Chapter 153: Heartache (3)
Chang Jue hurriedly held her hand and asked the imperial doctor to come and see it, and after the imperial doctor checked the pulse, he was shocked, and he didn't even know how to weigh the words, so he admonished directly, "Is the princess red?" Please restrain your mind and don't move your liver fire again, your fetal image is already unstable, if it continues like this, it may ...... will damage yourself and Xiao Shizi! ”
Lan Yi didn't say anything about his unhappiness, the imperial doctor said this, and everyone knew that it was possible to see red, and the emperor was somewhat embarrassed, tilting his head to the side, as if he hadn't heard it; However, Changjue Ningfu and the others were quite anxious.
"There is no need to say anything more, Rong Huan's business, with me, you have a good rest, do you want to change your clothes?"
Lan Yi nodded slightly, she knew that she couldn't be so angry and hurt her spirits anymore, otherwise she might really want to make her relatives and enemies happy, Ying Guifei also asked, "Do you need this palace to bring two clean clothes for you to change", Lan Yi only turned around and left two sentences, "Since the concubine Niangniang has the power to manage the six palaces, she should assist her father to find out the murderer, and I will not bother you with such a trivial matter as changing clothes." I think Chang Jue will also have something to ask you. ”
When this kind of thing happens in the palace, the spearhead will inevitably rush to the person in charge, Ying Guifei has long been prepared, and said directly at this moment: "Although I asked, this kind of thing happened under my nose, so I naturally want to give an explanation to Prince Gong's Mansion and the emperor." ”
Lan Yi didn't say more, saluted accurately, and then walked to the warm pavilion next to him with the support of the water chestnut.
Concubine Ke looked very entangled, not knowing whether she should follow or stay far away, after thinking about it, she finally gritted her teeth and stayed where she was.
Lan Yi left, and Wei Changjue was not good at interfering in the affairs of the harem, and Concubine Ke felt that she had to stay here in case Concubine Ying shirked her responsibilities with her rhetoric.
The emperor's brows locked, and just as he was about to say something, Gonggong Liu rushed in outside and said, "The nurse of the county lord of Chengning has been found!" ”
The emperor said, "Bring it quickly." ”
Father-in-law Liu looked embarrassed, "This nurse seems to have drunk wine, her face is extremely red, and the slave asks people to shout, but she can't wake up." ”
"Then splash it with water until you wake up." The Emperor's voice was cold, and he asked, "How's the front?" ”
Liu Gonggong said: "The ministers and ladies didn't dare to ask anything, only a few of His Royal Highnesses said that they wanted to come and have a look, and asked why the emperor and the concubine didn't go back after leaving for so long." ”
The emperor didn't even look at Concubine Ying, and said directly: "It's Changyuan Changze who is asking, right?" ”
Father-in-law Liu looked embarrassed, "Yes." ”
The emperor snorted coldly, "Let them wait, something happened in the harem, and their mother concubine didn't come out to take responsibility, who else could bear it?!" ”
Father-in-law Liu sweated on his forehead, the two masters were suspicious, he was a person who did not lack the benefits of Concubine Ying, he could only survive in the cracks, and he responded with a chatter, so he quickly withdrew to do things.
Here, the emperor looked at Concubine Ying, "The water chestnut was pointed to Huayang Palace, and the nurse was poured wine, all of this is really a coincidence, how can the concubine explain?" ”
Concubine Ying said calmly: "It's really a coincidence, even the concubines didn't expect to cause such a disaster." Naturally, all this is the concubine's, and if the concubines were more attentive to the princes and county lords, it would not have happened. ”
Qinghe next to him suddenly opened his mouth, looking strange and aggrieved, "The emperor allows the slave and maid to say more, the concubine Niangniang is in charge of such a big scene, even if it is the children of the Qi Palace, the concubine Niangniang has no time to be distracted to take a look at it, how can she know that such bad luck will befall the lord of Chengning?" After all, it's still the mother who should keep an eye on the child. ”
"Qinghe, stand down!" Ying Guifei reprimanded.
