Chapter 829: Cold Palace

Shi Zhongchen asked the little eunuch who came to report the news: "What happened, why did the emperor summon our family?" ”

The little eunuch who reported the news rarely saw the chief manager once, and said solemnly: "If you go back to the chief manager, it's because of Concubine Xiao Shu's matter." Today, the queen went to Concubine Xiao's palace and found three straw men......"

Shi Zhongchen sighed and said, "Straw man? He wiped off the sweat, threw away the hand towel, and said, "Don't waste time, talk as you go." ”

The little eunuch followed behind him, and as he walked, he told the whole story of the matter, which naturally added a lot of material.

What does Shi Zhongchen do, he has been in the palace all his life, as long as he listens to the beginning, he knows the result. Queen Wang rarely goes to Concubine Xiao Shu's palace, but as soon as she went today, she grabbed Concubine Xiao's fatal handle, is this possible? The devil believes that it is possible!

Don't say that Concubine Xiao Shu may not be able to do such a stupid thing as a straw man, even if she wants to tie it, the straw man of the queen and the new prince will not be able to do it, why should she pierce the emperor, if the emperor dies and her son has not had time to become the crown prince, then wouldn't she be bad!

Besides, even if you want to do such a rebellious thing as a straw man, you have to be very secretive, how can you hide the straw man under the pillow and be searched by the queen at once?

Whoever the straw man is, it is obvious that he does not understand the method of using the straw man curse. The correct way to do this is to tie up the straw man and put it in the place where the cursed man rests. For example, the straw man who cursed the queen had to be placed in the place where the queen slept, such as under the bed, and it had to prick blood or something, a series of *** works are very complicated.

But no matter how complicated it is, there is absolutely no straw man under the spellcaster's own pillow, this method of spell casting is not right. The great wizard who invented the straw man in the first place wouldn't make this kind of thing so simple, wouldn't that be too cheap, and there would be no mystery!

When he arrived at the Manna Palace, the little eunuch finished the matter. Shi Zhongchen snorted coldly in his heart, he already understood what was going on, there was no need to interrogate at all, those straw men must have been pierced by the queen herself, and then planted on Concubine Xiao Shu's head. This kind of trick is okay to fool others, but it's not good to fool him...... The chief manager can be anyone who can be the boss!

Shi Zhongchen entered the Ganlu Palace, and saw Li Zhi sitting behind the dragon book case, panting for breath, gritting his teeth and cursing in a low voice, it seemed that he was so angry!

Shi Zhongchen thought to himself: "This kind of thing, any emperor has to be angry." But then again, if you don't make the emperor angry, how can you fight the opponent down, the queen's move is indeed enough to damage. Ah, it won't be Wu Meiniang's bad woman, a trick for her, right? ”

When Li Zhi saw Shi Zhongchen coming, he slapped the table and said, "Zhongchen, you are here, I have something to hand over to you, you go and interrogate Concubine Xiao Shu, she dares to curse me with a straw man!" With that, he threw the straw man off the table and onto the ground.

Shi Zhongchen silently picked up the grass man, looked at it, and thought: "This kind of straw man, turned out in anyone's palace, can be regarded as evidence, and it is not certain that it was pierced by Concubine Xiao Shu." ”

Shi Zhongchen took the straw man and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you want to interrogate?" ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a moment and said, "What interrogation came out of what?" ”

Shi Zhongchen frowned and said, "Is it to interrogate the master's envoy or the same party?" Or was Concubine Xiao Shu wronged, so she had to interrogate who pierced the strawman? ”

The meaning of his words is very obvious, in fact he is not asking about the cause, but about the effect. The so-called Qing officials are difficult to decide family affairs, and the solution to things in the palace has always been to turn big things into small things and small things. This is not a sloppy treatment, and mud, but things in the palace, as long as it is checked and checked, ten out of ten will be found on the emperor himself, the reason is very simple, because the things in the palace are all around the emperor, so go around, it will definitely go around the emperor himself, this can't run.

Not to mention the palace, it's a big family, if something happens, it will go around to the head of the family. There are great difficulties, and the more people in the family, the more troubles there are.

Dealing with matters in the palace, generally speaking, is one-size-fits-all, that is, who you want to investigate, that is, who you can't implicate!

If Shi Zhongchen asked, the real meaning is, is the person you want to repair in the emperor, is it Concubine Xiao Shufei, or the person who framed Concubine Xiao? No matter who is right and who is wrong, it is only based on the emperor's heart, and whoever the emperor says is guilty, then whoever must be guilty.

This is the principle of doing things in the palace, and Shi Zhongchen is the resolute executor of this principle!

