How many buildings are in the mist

Feng Zihuan guarded Cui Xuanji for a while, seeing that she was breathing steadily and sleeping soundly, so she went outside to find Imperial Physician Qin and asked about her situation just now.

"See Your Majesty."

"Excuse me. Imperial Physician Qin, how could Xuanji be like this? Why are you coughing up blood?"

Doctor Qin said that he was still worrying too much, but his physique was not as good as before. It was indeed strange, and now he should heal his injuries before saying: "The physique is good or bad, and it can be recuperated in the future."

Feng Zihuan nodded, sat on the main seat, and said: "Take care of your physique, um. Back then, Xianzhi's physique was not good. As soon as she entered the palace, I wanted to give her nourishment, but she said not to waste money on her. Later, I made up for it. But after all..."

Qin Taiyi said: "Your Majesty's royal family has a secret method to give birth to a daughter. It is inevitable that it will damage the holy body. After the eldest daughter of the emperor is born, how the queen will raise her is not much better. The old minister once said that the queen should not give birth again. Ken, after giving birth to the second daughter of the emperor, the body will completely fail, and there is no way to do it."

Feng Zihuan thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "Looking at it now, Concubine Ning's body was not much better than her sister's back then, and even weaker. I remember that when they were young, the two sisters were sick together. The situation at that time was similar; the result is that the gap is so big now? Could it be that the secret method hurts the body like this?"

Qin Taiyi said: "Your Majesty, do you remember the late emperor and empress? The former empress also gave birth to your majesty and the king of Nankang. This is not the case. It may be that the empress is too weak."

Feng Zihuan suddenly remembered that Zhu Xianzhi was not weak when he first entered the palace.At that time, in order to express the solidarity with the aristocratic clan, the outstanding servants and maidservants of their families were widely recruited from various clans to serve as female officials in the palace to serve Zhu Xianzhi.The ingredients for the daily diet are all provided by the big clan in turn, Cui Xielu Gu Zhusun, everyone has participated.If Zhu Xianzhi was not born this way, then could it be...

"Doctor Qin, tell me, is there any possibility of Xianzhi being poisoned? Just say it's okay, don't have any worries."

Doctor Qin thought about it seriously for a while, and replied: "I really don't know, after all, it has been so many years, and it has long been impossible to judge. The queen's subsequent illnesses can't be used to judge whether someone poisoned. Temporary poisoning, on the spot It can be tested. But if it is poisoned in the long run, it is really impossible to trace it.”

Feng Zihuan remained silent, remembering that among the group of people who served Zhu Xianzhi back then, many were released from the palace after Zhu Xianzhi passed away, only a few remained in the palace, and some died.

Before Zhu Xianzhi died, he told her not to investigate. Could it be that he knew something?

She has a plan.

"Doctor Qin, how is Xuan Ji's foot injury?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the wound on Master Cui's foot is recovering well, just be careful not to walk around for a few days. The intermittent ointment used in the palace is very good, don't worry, Your Majesty."

Feng Zihuan nodded, "That's good. I'll leave the daily medicine and drink to you."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Zhu Xianwan and Duan Qichen spent the night gratefully, but woke up early in the morning and were summoned to see Feng Zihuan.Duan Qichen felt uneasy, afraid that the emperor would regret it overnight, Zhu Xianwan comforted her and said: "No. Your Majesty values ​​promises, and he hopes that others will not betray her, but also cares about his own integrity. Let's go, it may not necessarily be a bad thing. "In order to show respect and humility, both of them changed into simpler and more plain clothes. Who knew that Feng Zihuan couldn't see their clothes when they arrived at Feng Zihuan's place. He just said that Zhu Xianzhi's death was not investigated many years ago. After chatting for a while, I felt that it was actually necessary to investigate, so I ordered Zhu Xianwan and Cui Xuanji to investigate together, interrogate the palace servants, and check the information, with Zhu Xianwan as the main and Cui Xuanji as the assistant.The responsibility for the leadership of the two imperial daughters was temporarily handed over to Duan Qichen.

Feng Zihuan spoke seriously, and the two of them couldn't help but agree at this time.Coming out of the palace, Zhu Xianwan was still thinking, but Duan Qichen said straight away: "I don't think His Majesty really wants to find out why. So many years have passed, and the witnesses and evidence have disappeared. Your Majesty's purpose is to find out what happened to Mr. Cui. Stay in the palace and don't let her go out." After hearing this, Zhu Xianwan understood: during the day, Cui Xuanji was asked to sit on a bamboo bed carried by someone to check with her. General Lin Zhonglang, in charge of security, has something to do with this; secretly, she was unable to go out because of something she had to do, and she could only stay in the palace at night. Day after day, she could not communicate with the outside world until her injury recovered.

