Chapter 280: The Truth Comes Out
The people led by Mama rummaged for almost an hour, and after everyone finished searching, they came back and shook their heads at Mama, Mama frowned, and then immediately changed to a smiling face.
"The mother forgives the sin, the slave and the maid also act according to orders, it seems that it is a misunderstanding, and the slave and maid will take people away." Mama also got interested and hurried away.
"Wait." Lu Mingyue stopped the grandmother who had already raised her feet and was about to leave.
"What else does the mother command?" Mama bent down respectfully, smiling with a face, and listened to Lu Mingyue's orders.
"This hall of the main palace was turned into a mess by you, and you left like this?" Lu Mingyue said to Mama with a little anger.
"The slave is not well thought out." Mama replied to Lu Mingyue with a smile, and hurriedly said to her subordinates: "Why don't you go and put the items neatly for the mother, look at what you do, make such a mess for the mother." ”
Sure enough, those people immediately went into action again, and put all the items where they should have been put back in their places.
"Mother, the slave and maid will retire." Mama was ready to leave again.
"Mama, why did the mother's beloved white porcelain vase fall to the ground and break, so careless?" Jinxin suddenly came out and interjected.
When Mama saw it, there was a broken white porcelain vase on the ground, and she panicked: "Niangniang forgives her sins, it was the slaves and maids who taught them in a bad way, which caused these slaves and maids to accidentally break the vase." Then he glanced at the palace maid closest to the vase, and said, "The slave maid will send this palace maid to the ...... immediately."
"Forget it, let's go down." Lu Mingyue interrupted Mama's words, and there was no need to cure the sins of the palace maid who was guilty.
"Thank you Niangniang, thank you Niangniang." Mama saluted, and hurriedly retreated with the people she brought, not daring to stay any longer.
Lu Mingyue turned around and looked at Jinxin and said, "Not bad." ”
Jin Xin replied proudly: "That's it." ”
It turned out that the white porcelain vase was not broken by the people who searched the palace at all, it was secretly broken by Jinxin and placed there, in this way, not only did the palace search not find anything, but also thought that her people had broken Lu Mingyue's things, and she must have been scared in her heart, and reported to the Queen Mother, it seems that she will not say much bad things about Lu Mingyue.
Mama came out of Lu Mingyue and went to the "Shoukang Palace" to resume her life.
Ji Yuning and Meng Ying were still kneeling in the hall of the "Shoukang Palace", and without the order of the Queen Mother, the two of them did not dare to get up.
The two only felt that their legs were sore, and they gritted their teeth and persevered.
Mama came in from outside the hall to return to the Queen Mother.
"Slaves and maids see the Queen Mother." Mama knelt down and saluted the Queen Mother.
"Get up, have you found anything?" The Queen Mother asked Mama.
Mama got up, bent down and replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, the slave maid led people to search the entire 'Huafeng Palace', and nothing dirty was found. ”
"Didn't find it?" The Queen Mother frowned, and turned to look at Ji Yuning and Meng Ying.
Ji Yuning and Meng Ying thought about it, it shouldn't be, they have obviously made arrangements, how could they not find out.
"Queen Mother, what the concubine said is true." Ji Yuning continued to quibble.
"Maybe the queen of the country has already destroyed things?" Meng Ying whispered Nuo Nuo.
"Destroy?" The Queen Mother looked at Meng Ying.
Meng Ying hurriedly lowered her head.
The personal grandmother on the side suddenly leaned over and said in the queen mother's ear: "Queen Mother, since there is no evidence to prove that this matter is related to the queen of the country, if the matter of searching for 'Huafeng Palace' reaches the ears of the king, it will not be good, it is better to let them ......."
After hearing this, the Queen Mother nodded, and she also thought it was the best.
Ji Yuning and Meng Ying were the objects that the Queen Mother wanted to cultivate, but who knew that the two of them were so femme fatales and harmed her emperor and grandson.
The Queen Mother has always been partial to Ji Yuning, she really mistook people, and Lu Mingyue was also the one who helped Meng Ying, Meng Ying returned the favor and took revenge, these two people are so scheming that they can no longer be put in the harem to endanger others.
"The two of you hurt the emperor's heir, and you still want to frame the queen of the country, give the mourning family twenty boards, and enter the cold palace." The Queen Mother sat down with a serious face and ordered.
"Queen Mother, the concubine really doesn't know, the Queen Mother knows it!" Ji Yuning hurriedly said.
"The concubine is wronged, the queen mother, the queen mother is clear!" Meng Ying also hurriedly called.
"Wronged? The clothes are yours, and how can you be wronged? The Queen Mother said angrily: "Hurry up and drag me down." ”
"Queen Mother, the evidence is insufficient, you can't just convict the concubines like this, the concubines are wronged!" Ji Yuning is still very sober-minded and wants to catch a glimmer of life.
