Chapter 145 The Safe in the Queen's Bedroom
So, it seems that Zhou Ping'an fell into the water because he was drunk.
In fact, it was his father's foster nanny who pushed him into the water.
And because the Sixth Prince was the Minister of Dali Temple and did not want to care about Zhou Ping'an's life or death, he classified Zhou Ping'an's death as an accident.
Since the Chinese New Year, the Zhou family members have left one after another.
Some were suicides, some were accidents, all within two months.
Of Prime Minister Zhou's children, only Queen Zhou was left, who lived in the deep palace and was high and mighty.
Mrs. Zhou also felt that she was getting older and older and was no longer able to do anything.
Seeing Zhou Xiang’s gray hair, I felt a little distressed.
"The eldest brother has passed away, and we are the old people sending off the young. We are too old to bear it anymore. Why don't we retire and return home?"
Old? Zhou Xiang touched his hair in front of the bronze mirror. He was not yet sixty years old, and was still in the prime of his life.
Moreover, he is at the peak of his career now, so how could he retire at this stage? He is unwilling to do so.
"Boss, he is just confused. I know what he wants to do. He just wants to take the position of the prefect of the capital. I don't want him to take the position because I have a more important and better position for him..."
Who knew he would be so impatient.
Compared to when he was young, it's really different.
Madam Zhou was furious: "Since you had other plans in mind, why didn't you tell the boss earlier?"
Zhou Xiang was also prepared to have a good talk with his son to calm his mind.
But when he came back from the palace, Zhou Ping'an had already gone to drink with his uncle.
I thought since we are all relatives, there is nothing wrong with drinking together.
Who knew drinking could be fatal?
Later, there was a funeral and a lot of other things to do, which delayed me again.
And Zhou Ping'an also had an accident.
Zhou Xiang thought about it carefully, wondering if someone was plotting against him.
Three coroners were called in to perform an autopsy, and they all gave the same answer: the man had drunk alcohol and drowned in the water.
Zhou Ping'an was originally not good at swimming.
The most important thing is, after drinking and walking by the river, where are the servants and maids around you?
The prime minister's residence is so big, with so many servants, but how come there is no one to take charge at the critical moment?
Prime Minister Zhou became furious and wanted to sell off the servants and maids who usually served Zhou Ping'an.
Zhou Ping'an's wife was stopped by several men. In the same room were her maids and old women. Prime Minister Zhou still beat the servant who served Zhou Ping'an to death with a stick.
Zhou Xiang thought of his second son. In fact, the second son was better than the eldest son in terms of talent and cleverness.
But Zhou Ping'an is not only the eldest son in his family, but also the eldest son in the entire clan. He has received the best education since he was young.
The road paved for him is also the smoothest.
He studied, entered the Imperial College, and entered officialdom, starting from the grassroots level, and was promoted almost one level every year.
Just because his father was the prime minister, his promotion seemed normal to outsiders.
But according to the promotion system of the Daning court.
Each position needs to be held for three years, and then the superior leader will evaluate it once a year. All three evaluations will be sent to the Ministry of Personnel for review. Only then will a decision on promotion, continued employment, or demotion be made based on the performance.
Today, this system only restricts ordinary people and is completely useless for special groups.
If this isn't corruption, then what is?
Old Madam Zhou felt that her family had not had peace since the Chinese New Year, with funerals happening one after another, so she decided to find a Taoist priest to do some fortune-telling.
Zhou Xiang intuitively felt that someone was trying to harm him, and eventually set his target on the ninth prince Zhao Zhuoxi.
On this day, early in the morning, Zhao Zhuoxi was called into the palace by the emperor again.
The old eunuch said that the emperor was upset and wanted to find someone to play chess with, talk to, and relieve his boredom.
But this time, Zhao Zhuoxi brought three people into the palace.
Originally it was not allowed, but Zhao Zhuoxi said that she had been feeling unwell recently and had to take medicine every two hours. She was also sleepy. In order to prevent accidents, she wanted to bring servants into the palace to serve her.
So, this time, in addition to Jiang Jiu, Nishang and Lu Ming also entered the palace together.
As soon as he entered the palace, Zhao Zhuoxi played chess with the emperor.
Lu Ming waited outside while Jiang Jiu and Nishang found the kitchen and boiled medicine together.
The old lady supervisor also sent people to monitor, but found nothing wrong.
But today is a special day. Queen Zhou, who never leaves the palace, accompanied Old Madam Zhou to the Guanyin Temple.
The round trip takes about three days.
Jiang Jiu and Nishang found the informant arranged by Zhao Zhuoxi in the palace and changed their clothes directly.
The two of them went straight to the Queen's bedroom.
Because the Queen left, half of the guards left the Queen's bedroom, resulting in fewer patrols around it.
The remaining palace maids and eunuchs, most of whom were not taken seriously, took the opportunity to secretly slack off.
So, Jiang Jiu and Nishang had the opportunity to enter the Queen's bedroom.
"Did you really find out that the thing you found was in the bedroom of the palace?"
Nichang took Jiang Jiu and pretended to be a palace maid cleaning the place, tiptoeing.
Jiang Jiu was of course confident: "Think about it, that safe is different from the ancient wooden boxes, it will definitely attract attention.
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"Besides, everyone wants the things in there. Since the queen got it first, she must have hidden it where she can see it every day."
However, this thing is too dangerous, and Zhou Hou didn't dare to move before it was opened.
Jiang Jiu flashed and went straight into the queen's bedroom.
Unlike what is shown in movies and TV dramas, the palace is very large.
The palace is filled with various decorations, including double-sided embroidered screens, and each piece of furniture is priceless.
Jiang Jiu just glanced around and went straight into the Queen's bedroom.
With just one glance, Jiang Jiu saw the unique layout.
A grey metal cabinet.
Looking at the wheel on the metal cabinet, it is also a modern setting, a combination wheel.
Jiang Jiu admired Jiang Yao's brain very much. Who could make such an exquisite safe?
But since it was done, an ancient person would definitely not be able to figure it out.
Jiang Jiu touched the code and it worked.
It seems that Zhou Hou doesn't know the password, so she doesn't dare to move.
But what is the password?
Jiang Jiu pondered deeply, recalling every detail carefully.
The things belong to Jiang Yao, and the password was naturally set by her. Since she was willing to leave a letter, she was naturally willing to leave the password.
Yes, that letter.
Thanks to Jiang Jiu's good memory, he carefully recalled the contents of the letter.
Birthday?
Jiang Jiu turned the password, making a crisp clicking sound.
no.
Time travel day?
Jiang Jiu turned again, but the safe still didn't open.
The date of death, definitely not. Who can predict the date of their own death?
If she were Jiang Yao, what password would she set?
Suddenly, Jiang Jiu had an idea. He remembered that at the end of the envelope, Jiang Yao had written a sentence: "After traveling for a long time, the clouds in my hometown are all fragrant."
Clouds of Hometown, the sheet music of the first line of lyrics.
5-1-1-2-2-5.
Jiang Jiu slowly turned the combination wheel, and with a "click", the safe actually opened.
When he opened the cabinet, Jiang Jiu's eyes almost popped out.