Chapter 125: Good Luck and Evil Are Self-Inflicted
If he had known about this a few days ago, Yifang might have let it go, but now it is different. She immediately asked people to secretly wait near the Huanning Palace, and as soon as she saw one of them going out, she followed them, and she must know what they were doing secretly.
The emperor lived up to his wishes, and under such waves of listening, he finally found some clues. Liu Qi was scratched by a cat before, and Yifang had already suspected that Mrs. Shen had done it, but now it seems that this is the case.
It is inconvenient for her to go out in the palace now, so naturally she can't get the unique hundred gels of the Lu clan, but she can't go out, but people from outside can come in.
After a long period of inquiry, Yifang knew that every time he entered the palace, he contacted Mrs. Shen with the same person. And this person not only brought her a hundred gels, but even the oil used by Liu Concubine to fall was also brought in by this person.
"Let her be proud all these days, and she will have to suffer some hardships after all." Yifang seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to be commanding the people below.
He had people ambushed in advance where Mrs. Shen often met with that person, but he didn't do anything when they met, but waited until Mrs. Shen left, and then let people catch that person by surprise and take him directly to the Jiaofang Palace.
"You're the one who's been in touch with Mrs. Shen all these days?" Yifang looked at the person with a plain face, belonging to the type that could not be found on the street, no wonder no one would notice it when entering and leaving the palace.
The man didn't say a word, it seemed that he had bitten him to death, as long as he didn't make a sound, Yifang couldn't do anything about him. But the road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high, Yifang made a look, and a eunuch came forward to hold him.
"This palace asks you some questions, and if you don't answer them truthfully, you must know the consequences." After Yifang said this, he asked, "Did you bring a hundred gels to Mrs. Shen a few days ago?" ”
The man was still silent, and Yifang didn't have the patience to wait for him any longer, so he waved someone to bring him a bowl of chili water.
"Every time Bengong asks a question, if he doesn't answer, he will pour him a spoonful." Good
One of the eunuchs pressed the man, and the other tried to pour pepper water on him, but Yifang told them to stop first.
"What this means is that it starts with the ears, then the nose, then the mouth, and if he doesn't say it, the eyes are not necessary." The voice of Yifang was very cold, it was a temperature that the palace people had never felt before, not only the person in front of him, but even the palace people in Jiaofang Palace, as well as Teng Ling and Zili, were also a little shocked.
But Yifang's command to them naturally listened, pinched the man's ear and poured a spoonful of chili water, and he immediately let out a howl of pain, and his expression was very hideous.
"This palace asks you again, are the crown prince and Princess Guantao harmed by Mrs. Shen?"
The only thing that answered her was the painful whine of the man, and Yi Fang waited patiently for a while, but he still didn't say a word. Yifang waved his hand mercilessly: "Continue to pour." ”
Another spoonful of chili water poured down his nose, and the man was almost crumbling, his hands clutching desperately at his face. Yi Fang hurriedly asked people to restrain her hands that were clutching indiscriminately, so that he would not scratch his face and make people unrecognizable to him.
"The last question of this palace, do you have anything to do with the Lu family?"
The man still didn't answer, which was all expected by Yifang, and she didn't wait long after asking the question this time, then stood up and planned to leave. Before leaving, he left an understatement: "Peel off his face, put it in a brocade box and send it to Mrs. Shen." ”
"No." This order made the eunuchs present frightened, and they realized at this time that the current queen may have really changed.
At this time, in the Huanning Palace, Mrs. Shen was playing with the latest gadgets sent by Liu Heng. Suddenly, there was a eunuch's announcement outside, saying that the queen had sent someone to deliver something.
"What does she mean by that?" Mrs. Shen was puzzled.
Although Yifang has lifted the grounding, her grace is not worth mentioning compared to her now. At this time, she sent her something, could it be that she had already noticed that Liu Qi and Liu Concubine were injured?
"Madam, if the queen sends someone over, you still have to see it, otherwise there will always be people who say that we are pampered and proud." The maidservant next to him, Green Lotus, reminded in a low voice.
"Green Lotus, why did you say that the queen suddenly sent something to the palace? What will she send to Hongu? Could it be that he knew that the palace was behind the back of the prince and the princess Guantao, so he used this to carry out the palace? Mrs. Shen was really a little suspicious in her heart, Green Lotus was her confidant, and she usually helped to come up with ideas, so she had to ask at this time.
"Niangniang is too worried, the emperor loves Niangniang so much, the queen has already taken care of herself, maybe she wants to show favor to Niangniang, in order to get a trace of favor from Niangniang!" Green Lotus is very optimistic.
"You have a point in saying that, but Motonomiya is always uneasy. What does the queen want to do? Mrs. Shen looked worried.
