Chapter 276 I don't know how many people have contributed to this

The Queen asked directly, in front of Tang Wanrou and Zhang Shuier.

Lu Xinran glanced at the two of them and wondered why she asked that.

The Tang family, the Zhang family, the two sisters and the Empress seemed to be inseparable because of their marriage.

Song Junyan is the prince who holds the most importance in the heart of the Queen... Suddenly, an idea came to her mind, and she wanted to test him for no reason.

"Well, I just had some guesses that I wanted to verify, so I troubled my sister to accompany me on this trip."

"Verify?"

A flash of doubt flashed across the queen's eyes, and then she looked at them with a smile.

"But did it work?"

"Not yet. I'm having some trouble."

Thinking of the booklet of Concubine Hua that was broken into 100,000 pieces, she felt a headache and wanted to hold her forehead and smile bitterly.

The Queen glanced at Lu Xinlan, who just shook her head slightly. Lu Xinlan already knew that the fact that others could hear her thoughts should not be known to too many people.

They did not want to talk about it any further, so the Queen did not ask any more questions.

She summoned them to the palace today because Song Junyan sent someone to ask for help from her.

She didn't know who they wanted to investigate, but since it was not convenient for them to tell her, she didn't ask any more questions.

Zhang Shui'er always felt that the atmosphere in the palace was a little weird. She glanced back and forth between the Lu sisters and the empress, and finally secretly tugged at Tang Wanrou's sleeve.

"Aunt, my sister-in-law and I haven't paid our respects to the Empress Dowager yet. Please talk to Lu Er and the others first. We will go pay our respects first."

After she finished speaking, she pulled Tang Wanrou and ran out, leaving the Queen no time to even wave at her.

"These two children..."

She sighed and laughed, "You haven't had time to go to the Queen Mother yet, do you want to go with them?"

She left the choice up to them both, and if they wanted to say a few more words, they could stay a little later.

If they still had concerns, her words gave them a stepping stone, and they could follow her words and leave Changchun Palace.

Lu Xinran did have some concerns about Zhang Shuier and Tang Wanrou, especially Tang Wanrou. Although she could understand Liu's previous behavior, she was still suspicious and could not truly open up to her.

But now that the two had gone to the Yongshou Palace, there were no outsiders in the palace. She had a natural closeness and admiration for the empress, so she had no scruples about talking about her secrets.

After hearing what she said, the queen was shocked and couldn't hide her eyes. "I thought you would never find out in your lifetime. This is fine. This is fine."

If you can live soberly, who would want to be in a daze all the time and become an ugly person in the eyes of others?

"Did you go to Concubine Hua's tomb before?"

After sighing, the queen immediately guessed why they had acted before.

Lu Xinran nodded, it just so happened that the 100,000 pieces of the puzzle also needed the Queen's help to save.

"Your Majesty, the information I got is too confusing, and I don't know much about Concubine Hua's life. It's very difficult to find clues about what happened back then."

"What's the big deal?" The queen smiled and waved to the palace servants waiting outside, "Go and call one of the old people in Concubine Hua's palace."

"Yes, madam."

The palace maid didn't dare to ask any more questions and left quickly. The queen kneaded the beads on her wrist and suddenly said firmly: "You came to the palace today, do you want to take another look at Lan Jieyu's past?"

"Yes, the King of Wei suspected that the incident with the Princess of Nanzhao was related to the King of Chu and the King of Jin, but I did not find anything unusual in the booklets of the two, so I wanted to look at the past of their respective mothers."

"Well, your idea is right, but the matter of Princess Nanzhao..."

The Queen recalled the events of five years ago, her face was unusually cold: "Things back then were too complicated, and there must have been many people involved."

Even the emperor might be involved in it. After all, there are so many treasures and the support of the entire Nanzhao. Given the emperor's suspicion, he would not allow the Nanzhao princess to marry his son.

However, at several palace banquets, the Nanzhao princess showed that she was more interested in the prince.

After all, she could only be a concubine in the harem. Even if she had great connections and the emperor made her a royal concubine, she was still not the principal wife.

With the ambition written all over Princess Nanzhao's face, how could she be willing to be a concubine?

She married the prince as his principal wife, and later assisted him in ascending the throne as the legitimate empress.

So her eyes never fell on the emperor from beginning to end.

But the more obviously she showed her ambition, the more the emperor could not tolerate it.

This was a naked challenge to the imperial power and his own masculinity.

Lu Xinran had already guessed this possibility before. At this point, her desire to solve the case has turned into wanting to know the various connections involved.

"My queen, if the emperor had his hand in this, who would have the recipe now?"

If the formula was really lost and fell into the emperor's hands, could he really bear to just throw it aside?

The queen laughed sarcastically: "Who said that the Nanzhao envoy brought the real iron smelting formula?"

In her opinion, this was all a cover-up from the beginning to the end. What happened back then was a mixture of truth and falsehood, reality and illusion, and everyone involved had their own agenda.

"That's what the Nanzhao people use to protect themselves. If I were the King of Nanzhao, I would never hand over this recipe."

Lu Xinran: “…”

So the countdown for Princess Nanzhao's life began from the day she entered Da Chu?

"These are just my guesses. Maybe the people involved are not as bad as I say. You should investigate first before making a conclusion."

While the Queen was speaking, the palace maid had already brought the old man from Concubine Hua's palace over.

This was the palace maid who had been serving Concubine Hua since she entered the palace. After Concubine Hua was betrothed to death, all the palace maids in her palace were assigned to serve other concubines. However, this old nanny was already old and was just a palace maid who was not valued, so the Empress did not send her to other people.

There is still no new master living in Huayang Palace, so this old nanny is guarding there.

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask."

The Queen's words were to tell Lu Xinran that this old lady had long been hers, and not only would she tell her everything she knew, but she would also not speak nonsense and was extremely tight-lipped.

Lu Xinran understood what he meant, and after the palace maids beside the Empress left, he began to ask about Concubine Hua's past by comparing the contents in the system.

The puzzle pieces were sorted out one by one, and the originally scattered content was gradually straightened out.

Lu Xinran wanted to look through it immediately, but was afraid that the emperor would find out that she had added Hua Fei's past.

I could only force the booklet to close as if my heart was being pinched by a cat's claws.

"But is there anything else I can do for you?"

The Queen looked at her with a smile. Since the last time they were imprisoned together, the Queen had never referred to herself as "this Queen" to her again.

I was too close to her, and Lu Xinran smiled and shook her head again: "Don't bother your Majesty for now, I need to go back and sort it out before deciding what to do next."

However, if possible, she should also take the opportunity to download the Emperor and the Empress Dowager's pamphlets as well.

The queen's eyes rolled around, and she guessed what she was thinking without her saying anything. She smiled and stood up, "Let's go, let's go and pay our respects to the queen mother. The queen mother has always been thinking about you. It's rare for you to come to the palace, so you must spend some time with the queen mother and talk more."