Chapter 255: No Lies

Shao Yin Palace.

Lin An is in a good mood, today Emperor Yuan Jing proposed the abolition of the queen in the courtroom, after half a day of fermentation, almost no one in the official circles of the Dafeng knows that no one knows.

Lin An, who was in the palace, had naturally heard about it.

Dressed in a gorgeous red dress, Her Second Highness hummed a little song as she sat on the swing of a grapevine frame, and under the hem of her dress, two small, delicate embroidered shoes swayed merrily.

She was in a good mood as it should be, the Empress admitted to framing the Crown Prince and killing Concubine Fu, so the Crown Prince’s brother would soon be able to come out of the Da Lisi.

Mother Consort doesn’t have to wash her face in tears every day.

And, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and the dog slave has come back alive. In just half a decade, it’s almost like the clock is ticking.

Lin’an actually has a feeling of age.

“Huaiqing must be very sad right now, humph, who let the Empress frame my crown prince brother ……. Well, on account of this palace being in a good mood, I won’t look for her to show off these days.”

The heart of the demon is stupid, but considering that Huaiqing’s fist is bigger than his own, the framing chooses to follow the heart’s will and find Huaiqing to pick a fight after a while.

When the time comes, bring the Dog Slave with you. He’s a hero who fought thousands of enemy troops, so he’ll definitely be able to protect himself.

The guards outside the court walked over, stopped a dozen meters away and stopped coming closer, cupping their fists and saying, “Your Highness, Lord Xu is here.”

The smile on his framed face instantly brightened, “Quickly please.”

She sat on the swing without moving, but with a sideways cranny, cocking her head in anticipation.

Xu Qi’an led the little eunuch in and sat grumpily at the stone table under the grapevine arbor, eating the fruits that the palace maid had prepared for Lin’an, the pastries made by the chef of the Imperial Catering Room, and the special tea.

“Eh …..” The courtesan standing by shouted.

“Hmm?” Xu Qi’an looked at her in disbelief.

“That’s what His Highness drank.” The palace maid said in a thin, mosquito-like voice.

“Oh, sorry sorry.” Xu Qi’an took another sip from her cup.

Now, the framed couldn’t collapse, her pink face flushed red, and she snapped, “Xu Ning Banquet.”

Just at this time, a gust of wind blew, the grapevine slightly swaying, the sunlight through the vines, sprinkled on her round googly-eyed face, small mouth rosy, nose straight, the pair of charming and sentimental peach blossom eyes wanting to say more, in the cheeks of the halo of the red set off, through the ineffable charm of the seductive.

Inside the charming woman.

Huaiqing and Lin’an are both outstanding beauties …….. Unfortunately, although the other two princesses are beautiful, but and the “beauty of the world” four words are not a small distance …… Xu Qi’an heart regret.

Otherwise, he would have done everything he could to get all the princesses of the Da Bong in one go.

Lord Xu is both the Favorite Minister of the Eldest Princess and the Favorite Minister of His Second Highness, and has a great future in the future ah …… The little eunuch said in his heart.

In the vast capital, apart from the imperial sons and daughters in the palace, I’m afraid that the only one who can get along with His Highness Lin An in this manner is this Lord Xu.

In the past few days, the young eunuch had accompanied Xu Qi’an in his investigation of the case and witnessed him getting along with Princess Huaiqing and Princess Lin’an, and a blind man could tell that the two Highnesses valued and appreciated Xu Qi’an.

“Isn’t the case closed.” The framed brittle said, “Dog slave, why do you still need to come into the palace to work on the case.”

She was judging that Xu Qi’an was still investigating the case based on the presence of the little eunuch, or else he would be the one who came to Shaoyin Yuan at this moment.

“The case isn’t over yet ……,” Xu Qi’an exhaled forcefully and changed her expression to one of sadness, “Your Highness, am I one of yours?”

“Of course.” Framed nodded without hesitation.

“I was bullied.” Xu Qi’an covered her face, sad: “My family is particularly difficult inside, since I was a child, my second uncle told me that the children of poor families are born early …..

“But that thousand-dagger dog from Jingxiu Palace extorted ten taels of silver from me.”

