Chapter 49: The Game
Empress Dowager Tian stood up with the back of her chair, feeling dizzy for a while. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The daughter's heart is different, and she repeats her words, so that she doesn't know which sentence to believe.
Seeing that the princess of Wei was gone, the palace maids of the Yellow Gate returned to the palace gate one after another, but they did not dare to come in.
Empress Dowager Tian stood for a while, feeling that the strength around her body was gradually gathering back, and then she called: "Wang Wenyi." ā
Wang Wenyi bowed in and obeyed orders.
"Go and call Tian Chu." She paused, and added, "Go and see Xuan Cheng'en Gong." ā
Wang Wenyi glanced at the drip in the corner, took the order to withdraw, and ran away almost as if he was flying.
As soon as the prince arrives, the imperial gate will be closed, but the foreign ministers are not allowed to spend the night in the harem, if Cheng Engong comes in late, the matter cannot be discussed, the queen mother will not feel that her younger brother is slow, only blame the poor communication.
Wang Wenyi ran faster on two legs than a four-legged dog, he swallowed his saliva, entered the left hall, leaned in front of Tian Chu and said, "Du Wei, the Queen Mother will see you." ā
Tian Chu nodded and unloaded his sword. Wang Wenyi forced open the small yellow door at the door and rushed to lead the way.
When Empress Dowager Tian saw Tian Chu coming in, she casually excused herself, pointed to the chair next to her, and motioned for him to sit down.
The little yellow door served the tea, and they all withdrew.
"Tell me honestly, what happened on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, is it An Ning's own ghost?" Empress Dowager Tian stared at Tian Chu and asked.
Tian Chu looked at her in amazement.
"Don't hide it from me...... Empress Dowager Tian leaned back in her chair tiredly, "It's good to go shopping, how could you encounter such a thing three times or twice, I asked you to investigate, and now it's been so long, you said that there is no conclusive evidence, it was found on An Ning himself, it's not good to tell me." ā
Tian Chu was silent. He really didn't know how to answer.
In a sense, Empress Dowager Tian is not wrong, Zhao Zhu's accident on the night of Shangyuan Festival is indeed due to a large part of the reason she asked for herself, but she is still a victim.
In an unprofitable situation, Zhao Zhu is so smart, how could he put himself in that situation.
However, he can't deny it now, nor can he reveal the truth, let alone admit it. Princess Wei is indeed involved, and there is conclusive evidence, and she must not do anything to slap herself in the mouth. At the same time, once what Zhao Xian and Zhang Fengzhi's father and son did was suddenly stabbed, the consequences would be unimaginable. But if he admits it, it means that he had other thoughts when he was on an errand for the Queen Mother, and he didn't report it, which was a big taboo and would shake the Queen Mother's trust in him.
He pondered for a long time, and said word by word: "This matter is not entirely the princess's reason, there are still hidden secrets, the ministers are not able to catch it, and the truth has not yet been ascertained. ā
The meaning of his words is to admit that Zhao Zhu does need to be responsible, at least partially, for the robbery of Shangyuan that night.
Empress Dowager Tian laughed angrily and said, "So today's incident is also the result of her deliberate thinking? ā
"This is a family matter of the heavenly family, and the minister does not approve of the judgment."
"Do you really want me to be that loner?" Empress Dowager Tian interrupted him impatiently.
Tian Chu had no choice but to bow his head and say, "Don't dare." ā
Empress Dowager Tian avoided this festival, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Last time you went to Xuanqing on an errand, what was your impression of Zhou Yan, the protector of the country?" ā
Zhou Yan was stationed at the border for a long time, and Empress Dowager Tian had only seen him three or four times when he returned to the dynasty, so naturally he had no way to understand anything else.
Tian Chu commented very pertinently: "Grandpa Guo uses the army properly, is not greedy for merit, and is a rare good general." ā
"Is the border stable?"
"There are occasional northern prisoners, but it's a small fight, and it's not a big deal."
"You say, if you ......" Empress Dowager Tian was halfway through her words, she suddenly stopped, she looked up at the leak, and said, "It's not early, you go back, find out about Shangyuan Night as soon as possible, and report to me immediately." ā
Tian Chu confessed.
Leaving the harem, you will have to pass by the back garden, not far away there is a rockery pavilion, and there are dense trees in the shade, Tian Chu walked out of the corridor and stopped at the edge of the woods.
Princess Wei walked out of the forest, her cold face and frosty eyebrows, the redness and swelling on the left side of her face had mostly disappeared, but she could still see obvious marks.
"What's in it for you to lie today?" Zhao Zhu asked hatefully.
Tian Chu raised his eyebrows, subconsciously held the sword body with his left hand, and said in his mouth: "The minister doesn't understand what the princess means." ā
Zhao Zhu has known this cousin for more than ten years, and he already knows that he doesn't eat hard and soft, so he simply doesn't make noodles anymore, and only says: "You spoke for Zhou Yanzhi, and you actually said that you saw those two brothers and sisters come to save me together, what is the difference between this and harming me!" ā
Tian Chu didn't bother to pay attention to her, and walked straight around her.
"Tian Chu, don't think I can't do anything about you!"
Zhao Zhu shouted from behind.
Tian Chu smiled coldly, turned his head, took out a piece of paper from his arms, shook the paper away at Zhao Zhu, and said, "Your Highness asked me to look for it last time, but I didn't find it, so you came out to find it in a hurry on the night of Shangyuan, is it for this?" ā
Zhao Zhu saw that it was a piece of paper and was about to sneer, but saw Tian Chu approaching the paper to him, and wrote in block letters the years and years that she had memorized countless times. Her sneer froze on her face, and she wanted to say something, but she couldn't.
Zhao Zhu's hand trembled violently, she held her breath and snatched the paper from Tian Chu's hand. Z County Shengxuan had a soft texture, and she pulled it so hard that it was split in half.
Zhao Zhu shook his hand several times before smoothing out the rice paper, Tian Chu didn't stay any longer, threw the other half of the paper in his hand on the ground, and walked forward.
He turned around and added, "By the way, I forgot to pass the gift a few days ago, I didn't take that doll seriously, but His Highness searched for it again and again, and I had to help." The porcelain doll is indeed broken, but as long as it is not powder, it can always find traces, although I am not lucky, it is not difficult to put together a ceramic fragment. ā
Zhao Zhu was angry and shocked, her lips closed a few times, and finally closed her mouth, gritting her teeth and glaring at Tian Chu's departing back.
At this moment, Zhou Qin spread the riding clothes that Zhou Yanzhi had changed on the square table, spread out the clothes he had taken off, and sat down on the chair in shock.
Today's events should be regarded as escaping.
I can count it in time, and I also owe it to Na Tian Chu who is willing to help my brother speak. The next thing is that my grandmother can only run around, and she can't play the slightest role.
All that can be done now is to study this strange riding outfit.
Begonia stood aside, she was used to needlework, and reached out to touch the set that Zhou Yanzhi wore during the day, wanting to see the difference in the fabric.
Fangcao stepped in excitedly, and said, "I don't know when a big rat got into the girl's carriage, and a group of people surrounded it and let it run away." ā
"What rat?" Begonia subconsciously asked.
Fangcao looked at the clothes on the table and was about to answer, when she suddenly pointed to the table leg with a frightened face and whispered, "...... there"