Wei Changjue smiled coldly: "The palace maid of Changfu Palace is really well-educated, her father didn't ask her, and she dared to take the initiative to talk, not to mention, is this a matter of talking a little more?" Every word is to excuse the concubine Niangniang, Lan Yi is surrounded by people, and other sisters-in-law and siblings are also surrounded by people, do you see if they are so capable, watching and listening to all directions? ”
Before the emperor could say anything, Concubine Ying was already kneeling on the ground, and said loudly: "The concubine did not discipline the palace maid well, nor did she manage this harem well, please ask the emperor to surrender." ”
The emperor looked at her with mixed feelings in his heart, "You can explain first, why didn't the palace maids and eunuchs you arranged fail to keep up with Rong Huan?" ”
Concubine Ying hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there are too many children, running crazy, and you can't find it if you make a mistake, this is a very normal thing, even the little princes in the palace have not run away." ”
This is indeed reasonable, the emperor nodded invisibly, Wei Changjue stepped forward and said: "But the father, the lost prince, is recovered, that is very normal, such as Rong Huan was suffocated by someone like this, it must be some people with evil intentions who are prepared!" ”
The emperor let out a heavy "um", "That's right, I can't tolerate such a wolf ambition in the palace." ”
But the next news, none of them was in favor of Prince Gong's Mansion, the little palace maid who stopped the water chestnut on the palace road at that time, there was no one behind her, even the torture instruments were on, she was still crying and saying that she was just living too hard, so she wanted to find another way out.
The emperor still didn't believe it, and personally proposed someone to try it, and under the power of heaven, he even threatened her family, but she was still sure of such a statement, obviously the facts in her mind were like this.
Wei Changjue knew that since Concubine Ying made a move, she would do everything well, and the most powerful witness was not to memorize what she should say and tell it in front of others, but that she really thought that the facts were what she wanted to see, so she could only tell the so-called "truth".
And the nurse who was finally woken up, that is, she was too honest, she trembled after entering the palace, and she did what others said, and she was pulled halfway through and ate two sips of fruit wine that she said would not be drunk, and she fell asleep in a daze.
Now she was finally awakened, and when she learned the consequences of these two sips of wine, she was stupid, as far as she was concerned, it was just a sleep, and the day changed, and the little county lord who was still giggling in his arms just now had been separated from her forever.
Rong Huan is such a likable child, the nurse loves her as if she were her own daughter, and when she heard the news of her death, her reaction was exactly the same as that of the water chestnut. She kowtowed vigorously and cried: "Ask the emperor to just let the slave and maid die, what's the point of living......
But such tears, such heart-to-heart rhetoric, can't get Rong Huan's life back, and the sorrow of the tears of the listener can't make up for the past mistakes.
Things gradually came to an impasse, and the clues seemed to be broken.
The officials and relatives outside can't stay too long, otherwise everyone will know that something big has happened in the palace, the emperor pondered for a while, and suddenly said: "Call the guards in front of the Qihua Palace and ask them, who has left the table." ”
However, there were too many ladies present today, changing clothes, pulling hair, countless, and the guards in front of the door said a few of their impressions, and they really couldn't think of the rest.
Wei Changjue suddenly said: "Father, have you found anything on the traces of the scene?" ”
The emperor shook his head, he naturally sent someone to check these a long time ago, "It hasn't rained recently, and the soil on the side of the rockery is dry, and there is not even a single footprint left." ”
Changjue gritted his teeth, "It's really powerful, I transferred all the people away, leaving no trace, in this palace, I'm afraid that someone will cover the sky with one hand." ”
Concubine Ying looked at him, "Changjue, who are you insinuating against?" ”
"Even if Changjue is insinuating you, what shouldn't you!" Concubine Ke suddenly stood up, her body trembled, and her voice trembled, but she had accumulated the strength of her whole body, just to say what she wanted to say from the bottom of her heart, "The concubine is out of the way today, and I want to reason with you, if it wasn't for you didn't arrange it well, or if it wasn't for the fact that you arranged it too well, how could this happen?" Rong Huan is the only granddaughter of the queen mother, so she will be ...... by you."
"Concubine Ke, you'd better be cautious!" Concubine Ying shouted, "I want to pour dirty water on this palace without evidence, Concubine Ke, has it been too long, so I don't even know how to write the word 'self-respect'?!" ”
Concubine Ke trembled like a sieve, and she didn't know whether she was angry or afraid, "The concubine is too self-respecting, so that you will slander again and again, and make Empress Cikang worry about the concubine again and again!" ”
"So rude......"
