Xiao Ting sat for an hour.
The emperor came to see Concubine Xiao after dealing with the affairs of the court, and seeing her sitting there, he beckoned her out.
"You girl, you're not in Bieyuan, why are you here?"
Xiao Ting pouted and was very displeased with the emperor's words, "My aunt is so sad, Ting'er naturally wants to be with her."
From the emperor's point of view, it has been several years since this matter happened, but Xiao Ting felt that for the noble concubine, the pain would not be reduced because of the passage of time.
Maybe, it goes deeper.
The emperor entered the bedroom, Xiao Ting didn't go in again, but grabbed the guard outside and asked.
"I heard that Taozhi has been dead for several years, where is her body?"
The guard hurriedly replied after hearing the words, "If you go back to the Ninth Princess, you will be taken away by Commander Xu."
"Commander Xu, who is he? Where is he?"
The guard looked at her, at a loss for what to explain.
Xiao Ting raised her eyes and saw that Princess Zhaohua was listless and wandering here listlessly.
Xiao Ting immediately ran over, "Zhaohua."
Princess Zhaohua looked up and saw Xiao Ting, and immediately ran over, before Xiao Ting asked her, she hugged Xiao Ting and burst into tears.
The palace maids and eunuchs retreated immediately.
"My God, what's wrong with you?"
Xiao Ting was dumbfounded, this girl had only been separated from her for an hour, how could she cry like this on her own territory.
"The imperial grandmother scolded me, she scolded me, she never scolded me, woo woo woo..."
As soon as Xiao Ting heard it, she knew that the empress dowager must be because of what happened last night. Zhaohua thought she could escape, but she was still trained.
He patted her on the back and said, "That's why you're crying like this. You're so useless, right? If it were me, whoever dares to scold me, I'll scold you back."
Zhaohua stopped crying, then sniffed, walked away from Xiao Ting's shoulders, and said with red eyes: "That's the emperor's grandmother, the most honorable woman in the empire, how can you scold her?"
When Xiao Ting thought about it, she was right.
"Then, you just have to bear it. I get scolded every day. If you cry like this, neither the Nine Princes Mansion nor the Xiao Mansion are enough for me to drown."
Empress Dowager, she really didn't dare to scold back.
"That's true, but it's the first time Grandmother scolded me!" Zhao Hua was still not in high spirits.
Xiao Ting put her arms around her shoulders, and the palace servants next to her pretended not to see her, keeping their heads down and keeping their eyes on the side.
"So what, you see, once I met the Empress Dowager, she would scold me once. It is said that we have similar temperaments and personalities. The treatment is too far away. If I am wronged, I will be wronged, okay?"
"It seems to be the same." The naive Princess Zhaohua was persuaded by Xiao Ting, and the palace servants followed behind them silently.
Xindao: One is the royal princess and the other is the royal daughter-in-law, it is strange that they can be treated equally, only Princess Zhaohua can be used for comparison.
"Besides, this old man is getting old and has nothing to do all day long. She has nothing to do except to see what is wrong and what is wrong. So, if you are scolded in the future, just ignore it?" Xiao Ting explained while poking Zhaohua's arm, and said: "Anyway, you are also my friend of Xiao Ting. Are you embarrassed to cry in front of so many people and lose me?"
Zhaohua turned his head to look at her, "Then have you never cried since you were a child?"
"Just kidding, of course I cried."
Zhaohua was dumbfounded, and Xiao Ting continued: "But I only cry when I'm sad. How can I cry because I can't beat or scold someone, and I won't cry in public like you."
Zhaohua looked back at those palace people, and said angrily: "You guys, don't speak out, do you hear me?"
Everyone hurriedly responded.
Just kidding, Zhaohua is in the palace, except for a few extremely noble people, who would dare to offend her.
"Go, take me to find someone."
Xiao Ting took Zhaohua's hand and walked forward.
After inquiring, they left the palace together and headed for the prison.
Commander Xu is actually here, with Zhao Hua leading the way, he met Commander Xu very smoothly.
Xiao Ting directly revealed her identity and wanted to see the corpse.
Xu Wei has a majestic figure, dressed in iron armor, with cold swords on his waist, very majestic, and coupled with his young age, he looks very heroic.
As Xiao Ting walked forward, she glanced at Xu Wei and said, "The weather is so hot, and you still wear so many clothes, aren't you afraid of getting sick?"
Xu Wei paused, without looking at Xiao Ting, and still led the way.
Zhaohua whispered to her, "Commander Xu is very boring, don't be as knowledgeable as him."
Xiao Ting curled her lips, as if she really wanted to talk to him.
Because we all know that a dead body can only be stored for a maximum of three days, and that is when the temperature is normal. In hot summer like this, it will rot after two days.
After Xu Wei took over Taozhi's body, he took it to the prison, because someone here could keep the body from decaying, which would help him find out the truth of the matter.
The sky prison is divided into three floors, and they went to the bottom floor. There is no sunlight all year round, and it is as quiet as a deserted place.
In fact, not many people were imprisoned here, because only the nobles of the royal family committed capital crimes and were imprisoned here.
As they walked forward, the wall lights along the way automatically turned on, illuminating the entire passage, and soon they turned a corner and came to the place.
Xiao Ting's footsteps stopped suddenly, and she glanced back.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing her taking the next step, Zhaohua asked.
