Chapter 184
On the first day after the arraignment of the eldest prince, a preliminary interrogation was conducted on several important suspects in the prison, including Lord Yuan and his family, as for the family of the eldest prince, it was carried out by the forbidden army alone in the grand prince's mansion, after all, only the female dependents of the eldest prince's mansion were allowed to stay in the mansion.
The female relatives in the Great Prince's Mansion may also know about the Yuan family and the Xiao Yuan family, even if they are not clear about the current affairs of the Yuan family, some of the things that the Yuan family has done in the past should always be able to shake out a few things, the Yuan family will not be able to escape this time, murdering the emperor is a serious crime, anyway, it is death, and the more evidence of the crime is caught, wouldn't it be more worthwhile.
"Yuanqing Lu is biting and not revealing the truth, how long will his mouth last no matter how hard he is?" Clear-eyed people know the ending at a glance, Yuan Qinglu is still stubborn and does not speak, Guo Shaofeng is full of indignation about this, he is still so able to toss when he is old.
Zhou Qian took a sip of strong tea and said: "It's nothing more than a dying struggle before death, sooner or later you have to pass the ghost gate." "I don't care if Yuan Qinglu is frank.
"The source of the medicinal powder has been found, and Yuan Qinglu stubbornly held on and didn't respond, so it's just that." If it weren't for the result this time, Guo Shaofeng really wanted to use the torture instrument to test how hard Yuan Qinglu's bones were.
"It's almost time to check." Zhou Qian went through the whole process again in his mind, in case he had any omissions, and after making sure that it was correct, his body and mind were relaxed.
"Yuan Guifei hasn't been there." It stands to reason that the key person should be interrogated, and the poisoned Yuan Guifei is indispensable, and the reason why she put it last is that it is too troublesome to enter the palace, and it is inconvenient for the concubine, Guo Shaofeng agreed with Zhou Qian's approach.
"I'll take a trip, and by the way, see if the Winged King is in the palace, and the Winged King will have a witness when he enters the harem." In case something unpleasant happens, Zhou Qian, who has lived for half his life, really can't bear it, reputation, that's the most important thing. Nameless and unofficial, wise sayings.
"Really going?" Guo Shaofeng was surprised, how could he know that Zhou Qian acted so fast, he thought that he would discuss it tomorrow.
"It makes no difference one day earlier or one day later." Zhou Qian understood that Guo Shaofeng was asking about going to see the Wing King.
"Okay. I hope this trip goes smoothly. Guo Shaofeng could only pray that Yuan Guifei could answer the truth. Save the effort.
The two of them cleaned up after lunch, took the hand to enter the palace into the palace, and directly found the head of the Wing King, the two of them did not hide it, and said openly to find the Wing King, sometimes the more they put things on the bright side, the less anyone will suspect that there is a cat in it, and the purpose of saying that the two of them are to set the wind, and the Wing King often stays in the Longhua Palace. It is impossible for the emperor to be unaware, in order to avoid being branded as bad by the emperor as natural as possible, this will show that the two of them are open-minded and will not blame the two of them for their indifference.
"Lord Wang, Lord Zhou of the Criminal Department and Lord Guo of Dali Temple ask to see Lord Wang." The little eunuch came with an errand.
"Oh?" Don't feel weird, the two of them should be the busiest people right now, how could they suddenly ask to see themselves?
"Invite the two of them to the Imperial Garden first, and the king will be there later." The Imperial Garden is an open place to talk, and no one else will doubt the content of the conversation.
felt that the purpose of the two of them coming to him was not simple. Although I can't guess the intention, even if there is no evil opinion, it doesn't matter once.
"Yes." The little eunuch stepped back in response.
Zhou Qian, who was waiting in the corridor, listened to the little eunuch's relay, and glanced at each other, and the Secret Wing King would choose a place. Follow the little eunuch to the Imperial Garden.
After a while, the tea and snacks on the table were ready, and the little eunuch withdrew from the pavilion and waited outside the pavilion.
The two sat down and poured a cup of tea and sipped lightly, "It's still the most fragrant tea in the palace." Zhou Qian sighed, picked up the teacup and tasted it slowly.
Guo Shaofeng nodded slightly in agreement, after all, most of the good things in the palace are concentrated here, and they are officials, and they are lucky to drink two or three times once in a while.
Before he finished tasting a cup of tea, Zhou Qian, who was always paying attention to the surroundings, immediately noticed a figure walking in the distance. "Here we are."
Guo Shaofeng turned sideways to look, and sure enough. A plain white robe came into view, and it was very easy to recognize.
Before the Wing King came over. Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng had already stood up from the stone bench, walked to the left and stood in one place waiting for the Wing King.
