Chapter 55: The Aftermath (1)

And Tuoba Hong also said that after King Mu Wu's death, they were a little taken lightly, and the last time the assassin shot him and was blocked by Lin Yuan, it was enough to show that the remnants of King Mu Wu were bigger than they thought. At least for the next three years, both the palace and the capital should step up their precautions.

The harem has calmed down for the time being.

However, a few days later, the people in front of the emperor suddenly went to Changxin Palace with the emperor's will, and took away an inner eunuch named Xiao Deng Zi in the side hall where Xie Qingji lived.

This small internal prisoner was soon sent to the Criminal Justice Division on the charge of "participating in the Xu family's disaster". Originally, the disposal of a palace person would not attract any attention, but because of his involvement with the Xu family, this matter also spread. Later, everyone got the news again, saying that this little inner eunuch was a fellow villager of the Xu family, who had served in the Xu palace two years ago, and was asked by the queen to serve in Changxin Palace because of his good skills in serving flowers and plants.

Later, Xie entered the palace and lived in the side hall of Changxin Palace, and the queen rewarded Xiao Dengzi to Xie Qingji.

The inner supervisor Xiao Deng Zi is considered to be the fish that slipped through the net in the disaster of Changle Palace, originally he had left Xu Ronghua for more than two years, and he was not a member of the Xu family, and he should not be implicated. But unfortunately, this little Deng Zi was still very close to the original owner Xu Ronghua after changing the master, and he also ran to Xu Ronghua's palace from time to time to take care of the flowers and plants for her.

In this way, he was identified as one of Xu's accomplices.

According to the emperor's decree of the Xu family, Yao Fusheng, the head of the inner court, ordered the Shen Penal Division to execute Xiao Dengzi.

The ants are still stealing their lives, and Xiao Dengzi naturally begged for mercy in every possible way and refused to die. The prison guards in charge of the Punishment Division put him on a bench and took a heavy staff to beat him to death, and he howled and cried out "These are all the ...... that Lord Qingji instructed me to do"

When the aunt in charge of the Criminal Division heard this, she was frightened. Command, what command? What is it for? Is it a murder of the Queen Mother? She immediately raised her hand and ordered someone to leave Xiao Dengzi's life, turned around and went to the inner court to report to Manager Yao.

The poisoning of Changle Palace, because of a small internal supervisor, once again caused an uproar.

Xie Qingji was soon ordered to be imprisoned, and Xiao Dengzi was sent to the Criminal Department for strict interrogation. Within two days, the Criminal Department gave the result - Xie Qingji has had a close personal relationship with the Xu family since she entered the palace. According to Xiao Dengzi's confession, in the poisoning of Changle Palace, Xie also participated in it, and even helped Xu to provide advice and provide the pharmacology that benzoin, quinoa and purple bamboo will produce highly toxic pharmacology.

Although Xu has long been executed, according to the memories of the palace people, Xu is not a medical person. And Xie's mother, her mother happened to be from a medical family.

But there is no evidence to prove that Xie Qingji once talked to Xu Ronghua about any highly toxic prescriptions.

In the end, the file reported to the emperor by the Criminal Department was written like this - the imperial concubine Xie participated in the poisoning, and the physical evidence was missing, and the human evidence was only the eunuch Deng Ran, and the evidence was insufficient. The case concluded that the imperial concubine Xie was indeed suspected, but could not be convicted.

Such a case cannot be convicted according to the laws of Great Qin. Unless Xie himself confesses.

But after reading the dossier, Tuoba immediately became furious. As a patient with paranoia in the late stage of murder, this Great Qin Emperor couldn't let go of Xie Qingji and the poisoning after seeing it, he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, and immediately ordered that Xie should be stripped of his title and deposed to death.

Her mother family is a family newly brought up, and the emperor did not anger the Xie family for the sake of the court's great cause, but only complained about the Xie family's father for "teaching his daughter badly". Compared with the tragic situation of the Xu family, the Xie family has simply received great grace.

Xie Qingji became the first of the six new concubines to die.

But that's not all. Xie's conviction aroused the emperor's infinite suspicion, and when the eunuch named Xiao Dengzi was executed with Xie, he even shouted this sentence before he died:

"Master, you died unjustly, if it weren't for the queen's mother......"

Xiao Dengzi's sentence is earth-shattering, and it is even more terrifying than the previous sentence "It is all the instigation of the little master of Qingji". But this time he couldn't be kept alive, because he was poisoned, and Yao Fusheng couldn't keep him if he wanted to.

The fire of poisoning Changle Palace burned from Xu Ronghua to Xie Qingji, and finally to Empress Daqin.

When Tuoba Hong heard Yao Fusheng's words back to Xiao Dengzi, he was not as angry as when Xie Qingji was involved-it was like a wolf, Xiao Dengzi repeated his old tricks, and the second time he was not so credible.

Especially this time he poured dirty water on the queen.

