Your Majesty, Your Majesty, no! Gao Zhan stumbled into the dormitory of Chaoyang Palace, at this time, the ladies and ladies had all left the palace, and the emperor was about to rest, if something happened to him, no one would dare to disturb easily.

Behind the bright yellow veil dyed with ambergris, Yuwen Haotian's majestic voice came: "What's the matter?" ”

Gao Zhan hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is gone." ”

Why is Concubine Xi gone? Although Yuwen Xinlian has been in a trance since her death, she has been in a trance and injured her body with tears all day long, but she will not die suddenly.

Between the lightning and flint, Yuwen Haotian suddenly remembered today's plate of perilla camellia rolls! When Gao Zhan sent it, it was a pastry given to him by the prince's filial piety, but Tong interjected to stop it, and rewarded Concubine Xi in the name of his son of heaven.

"How? What time is it? Yuwen Haotian lifted the veil and walked out, his face full of suspicion.

If it is an ordinary death, a concubine who is not favored is not worth looking forward to disturbing the emperor's rest late at night.

"Back to Your Majesty, since the death of Princess Hexin, Concubine Xi has a strange temperament, and she usually does not allow anyone to serve in front of her. Today, when the palace maid gave the rewarded pastries to Concubine Xi, the person was fine, but who knew that when the toiletry water was sent at night, the mother's body was cold. Gao Zhan's voice trembled slightly, Concubine Xi's death is a small matter, and the key to the problem is the plate of pastries, the plate of pastries that should have been eaten by the emperor.

Yuwen Haotian glanced at Bai Mingnuan, who was waiting on the dragon bed in the middle of his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I will go to the queen tonight." ”

Gao Zhan hurriedly responded, and asked again: "What should the white nobles do there?" ”

Low-ranking concubines are generally favored first, and then according to the emperor's favor or not, they are given different palaces as dormitories. There was such a disappointment tonight, and the emperor definitely didn't have the heart to visit the beautiful woman.

"She'll sleep in the ear room tonight." With that, he had hurried outside.

Yuwen Haotian walked outside the palace, and a cold night wind blew in his face, silently invading his body, and he unconsciously shuddered. I couldn't suppress the annoyance and chill in my heart.

Gao Zhan is the person who is the most aware of the holy will, and at this time he was busy persuading: "Your Majesty, although the imperial doctor said that there is a problem with that plate of perilla camellia rolls, but there are many people, you must not hurt the relationship with the queen mother because of suspicion." ”

Yuwen Haotian snorted coldly a few times, and said with a straight face: "I am not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong. ”

He believed that the prince he had high hopes for, the prince he entrusted to the country, would not do such a ridiculous and evil thing as killing the king and killing his father.

The night of Kunning Palace has become accustomed to silence, and most of the palace maids and attendants sleep in their respective rooms, except for a few palace maids who hold vigil and hold the lamp.

In the dormitory, Tong Shi took off his tired makeup, as if washing away the dignified and dignified noble mask day after day. No matter how delicate she maintained, the corners of her eyes also climbed into fine wrinkles, which were covered by fat powder during the day, but they looked particularly dazzling at night.

Pin'er saw Tong's amazement, picked up a little pearl and jade powder with a silver hairpin and put it in her palm, and slowly melted it with rose water, and only then did she smile and compliment at the end: "Niangniang is much younger than people of the same age." ”

Tong sneered: "What's the use of being young? When he was really young and beautiful, His Majesty did not pity him. ”

"The slave maid heard that the women who entered the palace today have praised Your Majesty for walking hand in hand with you, husband and wife." Pin'er said and began to comb her hair, Tong's thick green silk was like a girl.

At this moment, Gao Zhan broke the silence with a shrill "Your Majesty has arrived-".

Tong was a little surprised, why did the emperor come to Kunning Palace in the middle of the night? It's too late to change clothes and makeup at the moment, so I can only simply tidy up to ensure that the driver is not lost.

"The queen is exempt." A bright yellow figure flashed into the hall, and the warm voice of the Son of Heaven could not hear the emotion.

Tong Shi gathered his sideburns and broken hair, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty came late at night, and the concubine was afraid. ”

Yuwen Haotian sat straight on her phoenix couch, her tone was calm but there was obvious indifference and defense: "Don't be afraid, the queen left suddenly, I was suspicious in my heart, and I wanted to thoroughly investigate this matter with the queen overnight." ”

"What, Concubine Xi is gone?" Tong Shi was stunned, his heart skipped a beat, and he turned his head to stare at Pin'er incredulously, "Why doesn't this palace know?" ”

Pin'er was also shocked and didn't know what to do.

Yuwen Haotian looked at their master and servant coldly, and there was a chill in his eyes that he had never felt before. After a long time, he said in a very light tone: "This is how the queen takes care of the harem?" Concubine Xi had a daughter before her death, and there was no big mistake in entering the palace for more than ten years, but now she suddenly died, and the queen ignored it! Could it be that in the eyes of the queen, Concubine Xi's life or death does not matter? ”

Tong's chest tightened when he heard this, and he knew that this matter was strange, so he could only kneel down first and ask for guilt: "There are many things in Shangyuan today, and the concubines are negligent, please forgive your majesty." ”

"Your Majesty, Concubine Xi's health has not been very good, and she is in a trance all day long, perhaps because she misses the new princess too much, and God has mercy on them to reunite with their mother and daughter." Before Pin'er finished speaking, he was kicked by Yuwen Haotian, and he was immediately so frightened that he kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Tong Shi was shocked, Pin'er was the most face-saving palace maid by her side, and where had she ever received this kind of punishment. Yuwen Haotian prides himself on being the son of benevolence, and he rarely speaks harshly, and he is afraid that he is angry to the extreme, and he is afraid that he will suffer for his master.

