The Empress Dowager said: "Your Majesty, the effect of this incense pill, the queen has used more than ten years of pain to make the best explanation, these days, Chen Meiren has been unclean, unable to serve the emperor, and her menstrual period has always been very accurate, why this time it is half a month earlier, and it is still continuous to this day, does the emperor know the reason?" ”

If Song Shenzong couldn't even guess this, he would be so stupid that he sighed: "It's also because of this incense pill?" ”

"Exactly, this matter was first discovered by Lord Du, after learning about the strange effect of this medicine, a few days ago, the mourning family forced Chen Meiren to take some incense pills, just to test whether it is true, and sure enough!"

Song Shenzong sighed, turned to look at Du Wenhao: "This matter was found out by Du Aiqing?" ”

If Du Wenhao hadn't seen the emperor's favor for Chen Meiren that day, he would not hesitate to admit that he found out, but now, his head was a little dazed, and he didn't know whether admitting this matter was a good thing or a bad thing for him. But the Empress Dowager had already said that he had found it, and he had no way to quibble, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Yes......"

When he said this, although Du Wenhao lowered his head slightly, the rest of his eyes kept watching Song Shenzong's expression, and he clearly saw a flash of disappointment on Song Shenzong's face.

Disappointed? What does that mean?

Du Wenhao didn't understand, if Song Shenzong's expression was angry, it was completely understandable, his beloved was exposed by himself and placed in a Jedi, how could he not be angry? If it is appreciation, it can also be understood, which shows that Song Shenzong doesn't care about this Chen beauty at all in his heart, since she has committed a crime, of course, she can be brought to justice, she can solve this crime that has been hidden for more than ten years, Song Shenzong smiled slightly because she appreciated her talent.

But now it's a disappointment, why are you disappointed?

As soon as Du Wenhao's head turned, he guessed that Song Shenzong must have been disappointed that he failed to cover it up for him, and did not report it to him at the beginning of discovering this matter, Song Shenzong lost the best opportunity to deal with it, and now he only let him know at the last moment, and there was nothing he could do.

Thinking about this section, Du Wenhao was shocked, he couldn't let the emperor think that he was not with him, and the trust he had just established for himself would disappear!

Du Wenhao immediately bowed down and continued: "The Empress Dowager ordered Weichen to investigate the causes of many strange diseases of the harem concubines, and among these strange diseases, the first is the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager who have not been cured for more than ten years and have not healed from the collapse and abdominal pain of menstruation. Weichen has not been able to find out the reason, and Gonggong Jiao sent guards to squat in the Fu Mansion and captured the killer Eunuch Lai. Fu He confessed to us and surrendered, and Wei Chen knew that the reason why the queen's leakage had not been cured, it turned out that Fu He developed a medicine that could stay on the face but the side effect was prolonged menstruation and could not get pregnant, and dedicated it to the queen. After listening to Fu He's confession, Weichen and Jiao Gonggong reported to the Empress Dowager. So the Empress Dowager forced Chen Meiren to let her take this medicine in order to test whether what Fu He said was true. ”

Song Shenzong sighed, Du Wenhao's words were to explain that he did not always intend to investigate Chen Meiren, but was ordered by Yi to diagnose and treat the strange diseases of the harem concubines, it was Fu He who took the initiative to confess, but it was not directly detected by Du Wenhao, Fu He did not confess to him Du Wenhao alone, even if Du Wenhao reported to himself at that time, because the news had spread, the Empress Dowager's personal eunuch Jiao Gonggong already knew about it, so he had no way to cover it up. And Du Wenhao was not his cronies at that time, so he couldn't report it directly to himself, so in all fairness, it was no wonder that Du Wenhao was not a fool. After learning this, Song Shenzong glanced at Du Wenhao, and his expression softened.

This change in expression did not escape Du Wenhao's eyes, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, glanced at the Empress Dowager again, and saw her smiling, presumably knowing his intention to explain the process, and hoping that this matter would not cause trouble to himself, and it would be best if he could explain it clearly.

