Chapter 159: The East Window Incident
In the blink of an eye, Chinese New Year's Eve arrived, and a palace banquet was held in the palace, and all the ministers went to attend. Unfortunately, Ruxu had a cold wind and was sick in bed for a few days. Xu Chongxin still hasn't woken up, and in order to take care of his injuries, Xu Fu doesn't plan to spend this New Year.
The whole Xu Mansion seemed very deserted, but fortunately, Ruxu had a lovely daughter to accompany him, and he didn't feel lonely.
It was on Chinese New Year's Eve, Ruxu was lying on the hospital bed coughing, and just after drinking the medicine and lying down, he saw Qianwu walk in from the door.
"Why are you here? The feast in the palace should not be over. Ruxu saw him and was about to get up, but he held him down on the shoulder.
"Lie down." Qianwu tucked the corners of the quilt for her, took her hand and smiled, "You are sick, and I can't rest assured, so I secretly ran back." ”
Ruxu was stunned for a moment. She suddenly remembered that it was also such a Chinese New Year's Eve night, she was alone in his study in the palace, and then she saw the Kong Ming lantern floating in the atrium, and Qianwu walked towards her from the other end of the stairs......
Ruxu looked down and smiled with tears, and Qianwu was a little helpless when she saw her crying, "Why did you cry inexplicably?" ”
"The prince skipped class to come and see Ruxu secretly, Ruxu was really moved." Ruxu smiled and wiped her tears.
Qianwu looked at her, always feeling distressed for no reason, but she couldn't say why, so she had to reach out to help her wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, "Okay, don't cry, you don't have to go to court for the New Year these days, I'll accompany you in the Xu Mansion, okay?" ”
"Very good." Ruxu squinted his eyes and held Qianwu's hand with his backhand.
In this Chang'an Palace, Concubine An Guifei sent a New Year's envelope to everyone, and went to accompany the emperor to celebrate the New Year. Gyokuro was still lying on the bed, with lops by her side.
"What does the master think?" Lop ears to see that she was absent-minded.
"I wonder what they're doing now?" Yulu muttered to herself, "Is Ruxu giving everyone New Year's money?" And Goldwind......"
"Oh~ It turns out that the master is thinking about everyone......" "I heard at the banquet in the Imperial Palace today, I heard that the son was infected with a cold and was resting in bed, but it doesn't seem to be very serious." ”
"Winter in Kyoto is really cold, so you have to be careful not to get sick from the cold." Yulu listened to the words of the lop ear and looked at her.
Lop sat on the edge of her bed and squinted with a smile, "I think the master is a little different, it seems to be more ...... Gentle. ”
"Like words? I've always been gentle. Yulu snorted coldly and lay down.
And then a few days later, it was the time of the new year. The emperor's envoys who stayed in Xifeng went back after the fifth day of the new year, and the Ministry of Rites entertained them.
On this day, they heard some gossip from the Ministry of Rites, and heard that there is a place in Kyoto called Joy Tower, where there are beautiful women who sing and dance, and a few people stay in the palace for a few days and feel bored, so they sneak out without telling the Ministry of Rites.
Here, the Xu Mansion immediately received the news, and the fog came to find Qianwu with the news.
"Lord, the envoys have left the palace and are heading in the direction of Xunhuanlou." Fog Miao bowed and said, "Fog Miao will go and prepare, and go to the Joy House immediately." ”
Qianwu was feeding Ru Xu medicine, put down the medicine bowl and nodded to her, "Everything is according to plan." ”
"Did you set up another game?" Ruxu looked at the thousand fogs.
"It's nothing, it's just a dog-eat-dog for them." Chiki laughed.
Ru Xu was puzzled.
At night, the fog came back and came to tell Qianwudao, "Lord, the matter has been successfully completed. The two envoys fought in Xunhuanlou, and both were injured and returned to the palace. ”
Qianwu nodded, "Let's get ready for the next step." ”
"Yes." Misty nodded and left.
But before Qianwu could make the next move, a huge change occurred that night. Both envoys died accidentally, and according to the autopsy, they were concluded by poisoning. However, when the envoy returned to the palace, the only entrance was the pastries on the table.
He inspected the pastries on the table again, and found that they contained a colorless and odorless poison that almost killed people invisibly.
The emperor was furious and brought the people in the imperial dining room to Chengyang Palace for personal interrogation.
"Who is it?" The emperor pointed to the row of kneeling people, his fingers trembling, "Where did you get the pastry?!" ”
After yelling at this, he coughed violently again.
"Your Majesty, dissipate your anger and be careful of hurting your body." Gonggong Liu, who was next to him, handed the emperor a cup of tea.
"The murder of an envoy is a capital crime, a capital crime!" The emperor was so angry that he slapped the table a few times, "But you have lost a lot of face to Nan Chengguo!" Who the hell is so bold as to dare to poison me right under my nose! ”
"Back to the emperor, the emperor ......" In the row of people kneeling below, a palace maid suddenly spoke tremblingly, "The pastry is sent from the palace of the concubine...... It is said that the mother specially ordered someone to make pastries and wanted to reward the envoys to taste it. ”
"What?" The emperor couldn't believe it, squinting at the palace maid who spoke.