"The concubine is out! The concubines are in this palace, cautious, trembling, but they can't get anything, and now they can't even keep the granddaughter of Empress Cikang, and the concubines already hate themselves for being useless, do you care about being rude or not! She suddenly turned around and knelt heavily on the ground, "Your Majesty, please check the palace of the prince of Qi, the palace of Yu, the people of the Changfu Palace, there will definitely be people who know the truth about the death of the little county lord!" ”
People who have always been so honest that they don't dare to speak loudly suddenly came out like this, but they all the people present were calmed, and in the end, Ying Guifei said coldly: "You slander the lord, and your heart can be punished." Then she blessed the emperor, "Concubine Ke does not abide by the palace rules, there is no evidence of blood spitting, please ask the emperor to punish her immediately." ”
The Emperor was silent.
In fact, this matter, as the lord of the world, he has a way to investigate, as long as he mentions the relevant palace maids and eunuchs in private and tortures them, there can be no impermeable wall in the world.
But these guards must also run around, even if they are to show the people in Prince Gong's Mansion and the harem, they must do it, the emperor's power tricks cannot be casually violent. Exposed to people.
The reason why he hesitated was just that he was afraid that he would check and really find out about Changfu Palace.
At the end, the emperor raised his hand, "You all get up first, something like this happened in the palace, you are all people who feel sorry for the juniors, if there is anything disrespectful in your words, I will forgive you for the time being." In this way, it is said to the outside world that the lord of Chengning is seriously ill, so let those courtiers out of the palace first. ”
Concubine Ke said: "But the murderer is very likely to be inside......"
"You've said enough today." The emperor glanced at her, that majesty, the concubine did not dare to overcome, gritted her teeth and lowered her head.
But Changjue was not afraid, and immediately said: "Erchen thinks that Concubine Ke Niangniang is right, the murderer is likely to be among the people attending the banquet today, and Erchen has a proposal that when they are sent out of the palace, everyone asks a word, which may make the murderer panic." ”
The Emperor narrowed his eyes, "What words?" ”
"Did you lose your personal belongings in Zhongling Lake today?" Chang Jue's eyes were heavy, "The murderer must be more sensitive to the word 'Zhong Ling Lake' than ordinary people, maybe other people are just confused, or say that they have not been to Zhong Ling Lake, or they will immediately turn over their bodies, is there something missing, but most of the murderers will directly answer 'no'." ”
This is not a difficult matter, the emperor thought for a moment, and immediately ordered to go down and let the guards guarding the palace gate do it.
While waiting, Concubine Ying was calm, and even asked the people around her to take care of Lan Yi, and when the guards came to report, there were indeed several ministers and female dependents who were panicked, and when they were all recorded, it was getting late, and the birds were flying into the forest.
The emperor said: "Changjue, do you believe me or not." ”
"Father?" Chang Jue was puzzled, but the next moment he understood what he meant, and said, "Erchen naturally believes you, but he must give Rong Huan a fair ......."
"I will give you an explanation, and I will give Rong Huan justice, but this matter can't be a big deal, and when I find out the truth, I will naturally explain it to you, but you should pick up Lan Yi now, take Rong Huan, and go home."
Wei Changjue's hand wanted to be clenched into a fist, but in the end he tried his best to control it and returned to his usual appearance, "Since my father said so, my son is willing to wait, but Changfu Palace ......"
"Changfu Palace is indeed at fault." The emperor glanced at Concubine Ying, "Who is taking care of the longevity banquet today?" ”
Concubine Ying's heart was very cold, from the moment she took the first step, she had thought that the relationship that should be broken was about to be broken, even if these minions were her arms, she could abandon them.
She said a few names, and the emperor immediately asked people to arrest her, and if the Shen Criminal Division went like this, she would definitely die, but Concubine Ying sat there calmly, as if those people had nothing to do with her.
The people she uses have a handle in her hands, and at this moment she is completely sure that those minions, whether they know it or not, will not reveal the truth.
The emperor said: "Although it is the fault of these servants that such a thing happened, but Ying Guifei also has the responsibility of negligence, and from today onwards, she will think about it behind closed doors in Changfu Palace, and avoid all morning and dusk provinces, and Changfu Palace will be free of monthly money for three months." Changjue, what do you think? ”
The dignified son of heaven dealt with his harem affairs, where did Chang Jue have room for beaking, he heard the threat here, no longer entangled, took a step back, bowed, and said, "Erchen doesn't dare." I don't know what the water chestnut and the nurse's father plan to do? ”
is so sensible, the emperor is also willing to give him face, only said: "How you enter the palace, how to get out of the palace, water chestnut and nurse naturally have to 'take care' of Rong Huan, two or three days after returning to Prince Gong's mansion, the news of Rong Huan's death can slowly come out, these two slaves and maids are now subordinate to Prince Gong's mansion, and you and Lan Yi can dispose of them." ”