Chapter 57: A Deliberate Counterattack (6)
When Miyazawa Kun heard her say this, he thought that she knew who poisoned her, and asked, "Ran'er, do you know who it is?" "Why do you want to drink that wine?
He swallowed the second half of the sentence in his mouth and didn't ask.
Mo Ran's eyes were only unnatural for a moment, and then they returned to normal and looked out the window.
"How do I know, but which of the women in this harem is not like this? Do you still need to tell me? "She's not wrong, it's not a harem woman, who else will it be.
Mo Ran's pale appearance reminded him of the day before the battle, her lips were also pale, her face was bloodless, but her eyes were unusually firm.
"Ran'er, I promise you that whoever it is, I will make her pay!" Miyazawa Kun said this sentence sincerely, just like the blood oath he made in front of Mo Nan at the beginning.
No matter what happened at the beginning and how it is now, he really thought that they could always be together, but there were many hardships in the process.
Mo Ran looked at him for a long time, nodded lightly, and his body was thorough.
"Come and lie down for a while, I've been working all day today, I'm afraid I'll be tired." She heard Cen Er say that Miyazawa-kun went to the study when she was unconscious.
Miyazawa-kun didn't shirk either, he took off his clothes and lay beside her wearing only his middle coat.
"I have already handed over this matter to Liangyu to investigate, you can rest assured of his ability, I will definitely give you an explanation."
Xu is now only the two of them, Xu is he remembered the past today, she heard the first person in a month to call herself "me", not the usual "me".
"Well, I believe you." It's only you who believes, not the emperor of Northern Xia, the concubines, it's him.
Mei Liangyu heard Li Dequan's voice the moment she left the palace gate.
"Lord Wang! The prince stays! ”
"Lord, our family has come to pass on the emperor's message. Concubine Li's matter, the emperor handed it over to you to investigate, saying that it should be handled impartially, no matter who it is, as long as the mother is given justice. ”
Li Dequan knew about the court concubine, and he didn't want the emperor to blame himself one day.
"The prince should not leave the palace first, the emperor is in a hurry, the prince should go and interrogate those palace maids and eunuchs first."
Mei Liangyu nodded and said, "This king knows, there is Gonggong Lao." ”
Although he said so, he was a foreign minister, and it was really immoral to stay in the harem so late, and Mei Liangyu was still the one who entered the palace the next day to interrogate.
It is not difficult to investigate this matter, Li Dequan only asked five or six people about the court concubine, Mei Liangyu was even more resolute, and after a few people asked, he already knew what had happened.
Concubine Ting is lifting a stone to shoot herself in the foot, and she doesn't want to think about whether Concubine Li's mother family can really save her if something really happens.
Mei Liangyu got the result, snorted coldly, and first went to Qingli Palace to see Mo Ran.
He came out of the palace for two hours, and he didn't know what he said.
After coming out, he went directly to the upper study, and told the bad deeds of the court concubine in front of the ministers in the upper study, He Huai was also among them, the court concubine did not greet him when she did this, and now she knew through Mei Liangyu's mouth, and her face was red and white.
"Lord Wang, although you are ordered to find out the truth of the matter, you also have to pay attention to evidence when you speak, the court concubine is raised by the prince, why do you want to harm a lone concubine?" There are a few people here who usually favor the He family, and when they heard him say this, they stood up to speak for Concubine Ting.
"This king naturally won't talk nonsense without evidence." He gestured to his entourage behind him, and brought in a man from outside.
"Slaves and maids see the emperor, see the ministers." A timid slave and maid, how capable can he identify the court concubine?
Everyone is also like a mirror in their hearts, the He family is the dominant family in the court, who dares to provoke them?
"I ask you, do you have any evidence to identify that it was the court concubine who poisoned Concubine Li's mother?" Miyazawa Kun asked in a positive voice.
That palace maid only serves wine in the imperial dining room on weekdays, where has she ever seen such a battle? When I looked up, I saw Miyazawa Kun sitting in the main hall without anger, and he couldn't even speak clearly.
"Slave maid... Slave.. The slave saw it with her own eyes. ”
"You are responsible for what you say." The person who spoke was none other than He Huai.
That palace maid was scared, and He Dasima's words actually scared her into tears.
"Slave maid, slave maid don't dare, don't dare to lie, Da Sima, slave maid just said what she saw." With a crying voice, he still said the same thing, a mere slave, if it was fake, now I am afraid that I will not even dare to open my mouth.
But although everyone understands, no one can say that it is the poison of the court concubine in front of He Huai.
"Lord He, if you don't believe it, we can send a message to the court concubine Niangniang to know." After speaking, he looked up at Miyazawa-kun, who was speechless.
