Wanrong explained softly to the emperor: "Since the 'Jinggong Chafang' reported to the outside world that five palace people were infected and died, according to the rules of the palace, there was no need to report to the emperor, only the hospital issued a certificate of illness and cause of death, and the Xi Guanju Bureau arranged the aftermath according to the routine, and even our sisters did not have to go back." Why should the emperor be angry about this? ”

Seeing that the emperor's face softened, she continued: "However, the rumors that the concubines heard said that these palace people did not die of illness, but that they could not endure the torture of the 'Jinggong Poor Room', and were beaten to death, and it is also said that they committed suicide by biting their tongues. ”

The Emperor had already vaguely guessed a few points from her previous words, and nodded to Wanrong not to stop, just to continue.

"The concubine was entrusted by the emperor to share the harem with her sister, and after hearing the news, she wanted to send someone to pass Lu Guangting to ask what was going on. At that time, the death of the concubine, mother and daughter had been released, and Lu Guangting was immediately escorted to Dali Temple by the emperor's decree to be investigated, and the concubine could not know the exact reason from his mouth, so she only heard the private rumors of the palace people that the five palace people of the Shangyi Bureau were suspected of participating in the assassination of Xia Zhaoyi, and they should belong to the remnants of the Zhang family. Five palace people died tragically, and their comrades took revenge, took advantage of the opportunity of Jin Guogong to return to his house in the evening, assassinated him halfway, and deliberately left evidence related to the concubine's mother and daughter at the scene, intending to blame others. This is another rumor about the cause of the death of the concubine's mother and daughter. ”

According to my sister, the concubine and the eldest princess, mother and daughter, must have been wronged and committed suicide in anger, and everything was caused by the remnants of the Zhang family. If this is the case, even the news that King Gangneung is under house arrest is nothing. Without waiting for the emperor to speak, Jing Xuan broke through the deep meaning of the fourth rumor, "It's just that there is still something unclear in the palace, you and I sisters live in the harem together, why did this fourth rumor only reach my sister's ears." And this palace doesn't know anything about it? ”

Wanrong had no intention of making any excuse for the death of the concubine's mother and daughter, all she wanted in her heart was to use this topic to attract the emperor's attention and retain the emperor's favor when a large number of newcomers poured into the harem, so after listening to Jing Xuan's words, she didn't care about her questioning, smiled softly at the emperor, and replied: "As soon as the newcomers enter the palace." My sister can hand over to the emperor. My sister still has to worry about how to send out the hundreds of palace people and eunuchs who are still temporarily living in the palace for a while, although they are not stayed. However, the new rules of the 'Jinggong Poor Room' must re-screen and screen all palace people and eunuchs, and the messengers are related, and they must **** deal with them, so the news about various places in the palace is naturally slightly more than my sister's. ”

"Then, on the night when the concubine's mother and daughter died, someone reported to the 'Jinggong Messenger'. The Taizhen Temple in the east of the city is the hiding place of Furong, the leader of the remnants of the Zhang family, and the 'Jinggong Chafang' rushed to get people overnight, but only captured a crazy woman, and my sister also heard about it, right? Jing Xuan ignored Furong's invitation to take credit, looked at the emperor with flickering eyes, and asked.

"I've heard of it, but I didn't expect that Zhong Zhangyi of the Shangfu Bureau was also a remnant of the Zhang family."

"My sister was wrong." Jing Xuan realized the seriousness of the situation from his gentle and firm tone, and Zhengse said, "After Xia Zhaoyi's assassination. There were repeated rumors in the palace, and after investigation. The source of the rumors is mostly related to the Shangfu Bureau, so the palace sent someone to secretly visit the life history of the Shangfu Bureau, and found that the Zhong family in charge of the clothes and Tang Guoer, the weaver of the palace, both have an unusual relationship with the former Emperor Li Concubine. ”

Wanrong said the fourth rumor, and the emperor listened to it, although he thought that the situation of this fourth rumor was likely to be closer to the truth than the first three, but he always faintly felt that it was pointing in the wrong direction. When he heard Jing Xuan's words, he said that the Zhong family that broke the "Jinggong Errand Room" and obtained it in the Taizhen Temple was not the remnants of the Zhang family. It was the palace people around the concubine, and then thinking of the speculation that the mother and son of the king of Jiangling had long been in collusion with the Zhang family, the emperor couldn't help but wonder in his heart: What did Jing Xuan want to hint at himself? Could it be that the remnants of the Zhang family and the mother and son of the king of Gangneung have become enemies and have bitten each other? What are the reasons for them to kill each other so much? Rao is heart filled with many questions, but the emperor still kept silent. Sipping tea unhurriedly, waiting for Jing Xuan to continue.

"When the rebels captured Chang'an, Concubine Li, who was a talented person in the East Palace, and Zhong Shi, a palace man who was on an errand in the bathhouse hall of Daming Palace, met on the way to escape, and hid in the thorns beside the road, and luckily did not fall into the hands of the rebels. After that, the two depended on each other for their lives, and they were displaced from the people for two years, until the first emperor led the army to recover Chang'an before returning to Daming Palace, and the two formed a deep friendship. After Concubine Li was registered as a concubine, she promoted Zhong to the six-grade palm of the Shangfu Bureau. Such a person, if it is said to be the remnant of the Zhang family, it is too far-fetched. ”

Wanrong asked unconvinced, "Then why did she hide alone in the Taizhen Temple late at night?" ”

"If what my sister said just now is true, in order to prevent more party members from being found by the 'Jinggong Poor House', the remnants of the Zhang family used the assassination of Li Jinzhong to blame the concubine. We might as well make the following speculation: After the death of the concubine's mother and daughter, her henchman Zhong sent a message to the 'Jinggong Mission' to report Furong's hiding place out of revenge, but she didn't want to be known by the remnants of the Zhang family, so she was captured by Taizhenguan, drugged, and was captured by the messenger who came later. ”

Wanrong understood the complicated stakes, and smiled disappreciatively: "What my sister said is a little bizarre." Since Zhong is a close confidant of the concubine, how does he know where Furong is hiding? How did the remnants of the Zhang family know that she had told the secret to the 'Jinggong Errand'? Sister Mo didn't want to hint to the emperor that there was also the eyeliner of the remnants of the Zhang family in the 'Jinggong Errand Room', right? ”

Jing Xuan saw that the emperor was sitting on the side and remained silent, and he expected that he would not want to say in front of him that the mother and son of the king of Jiangling had already colluded with the Zhang family, so he changed his words and said directly to the emperor: "Your Majesty inquired, regarding the return of the king of Jiangling to Beijing, the concubines of the cangs and concubines have not been able to accurately deduce the reason. But I just heard my sister talk about all kinds of rumors about the cause of death of the concubine's mother and daughter, which seems to be confusing and the truth is indisputable. There is a close relationship between the two, and the truth is unknown, so the concubines can only remind His Majesty to be careful in case of accidents, and only after the whereabouts of King Mu are accurate in the future can they make judgments. ”

The emperor saw that she was about to leave after she said that she was about to leave, and was about to open his mouth to stay, but when he heard a sudden cry outside the palace, he raised his voice and asked, "Wang Bao'er, what happened outside the palace?" Don't you want to live? ”

Before the words fell, Jinping stumbled in with the disheveled Cailuan in one hand. Cailuan threw herself at Jing Xuan's feet, and cried out: "Niangniang, go back to the palace and take a look, the head of Prince Bin has been cut off." (To be continued.) )