Chapter 19: Life and Death (2)
As soon as this remark came out, all four were shocked.
The concubines couldn't help but be surprised and curious, and they talked to each other in twos and threes. Empress Dowager Liang's face became more and more ugly, and she shouted: "What are you talking about!" β
After the palace calmed down again, the Empress Dowager Liang reluctantly supported the faΓ§ade, and snorted coldly: "It's hard for the queen mother to remember, yes, there was indeed a maid beside the mourning family, named Chunyi." But so what? β
As she spoke, her eyes were like knives, and she swished towards Ying'er: "Take 10,000 steps back, even if this cheap girl is really the daughter of the old servant of the mourning family, is it possible, can she shirk the sins she has done?" β
Empress Dowager Li just smiled faintly and said, "What is my sister anxious about, isn't it that she hasn't finished asking yet." As she spoke, she raised her arm and said to Ying'er, "You go on." β
Ying'er timidly replied.
At that time, the slave maid went to the Jingci Palace to ask for peace, the Virgin Mary was kind, remembering the old love, and rewarded the slave and maid with a lot of grace, and the slave and maid were grateful, and held their minds, thinking that they would be loyal to the Virgin Mary.
Thereupon...... So......"
Ying'er was weak and frightened, and when she said this, she repeated it back and forth several times, but she didn't see the following.
Xiao Chai showed a trace of impatience and said sternly: "What is it? β
Ying'er shook violently.
So before Concubine De gave birth, the Queen Mother secretly called the slave and maid over, and when she told the slave and maid to kill the emperor's eldest son, the slave and maid knew that it was wrong, but they never dared to disobey! Please spare your life! The Queen Mother spares her life! β
Hearing this, Empress Dowager Liang was already trembling with anger.
"Bastard! On the contrary, it's really the other way around......" She stretched out her hand and pointed at Ying'er, her fingertips trembling, "You cheap girl, who is it, who instructed you to frame the mourning family like this!" Who is it! β
Empress Dowager Li looked at her calmly and said slowly: "It seems that my sister doesn't recognize this girl's denunciation?" β
"Of course the mourners don't recognize it!" Empress Dowager Liang got up, her palms were shaken, and for a while, all the concubines who were sitting at the head also stood up in panic.
She glared at the Empress Dowager Li angrily, as if she was the one who spoke out to accuse her, "The mourning family is the mother of the country!" How can any slut who jumps out of nowhere be able to climb the accusation? The Queen Mother and Queen Mother should not really believe the words of this slut, and she is determined to let the whole world see the joke! β
Empress Dowager Li lowered her head and smiled, not in a hurry to express her position, but turned to Xiao Zhu and asked, "What does the emperor think?" β
Xiao Chai pondered for a moment, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a noise from the direction of the inner hall, and after a while, he saw that Yu Wenrou, who was weak after giving birth, and the disheveled Yu Wenrou ignored the palace people's obstruction, crying and rushing towards herself, shouting that she wanted to make her own decisions and severely punish the suspects, and her voice was hoarse, and she didn't know where she got such enough energy.
Xiao Zhu was ten percent reluctant in his heart, but he still made a gesture of concern, personally helped her up, and persuaded: "Concubine Ai has just given birth, how can she be good if she hurts her body like this?" As he spoke, his eyes were cold, and he shot at the maid beside Yu Wenrou, "How are you serving!" The mother is in a hurry, do you dare to let her come nonsense? β
Several palace maids hurriedly knelt down to admit their mistakes, but they didn't dare to go straight.
"Your Majesty, don't blame them, it's the concubines who want to come." Yu Wenrou's face was full of tears, and as she spoke, she deliberately glanced at the Empress Dowager Liang, and said to Xiao Zhu meaningfully: "The emperor was born by the concubine who fought for her life, and the concubine is a mother, how can she watch the child suffer coldly and don't ask the previous sentence?" Your Majesty, please uphold justice for your concubines, mothers and sons, and don't let the culprits go unpunished! β
As she spoke, she made a gesture to kneel, but was held up by Xiao Zhu.
