Chapter 184: For the Dark Fragrance
The environment in the cell is very different from the outside, although they are all in the palace, but this dark and damp place, where a few rats scurry from time to time, is not as good as the residence of the minions.
Yifang found a slightly cleaner place to sit down, and looked up at the window above. Only a few faint rays of light came from the entire cell, barely lit in the daytime. At night, there were only a few dim oil lamps, which were of no avail to the dreary environment.
But even so, the people in the next cell recognized Yi's room.
"It's only been a few days, why did you come in?" Wen Xi was stripped of his position, but his temperament was much calmer, not as hot as before. Yifang thought that there was still a place for people to calm down in this prison.
"How are Wen Shu people doing?"
"I didn't know before, but it was quiet to stay in this cell." Wen Xi leaned close to the wall and spoke to Yifang through the blocked iron door, "But it seems that the outside is still as lively as ever." ”
"There's a fire in the queen's palace." Yifang had nothing to do, and he also talked to her. The thoughts in his head are always not gathered in one place, Yifang no longer thinks about it, and talks to Wen Xi as a rest.
"You set the fire?" Wen Xi showed a look of schadenfreude.
Yifang shook his head: "No, but everyone thinks it is." ”
"I've learned your methods before, and it stands to reason that you won't be locked up here, and if I'm right, you'll be out in a few days, right?" Speaking of this, Wen Xi's voice revealed a bit of envy.
The cell is naturally clean and comfortable, but no one in it can't help but look forward to life outside.
"If the matter is clear, you can go out, but the lives of the three princes are weighed on it, and if you can't find sufficient evidence, I will be here with you." When Yifang thought of the three children and Zhiyao who was left alone in the world, his heart couldn't stop being sour.
"The three princes went?" Wen Xi was shocked.
Yifang nodded: "The queen also looks crazy. ”
"It must have been done by Wen Jiayi's slut." Wen Xi snorted coldly.
Yifang raised her eyes, and she guessed that it was based on Wen Jiayi's performance. But Wen Xi can also guess, and listening to her meaning, it must not be as simple as being hostile to Wen Jiayi.
"Why?"
Wen Xi leaned towards the iron gate: "If no one is injured, it may be the queen's doing, but the three princes are gone, and the queen will not hurt her children no matter what, so it must have been Wen Jiayi's doing." ”
Yifang also walked to the edge of the iron gate and sat next to Wen Xi through the door. The two of them would never have imagined before this, they used to be in the same water, and there would be a time to sit together and talk calmly like this.
"What does it smell like on you?" Wen Xi suddenly smelled the fragrance on Yifang's body.
"Do you mean this strange scent?" Yifang also lowered his head and sniffed, "Xu was stained in the queen's palace." ”
"This is no ordinary scent." Wen Xi explained, "I often search for some novelties among the people, originally I wanted to please the king, but now I don't need them. But there's a spice in what I've found, and that's what you smell like. ”
Yifang listened to her words, and felt that there must be something wrong with this incense, and motioned for her to continue.
"The fragrance is not very good, but it has a subtle fascination effect, and if you are contaminated for a long time, you will be delirious."
"Delirious?" Yi Fang recalled the scene at that time, "The queen really seemed to be a little delirious at that time, but everyone only thought that she had lost her three sons suddenly and was too sad. ”
"This kind of spice is not available in the palace, and if you want to get it, you can only go to the people to search for it. As far as I know, among the concubines in the palace, there is only Wen Jiayi who can have close contact with outside the palace, except for me. ”
"I see." Yi Fang nodded thoughtfully, "It's just that why did you tell me about this?" ”
"I don't like you, but it's Wen Jiayi who made me like this, if it wasn't for her careful design, I wouldn't have ended up in such a situation. So I still want her to come here and be my companion more than you. ”
Yifang originally wanted to say that the origin of everything still came from her, if Wen Xi hadn't poisoned her with Wen Jiayi, she wouldn't have been bitten back. But thinking that Wen Xi was also pitiful here, and just informed her of an important news, he suppressed these words vividly.
