Chapter 11: Harem Su
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Yang has won the word of my voice with the emperor. Naturally, I didn't dare to slack off, and I examined it overnight, and got the results at noon on the next day, and 'handed over' the case file to me.
I flipped over it, and my face changed slightly, what a princess Wang Xian! I really involved this matter on the concubine's head! I immediately asked: "Can the people around the concubine be brought to investigate?"
Yang Chang said: "Back to the queen's mother, the slave is just Gong Zheng, who is in charge of picketing the palace. But once this matter is involved in the Imperial Medical Department, it is no longer under the jurisdiction of the slaves. ”
The corners of my lips raised slightly, and I immediately said: "Having said that, this matter cannot be stopped there! Someone is coming, set up in the Yanying Palace, and the palace is going to see the emperor!"
As soon as the emperor saw the case file in my hand, he asked, "Has there been progress?"
I sighed: "There is progress, but the matter is big, and others are involved, and the concubines dare not be arbitrary, so I have come to the Holy Lord, please be the master!"
Handing over the case file, Qi Heng looked at it, and I said on the side: "The vine in Concubine Xian's small kitchen has confessed, saying that it was Concubine Zheng Guifei who instructed her to put 'medicine' in the dim sum to slander Concubine Xian, according to the palace 'girl' beside Concubine Zheng Guifei confessed, the aconite was asked by Imperial Doctor Zhou who diagnosed her pulse, Yang Chang saw that this matter involved the Imperial Medical Department, and he was not good at 'interfering', so he went back and forth to the concubine. ”
Qi Heng threw the case file aside, and it was difficult to hide the tiredness between his eyebrows, but his voice was as usual: "I have been calculating and calculating all day long, and I will not let me live in peace!
I gave Jiang Shouquan a look, Jiang Shouquan immediately went to the Imperial Doctor's Office with an edict, and I persuaded: "These things are shared by the subordinates, so don't worry too much about the emperor." ”
He interrupted me impatiently: "Do you think it is strange for Concubine Xian to murder the children of the Fang family, but this matter was done by the concubine, it is also very strange!
I was stunned for a moment, lowered my head, and said in a low voice: "The concubine doesn't dare to make a judgment, let's wait for the results in Dali Temple to make a final decision!"
I could feel him staring at me, and instinctively raised his head, and sure enough, he touched those eyes that were as cold as a thousand years ago. I was a little flustered for a while, I didn't know what to do, but he had already looked away and said lightly: "After all, Fang's love is shallow, if it is because of her, two of the four concubines are damaged, it is not worth it." ”
An indescribable bitterness welled up in my heart, and I forced a smile and said, "However, after all, the Fang clan is pregnant with the emperor's own flesh and blood!"
"Isn't it okay!" his tone was so indifferent and indifferent, as if he was saying something that had nothing to do with him.
I was stunned there, all kinds of things in the past, and flashed in my mind like a marquee, I was repeatedly killed, and repeatedly picked up a life from the ghost 'door', he didn't pursue it, even if there was a reason why I was okay after all, the bigger reason was that my love was shallow with him!
"If the emperor has no other orders, the concubines will retire first. "I was stunned in my heart, and I retreated.
In the evening, the news came that Imperial Physician Zhou refused to confess, and was passed on thirty rods, but still refused to recruit, and when he 'wanted' to pass the staff, he kept saying that he wanted to see the emperor, saying that as long as he saw the emperor, he would recruit.
I was suspicious in my heart, after all, this matter did not expand the impact, the Fang family's child was still in a good place! Besides, he was just a imperial doctor, even if Concubine Zheng really asked him for aconite, he said that he didn't know what to do, so why did he have to see the emperor!
always felt that there was a shocking secret hidden in this matter, so he asked Liu Youyu to send someone to stare at the side of Hanxiang Palace, if Zheng Guifei really had a secret in the hands of Imperial Doctor Zhou, she would definitely send someone to Dali Temple to deal with the aftermath!
