328 The Emperor's Heart (14, the Empress Dowager)

Concubine Xiao Hui died in the assassination of the medical woman. If this were the past, if the emperor was an ordinary minister, he would also have to think about it, what happened thirty-seven years ago, please, maybe there was a child.

But now the emperor is really trustworthy.

Because Leng Nan first presented the restored portrait of the Empress Dowager Sun, as soon as he sent it up, he knelt down with a plop of snot and tears. The Sun family is poor, and in his early years, he was brought up by his sister Empress Dowager Sun, he wiped his tears and snot while crying and said: "The minister lost his honor in front of him, but this portrait is too much like the Queen Mother." The Queen Mother is eight years old, and the minister was brought up by the Queen Mother herself, and when she sees this image, she can't help it......"

The emperor's impression of his mother is very vague, Cheng Enhou said this, the more he looked at the restored image, the more like Sun Guiren back then, since the poisoning, he was not in good health and excited, and he was also in tears, so Liansheng's fold was written clearly with Leng Nan's bone examination report, and the emperor was furious when he saw it, and slapped the table: "Hateful, it turns out that Concubine Hui Niangniang was really murdered." ”

Empress Dowager Sun was a girl in Concubine Hui's palace back then, a low-level concubine, and had no right to raise children, so the emperor was Concubine Hui's nominal son, and now her adoptive mother was really killed, of course the emperor couldn't bear it.

Xiao Zihui cried and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Long live, let my sister be the master, it was the Xu family who plotted to kill my sister, and the Xu family ...... to establish the queen."

The emperor glanced coldly at Cao Guogong.

Cao Guogong was still calming himself, of course he knew the truth of that incident, and began to think that the opening of the coffin and the autopsy could not detect anything, and the skin and flesh had disappeared after thirty-seven years. How can we find out the truth? Anyway, he knew that the Xu family was not poisoned, and Concubine Xiao Hui's bones would not be black, where did he think that people could identify that they were killed by acupuncture just by virtue of their skulls, if they usually only need to refute nonsense, and now, Leng Nan's unique skills have suppressed everyone led by the emperor, so naturally he believes whatever the emperor says.

"Long live, it's none of our Xu family's business, Xiao Zihui is slandering."

"It's none of your business? Hmph, I remember. The adulterer of the show lady is surnamed Xu! ”

Xiao Zihui's words were like a thunderbolt from the sky. Lian Sheng and Yu Shizhao both looked at him steadily.

"Lord Xiao, what did you say? Do you know the show lady who gave acupuncture to Concubine Hui? Only then did Liansheng remember that at the scene of the opening of the coffin, he mentioned the show lady.

"Gu Tixing, I was only seven years old when my sister died, but I remember many things clearly. I often followed my mother to see my sister. I once played on the side of the rockery in the Imperial Garden. I saw the show lady and a man having a tryst. That man is now Cao Guogong's uncle! ”

Cao Guogong looked at Xiao Zihui and couldn't help sneering: "My uncle has long since died, of course you want to say anything casually now, can't you talk because of the dead?" ”

"Cao Guogong. Did Lord Xiao say which of your uncles? As far as Xia Guan knows, your father, the former Cao Guogong, had several younger brothers. ”

Liansheng followed lukewarmly on the side, and Yu Shizhao quietly extended a thumbs up to her.

Cao Guogong was stunned, Xiao Zihui pointed at him and said: "Long live, I was just a seven-year-old child at that time, and occasionally found that the palace doctor had an affair with someone from Cao Guogong's mansion, and I didn't think anything about it at the time, until I grew up later, I realized that there must be a conspiracy in my sister's death, that the doctor girl and the third prince of Cao Guogong's mansion are the most suspicious, and the minister didn't say that it was the third son, Cao Guogong himself was arguing there, it can be seen that everyone in their Xu family is obviously aware of the murder of my sister!" ”

The emperor nodded: "Cao Guogong, what else do you have to say?" ”

Cao Guogong was speechless for a while, and simply didn't answer, kneeling on the ground and starting to cry.

"Our Xu family has produced two queens, and they are loyal, I can't imagine that they will end up today, and anyone can frame our Xu family."

A handful of snot and a handful of tears, secretly accusing the emperor of cruelty to his relatives.

Yu Shizhao stepped forward and said, "Cao Guogong, what crime should you be guilty of making such a look in front of Long Live and roaring at the court?" ”

Cao Guogong knew that he couldn't explain it clearly, so he simply played a scoundrel: "Long live, how can the minister's aunt be regarded as a long-lived mother-in-law, our Xu family is a serious national abbot's mansion, how can it be wantonly slandered, long live." ”

This means to remind the emperor that the Xu family is a genuine imperial relative, and the emperor has figured it out, we are your mother-in-law's maiden family.

"Long live, the grave of the show lady has also been found, and the minister wants to ...... Open the coffin one more time. ”

The coffin of a medical woman will be opened as soon as it is opened. The emperor didn't care about this at all, nodded and said, "I will leave this case to you with full responsibility, and you will handle everything." ”

As he spoke, he turned to Cao Guogong and said: "Xu Yongchang, this matter involves the Xu family, although you were young at the time, but after all, you are now the head of the family, if it is really your elders, I advise you to go home and ask carefully, and strive to tell the truth, I can give you justice." ”

When Cao Guogong heard this, he knew that the emperor must be investigated to the end, so he couldn't help kowtowing and shouting: "Long live Shengming." ”

The emperor had already given him steps, and thirty-seven years ago he was just a child in his teens, and the murder of Concubine Xiao Hui had nothing to do with him, it was a matter of his parents. Cao Guogong had no choice but to thank the emperor for his grace.