Lin An although bitchy, but still very righteous, heard the words, really angry, “miso” a jump down from the swing, beautiful eyebrows raised:

“Go, go to Jingxiu Palace, this palace will do justice for you.”

The silver was small, but bullying her Progeny was a big problem.

Xu Qi’an “obediently” followed Her Highness, with an aggrieved look, and after a few moments of traveling, casually asked:

“Your Highness, is there a palace maid named Luang’er beside Noble Consort Chen?”

“Uh-huh.” Advent nodded.

“This palace maid is an old man from Jingxiu Palace, right?”

“Yes, ever since I entered the palace, I have been serving by Mother Consort’s side.”

“Can your highness speak with me about this person, such as what he likes, what he hates, and what has happened in recent days.”

“How could this palace care what a courtesan is doing these days.”

Framing said with a straight face, she thought for a moment and added, “Rather like eating mung bean cake, I often see mother giving her the leftover mung bean cake, she loves it.”

Between a question and a reply, he arrived at the Jingxiu Palace.

From afar, he saw the guarding eunuch who had just “coveted” ten taels of silver from Xu Qi’an.

Xu Qi’an stepped forward and slapped him, then pointed at the eunuch covering his face and said, “Your Highness, he’s the one who blackmailed me.”

“You …..”

The eunuch guarding the gate covered his flaming face, angry and furious, he didn’t expect Xu Qi’an to actually bring His Second Highness back to look for trouble.

How can he himself be a person in the palace of Chen Guifei, the first minister’s door is still a seventh grade official.

Usually, foreign ministers do not dare with the palace eunuchs this hard, suffered a loss, most likely also swallowed, swallowed the anger.

“Slap another mouth.”

In front of outsiders, Lin An maintained the proper posture of a princess and coldly commanded.

Xu Qi’an threw another slap across the face, shaking the gatekeeper eunuch into a stagger, his ears ringing.

“This palace’s people also dare to blackmail, for mother consort’s sake I’ll spare you once. Next time you dare to disrespect Lord Xu, you will be directly relegated to hard labor.”

Lin An’s pretty face was like a shroud of frost, “Spit out the silver.”

Willing to give a chance to an insignificant door guard eunuch, she is actually a quite kind woman, more innocent than most royal women …… Xu Qi Min said, it is because of this nature that it is easy to attract scum ah.

Prosperity is on good terms with me, I have to keep an eye on her, I can’t let her fall prey to the scum of the earth.

The eunuch guarding the door was full of reluctance, five taels of silver was more than his monthly salary, but he didn’t dare to disobey the order of the Second Highness, so he could only hand it over.

He touched the silver ticket that had just been warmed up and offered it with both hands, “The slave’s dog’s eyes look down on people, please don’t blame Lord Xu.”

Xu Qi’an didn’t take it, “I’m giving you ten taels.”

Ten taels?

The eunuch guarding the door raised his head, dumbfounded, and defended, “It’s clearly five taels, how can Lord Xu wrongly accuse a lackey.”

Xu Qi’an immediately looked toward the framed frame and said loudly, “Your Highness, look at this masculine dog, completely disregarding you.”

Prosper stared at her peachy eyes that couldn’t get any fiercer.

“I don’t dare, I don’t dare …..”

The eunuch guarding the door touched half a day, touched out three taels of silver, a handful of broken silver, and cried, “The slave only has this much.”

Xu Qi’an smiled as he took the silver into his arms, ”Doing good will not necessarily be rewarded, but if you don’t do good, you will be liquidated one day.

“This official will give you a lesson, and these silvers will be taken as tuition.”

Some people always think that if they do something wrong, apologizing will do it, and if others are aggressive again, it’s the other person who doesn’t know any better. Apologize useful words, but also want the law to do what ……. I’ve been victimized by five taels of silver, and you’re just going to give it back? I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to do that.

Then, he twisted his head to look at the framed lines of the rounded side face, “Come all the way, Your Highness will take me into a trip to the Jingxiu Palace, just as my humble servant is going to wrap up the case of Concubine Fu.”

At that moment, Framed led him across the courtyard gate and into the courtyard.

“Your Highness, what my humble servant is looking for is the courtesan named Luang’er, please help me with that.”

