Chapter 52: The Princess
"Nonsense!" Qi Ye snorted, "You are my son, if you treat you like this, you don't take me seriously, and you should be punished for your crimes!" ”
The third prince trembled violently, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his father again.
Qi Ye was even more angry, really mourning his misfortune and being angry, seeing that his patience was exhausted, Yin Lingyuan hurriedly stepped forward: "The emperor is angry, can you let the concubine say a few words to the third highness." ”
Qi Ye glanced at the third prince coldly, got up and moved out of the way.
Yin Lingyuan stepped forward and said softly: "Your father is concerned about chaos, but his tone is heavier, don't be afraid." ”
The third prince's tense body loosened a little, and Yin Lingyuan guessed that he was so tight-lipped because he thought that he could protect Wei Meiren in this way.
She thought for a moment and asked, "Your mother has changed her name, has she?" ”
The third prince raised his head, a trace of puzzlement flashed in his black eyes, and he still whispered "En".
"What name has she changed, can you tell Yu Niangniang?" Yin Lingkite is pure and seductive.
The child thought it was no secret, so he said: "When I was a child, my mother called her 'Ruyan', and then we were taken back to the mansion by my uncle, and I heard my uncle call her 'Ruhong', and then my mother called her back 'Ruyan'. ”
What he said was upside down, but Yin Lingyuan understood a little: "Take back to the house?" Didn't you live in the Wei family before? ”
The child shook his head: "When I was a child, I remember living with my mother in a small house by the river, and then a group of people came and took us to the big house, which is my uncle's house. ”
"When did you go back to the big mansion, and did your mother change anything after you arrived at the big mansion?" Yin Lingyuan asked.
The third prince shook his head, he was still very young at that time, and he couldn't remember many things clearly.
Yin Lingyuan was thoughtful, and turned to Qi Ye and said, "Does the emperor still remember Wei Meiren's name?" ”
Qi Ye naturally knew: "The name of the boudoir is like smoke." But he didn't understand why Yin Lingyuan asked this.
"The emperor must have carefully investigated before taking the third prince into the palace, but ......" Yin Lingyuan paused and decided to ask a different question, "I don't know what sisters Wei Meiren has?" ”
Qi Ye frowned, when he went out on patrol in micro-clothes, he stayed in the Wei family, the head of the Wei family at that time was still Wei Meiren's father, perhaps seeing his extraordinary identity, he took the trouble to let his daughter come to serve, Qi Ye pushed the boat down the river, and got along with Wei Ruyan for a while, although he had a little friendship, but as the emperor, he had no intention of bringing this folk woman back to the palace.
It wasn't until many years later that the Wei family sent the third prince that he knew that Wei Ruyan was pregnant and gave birth to a child, and he felt that he had failed their mother and son a lot over the years, so he took people back to the palace to take good care of them.
And the person sent to investigate naturally also investigated the identity of the third prince and the events of the year, as for whether Wei Ruyan has a sister, Qi Ye really doesn't know.
"Your Majesty", Yin Lingyuan replied again, "The concubine is not doubting the emperor, but people's memories will always be biased, not to mention that after all these years, has the emperor ever thought that the current Wei Meiren may not be the Wei Ruyan who served you at the beginning?" ”
Qi Ye was shocked, his sharp eyes looked at Yin Lingyuan, and at this moment, his mind was racing, and he understood what she was hinting at.
At this moment, the eunuch on duty hurriedly came in to report: "Emperor Qi, Jieyu, Wei Meiren has broken in, and I can't stop it." ”
When the words fell, I heard Wei Meiren in the courtyard scolding arrogantly: "Yu Jieyu! Where did you hide my son? Don't think that if the emperor allows him to come to dinner, you can see the idea of blatantly beating my son. Yu Jieyu, you come out for me! ”
Qi Ye got up and walked out of the house quickly, Yin Lingyuan followed closely behind, Wei Meiren was still unconscious, and shouted loudly: "I don't have a son, so I want to hit the attention of other people's sons, Yu Jieyu's abacus is too good." ”
"Presumptuous!" Qi Ye scolded angrily, Wei Meiren turned around, and the moment she saw the emperor, her expression was as indescribable as swallowing a fly.
"Emperor, Emperor", Wei Meiren's demeanor changed rapidly, Yin Lingyuan vividly appreciated a real person's face, only to see her twisted eyebrows quickly stretched, her originally staring eyes were closed, and the tail of her eyes was pulled down to squeeze out a little grievance: "Jue'er is gone, and the concubine learned that she was in Yujieyu's palace, and she was in a hurry, so she ...... I hope the emperor will forgive his sins. ”
As he spoke, he knelt down slowly, his face had changed from three points of grievance to seven points, and those who didn't know thought that she was the one who had just been scolded.
