Chapter 186: Summer Feast (8)

The girls were still stunned, hanging their heads and looking at each other, and they didn't speak, but they all seemed to have been wronged, their eyes were red, and they looked very cute.

"Just say anything, I'm here, I'll make decisions for you!" Beijing Rui couldn't see the frightened bird and said loudly.

"Back to the emperor, the concubines were originally the dancers of the Cold Snow Pavilion, and they were selected by the Fifth Highness to be trained, in order to be able to dance at today's summer banquet, but last night, when the concubines checked the dance clothes used in the performance, they found something unusual. Originally, the costumes of the concubines were made of Ruanzhou silk with gold threads, but last night the concubines found that the clothes used in today's feast had been dropped, and the original gold thread brocade was replaced with a golden cotton thread soaked in poison. A dancer stepped forward, tugging at the corner of her coat and trembling.

"Could there be such a thing?" Beijing Rui was a little incredulous.

"Father, when the emperor was interrogating this dancing girl, the retainer sensed the problem, so he sent someone to check their clothes, and indeed as this girl said, the clothes on their current bodies were indeed not embroidered with gold thread, but a kind of golden cotton thread stained with poison. Erchen asked in detail, the performance of this group of dancing girls was arranged at the end, at that time everyone in the hall was drunk and dizzy, in order to drive the atmosphere, one of their dances was to dance in front of the officials, Erchen guessed, this person who stole the clothes was to take advantage of that time, the poison on the dancing queen's body was contaminated on the officials. Father, this person who secretly changed clothes must be trying to murder the palace officials, and ask my father to investigate this matter! Beichen said earnestly.

"This person who acts is indeed punishable, Lao Wu, didn't you just say that you investigated carefully? Why is there something wrong with the clothes of these dancers, but you don't know about it? Bei Jingrui's sharp eyes looked at Bei Liuyun, Rao knew that this matter might not be Bei Liuyun's doing.

"Father, the Emperor is clear! Last night, Erchen specially sent someone to the Maile Division of the Palace's Maijin Singer's temporary residence to check, how could it be-" Before he finished speaking, Beiliuyun realized the problem, and immediately shook his head: "No, the people who came to check are all Erchen's cronies, and there will be no problems." ”

After saying that, even he didn't believe it anymore, the palace was heavily guarded, and it was close to the summer feast, such as the Dance and Music Division, which were even more strictly guarded, and outsiders were not allowed to enter, if it wasn't for their own people, who would be able to enter that place to do such a stealing thing?

"Then look at it this way, your cronies are indeed suspicious, Lao Wu, if something goes wrong with your people, what should you be responsible for?" Beijing Rui asked sharply.

"Father, no." Beiliuyun denied it with a little weakness, suddenly realized that something was wrong, turned to the dancing girl who was talking next to him and asked, "Let me ask you, when did you find that your clothes were replaced last night?" How can you recognize such a delicate fabric? After discovering the problem, why didn't you report it in time, and today you are still wearing this highly toxic clothing? ”

The dancing girl was stared at by Beiliuyun, frightened, and trembled and whispered: "When the concubine found out, it was after His Highness's people checked it, because after the people who came to inspect it, the concubine wanted to go and see what was missing and what was wrong with it in time, but she found something abnormal." Although the concubine is a dancing girl, her knowledge is shallow, and she doesn't know anything else, but the concubine's family is in the tailor business, and the concubine still recognizes these fabrics and accessories. Please also ask the emperor to be the master of the concubine! ”

"And how did you know that the golden cotton thread on the replacement was poisonous? You say that you are cowardly and afraid, so why are you not afraid of endangering your life after being found in the temple wearing this clothing? Beiliuyun continued to ask, even if his own people have a problem and want to deliberately frame him, without personal cooperation, I am afraid that he will not be able to do this part, the dancing girl in front of him looks pitiful, and what she says is like a head, but he doesn't dare to guarantee that she will not be sent by others to frame him together, and he has to ask clearly.

Sure enough, the dumb words that Mai Ji was asked couldn't say anything for a long time, and she shrank back again, as if she was hiding something.

"What? Can't tell? Or did you make it all up yourself, and you didn't change your clothes at all? Beiliuyun stared at the person in front of him and asked coldly.

"No, the concubine didn't lie!" The dancing girl seemed to have heard something sensitive, and suddenly raised her head and retorted loudly, her eyes were red, and tears fell like silk, as if she had suffered great grievances and pain, and it was very distressing to see it.

"Fifth Emperor Brother, someone else is just a woman, why are you forcing others to such a point?" Beichen looked at the tears that flowed from the dancing girl, and said slightly uncontrollably.

