Chapter 43: Investigation and Killing
When the news of the first round of inspections spread, the entire harem was still very calm, and the palaces were very cooperative, because they all knew that the concubines and concubines who governed the palace were merciful and would not easily cure the crimes of the palace people, and the stewards and female officials who searched below were all perennial in the relationship, and some prohibited items that were not a big taboo would not be picked out, because the news came first, as long as they were not stupid, they would hide everything first, and when the time came, they were really going to be searched, so they stuffed some hush money in their sleeves, and it was better if they didn't find it.
After a round of inspections that began in early August, nothing happened, except for two or three who made a small fuss because they did not negotiate the hush money.
But change is always like the darkness before the dawn, when man is most unprepared.
The second round of raids, led by the Praetorian Guard, suddenly began at the end of August.
Like a storm sweeping in, without warning, without mercy.
Pu Yangxu knew that the inner palace was a bright and dirty place outside, and there were many places where you couldn't see the dirt and dirt, this time he was determined to copy the bottom and clear it, and used three thousand Janissaries to raid and inspect each palace after the night.
In the past few days, the detained palace concubines in the inner palace have been locked up in seven or eight rooms, ranging from ten to fifteen people in each room, and as for the palace maids and eunuchs, there are even more, and the places specially vacated by the Punishment Department are not enough, so a cold palace was temporarily opened, and all the people were stuffed in.
This is not counting those who have directly fallen into the lock, in short, it is like turning over the pot, and in general, Taisun Palace is still full of beards and tails.
Such a big move naturally knew that it was not possible to manage the palace concubines, but to mobilize three thousand Praetorian Guards to lock the palace and raid it in one day, everyone thought that this was the handiwork of the emperor himself.
But the emperor hasn't rectified the inner palace so vigorously for more than ten years.
No one can figure out why.
The East Palace also didn't know, the prince himself was tired because of the trouble with a few beauties during the inspection, and he slept until the next day, and when he went down to the court, he was invited by the grandson to serve the emperor in the Qianqing Palace.
The inspection of the East Palace is greater than that of the next place, and it is also more harsh, no matter whether they are favored or not, and the concubines with what qualifications they have, the palace has been turned upside down, and once the contraband is found, it will be locked up immediately and waiting to be disposed of.
If the master is still like this, the minions below are even more unkind, and they are detained if they can't explain things from unknown sources.
This time, the people who led the work were all the people under Shu Tai's hands, and they were not those Zhongguan Huangmen, female officials and grandmothers, who inquired about the private affairs of the palace people in public without leaving any affection, and there was no favor to talk about.
The things in the palace are not allowed to be spread outside when the palace door is closed, and it is lively outside, and I don't know if the sky is turned upside down, this is the palace guards, and the officials in the court are well-informed and only heard that it is to clean the palace.
When things got worse, the news was still blocked.
Pu Yangxu didn't expect that things would be as he expected, from the beginning of the investigation of contraband, except for the Taisun Palace, which is very innocent, other palaces will be more or less found out, and then he ordered Shu Tai to start the torture, it is necessary to listen to some useful information from these people's mouths, who knows that this does not know, and there are any pickled things when asked.
Before anyone could finish the review, someone couldn't stand the intimidation and summoned something about the cocoon medicinal materials.
Pulling up the thread to overturn a boatload of people, Puyang Xu didn't move the hospital at all on the surface, but secretly arranged for someone to keep an eye on it, and now as soon as the confessed palace people identified him, he immediately ordered the entire hospital to be blocked.
From the head of the courtyard to the gatekeeper, Shu Tai personally interrogated, and if there is any suspicion, he will focus on the investigation, so he checked and checked, and he really found out the shocking secrets.
Just the sentence of murdering the emperor, whoever is involved in it is the crime of raiding the house, and it is not a simple dead word to put on anyone's head.
More than half of the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital have been lost, and it can be said that those left behind in this bloodbath will inevitably become the mainstay of the Tai Hospital in the next few decades.
There is no news that can't be leaked, and the turmoil in the inner palace lasted until October, from the beginning of the detention, to the torture, and finally some of the confessors were directly killed, and some were imprisoned without amnesty for life.
More inside information, everyone will not know.
Shen Ting has been bored for three months, and the only advantage is that she doesn't have to go out and save going to Luanyi Palace to ask for peace, no matter if there is a dead person outside, anyway, the grandson has a hard time, so she is content.
Before the matter was over, the third inspection was ushered in in a panicked atmosphere, and the results of this inspection will directly affect what kind of life everyone will live in the future.
Fortunately, the result was good, there was not a single case of violating the rules and taboo items, and not a single offender was caught.
After the waves subsided, it buffered for more than half a month, and the capital ushered in the first early snow.
Shen Tingnian was wrapped in a thick velvet jacket, and began to sweat when he walked on the road, there is a kind of cold that everyone thinks you are cold, and the winter has not yet arrived, so the thick clothes will be put on for you, and this snow will be returned, the jacket must be worn, and the hand stove must be taken...... Only halfway through, Shen Tingnian lost the hand stove, and he didn't want to hold an umbrella with branches and buds, so he had to walk slowly and leisurely against the snowflakes.
The road was slippery on a snowy day, and when she passed by the clear water pool, Zhiya came forward to help her, but Shen Tingnian stopped and looked at the bare muddy pool and laughed.
After a delay for a while, a group of people came around the corner, but it was the grandson who hadn't seen him for several months.
Both of them seemed a little unexpected, and when they saw each other for the first time, they were both stunned.
Shen Tingnian was very surprised, how could he look like he was sick, and his thin mandible was pointed.
Pu Yangxu was also surprised, he had never seen a more amazing person than Shen Tingnian, she was actually fat!
In the past few months, the noble prince, the grandson, and the palace maid and eunuch who are as humble as Caojie, which one is not eating and sleeping well, and is worried? Pull it out and weigh it, lose two or three pounds if you are less, and lose ten pounds if you are more.
Looking at Shen Tingnian, who had a ruddy complexion, glowing eyes, and a plump body, Pu Yangxu almost wanted to laugh and get angry again.
"The concubine has seen His Royal Highness the Grand Sun."
A delicate voice came from another place, wearing a plain white thin skirt and a cyan coat, the Taisun beauty Yu broke the silence abruptly.
After she got up, she didn't greet Shen Tingnian, and walked straight towards Pu Yangxu, the snowflakes were blowing her skirt flying, and her beautiful appearance set off the posture, "Your Highness, why didn't you have an umbrella?" ”
It was clearly a question, and the voice was still rolling upward.
Shen Tingnian saw Yu Shi doing a pie in front of Pu Yangxu for the first time, and she felt that her eyes hurt a little when she saw it.