"I heard that Concubine Xu also saw it, why don't we ask her to come over and explain it?" An and the eldest princess looked at Feng Lanxiu.
Feng Lanxiu was silent for a moment and shook his head: "No need, this matter... I know something about it."
Xu Anjiao is a troublemaker, and now this is the Xuanping Hou Mansion.
"Your Majesty, please speak." An and the eldest princess said softly.
"I heard that Mrs. Hou's scalp was covered with hair and her mouth was stuffed with mud. What does this mean?" Feng Lanxiu raised his eyes slightly and said with a serious face.
This was what Xu Anjiao saw. When Feng Lanxiu asked, Xu Anjiao told him with a pale face and her whole body was trembling.
Feng Lanxiu didn't go up to take a look, but he knew that what Xu Anjiao said was true.
If not, Yu Yuxi would not have fainted directly, and Xu Anjiao would not have been so frightened.
He didn't want to ask about this at first, but now he had to ask. After all, the two women who saw this were his concubines, and Yu Yuxi was Qian's biological daughter. Just now, Mrs. Qian burst into tears.
Please ask him to come here as a witness, saying that her legs and feet are inconvenient, otherwise she would have come here long ago.
When Feng Lanxiu asked Xu Anjiao, Mrs. Qian's people happened to hear it.
Now that he is here, he naturally has to ask for the reason. Feng Lanxiu continued: "I heard that a concubine in the previous dynasty did evil, so that the main wife was buried with rice chaff and her hair was disheveled."
This happened indeed. Everyone present knew that this was recorded in history books and was a matter of the previous royal family. The so-called main wife and concubines were the matters before the queen and her favorite concubine.
The reason why she spoke was so that she would not be able to see anyone even if she went to the underworld, and the reason why she was gagged was to make her speechless.
This trip can be described as vicious and outrageous.
He didn't even spare a dead person, and even did such things as defile the human body.
If we talk about this aspect, Zhou is the most likely.
"Who do you think King Duan did?" Princess An and Dachang asked without answering.
"I don't know, but this matter must be related to Concubine Yu's biological mother. I hope the eldest princess will investigate clearly." Feng Lanxiu shook his head, "This trip is different from ordinary people, and his vicious nature is even more outrageous. I don't know
Who could hate Madam Hou so much that she wouldn't worry about a dead person?"
"There is no such person in the house." Yu Ruiwen shook his head with a stern face.
"Mrs. Hou died. She was in the Hou Mansion and did not go out. It must be someone from the Hou Mansion." Feng Lanxiu's eyes fell on Yu Ruiwen, and he was equally sure.
Yu Ruiwen pursed his lips and looked uneasy. Someone who can do such a thing is definitely not an ordinary person. An ordinary servant cannot do such a thing.
"Eldest Princess, when I came here just now, I went overboard and brought over the personal maid who was guarding Madam Hou at the time. However, the eldest princess can inquire about it!" Feng Lanxiu said politely.
In fact, he didn't want to bring the person here, but Mrs. Qian begged her, saying that if someone really did it, it must be in the mourning hall. It was this girl who guarded the mourning hall last night, and this girl was Qian's family.
The personal maid next to her was rescued by this maid and other people when Mrs. Qian fell into a well. Her loyalty cannot be doubted.
Seeing Mrs. Qian crying so hard that Yu Yuxi fainted again, even if Feng Lanxiu was unwilling, he had to step forward and help bring the person over.
Not even just one Hongxing, there were other people coming too...
"Okay, let's check the red apricots first." Yu Ruiwen nodded. There were too many things to do, and now he really had to pull out a piece of thread. Yu Ruiwen also felt that it was very good to check the red apricots.
Just as they were about to bring in the red apricots outside, An and the eldest princess spoke: "Wait a moment."
Everyone looked at An and the eldest princess.
"Come here, bring Concubine Yu over." An and the eldest princess said.
Feng Lanxiu frowned and said nothing.
"Mother..." Yu Ruiwen looked confused.
"Go ahead, you've woken up now after fainting. This matter must be her biological mother's business. She has to let her hear it clearly by herself, and watch her face to face to avoid any trouble in the future."
Princess An and the eldest princess said coldly.
What he said made sense. No one present objected. Even Feng Lanxiu thought it made sense. If he hadn't been pushed to the front, he wouldn't have wanted to care about this kind of thing.
Aunt Qin went over to invite people in person, and soon came over with the extremely weak Yu Yuxi.
Yu Xijiao's eyes fell on Yu Yuxi, who was weak and helpless with tears on her face. As soon as she entered the door, her feet softened, and she knelt down in front of Princess An and the eldest princess's bed, and whispered: "Grandma."
Tears had fallen down one after another, and I couldn't stop crying.
The room was strangely quiet. She watched Yu Yuxi cry quietly, but no one spoke. Yu Xijiao raised her head slightly, and her eyes fell on Yu Yuxi's crying face, with a tranquil look in her eyes.
Yu Yuxi wanted to get away from the incident, but her grandmother pulled her over.
"Sit down." Xu Jiu'an and the eldest princess said.
Yu Yuxi wanted to say something else, but saw that Aunt Qin had come to help her, so she could only get up and sit down next to Feng Lanxiu.
