Chapter 33: The Real Murderer Presents
In addition to being sad, Cai Wei suddenly thought of an important question. 『』[No pop-ups, the page is clean, just read the book. 】
Who said those words she said to Empress Dowager Mo out of the palace?
It stands to reason that Nangong Yi shouldn't let people spread these words, but why do the ministers know about it, and even every word she says is so clear, the minions in the Yukun Palace are in the deep palace, how can they spread the news outside?
Thinking of this, her heart moved, and a bold idea arose spontaneously in her heart, which startled her, but then she was a little excited, if her idea was true, then the problem between her and Nangong Yi could be solved soon.
Cai Wei looked at the ministers kneeling on the ground, and deliberately said loudly: "Most of the things in the world are exaggerated and false, and the Japanese palace did muttered a few words to the queen mother, but she did not loudly reprimand the queen mother, let alone say the words that Prime Minister Ning said, so the queen mother will never be angry to death by the palace, as for what the cause of the queen mother's death is, it still needs to be investigated. Isn't it disobedience to the queen and great rebellion? ”
After the words were spoken, many ministers looked at Prime Minister Ning, Prime Minister Ning was the head of the hundred officials, and he was quite prestigious in the court, and everyone just listened to his words and came to admonish him, so they all seemed to listen to what he had to say.
When Prime Minister Ning Cheng saw that everyone was staring at him, he raised his head and said with a straight face: "Queen Mother, what you did that day, the people in the Yukun Palace have seen it, and you can't deny it." ”
Cai Wei smiled disdainfully: "Yes is yes, no is nothing, Prime Minister Ning wants to slander the palace, please come up with evidence, otherwise-" She sneered, and her expression suddenly sharpened.
"You will have to pay, pay, substitute, and price for your incitement and misdeeds!"
If Prime Minister Ning does not confess who sent the news out of the palace, she will punish him for slandering the middle palace and plotting against him.
How could Prime Minister Ning not know the stakes, thought about it, gritted his teeth and said: "There are witnesses, and Miss Bai Zhi, the deacon and palace maid next to the Queen Mother, can testify!" ”
Angelica dahurica?
Cai Wei smiled, it turned out to be her!
That girl who looks honest and dutiful, it turns out that she still has such a hand, she really underestimates her!
"Then please ask Prime Minister Ning Cheng to summon Miss Bai Zhi to confront the palace, but before the ugly words, if someone wants to slander the palace, the palace will never tolerate him!"
Prime Minister Ning Cheng did not give in: "Queen Mother, please rest assured, since the old minister dares to let people confront you, there is enough evidence to prove Niangniang's crime, if Niangniang's crime is proven, please also ask Niangniang to take the initiative to abdicate, don't be embarrassed for the emperor." ”
Cai Wei said coldly: "Listening to Prime Minister Ning's tone and words, it seems that you have seen the scene at that time with your own eyes, and you have convicted this palace in vain just based on the words of a palace maid, which really makes this palace doubt your intentions!" ”
Prime Minister Ning's expression froze, and then he said: "Niangniang, it's useless to talk more, when Miss Bai Zhi comes in a while, after you finish confronting each other, the matter will naturally be clear." ”
Not long after, Bai Zhi was brought, she was dressed in linen and filial piety, and her eyes were red and swollen from crying, perhaps because of excessive sadness, people were so weak that they couldn't even walk steadily, and they had to be supported by others, so they barely walked over.
Seeing Cai Wei, before anyone spoke, Bai Zhi cried: "Queen Mother, the day before yesterday was Princess Chaoyue's birthday, the Queen Mother thought about her daughter, and there were some people who spoke more heavily to the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother, as a junior, wouldn't it be over if she endured it, why did she say those cruel words and make the Queen Mother angry to death?" ”
Cai Wei sneered: "You keep saying that this palace is angry with the Queen Mother, but you are telling everyone to hear, how did this palace kill the Queen Mother?" ”
Hearing this, Bai Zhi stopped crying, and said in a hoarse voice: "Since it was the mother who ordered the slave maid, the slave and maid will be blunt." ”
"The day before yesterday, the Queen Mother wanted to invite the Queen Mother to Yukun Palace to discuss the case of Princess Chaoyue, afraid that the Niangniang nobles would be busy and had no time to see her, so she deliberately let the slave and maid falsely claim that she had fainted, and the queen had to take the time to see each other. At that time, when the slave maid went to invite you, you were about to go out of the palace, because of the annoyance of the Queen Mother stumbling on you, so the Queen Mother spoke coldly to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother was angry, and said a word or two about you, you stood up, reprimanded the Queen Mother loudly, and slandered the Queen Mother to curse Princess Mingzhu, saying that the Queen Mother was confused, and even more excessively said, "The Queen Mother should not lose the face of being an elder", and the Queen Mother was trembling, and then you didn't look at it and walked away. ”
"The slave maid saw that the queen mother was very angry, so she persuaded a few words, the queen mother said that she felt uncomfortable, and her head hurt, and the slave and maid helped the queen mother to rest, who knows, the queen mother was too angry with you, and when the slave and maid went to invite her to lunch, she found that the queen mother was dead, and she died with her eyes open.
