Chapter 35: Strangled to death
"Sixth brother, guess what's going on in Houyuan?" The little eunuch asked mysteriously.
"What could happen? Don't be suspicious of me, you kid, the little master here is still waiting for me to get breakfast, and I don't have time to take care of you. Jiang Liu gently pushed the little eunuch away, put the face towel on the back of the chair, and walked out of the house.
"How dare I lie to the sixth brother?" The little eunuch took a step closer and said, "Something happened to Lian Chunge!" ”
Jiang Liu's heart was shocked.
When I picked up that cloth bag yesterday, I vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Could it be that the matter of Lian Chunge is related to Pan Zhenan and Ji Linghai?
"What's wrong with Lian Chun Pavilion?"
"Yesterday, during lunch, several eunuchs rushed into Lianchun Pavilion and strangled Chen Cairen with kite strings!"
Jiang Liu was about to drink saliva, when he heard this, his hand trembled, and he directly threw the cup on the ground.
"Sixth brother?" When the little eunuch saw Jiang Liu's unyielding appearance, he thought that he had something to do with that Lianchun Pavilion.
Jiang Liu hurriedly picked up the fragments of the cup, "It's okay, it's okay, you continue." ”
"The Bai Baolin who lived with Chen Cairen was frightened and fainted on the spot, she woke up when it was almost dawn this morning, and after waking up, she began to make noise, and most of the back garden knew about it, and then she was locked up in the firewood room by Mr. Ji, as if she was crazy."
Jiang Liu didn't say anything else, and asked if the little master knew, and the little eunuch said how dare he let the little master know? Then he asked Han Shanggong if he knew something.
As soon as the words came out, Jiang Liu felt that he was a little lacking in heart.
Most of the backyard knows, and at this time it is the time for each courtyard to take breakfast, and it is estimated that now the entire backyard and even the entire harem know that Chen Cairen was strangled to death and Bai Baolin was scared crazy.
Then how could Han Shanggong not know?
The more Jiang Liu thought about it, the more frightened he became, and hurriedly tightened the buttons of his clothes at the neckline, and finally felt that his back was not so cold.
It is said that he wears a lot, and even his back is sweaty, but after listening to what the little eunuch said, he always feels that his back is swishing.
Why did he think of Pan Zhenan and Ji Linghai as soon as he heard that Chen Cairen had an accident?
It's not because of Chen Cairen, her surname is Chen!
When the master came to Fengluan Hall to serve, he had heard about the Chen family from Gao Gonggong. Today's Chen family is not the only queen who can take action, in other words, if you want to really stabilize the emperor, it may take a little effort to rely on the queen alone.
So the Chen family thought of adding a few more people to the palace.
Among them, there are Chen family's own family, and there seem to be distant relatives of the Chen family.
That Chen Cairen is a distant relative of the Chen family, but his surname is also Chen.
Chen Qiuhe naturally wants to send people to those who can be mastered by his daughter, if he sends them to someone who the Chen family can't control, isn't that lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot?
But if the queen can hold it, how can the emperor look at it?
The queen will not let them give birth to children, and they will not even stand out for their appearance.
Therefore, Chen Cairen has not moved much for more than two years after entering the back garden, which is also one of the failures of the Chen family.
For the first time, Jiang Liu felt that something had happened so evilly, and he was so distracted on the way to get breakfast that he didn't wake up, and he didn't say a word when he met a few eunuchs who usually met and greeted him on the way.
Who did this?
Where do ordinary people dare to suddenly rush into the back garden and kill people openly? Not at all afraid of being bumped into by other people? Why didn't Ji Linghai verify and investigate after killing people? What's in yesterday's bag? What did Ji Linghai's smile mean yesterday?
Jiang Liuzheng was thinking about it, and his pace slowed down.
There is only one person who can be so bold in the palace.
Emperor!
At noon, the emperor came up to Yunyan Pavilion for a trip.
Pan Zhenan must come along.
When passing by Jiang Liu's side, he could clearly see that this kid was absent-minded. And Jiang Liu could also see the sinister smile on the corner of this Pan Gonggong's mouth.
"Come here." After Pan Zhenan waited for the emperor to enter the east hall, he said to Jiang Liu in a low voice.
"Is there anything Grandpa Pan is looking for?" Jiang Liu was still as respectful as usual, but in his heart he was a little afraid of Pan Zhenan.
"Do you know what's in that bag?" Pan Zhenan suddenly asked about this.
Jiang Liu swallowed his saliva and said, "I don't know, little one." ”
"Let's be generous, I don't blame you." Pan Zhenan laughed.
"The small guess should be something like a bracelet..."Jiang Liu really didn't dare to raise his head to face Pan Zhen'an, and muttered in a very small voice.
He thought he was going to die.
Pan Zhen'an asked him if he was sure he knew. And then you want to put out his mouth?
He had never heard his own heartbeat so vividly.
"You're right." Pan Zhen'an stopped looking at him, squinted his eyes at the east hall, and continued, "That's Chen Cairen's bracelet. ”
Jiang Liu was stunned for a moment.
His guesses were all correct.
"Then why did Father-in-law Pan tell the little one to get it?" Jiang Liu asked.
He thinks that he has to die to understand, right? Otherwise, when you go underground, you will really become a ghost.