"You came just in time", Qi Ye said coldly, without calling anyone to get up, "I have something to ask you." ”
"Yes." Wei Meiren responded softly.
"What's the matter with Jue'er's injuries?"
As soon as these words came out, Wei Meiren's whole body tightened, her nails pinched her palms fiercely, and her face was confused and sad: "Hurt, what hurt?" ”
"Don't say you don't know", Qi Ye said in a deep voice, "Jue'er is your son, if you don't want to raise it, there are childless concubines in this palace." ”
"How so!" Wei Meiren said hurriedly, "Jue'er is the concubine's biological child, and the concubine doesn't care about him yet, just now I didn't think about it, but now I think that Jue'er is not used to practicing riding and archery recently, and she is indeed injured, but the concubine is afraid that the emperor will worry, so she didn't tell you." ”
"Nonsense!" Qi Ye suddenly raised his voice, "You can't be a fool, what does it look like to practice riding and shooting, and what does Jue'er's injury look like?" ”
Wei Meiren's eyes were flustered, and layers of fine sweat were oozing from her back, but she couldn't admit it, so she had to bite it to death and said: "It's true that when I practiced riding and shooting, I accidentally bumped it, and the rest ......" She looked at Yin Lingyuan, and blurted out in a hurry: "If the rest are injured, they must be injured in Yinghua Palace, Yu Jieyu, you are so ruthless, you pretend to be good to Jue'er on the surface, but you hurt him like this behind your back." ”
said that he cried first, and complained while crying: "Yu Jieyu, it was my rudeness to come back to Yinghua Palace, Yu Jieyu is angry with me, just beg not to hurt my Jue'er." ”
Yin Lingyuan couldn't help but give her a thumbs up in her heart, this acting skills, this ability to cry when she says she can cry, I don't know how many little fresh meat will be killed in future generations.
However, this method of planting is really inferior: "The Third Highness has been in the Yinghua Palace for half a month before, and the new injuries on his body are stacked with old injuries, and the approximate time of the injury will be known by the imperial doctor." Yin Lingyuan said quietly, "At this time, if you quibble, you will be guilty of one more degree, Wei Ruhong!" ”
As soon as the last three words came out, Wei Meiren raised her head sharply and stared at Yin Lingyuan in disbelief: "You, what you say, I don't understand." ”
"Don't understand?" Yin Lingyuan bypassed Qi Ye and stepped forward step by step, with a determined look on his face, "Do you think you really don't leak?" If people don't know, unless you don't do it, the emperor has already found the clue, you might as well admit it yourself, and maybe you can be lightly punished. ”
Wei Meiren shook her head desperately, and her body couldn't help but hide back, as if she could escape this catastrophe if she was far away from Yin Lingyuan: "You are talking nonsense!" What do I have to admit, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, you must believe in your concubines. ”
As she spoke, she walked on her knees and crawled to Qi Ye's feet, Qi Ye still felt that Yin Lingyuan was whimsical, but seeing this situation, her heart sank fiercely.
Wei Meiren still didn't give up: "Your Majesty, all this was arranged by Yu Jieyu, she must want to take away my child, kill my mother and take my child, and ask the emperor to learn from it." ”
Yin Lingyuan turned around, continued to block between Qi Ye and Wei Meiren, bent down slightly, and whispered almost in Wei Meiren's ear: "It can be seen that a person has never given birth to a child in his life, since Wei Meiren is so determined, dare to invite the grandmother of the respectful room to come, you will know at a glance." ”
As soon as these words came out, it finally became the last straw that crushed the camel, and Wei Meiren was paralyzed on the ground and looked at Qi Ye in despair.
The latter's eyes were cold, as the Ninety-Five Supreme being fooled like this, Qi Ye only felt that the tyrannical aura was surging in his chest, and he wanted to kill everyone present.
"Take it down and interrogate it severely." Fiercely pressed down the tyranny in his chest, Qi Ye walked out of the Yinghua Palace without looking back.
He knew that the matter was very important, and he did not dare to delay, so he arrested and interrogated him vigorously, and within two days, he figured out the ins and outs of the matter, and personally presented a confession to the emperor.
Yin Lingyuan speculated that the eight or nine are not far from ten, this Wei beauty's name is Wei Ruhong, she is the daughter of the Wei family in Jiangnan, and she also has an older sister, called Wei Ruyan, who is a concubine.
When Qi Ye traveled to the south of the Yangtze River in Weifu, Wei's father originally intended to let Wei Ruhong serve Qi Ye, but Wei Ruhong was arrogant since she was a child and was unwilling to commit to this unidentified person. Although his father swore that this person was a noble person in Dijing, and his identity must be extraordinary, Wei Ruhong was unwilling.
