The girl is petite, with a peach-like face. She wears a lotus-colored palace dress with golden embroidery and round pink pearls hanging on it. Her head is even more dazzling, making her look dazzling.
"Master Di, this is Princess Qingyang!"
Tao Li pulled the visitor closer and introduced him to Di Xue.
"I'm here, Dis Xue, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, has met Her Royal Highness the Princess."
After Di Xue finished speaking, he bowed.
Princess Qingyang waved her hand, and then looked at Di Xue curiously: "Tao Li always praises you with me. What I saw today is indeed extraordinary. I just don't know if your case solving is really as magical as the rumors!"
"Princess, it's too magical to be called magical. I can only say that the truth will never be erased!" Di Xue returned.
"Oh, what you said is interesting. Tao Li's recommendation is not in vain. I happen to have something lost here. Please help me find it."
Princess Qingyang changed the subject and spoke to Di Xue.
Di Xue returned: "I wonder what the princess threw away?"
"What I lost is the white jade and red phoenix hairpin given by my mother. I wear it all the time on weekdays, but I can't find it this morning no matter how hard I look for it!"
Princess Qingyang looked a little ugly after saying this. It seemed that this hairpin was indeed her favorite thing.
Di Xue cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, please describe the last scene when you saw the hairpin, so that your subordinates can have some basis."
"The last time I saw him was last night. I came back from the royal brother's trip, and Jin Chuan was waiting to take off the headdress."
Under Princess Qingyang's narration, Di Xue learned about last night's scene.
Princess Qingyang's jewelry is kept by gold bracelets. If the princess likes it very much, she will put it in a four-layer jewelry box and lock it up.
Only the princess has the key.
Yesterday, when Princess Qingyang came back from the Emperor's office, she put the hairpin in the jewelry box and went to bathe and change clothes.
Until I opened the box this morning and found that the white jade and red hairpin inside was missing.
The jewelry box was locked by the princess herself last night, so it could only be stolen between night and early this morning.
After listening to it, Di Xue smoothed it over and analyzed it roughly.
Princess Qingyang's Jingyang Palace is deep in the inner palace and is heavily guarded. It is impossible for outsiders to enter and steal.
And no outsiders entered from last night to today.
The person who stole it is most likely one of Jingyang Palace's own people.
Thinking of this, Di Xue cupped her hands and said:
"Your Highness Princess, if you are not in a hurry at this time, can you go to the palace to check?"
After Di Xue finished speaking, Princess Qingyang happily agreed and asked Chu Ran to go with her.
After entering Jingyang Palace, Di Xue felt that it was very luxurious, the gardens in the palace were elegant and exquisite, and the palace buildings were even more exquisite and beautiful.
The most numerous peach trees in the courtyard are peach trees. Although the peach blossoms are gone at this time, the little peaches on the trees are still pink and cute.
After entering the main palace of Jingyang Palace, it was inconvenient for Chu Ran to enter the bedroom, so he waited outside alone while Di Xue and others entered Princess Qingyang's bedroom.
The interior is filled with pink gauze curtains, and the overall look is very beautiful.
Under the guidance of Princess Qingyang, Di Xue saw the box containing valuable jewelry.
The box has four floors up and down, the first to third floors are in the shape of drawers, and the fourth floor is a cabinet.
The handles on each layer of the box can be twisted, and the outsides are connected together with large-headed copper rods to lock them.
The lock above is specially made by the palace and is very difficult to open unless you use a key.
Di Xue carefully inspected the lock and found that it was intact, but there were some scratches on the keyhole of the lock.
"Your Highness, could you show me your key?"
After Di Xue said this, Princess Qingyang took the key out of her purse.
Di Xue saw that the key was polished very smooth, and it opened the lock smoothly when put into it.
It seems that the person who opened the lock did not use this key.
Di Xue took the opened jewelry box and studied it.
There was no trace of damage to the entire box, which verified Di Xue's idea.
Then Di Xue carefully checked the palace again. After there was nothing abnormal, everyone left the dormitory and Di Xue asked:
"Your Highness, when will your keys leave your side?"
"It's probably only when I take a shower. When I rest at night, I will put my purse in a small box next to the pillow. No one will touch it."
After Princess Qingyang finished speaking, Di Xue nodded: "It seems that the person who stole the thief is someone who can get close to the princess. Since the range has been narrowed, Princess, you might as well ask for directions by throwing stones!"
"How to do?"
Princess Qingyang asked.
Di Xue smiled slightly and then returned:
"That is, the princess mobilizes the maids around her to look for it, and then Tao Li pretends to find the hairpin and shows it to everyone from a distance. Then the person who stole the hairpin will naturally feel uneasy, and we can follow this to find the real person. He is a hairpin thief."
After Di Xue said that Princess Qingyang stole it: "This method is good, but where can I get a fake hairpin?"
"You can find a skilled person to imitate the fake hairpin with wax. Who will do it?" After Di Xue said that, she and Tao Li looked at Chu Ran.
Chu Ran smiled helplessly, and then made the hairpin according to Princess Qingyang's description.
"This is really no different from the previous one. If you didn't take a closer look, you really wouldn't be able to tell the difference!"
After Princess Qingyang finished speaking, she started acting eagerly.
After gathering the maids and maids in the palace, Princess Qingyang and Tao Li successfully performed a play according to the method taught by Di Xue.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the palace maid Lian Xin next to Princess Qingyang to look wrong, and then she was caught red-handed when she went back to the house to check.
After Lian Xin confessed, Di Xue learned that her mother at home in the suburbs of Yuanjing was seriously ill, but her own money was not enough to treat her, so she wanted to steal the princess's things and sell them outside the palace in order to exchange money for her mother's treatment.
After hearing this, Di Xue felt that what she said was reasonable, but she still had some doubts. Why did she have to have this hairpin?
Not to mention, wouldn't it be safer to steal something that the princess doesn't love but is expensive.
But before Di Xue could think about it, the princess's hair-raising ceremony was about to begin.
Everyone bid farewell to the princess and went to the place where the princess and Hairili were staying.
After sitting down, the emperor led the princess out. The princess was no longer as lively as before, and had a noble and serious look on her face.
After Qian Zhang announced the rewards of the princess and His Majesty, the banquet began.
Di Xue also exchanged cups with Chu Ran, Zhou Huai and others, which was hardly relaxing.
But at this moment, Prime Minister Li Yong came to the palace.
Holding a scroll that looked like an imperial edict, he knelt on the ground.
"Prime Minister Li, why is this happening?" Chu Yun asked.
"Your Majesty, I am here today to ask for the marriage of my son, Li Cheng, to Princess Qingyang!"
As soon as Li Yong's words came out, everyone was shocked.
"Prime Minister Li, how do you say this?"
Chu Yun asked with an unhappy expression.
"Your Majesty is aware that the imperial edict I hold in my hand is the Queen Mother's imperial edict. It states that when the princess reaches the age of hairpin, she will marry her son Li Cheng!"