"You don't have to be afraid." Pan Zhenan continued to smile and turned his face to look at him, "That's a bracelet that only the Chen family has, if I send someone to get it, it will inevitably be true." But it's different if you go to get it, who knows what Yao Cairen used to ask for Manager Ji? Rest assured, you won't be implicated in this matter. Also, I am the one who works for the emperor, and the emperor can still have the time to unload the mill and kill the donkey to cross the river and tear down the bridge? ”
Jiang Liu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
The emperor is really contradictory, he kills people openly and is afraid of falling into the truth, so why not kill Chen Cairen secretly?
Besides, Chen Qiu Hecao cares about people's lives, what does he do to a distant relative of the Chen family?
He didn't ask Pan Zhenan about these things, he didn't dare to ask, and he wouldn't get an answer if he asked.
He guessed that this might be the emperor's disadvantage to the Chen family, and he couldn't tear it up with the queen on the surface, lying that it was a gangster who killed people and robbed money, and the back garden was close to the palace wall, so it wasn't necessarily that the gangster ran out.
In this way, the queen will not say anything, and it cannot be said that the emperor is wrong.
Yao Chuxi had morning sickness for a while after lunch, and the emperor had been listening to it, feeling that every time she vomited, she felt uncomfortable in her heart.
After morning sickness, Yao Chuxi cleaned his mouth with water and changed his clothes.
"The emperor can go to Changming Pavilion to see Zhao Cairen recently?"
The emperor nodded, "I'll go in a while." ”
He was going to go, because Lianchun Pavilion was not far from Changming Pavilion, and he was afraid that something would happen to Zhao Cairen's womb.
Although Zhao Cairen has done some bad things, after all, she has the blood of the royal family in her stomach, and the emperor knows that she must not be sloppy.
Yesterday, before starting the move, I had already asked the imperial doctor to go to the door of Changming Pavilion to guard, and I was relieved to hear that the imperial doctor said that there was no big problem, and he didn't think about going to see Zhao Cairen.
But now Yao Chuxi has asked, it's not good not to go.
After staying in Yunyan Pavilion for a while, the emperor's royal roost stopped in front of Changming Pavilion.
It was not Zhao Cairen who came to greet the emperor, but Zhao Cairen's personal palace maid Miaowen Miaofeng.
"Slave and maid, please say hello to the emperor!" The two palace maids knelt on the ground together, and the palace people behind them knelt on the ground with the two of them.
It seems that Ji Linghai sent a lot of people to Chang Ming Pavilion.
"Where's your master?" Pan Zhenan asked out loud.
"The little lord is lying in the house." Miao Wen replied, "After the little master heard about what happened in Lian Chun Pavilion, he was a little frightened, and his body was not very comfortable. ”
"Oh?" The emperor smiled a little indifferently, "Since Zhao Cai's body is not comfortable, then I will go back first." ”
As soon as the words fell, the door of the inner room was opened, and Zhao Cairen walked out with the support of the palace maid, "The concubine is fine." ”
The emperor turned his head to look at her.
She stretched out her foot and kicked Miaowen's leg who was kneeling at her feet, "How do you speak?" No matter how uncomfortable I am, I will serve the emperor, so that you will say as if I am hypocritical! She turned her face to look at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, don't listen to her nonsense, the concubine is fine, and the concubine is fine." ”
The emperor's dislike for her deepened a little.
Before he came, he inquired with the imperial doctor, saying that Zhao Cairen ate and slept well, and was not affected by the affairs of Lian Chun Pavilion at all, but the emperor became frightened by palpitations again.
Zhao Cairen sat on the low floor facing the emperor, and several palace maids served tea and snacks, and the square table was filled after a while.
"Your Majesty, try this sesame brand." Zhao Cairen pinched up a piece of dim sum and handed it to the emperor.
The emperor took a symbolic bite and put it on the plate, not looking at the piece of dim sum again.
"Your Majesty, where is this fighting?"
"Cloud Smoke Pavilion."
Zhao Cairen paused obviously and continued, "Yao Cairen is good? The concubine is also pregnant, but I am afraid that I can't go to see her from time to time, and I can't bother the emperor. ”
"What you do now is to raise a fetus, thinking too much and doing too much will not benefit the dragon." The emperor's tone was not emotional, and it was impossible to tell whether it was good or bad.
But Pan Zhen'an on the side really understood.
This is to warn Zhao Cairen that he has nothing to do with the idea of fighting Yunyan Pavilion.
Zhao Cairen obviously didn't understand after hearing this, and happily agreed, and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.
If Yao Chuxi had been replaced, he would never have laughed so happily after knowing that Houyuan had died.
"I remember, you have a good relationship with Chen Cairen." The emperor picked up the sesame brand again, and when he took a bite, it was crispy, and the black and white sesame brand instantly shattered into several pieces.
Zhao Cairen was shocked, and the dim sum in his hand seemed to have become particularly hot.
"The concubine and Chen Cairen have a few fates, but that is all in the past, after pregnancy, the concubine will not go out of the door, and Chen Cairen has never been to Changming Pavilion."
Is this a disconnection with Chen Cairen?
If Chen Cairen is not dead now, or is favored, then Zhao Cairen's words are probably completely different from now, right?
The emperor felt that he had seen Zhao Cairen, a person who thought he was smart, thoroughly.
In the end, he dropped a word of good rest and left Chang Ming Pavilion.