"Queen, what do you say?"
The emperor still did not raise his head.
"I am wronged."
What the Queen could say was naturally unacceptable: "I talked to Concubine Qian for a while, and then she left. I really don't know where she went. And I heard that Concubine Qian was missing." , I quickly sent people out to look for her, I left Qian Concubine behind to talk, and then she disappeared, how could I be so stupid to harm myself?"
"Then please think about it, Madam, when did Concubine Qian leave Jingren Palace?"
Zhen Huan suddenly said: "Angui, please think about when you returned to the palace, and then we will only check the period in between. Wouldn't there be a direction to find the concubine?"
This confused An Lingrong. She didn't know how long Nian Shilan's people would stay outside Jingren Palace, and no matter what she said, the queen could tell her the same time, right?
Apparently Nian Shilan thought so too.
"Your Majesty, I saw Concubine Qian once in the afternoon near the Imperial Garden."
Ye Guiren suddenly spoke.
Several people looked at Ye Guiren the moment he spoke.
The queen looked proud, but Nian Shilan knew it was fake.
"Really? Have you ever said hello to her? Where has she gone?"
Nian Shilan asked angrily.
"I never spoke to Empress Qian, because she left in a hurry with the palace maid, so I didn't have time to say hello."
Ye Guiren said it calmly and didn't look like he was lying at all.
"When I got up early to pay my respects to the Queen, Ye Guiren was not feeling well. The Queen specially assigned a new palace attendant to you. Unexpectedly, Ye Guiren's health recovered at noon and he was able to go out. It seems that he was sent by the Queen. People are useful.”
Nian Shilan made a sarcastic comment, but Ye Guiren didn't answer, so Nian Shilan couldn't fault it.
"Since I saw it near the Royal Garden, I would like to trouble Ye Guiren to think about which direction Concubine Qian went, so that we can send someone to look for her."
Zhen Huan is still calm.
"It seems that he went towards the right gate of Langyuan. He probably didn't return to the palace."
Ye Guiren thought for a while and said seriously: "That side is not the direction of Yonghe Palace."
"Yes, Yonghe Palace is on the East Sixth Palace, but Concubine Qian went to the West Sixth Palace. Ye Guiren looked really carefully."
Nian Shilan smiled after listening to Ye Guiren's words. Jingren Palace was also in the East Sixth Palace. It was obvious that Ye Guiren had taken out the queen.
"Since Ye Guiren said so, I think it is true that Concubine Qian did not return to the palace."
After Zhen Huan finished speaking, she thought for a while, then looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, in that case, let's send people to search the Sixth Palace in the West, especially those palaces that are not permanently inhabited, or the cold palaces."
Nian Shilan paused when he heard Zhen Huan's words, and suddenly understood what Zhen Huan meant.
"Yes, the Queen has sent people to look for her for so long. If anyone in the palace had seen Concubine Qian, they would have come to report her just like Ye Guiren."
"I have a clear conscience. If the imperial concubine insists on searching Jingren Palace, I will naturally not stop her. But if she cannot be found, then I have to ask the emperor to make the decision for me and restore my innocence."
At this time, the queen suddenly asked Nian Shilan to search the palace.
At this time, Nian Shilan didn't want to search anymore.
"Since the Queen has agreed, Su Peisheng will send someone to search Jingren Palace carefully and make sure to give the Queen an explanation."
Unexpectedly, the emperor asked for a search.
Nian Shilan glanced at Zhen Huan and really didn't understand what Zhen Huan was doing.
But it didn't matter. Nian Shilan was startled.
Obviously Jin Xi was not there when Zhen Huan came in just now, but Jin Xi was standing next to Zhen Huan at some point.
Nian Shilan thought of the relationship between Jinxi and Su Peisheng in his previous life. He glanced at Su Peisheng and found that Su Peisheng and Cui Jinxi were standing quite close to each other.
After receiving the emperor's instructions, Su Peisheng immediately led people to search.
At this time, Jin Xi stepped forward to help Zhen Huan, and then said: "My dear, it's time for you to drink the anti-fetal medicine. If you delay any longer, I'm afraid the medicine will get cold."
"Well, hurry up and drink the medicine."
As soon as the emperor heard Jin Xi's words, he immediately asked Zhen Huan to go back.
Zhen Huan no longer refused and said: "Yes, I will retire first. However, I am still very concerned about Concubine Qian. If there is any news, please send someone to inform me."
"I know, please go back first."
Nian Shilan knew that Zhen Huan should have arranged things.
Su Peisheng led people to search inside and outside Jingren Palace, but the queen looked calm.
After a long time, Su Peisheng came back with his people.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Qian was not found in Jingren Palace, but..."
Su Peisheng paused for a moment, glanced at the queen, and then took out a bracelet: "But I found this at the small door behind Jingren Palace. I remember that this bracelet was awarded by the emperor to the concubine Qian."
The queen didn't expect that there would be something at the back door. She didn't know if Jiang Fuhai was careless at the time and dropped something without finding it, so she quickly thought about how to explain it.
Su Peisheng handed the bracelet to the emperor's hand. The emperor looked at it repeatedly to confirm that this was the bracelet he had given to Liu Yinyin, and then he raised his head and looked at the queen.
"You tell me."
The emperor's tone made it difficult to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"I don't know how this bracelet came to be at the back door. Concubine Qian left after speaking. I don't know which door she went out through."
"Go and call all the people in Jingren Palace."
The emperor said.
After a while, Su Peisheng came back.
"The Emperor has already asked, and no one in Jingren Palace saw Concubine Qian leave."
Just as Su Peisheng finished speaking, Ye Guiren spoke again.
"That's it. Why didn't Mr. Angui see Concubine Qian outside? This means that Concubine Qian didn't go out through the main entrance at all."
"Okay, if she doesn't go through the front door, why should she go through the back door?"
Nian Shilan now knows that Liu Yinyin definitely does not have Jingren Palace, but where will the queen send Liu Yinyin?
She remembered what Zhen Huan had said before she left. No wonder the queen really sent people to the cold palace?
"This empress has to ask the concubine. Naturally, the concubine doesn't know."
Ye Guiren saw that Nian Shilan was anxious, but he was not anxious or angry at all, and still had a smile on his face.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I asked Concubine Qian to leave. How can I restrict her from which door she must go out?"
The queen took advantage of this opportunity and said quickly: "I was afraid of being misunderstood, so I just kept my concubine to explain the misunderstanding. After that, let her leave."
