205 step by step

Seeing that the time was almost over, Lin Su took Xia Yan to say hi to the empress dowager with Xia He and Xia Lian. When she arrived, the concubines in the harem had almost arrived, but Lan Xin's usual seat was still empty.

Lin Su sat down after salute, and then asked Zhao Yuexin, who was sitting next to her, in a low voice, "Why didn't Concubine Lan come today?"

"Fived, Concubine Lan asked someone to come to complain, saying that she was not feeling well and didn't have a good rest last night. She was afraid of disturbing the Empress Dowager's good mood, so she didn't come over." Zhao Yuexin said with a meaningful smile, "It was also the Empress Dowager who loved us juniors, so she avoided the Lan Concubine's morning job in the past few days and let her live in flames to cultivate herself."

"This is the Empress Dowager who loves us and is our blessing." Lin Su answered faintly and covered his lips with a trace of fatigue.

Zhao Yuexin is also a person with a clear mind. Seeing her like this, her eyes narrowed and her voice also increased slightly. "Good concubine, why don't you look good? But didn't you have a good rest last night?"

Her voice was slightly higher, which immediately attracted the Empress Dowager, who was talking to Zhou Shude, to look back.

"Is the virtuous concubine not feeling well?" The Empress Dowager frowned slightly and said worriedly, "Have you asked the imperial doctor to see it?" Now that you want to take care of two children, you can't neglect them too much. Otherwise, it will be troublesome for the child after the illness.

A slight pause, "After all, children are not as good as adults, if they are sick..."

"Please rest assured that Afu and A Ling are very healthy now. There was nothing serious about my concubine, but last night, the two little guys were woken up by the noise in the palace and made a noise for a while. The concubine is worried that only the maid and the wet nurse will accompany them to comfort them and rest after falling asleep.

She covered her lips and yawned, and then Lin Su said, "My concubine is out of honor, but I didn't sleep enough last night. Please rest assured, Empress Dowager."

"In that case, you can go back to rest early." The Empress Dowager said something casually, and then slowly frowned, "You just said that the two little guys were woken up last night?" There has always been peace at night in the harem. Did something happen last night?

"This..." Lin Su showed a slightly hesitant look, and the Empress Dowager was even more dissatisfied.

"What does it look like and what's going on? Tell me clearly!" As she spoke, she patted the short ones beside her lightly and sat upright and looked down at Lin Su.

Lin Su smiled bitterly, "I didn't hear any specific voice, but a slightly trivial voice came from the south. It's just that the child is sensitive, so he can hear it more clearly.

"Don't fool me with such words!" The Empress Dowager frowned, "Afu and A Ling, this is the emperor's son. Is it possible that you didn't send someone to check it?"

"This..." Lin Su smiled bitterly and stared at herself at all. Although she was grateful for the extraordinary cooperation of the empress dowager, her face was not exposed at all.

She hesitated for a moment, and then whispered, "It was midnight, and she was more worried about Ah Fu and A Ling, so she comforted them to sleep and then went to rest. It was not until she woke up this morning that she asked Xia Yan to inquire about it.

The Empress Dowager didn't seem to think anything from Lin Su's words at all. Lin Su secretly looked at the bangs in front of her forehead and was even more sure that she was gambling right.

Lan Xin absolutely dared not tell the Empress Dowager these things, and there was no time to tell her.

Therefore, this matter is really the best plan to make a big deal through the Empress Dowager. With a slight depression, Lin Su followed the empress dowager's intention and hesitated to let Xia Yan, who was guard outside, come in.

Xia Yan has always been a smart and transparent person, not to mention that Lin Su hinted at her slightly when she came. This time, when she entered the room, she respectfully saluted the Empress Dowager first, and then saluted her in turn, and then stood behind Lin Su obediently.

Lin Su then said lightly, "Xia Yan, the Empress Dowager has something to ask you. You just need to answer truthfully. If there is a false sentence, don't say it's the Empress Dowager, even I won't let you go.

Xia Yan immediately saluted, and then stood in the middle of the room and looked down at her hand tremblingly. "I must know everything and say everything. What is said must be detailed.

"It's a mouth that can speak." The Empress Dowager hummed gently and then asked in a low voice, "Last night, you heard a noisy sound in the harem in the Fuliu Hall? Is it said that it came from the west?

"When I returned to the Empress Dowager, the maidservant took turns to watch the night last night. Because the virtuous concubine has always disliked people to accompany the room, the maidservant rested in the cubicle. In the middle of the night, I didn't hear any noise because I slept a little.

Xia Yan's words made the Empress Dowager raise her slender eyebrows and look at Lin Su suspiciously, "What's going on?"

"This..." Lin Su smiled awkwardly, "I didn't hear the noise."

"The maidservant was woken up by the sound of the two little masters waking up crying in the middle of the night." Xia Yan greeted Lin Su's eyes, lowered her head and said in a low voice, "After that, she served the virtuous concubine and got up and went to the room of the two little masters. It was Fu Jiang, the maid on duty who said that she had faintly heard the noise from the south before, which disturbed the two little masters and woke them up in the middle of the night. "

After moving down a little uneasily, Xia Yan added, "I didn't hear anything from the west of Fuliu Hall."

Xia Yan's response almost surprised Lin Su. Although she had always trusted Xia Yan's ability, the statement of retreat as progress at this time still made the Empress Dowager and the women present more convinced them of what she said before. The next development was almost taken for granted. It was not until Xia Yan said that the matter was related to Yanju that the Empress Dowager slowly frowned.

"You mean, when you went to the imperial dining room this morning, you heard those bodyguards say that it had something to do with the Lan concubine in the flames?"

"I don't care about nonsense. This is indeed said by Zhang Dong and others who patrolled last night. They said that they found a firelight on the lake where Lin Meiren died at that time before they went to inquire about it. As a result, they saw Lan Concubine in the harem, paying privately..."

The harem has always been taboo to pay tribute to the dead in private, but this is not the most critical place. The most critical point, Lin Su still wanted the Empress Dowager to ask from the bodyguards in person.

Look at that time, there is any reason for the Empress Dowager to cover up in the Blue Heart!