"Xiao Linzi?"
Kou Ji stared suspiciously at Chen Lin, "Who is Xiaolinzi?"
Chen Lin was taken aback for a while, and hurriedly said: "Listen to our family's order to follow the eunuch next to the official..."
Kou Ji squinted at Chen Lin, curled his lips and said: "You sent him to stare at the official house. The official house found out, so naturally he will be replaced."
Chen Lin heard that, an old face was black like the bottom of a pot.
"How could our family send someone to stare at the official..."
Chen Lin stared at Kou Ji, gritted her teeth.
Kou Ji snorted: "You approached the water tower and did not dare to send someone to stare at the official house. I was outside the palace, so I dared to send someone to stare at the official house? I don't know what the official house did. Why do I need to change a little eunuch at home, how do I know?"
Chen Lin was taken aback and realized that she had asked a stupid question, with an embarrassment on her face.
Kou Ji said lightly: "If that little eunuch really angered the officials, I'm afraid he would have been buried in the imperial garden and turned into flower manure. He is still alive, which means that he did not anger the officials. He should have said. If it's wrong, the officials don't want to let him follow, so they let you change him."
Chen Lin took a sigh of relief when she heard the words, "That's good..."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and said unexpectedly: "Your relatives?"
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and said, "Our family has no father or mother since we were young, so where are our relatives."
Kou Ji looked at him suspiciously.
Chen Lin sighed and said: "He is the godson of our family... Our family is willing to support him, so we let him wait by the official family. Now it seems that he doesn't have that vision and needs sex."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Don't form a party in the palace, or I will definitely impeach you."
Chen Lin rolled her eyes and said nothing.
Kou Ji looked at the tightly guarded Korean beauty's bedroom and asked, "Nothing went wrong, right?"
Chen Lin said sternly: "Our family is staring, who dares to do things on our eyelids."
Kou Ji sighed: "You are self-confident, but once someone moves, you can't stop a servant."
Chen Lin's face changed slightly, she glanced left and right, and saw that no one cared, approached Kou Ji, lowered her voice and said, "This matter has something to do with those three?"
Chen Lin is also a smart person. Kou Ji reminded him a little, and Chen Lin immediately noticed the problem.
Kou Ji said solemnly: "I didn't intend to tell you, but the other party's hidden power in the palace is not small. I want to check her, I am afraid it is a bit difficult. Although the official has temporarily handed Wu Desi's people to me for dispatch , But Wu Desi’s people have not been in the palace for a long time, as long as they move, they will be spotted by the opponent immediately.
So you still need the help of your staff. "
"Hiss..."
Chen Lin took two breaths in a row and said: "She... Did she do it again?"
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, "You have guessed who it is?"
Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji and said in a low voice: "Our family was already cleansed when Taizong was in the court. We know some unknown things in the palace, our family knows clearly."
Kou Ji pondered: "You seem surprised?"
Chen Lin slowly nodded and said solemnly: "She has no reason to murder the official's emperor... The official's family was raised by herself..."
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "So you never doubted her before?"
Chen Lin nodded and said, "She loves officials more than anyone... Our family will naturally not doubt her."
Speaking of this, Chen Lin looked at Kou Ji and said, "You found the evidence to prove that she did it?"
Kou Ji slowly shook his head, "No evidence was found, but she is the only one in the palace who has the strength to do this."
Chen Lin gritted her teeth and said, "What if someone framed her?"
Kou Ji faintly said: "Her strength is not weak, there should be her eyeliner everywhere in the palace. Who can frame her under her eyelids?"
Chen Lin's face suddenly became very ugly.
"But she has no reason to murder the official heir!"
Chen Lin said decisively.
Kou Ji nodded and said: "So I guess that she is probably just an accessory, and there is a main criminal behind. The main criminal should hold some of her handles, so she has to obey the main criminal's orders."
Chen Lin's face became a little gloomy, and she gritted her teeth and said, "If this is the case, our family will have to have a fight with her."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment and reminded: "She is the official's adoptive mother. Do you dare to oppose her?"
