Nightwatcher

It was already three quarters before leaving Lingbao Temple (13:45).

Xu Qi'an entered the palace, asked the guards to pass the news, and waited for a quarter of an hour at the gate of the palace, and at four quarters before the hour, he waited for the little eunuch to arrive.

"Master Xu, how should we investigate next?" the little eunuch asked.

"You don't need to inform Your Majesty in advance when you go to Feng Palace to find the queen, do you?" Xu Qi'an said.

The little eunuch quickly waved his hand, "Your Majesty said, in the harem, you can go wherever you want. Of course, the premise is that you are accompanied by servants, especially when you meet the concubine and queen."

Xu Qi'an nodded.

If you want to see the emperor's woman, of course you can't meet in private.

The full name of Fenggong Palace is Fengqi Palace, which is the largest and most luxurious palace in the harem—not counting the emperor's bedroom.

When they came to Fengqi Palace, they learned that the empress was taking a nap, Xu Qi'an and the little eunuch waited for half an hour in the corridor outside, when a delicate court lady came to pass:

"The empress is awake, sir Xu please go over."

Xu Qi'an then entered the palace, and in the luxuriously furnished front hall, he saw the empress who was the mother of the world. She was wearing a dark phoenix robe embroidered with gold silk and a gorgeous wind crown.

The eyebrows are picturesque, and the mouth line is plump. She is no longer young, but her face is full of collagen, and she does not look old at all. This added the charm of a mature woman to her flawless and prosperous beauty.

Among the beauties I have seen, she can be ranked in the top two, and Luo Yuheng is ranked first, but the national teacher has her own charm and buff bonus, and the queen is a woman who relies on her own hardware to be the queen. No one in the harem can be the queen. call taxi.

Xu Qi'an quickly bowed his head, maintaining the etiquette and rules that a foreign minister should have.

"Sure enough, young talents."

The empress is obviously also a face control, looked at Xu Qi'an, nodded with satisfaction: "Huaiqing often mentions you in front of this palace, and praises you very much. I have also heard about your deeds of repeatedly solving strange cases in Beijing."

First impressions on both sides are good.

I don't know if Xu Qi'an feels good about himself, he feels that the queen appreciates him very much, and he doesn't care about it at all.

"Wei Yuan is lucky to have such an outstanding subordinate like you." The empress said softly, "Show Master Xu some tea."

The palace maid offered hot tea, Xu Qi'an took it with both hands, didn't drink it, and asked bluntly: "The lowly job is here for the case of Concubine Fu, I have a few questions for the empress."

"Master Xu, please ask."

"Do you know the maid Huang Xiaorou?"

"I don't know you." The queen shook her head.

"Is there a maid named He'er in the empress's palace?"

"Yes." The queen was silent for a few seconds, then nodded slowly.

"Nurse Rong from the Xie Pavilion said that four years ago, Huang Xiaorou committed suicide for no reason. At that time, the maid who lived in the same room as her rescued her. That maid was He'er from the empress's palace."

"He'er has never been to the Crab Pavilion." The Queen directly denied it.

Xu Qi'an continued: "After the low-ranking autopsy, it was found that the palace lady Huang Xiaorou suffered fatal injuries. It was definitely not a court lady, nor an imperial doctor from the Imperial Medical Office. She must have taken the elixir that brought the dead back to life."

The queen stared at Xu Qi'an, and said indifferently: "Is there any evidence for Master Xu's words?"

"The corpse is the evidence."

"What about the pill?"

"No." Xu Qi'an shook his head.

Is the Queen the one who tore up the revenue and expenditure records of the Royal Pharmacy?

The queen nodded, and said softly: "This palace is exhausted, send Master Xu out of the palace."

Didn't you just finish your afternoon nap? Xu Qi'an pursed his lips a few times, got up helplessly, and left Fengqi Palace with the maid.

Xu Qi'an glanced at the sun, "Little eunuch, is the list that I asked you to collect finished?"

The little eunuch took out a folded piece of rice paper from his pocket, "I'm about to hand it to Mr. Xu."