He nodded, "Concubine Chuanting." ”
It was Li Dequan who went to the Huaju Palace in person, but he didn't say what the reason was, and the court concubine asked the emperor a few times along the way why he summoned her, and he only said vaguely.
"Niangniang, just be careful of King Beiqing's words." Before entering, he still reminded Concubine Ting in a whisper.
Concubine Ting is also a smart person, this sentence, contact what happened in the palace, she knew that the matter was still found on her head.
If Mo Ran was really poisoned by the snow toad, she would still really have a weak heart, but when she thought that Mo Ran's poison had nothing to do with her, she didn't need to accept this false responsibility.
"The concubines see the emperor, the emperor, this study is an important place in the court, and the concubines are from the harem, so it is better to stay for a long time." What she said was generous, and it was also true.
Miyazawa Kun also nodded when he heard this, and seemed to agree with her statement, the ministers looked at each other, thinking that the court concubine was so upright, not like a poisoner, could the king of Beiqing be mistaken?
"King Beiqing asks you a few questions, and you can answer them truthfully."
"The concubine knows everything, but I don't know that the king of Beiqing is full of poetry and books, so he needs to ask the concubine what is going on?"
Mei Liangyu took the yellowed letter and handed it to the court concubine.
"Do you recognize the mother?"
Unexpectedly, he even found out to Wu Po.
"It's just an old letter, what's so strange?" Concubine Ting couldn't recognize herself, so she glanced at it and turned her head to the side.
Mei Liangyu surprisingly didn't ask, but put away the piece of paper and asked another question.
"Niangniang, before the prince's ceremony, have you ever been to the imperial dining room?"
"Why did Hongu go to that place? The palace has been taking care of Qi'er, and has never left the ceremony, and only went out after the banquet. She has several palace maids in the Flower Palace to testify, even if Mei Liangyu asks her carefully, she is not afraid.
"Do you like the hairpin gift given by the emperor?" His words turned so fast that no one present reacted.
The court concubine was even more stunned, and then said: "This palace naturally likes it, and every thing given by the emperor is something that must be treasured by this palace." ”
Although she didn't understand why Mei Liangyu asked like this, she was always right to answer like this.
"It's good if Niangniang likes it, this king thinks that Niangniang threw the hairpin into the imperial dining room because she didn't like it." As he spoke, he took out a phoenix-tailed golden hairpin made of gold wire from his arms.
Concubine Ting looked at the thing in his hand in shock, and did not speak for a while.
This is indeed the thing in her hairpin head ceremony, this one is the most valuable of those things, so she wore it on the day of the full moon ceremony, and because there were too many things yesterday, she didn't find that the hairpin fell off for a while, but she didn't expect it to be picked up by King Beiqing.
"Just one hairpin is said to be more poisonous than this palace, which is a bit too far-fetched. The palace had stopped at various places in the palace yesterday, why did the prince say that it was picked up in the imperial dining room? Maybe the palace fell elsewhere, and the prince picked it up and deliberately said that he picked it up in the imperial dining room. ”
Although her words are a bit strong, they are not completely unreasonable, after all, the relationship between the He family and the king of Beiqing is like fire and water, such a good opportunity can suppress the He family, and the king of Beiqing is really likely to make dangerous moves.
"Court Concubine Niangniang, this palace maid said that she saw you in the imperial dining room an hour before the ceremony, since Niangniang said that she had not been there, then where was Niangniang at that time, what was she doing, can anyone testify?"
Concubine Ting's brows furrowed unnaturally, and said: "The palace is naturally waiting for the start of the banquet in the Flower Residence Palace, and the people of the entire Flower Residence Hall can testify for the palace." ”
"Is what the mother said true?" His tone was a little gloomy, and Concubine Ting's heart was only furious when she heard it, but when she thought about it, the people in the Huaju Hall knew that she was going out and was her own, how could she testify for him.
"Although Bengong is not a gentleman, he also knows the truth of what he says, so this is naturally true."
"Your Majesty, Weichen asked to summon the palace people in the Flower Palace." His words shocked the court concubines on the side.
"Lord Wang, although the Flower Palace is not very big, there are dozens of people up and down, all of whom have called this study, like what kind of reason!" He Huai saw that his requirements were becoming more and more excessive, and he couldn't help but say something for his daughter.
Who knew that Mei Liangyu did not refute him.
"What Da Sima said makes sense, then just call the personal palace maid next to Concubine Niangniang to confront her, she follows Niangniang every day, she must be clear about Niangniang's whereabouts."
Since he said that he was the personal palace maid of the court concubine, could he still speak for him? And they did not know what medicine was in his gourd.
"There's nothing to be afraid of in this palace, the prince can call Aoba here."
Seeing Concubine Ting's mouth, everyone thought that she was self-defeating and not afraid of confrontation, and no one noticed a smile on the corner of Mei Liangyu's mouth.
