Chapter 155: Confrontation

Liu Zhao rushed to the Changqiu Palace, Yin Li had already received the news and came out, and his face was still pale with anger.

Liu Zhao noticed that there was a corpse covered with a white cloth on the ground in the courtyard of the Changqiu Palace, and his brows furrowed: "Empress, this is the Changqiu Palace, the head of the six palaces, what kind of system do you have with a corpse like this?"

Li's face was anxious and distracted, she hadn't answered yet, but Jiao Huang behind her wiped away her tears, and said in a sad voice: "This is to seek justice"

Liu Zhao was startled by this voice, his eyes flashed with anger, he suddenly stood up, and stared straight at Jiao Huang, "Empress, this is the slave you taught, you dare to talk to me like this, you are so bold"

His gloomy face made Yin Li's heart sudden, but she still gritted her teeth and said: "Your Majesty, his rudeness is not because of anyone's power, but because he feels wronged in his heart, that Cui Ying'er died unjustly, what does it matter if he shouts once or twice, when the emperor can tolerate the whole world, but he can't tolerate the grievances of a slave."

"Queen" Liu Zhao was surprised, he didn't expect that Yin Li would be so outspoken, he only felt that his face was red to the root of his ears, and his anger had reached his chest, but after all, the queen was the lord of the six palaces, and she had to save face if she was angry. So he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you have grievances, I want to hear what kind of grievances you have."

Yin Li said coldly: "The emperor is right like this, he is big and not detailed, the emperor should not care about whether he is rude, but who is right and who is wrong."

Liu Zhao threw up his sleeves, entered the main hall and sat down, Yin Li sat next to him, staring at Zheng Zhong with cold eyes, ignoring Liu Zhao, and asked sharply: "Da Changqiu, are you alert, will you find the emperor to excuse you?"

Zheng Zhong had the emperor on top at this time, and he glanced at Yin Li without timidity, and said, "Queen Mother." The minister just explained the truth to the emperor, and didn't want to be framed by the queen. ”

"Presumptuous, this palace will frame you, you don't look at who you are, what's the use of me framing you" Yin Li was shocked and angry. The voice also sharpened.

Liu Zhao said loudly: "Shut up" He glared at Yin Li fiercely, feeling that this queen's appearance at the moment was a little unruly, but in front of everyone, he couldn't scold him too much.

"In front of me, Da Changqiu has already informed me of what happened. Although he quarreled with Cui Neiren, Cui Neiren fell by himself and died when he met, which really had nothing to do with Da Changqiu. Now that it's come to this, what are you going to do?"

"Your Majesty, wronged" Cui Huang suddenly knelt on the ground, kowtowing like pounding garlic.

Liu Zhao had a very bad impression of him just now, so he glanced at him with disgust and said, "Okay, I will also listen to your statement to show justice." You say, I'll take a look. What do you have to say. ”

Cui Huang cried loudly, if infinite desolation was coming, endless sadness choked in his throat, he couldn't vomit to his heart's content, and he cried so much that he wiped his tears, which made Liu Zhao's heart even more annoying, and he yelled again: "Shut up"

Cui Huang knelt down and climbed two steps and said: "Your Majesty, the queen's will, Da Changqiu just ignored it, he actually tore Cui Neiren's clothes." Cui Nei was so humiliated that he committed suicide. Your Majesty, you have to be the master of your minions."

"Tearing clothes" Liu Zhao looked at Zheng Zhong, waiting for his explanation.

Zheng Zhong said, "Your Majesty." Cui Neiren's clothes were not torn by the minister, she was torn by herself, the minister never touched her, she chased the minister repeatedly, and the minister had no choice. ”

Liu Zhao said angrily: "Zheng Zhong is a eunuch, so he ripped his clothes. No matter how this Cui Nei person died, I felt that it was all self-inflicted. The queen's anger is mostly due to the fact that he didn't save face for the queen, and I mean it, so far."

