"After the girls returned to their rooms, only Mother Sun was in the yard, and the medicine jars in the small kitchen had also been tampered with. When Aunt Song was distributing monthly reports in the yard, she deliberately took her time, so that the servants were in Qianyun Pavilion. It took a long time, but Huilan, the girl from Suochung Pavilion, was afraid that Aunt Wen would have no one to serve her, so she went back first and bumped into Mother Sun."
Ji Lan frowned: "So, this Mother Sun is almost undoubtedly the murderer?"
Heng Wu nodded: "Everyone is saying this now, and Aunt Wen is the most favored of the second wife, and she has a son. It is not unusual for Aunt Song to fight for her favor and kill people. Moreover, Mother Sun was almost caught, unless Aunt Song I can prove that I didn’t instruct her to kill someone, otherwise, I can’t get away with it..."
The girls talked for a long time and looked at Li Qingyi.
Li Qingyi asked: "Can you tell me if there is anything missing from Aunt Wen's room?"
Heng Wu shook his head, "I'm afraid the servants haven't taken care of it yet, right?"
Li Qingyi looked at the chaos everywhere, then turned and entered the house.
There were many people in the room, including the maids from Suochun Pavilion, but no one noticed her coming in for a while.
Madam Wei couldn't see her. The third lady was supporting her and sitting aside, while the doctor was examining Aunt Wen's body.
Aunt Wen was indeed as Heng Wu described. The appearance of her death was terrifying. Just her wide-open eyes and extremely long mouth made people shudder.
Li Qingyi glanced at the girls who were kneeling and crying, and looked towards Aunt Wen's house.
This is her first time coming to Suochun Pavilion. The decoration in this room is not overbearing and is very low-key. The furnishings are not too luxurious or expensive, which shows that Aunt Wen is a very cautious character.
Unfortunately, she met the smarter Lin.
Huilan sobbed and kowtowed to the old lady, "Old lady, our aunt has disappeared inexplicably. Please ask someone to invite the second master back."
Mrs. Wei couldn't see Aunt Wen's death, so the shock in her heart was not that strong. For her, it was not unusual for her to have an aunt in her house. "What kind of place do you think the palace is? How could it be so without rules?"
Huilan cried so hard that she couldn't breathe, "Please make the decision, old lady, because our aunt died unjustly!"
The death was indeed unjust.
Even Mrs. Wei had no reason to expose it lightly at this time.
But how many days had Song Qian just entered the mansion? Before it brought any benefit to the Wei family, something scandalous happened!
Mrs. Wei's nose twitched.
Although she said she wouldn't let anyone call Wei Shiyuan back, the news still had to be sent to the palace. new
The eldest son still has to make the decision on this matter.
When Wei Shicheng received the news, he was talking to the emperor, and the servant found a moment to talk to his ear. Wei Shicheng didn't even move his eyebrows and said, "I understand."
At this time, half of the moon's face had been revealed, and it was extremely large and bright. It was very festive against the red lanterns hung everywhere in the corridors of the palace courtyard.
Queen Wang personally took the female family members and walked more than a hundred steps towards the rising full moon in the east, burned incense, knelt down, worshiped the moon god, and performed the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the moon.
Princess Yuanheng and the female members of the Wei family then slowly bowed down, with their palms on the ground and their foreheads touching their palms.
When she stood up again, Queen Wang's niece Wang Xuanyi took the initiative to help her. The nanny beside her was not surprised when she saw this and let Wang Xuanyi do whatever she wanted.
Seeing this situation, Princess Yuanheng guessed that Wang Xuanyi was not the person Queen Wang had chosen for the prince?
Her eyes looked carefully at Wang Xuanyi.
Not as good as Li Qingyi, his appearance, body and manners are not as good as him.
I wonder if Wei Shicheng has ever thought about letting Li Qingyi be the princess?
After so many years, although Princess Yuanheng could not see through Wei Shicheng, she still believed in his decision. He wanted to support the prince, and Princess Yuanheng had no objection at all.
Wei Jin'er almost became the fourth prince's concubine before. Although the matter was resolved and the Wei family's attitude was very firm, Queen Wang still had some complaints and was not as close to Concubine Shu as before...
Princess Yuanheng thought of this, and the ladies of each family sat down one after another.
There is a royal troupe in the palace
The class leader bowed his head and respectfully held the play list, knelt down and said politely: "Please order the play, the Queen."
The palace maid took the playbill and handed it to the empress. The queen took the playbill and said with a smile to Concubine Mu who was sitting next to her: "Of course I want to worship the moon in the first play. The concubine and concubine Shu will order one more."
Concubine Mu glanced at Wang Xuanyi. Wang Xuanyi had a smile in her eyes, and her slender neck was as white as white jade, as beautiful as the full moon tonight.
But Concubine Mu's eyes were not very beautiful. She said with a smile: "Since the empress said so, my sister is not polite. The moon is big and bright today. I can't help but think of the golden match. I will live up to it." Good times."
The Golden Marriage tells the story of an official daughter and an aristocratic son meeting by chance on a spring outing, and various misunderstandings arose. Later, they found out that the other person was the person they wanted to marry, and a pair of happy enemies finally formed a happy relationship.
The ladies present could not help but look at each other.
Logically speaking, this kind of play has been played by every family.
Madams and grandmothers often play this kind of drama to comfort themselves when they have nothing to do on weekdays.
But now there are many young ladies who have not yet left the court and have no experience in the world. How can such a play be performed on the stage?