The Queen Mother was suddenly silent, and the grandmothers on the side wanted to step forward and drag Ji Yuning and Meng Ying away, but when they saw that the Queen Mother was quiet, they hesitated and didn't know whether they should step forward or not.
"Report to the Queen Mother, Mama Cui outside the palace asks to see me." A palace maid came in to report to the Queen Mother.
Mama Cui is an old man who has served the emperor, at such an old age, why did she come here in person, isn't there something important?
"Come in, please." The Queen Mother said.
Mama Cui was dressed in plain clothes, her face was full of vicissitudes, and she came in with a cane.
"The old body sees the Queen Mother." Mama Cui said that she was about to kneel.
"Hurry up and help Mama Cui and sit down." The Queen Mother hurriedly said, how can you bear to let Cui Mama be so old and still perform this big gift, besides, the Queen Mother has been taken care of by Cui Mama in the past, and Cui Mama often says that the Queen Mother is good in the ear of the emperor.
Mama Cui thanked the Queen Mother and sat down.
"Mama is here to mourn, but what's the matter?" The Queen Mother asked Mama Cui kindly.
Mama Cui nodded: "There is something." ”
"You say." The Queen Mother said.
"The old man is here to deliver something." Cui Mama said, and then took out a silk cloth with words written on it from her sleeve.
The palace maid who was waiting on the side took it and handed it to the queen mother.
The Queen Mother took it in her hand and looked at it, obviously a little angry, so she said to Cui Mama very kindly: "Where did Mama come from?" ”
Cui Mama said: "I found it in 'Yuxiangyuan'. ”
When Ji Yuning heard it, it must not be a good thing to have something to do with herself, so nervous that beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
The Queen Mother turned to Ji Yuning and scolded angrily: "Bastard, the evidence is here, and you still want to deny it, you can see for yourself." Then he threw the silk cloth out and fell to the ground.
Ji Yuning knelt and crawled forward to look at the silk cloth thrown down by the Queen Mother, and when she saw it, her face changed greatly, isn't this her recipe for the gray tree that was born?
Meng Ying on the side raised her head slightly, looked at the silk cloth, and saw the word "gray tree" dimly, and knew that something was wrong.
"Queen Mother, this matter was all thought up by Ji Guiren, and the concubines were all deceived by her, please ask the Queen Mother to condemn herself." Meng Ying suddenly kowtowed to the Queen Mother and admitted her mistake.
Ji Yuning turned her head and stared at Meng Ying, "It's really stupid." ”
Ji Yuning remembered that she had ruined this recipe, but for some reason, she appeared here now.
"Bold! Ji Guiren, you still don't know what is wrong. Seeing that Ji Yuning was silent, the Queen Mother was really angry.
"Queen Mother, the concubine is wronged, I really don't know where this silk cloth came from, there is no such thing in the concubine's palace." Ji Yuning still refused to admit it.
"I don't know? So why did Meng Meiren confess her guilt when she saw the silk cloth? The Queen Mother asked Ji Yuning.
"The concubine doesn't know why Meng Meiren will bite the concubine back, I'm afraid that in order to shirk the responsibility to the concubine, please ask the queen mother to call the shots for the concubine." Ji Yuning said as if she herself was the most pitiful person.
"Queen Mother, she lied, this silk cloth, the concubine saw it in her palace, she said that as long as she did what she said, Concubine Li would be aborted, and the queen of the country would become a scapegoat, killing two birds with one stone." Meng Ying hurriedly stood up to expose Ji Yuning's true face.
Ji Yuning retorted to Meng Ying: "Meng Meiren, I have always been commensurate with your sister and treat each other sincerely, why did you frame me like this." ”
"The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, what the concubine said is true, and the concubine can tell the ins and outs of this matter." Meng Ying said angrily, she couldn't imagine that Ji Yuning would even be framed by her allies now.
"Make it clear to the mourners." The Queen Mother asked Meng Ying to come and go.
Meng Ying told the ins and outs of the matter one by one: "When I was in the palace that day, the concubine had a dispute with Ji Guiren and Concubine Li, and Concubine Li fell into the water in a panic......"
It turned out that from then on, Ji Yuning and Meng Ying had been obsessed with Concubine Li, and tried their best to let Concubine Li taste the hardships, and by the way, they killed two birds with one stone and pulled Lu Mingyue into the water together.
"Bold, you are really bold, you dare to murder the emperor and grandson of the mourning family." After the Queen Mother heard this, her anger did not subside, and she added to her anger.
Meng Ying trembled and knelt on the ground to plead guilty: "The concubine knows that she is guilty, please punish the queen mother." "I still know how to admit my mistakes.
"What else do you want to say?" Seeing that Ji Yuning didn't speak, the Queen Mother asked Ji Yuning disdainfully.
No matter how much Ji Yuning quibbles, all the evidence points to her, how can she clear herself?
