In Lantian Palace, Yuan Rui asked Sun Qian curiously: "In the harem, have you ever heard of a place called 'Black House'?" ”

Sun Qian complained: "This harem is like a huge cage, the concubines always have such and such things to do every day, and they are not free at all, how can they have the opportunity to hear these rumors?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Yuan Rui's face sank: "Don't make analogies!" Have you ever been in jail? Do you know what life the prisoners are like? Suddenly realized that his tone was wrong, and hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm not in a good mood today." ”

Sun Qian didn't care, but held Yuan Rui's palm with concern: "It's the concubine who lost her words, Shangguan seniors and Butterfly are His Majesty's right-hand men, and now one of them died with hatred, and the other is in prison, but the concubine is still complaining at this time, it really shouldn't be, it should be the concubine who apologizes to His Majesty!" ”

Yuan Rui patted the back of Sun Qian's hand: "Okay!" This matter has been revealed, and neither of you nor I will mention it again. ”

Sun Qian nodded obediently in agreement.

Yuan Rui: "That's right! When I first came down to the court, I was distraught and mistakenly broke into a place called the Black House, and according to the eunuch Cao Ying, who was in charge, it was a royal private prison, but I didn't know it before, so I just made an inquiry. ”

Sun Qian: "I see...... Concubines...... I've never heard of ......."

At this time, Pang Yu'er, the palace maid who was still in a daze on the side just now, heard Yuan Rui and the others mention the "black house", and her expression suddenly changed, and she trembled slightly. She was one of the palace maids who served Hu Bizhu, and after Hu Bizhu collapsed for the crime of disturbing the country, she should have been repatriated to her hometown or transferred to another place with other close palace maids and eunuchs, but Sun Qian saw that she was very likable, and she was not very gregarious with the rest of the palace maids, so she was worried that she would be bullied elsewhere, so she kept her and served herself. Her strange expression happened to be captured by Sun Qian, so she asked her, "Pang Yu'er, do you know this?" ”

Pang Yu'er fell to her knees when she heard this, but startled Yuan Rui and Sun Qian: "The slave maid secretly heard that Queen Hu and Miss Anshu had passed in advance, so Peng ...... Imperial Physician Peng Jun was beaten to death by Cao Hu in the dark room! "Because Yuan Changqing belongs to the abolished emperor and is not recognized by the imperial court, Hu Bizhu, the queen mother, can not be counted, and can still only be called the queen.

Sun Qian picked up Pang Yu'er: "Just listen to it, it's not a big deal, don't be so alarmed!" But it's really creepy that Cao Vulture acted so ruthlessly. ”

Yuan Rui: "Peng Jun seduced Cui Zhaoyi, no wonder the imperial brother is so angry." ”

Pang Yuer: "It may not be the first emperor who ordered the killing, but Empress Hu!" ”

Yuan Rui was shocked when he heard this: "This matter is related to Queen Hu? ”

Sun Qian also felt a chill down her spine: "Pang Yu'er, how did you find out?" ”

Pang Yu'er's nose was sour, and she burst into tears: "Back to Your Majesty and the Queen, since Queen Hu stayed in Lantian Palace, Pang Yuer has been serving her personally on the orders of the Queen Mother. Queen Hu had a bad temper and often beat and scolded corporal punishment, and everyone had to endure it silently. It's just that I didn't expect that since Cui Zhaoyi entered the palace, Queen Hu has become more and more arbitrary because of jealousy and hatred, not only fornicating with the guards and doctors, but also rewarding the palace maids to play with those concubines for a while, and the slaves and maids were the first to be played with by the imperial doctor Peng Jun. ”

"Bastard!" Yuan Rui couldn't hold back any longer, and scolded, "The dignity of the royal family has been trampled on by her to this point!" ”

Sun Qian took Pang Yu'er's hand distressedly: "Poor child! Why didn't you make it clear to the Queen Mother at that time? ”

Yuan Rui replied on her behalf: "She is a subordinate, how dare she talk nonsense everywhere when she encounters such a thing, and if she is not good, she will lose her life!" In this way, this Peng Jun is bold enough, and he dares to touch the queen and Zhaoyi! ”

Sun Qian sighed: "It's a pity that Cui Zhaoyi, a generation of beauties, is ......"

"Cui Zhaoyi may be innocent!" Pang Yu'er's words shocked Yuan Rui and the others again, "Every time Peng Jun comes over...... When the slave is a slave, a special aphrodisiac incense is always lit, and the men and women who smell it will be aroused by this incense to the primitive animal desire and rejoice desperately. The slave maid also heard about Cui Zhaoyi's incident, and suspected that she had a similar encounter with the slave maid, so she couldn't help but feel more concerned about the follow-up. Once I accidentally heard Queen Hu instruct Miss Anshu to dredge Cao Ying's father-in-law quickly and secretly dispose of Peng Jun, and it didn't take long for the news that Peng Jun died in the 'black house'...... According to these signs, the slave and maid will have this inference, discuss the first emperor and concubine, and ask Your Majesty and the queen to forgive their sins! She kowtowed as she spoke, she didn't know why she said so much in one breath today, if it was in normal times, even if these words were rotten in her stomach, she wouldn't mention half a word to outsiders, maybe because Sun Qian treated her very well, and Hu Bizhu was so different that she had an urge to tell her everything she knew, or maybe she just held it back for too long and needed someone to talk to.

