Chapter 21: Gongsun solves the case
Just when Zhu Hao was a little complacent, he suddenly remembered something, he was still pretending to be autistic, but when he saw Xie Gang just now, he was bent on recruiting Xie Gang, so he forgot to hide, if this matter spreads, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary disputes, thinking like this, Zhu Hao immediately ordered Wei Xiaobao to hurry up and chase Xie Gang and tell Xie Gang not to tell anyone that he had seen himself today.
Wei Xiaobao took the order and walked out of Zhu Hao's room, Zhu Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned on the sky that was already bright outside, although he was extremely sleepy at the moment, but he also knew that it was impossible to sleep now, because it was not surprising that his father and mother would definitely come to see him in a while, and if he fell asleep, I was afraid that he would let those doctors come over and toss him.
Therefore, Zhu Hao endured sleepiness and sat at the head of the bed, the reason why he did not lie down was because he was afraid that he would fall asleep uncontrollably after lying down.
Sure enough, as Zhu Hao expected, about half an hour later, Zhu Changluo and Concubine Liu came to Zhu Hao's bedroom, Zhu Hao looked at his mother, who was still a little red and swollen at the moment, and felt a pain in his heart. Looking at his father again, he also looked a little haggard, which shows that these two people didn't rest well like Zhu Hao last night.
After Zhu Hao entered the room, he walked in front of Zhu Hao, looked left and right, and then said, "You Zhen, I heard that someone assassinated you last night?" What did you hurt? Tell Father! ”
Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "I'm fine, don't worry about my father!" Seeing that Zhu Hao was still looking at the front with a dull gaze, Zhu Changluo gritted his teeth and said: "This poisonous woman, I didn't settle accounts with her, but she did it to you, I don't want to wait for a moment!" ”
Zhu Changluo said to the eunuch behind him: "Go and carry my step over, and now carry the five princes to Kunning Palace with me!" ”
After speaking, he walked angrily to the door of the room, and when he walked to the door, Zhu Changluo remembered something and said: "By the way, let that Gongsun Ce go with him!" After speaking, he walked out of Zhu Hao's room.
An ordinary prince like Zhu Hao is not qualified to take a foot ride in the palace, but now Zhu Changluo has let Zhu Hao ride the emperor's royal step, which shows Zhu Hao's status in his heart.
The group of people killed towards Kunning Palace, Zhu Changluo walked in front, and when he arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace, Zhu Changluo did not wait for someone to report, so he directly took the lead and kicked towards the closed palace gate, but this foot only vented a little anger in Zhu Changluo's heart, and did not kick open the gate, because the palace gate was then used against the door latch, Zhu Changluo did not let people call the door, but directly commanded the accompanying guards: "Go, smash the door open for me!" ”
The emperor asked people to smash open the door of the queen's palace, which can be regarded as a great humiliation for the queen. On the other hand, it can also be seen that Zhu Changluo is angry and desperate because of Zhu Hao's matter at the moment.
A group of accompanying guards, naturally did not dare to disobey the emperor's will, they shouted a neat number, only twice to break the door latch behind the palace gate, the palace door opened in response, and at this moment a kind of palace maid eunuch in Kunning Palace prostrate on the ground and did not dare to make a sound, even to say hello to the emperor, because everyone knows that the emperor came here today, it is definitely not good, this is to find the queen to settle accounts, where do they dare to make a little noise, if they really make a little noise, Therefore, let the emperor be angry with them, and even if they die ten times, it will be difficult to eliminate the emperor's current anger.
Zhu Changluo was naturally not in the mood to pay attention to these small fish and shrimp, and walked straight to the door of the main hall of Kunning Palace, kicked open the door of the palace, and after entering the main hall, Zhu Hao, who followed his father, found that Queen Guo was sitting on the throne at this moment, and there was no trace of panic, but calm and indifferent.
Zhu Hao faintly felt bad in his heart, could this woman still have anything to rely on, even if she had relatives behind her, but she committed such a big crime today, and those relatives didn't dare to say much, so what is this Queen Guo's dependence? Zhu Hao was puzzled for a while.
At this time, Empress Guo, who was sitting in a precarious position, got up and saluted Zhu Changluo and said, "The concubine has seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty bows to Jin'an!" After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Zhu Changluo to react, and sat on the throne directly, as if he didn't put the angry Zhu Changluo in his eyes at all.
