An Eight-year-old Princess novel Chapter 1049

There was a signal from a secret guard outside. Qian Zhuo went out and soon returned to the inner hall. She said to Yun Shang softly, "Your majesty, the secret guard reported that a maid died in the Xiangyi Palace today. She is the one who was found to have secretly sent a letter to the guard who was patrolling the palace a few days ago."

"Oh?" Yun Shang paused and stared at the lines on the table for a long time. Then she looked up at Qian Zhuo and asked, "Has our secret guards follow the guard who received the letter?"

Qian Zhuo nodded slightly and said, "It's not convenient for the secret guards to follow the imperial guards, but they have already sent a message to our spies among the imperial guards, asking them to pay more attention and report it in time if there is anything unusual."

"I see..." Yun Shang murmured. She frowned and thought for a moment before she said hurriedly, "Bring the guard here and let the secret guards interrogate him secretly."

Qian Zhuo nodded and left.

Yun Shang stayed in the palace for a while, and Qi Ruihai came to report. Yun Shang put the book aside and asked Pei Lan to bring in Qi Ruihai.

"Your Majesty, I found a small piece of paper in the maid's room. It seems to be the same paper with the pattern and material I brought back before." Qi Ruihai held the small piece of paper in his hands and presented it to Yun Shang. "On this piece of paper, there is half of your majesty's private seal."

Hearing this, Yun Shang was a little surprised. She quickly took the paper and looked at it carefully. It was indeed her private seal. Although it was only half, Yun Shang could see it.

Yun Shang held the paper in her hand. It was so small that it was almost difficult to notice.

"Who is the maid? Have the other servants who lived in the same room with her been interrogated? " Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, with a deep look in them.

Qi Ruihai hurriedly bent down and reported, "That maid is beside Lady Li. There are four maids around her, and the one who died is called Ming Qian. She is the most inconspicuous one among the four maids. She is usually silent and seldom speaks. However, it seemed that she was barely twenty years old, but she had been in the palace for seven or eight years. The other maids in the room have been interrogated, but the other three were not in the room at that time... "

Before Qi Ruihai finished his words, Yun Shang interrupted him, "Wait a minute. When the accident happened, the other three were not in the room? If I remember correctly, the maid died at night. Where did the three go in the middle of the night? "

"The coroner found out that the maid died at around 5 a.m. The other three maids said that at that time, Lady Li had already got up, so the three of them were busy preparing what Lady Li needed. One went to the imperial kitchen to get breakfast, one was preparing the things for washing, and the other was arranging servants to clean the yard because of the wind last night. Ming Qian was supposed to go to the Huanyi Bureau to get the clothes that she had sent there before, but she said she had a headache and slept a little longer in the room. " Qi Ruihai reported in details.

Qi Ruihai bent over and asked in confusion, "First, who is the guard that Ming Qian sent the letter to? I want to interrogate him. Second, since your majesty has sent someone to keep an eye on the Xiangyi Palace, have the secret guards noticed the accident happened in the morning today? "

After hearing his questions, Yun Shang said, "I've sent my secret guards to interrogate the guard. All the imperial guards are all strictly trained, and there's nothing we can do with them in ordinary interrogations. We'd better leave him to the secret guards. The secret guards I sent to keep an eye on the Xiangyi Palace are mainly focused on two places. One is the surroundings of the palace, and the other is Lady Li's bedroom. The maids live in the back hall, so they didn't pay much attention to them. "

Qi Ruihai nodded slightly and said, "I see."

"I'm telling you this because I feel a little strange. There are three maids living with Ming Qian. They were not in the room because they got up early today to serve Lady Li. But in the middle of the night, except for one on duty at most, everyone should be there. Didn't anyone notice that Ming Qian got up and went out at midnight? Besides, I don't think it's the first time that Ming Qian has done this. " Yun Shang looked up at the screen embroidered with bamboo in the distance.

"I understand."

Yun Shang nodded, "Besides, the detailed information of Ming Qian should be recorded in the Neishi Bureau. Have someone send it to me."