"Queen Mother, the slave is guilty." Suddenly, someone outside the hall shouted loudly.
The Queen Mother asked, "Who is making noise there?" ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, she is a palace maid." The grandmother who came in reported.
"Let her in." The Queen Mother said.
The palace maid entered the main hall and knelt in front of the queen mother.
"Queen Mother, the slave maid is Ji Guiren's personal palace maid." The visitor himself said.
"You say you are guilty, what is your sin?" The Queen Mother looked at Ji Yuning's personal palace maid.
The palace maid said: "The slave knows that her little master is plotting to kill the emperor's heir, but she does not tell it, which is a big crime. ”
Ji Yuning turned her head and glanced at the palace maid blankly, and suddenly sat on the ground, the person she trusted the most, the person she had brought with her since she was a child, actually betrayed her.
This Ji Yuning's personal palace maid was brought in by Ji Yuning from outside the palace, and she was a member of her mother's family.
"Are you telling the truth?" The Queen Mother asked the palace maid.
The palace maid nodded: "Yes, the silk cloth was originally destroyed by the little master to the slave maid, and the slave and maid thought about it, and it was a big crime to murder the emperor's heir, so she left the silk cloth." ”
The Queen Mother said to Ji Yuning: "Now, there are human and material evidence, what else do you have to quibble?" ”
Ji Yuning shook his head: "The concubine admits it, it was the concubine who did it, I did it, this harem has never accommodated me, what am I, what is it, when did the monarch treat me sincerely, outside the palace, how many young talents revolve around me, in the palace, I want to see people's faces and listen to people's actions, I don't want to live such a life, don't!" Ji Yuning finally roared almost in Chesdi.
Ji Yuning originally thought that with her appearance, temperament, and talent, if she entered the palace, she would definitely be favored by Huangfu Changyuan, and she would be favored by the harem, under one person, and above ten thousand, but everything was not what she imagined.
"Come on, drag this slut out of the mourning family and kill him with a cane!" The Queen Mother saw that Ji Yuning was still roaring at the end and did not repent, so she angrily asked her to correct her on the spot.
Ji Yuning was dragged out and laughed, as if she was a little crazy.
Meng Ying and the palace maid couldn't help but be a little scared when they saw Ji Yuning's fate, but fortunately they admitted their mistakes in time.
"After Meng Meiren was slandered by others, harmed the emperor's heir, and framed the country, she read it and told the truth, knew that she repented, seized the title, and entered the cold palace." The Queen Mother is already lenient to Meng Ying.
Meng Ying kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Queen Mother." ”
After all, he didn't kill Meng Ying with a cane like Ji Yuning, and he was spared the pain of flesh and skin before, although he was demoted to the cold palace, at least he saved his life.
"The Queen Mother gives sin." Ji Yuning's personal palace maid took the initiative to ask for guilt.
"You understand the reason, you didn't know your mistakes with your little master, go down and get twenty boards, and send them to the harem to do labor." The Queen Mother said.
"Empress Dowager Xie." The palace maid received the order to thank him.
This matter has finally come to light.
Cui Mama left the "Shoukang Palace" and came to the "Huayi Palace", and the emperor Changyuan asked Cui Mama to sit and drink tea, and told him whether the matter of the "Shoukang Palace" was smooth.
It turned out that Huangfu Changyuan made a contribution behind the scenes, otherwise, I don't know how long this matter would have to be tossed.
Huangfu Changyuan is also to protect Lu Mingyue, but also to protect Concubine Li and children, and also to reduce the Queen Mother's troubles.
Not long after, "Huafeng Palace" also heard the news, and Shimo and Shiyu were really relieved.
Now, Shiyu finally knows what Jinxin and Shimo were hiding from her at that time, it turned out that she went to check whether there would be oranges in the palace of Lifei, and before it was confirmed, she couldn't easily draw conclusions, no wonder Jinxin and Shimo didn't tell Shiyu at that time.
This matter has slowly passed, after this incident, now the people in the harem still dare to touch Li Concubine's fetus, they are all looking forward to the safe birth of Li Concubine's child, if the child has any accidents, they will all be suspected, and I don't know who will be unlucky.
The days gradually passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was already the depths of winter, and before long, it was a new year.
In the past few days, Huangfu Changyuan didn't go to Concubine Li, nor did he come to Lu Mingyue, discussing with the ministers in the imperial study how to solve the sudden disaster.
What's going on?
I don't know what the reason is, in the city at the foot of the imperial city, there is a strange thing, in the winter, people suddenly have a burning and itchy body, take off their clothes, and keep scratching their skin, until the bleeding does not stop, and they can't stop itching, there are already several people, they scratch themselves until they bleed to death.
Among the ministers, there are also many people who have been infected, and they have taken sick leave to scratch at home.
(Tianjin)