Chapter 246: Above the Wedding
At noon the next day, Shi Lang's wedding officially began!
In the Canglang Pavilion, there are gongs and drums, and it is very lively.
The officials of the Suzhou Mansion, the Dongting Merchant Gang, and all the officers of the Xuanjia Army with more than 1,000 households came to attend the wedding.
In the middle of the lobby, Shi Lang and Xu Ru are placed in the high hall, and Fang Yuan and Princess Kunxing are the witnesses of each party.
"Worship heaven and earth!"
"Second worship high hall!"
"Husband and wife!"
Shi Lang, who was smiling all over his face, and Xu Ru, who was covered with a red hijab, bowed one by one in an orderly manner according to the process of the wedding.
"Husband and wife drink together!"
The celebrant sang and harmonized, and the maidservant gave the gourd scoop in front of them, which was full of wine.
Shi Lang and Xu Ru picked up half of the gourd scoop according to etiquette, and were about to drink the wine, when they suddenly heard Qin Zhan's loud shout, "Commander Shi, slow down!" ”
Everyone was stunned, Shi Lang and Xu Ru also put down the gourd scoop, and their eyes fell on Qin Zhan.
Qin Zhan hurriedly came to Fang Yuan, Ling Jinyi Wei brought a dead cat and said, "Boss, the maid in the kitchen came to report that a cat was poisoned, I suspect that someone was poisoned during the banquet, let's stop the wedding first!" ”
Fang Yuan looked at the dead cat that Qin Zhan had brought over, frowned slightly, and pointed to the gourd scoop with the wine in the hands of the two of them, "Fourth, immediately order Jinyiwei to thoroughly investigate all the delicacies present, as well as the wine." ”
Qin Zhan immediately instructed Jin Yiwei to start inspecting the delicacies of the banquet one by one, and he personally served the gourd scoop in front of Shi Lang and Xu Ru, and first tested the poison with a silver needle, but the silver needle did not respond.
Qin Zhan found a wild cat in public and fed it, and in front of everyone's eyes, the wild cat had convulsions in less than three minutes, and died in about a quarter of an hour.
Fang Yuan looked at all this, his face gloomy and he didn't say a word.
Qin Zhan came to Fang Yuan and arched his hand and said, "Boss, this kind of arsenic can't even detect poison with a silver needle, it's very powerful!" ”
Hu Qi whispered in his ear, "Fang Junmen, this is the arsenic of the night in the cave room with the princess!" ”
Fang Yuan glanced at Qin Zhan, Qin Zhan's heart trembled, worried that he would see the clues, so he lowered his gaze and said, "Boss, these people are too rampant, do you want to do it?" ”
Fang Yuan retracted his gaze, closed his eyes slightly and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes and said, "Commander Hu, arrest someone!" ”
Hu Qi got his order, and immediately sent twenty brocade guards to rush in from the outer courtyard, rushed directly to the outside of the hall, and arrested Princess Kunxing's personal maid Xiaodouzi, together with the three palace maids and four eunuchs who were verified as spies.
Princess Kunxing saw that Jinyiwei took the people serving beside her as soon as she entered, and she was so shocked that she was about to stop it, but Fang Yuan got up and pulled her out of the hall.
The guests gathered together, and it was Shi Lang's wedding gift, Fang Yuan ordered Qin Zhan to stay and continue to receive the guests, while Hu Qi's brocade guards took the detained palace maids and eunuchs to the backyard.
In the pavilion by the pool, Fang Yuan sat upright in the middle, Xiao Yuan was also sitting beside him because he was pregnant, and Hu Qi, Jing Jie, and Su Hongyu stood on the side, waiting for Fang Yuan's instructions.
Fang Yuan's fingers knocked on the stone chair suddenly, his cold gaze swept over the panicked Princess Kunxing, stared at Xiao Douzi and the others who came up, and said slowly, "Recruit it!" ”
Xiaodouzi was a thief, lowered his gaze, and said stiffly, "What are you talking about?" Slaves don't understand! ”
It was Shi Lang's happy day, but he was embarrassed by the sudden poisoning, Fang Yuan was also angry in his heart, and he didn't bother to talk to these spies sent by Queen Zhou, "Commander Hu, start scolding her with a cane, and beat her until she recruits!" ”
Princess Kunxing saw that the wolf-like Jinyi guard was about to step forward again, and hurriedly stopped in front of Xiaodouzi, and Chong Fangyuan asked, "Don Ma, do you want to torture to extract a confession again?" ”
Fang Yuan didn't want to find out about the previous poisoning of Xiaodouzi and others in the cave room, let alone expose the conspiracy of Queen Zhou to poison and assassinate Fang Yuan, so she said coldly, "Princess, I have already examined it clearly, Xiaodouzi is the spy who poisoned her. ”
Princess Kunxing was displeased and said, "You just caught someone, and you haven't asked yet, how do you know it's her?" ”
Fang Yuan's ignorant behavior towards her was crying and laughing, and he said to Hu Qi, "Commander Hu, you come on." ”
Hu Qi hurriedly said respectfully, "Princess, Jinyiwei has already verified that Xiaodouzi, as well as these three palace maids, and the four eunuchs are the spies who are mixed around the princess and ready to poison and assassinate at any time." ”
Princess Kunxing said unconvinced, "What about the evidence? I want to see the evidence! ”
Hu Qi glanced at Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan nodded, and Hu Qi took out the evidence from Jinyiwei's investigation, and Xiaodouzi secretly sent the fold to the capital through the post station.