Chen Lin said coldly: "In this palace, our family only recognizes officials."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "If she has anything to do with her, I'm afraid the official will not let you go."
Chen Lin glared at Kou Ji, and said, "As long as everything is fine in the official family, even if our family has given up this old life, it doesn't care."
Kou Ji sighed and said, "You are loyal..."
Chen Lin took a deep look at Kou Ji and said in a low voice: "If our family doesn't face the official, there will be few people in this world facing the official."
After Chen Lin finished speaking, she did not wait for Kou Ji to speak again, and continued: "Since you are back, then the matter here is left to you. Let's go to her for a while to see if it is behind the incident. Have her."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment.
Chen Lin didn't give any more explanation, and hurriedly left the Han Meiren's bedroom.
After walking a few steps, suddenly turned around and walked in front of Kou Ji, and said in a deep voice: "If there is a mastermind behind this matter, it must be an old man who knows many things in the palace.
She has always done things clean, leaving almost no hands or feet, so the person who can grasp her handle must be someone who knows her very well.
There are not many people who know her who are still alive in the palace.
We will come back and make a list for you. If you follow it, you can find out something. "
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Chen Lin didn't speak any more, took a step and left Han Meiren's bedroom.
After Chen Lin left, Kou Ji stepped to the door of Han Meiren's palace.
The guards and eunuchs guarding at the entrance of the palace, after seeing Kou Ji, gave all their salutes.
Kou Ji found a leader and asked, "What's the situation inside?"
The leading eunuch bowed and said, "As for Hui Kou's secret secretary, the people inside are panicked and a bit chaotic, but nothing has gone wrong, and no lives have been lost. Three meals a day are provided, and no one is allowed in."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Nothing went wrong... but he was calm..."
Kou Ji told the leading eunuch: "You order to go down, and from today, only provide them with one meal."
The leading eunuch was taken aback for a moment.
Kou Ji asked, "Is there a problem?"
The leading eunuch hurriedly said: "Don't dare..."
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "Find a place and let me sleep for a while."
The leading eunuch didn't say much, he found a wing room next to the Korean beauty's bedroom and arranged for Kou Ji to live in.
After Kou Ji entered, he fell asleep.
After waking up from sleep, it was evening.
After waking up, I saw a young eunuch standing by the door of his room.
Kou Ji went out, looked up and down the eunuch, and asked, "Chen Lin sent you?"
The little eunuch nodded and said: "If you return to the Privy Council, Chen Dahan will send a slave and maid to send you a letter."
Kou Ji spread his hand, and the eunuch immediately took a letter from his arms and sent it to Kou Ji's hand.
Kou Ji received the letter, waved his hand to the eunuch, and said, "Go down first."
The little eunuch bowed and left the door.
Kou Ji took the letter back to the room, opened the letter, glanced at it by candlelight, and was stunned.
I saw the letter given by Chen Lin, with four characters at the head.
Toffee Du Shi.
Du Tai Fei was already excluded by Kou Ji, but the letter given by Chen Lin listed Du Tai Fei in the first place. Kou Ji felt very surprised.
Kou Ji took the letter and muttered: "What is the basis for Chen Lin to list Du Fu in the first place?"
Kou Ji murmured while continuing to review the letter sent by Chen Lin.
After reviewing the letter, Kou Ji understood why Chen Lin listed Du Taifei in the first place.
Kou Ji put away the letter and gave a wry smile, "This old man is probably crazy."
Chen Lin not only listed Du Taifei, but also several other concubines of the first emperor who stayed in the palace for retirement, as well as some old women in the palace.
In addition, Zhao Zhen's biological mother Li Taifei was among them.
Chen Lin made the list completely in the order of her understanding of Taifei Yang.
And all the people are listed in it, good or bad.
Concubine Du, headed by her, should be regarded as one of the people in the harem who know her the best.
Why would Kou Ji think it is one of them
Because according to the rules of Chen Lin's list, Chen Lin should be tied with Du Taifei at the top of the list.
Even Chen Lin may replace Du Taifei and top the list.
