Chapter 306: The Secret Past (Part II)

"Now the six princes of the emperor, from His Royal Highness the eldest prince to His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, only the little prince from Concubine Rong is missing." Ning Zhiwen then explained, "If it weren't for the fact that the little prince died shortly after he was born, I think that with the honor that the emperor bestowed on the late Concubine Rong, I would have treated the little prince well." ”

"The second lady is really a delicate and intelligent person." The jailer really won't forget to pat himself on the back at any time, "As the second lady expected, the little prince died after only half a year. ”

"Can the imperial doctor diagnose the cause of the little prince's death?" Ning Zhixuan asked.

"At that time, Concubine Rong was confined to the cold palace, and the imperial doctors of the imperial hospital all entered the cold palace to diagnose the little prince, and any news would naturally be reported directly to the queen mother or the emperor."

"Then how did Concubine Rong pass away?"

"The little one has been in the palace for a long time, and from hearsay, I don't know very well how Concubine Rong died, probably because I miss the little prince too much, so I can't survive it, so I will follow."

Ning Zhixuan looked at the jailer who was subconsciously avoiding his gaze, and then asked, "Which imperial doctor from the imperial hospital is it that diagnosed the little prince back then, but is the current hospital sentence Master Zhang?" ”

"In the past, the most amazing Xinglin Holy Hand of the Imperial Hospital was the master of the current hospital judge, and the previous imperial hospital judge was the master."

"Tall?" Ning Zhiwen only knew that the most respected person in the Imperial Hospital today was the judge of Master Zhang, and she had never heard of Master Zhang's master, Master Gao, "Then now that Lord Gao, why haven't I heard that there is such a number one person in the Imperial Hospital?" ”

The jailer replied, "Probably the old man has returned to his hometown, and the little one is not very clear." ”

Ning Zhiyun then asked, "Does the little prince have a name or a title?" ”

The jailer replied again: "The little prince died when he was only half a year old, and since the little prince was born, he has been living in the cold palace with Concubine Rong, and he has never even seen the emperor's face, so he should not be named." ”

"The jailer's eldest brother has been talking for so long, and his mouth should be thirsty, so it is better to drink a glass of water to moisten his throat." Ning Zhixuan suddenly changed the topic, and then picked up the cup on the square table with one hand and handed it to the jailer, "Brother I'm tired of the jailer, pour me a cup of chrysanthemum tea too." ”

"Little damn it, I've been talking to the second miss for so long, and I didn't expect to pour a cup of tea for the second miss." As he spoke, the jailer was already busy taking the cup and pouring a cup of chrysanthemum tea for Ning Zhixuan.

"The chrysanthemums in this tea are made of high-grade Hangbai chrysanthemums, and the jailer brother has a heart." Ning Zhiyun said, her gaze swept from the teapot, "Brother Jailer has been talking for so long, it's time to drink a cup of chrysanthemum tea to moisten your throat." ”

"Little one, thank you for the tea." The jailer was already a master of slapping horses, and when he saw that Ning Zhiwen intended to lift himself, he climbed up the pole and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Brother Jailer should have been on an errand in this prison for some years, right?" After the story was over, Ning Zhixuan, who was now bored, began to talk with the jailer.

After taking a sip of tea, the jailer replied: "The little family is poor, and in order to survive, he was sold to the palace as an errand since he was a child, and he has been in the palace for more than ten years. ”

Ning Zhiwen also took a sip of the chrysanthemum tea in the cup, and continued to chat: "Does the jailer brother have a wife?" ”

The jailer put down the teacup and replied with a smile: "The little family is poor, and he is only a small pawn in this prison of the Criminal Department, and he has been detained in the palace for many days, and he has never married a wife. ”

"Has the jailer's eldest brother been working as an errand boy in the prison of the Criminal Department?" Ning Zhiyun asked while playing with the blue and white patterns on the cup, "The eldest brother of the jailer just said that he has been in the palace for more than ten years, I'm afraid he was on an errand elsewhere before, right?" ”

"The second young lady Lan Xinhui was very good, and she immediately guessed that the little one had been the last guard in the palace, and then she was transferred to this prison of the Criminal Department as a jailer."

"I wonder where the jailer brother used to be a guard?" Ning Zhiyun's words changed abruptly, and she said sharply, "I'm afraid that the eldest brother of the jailer used to be an errand boy in the cold palace, and he is an old acquaintance with Concubine Rong, right?" ”

When Ning Zhiyun first heard the jailer mention Concubine Rong, she felt that there was something strange, a concubine who was beaten into the cold palace more than ten years ago that even the princess couldn't even ask, how did a little jailer know so clearly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

"The second lady laughed, her small identity is humble, how can she climb high to the queen mother's niece Concubine Rong." Seeing that Ning Zhixuan doubted herself, the jailer put on that silly smile again and said, "The little one has a hard background, but he knows some three-legged cat kung fu, even if he is entrusted to Ziyun City as a guard, he is also assigned to the cold palace with the heaviest yin qi." Seeing that Ning Zhiwen still had an expression of disbelief, the jailer said again: "The little one has been an errand in the cold palace for a few years, and it happened that Concubine Rong was beaten into the cold palace by the emperor, so I will know a little about Concubine Rong back then." ”

