Chapter 464: Death
Deng An knew that a catastrophe was coming, and remembered that the Queen Mother's previous guarantee was no regrets, and he explained everything to Emperor Changqing.
However, although he was mentally prepared, after all, after so many years of fine clothes and food, under the questioning of Emperor Changqing, there were still two wars.
"I ask you, how big is that tub?" Emperor Changqing kicked Deng An.
"Huh?" Deng An was stunned.
Zhu Hongxi on the side coughed lightly.
Deng An came back to his senses, and gestured with a dull expression: "It's probably so big." β
Emperor Changqing was furious when he saw it: "Dog minion, why didn't you choose a bigger wooden basin at that time?" Such a small wooden basin, just turn it over! β
Deng An......
Why does he feel that the focus of the emperor's attention is not quite right?
When Emperor Changqing thought that he once had a little prince, he was born and floated down the river in a small wooden basin that was turned over, and his heart was about to break, and he kicked Deng Anlian several times: "Zhu Hongxi, let people take a good look at this dog slave, and before the matter is settled, you can't let him die!" β
"Yes!"
When Deng An was dragged down, Emperor Changqing sat for a long time.
Zhu Hongxi couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, the slave maid will help you go to the couch to rest for a while." β
Emperor Changqing looked at Zhu Hongxi and asked, "Zhu Hongxi, you say, will my son still be alive?" β
Zhu Hongxi looked tangled.
The errand around the emperor is not easy to do, and the emperor is always asked such a fatal question, who can stand it!
Emperor Changqing didn't seem to expect Zhu Hongxi's answer. He muttered: "He is my son-in-law, adhering to the mandate of heaven, maybe he will be blessed by the gods." Zhu Hongxi. You say, don't you? β
Zhu Hongxi chuckled in his heart, and he didn't dare to answer.
The prince, adhering to the mandate of heaven...... Is this out of the emperor's natural importance to his son-in-law, or is his dissatisfaction with the prince to the extreme?
"Zhu Hongxi, call the chief of the Jinlanwei Dark Guard."
Zhu Hongxi was secretly frightened.
The brocade scale guard is divided into three guards, and in just a few days, the two guards of the inner and dark guards have been summoned one after another. The seemingly calm palace has long been in turmoil.
Not long after, a man with ordinary eyebrows and eyes appeared in front of Emperor Changqing. Kneeling on one knee: "Please ask the emperor to command." β
"Xuanying, you immediately gather all the secret guards who have no errands to thoroughly investigate the young men who have reached the age of twenty-two and were born in April in the capital and the surrounding suburbs. Remember, everything with an unusual background must be marked emphatically. β
"Yes."
Emperor Changqing waved his hand. The man bowed and retreated.
"Wait." Emperor Changqing called out to the chief of the secret guard, "I want to know the result as much as possible, in order to save time, there is no need to track down those with ugly faces." β
The dark guard, who has always been calm and low-key, was stunned, and then withdrew.
Zhu Hongxi lowered his head and twitched the corners of his mouth.
In this world, there is no way to give ugly people a way to live!
A few days later, the chief of the internal security of the Jinlin Guard, who was in charge of thoroughly investigating the poisoning of the Empress Dowager, presented a booklet to the Changqing Emperor Dragon case.
After Emperor Changqing read it, he threw the pamphlet on the case. He said in a deep voice: "Bring Concubine Hua to see me!" β
The atmosphere in the room was solemn, and when Concubine Hua walked in, her heart sank.
"Your Majestyβ"
Emperor Changqing motioned to Zhu Hongxi to show the booklet to Concubine Hua.
Hua Guifei stretched out her hand to take it. Flipping through them one by one, I was already sweating in the end.
The booklet recorded the slaves and maids who had been quietly disposed of in Changchun Palace in the past twenty years. Without exception, those people were poisoned by oleanders and died.
She has always been satisfied with disposing of the dishonest slaves and maids in this way, and at this moment, every human life recorded in the pamphlet. But it became a powerful accusation that she poisoned the Queen Mother.
Hua Guifei collapsed to the ground at once.
"Hua Guifei, what else do you have to say?" Emperor Changqing looked at the former favorite concubine. I only felt that my heart was blocked.
How did a powerless woman ruthlessly hurt one life after another, including his sister-in-law!
"Your Majesty, although the concubines know that oleander is poisonous and have used it to dispose of some slaves and maids who committed crimes, the poison of the Queen Mother is really not the concubine's!"
Concubine Hua Guifei cried so much that she knelt down in front of Emperor Changqing, and cried on the ground: "Your Majesty, think about it, the concubine has no reason to harm the Queen Mother." The concubine is the biological mother of the crown prince, and she has become a noble concubine, so she has no reason to harm the queen mother and put herself in danger. Do you think that's the truth? β
Emperor Changqing looked at Concubine Hua condescendingly, sneered, and asked word by word: "Isn't it because you are afraid that the Queen Mother will one day learn from the queen that you have killed the prince?" β
Concubine Hua was shocked, and it took a while to find her voice: "Your Majesty, what did you say?" β
Emperor Changqing closed his eyes in exhaustion: "Concubine Hua, do you still want to deceive me at this time?" Chuan Deng An-"
After a while, Deng An appeared and knelt down silently.
Hua Guifei's face turned completely white, and when Deng An talked about the past again under the inquiry of Emperor Changqing, she knew that it was difficult to argue, and said sharply: "Deng An, you dog slave who eats inside and out, this palace will never spare you!" β
"Enough!" Emperor Changqing's face was expressionless, and his eyes were sad, "Concubine Huagui, you murdered the prince first, and poisoned the queen mother later, and you have no mercy, and your hands are stained with countless blood. How can you be worthy of presiding over the harem, let alone entering the Cining Palace in the future! β
Emperor Changqing turned his back and said lightly: "Nian is that you gave birth to the prince, I will leave you a decent face, white silk and wine, you can choose one." Externally, I said that you were guilty of the poisoning of the Queen Mother, and died of depression, which can be regarded as saving the face of the prince. β
"Your Majesty!" Concubine Hua's face was full of disbelief, "You can't, the concubine really didn't poison the Queen Mother-"
Emperor Changqing was already reluctant to look at this femme fatale woman for a long time, and shouted: "Zhu Hongxi, send Concubine Hua back to Changchun Palace!" β
Zhu Hongxi walked to Concubine Hua's side: "Niangniang, please." β
Concubine Hua was shocked, broke free of Zhu Hongxi's hand, and shouted: "Your Majesty, you let the concubines meet the prince!" Please, for the sake of the concubine who has served you for more than twenty yearsβ"
Zhu Hongxi looked at Emperor Changqing.
Emperor Changqing turned his back and did not look back, and his voice sounded particularly unfamiliar: "Zhu Hongxi, go to the East Palace to spread my message, and say that Concubine Hua is seriously ill, and the prince is authorized to visit." β
Concubine Hua was sent back to Changchun Palace, and the prince quickly got the news and hurried over.
"Mother, what the hell is going on?" As soon as he entered the house, he saw the gorgeous concubine with her cloak scattered, and the prince was shocked.
"You all go out." Hua Guifei said.
The palace maids of Changchun Palace silently withdrew when they heard this, but Zhu Hongxi and a few people did not move at all.
Concubine Hua Guifei's eyes glared: "Gonggong Zhu, the prince came to see the palace, and the emperor personally agreed." Could it be that even our mother and son are talking, and you have to listen to them? β
Zhu Hongxi saluted: "The slave doesn't dare." The slave and maid were waiting outside, and the mother and His Highness chatted slowly. (To be continued.) )
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