Chapter 45: Self-incrimination
"Empress Dowager Jin'an!" Feng Luoli stood there like a proud snow lotus, looking at the Empress Dowager Chang who was sitting on the top of the main hall with clear eyes, but her voice was respectful: "The concubine is stupid, I don't know what happened to make the Empress Dowager so angry?" ”
The Empress Dowager Chang wore an ink-colored narrow-sleeved water-patterned satin jacket skirt with golden silk threads outlining the edges of the neckline sleeves, on which the five-color silk threads were fine and densely embroidered with large peony flowers, showing wealth, covered with a wide-sleeved robe of the same color, the whole peony was suspended on it, every leaf and every flower was lifelike, and it was like a spring day.
However, such an outfit did not match the anger on the face of the Empress Dowager Chang, like a bee landing on the flower plate, so conspicuously disturbing the romance that originally belonged to the flower.
Empress Dowager Chang glared at Feng Luoli angrily, the kind of calm and composure that was the same as Tai Zhaoyi's made people hate the roots of their teeth, but she was just a girl, why was she so unafraid of foreign objects.
"Feng Guiren, last night Jiaofang suddenly felt unbearable pain in the abdomen, and the imperial doctor came to diagnose and treat it, saying that it was caused by accidentally drinking abortion things." Aunt Xichang, the personal palace maid beside the Empress Dowager Chang, looked at Feng Luoli expressionlessly and said slowly, "According to what Jiaofang said, only the nobles served tea to Jiaofang yesterday, and Jiaofang made it difficult for you in every way!" These are all things that Yirong has seen! Can you admit it? ”
Feng Guiren nodded, and glanced at the Qilin who was sitting on the right side of Empress Dowager Chang's hand, "What my aunt said is true!" ”
Xi Chang continued, "And then you brought another cup of tea to the pepper room, and the back pepper room was not very broken after taking a sip, but is there such a thing?!" ”
"It's true!"
"Today, the imperial doctor found that there was musk in the fragment of the teacup, Feng Guiren, do you still have something to say?"
Feng Luoli was startled, looked at the unicorn sitting there with a victim on his face, and didn't feel the pain in his brain, yesterday's tea was poured by her own hands, if it contained musk, it was inseparable from herself. It's just that, not to mention that there can't be musk in the tea, from the tea to the unicorn, she hasn't taken a sip, how can it hurt her stomach?
"Empress Dowager, musk is a forbidden thing in the palace, and since Fox Lotus was pregnant, the emperor has ordered strict control of such things that hurt the fetus. If it was a concubine, there should be a record of the Chongshi Prison. ”
Empress Dowager Chang glanced at Shang Shijian's account books, "Fu Chengzu, come on!" ”
I saw a man with wide sleeves and black dark clothes covered with a white robe and a crown of the same color walking out of the Queen Mother's side, and looked away through Feng Luoli, "Jiazi this month, the palace maid Rou'er of Zhaoyang Hall was ordered by a noble person to go to Shangshi Jian to withdraw eight coins of high-grade male musk!" ”
'Rou'er went to the Shang Food Prison to get musk?!' Feng Luoli couldn't believe his ears a little, and his face was still as calm as water, "In this way, this palace has been planning for a long time to murder the child in the belly of the fox lotus, but there are a few unknowns in the concubines of the Queen Mother, what Lord Fu said is that Rou'er went to Shangshijian to collect musk in my name, why don't I see anything in the Zhaoyang Palace?" Since the emperor had ordered the emperor to strictly control things that hurt the fetus, why did Lord Fu not ask carefully and put eight coins of musk on Rou'er? ”
"Back to the nobles, when the emperor strictly ordered it, he also explained that all the things taken by the nobles must not be hindered!" Fu Chengzu responded respectfully.
