Chapter 362: Praying Mantis Catches Cicadas
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Emperor Yonghui smiled as a matter of course and said, "The concubine was poisoned, so naturally she was involved." ”
Qiong Jieyu didn't speak, just pursed her lips.
Emperor Yonghui looked at her embarrassed expression, his face sank, and said, "What? ”
"The concubine doesn't know if there are any twists and turns in the middle, it's just ......" Qiong Jieyu looked embarrassed and spoke hesitantly.
Emperor Yonghui looked at Qiong Jieyu's bewildered expression, and there was a sense of déjà vu. I don't like to see Qiong Jieyu's annoyance about Ai Ai's expression in this period, and it dissipates in an instant. In an extraordinarily gentle voice, he said, "Just tell the truth, and if there is anything, I will see it." ”
Qiong Jieyu smiled timidly and said, "It's the concubine who thinks too much." Qiong Jieyu paused slightly, and then reorganized her mind and started again, and said: "The poison in the concubine is poison. The wine in the palace has always been guarded by a special person, and there are also a number of them. There is no shortage of wine in the palace, that is, from outside the palace. The concubine has checked, and the palace people around Concubine Qin Xian used to leave the palace frequently before the concubine was poisoned. Because after a long time, only clues can be found, but there is no clear evidence. There is also the concubine's diet, which has always been served by a special person. How did this poison get in? If it weren't for the concubine's own willingness, how could she be poisoned? And the poison, see the blood to seal the throat. Just a little bit and one will surely die. Why don't you use a little more to measure the poisoner? How can the concubine still survive after eating so many things. The concubine felt that this was very suspicious, so she asked her to go to Concubine Li's small kitchen to check. Although it is not that there is a problem with the people around Concubine Li, on the day of Concubine Guifei's poisoning, the small kitchen was indeed extraordinarily lax. Even the guards in the northwest corner of the Immortal Hall were extremely lax, and Concubine Li was the most afraid of cats. But that day, a cat stumbled into the corner gate in the northwest of the Immortal Temple. No one found out. The concubine saw it that day......"
Qiong Jieyu said a lot, but many of these are ambiguous coincidences, occasionally Qiong Jieyu will talk to Emperor Yonghui about the names of several palace maids and eunuchs, and ask Emperor Yonghui to ask carefully.
When Emperor Yonghui came out of Qiong Jieyu, the expression on his face was extremely heavy.
Back in the Guanfeng Palace, Emperor Yonghui sat alone in the library. The books on his desk were all historical books of the previous dynasty, and they were spread out on the table in a mess, and each book had turned a few pages.
He Qingtai helped Emperor Yonghui bring a cup of tea made by Cassia Seed, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you have been watching for nearly two hours, it's time to close your eyes and rest." ”
Emperor Yonghui let out a long sigh, "I have been in power for more than 20 years, although I am not as good as Emperor Qin and Emperor Wei, but I don't think I am such a foolish and mediocre monarch. I don't know what foolish things I did, and I suffered such retribution when I was old? ”
When He Qingtai heard Emperor Yonghui say this, he immediately trembled, "Your Majesty, you are the Ming Monarch." The minions don't know anything about politics, but the minions know that Dayan is peaceful under your rule. The common people had food to eat and clothes to wear. ”
Emperor Yonghui laughed and said, "Mrs. Pingping? Have you forgotten about Nankang? There are so many white bones, I have never seen so many white bones in my life. But that's just a little bit, they say. I don't know how many white bones there are, buried under the Rongjiangyan. Emperor Yonghui's tone was extremely desolate.
He Qingtai said: "It's not Your Majesty's fault, how could Your Majesty have thought that such a thing would happen?" Even if Emperor Qin and Emperor Wei were alive, I am afraid that such a thing would inevitably happen. Your Majesty, you have only been in power for more than 20 years, and there are many years to come. You will take Dayan as far as possible. ”
Emperor Yonghui barely showed a slight smile, glanced at He Qingtai, and said, "Don't say beautiful words, how long can I live." I just want to choose a suitable prince, so that Dayan can truly be safe and secure, and Haiyan River is clear. ”
He Qingtai has followed Emperor Yonghui for many years, and he understands Emperor Yonghui's temperament too well, and knows that the queen and the prince have been a thorn in Emperor Yonghui's heart in recent days. He said it was nothing, but if others dared to mention it, it was bound to pull the thorn. He nodded with a smile and said, "Long live Your Majesty." The tiger father has no dogs, and all your highnesses are willing to be civilized and martial, filial and capable. ”
"Yes, they're all capable, they're all too capable. Even if one is stupid, at least I can know that he doesn't have any delusions that he shouldn't have! When Emperor Yonghui said this, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and said: "These children, I have never favored anyone, when I was young, they were all taught by me to write, and I taught to bend bows and shoot arrows. Now that I have grown up, my wings are stiff. They are not like me, they are not of the same mind as me. They are of the same mind as their mothers. ”
He Qingtai didn't dare to say anything, only comforted Emperor Yonghui with a smile and said: "All masters and mothers are also of the same heart as Your Majesty!" ”
"One heart?" Emperor Yonghui repeated, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, "They only know how to calculate!" Who can have the same heart with me? There is only one heart for the virtuous concubine. But she ......" Emperor Yonghui thought of Zhu Jianyue, tears appeared in his eyes, and said: "She really has the same heart as me, even if I executed her mother's family, she never blamed me." But I know that she can't let go of it in her heart, if she can't let go, how can she listen to those nonsense lies and leave the palace by herself. ”
He Qingtai echoed Emperor Yonghui and said: "Yes, Jingxian and Concubine Jingxian are the first rare good women. ”
When Emperor Yonghui thought of Zhu Jianyue, he was in tears, and immediately slapped the table and said, "Li Junhe is bold!" She framed Mizuki with that slut. caused her to die early. How could she not be poisoned by that beast! ”
He Qingtai was so frightened by Emperor Yonghui that he didn't dare to speak. He didn't know that Qiong Jieyu talked to Emperor Yonghui about Li Guifei's poisoning in order to calculate Concubine Qin Xian and Concubine Zhuo Shu. Hearing Emperor Yonghui's angry words, he was naturally very confused.
