked someone to watch her, so she got the news from Concubine Li, but she didn't have the opportunity to send her away." The news was sent out of the palace. People outside were in a hurry, so they used Guan Wang to come up with something like this."
Yunshang rubbed the chess pieces with her fingers: "I just don't know what kind of news they want to get from Concubine Li."
After Yunshang finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at Xia Huanyu: "The palace maid has already been sent out of the palace?"
Xia Huanyu nodded: "Although we finally found the steward of the library, it was still a bit late after all, and she had already sent her out. Afterwards, we imprisoned her and tortured her for interrogation, but we did not interrogate her. What is it? Both the emperor and I have sent people to track down the whereabouts of the maid, but so far nothing has been found."
Yun Shang responded, and then asked again: "What about Concubine Li? Since what is waiting outside is the maid inquiring about the news from Concubine Li, then Concubine Li is naturally the clearest. The emperor can interrogate Concubine Guoli?"
Xia Huanyu pursed his lips when he heard the words: "Grand Concubine Li is dead."
Um
Yun Shang raised her head in surprise, with some surprise in her eyes.
"He was strangled to death." Xia Huanyu frowned slightly: "It was done by the court lady to silence her before she left."
Yun Chang didn't expect such a incident, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that what the maid did was indeed reasonable.
Since she had already got the news she wanted and was able to leave the palace immediately, she naturally hoped to get rid of all future troubles.
"So, the clue is broken like this?"
Xia Huanyu hummed: "That's how the clues are cut off, only that Steward Wang is still in prison, and she will be tortured and interrogated every day."
Yun Chang was not surprised, just nodded: "I have time to go and meet the steward Wang in person."
After coming out of the Empress Dowager's palace, Yunshang went straight back to Weiyang Palace, the palace servant served tea, Yunshang sat behind the desk, Peilan and Hua'er came in with a bunch of brochures each.
"Your Majesty, this is the backup of the brochures that the Empress Dowager has disposed of during the period when the Empress Dowager was not in the palace. The Empress Dowager sent someone to send it over, saying that she wanted her to look at it."
Yun Shang responded: "Put it on the table."
Pei Lan and Hua'er put the booklet on the table, and then stepped aside.
Yun Shang didn't look through those brochures either, and finally took a sip of tea, secretly thinking about what Xia Huanyu said just now.
Concubine Oriole.
Who is it that wants to inquire about news from Concubine Li
What kind of news can I get from Concubine Li
"Do you know about Concubine Li's death?"
"I know." Pei Lan replied in a low voice: "We heard about this incident at that time, but we didn't connect it with the poisoning of the Empress Dowager. After all, Concubine Li has been under house arrest in Xiangyi Palace. , there are so many guards guarding, and there are hidden guards watching, how can it be related to the poisoning of the Empress Dowager. And the public is that the Empress Dowager Li died of a sudden illness. We all knew something, so we didn't think much about it."
Yun Shang nodded: "Has the funeral of Concubine Li been taken care of?"
"It's done." Pei Lan said in a low voice, "It's just that the empress dowager had just been poisoned at that time, and there was chaos in the palace to find the murderer and detoxify the empress dowager. Concubine Li was just a concubine in the cold palace. What a splash. His Majesty ordered someone to do it, but it was done very low-key."
Yunshang let out a "hmm", no wonder, when the hidden guard passed her the news of the queen mother's poisoning, they didn't mention it.
After Peilan finished speaking, she glanced at Yunshang: "What does your empress want to do?"
Yun Shang pondered for a moment: "After Concubine Li's death, how will Xiangyi Palace deal with it?"
"Your Majesty ordered people to block it, saying it was unlucky. However, the guards who were guarding the outside of Xiangyi Palace did not withdraw. They were still watching at the entrance of Xiangyi Palace, preventing anyone from approaching Xiangyi Palace."
Yun Chang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that it was false to say that it was unlucky, Luo Qingyan asked someone to seal off the palace, but felt that this matter was strange, and wanted to check this Xiangyi Palace carefully to see if he could get it from Xiangyi Palace. It's nothing more than some useful news from Yi Palace.