"Thank you."
I don't know the hours of time in the cell, but the Yi room is really a little sleepy. There was a rare clean place here, so she could only shrink herself into a small ball as much as possible, close her eyes and rest for a while.
"Sumei, Sumei, wake up." I don't know how long later, a jailer outside suddenly called her, and Yi Fang slowly opened her eyes.
"Su Meiren, there are people outside who want to see you, come out with me!" The jailer quickly opened the cell door, and Yi Fang was overjoyed, maybe Teng Ling and Zi had left to see her, just in time to inform them of the news they had just gotten and let them follow this direction to investigate.
But when she was taken outside, it was a more familiar figure with her back to her. Liu Heng stood in the moonlight, he had just lost his three children, and his back looked very vicissitudes. Yifang was a little distressed, and slowly walked forward, but at this moment, he didn't know what to say.
"Your Majesty, the concubine is here." I don't know how long it took for her to spit out such a sentence softly.
Liu Heng turned to face her and hugged her into his arms without saying anything. Yifang could feel his tiredness, and his heart was already full of holes.
"Are you okay?" Liu Heng took a closer look at her, and after staying in the cell for a few hours, the skirt was already stained with a thick layer of ash, and there was some mildew that had not seen the light for a long time.
Yifang shook his head with relief: "The concubine is fine, does the king believe in the concubine?" ”
Nothing else matters, Yifang just wants to get Liu Heng's trust, as long as she has this trust, she can go on strongly.
Liu Heng nodded without hesitation: "Of course this king believes you, but all the evidence points to you alone, and it is indeed not easy to find out all the truth." ”
"Your Majesty, in fact, the concubine already has eyebrows, so the king doesn't have to worry." Yifang didn't want to tell too many people about the clues for the time being, so as not to startle the snake, so she changed her words and asked, "How is Zhiyao now?" ”
"Accompany the queen, this boy cried a lot after figuring out what had happened, and he was clamoring to come to you with this king." Liu Heng held Yifang's hand tightly, "Zhiyao, that kid also believes in you." ”
Tears welled up in Yifang's eyes, and that was enough.
"This king has already instructed, if your two personal maids want to see you, they will help arrange it, don't worry!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yifang didn't want Liu Heng to stay in a place like the Heavenly Prison for long, so he urged him to go back quickly after saying a few words.
Liu Heng's order was conveyed to Teng Ling and Zili, and they couldn't wait to come to the prison. Teng Ling prepared a lot of food for Yifang, and when he saw her, his eyes were red, but fortunately, Zili remembered the purpose of their visit, and quickly asked Teng Ling to stop the tears that were about to fall.
"What's going on outside these two days?"
"The palace has been paying attention to fire prevention recently, and there are preparations for the funeral of several princes, and nothing else." Teng Ling choked up again when he said this, "Beauty, now the people in the palace seem to have decided that you set the fire, and they are all talking about it in private!" ”
"It's okay, the rumors in the palace have always spread the fastest, haven't you experienced it before? When the truth of the matter is revealed, these broken-mouthed palace people will naturally help spread the truth, and my suspicions will be cleared at that time. Yifang comforted Tengling, but she also knew in her heart that good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, even if the truth is revealed, it will take a long time for everyone to know that she is innocent.
"Although this is the case, I still feel uncomfortable when I listen to those words." Teng Ling muttered, and the quilt was pulled away for a while before he came back to his senses and continued to get down to business.
"You must keep an eye on Yue Liang during this time. Zili, if you have the chance, you can go to the queen's side, the night of the last fire, I smelled a very peculiar fragrance on her, this fragrance is a little strange, it may make people confused. If you can find the source of the spices in the Joyful Ones, you will be able to clear my suspicions as soon as possible. ”
"If you talk about fragrance, I also smell a very unique smell on the second prince." Zili tilted his head and thought, yesterday the second prince came to Guangyang Palace, clamoring for Zili to take him to Yifang. Finally coaxed people back, Zili smelled the strange fragrance on his body, which seemed to have never appeared in the palace.
