Xiangsi Palace summoned all the maids from the Shangyi Bureau.
Yan Xiu and Zhu Sijia sat side by side in the main seat of the main hall, and the others sat on both sides.
Without Yan Xiu's need to speak, a palace maid took the initiative to describe Duan Yun'er's whereabouts on the day she disappeared.
"At that time, the Shangyi Bureau was rushing to make winter clothes for all the empresses. I remember that the first winter clothes were sent to Changle Palace, then Weiyang Palace. Then they were sent to Yang Changshi, Du Bazi, Fang Shunchang, and finally He is the remaining envoy of Xiangsi Palace."
Tian Shanggong nodded in acquiescence.
Yan Xiu: "Why not send them in order of rank and rank?"
Tian Shanggong explained: "Your Majesty, except for special clothes that need to be sent in order of rank, at other times our clothing bureau follows the Queen Mother's previous instructions and sends them according to distance. Therefore, Chief Yu became the final recipient. The one who arrived.”
Yan Xiu didn't care about the affairs of the harem and just asked casually.
The maid of the Shangyi Bureau continued to plead: "The night Yun'er disappeared, not long after we left the Acacia Hall, Yun'er said that she was feeling uncomfortable. I wanted to wait for her to return to the Shangyi Bureau together. Who knew that she couldn't bear the suffering of this slave? Dong, insists that this slave should leave first, and she will go back slowly by herself."
"Who would have known...who would have known that this farewell would actually become an eternal farewell."
Zhu Sijia: "In other words, the place where Miss Yun'er last appeared was the Acacia Hall?"
Palace Maid: "Exactly."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone started talking.
Yu Xin looked at Zhu Sijia, her face turned pale, and she kept shaking her head.
Zhu Scarlett's eyes signaled her not to be nervous.
Zhang Wanyao deliberately guided: "I have heard recently that the palace people in the Acacia Palace often sighed. After asking about it, I found out that it was Yu Changshi who was deliberately scolding me."
Fang Xinyue added: "Could it be that the little palace maid with finger marks on her face that I met on the road this morning is also from Xiangsi Palace?"
Before Yu Xin, the master of the first palace, could reply, the maid who ran to Changle Palace to complain stood up and knelt in the middle: "This slave is indeed the second-class maid of Xiangsi Palace."
Yan Xiu: "Raise your head."
The little palace maid raised her head timidly, and the red marks on her face had begun to turn blue. To reach this level, it was obviously not as simple as just a few slaps.
Yan Xiu looked at Yu Xin: "Is it true that Chief Yu slapped the palace maid?"
Yu Xin: "I did give her two slaps, but never to this extent. As for treating the palace people harshly, I have my personal maid Yun Shang to do everything for me. Apart from her, I am not familiar with Xiangsi. Why should any maid or eunuch in the palace be treated harshly?"
Yang Bixue shouted: "No matter how serious or serious it is, you taught her a lesson, right?"
Yu Xin glared at her angrily: "So what? I am teaching the palace servants who made disrespectful remarks, dare I ask which palace rule and Qin law I violated?"
The little palace maid immediately crawled towards Yan Xiu and kowtowed:
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me! I said something wrong and offended Chief Yu, who then threatened to cut my father and brother into pieces outside the palace."
And a young eunuch in Yu Xin Palace saw the opportunity and knelt down:
"Now I can't bear it any longer, and I ask Your Majesty to make the decision together. I just accidentally soiled Yu Changshi's shoes, and Yu Changshi threatened to let me drown in the palace like some people!"
Yang Bixue sighed and said, "I didn't expect that Your Majesty has never asked about the affairs of the harem. If Your Majesty had not come forward today, the palace people in the Acacia Palace would have continued to be oppressed."
Zhang Wanyao pretended to be surprised:
"Oh! In that case, could it be that Miss Yun'er also offended Commander Yu and was brutally murdered? Commander Yu, what on earth did they say that made you so angry that you even hesitated to take someone's life?"