Xu Qi’an followed the palace maid into the side hall, while the framed went to visit his mother consort, he shouted towards the back of the red dress, the red dress did not look back, and said in a delicate voice: “I know.”

Entering the side hall, a small courtesan stood in attendance not far away.

Xu Qi’an asked, “Where is the outhouse.”

“Your Excellency wait a moment.” The palace maid softly answered and went out to find a small eunuch, saying, “Take your lordship to the outhouse.”

Xu Qi’an along with the eunuch left the side hall, went to the south side of the compound thatched toilet, closed the door, he dumped out the Confucian version of the “magic book” from the debris of the ground book, tore off the paper recording the qigong technique, and used the qi to ignite the fire.

Two streams of clear air shot out from his pupils and then converged.

“The grimoire is half as thin as it is used. No, I’m going to keep using something this good. I’ll go to Cloud Deer Academy after the Chun Exams and meet my three teachers. Well, white whoring their poems to think of beforehand ……..”

Returning to the side hall, he sipped his tea and waited for the courtesan named Luang’er.

……..

Inner courtyard, main house.

Chen Guifei leans lazily on the soft collapse, two personal palace maids wait, one for her to rub her shoulders, one for her to pinch her legs.

Emperor Yuan Jing’s harem did not have an Imperial Consort, so it could be said that Chen Guifei was the next in line, above all the other consorts. Moreover, in the near future, her position in the harem will be truly unrivaled.

Holding a scroll in her hand, Noble Consort Chen smiled, “This ‘Moon in the Spring Court’ is really well written, the more I read it today, the more I like it.”

Lang’er pursed her lips and laughed lightly, “Your Highness is in a good mood, and the book only feels good when you look at it.”

Another palace maid laughed and chimed in, “Yes, although the Crown Prince has yet to come out of the Da Lisi, it will be sooner or later. The Empress has been in tears recently, and the slave girls are heartbroken.”

Lang’er whispered, “I really didn’t think that the Empress of the Hall would be so poisonous in her methods, harming Concubine Fu and framing the Crown Prince, and at the expense of us thinking that she was really kind-faced and kind-hearted.”

Noble Consort Chen frowned and reprimanded, “Do not speak against Empress Dowager.”

“Your Highness, you are just being too careful. His Majesty proposed the abolition of the Empress in the courtroom, and when the princes confirm it, she will no longer be the Empress Mother.” Another palace maid giggled.

“Perhaps our Lady will be Queen before long.”

Noble Consort Chen frowned repeatedly, wanting to reprimand the two mouthy palace maids, when she suddenly heard a burst of light footsteps.

“Mother Consort, Lin An is here.”

The light shifted outside the door, and Prosper’s shadow threw itself into the room, followed by a fiery red skirt like a cluster of fireworks swaying in the wind.

The two older courtesans silenced their voices in silence, ending the conversation.

Noble Consort Chen revealed a loving look, straightened her slender waist, and beckoned, “Lin An, didn’t you just come in the morning.”

“Thinking of mother consort well, can’t wait to rely on Jingxiu Palace, accompanied by mother consort every day.”

Lin An is a girl who can be pampered, beautiful and sweet-talking, and both Emperor Yuan Jing and Noble Consort Chen favor her.

“Then accompany mother consort to chat for a while, and when you feel bored, then you will return to Shao Yin Yuan.” Noble Consort Chen took her daughter’s hand and made her sit beside her.

“Ta-da!”

After the framed sat down, she said in a petulant voice, “Mostly, I missed my mother consort, and then I ran some errands along the way.”

Noble Consort Chen’s smile remained unchanged as she softly said, “What is it.”

Framed looked to Lang’er and commanded, “Lord Xu has something to ask you, he’s waiting in the side hall of the outer courtyard, go over there.”

After speaking, she explained like Noble Consort Chen, “It’s the night watchman I trained, Xu Qi’an, Mother Consort has an impression of him as well, he’s the one who’s handling the case of the Crown Prince’s brother. It seems that he has something to inquire about Luang’er, but the lackeys guarding the door won’t let him in.”

Noble Consort Chen pondered for a moment and waved her hand, “Luang’er, go meet him.”

