Chapter VIII

: Arson Murder Incident [M]

"The hairpin surfaces"

Xian Guifei knelt down and said: "The concubine has indeed never been out of the palace gate, and this hairpin is not the concubine's." The Queen Mother looked at the hairpin in her hand, then looked at the noble concubine kneeling on the ground, and said to the emperor: "Why don't we give her a day to let her produce evidence, and say that this hairpin is not hers." The emperor nodded and left.

The emperor went up to Chengqian Palace to visit Chenxi, looked at the main hall that was burned beyond recognition, sighed, and said to Chenxi after the emperor went in: "Pack up your things and move to Yikun Palace." Here I will issue an order for a while, and I will order someone to repair this place to the way it was before the fire, and you will live in Yikun Palace for the time being. ”

Chenxi simply packed up his daily necessities, but there was not much left, most of them were burned by the fire, the emperor asked Li Dequan to take some new ones for Chenxi, and Chenxi went directly to Yikun Palace.

Yikun Palace is located in the West Sixth Palace, which is the largest palace in the West Sixth Palace, and the most majestic.

One of the things that Xian Guifei wants to do most now is to find the hairpin rewarded by the emperor, it turns out that the hairpin is placed in a small box under the mirror of the dresser, but the hairpin can't be found, she wants to find the craftsman who makes this hairpin, the emperor's things are generally from the outside tribute and clothing bureau, the clothing bureau has five craftsmen who make the concubine's headdress, she wants to go to the clothing bureau first to find these five craftsmen, let them identify the hairpin.

Xian Guifei went to the clothing bureau and met Su Mama next to the queen, it turned out that Su Mama was here to help the queen retrieve the new hairpin, Su Mama took one and looked at it and fell to the ground all of a sudden, and said to a craftsman: "How can the queen mother use this kind of thing, that is the queen mother did not agree, you got a few gems on the hairpin and put a flower to fool the mother, you don't put the queen mother in your eyes, right?" Come on, drag this old thing out of here. ”

Xian Guifei came in and said to Mama Su: "This concubine didn't expect that a palace maid would rely on the master's high position and great power, and she would do evil here, every craftsman here is the emperor and the queen logistics point, you can dispose of them casually, is this the rule taught by the queen's Kunning Palace?" Isn't it just a hairpin? ”

Mama Su glanced at Xian Gui Concubine and said: "The queen mother asked him to make a hairpin to promote him, he dared to fool the queen mother like this, besides, what did I teach him about Guan Xian Gui Niangniang?" Oh, I know, the emperor doesn't like Niangniang anymore, so Niangniang betrayed the emperor with him, right? ”

Xian Guifei went to the queen's palace to tell the queen about it, who knew that the emperor happened to come to the queen, Xian Guifei said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Su Mama, who is next to the queen's mother, almost disposed of a craftsman in the clothing bureau today, and the reason is because the hairpin is too quiet." The concubines don't know, are these hair ornaments of the queen so gorgeous? Although the queen's mother is the highest among the concubines, if she continues to be so luxurious every month, her expenses will be excessive, right? And where did the excess money come from? ”

The queen smiled and said to the noble concubine: "The maiden family of this palace often sends silver to this palace, do you have to tell my sister every time my mother's family sends something to this palace?"

The queen had already told Mama Su that as long as the punishment and execution failed, she would be assassinated. Don't let him tell him about the hairpin, because the hairpin that killed Xiao Shengzi was made by the craftsman of Naming.

Xian Gui Concubine sent people to secretly protect the Ming craftsman, but the people sent by Xian Gui Concubine were put with sweat medicine from their diet, and after all of them fell to the ground, the craftsman was successfully assassinated by the queen's people. The queen was very happy in the kilometer, because no one could prove that the hairpin was hers.

The emperor felt that this matter was suspicious, and hurriedly went to Cining Palace to see the queen mother.

The Queen Mother said to the emperor: "Emperor, is there anything unusual about you staying in the queen's palace that night?" Is the queen different from usual? What was said and what was done? The emperor thought carefully for a while and said: "The queen was indeed not the same as usual that night, the son originally wanted to finish dinner from the queen's palace and go to the Chengqian Palace to rest, but the queen did not let her son go and said that he had not accompanied her for a long time, so the son stayed in Kunning Palace."

The Queen Mother felt that the queen was deliberate, and the Queen Mother found Ping'er who sent something to the queen, and Ping'er said to the Queen Mother: "Back to the Queen Mother's words, the slave maid did send something to the queen mother that day, there is a small box containing a very delicate hairpin, which is exactly the same as the hairpin of the noble concubine Niangniang, the slave and the maid looked carefully because it was good-looking, and the hairpin was inlaid with a ruby."