"You don't say this like an emperor" Yin Li, who was in anger, raised her tearful face and stared at Liu Zhao boldly: "You are the emperor, you favor the courtiers, and if you don't deal with him, it's just a matter of not disposing of him, and you also regard our woman's virtue as something He is a eunuch, can you easily insult the maids So, what face do the maids have to live, since I am the queen, the lord can't do this, what else should I be the queen." Today, if the emperor doesn't deal with Da Changqiu, I will kneel and die in front of the emperor with Cui Huang."

She stood up and knelt down the steps with a look of grief and indignation

Liu Zhao was so angry that he also stood up, "Are you threatening me with him?"

"The emperor is still afraid of our threat, what does it mean for me to be the queen, I am the queen who is the housekeeper for the emperor, I don't count if I say anything, I can't do anything, I have to be angry with others everywhere, and I am not favored, it is better to die, oh my God, what is this, pity my life" Yin Li cried bitterly, beat his chest, and burst into tears, making a Changqiu Palace like a mourning hall.

Liu Zhao was so angry that he hurriedly walked in the hall, his eyes flashed, "I don't look like an emperor, you are like a queen, look at what you have become, I have favored Da Changqiu, this matter is not big, you want to make a lot of trouble in the palace, you have been teaching me since I was a child."

He stopped suddenly, his face was gloomy, and he pointed to the door of the temple and said: "Come on, pull out this Cui Huang, who is not up or down, and doesn't know the thickness of the sky, and beat twenty boards, so that he knows what a monarch is."

A few guards heard that they came in like wolves, dragged Cui Huang away. Yin Li was even more anxious, and stopped and shouted: "No, I don't allow it, you just protect Zheng Zhong, and you have to treat Cui Huang's crime, you might as well kill me" Sitting on the ground at the door, he couldn't stop crying.

Liu Zhao had no choice but to say: "That's it, don't cry, Zheng Zhong, if I punish you, you can be convinced"

Zheng Zhong saw that the queen was making a fuss, and the inner court was in chaos, where did he dare to say anything, so he knelt down and said: "The minister asks the emperor to send it"

Liu Zhao said: "Okay, I will demote you to three levels, fine you for three years, and the Changqiu Palace and the Inner Court Division will be returned to you, and the queen's orders must be obeyed in the future, you can hear it" He glanced at Zheng Zhonglian, how could Zheng Zhong not understand.

Then he said: "Oh, the minister's decree, may I ask the queen, what is lost in the palace, the minister will immediately ask people to find it." ”

Yin Li shouted to the sky and grabbed the ground, and suddenly heard Liu Zhao's decree, and also knew that the matter had come to this point, the emperor had already given in, if he didn't go down again, I was afraid that it would really not end well. wiped away his tears and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine lost the queen's private seal, which is used by the concubine when dealing with things in the palace on weekdays, although it is not the queen's seal." But it is also extremely important. The concubines have been searched in the Changqiu Palace, but they are nowhere to be found, and they don't know who took it, so they called Da Changqiu to search the palace. Emperor. Please call the shots for your concubines. ”

The private seal was originally a symbol of the queen, and it was naturally not trivial to lose it, Liu Zhao was also taken aback and asked: "Such an important thing is a commonly used thing." How can you be so careless and put it around. So what is the use of a small thing, where will it go, and then say that others take it?"

Yin Li wiped her tears, Lian'er hurriedly handed over a silk scarf to help her wipe her face, Yin Li said: "Your Majesty, the concubines don't know." It was supposed to be fine, but suddenly it disappeared. The concubine knew that it was important, so how could she put it indiscriminately, it must have been taken by a damn minion. Emperor. Although the square seal is small, it is the symbol of the queen, and if you take something in the palace, or enter and exit the palace gate, it is extremely easy. What the concubines are afraid of is which concubine took it and had private contact with people outside, which ruined the rules of the palace and the emperor's face. ”

Liu Zhao heard that she was reasonable, and saw that her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and he also felt that he couldn't help it, so he said, "It's okay." It's up to you, Da Changqiu, you can hear it, and immediately find all the people to search the palace. Let no one's palace be left behind."