As he spoke, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and began to cry.
As soon as the words fell, it immediately attracted the indignant discussion of the ministers in the courtyard.
"The queen is really too much, it's just a big rebellion......"
"It's appalling to be so disobedient......."
These discussions were all heard by Cai Wei, and just as she was about to speak, Brother Parrot flapped his wings and came back.
"Master, I have already delivered the letter, and the bandits have gone to find someone."
Cai Wei was overjoyed and said: "You came back just in time, I suspect that Empress Dowager Mo was killed by someone, take a good look, what are the differences and inappropriateness in her?" ”
This little thing is a piece of cake for Brother Parrot, it opened its clairvoyant eye, and it only took a few seconds for it to cry: "Master, Empress Dowager Mo has two long needles inserted into her heart, and she was killed by someone!" ”
Steel needles!
Cai Wei almost screamed with excitement!
Great, the Queen Mother was really killed, and this time she can finally turn over!
The person who can put the steel needle into the body of the Queen Mother must be someone close to the Queen Mother, thinking of what Bai Zhi just said, the last person the Queen Mother came into contact with is Bai Zhi!
Cai Wei turned her head and looked at Bai Zhi, who was crying into tears, and suddenly realized one thing: Bai Zhi's stature and height were similar to the dead Yingchun next to Fei'er, and even her face and eyebrows were somewhat similar.
This discovery made her even more excited, the person who killed Yingchun and pretended to be her that day was never found, the hunting ground at that time was already surrounded by water, and it was impossible for her to escape, and now it seems that the answer has been revealed!
Prime Minister Ning didn't know that Cai Wei had already found out her eyebrows, and when she heard the discussion of the ministers, she thought that she had received everyone's support, so she unconsciously showed a smug look on her face, and said: "Niangniang, Miss Bai Zhi is the big palace maid next to the Queen Mother, her words shouldn't be fake, now, what else do you have to say?" ”
Cai Wei saw that he was proud, as if he had already caught the handle of her angry Empress Dowager, and laughed unconsciously and said, "Of course this palace has something to say!" ”
After speaking, he slowly walked up to Prime Minister Ning and said loudly: "Before Bai Zhi came, Prime Minister Ning seemed to know the whole thing well, dare to ask Prime Minister Ning, who did you listen to those words?" The palace rules are strict, and it is clearly stipulated that the eunuchs and palace maids serving in the palace are not allowed to contact the foreign ministers, where did you hear those words? Or have you always been in the palace, and every move in the palace is under your control? ”
Hearing this, a trace of panic flashed in Prime Minister Ning's eyes, he avoided digging Wei sharp eyes, facing the direction of the Queen Mother's coffin, and arched his hand: "When the Queen Mother was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, it suddenly collapsed, and the minister, as the head of a hundred officials, naturally spared no effort to find out the cause of death, and he had fulfilled the responsibility of the courtier, God blessed, and finally asked the minister to find out the cause of the Queen Mother's death, and the minister should be the Queen Mother's grievance Zhaoxue, in order to comfort the Queen Mother's spirit in the sky......"
As he spoke, he turned to Cai Wei again, revealing a frank look: "What? Is it also a sin for the minister to find out the truth about the cause of the queen mother's death in the eyes of the queen mother? If that's the case, the minister is willing to accept the guilt! ”
Cai Wei snorted lightly: "Hehe, what a loyal and courageous minister!" However, I still ask Prime Minister Ning Cheng to answer the question just raised by the palace truthfully, don't avoid the important and change the topic, the palace only asks you, how did you know the cause of the queen mother's death? Who sued you? ”
Prime Minister Ning choked, his face showed a little cracked, and at this time, Bai Zhi said loudly: "Niangniang, don't slander Zhongliang, it's a slave maid, it's a slave maid who sues Prime Minister Ning!" ”
She said sadly: "The queen doesn't need to plant a blame on Prime Minister Ning's head, it was the slave maid who secretly went to sue Prime Minister Ning, the slave and maid knew that the emperor favored you to the bone, and was afraid that the emperor would be reluctant to punish you, so that the queen mother would die unjustly, and she could not show the snow, so she took advantage of the chaos to sneak out of the palace and tell Lord Ning the news, if you are angry, come to the slave and maid!" ”
"Smack, smack, slap......"
