55. Triage
After handing the fold over, Li Yun kept looking at Emperor Qinglong from the corner of his eye.
So he saw that Emperor Qinglong's complexion was rapidly rising purple at a speed visible to the naked eye, and there seemed to be anger steaming up the top of his head, and finally the entire hall was filled with a terrifying coldness.
With a snap, Emperor Qinglong closed the fold in his hand, and for a while he only felt that his heart was about to be infarcted, and he couldn't say a word at all.
Empress Cui and Empress Dowager Li on the side were shocked when they saw him like this.
Empress Dowager Li took a step ahead of Empress Cui and asked, "Emperor, what is the matter?" β
Emperor Qinglong couldn't speak.
What a shame!
He stretched out his hand and handed the fold in his hand to the Empress Dowager Li, and then glared fiercely at Sima Yu, who had been covering his face and sobbing beside him, and shouted loudly: "Rebel girl." β
Empress Dowager Li took the fold and took a rough look, and the expression on her face immediately changed.
Empress Cui became more and more anxious at this time.
Seeing that this matter must be related to Sima Yu, but what is it?
Even though she had always been at odds with the Empress Dowager Li, she was anxious to know what was going on, so she still patiently asked the Empress Dowager Li: "Queen Mother, can you show the fold in your hand to your daughter-in-law?" β
Empress Dowager Li snorted lightly, but she also handed over the fold in her hand from the goodness, but she didn't forget to sneer: "You gave birth to a good daughter." Now the face of our royal family is going to be lost to her. β
Empress Cui was already in her heart before she saw the excerpt, and after seeing what was written on Li Yun's excerpt, she only felt cold for a while.
She has some faith in the content of this fold.
These days, the Central Plains in the womb has said that Sima Yu and Han Zuo are very close in private, and she specially called Sima Yu over to talk about this matter. But who knew that it was inconvenient in the palace, and these two people ran to the restaurant outside to hook up with each other so immorally.
Empress Cui looked at Sima Yu at this time, and she was full of anger and indisputable four big words.
And Li Yun could see that the faces of the three people at the top were not very good, and the atmosphere in the hall was also tense, and it was about to explode, so he knew that the show was about to begin, and now it was time for him to retreat as a courtier.
Such a faceless family matter was still solved by themselves behind closed doors, and he, an outsider, was really not interested in listening to it.
So he bowed upwards and said aloud: "Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, may I ask if Weichen can retire first?" β
Emperor Qinglong, where should he still have the leisure to pay attention to him? waved his sleeves, and said with a gloomy face: "Li Aiqing, let's step back first." β
Li Yun bowed upwards again, then turned around and left the hall.
The sunlight outside is just right, shining on the colorful glazed tiles.
He now has a feeling that he is going to have something to do and is hiding his merits and fame, and he just feels that he is full of joy.
Finally succeeded in adding a big block to Emperor Qinglong, it's not easy. No, he has to find Lao Xing for a few drinks.
Li Yun walked briskly, but the hall was cold and silent.
Sima Yu was still hiding his face and crying at this time, but Emperor Qinglong was already impatient to listen.
Snatching the share of the fold from Empress Cui's hand, Emperor Qinglong raised his hand and smashed it at Sima Yu, and then shouted angrily: "You still have the face to cry here? β
Han Zuo on the side saw it and knew that the time had come for him to express himself.
So he hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down in front of Sima Yu, and said, "Please calm your anger." β
But it was too late, and Sima Yu's forehead was already smashed by the fold.
Although the inside of this fold is soft paper, the outside is a hard shell. And it was the tips of the four corners that hit Sima Yu's forehead, so Sima Yu's forehead immediately became red and swollen.
After all, it was her own birth, and when Queen Cui saw it, she immediately felt distressed.