"Oh" Zheng Zhong originally thought that what he lost was just some kind of jewelry and jade, but he didn't expect it to be the queen's private seal, and said in his heart, "You said it earlier, why did you cause these troubles" The people had already rushed out in three or two steps and arranged for manpower. Start searching the palace.

The smell of agarwood incense in the hall sank into the nose, Sui'er was sleepy, and was about to fall asleep, but saw that the palace was in chaos, and several people dressed as the inner court department entered the palace, and bowed deeply to themselves and said: "Disturb Niangniang, search the palace on the order of Da Changqiu, and ask Niangniang to forgive me."

Sui'er smiled and said, "Feel free, do you want to go out to the palace and wait outside"

She is the person most valued by the emperor, no matter how arrogant the people of the Inner Court Division are, they dare not be rude to her, only said: "Where does Niangniang speak, the minions also act according to the will, the queen's private seal is lost, the stakes are very high, I have to search in the palace, Niangniang can be placed by herself, and the minions will never dare to let Niangniang go outside." ”

Sui'er giggled, a pair of water-like eyes shone slightly, even the man's heart jumped, and he hurriedly looked away, this Deng Guiren is so beautiful that people can't bear to look at it, no wonder the emperor likes it, even we, the eunuchs, are no longer emotional, and we love to see it.

"That's it, I won't bother you, I and the maids went to the back of Jin Yunxuan to sit and talk, you have searched, don't mess up things, when the emperor comes, it's too late to clean up."

After Sui'er finished speaking, she took a few maids and ran to the back. The waiter wiped the sweat on his face and said to the person next to him: "Good girl, Deng Guiren really deserves to be the first beauty in the world, it's really beautiful, I just looked at it, and my soul was about to be lost." ”

The other laughed and said: "You, it's a blessing to look at it like this in this life, the emperor is fascinated, not to mention your honest errand."

A few people laughed a few words and began to work.

But after tossing and turning all afternoon, when it got dark, nothing was found. Yin Li was already anxious when she heard the return, and glanced at Cui Huang, Cui Huang already understood, and asked: "Is there some place that I forgot to search for me and you, and see if I can see the place where you can't see." ”

He deliberately looked at all the palaces and halls, and then came to the West Palace intentionally or unintentionally, and touched the place where the messenger said, but he touched an empty space, and couldn't help but be surprised, and looked at the people around him: "You have seen it here"

"Back to Mr. Cui, we have seen it, but there is nothing"

"No, there is something, you left it privately"

"Boss, we are acting on orders, that is, there is something, several people together, what can't be seen, no, really not"

Cui Huang was greatly disappointed, and had already guessed it in his heart, and said to everyone: "Okay, you continue to search." ”

He came to the kitchen and said to a chef standing there: "You come out, I have something to ask you" After the man came out, Cui Huang slapped him directly and scolded: "You stupid, didn't you say it was put away"

The man covered his face and said: "It's put it away, but then I don't know why, after the emperor left, Deng Guiren suddenly said that something was lost, let me look for it in the palace, I still looked at that place, afraid of being taken away, but the people of Sunei suddenly told me to go somewhere else, and then I went to see it was gone." I wanted to inform the queen to come, but Mr. Sun kept telling me to do this and that, and I really couldn't leave."

Cui Huang was shocked in his heart, it seems that the matter has been revealed, and now he can't ask Deng Sui where he went, but this private seal is really lost. And it seems that this cook has also been exposed here, Deng Sui quietly solved the matter satisfactorily, but the queen completely fell into passivity, not only did her cousin die, but also made a mess, she couldn't help but be very annoyed, so she had to go back to Changqiu Palace and report to Yinli. To be continued