56. Final Blow
Sima Jin's words undoubtedly gave Sima Yu the heaviest and most solid blow.
Naturally, she wouldn't say that this matter was originally a ploy she proposed. She was very smart and didn't mention this matter at all, but from that day she and Sima Yu went out to go out, Han Zuo suddenly came, and then she and Sima Yu got closer and closer, and finally the two of them exchanged letters every day, and gave countless small things in private, and said that these things were evidenced by the palace and the inner supervisor in Sima Yu's palace, not just what she said casually.
Sima Jin secretly gambled. Since that person set up such a bureau to make them smart but mistaken by cleverness, then this person behind him must have planned a qiē, and in the end, he will definitely take Sima Yue out cleanly. According to this inference, Sima Yu and herself must have people around him who he arranged early on, and this group of people will naturally erase any and all about Sima Yue.
So Sima Jin didn't mention Sima Yue in everything, but just wrote and directed Sima Yu and Han Zuo were happy, but in the end they were stopped by Queen Cui, Sima Yu was very distressed, ran to her to cry, and finally couldn't resist the lovesickness, and secretly wrote a letter to let a small internal supervisor send it to Han Zuo, asking him to get together in Mingyue Building today. And Sima Jin and those women from the family were just used by Sima Yu to confuse the public.
This Empress Cui and Emperor Qinglong also know very well.
Because Sima Yu came to say this to them today, saying that the spring was good, she and A Jin asked a few women from the family to go to the suburbs together.
Sima Jin's confession sounded so seamless, and even Empress Cui couldn't find a word to refute it for a while.
Sima Yu was stunned with anger. After a while, she stretched out her hand to point at Sima Jin, and scolded in a trembling voice: "Okay, good you Sima Jin, you actually framed me with such red lips and white teeth." What benefits did Sima Yue give you to make you beat me like this? ”
Sima Jin fell to the ground at this time, and also cried mournfully: "Sister, sister knows that I can't stand you." I originally promised to keep these things secret for you, but now that the imperial grandmother asks you, my sister can't, so I have to tell the truth. Sister, don't blame Ah Jin. ”
Sima Yu opened his mouth for a long time, but in the end he was still so angry that he couldn't speak, he just stared at her with his eyes open, and after a while, he rolled his eyes, and he was already fainting in anger.
There was another panic in the middle of the main hall. Empress Cui cried in panic, Emperor Qinglong shouted and called the imperial doctor, and the inner supervisor of the palace stepped forward to support Sima Yu with all hands and feet, shouting the voice of the princess, which was simply a mess of porridge. In the end, Empress Dowager Li calmly ordered to go down and let the two palace ladies help Sima Yu to rest in the side hall.
As soon as Sima Jin saw this scene, he immediately burst into tears, kowtowed upwards, and cried: "The emperor's grandmother, father, and queen are all Ah Jin's." Ah Jin should have persuaded her sister to stop acting recklessly earlier, otherwise there would be no today. If the father really wants to punish his sister, then even Ah Jin will punish him. “
Speaking of this, she cried loudly regardless of her image.
Empress Dowager Li naturally knew that her granddaughter was not a good thing, at least not as weak as she seemed on her face. It's just that after the scene she just acted, Empress Dowager Ren felt that she was also old and sophisticated, but she couldn't help but give her a high score in her heart.
He's really a master of framing angry people.
The situation began to be unfavorable to Sima Yu again, and in the end, it was nothing more than waiting for Sima Yue and the people in Mingyue Tower to come over.
And in the interval of waiting for them to come, Empress Dowager Li was not idle.
She called a cadre of Gong E and the inner eunuch in Sima Yu's palace.
Sure enough, everyone confirmed that Sima Yu had been very close to Han Zuo these days, and a small internal supervisor came forward to report tremblingly, saying that the letter from Princess Anyang to Han Shizi that day was sent by him, and the elegant seat in Mingyue Tower was also ordered by him at the behest of Princess Anyang, and Princess Xinyang was also present at that time to hear it, and she could testify or something.
