Chapter 29: The Queen's Confession

After Zhu Hao learned about such a strange behavior of the imperial dining room from Shi Qian, he left the Praetorian Guard, went directly to the imperial dining room, and looked through the daily meal records of Kunning Palace, at the time that Shi Qian said, Zhu Hao did not find that there were two records of food delivery, and the palace meal management was extremely strict, and there was no record of this record, which can explain everything, one of these two food deliveries was under the guise of sending meals, and other things were sent, such as kerosene! And the suspicious old eunuch that Shi Qian said, nine times out of ten, it was the imperial dining room that bought Luo Xiang!

Thinking like this, Zhu Hao went to the imperial study to find his father Zhu Changluo, and asked his father to wait for Luo Xiang to return to the palace, then control him, and then let Shi Qian go to identify him. In the evening, Luo Xiang was controlled as soon as he entered the palace, and as soon as Shi Qian identified it, he told Zhu Hao that the old eunuch that day was the controlled Luo Xiang.

Zhu Hao's heart that had been hanging all afternoon was completely let go at this moment, and he thought: "Now everything is ready, just wait for the visit outside the Gongsun Palace, if everything goes well, you can go directly to the queen's old demon woman to settle the general account!" ”

After Zhu Hao was busy with all this, he returned to his dormitory, waiting for Gongsun Ce to come back from the outside of the palace, until the moon rose in mid-air, Gongsun Ce rushed back, and then said to Zhu Hao excitedly: "Your Highness, the matter is done!" As he spoke, he took out a stack of paper from his arms, on which a lot of words were densely written, Zhu Hao looked at it, and also frowned and said, "I'll go to my father now!" This time, let's see how this old witch still denies it! ”

In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Changluo took Zhu Hao, Gongsun Ce, Wei Xiaobao, Shi Qian, and the imperial dining room that had been controlled to buy Luo Xiang, and the group went to Kunning Palace.

Entering the Kunning Palace, Empress Guo, who was still indifferent, couldn't help but change her face several times in a row when she looked at Luo Xiang, who had been controlled.

Zhu Changluo was in high spirits at the moment, and instructed Gongsun Ce: "Gongsun Ce, don't hurry up and report the situation you found out to the queen mother truthfully!" ”

When Gongsun Ce heard this, he bowed to Zhu Changluo and said, "The little minister has the order!" ”

After finishing speaking, Gongsun Ce spoke: "Before the minister began to speak, I had to sigh that the queen mother is really an extremely smart person, and she actually used the transfer of flowers and trees so perfectly, and the minister really admired the five-body throwing to the ground!" ”

After Gongsun Ce's words were finished, Empress Guo didn't say anything, just snorted coldly.

Seeing this, Gongsun Ce shrugged his shoulders slightly, and began to describe the whole case: "The queen mother should have made a temporary intention at the beginning and set fire to the side hall, because what you directly used was the kerosene used for the lighting of Kunning Palace this month from the treasurer, because after the arson, there was no kerosene for lighting in the palace, so you asked the treasurer to withdraw the kerosene used for lighting this month, but you didn't expect that Your Majesty would be furious because of this matter, and appointed the five princes and ministers to investigate the case thoroughly, You know that the records in the treasury are your biggest loophole, and you know that the minister will definitely check the amount of kerosene in Kunning Palace, so you used the grafting wood to let the imperial dining room buy Luo Xiang took advantage of the time to go out of the palace to buy vegetables, and brought you three barrels of kerosene from outside the palace, so that the kerosene in your palace will not be less, and when the minister checks on the second day, it will naturally let the minister find nothing. Xiao Chen had to admire Niangniang's methods again! ”

Empress Guo listened to Gongsun Ce basically narrate the whole thing, and she already knew in her heart that this matter could not be concealed, but she still quibbled: "Empty mouth and white teeth, just based on your few words, you think that this fire was set by this palace, it's really funny!" Is that how you investigate cases? ”

Gongsun Ce knew that it would not be easy to get this Empress Guo to confess, but fortunately, he was well prepared today, so he said confidently: "Queen Mother, please rest easy!" Since Xiao Chen dares to say this, he naturally has evidence in his hands to prove it! Saying that, Gongsun Ce took out the pieces of paper that he showed Zhu Hao yesterday from his arms and said: "This is the confession of the owner of a kerosene shop in the city, he admitted that he did sell three barrels of kerosene to the imperial dining room to buy Luo Xiang!" He is waiting outside the palace gate now, and he can enter the palace at any time to testify, but the minister thinks that this is not a glorious thing after all, and naturally the fewer people who know, the better! If the queen mother has to meet this person, then the minister can let him enter the palace at this moment! ”

Hearing this, Empress Guo glared fiercely at Luo Xiang, who had been controlled, Luo Xiang lowered her head in shame, Empress Guo knew that she couldn't take advantage of this, and she didn't want this matter to spread outside the palace, so she snorted coldly, and did not answer Gongsun Ce's words, but continued to quibble: "This can only prove that Luo Xiang bought three barrels of kerosene outside the palace, what does this have to do with the palace!" ”