Naturally, everyone would not say anything bluntly, but just focused their attention on Queen Wang.
Queen Wang glanced at Concubine Mu's bright and charming face. What the other party said was clearly mocking her for marrying the prince and Wang Xuanyi.
However, thinking of the ruined appearance of the fourth prince, Queen Wang felt much better. She gently and skillfully threw the words back and said: "The noble concubine has her wish, and I naturally want the beauty of an adult."
She arranged the prince's marriage. Didn't Concubine Mu find a princess for the fourth prince?
Concubine Mu snorted, "Thank you very much, Queen."
Everyone present knew that Concubine Mu had always been such a show-off, but they did not expect that Queen Wang would not give Concubine Mu any face this time.
It seems that the situation in the palace has become much more tense.
The behavior of Concubine Wei Shu on the side was the finishing touch. She calmly ordered a martial arts drama, but it told the story of a vixen who sneaked into the palace and became a favored concubine, bringing disaster to the country and the people, and was finally beaten back to her original form.
Concubine Mu's eyebrows froze, her smile suppressed, and she looked at Concubine Shu viciously.
Concubine Shu did not accept the move, pretending not to see it, and said to the group leader: "Go and sing well. If you sing well, the queen will be rewarded!"
She is a person who has died once, and she can see things more clearly than before.
If you have to rely on the Queen, you can't leave yourself a way out. Only by being single-minded can you save your life and the Wei family.
Queen Wang glanced at Concubine Shu, a little surprised, and she was obviously very satisfied with what she did.
A crisp gong sounds, and the fun begins.
Queen Wang said to the eldest lady of the Wang family who was not far away from her: "This girl Xuan Yi is quite destined to me. Why don't you stay with me for a while longer."
Mrs. Wang stood up and saluted, looking at Empress Wang with a smile: "I'm just afraid of causing trouble to the empress."
Queen Wang took a sip of tea, put down the green glazed porcelain tea cup, and said with a smile, "How could it be possible? This girl is so well behaved."
The voices of the actors on the stage were delicate and ups and downs. Princess Yuanheng rubbed the bracelet on her wrist, and her heart was spinning along with the lyrics in the play...
*****
In the Wei Mansion, Old Madam Wei took the initiative and asked the third lady Guo to put Aunt Wen's body in order, and asked the housekeeper to buy a pair of high-quality longevity materials.
Wen Yuniang is not a nameless maid, she is a son of a good family, and the Wen family must be notified of this matter.
Although the Wei family is not afraid of a merchant, they are not a domineering family. When people die, they still die in such a way, and there must be an explanation.
However, after the body was placed, Huilan finally realized something was wrong.
Aunt Wen's jewelry box is missing!
Li Qingyi also got the news immediately, "The jewelry is missing?"
"Yes, after Aunt Wen's body was restrained, the maid next to her began to tap the things in Suochun Pavilion, all of which were to be taken back to the Wen family. As a result, Huilan discovered that Aunt Wen had a big
The box jewelry can’t be found! "
Li Qingyi's eyebrows turned cold, "I can't find it, or was it taken away by someone?"
Heng Wu hesitated, "Earlier, the girl asked Aunt Wen if she had lost anything. Why did you ask?"
Silan said: "Does the girl feel that this time has something to do with the Second Madam?"
Li Qingyi nodded, "Lin is short of money, but Aunt Wen is very rich. It just so happens that Aunt Wen and Song Qian are plotting against each other at this time. If they want Lin to fall, Lin will use their plan to kill Aunt Wen first, and then in turn It’s on Song Qian’s head!”
Chang Lan exclaimed: "No wonder Aunt Wen died in such a strange way! The other party used cinnabar, and she would have just poured it into the health soup. Aunt Wen was going to become a fool too, but the other party not only poured cinnabar into a bottle of Aunt Wen , and even killed her. In fact, the cinnabar is just a cover, just to have something to do with the cinnabar in Mother Sun’s hand!"
Heng Wu frowned: "But a box of jewelry, no matter how many, cannot be worth ten thousand taels."
Li Qingyi asked: "Has Hui Lan counted the number?"
"Aunt Wen has a lot of jewelry, but Hui Lan didn't know what jewelry she had lost at the moment, but based on estimates, the box is worth at least two to three thousand taels. Fortunately, Aunt Wen's daily banknotes are now available Silver and jewelry should be kept separately, otherwise, more will be lost."
Li Qingyi let out a long sigh, "It's really not worth a few thousand taels to kill a person. I wonder if the murderer will regret this when he finds out that there is no silver note in the jewelry box."
No matter how well the murderer hides himself or how clever his plan is, the murder will definitely leave flaws and hidden dangers.
Of course Princess Yuanheng and others also heard the news. The second lady Lin, who was also in the palace, looked unrecognizable and was as shocked as everyone else.
After the palace banquet was over, everyone hurried back to the house.
The first thing Lin did was to find Zhao's mother and ask about Ruyuan's whereabouts.
Mother Zhao said: "Ru Yuan left the house and went back to the Lin family when it was just getting dark."
Mrs. Lin was relieved when she heard this, "How about the Suochun Pavilion?"
"The third lady arranged to collect Aunt Wen's body, put Suochun Pavilion under guard, and then returned to Heyan Hall with the old lady, waiting for the eldest master to come back and make up his mind."
She is obviously Wei Shiyuan's concubine, but she has to wait for Wei Shicheng to come back to make up her mind.
Mrs. Lin sneered, "Go over and have a look."