Sima Jin watched coldly and saw that the little inner supervisor was the one Sima Yu trusted the most in his daily life. He was indeed the one who Sima Yu asked him to book a private seat in Mingyue Tower that day, but what Sima Yu said at that time was that he asked him to book it in the name of Princess Duanhua Sima Yue.
And the sweat medicine was actually bought through his hands
Sima Jin lowered his eyes and hid all the horror deeply, without revealing a single thing.
After a while, just now Empress Dowager Li sent out to invite Princess Duanhua and the inner prisoner who summoned a group of people in Mingyue Mansion to come in and reply, saying that Princess Duanhua had entered the palace gate and would arrive immediately.
Empress Dowager Li asked: "Is there something on the road?" Why is it so slow? ”
The inner eunuch knelt down and replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, the old slave rushed all the way to Princess Duanhua's mansion, but Princess Duanhua was not at home. Listening to her personal slave maid Ying, Princess Duanhua and Dean Wang went to a reed tearoom next to Mingyue Lake to enjoy tea and play, and the old slave rushed all the way to the reed tearoom, and really saw Princess Duanhua in a private seat on the second floor. Princess Duanhua was indeed with Dean Wang at that time. The old slave told Princess Duanhua about the summons of the Queen Mother, and Princess Duanhua immediately set off to rush over. Dean Wang also followed. ”
Empress Dowager Li nodded.
At this time, Sima Yue and Wang Jun had already entered the main hall.
Sima Yue's eyes looked clear at this time, where was the drunken look he had before?
She came in and glanced at Sima Jin, who was kneeling in the hall, and didn't say anything, but first greeted Emperor Qinglong, Empress Cui, and Empress Dowager Li who were sitting on the top one by one, and then asked with a smile: "Imperial grandmother, what is the matter with you summoning me in such a hurry?" ”
When Empress Dowager Li saw Sima Yue, she felt happy in her heart.
She beckoned, motioned for Sima Yue to come to her side, and instructed Gong E on the side to move two chairs over and let Sima Yue and Wang Jun sit, and then smiled: "Why, listen to what you mean, it's okay, Grandmother Huang can't summon you yet?" ”
Sima Yue naturally didn't dare to say this, but said with a smile: "How can it." The imperial grandmother has a call, no matter if there is anything to do, I will definitely arrive as soon as possible. ”
"Poor mouth." Empress Dowager Li scolded with a smile, and then let Sima Yue and Wang Jun sit.
Wang Jun did not sit.
Since he entered the main hall, his eyes swept the faces of everyone in the hall, and his heart was already clear. At this time, he saluted the three heads according to the courtesy of the king, and then he stepped aside and stood there quietly.
Sima Yue didn't sit either.
Sima Jin is still kneeling. Moreover, Emperor Qinglong and Empress Cui, especially Empress Cui's complexion is very bad, and it can be called a black cloud that wants to destroy the city.
At first, she couldn't withstand Sima Yu's hard persuasion, and after drinking five or six glasses of plum wine, she was overwhelmed, and the whole person was already a little smoky at that time. Later, Wang Jun took the decanting stone and let her hold it in his mouth, and let her drink some strong tea, and finally sobered up.
After sobering up, when she saw that she was in a tea room again, she naturally wanted to ask what was going on, so Wang Jun told everything carefully.
First of all, Zheng Xun overheard Sima Yu and Sima Jin's calculations in the royal garden, and then all the subtleties laid by Sima Yu and Sima Jin these days, and then today's Mingyue Tower and his party, all of which were clearly said to Sima Yue.
As soon as Sima Yue heard it, she only felt that she was actually still drunk at all, not sober, right?
I can't see that Sima Yu and Sima Jin are so young, but their minds are so vicious.
"So you know what they are doing, and instead of stopping it, you keep letting them do it? And also in the back? ”
If it weren't for Wang Jun's constant push in the middle, Sima Yu and Sima Jin's plan wouldn't have gone so smoothly at all, right? It can be said that in fact, Wang Jun is opening the door to them all the way.
