Chapter 361: Who is the murderer?
Cheng Xi wiped his tears, raised his head, looked at King Qin and said, "Lord Wang, Xi'er believes in you, but the better you treat Xi'er, the more Xi'er feels sorry for you and is not worthy of you." ”
"Xi'er, in the eyes of your husband, you are the best, except for you, there is no other woman worthy of this king!" King Qin said softly and arrogantly, "Xi'er, in the future, when there are no outsiders, don't call me Wangye, call me husband, or call me Aqing." ”
Cheng Xi's face flushed again, calling him "husband", she really couldn't say it, let's call him by his name, she nodded, "Okay, Ah Qing." ”
When the relationship between the two was developing in a good direction, King Qin suddenly felt a faint pain in his chest, and he was suddenly startled, yesterday because of the wedding, he didn't take a medicinal bath, and today because he has been with Cheng Xi, he didn't take a bath, I don't know if it's because of this, the toxicity has flare up again?
He still can't let Cheng Xi know his other identity, he frowned and endured the pain, his face was a little pale, and hurriedly said to Cheng Xi: "Xi'er, for my husband, I suddenly thought that there are still some very important things to do, I want to go to the study to deal with things, and then come back to accompany you, if it's too late at night, you can sleep first!" ”
After speaking, he didn't care about Cheng Xi's surprised gaze, so he asked his henchmen to push him to the study, and let the guards guard the door of the study, and no one was allowed to enter.
King Qin entered the study, and in the clean room of the study, he asked his henchman Qin Hai to prepare hot water for him, added the medicinal powder that Cheng Xi gave him before, and soaked in the medicinal bath.
King Qin knew that there were people from the eldest prince and the third prince in his mansion, and he probably knew who they were, but now it was not time for him to tear his face with them, so he just guarded against them, not drove these people out of the mansion. After all, if you drive out this group of people today, maybe there will be new people who will be arranged tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, at that time, you don't know who these people are, and you can't prevent it, it's better to be like now.
After soaking for a while, King Qin felt that the pain had gradually disappeared, and the whole person was much more energetic, he asked Qin Hai to add hot water to the water, and continued to soak, and after soaking a sweat, he got up, wiped his body clean, put on his clothes, and walked back to the study.
He thought that he hadn't practiced yesterday or today, so he started practicing in his study. An hour later, he walked out of the study and returned to the courtyard where Cheng Xi lived.
Cheng Xi hadn't slept yet, she was holding a medical book and reading it with relish, when she heard someone outside reporting, she got up and walked to the door to greet King Qin, "Lord Wang, are you done?" ”
"Well, why hasn't Xi'er slept yet?" King Qin asked softly.
Cheng Xi took King Qin's wheelchair, pushed him into the room, and let the people waiting for King Qin go out, and then said to King Qin: "Lord Wang, the concubine is reading a medical book. ”
"Xi'er rest early, tomorrow is the third dynasty to return to the door, and you have to get up early!" King Qin said.
"Wang ...... Ah Qing, Xi'er will ask for a safe pulse for you, right? Cheng Xi said.
She knew that King Qin was determined to be in the world, and she didn't want him to lose his qualification to inherit the throne because of his leg, she wanted to heal his leg, so she wanted to know how serious his leg was, which she needed to know if she had a pulse.
King Qin didn't think much about it, so he stretched out his hand in front of Cheng Xi, Cheng Xi took a pillow and cushioned it, carefully checking the pulse, King Qin looked at her seriously and looked at her quietly, only feeling that the years were quiet.
Cheng Xi's brows furrowed, how could this King Qin's pulse be so similar to the masked man's pulse?
After a while, Cheng Xi spoke: "Wang...... Ah Qing has ever been poisoned? ”
King Qin thought that his poison had been cleared by Cheng Xi, thinking that she should not be able to see any flaws, but he didn't expect Cheng Xi to be so powerful, and he was a little worried that Cheng Xi would see through him.
"Yes." King Qin nodded, it was useless for him to deny it, it would only make Cheng Xi doubt him even more, so he simply admitted it.
"Congratulations, Aqing, this poison has almost been cleared." After Cheng Xi finished speaking, he looked at King Qin with a solemn face and asked, "Do you know who poisoned you?" ”
King Qin's face suddenly became ugly, his eyes became sharp, and he said with hatred: "This king doesn't know, it is said that the poison on this king's body was brought from the mother's womb, so this king will be weak and sick since he was a child, and this king's mother is the former queen, who said that she died of illness back then, but in fact, only this king knows that she was poisoned to death." ”
Cheng Xi heard that King Qin's mother was the former queen, and he also heard that the former queen died of illness, but he didn't expect the truth to be like this, it seems that this ancient harem is also the same as those modern palace fighting dramas, full of traps everywhere, if you are not careful, you don't know how to die!