The Empress Dowager said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the mourning family said that Lord Du solved this matter is because Lord Du was the first to expose Fu He's deliberate error in dialectic, trying to kill Wu Jieyu by curing the disease, which made Fu He dismissed from office and caused Chen Meiren's murderous intention, which led to Eunuch Lai. In the end, Fu He surrendered, and Eunuch Lai confessed, all of which were derived from this. ”

Song Shenzong didn't know about this, and frowned: "Why did Fu He want to harm Wu Jieyu?" ”

"Let him speak for himself."

Fu He kowtowed and said: "It's ......, it's Chen Meiren's mother......"

Song Shenzong's gaze became cold, and he slowly turned his head to look at Chen Meiren: "Is this the case?" ”

Chen Meiren lay on the ground weakly and cried: "Concubine...... The concubine was wronged......"

"Wronged?" The Empress Dowager sneered, "Xiao Jiaozi, show the confessions of Chen Po and Jin Ju to the emperor!" ”

Manager Jiao agreed, took out a stack of confessions from his arms, stepped forward and handed them to Song Shenzong with both hands.

Song Shenzong took it, his fingers trembled slightly and hurriedly looked at it, as soon as his hands were loosened, a few pieces of paper fell to the ground, Song Shenzong took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and asked Chen Meidao in a cold voice: "Why did you want to kill Wu Jieyu?" ”

Chen Meiren didn't answer, just cried in mourning. She knew that under the conclusive evidence, the justification was useless, and all the glory and wealth would disappear.

The Empress Dowager sneered: "Not only did she instruct Fu He to murder Wu Jieyu, but she also did a lot of bad things!" ”

Song Shenzong's dragon body was shocked, and he smiled bitterly: "And? What else did she ......?

"Eunuch Lai, Fu He, the two of you will truthfully confess to the emperor all the bad things that Chen Meiren has instructed you to do over the years."

Eunuch Lai and Fu He kowtowed and agreed, and made confessions respectively. After listening to these confessions, Song Shenzong's expression changed greatly, and then he knew that the real reason for the violent death or accidental death of most of the more than ten beauties he had once favored in the harem was that he thought that it was the same as the death of his six or seven sons, but he didn't expect that it was Chen Meiren's jealousy that he instructed Lai Eunuch to assassinate or let Fu He use the diagnosis of illness to take medicine to murder. Roughly calculated, over the years, Chen Meiren has more than a dozen lives in her hands! And most of them are the concubines and beauties who have been pampered by themselves.

Song Shenzong only understood at this moment that the lovely woman in front of him, the woman who made her love like a pearl in her palm, this delicate and coquettish woman who was reluctant to step on even an ant in front of her, turned out to be a vicious woman with a heart like a snake and scorpion. I used to have a heart to protect it, but now I don't even have this heart.

Song Shenzong has been concentrating on changing the law all these years, and he has no time to take care of the harem, and he can't imagine that the harem competition for favor has reached such a tragic point, and if he doesn't kill a hundred people, he is afraid that it will be difficult to clean up, so he sighed and put his body on his back: "Send her to the Criminal Department to punish the crime according to the law!" ”

"Your Majesty ......!" Chen Meiren howled and cried, "The concubine is wrong, please ask the emperor to spare her life......!" ”

As soon as Gonggong Jiao waved his hand, several palace maids with big shoulders and round waists rushed into the door, grabbed Chen Meiren and wanted to take him away.

"Wait!" The Empress Dowager shouted, walked to Song Shenzong's side, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this matter has been strictly controlled by the mourning family in advance, and has been handled by the mourning family, if she is sent to the criminal department now, I am afraid that the affairs of the harem will leak out, and her crime deserves death according to the law, once executed, it will provoke the ridicule of the world and insult the dignity of the royal family." ”

Song Shenzong nodded: "That makes sense, what does the ancestor think should be done with it?" ”

"The harem is competing for favor, and if it is not cured, it will be chaotic, and as the mourning family saw, she was killed, but it cheapened her, and those concubines and beauties who tried to kill others for favor forgot after a while, it is better to beat her into the cold palace, never release, and set an example!"