But Li Zhi didn't understand what Shi Zhongchen meant, he said loudly: "The evidence is conclusive, how can you be wronged!" It is necessary to investigate thoroughly, find out who her comrades are, and who taught her to be a straw man, is it the ...... Who's that! ”

Shi Zhongchen understood that the emperor meant to repair Concubine Xiao Shu, so there would be nothing to do with the queen. It's okay to narrow down the impact of the matter to a certain extent. As for whether Concubine Xiao Shu was really wronged...... Who cares, except for Concubine Xiao Shu herself, no one really cares, and he is the chief manager, and he doesn't care!

"No matter who that is, the old slave will definitely find out!" Shi Zhongchen saluted and took the straw man out of the hall.

Li Zhi continued to get angry, but after a while, he became sad again, his concubine was looking forward to his death, which really made him sad as a husband. He called in the little eunuch and asked the little eunuch to find Wang Ping'an, he wanted to complain about his suffering, and asked Wang Ping'an to comfort himself.

Shi Zhongchen came out of the Ganlu Palace, he called Mi Xiaomiao, and said, "You go to Concubine Xiao Shu first and escort her to ...... Escort her to Ningxue Pavilion, where our family will try her. ”

Mi Xiaomiao already knew what was going on, he couldn't help but be stunned when he heard that Shi Zhongchen was going to Ning Xue Pavilion, and whispered: "Godfather, isn't that Ning Xue Pavilion a cold palace, if you want to interrogate this kind of thing, it should be in the Qinqin Building, right?" ”

Shi Zhongchen snorted and said, "Qinqin Lou is a place to interrogate ordinary crimes, Concubine Xiao Shu is guilty of rebellion, of course she has to go to Ning Xue Pavilion." Why do you ask this more, could it be that you are excusing Concubine Xiao Shu, you are her accomplice? ”

Mi Xiaomiao was frightened, who am I recruiting to provoke someone, I just said it in passing, how did I become a member of the same party! He hurriedly said: "No, no, my son is talking nonsense, my son should die, my son should die!" As he spoke, he slapped himself and began to slap himself.

Shi Zhongchen waved his hand and said: "Since you know that you deserve to die, why don't you hurry up and do something to forgive your sins!" ”

Mi Xiaomiao hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, my son is going to do something, this is going to do it!" He quickly turned and ran away.

After running away, Mi Xiaomiao scolded in his heart, this old immortal, why hasn't he returned to the west, he died early, I took the position early, and I saved myself from looking at his old face all day long!

Shi Zhongchen sighed, called a little eunuch again, and said, "Go, go to our palace, bring our family's dust, and run away, quickly." ”

The little eunuch saw that Mi Xiaomiao had touched his head, how dare he slack off, so he ran to Guanyun Hall to get Shi Zhongchen's dust.

Shi Zhongchen didn't bring his attendants, and slowly, he walked to Ning Xue Pavilion alone. When he was halfway there, the little eunuch caught up with him and gave him the dust. Shi Zhongchen gently stroked the dust, thinking: "It's been almost twenty years, I haven't used it all the time, and today it's useful again!" ”

After walking for a long time, Shi Zhongchen walked to Ningxue Pavilion, at this time Mi Xiaomiao had already brought Concubine Xiao Shufei here, and the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were ready, just waiting for Shi Zhongchen to record a confession!

Shi Zhongchen entered the courtyard, but he did not enter the hall immediately, he stood in the courtyard and looked around. Ning Xue Pavilion is a cold palace in the palace, specially used to see the concubines who have made mistakes, Ning Xue, which means cold, means that there is no spring here.

It was extremely desolate, the weeds in the courtyard grew more than half a person tall, and there were no other palaces around the Ning Xue Pavilion, standing here alone, only hearing the birdsong, but no human voice.

Mi Xiaomiao walked over and whispered, "Godfather, Concubine Xiao Shu has been sent into the palace, do you want to go in now?" ”

Shi Zhongchen looked at Mi Xiaomiao and said, "Child, do you know why your godfather was always asked to do it recently?" ”

Mi Xiaomiao hurriedly said: "It's the godfather who sees the child and wants to cultivate the child." ”

Shi Zhongchen nodded and said: "You are a clever child, your godfather is going to leave it for patriotism, you have to do a good job in the future and assist patriotism!" ”

Mi Xiaomiao had no choice but to say again: "Where did the godfather come from, you will live a long life......

