Chapter 331: Waiting for Snow
Concubine Qi's words made Shen Shu stunned.
She hadn't realized it yet, but now that she thought about it, she suddenly discovered a critical point in time.
"The Queen Mother was pregnant at the time...... Could it be the Ten Princes? β
"Exactly."
At the mention of this, Concubine Qi's always dignified and gentle face had a mocking look for the first time: "Back then, Concubine Xiao Guifei was pregnant, and every once in a while, she wanted to let Her Majesty rest in her palace. What she used on her bed was a pair of jade pillows given to her by Queen Shuhui, and it didn't take long for Xiao Guifei to suffer from wind disease, and the imperial doctor found that the jade pillow was poisonous. β
Xiao Guifei pointed out that Empress Shuhui resented Her Majesty and deliberately colluded with her father and brother to rebel, if it was an ordinary time, Your Majesty would definitely not believe it. But Concubine Xiao is pregnant, and the disease of wind disease is indeed caused by poisoning, and no one will blame the dragon seed in her belly......"
"Your Majesty was furious, and confined Empress Shuhui to Kunning Palace, and the string of Buddhist beads that Concubine Xiao Guifei gave to Empress Shuhui was poisonous.
Speaking of this, Concubine Qi had a sigh in her eyes: "This is nothing, and later Xiao Guifei released false news to King Luyang, who loved her daughter, and King Luyang rebelled in anger, and confirmed the rebellion of Queen Shuhui identified by Concubine Xiao. and ordered that Empress Shuhui be hastily buried and never entered the emperor's mausoleum. β
She looked at Shen Shu: "After the death of King Luyang, Concubine Xiao gave birth to a young son, that is, Chu Tianxi, the king of Rui. Xiao Guifei was also named the queen because of this. King Rui was poisoned in Xiao Guifei's abdomen, and he was born weak, and he was born with a weak leg. β
"Every time Your Majesty sees him, he thinks of Queen Shuhui's poisoning, and must have thought that if it weren't for Queen Xiao's pregnancy and poisoning in advance, maybe he would be the one who was poisoned, so he took pity on Queen Xiao, and also regarded King Rui as a lucky star, and favored King Rui a ......."
When Shen Shu heard this, she finally understood why Lao Ruiwang's "favor" came from.
In the past, she looked at the history of the former government and the opposition, and also mentioned the battle of the harem, and knew that once she entered the palace gate, it was as deep as the sea.
But now when I hear Concubine Qi tell this little-known secret of the harem, I only feel that once I enter the palace gate, it is not only "as deep as the sea", but also "the sea of blood in the sword mountain".
Because of this, Shen Shu also vaguely understood why in the emperor's tomb before, Concubine Qi instructed Liu Yiyi to release the news to the queen mother, so as to test King Yi's reaction.
When she and King Xiaorui came to visit, they only gave Buddhist beads for her to "decipher", instead of telling this past story directly.
Just imagine, if he hadn't personally opened the coffin and seen the remains of the first emperor and saw the string of poisonous Buddha beads with his own eyes, how would King Yi believe that his maternal grandmother ...... Even the entire Xiao family will do things to murder the former queen and kill her husband.
Thinking of this, Shen Shu looked at Concubine Qi with a complicated expression.
Of course, she hasn't forgotten why this palace fight started.
It's poison.
Concubine Qi has already said that the string of poisonous Buddha beads killed the Empress Dowager Shuhui and the first emperor.
Although now Shen Shu doesn't know what the poison on the Buddha beads is.
But she's so sureβ
The poison above must come from Yunjiang.
And, there is an inseparable relationship with the Bai family!
"The Buddha bead in the coffin of the first emperor, but the concubine put it in?" Shen Shu suddenly asked.
Previously, Chu Zhan had guessed that the Buddha bead in the palm of the first emperor's hand was put in by Concubine Qi in order to attract attention.
