Chapter XXXII
Xiao Mingyue and Amber came to the door of the imperial dining room, and when they saw that the person on duty was cleaning, they signaled to Amber, and Amber said to the little eunuch who was sweeping the yard: "Father-in-law, where is the pickles, Concubine Hu remembered that your pickles here are good, take me and the county lord to fetch some back." ”
The little eunuch put down the broom in his hand, smiled and said to Amber: "It's easy to say, how dare you bother the county lord to drive it personally, and the slave will take you there." With that, he set off to lead the way for Xiao Mingyue and Amber.
Xiao Mingyue smiled and said, "Then there is Gonggong Lao." ”
With that, the two followed the little eunuch.
A few people walked through the lobby, turned two corners and came to the west ear room, the little eunuch took out a bunch of keys, opened the door skillfully with one of them, turned to Xiao Mingyue and Amber and said: "This is the room where pickles are usually stored, the county lord and the girl please come in, and the slave will go to get the food box for the two."
Xiao Mingyue politely said to the little eunuch: "There is Father-in-law Lao." ”
The little eunuch saw that Xiao Mingyue was so polite to him, so he couldn't help but laugh and said: "The county lord is really approachable, and he is also polite to the minions, no wonder the palace daughters and little eunuchs in various palaces praise the county lord for being as beautiful as a fairy and very good to the minions. ”
Amber listened and said, "You little eunuch is really good at talking, what's your name?" ”
The little eunuch said, "Back to my sister, the slave's name is Dexi." ”
Xiao Mingyue was looking around, looking to both sides, only to see rows of pickle jars scattered on the shelves, all with names written on them, and thought to herself: "That Zeng Yuanshi only said the sixth from the left in the second row, but he didn't say how many columns!"
He coughed softly twice and motioned to Amber.
Seeing this, Amber winked at Xiao Mingyue in the same puzzlement, and whispered: "The slave distracts Dexi's attention, Miss go and get the evidence." ”
Xiao Mingyue said to Amber with some embarrassment: "He didn't tell us which columns it is, there are more than a dozen columns here, and we won't be able to find them for a while." ”
Amber listened to the atmosphere and said, "That damn Zeng Yuanshi, you should have killed him just now!"
Xiao Mingyue said again: "Don't talk about this yet, hurry up and find a way to break him away." After speaking, he looked at Dexi.
Dexi was looking for two delicate food boxes at this time, and said to Xiao Mingyue with a smile: "County Lord, do you think these two boxes are okay?" If you don't have enough minions, look for it!"
Xiao Mingyue said: "Enough is enough, where is the pickled cucumber?" ”
The little eunuch Dexi heard this, hurriedly walked to the bottom of the fourth row in the west, and said: "This is it, the county lord can rest assured, the slave will be installed for the county lord." ”
Xiao Mingyue said: "The father-in-law can work hard. Then he motioned to Amber.
Amber was in a hurry, screamed, and then fainted, Xiao Mingyue hurriedly shouted: "Amber! What's wrong with this, is it a ** illness again? ”
Dexi, who was filling the cucumber sauce, hurriedly put down the colander in his hand, ran over and asked, "Sister, what's wrong?" ”
Xiao Mingyue sighed and said: "Amber, she is ** sick, the doctor said that she is allergic to the taste of pickles, she should have been reminded just now, hey, you have to go to the doctor quickly, otherwise she will die!"
When Dexi heard this, he believed it, so he hurriedly said, "The slave will go and call the imperial doctor." After speaking, he was about to call the imperial doctor, but in a hurry, he thought that it was too troublesome to go back and forth, so he said to Xiao Mingyue again: "It's still the slave who carries my sister to the imperial doctor's office, so that the time is faster." After speaking, he directly put Amber behind his back, and said to Xiao Mingyue: "Don't worry, Sister Amber will be fine." After saying that, he ran out with amber on his back and went straight to the Imperial Doctor's Office.
Xiao Mingyue listened to it and smiled unconsciously: "This Dexi is quite smart, so I can only grieve Amber." ”
Seeing that there was no one in the house, he lit up a few lamps in several rooms, and began to count them one by one, looking for them, from left to right, column by column, and finally found the letter under the salted radish in the fifth column, which was written by Xiao Wen himself, it turned out that he had already threatened the lives of Zeng Yuanshi's family and asked him to sell his life for himself.
So, he took the letter and prepared to go to Emperor Wu's palace to confront him.
And Dexi trotted all the way to the Imperial Doctor's Office with Amber on his back, and kept saying to Amber along the way: "Sister, you must hold on." ”
In the Imperial Doctor's Office, Imperial Doctor Lu and the medicine boy were on night duty, and when they saw Dexi coming with amber on their backs, they asked what the cause was.
Dexi said what Xiao Mingyue said to him just now, and Imperial Physician Lu was puzzled when he heard it, but he still took Amber's pulse, and after a while, he said affirmatively: "The girl's pulse is stable, and it doesn't seem to be sick." Just as he was about to open Amber's eyelids, Amber suddenly opened her eyes and said, "What am I here, why am I here?" ”
Dexi told Amber from beginning to end, and Amber explained: "My problem is like this, I can't smell strange smells, especially the smell of pickles, since I was a child, you don't have to make a fuss." ”
After speaking, he pulled Dexi and left the Imperial Doctor's Office.
