Spring Forest Evening

Hearing this, Zhou Heng was stunned, and quickly looked at Shen Fu next to him, wondering if he had already made plans, and sighed in his heart, after all, he is the princess of the palace, and his eyes are not only focused on the flowers and drinks in the main courtyard soup.

Fortunately, Shen Fu seemed to have been prepared. He turned his head and looked at Zhou Heng, and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

Looking at Shen Yi's side again, seeing that she was almost finished eating, she called Shen Nai and two maidservants who were waiting outside to come in, and ordered Chun Yu to go to the outer courtyard: "Let Mu Yun come and eat."

It seems that this has been dealt with long ago, so Shen Yi didn't say anything more. After Chuntao helped Mother Shen pack the dishes and remove the food from the table, and the three drank a cup of herbal tea respectively, Mu Yun then Arrived.

"Tell me about the situation you found this morning." Shen Fu ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes!" Mu Yun came prepared, and immediately answered briefly:

"This morning, my subordinates have accompanied the people from the Water Dragon Bureau to the Wanqingyuan to conduct an on-site inspection. Our people kept a close eye on them and didn't find any tampering with them. The Liufeng Pavilion said they came to investigate in the afternoon."

"The people from the Water Dragon Bureau initially said that the cause of the fire at the Wanqing Courtyard seemed to be caused by the thunderstorm the night before. Fortunately, the subordinates had made arrangements in advance according to the order of the prince. Later, they had to change their words and said that it should be caused by human beings. Later, we will send someone to carefully investigate the specific cause of the fire.”

"The subordinates asked if they could tell whether it was an accidental fire or artificial arson. Those people first looked at each other in blank dismay, and then went back to discuss it carefully, and then left in a hurry. It is relatively uniform, if it involves arson or something, then report the case directly to the Wucheng Bingma Division and let them investigate it carefully."

Zhou Heng listened silently at the side. The meaning of the word "Water Dragon Bureau" is not very clear. Presumably it should be a department related to fire, probably an ancient fire station or disaster department.

As for what Mu Yun said now, it means that the people from the Water Dragon Bureau originally wanted to say it was a natural disaster, but Shen Fu was determined to regard it as a man-made disaster?

That’s right, it’s a man-made disaster, and according to my limited ancient common sense and the simple views of ordinary people in daily life, isn’t it commonly known as being struck by lightning?

Thunderbolt from the sky should not be a good term in any era, right?

What's more, the palace was struck by lightning twice in the same night?If this is true, when it spreads outside, the common people will definitely think in their hearts: Oh my god, what a crime this Prince Jing has committed!

Shen Fu didn't commit any crimes, the one who committed the crimes was the three princesses who died that day, we don't take the blame for this lightning strike, Zhou Heng curled his lips in his heart.

Shen Yi, who was beside her, also agreed with this, nodded and said:

"That's right, we can't let them give our palace a name with red lips and white teeth, not to mention that your prince has only been removed from service for less than half a year. If you really want them to call it a natural disaster, let alone the murderer will be at large. Check it out, the common people outside don't know what it is like!"

Shen Fu himself didn't say anything, but told Mu Yun in a deep voice: "Send someone to keep an eye on it, and report it if there is any situation!"

Mu Yun answered yes, and then said: "My lord, the woman who was in charge of sweeping the yard at the Wanqing Courtyard, her subordinates have already sent someone to interrogate her, and she found nothing. She said that the things that usually come out of the yard are spring grass and grass. Chunmiao's two maids are working, and she is a woman who works as a handyman. She doesn't know much about it. She only knows that the people in Wanqingyuan have not been out of the house for a while, and there is no one between the two girls' families. This point has been obtained. Confirmation from Nanny Shen."

"Because the old woman was replaced by someone sent by Shenmao, she was still upset at first, saying that the two girls were generous and asked the maids to give her money to buy wine and food, but now she escaped because of it." Jie, I heard that on the night when the fire broke out, I learned that none of the people from the Wanqing Court escaped, the woman was shaking like something, and then she was threatened by one of her subordinates, so she should have said everything."