"Winged King Da'an." Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng knelt down in unison and saluted, which was a necessary number of etiquette that could not be violated.
"Please." It's very face-saving, not a layer of constant hum.
"Sit down." Take a seat first, and ask the two of you to sit down.
Zhou Qian knew that the Wing King didn't like others to be verbose, so he sat down and said straight to the point: "The minister has doubts in his heart, and intends to ask the Wing King one or two." β
"Say." Drinking tea since then, listen to Zhou Qian continue to speak.
"Now that things have gone through, what should I do if Yuan Qinglu doesn't open his mouth?" Zhou Qian didn't want to hear the Winged King take the master, but wanted to listen to the emperor through the mouth of the Winged King.
"If the evidence is complete, it may be punished in accordance with the criminal law." Give what Zhou Qian wants to hear, "The emperor will never let go of anyone who endangers his own ambitions." "Sue sΓΉ Zhou Qianda, you can do it boldly with confidence, with the emperor behind you.
Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng exchanged glances, their eyes showed a little relaxation, and the words of the Wing King showed the emperor's attitude without embellishment, which was a good result that they had never expected, and the heart that was mentioned could be put back in the stomach now.
After getting the right words, Zhou Qian was in a good mood, and his face was not obvious, after all, the emperor was still sick, and this smile was only not sure what others would think, that is, when entering the palace, he had to be careful at all times, just in case.
"How is the emperor?" The emperor's condition is very important, and Zhou Qian showed a worried look.
shook his head, and did not say anything specific, what should the two people on the other side think and think, before the matter is dealt with, the father's condition must not be revealed.
What I am afraid of is that Mu Zhao takes the opportunity to seize the throne, although there is a suspicion of unfounded worry, he still has to think carefully, even if Mu Zhao is in prison, there are many officials who support him behind him, and he is not angry when he hears the news that his father is seriously ill, and they collude with each other in private to support Mu Zhao as the crown prince at this juncture when the prince has not established his father, and force his father to agree.
This is just his own conjecture, and he has never told anyone that those civil officials are the most good at seduction and coercion, in a vain attempt to win over more courtiers, and approach step by step to achieve the ultimate goal, or that civil officials are the most shameless and shameless villains.
Zhou Qian saw that the Wing King didn't answer, he just shook his head and couldn't guess whether it was good or not, and he didn't have the embarrassment to ask in detail, the Wing King's attitude was there, and at first glance, he didn't want to say more, and he retracted the words that were about to pour out of his mouth with interest.
Guo Shaofeng is also a smart person. Seeing the hidden meaning on the face of the Wing King, seeing that Zhou Qian stopped talking, he then said a word to ease the atmosphere.
"The ministers intend to go to Yuanxi Palace. Yuan Guifei is the main culprit and needs her confession. Guo Shaofeng deliberately said that he wanted to pave the way for the invitation.
The slight chin didn't say anything, this is someone's business. Just listen to it.
Seeing that the Wing King didn't say anything, Zhou Qian opened his mouth and said, "Can the Wing King go with you, after all, it's a harem." "I don't need to say anything about it.
Raise your eyebrows, this is telling yourself to go along? What are you going to do by yourself, watch the two of them judge Yuan Guifei together, although they hate Yuan Guifei for killing herself, but they don't have the intention of watching Yuan Guifei's jokes, and what the two of them said is right. When a man from outside the harem enters, even if he is ordered to investigate the case, there will always be a little bit of clarity.
After thinking about it for a while, he nodded and agreed to the invitation of Zhou Qian and the others for the sake of ending the incident earlier, and ordered the little eunuch who was waiting outside to go to Gonggong Li and go to Yuanxi Palace.
It was a big surprise that the Wing King could agree, Zhou Qian himself did not have much hope, and the final result was that the Wing King ordered the eunuch to take the two of them there.
Guo Shaofeng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, in a place where the Wing King couldn't see. Thumbs up to Zhou Qian beside him, there is more or less a credit, the Wing King, the big Buddha, is extremely difficult to invite.
"Let's go." He went out of the pavilion first and took the two of them to Yuanxi Palace.
There is a forbidden army guarding outside the Yuanxi Palace. Seeing that the Wing King immediately saluted, turned sideways and let Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng step forward, and let the forbidden army open the door of the palace after reading the edict.
There are only four grandmothers in the Yuanxi Palace and one Yuan Guifei who is seen to death, in order to prevent Yuan Guifei from committing suicide in various ways, she was fed a weak medicine all over her body, so that she would not hurt the four grandmothers.
