"How about you, Tenth Sister? If it doesn't work, let's go back?"

Zhao Bai looked at Princess Xu, whose face was a little pale, and couldn't help but feel distressed.

"No, since I'm here, I have to give it a try no matter what!"

But the little princess acted very strong, which made Zhao Bai and Zhao Xu embarrassed to persuade her.

The little princess took a deep breath and then stepped forward, stepping onto the steps in front of the Bajiaojing.

Originally there was a cover at the mouth of the well, but Ning Fu asked someone to open the cover. Then everyone stepped back a few feet, leaving the little princess standing alone at the mouth of the well.

I saw Princess Xu standing alone at the mouth of the well, her thin body trembling slightly, but she did not take a step back.

For Princess Xu, returning to the octagonal well was like returning to the scene in her nightmare. It seemed that there would be a pair of hands behind her at any time to push her down the well.

"Ah~"

Princess Xu suddenly screamed, grabbed the railing with both hands, and leaned forward suddenly, as if she was about to jump into a well.

"Yirou, tenth sister!"

Zhao Xu and Zhao Bai screamed in fright, and immediately rushed forward and helped the little princess.

Ning Fu also stepped forward quickly, only to find that the little princess's face was pale and full of fear.

"How are you, Yirou?"

Zhao Xu asked eagerly while holding his sister's arm.

"I...I remembered!"

Although the little princess's face was pale, her eyes suddenly flashed with joy.

"Ten sister, what do you remember?"

Zhao Bai also asked with ecstasy after hearing this.

"It was an old palace maid. I remembered it. It was an old palace maid who coaxed me here and then pushed me down the well!"

The little princess held the two brothers' hands tightly and said excitedly.

Not only did she think of the old palace maid who pushed him down the well, but she also recalled some lost memories from her childhood.

"Princess, do you know the old palace maid, or do you remember her appearance?"

Ning Fu couldn't help but interrupt and asked.

"I don't know her, but I remember seeing her at the Queen Mother's place, and I still remember her face!"

When the little princess said the last words, an angry expression appeared on her face.

She remembered everything. On that day six years ago, she was playing in the Imperial Garden and was tricked by the old palace maid, saying that the Queen Mother wanted to see her. She was too young at the time and had no idea that people's hearts were sinister, so she was unprepared.

Follow the other person away.

As a result, the old palace maid took her to the octagonal well and pushed her into the well with her own hands.

"Queen Mother? Which Queen Mother?"

Zhao Bai immediately asked, "There are three queen mothers in the palace, and two of them are alive."

"Of course it's the Queen Mother. I remember very clearly that I once met that old maid in the Queen Mother's palace. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been so easily coaxed away by her at that time!"

The little princess answered immediately.

"It's her again!"

Zhao Xu gritted his teeth in anger when he heard this. When he heard his sister mention the Queen Mother just now, the first thing that came to his mind was Queen Mother Gao.

"Tong Guan!"

Zhao Xu immediately roared angrily.

"The slave is here!"

Tong Guan was so frightened that his whole body trembled, and he immediately stepped forward to answer.

"Gather all the maids who were around the Queen Mother during her lifetime!"

Zhao Xu immediately ordered that since his sister remembered the appearance of the old palace maid and also knew that she was someone close to Empress Dowager Gao, it would be easier to just ask her to identify her.

Tong Guan agreed upon hearing this and immediately ran to do it.

Zhao Xu helped his sister back to Chui Gong Hall. At this time, Princess Xu's expression finally returned to normal.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Tong Guan finally brought a group of palace ladies to Chui Gong Hall.

Empress Dowager Gao has a distinguished status, and of course there are a large number of palace maids around her. Moreover, Princess Xu only said that she had seen her in the palace of Empress Dowager Gao, so this old palace maid may not be someone close to Empress Dowager Gao, but someone who can enter and exit the palace of Empress Dowager Gao.

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In this way, the scope will be larger.

Fortunately, Princess Xu said that the other party was an old palace maid. Generally speaking, if a palace maid reaches the age of marriage, she can leave the palace and get married.

But there are also some palace ladies who have been in the palace since childhood and are unwilling to leave the palace, so they live in the palace all their lives.

Therefore, the old palace maid must be the second type. In this way, the scope is much narrowed.

For example, Tong Guan has brought forty or fifty old palace maids. They are either people close to Empress Dowager Gao, or people who can enter and leave the palace of Empress Dowager Gao.

"Let them come forward one by one!"

Zhao Xu ordered again, and Tong Guan immediately agreed.

Under Tong Guan's arrangement, these old maids came forward one by one. Princess Xu hid behind her two brothers and identified the maids one by one.

However, when these old maids walked around, Princess Xu all shook their heads in denial. It was obvious that the person who pushed her was not here.

"Any more?"

Zhao Xu frowned and asked Tong Guan again.

"There are still a few qualified maids from the official family. However, after the death of the Queen Mother, the imperial mausoleum needed someone to take care of it, so several old maids were sent to the Yonghou Mausoleum and cannot come back for the time being.

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Tong Guan replied immediately.

Fortunately, the Song Dynasty did not have the habit of burying people with the Queen Mother. Otherwise, if the people around the Queen Mother were really buried, it would be a sign of innocence.

"Send someone to call her back immediately. Also, have any eligible maids died in the past few years?"

Zhao Xu asked again after giving instructions.

He now has a bad feeling. If the old palace maid passes away in the past six years, the line will be broken.

"A few qualified old palace maids have died, but the youngest of them is over sixty years old."

Tong Guan replied immediately.

"Brother Emperor, I remember that the old palace maid was only about forty years old. It should be impossible for her to die so soon!"

Princess Xu suddenly spoke.

People in their forties can only be called middle-aged in later generations, but in this era, they can already be called old.

"If you say that, the other party should still be alive, and he is probably among the old maids guarding the imperial mausoleum!"

Zhao Bao also opened his eyes wide at this time, his face full of excitement.

Zhao Bai even suspected that it was probably this old palace maid who poisoned him in the first place.

"Immediately send people from the Imperial City Department to arrest all those old palace maids and keep them under strict supervision along the way!"

Zhao Xu ordered again.

"Guan family, something is wrong. If the old palace maid really went to guard the imperial mausoleum, then who was the one who poisoned Concubine Liu before?"

Ning Fu suddenly raised a question at this time.

"It seems that there is only one explanation. The mastermind behind the scenes should not be one person, but a strict organization. There must be her accomplices in the palace!"
Chapter completed!