133 The death of Concubine Jing
Lu Nianjin looked at him and nodded with a complicated expression, "It's good that the prince can figure it out." β
"Tomorrow, this palace will let people send the evidence of Concubine Jing's murder of this palace and Ji'er to the Qianyuan Palace." After a moment of silence, Xiao Xun said again.
"That's fine." Lu Nianjin sighed, "It's not early, I'll serve the prince and rest!" β
"Don't be busy yet," Xiao Xun raised his hand and said, "This palace still wants to talk to you for a while." β
"Then I don't know what the prince wants to say?"
"What do you think of Huo Xiao?" Xiao Xun stared at Lu Nianjin for a while, and suddenly asked.
When Lu Nianjin heard this question, he was stunned for a moment, and then curled his lips and smiled, "It's a good boy." β
"Hmm," Xiao Xun bowed slightly.
Lu Nianjin raised his eyebrows, a little puzzled by what he meant, "Why did the prince suddenly ask about this?" β
"It's nothing," Xiao Xun shook his head lightly, "Just ask." β
"Oh," Lu Nianjin replied sullenly.
"Let's settle." Xiao Xun said suddenly.
Lu Nianjin was stunned, "Didn't the prince say that he wanted to talk to me?" β
"I don't want to talk about it again, can't I?" Xiao Xun raised his chin and asked with a cold face.
Lu Nianjin: "......"
She smiled stiffly, "It's good that the prince is happy." β
So saying, he stood up and served him to wash.
Xiao Xun was silent and let her wait, drooping his eyelids from beginning to end, and did not raise his head to look at Lu Nianjin.
Although Lu Nianjin was not very comfortable in his heart, thinking of his current body, he couldn't say anything, so he could only let him go.
After washing, Xiao Xun turned around and lay down.
Lu Nianjin took the basin out......
In the bedroom, time passed minute by minute, but Xiao Xun never waited for Lu Nianjin to come back.
His slender fingers rested on his abdomen, and he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.
Patiently waited for a while, but she still didn't come back.
He had no choice but to get up and walk out with a candlestick.
Outside, Yun Hui was on duty today, and when she saw the prince coming out, she hurriedly saluted and said, "The slave has seen the prince, why did the prince come out, but what do you need?" β
Xiao Xun ignored her and asked directly, "What about the crown princess?" β
Yun Hui was stunned when she heard this, and after a while, she spoke, "The crown princess went to the pharmacy." β
"Hmm," Xiao Xun agreed, pinching the candlestick and walking towards the pharmacy.
In the pharmacy, Lu Nianjin was already resting on the soft couch, and suddenly heard the sound of pushing the door, she subconsciously sat up and raised her voice, "Who?" β
"It's Hongu." Xiao Xun followed the voice and walked towards her, the snow-white bedclothes with a bit of pure elegance in the faint candlelight.
When Lu Nianjin heard his voice, he choked for a moment before asking, "Why did the prince come over, didn't you sleep?" β
"Without you, Hongu can't sleep." Xiao Xun said, he had already walked to her side and looked at her condescendingly.
Lu Nianjin pursed his lips tightly when he heard him say this, "The prince is not so cold, why is he like a different person now?" β
"Let's go back with Hongu." Xiao Xun didn't explain, he went straight to shake her hand.
Lu Nianjin refused to go with him, she shook off his hand and said, "I'm not a pug you raised, why let you call around." β
"Hongu doesn't." Xiao Xun frowned and said, "This palace has never thought of calling you. β
"Then I won't go back with you." Lu Nianjin was angry.
Xiao Xun raised his hand slightly, put the candlestick on the low table on the side, and bent down slightly, "Do you want this palace to carry you back?" β
Lu Nianjin glared at him, "You are excessive!" β
"Let's go!" Xiao Xun stretched out his hand to her.
Lu Nianjin hesitated for a while, and in the end, he put his hand on it, and then his strength got up and walked out with him.
After a good night's sleep, the next day, after breakfast, Xiao Xun instructed Zhang Jiu to send all the evidence related to Concubine Jing to Qianyuan Palace.
Zhang Jiu got the order and immediately rushed to the palace with the evidence.
In the Qianyuan Palace.