"Your Majesty," she said softly after hesitating for a moment, "how can I say that Ah Yu is also our daughter." β
"Shut up," Emperor Qinglong roared at her at this time, regardless of his image, "I don't have such a daughter. β
Empress Dowager Li also added oil and vinegar on the side: "What's the use of such a corrupt daughter?" Does Queen Cheng still think that this is just a trivial matter, and she can reveal it by talking about it? β
Empress Cui deeply hated Empress Dowager Li for falling into the well on the side, but now Emperor Qinglong is in anger, even if she is no longer angry in her heart, she doesn't dare to say anything, she can only silently cry on the side.
Sima Yu cried out at this time: "No, father, I didn't do anything like that with Han Zuo." β
Emperor Qinglong was already so angry that his hands and feet trembled a little.
"You didn't do anything with Han Zuo, huh? Now Li Yun's fold is clearly written, in black and white, so many people, seven or eight pairs of eyes are watching, is it possible that it is wrong to read it, ah? Tell me about it. β
"No," Sima Yu didn't know what to say, so he could only keep crying repeatedly, "I haven't done anything like that with Han Zuo. β
She can't say that she actually planned to use such a thing to try to rectify Sima Yue today, wouldn't that be a stone to shoot herself in the foot.
"Your Majesty," Han Zuo stepped forward on his knees at this time, kowtowed heavily to Emperor Qinglong, and said, "The minister and Princess Anyang are truly in love with each other, and please fulfill your majesty." β
These words are like a boulder entering the water, which is equivalent to confirming that today's events are really zΓ i.
Emperor Qinglong was only so angry for a while, his face was as white as earth, but he just stared at Han Zuo with gloomy eyes, as if he couldn't stare a few holes in him.
Han Zuo was naturally frightened when he was looked at by Emperor Qinglong's gloomy gaze, but he still held on to his face, and he kowtowed his head again: "I also hope that Your Majesty will be fulfilled and marry Princess Anyang to the minister." β
Emperor Qinglong really hated to kick this Han Zuo directly.
Qingtian daytime abducted my daughter to do such a shameless thing, but now I have the face to beg me to marry my daughter to you? If you don't live, you're all merciful.
Sima Yu finally couldn't help crying out at this time.
"Father, I really haven't done anything like that with Han Zuo. It's Sima Yue, yes, it's all her, it's all me who she framed. β
What a Sima Yue, he actually framed her in such a vicious way, causing her to suffer such a great humiliation now, and she still has unspeakable suffering.
As soon as Sima Yu said this, the hearts of those present were shocked.
Empress Dowager Li asked first: "What's the matter with Yue'er here?" β
Empress Cui was disgraced eyes suddenly lit up with hope, and asked repeatedly: "Ah Yu, what the hell is going on?" You should hurry up. β
Sima Yu didn't know what to say.
She couldn't say what she wanted to rectify Sima Yue, but she didn't say anything, and when her father was angry, he would either imprison her in the cold palace for a lifetime, or he would really marry her to the southern kingdom of Liunan.
Either way, it was definitely not what she wanted.
So she said vaguely: "It was Sima Yue who harmed me." If you don't believe in your father, you can send someone to investigate, that private seat was ordered by Sima Yue. Oh, oh, also, Han Zuo and I must have been given the sweat medicine given to us by Sima Yue, if you don't believe your father, you can send the imperial doctor to take a look. β
If there is really any residual sweat medicine in the body, then an experienced imperial doctor will definitely know it at a glance.
Emperor Qinglong glanced at Empress Dowager Li in embarrassment at this time.
Empress Dowager Li was furious.
She stood up suddenly, and said to Sima Yu with a very unhurried expression: "I don't believe that Yue'er would do such a nasty thing. β
The meaning of favoring Sima Yue in the words is obvious.
Empress Cui couldn't help it at this time, and she didn't care about what she was growing up or having, so she directly opened her mouth to contradict Empress Dowager Li.
