Speaking of Marquis Anyang, the Empress Dowager said, "Your father is leading the garrison in Jinzhou. There should be no major incidents before the Chinese New Year, but I don't know how the emperor arranged it. Do you have any letters from your father and your brother today?"
Yue Ning said, "Father and elder brother usually write letters once a month or two, which is fine."
The queen mother sighed, "Forget about your father, how is your brother doing in Shuoxi now?"
Yue Ning was also a little worried. She subconsciously glanced at Qin Wan, "The situation in the Shuoxi Army is very complicated now, and the other brothers didn't elaborate."
Although Yue Ning said it very simply, the Empress Dowager clearly understood it, and she couldn't help but nodded, "This time is also an experience for your brother. With him here, I believe it is also good for Shuoxi's army. Didn't the emperor give Shuoxi a few days ago? Has the army allocated new rations and supplies? I hope the Shuoxi army will not make any more troubles this winter."
The winter is tough, especially the soldiers are bloody and brave, and most of them are not afraid of the severe cold. Whenever the Shuoxi soldiers suffer the most injuries and illnesses in winter, it is the time when the soldiers are waiting for an opportunity.
Yue Ning sighed, "Don't worry, it probably won't happen."
Yan Ze suddenly said, "I don't know how the investigation of Uncle Prince Rui's affairs went?"
As we all know, Prince Rui was assassinated by the assassins of the Rong people. When Yan Ze said this, he also mentioned the empress dowager's heart disease. The empress dowager's expression changed slightly, "There is no news yet. with?"
When Chen Nanny heard it, she hurriedly said, "It's Lin Xuguilin's servant, and there is Yu Wenxian, the household servant."
The queen mother didn't have a deep impression of these two people, and she even froze for a moment before remembering who they were. The queen mother nodded, "Just wait, there will be definite news." The queen mother looked at Qin Wan , "What is Yan Chi doing these days?"
Qin Wan hurriedly said, "I go to the Yamen every day, and I don't do anything else. It's the end of the year, and the Criminal Department has a lot of things to do, and he is urging it."
The queen mother nodded, "It's hard for him to hold his breath. When the accident happened, he still wanted to go to Shuoxi to avenge Yan Lin. Hey, in fact, I didn't approve of Yan Lin stationing in Shuoxi at first. Fighting is too dangerous after all. , my elder brother lost his left arm on the battlefield, and two nephews even died in the battle. A few years ago, I wanted Yan Lin to come back, but it was not easy for him to choose the leader for so many years to leave. Know that I should directly issue a Yizhi."
If Yan Lin came back early, there would be nothing left to do, but there is no such thing as "I knew it earlier" in the world.
Yan Ze quickly said, "Don't think about it too much, this matter will definitely be investigated."
The queen mother nodded, and her mind turned to the chessboard again. Qin Wan was sitting beside her, but her heart was slightly chilled.
The accident of Prince Rui directly pointed to the current emperor, and the case of Prince Jin last year also involved the emperor now. If these are true, then what a terrible person the emperor must be, but these words, she and It was impossible for Yan Chi to say anything.
Now they have no way to determine the authenticity, if it is really confirmed
That person is the Great Zhou Emperor, how can she and Yan Chi contend against him
Qin Wan felt very uneasy in her heart. After sitting and watching two games of chess, she heard voices outside. Not long after, Yan Sui walked in with her short legs.
When Yan Sui came back from school, he probably left in a hurry, with a blushing smile on his face, the queen mother smiled and asked him to walk in, hugged him and said a few words, then saw Yan Sui looking eagerly at Qin Wan, the queen mother smiled and said , "I said something, but I was thinking of you, okay, you can take him out to play."
Qin Wan nodded, took Yan Sui's hand and walked out.
Qin Wan walked out anxiously in her heart, but there were so many servants in Shoukang Palace, it was impossible for her to ask in front of others. Yan Sui arrived under the veranda of the side yard. At this moment, the sky was clear and the sun was warm. Qin Wan took out the gadgets bought for Yan Sui. Yan Sui was really happy. Qin Wan was not in a hurry. Seeing that Yan Sui was having fun with her, he also consciously retreated further away.
After Yan Sui played with a small mechanism bird back and forth for a while, Qin Wan just said in a low voice, "Your Highness—"
Qin Wan's tone was somewhat cautious, Yan Sui looked up at her sensitively, Qin Wan said, "His Royal Highness, now I want to ask you something, no matter what I ask you, don't be afraid or shout , can’t let others know, okay?”