Cheng Xi looked very surprised and asked, "Then can you find out who is the murderer?" ”
King Qin shook his head, sighed, and said: "When the queen mother died, this king was still young, and more than ten years have passed, and now there is no way to investigate. ”
"If it is said that the poison in your body is brought from your mother's womb, then the person who poisoned the queen mother should have been in the palace before you were born, and when the queen mother died, she was the one who benefited the most or the person who benefited very much." Cheng Xi analyzed.
King Qin's heart was shocked, he didn't expect Cheng Xi to say it so sharply, isn't the person who benefits the most the current queen? And the person who is very proud, that is Rong Guifei!
If it was Concubine Rong, then after she killed her mother, she failed to become the queen, then her next target should be the current queen and the third prince, and the current queen and the third prince are safe and sound.
These two people are very suspicious, and there is another person, that is, after the death of the queen mother, the concubine Lian Guifei, who was favored by her father, that is, the mother concubine of the Nine Emperor Sons. After the death of the queen mother, although the father made the current queen the queen, he did not favor her alone, nor did he favor Rong Guifei, but the favored Lian Guifei, and Lian Guifei died because of dystocia, but her suspicion cannot be ruled out.
Concubine Lian may also be a murderer, her death may be retribution, of course, it may be that she is not a murderer, she is only favored by her father because she is young and beautiful, and because of this, she died.
Of course, the other women in the harem are all suspicious, but they have little motive for doing so, because they can't benefit from killing the queen mother.
Seeing that King Qin was silent for a long time, Cheng Xi asked, "Does the prince already have an object of suspicion in his heart?" ”
Seeing that King Qin nodded, Cheng Xi said, "I wonder if the object of the prince's suspicion is the same person that Xi'er thought?" ”
"Only one person? Who do you suspect? King Qin asked.
"Concubine Rong!" Cheng Xi said.
"Why does Xi'er doubt Concubine Rong but not the queen? After all, she is the one who benefits the most, and she has taken the position of my queen mother. King Qin asked.
"Concubine Rong's son is the eldest prince, it can be seen that she is quite favored by her father, if the queen mother is still there, the prince is the only concubine, if the queen and the prince are eliminated, is it very likely that the eldest prince will be made the prince?" Cheng Xi analyzed.
"However, if it is Concubine Rong, how can she let the current queen spend so many years in the palace safely? Now the most powerful ones in the court are the eldest prince and the third prince, she should have expected that there would be today, she should have attacked the queen and the third prince a long time ago! King Qin was a little puzzled.
"This is where her cleverness lies, if after the death of the former queen, she extends her hand to the current queen, and the two queens encounter accidents one after the other, do you think that the father will not suspect her?" Cheng Xi asked, "She keeps the current queen so that her father doesn't suspect her." ”
King Qin nodded, over the years, because of this, he had always suspected that the queen was the murderer, and secretly sent people to investigate the queen, but he couldn't find any clues.
"If the prince doesn't join in this battle for succession, the chances of the eldest prince still being relatively large." Cheng Xi said again.
"Oh, why is that? Xi'er talk about it. When King Qin heard this, his interest increased.
"Concubine Rong's maiden family is the Protector's Mansion, and the Protector holds part of the military power in his hands, but the queen's maiden family is the Taifu, this one is one and one martial, one has military power, and the other has no military power, Lord, which one do you say has a better chance of winning?" Cheng Xi asked with a smile, seeing that King Qin smiled but didn't answer, Cheng Xi said again: "Lord Wang, did you say that Lu Yuchen really has a soft spot for Cheng Yun?" Even if she is already a broken flower, he still wants to marry her. ”
"Xi'er thinks there's something wrong with this?" King Qin asked.
"Hmmm! The prince didn't know that before going to Wanfu Temple, Lu Yuchen was with Cheng Yun, and later Lu Yuchen saw that Cheng Yun was humiliated, and he never appeared again, until the feast of flowers, Concubine Rong always wanted to marry Xi'er to Lu Yuchen, but fortunately, with the help of the prince and the queen's mother, Xi'er escaped. And just after the marriage between the prince and Xi'er was decided, Lu Yuchen went to the General's Mansion with the Duke of Protector to propose marriage, and wanted to go to Cheng Yun as a side concubine. Don't you think it's weird? Cheng Xi said.
"Xi'er thinks that what Lu Yuchen wants to marry is only the daughter of the General's Mansion, not that he really likes me and Cheng Yun, after all, he is such a cold person, Xi'er is disfigured, he will withdraw from his family, Cheng Yun was humiliated, he didn't even say a greeting, but on top of the Hundred Flowers Feast, he turned to ask to marry Xi'er, after Xi'er was given to marry the prince, he went to the General's Mansion to propose marriage, it can be seen that his purpose in marrying Cheng Yun is to win over my father, after all, my father is also a general who holds military power!" Cheng Xi said resentfully.
King Qin recalled the scene at the Hundred Flowers Feast, and he had to say that what Cheng Xi said was very reasonable.
Is the mother murderer really Rong Guifei? It seems that he has to send another group of people to investigate this Rong Guifei, if it is really her, then she is hiding very deeply!