Situ Qing frowned and asked, "Is there anything unusual?"

"No……"

Situ Ya tried hard to recall, and suddenly exclaimed, "I was waiting outside... No, when I was strolling nearby, I seemed to hear the palace maids whispering that the queen threw something at Xie Yuantang. Later, I saw the queen being locked in a small dark room, and then the palace door was closed."

She paused, and looked at her majestic father cautiously, not daring to hide a word: "At that time, the Queen Mother seemed to be talking to Xie Yuantang about something important, and did not allow anyone to get close."

Situ Qing's eyebrows were deep, and it was hard to guess what he was thinking: "What about Xie Yuantang? In your opinion, is she behaving differently from usual?"

"No ah……"

Seeing Situ Qing's dissatisfied expression again, Situ Ya picked her fingers and muttered aggrievedly: "Father, you know that your daughter and Xie Yuantang are not familiar with each other. Ah, I remember! There is a difference!"

Situ Qing: "What's the difference?"

Situ Ya: "She is especially kind today!"

Situ Qing: “…”

Situ Ya rubbed her fingers subconsciously and touched her purse again: "She let me touch her 'God of Wealth Hand' and gave me the money she won. It's like plucking the feathers of a miser!"

"What is that?" Situ Qing's brows knitted when he heard this. He knew that Xie Yuantang gave money to Situ Ya, but what was the "God of Wealth Hand"?

Situ Ya began to explain to Situ Qing the origin of the "God of Wealth Hand". After hearing this, Wu Huang drove him away in disgust: "Go, go, go!"

I thought this daughter was at least smarter than Feng girl, but it turns out she is also easily deceived!

Could it be that Xie Yuantang is born to be unlucky against people from the Situ family?

Situ Qing sighed and asked Qu Pei: "You said Ya'er seemed quite smart, why did she believe Xie Yuantang's nonsense?"

Qu Pei touched his nose and said thoughtfully: "Well... Actually, I also want to get some help from the God of Wealth..."

Situ Qing: “…”

Qu Pei smiled and said, "No matter how true or false the saying about the God of Wealth's Hand is, the little imperial concubine does have the aura of being blessed with wealth. Your Majesty, didn't you say before that she is the lucky star of the fifth prince?"

Situ Qing pursed his lips and said meaningfully: "It is a lucky star, but fortune and misfortune are inseparable."

Qu Pei was stunned.

Situ Qing's eyes flickered: "How could it be such a coincidence that the Queen Mother went to look for her and she died right after?"

He sneered and turned to look at Qu Pei: "Why do you think the Queen Mother wants to see Xie Yuantang?"

Qu Pei lowered his head and dared not look around. In fact, his back was already covered with cold sweat: "This... In my humble opinion, perhaps it is because of the prince's matter."

Situ Qing: "Of course it's for the Crown Prince. The Queen Mother and the Empress must be trying to coerce and bribe Xie Yuantang to get her and Yan'er to help. But Xie Yuantang is not stupid. Why does the Queen Mother think she can convince her?"

Qu Pei's fingers trembled violently and he didn't dare to respond.

Situ Qing didn't need him to reply, he closed his eyes, as if he was a little tired: "That must be because the Queen Mother has some leverage, and she thinks this leverage is enough to make Xie Yuantang compromise."

"But the Queen Mother died, and the other Queen who knew about it went crazy."

Situ Qing suddenly opened his eyes and said with a sneer, "Qu Pei, tell me, if it were you, what would you think?"

Qu Pei's heart skipped a beat when he was named, and he knelt down without thinking: "I dare not think about it."

Situ Qing snorted coldly: "I'll let you think about it!"

Qu Pei's face turned pale, he clenched his fingers slightly, licked the corners of his cracked lips, and stammered: "Slave, slave is stupid, and can't deduce the truth from these details, but..."

After a pause, Qu Pei took a deep breath and said, "But I think it's too far-fetched if the little imperial concubine did it. The emperor, I, and Concubine Li all saw her in Zhongli Palace with their own eyes. It was not until she left the palace that the Empress Dowager got into trouble two hours later. Even if she can fly, she can't do this, right?"

"Besides... I think it's always right to look at the evidence. Your Majesty... didn't you find the evidence?"

Situ Qing paused, looked down at the light blue silk handkerchief in his hand, and said meaningfully: "Yes, I found the evidence."

The silk handkerchief was embroidered with elegant orchids, and the word "shadow" was clearly visible in the corner.

He didn't want to suspect Xie Yuantang, but this matter seemed strange no matter how he looked at it. The evidence appeared on Queen Jiang, as if it was placed there by someone on purpose.

Situ Qing was leaning against the dragon throne when he suddenly heard someone from outside reporting that Situ Xu had arrived.

Situ Qing snorted and laughed with an ambiguous tone: "Let him in."

"Your son greets His Majesty." Situ Xu walked in and bowed.

Situ Qing looked at him: "I didn't expect that you would be the first person to come. Do you have anything to say?"

"Have."

Situ Xu said helplessly: "I don't want to come either, but my fifth brother is pressing me, and my sister is too annoying, so I have no choice but to come and ask my father."

"Yan'er?" Situ Qing narrowed his eyes. "Why did he urge you?"

Situ Xu sighed and said, "I heard that Xie Yuantang seemed to be unwell, and Fifth Brother did not trust the imperial physician in the palace, so he asked me to find some medicine to send to him. But something happened in the palace today, and I dare not make the decision, so I came to ask Father for advice."

When he heard that Xie Yuantang was ill, Situ Qing sat up straight immediately: "Unwell? Wasn't she fine before she left? Didn't she go to the Leng family?"

Situ Xu shook his head: "It seems that he didn't go. Bai Fu from the Fifth Prince's Mansion said that Xie Yuantang had a nosebleed on the way out of the palace, and he was even carried into the house by the Fifth Brother."

Hearing Bai Fu's name, Qu Pei's eyes flickered slightly and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Situ Qing was silent for a moment: "Where is the person? I will ask him myself."

Situ Xu said respectfully: "It's outside."

Situ Qing winked at Qu Pei, who hurriedly trotted out to call someone in.

Bai Fu bowed respectfully, her tone somewhat anxious: "Your Majesty, the princess had a nosebleed on the way and it hasn't stopped yet. My Highness was so worried that he asked me to come and ask for medicine."

Situ Qing asked, "Have you seen a doctor?"

Bai Fu nodded: "I have seen it. They said that my princess is young and has been in poor health in the past few years. Although she has eaten better in the past few months, she is unable to make up for the loss. She needs to slowly recover."

Situ Qing pondered for a moment and said to Qu Pei, "Go get the medicine and send the imperial physician to take a look."

"Yes." Qu Pei responded quickly, turned to Bai Fu and said, "Come with me."

Bai Fu bowed to Situ Qing again and was about to leave when she heard Situ Qing ask, "Where is Xie Yuantang's size zero doll? I haven't seen it recently."

As soon as this question came out, Situ Xu's Adam's apple moved immediately, fearing that Bai Fu had revealed the secret.

But the fact is that Situ Yan did not send anyone else but Bai Fu, and he had his reasons.

Bai Fu was just slightly stunned, her expression calm but with a hint of surprise and confusion: "It has always been in the palace, but the princess always wants to hold it to sleep, His Highness does not allow it, and the two of them even had a fight because of it, so as long as His Highness is around, the princess will rarely take it with her."

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