Then Empress Dowager Chang shot at Feng Luoli with cold eyes, "There has never been musk in Zhaoyang Palace, it's nonsense!" Someone is coming, bring Rou'er up! ”
As soon as the words fell, Rou'er was stunned and was put in by two palace people and thrown on the ground, Rou'er knelt on the ground with teary eyes, and hurriedly glanced at the Empress Dowager Chang with fear and timidity, hurriedly lowered her head, and said sadly: "Slave and maid see the Empress Dowager!" ”
Empress Dowager Chang looked disgusted, only cleared her voice and asked coldly: "Rou'er, have you ever gone to Shangshi Jian to withdraw musk eight coins according to the nobleman's wishes this month?!" ”
Rou'er nodded like garlic, "Yes! On that day, the nobleman said that his heart was depressed, and every night there was a nameless fire in his chest, and he was not at peace. So he sent the slave and maid to the food prison to fetch musk to help him sleep and sleep. ”
"Where is the musk now?!"
Rou'er said timidly: "It has been kept by the nobles, until the day before yesterday, when the slaves and maids were cleaning the nobles' makeup, they found unused musk in an old cabinet, and the amount was more than enough." The slave and maid saw that the nobleman was hiding tightly, so as not to worry His Majesty, so they put it back in their place. ”
"Someone! Go to the Zhaoyang Hall and search for the musk! ”
Empress Dowager Chang's eyes became even more gloomy when she heard this, and her eyes were like knives slashing at Feng Luoli. After a while, a palace man took a bag of things to the Empress Dowager Chang. After only one glance, he was thrown in front of Feng Luoli by the Empress Dowager Chang.
"Now that the human and material evidence is complete, what else do you have to quibble?!" Normal Hu's expression was awe-inspiring, "I can't imagine that there is such a dirty thing in the harem!" How could such a vicious and ruthless person stay with the emperor?! ”
Feng Luoli didn't say anything, but looked at Rou'er, who never looked up at her, and thought that she treated her well, why would he frame her like this?! Look at this heated but still cold hall, there is no one who can defend her.
"Someone! Take her to a closed room and lock her up, and wait for the emperor to go down before she leaves! ”
The Queen Mother gave an order, and several palace people walked up to Feng Luoli as if they were on official business, "Your Excellency, let's go!" Don't embarrass the minions! ”
Feng Luoli looked at the Qilin with a hint of a smile in his eyes, moved his lips and said nothing, turned around and went with the palace people.
"Sister, my sister knows that you are just confused for a while, and you don't mean to harm the emperor's heir, and my sister will definitely speak well for you in front of Your Majesty!" The unicorn's delicate voice came from behind, and those who only listened sent chills down their spines.
The confinement room was extremely dark, except for a stick of incense in front of a dilapidated Buddha statue, like a ghost hiding in the shadows and coveting the body; The damp ground exudes a musty smell, and the damp cold air around it penetrates through the pores around the body, gnawing at the temperature that is not abundant.
Feng Luoli sat in a corner of the confinement room with her legs crossed, burying her head between her knees, and the scenes in the Purple Palace came to her heart, when did Rou'er's betrayal begin? My aunt said that the harem is the most filthy place, and if you want to survive, you must either be ruthless or withstand disasters. If you want to live, there is no second way, only to guard and fight.
'Will the same be true of Tuoba Jun's harem?' ’
"Qiyu Taizhaoyi, noble lady, she was imprisoned by the Queen Mother!"
A little palace maid in a green jacket and skirt hurriedly ran to the Shiqian Palace, knelt down for Tai Zhaoyi, who was reading and writing, and said in a panic.
The pen in Tai Zhaoyi's hand only froze for a moment, and there was no big reaction, "I know, you go back!" ”
The little palace maid still had something to say, but seeing that Tai Zhaoyi didn't want to ask more, she had to stand up timidly and leave.
"Niangniang, the noble person is your niece, you ......"
Cong Ping, the palace maid who has served Tai Zhaoyi for many years, couldn't help but ask while grinding ink for Tai Zhaoyi, although I don't know what the inside situation of the Empress Dowager Chang's confinement is, but the harem is the place where things can't be hidden, why is it difficult to know one or two?
"Li'er, her heart is too good, and she is a little weak, if she doesn't go through some suffering, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in this palace that eats people and doesn't spit out bones in the future!" Tai Zhaoyi paused and looked at the glass characters on the proclamation, "Cong Ping, this ink is a little light!" ”