Xiao Mingyue took the letter and hurried to Emperor Wu's bedroom, and when she saw the guards guarding the door, she said: "Please go in and spread the word, I have something important to see Your Majesty and Niangniang." ”
So, the guards went in to report, and after a while, they came out and said, "The county lord, please." ”
Xiao Mingyue hurriedly went in when she heard this, and saw such a scene, but her face was also without fear, and she knocked on Emperor Liang Wu in the room, and said: "Regarding the matter of the third highness falling into the water, the courtiers have new evidence here. ”
When Concubine Hu heard this, she said, "What kind of evidence is it, bring it quickly." ”
So, Xiao Mingyue stepped forward and handed over the letter, and said to Concubine Hu and the ministers: "There is another person who pushed the Third Highness into the water, and the mastermind behind this person is the Second Highness." ”
When everyone heard this, they all looked at Xiao Wen, and they all talked about it.
At this time, Gao Dazai gloated on the side and said: "Unexpectedly, it turned out that it was the Second Highness who had been shouting to catch the thief, and he had wronged His Highness before, His Highness's mind was really deep!" ”
Huang Shangshu also said: "If this is the case, wouldn't His Highness kill his younger brother with his own hands? The minister is so old, he has only heard that he sued his brother in court for the sake of family property, and he has not heard that he has killed his younger brother in patience." ”
When others heard this, they also criticized Xiao Wen.
After Concubine Hu read the letter, she asked Feng Ying to hand it over to Gao Dazai,
After Gao Dazai saw it, he said affirmatively: "The old minister recognizes His Highness's handwriting, and the letter was written by the second prince, I didn't expect His Highness to conspire with others to murder his own brother." ”
sneered, and then said to Taifu Xue: "Your Highness is a student of Taifu, presumably Taifu is also involved in this matter." ”
After speaking, he handed the letter to Mrs. Xue.
Mrs. Xue took the letter and looked at it again, and explained: "With this letter alone, it is really difficult to determine whether it is true or false, I don't know where the county lord got this letter?" ”
Xiao Mingyue said: "I have already investigated and found out that it was Master Zeng of the imperial dining room who pushed the third prince into the water, and he has now confessed and handed over the letter to me." ”
Xiao Wen smiled when he heard this: "Now many people know my handwriting, and many people imitate it, this letter in the county lord's hand may be fake." Why don't you let that cook, surnamed Zeng, come and confront me!"
Xiao Mingyue said: "He couldn't come, he was afraid of being punished, so he bit his tongue and committed suicide." ”
Xiao Wen listened to it and said proudly: "In this way, there is no proof of death, even if the county lord wants to slander me, he must find a suitable evidence." ”
Xiao Mingyue said with a smile: "But you said that my cousin sent someone to call the Third Highness to the lotus pond, and the witness was called Xiao Qingzi, I sent someone to check and found a very interesting thing, that is, his sister was sold to the Qinglou not long ago, but the third prince and your people came forward to rescue him, and the person who arrested his sister is also your person, Your Highness should not just be for fun, your family Ding Sun Bing admitted it personally." Now that he is outside the palace gate, His Highness will see if he wants to pass him in? ”
Xiao Wen couldn't imagine that Xiao Mingyue was so powerful that she could discover her conspiracy, so he could only pretend to be relaxed and said: "I don't understand what the county lord is saying." Sun Bing's family offended the people who offended me, I arrested people, but I couldn't bear to let them go again, that's it. ”
Xiao Mingyue couldn't help but laugh and said, "Your Highness can really justify himself, this explanation is too far-fetched!"
Mrs. Xue was sweating on the corner of his forehead, looking at Xiao Wen with some disappointment.
Gao Dazai said: "Even so, the old minister thinks that it should be the Second Highness who should be imprisoned, and the Great Highness was framed, so let His Highness go immediately!"
After speaking, he asked the guards outside the door to take Xiao Wen down and imprisoned him in Zhang Lintai.
Xiao Zhong couldn't help but nod to Xiao Mingyue, and Xiao Mingyue smiled at Xiao Zhong.
Feng Ying seized the opportunity to say to everyone at this time: "Your Majesty has a decree before, if there is an accident, I am willing to pass on the throne to His Royal Highness the Great Prince, and now there is an edict, which has been handed over to the old minister for safekeeping a few days ago." I hope you will bear witness here. ”
After speaking, he walked to the inner room on the side, took a letter for a while, and read it in the name of Emperor Wu in front of everyone.
After speaking, it was sent to Xiao Zhong.
When Xiao Zhong heard this, he knelt down and took the letter. At this time, everyone also knelt down together and said in unison: "Your Majesty has a long life!" Long life without borders!"
With the holy decree, the ministers no longer worried that someone would fake the holy decree and seize the opportunity to seize power, and the people who supported the eldest prince celebrated each other, and Xue Taifu looked very ugly on the side.
And Emperor Wu of Liang on the dragon collapse is still very weak and has been asleep, Concubine Hu couldn't help but burst into tears on the side, and Gonggong Feng comforted on the side: "Niangniang and Your Majesty are deeply in love, but you also have to hold on to your own body!" ”
Xiao Zhong and Xiao Mingyue on the side also comforted Concubine Hu.