The third day of the first month of the fifth year of Tang Yonghui.

The night was dark.

Tai Chi Palace.

Because of the recent incident of the little princess of the Lizheng Palace, Li Zhi ordered that all matters in the palace should be stopped, and no matter how urgent things are, they should be moved to the future.

Therefore, although it is the New Year's Festival at the moment, the entire Taiji Palace is quiet, without any festive attitude during the New Year's Festival in the old days.

Not only is there no festive state, but even in the Lizheng Palace, you can see white curtains everywhere, hanging without the slightest taboo.

(Note: Stability died before the age of one, according to the rites should be the country, and the Lizheng Palace belongs to the harem, according to the example, it is also a national funeral can not hang such a heavy filial piety, will be said to be a great disrespect, and even cursing the emperor and queen for early death is a big crime)

But despite this, no one dared to ask.

There is no other reason, the only two people in the Taiji Palace who can be in charge of the affairs should be managed, one is the person who ordered the Lizheng Palace to break the routine practice of this heavy filial piety, and the other is the person who was ordered to be banned in the palace, just waiting to find out the truth......

Who cares?

Former ministers?

At present, for the ministers, what they are more concerned about is whether the body of the person who made the decree can recover as soon as possible, and as for these trivial matters, since there is an earth-shattering precedent like Princess Jinyang, it is not a big deal.

But in the eyes of the ministers, it is not a big deal, but not necessarily in the back court, and soon such news spread to Wanchun Palace.

Therefore, although there were many inconveniences in the news that Queen Wang was banned from the palace, she also knew about it, and she was even more resentful and cried all day long.

It's a pity that she cried to herself, and Li Zhi didn't care about her-

Since the day before yesterday, when Li Zhi heard that she was suspected of killing her daughter, the sentence "The queen dared to kill my beloved daughter" set the final tragedy for her.

The people in the palace are no matter how confused they are now, and they also know that unless they can prove that the previous rumors about Wu Zhaoyi killing her daughter just to frame the queen and make her abdicate are true, her life is destined to be a tragic ending.

Even if this rumor can really be proved to be true, even if Wu Zhaoyi really killed his own daughter, just to frame her......

She will only end up in an even more unbearable situation - everyone, especially the ministers of the previous dynasty who always stared at the harem, will only question even more that she, as a queen, is so incompetent and framed by a concubine to this point, or is there something else hidden in it?

So in any case, from the moment the rumor came out that she killed the little princess, her fate was sealed.

At this moment, the queen is also clear, so she can only despair except crying and screaming.

She is unwilling, but even if she is unwilling, things have come to this point.

She didn't understand, but she didn't understand anymore, and things had come to this point.

So after she cried for a few days, slowly, she didn't even get up.

Looking at her expression, some people are naturally worried.

And the most worried person is naturally the old waiter who is closest to her.

"Mother, you can't just be depressed!

It's not the worst yet, can't you ......"

"Not the worst?

Do you want to tell Hongu that there is a worse ending than this? ”

The queen looked at the old servant indifferently.

The old waiter shook his head, and tried to persuade her:

"Mother, there is still hope, there is really hope!

As long as we can prove that Niangniang didn't kill the little girl directly, naturally Niangniang still has a chance to live! ”

Queen Wang sneered:

"Don't you understand?

Bengu has already performed a curse, but in fact, it was really Bengu who killed her......

It's just that he didn't touch her with his hands......

Didn't you follow that day?

Hongu took her hair from the front foot...... The news of her death came from the back foot......

It was this palace who cursed and killed her, and it was this palace who avenged her father.

Hongu has never regretted doing this.

But this palace doesn't understand, this palace really doesn't understand, why?

Why can such a confidential matter be revealed?!

That Wen Niang......

That Wen Niang!

When Hongu left, she was still alive and well...... Bengong left her, but it was just to be a witness for Bengong!!

Why did she become the living dead?!

Why?! If she lived......

As long as she's alive......"

Queen Wang gritted her teeth, and a tear crossed her face and flowed down:

"This palace will be able to get out of this matter without a clean face! Why did she become the living dead!! ”

The old waiter sighed, thought for a while, and suddenly said:

"Niangniang, speaking of this, the old slave also thinks it is strange!