"It's all your granddaughter, why should the queen mother be so partial to her? Yes or no, just call Sima Yue over to testify. Also, in this blue sky and white day, when she enters and exits the Mingyue Tower, someone will definitely see it, according to the meaning of the concubine, it is better to call the shopkeeper and the guys in the Mingyue Building. At that time, the evidence is conclusive, everyone confronts each other in the same court, and no one can deny it. β
Empress Dowager Li sneered: "Listening to the queen's meaning, but Yue'er made a plan to harm Ayu?" Anyway, since you don't see the coffin and don't cry, then the mourning family will fulfill you. β
"Someone," she shouted outward, and immediately an inner supervisor pushed the door in, "What does the Queen Mother command?" β
"Go, invite Princess Duanhua to me. Also, send someone to call me all the people in Mingyue Tower. In addition, he sent someone to the imperial pharmacy to invite the oldest imperial doctor to come, and then called a waiting grandmother in the palace. β
The inner supervisor agreed, and turned to go away.
On this side, Empress Dowager Li said coldly: "The mourning family originally thought that what Ah Yu did today is also a royal scandal, and everyone is rotten in their stomachs, as long as everyone doesn't mention it in the future, after a long time, who will remember it so clearly?" At that time, wouldn't it be good to choose a good family for Ayu to marry? But I don't want the queen to be unrelenting, and I have to make this matter bigger. Anyway, the queen is right, they are all the granddaughters of the mourning family, and the mourning family is not good at taking sides. In this case, today's public case will be decided by the mourning family. β
Although Empress Dowager Li has not paid attention to the government for more than ten years, and only walked birds and enjoyed flowers in the harem, the majesty accumulated when she came to the throne in those years is still there. Now she is so violent, and she looks very decisive in killing.
Emperor Qinglong, who was on the side, saw that Empress Dowager Li was angry, and immediately stood up from his chair and persuaded: "Please also ask the Queen Mother to calm her anger." β
Empress Dowager Li didn't answer, but just said: "Although the mourning family is a woman in the deep palace, she also knows that you can't just listen to the words of the family when it comes to judging the case. Now that Ah Yu has already said that Yue'er framed her for this, I will listen to her words for the time being. β
"Han Shizi," Empress Dowager Li faced Han Zuo at this time, her tone was unwavering, and her face was even calmer, teaching people not to see the slightest true feelings in her heart, "Han Shizi is also one of the parties today, but what are your words?" β
Although Empress Dowager Li's gaze was deep and waveless, Han Zuo still didn't dare to look at her when he saw it.
He lowered his gaze a little weakly, and quickly considered the wording in his heart, thinking about how to be more beneficial to himself, and then slowly said what had happened during this time.
Naturally, the point is to mention that he and Sima Yu are actually in love with each other and love each other sincerely, and the other words are nothing more than to argue this self-righteous conclusion.
The evidence for the argument is a basket of evidence.
From this period of time, he would send some small items privately to each other with Sima Yu from time to time, occasionally exchange letters and confide in each other about his lovesickness, and finally said that he received someone from Sima Yu yesterday and asked him to meet him in Mingyue Tower today.
Han Zuo naturally understood that just talking was not enough to convince everyone, so he finally took out a letter from his purse.
That letter was written by Sima Yu yesterday, inviting Han Zuo to gather at Mingyue Tower today.
Han Zuo presented the letter to the inner supervisor on the side, and he presented it to the Empress Dowager Li.
Empress Dowager Li took the letter and read it, and then glanced at Empress Cui coldly.
Just now, when Han Zuo was speaking, Sima Yu kept angrily scolding him for talking nonsense, she had never been in love with him at all. It's just that now that the evidence is conclusive, her justification sounds a little pale.
How can she say that she is just hanging Han Zuo with false affection for him during this time, but in fact, it is only for today's plan?
The so-called lifting a stone and shooting yourself in the foot is nothing more than that.
Han Zuo looked a little sad on his face at this time.
"Ah Yu, you, didn't you say that you were happy with me at first? Why is that now? Are you scared? Don't worry, I will take all the responsibility for today's events, and with me here, you don't have to be afraid. β
His affectionate confession, Emperor Jiao Qinglong looked at it in his eyes, but felt that this kid still had a bit of responsibility. Empress Dowager Li only curled the corners of her lips slightly, and came out with a cold smile.