Chen Lin definitely knows more about the internal affairs of the palace than Du Taifei.
Chen Lin, an old man, is now clearly messing around in the mind that she would rather kill mistakes than let go.
The list he provided can only be used for reference, but cannot be believed.
Kou Ji put the letter away, walked out of the room, stood at the door of the Korean beauty's bedroom and listened for a while, then went back to the room to sleep again.
…
The next day.
early morning.
As soon as Kou Ji got up, he heard footsteps outside the door.
Kou Ji opened the door and saw that the eunuch who delivered the letter yesterday appeared at the door of the room.
Before Kou Ji could speak, the little eunuch took the lead and said: "Private Kou, Chen Daban asked the servant girl to come and tell you that a female officer died in Shangyifang last night. The death is extremely miserable. The murderer has not been caught yet. I am afraid in the palace. Not safe, let you be careful."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
The little eunuch said no more, and hurriedly left the door of Kou Ji's room.
Kou Ji understood the meaning of what Chen Lin sent the eunuch to pass over.
The female officer in Shangyifang must be Princess Yang's.
Chen Lin should have killed her.
Chen Lin used this to tell Kou Ji that he had already started.
"The old man looks at the benevolent eyebrows and raises his black hands. It's really unambiguous."
Kou Ji murmured softly, and ordered people to prepare some washing water. After a brief wash, he ate some meals, stayed outside the Korean beauty’s bedroom and listened for a while, then left the Korean beauty’s bedroom and went to Du Tai. Go to the palace where the concubine lives.
By brushing her face all the way, she steadily walked outside Du Taifei's palace. After the notification, the female officer in Du Taifei's palace led Kou Ji into Du Taifei's palace.
There were not many people in Du Taifei's bedroom, only three or five palaces were waiting.
The palace is very quiet, with flowers and plants planted everywhere.
A faint scent of sandalwood was still wafting in the yard.
The closer to the place where Du Taifei is, the stronger the fragrance of sandalwood.
But it's not pungent.
Obviously Du Taifei was firmly in control of the fragrance when she burned the incense.
The female officer led Kou Ji to the door of Du Taifei's room, and said.
Du Taifei invited him into the room.
The furnishings in the room are very simple.
A bed, a bookshelf, a Guanyin statue, and three futons.
There is only one futon on the bed, which is very simple.
The bookshelves are full of Buddhist scriptures.
The three futons have been pressed into a thin layer because of the sedentary sitting.
The only valuable thing in the room is the statue of Guanyin.
It was a pure gold statue of Guanyin, bright and dazzling under the candle light.
The curling green smoke floated past the Guanyin statue, adding a sense of mystery.
Taifei Du, dressed in plain clothes, knelt down on one of the futons, facing the statue of Guanyin.
Du Taifei looked like a hermit, more than a toffee.
Kou Ji entered the door and bowed, "Chen Kou Ji, see Du Taifei..."
Du Taifei heard Kou Ji's voice, slowly got up, turned around, nodded slightly and smiled: "Private Kou no more polite."
Kou Ji got up.
Du Taifei told the female officer: "Xiang'er, go and prepare some refreshments to entertain Priest Kou."
The female officer agreed, bowed and exited the door.
As soon as the female officer left, the smile on Du Taifei's face narrowed, she sighed, and stared at Kou Ji and asked: "Private Kou, can the Ai family mother and daughter offend you?"
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, "Why did the Toffee Empress say this?"
Du Taifei sighed and said: "The Lai family tried everything before they dragged Xu'er out of the quagmire. Let her stay away from the disputes between the ruling and the opposition and live a carefree and disaster-free life. But you finally got her involved in the quagmire.
If Xu'er is a monk, maybe she won't be able to get married in her life, and she won't be able to marry her favorite person.
But she can at least escape the fate of being given a marriage, without marrying someone she doesn't like.
Xu'er had already had the idea of becoming a monk before. Inside and outside the palace, the government and the public knew that Xu'er was about to be born, so no one mentioned Xu'er's marriage.