Even though Tuoba Hong was suspicious, he didn't believe it in his heart. In his consciousness, in the face of a common enemy, Empress Xiao will always be the one who stands with him, and she stands with the queen mother. Empress Xiao has done a lot of things wrong over the years, she can't get along with her favorite concubines, and she can't get along with the imperial heirs, Tuoba Hong has long known that she is not a virtuous person. But if she was involved in the murder of the Queen Mother......

It's unlikely.

But no matter what, once the seeds of doubt are planted, Tuoba Hiroshi can't pull them out even if he wants to. The most important thing is not Xiao Dengzi's words, but Xie Qingji - she has been placed in Changxin Palace by the queen since she entered the palace, and everyone in the palace knows that the Xie family is attached to the queen.

Since the Xie family is related to the matter of Changle Palace, what about the queen?

Takubahiro's conjecture is like a weed in spring, growing higher and higher. He quickly issued an order, ordering the people in front of the emperor to go to the Changxin Palace to search, but not to offend the empress.

At that time, Empress Xiao, who was suffering from illness and lying in Changxin Palace to recuperate, heard the news reported by the dark line, and was shocked that when she couldn't come up with a solution, the person in front of the palace had already arrived at the gate of Changxin Palace.

She squinted at the palace people who were rushing in, her face was cold, and she said with a smile: "Search Changxin Palace? Oh, Your Majesty, you really respect me. ”

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The matter finally involved Changxin Palace, and the concubines in the palace were shocked.

The discussion about this matter in the palace stopped abruptly, the queen was implicated, how could Xu Ronghua be compared, no one dared to break his mouth anymore, whether it was a concubine or a palace person, for fear of angering the queen.

And the search of Changxin Palace has begun.

Lin Yuan, who was eating dinner alone in the Scarlet Building, held her chin and sighed softly. She really didn't expect this matter to develop to such a point, if Empress Xiao was really found out of the problem, this harem would be changed.

When Xu Ronghua was disposed of, Tuoba Hong also checked it, but he did not find out who was behind Xu Ronghua, and in the end, only let her bear the guilt. And Xu Ronghua is attached to the queen, this is still the incident of Bai Xiuwei when he was in the eighth year of Qianwu, Lin Yuan learned about it by chance, and the rest of the people in the palace did not know.

And Xu's is very sleek, with a smiling face and a warm personality, and he is well-known in the palace. It is precisely because of this that it is very difficult for the emperor to find out who she is attached to, and if she is friendly with all the concubines, even if she goes to the queen's Changxin Palace to be more diligent, it will make people feel normal.

What the emperor didn't know, Lin Yuan knew.

But after the incident in Changle Palace and Xu Ronghua was convicted, Lin Yuan didn't want to pull the queen out by touching the melon.

Because she didn't dare.

She knew the weight of Empress Xiao in the emperor's heart. Whether Empress Xiao instructed Xu Ronghua to harm her child is unknown, and the only thing that is certain is that Empress Xiao and Xu Ronghua have a close personal relationship.

But who is Xu? That's a guy who likes to pedal two boats. Who knows if she has a second master besides the queen? According to Lin Yuan's understanding of Xu Ronghua, this possibility is very high. In other words, it is very likely that Empress Xiao has nothing to do with this matter.

Just because Empress Xiao and Xu Ronghua have a personal relationship, they don't have all the preparations in their hands, so they want to frame Empress Xiao......

And it's not an ordinary thing, it's a big crime like murdering the Queen Mother! Tuoba Hong is suspicious again, how can he easily convict the queen of this serious crime.

Lin Yuan didn't dare to do it at all.

Don't look at Empress Xiao as unfavorable, but when it comes to the weight in the emperor's heart, she is not under Lin Yuan. If it is finally found out that Queen Xiao was wronged by her...... That's just stealing chickens and rice.

After Xu's death, Lin Yuan completely shrank up and no longer made any movements. But I didn't expect that Queen Xiao was involved in the end.

Think of that weird inner supervisor Xiao Deng Zi again......

If no one is behind the scenes, Lin Yuan won't believe it.

She didn't dare to go against the queen with something she wasn't sure about, but someone dared! She doesn't have the support of her mother, and her ability to retreat is not strong enough, but some people do!

Looking at this turbulent harem, Lin Yuan did not feel happy about the upcoming bloody storm - the sky will change soon, but it is still unknown whether such a great change will be good or bad for herself.

The matter over there in the Changxin Palace has not yet come to fruition. Three days later, the emperor personally drove to the palace.

None of the people in the harem knew what the emperor had found in the Changxin Palace, let alone what the emperor and the empress had said. But just when the emperor came out of the Changxin Palace, a holy decree was issued to the six palaces-

Queen Xiao, who is gradually suffering from illness, is not suitable to be in charge of the six palaces. From today onwards, the queen will recuperate behind closed doors, and the affairs of the six palaces will be handled by Concubine Jing, Zhao Shuyuan will be assistant, and Concubine Tian can also be assisted.

This will can be said to be the most astonishing will of the Qianwu Dynasty.

The empress of the Great Qin State lost her palace power for the first time, and she lost it completely.

She has long lost her favor, and now she has lost her authority. She has nothing but the title of queen.

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