After reading the evidence presented by Zhang Jiu, the emperor's face was gloomy and dripping, he slapped the table hard, looked at Zhang Jiu, and said sharply, "These are all true?" β
"What you say back to the emperor is true."
"Then why didn't you go back and forth until this time?"
"Back to the emperor's words, it's like this, these evidences were collected after the prince entered Beijing, according to the prince's meaning, it is the ugliness of the family that cannot be publicized, I originally wanted to wait for the prince to leave Beijing before presenting it to the emperor, but I didn't expect that the prince would choose to stay in the capital, and the prince could not let his subordinates pick a suitable time to send them to the palace when these evidence did not exist."
"I know, you step aside!" The emperor's right hand clasped the table tightly and said.
Zhang Jiu was ordered to retreat.
As soon as he left with his front foot, the emperor smashed all the evidence on the table on the ground with his back foot, he had a gloomy face, and instructed Fu Gong to be fair, "Spread my holy decree, Princess Huyang's wedding is imminent, and order Concubine Jing, the lord of Chonghua Palace, to enter Lingyun Temple to pray for the princess, and set off immediately, without delay." β
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Father-in-law Fu agreed.
The emperor pondered for a moment, and then gave him a look of cutting grass and roots.
Seeing this, Gonggong Fu saluted again, and then withdrew.
Chonghua Palace.
After listening to the emperor's will, Concubine Jing was stunned, she looked at Father-in-law Fu in disbelief, and said, "Father-in-law, is this really the emperor's will?" β
"Not bad!" Gonggong Fu nodded, and then made an inviting gesture, "The carriage outside is ready, Concubine Jing, let's go!" β
"......" Concubine Jing lowered her head, and her hand hidden under the wide sleeves was clenched tightly.
After a long time, she took a deep breath and looked at Fu Gong fairly, "Father-in-law, the emperor's will, I just don't dare to delay, but after all, the queen mother is the master of the harem, before I leave, should I say a word to the queen mother and bow down." β
"The emperor said it, no need." Father-in-law Fu shook off the dust and said indifferently.
Concubine Jing pursed her lips and wanted to say something more, but Gonggong Fu no longer gave her this opportunity, but directly threatened, "If Niangniang continues to rub it off, don't blame the old slave for not showing you mercy." β
"I see!" Concubine Jing bit her lip and said, she didn't even have time to change a thicker dress, so she was taken out by Gonggong Fu.
Two hours later, the carriage stopped at the entrance of Lingyun Temple.
Gonggong Fu personally sent Concubine Jing to the meditation room.
When he got to the meditation room, he clapped his hands, and someone outside walked in with a tray.
In the tray, there are three things: a dagger, white silk, and wine.
"Pick one!" Gonggong Fu stood there with his hands folded and said to Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing's eyes widened in disbelief, "Father-in-law, what do you mean by this?" β
"Haven't you figured it out yet?" Gonggong Fu looked at Concubine Jing, his eyes were full of mockery.
"IβI don't understand." Concubine Jing has a hard mouth.
Gonggong Fu said indifferently, "Then the old slave will let you be a ghost, do you remember the poisoning of the prince nineteen years ago and the poison in the king of Kangping County a few months ago?" β
"This, I naturally know, but what does it have to do with me, aren't these all done by the concubine?" Concubine Jing was still quibbling when she died.
Gonggong Fu just sneered, "The evidence of these two things has reached the emperor's desk, it's too late for you to say anything now, it's better to carefully pick an object so that you can leave a decent face for yourself." β
"No, I don't want it, this palace doesn't want to die!" Concubine Jing said, she stood up and was about to run out, she didn't want to die, she really didn't want to die.
"Someone!" Seeing her like this, Gonggong Fu shouted outside again, and the next moment, several powerful guards walked in from outside, and they stepped forward in three steps and two steps, directly pressing Concubine Jing to the ground.
Concubine Jing was still struggling if she didn't accept her fate.
Gonggong Fu swept his cold eyes, looked at the poison in the tray, and said, "Is it the biological mother of the fourth prince, or is it decent!" β
"......" The guard understood, picked up the poison in the tray, opened the stopper, and poured it into Concubine Jing's mouth.
