Chapter 227: Proclamation
"No, I must find out about this child's background." If Yingche was born to Concubine Xuan, who is the baby buried with her?
"Then the coffin of Concubine Xuan will be unsealed and the identity of the dead baby will be re-identified. And they also have to find out the midwives who delivered the Yao sisters and torture them. Feng Wu proposed a feasible solution to the emperor.
"Check! Must check! This matter will be handed over to the queen to be responsible, and I must be sure to find out! Duan Yulin has made up his mind, once the truth of the incident is revealed, Yao Biyuan will definitely die.
"The concubine obeys." Feng Wu lowered the leader's decree, and the corners of his mouth curled up with a slight smug arc that did not attract the emperor's attention.
Feng Wu acted vigorously and resolutely, and within ten days, he found out the beginning and end of the matter. She held the token given by the emperor, dispatched people from all walks of life, and summoned important witnesses such as Jade Rabbit, Qian Mama, and Chen Mama into the palace. Under severe torture, he really forced out a lot of truth.
With the confessions of relevant witnesses, Feng Wu visited Zhaoyang Hall again at night.
Tonight, the emperor's mental state was obviously not good, and his listless appearance really looked like a patient who had been ill for a long time. Feng Wu didn't do much foreshadowing, and reported the results straightforwardly.
"The concubines have ascertained that, judging from the results of a detailed examination of the bones of the infant in the coffin, the dead infant was not of royal blood; Someone deliberately used him to transfer Concubine Xuan's child, that is, the Nine Emperor Princes. In addition, after the torture of the Criminal Division, Qian and Chen also confessed that the child was ordered by Mrs. Yao to be secretly exchanged. It turned out that Mrs. Yao had long known that Concubine Xin's child was gone. In order to help her daughter compete for favor, she came up with such a crooked idea of 'changing the tanuki for the prince'. Feng Wuluo listed a series of facts.
"Ridiculous! Isn't Concubine Xuan her biological daughter? How can one favor one over the other? "Duan Yulin is hard to peace.
"Your Majesty, you really said it! The concubine found out that Yao Tingxuan was really not Mrs. Yao's biological child. She was originally from one of Yao Ling's concubines, and she was fostered under Mrs. Yao's knees. It's just that outsiders don't know about it. Feng Wu guessed that even Yao Tingxuan might not know that she was actually a concubine.
"What? It's ridiculous! So why did Yao Ling hide it and not report it during the draft? What did you do with me! "Duan Yulin is extremely angry, one or two dare to bully the king, is this still necessary?
"Isn't it, Lord Yao is too confused!" Feng Wu complained about the Yao family on her lips, but in her heart she despised the emperor and was more confused than them. If Yao Ling had picked out Yao Tingxuan's identity from the beginning, how could she have a chance to be elected to the palace? In the final analysis, it is the lack of people's hearts.
"Isn't it confusing? He's a bully! and his bold wife, who can do all the tricks of stealing beams and changing pillars, it can be seen that Yao Lingzhi has no way! cough cough ......" Duan Yulin was already in poor spirits, and he coughed in anger.
While appeasing the emperor's emotions, Feng Wu imagined that Yao Ling and his family would be in danger of being punished for several crimes this time. It's no wonder that Mrs. Yao took it lightly, thinking that Yao Tingxuan would be a hundred dead as soon as she died. Not only did he not kill Qian and Chen's two mothers-in-law, but they even allowed Yutu to return home alive! People are so stupid that even the gods can't save them!
"Has the emperor thought about the disposal of the concubine's family?" Feng Wu reminded.
"Humph! Criminals deceive the king, apart from death, does the queen think they have any other way to go? Duan Yulin glanced at Feng Wu unhappily.
Feng Wu didn't take the emperor's yin and yang weirdness to heart. The more suspicious he was, the more anxious he became. Suspicion is easy to give birth to dark ghosts, and the will to be devoured by the demons is not far from triggering the collapse of the bottom line.
"Your Majesty, there is actually one more thing...... The concubine doesn't know whether to talk about it or not? Feng Wu tested Duan Yulin's attitude.
"Something to say." Duan Yulin obviously didn't have the extra strength to go around the bend with her.