"Go, you go!" The emperor propped up the table with one hand, panting and said to Liu Jin, "Go and bring someone to me, I want to see who sent the pastry!" ”
Then Liu Jin took the order and hurried to the Chang'an Palace, but before he reached the main hall, when he passed by the east courtyard, he heard someone crying in the courtyard.
"Yinling, Lan'er, why don't you think about it so much!" There were several palace maids in the east courtyard who were crying with tears streaming down their faces.
When Gonggong Liu saw it, he felt that something was wrong, so he raised his feet and went in, "What's going on here?" ”
One of the palace maids heard Gonggong Liu's voice, knelt down and bowed his head with tears in his eyes and said, "Fang, Fangcai, the two palace maids in the east courtyard hanged themselves." It happened to be the good sister of the slave maid, and the slave maid was so heartbroken that she cried here...... The slave knows that she is wrong, so please don't blame your father-in-law. ”
"You come with me." Gonggong Liu led that one to Chengyang Palace.
Two minutes later, Concubine An Guifei in the main hall of Chang'an heard that someone in the east courtyard had hanged herself, so she hurriedly sent someone to deal with it, but heard someone say that the Red Dynasty was called to Chengyang Palace.
Chengyang Palace? An Guifei immediately became vigilant.
It is really suspicious that the emperor took away the maidservants in her palace without her consent. Besides, what is the emperor looking for an ordinary palace maid to go to Chengyang Palace?
She felt that things were not going well, so she sent someone to inquire about the situation. Immediately heard about the envoy being poisoned to death, the concubine heard the news, did not connect the matter with herself, and was thinking about the connection between the two things, Yulu, who was lying in bed, spoke.
"Someone is trying to kill the mother." Yulu's expression was solemn, "colorless and tasteless...... Do you remember the poison you asked Yulu to make for you? You told the people in the kitchen to put the poison in the pastry, and wanted to poison the youngest daughter in Lord Jin's mansion through the hands of Prince Qianyun......"
"I remember." The concubine interrupted her, not wanting to hear her go into details.
Now some people put this poison in the pastry, and killed the envoys. The purpose is to let this old matter be revived, and when the time comes, if the emperor verifies the matter with the little prince...... Let's not talk about Niangniang's purpose, just because Niangniang handed over the poisonous pastries to the little prince, the charge of deliberately assassinating the prince was confirmed. Yulu said in a deep voice.
"Then, what should I do......" Concubine An Guifei sat slumped on the soft couch, not knowing what to do for a while.
"For now, Niangniang has to find someone to replace this crime." Yulu clenched her fists, "The poison is made by Yulu, and the responsibility should also be borne by Yulu." ”
Yulu knew that the real purpose of the East Window incident was to pull her into the water, and it was deliberately aimed at her.
Just think about it, is An Guifei such an easy character to deal with? How could anyone use such lame means to frame him? Moreover, even if it is really planted on the head of the concubine, according to the concubine's temperament, she will definitely push the matter on others.
This also shows that the person who designed the concubine knows the concubine Niangniang very well, and may be the person in the Chang'an Palace.
But at this point, everything is over, and there is only one way to deal with it. It was up to her to replace the concubine and bear this charge.
Chengyang Palace? An Guifei immediately became vigilant.
It is really suspicious that the emperor took away the maidservants in her palace without her consent. Besides, what is the emperor looking for an ordinary palace maid to go to Chengyang Palace?
She felt that things were not going well, so she sent someone to inquire about the situation. Immediately heard about the envoy being poisoned to death, the concubine heard the news, did not connect the matter with herself, and was thinking about the connection between the two things, Yulu, who was lying in bed, spoke.
"Someone is trying to kill the mother." Yulu's expression was solemn, "colorless and tasteless...... Do you remember the poison you asked Yulu to make for you? You told the people in the kitchen to put the poison in the pastry, and wanted to poison the youngest daughter in Lord Jin's mansion through the hands of Prince Qianyun......"
"I remember." The concubine interrupted her, not wanting to hear her go into details.
Now some people put this poison in the pastry, and killed the envoys. The purpose is to let this old matter be revived, and when the time comes, if the emperor verifies the matter with the little prince...... Let's not talk about Niangniang's purpose, just because Niangniang handed over the poisonous pastries to the little prince, the charge of deliberately assassinating the prince was confirmed. Yulu said in a deep voice.
"Then, what should I do......" Concubine An Guifei sat slumped on the soft couch, not knowing what to do for a while.
"For now, Niangniang has to find someone to replace this crime." Yulu clenched her fists, "The poison is made by Yulu, and the responsibility should also be borne by Yulu." ”
Yulu knew that the real purpose of the East Window incident was to pull her into the water, and it was deliberately aimed at her.
Just think about it, is An Guifei such an easy character to deal with? How could anyone use such lame means to frame him? Moreover, even if it is really planted on the head of the concubine, according to the concubine's temperament, she will definitely push the matter on others.
This also shows that the person who designed the concubine knows the concubine Niangniang very well, and may be the person in the Chang'an Palace.
But at this point, everything is over, and there is only one way to deal with it. It was up to her to replace the concubine and bear this charge.