Chapter 709: fetch water
Chapter 709 Taking Water
Shen Yunqing hesitated for a long time before he could speak, and then said embarrassingly: "When we first entered Beijing, the mother, younger brother, and younger sisters were stayed in the palace by the ancestors, and Grandpa Chang and Grandpa Nie were ordered to enter the palace to continue teaching everyone. I was also brought into the palace by Grandpa Chang."
Chu Nanzhi nodded: "But you were not living smoothly in the palace at that time, and I haven't heard you mention the little princess Ruiyin."
"It's all the students' fault."
Shen Yunqing knelt down in shame, and continued to speak: "One day during class break, sister Ruixi saw a different scene in the Royal Garden, and went there alone. I was worried that she would get lost, so I followed her all the way. I also met Princess Ruiyin on the way, she forced me to go to Yongan Palace to be her accompanying reader, sister Ruixi refused, and the two started arguing.
Sister Ruixi accidentally pushed her to the ground. Princess Ruiyin wanted to embarrass the two of us, but he let Eunuch Hai who rushed there in time save the siege. Sister Ruixi was also afraid of being scolded by my wife, so she told me not to tell my wife about it. "
Thinking about the Tang family and Lin Jinqian's domineering temperament, Chu Nanzhi guessed that it must be the little princess Ruiyin who wanted to be a playmate in Yong'an Palace because she saw Shen Yunqing's handsome features.
Helian should feel that Erbao and Shen Yunqing are not at a disadvantage, so she doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, and it's quite reasonable not to tell herself.
It's just children's fights. Why is it involved in poisoning?
Chu Nanzhi looked at Shen Yunqing with some puzzlement: "The little princess Ruiyin lives in the palace, how could she harm your sister Ruixi?"
"Students don't dare to judge."
Shen Yunqing said suspiciously: "It's just that when the little princess Ruiyin left that day, she spoke harshly and said that sister Ruixi must pay the price."
"This is strange."
Chu Nanzhi took a long breath.
According to Tang Yulan's temperament, if her daughter was bullied, how could she choose to swallow her anger?
Could it be that the empress dowager knew she was wrong and didn't dare to make a scene in front of her ancestors?
But for such a trivial matter, it is really unwise to secretly poison Erbao.
This doesn't fit Tian Yuchan's wily and calculating character.
Then who exactly wants to harm the second treasure?
Chu Nanzhi exhorted the little treasures with doubts: "You all stay in the warm pavilion to study and practice calligraphy, and you are not allowed to go anywhere, mother to go to the outer courtyard."
After finishing speaking, she left Sang Qi in the warm pavilion to take care of the little ones, and walked out alone.
In the living room, Lin Jinshu was threatening the servants in the mansion with a sword in his hand: "If you don't take the initiative to confess, this princess will stick you all to death."
Chu Nanzhi stepped forward and glanced sharply at the dozen or so servants kneeling in the hall, looking at the frightened expressions of each of them, fearing that the murderer might not be interrogated for a while.
But she was sure that one of them must have done it.
After thinking about it secretly in her heart, she suddenly became enlightened, and then she had a thought, and said solemnly to everyone:
"Although you are people who were rewarded by your ancestors, you have to serve the masters with all your heart when you come to my palace. Although I don't want to watch you be killed with sticks, I will never let the little princess be killed innocently." Hurt, if you want to survive, then you should honestly return to the palace."
The maids immediately raised their heads and responded tremblingly: "The servants will not dare to hide the princess."
"Okay, very good, since there are people who dare to act but dare not to act, then I will find out the mastermind behind the scenes today, and see where else you can hide?"
Chu Nanzhi's eyes were full of vicious eyes, which made everyone feel goosebumps all over their bodies.
"Abi, Achun, when did you find out that the Second Princess wet the bed?"
Chu Nanzhi looked at the two maids serving the second treasure and the fourth treasure.
Abi and Achun replied in unison: "It is the first hour of the hour today. The servants went to wait for the princesses to get up, and found that the second princess's body was hot and wet. The fourth princess woke up and said it was the second princess." The Princess wet the bed, Lady Liu led the First Highness and the Third Highness to come, and the Second Princess started crying."
"The first hour of the hour?"
Chu Nanzhi reconfirmed: "Maybe the time is fixed?"
"Returning to the princess, the servants dare not be lazy when they first enter the mansion. They just want to serve the two princesses well. The servants get up at every hour, and it is the first moment to be in the room of the two princesses."
Abi's meticulous answer allowed Chu Nanzhi to determine the time completely.
"very good."
Chu Nanzhi smiled at her with a face of relief, then looked at the kitchen handyman, and asked, "Aunt Wang, when did you come to the kitchen to heat the hot water?"
"I got up when I was old, and boiled the hot water at the next moment."
Aunt Wang replied with firm eyes.
"The first engraving?"
Chu Nanzhi calculated the time in her mind. According to the time in her own world, it was about six o'clock in the morning, and Jingling City was located at the northern end, and it was just dawn at this time.
It won't be bright until at least half past six.
Through her careful inspection, it was not urine on the bedding, but someone had wet the bedding with water mixed with blood-sealed throat venom.
Although children are sleepy, they have to wet the bedding without anyone noticing. Of course, they can't use cold water, but warm water.
In such a severe cold weather, the warm water leaves the pot and stove, even if it is kept warm in the bed, it takes only half an hour.
She looked at the cook again, and continued to ask: "Who was the first to enter the kitchen to get water today?"
Aunt Wang looked around in the crowd, her eyes slowly fell on a thin woman in the middle, and she said: "If you go back to the princess, the old lady just boiled the hot water, and the little lady Xiangyue entered the room." Get water from the kitchen."
Chu Nanzhi asked again: "When did the second person enter the kitchen to fetch water?"
"About three quarters after Mao."
As soon as the cook finished speaking, before everyone could react, Chu Nanzhi waved at Tang Weiming: "Take Xiangyue down."
"Why is the princess doing this? The servant is loyal and has not committed any mistakes. Why does the princess treat the servant like this?"
Xiang Yue raised her head abruptly, and asked in a crying tone.
"Are you loyal?"
Chu Nanzhi sneered and shook his head: "If I remember correctly, you were assigned to be a housekeeper in the backyard, and you didn't have to serve the princesses. Although I don't care about you, I also know how to work in the house. The time of day is all after the time of day, what is the picture of you going into the kitchen to fetch water before dawn?"
At this time, Wu Sanniang, the handyman who was in charge of the kitchen with Aunt Wang, also shook her head in confusion and said:
"My servant also told Aunt Wang this morning that Xiangyue is usually lazy in the palace, but she is extraordinarily hospitable when she arrives at the Wangfei's mansion. In the past two days, she went to the kitchen to fetch water before dawn. Don't worry about disturbing the little masters if you work until dawn."
"The servant girl just came here for the first time and couldn't sleep well."
Xiang Yue defended with tears in her eyes: "Princess, this servant is loyal to you and has never harmed the little Princess."
(end of this chapter)