It was afternoon, and the maids of the Clothing Bureau were still washing the clothes sent from the palaces in the courtyard.
During this period, there was only one palace maid dressed as an aunt, who was just walking back and forth between them like a frenzied maniac.
"You should try harder! Haven't you eaten?"
"What are you washing? You haven't washed it for me yet."
Although the maids complained about the female officer's endless chatter, they did not dare to show it too obviously.
Jiang Nianjiao originally wanted to go in directly, but then she suddenly thought of Aunt Coriander, who was rumored to have fallen into the well due to excessive fatigue. Maybe it was because she met her with too much fanfare that something happened to her.
Thinking of this, even though Jiang Nianjiao had reached the door, she stopped moving forward.
Lianying on the side couldn't help but curiously asked, "Princess, why don't you go in?"
Jiang Nianjiao then said, "Go in? Aren't you trying to alert the enemy? Can you guarantee that the palace maid here will not report my visit to the higher-ups?"
Lingying then just slapped her forehead and said, "That's right, so what should we do now?"
After saying this, Lianying only blinked her eyes and looked at Jiang Nianjiao expectantly.
How does Jiang Nianjiao know what to do? If Cui Qiao was following behind her, she could still let Cui Qiao fly in with a light skill to investigate secretly.
But now I can't even get in.
However, staying here was not an option. Jiang Nianjiao only said, "Since we can't scare the snake away, let's go look elsewhere. If we really can't get in, then forget it."
Lianying nodded cooperatively.
Then she said excitedly, "Speaking of a different place to go in, I thought of a place where I can definitely sneak in without anyone noticing."
Seeing Lianying being so happy, Jiang Nianjiao quickly asked Lianying to take him there. After that, the two of them walked around in a big circle and quickly found the place where they could sneak in without anyone noticing.
Next to the clothing bureau there is a ruined courtyard. The southern wall of this courtyard shares the same wall with the Huanyi Bureau.
Although the wall is still tall, the courtyard is overgrown with weeds. This decadent scene is in sharp contrast to the orderly clothing bureau on the other side.
Lianying told Jiang Nianjiao how she discovered this place while pulling out the weeds and vines under the wall.
In fact, Lianying didn't need to elaborate on Jiang Nianjiao to figure out how Lianying knew about the Huanyi Bureau. After all, Lianying and the other three maids in her house were all carefully selected by her aunt, and these people were all carefully selected by her aunt. He grew up in the palace, so how could he not be familiar with the palace?
The reason why he was able to walk to Huanyi Bureau so smoothly without getting lost or being discovered by the guards was also due to Lianying's intimate knowledge of the terrain of the palace.
At this point, Jiang Nianjiao had to admit that Lianying was much stronger than Cuiqiao. Although Cuiqiao had martial arts skills at her side, they might not be discovered, but she didn't know where the Huanyi Bureau was, so what awaited them The result is likely to be getting lost.
After the Lian Ying opened the layers of weeds, it soon revealed a dog hole hidden under the weeds.
Looking at the dog hole, Jiang Nianjiao was silent for a second.
Although she had never drilled into a dog hole before, drilling into a dog hole would undoubtedly stain their clothes, shoes and socks. If they described coming out of the dog hole in a state of embarrassment and then going to the banquet, others would probably think that they were fooling around somewhere.
Lianying was obviously aware of Jiang Nianjiao's hesitation, so she only took the initiative and said, "Princess, please stay here. I can go in alone. You can help me look at my clothes."
Jiang Nianjiao thought for a while, but did not refuse Lianying's proposal.
After all, if Lingying went in and was discovered, he could still come to her rescue.
After Lianying took off her outer robe, she quickly got into the dog hole.
Jiang Nianjiao stayed in the ruined courtyard, waiting for Lianying to come out.
Naturally, Concubine Qi's maid was hiding not far away. She really didn't understand why the two of them had to go into the clothing bureau.
And still in this way.
Lian Ying soon climbed into the backyard of the Huanyi Bureau with a familiar path. The backyard was because of the ground.
It was in the shade, and it was not as big as the front yard, and there was no well, so not many people came and went in the backyard. However, it seemed that the people from the Clothing Bureau had cultivated some land in the backyard and planted a few rows of vegetables.
Lingying turned over the vegetable patch and soon found the place where these palace ladies usually slept. She secretly opened a window and was about to see if there was anyone inside, but she didn't expect that only a crack was exposed in the window. She stared with a pair of eyes, realizing that not only was there someone in the room, but this person was also In the direction where she was standing, Lingying quickly covered the other person's lips.
Fortunately, the woman lying by the window didn't say anything, let alone make any move to struggle.