Wang Jun looked at her innocently: "Their methods are really clumsy, full of loopholes, and it is easy for people to see at a glance." I'm not secretly helping them, where is this plan going so smoothly? ”
He is not ashamed of this, but he is proud.
Sima Yue helplessly supported his forehead.
"What," Wang Jun's voice sounded slowly at this time, "Ah Yue thinks I'm too vicious and shouldn't treat them like this?" ”
Sima Yue hasn't reached this point yet.
After all, if Zheng Xun hadn't heard this by mistake that day, she would be the one lying naked with Han Zuo today.
The poor man must have something to hate, and she will not be the farmer.
"It's not. It's just that the point is, why do you keep hiding this from me? ”
That's what makes her so mad. Tell her earlier, let her watch Sima Yu and Sima Jin step by step into the condom they set up earlier, what a cool thing it should be.
But Wang Jun ruthlessly deprived her of the right to be secretly cool for ten days and half a month.
But Wang Jun's reason is quite sufficient: "Your acting skills are not good, I'm afraid that if you show your stuffing, it will be bad for them to see it." ”
All right. In short, Sima Yue just thinks that it doesn't matter what she says, anyway, in the end, it's all in Wang Jun's.
Finally, the two men discussed the next thing.
Wang Jun's meaning is obvious, and someone will definitely be sent to summon her into the palace to confront Sima Yu later. But because Sima Yu and Sima Jin had the intention of harming others, they definitely didn't dare to tell the real situation, so Sima Yue only had to pretend that she didn't know everything, and only said that she and he came out with him early this morning to enjoy tea in this reed tea room, and she didn't even take half a step out of the private room of this tea room. As for the rest, he had already arranged it, and there was no need for her to say anything more.
Sima Yue now knew why Wang Jun said that he wanted to accompany her to Mingyue Tower for a banquet today, but in the end, he did not go directly to Mingyue Tower, but came to this reed tea room, and when he went to Mingyue Tower in the middle, he did not go out from the door of the tea room, but went through the window.
So that no one saw them go to Mingyue Tower. As for the explanation, what can the shopkeeper and the guy in the moon building do if they see it? Those are all Wang Jun's people at all.
Wang Jun's arrangement was simply seamless, and Sima Yue couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.
So now, when Empress Dowager Li asked Sima Yue where she was and what she was doing just morning, Sima Yue blinked her big eyes and said innocently: "I have been drinking tea and eating pastries with Dean Wang in the Yiwei Tea Room." ”
Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Qinglong have long known about the marriage contract between Wang Jun and Sima Yue, but they just hid it from Empress Cui, and they also felt that it was normal for Sima Yue to say this.
Empress Cui sneered on the side: "In this blue sky and daylight, the master and the students are just drinking tea behind closed doors, who will believe it?" ”
Before her words fell, Wang Jun on the side said leisurely: "The Buddhist scriptures have clouds, the heart has thoughts, and the eyes have seen. ”
The implication is that Queen Cui has a belly of male thieves and female prostitutes, so everything in this world is male thieves and female prostitutes.
It's all the same mocking, but it's a good idea. Empress Cui was as ugly as if she had eaten a fly alive for a while.
Emperor Qinglong had been sitting next to him all the time, and he was also angry in his heart for today's office.
First, he hated Sima Yu for not being angry, and he did such an ugly thing, losing the face of the royal family, and secondly, he also knew that Empress Dowager Li and Empress Cui's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had always been at odds with each other. Obviously, today's words of Queen Cui angered Empress Dowager Li, and it is inevitable that this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law war is inevitable today.
It is said that it is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, even if he is an emperor, he is also difficult to break this family matter. So he had wisely kept silent, letting the two of them toss around.
But now Empress Cui is not only barking and biting at Empress Dowager Li, but also targeting Wang Jun. Emperor Qinglong thought that he would have to rely on Wang Jun to fight against the Boling Cui clan in the future, how could he dare to really offend him? So he opened his mouth to reprimand Queen Cui.
