"Say, who are you?"

"I, Chen Zhou, Prince Shenxian's Mansion...a mixed-worker in the kitchen." The old woman said in a panic.

Murong Ji sternly said: "If you don't tell the truth, I will cut your tongue... Well, it's useless to keep it anyway!"

"Come on, drag it down!"

When Chen Zhou heard this, he shuddered and begged for mercy: "No, sir, old slave, old slave, I dare not..."

"Haha, I won't come from the real trick!"

"Yes, the old slave is Pingnan wet nurse. He was ordered to... come to Northern Tang three years ago."

"Oh, you have been ordered by Pingnan?" Murong Ji said coldly.

It turned out that the Chen Zhou family really came from the Great Zhou Palace. Because they had nurtured the Empress of Pingnan when they were young, she followed him when Pingnan fled to the Northern Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago.

That year, the new emperor Shangguan Qing ascended the throne. In order to use the old ministers of Tang, Shangguan Qing set up the third lady of Tang Mansion as his queen. However, this seemingly happy marriage was ruined by his cousin Shangguan Yun.

Shangguan Qing is just the result of fate. In fact, he is not Shangguan’s bloodline... He has already mentioned the past, so I will not repeat it here.

...

In order to retaliate against Shangguan Yizhi, Shangguan Qing directed a drama of kidnapping Miss Tang San. Unexpectedly, after he ordered people to trap Miss Tang San in the "werewolf's cave" in the Nadu Mountains, he unexpectedly met the Changsun Pingnan, the Emperor of the Great Zhou who lived in seclusion here for many years.

This encounter seemed to be God's will. After Pingnan saved Miss Tang San, she liked this little girl very much. She wanted to become a sworn girl with Miss Tang San to become an annihilated Jinlan, but the third lady at that time was too young and did not agree to become a sworn girl with her.

However, because of this encounter, Pingnan asked Beitang for help and when he was seeking military purchases, Miss Tang San was still very righteous and helped her mediate many relationships.

Pingnan received support from the Northern Tang court... including military war supplies. That year, Pingnan had the strength to return to China to compete for the throne with the second emperor Sun Pingjing, and eventually killed Pingjing and successfully seized the Great Zhou regime.

...

Time flies, and more than ten years have passed. Some unpleasant things have happened between Empress Dowager Tang and Pingnan.

I remember that when Fei Yunxiao decided to ascend to the imperial power, he also asked Pingnan for help. After seeing him, this queen not only amazed his beauty, but also admired Fei Yunxiao's superb martial arts.

At that time, Pingnan confessed his feelings to Fei Yunxiao in secret through time and time... It was a pity that the other party just smiled but did not answer. Although he was happy and maintained an ally with her, in fact, Fei Yunxiao's heart... only his beloved disciple Xiao Tangyuan was the position of Pingnan, so how could he tolerate Pingnan?

Alas, fate is really something that cannot be found. It was not until the second day after Fei Yunxiao ascended the throne that he declared that the disciple Tang Xinwen was his favorite and the queen of the Northern Tang mother.

This announcement was indeed like a knife cut from the tip of the heart for the Queen Pingnan who came to help.

When she left, the Queen Pingnan, who was both painful and hated, mocked Miss Tang San: Let’s see, Xiao Tangyuan, Fei Yunxiao is not yours alone!

...

Looking at the old and weird Chen Zhou, Empress Dowager Tang's eyes were cold and she said angrily: "What did Pingnan send you here? Over the years, you have lurked in Northern Tang, yes, what have you done?"

Chen Zhou raised his dim old eyes and smiled sadly: "You are Queen Tang, I have seen you in my master's place... you portrait."

Murong Ji waved her hand and said impatiently: "Talk about the key points, how many people are sent to Pingnan, and how do you distribute them?"

"Haha, let's talk about these old things... I'm a little dazed. Since I came to Northern Tang, I've been disconnected from my master..."

She glanced at Murong Ji again and silently looked at a field in the distance. In the spring season, the rapeseed flowers on the field dam are golden, and the clear waters are lush on both sides of the Taifeng River. The plum blossoms and crabapples are even more lingering. Unfortunately, her own life is probably coming to an end... Chen Zhou's expression suddenly faded.

She raised her head and sighed long... "Old slave, there is nothing to explain. It's killing or cutting, whatever you want!"

"Oh? Is that right? Someone is here... serve her well!" Empress Dowager Tang raised her eyebrows and her tone was very cold.

"Yes, Empress, the minister understands. Just give this old lady to the gentle minister!"

Yang Gejiu finally understood that the old woman in front of him was definitely not a good person. He turned around, carried Chen Zhou's collar and came to the side courtyard of the royal palace.

"General, let's go to the future..." Yang Gejiu nodded, and saw that Zhao Erwa, who had been prepared, had put her on a hemp rope in her hand and hung it on the wooden stake at the corner of the courtyard.

The old woman struggled desperately, and her two old legs swayed back and forth, "Sir... please spare me, I'm willing to help me."

Lord Yang, who was sitting aside, looked coldly, as if she was not anxious about what she said. At this time, Xu Er, the butler of the royal family, trembled and brought a pot of hot tea to entertain the Empress Dowager and others.

"You drink it, I will go around, and in addition, I will report to Jingzhao Mansion to conduct a thorough investigation!"

"Yes, my servant follows the order."

"Murrong, let me continue to give you instructions. Everyone in the palace will come to the front yard immediately. I have something to interrogate!"

"Yes, I'll make arrangements now."