Lianying saw that there was no one else on the Kang on both sides of the room except her, so she only warned the other person and then slowly let go of her hand.
As soon as the woman was free, she said, "Lianying, what are you doing? Why are you still dressed like this? Have you committed something? Let me tell you, I can't help you. There is no place to hide here."
Not only did the other person say his name, but he also sounded very familiar. Lianying finally looked at the other party carefully.
I didn't want to find out that the other person was really an acquaintance after taking a look.
She called out in surprise, "Manman, why are you here?"
The palace maid named Manman pulled off the wet tissue on her forehead and said angrily, "Where else could I be if I weren't here? Could it be in Prince Jin's Mansion?"
There is a certain amount of sourness in her words.
However, it was normal for her to be sour during her conversation. After all, when Concubine Yuxian wanted to arrange for several palace maids to leave the palace to serve Jiang Nianjiao, Manman was also among the candidates, and her performance was actually on par with Lianying. At the last moment, she lost to Lingying because she was not recommended by Aunt Yaoping.
Therefore, because of this matter, she was somewhat unhappy with Lingying, but fortunately, she was always rude, and she didn't really want to stumble Lingying.
And since the accident happened to Aunt Coriander, who also came here, she has developed some feelings for the old people in her heart.
Lianying scratched her head in embarrassment and said, "Actually, I came here because of Aunt Coriander's affairs. The princess is also here. She always felt that Aunt Coriander's death was a bit strange, so she always wanted to come to the palace to have a look."
Hearing this, Manman immediately opened his eyes and said, "You mean the princess is here too? Are you crazy? How did you get in? You won't let the princess go into that dog hole with you, right?"
Once Manman opens his mouth, it's like a barrage of fire, and no one else can get in the way.
Lianying waited until Manman finally stopped asking questions and then said, "Of course it's impossible to let the princess get into the dog hole."
After hearing this, Manman breathed a sigh of relief, but she still reprimanded, "But you are too reckless. You dare to run around without knowing anything. If something happens, I will see where you cry."
She sounded like she was quarreling. But Lingying also knew that Manman meant well, so she whispered, "I know I was wrong, okay? Good Manman, please tell me quickly, which bed Aunt Coriander is in?"
Hearing Lianying mention coriander alone, Manman just looked stunned. Then she pointed to the corner on the opposite kang mockingly and said, "It's too late. After Aunt Coriander's accident that day, several eunuchs came immediately. They just took away everything on Aunt Coriander's bed and burned it on fire. If this kind of thing happened on weekdays, there would be no one to deal with it personally, and most of the belongings of the deceased would be left unknowingly. The newcomers will use it.”
Hearing this, Lianying was a little reluctant, but Coriander still held her back and said, "Actually, I also think it's strange that Aunt Coriander died. After all, the day when Auntie had the accident was during the lunch break. At this time, we usually have A rest time. Not to mention my aunt. Although she has entered the clothing bureau, the old people in the clothing bureau still have to respect her, so they will not tease her too much, and my aunt usually doesn't They all need a lunch break.”
"On that day, I don't know why, but we were still on lunch break when we heard someone outside shouting that someone had fallen into the water. When I went out later, there were already many people gathered outside."
"But what makes me feel strange is that in the chaos at that time, I saw that the steward aunt of the Huanyi Bureau was only accompanied by a few Huangmen servants. These people are usually guards who appear in various palaces. I No
Understand why they were around here the day Aunt Coriander's accident happened. Moreover, it is impossible for the steward of the Huanyi Bureau to manipulate these yellow door servants. "
"After all, everyone says that they would rather be slaves in the front palace than the masters of the backyard. They are talking about departments like ours. All the workers in the clothes bureau are doing coolies. Not only is the work tiring, but the grade is not high, and On weekdays, those masters would not come to such a place. Therefore, the servants of the Huangmen should not come to such a place. It is these points that have always made me suspect that my aunt's death is strange, but I am soft-spoken and did not see it. Aunt Coriander jumped into the well, so I don’t know what happened that day.”
Although Lianying found nothing here as Manman said, and Coriander's relics were almost all cleaned up except for the kang, and now only the newcomer's bedding is left, but Manman's words, But it obviously further confirmed Jiang Nianjiao's suspicion.
Coriander's death was very likely to be abnormal, and this death was probably closely related to the people in the harem.
After getting these clues from Manman, and the other clues could not be found, Lianying had no choice but to give up, which would make Jiang Nianjiao worry too much.
After that, Lianying only said to Manman, "Manman, since you are here, you are obviously more familiar with them. Can you help me find out more details about this?"
When Manman heard this, he just rolled his eyes and said, "Why should I help you?"
