Chapter 192: The Ghost Lingers
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In the middle of the building, Li Shuci stood under the stout ginkgo tree in the backyard, holding the secret letter sent by the Confucian King this morning, unable to calm down for a long time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Helian Tao unconsciously picked it up with his toes, neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere was very dull. Mu Yun was stunned for a long time before he came up with a sentence: "Shen family...... What a big game of chess played by the Shen family!"
Mu Shan stood aside coldly, the Shen family was the enemy of their brother and sister, no matter what, he had to be the mastermind behind the scenes. "Fifth master, when are we going to do it. "Since everyone is familiar with her, only He Quan, Wushan, and Mushan call her that. Xiang Jiu called her Li Worm, and Helian Tao's brothers and sisters called her Xiao Wu.
Li Shuci sighed, led everyone into the room, threw the secret letter into the brazier, and said, "I didn't expect this matter to be so complicated. There are too many people involved in such a royal secret. Before, I tried to make a fuss about the appearance of Shen Yuan and the Nine Emperor Princes, hoping to remind Concubine Yi that Shen Yuan's identity was suspicious. However, the dark stakes of the various forces in the palace are very complicated, and anything can happen. Obviously, someone else said something to Shen Jiayi, which aroused her suspicion of Empress Shen, so the prince traded this matter with her. ”
"The prince asked Concubine Yi to find the portrait of Empress Shen back then, and he must have felt that Shen Jiayi and Empress Shen did have similarities, it seems that we still have to start from the things of that year. Helian Tao said in a muffled voice.
Li Shuci took out a small statue from his sleeve pocket, "This is sent by the prince with the secret letter, and it should be temporarily traced by someone." "After the death of Empress Shen, many pictures and portraits of the ladies and ladies were buried with her life, and there were not many left. "It's also the first time I've seen it. ”
Helian Tao took it and looked at it carefully for a long time, "I don't think I feel anything like Concubine Yi......"
"I don't see any ingenuity in that. I don't know much about Empress Shen, I really can't think of anything......" Li Shuci's fingers unconsciously swiped around the table, "Have you ever heard the old general Helian mention Empress Shen?"
Helian Tao shook his head, "No...... My father never mentioned the death of Empress Shen, but I also secretly checked that before Empress Shen entered the palace, there was almost nothing special left. It's just that in the past few years from entering the palace to the news of her death, she has achieved various goals by thunderous means, and the harem is very calm, and the palace concubine can almost be described as 'frightened' when she sees her. Therefore, there are not many palace concubines and palace maids who are familiar with her, and the only one who is familiar with her and often interacts with her is Concubine De. ”
"Concubine De Niangniang......" Li Shuci suddenly remembered what Princess Anyang had inadvertently mentioned during her ceremony. "Princess Anyang once told me that she had an unexpected dispute between Concubine De and Empress Shen, and Concubine De called Empress Shen 'Aya'. ”
"Aya?" Helian Tao was stunned for a moment, "I've never heard of this name...... Could it be Empress Shen's real name before she joined the Shen family?"
The two looked at Mu Yun almost at the same time, and Mu Yun was startled by the two of them: "What, what's wrong?"
Li Shuci almost felt that a layer of white sweat immediately appeared on her back! Everyone looked at her and Helian Tao, waiting for them to explain, she twitched her thoughts in her mind, and forced herself to stabilize her mind before she spoke: "Gu Rou...... Mu Yun, what we guessed about your mother last time, do you remember? The ancient surname is the surname of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and we guess that Gu Rou is the descendant of the family slave given by the royal family, but her identity is impossible to be elected to the palace as a palace maid. But she not only entered the palace as a palace maid, but was also entrusted by Queen Shen and took away the prince. So we guessed that she may have entered the palace through Empress Shen after Empress Shen entered the palace. ”
Li Shuci paused slightly, gave everyone time to think, and continued: "In the past, we thought that it was possible that Gu Rou and Empress Shen met unexpectedly, and there was something we didn't know that could make Empress Shen trust Gu Rou very much. But now it seems that Concubine De also seems to have some unknown relationship with Empress Shen, and even knew Empress Shen before she entered the palace. If the 'Aya' in Concubine De's mouth is Queen Shen's true identity. What does that mean?"
Helian Tao was almost shocked by this conjecture with goosebumps!"Gu Rou, Gu Erzhen, Gu Erya ......"
Everyone was stunned by this speculation, and the entire space seemed to freeze in a dead silence.
After a while, Mu Yun muttered, "This, how is it possible? Empress Shen turned out to be an orphan of the previous dynasty?"
No one answered her, because everyone had such a question in their hearts.
After a while, Li Shuci came to his senses from his guess and said: "Since the Shen family can save the fourth master of the Yang family in advance, why can't they meet and save another princess of the previous dynasty by chance? Or perhaps, the Shen family does not know the true identity of Empress Shen at all, but Empress Shen took the initiative to approach the Shen family, found a suitable identity for herself, and gained the trust of the Shen family, with the purpose of borrowing the hands of the Shen family to enter the palace. With Empress Shen's means, it is not impossible. But the Shen family planned a 'dead queen' bait for the king, and several parties had their own ghosts, so it led to the later situation!"
