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After the Yingxue Palace's dormitory was burned down, Emperor Xiao specifically moved Concubine Xue to the Zhaoxia Palace, which was closest to his dormitory.

When Chu Huanyan and Xiao Jinzhi arrived, Concubine Xue was watching the palace people planting orchids.

"Are these the orchids in Youlan Courtyard?" Chu Huanyan asked after a brief salute, looking at the replanted orchids.

"Yes." Concubine Xue nodded, "I and Youlan are master and servant after all, although she..."

Concubine Xue paused for a moment before continuing: "But I don't want to hate her in my heart. These orchids were given to her by me. Now that they are gone, I transplanted them here. I think they will be kept as a memory." .”

Chu Huanyan looked at Concubine Xue and somewhat understood the meaning of Xiao Jinzhi's words last night.

Concubine Xue cares about the relationship between master and servant and wants to find out the truth and determine whether Youlan is being coerced. There is nothing unreasonable in this. But what is strange is the feeling that Concubine Xue gives people at this moment.

Concubine Xue was clearly distant from Emperor Xiao before. But now Zhaoxia Palace was arranged by Emperor Xiao, and it was very close to him. Concubine Xue not only did not refuse, but also had orchids transplanted there.

Looking at it like this, it seems that he plans to live here forever. Even if Yingxue Palace is repaired, he will not move back.

"Your Majesty, I would like to know why you promised His Highness the Crown Prince to let me investigate this matter?" Chu Huanyan suppressed the surprise in her heart, straightened her expression, and asked Concubine Xue.

Whether Concubine Xue has forgiven Xiao Emperor or not is none of her business, and she doesn't need to say anything.

Concubine Xue looked at Chu Huanyan, then at Xiao Jinzhi, and chuckled.

"Why, didn't His Highness tell Miss Chu the reason?"

When Xiao Jinzhi saw Chu Huanyan looking at him, a trace of guilt flashed on her face.

Seeing this, Concubine Xue's smile became even thicker, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to see me yesterday and said that he hoped that I could help his nephew and create more opportunities for him to get along with Miss Chu, so that he can ask for help as soon as possible. Make your sweetheart happy."

Chu Huanyan was stunned, and her cheeks felt slightly warm when she saw Concubine Xue's narrow smile.

Dare to love Xiao Jinzhi for this reason.

She looked at Xiao Jinzhi again, who had suppressed his guilty conscience and had a smile on his face, looking "alone and confident", but the tips of his ears were stained with a suspicious red.

Seeing the two of them like this, Concubine Xue stopped joking and returned to the topic.

According to Concubine Xue, she didn't notice anything wrong with Youlan during this period, or it should be said that she hasn't noticed anything since Youlan arrived at Yingxue Palace and stayed by her side.

"Although Youlan is a little reckless sometimes, she is very careful and dedicated in doing things. In addition, she has been with me for so many years. I really didn't expect that she would..."

Concubine Xue sighed, with an unconcealable look on her face.

"No matter what she did, I believe that the love between master and servant these years is true. If it were not for someone's coercion, I don't believe that she would poison her. So Miss Chu..."

Concubine Xue looked at Chu Huanyan, "Although His Highness the Crown Prince asked me to let you investigate, I believe you from the bottom of my heart. Since you can find out that Youlan is the poisoner, maybe you can also find out. The reason behind this is up to you.”

"Your Majesty's words are serious, and I should do my best." Chu Huanyan nodded and spoke.

Seeing that Concubine Xue looked tired, Chu Huanyan did not continue to ask any more questions.

After all, we have just detoxified, and we still need a good rest at this time.

Accompanied by Xiao Jinzhi, Chu Huanyan asked some eunuchs and maids what they thought of Youlan, and the answers were similar.

They basically expressed their surprise about this incident, and also said that although Youlan usually has a bad temper, she is loyal to the empress.

Not getting any useful information, Chu Huanyan checked again where Youlan was before she came to Yingxue Palace.

After investigation, it was discovered that she was originally serving Concubine Qin, but later she offended Concubine Qin and was punished and kicked out. After being reassigned, I came to Yingxue Palace.

As for Concubine Qin, she died of illness three years ago, and now the entire palace is vacant.

"Youlan was assigned to Yingxue Palace. On the surface, there seems to be no problem. It is indeed a normal reassignment." In the Imperial Garden, Xiao Jinzhi told Chu Huanyan the news he found.

However, even if someone really interfered secretly, even if one or two eunuchs were bribed to facilitate this matter, I'm afraid they won't be able to find out now.

Chu Huanyan looked at the autumn colors in the garden in front of her and raised her eyebrows slightly, "If Youlan was ordered by someone when she first entered Yingxue Palace, then it can only be said that the person in the dark was too patient to bury the secret. A chess piece, used after so many years. But if not..."

"The flying geese leave traces. If Youlan really comes into contact with someone, whether it is a reward or a threat, it will leave traces to some extent. For example..."

"Youlan's family."

"Youlan's family."

Xiao Jinzhi and Chu Huanyan spoke at the same time.

Soon, Qin Li followed Xiao Jinzhi's instructions to investigate Youlan's birthplace and family.

Chu Huanyan was sitting in the pavilion of the imperial garden and took out the sachet from her sleeve.

"There may still be traces of Youlan's matter, but this sachet..."

For a moment, she was really confused.

This sachet is not uncommon in the palace, and even the ones related to it, so far, are only the palace ladies.

Why did your parents leave this sachet behind?

Is the murderer related to the sachet?

Or is the reason why they were killed related to this sachet?

There are countless guesses, but no matter which one they are, they are all confusing.

"There is a place that you might want to visit." Xiao Jinzhi suddenly said.

Chu Huanyan looked away and looked at him questioningly.

"Clothes Bureau."

"Huanyi Bureau?" Chu Huanyan was slightly stunned, "Usually in the Huanyi Bureau, aren't there some new maids who were not selected and assigned to various palaces, or some who made mistakes and were punished? "

Even though they spend all day starching clothes and are very familiar with all kinds of embroidery, the sachets will not be sent to the clothing bureau, and she has already checked that the embroidery workers are the same, but there are no clues.

"That's right, but I just remembered that there is a courtyard in the Clothing Bureau where some elderly nuns live."

There are many palace ladies who have never left the palace after reaching the age. If they survive, they will stay with their masters and serve as stewards.

However, if some palace maids are not favored by their masters and have toiled all their lives in the palace, they will be sent to the laundry department when they reach old age. Ostensibly, they discipline the new palace maids to starve their clothes and prevent them from being lazy. But in fact, it is just to find a place for them to stay until they die of old age.

And those nuns, who have stayed in the palace for so many years, sometimes their memories are much more trustworthy than the words written on the case file.

After all, there’s no need to sugarcoat anything.