Seeing this, Zhu Changluo laughed angrily and said: "Okay, it's very good, it's worthy of being Guo Xiang's daughter, so calm, I really underestimated you before!" ”
Empress Guo chuckled disdainfully when she heard this, "Your Majesty, how can you ever look at your concubines?" Why do you want to underestimate it, what is the so-called matter of Your Majesty's coming to my Kunning Palace, it is better to say it directly, there is no need to pretend to take care of the relationship between husband and wife that does not exist at all! ”
Zhu Changluo didn't expect that this Empress Guo would speak so unscrupulously, and she didn't leave any affection, which made Zhu Changluo's face turn blue with anger, and he snorted coldly: "Good, very good, very good!" Then I will make it clear to you one thing at a time, so that you don't feel convinced! ”
Saying that, Zhu Changluo shouted loudly and said, "Where is Gongsun Ce?" ”
Gongsun Ce, who was following behind, immediately stepped forward and said, "The minister is here!" ”
Zhu Changluo said with a pale face: "You will tell the truth about the palace fire case you found out in front of the queen now!" ”
Gongsun Ce responded, and continued: "This palace fire case was deliberately set on fire by someone, and the person who set the fire was appointed by the queen mother!" ”
Empress Guo listened to Gongsun Ce's words, and snorted coldly: "What nonsense! You said that Hongu instructed someone to set fire, why did Hongu do this? The side hall is inhabited by His Royal Highness the Prince, a child of the palace! After finishing speaking, Queen Guo looked at Zhu Changluo again and said: "If Your Majesty wants to punish the concubine, you have to find a reasonable reason, such nonsense, I am afraid that even if Your Majesty punishes the concubine, it will be difficult to convince the subjects of the world!" ”
Gongsun Ce bowed to Queen Guo and said: "Niangniang doesn't have to be so impatient, since the minister said that this fire was ordered by Niangniang, there is naturally evidence to prove it!" ”
Saying that, Gongsun Ce carefully took out a handkerchief from his arms that he didn't know what was wrapped, and carefully opened the handkerchief, which turned out to be a piece of burnt charcoal, and then said: "The minister said that the fire was ordered by Niangniang, and this thing is evidence!" ”
Seeing this, Empress Guo had disdain in her eyes, and sneered sarcastically: "Joke! It's really a big joke.,A piece of charcoal burnt.,Just by virtue of this thing, you can prove that the palace instructed someone to set fire.,It's a fool's dream.,I heard that you're a fool's attendant.,Is it possible to read stupidly with a fool to read yourself? ”
Zhu Hao secretly scolded in his heart: "This old demon woman, at this time, she didn't forget to ridicule herself, Lao Tzu will definitely let you break your body into ten thousand pieces today!" ”
Zhu Hao's anger could only be secretly scolded in his heart, but Zhu Changluo's anger was not hidden, he directly snorted coldly: "Poisonous woman! The condition of my child today is not due to you! You dare to say it so arrogantly, don't you think that my knife is unpleasant, and I can't kill you? ”
Empress Guo glanced at her lips when she heard this: "If Your Majesty doesn't prove that the concubine is guilty, you can kill the concubine, so why let such an ignorant attendant babble here?" ”
This Empress Guo directly pointed at Empress Guo with Zhu Changluo, and did not say anything for a long time, Gongsun Ce hurriedly comforted him when he saw this: "Your Majesty is angry, relax, Rong Chen is coming slowly!" ”
Seeing this, Zhu Hao also secretly pulled Zhu Changluo's sleeve, and Zhu Hao's actions made Zhu Changluo instantly calm down the anger just now.
Seeing this, Gongsun Ce continued to speak: "This piece of charcoal is not ordinary charcoal, it is a crucial evidence in this case, this is the fire case of the day, and the wood of the side hall has not yet been burned!" ”
When he said this, Zhu Hao obviously found that Queen Guo's face was a little unnatural, and glared fiercely at Chun Tao, the personal palace maid beside him, and the meaning in that look was obvious, that is, he was blaming Chun Tao for following Gongsun Ce out, but he did not destroy these evidences in time. But Chun Tao looked at Queen Guo with an innocent face at the moment, obviously not knowing when Gongsun Ce took the evidence.
Gongsun Ce also saw all this, and then said: "Niangniang doesn't have to blame Chun Tao, your personal maid is really loyal, Xiao Chen was going to the imperial dining room to collect evidence with your palace maid before noon, but because the minister is not familiar with the palace, this Chun Tao took the minister in the palace I don't know how many circles, until after the time for the imperial dining room to prepare dinner, I took the minister to the imperial dining room, the minister asked the steward of the imperial dining room, and the steward told the minister to take away the wood that had not yet been burned in the Niangniang Palace, It's all burned when I was just ready for dinner! Under the pretext that he wanted to visit the Imperial Dining Room, and took this opportunity to avoid the spring peach, he found the unburned half of the wood under the catastrophe in the Imperial Dining Room. That is, this piece in the hands of the minister now. ”
After Zhu Changluo heard this, he snorted coldly and said to Chun Tao: "Hinder the Qin Mission's case, and I will clean up you dog slave later!" ”
Empress Guo was already a little weak at the moment, but she still said calmly: "Even if what you said is right, this piece of charcoal is wood that was not burned by the fire that day, what can this prove?" Can it prove that the Hongu appointed someone to set the fire? ”
Hearing this, Gongsun Ce shook his head and said, "Of course you can't!" But you can smell what smells different from ordinary firewood! Saying that, Gongsun Ce handed the charcoal in his hand to the people around him, and finally handed the charcoal to Zhu Changluo's hand.
Zhu Changluo sniffed it lightly, and then said: "Smell it for the queen too, save the queen and say that I am acting with you!" ”