Chapter 150 What's in the Box
"Why did Shu'er dig a dog hole?"
Thinking this in his mind, Chu Chengyi asked directly.
When asking, he was still looking into Chu Qinshu's eyes, smiling dotingly.
But he didn't think his daughter would ask him to do such a strange thing for no reason.
“Ahh.”
[It's not Shu'er who wants to dig a dog hole, it's Daddy who wants to dig a dog hole. 】
Chu Qinshu didn't want to tell the truth, but she hadn't figured out how to say it.
"Okay, Daddy wants to dig a dog hole. Can Shuer tell Daddy where to dig the dog hole?"
Chu Chengyi continued to ask with a smile.
My daughter is still young and couldn’t get to the point, so he came to ask.
"Ohhh...ah."
[In the yard where Yuan Moer lives, there is a dog hole on the west side of the wall. She hid something in it. That thing is useful to Shuer. Daddy, can you help Shuer dig it out? ]
Chu Qinshu didn’t know which courtyard Yuan Moli lived in, but Chu Chengyi definitely knew.
"Okay, Dad will ask someone to help Shuer dig."
When Chu Chengyi heard that he was asked to dig a dog hole to find something, he took it seriously.
But who is Yuan Moer?
“Oh.”
[Dad, that thing is very important, you must not let anyone see it.]
Seeing that Chu Chengyi agreed, Chu Qinshu reminded him seriously.
"Okay, Shu'er, don't worry. Daddy will take Shu'er with him and watch them dig."
Chu Chengyi understood the little expression on Chu Qinshu's face. After patting her to comfort her, he stood up and started looking through the bookshelf.
He was looking for the list of concubines in the backyard.
In the Eastern Palace, there was only Yu Jinyi, whom he recognized and happily married as his principal wife.
The others, whether they were concubines or concubines, or those so-called maids, were all stuffed in by people with ulterior motives.
He didn't like killing women before.
But once he has dealt with those people with ulterior motives, it will be hard to say what will happen.
"Qiu Wang, Guan Jue, bring your tools and follow me to Xinlan Courtyard."
After finding Yuan Moer's residence, Chu Chengyi sat back in his wheelchair and waited for another half an hour before calling someone to go with him to work.
Qiu Gu stayed in the camp outside Beijing, and the person who followed him closely was replaced by Qiu Wang.
Guan Jue is the head of the East Palace's secret guards.
These two people are the ones he trusts most.
He had to take seriously the first thing his daughter asked him to do.
"Your Highness, what tools do you need to bring?"
When Qiu Wang heard about bringing tools, he was confused.
All the people living in Xinlan Courtyard are His Highness' concubines. Are you going to bring the tools to beat them with a stick?
It seems that they did not provoke His Highness today.
"Guan Jue knows, just push me over there."
Not only did Chu Chengyi not want to explain, he also thought Qiu Wang talked too much. He still preferred people who talked less.
Unfortunately, people who don’t talk much don’t know how to hold children.
When Guan Jue received Chu Chengyi's order, he went to Xinlanyuan first.
After he had stunned everyone living in the yard, he began to look for a dog hole along the wall.
He was responsible for protecting Chu Chengyi at night, so he naturally heard everything that happened in the study.
Digging a dog hole, digging Xinlan Courtyard...he knew what tools to use and how to do the job without even thinking.
By the time Chu Chengyi arrived, Guan Jue had already found a dog hole under the west wall that was almost blocked.
"Go dig, there's something hidden inside."
Chu Chengyi gave a reminder, and Guan Jue and Qiu Wang began to shovel the soil with shovels.
Outside the wall is a small alley leading directly to the market.
Although this dog hole has been mostly filled, the soil in the hole is not solid, and it is obvious that it was filled in to conceal the truth.
The capital city is bleak in winter, and the dog holes will be exposed without flowers or grass to hide them.
What is the purpose of the people living in this yard digging this dog hole?
Chu Chengyi looked at the dog hole in deep thought, while Chu Qinshu listened to the sound of the shovel shoveling the soil and waited patiently.
He thought that by collecting these things that were not beneficial to Emperor Yongping, Chu Chengzhao's matter would be over sooner.
"Master, I found it."
The dog hole had been completely dug, and they dug more than a foot deeper toward the ground before they found a wooden box containing women's jewelry.
Guan Jue opened the oil paper wrapped around the box, checked the box from top to bottom and left to right before handing it to Chu Chengyi.
【Daddy, give it to Shu'er quickly.】
Chu Qinshu was covered so tightly by Chu Chengyi that she couldn't see anything outside. When she heard that something had been dug out, she became extremely anxious.
"Um."
Chu Chengyi took the box and checked it. Only after finding nothing wrong did he put it on Chu Qinshu's swaddling clothes.
If possible, he really didn't want Chu Qinshu to touch this box.
Things of unknown origin always make him feel unsafe.
But Chu Qinshu wanted it urgently and also said that it should not be seen by outsiders. What could he do?
He was afraid that if he opened it and read it, Chu Qinshu would get angry.
He had experienced the young man's temper when he had just returned from Jingzhou.
It took a lot of effort to coax her into submission, and I can’t offend her again.
Guan Jue and Qiu Wang quickly restored the dog hole to its original state.
When they returned to the main courtyard, Chu Qinshu had already fallen asleep.
The box that had just been dug out had long since disappeared.
In the space, Chu Qinshu called Xiao Hulu and asked it to open the box.
"Master, you can't open this box?"
Little Gourd suspected that he was being used as a worker by his master, but he had no evidence.
“Well, it can’t be opened.”
Chu Qinshu lied seriously.
She heard that the ancients were good at using hidden weapons, so she didn't want to take the risk.
Although she didn't think a maid had the ability to put a hidden weapon in the box, it's better to be safe than sorry.
"Now that it's open, do you want to look at it yourself or should I help you?"
Little Hulu opened the box easily. The box was not big and the things inside were also very simple.
"Let's watch it together."
Seeing that Xiao Hulu was fine, Chu Qinshu reached out and took the things out of the box.
Two pieces of paper, a handkerchief, a jade pendant, and that was it.
Little Hulu was quick and took two pieces of paper.
Chu Qinshu took the handkerchief and opened it, looking for a long time, but could not see anything.
Then he took out the jade pendant and looked at it over and over again, but still couldn't see anything.
"It is indeed what the Queen did when she returned to Duke Xuan's Mansion nine years ago. It is written quite thoroughly, even with eyewitnesses."
After reading the contents of one piece of paper, Little Gourd handed it to Chu Qinshu, and then it continued to read the second one.
"On the 20th day of the 9th month in the 14th year of the Yongping reign, at the hour of Hai...On the 27th day of the 6th month in the 15th year of the Yongping reign..."
Chu Qinshu looked at the contents on the paper and her little brows wrinkled.
Is this the diary written by the little maid?
Isn't it strange that a little maid can not only read but also write?
"Yue Fei is really stupid. She conspired with others to do something bad and still left such a handle. No wonder she was threatened."
Xiao Hulu also finished reading the second piece of paper.
These are the letters between Concubine Yue and the maid. Of course, there are only letters from Concubine Yue.
These are all long and thin notes that were collected and pasted on this piece of paper. The paper is obviously a secret letter.
"Hmm? Concubine Yue is threatened?"
Chu Qinshu took the second piece of paper handed to her by Xiao Hulu and quickly read all the contents on it.
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