"There are many people in this world who live a long life, but my godfather knows that he will not live to be 100 years old." Shi Zhongchen waved his hand and said, "I just finished praising you for being smart, then now my godfather will ask you, do you know why the godfather didn't escort Concubine Xiao Shu to the Qinqin Building, but directly to this cold palace?" ”

Mi Xiaomiao didn't answer immediately, but blinked her eyes, thought for a moment, and then said: "Concubine Xiao Shu committed a capital crime, which is certain death, and she will not be locked up in the cold palace, but since the godfather has escorted her here, he is going to lock her up in the cold palace, which is actually equivalent to saving her life!" ”

Shi Zhongchen patted him on the shoulder and said, "Yes, that's the case, my godfather doesn't want to kill her, understand?" ”

"Understood, understood, godfather is really kind-hearted." Mi Xiaomiao nodded vigorously, but thought in her heart: "You let the damned person go, this is not in accordance with the rules, be careful that someone will make a fuss about this in the future and sue the emperor for your complaint." ”

The corners of Shi Zhongchen's mouth twitched, revealing an extremely gloomy smile, and said, "It's good to know." Take people with you, don't leave anyone here, there are some things that you don't know. ”

Mi Xiaomiao hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, my son can save it." He took all the little eunuchs away, and there was not one left, and when he left, he closed the gate tightly.

Out of the yard, Mi Xiaomiao thought to herself: "This old immortal is quite abnormal today!" He has never taken other people's lives seriously, and he has never been soft-hearted when he kills others, why is he so kind today that he wants to let go of Concubine Xiao Shu? Concubine Xiao Shufei's relationship with him is not very good, so you don't need to stand up for her, right? It's really inexplicable, abnormal, I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out! ”

If you don't understand, of course, you don't have to think about it anymore, it's none of his business anyway. With a back of his hand, Mi Xiaomiao took people and left Ningxue Pavilion.

Shi Zhongchen slowly walked into the main hall, which was extremely dilapidated, full of dust and cobwebs. He looked at the middle of the hall and saw Concubine Xiao Shu tied up, lying on the ground, sobbing in a low voice.

Concubine Xiao Shufei was repaired too painfully, her hands and feet were tied, not to mention, and in the process of being escorted, she received a lot of big foot slaps, the little eunuchs have always been powerful, when Xiao Shufei gained power, she desperately slapped her, but once she lost power, and she couldn't turn over, the little eunuchs would *** her, and they would be happy with the former master.

Shi Zhongchen walked up to Concubine Xiao Shu, untied the rope for her, and said, "Concubine Shuniang, our family has been ordered to interrogate you, but our family knows that you have been wronged, so don't try it!" ”

Concubine Xiao Shufei was taken aback, she usually didn't stammered Shi Zhongchen very much, but she never expected that at the most critical moment, Shi Zhongchen would say such a thing. She cried: "Hello, Boss, you know that I have been wronged. ”

Shi Zhongchen helped her up, sat down on the edge of the table, and said: "In this way, you write out your grievances, write the truth of the matter clearly, and reveal more true feelings for the emperor between the words, so that our family can also say good things for you in front of the emperor, are you right?" ”

Concubine Xiao Shufei was even more surprised, how could this Shi Zhongchen be so kind, not only did he not judge himself, but also let himself write his grievances! Shi Zhongchen is fierce and ruthless, everyone in the palace knows it, and suddenly being so kind really makes her a little at a loss!

Shi Zhongchen looked at the pen and paper on the table, and said: "If you write with pen and ink, you may not cry blood, otherwise you can use your clothes and blood to write a letter of grievances, so that the emperor will be moved when he reads it, I believe that you are not guilty, and you can wash away your grievances as soon as possible!" ”

Concubine Xiao Shu was stunned for a moment, then nodded, she turned up her coat, tore off the white ***, a large piece of white placket, bit her fingers, stained it with blood and began to state her grievances.

Shi Zhongchen sat aside, he took the dust apart, untied the ponytail, and slowly braided the long rope. His whisk can be said to be the best whisk of this era, not with twine silk, but with the best ponytail, which is tough and strong. He put the horse's tail end to end, intending to form a long rope.

Concubine Xiao Shufei wrote the blood book, writing very slowly, but he knotted the rope even more slowly, and when Xiao Shufei finished writing the blood book, his long rope had not yet been knotted.

Concubine Xiao Shufei handed over the blood book and said, "Boss, I've written it, take a look, do you want to revise it?" If there's something inappropriate, I'll rewrite it! ”

Shi Zhongchen sighed and said, "How much blood does that get!" Let's take a look. Come, do us a favor and tie the rope together. With that, he handed the unfinished rope to Concubine Xiao Shufei.

Concubine Xiao Shufei didn't understand why she wanted to tie this long rope, so she asked, "Boss, what is this going to do?" ”

Shi Zhongchen said without raising his head: "Of course it is useful, you can help our family tie the knot!" ”

Concubine Xiao Shufei couldn't figure out what Shi Zhongchen meant, so she had to start tying up the rope. Shi Zhongchen's eyelids were raised, his eyes were full of cruelty, he glanced at Concubine Xiao Shu, lowered his head again, and read the blood book!