Ma promised to see Nian Shilan and left him alone, making him even more nervous.
"Mother, do you have any business with me?"
After everyone left, Ma Yasheng asked with a cautious look on his face.
"I would also like to ask you, what's wrong with you?"
Nian Shilan did not ask tactfully, but asked first.
"Concubine, there is no concubine."
Ma promised to be unaccustomed to Nian Shilan talking to her like this, and had not thought about how to reply, so Nian Shilan was a little scared when she asked.
"I see that you have been completely absent-minded this morning. What's going on?"
Nian Shilan was already uncomfortable, but when Ma agreed and spoke like this, her tone became worse.
Seeing Nian Shilan's expression change, Ma promised to stand up and kneel down.
"My dear, I don't know anything, and I haven't done anything, but what I say is true. Please believe me."
"You haven't said anything yet. What do you want me to believe?"
Nian Shilan became interested when she heard Ma's promise.
When Ma promised to see Nian Shilan like this, he said, "Please let me go back to the palace to get something."
She was just a promise, so Nian Shilan was naturally not worried that she would dare to lie to him.
I also wanted to see what happened that made Ma agree to be so absent-minded.
"Go ahead."
Ma promised to leave in a hurry after getting Nian Shilan's permission.
"Have someone follow her and see where she went."
The horse only moved forward when he promised, and Nian Shilan immediately asked Xiao Lizi to lead the people to follow.
After a while, the horse agreed and came back.
"Your Majesty, I accidentally discovered this in my bedroom after I came back from my concubine yesterday."
Ma agreed and handed the thing in his hand to Songzhi.
Songzhi's face changed as soon as he saw it.
No wonder Songzhi's face changed, and Nian Shilan immediately became serious when he saw it.
Because what Ma promised to bring out was Xun Yi Cao.
"Do you recognize this thing?"
Nian Shilan asked with sharp eyes.
"I don't dare to hide it from you, my concubine."
Ma agreed and nodded and said, "The matter of Princess Minghui's poisoning was very popular at that time. Although I don't know the inside story, I still recognize her."
"Then tell me, how did you recognize him?"
Nian Shilan didn't believe it.
"This thing is called Xun Yi Cao, and it was the poison that Princess Minghui was poisoned at that time."
Ma promised without any guilt: "After the poison from the princess, Ye Concubine disappeared. I once went to pay homage to Gu Concubine and heard her talking about it outside. At that time, I was just curious, so I sent people to find her. Come to know it.”
"Concubine Gu?"
Nian Shilan didn't expect that Gu Bin would show up again after so long after Minghui's incident.
However, Nian Shilan didn't completely believe it. He raised his head and listened to Ma Xiang's promise to continue.
"There was someone in Gu Concubine's palace at that time, so she didn't let her in. She didn't listen to everything."
Ma promised to look at Nian Shilan's expression and continued: "Although I sent people to find the Xunyi grass and came back, I knew that Princess Minghui was poisoned by this poison, so she was naturally afraid of getting into trouble, so after getting to know her, she I just had it thrown away. But I didn’t expect that the concubine returned to the palace yesterday and found this under her bed.”
"How did you find it under the bed?"
Songzhi asked.
"I didn't notice it at first, but yesterday the hairpin I was wearing was broken and the beads were scattered on the floor. I asked people to pick them up together. Two of them happened to roll under the bed, and then I discovered this thing. .”
Ma promised to be scared when he thought about it now. If he hadn't discovered it, would the person who discovered it have been Nian Shilan, and then he would have been convicted of murdering the princess?
Apparently Nian Shilan thought so too.
"Have you told anyone else about this?"
"No, I don't know who did it, so I don't dare to tell anyone."
Ma agreed and shook his head and said: "The person who was with me yesterday was also my personal maid, and I won't tell anyone."
"Then why did you tell me again? Aren't you afraid that I won't believe you and send you to the Criminal Punishment Department?"
Nian Shilan suddenly smiled.
"Concubine, I didn't think about telling my mother-in-law, so I was restless all morning."
Ma promised to be truthful and said: "But when the concubine was asked about it just now, the concubine suddenly figured it out. This could be placed in the concubine's palace by anyone, but it would definitely not be the concubine. The concubine is just a small promise. , if the empress wanted to dispose of the concubine, there would be no need to go to such trouble. And the empress must want to know the truth of the matter even more, so she will definitely believe the concubine."
In fact, Nian Shilan thought so too, that's why he laughed just now.
But the suspicion of Ma's promise cannot be completely eliminated.
"Just go back and put the things back in their place. Just pretend you don't know."
Nian Shilan asked Songzhi to hand the thing back: "Since someone let it go, she has her reasons and won't let it go in vain. Let's just wait."
With Nian Shilan's words, Ma promised to have nothing to worry about.
"When outsiders ask, they only say that I want you to take care of Concubine Jing."
Nian Shilan had already thought of a reason that would not make anyone suspicious.
After all, Ma's promise is a promise, and there is nothing wrong with serving a noble concubine.
But she had offended Nian Shilan at that time, and now outsiders just think it was Nian Shilan's grudge against her.
"Concubine, I will go to Xianfu Palace soon."
Ma agreed and understood what Nian Shilan meant, so there was nothing he could not agree to.
As soon as Ma agreed to leave, Little Plum came in.
"Did she take Sui Yuxuan back for the first time just now?"
"Yes, the first one has been taken back."
Xiao Lizi said: "But I noticed that someone seems to be watching the horse to agree."
"Who is it?"
"He's from Broken Yuxuan."
Xiao Lizi said in a low voice: "Just now, I followed Ma and promised to go all the way back to Suiyuxuan. As soon as she entered, someone left at the door. When Ma promised to leave, that person stood back again."
"This Concubine Gu is also brainless."
Nian Shilan said something, but Songzhi didn't think so.
"Your Majesty, if this thing was released by Concubine Gu, then everything she did before was just an act."
"Just her?"
Nian Shilan said sarcastically: "I'm afraid I'm only qualified to be someone else's scapegoat. You didn't listen to Ma's promise just now. Someone else has been to Concubine Gu's palace."
"What does this mean?"
Songzhi didn't quite understand what Nian Shilan meant.
"Ma promised to talk about someone else, but she didn't say who it was, which shows that she didn't know. Moreover, Gu Bin's servants didn't tell her, which means that this person, or what the two people discussed, was unknown. of."
Nian Shilan analyzed: "It is also possible that no one else has seen this person."
"So if something happens, it's just because of the concubine. No one has seen this person's face, so naturally no one will identify him."
Songzhi understood immediately after listening to Nian Shilan's words.