Although she has lived in a corner of the harem all these years, what happened in the harem she doesn't know? These days, rumors about Sima Yu and Han Zuo getting close have long been rampant, and she Queen Cui is really blind and deaf when she is an old woman, don't you know? casually pull a palace eunuch in Sima Yu's palace out and torture it, which is evidence. It's just that she has always looked down on Queen Cui relying on her mother's Boling Cui clan behind her, and she has the heart to pull Sima Yuan down from the position of prince, and help her own son Sima Yu to the position of prince, so if she can suppress her on this matter, then why not?
Since she wants evidence, okay, then today's mourning family will convince her.
The shrewdness in Empress Dowager Li's eyes flashed, but then she looked indifferently at the carved beams and paintings in front of her head with an indifferent face.
Empress Dowager Li's side is holding the victory, but Sima Yu's side only thinks that she can't tell this matter even if she is full of mouths.
She had no choice but to start crying loudly.
Queen Cui heard her crying so hoarsely on the side, and couldn't help but cry with her.
"Your Majesty," she said to Emperor Qinglong, "Ah Yu, she has always been our daughter." β
Emperor Qinglong was also a little unbearable, so don't go overboard.
Seeing that Empress Cui began to play the family card again, Empress Dowager Li said in time: "No one said that Ah Yu is not the daughter of you and the emperor." At any time, she is the only princess of Anyang in Great Xia, but today's matter is so good that she has to find out. β
At this time, the imperial doctor and the grandmother had already arrived and were waiting outside the door. Empress Dowager Li passed it in one by one.
First, the imperial doctor checked on Sima Yu and Han Zuo, and finally replied: "Empress Dowager, Princess Anyang and Han Shizi have no signs of Chinese sweat medicine. β
Sima Yu was so shocked that he even forgot to cry.
If it is said that she did not have Zhongmeng sweat medicine, then it would be fine, after all, she can't remember exactly how she fell, but Han Zuo was obviously hit.
The gourd wine pot was originally a mandarin duck pot. The upper layer is ordinary wine, and the lower layer is the wine with sweat medicine, but the sweat medicine was put in by her own hands at that time, and she also poured the wine for Han Zuo to drink, and then she also saw Han Zuo faint after drinking three or four glasses, but why is it that the imperial doctor now said that Han Zuo has no signs of sweat medicine?
"Impossible," she ran over in a few steps, grabbed the imperial doctor's placket, and said through gritted teeth, "How could Han Zuo not have Zhongmeng sweat medicine?" Say, did Sima Yue buy you? She already knew this qiΔ, right? That's why she's done all the deployments a long time ago, right? Okay, good you Sima Yue, you dare to do this to me. β
Empress Dowager Li sensitively noticed the loophole in Sima Yu's words, so she immediately asked, "What does Yue'er know?" β
Sima Yu immediately shut his mouth tightly and refused to say another word.
Empress Dowager Li is not in a hurry, what she will have later is a way for her to say it.
After the imperial doctor left, the old lady stepped forward and invited Sima Yu to a quiet room next to her.
But Empress Dowager Li said slowly at this time: "Come on, send Han Shizi down to rest." β
Han Zuo wanted to say anything more, but Empress Dowager Li stopped him in time: "This is my royal private matter, Han Shizi is an outsider after all, it's better not to get involved." β
Empress Dowager Li's gaze was as cold as an ice blade, Han Zuose shrank his shoulders, and finally could only follow the inner supervisor out of the hall in a daze.
Then Empress Dowager Li's gaze slowly swept over Empress Cui again, and then looked away indifferently.
Today, she will definitely convince Queen Cui!
Mama Xu came out of the side hall and replied to the Empress Dowager Li: "Princess Anyang is still a virgin, and there is no sign of breaking her body. β
Empress Cui secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.
In such a long time, this was the first sentence in Sima Yu's favor.
