Chapter 1049 Deeper Investigation (Part One)
There was a signal from a secret guard outside. Qian Zhuo went out and soon returned to the inner
hall. She said to Yun Shang softly, "Your majesty, the secret guard reported that a maid died in the
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Xiangyi Pce today. She is the one who was found to have secretly sent a letter to the guard who
was patrolling the pce a few days ago."
"Oh?" Yun Shang paused and stared at the lines on the table for a long time. Then she looked up at
Qian Zhuo and asked, "Has our secret guards follow the guard who received the letter?"
Qian Zhuo nodded slightly and said, "It''s not convenient for the secret guards to follow the imperial
guards, but they have already sent a message to our spies among the imperial guards, asking them to
pay more attention and report it in time if there is anything unusual."
"I see..." Yun Shang murmured. She frowned and thought for a moment before she said hurriedly,
"Bring the guard here and let the secret guards interrogate him secretly."
Qian Zhuo nodded and left.
Yun Shang stayed in the pce for a while, and Qi Ruihai came to report. Yun Shang put the book
aside and asked Pei Lan to bring in Qi Ruihai.
"Your Majesty, I found a small piece of paper in the maid''s room. It seems to be the same paper with
the pattern and material I brought back before." Qi Ruihai held the small piece of paper in his hands
and presented it to Yun Shang. "On this piece of paper, there is half of your majesty''s private seal."
Hearing this, Yun Shang was a little surprised. She quickly took the paper and looked at it carefully. It
was indeed her private seal. Although it was only half, Yun Shang could see it.
Yun Shang held the paper in her hand. It was so small that it was almost difficult to notice.
"Who is the maid? Have the other servants who lived in the same room with her been interrogated? "
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, with a deep look in them.
Qi Ruihai hurriedly bent down and reported, "That maid is beside Lady Li. There are four maids around
her, and the one who died is called Ming Qian. She is the most inconspicuous one among the four
maids. She is usually silent and seldom speaks. However, it seemed that she was barely twenty years
old, but she had been in the pce for seven or eight years. The other maids in the room have been
interrogated, but the other three were not in the room at that time... "
Before Qi Ruihai finished his words, Yun Shang interrupted him, "Wait a minute. When the ident
happened, the other three were not in the room? If I remember correctly, the maid died at night. Where
did the three go in the middle of the night? "
"The coroner found out that the maid died at around 5 a.m. The other three maids said that at that time,
Lady Li had already got up, so the three of them were busy preparing what Lady Li needed. One went
to the imperial kitchen to get breakfast, one was preparing the things for washing, and the other was
arranging servants to clean the yard because of the windst night. Ming Qian was supposed to go to
the Huanyi Bureau to get the clothes that she had sent there before, but she said she had a headache
and slept a little longer in the room. " Qi Ruihai reported in details.
"Around 5 a.m.?" Yun Shang was a little confused, "Does Lady Li usually get up at this time? She
doesn''t need to get up early to greet anyone now. "
Qi Ruihai was slightly stunned. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I''ll go and inquire about itter."
Yun Shang nodded, "So the other three were not at the spot. Did they find anything wrong with Ming
Qian? "
"No, they didn''t. Because Ming Qian is a silent person. She doesn''t show her emotions, and no one
noticed anything unusual." Qi Ruihai whispered.
Yun Shang tapped on the armrest gently. After a long time, she said, "I''ll tell you a clue. Lady Cao told
me that when I was not in the pce, Lady Li secretly printed my private seal on other nk paper.
Therefore, I sent a secret guard to keep an eye on Lady Li. A few days ago, my secret guard saw the
maid named Ming Qian secretly sent a letter to a imperial guard at night. "
Hearing Yun Shang''s words, Qi Ruihai was also a little surprised. He thought for a while and asked
softly, "In that case, your majesty, I have two questions to ask."
"Say it."
Qi Ruihai bent over and asked in confusion, "First, who is the guard that Ming Qian sent the letter to? I
want to interrogate him. Second, since your majesty has sent someone to keep an eye on the Xiangyi
Pce, have the secret guards noticed the ident happened in the morning today? "
After hearing his questions, Yun Shang said, "I''ve sent my secret guards to interrogate the guard. All
the imperial guards are all strictly trained, and there''s nothing we can do with them in ordinary
interrogations. We''d better leave him to the secret guards. The secret guards I sent to keep an eye on
the Xiangyi Pce are mainly focused on two ces. One is the surroundings of the pce, and the
other is Lady Li''s bedroom. The maids live in the back hall, so they didn''t pay much attention to them. "
Qi Ruihai nodded slightly and said, "I see."
"I''m telling you this because I feel a little strange. There are three maids living with Ming Qian. They
were not in the room because they got up early today to serve Lady Li. But in the middle of the night,
except for one on duty at most, everyone should be there. Didn''t anyone notice that Ming Qian got up
and went out at midnight? Besides, I don''t think it''s the first time that Ming Qian has done this. " Yun
Shang looked up at the screen embroidered with bamboo in the distance.
"I understand."
Yun Shang nodded, "Besides, the detailed information of Ming Qian should be recorded in the Neishi
Bureau. Have someone send it to me."