The three of them walked into the main room, and the two grandmothers who were guarding the door saluted the three of them, and opened the door to welcome the three inside.
The house was spotlessly cleaned, and it was very empty and deserted because of the small number of people in the house.
Yuan Guifei sat on a chair. His eyes stared blankly at the opposite wall, as if he had been sucked out of life by a puppet. In addition to eating, drinking, and sleeping every day, there is no superfluous expression. Actions and even words.
"Niangniang, the Lord of the Criminal Department has arrived." A grandmother spoke in the ear of Yuan Guifei, and when she saw the Wing King who appeared behind the two adults, her expression changed slightly and she hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Go down." Waving his hand for the two to exit, "The door doesn't need to be closed." "Although closing the door can ensure the confidentiality of the interrogation, I am afraid that gossip will come out, whether the grandmothers dare or not is one thing, and whether to do it is another.
Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng were surprised by the decisiveness of the Wing King, but fortunately the Wing King opened his mouth, otherwise either of the two of them would be a little pretentious.
Mama retreated, and the two mammas guarding outside the house retreated to a distance, until they couldn't hear the people in the house talking, and they couldn't get too far away, in case the adults in the house had instructions and couldn't find anyone, they had to have more hearts and livers to know how to measure in the palace.
Yuan Guifei rolled her eyes slowly, and when she saw two people in official uniforms coming in, she knew the purpose, and when she saw the person who was in another situation, her pupils contracted sharply, and the color of emptiness was replaced by hidden hatred.
"Winged King!" Yuan Guifei gritted her teeth and sent out infiltrating syllables from between her teeth, and she couldn't pounce on her to express the difficult situation she was in with her actions, but she didn't do it, and she didn't yell wildly, a body didn't have the strength to step forward and tear the Wing King, she would definitely be kicked away by the other party, and it was still herself who was injured and humiliated, and then there were officials from the Criminal Department, and she wanted to maintain the only dignity, she was the concubine of a country, and she still enjoyed a certain amount of power before she was convicted.
Yuan Guifei has already passed the state of excitement and madness, and the whole person has long calmed down, no matter how dangerous she attacks the Wing King, she can't change the established facts, she had predicted all kinds of possibilities after defeat.
What is confusing at the moment is how the emperor can not afford to be sick even if he is not poisoned, Yuan Guifei has never thought of murdering the emperor, that is the act of a stupid person, not his own meaning, the emperor may be pretending, or he may be angry, the latter is more likely than the former, and the analysis and judgment of the past two days have come to a general conclusion, no matter which possibility the court is still in the hands of the emperor.
Yuan Guifei thought about it very thoroughly, knowing that it would be difficult for her and the Yuan family behind her to turn over, and her only hope was to keep her son, as long as her son was okay and the son of his mother family could make a comeback, the courtiers would be the most advantageous support for his son, and the emperor could uproot a Yuan family. But he can't purge the courtiers in the court, and there are many courtiers who support their sons, so they don't have to worry about their son's future. For the sake of their own future, the courtiers will do their best to assist their sons to ascend to the throne.
Fortunately, I had an extra eye at the beginning. Think long-term, otherwise you will really drag your son into the quagmire and completely ruin it, and everything you have paid before will fall apart, and it will be impossible again.
Yuan Guifei felt very guilty, she was sorry that her son did not do a good job as a mother, if she was not dizzy, she would not have to attract the attention of the emperor if she had bad thoughts about the Wing King, and she never expected that the emperor's attention to the Wing King would be the last straw that crushed her.
I don't know if I will hate myself! Yuan Guifei felt a deep apology in her heart, and she really wanted to say sorry to her son in person, although these three words could not hide the source of the whole thing. I can't find a more appropriate word to express the bitterness in my heart.
As for the Yuan family, Yuan Guifei doesn't feel how sorry she is for the family, she has done enough for the family since she entered the palace, the prosperity of the Yuan family can be inseparable from her own efforts, there is nothing to owe, if you want to blame the Yuan family, you can blame the Yuan family's talent adjustment, and there are not a few people who are serious and capable of doing things. The position of concubine that she easily won was also handed over, and Concubine Chen at that time was the most advantageous competitor.
To be honest, the Yuan family's agriculture can be said to have its own half. Yuan Guifei thought that the Yuan family could help her son achieve great things, but unfortunately it backfired, so she could only put on a show and couldn't become her son's right-hand man. Otherwise, the son will not have the idea of divorce his wife and remarrying, the Yuan family can't help his son, he needs to find a strong foreign aid, marriage is the most time-saving and labor-saving means, at that time he couldn't understand his son's good intentions, and now he suddenly opened up after careful recollection. He once shouted at his son's behavior, and complained more than once that his son's wings were stiff and separated from him. I was a great failure as a mother.