"There's less shame here."
Empress Cui was originally stunned by Wang Jun's words, and now she was reprimanded by Emperor Qinglong, and she was really angry for a while, her hands were clenched into fists, and her nails were deeply pinched into the flesh without knowing it.
After Emperor Qinglong reprimanded Empress Cui, he turned to Wang Jun and tried his best to make his tone sound calmer.
"The dean has been drinking tea with Princess Duanhua in the Yiwei tearoom this morning?"
Wang Jun bowed: "Yes." ”
"Can anyone testify?"
"Everyone in the tea room can testify. Jun Shang still remembers that at that time, the head of the household was also drinking tea in a reed tea room, and exchanged a few words with Jun. If His Majesty doesn't believe it, he can be summoned to ask him now. ”
Emperor Qinglong nodded and didn't ask again.
Empress Dowager Li asked the inner supervisor at this time: "Where are the shopkeepers and men of Mingyue Tower?" ”
The inner supervisor replied that he was waiting outside the temple to be summoned.
Empress Dowager Li announced them in. After they waited for the salute, Empress Dowager Li cut directly to the point, and asked, "Has Princess Duanhua been to your Mingyue Tower today?" “
The shopkeeper took a step forward, first bowed to the top without being humble or arrogant, and then said: "Back to the Queen Mother, Princess Duanhua has visited our restaurant with His Royal Highness King Langya, Ning Gongzi, Cui Shizi and others ten days ago, but Princess Duanhua has never come to our restaurant today. ”
"Are you sure?" Empress Dowager Li asked again.
The shopkeeper nodded: "Princess Duanhua's royal bearing, Xiaomin is particularly impressed." If Princess Duanhua came to our restaurant today, Xiaomin would definitely know all the truth. ”
"How old is the shopkeeper?" Empress Cui suddenly asked an irrelevant word on the side.
The shopkeeper replied respectfully: "Xiaomin has reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven. ”
"Oh, it's over fifty years old, and those old eyes are dizzy. And the restaurant is busy, how can the shopkeeper know and see all the guests who come to the restaurant today? ”
was squeezed by her like this, and the shopkeeper's face was not annoyed, but said: "The queen is taught." Xiaomin is indeed old, and he may be dizzy and unable to know all the guests who come to the restaurant one by one. It's just that if any guest comes to our restaurant, it is natural to order food to eat, so it must be through the hands of the guys. Now all the guys in Mingyue Building, as well as the chefs in the back kitchen, and the daily cleaning chores are all here, and the queen is invited to ask them one by one. “
The shopkeeper stepped back to the side, and behind him there was a group of people kneeling.
Empress Cui felt bottomless at this time.
She just asked, who would have thought that this shopkeeper would be so sure.
As soon as he was sure, she felt panicked.
Empress Dowager Li was not in a hurry to ask at this time. Anyway, she felt that this matter was already a sure thing, and no matter how much she tried to pick on her Queen Cui, she would never be able to change the final outcome, so it was better to let her ask the result she didn't want to hear the most.
For a while, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were silent, and in the end, only Emperor Qinglong came out.
He swept his gaze over the kneeling group of people below, and could see that they had all rushed over after being summoned temporarily. Not to mention that the guy's body is still dressed in a running clothes, but the aprons and sleeves on the two chefs have not been taken off, and they are stained with oil.
"Have any of you seen Princess Duanhua in Mingyue Tower today?" Emperor Qinglong didn't talk nonsense either, and went straight to the point.
This matter has been troubled so far, in fact, he feels a little annoyed.
In the effort just now, it is estimated that this matter is already full of turmoil in the city, right? No matter how much this matter is whitewashed in the future, in short, the royal face is already gone. If this is the case, it is better to really marry Sima Yu to the southern kingdom of Liunan. As long as she is far away from the capital, as time goes by, in the end, this matter will always be slowly forgotten.
Emperor Qinglong already had this idea in his heart now, and this sentence was actually just a casual question.