“Yes.” Lang’er said, hands flat on her belly, lotus steps, crossed the threshold, and went out of the courtyard, her silhouette fading away.

Lin An retracted her gaze and followed this topic, ”Mother consort, the fact that the crown prince’s brother was able to regain his innocence was also thanks to Xu Qi An. Mother consort, you don’t know that I worked so hard to cultivate him.

“You always say that Huaiqing will cultivate talents and cultivate power, but actually Lin’an isn’t bad either. When he first met him, he would still be a small constable in Changle County. It wasn’t me who worked so hard to cultivate him to be so outstanding.”

Noble Consort Chen was surprised and said, “How do you know a small constable?”

“Aiya, don’t care about these details. Anyway, the talent I cultivated saved the crown prince’s brother, right.”

“Yes, yes, yes, thanks to Lin An, without the efforts of the people Lin An cultivated this time, your crown prince brother would be in danger.” Noble Consort Chen pinched her daughter’s fleshy goose egg face.

……..

In the side hall, Xu Qi’an sat in a chair with a cup of tea in his hand and gently blew on it.

This Jingxiu Palace’s tea, even if it was used to entertain guests, was far more mellow than the good tea that Auntie treasured.

“But compared to the tea Lin An drank just now, it’s still quite a bit worse. Turn around and ask Lin An for a few taels of tea, and let Second Uncle and Auntie and the others taste the tribute as well.”

Xu Qi’an thought in his heart and took a sip of it beautifully, then he looked at the small eunuch who was standing by and smiled:

“Little Eunuch, you are sent by His Majesty to supervise this official, in official terms, that’s a minister of Qin. Sit sit sit, don’t stand.”

Small eunuchs actually have a few insights, helplessly said: “out of the capital, that’s only the imperial official. Minion this is not still in the palace, that is still a minion, just like those governors, outside the imposing, but back to the capital, not a small royal historian well.”

These words made Xu Qi’an laugh, “Into the wood, into the wood.”

If Governor Zhang returns to the capital, he is a younger brother, and outside, he is so powerful that even big shots like the Minister of Prefecture and the Commander of all Commanders have to be respectful and refer to themselves as subordinates.

“By the way, the young eunuch is on duty in His Majesty’s chambers, right?” Xu Qi’an asked.

The young male nodded.

“His Majesty went to the Empress’ Fengqi Palace after the young eunuch’s report yesterday?”

There was a doubt that Xu Qi’an had hidden in her heart for a long time. Yesterday, from the Crab Pavilion, they found out about Huang Xiaorou’s connection with the Empress, and the clues began to point to the Empress, but the records of the Royal Pharmacy’s receipts and expenditures had been quietly torn up, so there was no conclusive evidence that the Empress had saved Huang Xiaorou.

With Emperor Yuan Jing’s wisdom and urbanity, he shouldn’t have flamed out and questioned the Empress before the case was clear.

If Emperor Yuan Jing was really such an impulsive and brainless person, he should have just abolished the Crown Prince after his case.

“Not …….” The young eunuch shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and whispered:

“It was Noble Consort Chen who went to His Majesty’s chambers and cried, accusing the Empress of framing the Crown Prince, and His Majesty, mindful of his friendship with the Noble Consort, went to Fengqi Palace to question the Empress. It was also at that time that the slave was called out by His Majesty for questioning, and at that moment the slave had not yet taken the initiative to report it.”

How did Princess Chen know about the progress of the case?

Needless to say, it must have been the framed told her, the stinky girl once she saw a breakthrough in the case, further away from the Prince, so joyfully looking for her mother to share the joy, it was inevitable.

As they were chatting, a woman in a lotus green palace dress crossed the threshold and entered the side hall.

She has handsome features, fair skin, twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and her eyes are the kind of round almond eyes, the same as Chu Caiwei’s, but not as big as the latter.

Chu Caiwei’s big eyes always made Xu Qi’an think of a second-gen paperboy wife.

Coupled with a round googly-eyed face that is sweet and adorable, the title of wide-eyed cute girl is well deserved.

This courtesan entered the side hall, saluted profusely, and said, “Greetings, Lord Xu.”

