I curled my lips coldly and said coldly, "That's just what Your Majesty thought 'I won't be treated badly'." For Qingqiang, even though the brocade clothes and food are good, freedom is more valuable. Qingqiang only wants to be free, not imprisoned. ”

"Qing'er, it's useless for you to complain." Chen Qian's tone hardened slightly, "In the face of national interests, personal petty interests are not worth mentioning, and they must be subordinated to national interests." As the king of a country, everything must be in the interests of the state of Chen. Therefore, I will not let you go. ”

My face became even colder, staring at him without speaking, Chen Qian also said in a resolute and non-negotiable tone: "In the future, I will treat you well and will not let you be wronged." As for leaving the palace, don't even think about it. ”

If I tell him that I don't have the relationship with Yu Wenyong that he thinks, will he let me go? I'm afraid not, maybe he will know that he has been deceived, and he will kill me in anger. What's more, this person has a cloudy temper, and he will make peace with me at this time, but what if one day he is not in a good mood, and he cares about the past, and turns his face and does not admit it? When the time comes, there will be new hatreds and old grudges, and I guess he wants me to throw my body into the wilderness, and I can't take this risk.

"Your Majesty, what is the 'drunken dream powder', which actually made Wan Zhaoyi lose her child, is it a musk and the like?" I didn't want to have a stalemate with him any longer, and it wouldn't do me any benefit to have another conflict, so I simply changed the subject.

"It's not." Chen Qian's face turned strange red, and he said a little awkwardly, "It's an aphrodisiac incense powder......

He didn't say any more, I don't need to say that I understand, it must be Chen Qian who smelled the fragrance, and it was difficult to control her emotions for a while, and she had a relationship with Wan Zhaoyi, under the intense intercourse, the child naturally flowed out, no wonder everyone kept their mouths shut about Wan Zhaoyi's miscarriage and fall from grace, only heard that Wan Zhaoyi's physique was weak and cold, and it was not suitable for childbirth. After all, it is not a glorious thing to have a miscarriage in such a way, it is indeed a bit ...... Have a bone in one's throat.

"I never asked you, how did you know that I snubbed Wanxi to protect her?" Chen Qian felt embarrassed and wanted to find a topic to divert my attention.

I didn't hesitate to say: "Wan Zhaoyi was the only woman with a title in the harem before, which shows that you are different from her." Also, as everyone knows, Wan Zhaoyi is good at the piano, especially "Changqing", Your Majesty is taunting Wan Zhaoyi's favorite song in front of me every day, isn't it borrowing the piano to think about people? His Majesty must be concerned about Wan Zhaoyi, and when it comes to Wan Zhaoyi's miscarriage and fall from grace, it is not difficult to guess His Majesty's intentions. ”

"You're really thoughtful, and you even see such small things." Chen Qian glanced at me, unclear.

I continued meaningfully: "It's a pity that Your Majesty has taken every precaution and protected in every possible way, but he still can't prevent someone from harming Wan Zhaoyi. ”

Presumably, Chen Qian also had this doubt in his heart, so he said through a little: "You mean, the things at the birthday banquet were deliberately designed by someone?" ”

"Wan Zhaoyi's beauty is the first person in the harem." My face was as solemn as a railway, "If I hadn't pounced, then it would have been Wan Zhaoyi who was burned." The charcoal sesame oil splashed and was very likely to be splashed on the face, and a face that looked like a fairy was burned alive. ”

"It's going to ruin Wanxi's appearance." Chen Qian's eyes tightened, and her nails were pinched, "The heart is so vicious, when will all the calculations in this harem stop?" I have been busy with the political affairs of the previous dynasty every day, and I am already anxious, and there are still so many incidents in the harem, and there is no place for peace, which really makes me upset. ”

"Qingqiang guessed that the incense burner was put by someone with flammable and explosive things, so it would burst open." I pondered and analyzed, and said what was in my heart, "For example, sulfur and saltpeter, which are mixed with charcoal, are extremely flammable and explosive in closed utensils, and can injure people's limbs and disfigurement at least, and cause death at worst. ”

"How did Qing'er know this?" Chen Qian asked me.

I replied: "It is recorded in ancient books that the warlock alchemy once used this way to mix sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal for testing, and found that it is flammable and explosive. ”

"Qing'er really understands a lot." Chen Qian asked with sparkling eyes, "In the incense burner, incense is already burned with charcoal. There is charcoal, but where did they get this sulfur and saltpeter? ”

"Your Majesty has been busy with political affairs for a long time, so naturally he doesn't know about herbal medicine, and the "Shennong's Materia Medica" has listed sulfur and saltpeter as the best medicine. Sulfur is used externally to relieve itching and sores, and saltpeter can be used to treat headaches, throat paralysis, eye and eye obstacles, and there may be in the hospital. I said indifferently. Your Majesty may order to check the records of the pulse and prescriptions of everyone in the palace in the Tai Hospital, and if anyone uses sulfur and saltpeter in medicine, you can know who did it. ”

"Good way, just according to what you say." Chen Qian's heavy face was relieved a lot because of the clue about this matter.

I lowered my eyebrows, pondered for a moment, and said, "The sulfur and saltpeter must have been put in when the incense burner was moved." Your Majesty, as long as you check which palace concubine in the palace who carried the incense burner is related to which palace concubine in the palace, or which palace she has worked in, or who has been kind to her, the two will be clear. ”

"I will let Jiang Yu and Zigao investigate this matter, if this is the case." Chen Qian's face was cast, "I want to see, who dares to do such a corrupt thing in the palace?" I will punish him severely. ”

During the injury, many concubines came to visit the sick with gifts, but most of them were rejected by me in the name of being injured and needing to recuperate, and only saw Wang Guifei, Wan Zhaoyi, and Wang Chonghua. Wang Guifei has a straightforward temperament, seems to do her own thing, but she is reasonable and measured, not as arrogant as Kong Guifei, she is not as delicate as other women, and the wanton heroism between her eyebrows makes people can't help but have a good impression when they see it, plus she has spoken for me a few times, so I can't resist it even more. Wan Zhaoyi came to thank me, sincere and sincere, and there was no jealousy or hatred in her eyes, which showed that there was no hostility towards me. Wang Chonghua brought the eighth prince to see me, the child's face was pink and pink, and when he saw it, he wanted to pinch it, and called me "sister, sister", unlike other people who called me Niangniang, which made my heart flutter.