Li Dequan quickly brought people in.
"Slaves and maids see the emperor, see the mother, see the lords." Aoba's performance is quite down-to-earth and generous, and he doesn't want to be so flustered as the palace maid who is just now.
"I'll allow you to get up and talk back."
After all, it is the person next to Concubine Ting, and the emperor's words gave Concubine Ting's face.
"Slave and maid, thank the emperor for Longen."
"Aoba, huh? The king asks you a few questions, and you have to answer them truthfully, and if you let the king know that you are lying, you know the consequences. ”
Concubine Ting snorted coldly, did she think it would be useful for him to intimidate Aoba?
"The slave must tell the truth, and dare not deceive the prince." She was even more restrained in the face of Mei Liangyu than when she asked the emperor to say goodbye.
"This king asks you, yesterday you were inseparable from the court concubine?" His tone was casual and casual, as if he had returned to his usual gentle and elegant person.
But only Aoba knows that the more casual he is, the more he values it, and the more casual he is, the more he won't let it go easily.
"Back to the prince, no." After all, the king of Beiqing is her master, and she will be loyal to the Beiqing palace in the end.
When Concubine Ting heard this answer, she looked at her incredulously.
"When was that not with the mother?"
"At three o'clock, the mother went out alone to run errands, and did not ask the slave and maid to follow."
Three quarters of the hour, isn't it the same time as the palace maid in the imperial dining room said.
"Why do you remember so clearly that it's three o'clock?" Mei Liangyu asked like this because she didn't want Concubine Ting to have any possibility to retract her confession.
"The little prince's breastfeeding has always been according to the time, and the little prince's breastfeeding time at three o'clock, the slave maid just went to tell the nurse, and the maid went out."
The timing is reasonable.
"Concubine Niangniang, this is your personal palace maid, what else does Niangniang have to say?" Mei Liangyu looked at her with a victorious attitude.
The court concubine stood with glaring eyes, her eyes staring at Aoba and she was speechless. She didn't think that Aoba would betray her, so she said it so desperately just now.
"Concubine Ting, what the palace maid said, but to tell the truth, what are you doing when you go out at three o'clock?"
This was asked by Miyazawa Kun, he didn't want that person to be a court concubine, after all, he was ashamed of her, if it was really her poison, this was the last thing he wanted to see.
"Concubine, concubine ......" She lost the aura she had when she faced Mei Liangyu just now, and her expression was pale.
Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes.
"The concubine went out because someone sent a secret letter to the concubine, saying that Concubine Li tried to destroy Qi'er's full moon ceremony and cut down Qi'er's immortal tree, and the concubine went out just to check to see if Concubine Li was really as the letter said."
This sounds flawless, and it is understandable.
"What about faith?"
“...... The concubine threw it away. ”
"Then why don't you take someone with you, but sneak out alone?"
"Concubine...... The concubine was afraid that what the letter said was false, so she took someone with her to fear that it would cause trouble, which would ruin the reputation of the concubine. ”
This makes it even more obvious that her demeanor is true, and she secretly went out to keep Concubine Li's reputation.
"You saw Concubine Li cut down the immortal tree with your own eyes? The tree on the ceremony is still fine! When Miyazawa Kun heard her say this, he was inexplicably angry.
"The concubine saw it with her own eyes! The tree looks good now, but I'm afraid that no one can touch it, and it will break immediately if it is touched, and if the tree is broken in the future, Concubine Li will have no responsibility. ”
Mei Liangyu suddenly opened her mouth and said: "Your Majesty, there is no basis for what you say, it is better for the minister to personally bring the tree and inspect it on the spot, and you will know whether what Niangniang said is true or false." ”
"Exactly."
Concubine Ting was relieved to hear that Miyazawa Kun agreed.
Mei Liangyu brought the immortal tree that was still being baptized from the altar, but the tree was too tall to enter the door of the upper study, and everyone came to the outside of the upper study.
"Your Majesty, there will be a big Sima to inspect this tree, and some people in the province will say that the minister is too strong and deliberately broke the tree."
He Huai didn't expect him to say this, and looked at Miyazawa Kun.
He nodded, as an answer.
He Huai stepped forward and carefully inspected the immortal tree, and carefully inspected each branch with his hands, and Shengsheng checked it for another quarter of an hour.
"Your Majesty, this tree ...... No problem. ”
This is the second time that Concubine Ting's eyes were stunned today, and her father actually said that there was no problem?
"Niangniang, what else do you have to argue?"
Concubine Ting's mouth opened and closed, and she was speechless as she looked at Miyazawakun's gradually cold face.
Just as everyone was silent, a voice broke the silence.
"Concubine Li has arrived!"
The Lord is coming.