Song Shenzong couldn't imagine that the Empress Dowager would spare Chen Meiren from dying, after all, this is his beloved woman, the so-called one-day husband and wife are one hundred days of grace, and the hundred-day husband and wife are deeper than the sea, although he said that he would be sent to the criminal department for punishment, but deep in his heart he was still unwilling to send his sweetheart to the execution ground with his own hands. Now that the Empress Dowager can spare her, not only did Song Shenzong be overjoyed, she nodded, her voice trembling slightly: "Okay!" What to do with them depends on the will of the ancestors. ”

Chen Meiren had to get rid of death, and she didn't know whether to be happy or sad, so she fell to the ground sobbing and choking and crying.

Song Shenzong sighed again, put his hands behind his back, and strode out of the door.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he heard Chen Meiren's miserable cry behind him, as well as the queen's roar and scolding, and he didn't look back, but walked straight away.

In the house, the queen mother is like an angry lioness, remembering that she has been hurt by her for more than ten years, and her menstrual cycle has been repeated, endlessly, not only falling out of favor, but also suffering from both physical and psychological devastation, when she thinks of these, where can she still suppress her anger, pounce on it, hit and kick and scratch and tear, and use all the means that can be used.

Chen Meiren was originally a delicate little woman, she was not the queen's opponent at all, and her two hands were caught by the palace maid, let alone resisting, she didn't even have the ability to resist.

The Empress Dowager watched coldly and did not stop it. Du Wenhao thought to himself that Chen Meiren had harmed the queen for so many years, and she was exempted from the death penalty, the so-called capital crime has been spared, and the living crime is inescapable, and it is also appropriate to suffer some crimes. So I didn't stop it, and I didn't dare to stop it.

This crime was not easy for Chen Meiren, and the queen only rectified Chen Meiren to death, and in the end she was tired and stopped.

At this time, Chen Meiren is no longer a beauty, but a bloody person, the scales and wounds all over her body are no longer enough to describe, most of her hair has been torn off, the hair sticking to her scalp is thrown everywhere, and the bloodshot white bones on her head can be seen, one eye has been scratched and exploded, it has become a blood hole, the bridge of her nose is broken, her tall nose is crooked to one side, her front teeth and molars have fallen out of several pieces, her face is full of blood grooves, her whole face has been completely ruined, her clothes are ragged, on her chest, on her body, and on her legs. There were bloody scratches everywhere, ribs were kicked off, and several fingers were broken.

Seeing that the queen was out of strength to fight, and Chen Meiren was fed up with the crime, the Empress Dowager ordered Chen Meiren to be sent to the cold palace after fainting.

The cold palace is a place in the harem where the guilty concubines and beauties are detained, similar to a prison, with a special attendant who is responsible for the custody. Not to mention the maids, there are no basic living conditions, only two meals a day of moldy food and dirty water.

After escorting Chen Meiren away, the Empress Dowager ordered Fu He and Eunuch Lai to be hanged, the two of them were the main culprits who directly murdered the harem concubines, which was originally a capital crime of beheading, but they truthfully confessed that the Empress Dowager not only bypassed their families, but also left them with a whole corpse.

In view of the fact that Chen Po and Jin Ju were accomplices and truthfully confessed their crimes, they were given a lenient sentence, with fifty lashes each, and Jin Ju was driven out of the palace and sold into slavery. The reason why the Empress Dowager wants to keep Chen Meiren alive is not to sympathize with her, but to let her live as a negative example, so as to rectify the increasingly fierce competition for favor in the harem. Now Chen Meiren only has half a life left, and if no one takes care of her, she will definitely die, so she left Chen Po and asked her to take care of Chen Meiren in the cold palace. After all, Chen Meiren was once the emperor's woman.

In the past two days, the cold spring has come again.

Du Wenhao got up early in the morning and found that the snow had been falling all night until dawn, and the whole land was already covered in silver, which was extremely enchanting.

Du Wenhao has been living in Xuefei'er for the past few days, got up and came out, wanting to go to Pang Yuqin's place to have a look.

Pang Yuqin suddenly felt lazy these days, curled up in bed all day, and didn't even bother to eat. Pang Yuqin is like this, Du Wenhao is suspicious because he has accepted two concubines in a row, Pang Yuqin has a stumble in his heart and does not dare to say it clearly, so he is alienated from himself, and he has been busy with the affairs of the palace recently and rarely asks about the business of the family and Wuweitang, so he has less care. So Du Wenhao decided to go and see her before going out.

