Meng Qi said excitedly, "Let's go and take a look."
Yuan Dong said, "Princess, don't worry. It will be time to deliver the charcoal soon. I am afraid they will come to Youzi to pay their respects to you again."
Meng Qi nodded. That's right. The person who delivered the charcoal was from Concubine Xiang. Every time he came, he would use a passerby to pay his respects. Sometimes he didn't say a lot, but was full of scrutiny and inquiry.
"Okay, we'll go later. Go eat and change your clothes first."
Wang Chenghai nodded and turned back to the west room.
After a while, Meng Qi was standing in the yard. Just as Wang Chenghai said, the yard was not big and was in a dilapidated state. It seemed that no one had been in there for at least more than ten years.
Meng Qi looked at the small courtyard. There were three main rooms, two side rooms on each side, an annex, and a bathroom. There was no back room or back room. Judging from the direction of the house, it should be the Lanxin Palace that Yuan Dong mentioned.
As if to confirm his guess, Meng Qi walked to the door of the main house and looked at the plaque carefully. The green plaque had tilted down and seemed about to fall off. The words on it were blurred, and only the word "Lan" could be vaguely seen. Yes, this should be it.
Wang Chenghai watched Meng Qi heading towards the main room. He hurriedly took two steps and whispered, "Don't worry, Princess. I'll go in and take a look first. I wonder what's inside. I'd better not offend you again."
Meng Qi knew what he meant. It was simply a house that had been uninhabited for a long time. Maybe something would float around. But she wasn't afraid at all. Could anything scarier than her experience?
"Didn't Ah Hua just go in? She should be fine. You can just walk ahead. We came late, and if we don't hurry, it will be dark. We have to check out the main house first today, and then check the other places tomorrow morning."
When Wang Chenghai heard her say this, he bowed and walked into the main room first.
This place didn't look like the messy backyard of Hanyuan, but it could be seen that there were no decent household items originally. I'm afraid that after no one lived here, all the useful and valuable things were taken back by the Shanggong Bureau.
Although there are two rooms in the east and west, there is no door. It is like a large house. Standing at the door, you can see the two rooms and the central hall clearly.
Wang Chenghai went to the east first, rummaging through the two wooden boxes. Meng Qi went to the west, where there was a dressing table with a bronze mirror on top. Rats had gnawed off two corners of the dressing table.
There was a cradle on the kang in the west room, with a quilt rolled up inside. The cotton that had been gnawed by mice had all come out, and there was also a lot of mouse droppings, which obviously showed that they had made a nest.
The Duobao Pavilion was empty. Meng Qi saw a stool on the ground, thought for a moment, and then stood on it carefully. However, he couldn't see the top layer, which was covered with thick layers of dust.
Wang Chenghai came over with a tattered box, looked at Meng Qi in panic and said, "Princess, be careful. I'll go up and take a look later." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to help Meng Qi down.
"What did you find?" Meng Qi asked, patting the dust off his hands.
"There's nothing in the cabinet over there. I saw this box under the bed." Wang Chenghai handed the box to Meng Qi.
Meng Qi took it and took two steps towards the window. It turned out to be a very exquisite box. The hinges and lock had obviously been pried off. There were also traces of being scratched by a sharp object on the box. It was probably inlaid with gems or something.
Because there was no hinge, Meng Qi opened the box, and the lid fell to the ground, and the box scattered. Inside was a child's bellyband and some small clothes, as well as a purse. The pattern on it could not be seen due to age, and a pair of small tiger-head shoes.
Meng Qi thought about what Yuan Dong said, that the last occupant of Lanxin Palace was the Concubine Zhuang. She was pregnant at the time, and for some unknown reason she had an accident when she was more than seven months pregnant, resulting in two deaths. She was afraid that these were all prepared by Concubine Zhuang for her unborn child.
Wang Chenghai looked at these items and smiled, "These shoes are really well made. They look like they were worn by a child who just learned to walk. I just wonder which master in the palace lived here before."
After hearing what Wang Chenghai said, Meng Qi took the shoes in her hand again and asked, "You said these shoes are for a child who has just learned to walk?"
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