Yun Shang was angry and anxious after hearing this. Her knees softened and she knelt down to clarify her testimony: "They, they are just slanderous. My parents' clothes are never allowed to be handled by outsiders. How could it be possible-"
Yan Xiu rubbed his eyebrows: "Shut up."
Zhu Sijia immediately understood the situation at hand.
It seems that someone deliberately framed Yu Xin, played a long game, and even bribed the two palace officials in her palace. During this period, they continued to spread rumors that she treated the palace people harshly and had murderous intentions, just waiting to be fermented today.
And the person who harmed her was naturally the real culprit who killed Miss Yun'er.
Yu Xin calmed down and looked at Zhang Wanyao calmly: "Zhang Chongyi wants to know how they offended me?"
Zhang Wanyao: "Exactly, everything must have a reason. I want to know the reason, and also see if Miss Yun'er's fruit... has anything to do with Yu Changshi."
Yu Xin took out a jade pendant: "This thing belongs to the adopted son of the Yu family, Xie Jinnian. I and Xie Jinnian were childhood sweethearts and they had already made a lifelong commitment before entering the palace. Who knows that God is jealous of a lover, and I witnessed his death with my own eyes. He was hit by several arrows and died, and only then did he seal his heart and enter the palace."
Who in the palace doesn't know about this? It's just that Yu Xin dared to speak out frankly, her courage was commendable, so she wasn't afraid that Yan Xiu would punish her for the sake of the king's face?
"This morning before dawn, this lying slave broke into my bedroom without permission, saying that he wanted to serve me in the morning. Who would have thought that when she saw this jade pendant, she would dare to attack me I was so angry that I was disrespectful to His Majesty, so I slapped her twice."
"I don't even know your name, so how did I know that you have a father and brother outside the palace? I will give you a chance to tell the person behind you and leave you a way to survive. Otherwise, what you said There is no guarantee that your father and brother will be killed."
When the little palace maid heard that Yu Xin was talking about her father and brother, she was horrified, but... she gritted her teeth and continued to speak harshly:
"I dare not lie in front of His Majesty."
Yu Xin put away the jade pendant with a smile and knelt down in front of Yan Xiu:
"This bitch said that my concubine brought this jade pendant into the palace. She was clearly trying to keep Xie Jinnian a widow and blatantly cuckolded His Majesty. Your Majesty, tell me, should I punish her?"
Yan Xiu looked at the young palace maid and the eunuch with cold eyes: "Pull them down. If you don't even dare to fight, you will be beaten to death with sticks."
The little palace maid cried loudly: "Your Majesty, please spare your life. I will never dare to wrong the envoy again. Please spare your life, Your Majesty -"
Her voice quickly disappeared into the main hall.
Yan Xiu had no intention of staying here, so he stood up and ordered: "There must be someone who is obstructing Yu Changzhi's harm to others, and we will investigate it strictly. Until the truth about Miss Duan's death comes to light, there will be no further discussion in the palace."
"As a concubine, if Yu Changshi dares to openly carry the belongings of an old friend, he will be banned for three months."
…
When the night was over, Zhu Sijia asked Yan Xiu: "Since Xuanzhi knows that Yu Changshi was wronged, why should he punish her?"
Yan Xiu kissed her and asked, "I punished Cicada's friend. Is Cicada unhappy?"
Zhu Sijia: "It's a bit. Although His Majesty's face is more important than anything else, I understand the truth, but I just feel that such a rule is too unfair?"
To put it simply, all the women in the palace except the Queen Mother, and even all the women in the entire Da Qin, are his property as long as Yan Xiu thinks about it.
As the emperor's property, it should not be mixed with any foreign elements.
Yu Xin dared to admit this in public, so Yan Xiu should punish her in public, otherwise he would not be able to convince the public.
Yan Xiu liked her even more when she dared to ask him directly about the injustice in the world.
Yan Xiu explained: "I am protecting her. She is the daughter of the Imperial Master, but the Grand Tutor also belongs to the same clan. The real murderer of Miss Duan is Zhang Wanyao."