"Yuan Guifei." Zhou Qian interrupted Yuan Guifei's distant thoughts, and carefully looked at Yuan Guifei. Seeing that his expression is still clear, he can be interrogated.
Yuan Guifei's eyes focused on the Shangshu of the Criminal Department who spoke, this person was wearing an official uniform, judging the grade of this person from the complement on his chest and the color of the official uniform, and then deduced the result by contacting what Mama had just said in her ear.
"Please ask Concubine Yuan to describe the case in detail." Guo Shaofeng opened his mouth and went straight to the morning to ask and get rid early, and it was not appropriate to stay in the harem for a long time.
After entering the door, he pulled up a chair and sat down alone, not disturbing Zhou Qian's case.
Yuan Guifei's gaze shifted to the second official who spoke, and did not answer the question raised, she would not confess the 'truth' lightly, she had no intention of harming the emperor, why should she be burdened with a felony so far.
Knowing that she can't escape death on the road ahead and back, Concubine Yuan would rather tell the 'truth', and think that she doesn't have to think about her innocence, and she can't answer the call according to other people's requirements, and she has to fight for herself before she dies.
"I didn't poison the emperor." Yuan Guifei spoke slowly, her eyes suddenly looked at the Wing King who was listening, and several emotions appeared in her eyes, and finally calmed down.
Following Yuan Guifei's line of sight, Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng turned around slightly to see where Yuan Guifei's gaze was directed, and their hearts were convex, Yuan Guifei didn't seem to be unconscious, and the place where she heard her fingers could only be one person-Wing King.
Could it be that the Winged King is also related to this matter? Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng were shocked, and looked at each other to ask what was going on? Don't be Yuan Guifei who was unwilling to pull someone as a cushion before she died, and King Yi, as a person valued by the emperor, was in the house, and he happened to be the target of Yuan Guifei's attack.
After a few back and forth, Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng thought of going together, and what Yuan Guifei was going to say next was a little true, and she weighed it in her heart and had a preliminary judgment standard.
"The cause of a qiΔ is caused by the Wing King." Yuan Guifei threw down a heavy thunderbolt, "The target I want to attack is the Wing King, not the emperor." β
Zhou Qian's and Guo Shaofeng's eyes changed slightly, and they involuntarily turned sideways to observe the expression of the Wing King when they heard this, wanting to find out whether it was true or not.
Raising his eyes slightly, he glanced at Yuan Guifei and said, "There is such a thing." β
"Can you tell me about the Wing King?" When it comes to human life, we must not be careless, and Zhou Qian does not want to bear the infamy of disregarding human life.
"Yes." Cheerfully responded, "Yuan Guifei did have a bad plot against the king, as for whether the emperor's poisoning was done by Yuan Guifei, this king does not judge." She won't give Yuan Guifei the possibility of turning the tables, even if it's just a few words of speech.
Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng were stunned and quickly understood the meaning of King Yi's words, it seems that it is difficult to say whether Yuan Guifei poisoned the emperor, they only know that the emperor vomited blood and couldn't afford to get sick after leaving Yuanxi Palace and returning to Longhua Palace.
talked about how she was designed, and as for the fact that she didn't participate in the back, she didn't know what was going on at all.
Zhou Qian, Guo Shaofeng have dark bellies, and the Wing King is so indifferent that he can even pretend to be nothing when he falls in the palace, how can people say that they are good, and they are cold-blooded? If the Wing King does not fall in cold blood, it will be the Wing King, and it is not known what Yuan Guifei will do after the treacherous plan is punished, but fortunately, the Wing King escaped with cold feelings, and the emperor is not so lucky.
Yuan Guifei did not interrupt or refute the words of the Wing King, not a word of what the Wing King said was false, how to refute it, reverse right and wrong and confuse the merits of black and white? It's completely unrealistic, and there's no need to interfere at this time.
"After that, Concubine Yuan, please." Zhou Qian's heart beat the drum, and the stubble of the Wing King appeared in the middle of the good end, could it be that this is the reason why Yuanqing Lu did not confess?
Zhou Qian and Guo Shaofeng glanced at each other, and the expression of their eyes explained that no matter what, they would listen to Yuan Guifei's words before making plans.
Yuan Guifei did not hide the cause and result of her design to frame the Wing King, she was a dying person and had nothing to hide, and the resentment in her heart was not vomited or unhappy.
When Zhou Qian and the three of them came out of Yuanxi Palace, it was as smooth as regaining a new life, and the good guy interrogated Yuan Guifei and found that he was so tired. (To be continued)