Looking over from a distance, I could only see Qin Wan bending over and talking to Yan Sui in a low voice, very close and kind.
After Qin Wan finished speaking, Yan Sui froze for a moment before nodding.
While fiddling with the mechanism bird with him, Qin Wan whispered, "Your Highness, do you still remember the day when Concubine Jin passed away? I know His Highness was the first to arrive at the scene. Think about it now, Your Highness saw When King Jin was with Concubine Jin, did King Jin hold a dagger in his hand? Where were King Jin's guards at that time?"
Yan Sui paused, and immediately looked up at Qin Wan, but realizing what Qin Wan said, he quickly lowered his head and pretended to be calm.
Qin Wan nodded in relief. Although Yan Sui is not as lively as an ordinary child, he must be smart.
A little panic flashed across Yan Sui's face. Recalling the scene that day was not easy for him, he thought for a long time before saying, "When I arrived that night, I saw the concubine mother lying on the ground. Blood... I... Prince Jin is standing beside the concubine mother, indeed holding a dagger in his hand, it is... a silver one."
Qin Wan frowned, "It was night, how could His Highness be silver?"
Yan Sui frowned, "Because... because only one light was on in the Hanguang Palace not far away at that time, I was frightened when I saw the mother and concubine lying on the ground, I only felt that the light on the dagger was very dazzling... It's silver..."
Yan Sui frowned tightly, "At that time, I went to call my concubine, Jin Wang... Jin Wang even helped me, I didn't know what happened at the time, when the empress and the others came, someone said it was Jin Wang Killed the concubine mother..."
Qin Wan frowned, "Has His Royal Highness Prince Jin ever left?"
Yan Sui shook his head, "No, not long after I arrived, the imperial guards noticed the movement, and then the empress and the others all arrived, and King Jin didn't leave, he was standing there with that dagger all the time..."
"Is there blood on the dagger at that time? Was there blood on His Royal Highness King Jin?"
Yan Sui was stunned, as if he couldn't remember so many things at such a young age, but soon, Yan Sui fixed his eyes on Qin Wan, "I forgot the dagger, but there is no one on King Jin's clothes, it is very clean."
Qin Wan was a little surprised, "Are you sure?"
Yan Sui looked around and pointed to a maidservant not far away, "King Jin is wearing the color of that person's skirt, which is lighter than that color."
Qin Wan turned his head to look, and saw that the maid Yan Sui was referring to was wearing a light green long skirt with embroidered lotus patterns that all maidservants in Shoukang Palace would wear. Yan Sui said that the clothes worn by King Jin at that time were lighter than this color, Those are light-colored robes like moon white and jade-colored. Once blood is splashed on such clothes, it will be particularly obvious. King Jin's clothes are spotless, and he didn't leave immediately after the accident. It's so unusual that people bumped into each other!
"What were King Jin's guards doing at that time?"
When Qin Wan asked, Yan Sui tried harder to think. After thinking for a long time, Yan Sui suddenly said, "King Jin's bodyguard was standing on the side near Hanguang Hall. He was very scared at that time, and he was all..." Sui's smiling face wrinkled together, as if he didn't know how to describe Song Xiwen's expression, he said after a while, "He's shaking."
Qin Wan understood a little bit. Even if she followed her master, she must have been scared when encountering such a thing suddenly. After all, the person who died was the favorite concubine of the current emperor. Qin Wan sighed from the bottom of her heart. According to what Yan Sui said, At the beginning, King Jin held a dagger in his hand, but later someone came, so he really didn't have time to change it, that is to say, King Jin wanted to change the dagger, it must have been before that, then the dagger would be involved What happened
Qin Wan couldn't figure this out no matter what, she suddenly said, "Will you take me to Hanguang Palace to see—"
Before finishing the second word "look", Yan Sui suddenly straightened up and looked behind Qin Wan. After more than ten steps away, his eyes were still covered with a medical towel, and he stood there quietly, as if he didn't know that there were Qin Guan and Yan Sui more than ten steps away. Yan Sui moved, The mechanism bird in his hand made a "Gada" sound, and Yan Ze frowned, "Who's there?"
Qin Wan breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Your Highness, it's me and His Highness Ninth Prince."
Yan Ze's brows stretched out, and the corners of his lips raised, "What are you doing? The sun is shining right now, we want to accompany the Empress Dowager to the Imperial Garden for a walk, do you want to go with me?"
