Yang Xianrong looked at Sima Ying, and there was a lot of hesitation in his tone, "Your Majesty, maybe we have just uncovered the tip of the iceberg now. I'm afraid there are more people behind this."
Sima Ying also looked at her and said in a deep voice: "Empress, this matter concerns the Jin royal family. We can only get to the bottom of it."
"What if it causes a bloody storm?" Yang Xianrong was only sixteen years old, and she was a little scared.
"Rong'er, you are the queen of the Jin Dynasty and have supreme rights." Sima Ying said softly, "Right and wrong must always be investigated clearly."
"If there are still people who have not been found out, wouldn't it be more dangerous if they hide behind them?" Liu Yao also nodded and said, "Third sister, I am here and I will protect you."
Yang Xianrong looked at the two of them, and also at his maid and Sima Ying's followers. They all nodded solemnly, "I obey the Queen's order."
"Hey, don't be so serious, it makes me even more scared." Yang Xianrong twitched the corner of his mouth, "Forget it, let's go ahead and dig up the people and things behind. Let's call the two grandmas over first."
"Yes." Zhao Zhuo, the military commander who followed Sima Ying all the way, had already responded first.
Yang Xianrong was stunned for a moment, then coughed slightly before asking: "Can I command you now?"
Zhao Zhuo glanced at Sima Ying and said with a smile: "I will listen to whoever is right in my humble position. The Empress is smart and kind, and she has solved several major cases in a blink of an eye, and everyone in her humble position admires her. The Empress did not notice. Huh? Our brothers have already obeyed the Queen’s orders. Oh, our prince has acquiesced, right, prince?”
Sima Ying glanced at him and said, "Yes."
"Oh, let's call the two grandmas first. Don't use force. I just want to ask them about Huansha. Don't talk about what happened just now."
"Yes." Zhao Zhuo took two military guards and went out immediately.
Cuixi asked quietly: "Please tidy up this place, my servant. The food is also cold."
"Yeah." Yang Xianrong was not in the mood to eat, "Let's go to the flower hall. See if there are any county annals here and bring some over."
"Yes." Another personal escort, Wu Wei, responded and went out.
Sima Ying still looked at Yang Xianrong with burning eyes, "Are you suspicious of someone?"
"Not yet, but there will definitely be." This is like a riddle, which is puzzling. However, the next moment, they solved another mystery first.
When the two grandmas walked into the flower hall and knelt at Yang Xianrong's feet, they immediately understood what Yang Xianrong meant, so they immediately said everything without even asking.
These two grandmothers have been embroidery workers in the Huansha Institute for more than thirty years and are familiar with everything here. In the past few years, I have lost my eyesight, but my health is still good, so I stay here to do cleaning work, and my wages are still paid. Therefore, these two people are quite satisfied.
A year ago, Xiao Ruobai returned to Qingyang County to be the county magistrate. They were also very happy, thinking that they had watched this child grow up, and they were naturally proud of him for being so promising.
But later, they saw the mother and son often whispering in the silk dyeing room and making a powder with a bitter taste. At first, they thought it was just a new spice that was unsuccessful. But gradually, they noticed a big difference between their condition and the color of the silk toilet paper, so I took a closer look.
"We could clean up everywhere, so one day I went into the dyeing room and picked up a clay pot. I smelled it carefully and it smelled like croton. So I stole some and went to the drugstore with Sister Chen. Ask what happened." Grandma Yan looked at Grandma Chen, "The two of us have been thinking about it for a long time, not knowing what they are going to do. Until the Queen came to Qingyang County, she vaguely heard that someone in the palace had diarrhea, so she thought Could this have something to do with their croton powder? So that day, the Queen was standing in front of the spice rack chatting, and someone broke a clay pot. The two of us hurried over and pretended to clean it. In fact, we wanted to clean it for the Queen. Please give me a heads up."
"Yes, I can see it." Yang Xianrong's face was kind and very polite, "If the two grandmothers hadn't come over to clean up in a hurry, I might not have noticed this matter."
"Hey, we actually don't know if there is any connection, it's just a coincidence." The two people didn't dare to say more. After all, the military guards standing aside were very impressive and looked quite scary.
"Then I will ask you again, do you know the relationship between Huang and Xu Daming?" Yang Xianrong must ask to the end.
"That Xu Daming who died?" Grandma Chen was very surprised, but soon sighed again. "The two of them have been neighbors since childhood, and they have a very good relationship. I remember there were a few of them, and they always played together. Huang later made the embroidery shop by himself, and he also made it with his little sister. What was that little sister's name? ? It seems that his name is Qingya? He and Xu Daming are a couple, and they have a very good relationship. Later, after Xu Daming died, Qingya left with the child and never came back. It has been twenty years, It was so fast.”
"Boy or girl?" Yang Xianrong asked.
"The boy was not young at that time. He should be older than County Magistrate Xiao. He has clear features and pretty features. He is quite good-looking." Grandma Yan counted on her fingers and asked Grandma Chen, "It seems that Xu Daming's family Is it a single pass? His father is long gone."
"Yeah, so do you remember that at that time, Huang, Qingya and Xu Daming often ate and went shopping together, and brought us a lot of mulberry leaves and pattern samples."
"Yes, yes, I remembered it. Huang was one of the first embroiderers to make tributes, and everyone was envious of it." The chat about Chen Zhizhi's rotten millet became a bit endless, and Yang Xianrong coughed lightly. After making a sound, Cuixi and Lanxiang immediately came forward and invited the two of them out of the flower hall. They also told them a few words alone not to tell anyone what happened today and to keep it in their hearts.
Naturally, the two grandmothers did not dare to speak anymore. They shut their mouths tightly, lowered their heads, and walked out the door and returned to the Huansha Institute to continue working. Sima Ying also asked Yang Xianrong: "Aren't you going to arrest him?"
"Hey, there's no need to arrest these two people. It should be said that they are still meritorious people. You heard it too. If they hadn't come to clean up the debris, I wouldn't have noticed this. Of course, Brother Liu reached out and tasted it. Didn’t you also notice something?”
"That's not true..." Liu Yao smiled awkwardly, "I just saw the third sister smelling the aroma of the clay pot before, and even dipped some with her fingers and put it in her mouth... I just wanted to learn... I didn't expect the third sister to My sister discovered the clues from such a small move. From that day on, I don’t dare to hide anything from my third sister, I will definitely tell the truth.”
"Did you have anything to hide before?" Yang Xianrong's expression changed rapidly and he immediately looked at Liu Yao, who was so scared that Liu Yao immediately shut his mouth.
