Chapter 252: Excuses

After taking care of the affairs of the Queen Mother and Cheng Shu, Feng Wu also had to go out to preside over the overall situation outside. She can ignore trivial things, but when there is a "big event" of two lives, she can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.

At this time, the two corpses had been examined by the Imperial Doctor, and as expected, they were indeed poisoned and died.

"Bastard! Who is so bold as to dare to do anything at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet? "Feng Wu was furious, it was the two sisters of the Zhou family who died today, and tomorrow it could be her, Ruiyi, or anyone!

"Isn't it! This thief is also arrogant, and he does not shy away from committing murder in front of everyone's eyes! However, the queen mother is relieved that the concubine has found the suspect. Come on, bring it! Xu Ying first pretended to be the same enemy as Feng Wu, and then immediately ordered the eunuch Dong Fu to escort Jiu'er up.

Jiu'er, who was brought to everyone, looked like she was dying of generosity. But in the end, there was a fear of death in his eyes, and his lips trembled uncontrollably.

"Bold slaves, don't kneel when you see your masters!" Mu Mei raised her foot and kicked on Jiu'er's back knee socket, and Jiu'er was forced to fall to her knees.

"Who is she? Hongu looked at the face. "Feng Wu naturally doesn't have an impression of an inconspicuous little palace maid.

"Back to the queen's mother, this maid's name is Jiu'er, and she is a third-class palace maid in the imperial dining room. On weekdays, she is only responsible for some rough work, and one of the palace maids who served the food today happened to be sick, so she was found to replace her. Unexpectedly, this cheap maid harbored evil intentions, and took the opportunity of passing the vegetables to poison the nobles! Dong Fu explained to Feng Wu in a shrill voice.

"Oh? There are so many capable people around the imperial concubine, and the case has been investigated clearly after the palace has left for so long? Feng Wu glanced at Xu Ying, always feeling that something was wrong.

Xu is a thief with a weak heart, Xu Ying was frightened into a cold sweat by Feng Wu's seemingly "meaningless" glance. She hinted that she should calm down quickly, her plan was seamless, how could it be discovered? Don't scare yourself.

"As the imperial concubine, the concubine assists the queen in taking care of the harem, these are all things." Xu Ying's two words were perfunctory, and she glanced at Dongfu by the way.

"Bold Jiu'er, don't you hurry up and bring your crime to the truth!" Dong Fu shook off the dust, bowed close to Jiu'er, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't admit it, carefully affect your family!" ”

This is already a clear threat. Jiu'er, who heard the word "family", was shocked, and finally lowered her head with tears in her eyes and muttered, "Slave maid...... Plead guilty! ”

"What do you say? Hongu couldn't hear clearly. Be louder! Xu Ying looked at Jiu'er condescendingly, as if she was looking at an ant.

The slave said that the slave confessed to poisoning Zhou Guiren and Zhou Baolin! The slave and maid are unforgivable, please punish the queen and the imperial concubine! Jiu'er forced the tears back into her eyes, and made a decision in her heart.

"Good! Sure enough, it's you. Someone! Drag the down and beat her to death! Xu Ying was in a hurry to extinguish her mouth, and the less Jiu'er said, the fewer flaws there were.

"Wait!" Feng Wu stopped the eunuchs who wanted to pull Jiu'er down to be executed, and said to Xu Ying with a smile: "Why is the imperial concubine so anxious? Hongu still hasn't finished asking. ”

Xu Ying pretended to shake her fan calmly: "The queen mother misunderstood the concubine, and the concubine just hated this cheap maid for being ruthless and wanted to make her fall under the law as soon as possible." Since Niangniang still has something to ask, let her live a little longer. ”

Feng Wu ignored Xu Ying and asked Jiu'er directly: "What enmity do you have with the Zhou sisters?" Why do you have to put them to death? ”

"There is no injustice and no hatred. The slave maid is not aimed at the Zhou Guiren sisters. No matter who dies, as long as someone has an accident, the purpose of the slave and maid will be achieved. If you want to blame, blame the Zhou sisters for their bad luck! Jiu'er pretended to be tough on her neck, but the panic in her eyes betrayed her.

Feng Wu did not expose Jiu'er's lies, but continued to accompany her to act. Feng Wu wants to see what makes this cowardly Jiu'er resist heinous crimes regardless of his own life?

"Really? Then you're really crazy! Don't you have any reason to hurt others? Hongu doesn't believe it. Feng Wu shook her head in a mocking tone.

Xu Ying knew that Feng Wu would not believe that a little palace maid would dare to poison the concubine for no reason, and there must be someone behind this. So he wanted to "satisfy" Feng Wu's desire to explore: "Don't say that the queen doesn't believe it, even the concubines don't believe it!" , don't recruit from the truth, don't toast, don't eat and drink! Dong Fu cooperated with his master's emotions and kicked Jiu'er hard.

"Slave move! Slave and maid all moves! Jiu'er kowtowed while carefully recalling the set of rhetoric that Hu Zhenxia taught her, so she sorted out her thoughts and said the "truth": "The slave maid is to avenge Zou Sishan!" ”

"Zou Sishan? Zou color screen? Feng Wu is curious now, why is this still related to the "dead" Zou Caiping?

"Yes! Zou Sishan has the grace of knowing the slave, but she was killed by a traitor and lost her life! The slave wants to avenge her! "Jiu'er said righteous words.

