Concubine Shun was relieved and turned back to her palace.
When the servants came back to report it, they said that the matter was done cleanly and no one noticed. It took a long time for it to sink.
Xiaohui was a little uneasy and asked quickly, "Mother, if we do this, will we be found out?"
"I haven't left the palace today. I haven't left the palace for the past few days. No one has seen me. Who knew it was me who did it? You should also keep your mouths shut and live like a normal life. Don't show any weirdness. Do you understand?" Concubine Shun warned the few people close to her.
As long as she can win over the emperor, this doesn't matter.
This face is his biggest life-saving talisman.
As long as you use it properly, the emperor will naturally favor you.
The servants who failed to wait for their young lady outside the palace gate quickly sent people into the palace to ask the people in Kunning Palace.
The servants of Kunning Palace replied that they naturally sent the person out of the palace. As for where the person went, they didn't know.
No one was expected at the Duke's Mansion, and no one at the palace gate saw Miss Su Er leaving the palace gate.
In the evening, Jin Xin found out about this and hurriedly sent someone to look for it.
A good living person disappears just because he says he can't see him?
I asked the guards guarding the palace gate all the way, but they never saw them. It was as if the master and servant had disappeared out of thin air.
The Duke of Guo also went to the palace overnight to look for someone, and things became more and more complicated.
The emperor was alarmed and came to Kunning Palace to ask about the situation.
"Mr. Zhongguo is making trouble at the door of my imperial study. This is really a headache. How come a good person disappears?" The emperor asked Jin Xin. He said that he did not mean to blame, but his tone could not help but be a little angry.
"When she leaves Kunning Palace, I can't keep an eye on where she goes. This matter is indeed strange." Jin Xin said helplessly.
"Send more people to look for it and see if it goes to someone's palace."
"We have sent extra manpower, and the entire palace has been searched. We just haven't found anything in the pond." Jin Xin was a little angry when she saw the emperor's irritable look.
It's not my problem that people are missing. Why is the emperor so angry with me?
Duke Zhongguo is not a good guy either, he just does whatever the wind demands.
The emperor heard her anger, and then realized that he was indeed in a bad mood, but he couldn't sleep well, so he would inevitably become agitated.
"It's okay. Let me search for you. Maybe it's your first time entering the palace and you got lost." The emperor reconciled himself.
At this time, a message came in from outside. The little eunuch came in a little irritably and knelt down, "I found it. I found it in Jinming Pond."
Jin Xin was startled and had a bad premonition, "How are you doing?"
"I'm... out of breath. Two people are in the lotus pond. The slaves went down several boats to fish them out."
Jin Xin stood up first, shocked and puzzled, "What's going on?"
"I don't know, my slave. When they were fished out, both of them were dead."
Jin Xin almost couldn't stand, the news was really bad.
Such good people, why did both of them drown?
Both the emperor and the queen rushed to the scene and saw that both the master and the servant were covered with cloth.
Duke Zhongguo rushed to the scene and when he saw his daughter, he cried and laughed. He immediately knelt in front of the emperor and said, "Your Majesty!! My daughter died in an unexplained death. Your Majesty must find out the truth, let your daughter be avenged, and pay me back." Justice!"
The emperor's expression was complicated, and he was naturally angry, but at the moment he couldn't explain what was going on, how could the person die so well.
"Queen, what do you think about this?"
"Your Majesty, this matter is strange. Miss Su came to the palace today to express her gratitude. I didn't keep her for long and immediately sent her out of Kunning Palace. I really don't know what happened."
Jin Xin said this, but he could not satisfy Duke Zhong Guo. He looked at the Queen angrily and said, "Queen, you said you didn't know about this matter. I cannot accept it."
"Did the Duke's words mean that I am plotting to murder Miss Su Er?" Jin Xin first asked.
"I dare not say this, but the Queen must give an explanation for this matter."
He said he didn't dare, but his attitude didn't weaken.
"Explain what?"
Duke Zhongguo gritted his teeth and looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly and give me justice, especially if you investigate Gu Zhao, we can't rule out that he killed him."
The emperor looked solemn and was thinking about something seriously.
"Call Wu Zuo to check what's going on." The emperor thought for a while and said.
Jin Xin looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, something happened in the palace. It has nothing to do with General Gu, right?"
But the emperor raised his hand to signal her to stop talking, and said gently, "Queen, this matter is not as simple as you think. This matter may not be that simple."
Gu Zhao must also understand his restraint on Gu Zhao.
He was indeed suspicious of Gu Zhao.
Jin Xin was helpless.
Gu Zhao was sleeping at home, and trouble came from the palace.
When he received the summons, he had just returned from the camp and slept for a while. When he opened his eyes, it was already dark and the verbal summons came.
"Miss Su Er is dead?" Gu Zhao was shocked.
"Yes, he drowned in the lotus pond of Jinming Pond. When he was found, he was hard-core." Little Eunuch Yang replied.
With that said, he stepped forward and whispered, "I want you to be prepared, the Loyalty Guild will bite you to the death."
Gu Zhao nodded, indicating that he understood.
Then he entered the palace.
After listening to Wu Zuo's words, the emperor felt that there was water in his lungs, as well as in his mouth and nose. He died of drowning.
But what a coincidence. Two good living people drowned together. If there was drowning, they would definitely cry out, and the guards would naturally hear them.
But he died quietly.
If Gu Zhao is so capable and someone in the palace can do this for him, then Gu Zhao's ability is not ordinary.
Who is the one?
When Gu Zhao came in, he saw the emperor's gloomy face. He bowed politely and waited for the emperor to wake him up.
But the emperor didn't, but stared at him with scrutiny in his eyes.
"Gu Zhao, Su Wan and her maid are dead and drowned in the palace. Do you know about this?" the emperor asked.
Gu Zhao pretended to be frightened, "I don't know about this, and I just found out about it. I regret that I couldn't protect her in time. Is there someone who is jealous of Wei Chen and won't let Wei Chen get married?"
The emperor narrowed his eyes and continued to examine him, "You really don't know?"
"I was in the camp today. I didn't return home until late in the evening. I took a nap. When I woke up, I was summoned by the emperor. I really don't know. Could it be that someone framed me?" Gu Zhao shouted that he was wronged, with a look on his face. of innocence.
At this time, little Eunuch Yang walked in and handed something over, "Your Majesty, this is the woman's sachet found on the edge of the pool. There are footprints, mud scratches, and broken lotus stems on the edge of the pool. At that place My steps are messy and a little off track, but the lotus flowers are the best.”
Young Eunuch Yang deliberately reminded the emperor that the lotus flowers were in bloom during that period, which made the emperor's doubtful expression change to doubt and then to understanding.
Perhaps, Su Wan was really playful and wanted to pick lotus flowers to slip on her feet. It is unknown whether the master and the servant fell into the lake together.
"Gu Zhao, please get up." The emperor said calmly.
Little Eunuch Yang sent the sachet to the emperor and hurried out.
That's what the Queen asked her to say. There won't be one or two drowned in the lotus pond every year. It's just that Miss Su's identity is more sensitive.
The footprints were also made by someone temporarily sent by Jin Xin after the emperor left.