A few crisp and monotonous applause rang out, Cai Wei applauded, looked at Bai Zhi mockingly, and said coldly: "Miss Bai Zhi is really powerful, I can't imagine that with you, a little palace maid, you can enter and leave the palace and the prime minister's mansion casually, and you can incite the civil and military officials of our dynasty to fulfill your wishes and persecute the palace and the emperor, this ability really makes the palace admire!" ”
Bai Zhi said: "The slave maid is the big palace maid next to the queen mother, naturally there is a way to enter and exit the palace, the slave maid dares to risk killing the head, and enters and leaves the palace without authorization, but also to avenge the grievances of the queen mother. ”
Cai Wei sneered: "Miss Bai Zhi is really sharp and eloquent, clever and eloquent, if it weren't for the evidence in this palace to prove that you killed the queen mother and blamed this palace, this son would really be defeated by your clever tongue, but, fortunately, there is evidence in this palace, so even if Miss Bai Zhi pretends to be innocent and incites people's hearts, it is in vain, in the face of facts and evidence, all quibbles are useless." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other and was shocked, it was obvious that the queen was angry with the queen mother, how could it become Miss Bai Zhi who killed the queen mother?
Bai Zhi was anxious when she heard this, and shouted: "Queen Mother, red-mouthed and white-toothed, how can you say such heart-wrenching words?" The queen mother has the grace of knowing the slave maid, and the slave and maid can't repay her even if she is a cow or a horse, so how can she harm her? What's more, the Queen Mother is alive, and the slave maid has a beautiful and decent life, and the Queen Mother is dead, the slave and maid are nothing, and the slave and maid will not harm the Queen Mother. ”
Cai Wei said: "Don't be busy complaining, this palace asks you, you said that after the Queen Mother was angry with me, where did the Queen Mother go?" What was done? ”
Bai Zhi said: "The Queen Mother was trembling by you, and the slave persuaded her for a while, so she helped the Queen Mother to sleep." ”
Cai Wei smiled: "Listen, everyone, she shows her feet!" Bai Zhi, as a deacon and palace maid beside the Queen Mother, how can you not know the truth that sleeping when you are angry is the easiest to die violently? Why do you still arrange for her to sleep, not to mention that it was still morning, and the Queen Mother had just gotten up. ”
"Unless, you want to take the opportunity to kill someone, so you deliberately coaxed the Queen Mother to sleep, and then took advantage of her sleep, and then blamed the Queen Mother's death on the head of the palace. Or, you deliberately killed the Queen Mother in order to blame the palace! ”
"Queen Mother, slaves and maids really don't understand the truth that it is easy to die violently when they sleep when they are angry, but is this also evidence that slaves and maids killed the Queen Mother? Besides, it was the Queen Mother who was so angry with you that she had a headache and wanted to lie down for a while! Bai Zhi shouted sadly, looking like she had hit the sky.
Cai Wei said: "You don't have to pretend to be innocent and wronged, since the palace deduces that it was you who did it, it will naturally find evidence, but it is a matter of importance, and please go back to the house and invite your ladies, otherwise, when collecting evidence for a while, you need to pay tribute to the remains of the Queen Mother, and it is inconvenient for you to be present!" ”
The argument between the two people made the ministers present in a fog, and they didn't know who to listen to. Originally, everyone was more inclined to believe that the queen was angry with the queen mother, but the queen said that it was Bai Zhi who killed the queen mother, and she said it was convincing, with a determined look, and said that she would come up with evidence to prove it, so even if she didn't believe the queen, for the sake of evidence, she had to get up and go outside in disbelief.
Cai Wei glanced at these first-class officials, and found that there were no people from the Liguo Mansion inside, and her mood suddenly improved a lot, if the people from the Liguo Mansion were there, she really didn't know how to face them in the future.
Fei'er married into the Liguo Mansion, if the Liguo Mansion regarded herself as the culprit who was angry with the Empress Dowager Mo, it would be difficult for Fei'er to do it in the Liguo Mansion in the future.