In desperation, Wei's father had to choose Wei Ruyan, a concubine, looking forward to being able to soar with his daughter, and Qi Ye accepted her daughter, but when he left, he didn't take anyone away, and he didn't even tell him his true identity.
Father Wei was angry, and sprinkled all his grievances on this unfavored daughter, coupled with the instigation of the back house, Wei Ruyan was directly kicked out of the house.
Fortunately, there was an aunt in the Wei family who couldn't look past it and helped Wei Ruyan in private, which allowed her to survive.
Later, Wei Ruyan gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and became the laughing stock of countless people, even the Wei family disliked this daughter very much, and Wei Ruhong was even more ridiculous and sarcastic.
In the sixth year of Chengqi, Wei's father died, and Wei Ruhong's eldest brother Wei Yizhi was in charge of the family, and he accidentally learned that the nobleman of Dijing who had borrowed his house back then was actually the current saint.
What his father said was true, and the child born to his sister Wei Ruyan was a veritable prince.
Splashing heaven and wealth are close to the eyes, how can Wei Yizhi resist touching it, and immediately sent someone to pick up Wei Ruyan, so that he can live and serve.
Wei Ruyan has been weathered for a long time, her appearance is long gone, and the child is also black and thin because of malnutrition. Wei Yizhi was worried that if they sent their mother and son to Beijing like this, the emperor would blame them, and the Wei family would be charged with poor care, so he planned to let Wei Ruyan and the child be raised in the mansion for a few days, and by the way, cultivate a relationship with this prince and nephew.
At that time, Wei Ruhong had already discussed a lot of family affairs without success, and her mother was blindly pampered, and she had to choose every time she discussed relatives, and she became an unmarried daughter after a lifetime.
Wei Ruhong thinks very highly of herself, and feels that the men in the world are not worthy of herself, she must marry the best man in the world if she wants to marry, and after learning that the person was the emperor back then, she moved her mind and wanted to replace him.
They are half-sisters and look similar.
Wei Yizhi didn't agree at first, because it was too risky, and once it was discovered, it would be a big crime to punish the nine clans, but Wei Ruhong was so determined that he didn't do anything, and a bowl of porridge poisoned Wei Ruyan.
Wei Yizhi was put on the fire, Wei Ruhong is his own sister, and her mother protects her, so it is impossible for her to do anything to her, and Wei Ruyan is dead, if you only send the little prince to Beijing, it is really difficult to convince, not to mention that if the emperor asks about Wei Ruyan's discovery, the Wei family is even more to blame.
In desperation, I had to agree to my mother and sister's plan.
As a result, Wei Ruhong became Wei Ruyan, and the original Wei Ruyan was buried as Wei Ruhong, and it was said to the outside world that he had an emergency and died suddenly.
In the following years, Wei Ruhong lived in a simple house, imitating Wei Ruyan to get along with the little prince, and on the other hand, invited the old grandmother released from the palace to learn harem etiquette.
They thought that the little prince was young and ignorant, and they didn't avoid taboos when they called Wei Ruhong's real name in private or when they weren't paying attention, but they didn't want to become the key to Yin Lingyuan's discovery.
"The injuries on the three princes are also caused by the Wei family", Li Defu personally went to Yinghua Palace to return to Yin Lingyuan, "The emperor has ordered the execution of the Wei family, and the Wei family in Jiangnan has punished the nine clans." ”
"The Nine Clans?" Yin Lingyuan was shocked, Wei Ruyan's mother and son were extremely evil, but the relatives and subordinates of the Wei family did not know, and it would be too unjust to be killed with them.
"Yes", Li Defu said, "Such a big crime of bullying the king, the emperor is furious, and it is reasonable to exterminate the nine clans, but the official holy decree has not yet been issued, and it has only been these two days." ”
Yin Lingyuan didn't speak, and waved his hand to let people go down.
"The heart of the emperor is decisive in killing, ruthless since ancient times", Yu Ze appeared, "You know now, Qi Ye is not as gentle and gentleman as you see." ”
"I never thought he was a gentleman." Yin Lingyuan was inexplicable, "It's just that the nine clans have all been wiped out, it's too tyrannical, and besides, this matter can be regarded as because of me." ”
Yu Ze frowned slightly, although the Wei family was to blame, but after all, it was Yin Lingyuan who uncovered the matter, if hundreds of people from the Wei family in Jiangnan really died because of this incident, he looked at Yin Lingyuan, and it was inevitable that this girl would have cause and effect on her back.
