Chapter 30: Clues
Xian Ge was taking a nap, and vaguely heard someone talking outside the house, so he woke up groggily, rubbed his eyes, stretched his waist, and walked from the inner room to the courtyard, where he saw Caiwen talking to a servant girl.
Xian Ge slowly walked over and called out in a low voice, "Caiwen." ”
Caiwen hurriedly turned around and saluted Xiange: "Master, you are awake." Another maidservant also saluted.
"What are you talking about?" Xian Ge asked sleepily.
Caiwen was hesitant, looked at the string song and then looked at the servant girl beside him, the string song was clear, and walked to the swing, waiting for Caiwen.
After sending the maidservant, Caiwen lowered her head, walked to the string song with a twist, knelt down and pleaded guilty, "The master forgives the sin, the slave and the maid should not chew the root of the tongue with others." ”
Xian Ge sat on the swing, looked down at his toes, and said flatly: "That's the maid of which palace." ”
"It's the cleaning maid who is responsible for cleaning the palace road." Cai Wen buried his head lower and lower.
"Get up." Xian Ge looked at Cai Wen, "I also want to hear what you just said." "Judging by their expressions just now, something big must have happened in the palace.
"Thank you, master." Caiwen stood up and walked to the swing stupidly, "The concubine is poisoned." ”
"Oh." A playful smile appeared on Xian Ge's face, Gu Chi's harem was really exciting, "When is it?" ”
"At noon, after the concubine finished eating, she vomited blood, and the imperial doctor diagnosed that it was poisoning."
"Can you find out who poisoned it?" Xian Ge sighed secretly in his heart, the dignified concubine was poisoned, and she was afraid that she would set off a bloody storm.
Caiwen looked around, and whispered in the ear of Xian Ge: "The emperor sent someone to search the six palaces, and found a bottle of medicine in the dormitory of the concubine, according to the imperial doctor, it is the medicine that poisons the concubine, and now, the emperor is interrogating the concubine in the study." ”
Xian Ge's face was slightly gloomy, and for the first time, he used a majestic tone, "Take care of your mouth, don't say much about this matter." ”
"Yes." Caiwen saw that Xian Ge's expression was serious, and he also began to be afraid.
Xian Ge got up, slowly walked around the vines, pinched a small flower casually, the whole person became still, and his mind began to think carefully. The two high-ranking concubines in the palace have an accident together, there must be something strange, besides, the two of them contain each other, there are advantages and disadvantages, once one of them has an accident, the other party will lose the check and balance, then, he will become a thorn in the side, after all, Gu Chi's attitude towards himself, in the eyes of others, is really towards the 'favorite concubine'. Thinking of this, Xiange's heart was covered with frost, and a powerful uneasiness swirled in her mind, lingering.
In the study, Concubine Huang Shufei knelt on the ground, her originally combed hair was scattered and drooping aside, her face was full of tears, and she was sobbing lowly.
"You're so daring!" Gu Chi sat on the top and threw the medicine bottle collected from the Zhenghe Hall at the feet of Concubine Shu.
Concubine Shu instinctively dodged, and with a crying voice, she complained: "The emperor is wronged, and it must be someone else's blame." ”
"Hmph." Gu Chi sneered, "Wronged? You have done less to poison the concubines like this!"
Concubine Shu shook her head vigorously, "No, no, the concubine doesn't, you have to believe the concubine." With that, he began to cry loudly.
Gu Chi heard Concubine Shu's cry, and suddenly felt upset, and said in disgust: "The evidence is conclusive, and you dare to quibble!"
"It's the slut who is to blame!" Concubine Shu exclaimed, her eyes full of hatred.
Gu Chi smiled contemptuously, "Blame? Could it be that poisoning talented people is also a blame! Framing Wang Zhaoyi is also a blame!" Seeing Concubine Shu's weak heart, Gu Chi looked away with disdain, "Colluding with the vestibule and murdering the concubine, are you guilty!"
Concubine Shu collapsed to the ground all of a sudden, and her sophistries were choked in her throat, unable to speak.