But since Xu'er went to your house, she revealed her nature and was noticed by others.
Someone has already mentioned Xuer's marriage.
If Xuer was given a marriage to someone she didn't like, tell me, did you harm Xuer? "
Kou Ji finished listening to Du Fei's words, and stood there blankly, not knowing what to say.
After a long time, Kou Ji stared at Concubine Du, and said solemnly: "Don't the Concubine Empress think that letting Xu'er become a monk is the biggest injustice to her?"
Du Taifei stared at Kou Ji and said: "Kou Shimi thinks that letting Xuer marry someone she doesn't like is the greatest fairness to her?"
Kou Ji sternly said: "I Da Song now does not need to make peace with any Banbang, and there is no official in the court who needs to draw in. So Princess Xuer can choose the person she wants to marry at will. There is no need to worry that the official will arbitrarily. She gave it to others.
The official loved Princess Xuer very much, and he would never see Princess Xuer marry someone she didn't like. "
"Korean has no more powerful officials who need to win over?"
Concubine Du stared at Kou Jillo sarcastically, "Does this include you Kou?"
Kou Ji looked stunned.
The emperor's relatives and relatives have been removed.
The Wuxuns were almost all pressed down.
Kou Mansion is now considered to be one of the top giants of the Song Dynasty.
Officials naturally do not need to win over the Kou family.
But the official family is closest to him, the head of the Kou family.
By convention, the royal family will turn the people closest to them into relatives.
Zhao Zhen's mention of Kou Tianci's marriage three times before is the proof.
Kou Ji stared at Concubine Du and said, "The concubine lady meant that someone suggested that Xu'er be betrothed to Tiancier?"
Du Taifei didn't conceal it, she nodded slowly, and said, "Not only Godsend, but also you."
Kou Ji's mouth twitched and said, "Isn't this a nonsense?"
"Mischief?"
Du Taifei snorted coldly: "If this matter is spread to the court, will the Manchu civil and military officials treat it as a nonsense? Some people who hate you wish you become a relative.
It is important to know that my great Song Taizu established the ancestral system, and foreign relatives are not allowed to participate in politics. "
Kou Ji frowned and said: "I already have a wife. Princess Xuer marries me. Isn't she going to be a child? How can a princess be a child? Isn't this a nonsense?"
Du Taifei said coldly: "The princess can't be a kid, but Xiang Yanneng."
Kou Ji's brows wrinkled into a word "Chuan" for an instant, and he said coldly: "Xiang Gong's bones are not yet cold, and someone has the idea of hitting his granddaughter. Isn't he afraid of the chills of those veterans who resigned?"
Du Taifei shook her head and said, "What about the chill? Who would brag about a dead person?"
Kou Ji bluntly said: "I already have a wife, so I can never marry again. The officials will never see such a ridiculous thing happen. As for the marriage between Tiancier and Xuer, the official also mentioned before, But I declined this matter."
After hearing Kou Ji's words, Du Taifei was a little unhappy, "Private Secretary Kou feels that the girl of the Ai family is not worthy of your son?"
Kou Ji solemnly said: "Don't dare, the minister just thinks that Tiancier is the godson of the official family, and Xu'er is the official sister of the official family. The two are separated by seniority and cannot be confused."
Mrs. Du's expression eased a bit when she heard these words, "Count you acquaintance..."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "The minister will talk to the official about this matter. No matter who raised the matter, as long as the official does not nod, everything is empty talk."
Du Taifei nodded slowly, and said in a low voice, "Plus the words that the Ai family will deal with, you don't have to worry too much about Xu'er's marriage."
Speaking of this, Du Taifei stared at Kou Ji and said: "After all, you are also for Xu'er's sake, and Ai Jia does not care about this with you. But you ran to Ai Jia Palace and dragged Ai Jia into the water, Ai Jia I can't let you go easily."
Kou Ji raised his brows slightly, and said in deep thought, "Doesn't you know what happened in the palace?"