Those who need to know that cultivators pay the most attention to cause and effect, and if she has a cause on her body today, it is inevitable that it will not become a result that hinders her cultivation in the future.
Yin Lingyuan was hairy by his glance: "Your Excellency, you look at me like this......"
"Huh?" Yu Ze's tail note is light.
"It's like I'm going to die in the next moment." Yin Lingyuan made up the second half of the sentence.
"Say it again", Yu Ze reprimanded unhappily, "But this matter really can't be like this." As he spoke, he shared his concerns one by one.
"This, so serious?" Yin Lingyuan regretted it, she shouldn't be nosy! "Why didn't you say it earlier, if you knew that I would be far away from that Wei Meiren."
"If you knew it was so, you didn't care about the child's injuries when you saw it?" Yu Ze knew her temperament well and asked rhetorically.
Yin Lingkite: ......
I guess I can't help it, but at least I won't be so presumptuous.
"You can secretly display the warehouse, and you don't have to cause or effect." She was unconvinced.
"Even so, if Qi Ye wants to kill someone, you can't stop it, the result is still the same", Yu Ze unceremoniously handsome Qi Ye.
Yin Lingyuan was suddenly stunned, and he was empowered: "If I can stop the emperor from punishing the nine clans of the Wei family, won't I have to bear the cause and effect?" ”
"Nature." Yu Ze said, "If that's the case, you can still accumulate some good causes, which will be more beneficial in the future, but how do you stop it?" ”
"I'm going to see the emperor." Yin Lingyuan immediately made a decision, and immediately called Han Lu Baosheng into the dress.
The two girls were quick with their hands and feet, and quickly changed her into a pale pink flower-sprinkled cigarette shirt, combed her hair into a double bun, inserted a branch and shook the lotus flower, which reflected the hibiscus ear bell in her ears, and was radiant, which was Qi Ye's favorite dress.
Yu Ze saw her dressed up so carefully, and he felt quite uncomfortable: "Don't forget his identity, even if he treats you well on weekdays, it's just a little spice in his spare time, and he won't listen to you when it comes to these big things." ”
"How do you know if you don't try", Yin Lingyuan changed his speech to a voice, "Even if it doesn't work, I'll try my best anyway, maybe God will record this good cause for me when he settles the general account in the future." ”
Although she was unhappy, Yu Ze had to admit that she had some truth in what she said.
"Let's go", Yin Lingyuan finally looked at himself in the glasses, quite satisfied, and picked up his green arm to prepare to go out.
"Does the master really want to go at this time?" Han Lu, who always persuaded her to take the initiative to get close to the emperor in the past, hesitated at the moment, "After the Wei family's incident, the emperor is not in a good mood, so let's wait a while and go again." ”
If Qi Ye's holy decree is delayed any longer, there will really be no room for turnaround.
"It's because I'm in a bad mood that I'm going to visit the emperor." Yin Lingyuan was high-sounding and went straight to the Yangju Palace.
At the door, he called in, Qi Ye was looking at the fold, his brows were deeply locked, and when he saw her coming, he put down the fold and rubbed his eyebrows: "It's here." ”
"The emperor is tired", Yin Lingyuan opened the food box and took out a glass cup, "This is a newly made milk tea, according to the emperor's taste, only a little sugar is put in it, sweet but not greasy, the emperor tastes it." ”
Qi Ye felt refreshed when he saw this glass cup, motioned for Yin Lingyuan to come over, took the milk tea and took a sip, it was refreshing and cool, and his body suddenly felt a lot more comfortable.
His eyebrows stretched, and he looked at Yin Lingyuan with two gentleness: "Fortunately, you are here, and the events of that day are also thanks to your carefulness, otherwise I would still be kept in the dark." ”
"I don't know what the emperor plans to do with the Wei family and its family?" Yin Lingyuan took the opportunity to ask.
"The Wei clan deceived the king, and not killing it is not enough to calm my anger." Qi Ye said.
"Wei Ruhong and her mother and brother are indeed unforgivable, and it is not a pity to die", Yin Lingyuan said, "But the rest of the Wei family, does the emperor also plan to kill them together?" ”
Qi Ye's face immediately sank, and he looked at Yin Lingyuan coldly: "What do you want to say?" ”
Yin Lingyuan plucked up her courage: "There are hundreds of people in the Wei family, and some relatives have little contact with them at all, and the concubines think that these unrelated people ......" She looked at Qi Ye's expression, and finally said: "It shouldn't be killed." ”
"Bell!" With a sound, Qi Ye put down the glass cup in his hand heavily, and his eyes were awe-inspiring, "It's because I am too conniving on weekdays, and I spoil you so much that you don't know the height of the sky, and you dare to talk about the Holy Judgment!" ”