Chapter 30: The Massacre (2)
After a few days, everything was fine. One night in early July, Tuoba Hong came to Yuzhao Palace tiredly, picked up Lin Yuan and threw himself on the bed, snoring loudly. Lin Yuan served meticulously and considerately, and got up early the next day to send him to the court, but he left in a hurry without even having breakfast.
Qiqi climbed onto the chair and nibbled on the crab legs originally prepared for her father, and said to Lin Yuan: "My father is really pitiful, he can't even eat." ”
Lin Yuan: "What is he pitiful!" He is the least pitiful person in the world. Eat yours quickly. ”
As he spoke, he also broke a crab shell to eat.
Kiki ate half of her thigh, and suddenly put it down. He reached over and ripped off the shell in Lin Yuan's mouth, and said, "Mother, don't eat it, don't you think the taste of this crab is not right." ”
"Huh?" Lin Yuan was stunned with crab roe in her hands.
She didn't think it was wrong...... But the stomach and intestines of small children are more sensitive than those of adults......
She threw the crab and picked up Xiaoqi, and ordered someone to pass the Imperial Doctor Wu over. However, on this day, the Queen Mother suffered from a cough disease, and most of the imperial doctors were invited to Changle Palace, including the Wu Imperial Doctor, who had excellent medical skills. Lin Yuan was irritable and irritable, and she didn't dare to invite those medical officers who had no friendship to come over, so she had to take Xiaoqi to the toilet and vomit out what she had eaten all morning.
Xiaoqi was grabbed by her feet and slapped her ass in her hands, vomiting all over her eyes. After tossing and turning, he returned to the house, poured a pot of tea and vomited, until his stomach was so empty that he didn't even have some oil. The mother and son sat on the bed panting, and Kiki pinched her throat and panted with acid water.
Lin Yuan didn't dare to drink mung bean water to detoxify without permission, so she lay down with Xiaoqi and the two of them, and poured water to vomit after a while.
At first, I didn't feel sick. Two hours later, Xiao Qi cried out that her stomach hurt.
Lin Yuan had no choice but to go to Changle Palace and slam the door on his knees, and dragged Imperial Doctor Wu from Changle Palace to Yuzhao Palace. The queen mother coughed so much that she couldn't even speak, and asked her what happened, and she said that the sixth prince had suffered from heat stroke, which was not a big deal.
The Queen Mother didn't blame her for being rude and waved her back. Qiqi in the Yuzhao Palace was having diarrhea, and Imperial Doctor Wu went up to see it: "The sixth prince is fine." Diarrhea will get better in about a day. ”
"That's it after he ate the crab, and we both vomited it all." Lin Yuan explained.
"That's really a blessing for the mother and the six princes." Imperial Doctor Wu arched his hand and said: "According to Weichen, what the sixth prince has is not an incurable disease, but the crab has been beaten by dew. Fortunately, he vomited quickly, and the sixth prince was too young, so he reacted a little. If you don't vomit, crab poisoning is not easy to deal with. ”
Kiki lay in bed crying. Lin Yuan was furious and smashed the flower bottle and jade bottle in the dormitory clean, and the broken porcelain pieces were all over the ground. She instructed the palace people to summon all the servants who served the food today, and from the cook in the small kitchen to the palace maid who set the meal, five or six people knelt at her feet. She commanded: "Tie them all up and throw them into the firewood room!" No food, no water, 20 times a day with a board, until someone confessed who had beaten the crab with dew. ”
Several palace people were dragged down crying, Chu Xue pulled Lin Yuan's sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Niangniang, these palace people have all checked their family background, and they are also loyal in Su Rili, so it is unlikely that they will ...... If you kill them all, I'm afraid it won't be good......"
"I know they didn't do it!" Lin Yuan said. Since the collapse of Empress Zhaorui, there have been 110,000 careful people in the Yuzhao Palace, and Aunt Han and her cousin have taken turns to take care of the meal. Even among the palace people, all those who have dealings with other palaces, no matter what the reason, are all driven out of the Yuzhao Palace.
Not only that, Lin Yuan's manpower in the palace was ordered by her to watch all the food and clothing in the palace. When rouge gouache, clothes and jewelry were in the Shanggong Bureau, someone gave her an eye once, and spent all her energy on self-preservation, and she could still be betrayed by her own people?
She didn't think she was incompetent to that point.
It must have been done by someone outside.
"But even if they don't have bad intentions, they are guilty of dereliction of duty." Lin Yuan's voice was cold: "Someone harmed the master under his nose, if he can't find a clue afterwards, such a useless palace person should be killed!" ”
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The news of the poisoning of the six princes of Yuzhao Palace did not spread, but the news of Hui Zhaoyuan beating the palace maid to death quickly spread.