Du Taifei glanced at Kou Ji, and said angrily: "Although the Aijia is devoted to the Buddha, it does not mean that the Aijia is not listening to the outside of the window. There is such a big movement in the palace that the Aijia wants to know or not. difficult."
Kou Ji said: "Listening to the meaning of the concubine empress is to understand some of the details."
Concubine Du glared at Kou Ji, "You came to Lae's family, isn't it just for this matter?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said: "Yes..."
Du Taifei sighed, "You went to the laundry room. The laundry room caught fire and Gu Mei was killed. You didn't even know to be alert, and you ran to the Aijia Palace to harm Aijia.
If Ai Jia tells you what he knows, I am afraid that after you leave, Ai Jia will be killed. "
Kou Ji hesitated: "The palace is heavy, who would dare to hurt the concubine empress, isn't that looking for death?"
Concubine Du rolled her eyes, "Who is it? You know better than Ai's family. When the first emperor was in the court, the Ai's family did not fight or rob, and after the official came to the throne, the Ai's family did not fight.
The Aijia didn't want to care about anything, and wouldn't say anything.
Putting you into the palace today is mainly for your care of Xuer.
You leave quickly and don't step on the door of the mourning house again in the future. "
Kou Ji said solemnly: "Does the empress dowager watch the gangster committing murder in the palace?"
Concubine Du calmly said: "What can the Aijia do not look at? Even if the Aijia tells you some facts, it is only an old thing, you can't find out anything. In the end, you are fine, but the Aijia has a life. worry."
Kou Ji sighed and said, "Even so, the minister will not bother..."
Du Taifei waved her hand, "Hurry up..."
Kou Ji bowed and withdrew from Du Taifei's bedroom.
Du Taifei sighed long after Kou Ji left, and said, "Injustice..."
Kou Ji left the dormitory of Du Taifei, looked back at the dormitory of Du Taifei, and hurried to the next place.
Kou Ji planned to visit all the names mentioned on the list given by Chen Lin.
Du Taifei is unwilling to speak, there are always people willing to speak.
Even if everyone is unwilling to speak, Kou Ji is not without gain.
Kou Ji walked around the palace according to the list given by Chen Lin, and finally arrived in the palace of Princess Li.
When Kou Ji arrived at the concubine Li's bedroom, Concubine Li was enjoying herself in the palace. Kou Ji did not disturb and stayed outside the palace for a long time.
After Concubine Li woke up, she ordered the female officer to lead Kou Ji into the palace.
In comparison, Princess Li's bedroom is much more gorgeous than Princess Du's.
Kou Ji entered the gate of Princess Li's dormitory and saw Princess Li sitting on the soft couch in the dormitory.
Kou Ji walked in front of Princess Li and bowed and said: "Chen Kou Ji, see Empress Dowager..."
Zhao Zhen had previously served as the Queen Mother in front of the Civil and Martial Arts of the Manchu Dynasty.
The Manchu dynasty civil and military have been ordered to discuss the honorary title.
Concubine Li is now the Queen Mother recognized by the Manchu dynasty's civil and military forces, and now she has no intention to issue the world.
Although Kou Ji was not in the palace before, he knew the news from the palace.
So when she saw Princess Li, Kou Ji naturally called her the Empress Dowager.
After Kou Ji gave the ceremony, Princess Li said faintly: "You are looking for Laijia, what's the matter?"
Kou Ji bowed and said: "The minister is looking for the queen mother just to inquire about some past events."
"past?"
Concubine Li was stunned for a moment, her eyes widened, and said, "Did you make a special trip to reveal the pain at home?"
Kou Ji slowly shook his head, "The minister dare not... The minister was ordered to investigate the murder case in the palace, and found out that the matter involved some past events in the palace. It's just that the minister is still shallow and does not know some past events in the palace. Come and ask the empress dowager."
When Mrs. Li heard this, she hesitated for a moment, and said: "The murder of the Han family is related to the past in the palace?"
Kou Ji replied: "Maybe there is also the late Concubine Zhang..."
Concubine Li raised her brows and said solemnly, "You mean, Zhang's might also be murdered?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.