“Sister Luang’er.” Xu Qi’an smiled and returned the greeting.

Lang’er stood in the side hall and nodded slightly, “What does Lord Xu wish to ask? The empress is still waiting for her slave girl to serve.”

Xu Qi’an immediately said, “I’m sorry, my humble servant is also following orders.”

After a pause, he stopped talking nonsense and asked right to the point, “Sister Luang’er has been to the Imperial Pharmacy some days ago?”

Luang Er nodded.

“To do what?”

“Since the crown prince’s accident, the empress has been in tears all day long, her spirit is depressed, and she had a headache that day, so the slave girl went to the imperial apothecary to fetch some soothing and awakening medicines.” Lang’er replied frankly.

“Have you torn up the Royal Apothecary’s income and expenditure books?” Xu Qi’an asked.

He was just as dry as this with the other palace maids and eunuchs on the list. The hopeful Qi technique was there, equivalent to a hundred-test lie detector, better than surveillance.

Although the Qi Looking Technique has many limitations, it can be shielded by spells, it doesn’t work on warlocks, and it can’t be used to accuse officials above the fourth rank, and the case of Concubine Fu is a matter of national importance, so again, Qi Looking Technique can’t be used as evidence.

However, for these eunuchs and palace maidens, the qi lookout technique was not restricted, and besides, Xu Qi’an only used it for assistance.

I’ll make sure you’re a werewolf first, then I’ll investigate you. It’s a lot easier and more convenient than following the trail for clues.

Lang’er froze, seemingly not expecting how simple and rough Xu Qi’an was, and she shook her head, “No.”

Phew, speaking the truth ……. Xu Qi’an, who had cast the Qi Looking Technique, let out a disappointed sigh in his heart.

It seems that his judgment was wrong, the person who tore up the account book did not enter the imperial pharmacy within five days, but earlier. As for sneaking into the Imperial Pharmacy, this was unlikely.

Because Emperor Yuan Jing’s imperial pharmacy stored precious elixirs, the dog emperor’s small treasury was used for alchemy, and describing the imperial pharmacy as a treasure trove was not an exaggeration.

Since it’s a treasure trove, it’s naturally heavily guarded outside, so it’s not like you can just sneak in.

“Two possibilities, the person who tore up the ledger came into the Imperial Pharmacy more than five days ago. Or, there is a traitor in the Imperial Dispensary. Later on, we will go and question the palace maids and eunuchs on duty in the imperial pharmacy …….”

Thinking of this, Xu Qi’an got up, arched his hand and said, “I’m done with my questioning, but this case isn’t over yet, and I may visit again later.”

He took a precaution to save himself another closed door.

At those words, Luang’er’s eyes showed obvious impatience.

Xu Qi’an hurriedly said, “Turn around and send some small gifts over to Sister Luang’er, the mung bean cake from Gui Yue Lou in the capital is a signature snack.”

He knew that Luang’er liked mung bean cake, and on the way to Jingxiu Palace, Lin An had spoken to him about it.

“No need,” Luang’er shook her head with detachment and a bit of resistance, and faintly said, “The slave girl doesn’t like mung bean cake.”

Being hated? …… Heh, this woman looks like she is almost as old as a wolf, but she has such a bad attitude towards a rare and beautiful man in the world like me.

Is the effect of the deliquescent pill not wonderful enough, or is it that the flower path has never been swept by a visitor, and therefore does not recognize the goodness of men?

“In that case, I’ll leave …….. you alone.”

Xu Qi’an suddenly froze.

The vision provided by the lookout technique showed that Luang’er was stable and not lying.

No lies?

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PS: Thank you to alliance owner “hahaha_123” for the reward, and thank you to alliance owner “the tail of the mountainside” for the alliance owner’s reward. Thanks to the two big brothers.

PS: I wish you good luck in the college entrance examination, as the old saying goes, it’s not quick to sharpen the spear in the battlefield. Then is the mind to be smooth, I was when the college entrance examination when the mind is as stable as an old dog. At that time do not know too much, just think of hurrying to finish the examination, happy summer vacation.

Now that I think about it, I might have gotten into Tsinghua University if I had been clinical. Hahahahahahaha ……..