Although in order to keep warm, the little girl did not freeze to death, and indeed a lot of charcoal was added.

But when we went, the windows were open several times, and there was no chance to store charcoal!

And in the days when the old slave entered the palace, he looked at it coldly, and that Wen Niang was also a very knowledgeable person......

How can we close the window and door immediately after we are all gone, so that we can store charcoal?

Niangniang, although this thing is extremely toxic, it will take a little time to accumulate it.

What's more, the Lizheng Hall is not small, and it is not easy to fill it with charcoal that can poison a child, not to mention that there is a Wen Niang who has been poisoned into a living dead?

Didn't she notice it in time and tightly open the window to breathe?

Also, there are rumors in the palace that His Majesty is angry because he really saw the side of the little girl's lips, and there are traces of some cloth pressing, so he decided that it was the mother's doing.

That......

We all know that Niangniang really didn't kill her with her own hands......

Where did the traces of the cloth press come from? ”

The work reminded Queen Wang, and also made her complaining for many days gradually calm down.

After thinking for a long time, Queen Wang suddenly raised her head, although her face was still wet with tears, her eyes gradually calmed down:

"That's right......

You're hitting the nail on the head.

This little girl did die at the hands of Bengong, but she was not really killed by Bengong herself.

The traces of the press of the cloth are indeed suspicious.

And that Wen Niang. ”

Queen Wang said softly:

"There is one thing, you don't know, when His Majesty first ascended the throne, when she followed Xu Hui, Xu Hui Zhen was looking for death and life for the first emperor several times, and she tried to accumulate charcoal to make peace and quiet, but she broke it......

Such a person would never have imagined that in such weather, if the doors and windows of the Lizheng Hall were closed, it would inevitably be bad. ”

Queen Wang bit her lower lip, and suddenly said lightly:

"Also, when we left from the Lizheng Palace, until Wu Meiniang and His Majesty went to the Lizheng Palace, and found that when the little girl died, it was just a cup of tea in the middle......

According to the palace, the way of ventilation and ventilation in the Lizheng Palace is the most in the entire Taiji Palace, that is, Wen Niang can close all the doors and windows of the entire Lizheng Palace, and it is impossible for the charcoal to be in the huge dormitory, and it only takes a cup of tea to gather enough.

Not to mention ......"

Queen Wang blinked, and suddenly said:

"I think it's strange for you to say that......

Don't mention anything else, whether it's Wu Meiniang or Your Majesty himself, she regards this little girl as if she was the tip of her heart, why was she willing to let Wen Niang watch in the palace? ”

The old waiter nodded and said with relief:

"As soon as the mother came back to her senses, didn't she see through it immediately?

It seems that this time, it was really Wu Meiniang who deliberately framed her. ”

Queen Wang thought about it for a long time, but suddenly shook her head slowly:

"No......

Not necessarily......

The pain of Wu Meiniang's loss of her daughter, this palace saw it with her own eyes, and it was categorically true.

Besides, when she was in the Taiji Palace, she was always with His Majesty, but at that time, we were in the Lizheng Palace.

At that time, the little girl and Wen Niang were all fine, and there was no problem.

So the problem must be in the time when we leave the tea when His Majesty takes Wu Meiniang back to the palace! ”

The old waiter's eyes widened and he looked at the queen:

"What does Niangniang mean ......

Someone else in between? ”

Queen Wang thought about it for a while, and suddenly seemed to understand something, and sneered:

"yes......

If it weren't for someone else, how could she achieve a good ending where Bengong and Wu Meiniang would hurt each other and she would be profitable? ”

The old waiter suddenly said a name softly, and then said hatefully:

"Sure enough...... She has always pretended to be honest and responsible, but she is all a lie!

Mother, what can we do now?

Do you want Your Majesty to know? ”

"Let Your Majesty know? It doesn't make any sense. Now His Majesty has no affection for the palace at all, and saying this will only make His Majesty even more distrustful of the palace.

The one who really should know about this is the one who just lost his daughter. ”

Queen Wang sneered and looked ahead:

"She will lead the wolf to drive the tiger, why can't this palace make a plan and let her fight with Wu Meiniang?"

Next.

Afternoon.

Lizheng Palace.

Mei Niang sat in a daze, until Ryan's hurried footsteps came in, and there was no response.