At the same time, she was a little moved, Empress Dowager Mo is the daughter of Liguo Gong, almost all the ministers in the court have arrived today, but no one from the Liguo Mansion has come forward, it can be seen that they still believe in her, and she must repay them well in the future for this trust.
All the ladies were invited one after another, all of them wore the clothes of the command, covered with filial piety clothes, and there were no hairpins on their heads, only white silk or white yarn wrapped their heads, all of them looked heartbroken.
Cai Wei cleared her throat and said solemnly: "I invite you ladies to come over today, because the palace has found out who the murderer of the Queen Mother is, and even the murderer who killed the girl in the Liguo Mansion on the hunting ground last year has also been found, so I specially invite everyone to come over to verify it, and after collecting the evidence later, I also ask the ladies to explain the situation to everyone!" ”
Cai Wei's words really caused a sensation at the scene, what happened? Could it be that the Queen Mother really didn't die of the queen's mother? Could it really be as the queen said, the person killed by Bai Zhi? Wait, even the murderer who killed the girl of the Liguo Mansion on the hunting ground last year has also been found, so isn't it even the case of Princess Chaoyue being killed last year has been solved?
Nangong Yi walked out of the mourning hall and looked at Cai Wei with a shocked expression.
I haven't seen him for two days, the man is a lot haggard, the eyes that have confused countless girls have lost their former brilliance, his eye circles are dark, his handsome face is tired, and even the stubble on the cheeks has come out, completely lost the image of the noble Pianpian Jia Gongzi on weekdays, it looks very decadent, and the back that has always been straight is also a little hunched, and the person seems to be ten years old all of a sudden.
Looking at him like this, Cai Wei's heart was distressed, these two days, must be the most difficult two days in his life, the pain of losing his mother already made him heartache, but his mother was accused of being angry with his favorite woman, his inner depression could not be vented, coupled with the persecution of the ministers, he must have been on the verge of collapse!
Nangong Yi looked at Cai Wei, her throat moved, and as soon as she spoke, her voice became hoarse: "You mean, Queen Mother..." Was he killed? ”
"Exactly!"
Cai Wei nodded heavily: "The murderer who killed the queen mother is likely to be the same as the murderer who killed Chaoyue, because their killing methods are to shoot a long needle into a person's heart to cause death, so as long as the long needle in the heart of the queen mother is taken out, you can prove the innocence of the concubine!" ”
Isn't taking out the needle from the heart to cut open the abdomen?
Without waiting for Nangong Yi to speak, the Fuguo Gongda shouted: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is a golden body, how can she take a needle by caesarean section for a trumpous sentence?" It is difficult to distinguish between the truth and falsehood of the queen's words, and even if it is true, the queen mother must not be disemboweled. ”
Prime Minister Ning Cheng said without yin or yang: "Queen Mother, you said that the Queen Mother's heart was injected with a steel needle?" How do you know? The Queen Mother is still in the coffin, does the mother have sharp eyes and can see the heart of the mother through the coffin? Or did the queen mother know from the beginning that the queen mother's heart had been injected with steel needles? ”
The last sentence can not be described as not vicious, it is an insinuation that Cai Wei is the murderer of the Queen Mother, and she is shouting to catch the thief.
Cai Wei said unhurriedly: "When the palace left Yukun Palace the day before yesterday, the Queen Mother was fine, if it was the hand of the palace, the Queen Mother's heart was injected, and she would have an attack immediately, how could she have the opportunity to listen to Bai Zhi's comfort and persuasion?" How could they have the opportunity to be helped to sleep on the couch? Thanks to Prime Minister Ning's extensive reading, he doesn't even understand this little bit of medical knowledge, and the more he reads, the more stupid he becomes. ”
"As for the fiery eyes you said, hehe, Prime Minister Ning is wearing a purple undershirt today, right? Reasoning, the Queen Mother's new funeral, Prime Minister Ning Cheng should be plain inside and out, and you actually wore a bright purple undershirt inside, it can be seen that you are not sincerely mourning for the Queen Mother, just doing superficial work. ”
"Oh, this sarcoma on the chest of Fu Guogong is called keloid, the longer it grows, the bigger it gets, it can't be treated, so you can do it yourself!"
Cai Wei's eyes swept over the two ministers' bodies a few times, and she said it unhurriedly, almost shocking the jaws of Fuguo Gong and Prime Minister Ning.