"The only thing is that Mrs. Peng, who is in charge of the kitchen, said that she had indeed been to Wanqingyuan twice. At that time, Chuncao and the others meant that the food in the kitchen was not to their liking, so they sent some money to Mrs. Peng, asking her to cook extra Aunt Peng doesn't want to lose her food, so she delivers it herself every time, and she can get two rewards."

"The subordinates have already checked Mrs. Peng on this point, including several chefs in the kitchen, and confirmed that this is indeed the case. They also said that some money was given to them to cook extra delicious food."

"The subordinates asked Mrs. Peng if there was nothing else to say when Wanqing Court asked her to bring food in. Mrs. Peng thought for a while and said that every time she went, Chuncao and Chunmiao would sit and talk with her. It's a topic of chatting, but every time I would ask the prince casually, because it was all in the afternoon, I would always ask where the prince's dinner will be delivered."

After hearing this, Zhou Heng still didn't think it was a big deal, the prince is a concubine's god, what's the matter with his concern for dinner?But Shen Yi on the opposite side asked in surprise:

"What's more? The two of you in the Wanqingyuan, haven't you been quiet for the past few years? Why these days... By the way, Ah Fu, did you give them...? Or did you...? "

Glancing at Zhou Heng, he didn't continue, but the meaning was very clear. Shen Fu replied helplessly: "Sister, where are you going?"

Seeing that Zhou Heng opened his two big black and white eyes with a confused look on his face, he finally explained something vaguely:

"I haven't seen them since the end of the year. The moon silver was given by Nanny Shen according to the usual practice. During the Chinese New Year, it was still in the filial piety period, and the whole family gave them a little reward, so what Mrs. Peng said was to give her money. It’s actually quite strange.”

Shen Yi thought that he was trying to avoid suspicion in front of Zhou Heng, but Zhou's uncle also had concubines, and it was common for aristocratic families to reward people. Besides, this is the palace of the king, so Zhou Heng could be taught to know in advance that a man from the mansion of the king Concubine, what is the treatment? Otherwise, there are no rules in Prince Jing's mansion, and the concubine has to pay a woman in charge of the kitchen to have a good meal.

After Shen Fu finished speaking, he retorted disapprovingly:

"What's so strange about this? Our mansion has always been kind to people, and you don't even have a side concubine. The two of them are half-masters anyway, and they follow the rules and stay at home on weekdays. Those who have saved money can't afford it." It’s quite a lot, is it possible that you can’t even get the reward for a servant in charge of the kitchen?”

"Elder sister, you..." Shen Fu didn't want to say anything about concubines and side concubines in front of Zhou Heng, so he felt helpless to hear Shen Yi say that, so he had to point to Mu Yun who bowed his head and said nothing: "Let's listen to Mu Yun first, okay? "

The minds of the siblings are a little different at the moment. Seeing his action, Shen Yi thought it was implying that there were other people in her room, so she smiled disapprovingly and said:

"I'm just talking in this room, Mu Yun is not someone else."

At the same time, he continued to ask Mu Yun: "Your lord said that there is something strange, Ayun, you said, you are the one who is investigating this whole matter, but you tell me, what is wrong with the investigation?"

He looked excited when he said it.

Ah Yun?It seems that he has great trust in Mu Yun, so Zhou Heng decided to listen silently by the side. As for whether something is wrong, Zhou Heng thinks he should choose to trust Shen Fu.

Sure enough, afterward, Mu Yun said in a low voice: "Back to the princess, Mrs. Peng said that she felt that, in fact, the people at Wanqing Courtyard obviously spent money to make her cook more food that she likes, but every time The next time, he asked her to do whatever she wanted, as if she didn’t care about what to eat, and Chuncao Chunmiao was looking for her every day a while ago, so the money was too much.”

"So after a few days, Mrs. Peng said that she had figured out the taste, and that she didn't want to drink at Wanqingyuan, but she was actually trying to find out where the prince was eating. .”

As soon as she said this, she heard Shen Yi's "ha" laugh: "So you think there is something strange about it?"

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