Yes, the work efficiency is very high, as expected of being trained in the palace.

Xu Qi'an unfolded the list, glanced at it, and there were more than a dozen court ladies, errands, and bodyguards listed on it.

"Let's go through the list above and check one by one." Xu Qi'an said.

"The queen's side"

"Of course it can't be checked."

Xu Qi'an sighed, although Emperor Yuan Jing gave him great privileges to investigate whoever he wanted, but the empress would not cooperate with beating to death, so Xu Qi'an couldn't do anything to overpower the king.

But one thing is certain, that is, the queen has ghosts in her heart.

Could it be that the queen did it? Isn't Huaiqing very pitiful. Should I check it out. But if you don't check it, wouldn't it be pitiful to be framed? Here it comes, Xu Qi'an sighed silently in his heart.

But then again, the queen is so fucking beautiful. She still has such a charm when she is older, and how beautiful she was when she was young, no wonder she can become a queen.

Huaiqing's eyebrows and the empress' eyes are somewhat similar.

"In comparison, I still think Luo Yuheng is better, because she can satisfy my various tastes, and Susu can too."

Xu Qi'an couldn't help but think of what Daoist Jinlian said just now, Luo Yuheng has the appearance of all living beings, and he can let men see the one he likes, but what he sees are young women who are double ten, young women who are in their thirties, and mature women who are forty

"I really don't want to admit that I'm lecherous."

In the next hour, Xu Qi arranged to check the people on the list. Because of the limited time, he had to leave the palace before the palace city was closed, so he only had time to check a third of them.

During the resounding closed city bell, he left the palace smoothly, took his own filly from the guard of Habayashi, took back the black gold long sword presented by the supervisor, and left the imperial city slowly.

At this time, the setting sun only left Huihui.

The curfew started, and the pedestrians on the street had long since disappeared. Xu Qi'an was wearing a watchman's uniform and had a gold medal beside him. Except for the interior of the palace, the rest of the place was unimpeded.

"Da da da"

The little mare was walking slowly on the deserted street, Xu Qi'an was thinking about the context of Fufei's case.

Concubine Fu was the biggest victim in the whole case, the victim used to frame the prince, and the person who did it was Huang Xiaorou, who had already been silenced.

Huang Xiaorou was seriously injured, but was healed by the empress, so the empress is very kind to her.

But the queen's fourth prince is a legitimate son, and the current prince is a concubine. The queen is not willing to lose the prince's position to others, so she set up a trick to frame the prince and regain the position of the East Palace.

The motive is clear, and the whole case is plausible, but the evidence is lacking.

Yes, there is still a lack of evidence to convict the queen.

"Nurse Rong is right. There are too many secrets in this deep palace. Once you sink in, you can't get it out. I thought this case would take some time, but I didn't expect it to progress so quickly. Now There is no chance of delaying the time, the stupid emperor Yuan Jing has not yet issued an edict to confer a title, so I will ask for leave tomorrow."

At this time, an image appeared in Xu Qi'an's mind: behind the roof on the left, a man in black was crouching, and behind the roof on the right, there was also a man in black lying in ambush.

In the alley ahead, stood a man in black with a knife.

Relying on the specialness of a martial artist in the realm of refining gods, he immediately sensed the danger.

The thought that I was ambushed rose in my heart, and the next moment, there was a sharp piercing sound.

dusk.

Emperor Yuan Jing had dinner and was planning to go to Lingbao Temple to find Luo Yuheng, meditate with her, and listen to Taoist classics.

The eunuch guarding outside suddenly came to report, "Your Majesty, Concubine Chen Gui is seeking an audience outside."

At this point in time, what was she doing here?" Emperor Yuan Jing frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Tell her to come in."

Concubine Chen Gui came to her bedroom at this time, if it had been a few years earlier, Emperor Yuan Jing would have thought it was a pillow mat recommended by himself, and came to serve her bedroom.

