Chapter 62: Scapegoating
Mao Lingfeng sneered and said: "Guifei Niangniang, you keep saying that the queen mother harms you, but even the emperor just found out about your pregnancy, how can the queen mother be unpredictable." "How do you know that we are chatting in the gazebo, how can you go over and join in the fun. Doesn't the concubine usually want to see the queen? Why did you sit in the gazebo for so long today? What kind of heart does Niangniang have, I'm afraid only Niangniang herself knows. ”
Xu Rong'er's face changed greatly, "What does the princess mean, the concubine saw that the princess and the mother were on the pavilion, of course she had to go over to greet her." Could it be that it is wrong to say that I am observant? But why does the princess wear safflower sachets, don't you know that wearing safflower often will cause women to be infertile, doesn't the princess want to leave a little blood for the princess. Or did the princess dislike the prince and refused to give birth to an heir for him. ”
"You ......." Mao Lingfeng covered her chest, her face was pale with anger, she had been seeking medical advice for the past two years, and she wanted to be a man and a woman, but now she was used by Xu Rong'er to mock her. and stabbed a knife in the heart.
"This king's family affairs, don't worry about the concubine, the concubine still takes care of her body first." Sima Shun heard the news in the outer hall and hurried over, just when he heard it. He hugged Mao Lingfeng, and his eyes stabbed at Xu Rong'er like knives.
Xu Rong'er was shocked, screamed and threw herself into Sima Yan's arms and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine didn't mean it, the concubine really doesn't know why the princess is infertile." ”
Sima Shun walked up to Xu Rong'er step by step, and said to Sima Yan: "Your Majesty, Feng'er fought for the country, leaving behind the root of the disease, and the concubine's mother is not inferior, if you don't give Feng'er an explanation today, the minister will not give up." ”
Sima Yan looked at the expressions of the two of them, and said to Xu Rong'er in his arms: "Rong'er, don't go and admit your mistake to the princess and princess soon." Xu Rong'er's face was full of unwillingness, and she hugged Sima Yan and refused to let go.
Mao Lingfeng closed his eyes and leaned on Sima Shun's arms and said: "Forget it, I can't get pregnant, I can't complain about others, and the concubine Niangniang just had a miscarriage today, I think it was stimulated, let's not care." ”
"Feng'er." Sima Shun looked at his wife in his arms distressedly, knowing that she didn't want to make it difficult for the emperor. So he said to Sima Yan: "Your Majesty, if there is nothing to do, the minister and Feng'er will retire first." ”
"Your Majesty, our child." Xu Rong'er said unwillingly.
Sima Yan waved his hand, Sima Shun and Mao Lingfeng saluted the emperor and queen, Wang Jingyu threw a grateful look at her, Mao Lingfeng shook slightly, and left hand in hand with Sima Shun.
Wang Jingyu also said goodbye and returned to Kunning Palace.
Sima Yan looked at the figures of several people leaving, thoughtfully pushed Xu Rong'er away from his arms and said, "Rong'er, your body is not good, lie down and rest." ”
Xu Rong'er looked delicate, the pear blossoms brought rain, pulled Sima Yan and said, "Your Majesty, can't you accompany your concubines?" ”
Sima Yan's eyes flickered and said, "You rest, I'll go find out what's going on, and then come to see you." ”
After speaking, he tore off her hand and hurriedly walked out of Rong Xiangyuan.
