The Imperial Guard’s Revenge

Wang Yanqing could not find a reason to refuse, so he had to go to the side hall. After such a delay, the morning passed. When Wang Yanqing was having lunch, he noticed the eunuch delivering the meal, and suddenly had an idea. She ate in silence, and waited for a while after the meal, when two little eunuchs came to pick up the leftovers.

Delivering meals to the queen mother is a beautiful job, and is controlled by the big eunuch above, but it is dirty and tiring to clean up the garbage after the meal, and has always been thrown to the little eunuch who has no qualifications and no backing. Wang Yanqing pretended to drink tea, but in fact he kept his eyes on the outside. After the little eunuch collected the leftovers and the two carried the wooden barrel together to go out, Wang Yanqing quietly followed him out without anyone noticing.

"Father-in-law stay..."

The two little eunuchs who lifted the stab looked back and saw that it was Wang Yanqing. They quickly put down their things and bowed in fear: "Miss Wang. What are your orders, but the food doesn't go well?"

The two little eunuchs were quite trembling when they said these words. Wang Yanqing waved his hand and said, "No. The meal is very good, thank you two father-in-laws. I came out today because I have something to ask."

There are still Jin Yiwei outside the Ciqing Palace. This time, several people have been swept in their direction. Wang Yanqing glanced around and asked in a low voice, "Are the two father-in-laws busy going back? Is it convenient for you to speak in another place?"

The two little eunuchs looked at each other. They were the people brought by Commander Lu, and they had to be convenient if it was not convenient. The two little eunuchs had to park on the side of the road and followed Wang Yanqing to a cool place.

Staying in the sight of Jin Yiwei here, and they will not hear their voices, it is just suitable for questioning. Wang Yanqing said: "Father-in-law, don't misunderstand, I'm just asking you about something. Do you often come to Ciqing Palace to deliver meals?"

These two eunuchs belonged to the Shangshan Supervisor, and they had two systems with the palace maids, but as long as they were in the palace, they were somehow connected. One of the eunuchs remembered the haunting case in the East Palace that had been making a lot of noise during this time, and felt nervous and nodded slightly: "It's the slaves. The slaves and the slaves have been in charge of carrying and receiving meals for the Ciqing Palace. Is there any problem with this meal? ?"

"No." Wang Yanqing first reassured the hearts of the two eunuchs, and then asked, "The two father-in-laws often come and go in and out of the Ciqing Palace. They must know the people inside, right? Do you two remember a sister named Cui Yuehuan?"

The two eunuchs looked at each other with a hesitant expression: "This..."

They are eunuchs, and they want to avoid suspicion with the palace maids. Wang Yanqing asked, should they say they know or not?

Wang Yanqing didn't want to wait for their answers. As soon as she saw the expressions of the two, she already understood the result. Wang Yanqing continued: "Don't misunderstand the two father-in-laws, this is actually the case. Yesterday, Sister Cui Yuehuan helped me a lot, and I wanted to send something to thank her. I remember she mentioned it yesterday that she ate a plate a few days ago. Delicious pastries. I can't remember the name of the pastry, but I only know that it was delivered at the end of last month. Can you two help me think about whether the people in Ciqing Palace asked for it alone at the end of last month? Cakes? It doesn't matter who they are, they often give each other something to eat, maybe another palace maid ordered it, and Sister Cui Yuehuan ate two pieces by the way."

Wang Yanqing's words are half-truths. Now it can be determined that Cui Yuehuan is lying. Empress Dowager Zhang was frightened by the female ghost on the day of her vigil. Cui Yuehuan has the most time to handle the case. But if it is really her, if she chooses to do it on the day she is on duty, she will be held accountable even if she succeeds. How can she act as revenge? This is completely inconsistent with the meticulousness she showed when she committed the crime, so Wang Yanqing guessed that Cui Yuehuan was not the real murderer, but she knew a little bit of the inside story and was protecting the person who was really hiding behind the scenes.

In this way, people who gave her pastries made her unable to sleep at night are especially suspicious. It was difficult for Cui Yuehuan to open his mouth, so Wang Yanqing wanted to try it from the Shangshan Supervisor.

"Pastry?" The two eunuchs frowned. They thought about it for a while. One of the eunuchs said, "Our Lady of the Queen Mother has fashionable pastries every day. It seems that none of the other monks want pastries."

Another eunuch replied: "There are rules for all dishes in the palace. If you want an exception dish, you can only buy it with money. If it's not a New Year or a festival, who would be willing to spend money to buy dim sum?"

Wang Yanqing realized that she regarded the palace as Lu's residence and neglected that the rules here were far more harsh than the outside world. Ordinary palace maids would not have so much extra money, and favored maids with financial resources would not be in the limelight.

Wang Yanqing was not without disappointment in her heart, but she still thanked the eunuch in a soft voice: "You have two father-in-laws. Blame me for delaying the two of you for a long time, will you not miss the time for your return?"

The two eunuchs naturally shook their heads and said it was fine. After salute Wang Yanqing, they carried the bucket and left. Wang Yanqing sent the eunuch away and slowly returned to Ciqing Palace. After she entered the palace gate, Jin Yiwei, who was staring at her secretly, withdrew her gaze.

This is the commander's woman. If something goes wrong in the palace, the commander will peel them off.

Wang Yanqing originally wanted to break through from the pastry, but Shang Shan said that no pastry was ever given to the maids of the East Palace, and the line of pastry was cut off. After the questioning in the morning, Wang Yanqing temporarily ruled out Xiu Jin's suspicion. Xiuzhen was almost tainted by the Marquis of Jianchang, and there was no doubt that she had a motive for committing the crime, but she was cowardly and procrastinating, not like someone who had the courage to pretend to be a ghost to scare the queen mother. Yesterday's two suspects were cleared, and Wang Yanqing could only re-examine the relationship between Ciqing Palace.

While Wang Yanqing was questioning aimlessly in Ciqing Palace, Lu Heng also left the palace and stepped into Nanzhen Fusi. When the people from Nanzhen Fusi saw Lu Heng coming back, they immediately followed and said, "Commander, I have found what you ordered."