Biyue sat blankly in the wing. She had no experience in investigating traitors and had no idea how to start.
"Biyue——"
Biyue quickly stood up and opened the door.
"Xuanfeng, how's it going? Do you have any clues?"
"Come on, let's go to the pavilion and talk."
Xuanfeng still stood at the door and did not step into her wing.
Biyue glanced at his gauze-wrapped hand.
The edges of the gauze were frayed, and the blood on the palm seemed to have dried for a long time.
"Come in, I will change your dressing. Here is the hemostatic medicine that the princess taught me to prepare."
Xuanfeng hesitated for a moment and stepped in.
This was the first time she entered Biyue's wing, and she felt inexplicably nervous.
Looking at the neat furnishings and several cute little clay figurines on the desk, I felt extremely warm.
"Come, sit down."
Biyue pointed to the small chair beside the desk.
Xuanfeng walked over obediently.
Biyue slowly peeled off the gauze on his palm. The wound was not big, but deep, and there was still no scar.
She carefully wiped off the dried powder, wiped it again, and sprinkled on the hemostatic medicine Lin Yi taught her to make.
Wrap a few turns of gauze and tie a nice knot.
Unfortunately, as soon as Xuanfeng raised his hand, the knot fell apart again.
"I'm so stupid! The princess taught me several times, but I just can't play well!"
Xuanfeng chuckled.
"Biyue, the princess is a miracle doctor. Do you want to compete with her? In my opinion, you can bandage much better than Dr. Chen."
Biyue looked at the knot she had tied again, and it was indeed better than Chen Zhi's.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
"Princess...is a good person..."
"The princess is a good person. Biyue, don't worry. If there is a traitor, we must find him out."
Xuanfeng's expression darkened, and he talked about the intensive search for all kinds of information all night long.
"There is no abnormality in the records of people entering and leaving the house. The day before the Flower Festival, Cuixi left the house twice, but other maids also have records of leaving the house."
Xuanfeng remembered that Biyue once said that Cuixi was a little strange and was particularly concerned about the princess's travels.
However, it seems to be natural for the maidservant to go out to buy some things.
"Biyue, you once said that Cuixi was a little weird. Do you remember exactly what it was?"
Biyue frowned and said: "Cui Xi likes to chat. I didn't think much about it at first. I remember at the beginning of the new year, she asked me why the princess didn't visit her sister. We know about the princess, Lin Mansion Where are the relatives of the princess? Later, Cui Xi asked me if the princess was going to make a snow lion. Since then, I always felt that this girl was particularly concerned about whether the princess could go out. "
Xuanfeng nodded. Although he also had doubts about Cui Xi, he still had to rely on evidence.
The two were silent for a moment.
"Bi Yue, why does the princess suddenly want to go to the Flower Festival?"
Biyue felt worried.
"The princess saw that I was studying medicine for days and said she wanted to go out with me to relax. It's all my fault..."
"Biyue!"
Xuanfeng couldn't help but hold her shoulders.
"It's not your fault! Let's go! I heard that the princess is awake. I still haven't figured it out yet, so I'll ask."
After saying that, Xuanfeng and Biyue came to Lin Yi's bedroom.
At this time, Qin Shuihan was giving medicine to Lin Yi.
The two stood at the door, watching them silently.
Lin Yi stared at the medicine in Qin Shuihan's hand without any resistance.
"Is it bitter?"
"It's okay. I drank the blood-tonifying medicine prescribed by Li Lao, and it was like heaven on earth."
Paradise on earth?
Qin Shuihan curled his lips, Yiyi's way of speaking was always so lively and interesting.
After Lin Yi finished drinking the medicine, Qin Shuihan put down the medicine bowl and helped her lie down.
He glanced at Xuanfeng.
"Come in. What's the matter?"
"Reporting to my master, it is said that Princess Chu rushed to Northern Xinjiang overnight. For the time being..."
Qin Shuihan snorted and glanced at Lin Yi lying on the bed.
Lin Yi smiled awkwardly and sighed inwardly.
In ancient times, did you have to kill someone if you didn't like them?
No wonder the population is so small!
"Shui Han, just run away. As long as she doesn't return to the capital, there's no need to guard against her..."
Qin Shuihan touched Lin Yi's face, and his expression told Lin Yi that this matter would never let go.
"Is there anything else?"
Qin Shuihan turned his head and looked at Xuanfeng again.
"Master, as for the inside——"
Xuanfeng was about to say the word traitor when he immediately saw Qin Shuihan wink at him.
He frowned and then reacted.
The master doesn’t want the princess to know that there is a traitor in the house!
"Master, I have the courage to ask the princess a few questions."