"Really? Did the eldest brother of the jailer only know a little about Concubine Rong back then? Ning Zhixuan curled the corners of her lips slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Concubine Rong's matter is a taboo in the palace, let alone an ordinary jailer, even Her Royal Highness the princess knows very little about the things of the past. Ning Zhiyun continued to play with the teacup in her hand, but her eyes were fixed on the jailer, observing every subtle change in his expression, and then suddenly asked, "Do you know why even the princess didn't know what happened to Concubine Rong back then?" ”

"Her Royal Highness the princess is high, and her mind is beyond the speculation of a humble person like a villain." The jailer still pretended to be stupid and said, "I hope that the second lady will tell me clearly, so that the little one can have a long experience." ”

"The eldest brother of the jailer has been in the palace for so many years, and he should know the usual trick of 'killing people and destroying corpses' in the palace." Ning Zhiyun said as soon as her fingers loosened, and the blue and white porcelain cup she was holding in her hand fell to the ground and shattered into several petals.

Ning Zhixuan watched the jailer stagger back two steps, and then looked at him with a smile and said, "Brother jailer, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"The little ones don't quite understand...... Second Miss ...... The meaning ...... "The jailer seems to have decided to play stupid to the end," only knows the literal meaning of killing people and destroying corpses. ”

Ning Zhixuan's meaning couldn't be clearer, Concubine Rong is a taboo in the palace, and after Concubine Rong's death, the emperor even changed the palace where she lived during her lifetime into a four-ruling library. How can a person who was once alive be erased from Ziyun City, the only way to reassure Emperor Qi is to kill all the palace people who have served Concubine Rong in the Cold Palace, and naturally include the guards who once guarded the Cold Palace.

"You deliberately got my attention." Ning Zhiwen didn't want to go around the bend anymore, but said straight to the point, "If it wasn't intentional, how could the eldest brother of the jailer be an errand in the Criminal Department for so many years, but the matter of Concubine Rong and the little prince was not known to everyone." ”

The jailer has also been in the prison of the Criminal Department for more than ten years, and the prison of the Criminal Department has always been a high-ranking official, why so many high-level officials and the jailer can't take a fancy to it, but they just take a fancy to Ning Zhixuan, who has no merit and fame, and is about to save her life.

Ning Zhiyun's analysis was reasonable, and the corners of the jailer's lips had already evoked a faint smile, but he still pretended to be stupid on his face: "The little one really doesn't know the deep meaning of the second miss's words, the little one just saw that the people above told the little one to take care of the second miss, and the little one was thinking about pleasing the second miss, and he would be able to get a half-official position in the future." ”

Ning Zhiyun saw that the jailer was still unwilling to show his true face, and was about to argue with him again, but when he saw the jailer suddenly drop the cup in his hand, and then the whole person fell to the ground along the square table.

Ning Zhixuan saw the jailer who fell to the ground with a blue face and foaming at the mouth, and immediately took out the needle sac from his waist, and the silver needle in his hand shot out of the air, which had already sealed several acupoints on the jailer's body.

Looking at the jailer lying on the ground with a slightly softened expression, Ning Zhixuan took out a round white porcelain bottle from his sleeve and threw it beside him and said, "Inside is a poison avoidance pill, and you can save your life after eating it." ”

The jailer's eyes were full of fear for the rest of his life, and he grasped the white porcelain round bottle with trembling hands, and then pulled out the wooden stopper tied with red silk, and swallowed the anti-poison pill in the porcelain bottle into his stomach when he raised his head.

After a cup of tea, the blue on the jailer's face began to fade, he slowly sat up on the local table next to him, wiped the poisonous blood from the corner of his lips with his sleeve, and then looked at Ning Zhiyun and said, "I drank the same pot of tea with the second lady?" Why am I the only one who got poisoned? ”

Ning Zhixuan's eyes roamed back and forth on the jailer's body, seeing the jailer's panicked look, and Fang Cai's face was blue again, spitting poisonous blood, he should have really eaten the poison in his stomach.

"The poison didn't fall in the tea, but on the rim of the cup." Ning Zhixuan already pointed to the broken celadon cup on the ground as she spoke, "I took the anti-poison pill in advance, and wiped the rim of the cup with a handkerchief. ”

"Second Miss, you are deliberately asking for a small life!" The jailer said with a bitter face, "The little one almost died from the poisoned tea in that cup." ”

Ning Zhiwen had indeed expected that Ning Banghua would never let go of any opportunity to murder her, so everything that his subordinates touched was careful, and the reason why she did not remind the jailer and gave the jailer the poisonous tea to drink was just a temptation.

If the jailer is really Concubine Rong's henchman, and he has been dormant in the palace for a long time, he should have some ability, and he will not be killed by a cup of poisoned tea.

"If I want the life of the jailer's eldest brother, I'm afraid the jailer's eldest brother won't have a chance to talk to me now." Ning Zhixuan looked at the jailer with a smile and said.