Seeing the young eunuch's current state and the fact that he still refused to reveal who was behind it, Li Eimi felt that she couldn't pry his mouth open no matter what she did.
Although she didn't get any useful information out of him, Li Ai Mi knew she couldn't just let him go. So she told the embroiderer, "Since he won't tell us, there's no point. Embroiderer, kill him."
In the middle of the night, two figures quietly appeared outside a palace.
"Do you really know where I can find food?" The person who spoke was a woman. She was a young maid who had just entered the palace this year. She had no status in the laundry department, so she was often bullied. It was common for her to not have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear.
"Don't worry, I know for sure and I won't let you starve." The other one was also a woman, but just by listening to her voice, you could tell that she was much bolder than the one who spoke before.
This woman entered the palace a year earlier than the previous one. She felt very sympathetic towards this new woman who was bullied as soon as she entered the palace, so she made friends with her.
But she was just an ordinary palace maid, how much help could she provide?
Although some people would not openly bully another woman for her sake, there were still many people who tried to trip her up behind her back.
On this day, a woman named Xiaohong was punished by not being allowed to have dinner because she did not finish washing her clothes.
After Xiao Ning found out, he told Xiao Hong that he knew where there was something to eat and wanted to take her out to eat. That's how the two of them sneaked out.
The two of them quietly came to the lotus pond and caught two carp as long as chopsticks in the pond under the bright moonlight.
"See, I didn't lie to you, there really is food." Xiao Ning held the fish and smiled at Xiao Hong, and then the two of them took the two fish and went to a woods.
There were many branches in the woods, which allowed them to roast the fish.
The two were afraid of being discovered by the patrolling guards, so they walked deeper into the woods, but the deeper they went, the more they smelled a strange smell.
"What's that smell? It's so terrible!" Xiao Ming is quite brave. After noticing the smell, she immediately covered her nose and screamed.
Xiaohong, who was standing nearby, also smelled the smell and covered her nose in disgust, but at the same time she shushed Xiaoning, "Shh, keep your voice down. It would be terrible if others found out. It must be because the forest is too deep and there's a smell of rotting branches and leaves."
So the two of them endured the smell and walked forward in the dark. Suddenly, Xiao Ning, who was walking in front, tripped and fell to the ground.
"What is that?" She clearly felt that something had tripped her just now.
At the same time, a strong smell hit his face, and he looked at the thing that tripped him in the moonlight.
"Ah, ghost."
After she saw it clearly, she screamed and turned around to run away. Frightened by her behavior, Xiaohong didn't even see what it was and ran after her.
However, because they were frightened, the two men's shouting naturally attracted the attention of the patrolling guards.
The guard was very disdainful after hearing what Xiao Ning and the others said. He didn't believe there were any ghosts in the world. "You say there are ghosts, then take me to see them."
Although Xiao Ning and the other girl were very reluctant, they had stolen food before and now they were caught, so they dared not disobey. So they bravely took the guards and went back to the place where they discovered the ghost.
"It's right there." Xiao Ning pointed tremblingly at the thing that tripped her. At this time, she had calmed down a little. She knew that what tripped her was not a ghost, but a corpse.
As a result, the news that a body was found in the woods outside the cold palace quickly spread throughout the harem.
At the same time, after hearing the news, Su Mengyan called Xu Chen'an: "Have you examined the body you found? Could Xu Chuchu have done this?"
Because Xu Chuchu had too many criminal records, when Su Mengyan discovered the tragic death of someone in the harem, she immediately suspected Xu Chuchu.
In her opinion, Xu Chuchu is a ruthless person who will do anything to achieve his goals.
So she felt that this matter might be closely related to Xu Chuchu. Who knows if Xu Chuchu wanted the eunuch to do something for her, but was rejected by the eunuch, so she made up her mind to kill the eunuch.
However, after hearing Su Mengyan's words, Xu Chen'an thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "I don't think so. The eunuch suffered many inhuman tortures before his death, and Xu Chuchu has always been good at poisoning. So I think this matter may not have anything to do with Xu Chuchu."
On the other side, Xu Chuchu was extremely surprised when she heard the news. Although she had attacked others several times, she was defeated every time.
Of course, the last time she wanted to take action against Li Aimi, not only did she fail to silence Li Aimi, but she also caused many innocent people to be implicated.
At first, she also suspected that the body of the young eunuch found in the woods of the cold palace might have died from accidentally ingesting the poison she had put in the rock sugar and snow pear juice, but she denied it in an instant. It was impossible. Although she had put poison in the rock sugar and snow pear juice, the poison was a drug that made people deaf and dumb, and was not enough to kill people.
So she immediately became determined that this matter had absolutely nothing to do with her. Then what was the story behind the little eunuch who died outside the cold palace?
Although she knew in her heart that this matter had absolutely nothing to do with her, but the gossip in the harem was terrifying, and the emperor and empress were also aware of her poisoning. If others put a big hat on her for this matter, then she would probably be doomed.
After thinking about it, Xu Chuchu felt that maybe she should go find the Queen Mother, express her loyalty, and let the Queen Mother know that this matter has absolutely nothing to do with her.
After figuring this out, she didn't care about anything else, not even dressing up, and went straight to Su Mengyan's palace.
As soon as she arrived at the Phoenix Palace, she immediately said to Su Mengyan with tears in her eyes: "Empress, although I have done something wrong before, this incident has nothing to do with me. I beg Your Majesty to understand."
She knew that if she wanted Su Mengyan to make decisions for her, she should come up with something that would make her trust her.
Su Mengyan didn't expect Xu Chuchu to come to her so soon, crying and asking her to clear her name.
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