Lu He comforted: "No matter what the queen wants to do, Niang Niang will know if she goes out and sees it, that thing has been sent to the palace." I heard that the eunuch who sent the things came and went in a hurry, and as soon as he put down the things, he left immediately, and the mother didn't have to meet him when she went out at this time. ”
"Then let's go out and have a look!" Mrs. Shen was slowly walked out by the green lotus.
The brocade box was placed on the table outside. This is a bit strange, then you said that the master sent a servant to send something over to make sure that it was delivered to the hand before leaving, but this eunuch was in a hurry, which is really suspicious.
"Did the eunuch who sent the things say what's inside?"
The palace maid waiting next to her shook her head: "I didn't say anything specific, I just said that it was a generous gift prepared by the queen mother for Mrs. You, you must like it when you see it." ”
"Since it was carefully prepared by the queen's mother, then the palace will open it and take a look!" Mrs. Shen picked up the brocade box, and it was so light that it didn't even seem to contain anything.
Lady Shen opened the box out of curiosity, and after only one glance inside, she let out a terrible scream, and almost threw the box out.
"Oh my God! Oh, my God! Mrs. Shen put it on the table, her hands were trembling, her eyes were full of horror, and the people around her were frightened by her appearance, and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Green Lotus wanted to pick up the brocade box, after all, the things sent by the queen were thrown on the ground like this, and it was not appropriate to be seen. But as soon as she approached the box, her eyes fell on the contents of the box, and she let out a scream of fright. There was a human face in it, and it was the man who had only met them not long ago.
Green Lotus sat on the ground and took two steps back, only wanting to stay away from the box at this time, and never wanted to look at it a second time.
This night, the entire Huanning Hall was a mess, and several people were frightened, and even invited the imperial doctor to come over. Someone with good deeds reported the matter to Liu Heng, but he was busy with government affairs tonight and didn't have time to come over to accompany him.
"Your Majesty, it's really terrible, our lady is scared, what does the queen want to do?" The little palace maid who was sent over to report was still apprehensive.
"Wu Ping, you go to the queen and ask what is going on?" Liu Heng didn't show much reaction to this matter, but although he couldn't spare time to go to Huanning Palace, he still had to take care of the matter.
Wu Ping walked quickly to Jiaofang Palace, and Yifang followed him directly. When the little palace maid of Huanning Hall saw her, she turned into a mouse seeing a cat, her eyes dodged unquickly, and her eyes were full of horror, as if Yifang would devour her into her stomach.
"You already know what happened?" Liu Heng asked directly.
"The concubine has heard about it, but why does this matter have anything to do with the concubine?" Yifang pretended to be innocent.
"The people in the entire Huanning Hall said that you sent someone to send the brocade box over, can this still be fake?" Liu Heng's voice didn't hear any emotion, as if he was just trying a case that had nothing to do with him.
"The concubine didn't send anyone to send any brocade boxes, and the people in the entire Jiaofang Palace can also testify." Yifang had already arranged things before, and even if it was thoroughly investigated, it would have nothing to do with her.
After she finished speaking, she faced the little palace maid again: "Since you said that the palace sent someone to send it, what evidence do you have?" ”
"Slave maid, slave maid just heard that the eunuch who came to deliver the brocade box said that the queen mother sent him, and the rest is unknown." The little palace maid was a little trembling, and she was very nervous when she spoke.
"It's ridiculous, if any person in this palace says that he came out of the Jiaofang Hall of the main palace, wouldn't it be possible for any to be on the head of the palace?" Yifang's voice was not angry and arrogant.
The little palace maid lowered her head in fear: "At that time, the light was very dim, and the eunuch who sent the brocade box kept his head down, but he really didn't see his face clearly. ”
"In that case, it's even more suspicious. Mrs. Shen's position is only under the concubine, and now she is favored, if the concubine sends someone to send her something, the first choice will definitely be a personal maidservant, how can she let a eunuch send it casually, wouldn't this not give Mrs. Shen face? Yifang explained to Liu Heng, "Besides, the emperor also knows that the concubine has always been at odds with Mrs. Shen, and he will never send her something suddenly." This is too eye-catching, if something goes wrong, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is the concubine. Does the emperor think that the concubines would do such stupid things? ”
"There's some truth to what you're saying, and I don't think it's your doing." Liu Hengguang really didn't think that Yifang did it. In his impression, Yifang has always been gentle and generous, and he sometimes really wishes she could be rude. She will definitely not be able to do such a murderous and skinning thing.
"You go back to Huanning Hall first! Don't make any more noise about it, if it ruins the queen's reputation, I will never forgive it. Liu Heng waved his hand, and the little palace maid finally retreated with relief.
"Your Majesty, if this matter is really done by the concubines, what should the emperor do?" Yifang suddenly asked for no reason.
Liu Heng suddenly looked down, and his brows furrowed: "Did you do it?" ”
Yi Fang's eyes were a little disappointed, and she smiled dismally: "No." ”