In an instant, the housekeeper Xu of the royal palace led No. 20 people to come. The servants had never seen the Queen Mother before, and no one dared to look up.

"Butler Xu, who is the one who serves your princess on weekdays? Let her go back and forth to the palace to ask questions!" Empress Dowager Tang raised her eyebrows and said coldly.

"Empress, this is Princess Shen's order, the girl Qingxing." Behind Butler Xu, the maid Qingxing was already trembling all over.

"Raise your head!"

"I dare not, please forgive me..."

"Yeah, I asked you, I must come to the truth."

Na Qingxing nodded and said, "Empress, I went to Banqiao Market early yesterday morning... When I came back in the afternoon, I realized that the princess was gone. I really don't know where the princess went? Woo woo!"

"Why did you go out to Banqiao Market? Who asked you to go?" Murong asked.

"It's the princess, and she wants to eat Banqiao's tofu brain... I bought it."

"Ah? Banqiao Tofu Brain? What a hell reason!" Murong Ji said disdainfully.

"Are you familiar with Mrs. Chen?" Empress Dowager Tang asked coldly.

"Who, who is Mrs. Chen? I don't know... Empress Dowager, who are you asking?" Qing Xing, who was kneeling in front of her, trembled slightly, and her eyes unconsciously glanced to the side.

Because at this time, Chen Zhou's wailing sound was coming from the side courtyard next door.

"Give me aside, General! I've told you everything I know..."

Papa...After a violent whip, Zhao Erwa sighed: "General, old woman, I'm out of anger!"

"ah……"

Qing Xing's knees softened and she collapsed on the ground. Butler Xu and servants beside her were trembling.

"Why, you don't know. I can tell you that today, if you don't explain where the princess is going, no one can walk out of this yard alive!" Empress Dowager Tang gritted her teeth and said hatefully.

Suddenly, a young servant in green clothes who was about fourteen or fifteen years old who was kneeling on the back shouted: "Qi Mingmother, I, I met the princess by the Taifeng River yesterday."

"Come here and tell me in detail!"

"Empress, I've seen the princess, but she was flying kites on the dam. By the way, there was a woman in green shirt beside the princess at that time."

"Is it her?" Queen Mother Tang asked, pointing at Qing Xing.

The servant in blue shirt raised his eyes, looked at her carefully for a while and shook his head and said, "Uh... no, that woman is taller than her. She is wearing a gray and white jacket on her upper body and a dark green skirt on her lower body."

"Oh? You see so clearly? Where were you at that time?" The female official Murong asked immediately, and Empress Dowager Tang threw a look of praise at her.

Immediately afterwards, the servant in blue shirt pointed to Butler Xu: "Mr. Xu, that day... the slave was following you, and we... were only a vegetable field apart."

"But, my eyes were not good, and I didn't recognize the two people ahead. They were the princesses!" Butler Xu quickly picked himself up. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Yang Gejiu came over with Chen Zhou's confession.

"Empress, please take a closer look at this confession. Bei Zhi feels that the people in this royal palace... seem to be acting!" Yang Gejiu approached Queen Mother Tang and said in a low voice.

Empress Dowager Tang's face turned cold, she stood up and brushed her sleeves and said, "Everyone in the royal palace is taken into the backyard. Without the palace's handwriting, no one can enter or exit."

Plopped, a maid in her thirties was panicked and begged: "Empress, be fine, let me go home. Poor child is still sick at home... Woo woo."

"What's your name? Get up and speak." Queen Mother Tang glanced at her and saw that she was a fair-skinned and erect woman. When she looked at her again, her hair was as black as silk, and she casually tied into a phoenix-tailed hair behind her head, which was very neat and neat.

The woman said: I have only been to the royal palace for two months. I used to serve in Yunxinzhai. I only came back here to work because my child was sick, and I could go back to take care of my family after I got off work."

"Yunxinzhai? Is it Prince Ding's Mansion? What kind of work do you divide there?" Empress Dowager Tang asked alertly.

"I am a native of Xiagang Village. Three years ago, Li Xia, my cousin of my wife, recommended him to Yunxinzhai to serve Concubine Li. The master is very good, and I am reluctant to leave... Oh, but my father is gone, and I have no choice but to come back to take care of my parents-in-law and son."

Seeing that she was very serious about what she said, Empress Dowager Tang was sure that she was not lying, so she nodded and said, "Then you can follow Lord Murong first in the past few days to take care of your family."

"Thank you, thank you for your kindness!"

Xia Tian kept kowtowing, and she burst into tears of gratitude. For a moment, the servants kneeling in the yard all followed her, as if they would get mercy after asking for it.

After taking Yang Gejiu's interrogation confession, she was stunned for a while before saying, "It seems that I am too kind to them! Well, since that's the case, I want to see how big a wave you can make!"

...

"Sir Yang, where are the people from Jingzhao Mansion?" said the female official Murong anxiously.

"Return to Lord Murong, just now, Bei Zhi has received a secret letter from the pigeon. Lord Li and the others will probably be here in another hour."

"Okay, since the woman's confession has been made a major discovery, I will forward it to you here. If you have any progress, please communicate with me immediately."

Murong Ji told everything, and turned her eyes and saw that the maid named Xia Tian had followed Empress Dowager Tang out of the palace gate, and Empress Dowager Tang was about to step onto the red-maned horse.

"Empress, what should I do with this servant?"

"Take it back and continue to interrogate!" Empress Dowager Tang said without looking back.

(To be continued) Original by Yu Heiyan
Chapter completed!