"Sixth brother, it's not me who forced her, I don't know who it is!" Beiliuyun looked at Beichen, he knew that the person behind him was either Beichen or Beishenye, these two, I wish he had made any mistakes, and how could they help him.

"You don't have to cry, I've seen more women over the years, these tears don't play a role in me at all, you better take care of yourself!" Beiliuyun looked coldly at the crying dancing girl in front of him and said ruthlessly.

"No, no...... the dancing girl shook her head desperately, knelt and crawled to the front of the hall, and said very sadly: "Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged, the reason why the concubine recognized it was the golden cotton thread stained with poison, is because ten years ago, the concubine's biological mother was killed by someone with that poison, the poison is accompanied by a faint fragrance, the concubine will not forget the smell of the poison in her life, I found it last night, and naturally I immediately identified it." As for why it was not reported, it was really because the concubine had selfish intentions and wanted to find out the murderer through this poison, the same poison, ten years ago, could poison my mother, and now it is harming all the adults, the murderer must be the same person, the concubine is holding the belief that she will die, and she will find out the murderer through the royal hand. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked, they didn't think that a little dancing girl could do this, and they really regarded the royal majesty as nothing. Some ministers couldn't stand it, so they got up and pointed at the dancing girl and said, "Bold! is selfish, wearing highly toxic clothes to go to the palace, are you deliberately disregarding the lives of everyone in the palace, are you disregarding the lives of the emperor? You poisonous woman! ”

"Okay, Zheng Aiqing, don't be angry, sit down!" Bei Jingrui felt that the dancing girl was quite interesting, beckoned the minister who was talking to sit down, looked at the dancing girl, and asked with a soft gaze: "You said that your mother died of poison ten years ago, let me ask you, who is your mother?" Why is it poisoned? What kind of poison is that it makes you think that the person who poisoned it back then is the same person who poisoned the clothes? ”

After the dancing girl finished speaking, she vented her grievances in her heart, her mood calmed down a lot, and she raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face: "Back to the emperor, the mother of the concubine, more than ten years ago, was also a famous dancer in the palace dance and music division, she was just released from the palace at the age of age, married my father, and was poisoned by gangsters just eight years ago. After the incident, my father and I inquired many times, only to know that the poison is not simple, but one of the ten poisonous "Chaoyang", only the palace has it, since then, the concubine has made up her mind, must go to the palace to find out the murderer, only to learn dance, in order to be able to enter the palace dance music investigation, but the year of the election, the concubine accidentally failed to enter the palace, the concubine went to the cold snow pavilion, so many years relying on the cold snow pavilion, the concubine made a lot of friends, in order to know everything from them in the palace, to investigate the murderer who killed the mother. This time I was able to come to the summer banquet, the concubine was very happy, and finally was able to enter the palace, but it happened that the concubine found the poison on the clothes, so she had a crooked thought. The concubine knew that her sin was unforgivable, and let the emperor ask for the guilt, but she asked the emperor to investigate the matter thoroughly and find out the murderer, and the concubine would have no regrets in this life! ”

"Ask about the crime, and then talk about finding out the murderer for the time being. But you said your mother hit the rising sun? I remember, isn't this a palace secret medicine? How did you find it in your mother? Beijing Rui listened with some disbelief.

"It is indeed the rising sun, and the concubine does not dare to bully the king! The concubine and her father have been investigating for many years, and they have asked many people, but they are still asked by a relative of the palace who has been punished by the secret medicine of the rising sun. ”

"Beichen, did you find out that the poison on the clothes is the secret medicine of the rising sun?"

"Back to my father, yes!" Beichen is a little confused, the development of things seems to be a little wrong!

"I ask you, you said that your mother was very wise in the palace dance music department more than ten years ago, so what is her name?"

"Back to the emperor, the concubine's mother is named Mingyue, and she is the "dancing saint" of the palace back then! ”

"Bright Moon!" Beijing Rui was quite surprised, so to speak, everything is logical. No wonder, no wonder -

Beijingrui's reaction naturally fell in the eyes of His Royal Highnesses: Looking at the emperor's reaction, could it be that the court dancer named Mingyue has any special reason?

"Your Majesty, my brother knows, the secret medicine of the rising sun is used by the harem to punish the slaves and concubines who commit crimes, but the medicine appears on the clothes of these dancing girls, will the person behind it be——" Bei Shenye learned the name of the poison, and it was expected that it must have been done by the people of the palace, but, who would have the guts-

"What does Jing Zhonggong mean is that the cronies of the fifth child colluded with the people in the palace to deliberately change clothes in a vain attempt to murder the courtiers?" Bei Jingrui realized that his reaction was abnormal, and asked with a smile.