In the whole ten years since he began to practice Taoism, the concubines in the harem begged persistently to serve him in bed, but Yuan Jingdi ignored them all, and the stubborn one knelt outside for a whole night.

Later, seeing that his heart is as strong as iron, and knowing that the king's heart cannot be restored, the concubines rested their minds and lived in peace.

So far, it has become very Buddhist.

Everyone lives separately, and occasionally they can get together to chat.

Emperor Yuan Jing's harem is probably the most harmonious harem in the five hundred years since Dafeng.

After the eunuch retreated, Emperor Yuan Jing sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and breathed. Not long after, Chen Guifei rushed in crying, crying and saying:

"Your Majesty, you have to make decisions for your concubines and for the crown prince."

It was not surprising that Emperor Yuan Jing came here for the prince, or rather, he expected it.

Emperor Yuan Jing, who had regenerated black hair, opened his eyes and looked at Concubine Chen calmly, "The matter of the crown prince is still under investigation, please come back, my concubine, right and wrong will naturally be judged."

"Still investigating? Hasn't the case come to light? Your Majesty, I've heard what Lin'an said." Concubine Chen Guifei said sadly while wiping her tears while holding a silk handkerchief:

"The prince was wronged, the prince was wronged."

Um? Emperor Yuan Jing frowned and said, "What did Lin'an tell you?"

"Master Xu has already found out the truth."

Emperor Yuan Jing was taken aback for a moment, he knew that the drowned body that was fished up in Xie Pavilion today was the palace lady beside Concubine Fu who had been missing for many days. But he never expected that Xu Qi'an would find out the truth so quickly?

Concubine Chen Gui told what she knew while crying.

After Yuan Jingdi heard it, his face was gloomy, and he turned his head to tell his companion: "Call the person who supervises Xu Qi'an over here."

The old eunuch in boa robe left at the sound, and within a quarter of an hour, he came in with the young eunuch.

The little eunuch glanced at it from the corner of his eye. Emperor Yuan Jing was sitting cross-legged, his expression not happy or angry. Concubine Chen Gui was kneeling beside the bed, weeping.

Emperor Yuan Jing said indifferently: "What's the progress of today's case?"

The little eunuch had already prepared a draft in his heart, and upon hearing the words, he replied without pause: "After Mr. Xu entered the palace, he rushed to examine the body immediately, and came to the conclusion that the maid Huang Xiaorou was drowned in the water first, and then threw the body away. In the well."

Then the post-mortem was added to prove this conclusion.

"Also, Mr. Xu also found out that the palace maid Huang Xiaorou suffered a fatal wound to her heart. She should have died a few years ago, but was saved by someone with a panacea. Then she went to Xie Pavilion and asked Madam Rong."

This time the little eunuch was very experienced, he only talked about the process without adding any personal feelings, nor did he talk about the interaction between Xu Qi'an and the two princesses.

He figured it out. Speaking of these things would certainly cause Mr. Xu more trouble, but his way of making a small report on the two princesses might displease His Majesty even more.

Harm others and yourself, why bother.

Besides, Mr. Xu is very kind and caring to him. Although his temper is a bit grumpy, it's not bad to be embarrassed.

"Are you sure that part of the revenue and expenditure account book of the Royal Pharmacy has been torn up?" Emperor Yuan Jing asked for confirmation.

"Master Xu said so." The little eunuch still did not express his personal opinion.

Emperor Yuan Jing nodded slowly: "Notify Wu Zuo to enter the palace overnight and re-examine the body of the palace maid Huang Xiaorou. I want to know the answer immediately."

Half an hour later, the big companion brought back the results of Wu's autopsy, and Xu Qi'an corroborated each other, it was undeniable.

Emperor Yuan Jing suddenly lost his mind and did not speak for a long time. The huge bedroom was silent.

Until Concubine Chen Guifei lay down on the ground and cried: "Master Xu dare not investigate the queen, only His Majesty can do this in person. I beg Your Majesty to be the crown prince and make decisions for the concubines."

PS: 15,000 words are completed. The typo in the previous chapter has been corrected, and this chapter will be corrected first.