Chapter 67: Questioning
Huangfu Jingwen stopped talking, he quietly looked at the old eunuch beside him, and the initiator he referred to in the words that he wanted to speak without saying anything coincided with the person in Huangfu Jingwen's heart. Therefore, Huangfu Jingwen got up and strode out, and the moment he stepped out of the palace gate, he said, "Everyone is not allowed to leave the Guanju Palace." He also instructed Ma Hui beside him: "Let the people in the palace shut their mouths tightly, and say to the outside world that the queen is sick and bedridden, if I know who is talking nonsense, let him never speak again." โ
"The minions obey." Ma Hui followed Huangfu Jingwen and didn't dare to leave a single step.
Where Huangfu Jingwen was going, Ma Hui knew it, so he instructed the eunuch who was driving: "Go to Cihe Palace." โ
Huangfu Jingwen glanced at Ma Hui and bit out two words: "Very good." โ
"Minions deserve to die." Ma Hui wanted to kneel down and plead guilty.
"No need, it's urgent, besides, there are probably not many people in this palace besides you."
Along the way, Huangfu Jingwen said in his heart: "Queen Mother, I hope this matter has nothing to do with you." โ
When he arrived at the Cihe Palace, Huangfu Jingwen didn't let anyone report it, so he stepped straight into the main hall.
The Queen Mother got the news early in the morning, but she pretended that nothing had happened, and asked Mama Li to change the dress for her to participate in the post-sealing ceremony. Seeing Huangfu Jingwen coming in aggressively, and retreating the servants in the house, the Queen Mother asked as if puzzled: "Your Majesty, the ceremony is about to begin, why are you not in the Zheng'an Palace, but come to the mourning family?" The mourning family is also preparing to go to the Zheng'an Temple. โ
"Is the queen asking knowingly? The ceremony was postponed after the closure, don't you know? Huangfu Jingwen's tone was not good, and this was the first time he had spoken to the Queen Mother in such a disrespectful tone.
"Presumptuous! Is this what you should be talking to the mourners? Why do you want to suspend the lockdown, but you can make it clear. "The Queen Mother knew that the ceremony was postponed, and she seemed to be more anxious than Huangfu Jingwen.
"Queen Mother, you have never been happy to be late, and you don't want your son to make her queen, why are you so concerned now?" Huangfu Jingwen felt that the Queen Mother's words were unusual.
"The mourning family is not anxious for her, but for the face of our Great Zhou, how many important ministers are in the court today, and how many envoys from neighboring countries are coming, if the ceremony is suddenly postponed, won't it cause suspicion in the court, and also make the neighboring countries think that our Great Zhou is doing things, and even such a major event as the closure can change the time casually?" The righteous words of the Queen Mother made the Emperor Fu Jingwen unable to refute. She continued: "What's going on with Chu Xiangwan? After the closure of the big thing, it cannot be postponed. Mama Li, the will of the mourning family, the ceremony will be held as usual an hour later. Your Majesty, you go to Guanju Palace with the mourning family, and the mourning family wants to see what tricks this Chu Xiangwan is playing! โ
"No need! She's gone! When Huangfu Jingwen said this, his eyes kept staring at the expression of the Queen Mother, but who was the Queen Mother, and how could she show him the slightest flaw.
"What? It's gone? What's going on? โ
"The son is here to ask the queen mother if she knows the secret?" Huangfu Jingwen can't take care of it much now, he just wants to find Chu Xiangwan as soon as possible.
"Bastard! You mean, the mourners hid her? Your Majesty, do you know what you're talking about? For the sake of a woman, you are so rude to your mother, it is really sad to mourn the family! The Queen Mother was so angry that her tears were about to fall.
"It really wasn't the queen mother's doing?"
"Since the mourning family has agreed to let her be the queen, there is no reason to do this again, otherwise the mourning family can object early on, why delay until now?"
"The queen mother forgives her sins, but her son is reckless."
"Okay, okay," the Queen Mother patted Huangfu Jingwen on the shoulder and proposed, "The top priority now is to find people, otherwise, this inside and out, it will depend on our royal jokes." โ
"Yes, my son has already said to the outside world that the queen suddenly contracted a disease, and also asked Ma Hui to control the mouths of everyone in the palace and not allow them to talk nonsense. The son still has to deal with this matter, and the envoys of various countries can't stay there all the time, so they must be sent well. โ
"Okay, you go, the mourning family will also let people look for it in the palace again."
"Mama Li, since the play is finished, let's help the mourning family change this outfit." The corners of the Queen Mother's mouth were raised high, and as soon as Huangfu Jingwen left, Mama Li walked to the Queen Mother and began to take off the gorgeous clothes on her body.
"Queen Mother, the emperor is really the first to suspect you."
"The mourning family expected it early on, but even if the emperor suspects it, without evidence, he can't go against the grain to interrogate the queen mother."
"However, the person who came back last night said that the person had been intercepted by King Law, are you afraid that he will tell the emperor?" Mama Li had palpitations.
"Afraid? The mourning family knew that he took Chu Xiangwan away, but he didn't know that it was the mourning family who sent people out of the palace, besides, if he really wanted to report it to the emperor, how long had it been since last night, why wait until the incident? The Queen Mother calmly picked up a cup of rose brown sugar bird's nest soup, the small spoon stirred the rose petals in the bowl, the petals wandered around with the fluctuation of the soup, the Queen Mother scooped up a spoonful and gently put it into her mouth, the expression was as leisurely as if nothing had happened.
"How dare he harbor the Queen? It's too bold. โ
"He is confused, this Huangfu Jing is thinking that the people in the palace will get Chu Xiangwan out, even if he doesn't succeed, he doesn't dare to make a noise, but it's a pity, he doesn't know who he offended this time!" The Queen Mother threw the spoon into the soup bowl and clanged. When those two people came back last night to report, the Queen Mother laughed. If it is met by someone else, it will not be easy to do, and this emperor has nothing to worry about. Chu Xiang arrived at his hand late, and the emperor would not find King Lu for a while, so that the Queen Mother would have time to get people out of the hands of Huangfu Jingbian again, but if she dared to rob someone with the Queen Mother, the end would not be good-looking.
As soon as Huangfu Jingwen returned to the imperial study, he instructed Ma Hui: "Let Bian Yi enter the palace immediately, and in addition, you will send someone to keep an eye on the Queen Mother, and if there is anything abnormal, come back to me immediately." โ
"Yes," Ma Hui bowed his head, "Your Majesty, where is the Queen Mother, do you still have doubts?" โ
"What do you say?" Huangfu Jingwen asked rhetorically.
"The emperor is wise and wise, and the servants don't dare to talk nonsense."
"You're not guilty, but it's okay to say it."
"Yes. If you say that the queen is the most hated in this palace, it is the queen mother. But if it is said to be someone else, it is not impossible, after all, the emperor loves the queen, and the six palaces know it, and women's jealousy is very terrible. But ยทยทยทยทยทยท"
"But if the queen is really outside the palace, then the queen mother is the most suspicious of this ability." Huangfu Jingwen continued Ma Hui's words.
"Alright, you go down, and do what I told you to do immediately." Huangfu Jingwen didn't want to say more, the most important thing now was to find Chu Xiangwan's whereabouts, this time, no matter who did such a thing, he would not let it go.