This woman actually knows what they are wearing inside, and can even see what is on their bodies, is it really sharp-eyed? Some ministers unconsciously covered important parts, feeling as if they had been looked at in front of their mothers.
However, Prime Minister Ning didn't believe that there were really sharp-eyed people in this world, he thought about it for a while, and felt that the queen must have installed someone by his side, so he knew what color of underwear he was wearing today, and what Fu Guogong had on his body, which was completely tricky. "Niangniang, don't think that you can confuse people by figuring out the details of the ministers, according to the ministers, Niangniang must have calculated that she would not give the Queen Mother a caesarean section and a needle, so as to shirk the responsibility and clear her name."
Cai Wei glanced at him, and said idly: "Let's not talk about whether the palace is tricky, just talk about taking needles for the Queen Mother, who told you that you will have to take needles for the Queen Mother?" ”
Prime Minister Ning was taken aback and said, "What do you mean by this?" Without disembowelment, how can the so-called needle of the queen mother be removed? ”
Cai Wei said: "It's very simple, please use the internal strength of the person to suck out the needle, I am full of talents, this palace believes, there will be such a capable person!" ”
As soon as the words fell, Nangong Yi said, "I'm here!" ”
After that, he turned around and went into the mourning hall to make arrangements.
Cai Wei said to the ministers kneeling in the courtyard: "You all think that it is the queen mother of the palace who is angry, in order to avoid suspicion, the palace will not go in, although your majesty will go in to get the needle, when the evidence is out, the matter will naturally fall into place!" ”
Bai Zhi, who was standing in the courtyard, tried her best to keep her composure, and wanted to go into the mourning hall with everyone, but was stopped by Cai Wei at the door, Cai Wei said coldly: "Miss Bai Zhi is now suspected of harming the Queen Mother, it is not appropriate to approach the Queen Mother, and please wait here for Miss Bai Zhi, and when there is a result, someone will naturally inform the girl." ”
Bai Zhi stiffened when she heard this, and the expression on her face cracked. If you can't enter the mourning hall, you can't cheat, and when the needle in the queen mother's heart is taken out, her crime of killing the queen mother will be exposed, what can I do?
Her face was pale, as if she was on anthrax, and she kept looking in the direction of the mourning hall, and cold sweat broke out on her body.
Cai Wei looked at her, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
If you want to blame her, dream! This time, you'll be able to shoot yourself in the foot!
In the mourning hall, one hundred and eight monks worship the "Great Northern Confession", the soul of the dead after the death of the exceeding, the Empress Dowager Mo is covered with a colorful engraved gold silk bright yellow quilt, with the crown of nine phoenixes and chaoyang, lying straight on the spiritual bed, in order to prevent the corpse from becoming bad and rotting, several layers of thick ice are spread under the spiritual bed, freezing the corpse on the spiritual bed.
After Nangong Yi entered, he dismissed the monks in the mourning hall with a gloomy face, and then ordered all the ladies to come in.
As soon as all the edicts entered the mourning hall and saw the Empress Dowager Mo on the mourning bed, they all knelt down and bowed, crying and crying.
Yang Yongdao: "Don't be sad, the queen mother said, the death of the queen mother is not providential, but man-made, since the ladies are sad for the queen mother, please remove the queen mother's phoenix robe, and let your majesty get out the long needle in the queen mother's heart, so as to avenge the queen mother!" ”
When everyone heard this, they held back their tears one after another, and came to change the clothes of the Empress Dowager Mo, Nangong Yi kept his back to the Empress Dowager Mo's spiritual bed, standing with his hands in his hands, and his tall back looked a little lonely and sad. At this time, he was really conflicted, that is, he felt happy and relieved that Cai Wei could clear his suspicion, and he was distressed and sad that his mother was killed.
was feeling sad, and the ladies had already taken off the layers of Empress Dowager Mo's funeral clothes, leaving only the innermost layer of profane clothes
"Your Majesty, the concubines and others have already helped the Queen Mother to take off her coat, and the emperor can make a contribution."
Nangong Yi let out an "um" and slowly walked towards Empress Dowager Mo's body.
Outside the mourning hall, Cai Wei stood there calmly, looking at Bai Zhi with a pair of eyes, watching her face change from white to blue, and from green to red, which was wonderful.
Prime Minister Ning looked at the mourning hall, an old face was obscure; Fu Guogong also stretched his neck, looked at the direction of the mourning hall with good eyes, rubbed his hands anxiously, and couldn't wait to rush in to see the situation inside.
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