"Your Majesty," she hurriedly said to Emperor Qinglong, "You see, Ah Yu is not lying, nothing like that happened between her and Han Zuo. β
Under the resentment, she didn't even bother to call Han Shizi, who was polite, and directly called Han Zuo's name.
Emperor Qinglong only muttered.
Even if it can be confirmed that nothing really happened between Sima Yu and Han Zuo? The ink spilled on the white paper, and the reputation was already ruined, and no matter how much it was scrubbed afterwards, it was just a cover-up and a stealing bell.
Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Qinglong have the same idea.
"What's the use of us knowing that nothing really happened between Ah Yu and Han Zuo? Will the government and the opposition believe this? Or is it that as long as nothing really happens, it won't matter if the lonely men and widows are naked and hugging each other? Queen, you may be too naΓ―ve. β
Empress Cui was only robbed by Empress Dowager Li's words, her face turned purple, her fists clenched tightly, and the green tendons swelled on the back of her hands.
Empress Dowager Li was facing Sima Jin at this time and asked: "Ah Jin, you are the closest to Ah Yu in Su Ri, and today you and Ah Yan are the first to see that scene, come, talk to the imperial grandmother, what is going on between Ah Yu and Han Zuo?" β
Ah Yan is the woman of the family who saw the scene of the incident with her for the first time.
Sima Jin was quickly weighing the pros and cons in her heart at this time, and she didn't know how to say it to protect herself to the greatest extent.
If to tell the truth, today is just a set up by her and Sima Yu to specially attract Sima Yue to drill, then according to Empress Dowager Li's preference for Sima Yue, then she will also think about what good life she will have in this palace in the future. And now it is obvious that Sima Yue did not drill this set, but let Sima Yu drill the set he set himself.
Sima Jin doesn't simply think it's just a coincidence. Obviously, when Sima Yu and Han Zuo were together before, the wine mixed with sweat medicine in the gourd wine pot was placed normally with ordinary wine, so Sima Yu drank it without incident, but Han Zuo was hit by the sweat medicine and fell down. And someone in the middle must have taken the opportunity to change the order of the wine mixed with sweat medicine in the gourd wine pot and the ordinary wine, so that in the end, Sima Yu would be the trick.
But where did Sima Yue go? At that time, she only saw Sima Yue go in, but she didn't see Sima Yue come out.
Thinking about the whole thing carefully, it is clear that someone knew about her and Sima Yu's plan earlier, but they didn't reveal it silently, but they just took advantage of the situation to let Sima Yu jump out of the set they set up, and in the end, they could only eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, and they couldn't say what they were suffering from.
The more Sima Jin thought about it, the more he felt a chill in his heart.
So her immediate priority now is whether she should take herself out of this matter.
It's just that if she does this, it will definitely be very unfavorable to Sima Yu, and Queen Cui will definitely not spare her in the future.
Sima Jin felt for a moment that there was a wolf in front and a tiger in the back, whether she was forward or backward, it would definitely not have any good fruit for her to eat.
She hated herself for a while, why did she come up with such a plan in the first place? Didn't she get into it in the end?
But fortunately, at this time, the Empress Dowager Li was by her side and pulled her in time.
"Good boy," Empress Dowager Li's voice swept away the sternness just now, but there was a little kindness, "You don't have to be afraid, just say something." Although the mourning family has not done anything for all these years, in this palace, if the mourning family wants to keep one of their granddaughters safe, then no one will dare to stop them. β
The implication is nothing more than that she will cover Sima Jin like this in the future.
Empress Dowager Li's words undoubtedly reassured Sima Jin.
She couldn't have seen Sima Yu flying in front of her all these years, bullying her every day. Now is such a good opportunity, not only to protect himself, but also to put Sima Yu in a place of no return, why not do it?
So she stepped forward in two steps, her knees weakened, and she knelt straight down in front of Empress Dowager Li.
"Back to the emperor's grandmother, sister and Han Zuo, Ah Jin does know about this."