Walking to the door of Pang Yuqin's room, I heard someone talking, there seemed to be someone crying softly in the room, Du Wenhao was about to knock on the door, when someone in the door said: "How can you know if you don't say it, it was a great joy, look at you are here to find anger with yourself, isn't it boring?" ”

When Du Wenhao heard that it was Lin Qingdai, and then Pang Yuqin's choked voice, he first sighed, and then said: "That's it, I thought I could live a good life with him like this, but it's only been a year, he already has a new love, and when he told him, he will let it go, and his mind is not here at all." ”

"Here it is again, my sister is not a person with a small belly, and besides, that Li'er is also a marriage, Wen Hao had no way at the beginning, and now although Chen Meiren's mother has fallen, she has been beaten into the cold palace, and Li'er has nowhere to go. As for Fei'er, you also said that she liked Wen Hao at the beginning, and it was only a matter of time before she passed the door. I see that you have always been very affectionate, and he has been busy with the affairs of the palace recently, and he should be very tired and tired, so he is not ignoring you. ”

Du Wenhao felt a little uncomfortable in his heart and knocked on the door.

The two women were talking, when they heard someone knocking on the door, Lin Qingdai motioned to Pang Yuqin to wipe the tears from her cheeks, and then asked who was outside the door.

"It's me!" Du Wenhao replied lazily.

Lin Qingdai hurriedly got up to open the door, Pang Yuqin pulled her sleeve and said to the door: "Isn't Xianggong going to the palace to serve the doctor?" Why don't you leave? ”

"I wanted to come to see you, who would have thought that Sister Qingdai was also there, it was snowing today, why not take a walk in the snow?"

Lin Qingdai saw that Pang Yuqin couldn't bear it anymore, so she snickered and let go of her hand, then got up and walked to the door to open the door.

Lin Qingdai saw that Du Wenhao was wearing a scarlet official robe, with a square round neck ornament around his neck, a leather belt around his waist, and a purple-clothed goldfish bag. He wears a hood on his head and leather shoes on his feet. was rubbing her hands and looking at herself with a smile, Lin Qingdai was so moved, such a handsome young man, a young man with excellent medical skills and a handsome and merry, why is his sister still not satisfied, and when he marries him in the future, ...... Lin Qingdai not only blushed when he thought of this.

"Come in, Master Wen Hao, you two can talk, I'll go to the front hall to have a look." Saying that, Lin Qingdai let Du Wenhao into the room, Pang Yuqin was originally sitting, and lay down before Du Wenhao came in.

Seeing that Pang Yuqin was in a bad mood, Du Wenhao deliberately cooled her first, changed the topic and said to Lin Qingdai with a smile: "Sister, why do you leave as soon as I come, let's talk." A few days ago, I asked my sister to teach me kung fu, but recently I was so busy with trivial things that I didn't have time to practice, so my sister shouldn't be surprised. ”

"I know that you will be lazy, if you always give yourself an excuse for practicing, then don't learn it, anyway, you are in the palace all day now, and the people who want to harm you are also subdued, and you don't have to learn this, you really have to practice, in fact, it is very tiring."

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "If you want to practice, you must practice, but let me for a few days, the one you said you wanted to teach me before...... What the...... What a step, I wonder when you're going to teach me this way to escape. ”

Lin Qingdai pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "You are really, you want to run before you fight, it seems that you are not a material to learn martial arts, okay, you can talk, I will walk in the snow by myself." ”

After that, Lin Qingdai glanced at Pang Yuqin on the bed, and saw her walking in with her back to her, obviously angry, she couldn't help but smile slightly, and looked at Du Wenhao and snorted at Pang Yuqin, asking him to coax, step out of the door, and turn around and gently close the door.

Du Wenhao straightened his robe, walked to the bed and sat down, and when he saw that Pang Yuqin still ignored him, he reached out and hugged her fragrant shoulder, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, are you angry with me?" ”

"If you don't ......, you're sleepy." Pang Yuqin said softly, still not turning around.