"The queen's palace maid is so disrespectful and inferior, full of nonsense, dragged out and slapped thirty!" Yuwen Haotian commanded coldly.

Gao Zhan immediately dragged Pin'er to the outside of the hall to be punished, and only the husband and wife of the Tianxi Dynasty stood at the top of the huge dormitory.

Looking at Tong's face, he held back his anger, and his slow tone hid sharpness: "Concubine Xi died of arsenic, and someone mixed arsenic in that plate of perilla camellia rolls." ”

On the way to Kunning Palace, Gao Zhan ordered someone to find the little chamberlain who handed over the East Palace food box to him today. This man was a newcomer to the Imperial Dining Room and claimed that the prince had handed him the food box with his own hands. No one else has ever touched a pastry.

"Your Majesty suspects the concubine and Ye'er?"

The confused Tong asked with a sad smile, and tears flickered faintly in the phoenix's eyes. Twenty years of husband and wife, she knew that he didn't love her, and she didn't dare to imagine that their husband and wife were so indifferent. Respecting each other like a guest should have a little family affection over the years, but the emperor's suspicion gradually eroded his original trust in her.

Someone pretended to be the crown prince and sent a plate of pastries mixed with arsenic to the front of the emperor, and if the plot succeeded, the beneficiary must be the prince. But once the Son of Heaven is protected by the heavens, how can he die so easily? Anyone who notices something different about the pastry is the first person to be suspicious is the prince. Even if the plot succeeds, the government and the opposition criticize the people and disagree, and it is difficult for the crown prince, who is accused of "killing his father", to ascend to the throne and sit firmly. The people who set up the game are deep and creepy.

Yuwen Hao walked in front of her, pinched her chin hard, and said disdainfully: "Are you tired of being a queen?" If I die, the crown prince will naturally become the emperor, and you will be the queen mother in power. ”

Under the pressure of the emperor, even the Empress Tong, who was comfortable in the Floating Palace, shuddered, and then a smile bloomed on her lips. Unlike the ordinary, her noble and gentle smile is full of mockery and sadness, as well as helplessness and bitterness.

He asked in a deep voice, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"The concubine laughed, Your Majesty was confused." As she spoke, she raised her face and looked at the emperor.

"Confused?" He didn't know why.

Tong said self-deprecatingly: "Your Majesty also said that when you are buried for a hundred years, this country is justifiably the crown prince's, and the concubine will naturally become the queen mother." Why take risks now? ”

Yes, when he dies, sooner or later, the dragon chair of Chaoyang Hall will be sitting on Yu Wenye. How could Yu Wenye have the idea of killing his father and killing the king? However, Concubine Xi's death from poisoning after eating the perilla camellia roll is ironclad evidence, and this plate was stopped by the Tong family himself, and it almost entered his mouth......

"I inquired about the waiter in charge of the drug test, and he explained that because it was a pastry handed over by the prince himself, he didn't want to hurt the relationship between father and son, so he made a claim that there was no drug test." Yuwen Haotian slowly let go of his hand, avoiding Tong's mournful eyes, and he didn't feel good in his heart.

Tong hurriedly reprimanded: "This kind of slave is so bold that he deserves to be killed!" ”

"I have commanded the rod to be killed."

The atmosphere eased slightly, and in a moment Yuwen Haotian changed his face, personally helped Tong Shi, held her slightly cool hand, and finally asked the doubts hidden in his heart: "Empress, I thought of Arou again in Wuling Spring today, and the imperial doctor said that she died of years of melancholy and anxiety. I don't understand why her originally lively and bright personality tortured herself to death? ”

The suspicion that haunted him was that Fang Rou's death was inseparable from his knotted wife in front of him. Although this suspicion is groundless, even somewhat absurd.

"Your Majesty asked the concubine, why is the person next to your pillow like this, and the concubine doesn't know." Tong bit the three words of the pillow person, and the unwillingness and grievances that had been accumulated for many years were almost uncontrollable.

"You are my queen, and you are also virtuous and generous in giving birth to children for me, so I have always tolerated you and worked hard to take care of the relationship between husband and wife." Yuwen Haotian sighed, "For the sake of you and the prince's face, I didn't posthumously crown Arou as the imperial concubine, in fact, I really want to mourn her as the queen." In that way, Mu Rou will have the identity of a princess like Qingxia. ”

Sure enough, even if the woman died, he still remembered it, still planned to be posthumously crowned queen, and still wanted to give their daughter a more honorable title of princess.

"Your Majesty is full of thoughts, it is none other than your Arou, and the concubine really has nothing to say. I wonder if Your Majesty still remembers the name of the concubine? Her tears were as clear as pearls, drop after drop, silent and silent.

Her surname is Tong, and her maiden name is Yuchan.

It's a gentle and melodious name.

He probably doesn't remember anymore.

"I finally held back, but what about you? What about the Prince? It was you who failed my hard work! With that, he turned and strode away.

The moment he turned around, he suddenly remembered the moment when the red candles swayed in pairs, and he really looked forward to the fact that this virtuous and gentle lady could raise his eyebrows with him and accompany him for a lifetime.

Tong Yuchan is not his own choice, but it is a good choice. When he lifted the red cover of the golden thread and the mandarin duck for the first time, he was admittedly amazed by her beauty. She also said tenderly: "The concubine is willing to accompany her husband with the hundred-year glory of the Cheng'en Mansion, give birth to children for her husband, and support each other without abandoning." ”

In a blink of an eye, more than 20 years later, he was only disappointed and dissatisfied with her, and still had doubts. And what about her? Her sad and sad look also made his heartstrings tremble.

After tonight, maybe he won't pursue Concubine Xi's death anymore, but the emperor and queen are destined to be irretrievable.

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