And my sensitivity is not wrong, Liu Youyu came back to tell me that a little eunuch from Hanxiang Hall went to the East Palace overnight, and the East Palace sent someone out of the palace soon after.
It is cumbersome to leave the palace from the east palace, but the east palace has its own 'door' that can go directly to the outside of the palace. They are so secretive, could it be that this secret will be related to the East Palace?
On the second day, the news came that Imperial Doctor Zhou committed suicide in fear of crime, but after Qi Heng knew about it, he said: "Since he is dead, the matter will end here, don't investigate it again." ”
I said, "Then what is the conclusion of this matter? If you don't give an explanation, I'm afraid that the harem will be uneasy, and the court will also have some discussions." ”
"And what does the queen mean?"
I looked at him and said, "Since Imperial Physician Zhou is dead, let's start with the medical officer beside him!"
He looked at me for a long time before he said, "The queen seems to want to find out about this matter." ”
I smiled and said, "Treat others with yourself, and the concubines are also the ones who have almost lost their children three or four times, in order to put an end to the unhealthy tendencies in the harem, there must be a conclusion to this matter!"
I rarely compete with him like this, and I know he doesn't like it, but I must find out the secret of Concubine Zheng and the crown prince!
The expression of disgust appeared on his face again, but he stared at me firmly like he was staring at his prey, and I asked him puzzled, "What is the emperor looking at?"
He said: "Of course I'm looking at the queen, I have been in a seat for so long, and I really can't go back." He waved tiredly: "You go out!"
I still don't give up: "Your Majesty, Jin Wuwei ......"
"I'll let you out!" he snorted.
My words choked in my throat, I took a deep breath and curtsied: "The concubine retires!"
Although I was scolded in front of him, he still sent Jin Wuwei to search the Imperial Doctor's Office and Imperial Physician Zhou's home, and arrested the medical officers around Imperial Physician Zhou and tortured him.
Sometimes, scaring snakes is also a solution.
That night, Concubine Zheng and the prince went to the Zichen Palace to ask to see the emperor.
Surprisingly, on the second day, it was reported that Concubine Zheng Guifei was demoted to the lowest class for the crime of "attempting to murder the emperor's heir" and moved to Changge for solitary confinement.
The change was too fast, and such an ending seemed too hasty.
After going down, Qi Heng dragged his tired steps to Chenghuan Palace, and as soon as he sat down, he was in a daze, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
I didn't want to ask Concubine Zheng directly about it, so I only said: "Now that the matter has come to light, it also proves that Concubine Xian is wronged, and the concubine will order someone to release Concubine Xian, what does the emperor want?"
Only then did he come back to his senses and said lightly: "Concubine Xian instigated the harem to be uneasy, and the grounding is not a wrongful act, but the palace people around her are not good, I don't know how to persuade the master, pass on my will, all the close palace people around Concubine Xian will be killed, and the rest will be sent to the court as hard labor." ”
I was shocked: "Your Majesty, you, you are ......"
"I haven't finished talking yet, the virtuous concubine is not virtuous, but I remember that I have served for many years, so I will not take away her title, and I am still a virtuous concubine. It's just that in this life, you can't go out of the palace 'door' again, and you can't visit unless you die. Queen, have you written it down?" he asked me in the last sentence.
I didn't know what to do, I just felt that today's change was too jaw-dropping, and I was stunned for a while. It wasn't until the 'spring' equinox gently tugged at my sleeve that I lowered my eyes and whispered, "Yes, the concubine has written it down." ”
"In two days, the matter of Zuo Xiang will come to an end, Concubine Shu has no mother's family, and I have let her go to Jiangling to spend the rest of her life. Since then, the court and the harem will be calm. As he spoke, he stood up, as if he had aged several years at once. "Auntie, I did everything that should be done for you, and you don't have to worry about the rest. ”