C165 The murder of a palace maid

"Empress, there's a letter." Gui mama called the other palace maids out and respectfully passed the slip of paper he received to Xiao Shushen.

Xiao Shushen took it, looked at it absent-mindedly, and passed it back, "I understand. You take care of this and don't let a third person see it. "

"Yes." Gui mama had been by the Empress's side for so many years, and had done this many times already.

Xiao Shushen lightly nodded on the table. The previous time they met, she had already made the emperor suspicious of her. Now that she had asked her to meet him, she had to be even more careful. After some thought, she still decided to set the location at the fake mountain where very few people would go at night.

She raised her hand and whistled at the window. Sure enough, one of the carrier pigeons circled and landed on the windowsill. She scribbled a note and tied it to the leg of the carrier pigeon. The carrier pigeon shook its head and slowly flew away.

Xiao Shushen tidied up her appearance leisurely. After waiting for Gui mama to finish her business and return, he told her: "If you want to see me, then send the people at the side door away. After I go out, anyone who sees you will know that I'm not well, and will go to bed early today."

"Empress, let this old servant accompany you as well, so that I can take care of you." Gui mama said.

"No need. If there are too many people, we won't be able to act properly. Furthermore, you have to stay in the palace to guard against any unexpected situations. " Xiao Shushen waved her hands and felt that it would be safer to go alone.

"This old servant understands." Gui mama nodded and did not speak further.

Xiao Shushen raised her eyes to look at the sky outside the window, and said: "You should go and chase them away, in fifteen minutes, I will leave from the side door."

"Yes." Gui mama replied and left the room.

When Xiao Shushen arrived at the fake mountain, a black-clothed man was already there waiting for him.

"What if you stand here in broad daylight and attract the attention of others?" Xiao Shushen frowned, she was not satisfied with the way the black clothed man did things.

"Empress, don't worry. I was extremely careful when I came down, and carefully scouted the surroundings as well. Only then did I relax and appear here." The man in black said.

"All right. I hope you also understand that such things require caution. Why did you call me out today? " Xiao Shushen knew that it was useless to pester this matter any further, so he did not beat around the bush.

"The higher ups only wanted to remind the Empress of two things." First, because of the assassination attempt, someone had already found out about the Empress's identity. For some reason, they suddenly stopped and did not do anything for a long time, so the Empress could only pay more attention. Second, the matter has already been completed. I hope that the Empress will not forget the matter of the promise of organization. " The black clothed man also had no intention to exchange pleasantries with Xiao Shushen, and only spoke of his purpose for coming here.

Xiao Shushen was silent for a moment, thinking that the person above her was probably the Emperor, but upon thinking about it, she did not want to investigate any further. From the looks of it, she had to be even more careful. If the emperor's image was ruined, then it wouldn't be worth it. As for the second point the black-clothed man said, she said without much emotion: "I understand. "Rest assured, as long as you do your job well, the amount of time I have to promise you all wouldn't be less than a single cent."

"If that's the case, then …" Just as the man in black was about to leave, he heard a sound from the bushes beside him, "Who's there!"

Xiao Shushen also looked over, only to see a small palace maid anxiously looking in his direction, then running away in fear.

Just as the black clothed man was about to chase up and silence her, he was stopped by Xiao Shushen: "Don't make a move here, it's easy to arouse suspicion. Follow her, I'll get the Gui mama to contact you and find a suitable place to deal with her."

The man in black nodded and went after the little palace maid.

Xiao Shushen returned to the palace and explained the situation to Gui mama. She told her to join forces with the black clothed man and take care of him properly, so as to not get involved with him at all.

On the morning of the second day, Lian Yun sent all of the laundry to the raccoon room. Seeing that the door of the small house beside them was left ajar, she walked over and closed the door tightly, so that no one would be able to touch them.

Just as she walked into the little house, Lian Yun smelt a thick smell of blood. She opened the door suspiciously, but she was scared by the scene in front of her and retreated, screaming out: "Ahhh! Someone, come!"

A young lady's corpse was lying in the room. Her neck was cut open and blood spilled all over the floor. There was a terrified expression on her face. Before she could even close her eyes, she had been killed.

Hearing the noise, the imperial guards rushed over to Lian Yun and asked, "Why are you in such a panic?"

Lian Yun pointed to the room with trembling hands, "Corpse …" The corpse is inside. "

The imperial guards walked forward and then pushed open the door. The imperial guards, who had seen many scenes of life and death, also frowned at the tragic sight inside.

"This matter must be reported to the police. It will take a long time to deal with it." You must be from the Consort Xian Palace right? How about this, you go back first, if there's anything that you need assistance with, we can come look for you again. " The imperial guards said.

"Alright …" With a pale face, Lian Yun walked towards the Consort Xian Palace while trembling in fear.

Only now did Gui mama, who was hiding in the distance to observe, retract his gaze. Seeing that the imperial guards were still inspecting the surroundings of the corpse but had no results, he revealed a satisfied expression and sneakily returned to the palace.

"You're back. How's the matter?" Xiao Shushen asked.

"In reply to the Empress, the old servant had the black-clothed man kill the palace maid and place his in the coachman's room. He also cleaned up the area. It was just that when Lian Yun went to deliver the clothes to the Consort Xian Palace and accidentally bumped into the corpse, people found it much earlier than expected. "However, it's fine." The Gui mama replied.

"It's the Consort Xian Palace again, just like her master." Xiao Shushen sneered, "But we'll find out sooner or later, just treat it as washing her eyes."

When Lian Yun returned to the palace, just as she was about to return alone and take a breather, Shen Qingwan saw him.

"Lian Yun, what's wrong? You look so awful? " Shen Qingwan asked with a worried expression.

Lian Yun rubbed her arms as she told Shen Qingwan everything that had just happened in a low voice.

Shen Qing Wan patted Lian Yun's shoulders and consoled him: "You shouldn't have delivered the clothes so early. It's scary to see this kind of thing in the morning, don't worry about other things today, I allow you to rest up for the day."

"Thank you, esteemed Empress." Lian Yun did not push the matter away either, she truly only wanted to rest.

After watching Lian Yun return to her room, Shen Qingwan started to secretly ponder over this matter. No one would unreasonably target a small palace maid, and no one had heard of anyone that had been rashly attacked recently. She had no idea who did it.