Du Wenhao's eyes rolled, he smiled thiefly, rubbed his cold hand, slowly put one hand into the quilt, and groped Pang Yuqin's body: "It's so cold, I want to warm my hands." ”

Pang Yuqin felt Du Wenhao's cold hand touch in from the hem of his clothes, touching his skin, screaming coldly, turning around, grabbing his cold hand, and looking at Du Wenhao with disgust, before he could speak, Du Wenhao's lips were already on her lips.

"Xianggong, you're so annoying!" Pang Yuqin broke free panting, stretched out her pink fist and gently beat Du Wenhao's sturdy chest twice.

Du Wenhao smiled evilly: "I have something I hate even more, do you want to see it?" Saying that, both hands reached into the quilt together, Pang Yuqin was even more shy and unbearable, struggling, but half-pushing and half-pushing. Let her cold hands swim over her warm body, and move her body from time to time to make it more convenient for her to touch.

"Qin'er, I want to be with you!" Du Wenhao gently bit Pang Yuqin's earlobe and said softly in her ear.

"Hmm...... No, early in the morning, you still have to go to the palace to accompany the emperor to the court, hurry up and get busy with you, don't ...... Well...... Don't touch it, please be fair......"

"The emperor won't go to court today, so don't be in a hurry." Du Wenhao muttered while kissing, and didn't listen to Pang Yuqin's duplicity, he took off his clothes and got into the quilt three times and five by two, and hugged Pang Yuqin is a wild kiss.

"Miss me, huh?" Du Wenhao asked, but his hands were not idle groping on Pang Yuqin's body from the peak to the trough, from the flower buds to the stream, until Pang Yuqin's face was crimson and his eyes were blurred.

"Want to ......"

"How much do you want?" Du Wenhao knew that Pang Yuqin was ready for himself, and he was ready to get on the horse and gallop.

"Ah...... Xianggong, why are you so bad, I ...... Yes...... Hmmm......" Pang Yuqin twisted her delicate body, and her voice gradually became faster.

"You haven't told me yet, how much do you miss me?" Du Wenhao continued to ask.

“…… I want to think about it, I want to ...... it."

"I miss you too!" Du Wenhao hugged Pang Yuqin tightly and said sincerely.

After a gust of wind and rain, everything was calm.

Du Wenhao hugged Pang Yuqin and wanted to sleep back, but was pulled up by Pang Yuqin: "Okay, Xianggong, don't rely on it, hurry up and go to the palace, so as not to make a mistake, that's great!" Pang Yuqin sat up naked, and wanted to get out of bed to find the underwear and official robes that Du Wenhao threw everywhere for him.

Du Wenhao pulled Pang Yuqin's smooth body into his arms from behind, then covered the quilt for her, and said softly: "Don't worry, let me hug you, I haven't hugged you like this for a few days." ”

Pang Yuqin's grievances these days were melted away by the warmth just now, she obediently leaned on Du Wenhao's chest, quietly listened to his heartbeat, and squinted happily.

Du Wenhao stroked Pang Yuqin's hair and satin-like smooth back: "Qin'er, we will stay together like this for the rest of our lives." Believe me! Although I have two concubines, you are the most distressed woman for me! ”

Pang Yuqin was shocked, could it be that Xianggong had heard the conversation between herself and Sister Qingdai just now, she got up and looked at Du Wenhao's face, and saw that he was also looking at herself seriously, so she said, "You heard everything?" ”

Du Wenhao said with a smile: "I didn't want to hear it, but I still can't help but want to hear what you say." Let's see if you're on point. As he spoke, he gently scraped Pang Yuqin's little nose with his hand.

"Nasty!" Pang Yuqin glanced at him coquettishly, and was a little embarrassed, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Xianggong, I shouldn't be so stingy, I ......"

Du Wenhao covered her mouth and said: "You are not wrong, you don't need to say anything sorry, but I ignored your feelings, don't hide anything in the future, communicate in time, because we want to live together for a lifetime, always like this, it will affect our feelings, you know?" ”

Pang Yuqin nodded hurriedly and leaned back on Du Wenhao's chest.

"Sister Qingdai said that you have a happy event to tell me, can you say it now?"

Pang Yuqin was embarrassed, buried her head in the quilt and giggled herself.