Tuoba Hong was very dissatisfied when he heard this, and passed on Lin Yuan: "It's just that you are willful!" The palace maid is also a human life, you were killed casually, and it was not only your reputation that was damaged when it was spread, but also the face of the royal family was lost by you! ”
Concubine Jing also sat on the side and persuaded Lin Yuan: "Sister, it's still in the mourning period of Empress Zhaorui, and it's not good to make trouble." ”
Lin Yuan stood in front of the emperor and began to cry in a snort: "Your Majesty, those palace people are all damned...... They didn't take good care of my Kiki! ”
"Kiki?" Tuoba Hong's face was shocked: "What's wrong with Kiki?" ”
"Your Majesty, don't you know, a few days ago they served Qiqi crabs that had been beaten by dew, and Qiqi ate a little bit and had diarrhea all the time. Imperial Doctor Wu said that if you eat too much, you will be killed! Lin Yuan's cry became louder and louder: "The concubine couldn't find out who wanted to harm Qiqi, so she threatened the palace people who served the meal, but they didn't find any clues." In a fit of rage, the concubines beat them all to death. ”
Tuoba Hong was shocked: "What you said is true? But even if it is not eaten properly, those palace people who are killed by you may not be the ones who started it, and Zuo is just a crime of poor service. You beat them all to death, but instead of finding out the real culprit and solving the matter, you also caused a royal scandal! Your way of dealing with it is really inappropriate! ”
"The concubines really hate them!" Lin Yuan sobbed: "The crab we ate that day...... It was the breakfast prepared by the concubine for the emperor, and the emperor was in a hurry to go to the court, so he left without eating......"
Takuma Hong's pupils shrank suddenly, and anger erupted behind him.
In his heart, although the sixth prince is a treasure, his own life is more precious.
It turned out that the crab that had been beaten by the dew almost entered its mouth...... Crab is a very dangerous ingredient, if it is not cooked, it is affected by moisture, moisture, frost and dew, etc., it will become highly poisonous. However, the imperial chef in the palace obviously does not make such low-level mistakes, and he has never heard of being poisoned due to improper handling of crabs in the palace. The crabs served to the master in the Yuzhao Palace can be beaten by dew, so it must be someone's deliberate hands and feet.
His face gradually turned pale, and he swept off a few folds with his sleeves and said, "Check!" Thoroughly investigate the Yuzhao Palace, thoroughly investigate the Shangshi Bureau, and check the rest of the places together! ”
Because the six princes had a bad stomach and thoroughly investigated the palace, this matter became bigger and bigger.
The person in charge of the search is naturally Concubine Jing, who is in charge of the harem. The harem was unsettled and unsettled, and the death of the Qian family was not resolved, and then Changning was sick and the six princes had diarrhea, which caused Lin Yuan and Zhao Zhaoyi to have no intention of taking care of the Qian family, and the matter was put on hold. The Empress Dowager of Changle Palace looked at her coldly, and was dissatisfied with the chaos in the harem, so she passed Concubine Jing over and reprimanded her.
Concubine Jing kowtowed again and again to ask for sin. The Empress Dowager frowned, thinking in her heart that it was really smoother when Empress Zhaorui was alive, even if she was not a good woman...... But at least it's better than Concubine Jing's incompetent.
And so many things...... It's hard to guarantee that there is no Concubine Jing's handwriting. Her eyes are hot in the back position, so she naturally wants to get rid of her opponent. Thinking of this, the Queen Mother shook her head even more, the emperor was right, this woman could not support the position of the queen. The war in the northwest is in full swing, the queen's new funeral court is turbulent, and she only cares about her own interests regardless of the overall situation, which turns the harem upside down.
Concubine Jing left Changle Palace, and gritted her teeth after she got up, secretly hating this immortal old woman for meddling in the affairs of the harem. Aunt Liu said: "Niangniang's top priority is to investigate thoroughly as soon as possible, time waits for no one, should we go to Yuzhao Palace or Shangshi Bureau first?" ”
"Yes, yes, we don't have much time to ......" Concubine Jing held her handkerchief, she wanted to go to Yuzhao Palace, but when she thought of Lin Yuan's face, she felt a block in her heart, and changed her route to the Shangshi Bureau.
Concubine Jing really didn't expect Lin Yuan to poke out the poisoning of the six princes. At this time, the harem is the most turbulent, because of the affairs of the six princes, the whole palace is thoroughly investigated, not so much to seek justice for the six princes, but a good opportunity to slaughter.
Lin Yuan is just an assistant person, and this matter is naturally handed over to Concubine Jing to investigate. Using the emperor's order, countless people were implicated in the search, and the party was the same as the other, and anyone who hindered her from ascending to the back position could be eliminated - Concubine Jing originally thought so. But she also prepared countless follow-ups, because she thought that Lin Yuan was not so stupid, knowing that this matter was her trap and would bring her countless benefits, she still insisted on drilling into it.
But Lin Yuan is so stupid.
Concubine Jing held her forehead, feeling a little confused. If something goes wrong, it's a demon, and she always feels that the slut of the Lin family is not so simple.
Anyway, let's seize the opportunity to check it out first.
At 8 o'clock in the first month of July, the head of the Shangshi Bureau and the two pawns were sent to the Criminal Justice Department for strict interrogation. The ingredients of each palace originally came from the Shangshi Bureau, and the crabs of Yuzhao Palace were no exception. On the ninth day of the seventh month, Liu Jieyu of Yanqing Palace was grounded by Concubine Jing, because Concubine Jing found out after checking the records that the crabs sent to the palace this year were produced in Longkou, a seaside town in Shandong, and were presented by Liu Jieyu's father, General Sima of Shandong.
At the same time, Wang Shurong of Zhongcui Palace was also grounded. She also got crabs in the palace, but she didn't like to eat them, so she gave them to the harem sisters, including Lin Yuan.
And that's not all. Five days later, a palace maid in Xianfu Palace confessed after interrogation that the personal palace maid who had seen Tian Concubine went to Yuzhao Palace late at night. Concubine Jing was furious when she heard this, and escorted the palace maid to the Shen Penal Division to use torture, and Concubine Tian was tied up and sent to the emperor, but Concubine Tian refused to admit it, and Concubine Jing did not gain anything for several days.
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