Gongsun Ce sighed slightly when he heard this: "Queen Mother, you are a smart person, why do you have to quibble so much? You should know that Xiao Chen is not completely sure this time, and it will not be possible in front of you at all! After speaking, Gongsun Ce sighed again and said, "Since this is the case, the minister will tell it all!" As the queen said, the boss's testimony can only prove that Luo Xiang did buy three barrels of kerosene, but this was enough, because on the night when Luo Xiang bought it back, a very unbelievable thing happened in Kunning Palace, that is, the imperial dining room sent dinner to the mother twice, and one of them was this to buy Luo Xiang! Xiao Chen knew that Niangniang would definitely not admit it, but don't forget, there were Praetorian Guards outside your palace that day, and this witness who can prove that Luo Xiang entered Kunning Palace that night is also here today! ”

After Gongsun Ce said that, he said: "Shi Qian, you can talk about it!" ”

Shi Qian stood up when he heard this, and pointed to Luo Xiang, who had been controlled, and said: "The little one was on duty outside the Kunning Palace that night, and the little one saw it with his own eyes that night, the imperial dining room sent meals to the queen mother twice, one of which was this father-in-law, he was carrying a huge food box, which also exuded this strange smell, the small emperor was in his body, and he found that it was abnormal, so he naturally couldn't let it go, so he wanted to open the food box to check, but when the little one was about to open the food box to check, he was interrupted by Chun Tao, the personal palace maid next to Niangniang, said that the queen mother personally ordered this father-in-law to deliver meals, and did not let the small one check, and the little one naturally did not dare to check again after listening to the queen's mother's instructions, so she let the father-in-law follow Chun Tao and directly entered Kunning Palace! ”

After Shi Qian's words were finished, he stopped talking and stood aside, at this time Gongsun Ce walked out again, and continued what he said just now: "If Niangniang still wants to quibble, then Xiaochen still has a way to prove it, that is, many people know that there is a difference between kerosene in the palace and kerosene outside the palace, and the kerosene in the palace is specially processed, and there is no smoke after burning, without any peculiar smell, accompanied by a faint aroma of osmanthus." This is not the case with kerosene outside the palace, which produces thick black smoke when ignited, and also emits a burnt smell. Now we can sample the six barrels of kerosene in the Kunning Palace and light them separately, and we will know it by trying! ”

Gongsun Ce's last words became the last straw that broke the camel's back, making Empress Guo understand that there was no room for quibbling, her psychological defense line completely collapsed, she stood up from the throne and roared angrily: "No need, what you just said is right, the fire in the side hall of Kunning Palace was put by the palace, but this matter can't be blamed on the palace!" ”

Saying that, Queen Guo stretched out her hand and pointed at Zhu Changluo and said: "If you want to blame, you have to blame Zhu Changluo, you ungrateful and negative man!" I want to enter the palace at the age of thirteen to marry you, at that time you were just a prince, not even a prince! If it weren't for my father's hard work behind the scenes, would you be able to sit on this throne? But this palace really didn't expect that this palace and the family members of this palace helped you wholeheartedly and helped you sit on the supreme throne in the world, but you changed your mind after sitting on the throne, and spent all day with Concubine Liu's vixen and the bastard she gave birth to! The palace is not satisfied, but the palace knows that the palace is the queen and wants the mother of the world, and she must endure it, and the palace endures! But on the day of the fire, someone told the palace, you want to abolish the prince, and after the abolition, the palace can no longer bear you, since you want to abolish the prince, the palace will burn your prince, save you from abolishing, you will abolish the palace, the palace will not live, and then future generations will say that you are ruthless and forced your queen and prince to death! Zhu Changluo Bengong tells you that even if Bengong dies, it won't make you feel better! With that, she rushed to the mahogany pillar in the house, ready to crash into the pillar and die.

Seeing this, Zhu Changluo hurriedly drank: "Stop her for me!" ”

At this time, a few people immediately stepped forward to stop Queen Guo, and this bloody scene did not happen!

Zhu Changluo saw that everyone had stopped Queen Guo, so he snorted coldly and said, "Poisonous woman, do you want to die?" It's not that easy, I won't let you die like this, I'm going to abolish you, I'm going to send you to the cold palace, and let you live in repentance for the rest of your life! You say I'm unkind? Then I want to ask you, how did my children die, do you think I am a fool? And how did Yuxiao's mother die, don't you know? I just don't have any evidence in my hands, otherwise I would have abolished you as a witch a long time ago! ”

Empress Guo was silent, and Zhu Changluo snorted coldly and continued: "Empress Guo, listen to the order!" Queen Kwok ......"

As soon as Zhu Changluo's holy decree came to this, he heard a shrill voice from outside Kunning Palace: "Concubine Zheng has arrived!" directly interrupted Zhu Changluo's words.

Zhu Hao, who had been sitting on the step to watch the play, was also shocked when he heard this announcement, and said secretly: "TNND, it's an old demon again!" Looking at the situation, you know that the comer is not good, it seems that today's wish to defeat this Guo demon woman with a rod may not be easy to realize. ”