"Who do you mean by adulterer? Is it Hu Sishan, who lost the bracelet, or is it the main palace that 'executes' her? "It is really suspicious to attribute the motive to a "dead man" for the killing. Feng Wu is not so easy to fool.

"The traitor is naturally Hu Zhenxia! She framed Aunt Zou! She's damned! Jiu'er said hatefully. This gnashing of hatred doesn't look like it's pretending.

"She should die, if you don't poison her, why do you poison innocent concubines instead?" That's ridiculous.

Jiu'er was silent for a moment, and immediately explained: "The slave's daily actions are under Hu Zhenxia's eyelids, how can she succeed?" So the slave maid came up with a way to kill people with a knife - just use some hands and feet in the dishes in the imperial dining room to poison one or two concubines. The matter is getting bigger, and Hu Zhenxia naturally can't get out of it! ”

"Hmph, you've thought it through. Just with your little palace maid? It's hard for you! Feng Wu obviously didn't believe it, but she didn't plan to pursue it now. Because she got a "message" that was more favorable to her.

"What should be asked is asked, and what needs to be said is also said. Dare to ask the queen, what should I do with this Jiu'er? Xu Ying saw that Feng Wu had no intention of pursuing it further, and she was immediately relieved.

"The imperial concubine can do whatever she wants." Anyway, it's all your own rehearsal, what else is this palace mixed in? Feng Wu secretly added in her heart.

"The concubines obey the edict of the phoenix. Come, give death! Xu Ying made a decision immediately, and Dong Fu's hands and feet were also fast, and he immediately beckoned his subordinates to drag Jiu'er down.

Xu Ying wanted to kill Jiu'er herself, but she wanted to say that she obeyed the queen's will. It's really a "* son standing archway", ridiculous! However, Feng Wu was too lazy to care, and just left a meaningful sentence before leaving: "How can this Zou Caiping be able to let someone defy the law for her?" makes Bengong have to wonder, does she have a big background? ”

Back in Fengwu Palace, the turmoil in Yongshou Palace is still vivid. Miaoqing was a little puzzled, even she could sense the doubts and loopholes in this case, why did the queen let it go so simply?

Miao Qing couldn't help but be curious and asked: "There is obviously a big article behind the death of the Zhou sisters, why doesn't Niangniang investigate it?" ”

"Who said that this palace does not pursue? Didn't Bengong 'force' ask Zou Caiping from Jiu'er's mouth? This palace is about to 'track' Zou Caiping. Feng Wu felt that her chance to get rid of King Jin had come.

Miaoqing said helplessly: "Niangniang, Zou Caiping is clearly an excuse." The slave maid felt that the imperial concubine was much more suspicious than that Jiu'er! ”

Feng Wu spread her hands: "It doesn't matter, Zou Caiping is of course a pretext, but it is this pretext that is useful to the palace." Xu Ying's dirty thoughts, the palace has no time to pay attention to them. What's more, Zhou Mulin was not a fuel-efficient lamp that day, and she was quiet when she died. ”

"However, as far as the slave maid knows, the Zhou sisters have little intersection with the imperial concubine, how could they be hated by the imperial concubine? Could the Zhou sisters really be unlucky and become someone else's substitute ghost? Miao Qing didn't believe that Xu Ying would spend such a big amount of money, just to get rid of two irrelevant small characters.

"Well, this one could be big. But who will her original target be? "Xu Ying has made a lot of enemies in the harem, who knows which one threatened her and was killed by her? Feng Wu looked at Miao Qing, who had a pensive face, and simply let her go and let her find out: "Since you are interested in this matter, you might as well pay more attention to this palace." ”

"Yes, the slave knows." Xu Ying has always been eyeing the back position, and Miao Qing thought that if she could catch her handle, it would also be beneficial to the master.

"That's it, let's not talk about that. The palace mentioned Ruiyi's marriage to the emperor a few days ago, and the emperor said that he needed to consider it. So many days have passed, is there any news from the Zhaoyang Palace? Feng Wu was so busy with the affairs of the previous dynasty and the queen mother that she almost forgot about her daughter.

"Not yet." Miaoqing sometimes has the illusion that the emperor deliberately avoided talking about the princess's family affairs.

Feng Wu knows Duan Yulin better than Miaoqing, the emperor's thoughts, and she can guess it nine times out of ten. The refusal to express his position on his daughter's family affairs must have a deeper intention. It's just that if he wants to use Ruiyi as a political bargaining chip, Feng Wu will never agree!

"That's it, Ruiyi is still young anyway. The emperor didn't want her to leave the cabinet hastily, and the palace was happy to keep her for two more years. "Ruiyi's lifelong destiny is more important than anything else.

Miao Qing agreed, and wanted to change a light topic: "This year's Wanchao will not be able to be held, although it is a pity, but fortunately, the palace does not have to be so busy." "It was only at the beginning of the month that the emperor announced the cancellation of the current Ten Thousand Dynasties Meeting.

"Really? I'm afraid I'm still busy! Feng Wu didn't know what she thought of, and smiled slightly: "The Ten Thousand Dynasty will be canceled suddenly, it can be seen that the emperor is not lightly ill, and someone is about to move." Let's give him a hand and solve it quickly! ”

Miao Qing was startled at first, and then understood: "What should the slave do?" ”

Feng Wu hooked his finger at Miaoqing, and when Miaoqing got closer, he said in a deep voice: "You bring some things to see Miaolu tomorrow, and by the way, reveal some 'news' to her and Bai Yuexiao......" Miaoqing naturally did everything.