Zhu Xianwan said helplessly: "Master Cui gave us so much convenience in the past, His Majesty approved it again yesterday, now we have to pay it back."

The next day, Cui Xuanji was carried to the place early in the morning on a bamboo bed.When Zhu Xianwan arrived, she still wanted to get up and salute, Zhu Xianwan hurriedly said: "Master Cui's foot injury has not healed, if I relapse and aggravate it because of this little etiquette, I can't bear the crime." Push her down and watch tea Seeing that she was not in good spirits, Zhu Xianwan ordered to burn incense again, and then told Cui Xuanji about her arrangement, and asked if Cui Xuanji had any suggestions;Zhu Xianwan didn't ask any more questions, and first ordered someone to bring the roster of all the palace people that day.All those who can directly contact Zhu Xianzhi's diet and daily life must be screened out.

Qiulan took the order to go, and the roster brought back from time to time was as tall as one person.Cui Xuanji was surprised and said: "There are so many palace people in the palace for so many years?"

"Your Majesty Cui was young at that time. I'm afraid you don't know. After my sister entered the palace, she first abolished the number of palace servants and released many useless ones. Afterwards, the three-year release was implemented. Palace personnel who meet the conditions can leave. If you want to stay You can also stay. But the main point is to persuade them to leave. It is not good for them to keep doing it in the palace."

Cui Xuanji nodded, and asked again: "I remember, Dou Shangshi seems to have been in the palace for a long time."

Zhu Xianwan took a sip of tea, tasted it and said: "Yes, Dou Shangshi was originally a personal maid that my sister took in when she was at home, and she was brought to the palace by the way. After my sister died, she should go if she begged. There are many people. Only this Dou Shangshi said that she is an orphan and has no relatives when she goes out, and she would rather stay in the palace. Apart from her, there are about ten female officials left by her sister at that time. They did this After many years, it can be regarded as a high position and weight now."

"I see that she seems to have a bad temper, and she always has a bad face when she sees me."

Zhu Xianwan smiled and said: "She is just like that, she has no good looks towards anyone, and I am no exception. Please forgive me, Master Cui." Cui Xuanji even said that it doesn't matter.

Together with the female officials, the two first sorted out all the personnel who had any possible contact with the queen's daily life, and those who were later transferred or transferred were counted. This was two days.After completing this item, it took another two days to check the whereabouts of these people.This morning, Zhu Xianwan and Cui Xuanji discussed, if according to Zhu Xianzhi's situation at that time, long-term poisoning is the only feasible way, it is nothing more than food, clothing, and incense. Check it out.

"But how to judge their suspicions?" Zhu Xianwan said, Cui Xuanji was leaning on crutches, practicing walking carefully, as if her leg was broken——she could only hope that the foot injury would be completely healed tomorrow: "Anomalies are suspicions. For example After the Queen's death, did anyone suddenly make a fortune, there was a sudden change in the family, or, more seriously, committed suicide in fear of crime." Zhu Xianwan nodded in agreement.

From time to time, the people involved arrive.From the beginning of the incense, to the interrogation of the clothes and materials, and then to the interrogation of the female officer in charge of catering, Cui Xuanji felt that he was not sent by the emperor to quarantine, but was sent here to suffer.Why did Feng Zihuan send her to investigate the cause of Zhu Xianzhi's death the day after she confessed to Feng Zihuan? Could it be that it was to let her understand how Feng Zihuan and Zhu Xianzhi loved each other during the investigation?

In order to show their innocence, everyone attributed the matter to "your majesty loved the queen at that time" or "the queen was considerate of your majesty at that time": why the clothes were repeatedly dyed, why this material was used, why this incense was used instead of the traditional one. The method, why is it so costly, and why are so many people handling it?Because your majesty wants the empress to dress beautifully, because the empress is afraid of waste, because incense is cheap and good, but it is labor-intensive, because your majesty likes it, because your majesty likes it, because if your majesty likes it, you must let it She got it.

Why did you use this kind of incense instead of that kind of incense, and why did you burn this kind of incense only when the queen was alone?Cui Xuanji can answer it himself, because Feng Zihuan doesn’t like incense very much, probably only Zhu Xianzhi likes the taste of this one; , the best of both worlds.If poisoned, Zhu Xianzhi was poisoned alone.

Cui Xuanji almost felt that his heart was riddled with holes.

When Dou Shangshi came, it was nearly dusk.Zhu Xianwan asked how many people had access to the queen's diet at that time, from cooks to court ladies.Dou Shangshi said that there should be a total of seven people.Zhu Xianwan then asked who was the main supplier of food materials at that time, and who supervised and inspected them.Dou Shangshi glanced at Cui Xuanji, and said: "At that time, the Empress's diet was mostly brought by the Cui family from Yuzhang. Although the empress didn't say it clearly, she was able to eat the tribute from the Cui family. For more, His Majesty will go and say, and then the Cui family will mainly provide it."