"Um?"
Lin Yi was a little curious about what Xuanfeng wanted to ask her, and she struggled to sit up.
Seeing this, Qin Shuihan quickly helped her lean into his arms.
"Guard Xuan, tell me."
Lin Yi snuggled weakly into Qin Shuihan's arms. This feeling of surviving the disaster was not good. She wanted to hold him and feel his body temperature every moment.
"Princess, this year's Flower Festival is scheduled for February 15th. Have you heard before?"
The Flower Festival will be held on a date officially announced in early February according to the climate change of the year. It is usually a day between February 12th and 15th.
Lin Yi shook his head. How could he know about the Flower Festival? There is no such festival in modern times.
"I heard from Cuixi that the Flower Festival is held every year and is very lively. I highly recommend me to go."
Xuanfeng nodded thoughtfully.
"Princess, apart from Biyue and Cuixi, does anyone else know the whereabouts that day?"
"Cui Xi and Caiyun, I originally wanted to take them with me, but unfortunately Caiyun was unwell that day, and Cui Xi wanted to take care of Caiyun, so neither of them could come..."
Lin Yi suddenly felt very lucky. Fortunately, those two girls didn't come. If Chu Xinyi had caught him, those two girls didn't know martial arts, so they wouldn't be in trouble!
But why did Chu Xinyi appear at the Flower Festival?
It happened to be the same time as myself!
Lin Yi suddenly realized something. She let go of Qin Shuihan's hand and looked up at him. His eyes were cold and stern, as if he wanted to kill someone.
Qin Shuihan felt Lin Yi's gaze and immediately calmed down his expression, gently stroking her hair.
"Guard Xuan, I understand what you mean...you suspect that someone has exposed my whereabouts, is that right..."
Lin Yi took a breath and said a few words, and suddenly felt his breathing speed up.
But she didn't believe there was a traitor around her. After all, everyone had been together for so long and they were all very good people.
Xuanfeng looked at Qin Shuihan at a loss.
"Yiyi, don't think too much."
Qin Shuihan knew that Lin Yi was quick in thinking and could not hide it from her.
"Shui Han, coincidence...this must all be a coincidence..."
"Princess, that day when I was standing on the branch, I clearly saw the group of men deliberately leading you into the alley at the end... It was not a coincidence!"
Biyue's words broke Lin Yi's fantasy.
She moved her lips, but couldn't say anything. She could only raise her head and look at Qin Shuihan, trying to see his judgment from his eyes.
"Shuihan..."
Qin Shuihan smiled slightly at her.
"Yiyi, leave this matter to Xuanfeng. I will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will I let a bad person go!"
He glanced at Xuanfeng.
Xuanfeng immediately retreated with Biyue.
Walking outside the house, Xuanfeng sighed.
"Bi Yue, let me ask Cui Xi first."
Biyue silently led him to Cuixi's wing. She glanced at Xuanfeng, stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"Cui Xi, Brother Xuan has something to ask you."
There was a clanking sound in the house.
"Sister Biyue, wait a moment——"
After a while, Cuixi opened the door and saw Xuanfeng and Biyue appearing at the door of her wing, feeling a little bad in her heart.
"Brother Xuan, Sister Biyue, what are you..."
Xuanfeng cleared his throat and said, "Let's go into the room and talk."
Cuixi was slightly startled, then moved away to let them enter the house.
Xuanfeng looked at everything in the room without any scruples. Although this was also a women's room, he didn't feel anything wrong.
To him, it seemed that Cuixi was not a woman.
There were signs of fresh cleaning on the bed, and a corner of a cloth bundle was exposed under the pillow.
But what is hidden?
"Cui Xi, you left the house twice on February 14th. What do you mean?"
Cuixi didn't expect Xuanfeng to ask her about what happened that day. Could it be that the tip to Princess Chu was exposed?
"I...I...my rouge is gone. I reported it to Butler Wu..."
"You went out and bought rouge twice?"
"I bought rouge at noon...I felt that the color of the rouge was not good at night, so I went to change it again..."
Xuanfeng frowned, and this reason was understandable.
However, Biyue gave him a look.
The two of them retreated in tacit agreement.
"If the color of the rouge is not good enough, I won't change it at night."
Biyue is a woman, so she naturally knows that such things must be easy to distinguish under natural light. The candlelight is more yellowish and the color is even more distorted.
Xuanfeng suddenly realized that there was such a big loophole in Cuixi's reply.
"Biyue, go and take Cuixi away later. I think there seems to be something hidden under her pillow."
It seems that this Cuixi does have a suspicion that cannot be cleared away.
