Queen Cao is not favored.
But she is the queen, and that will never change no matter what.
In the harem, you have to rely on the queen to live a comfortable life.
In the evening, perhaps because Princess Fukang was in the Qingshou Palace, several people had a pleasant meal.
Miao Zhaorong took Zhao Yongyi back to Ciyuan Hall.
Zhao Zhen wanted to tell Empress Cao what happened in court today, but he thought of what she said last time and decided not to.
He didn't want to have a good atmosphere, because of the government affairs, he broke up on bad terms again.
The two of them were about to go to bed when the palace maid Forsythia came in and reported: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, the Renming Palace has sent someone over to say that the Eighth Princess is ill and would like to ask Your Majesty to come over and take a look."
Forsythia really wants to curse.
But as a little palace maid, she didn't dare to make the decision without permission. The eighth princess in Renming Palace had a ready excuse to call the officials away from Qingshou Palace several times.
However, the official family had few heirs, so he loved the eighth princess very much.
Even though she was a palace maid, she didn't dare to stop him from reporting the matter.
Zhao Zhen was about to take off his clothes when he heard Forsythia's report and hurried out.
Cao Yuyan's face gradually turned cold.
After entering the palace for ten years, she thought that she was a queen, and even if she could not get his heart from the official, she could still get his people.
It seems she was wrong.
As long as Beauty Zhang is here, the officials will never see her efforts.
She is the majestic mother of a country, and her life is so miserable.
"I'm going to see if the eighth princess is really sick."
On the other side of the Renming Palace, they used the Eighth Princess as a cover to openly compete with her as the queen.
However, just when Cao Yuyan couldn't hold it any longer, Rong's mother grabbed her and shook her head: "Mother, no!"
"Mom Rong, I can't bear it anymore."
Rong's mother let Forsythia go out first, and after the door was closed, she said earnestly: "Empress, you are the master of the harem. Even if the Renming Palace is pampered to the heavens, she can't get past you. Why should you lower yourself? Go argue with her."
Cao Yuyan felt bitter in her heart.
Does she care about status? She just wants the official's love!
But ten years later, I still can’t get it.
"Empress, an embroidery needle is not sharp at both ends, and sugarcane is not sweet at both ends. When you enter the palace, don't expect to get all the favor from the official. As long as he respects you and doesn't let you, the empress, get off the stage, that will be fine."
Cao Yuyan burst into tears.
Her mother had already told her these principles before she entered the palace. She was young at the time and felt that her family background and talents were impeccable, and she would definitely be loved by the officials when she entered the palace.
Therefore, this huge psychological gap requires her to digest it year by year.
She thought that after ten years of digestion, she would be able to deal with it calmly, but she found that she could not calm down.
After crying, Cao Yuyan's complexion gradually turned cold.
"Mother Rong, is there any way to get rid of her?"
"Empress..."
Rong's mother exclaimed in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please don't think like this. There are so many women in the harem, and if there is no beauty Zhang, there will be others."
"No, Mama Rong, you don't understand the official family. He really likes Zhang Wanqing."
Even if this love is not worth his country and country, it is the only existence in the harem.
Rong's mother was silent for a while and then said slowly: "You can't do it directly, but I have a way. It's slower, but you don't need to do it, and you don't need to get dirty things."
Su Mansion.
When Gu Qingjue returned to his house, his buttocks were still warm, and Li Duanyuan, dressed as an official, came over to have dinner.
"Zi Yuan, I heard Mr. Wu say that you assisted the Kaifeng Mansion in solving the recent hanging case. Is it true?"
"Um."
Li Duanyuan patted Gu Qingjue on the shoulder: "Great, I feel like I've broken my legs these past ten days."
"Your legs are also broken."
When Li Duanyuan heard this, he called Gu Ziyuan ruthless.
In Kaifeng Mansion, there are left and right halls, each with one official, who takes turns trying cases on different days. The hanging and beheading cases happened during his shift, so they were naturally investigated by him.
After the meal was finished, the two of them sat in the yard and talked about the case of hanging and beheading.
Su Yixin brought the tea and sat next to Gu Qingjue and listened quietly.
The two cases, one involving hanging and the other involving beheading, had no connection at all in terms of the modus operandi.
However, after Li Duanyuan's investigation, it was discovered that there was a relationship between the two deceased people.
So the cases were merged together.
After Su Yixin listened, she asked: "What is the relationship between the two deceased people?"
Li Duanyuan said mysteriously: "You would never have imagined that the person whose head was cut off had a daughter who died three years ago. It happened that the person who hanged himself had a daughter three years ago, to be precise, that person. Three days before my daughter died, she also died."
"After visiting relatives and friends of these two families, I found that although the two deceased families were more than ten miles apart, they seemed quite familiar. I also found out that the family whose heads were cut off had not given them anything in the past three years. My daughter has been to the grave.”
"Just tell me whether it's weird or not."
Gu Qingjue's eyebrows remained unchanged: "It's quite strange. You didn't ask Mr. Wu why the two murder cases were merged into one investigation?"
"Of course I asked."
Li Duanyuan hummed twice: "But Mr. Wu just won't tell me, even if I ask him."
Su Yixin said: "I just heard you say that Mr. Wu wanted to dig that girl's grave, but the girl's father didn't agree, right?"
"Yes, the person has been dead for three years, and it is human nature to disagree with the person's grave now. But what does this have to do with the death of the girl's grandmother?"
The reason why the beheaded person could be identified quickly was because the clothes the deceased was wearing were the clothes the girl's grandmother usually wore, and there was a mole on her calf. Together, we can draw a conclusion.
As for the girl’s grandmother’s head, in fact, it has not been found yet.
I don’t know where it was thrown by the murderer.
The head was not found, and the girl's grave was not dug.
Wu Yu himself had no conclusive evidence, so how could he tell Li Duanyuan.
He just relied on his years of experience and intuition in handling cases and believed that the two cases were involved.
Su Yixin chuckled.
Li Duanyuan pointed at Su Yixin: "Brothers and sisters, you have hurt people's self-esteem. If you know anything, just tell me."
"I guess Mr. Wu not only asked for the girl's grave to be dug up, but also for the man's mother to be hanged. Did Mr. Wu also ask for the grave to be dug up?"
"That's right, how do you know this?"
Su Yixin spread her hands: "I guess."
"No, you must know something, otherwise how could you guess what I didn't say. Ziyuan, brother and sister, you two treat me as an outsider and you won't tell me."
Tsk tsk tsk...
Li Duanyuan's choice of words is invincible.
"Gongjin, did you learn this annoying skill from your sister?"
They are indeed two brothers and sisters!