Concubine Jing's eyes widened, she desperately wanted to struggle, but she couldn't get out.
It wasn't until a bottle of poison was filled that the guards let go of her and pulled out their legs and retreated.
"Concubine Jing has a good journey!" Gonggong Fu bowed down, bowed down, and said lightly.
Concubine Jing looked at him and wanted to say something more, but she didn't have a chance, and black blood flowed out of her mouth one by one.
The next moment, her massive body fell backwards in the sky.
"The minions have retired!" Father-in-law Fu bowed to her corpse again before leaving.
Outside, there was a person in clothes similar to Concubine Jing waiting for him.
Seeing him come out, the veiled woman bowed slightly, "Father-in-law Fu." β
Father-in-law Fu smiled and forgot about her, and said, "Niangniang is polite, if there is nothing to do, the slave will go down the mountain first." β
"Father-in-law walks slowly." The woman blessed, and said softly.
Father-in-law Fu passed in front of her.
A gust of wind blew the veil on the woman's face, and the thin eyebrows and eyes were not Aunt Ahuai.
Imperial Palace, Qianyuan Palace.
The emperor finally waited for Gonggong Fu to come back, looked up at him, and said, "Everything is done?" β
"If you go back to the emperor, it's done."
"That's good," the emperor nodded, his eyes a little red and sighed, "Over the years, I have missed a little. β
Shaowei is the name of Lu Guifei.
Gonggong Fu has always been on Xiao Xun's side, so when the emperor said this, he just smiled.
The emperor glanced at him, and then said, "I ...... I want to crown her as the imperial concubine. β
"Imperial concubine?" When Gonggong Fu heard these three words, his face changed slightly, "Your Majesty, didn't the emperors of the past dynasties have an unwritten rule that if the queen is there, you can't be crowned the emperor's concubine?" β
When the emperor heard Gonggong Fu say this, he sighed heavily and said, "But apart from this, I really don't know how to compensate for Shaowei." β
"That's it, that's it, you go and draft a decree to make Concubine Lu the imperial concubine, and in addition, add three hundred food to Princess Huyang."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Gonggong Fu saw the emperor's guilt about Yilan Palace clearly, so he had to agree.
He waited for the emperor to write a holy decree, and then took people to Yilan Palace.
In Yilan Palace, Lu Guifei was still a little suspicious when she heard that Father-in-law Fu was coming, she asked her to wait for her to change her clothes, and walked out with a stomach full of doubts.
"The minion has seen the mother." Gonggong Fu saw Lu Guifei come out, and stepped forward to salute respectfully.
Lu Guifei lowered her eyes and glanced at the holy decree in the hand of her father-in-law, and asked tentatively, "No need to be polite, I don't know what my father-in-law came to Yilan Palace today?" β
"On the orders of the emperor, the decree is announced."
"The concubine takes the order." Lu Guifei said, kneeling to the ground with a suspicious expression.
Fu Gonggong unfolded the holy decree and recited it in a frustrated tone.
After reading it, he handed the holy decree to Lu Guifei, bent over and said with a smile, "The old slave is here to congratulate the imperial concubine Niangniang first." β
"Father-in-law, is thisβIs this true? Is all this true? Lu Guifei held the holy decree in her hand, looked up at Gonggong Fu, and asked in disbelief.
Gonggong Fu personally helped Lu Guifei up and said, "Naturally, it's true." In addition, the old slave has a will to give to Princess Huyang, if the mother doesn't mind, she can take it for the princess. β
"For Huyang? What is the Divine Decree? β
Gonggong Fu took out another holy decree from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Guifei, and after Lu Guifei read it, tears were about to flow out.
It's a really good day.
How many years has her Yilan Palace not had this kind of double happiness coming to the door!
In the future, she and her daughter will definitely cross over for the better.
Until the greatest authority of this cloud dynasty is grasped in his hands!
"If Niangniang doesn't have any other instructions, the old slave will retreat first, and the emperor is still waiting for the old slave to serve!" Father-in-law Fu timely made his resignation.
Lu Guifei came back to her senses, took off a pair of purple jade bracelets with excellent water heads on her wrist and stuffed them into Gonggong Fu's hands.