Biyue nodded gloomily, then went back to the side room and called Cui Xi out.
After Biyue took Cui Xi away, Xuanfeng opened Cui Xi's door and went straight to her bed.
You won’t know if you don’t look for it, but you will be shocked when you look through it.
Xuanfeng didn't expect that a little maid would have so many expensive jewelry, as well as several small bottles and a package of things wrapped in brown paper.
He opened the brown paper and looked at the bean-shaped plants. He picked one up and put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it. There was no smell.
Xuanfeng had some doubts. Why should seemingly ordinary plants be hidden under the pillow?
He picked up the small bottles in the cloth bag and opened one of them, and the pungent smell hit his face.
Although he didn’t know what the other two bottles were, the bottle in his hand was enough to shock him!
Crane top is red!
This girl actually has a poison!
Xuanfeng quickly stuffed all these things into his sleeves and went to Caiyun's wing.
Knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered.
At this time a maid came over.
"Guard Xuan, Sister Caiyun just went to the housekeeper to get candles."
Xuanfeng responded and rushed to Butler Wu's place, just in time to bump into Caiyun who was returning.
"Caiyun, I have something to ask you."
He remembered that Biyue had said that both Caiyun and Cheng Xian were unwell on the day of the Flower Festival.
When Caiyun saw it was Xuanfeng, she was a little nervous and scared. After all, the person in front of her was the personal bodyguard of the prince, and her status was naturally different from that of the maids like them.
"Watcher Xuan, please ask."
Caiyun held the candle and lowered his head.
"You were unwell on the Flower Festival. What did Dr. Chen say?"
Caiyun was a little embarrassed, and she had diarrhea that day for some reason.
"That day...I, I kept running to the hut...Doctor Chen said I was weak..."
Xuanfeng frowned.
Is it a coincidence or man-made?
"Caiyun, what did you eat that day? Did anyone give you anything to eat?"
Caiyun didn't understand why Xuanfeng asked herself these questions. She raised her head slightly and glanced at him, only to see him staring at her seriously. She was so frightened that she swallowed and thought carefully about the breakfast that day.
"I-I remember drinking a bowl of porridge, eating a biscuit, and eating a piece of almond cake that day. I-I only remember this much...the breakfast we had with Sister Cuixi that day!"
Caiyun remembered that Cuixi ran into her house early that day, helped her get food, and insisted on dressing herself up, which really scared her.
Could it be that I am worrying too much?
Xuanfeng looked at Caiyun trying to remember and believed that she was not lying.
"However, we didn't go to the dining hall for breakfast that day. Sister Cuixi took it to the private room and ate it with me."
Xuanfeng's nerves became tense again, and her food passed Cui Xi's hand.
"Is there anything unusual about the food?"
Upon hearing this, Caiyun raised his head and looked at Xuanfeng.
Is there anything unusual about the food? What does it mean?
"It's just the usual breakfast, but——"
Caiyun suddenly remembered that the food that day seemed a bit bitter, and she told Cui Xi about it, but Cui Xi said it was her imagination.
"I think the breakfast that day was a bit bitter, especially the almond cake, which was bitter than usual. But Sister Cuixi said it wasn't bitter. Maybe I was a little weak that day..."
Xuanfeng thought for a moment, then immediately turned around and rushed to the inner court.
"Cheng Xian, stop, I want to ask you something."
At this time, Cheng Xian was practicing his sword. Since Qin Shuihan ordered him to protect Lin Yi, he no longer had to guard the courtyard gate.
He put down his sword.
"Guard Xuan, what's wrong?"
"On the Flower Festival, the princess's maid suffered from diarrhea just like you. I suspect that your food has been tampered with."
"What? What bastard wants to hurt me! Twitch his tendons!"
Cheng Xian flicked the sword and dropped it firmly into the scabbard.
He took a sip of water and thought about what happened that day.
"That day, Ming Yan and I went to the dining hall to have dinner together. At that time, there was nothing unusual!"
He nodded decisively, after all, he had never heard of anyone else having diarrhea.
"after--"
Cheng Xian looked at the teacup in his hand and suddenly thought of something.
"Cui Xi! That girl with a smiling face next to the princess! She brought me a cup of tea, saying it was cold in early spring, and drinking it would warm my stomach!"
It seems the truth is coming out.
Xuanfeng had a gloomy face, but he didn't expect Cuixi's methods to be so clever.
Put down the two followers and leave Biyue alone to follow the princess!
"Guard Xuan, this woman is extremely insidious! As expected, she is always courteous for nothing. She is either an adulterer or a thief!"
"..."
Xuanfeng patted his shoulder helplessly and hurried to Jinghan Pavilion.