Five days later, the matter was found out, and Yan Shuyuan, Liu Zhaohua, and Han Xiuhua had received sulfur or saltpeter in the Tai Hospital recently, but only Liu Zhaohua had received sulfur and saltpeter. And the palace maid who moved the incense burner in Yaoguang Hall was an orphan girl, and she had no relationship with the palace concubines, and she had been doing sprinkling and sweeping in Yaoguang Palace, but once she accidentally broke a rare Vermilion Bird Ring Cup in Yaoguang Palace, and the queen was originally to be punished for thirty according to the palace rules, but fortunately, Liu Zhaohua pleaded on the side, so she escaped, and was only fined for three months. From this point of view, Liu Zhaohua is the most suspicious in this matter, Jiang Yu secretly sent someone to torture the palace maid, and under the heavy punishment, the palace maid finally couldn't stand it and recruited Liu Zhaohua.

When Jiang Yuyu reported the news, Chen Qian was staying in the Yilan Palace, I listened on the sidelines, looking at Chen Qian's angry face when he heard that the mastermind was Liu Zhaohua, I said lightly: "This is not strange, I originally thought that Liu Zhaohua's sudden rise to call Wan Zhaoyi to Fuqin Xianghe was a bit of a coincidence, but now it seems that she has arranged it earlier." ”

"I usually see that she is very well-behaved and obedient, but she is so cruel and vicious." Chen Qian's lips were tightly closed into a line, and the dark waves on his face surged, with a hidden tendency of turbulent waves.

"There are so many unexpected things." The corners of my lips hooked up a faint smile, "Isn't Zhang Xiurong also a delicate and pitiful look?" Your Majesty can also ask Liu Zhaohua by the way, did she put the fishnet hook under the Fubi Pavilion Pond? ”

Looking at Chen Qian's stunned face, I continued to laugh and said: "Liu Zhaohua is the biological mother of the Seventh Prince, the so-called knowing son Mo Ruomu, Pan Ronghua must not be able to hide the matter of instigating the Seventh Prince to frame me, so she simply hid a fishing net hook at the bottom of the lake, and then coaxed the Seventh Prince to cooperate a little, maybe she expected that I would jump into the lake, or maybe even if I didn't do it, the Seventh Prince would think of pushing me into the water." But no matter what, the purpose of putting me to death will be achieved. The only thing she missed was that King An Cheng would save me. ”

I have long suspected that when the Seventh Prince made a gesture and dived, he was not in a hurry as if he was deliberately waiting for me to pull him, maybe he listened to his mother's words at that time, if I planned to fall into the water. If not, he would have secretly pushed me into the water, pretending that I had fallen into the water to save people.

"If it works, you can get rid of me, and by the way, you can frame Pan Ronghua; If it fails, it can also be pushed to Pan Ronghua. No one would have thought that Liu Zhaohua would not gamble with his son's life, and no one would have thought that their mother and son had colluded in advance. ”

Chen Qian's face turned blue when he heard this, and he unabashedly hated and disdained: "What a wicked woman, Boxin taught him such selfish methods at a young age, and sooner or later he will be taught bad by her!" ”

"Jiang Yu, pass on my will, summon Liu Zhaohua to Xianyang Palace, I want to interrogate Liu Zhaohua with the queen and personally execute this evil woman!" After that, Chen Qian took Jiang Yu with a fierce face, and walked to Xianyang Palace with a meteoric face.

Soon, news came that Liu Zhaohua had murdered the palace concubines, caused chaos in the palace, and corrupted his morals, so he deposed the Huilan Palace from now on, and the emperor gave Bai Aya three feet, a pot of poisonous wine, and a dagger, and sentenced him within three days. The emperor was saddened by the untimely death of Chen Chang, the king of Hengyang, and remembered that he had no heirs and no successors, so he ordered the seven princes to enter the line of the heirs of the king of Hengyang, inherit his incense, choose the day to leave the palace, and move into the palace of Hengyang.

Chen Qian not only gave Liu Zhaohua to death, but even her son was ordered to leave the palace, enter the palace, and recognize others as his father. It can be seen how disgusted Chen Qian is with Liu Zhaohua, and even his son is unlucky.

Thinking of Chen Boxin's arrogant boy, I felt a little happy in my heart. Little kid, don't think you're a child, I can't cure you, everyone has to pay for their mistakes, and so do children.

A message came from Huilan Palace, saying that Liu Zhaohua wanted to see me, and I agreed. For the woman who once put me to death, I am more than happy to see her off.

Liu Zhaohua sat on a rose chair neatly dressed and looked at me indifferently, "You are very smart, I can't complain that I will be planted on your head." ”

I smiled calmly, "You're not bad, if you could use your clever ideas to the right place, it wouldn't be like this today." A smart woman will deal with men, and it is the most important thing to capture a man's heart. Women are the most stupid to deal with women. ”

Liu Zhaohua sneered, "The emperor is amorous, how can you and I be able to grasp Your Majesty's heart?" ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from the Northern and Southern Dynasties Yu Xin's "Late Autumn" "The bleak evening scene, the cold steps." ”