As soon as Wang Jingyu returned to Kunning Palace, Sima Yan also followed him to Kunning Palace, Wang Jingyu was taken aback, knelt on the ground and said, "The emperor is not in Rongxiangyuan to accompany Sister Rong, what is the reason for coming to Kunning Palace." ”
Sima Yan stared at her and said, "You tell me the truth, do you know about Rong'er's pregnancy." Wang Jingyu said calmly: "The concubine really doesn't know that Sister Rong is pregnant, if the emperor doesn't believe it, the concubine can't do anything." ”
Sima Yan pulled her up and said, "I didn't say I didn't believe it, you are kind-hearted, and you will never do anything to poison the dragon heir, and I take Feng Ji'er as the crown prince, and no one will be able to move your position." So you don't have to do it at all. ”
"Your Majesty." Wang Jingyu's voice choked. Sima Yan waved his hand and said, "Feng'er is really sisterly to you, and she actually took this heinous crime for you." ”
"Your Majesty, I ......." As soon as Wang Jingyu wanted to speak, Sima Yan took her in his arms and said, "Yu'er, you are my wife, and you have been a husband and wife with me for ten years, don't I know your character." Tell me what that sachet is all about. Who the hell wants to harm Rong'er. ”
Wang Jingyu leaned on his arms and said: "Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, my sachet suddenly cracked for some reason, so I embroidered another one yesterday. After I coaxed Hui'er to sleep and came back, I didn't look closely, so I embroidered and sealed the sachet. I didn't really put safflower musk in it, and I don't know who did it after I was gone. "I don't know if it's trying to harm me or my sister, or if it's a sword and two eagles."
Sima Yan raised his head and said: "This matter must be investigated, if he targets Ji'er in the future, it will be troublesome." "Summoning all the eunuchs and maids in your palace, I will personally interrogate them. and called a few people around Hui'er together. ”
After a while, all the palace maids and eunuchs knelt outside. Sima Yan and Wang Jingyu sat on it. Wang Jingyu said coldly: "Ning Xiang, you come out." A little palace maid trembled and crawled to the front, kowtowing.
Sima Yan shouted: "Who instructed you to call the queen to Wenhui Palace." It's not really coming. ”
Ning Xiang trembled and said, "It was Mama Lin of Wenhui Palace who said that the princess was noisy and asked me to invite the queen to come over." The other slaves and maids didn't know anything, and the emperor spared his life. ”
Sima Yan shouted: "Where is Mama Lin?" "No one was silent. Another grandmother in Wenhui Palace said: "Your Majesty, Mama Lin didn't see anyone today after last night." ”
Sima Yan said angrily: "Li An, quickly arrange for the guards to go down to check, and you must find this person." ”
Wang Jingyu said in a deep voice: "After the palace went to Wenhui Palace yesterday, who entered my dormitory. Several palace maids and eunuchs looked at each other and shook their heads in unison. One of the palace maids trembled and said: The slaves and maids are waiting outside the dormitory, and they will not see anyone entering, but. ”
"But what, don't say it soon." The palace maid sat down on the ground in fright and said: When the slave and maid were waiting at the palace gate, a poisonous snake suddenly crawled in, and the slave and maid went out to ask someone to beat the poisonous snake to death.
"Nonsense, in the inner palace, the poisonous snake that came, if you don't tell the truth, you will be punished."
The palace maid trembled with fright and shouted loudly: "The slave maid is not talking nonsense, it is really a poisonous snake that climbed into it, and it was killed by the eldest brother of the outer hall guard." ”
"The guards on duty in the outer hall." Sima Yan's face sank like water. After a while, the guards of the outer hall were brought in. Confirm that what the palace maid said is true.
Now that the case has been tried here, it is basically clear, first transfer the queen away, and then sneak into the palace while the chaos is in place to put the safflower musk into the queen's sachet. So who is behind this and who is it against.
Sima Yan was a little frightened, if it wasn't for Mao Lingfeng to take on the heinous crime for her just now, and she was angry, maybe she really thought that the queen wanted to murder the emperor's heir, so what would be the result. He didn't dare to think about it.
Li An hurriedly dragged a grandmother in and said, "Your Majesty, Mama Lin tried in vain to escape from the palace by the side of the ladies, and the servants have already captured her." ”
Sima Yan shouted loudly: "Who instructed you to do this, don't you hurry up, Mama Lin trembled and said in a trembling voice: "The emperor spares his life, the queen spares his life, it was the concubine Niangniang who ordered the slave maid to take the queen to Wenhui Palace." Everything is instructed by the concubine, and the life of the slave's son and grandson is in her hands, and the slave and maid dare not disobey. The emperor spares his life! ”
"A bold minion, dare to slander Rong'er, could it be that Rong'er will deliberately frame the queen." The voice fell. Sima Yan was stunned for a moment, and Mao Lingfeng's voice flashed in his mind. What Niangniang wants to do, only Niangniang knows in her heart. Could it be that Xu Rong'er did not hesitate to kill her own children in order to frame the queen. Sima Yan didn't dare to think about it anymore, and suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and involuntarily covered his chest, his face was pale, and he was drenched in cold sweat.