"I'm afraid the scent you're talking about is the same as what I'm talking about." Yifang thought of Zhiyao, and was a little nervous in his heart, "Has the second prince had any symptoms of delirium recently?" ”
"That's not true, it's just that the second prince is worried about you."
Yifang nodded reassuringly: "You have to take care of the second prince during this time, the other three princes are gone, if that person is bolder, he may still attack him." ”
"Yifang, the person you are talking about...... Could it be that he is a good person? Zili in a word.
Yi Fang simply nodded: "She did this, I can be sure, but I can't find evidence." ”
"If you find this spice in Yueliangren, it will prove that she used the queen to frame you."
"That's the truth." After Yifang finished these words, he asked them to leave quickly. Although Liu Heng agreed to let them come in to visit, it was better not to be too conspicuous.
After leaving the prison, Teng Ling and Zili discussed their separate actions. Teng Ling knew some kung fu, so he went to the vicinity of the Linhua Hall to guard, hoping to catch the handle of Yue Liangren. And Zili deliberately approached the queen according to what Yifang said, so as to be able to find out what the fragrance on her body was.
After lurking secretly for a while, Tengling finally had a clue. In the middle of the night that day, Tengling hid outside and looked in, it had been a while, she was here every day, and she was also very tired, but still strong spirit.
On this day, she saw a servant girl who looked into her brain, who seemed to be the personal servant of Yue Liangren, who held a brocade box in her hands and walked a long way before burying it under a tree.
Teng Ling wanted to go forward and dig out the brocade box, but after thinking about it, he came here in the middle of the night, even if he took out the evidence, it would be a little unreasonable, but it would arouse suspicion. With an idea, she struck the patrolling guards with some stones, drawing their eyes to the tree. Naturally, the new soil where the brocade box was buried was discovered by them.
"What's that? It looks like there's something buried inside. ”
"It should have been buried by the palace maid who just came, maybe it was some kind of valuable, and I felt that it was not safe to put it next to me, so I buried it here."
"Let's dig it out and see!"
"This is not good, but the dress of the palace maid should be in the womb of a favored lord, if we offend people, I'm afraid we won't be able to eat and walk around!"
"What are you afraid of, just dig it out and take a look, and don't take it for her." One of the more curious guards said, "Besides, I'm not sure it must be valuables inside, maybe it's something terrible, let's dig it out and make a contribution." ”
"That's what you said, then let's dig it out and take a look!"
Teng Ling hid in the dark and listened to their conversation, and finally a smile appeared on his face. If they dig up the brocade box, they will find the spices inside. The spice tasted so wrong, the guards must have sensed it.
They really didn't disappoint Tengling, and when they just opened the brocade box, the guards gathered in a group all took a step back. The fragrance in it was the strongest when they first opened the brocade box, and in their gossip discussion, they finally discussed the result and decided to hand over the brocade box to Wu Ping.
Although Wu Ping is the person next to Liu Heng, Teng Ling is not very relieved, this brocade box is the only evidence that Yifang can clear the suspicion at present, and he must be cautious and cautious, so as not to fall into the hands of others.
Thinking of this, Teng Ling walked out generously and pretended to pass by them.
"What does it smell like?" Teng Ling deliberately exaggerated his nose and stopped near those guards, "Oh, big brothers, don't touch this thing!" ”
"Who are you?" The guards were suspicious.
"I am a slave in the queen's palace, and I tell you, I have smelled this fragrance next to the queen's mother, and it will make people delirious after smelling it for a long time! Don't sniff hard! ”
Hearing Teng Ling's terrible words, they quickly closed the brocade box and took it away from the people.
Teng Ling continued: "I didn't expect that someone would be so bold as to use such a forbidden thing in the palace. How many big brothers do you know who this thing is? ”
Those guards didn't expect it to be so serious, and hurriedly told the palace maid who came to bury this brocade box just now.