"Xiao Wu, are these people really so terrible!" Helian Tao's eyes looked straight at Li Shuci, there seemed to be waves rolling in his eyes, and Li Shuci was also up and down on the waves, unable to be at peace.
"Empress Shen went all the way to enter the palace, is it for revenge?" Qingge was the only outsider among all of them, and she said in a word: "The girl said, Princess Anyang heard that Concubine De and Queen Shen had a dispute, could it be because the two of them were both princesses of the previous dynasty, but their positions were different?"
Li Shuci raised his eyes to look at her, and suddenly felt that the aura had penetrated the layers of mist, "I didn't say it, it's very likely that this is the reason...... Concubine De Niangniang grew up with Jun Shang since she was a child, and she has a deep affection for Jun Shang, and Concubine De Niangniang is kind in nature and can't bear to hurt others. And Queen Shen is different, she is vicious and ruthless, and after entering the palace, she used all means to kill the prince. So much so that before Empress Shen died, only the children born to Concubine De were left. The dispute between the two of them may be because of Empress Shen's cruelty, or maybe because Empress Shen forced Concubine De to attack you......"
Helian Tao took a sip of strong tea and said, "As the contradiction grows bigger and bigger, Empress Shen has decided to kill Concubine De as well......"
"Empress Shen wants the king to cut off his children and grandchildren, leaving only her own blood to take the throne?" Mu Shan couldn't help but think deeply of the sentence 'the most poisonous woman's heart'.
"I think this is the beginning of another premeditated game...... Li Shuci kept thinking about things that he hadn't thought about before, "After Empress Shen killed Concubine De, she knew that it was impossible for the king to let her continue, and she may have known the agreement between the Shen family and the king, so she had already made arrangements a long time ago, and on the day she gave birth, she used the golden cicada to get out of the shell and send the newborn child out of the palace." ”
Mu Yun said: "Since this Empress Shen is so capable and has such clever means, why don't you save yourself too!"
Li Shuci and Helian Tao were both taken aback, they both subconsciously thought that Empress Shen was dead, and it was already the limit for a woman who had just given birth to give birth to send the child away, could she still survive the premeditated murder? But ...... If Empress Shen herself had already prepared early, there would be nothing impossible!"Could it be ......?"
Helian Tao wiped a handful of cold sweat, feeling that this Empress Shen was simply haunting, terrifying to the extreme! He said: "If Empress Shen is not dead, then where is she? In the Shen family?"
"Oh no!" Li Shuci stood up suddenly, "Go back to the mansion! Let's hurry back to the house! Shizi, you go and send someone to keep an eye on everyone in the Li Mansion now, and you can't let go of any of them! Except for my grandfather, my father, the people who leave the mansion don't care about the three, seven, twenty-one, and all of them will be stared at if they are the slightest suspicious!"
After Li Shuci finished speaking, she turned around, and her skirt unfolded at her feet, turning into a flower that was extremely bewitching. She rushed out of the house without looking back, Qingge saw that Mu Yun was still stunned, grabbed her and followed Li Shuci out of the house, and went straight to the back corner door. Helian Tao was stunned for a moment, knowing that Li Shuci must have remembered something. also hurriedly followed her out of the door, and told the secret guard to hurry up.
In the Jinhuan Palace, Shen Jiayi leaned on the brocade mat, indescribably tired, with an unconcealable tiredness on her face, she looked at Qiu Ying who was standing not far away, sighed, and said, "I look at it, but I still can't see why." ”
Qiu Ying set her eyes on the portrait in Shen Jiayi's hand, the woman in the portrait was wearing ordinary clothes, standing there quietly, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes looked at the falling leaves beside her, and the whole person seemed to be standing in the center of Wanfang, a proud osmanthus. Qiu Ying said softly: "Niangniang, the slave maid also thinks that Niangniang is not similar to Queen Xianshen, but ......"
Shen Jiayi straightened up slightly, looked at her, and asked, "But what?"
"That's what the slave thinks, don't take it to heart when you hear it. Qiu Ying said with a smile: "The slave maid has been following Niangniang for a long time, and she looks at Niangniang all day long, maybe more than Niangniang herself." The slave maid felt that although Niangniang had no resemblance to Empress Xianshen in appearance, occasionally, Niangniang would show a little charm of the person in the painting. ”
"Shen Yun?" Shen Jiayi remembered what Concubine Hui said, 'not appearance', she picked up the bronze mirror on the side, calmed down, and slowly looked into the mirror according to her usual state of mind. The beauty in the mirror has lips like Danzhu, and her eyes are bright. She subconsciously followed the movements of the person in the painting and looked to the side......
The bronze mirror in his hand fell to the ground with a 'snap'...... Qiu Ying was startled, and hurriedly leaned over to pick up the bronze mirror and put it aside, "Niangniang?"
Shen Jiayi sat there dumbfounded, 'god-like' such a thing, and he was not a direct blood relative, so he couldn't get it from elsewhere, so he could only get along day and night...... When she was born, Empress Shen had been immortal for nearly two years, did she turn into a ghost and fall on her body!
Shen Jiayi covered her face with her hands...... A kind of conjecture that made her creepy came to her mind, could it be that Queen Shen was not dead, and she had been with her day and night......