Princess Kunxing looked at the voucher signed by the post station, and asked Xiaodouzi in amazement, "Xiaodouzi, what are you handing to the palace?" ”
Xiaodouzi saw that the physical evidence was there, and simple denial could not get through the trick, so she could only start making up stories with five points of truth and five points of falsehood, "Yes, it is the queen mother who is worried about the princess, and she wants the slave to secretly report the princess's situation to the palace every ten days." ”
Queen Zhou already loves Princess Kunxing very much, and it is natural for her mother to care about her daughter who is far away in Jiangnan, Princess Kunxing believed Xiaodouzi's words, stared at Fang Yuan and said, "This is just sending a fold to the palace, where is there evidence of Xiaodouzi's poisoning?" ”
With a sneer on the corner of Xiao Yuan's mouth, she poured Fang Yuan full of tea, and the more Princess Kunxing resisted, the greater Fang Yuan's anger became, and it was right in her arms. Once Fang Yuan's anger was uncontrollable, it was time for Princess Kunxing to be unlucky.
"Enough!"
Hu Qi was about to say more, when Fang Yuan had already snorted coldly and interrupted him, "Princess, Your Majesty promised you to me just to send her ......"
Fang Yuan pointed to Mama Liang beside the princess and said, "Come to spy on me and the Xuanjia Army." ”
Princess Kunxing almost couldn't believe her ears, and said angrily with a pink face, "Nonsense! Mama Liang, don't you say? ”
Now that Fang Yuan has seen through it, Mama Liang is also frank and dang to serve as a supervisor for Chongzhen, there is no need to hide her identity, and said loudly, "Princess, it was Your Majesty who ordered me to serve the princess, but there is still a task, that is, to monitor the horses, and I will send a copy to the capital every half month." ”
Mama Liang stared at Fang Yuan again and said, "Horse, this point, when the horse was selected, Empress Yi'an informed you, and you also agreed, Your Majesty did not hide it from you." ”
Fang Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, Mama Liang, you are the prison sent by His Majesty, I admit this, and I accept His Majesty's surveillance." ”
"But!"
Fang Yuan's gaze fell on the frightened little bean with a bloodless face, and said sharply, "You are sent by Empress Zhou to fish in troubled waters and want to wait for an opportunity to assassinate me." ”
Princess Kunxing's gaze met Fang Yuan's gaze without giving way, and she scolded loudly, "Nonsense! The queen mother loves me the most, why should she hurt you?! ”
Fang Yuan's patience with her was at its peak, but his anger gradually subsided, and he said with a calm face, "Princess, I and Queen Zhou and the crown prince have long been on the same page, and the queen and the prince have long regarded me as a thorn in their side, and they want to get rid of them as soon as possible." ”
Princess Kunxing covered her ears and shook her head desperately, "I don't listen!" I don't believe it! As you said, why do you want to marry me back to Jiangnan? ”
Fang Yuan's heart trembled slightly, his eyes were closed, he calmed down the ups and downs in his heart slightly, and said slowly, "Princess, marrying you is not what I want, it was His Majesty who sent Empress Yi'an to forcibly give the marriage, and I am a holy order!" ”
When Princess Kunxing heard this, she was struck by lightning, her delicate body staggered and almost stood unsteadily, her pink face was already pale as ashes, tears also gushed out, and she asked angrily, "Fang Yuan, are you saying that you have never liked me, and you are just forced to marry me?!" ”
In the face of her questioning, Fang Yuan's heart was full of colic, his body was trembling slightly, and he responded in a deep voice, "Yes!" ”
Princess Kunxing was so angry that she couldn't breathe, coughed violently, lowered her head and cried, "Father, Mother, Fang Yuan, you all lied to me!" I hate you guys! Hate you guys! ”
She has never been wronged and deceived since she was a child, not to mention that the three people closest to her deceived her and betrayed her together, she was angry and anxious, and she couldn't breathe, and she had fainted to death.
Su Hongyu, who was closest to her, hurriedly stepped forward to help her body, hugged her in her arms, and asked Mama Liang, who was serving, to help her down to rest.
Xiao Yuan got up again and poured tea for Fang Yuan, the joy in her heart was incomprehensible, her plan was easily successful, and it was smoother than expected.
After the princess was helped down, Fang Yuan slowly opened his eyes and said, "Hu Qi, detain all the spies and wait for them to be released." ”
Hu Qi sent Jinyi Wei to escort Xiaodouzi and the others down, and asked, "Fang Junmen, how will the princess be treated?" ”
Fang Yuan was silent for a while, and said lightly, "I'll think about how to deal with it, and find the best doctor to diagnose her first." ”
He looked at Su Hongyu again and explained, "Sister Su, you are also a woman, so go take care of and appease the princess, and there can be no difference." ”
Su Hongyu nodded in response and went with Mama Liang and her party of palace maids.
Xiao Yuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, the coldness on his face flashed, and then he put on a concerned smile and said softly, "Childe, you are also tired, I will help you go back to rest." ”
Fang Yuan nodded, and Xiao Yuan said to Jingjie again, "Third uncle, the reception of the wedding banquet will be handed over to you, remember, there must not be a word of it!" ”
Jing Jie was stunned, the people caught by Jinyiwei at the banquet were seen by everyone present, where could they hide it?