Chapter 632: Interrogation
This question, it is estimated that no one can say it clearly except for the crown princess herself.
The crown princess has denied it countless times in front of the prince and Chen Liangdi, but she has not been able to come up with any useful arguments to prove that she really hasn't done it. After many years, she couldn't prove that she didn't know that there was a problem with the medicinal incense sent by Chen Liangdi's mother's family, and she couldn't prove that she didn't let people send the problematic medicinal incense to the emperor's grandson's house. She could only insist that she didn't know at all, and it was the first time she heard today that the medicinal incense had been manipulated, even if she really sent the problematic medicinal incense to the emperor's grandson, which caused the latter to die of illness, it could only be said that it was an unintentional mistake. The medicinal fragrance is the hands and feet of the Chen family, and the responsibility is naturally on the Chen family.
Chen Liangdi didn't believe it at all, she had already decided that the crown princess had bad intentions, and of course she wouldn't easily believe the latter's defense. The more she thought about it, the more she felt justified. The crown princess first concealed the news that she was pregnant, and the medicinal powder left in the emperor's grandson's house was problematic, as well as the right symptoms, as well as the complaints that the crown princess herself said today, no matter how you look at it, it seems to prove that the crown princess has a motive to kill the eldest emperor's grandson, and she did it. After Chen Liangdi drilled the tip of the horns, all kinds of attacks and accusations against the crown princess blurted out without any scruples. Among them, there is really the fact that the crown princess secretly calculated Chen Liangdi. Chen Liangdi's accusation is right about one thing, and it is difficult to conclude that what she said is false. It is impossible to distinguish between the true and the false. Chen Liangdi is now dead without proof, and the basin of sewage on the princess's body is only afraid that it will be more difficult to clean.
The crown prince was embarrassed to explain the situation, except to say the facts he knew without any emotion, he had no way to defend his wife in front of his father. From the reaction of the crown princess, we know that she is not completely clear-conscience, but she just doesn't know how many things she has a weak heart and which ones.
The emperor rebuked with a heavy face: "It's just not like words!"
The prince lowered his head and said sadly, "Erchen...... It's really negligent, and it's too careless. If Erchen could have realized the knot in the crown princess's heart one day earlier, explained it more, and disciplined Chen Liangdi well, maybe what happened today would not have happened......"
"Nonsense!" Of course, the emperor would not feel that his son was at fault, "the matter of the house in the backyard is the duty of the wife. You are busy enough to assist me in handling government affairs every day, and I have to worry that your body will not be able to bear it, so I tell you to work less tired, and leave the irrelevant political affairs to the people below to worry about. If this is the case, you still have to be distracted to take care of the trivial matters in the backyard, where can you still have the time to rest? It is clear that the crown princess is negligent in her duties! Chen Liangdi, whether she has the intention to replace her, or is unwilling to be resentful, she should be disciplined by the concubine. She can't suppress the concubine, and she can't take on the responsibility of raising the emperor and grandson, what kind of princess is she doing?!"
Speaking of this, the emperor also regretted it a little in his heart. At that time, the prince was weak, and he didn't even know if the prince could live to succeed to the throne, and he couldn't help but marry a concubine to the prince, so he could only choose the Tang family in thousands of ways, hoping that with the Tang family as the Yue family, he could somewhat stabilize the prince's position, and told the government and the opposition officials and people not to despise the prince. Tang Lao Shangshu and his family have always done well, and they have not disappointed the emperor for decades. The daughter of the Tang family became the crown princess, and she looks dignified and elegant, knowledgeable and courteous, except for some deficiencies in the heirs, there is basically no major problem. Even if you have a weak temperament and can't control the situation in getting along with your wife and concubine, it is harmless. The emperor felt that the crown prince would not be confused, and would not do anything to spoil his concubine and kill his wife, so what did it matter if the crown princess was weak? It's a big deal that when the palace chooses concubines for the prince in the future, it is enough to choose more women with docile temperaments and honest rules. Chen Liangdi was chosen by the Tang family themselves, although she didn't get into the eyes of the emperor, for the sake of her giving birth to the emperor's grandson, her actions were not too out of line, so let her go......
As a result, as soon as I relaxed, something as big as today happened.
The emperor knew that Chen Liangdi was certainly the one who made a fuss today, but the crown princess was not completely responsible. However, this matter is not to blame on the Tang family. The crown princess herself was estranged from her mother's family, and was only close to Chu Zhengfang's husband and wife, so what could the Tang family do? When the crown princess was selected that day, the family background was the most important, and the emperor felt that the Tang family was almost the same in terms of talent and character, and his body was also healthy, so he selected the person and did not examine it carefully, which was indeed a major mistake. If the crown princess had been selected back then, he could have chosen someone with a more resolute temperament, and the queen mother would have come forward and carefully selected the candidate, maybe this would not be the result today, right?
The emperor sighed and said to the queen mother: "The truth of the year needs to be investigated." If the crown princess is really guilty, she needs to be punished. Although the prince and her are husband and wife, they are afraid that they will not be willing to interrogate, and they have to ask the queen mother to bother more. β
The Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh. She is not the emperor's biological mother, so in many things, she is unwilling to offend the emperor and the crown prince, father and son, although she is not satisfied with the princess's actions, she will never put on a too strict attitude. Otherwise, with the princess's rude behavior of not going to ask her for several months when she said she was sick, she could have punished the princess to kneel in the ancestral hall. It is estimated that the crown princess dared to be disrespectful to her, but she also relied on knowing that she would not be more serious, right? However, the queen mother also knew that there was no owner in the harem, and she was unavoidable, and the emperor himself spoke, she had to come forward, so she had to agree.
