Chapter 209, Extinguishing the Mouth
Before Weiyang woke up, Xiao Dezi beside the emperor came to invite King Xiao.
"With Dong Bin here, she will be fine, you can rest assured!" Concubine Mei gently patted him on the back and comforted him.
Putting away the remorse and self-blame in his eyes, King Xiao tidied up the placket on his body, took a deep breath and took two steps to the door, paused or turned around, looking at the woman who was still unconscious.
It was the woman he loved so much, but he hurt him like this!
"Let's go! It's no use for you to stay here! Lu Yubin was like him, and he didn't give him a good word!
"She's ...... Please! ”
King Xiao knew that if he said this, Lu Yubin would not take it seriously, but he still said it involuntarily.
"Humph! Now know that worried? How could she have burned so badly without you? ”
Regarding King Xiao's concern, Lu Yubin only regarded it as hypocrisy.
King Xiao didn't want to argue with him, so he frowned and walked out of Luofu Palace, Xiao Dezi also heard that Miss Lu was sick, and now it seems that she is really sick.
Looking up at King Xiao's face, Xiao Dezi was so frightened that he didn't dare to squeak, and led King Xiao to the door of Chenxing Palace silently.
"Go in, the prince! The emperor is waiting for you! ”
King Xiao nodded, put away the boredom in his heart, and returned to his usual upright appearance, as soon as he entered the palace gate, he found that there were really a lot of people in the courtyard.
The emperor, the queen, and the concubines of the palace came to a courtyard of people, and even the king of Changyi and the five princes came.
"Sending someone away for so long?" Emperor Fang Jince frowned, a little dissatisfied with King Xiao's delay.
King Xiao took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and after seeing the ladies of the palace one by one, he came to the emperor.
"Miss Lu is not lightly ill, and a doctor was arranged to see Miss Lu, and the son came back and made his father wait for a long time."
When the emperor heard that he was not lightly ill, he immediately frowned, and because the concubines in a courtyard were not easy to ask, he suppressed the worry in his heart.
"Cao's death is ugly, you take someone over to see, if she died in vain, you must find out the person who killed her."
As soon as the emperor's words fell, he heard a grandmother crying sadly in the courtyard, saying that her master had died unjustly, and asked the emperor to vindicate her master's grievances.
Her crying also caused the concubines to whisper eagerly.
After ordering the work and a group of people, King Xiao led the way towards the courtyard where the accident occurred.
When she came to Cao Guifei's bedroom, her body was still resting on the couch, and King Xiao beckoned her hand to let her come forward to check.
He himself led his men to carefully survey the clues in the house.
Suddenly, under the table, he found a handkerchief, a dark arrow-colored silk, embroidered with the pattern of a plum.
King Xiao picked up the handkerchief with a possession, and his intuition told him that this handkerchief belonged to a man!
"Come on, bring Cao Guifei's personal grandmother over for questioning!"
King Xiao asked people to move a big chair and put it under the porch, he wanted to investigate it properly, not long after Chen Fang died, his master Cao Guifei died again, King Xiao never thought it was a coincidence.
After a while, the mama who was crying to death was brought up.
"Old slave...... The old slave knocked on His Royal Highness King Xiao. ”
"As soon as I entered the door, I heard you cry out for grievances, let's talk about it! What do you really know? King Xiao asked.
This grandmother's surname is Liu, and she has followed Cao Guifei since she entered the palace, and she is considered to be the person next to Cao Guifei.
"There is a pretense that the mother died by eating poison by mistake, and it was not poisoned, but ...... The old slave just thinks that there is something strange about this matter! ”
"Oh? Do you have any proof? As soon as King Xiao heard that there was a way out of this, he immediately sat up straight.
"The concubine seems to know that something is going to happen to her, if it was an accident, why did she do it?" Mama Liu recalled the strange behavior of Cao Guifei in the past two days.
"Tell me, what did she do that made people feel abnormal?" Her words immediately aroused the vigilance of King Xiao, and he straightened up and listened carefully.
Mama Liu lay on the ground, her voice trembling slightly.
"In the past two days, the noble concubine asked the old slave to hand over two boxes out of the palace, and those two boxes were silver taels and jewelry that the noble concubine had privately saved."
King Xiao's eyes widened when he heard this, this person wants to abscond, so he will transfer the money in advance, it seems that this Cao Guifei wants to run!
"Oh? Do you see the person taking the box? King Xiao asked tightly.
Mama Liu nodded and replied.
"It is said that he is the cousin of Cao Guifei's mother's family, he is quite tall, burly, with a dark complexion, and looks like he is in his thirties."
King Xiao frowned, such a feature is equivalent to not saying anything.
"Does he have any obvious signs?"
Mama Liu tried hard to remember for a long time, and suddenly her eyes lit up.
Although this man was dressed very neatly, when he approached, he always felt a fishy smell on his body, and the old slave was still curious! How can this Cao Guifei be regarded as the daughter of a court official, how can she have a relative who fishes? ”
"Big, dark-faced, in his thirties, a fisherman?"
King Xiao's eyebrows were almost twisted into pimples.
"Spread the Dali Temple, and make the characteristics of this person into a portrait and search the whole city, especially the vendors who sell fresh fish!"
King Xiao passed down the order, and the entire imperial city took action to find the suspect.