Ryan didn't have any expression, just stood in front of Mei Niang blankly, and after a while, he said softly:

"Mother, Ryan heard one thing, one thing about the little princess, and ...... Wen Niang's business. ”

Mei Niang's eyelids didn't move, and after a while, she slowly asked softly in a hoarse voice:

"What's the matter?"

"Someone deliberately released the news to let Ryan know.

When the queen left, only Wen Niang and the little princess were in the entire Lizheng Palace, and the other grandmothers and nurses were gone.

Also, the queen left to the lord and rushed back with the mother, and there was only a cup of tea in the middle, even if the entire Lizheng Palace was a sea of charcoal pots, it was not so quick to poison people with charcoal. ”

Rui said quietly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him or Mei Niang.

Mei Niang also had the same attitude, and asked lightly:

"Anything else?"

"Yes, the last thing seems to have nothing to do with it, but when you look closely, it can be said to be proof."

"Say."

"A few days ago, the wizard who escaped from the palace of the queen in advance, and still does not know where to go, just like the old woman who was introduced to the palace by the mother before, is also the concubine in the palace specially placed in His Royal Highness Wanchun.

The queen also seems to have just figured out why this wizard has such great power, he can really curse the little princess, and he can also predict the danger and escape from the palace in advance. ”

Mei Niang's gaze finally focused, and she slowly turned her head and stared at Ruian, whose gaze was also sharp and substantial:

"Thousand Autumn Palace?"

Ryan nodded slowly.

Mei Niang didn't say a word, but Ryan clearly saw that her hands on her knees were already tightly held to the point of whiteness.

For a long time, for a long time, she asked softly:

"Those people in our palace, what results can your master judge?"

"Yes.

The two most intimate grandmothers of the little princess were recommended by Concubine Wei (Wei's), and at that time, because the lord trusted the concubine, he did not investigate in detail.

Only in the first instance did I know that it was the old attendant Xiao Shi who recommended them to Concubine Wei.

And this Shaw ...... It was the person who recommended Concubine Xiao Shu to Concubine Wei to enter the East Palace as Liangdi.

Although she was forced to degrade her grade because of the peeping on her mother's affairs at that time, she did not leave Concubine Wei and stayed by her side all the time.

This time, the two grandmothers said that it was also because they got the news, saying that the eldest princess in the Qianqiu Palace was seriously ill and got the Lord's will, but they recruited a few old people from outside the palace to serve the sick together, so they thought about going to reminisce about the old days and walked away. ”

Mei Niang lowered her eyes, and said lightly after a long time:

"Does Jiro know that?"

Ryan nodded:

"Just knew."

"How?"

"Kill them all with a rod and bury them for the little princess."

"Hui Zhilang's words, just say that my Yan'er and they didn't serve well during their lifetimes, and they don't need to mention it after they die.

It is enough to kill them with a rod, but they must not be buried beside my daughters, and they should be thrown as far away as they can from my daughters. ”

"Yes."

"Also, that wizard, if that's right, must have fled to the Xiao family beside Concubine Wei for help......

You go and ask Jiro to give the Shadow Guard, whether it's the wizard or the Xiao family, I want to live......

I want them to stand alive before me, and I will watch them, and watch them suffer all the most painful punishments in the world, to honor my sons......

to avenge Wen Niang......

Don't tell Jiro word for word, understand? ”

"Yes!"

When Ryan heard the word Wen Niang, his eyes were slightly red, but he still asked firmly:

"Niangniang, where is Concubine Xiao? And the queen, are you really going to let her go? ”

"Leave her alone?"

Mei Niang smiled:

"If it weren't for her, how could Yan'er have died......

Leave her alone? ”

She smiled, and her lips that had not been dotted with Zhu actually bloomed with some blood beads like blood peonies:

"Yan'er is dead...... The two of them were used as burial offerings...... It's kind of character.

Wang Shanrou, isn't she always resentful of not being able to honor her unsuccessful father?

and Xiao Yuyin, doesn't she always regret that her ancestor went too early and couldn't take good care of herself like Wang Shanrou?

Don't worry, Ryan, I will fulfill their wishes and send them on their way to meet their ancestors.

For Yan'er, and for Wen Niang......

I will personally send them down to the Yellow Springs! ”