I was given the contraceptive soup and became the emperor's white moonlight

Outside the Zhengyang Gate, the guards looked at the sedan chair anxiously, and the people on the sedan chair were also looking around listlessly.

"Empress Zhaoyi?" Li Zhao was the first to greet Su Minglang after seeing her. "Didn't you just ask the palace maids to go there themselves? Why did you come here in person?"

"I have spoiled this little girl by my side. After much thought, I decided that since I am entrusting her to a job, I should give her to her personally!" Su Minglang patted Nan Xing's shoulder lovingly, "Since Lord Li is here, you can go with him. Remember to be careful."

"Yes, master!" Nan Xing nodded slightly, turned around and got on Li Zhao's carriage. Before leaving, he did not forget to lift the curtain and take a look.

"This girl, she just went to the Dali Temple, why did she act like she was parting forever?" Su Minglang smiled helplessly, "Xiaoye, let's go back?"

Watching Nanxing getting farther and farther away, Xiaoye also tied up her long hair, "Master, this is considered to be a way to fulfill her feelings, but I don't know what will happen to those people in the end."

"The execution will be in the autumn. There is no point in discussing this." Su Minglang waved his hand to signal the sedan chair to start. "The little money they earn is not enough to clean their own asses."

"Just bringing a random person who has no background to the palace is enough to kill them hundreds of times."

"What about those palace maids?" Xiao Ye's voice trembled slightly, "Will those palace maids also be executed?"

"In any case, those palace maids were innocent people. They were displaced along the way and dared not sit still for long, fearing that they would be picked up by any random master on the road."

“Perhaps there are some people who are living a good life in the palace right now, but I’m afraid they will be uprooted.” Su Minglang sighed softly, feeling a little reluctant in his heart.

"In the final analysis, innocent people will have to pay the price for the evils committed by those people."

"Can't you just think of a solution?" Xiao Ye was a little anxious. After all, Nanxing was one of the victims and was always facing the threat of losing his life.

"This palace belongs to the emperor, so he has the final say. Moreover, His Majesty intends to combine the two cases into one, so he will not let it go lightly." Su Minglang shook his head slightly, "Besides, the royal family is full of suspicion, how can the emperor allow others to sleep peacefully beside his bed?"

"What about Nanxing..." Xiao Ye looked back worriedly, "She followed Lord Li and left like this. Will she never come back?"

"Don't worry, Xiaoye." Su Minglang comforted: "Li Zhao is a smart man, he won't touch Nanxing."

"But..." Xiao Ye wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Su Minglang's wave of hand. She was still thinking about how to narrow the scope of involvement in this incident. After all, most of those girls were innocent.

If Xiao Heng really intended to conduct a thorough investigation, he would not be able to delay for long with such a lame excuse that blood should not be seen. If he really intended to do so, I'm afraid he would start a killing spree after the New Year.

However, Su Minglang was not too worried about this. Based on her understanding of Xiao Heng, regardless of whether he was a benevolent and wise ruler, just because he valued his reputation, he would not easily start a massacre in the harem.

If he really did that, I'm afraid the saliva of the censors would drown him.

"Don't worry, as long as no one takes advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, their lives will not be threatened."

The so-called life threat only means that they will not be executed. Once these palace maids are demoted, they will be helpless and have nowhere to make a living, and it will not be long before they die on the streets.

"No, please go and discuss this matter with the Queen." Su Minglang muttered a few words and nodded secretly, waving her slender hand, "Xiao Ye, change the route to Kunning Palace."

"Liu An, why don't you go to Linglong Palace?" The Queen stood in the room, feeling uneasy. "That matter involves too many people, and we can't just rush into it. Go find Concubine Su, I think she has a solution."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu An nodded and turned to leave, only to run into the young eunuch who came to deliver the message.

"Your Majesty, Consort Su of Linglong Palace requests to see you."

"Speak of the devil, here he comes!" the queen responded hastily, "Please come in quickly."

"Yes!" The young eunuch bowed and walked out. After a while, he led Su Minglang and his servant in.

"Your humble servant greets you..."

"No thanks!" Before Su Minglang could even bend his knees, the Queen Mother waved her hand and offered him a seat, "Liu An, please take a seat."

"Let me guess, is Concubine Su here for the palace maid case?"

Su Minglang took the tea handed to her by Liu An and nodded slightly, then turned around and said, "Your Majesty is wise, I am indeed here for this reason."

"It's just that I, a concubine, cannot make rash comments on this matter. However, this matter involves too much. After I return, I will be in a state of panic every day, fearing that it will affect me."

"We are the only ones here, so feel free to say whatever you want to say." The Queen nodded and continued, "Even if you didn't come today, I would have asked Liu An to tell you."

"Although the palace maid incident has been handed over to the Dali Temple for investigation, they can only investigate the culprit of the trafficking. Over the years, those palace maids and even those who were bought later have already been scattered everywhere. There is no way to investigate and no way to prevent it."

"What does Empress Yi mean?" Su Minglang asked with a frown.

"This is what worries me as well." The Queen sighed and rubbed her painful eyebrows. "If you say to investigate, then you have to thoroughly investigate the harem. Let's not talk about the time issue, but there has to be an explanation for the reason alone."

"If you say you won't investigate, if someone with evil intentions lurks in the future, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles."

"I understand." Su Minglang nodded slightly: "Your Majesty's worry is not unreasonable, but this matter involves too many things, the only way is to cut the Gordian knot."

"Cut the Gordian knot?" The Queen looked at her puzzledly, "Are you saying to deal with them directly according to the list?"

"Not really!" Su Minglang pulled up a wicked smile, "Madam, who said there is a list?"

"Huh?" The Queen's eyes widened when she heard this, and she said in disbelief: "You, how dare you!"

"Your Majesty!" Su Minglang smiled slightly, "You have to think carefully. No one has ever said there would be a list from the beginning to the end."

"After all, we are a small family. How could we possibly record everything in detail?" Su Minglang put down the teacup and gently closed the tea bowl. "Since there are no records and no account books, there is no way to verify anything."

"Since there is no way to verify it, there is nothing to investigate."

"Aren't you afraid that someone might be plotting something?" the Queen asked disapprovingly. "What will we do if someone does something bad?"

"Investigate, of course we have to." Su Minglang smiled and met the Queen's eyes, "But we don't just have to investigate a few people, we have to investigate everyone, from top to bottom!"