Chapter Seventy-Two: The Evidence Is Gone
Chunlan began to cry, "Niangniang, what's wrong, why did you collide with the Queen Mother, I just had a fever after confinement, but how is it good." ”
Tang Jingchen closed her eyes, her body was cold and hot, but she couldn't care about it, and said to Chunlan with a wheez: "Where is the medicine residue of the medicine I took in the past, you can find out." ”
According to the rules of the Celestial Empire, from the emperor and the queen down, if you are sick and take medicine, the residue must be kept for at least three months, in order to have traces of problems.
Chunlan was already clever, and she had followed Tang Jingchen in the palace for so many years, so she immediately knew what was going on, "Niangniang suspects that there is something wrong with the medicine?" ”
Tang Jingchen nodded, "All this is too coincidental, people have to doubt it." ”
"The dregs of the medicine have been sorted out one by one and stored in the cabinet in the side hall, and the slave and maid will go and get it." Chunlan turned around, but turned around again after a while, her expression changed greatly, "Niangniang, the medicine residue is gone!" ”
Tang Jingchen knelt in the snow for so long, she was holding on to her breath, but when she heard this, she almost fainted, she bit the tip of her tongue to stay awake.
Sure enough, the plan was thorough, and now there was really no evidence at all, even if she complained in front of the emperor, others would only say that she was crazy.
Seeing her like this, Chunlan was frightened, "Don't worry, according to the rules, the medicine residue has always been kept in two copies, let's have one here, and there is another one over there in the hospital, and when Dongxue comes back, the slave maid will go to find it in person." ”
Dongxue came back at a trot, "The hospital said that it was busy today, because of the cold and snow, many masters were guilty of old diseases, and even the queen mother was sick, and she couldn't spare anyone to see Concubine Jing's illness." ”
Chunlan couldn't help but sneer when she heard this, "The Empress Dowager is still punishing our mother in the imperial garden, how much effort did it take, and she fell ill?" ”
Tang Jingchen smiled self-deprecatingly, "That's it, even if they are willing to come, I don't want them to see, it's just that they are infected with the wind and cold, just drink some hot water and cover two more quilts to sweat." ”
She was drugged and gave birth to a stillborn baby, and the murderer must have colluded with the people in the Tai Hospital, and she can no longer trust this group of Tai Doctors.
As for the medicine residue, it is estimated that it will be gone a long time ago, and even if there is, it must be replaced early, and no problems can be found.
Chunlan brought a quilt to cover Tang Jingchen, excused herself to go out to boil hot water, pulled Dongxue out, and asked in a low voice: "What's going on with the people in the Tai Hospital, they dare to say that they are busy, our mother is the head of the first palace, except for the queen mother in this palace, who has more position than her?" ”
Dong Xue's face was very ugly, "They are all a group of snobs, I heard that our mother was punished by the queen mother to kneel, and the emperor was indifferent, so he despised the mother and made excuses for refusing to come." ”
"These bunch of things without a conscience!" Chunlan gritted her teeth and said angrily: "The emperor is too, he used to spoil our mother so much, this time the mother will be punished, he doesn't feel distressed at all, he doesn't care about it." ”
I thought of one more thing for a while, and hurriedly asked Dongxue, "Have you touched the cabinet where the medicine residue is stored?" ”
"Nope." Dongxue looked dazed, "What's wrong?" ”
Chunlan told the ins and outs again, and said: "There is a spy in our palace, someone must have bought some cheap goods and stole the dregs." ”
Dongxue blinked, unable to digest this amount of information, "Little Brother's death, was he killed?" Lamei's daughter was also killed? So they stole the dregs again, and there is no proof of death? ”
There were tears in her eyes, "Our mother's life is so hard, it's easy to give birth to an elder brother, and this kind of thing happens." ”
Chunlan said: "Don't cry, the top priority is to help Niang Niang find the murderer, avenge the little brother, and avenge Lamei's daughter!" ”
"Hmm." Dongxue nodded heavily, "I'll go to Tang's house to see Lamei when I go back, and tell her about it, so that she can also help come up with ideas." ”
Chunlan said: "Speaking of which, there has been no news of Lamei for a long time, since the matter of Niangniang, we have been busy, and we have no time to care about Lamei, I don't know how she is, so many ugly rumors, I don't know if she can bear it." ”
Dong Xue snorted coldly, "From top to bottom, the Tang family is barely a person, except for Tang Ning, who is barely a person, everything else is inferior to beasts, and they originally looked down on Lamei, but now that Niangniang is like this, they have to bully her even more." ”
Chunlan sighed, "This is also a matter of no choice, then Tang Ning is Lamei was chosen by herself, and we can't help her in the palace, so we can only just watch." ”
The Imperial Study.
The Emperor was furious, "You are talking nonsense, how could my daughter do such a shameless thing!" ”
Standing opposite the emperor was the envoy of Zhunger, and he also came to report that Princess Xinyan had died in childbirth.
In the face of the anger of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, he was not afraid at all, "Your Majesty the Emperor, our prince announced to the outside world that Princess Xinyan died in childbirth, it is for the sake of the Celestial Dynasty and your face, Princess Xinyan has fornicated with others, all the evidence is in the hands of our prince, if Your Majesty does not believe it, the minister can show it to you at any time." ”
The emperor was so angry that his face changed, and he only heard the envoy continue: "Although Princess Xinyan has done such an ugly thing, our prince is magnanimous, as long as the Celestial Dynasty marries another princess and accompanies a rich dowry, the prince will not be guilty of the past." ”
"What if I don't allow it?" The Emperor looked at the envoys.
"Your Majesty shouldn't want to go to war, once a war starts, no matter whether you win or lose, it is inevitable that your lives will be ruined."
The emperor was very helpless, he was not afraid of Zhunger, but he didn't want to start a war easily, after all, as the envoy said, even if his side won the battle, countless soldiers would die.
Victory has always been associated with blood and sacrifice.
War, can it be avoided or avoided.
Since his accession to the throne, he has been diligent in government, loving the people, fair and wise, and every policy he has exercised is truly for the sake of the people of the Celestial Empire.
He never felt that marrying his daughter to Jungar was a sign of weakness and incompetence, on the contrary, the princesses and princes were supported by the people, and the riches and glories of the people came from the people, so they should contribute to the people, rather than let the people shed blood and sacrifice to protect them.
After the initial anger at Princess Xinyan, the emperor had to believe it, after all, if there was no conclusive evidence, Zhungeer would never dare to do so.
However, he could not agree to the envoy's request at once, but said: "The Queen Mother is interrogating Imperial Doctor Su, and when I find out everything, I will definitely give an explanation to Zhunger." ”
The envoys didn't want to make things stiff, after all, the Celestial Empire was strong, and if they were forced to go to war, they didn't have much chance of winning, and the prince of Jungger just wanted to marry another princess and get another dowry.
"Yes, then the minister will go back to the post house and wait for news from His Majesty the Emperor." Stooping and saluting, the Dzungar envoy took his leave and left.
Mama Zhao Lan walked over, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother interrogated Imperial Physician Su, Imperial Physician Su confessed, and the Empress Dowager was so angry that she had a headache and fell ill. ”