Yuan Rui was completely stunned at this moment, he couldn't imagine that this deep palace was so filthy, if the mother's diary brought by Yuan Ye could only faintly take people to spy on the dark side of the palace, then the current Pang Yu'er dictated that the dark side was nakedly placed in front of Yuan Rui, and the impact on people's hearts was incomparable.

After a long while, Yuan Rui remembered to stop Pang Yu'er from continuing to kowtow: "What are your crimes, I have to thank you well, if you don't tell the truth, how can I know the truth about this!" ”

Of course, Yuan Rui would not just listen to Pang Yu'er's one-sided words and make a conclusion, he immediately found the palace maids, eunuchs and guards of the original Lantian Palace who were still in the palace. However, after layers of interrogation, the truth that gradually surfaced shocked Yuan Rui again, and it was even more shocking than the inside story mentioned by Pang Yuer.

"Humble and awaiting, he was forcibly stopped by Queen Hu when he was patrolling Lantian Palace, and he ...... with her Adultery! ”

"The slave maid Qian Xiao, like Pang Yu'er, was also given to Peng Jun by Queen Hu to spoil ......"

"Slave Yan Xue, on the day of Cui Zhaoyi's accident, she was entrusted by Miss Anshu to lure away Miss Guifeng."

"The slave maid Zhen Hong once visited Dr. Zheng Yiquan, a famous doctor in Luoyang, for Queen Hu."

"Humble Jia Sixteenth, Doctor Zheng who was found by Miss Zhen Hong was removed by the order of Queen Hu, I don't know why."

"Slave Lang Xin, on the day the first emperor died, I saw Miss Anshu go to ask the general Hu Shen in a panic."

"Slave maid Liu Wenying, the day after the death of the first emperor, when cleaning Queen Hu's bedroom, he found blood stains under the bed."

"The slave Cheng Peng once found suspected fetal pills in the medicine residue poured out by Queen Hu."

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Listening to their intermittent and bits and pieces of narration, coupled with Pang Yuer's testimony, Yuan Rui was able to roughly piece together the truth about the death of Cui Jiaren and Yuan Yao. People in the world always say that the turmoil of the dynasty is blamed on one or two women, Meixi, Daji, and Baoxi...... All of them. And Yuan Rui always likes to excuse them, if it weren't for the king's lust, how could he allow them to cause trouble to the dynasty, but this time, he couldn't find a reason to forgive Hu Bizhu.

dismissed everyone, Yuan Rui immediately arranged for Sun Qian to move out of Lantian Palace, and used Cuibai Palace, which was farthest away from it, as the queen's bedroom. In addition, he also made two decisions: remove the "black house" and drive Cao Vultures out of the palace; Posthumously crowned Cui Jia as the queen of Yuan Yao, and buried the emperor's mausoleum with Yuan Yao.

When Yuan Rui said these two decisions in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military personnel, he was unanimously and heartily applauded, saying that this was a just move to redress grievances and a sign of the prosperity of the Great Wei Dynasty. Even Sun Rong's party, this time it is unprecedented that he did not sing the opposite, after all, Hu Bizhu was killed by Sun Rong, and the more she is portrayed as evil, the more Sun Rong's "justice" can be reflected. It's just that for the removal of the "black house", many courtiers still "kindly reminded" Yuan Rui that they should not cut off the room for maneuver and flexibility in the future for the sake of today's momentary speed.

Yuan Rui was very resolute: "What kind of roundabout? Worried that once some things are made public, it will hurt the dignity of Dawei? If I want to say, it is the most undignified to hide it in every possible way and finally be known! As long as your heart is open, you don't need such a dark place that you don't even dare to name! ”

Since he said so, it is inconvenient for the ministers to say anything, but many people still can't help muttering to themselves in their hearts, now that you are so arrogant, see if you can do it in the future!

The next day, Chongxin Hou's Mansion, as usual, Cui Mingyou collapsed in a wheelchair, looking at the busy people in the mansion, but his heart was like a pool of stagnant water, without a single ripple.

Suddenly, a subordinate rushed in with a smile on his face: "Master Hou! Exultation! Master Hou! Exultation! ”

Cui Mingyou disagreed: "What's the joy? ”

Descendant: "Your Majesty rehabilitated Zhaoyi, not only posthumously crowned her as the queen, but also gave her a special burial with the first emperor." We, Cui, can raise our heads again! ”

"Really?" Cui Mingyou was excited to stand up when he heard this, forgetting that his legs were crippled, of course, as soon as his butt left the chair and fell back heavily, "Is this true?" ”

Subordinate: "It's true! ”

Cui Mingyou was ecstatic for a while, as if the world had regained color, but then he couldn't help but feel sad, wiping his tears and muttering: "Da Wei treats me Cui Shi well, but what did I do to Da Wei......