"Someone!" Gu Chi shouted outside the study.
Father-in-law Qin hurriedly entered the study and knelt down to listen to the instructions.
"Passed the decree, Huang Mengrong colluded with the vestibule and murdered the harem, the crime is unforgivable, so he is a concubine and enters the cold palace, and no one is allowed to visit." Gu Chi said sharply, and pointed at Concubine Shu again, "Take it down." ”
"Yes." Gonggong Qin accepted the order, called a few eunuchs, and took out the concubine who was already paralyzed.
After Huang Mengrong was taken out, Gu Chi's mood improved, and Liu Tan was sent into the study.
"Secretly put these in the hands of the Imperial History." Gu Chi handed Liu Tan a stack of letters, "Tell him that the time has come." ”
"Yes." Liu Tan took the letter and hurried to the Imperial History Mansion.
Huang Mengrong was thrown into the cold palace, the eldest prince lost the possibility of succession, and the prime minister's foundation was destroyed by half, so that uprooting was just around the corner.
Thinking of this, Gu Chi was in a good mood, and unconsciously hummed a little tune, this was a rare happy day since he succeeded to the throne.
After humming a little tune, Gu Chi cleaned up his mood and went to the Drunken Moon Palace, this time he degraded Huang Mengrong, the concubine made great contributions, such a means is really worthy of the title of a country's concubine, if he uses it wholeheartedly, he will be the best queen candidate in the future.
When he arrived at the Drunken Moon Palace, the imperial doctor said that the poison had been resolved, and he would wake up after sleeping for a few days, Gu Chi gave countless treasures in order to comfort the concubine and reward her, and more importantly, he named the second prince as the 'king of ding', so many titles, but chose the imperial city as the number, which means, a clear-eyed person can know at a glance, for a while, the concubine is in the limelight.
The next day, many important ministers in the court have died, to send the prime minister to prison and raid the house, Gu Chi thundered and was furious, so he asked Du Guangde to mobilize the imperial forest army to surround the prime minister's mansion, stalemate for several hours, and finally captured the prime minister, a few hours, the prime minister's mansion was sealed, so far, Gu Chi's plan was all realized, and the biggest threat to the former dynasty was uprooted.
However, in the past two days, the changes in the harem of the former dynasty are really shocking, and even people like Xiange, who have been staying out of the matter, feel the undercurrent surging under the change.
In the evening, Xian Ge was ready to rest, but he didn't want Gu Chi to knock on the door of the Falling Dust Pavilion.
"Your Majesty? Why are you here?" Xian Ge pressed the gauze on his shoulders, a little surprised, it was the first time for Gu Chi to come to the Dust Pavilion so late.
Gu Chi approached and said a little ambiguously, "Can't I come?"
A faint smell of wine came, and Xian Ge turned sideways slightly, "Your Majesty, you have drunk." ”
"I'm happy today." Gu Chi looked at Xian Ge with a smile, and in the next second, he hugged her.
Xian Ge was frightened by Gu Chi's movements, shook her head, and tried to push Gu Chi away, but Gu Chi hugged her so tightly that she couldn't break away, "Your Majesty, you're drunk." ”
"Don't move, let me hug." Gu Chi hugged the string song tightly like this, without the slightest intention of letting go.
Xian Ge was very helpless, he couldn't push and couldn't get angry, so he could only 'euphemistically' speak, "Your Majesty, let go of me first, I'm out of breath." ”
Gu Chi sighed in a low voice, and slowly let go of Xian Ge, with a blazing heat in his eyes, "Xian Ge, you have my surname." ”
Xian Ge opened his mouth in shock, and hurriedly refused: "It's not appropriate, this move will damage your prestige." In her selfish heart, she already has a surname, that is, the surname Yu Yan, in the morning, she quietly thought that in this life, no matter where she is or who she marries, she is called Yu Xiange.
Gu Chi slowly took a step back, his face was very lost, he looked at the string song deeply, and said with a wry smile: "You prepare, I will take you back to Pingxi City tomorrow to have a look." ”
"Thank you." There was a smile in the corner of Xian Ge's eyes, and in the past few months, he was finally able to go back and see Yu Yan.