The hairpin was specially made by the emperor for the noble concubines, and the purple gems were used on it, and the purple gems were generally not easily appreciated by the emperor, and the purple gems were always in the hands of the emperor, how could the rest of the people have purple gems? The emperor slapped the table and said to the queen mother: "Huang Eniang, the hairpin is inlaid with purple gems, and I have never rewarded anyone with this purple gem, so hurry up and find the hairpin inlaid with purple gems." Send someone to keep an eye on the queen's movements. ”

Li Dequan sent people to look for the hairpin in all corners of the palace, but they never found it.

The queen said to Mama Su: "Mama Su, has the palace done to explain your affairs?" Hurry up and arrange for the cousin of the palace to enter the palace, and let the emperor accept her as a concubine to help the palace share the favor of Niu Hulu. ”

The queen's cousin, Fucha Ruqing, is 17 years old and is a first-class beauty. The emperor didn't say anything after he knew it, after all, he ascended to the throne and the Fucha clan also made great contributions, and the queen's cousin couldn't be given too low a position when she entered the palace as a concubine, and if the position was too high, the queen mother couldn't say it, the emperor decided to make him a Xi nobleman, and lived in the same palace with the Yue noble.

The queen was overjoyed when she knew that she had made her cousin a nobleman, and hurried to Zhongcui Palace to see her cousin.

Xi Guiren was reading a book, and when he saw the queen coming, he quickly leaned over and asked for peace: "The concubine Fucha has seen the queen's mother, and the queen's mother is blessed with Jin'an!" The queen helped the Xi nobleman, "Cousin, why be polite, sit down." ”

The noble man asked the queen, "Cousin, will the emperor arrange for me to sleep tonight?" The queen nodded and said, "The emperor may arrange it, don't mention the hairpin." Xi Guiren whispered, "Cousin, where is the hairpin hidden?" The queen leaned in the ear of the noble Xi and said, "It's hidden under the table top of the stone table in the small pavilion on the south side of the imperial garden, don't say it."

The emperor originally had no intention of summoning the nobles of Xingxi, but the queen mother said that she might be able to dig out any new clues from the nobles of Xi, and the emperor listened to the queen mother's words.

Xi Guiren himself also thought about it, his cousin let herself enter the palace just to help her get rid of Niu Hulu, if she told the emperor the location of the hairpin, she would not have to suffer so much in the future. The subordinates in the palace said that Zhen Zhaoyi treated her subordinates well, presumably because her cousin with high breasts didn't want a woman to share a man with her, and she also had to beware of her cousin, and she killed herself with jealousy that day.

The emperor went straight to the point and asked about the hairpin at first sight, and the Xi nobleman said to the emperor: "The concubine will not deceive the emperor because the queen is the cousin of the concubine, and the cousin personally told the concubine that the hairpin is inserted under the stone table of the pavilion on the south side of the imperial garden, do you want to go over and have a look."

The emperor immediately put on his clothes and wanted to go to the imperial garden, and asked Li Dequan to inform the queen mother and Chenxi, Jinxin and Lan'er accompanied Chenxi to the imperial garden, and met the queen mother halfway, and the queen mother said to Chenxi: "Xi'er is the queen's cousin this time, and the Xi nobleman who just entered the palace said, the emperor sent someone to tell the mourning family, and the mourning family is going to the imperial garden." Chenxi smiled and said: "The concubine is also going to the imperial garden, the queen mother, there is one thing that the concubine doesn't understand." The Queen Mother said: "Then you will tell the mourning family to hear about it, maybe the mourning family knows about it!" Chen Xiyan: "Isn't the queen's cousin a relative of the queen?" Why did she tell the emperor the location of the hairpin? The concubine heard Gonggong Li say that as soon as the emperor asked her, she recruited them all, is this kind of person credible? The Queen Mother said to Chenxi: "It doesn't hurt if she doesn't say anything about this in her life, and maybe the emperor will reward her." But she was wrong, for someone like her who had revealed her cousin's secrets, the emperor hated her as much as the mourners, because she was disloyal. If she doesn't say it, let the mourning family know that she knows about it, and the mourning family will still hate her because she hides the truth. Xi'er remembers a sentence, if you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you don't do it. “

The emperor squatted down, put his hand under the table, and the emperor took out the hairpin with his own hands, but whether the queen did it or not, this matter is still full of doubts. ”

The Queen Mother understood the emperor's thoughts, turned around and said to the grandmother beside her: "Grandma Sun, just find a reason to get rid of the Xi nobles." Coming people, passing on the mourning family's will, Xi nobles are virtuous and virtuous, deeply loved by the mourning family, and specially promoted as a concubine and moved to Chunxi Palace. ”