Jiang Tuantuan said, "Maybe the two sons of the Wang family have become successful and made a lot of money."
The shopkeeper curled his lips and said, "Come on, those two sons of the Wang family are really outrageous. They don't work hard every day. They go out to eat and drink together every day, and then sleep all day. Even now, their mother does all the housework."
"Just this morning, I saw their mother washing clothes. The basin was full of clothes for his two sons."
Jiang Tuantuan curled her lips and said, "Their mother must have worked very hard. It must have cost a lot of money to eat and drink with brothels. I think brothels in Beijing are quite expensive."
The shopkeeper said quietly, "From what I know, they don't have that much money, so they go to some small brothels, so the cost is not very high. There is one on the west street at the edge of the city, and they often go there."
Jiang Tuantuan continued to tease, "Going to brothels every day, their wives must be pissed off."
"Oh, don't mention it. They are both old and still haven't married. The eldest brother was married before, but later divorced for some unknown reason. Now he visits brothels every day, and no young girl is willing to marry him."
"Ah, so maybe it's because they look fierce that people don't like them."
"Oh, no, they are not. On the contrary, they are quite good-looking. The eldest always likes to wear blue clothes, and the second always likes to wear a jade pendant around his waist."
"Oh, I see. I'll be leaving first then."
After getting the information he wanted, Jiang Tuantuan left immediately, preparing to find a corner to hide and wait for the two people, trying to catch some evidence and get some information out of them, because their family suddenly became rich, which was absolutely abnormal. It was impossible for a palace maid to have so much money with her monthly salary.
Jiang Tuantuan, Jiang An and Jiang Li planned to go home for dinner first, and then go to West Street on the edge of the city.
Inside the palace, the queen also sent people to search the palace. In order not to cause too much noise, she only sent a few eunuchs to investigate quietly.
The first place they went to was the head maid's residence. Before the eunuch came, a little eunuch with a round face and round eyes sneaked over, entered the head maid's room, put something under the pillow, and then ran away quickly.
When the eunuchs arrived, they began to search and soon found a bag of arsenic and a puppet under the pillow.
The eunuchs quickly took the things over. When the queen saw these things, she was so angry that she beat the chief palace maid with a stick.
The senior palace maid was surprised when she saw these two things. How did they find the arsenic? She had clearly hidden it under the big locust tree in the yard. And what about the puppet with needles all over its body? She had never made such a thing.
Although he desperately cried out that he was innocent, the queen was merciless. After the beating, dinner was ready, so the queen decided to eat first and then investigate.
Concubine Shu was watching all this from the side, and her heart was chilled.
Jiang Tuantuan and the other two had finished dinner and came to West Street on the edge of the city. Li Jingchen was worried about the three of them coming to such a place alone, so he followed them. The four of them squatted in the corner of an alley, and the angle was just right to see the main entrance of the brothel.
After waiting for half an hour, I finally saw two people. One was wearing blue clothes and the other had a jade pendant on his waist. They should be the Wang brothers that the shopkeeper mentioned.
Seeing that the Wang brothers had already gone in, Jiang Tuantuan and the other three also went in immediately. In order to hide her identity as a woman, she tied her hair neatly up and was still dressed in black. The brothel's madam showed a strange look when she saw these four people. This combination was really a bit strange.
A man was with two little boys, and next to him was a man with extremely handsome looks, even a little feminine. However, when Li Jingchen took out a piece of silver, the madam immediately changed her expression and warmly welcomed them in.
As soon as I walked in, I smelled a strong scent of perfume. The two Wang brothers sat at a table in the lobby. Jiang Tuantuan specially chose a table next to them to sit down, where he could hear their conversation.
A woman walked up to the Wang brothers skillfully and said in a sweet voice, "Two big brothers from the Wang family, we're here tonight, so make sure you have fun."
The Wang brothers smiled lecherously and said, "That depends on how well you accompany me."
Listening to the conversation at the next table, Jiang Tuantuan hated the two Wang brothers more and more. He turned his head immediately and saw Li Jingchen glancing at the second floor from time to time.
Following his gaze, he saw three women dressed very seductively. Jiang Tuantuan was so angry that she stepped hard on him under the table. Li Jingchen almost screamed.
"What are you looking at? Do you want to go up and play too?"
"Tuan Tuan, you really wronged me."
Li Jingchen leaned close to her ear and whispered to her, "Look at those two men on the second floor. Are there any unusual expressions in their eyes? They seem to be staring at the Wang brothers. I've been on the battlefield before and can tell that those two are definitely martial artists. They must have stained their hands with the blood of many people."
After hearing this, Jiang Tuantuan glanced over secretly. It seemed that there was indeed a problem, and he suddenly had a bad feeling.
The Queen also finished her meal and returned to the palace to continue interrogating the head maid and Er Liu.
The senior maid said with tears on her face, "Please understand, Your Majesty, I would never dare to do such a thing. I would never curse anyone."
The Queen threw the puppet down and asked, "How do you explain this?"
The senior maid pointed at Er Liu and said, "It must be her. She must be framing me."
Er Liu said coldly: "Your Majesty, I left the palace a long time ago. I have been staying in the palace since I came here. I have never gone out and never communicated with anyone. How could I have the opportunity to sneak the puppet into her room?"
The senior palace maid found that no matter how she explained, it was useless, and she felt hopeless for a moment.
Concubine Shu was also very upset when she looked at her favorite maid in the past. "Where did you get this arsenic? Why did you want to harm me?"
The Queen also said: "How dare you hide so much arsenic under your pillow? You are really bold."
Under the pillow?
She was clearly hiding under the big locust tree. The senior palace maid yelled out of control: "My Queen, someone must be wrongly accusing me. I was clearly hiding under the big locust tree."
After saying the three words "big locust tree", the palace maid stopped talking and looked in one direction with a face full of fear. Er Liu noticed this look and hurriedly looked in that direction, only to see a figure flash by quickly.
The senior maid's lips trembled, her eyes completely lifeless. "Your Majesty, I poisoned you out of jealousy. Please grant me a quick death."
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