"Rest in peace, I'm leaving." Gu Chi walked back, and the lonely background fell on Xiange's eyes, which made Xiange very puzzled, although the king was high and cold, wasn't it also a harem?
Shaking his head, Xian Ge entered the inner room, took off his gauze clothes, and lay on the bed, thinking about the years in Pingxi City, time passed little by little, and finally fell asleep, in the dream, Xian Ge saw Yu Yan again, but this Yu Yan seemed to be a little unfamiliar, like a doctor who gave himself the pulse that day, he smiled and beckoned, "Xian Ge, come here." ”
The next day, Gu Chi took the string song and wore a casual dress from the side gate of the palace to Pingxi City.
In summer, the water flow is turbulent, almost a thousand miles a day, half a day, it will go to Pingxi City, and there is a trend of thousands of sails crossing the river and chasing the sun and the moon.
Stepping on the 'Ten Mile Ferry', Xian Ge's heart was sour, a few months ago, he and Yu Yan were drinking wine here to discuss things, but in a blink of an eye, things are wrong.
"Let's go." Gu Chi led the string song and went ashore.
Hired two horses, Gu Chi took Xian Ge to Qian Xing's mansion first, as soon as he arrived, Qian Xing pulled Gu Chi aside, reported the matter, and after the two finished speaking, Gu Chi walked to Xian Ge's side and said, "I have some things to deal with, can I take you up the mountain tomorrow?"
Xian Ge smiled, "You're busy, don't care about me, it's just that I want to go back and have a look today, I know the way." ”
Gu Chi hesitated a few times, and finally made a decision, "Okay, you be careful." He also said to Qian Xing, "Send a few people to protect it." ”
In this way, under the protection of Qian Xing's guards, Xian Ge walked towards the mountain. As he passed near the cliff, he stopped and told the protectors to wait where he was, while he walked towards the cliff alone.
The closer she got to the cliff, the more her heart hurt, this place, which took away her most important person, and now that she stepped on it again, the sadness in her heart was all aroused, and tears flowed down.
Sitting on the edge of the cliff, Xian Ge pulled out a strand of his hair, faced the wind, blew it down, and muttered, "I miss you." ”
"Little girl, what are you doing sitting here?" An old man with a flat shoulder approached.
Xian Ge turned around, wiped his tears, and said with a crying voice: "My brother fell from here, I came to see him." As he spoke, tears began to roll in his eyes again.
The old man looked at Xian Ge with some sympathy, and comforted: "The girl's festival is changing." ”
Xian Ge paused and begged, "Uncle, I want to go down and have a look, can you tell me where to go down?" Xian Ge firmly believes that when people die, the soul is still there.
The old man was stunned, "The girl is laughing, this cliff is a dead cliff, and there are not even animals at the bottom of the cliff, so naturally there is no way down." ”
"What did you say?" Xian Ge's body was stunned, his face full of shock, "There is no way down to the bottom of the cliff?" There was a 'boom' in the string song's brain, and he was blank and numb for a while.
"yes, there's no way." When the old man saw the string song's demeanor, he thought it was mentally abnormal, shook his head, and left.
Xian Ge's hands were trembling, and the blood in his whole body was almost breaking through the blood vessels, and he knelt heavily on the ground, his eyes burning with anger.
There is no way, how did Gu Chi bring back Yu Yan, now that he thinks about it, he also feels suspicious, at that time, Gu Chi just said that he brought back 'Brother Gongzi', without describing Yu Yan's characteristics, and Qian Xing had never seen Yu Yan, how did he bring it back, but he blamed himself for being grief-stricken and neglecting this problem at that time, now that he thinks about it, it is really a huge lie.
Xian Ge wiped away her tears and walked back. Thinking about Gu Chi's various things, whether it was the elegance when she first saw the fish, or the care she took care of when she entered the palace, she didn't look like that kind of person, but the facts were in front of her, and she couldn't argue, she had to go back quickly and figure things out.