Cui Xuanji remembered this incident, Zhu Xianwan confirmed to her, she said yes, I remember, yes.

Isn't this her happiness back then, and her sourness later.

Zhu Xianwan asked again, then, among the seven people at that time, I read in the brochure that everyone except you had already left. Do you know the whereabouts of these seven people?Dou Shangshi said that he knew that the cook should have returned to his hometown, and the maids were released and got married. Only one maid committed suicide.

"Suicide?" Zhu Xianwan almost exclaimed, and Dou Shangshi said nonchalantly, "Your Majesty, you forgot? At that time, a servant of the Empress Dowager's maid hanged herself. I don't know why, but in the end it was decided to tell the public that she was buried for the Lord. "Zhu Xianwan remembered, and of course Cui Xuanji also remembered—she would rather not remember.

The maidservant was chosen by the Cui family.

The small courtyard was quiet for a while, only Dou Shangshi sat there proudly, without saying a word, looking at the sunset glow in the sky.

In the end, Zhu Xianwan found nothing to check, and asked everyone to make a detailed list of what Zhu Xianzhi had been in contact with at that time, the amount of daily contact, and what was the process.Instruct a special person to copy a few more copies of the transcript, and report to Feng Zihuan early the next morning.She told Feng Zihuan everything that happened, including the suicide of the last court lady.

When he heard that it was the maid chosen by the Cui family, Feng Zihuan put down the pen in his hand, raised his head and said to Zhu Xianwan: "I also remember that maid, who used to serve Xianzhi's food with her own hands, and Xianzhi also trusted her very much. She. Speaking of which, apart from Dou Shangshi and a few dowry maids, Xianzhi trusts her the most. Have you checked out the life experience of this court lady?"

"I checked. According to the records at that time, the memories of everyone and Mrs. Cui's. The lady's surname was An, and her family was a tenant of Cui's family in Yuzhang. Because her parents died of illness, she became an orphan, so she went to work in Cui's mansion. Later, because of Smart and clever, he was recommended to the palace."

Feng Zihuan nodded, "After committing suicide, are the relics counted?"

"There was no record at that time. According to the memories of the few female officials who still remember it, it seems that there was no property and nothing was left behind."

Feng Zihuan nodded and said nothing, Zhu Xianwan added: "Your Majesty, I don't think this maid named An is suspicious. She has no motive, and she won't receive any benefits."

"What about others? Are there any suspicions?"

"Counting it like this, there are too many suspects. According to the concubine's opinion, incense and food are the most suspected. Your Majesty."

"Ok?"

"Do you want to continue the investigation?" Zhu Xianwan thought that Cui Xuanji's injury was recovering quickly, and she couldn't limit it to two days. Besides, the [-]th deadline for stopping the court was approaching...

Feng Zihuan thought for a while, "There are too many involved, that's all, there's no need to investigate. You seal up the file, but—let Xuanji send some people out to investigate, just don't cause too much alarm. Don't let others know the content of today's conversation .”

"The minister and concubine follow the order."

Zhu Xianwan quit, originally wanted to go back to the bedroom first, but was concerned about the two princesses and Duan Qichen, so she turned a corner to visit.Unexpectedly, the children were practicing martial arts today, Cui Xuanji was supervising, and Duan Qichen stood aside.Seeing her coming, the Xianbei woman in red immediately leaned over and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"

"It's nothing, it's just a case without a head."

"What about Your Majesty?"

"She's just taking advantage of this to do something else. In fact, she doesn't plan to find out the truth, and she can't find out." Duan Qichen didn't say anything after hearing this.

Zhu Xianwan looked at Cui Xuanji who no longer needed crutches, and sighed in her heart.Duan Qichen asked her why she sighed, and she told her what she had heard in the past few days, and then added: "So, I said, His Majesty did more harm to her. Listening to these things, I see Her brows are getting more and more gloomy."

Duan Qichen smiled wryly and said: "That day when I saw Your Majesty and your sister love each other so much, I was jealous. What's more about her? But—" She turned to face Zhu Xianwan, "I want to ask you, if it is true, let Your Majesty marry Cui Xuan Sabi is the continuation string, do you accept it?"

Zhu Xianwan asked in surprise, "Is there anything I agree or disagree with? Can I still disagree?"

"It has nothing to do with whether you agree or not. I just ask you whether you accept it or not, at least emotionally."

Zhu Xianwan thought for a while and said, "I don't mind. Because actually, the happiness of the two of them has nothing to do with me. Of course, it would be even better if they could be happy. After all," she turned her head and looked at Cui Xuanji, who carefully taught the two princesses on the field, said, "Who is not qualified to be happy?"