However, the door of the main tomb can only be opened by the jade pendant in King Yi's hand, and it is impossible for anyone to cross King Yi to open the door of the tomb.
Last time, Shen Shu didn't have a chance to inquire in Jingyun Temple, and at this moment, this question is still very important after Concubine Qi revealed the cause of Empress Shuhui's death back then.
Shen Shu didn't completely trust the Concubine Qi in front of her.
She always had to judge how much of what came out of Concubine Qi's mouth was true and how much was false.
Concubine Qi looked at Shen Shu and smiled gently, a few hints of appreciation flashed in her eyes.
She shouted to the door, "Call him in." β
As these words fell, a young eunuch wearing an inner robe bowed down and walked in from outside the door.
As soon as Shen Shu saw him, he felt extremely familiar.
When he walked to him, he said, "The county lord is blessed." β
Shen Shu sat up straight abruptly and called out in surprise: "Liu Yiyi? β
Liu Yiyi raised his head, his face was still young, but it had completely changed its appearance.
He knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Shu: "The villain asked the county lord to say goodbye, everything was the villain's fault before, and the county lord was also asked to punish him." β
Shen Shu's eyes were slightly gloomy, and before she knew the other party's intentions, she chose to remain silent.
Concubine Qi explained softly: "His real name is Liu Xing, and his grandfather Liu Yu is the shadow guard of the first emperor, although he did not witness the first emperor being poisoned, but he inadvertently heard what the queen mother whispered to the first emperor when he was buried for the first emperor, so as to know the truth about the death of the first emperor." After the death of the first emperor, the Queen Mother ordered all the shadow guards to be buried together, and only Liu Yu escaped. β
When Shen Shu heard this, he turned his head to look at Liu Xing, that is, Liu Yiyi, and asked tentatively: "So, the Buddha beads in the hands of the first emperor were put in by your grandfather?" β
If he says "yes", it must be a lie, because the door of the tomb can only be opened with the jade pendant of the King of Light.
If he says, "No......
"Back to the county lord, my grandfather never entered the emperor's mausoleum before his death, if the first emperor has Buddha beads in his hand, it is not my grandfather's doing, I think it should be put in by the queen mother." Liu Xing replied truthfully.
Shen Shuxing's eyes narrowed slightly.
She asked in disbelief: "How could the Queen Mother leave such a thing on the remains of the first emperor?" β
Liu Xing: "When my grandfather heard that the Queen Mother was buried for the first emperor, he once whispered that he wanted to leave something to the first emperor as a thought. Want...... It should be the Buddha bead. β
Hearing him say this, Concubine Qi sneered: "The person that Empress Xiao hates the most in her life is Queen Shuhui, she is a person who has a heart like a sieve and will repay her, this is like what she can say." β
These words coincide with Shen Shu's perception of the Queen Mother.
Despite this, it was not enough for Shen Shu to completely let down her guard.
She looked at Concubine Qi and asked, "The concubine only said how Empress Dowager Xiao harmed Empress Shuhui, and how the first emperor favored Empress Dowager Xiao and King Rui." However, since King Luyang rebelled and confirmed Empress Dowager Xiao's framing of Empress Shuhui, King Luyang has also been ambushed, and Empress Shuhui's grievances should also be buried deep underground...... How did the first emperor learn all this, and finally died at the hands of the Empress Dowager Xiao? β
As soon as these words came out, Concubine Qi looked at Shen Shu's gaze and became a little unpredictable.
She was silent for a few breaths, and said meaningfully: "This is to ask the county lord." β
"Me?" Shen Shu asked puzzled.
Concubine Qi said faintly: "The poison on the bead is the poison from Yunjiang, after the first emperor learned everything before his death, the only thing he did before his death was to order the prince and Cheng'en to lead a large army to go to Yunjiang to sweep the Valley of the Medicine King." As a descendant of the Bai family, does the county lord really not know the hidden secrets? β
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