In order to turn over, in order to eradicate dissidents, Li Junhe was so ruthless to himself. Keep this person, I don't know how to deal with me in the future! Lao Qi has followed her since she was a child, so she is so calculating! ”
Emperor Yonghui suddenly came up with such a sentence, which surprised He Qingtai. What's more, the concubine and the prince are not something He Qingtai can evaluate casually, he didn't dare to say anything, he just listened cautiously on the side.
The more Emperor Yonghui scolded, the more angry he became, and he slapped the case again and again: "The Qin family is not a good thing. The back position is vacant, and these people understand crooked hearts and distracting thoughts one by one. None of them took me seriously, and they all hoped that I would return to heaven and let their own son be the emperor! ”
He Qingtai didn't dare to make a stubble, but still poured a cup of tea for Emperor Yonghui, and said tactfully: "Your Majesty, whoever has no family heir, please seal it tightly." Save others from worrying. ”
"I also understand that these people invited the East Palace to be established early for the sake of the stability of the court. But the location of the East Palace is not easy to sit on. Emperor Yonghui's voice was extraordinarily vicissitudes, and this tone sounded as if he already had a candidate in his heart.
He Qingtai could hear the meaning behind Emperor Enyonghui's words, and he didn't dare to inquire, so he nodded in agreement.
Emperor Yonghui hooked his finger at He Qingtai, motioned for him to come closer, and said, "You ...... it."
After listening to Emperor Yonghui's instructions, He Qingtai couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe his sweat. This matter ordered by Emperor Yonghui is really difficult to do. Until he exited the Guanfeng Temple, he still couldn't come back to his senses, and his heart was extremely uneasy.
Yang Qinghuan and Yang Qiqi's original idea was to use Concubine Shu's body to lure the snake out of the hole. Who would have thought that this matter was suddenly handed over to Qiong Jieyu's head. Even the queen mother intervened, but no strong evidence was found, and it came to an abrupt end like this.
Yang Qiqi felt that such a situation proved that there was something even more difficult about this.
Who knew that two days later, Li Guifei suddenly died of poison.
When the news came out, it was a shock both inside and outside the palace. Didn't Concubine Li Guifei's poison come back? How could he die of poison again?
The first person in the harem of Emperor Yonghui died too abruptly. When Yang Qiqi heard the funeral report, he immediately went to King Su's mansion. After Concubine Shu's funeral, Emperor Yonghui agreed to let Yang Qinghuan return to King Su's mansion.
Obviously, Li Guifei's funeral report also caught Yang Qinghuan off guard.
"I don't know what's going on. Two days ago, I saw Li Guifei get up, and everyone had already gone out. How could he suddenly die of poison? ”
Yang Qiqi didn't quite understand, sighed slightly, and said, "My eyes have been beating so hard for the past two days, and I'm always afraid that something will happen." Let's be careful left and right. When Yang Qiqi said this, he paused, frowned, and said: "Even with Concubine Shu's funeral, Qiong Jieyu has never shown up, this Qiong Jieyu is really mysterious." I can't say it, I always think she's a very dangerous person. ”
Yang Qinghuan nodded affirmatively, "She must not be simple." After entering the palace for such a long time, he never showed up at the banquet in the palace. I have never been to the Huacheng Courtyard to the Queen Mother. I rarely go out and walk around, and I spend all day in my dormitory. You say, what is there to see about Qiong Jieyu? ”
Yang Qiqi smiled reluctantly and said optimistically: "Eleven went to check on this Qiong Jieyu, who has no father and no mother and is an orphan, and has been in the palace since he was a child. Without a mother's family, it can't involve the power of the court, and it can't make much of a storm if you think about it! ”
Yang Qinghuan nodded reluctantly, and said thoughtfully: "I don't look forward to anything now, I just want to live quickly." We don't care about any position, as long as I and Jiurou are safe. But begging my father to set up a throne as soon as possible can also make the hearts of these people fall to the ground. ”
"Yes, you and Brother Jiu will rain and the sky will be clear, and the future will be smooth and prosperous, and you will live a long life!"
Although Yang Qiqi said this, what is happening now is deviating more and more from the direction of his previous life. The road ahead was covered with a thick layer of fog, and she couldn't figure out what would happen next.