"The concubine just said it, don't be angry when the emperor hears it." Feng Wuyi hesitated for a moment before continuing: "When the concubine was investigating Qian and Chen, she accidentally learned that in addition to being distant relatives of Mrs. Yao's own family, the Qian family had a close relationship with Bai Yuexiao...... "Compared with Mama Chen, Mama Qian and Mrs. Yao have a farther kinship, but she has had close contacts with the Bai family.
When King Jin's biological mother, Bai Lucao, was a singer in the eldest princess's mansion, the Qian family also worked in the mansion for a period of time. Later, the Qian family got along with the deputy housekeeper of the princess's mansion, so they stayed and signed a long deed. At that time, the Qian family, who was a few years older, took good care of the three white and green calyx sisters and brothers, so the relationship between the two families has always been good.
It wasn't until later that the deputy housekeeper died of illness, and the Qian family remarried and left the princess's mansion. But her connection with the Bai family siblings has never been broken. Because the two daughters of the Bai family entered the palace one after another, it was inconvenient for them to communicate, so she gradually only maintained a close relationship with Bai Yuexiao outside the palace.
Unfortunately, Qian's husband after remarriage was also a short-lived ghost, and Qian was widowed again in less than two years. Forced to make a living, the Qian family asked for Yaofu. At that time, the Chen family had been on an errand in Yao's Mansion for more than half a year, and Yao Ling did not want to recruit any more slaves. However, the Qian family took the letter of recommendation written by the Bai family's sisters and brothers, and had a slight relationship with Mrs. Yao, so Yao Ling couldn't bear to refuse and left it.
In order to thank the Bai family sisters and brothers, when Miaolu gave birth, the Qian family also came to deliver her in person. Of course, this is all known through Myolu.
"What? Is it still related to the Bai family? "Isn't this a disguised implication that it is also related to the Jin Palace?
"Back to Your Majesty, as far as the concubines know, this Mama Qian was recommended to Yao Mansion by Bai Yuexiao; And...... The way of the dead baby seems to have been matchmaking through Bai Yuexiao...... However, Bai Yuexiao was unintentional, he didn't know Mama Qian's true purpose! Feng Wu used a thought-provoking first suppression and then promotion, constantly guiding Duan Yulin to associate with a deeper connection.
Duan Yulin pondered. Bai Yuexiao, King Jin; Yao Jia, Xiang Wang...... The seemingly unrelated characters have all established a connection between mistakes and complexities through a small person like Mama Qian!
Yes, yes! It's the Jin King's Mansion again! Bai Youhan, who took away a harem, forgot that there was also a Bai Yuexiao who was an official in the court! King Jin is really surrounded by "talents"! Duan Yulin's eyes gradually became gloomy.
"Queen, kneel down first. Tomorrow morning, I will deliver the decree of judgment to your palace. Morning upwards, you can read it out. Duan Yulin had made up his mind at this time.
"The concubine understood. The concubine retired. Feng Wu walked out of the Zhaoyang Palace, looked up at the sky, and saw dark clouds covering the moon and unknown stars.
It seems that tomorrow morning will usher in another storm.
The next morning, the phoenix danced with gold and silver silk and the bird embroidered the phoenix in the court clothes; Comb the five phoenix buns of Chaoyang and wear the crown of nine phoenix laurel beads; The Eight Treasures Pearl-Saving Armor made of pure gold is dazzling against the background of the rising sun.
Feng Wu, who sat behind the bead curtain, carefully observed the various states of His Royal Highness's officials and ministers, and a sense of detachment of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing the mountains at a glance" arose. Feng Wu was surprised to find that she seemed to be becoming more and more obsessed with this feeling.
"The Zhongqing family has a book." Feng Wu is already familiar with the process of the previous dynasty. She waited a moment and saw that the officials in the hall had made eye contact with each other, but they did nothing. Presumably there was nothing to play today, Feng Wu once again confirmed to the ministers: "The Qing family really has nothing to do?" ”
"Back to the queen's mother, the ministers have no need to play." The ministers replied in unison.