Wang Jingyu was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you." Sima Yan waved his hand to indicate that it was okay. hurriedly helped him lie on the bed, and urgently summoned the imperial doctor to come in for diagnosis and treatment. The imperial doctor came in a hurry, and after some diagnosis and treatment, he said that he was angry and had a good rest, and there was no big problem. Wang Jingyu let out a sigh of relief and ordered the palace maid to go down and decoct the medicine.
Yu Jingyu sat on the edge of the bed, grabbed Sima Yan's hand tightly, and covered the quilt for him. His face was full of worry.
Sima Yan relieved himself, looked at Wang Jingyu's worried look, sighed softly, and said, "Yu'er, you have been wronged all these years. is wronged, has no eyes, and doesn't know that such a person, for the sake of fame, fortune and power, will even use his own flesh and blood as a bargaining chip. ”
Wang Jingyu helped him up and leaned on the side of the bed, took the pillow and leaned on him, and said, "Your Majesty, it hasn't been verified yet, has it?" Maybe it's another concubine! Don't think about it so much, let's drink the medicine first! After speaking, he took the medicine bowl in the palace maid's hand, blew it, tasted it, and then took a spoon and fed it to him spoonful by spoon.
Sima Yan looked at his wife's delicate movements and haggard face in front of him. I can't help but feel sour, I have been married for ten years, and I have come through ups and downs all the way, and I am most worried about the woman in front of me. Even though he has favored Xu Rong'er alone in the past few years, he has never complained at all. made the harem as calm as water, but he didn't think that the woman who was spoiled in the palm of his hand was so vicious.
After Sima Yan drank the medicine, he fell asleep, and when he woke up, he found Wang Jingyu lying on the head of the bed and falling asleep. So he gently lifted the quilt and got up, took off her shoes, carried her to the bed, took the quilt and covered it, and held her in his arms.
Yu Jingyu opened her eyes slightly, glanced at it, and saw Sima Yan sleeping beside her, stretched out her hands to wrap her arms around his waist, rubbed it, and slept peacefully in his warm arms.
Sima Yan put his chin on her head, smelling the familiar smell, and before she knew it, she hadn't stayed in her palace for three years, and she slept alone in these thousand lonely nights. Survive the long night. She must be sad to think about it, can a woman who watches her husband and other women accompany him day and night, while she is alone in the empty room, can she not hurt herself? Sima Yan was full of remorse.
The next day, I got off the morning court and went straight to Rongxiangyuan. Xu Rong'er was sitting in front of the window when she heard the emperor arrive. Get up right away and greet you. Jiaodi said: "Your Majesty, you finally came to see the concubine." ”
After speaking, he glued his body and hugged Sima Yan's neck.
Sima Yan pulled her off her body, looked at her fixedly, and asked, "When did you know you were pregnant?" ”
Xu Rong'er was taken aback, and forced her composure to say: "The concubine only learned that she was pregnant with a dragon heir after having a miscarriage yesterday, Your Majesty, you must avenge our child." My poor child. After speaking, Xu Rong'er cried with a handful of snot and tears.
Sima Yan looked at her and pretended to be disgusted and wanted to vomit, why didn't she find out before. So he sneered: "Then who do you think is harming our children." ”
Xu Rong'er didn't notice Sima Yan's abnormality, and screamed, "Who else can there be." It must be that the queen was jealous that her concubine had the emperor's child, so she deliberately wore a sachet of safflower musk, and the matter fell down, Mao Lingfeng's sisterhood was deep, so she took the blame for her. After speaking, his eyes were full of tears, so he was not miserable. ”
Sima Yan snorted coldly and said: "As a mother, you only found out that you were pregnant yesterday, and the queen is not by your side, how can you know that you are pregnant with Liujia." And you usually don't even want to go in the morning and dusk, so why did you want to join the excitement of the two of them yesterday, you don't want to explain to me. ”