Fu Gonggong's kindness was difficult, and he couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.
"Niangniang, slave maid congratulations to Niangniang!" After Father-in-law Fu left, Aunt Wanhua was the first to kneel down at Lu Guifei's feet and said excitedly.
Then, the other palace maids in the hall also knelt down one after another, and said in a long voice, "Slave maid congratulations to the mother." β
"Get up," Lu Guifei raised her hand arrogantly and said, "This year, your monthly silver has doubled!" β
"Xie Huang Guifei Niangniang!" The people in the hall thanked them in unison, and the smile on the corner of Lu Guifei's lips became deeper and deeper.
Here, everyone in Yilan Palace is happy, and on the other side, in Kunning Palace, everyone is careful.
No one dared to tell the queen the good news of Yilan Palace, even Aunt Song Ying, who had always been the queen's favorite.
Yes, the queen didn't learn the news from Lu Guifei until the next day, when Lu Guifei came to greet her with a swagger.
At that time, her face sank, and she bit her lower lip tightly, as if she would vomit a mouthful of blood if she relaxed a little.
Lu Guifei sat in the main hall of Kunning Palace, showing off enough, and appreciating the queen's pain enough, before getting up and leaving.
As soon as she left with her front foot, the queen's back foot smashed the tea cup on the low table, with viciousness in her eyes, she looked coldly at the palace people in the palace, and said sharply, "Why, why does this palace know nothing about this!" Can any of you give an explanation to Hongu? β
The palace people were frightened by the sudden anger of the master, and everyone dared to speak out.
The queen looked at them like this, and became even more angry, "Are you all dumb?" She slammed another teapot and asked angrily.
At this time, the palace people didn't dare to pretend to be dead anymore, they all looked at Aunt Song Ying, and pinned all their hopes on Aunt Song Ying.
Aunt Song Ying had no choice, so she had to step forward and say, "Niangniang, this matter ...... It's the slave's fault, the slave shouldn't be afraid that the master will be upset, so she hides this matter and begs the mother to punish the crime! With that, she knelt straight in front of the queen.
The queen's phoenix eyes slanted slightly, looked at her coldly, and after a long time, she said, "Song Ying, this palace has always trusted you, and I have always thought that you are a sensible person, but I didn't expect that this palace's trust will make you more and more ignorant." Even such a big thing dared to hide it from the palace. β
"The slave knows that she is wrong, and she begs the mother to punish the crime!" Aunt Song Ying still said the same thing.
The queen glanced at her coldly, and after a while, she looked away and said, "Come on, drag Song Ying out and hit the thirty boards!" β
"Niangniang......" Song Ying was shocked when she heard this, she looked at the queen in disbelief and thought, as if she didn't expect the queen to really be ruthless to her.
The queen was looked at by her like this, but she only shrunk her pupils, "What, do you have any objections?" β
ββ¦β¦ Slaves don't dare! Aunt Song Ying's face fell, and she was silently pulled out by the guards.
"This time, with Song Ying taking care of you, the rest of the people will not be punished in the palace, and next time, no one in the palace will be spared!"
"The slave and the maid thank the queen for her grace, and the slave and maid have written it down!" The palace people kowtowed one after another, thanking the queen for not careless.
The queen retracted her gaze and didn't say anything more, she gave Yao Huang and Peony a look, and led the two of them to the inner hall.
In the inner hall, Peony stood beside the queen, and Yao Huang knelt under the low couch.
"Are you guilty?" The queen looked at Yao Huang coldly and asked.
Yao Huang had a white face and said, "The slave is guilty, beg the mother to spare her life!" β
"You go to the National Teacher's Mansion again and ask about Concubine Jing and Concubine Lu, what do the crown prince and the princess think? If you ask clearly, you can atone the credit, if you don't ask clearly, Song Ying's today is your tomorrow! β
"Yes, sissy." Yao Huang agreed tremblingly.
The queen waved her hand, "Go!" β
"......" Yao Huang kowtowed and retreated silently.
"You come to help the palace press it!" When there was no one in the dormitory, the queen looked at Peony and ordered.
Peony stepped forward obediently and pressed it for the queen one by one.