As soon as the words fell, Yue Ning quickly followed up, and said, "Third brother, why did you leave by yourself!" As he spoke, he walked up to Yan Ze, and was surprised to find that Qin Wan and Yan Sui were not far away. Yue Ning smiled and said, "You are here, we are going to take a walk with the empress dowager, shall we go together?"
Qin Wan nodded, "Of course..."
After saying this, Qin Wan quickly put away the organ bird bought for Yan Sui and handed it to Mother Su. Soon, the Queen Mother was helped out by Mother Chen.
Here Xiang Yue Ning is still reprimanding Yan Ze, "Third brother, don't walk around alone, you didn't bring a cane, what if you bump into it?"
Yan Ze smiled gently, "No, I probably remember the way to Shoukang Palace."
Yue Ning sighed, and stepped forward to support Yan Ze, while Qin Wan supported the Empress Dowager.
A group of people left Shoukang Palace and walked towards the Royal Garden. The queen mother smiled and said, "I'm not in good spirits now. I'm tired after playing a few games of chess in a row in the morning. I'm especially tired these days. I don't know what's wrong with me." .”
As soon as Qin Wan's hand gesture changed, she placed on the empress dowager's veins. The empress dowager noticed it, and said with a wry smile, "You are taking all the pills you gave me. Don't prescribe any prescriptions for now. I don't want to take medicine now. I'm getting old, but now I can't bear the pain."
Qin Wan couldn't help feeling for the pulse, but it wasn't a serious question, and naturally she was not careful. She didn't say much for a while, but her heart sank. The empress dowager's pulse is not very good. As far as people are concerned, even a little qi deficiency is extremely difficult to bear.
"Understood, then you should go out and walk more these days, not too early in the morning."
The queen mother agreed with a smile, and a group of people walked northward along the imperial garden. The queen mother was talking to everyone intermittently. Seeing that they were about to reach the palace of Concubine Jin, the queen mother seemed to be jealous and turned the direction. Qin Wan It was impossible to go to Hanguang Hall in front of so many people, and I felt a little disappointed in my heart.
After walking around outside, the group returned to Shoukang Palace when the Empress Dowager felt a little tired. After sitting for a while, Qin Wan found an opportunity to bring Yan Sui out, and the two of them did not bring a single servant. Going straight to the direction of Hanguang Palace, Qin Wan whispered again, "Do you still remember, Your Highness? Who was the person who investigated the case of Concubine Jin?"
Yan Sui paused, "It's a man surnamed Lin..."
"Lin Zhang?" Qin Wan blurted out, Yan Sui nodded.
"What happened later? Do you remember the others?"
Yan Sui frowned slightly, and thought for a while before saying, "I seem to have seen someone, an official..."
"Master of Dali Temple?" Qin Wan asked again.
Yan Sui hesitated, "Well... I don't know. At that time, I had already lived in Shoukang Palace, because the palace of my mother and concubine was completely sealed up. Once I ran back to Hanguang Palace, and I happened to see a person with a lot of money. The guards are in Hanguang Hall, saying they are here to investigate the case of the concubine mother."
Qin Wan's heart skipped a beat, she was almost certain that that person must be her father.
At that time, King Jin was moved to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, and the person who presided over the case became his father. Besides him, who else would bring the guards to the place where the crime happened to investigate again, Qin Wan's heart moved , suddenly came up with a somewhat absurd idea, could it be that my father was looking for something!
And what he was looking for was precisely that dagger? !
Thinking about it this way, Qin Wan walked a little faster, thinking that Yan Sui walked slowly at a young age, Qin Wan just slowed down.
After walking a few steps, Yan Sui suddenly said, "What did you find?"
Qin Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she turned her eyes to look at Yan Sui's eager eyes, but she couldn't bear it in her heart, "Not yet, I'm still looking for evidence."
Yan Sui looked at himself as he walked, his dark eyes seemed to be able to read people's hearts, Qin Wan was flustered, so he took his hand and stopped looking at him, but after walking a few more steps, Yan Sui suddenly stopped , he tugged at Qin Wan's hand, "You guessed who killed my concubine mother, right?"
Qin Wan squatted down and looked at him seriously, "Not yet, I just guessed who is related to the case of your mother and concubine. As for the murderer, it is not yet possible to determine the murderer. Yes, it would be bad if you wronged someone, right?"
Yan Sui looked at Qin Wan silently, his eyes flickering for Qin Wan could not understand, and after a while he suddenly asked, "Does it have something to do with Emperor Father?"