"Since this matter is related to the Qian family, Concubine Yu is just right. If there is anything wrong, just make it clear directly, so as not to say that I am unfair in the future." Princess An and the eldest princess said.
After saying that, An and the eldest princess nodded to Yu Ruiwen. Yu Ruiwen went out, and Hongxing was brought in after a while.
The red and swollen red apricots with crying eyes have no aesthetic feeling at all, but they are inexplicably reminiscent of Yu Yuxi's appearance just now. I didn't notice it before comparing, but now I find that the saddest person is not Yu Yuxi, but an ordinary person.
Maid.
"Hongxing, did you leave the mourning hall last night?" Yu Ruiwen asked directly.
"Master Marquis... I have never left the mourning hall. I have always been guarding my wife. She has been in the mourning hall and leaned against the pillars of the mourning hall at night."
Even though I was sleepy, I just stayed by the pillar of the mourning hall, leaned against it casually and closed my eyes for a while.
"Others have been here too?" Yu Ruiwen asked again.
"Basically, they're all here." Hongxing nodded.
Another woman was brought in, the woman who accompanied Hongxing to watch the night.
"The slave is always here, and she and Miss Hongxing accompany the madam. In the middle of the night, Miss Hongxing and the slave were resting there and did not leave." The mother-in-law said, but suddenly thought of something again, and raised her head to steal.
Looking behind Yu Xijiao, Yu Xijiao brought Qingyue with her today.
Yu Ruiwen didn't see this action, but Aunt Yu saw it clearly and couldn't help but said, "What were you looking at the third girl for just now?"
Hearing her question, everyone looked at Yu Xijiao.
Yu Xijiao stood calmly, her watery eyes slightly raised, her eyes calm.
"Slave... I remember something... no... it's not the third girl, it's... it's Miss Qingyue." The old woman stammered.
"Say!" Yu Ruiwen asked.
"It's just that... Miss Hongxing and the slave were separated for a while." The mother-in-law said in a low voice.
"Wha...when?" Hongxing said in a daze.
"Miss Hongxing has forgotten what happened when you had dinner before. At that time, Nanny Xu from Yaoshui Pavilion came to remind you. You took people to eat with you. Later, Miss Qingyue brought the food basket.
I came to find you after walking around the mourning hall."
The mother-in-law said hurriedly.
The people from Yaoshui Pavilion reminded, and then all the people guarding the mourning hall left to have a meal, and then the people from Yaoshui Pavilion entered the empty mourning hall, holding a food basket in their hands.
You really can't tell what's in the food basket, and if you want to hide something, it won't be discovered.
"Yes... there is such a thing." Hongxing, who was dizzy from crying, thought about it and nodded. "It seems... yes."
"That's right, Miss Hongxing, at first we thought the kitchen wouldn't leave food for us, it's so late, but Miss Qingyue kindly went to bring it for us," the mother-in-law said again.
This really sounds like Yu Xijiao has a plan in mind.
Everything is under the control of the people from Yaoshui Pavilion.
The corners of Yu Xijiao's lips curled up silently, she said nothing, and listened quietly to the interrogation.
"You mean this has something to do with Xi'er?" Yu Ruiwen's face darkened.
"I don't dare. I just... just said this. There were other people who... also saw it at that time. If the Marquis doesn't believe it, you can ask someone." The mother-in-law hurriedly whispered.
Qingyue came all the way with a food basket, and Nanny Xu was looking for people all the way. It was true that it was not just the two of them, there were quite a few people she saw.
"No...it can't be related to the third sister. It...must be impossible." Yu Yuxi muttered to herself, her voice was extremely low but trembling.
Feng Lanxiu reached out and patted her shoulder gently, comforting her gently: "Don't worry, no matter who did this kind of thing, Princess An, Princess An, and Marquis Xuanping will never let her go."
Yu Yuxi nodded, still crying.
"Go and find witnesses from Yaoshui Pavilion." Yu Ruiwen took a deep breath and ordered the servant beside him to find Nanny Xu.
Qingyue had already moved out from behind Yu Xijiao and knelt down: "Master Hou, my servant did deliver food yesterday."
Last night, I explained everything clearly, starting from going to help, to the subsequent actions, and finally to going to the big kitchen and bringing back the food basket.
A lot of people have seen this happen, and you will know it once you check it out.
Finally Qingyue said: "I went to the mourning hall for a while and then left. It was originally to find Hongxing, and I didn't stay after that."
Yu Ruiwen turned around to the kneeling Hongxing and her mother-in-law: "Is Qingyue right?"
Hongxing cried silently, without saying a word and just nodded.
"I don't know. I only saw Nanny Xu coming and us leaving the mourning hall. Then Miss Qingyue entered the mourning hall and came out to look for us. Maybe she really was delivering food for us." The mother-in-law replied.
This is very interesting. Yu Xijiao is now sure that this woman must be the person installed by Mrs. Qian. Under Qian's operation, the Xuanping Marquis Mansion is really like a leak, with water leaking everywhere.
The kind that leaks air.
After this time, the Xuanpinghou Mansion was cleaned again...
Yu Ruiwen asked Qingyue a few more details, but Qingyue responded calmly.
After that, Yu Ruiwen also found someone to check, and it was considered a match, but whether it was a coincidence or intentional, it was impossible to find out for a while.
Just as he was at a loss, the young man brought back an unexpected person from Yaoshui Pavilion...