After explaining this, King Xiao took out the handkerchief he had just picked up from his arms and asked people to show it to Mama Liu.
"Look at this, but what you have in the palace?"
Mama Liu took the handkerchief and examined it carefully for a long time, then shook her head.
"The old slave is sure that this is not a thing of Chenxing Palace."
"Alright! You step back first! King Xiao waved her hand to step back.
King Xiao squinted at the handkerchief for a long time, and then smiled slightly.
It seems that this veil must belong to the murderer!
At this time, he had already experienced the corpse, and the cause of the deceased's death was clearly written.
"I accidentally ate a puffer fish and died of poisoning! This...... How is that possible?"
Up to now, King Xiao doesn't believe that Cao Guifei died in an accident.
"Is it really puffer fish poison in her? If there is a mistake, this king wants your head to move! King Xiao stood up suddenly, and his tone was extremely stern.
He was scared out of a sweat and knelt down and kowtowed.
"Every year, there are people who eat puffer fish by mistake to death, and the villain has seen several such corpses, so please rest assured, Your Highness, the villain uses the head of the item to guarantee that this poison is puffer fish poison."
King Xiao only felt a burst of prostration, if it was really as he said, Cao Guifei died of eating puffer fish by mistake, then all the speculation he made would be in vain.
"You go down first!" Xiao Wang waved his hand.
"Your Highness, the emperor is still waiting to see the results!" Li Fuan hurriedly asked for instructions.
"Go back to the emperor, just say that Cao Guifei's death is a bit strange, for the sake of prudence, I will personally return to the investigation process in a few days, and ask the palaces to go back and rest today!"
Xiao Wang rubbed his somewhat numb scalp, and this series of miscellaneous things made him feel more and more uneasy.
Li Fuan settled the emperor and the concubine, and ran back to restore his life!
"Let's move the corpse to the Taimiao! It's not a matter of staying here after all, there is still a courtyard of people living in this palace! Li Fuan made a suggestion.
All the things that should be tested have been experienced, and it is indeed inappropriate for the corpse to be left here, so King Xiao nodded.
Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, another day had passed, and thinking of Weiyang, who was still in a coma, King Xiao's mood was a little depressed.
As soon as I got out of Chenxing Palace, I turned around on the long road to the east, and I saw the king of Changyi coming over.
"The third brother has been very tired lately! This errand to share the worries of my father and emperor does not seem to be easy! ”
Listening to his yin and yang weird tone, King Xiao felt even more irritable, and stiffly hooked his lips and said.
"I'm just a hard worker, where can I compare to the second brother will be worry-free! The second brother rarely comes back from the fiefdom all the year round, and the father is also distressed by the second brother, how can he be willing to call you! ”
said a thousand ways and ten thousand, isn't it that it can't be reused by the emperor? Even though he came back this time to coax the emperor to be very happy, the emperor still assigned the errand to the third child.
And he Fang Yingzhi is still an idle prince!
King Changyi narrowed his eyes slightly, and then changed to his usual modest smile.
"Hahaha, the third brother's wedding is approaching, it's better not to work too hard, and this woman...... Be temperate, too! ”
Hearing what King Changyi said, King Xiao's heart trembled, could it be that he knew what happened just now?
However, it was in Rashiki Palace! Concubine Mei will definitely block the news, and it will not reach his ears so quickly!
"Humph! Thank you for your concern! King Xiao flicked his sleeves and walked away.
Originally, King Changyi only suspected that the kiss mark on Lu Suqiao's neck was related to King Xiao, but now seeing the caution and hesitation in his eyes, King Changyi was even more certain.
It seems that he really has something to do with that woman!
Back at Luofu Palace, Weiyang had already woken up, the fever had subsided, and Concubine Mei was talking to her.
That happened just now, King Xiao didn't know how to face her, stood at the door and hesitated for a long time, and didn't come in.
"Come on!"
Concubine Mei beckoned to him and called him over.
King Xiao then entered the house and found an embroidery pier to sit down.
"I'm also cut down, you two talk, I'll go back and rest!"
Concubine Mei went back under the pretext, leaving only King Xiao and Weiyang, who was half-leaning on the head of the bed.
"You...... Is it better? After sitting for a long time, she didn't know what to say, and looked up at the flush on her face that had receded, but at this time it was distressing and pale.
Concubine Mei enlightened her for a long time, and also said a lot of good things for King Xiao.
Perhaps, as Concubine Mei said, the emperor has doted on him since he was a child, and he can basically satisfy everything he wants, and he has not experienced any setbacks, so he will have such a strong desire to possess what he can't get.
Maybe after this incident, he really grows!
Looking up at the haggard on King Xiao's face, although he was not sick yet, his face was not much better than hers!
That's how they torture each other.
"I'm much better! You don't have to worry about me, it's not too early, you can go back and rest early! ”
As soon as King Xiao heard that she was going to drive him away as soon as he came, he was suddenly a little sad, and sat there quietly without saying a word with a black face.
She still can't forgive him!
And he really broke her heart just now!
"Weiyang, can you forgive me? I'm not going to force you anymore! You can choose your path while I ...... And I'm ......"
And I treat you as a sister like Lu Dongbin!
But he couldn't say anything!
In this life, he can't treat her as a sister!