As soon as he finished asking, a group of guys looked at each other, and then replied in unison: "Back to Your Majesty, Xiaomin and the others have never seen Princess Duanhua today." ”
There was even a young man who took two steps forward on his knees, kowtowed upward, and replied: "Today, the little one has not seen Princess Duanhua, but he has seen Princess Anyang and Princess Xinyang." ”
Empress Dowager Li was also afraid that this young man's words would not nail Queen Cui deep enough, so she hurriedly added another hammer.
"Why are you so sure you've seen Princess Anyang and Princess Xinyang?"
The young man faced the Empress Dowager Li and replied: "The two princesses are both young and serve them wine and food with their own hands, so they can be sure." I remember that Princess Anyang and Princess Xinyang were not in a private seat at that time. Princess Anyang was in a private seat with a man, and the little one had heard Princess Anyang call the man why he was the son. Princess Xinyang was in the private seat next door with several other women. The little one was still wondering at the time, the two princesses came together, why did they need two private seats? However, the shopkeeper has always told us that the guests should not be suspicious of the small ones, so the little ones are just wondering in their hearts, but they don't ask more than half a sentence. ”
At this point, everyone's confessions have pointed out that Sima Yu and Han Zuo's incident today is indeed true, and Sima Yue has never been to the scene at all, and this matter has nothing to do with her.
Empress Cui only felt weak, and then sat down weakly on the chair.
Empress Dowager Li glanced at her slowly at this time, then got up and stood up, and said: "Emperor, Ah Yu is the daughter of you and the queen after all, and I, who is the emperor's grandmother, am separated by a layer after all, so it's hard to say anything." How to deal with this matter next, you and the queen can discuss it. ”
Then she turned her head, but when she looked at Sima Yue, her voice immediately eased.
"Yue'er, Grandmother Huang hasn't seen you for a few days. Come, go with the imperial grandmother to the imperial garden. ”
Then she nodded to Wang Jun: "If Dean Wang is okay today, can you be interested in accompanying the mourning family to go for a walk in the imperial garden?" ”
Wang Jun naturally readily agreed.
"It's a pleasure."
Immediately, Sima Yue and Wang Jun bid farewell to Emperor Qinglong and Empress Cui, and turned around and walked out of the palace with Empress Dowager Li.
Sima Jin was already called down by Emperor Qinglong, and all the palace ladies and internal supervisors also retreated, and there were only Emperor Qinglong and Empress Cui in the hall for a while.
Empress Cui didn't care about the demeanor of the world at this time, she knelt in front of Emperor Qinglong without any image, crying, and said: "Your Majesty, Ah Yu, she is just a child, please cover up this matter." ”
Emperor Qinglong thought to himself, don't spoil the word child. Thinking that when he was fifteen years old, he was already walking on thin ice every day, and he was afraid that he had done something wrong and said the wrong word, where would he do things like Sima Yu without going through his brain?
However, Emperor Qinglong is also too lazy to say anything to Empress Cui now.
The reason why he helped Empress Cui to sit on the queen's seat was just to borrow the power of the Boling Cui clan to suppress the Li clan in Longxi. Who thought that in the end, the Li clan in Longxi was successfully suppressed, but the Boling Cui clan began to be restless again, thinking that they wanted to control him Sima Royal.
Tsk, why can't they save him for a while?
So he said impatiently: "The queen doesn't have to worry about this matter anymore, I will handle it properly." ”
Empress Cui was about to say more, but Emperor Qinglong had already raised his feet and left.
"Your Majesty," a hoarse cry suddenly came from behind him, "Ah Yu, she is your daughter after all, don't you really miss the father-daughter relationship for so many years?" ”
Emperor Qinglong's footsteps paused, but immediately left without looking back.
In the empty hall, only Empress Cui's increasingly sharp cries kept echoing.
Empress Dowager Li, Sima Yue, Wang Jun, she gritted her teeth and thought that she would definitely not spare them lightly. The insult suffered by their mother and daughter today will be repaid a hundredfold and a thousand times in the coming day.