Although the matter has not been thoroughly investigated, it has basically set the tone: Concubine Xiao Hui's death is inseparable from the Xu family, but the Xu family members who killed Concubine Xiao Hui back then are basically dead, and now there is only one Empress Dowager Xu who is guarding the spirit, and no matter how bold Xiao Zihui is, he can't clearly point out that he wants Empress Dowager Xu to pay for his life.

The plaintiff and the defendant thanked the emperor together and staggered out.

Xiao Zihui walked to the gate of the palace and suddenly knelt on the ground and cried.

Lian Sheng looked at him from afar, thinking that maybe he was not only coerced and lured by Yu Shizhao to come forward, but he still had feelings for the deceased sister in his heart.

Leng Neng followed closely behind her, glanced at Xiao Zihui, and whispered to Liansheng: "I can be sure that Xiao Zihui is Gu Lianyong's biological father, and their skull bones and muscles are very close. ”

Lian Sheng nodded slightly: "Very good, Leng Nan, I need a foolproof strategy, I must nail Gu Lianyong to death completely, and I can't turn over." ”

Yu Shizhao saw that the two of them were so close, so he also leaned over and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Leng Nan glanced at him and said with a smile: "I won't tell you." He walked away.

Yu Shizhao looked at Leng Nan's back helplessly: "Oh my God, Leng Nan is learning really fast, and it's getting worse and worse." ”

"Mother, His Royal Highness has arrived."

Empress Dowager Xu was sitting against the window, and the palace maid came in to say goodbye.

In the cemetery, she aged quickly, her hair was completely gray, and from the moment she was expelled from the palace, her heart was already desolate and overgrown with weeds.

"King Ying, how can you have time to see me, an old woman."

Yu Shizhao came in and saw the white-haired old woman in front of him, and he was slightly stunned.

"The Queen Mother, the grandson saw that the Queen Mother was lonely in the cemetery, so he specially sent a medical girl to serve the Queen Mother."

"Oh? Do you have such good intentions? ”

Yu Shizhao said with a smile: "My grandson has always been filial. After clapping his hands, a bright woman walked in.

"This is a medical woman in the palace, good at acupuncture, and can help the Queen Mother stay young forever."

The woman stepped forward and said, "Meet the Queen Mother." ”

The Queen Mother straightened her back, Yu Shizhao learned some body language from Liansheng, and knew that this meant resistance,

Sure enough, the Empress Dowager Xu said: "The old woman is old, she doesn't need to stay young forever, thank you for the kindness of the king, this medical girl still takes it back, but your mother needs to take good care of it, or one day a soft noble and a light noble person will emerge, long live and kick again, but I really can't stand it." ”

Yu Shizhao showed a smile on his face: Liansheng is right, now Empress Dowager Xu is using sarcasm to cover up her weakness.

The woman took another step forward, and suddenly took out a box from her arms, and she didn't know what mechanism she pressed, the box snapped open, and in the blink of an eye, a long needle had been pinched on the woman's fingertips, and she slowly walked towards the Empress Dowager Xu: "Niangniang, let the slave maid apply the needle to you." ”

Empress Dowager Xu's face changed greatly: "What does King Ying mean by this?" ”

"Treat Niangniang, Niangniang's hair is gray, as long as this needle is pierced, Niangniang will definitely be able to turn gray hair back to black."

The woman had already walked in front of the Empress Dowager Xu, she stared at the woman's face, her eyes were full of panic, the woman snapped her hand and patted the Empress Dowager Xu's shoulder, the Empress Dowager Xu stood up in fright, trembling all over, and pointed at the woman: "You...... Don't come here. ”

The woman pinched the needle and chuckled: "Niangniang, let the slave maid help you apply the needle,"

"You...... Who the hell is it?"

"Do you think she looks like an old friend? The old man was killed by acupuncture because he trusted the doctor? What did the mother remember? ”

Empress Dowager Xu staggered: "What do you mean?" ”

"It means how Concubine Xiao Hui died in the first place, and now the Xiao family already knows, Banzai Nian didn't know when Cao Guogong was young, as long as the elders of the Xu family admit it, Banzai can protect Cao Guogong's lineage."

Yu Shizhao looked at the Empress Dowager Xu sincerely: "Niangniang thinks this method is good?" The Xu family can at least be saved, and the mother will see which of the Xu family's elders can come out with this. ”

"Hahaha, our Xu family has never done such a thing, why should we admit it?" Empress Dowager Xu laughed.

"Since Niangniang is not afraid, and the Xu family is not afraid, then let this girl serve Niangniang every day and acupuncture for Niangniang."

Yu Shizhao smiled evilly, turned around and left.

Liansheng, who was covered with a mask, looked at the Empress Dowager Xu gloomily, and smiled evilly, "Niangniang, let the slave maid give you a needle." ”

Empress Dowager Xu's eyes were dark and she fainted. (To be continued......)

PS: After all, the Queen Mother is the nominal mother-in-law, and the emperor can't directly convict her, so Yu Shizhao will take Liansheng, who looks like Concubine Xiao Hui, to deal with her.