The Queen Mother said: "The crown princess has repeatedly said that she doesn't know, but her words have no basis. Now that Chen Liangdi is dead, he has to ask someone to take down the two maids and interrogate them carefully to know what happened back then. If the crown princess has sent medicinal incense to the eldest grandson, there will naturally be palace people running errands, and the accounts will also be kept. If Chen Liangdi's mother's family had offered a problematic medicinal incense, there should be a record on the side of the Internal Affairs Office. Chen Liangdi knew that there was something wrong with the medicinal incense offered by her mother's family, which might harm the emperor's grandson, and the henchmen and maids around her must also know. The palace people waiting in the house of the emperor's grandson should also know where the medicinal incense in the house comes from. After the death of the emperor's grandson that year, the people waiting in his house were all demoted, except for one maid who was Chen Liangdi's former confidant, and asked Chen Liangdi to be transferred back to his side, the rest of the people were sent to the Huanyi Bureau. After more than ten years of hard work, he must not have died. Let the chief eunuch call everyone over and ask them one by one, as long as something harmful has indeed happened, there will definitely be traces. β
Wu Siyan responded one by one and quickly took the order.
After a while, the steward eunuch sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to interrogate the maids beside Chen Liangdi also heard back.
Since Chen Liangdi was grounded this time, her spirit has indeed deteriorated day by day. The palace people around her felt that something was wrong, and suspected that there was a problem with the daily drinking water, and later after careful investigation, they found that the incense sent by the palace maid around the crown princess was different. The crown princess punished Chen Liangdi for copying Buddhist scriptures, and when copying Buddhist scriptures, incense must be burned, so she even sent incense with Buddhist scriptures, as well as paper and pencils. Chen Liangdi smells the problematic incense every day, her spirit is getting worse day by day, but her temper is getting more and more irritable day by day. After the palace people found out about this, Chen Liangdi immediately said that this was the princess deliberately harming her, and she was suspicious, and said to the palace people around her that the princess had actually learned these ruthless methods, and she really mislooked at the princess in the past.
When the queen mother, the emperor and the crown prince heard the return of the steward eunuch, their faces were not very good-looking. The Queen Mother immediately asked the imperial doctor, who had not yet left, to check the incense, and sure enough, it was adulterated with medicine. In addition, the ink used for copying scriptures was also manipulated. Anyone who smells the fragrance of Buddha and ink at the same time for a long time will first become mentally exhausted and short-tempered, and after a long time, they may even hallucinate and become insane.
If Chen Liangdi had been suspicious of the crown princess early on because of these problems with the fragrance of Buddha and ink, and after hearing the princess's words of resentment, he directly suspected the death of the emperor's grandson, it would not be strange at all. Her previous appearance of madness was probably also caused by the influence of these incense. However, is the incense in Chen Liangdi's place really the hands and feet of the crown princess?
The prince asked the eunuch in charge: "Which palace man sent incense and Buddhist scriptures to Chen Liangdi?"
The steward eunuch also asked: "It's the grass." β
The crown prince sank his face and said to the queen mother and the emperor: "Xiancao is the person who was placed in the East Palace by the prince of Shu and Mama Qiu. β
The emperor said in a deep voice: "Even if someone really has a heart to provoke it, it will be deceived, and it is stupid!"
Obviously, Xiancao didn't explain everything she did before, but I'm afraid it was also selfish. But now that the truth is revealed, what awaits her will naturally be the end she deserves.
The problem has not been completely resolved. Next, when the emperor's grandson died of illness many years ago, the palace people waiting in the relevant palace rooms of the East Palace were interrogated, but I am afraid that it will take some time. The emperor was busy with government affairs and needed to leave first, and he didn't even mention seeing the crown princess before leaving, and it was estimated that he was already very dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law. The crown prince still has to stay in the East Palace, instruct all the palace people and chamberlains to keep their mouths shut about what happened today, and go to see the crown princess again, and he has to appease his daughter Minshun County Lord, who came to inquire uneasily after hearing the news, is really too busy to get out.
The Queen Mother called Qin Hanzhen and went back to Cining Palace first. Although she took over a troublesome matter, she didn't have to stay in the East Palace to judge people.
After returning to Cining Palace, she said to Qin Hanzhen with a pleasant face: "Good boy, don't be afraid. Today, I told you to see the jokes in our palace. But you're not an outsider, and there's nothing to shy away from. Except for Brother Mo, don't tell anyone about today's events. It's about the face of the prince, the emperor will make a decree sooner or later, and we don't need to open our mouths. β
Of course, Qin Hanzhen would not have mentioned today's experience to anyone other than Zhao Mo. Even if it was Zhao Mo, it was because she knew that there were many things in the East Palace that she did not shy away from him. She hurriedly said to the Queen Mother: "The Queen Mother can rest assured, her great-granddaughter-in-law is by no means a person with many tongues. β
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded, and asked someone to take a box of scattered jewels and stuffed it to Qin Hanzhen: "These things are more suitable for your young daughter-in-law, the mourning family can't use them, you can take them back and play." β
Qin Hanzhen couldn't laugh or cry, thinking to himself that this was just hush money? But if he didn't take the good things for nothing, he thanked the Queen Mother for her grace and went home with the box of jewels in his hand.
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