"Well, there is a holy decree prepared by the emperor here in this palace. The emperor specially told the palace to read it out in public. The ministers received the order-"The courtiers knelt down together to receive the order: "Fengtian Cheng edict, the emperor's edict said: After investigation, the Nine Emperors are the sons of Xuan Concubine. His sister was jealous and faked pregnancy to compete for favor. In labor, the son of the dead baby Yi Xuan is to bully the king. Death; His mother, Yao Zhen, instigated her daughter to harm others and compete for favor, which was a heinous crime. Death; His father, Yao Ling, taught his daughter no way and had no skills to control his wife, which led to a catastrophe, and concealed the fact that Concubine Xuan was a concubine, and the criminal deceived the king. stripped of official positions and beheaded; Thinking of the meritorious birth of the Nine Emperor Sons of Concubine Xuan, the crime does not burden her brother, and the innocent relatives of the Yao family are pardoned; After another investigation, Bai Yuexiao, the Qing of Honglu Temple, also inadvertently participated, and was suspected of being an accomplice. Thinking that he has never had a bad record as an official, this time he was also in the dark and demoted to a commoner. Chin this! "As for the small characters of the Qian family and the Chen family, after confessing, they were dragged to death.
When reading about the disposition of Bai Yuexiao, Feng Wu quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was just a demotion to an official, which was already the best result that Bai Yuexiao could get. She didn't pity Bai Yuexiao herself, but she felt sorry for Miaolu and her daughter - Miaolu couldn't live without her husband, and her children couldn't live without her father. "Miao Lu, this time this palace can't stand you!" Feng Wu meditated in her heart.
After reading the holy decree, there was a person who objected and questioned one step faster than the king of Jin, and he was Li Jian, the father of Concubine Shu. The ministers are not surprised, anyway, the Feng and Li families have never been harmonious, and he is the only one who dares to speak out about the politics of the harem. Blocking the queen in the early court has almost become Li Jian's routine.
However, questioning was useless, no different from usual, and Li Jian was "scolded" again. Everyone sighed, the emperor was sick, the concubine fell, and the Li family couldn't stand up!
"Wait for the order!" The ministers bowed three times, and had no choice but to make a will. After the flattening, everyone exchanged heads and talked about each other.
Through the bead curtain, Feng Wu felt a cold gaze again. You don't have to guess to know that it must be Duan Yingjin. She and King Jin have long been on the tip of the needle, and they are bound to become fire and water. Feng Wu didn't care, and provocatively announced in a lazy voice: "Retreat from the dynasty." Duan Yingjin left the Qinzheng Palace, and as soon as she came to the long street, she angrily kicked over several flower pots on both sides.
Deng Qingyuan, who followed closely, immediately stepped forward to dissuade: "The prince is angry, don't lose your temper!" "If it reaches the ears of the emperor and the queen, it will inevitably be entangled again.
"Lord Deng, you have also seen that she is clearly targeting this king! Look at what has become of the government and the opposition now? It's almost her Feng family's world! "The harem is in politics, and the chicken is in the morning, and it has not been tolerated since ancient times!
"Lord Wang, be quiet, there are a lot of people here. The minister also felt that the queen was indeed a little excessive, but the holy decree was a holy decree after all, and it should not be disobeyed! Didn't Master Li also fight on the basis of reason, and he was not completely damaged by the queen? Never mind! Deng Qingyuan shook his head helplessly.
"My father is seriously ill, and the queen is relying on the emperor's private seal to act recklessly! Who knows if this decree is true or false? What's more, the holy oracles of the past few months may have been falsely transmitted by the queen! "Since the emperor was sick, he has not seen any princes and princes, but he has frequently summoned the empress. How could this not worry him?
"When the prince said this, he felt that the emperor's body had ......" The latter words are inconvenient to say, but each other can understand the implication.
"I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup the queen poured into her father, and my father is so relieved to hand over the government to a woman?" I'd rather be close to my relatives than believe in my children and brothers, my father is really sick and confused!
Duan Yingjin even boldly guessed that the emperor might have been so ill that he was delirious? Or maybe it was threatened and controlled by the queen's party? He thought of a thousand possibilities, but he had no chance to confirm it!
"Don't talk about it, Master Li seems to be coming towards us." When Li Jian approached, Deng Qingyuan greeted him and retired first.
"His Royal Highness King Jin, can you take a step to speak?" Li Jian took the initiative to invite, this is the first time.
The sun above her head gradually rose, and the dazzling light burned Duan Yingjin's eyes in severe pain. After the sun is in the middle of the day, it is the sun sinking in the West Mountain. Even the queen can't be proud forever!
"Okay." Duan Yingjin smiled and agreed.