The queen felt her skinny hands without a trace of fat, and couldn't help asking, "Is your body still not good?" β
Peony sighed lowly, "It will take a few years to recuperate!" β
"Hmm." The queen replied softly, paused, and said, "You must get better quickly, this palace is inseparable from you." β
"The slave can save it!" Peony softly agreed.
On the other side, the National Teacher's Mansion.
Xiao Xun and Lu Nianjin also learned the news that Lu Guifei was crowned as an imperial concubine.
On the Luohan bed, Lu Nianjin put down the Chinese medicine book in his hand, looked at Xiao Xun, and asked, "Does the prince really not regret it?" β
"What's there to regret?" Xiao Xun raised his eyelids, his complexion pale.
Lu Nianjin sighed, "The queen mother is still in good shape, and the father made the imperial concubine, and the queen mother may not know how sad she is." β
"That's what Lu Guifei deserves," Xiao Xun lowered his eyes and lowered his voice, "You may not know, because of the back pot nineteen years ago, Lu Guifei lost two children, one was personally drugged by his father, and the other was also affected by that bowl of medicine. β
"These are all debts born because of this palace, if she doesn't get the compensation she deserves, this palace's heart may not be able to pass this level for a long time, and now that she has been compensated, this palace just let go of this matter."
Lu Nianjin didn't expect Xiao Xun to think about it from this angle, she looked at him thoughtfully, "What the prince said also makes sense." β
While the two were talking, Yun Shu walked in from outside and said, "Prince, Crown Princess, Miss Yao Huang in Kunning Palace asks to see you." β
"Let her in!" Xiao Xun said lightly, not changing his expression because of her arrival.
Yun Shu agreed and retreated.
It didn't take long for Yao Huang to be brought in by her.
"The slave has seen the prince, the princess, please say hello to the prince and the princess!" Yao Huang stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
Lu Nianjin glanced at her, "Get up!" And she commanded that a seat should be given to her.
Jin Ji moved over, but Yao Huang didn't have the heart to sit, she was still standing, looking at Lu Nianjin and Xiao Xun and asked, "The prince, the princess, the slave maid left the palace at the behest of the queen's mother." β
"Then I wonder what the queen mother commands?" Lu Nianjin saw that Xiao Xun didn't mean to speak, so he simply opened his mouth to ask for him first.
When Yao Huang heard this, he said, "Back to the princess, the mother asked the slave maid to come to the National Teacher's Mansion and asked you and the prince, what do you two think about the canonization of the imperial concubine in Yilan Palace?" β
"Prince, what do you think?" Lu Nianjin couldn't answer this question, she tilted her head slightly and looked at Xiao Xun.
When Xiao Xun heard this, he first glanced at Lu Nianjin soothingly, and then looked at Yao Huang and said, "The imperial concubine was sealed by her father." β
"What do you mean, prince?" Yao Huang was puzzled.
Xiao Xun sighed and explained, "This palace is just a son, even if you are dissatisfied, you don't care about your father's decision. β
Hearing this, Yao Huang finally understood what the prince meant, and the prince and the princess did not mean to the queen at all.
"But Niangniang is really sad today," Yao Huang's eyes rolled, and she played the family card again, her voice was a little choked, and she carefully explained the process of Lu Guifei provoking the queen.
But Xiao Xun didn't speak again as if he hadn't heard it.
Seeing this, Yao Huang couldn't help but ask with a crying voice, "Doesn't the prince feel sorry for the queen at all?" β
Xiao Xun glanced at her coldly, and said indifferently, "How about being distressed, and what if you are not distressed." The imperial concubine sealed by the father, can the palace still abolish it? β
The last sentence is already a bit rebellious.
When Yao Huang heard this, where could she still stand, she puffed, fell to the ground in shock, and said continuously, "The slave and maid don't mean this, the prince Mingjian, the slave and the maid have no such rebellious meaning." β
"And what else do you say?" Xiao Xun asked her rhetorically.
Yao Huang pursed his lips vigorously, his whole face became more and more pale, and he said weakly, "Slave, slave has nothing to say." β
"In that case, stand down!"
"Yes, the crown prince, the crown princess, the slave and maid will retire...... Yao Huang replied, stumbling out.