"Nothing, let's go!"
Xiao Ting always felt that something was watching her, but she didn't find it when she looked back.
Taozhi's body was placed in a strange ice coffin, and it was unknown what was used to place it. It was cold all over, and it was covered with spells.
"It's here."
Xu Wei raised his hand to invite them into the cell.
The ice coffin was placed at the bottom of the cell, where there was a pool, and the ice coffin was suspended in the air.
Zhaohua had no interest in this, and only followed out of curiosity.
But when Xiao Ting saw it, she pushed Zhaohua away and rushed over. She only took one look before glaring, "Who did this?"
Zhaohua staggered and almost fell, but when he came back to his senses and was about to say Xiao Ting, he saw her expression like this.
"Ting'er, what's wrong with you?"
After Xiao Ting asked this question, she started to tear the spell on the ice coffin without saying a word, muttering something while tearing it.
"brush!"
The cold light came out of the sheath, and Xu Wei drew his sword between the ice coffin and Xiao Ting's palm, almost cutting her finger, Xiao Ting subconsciously withdrew her palm.
"What are you doing? Get out of the way and let me see."
Xiao Ting sneered, and went forward to push Xu Wei.
Xu Wei snorted coldly, stood firmly, and said sharply: "The last general still wants to ask Princess Ninth, what are you going to do?"
Then he looked at Zhaohua and said: "Your Highness, you have to watch, the last general has agreed, if you have had enough trouble now, please go back!"
Xu Wei forced Xiao Ting back, put the cold sword back into its sheath, then cupped his hands and cupped his fists, and said with lowered eyes: "The general has important matters to attend to, so I won't accompany you."
This is obviously driving people away. Although Zhaohua is lawless in the palace, he is a little timid towards the commander of the imperial guards. This man is strict in doing things, and he doesn't buy into anyone's account. It is also because of his way of doing things that he has won the trust of his father.
Zhao Hua stepped forward to pull Xiao Ting, "Tinger, let's go!"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Ting was laughing and laughing and joking on weekdays, but now she looked calm, looked at her seriously, and said, "Zhaohua, wait a minute."
She pushed away Princess Zhaohua's arm, looked directly at Xu Wei, and said, "Do you think this concubine is playing around?"
"Is not it?"
"Of course not. This woman is related to the imperial concubine and aunt. I also want to investigate the case. Let me ask you, who told you to put this corpse here?"
Xiao Ting is serious at the moment.
"Do you know what is the fate of lying in this ice coffin?"
"Ting'er, what are you talking about?" Zhaohua was confused. In her opinion, the ice coffin just looked a little weird.
Xiao Ting ignored Zhaohua, but continued to look at Xu Wei, and said: "In just three days, the human soul will be trapped in Yongzhen's body, and it will never be reincarnated."
Xu Wei stood with his sword in his hand, his gaze was firm, and he said, "So what?"
Obviously, he didn't believe this.
Xiao Ting almost died of anger, she really wanted to rush up and beat him into a pig's head.
However, looking at the cold sword in front of her eyes, she gave up this idea that was tantamount to suicide.
"Well, this woman has been dead for many years, don't you wonder why her body is so well preserved?" Xiao Ting tried to explain to him calmly, hoping to be more humane.
However, Xu Wei still had a businesslike expression, "This is the last general's business, please leave."
Oh, this is too rude.
"My concubine won't leave, what can you do to me?" If you can't eat the hard ones, come for the soft ones, and if you don't eat the soft ones, then you can play tricks.
However, Xiao Ting still underestimated the cold-faced and even colder Commander Xu.
I saw Xu Wei swinging the sword directly. If Xiao Ting hadn't reacted quickly and jumped away, he would have been struck by the cold sword.
"You lunatic." Xiao Ting was really taken aback, but Zhao Hua pulled Xiao Ting and turned away.
"Just wait, this concubine will definitely come back."
Before leaving, Xiao Ting still dropped her words.
"The last general is waiting for the Ninth Princess." The other party did not show any weakness.
After leaving the prison, Xiao Ting still didn't calm down. Looking at her hands, she cursed, "Who is this person? Is he also so arrogant on weekdays?"
The original owner was outside the palace, but rarely went inside the palace, except to see Concubine Xiao, but that was not often seen, and one had to have an edict to go.
Therefore, I don't know much about the people and things in the palace, let alone care about them.
The day she wants is to do whatever she wants!
But Xiao Ting is different, she is not as heartless as the original owner, she will repay her kindness.
Therefore, she took care of Concubine Xiao's affairs.
"Xu Wei is the youngest grandson of Mr. Xu Ge. He is twenty years old. He is upright and has outstanding martial arts skills. He was awarded the champion of martial arts five years ago. Last year, he became the commander of the Imperial Guard. His father trusted him very much and ordered him to only listen to his orders. The queen mother said that he is the emperor's Mingwei."
"I mean, it's so cool, no wonder Niu Pi is so coquettish, he dares to fight with this girl." Xiao Ting's thoughts turned.
Zhaohua persuaded her, "Father won't agree to let you participate in the investigation, so you should give up on it!"
Along the way, Xiao Ting has already told Zhaohua her plan.
"I will definitely think of a way to get the emperor to agree."
(end of this chapter)