Empress Dowager Liang received a sharp glance from her, only to feel that the anger in her heart became more and more uncontrollable. Her eyes narrowed, revealing a cold light, and asked, "Concubine De, who are you referring to?" β
Yu Wenrou did not show weakness, snorted coldly, and said: "What the concubine refers to is naturally the thief who plotted to kill the emperor's heir!" But the Virgin's question is strange, but it seems that there is a little bit of weakness in it! β
Empress Dowager Liang was furious: "You are presumptuous! β
Yu Wenrou was about to speak, but Xiao Zhu first lowered her voice, and shouted 'Ai Fei' in a short and powerful voice, and then warned: "In front of the Holy Mother, you must not be without a form!" β
Yu Wenrou secretly gritted her teeth and forcibly suppressed her anger.
It finally stopped a little here, and Xiao Zhu then freed up his energy and went back to Empress Dowager Li's first questioning.
"Although this girl is conclusive, but after all, it is one-sided, not enough to win trust, I think that this matter needs to be carefully investigated." He asked tentatively, "What does the queen think? β
Empress Dowager Li watched the farce for a long time, and she was a little tired at this time. She nodded and said, "That's what the mourning family means." What this girl said, including her origin, should be checked. Just ......"
Speaking of this, she paused deliberately, and turned her gaze to Empress Dowager Liang leisurely.
Mrs. Liang's face did not change, but she was panicked in her heart.
Bad.
The current situation is too bad for him, if Heshou Palace takes this opportunity to fall into the ground, or this matter is from beginning to end, it was originally Heshou Palace's doing......
Thinking of this possibility, she became more and more frightened.
At that end, Empress Dowager Li seemed to sigh helplessly, "Alas, sister, don't blame my sister, Concubine De's status is precious, and the eldest son of the emperor is the first son under the emperor's knees, so it is not too much to say that this matter is too big." Now this girl has bitten this tongue to death, clinging to her sister, the ancestral family law is in front, and the concubines of the six palaces are all watching, and the mourning family really doesn't dare to show favoritism. As she spoke, her expression became solemn, and she said to everyone in the hall: "In this way, before this matter is investigated, please ask the Holy Mother to be grounded in the palace and not go out again." β
"You ββ!"
Empress Dowager Liang was in a hurry, where was she willing to agree, and was about to argue with her for a few words, but who expected, Empress Dowager Li didn't give her this opportunity at all, and then said: "As for how to investigate this matter-" Her eyes turned and fixed on Zong Ruyi steadily.
At this glance, the heart of the Empress Dowager Liang's master and servant was shocked.
They haven't forgotten how Song Yifeng died at that time.
Empress Dowager Liang moved in front of Zong Ruyi in one step, stared at Empress Dowager Li with her eyes, and squeezed out two words from between her teeth: "You dare!" β
The unwarranted warning sounded more like the cry of a trapped beast.
Empress Dowager Li was still unhurried, smiled slightly, looked away, and looked at Xiao Zhu.
"Since ancient times, the punishment of doctors has not been great, and the status of Our Lady is noble, so naturally it cannot be asked. For today's plan, only by bringing these dignified slave heads of Jingci Palace down to ask them for a good life can we maintain the reputation of Our Lady. She asked, "What does the emperor think?" β
Xiao Chai knew what the move meant.
However, Empress Dowager Li is reasonable, and there is Yuwenrou pressing step by step, even if he is unwilling, he has to suffer the warning eyes of his mother, and say to his mother-in-law: "The queen mother is reasonable, so according to what you said, I will take all the slaves and maids of Jingci Palace down to carefully investigate." β
This is the end of a turmoil.
Empress Dowager Liang was carried back to Jingci Palace by a sedan chair, and the whole person was as if she had lost half her life - she couldn't even spare extra energy to get angry, and she was only worried about what happened to Zong Ruyi in the violent room.
What will they do to her?
Will there be a big punishment?
Li Hao...... Will she be secretly murdered?
The more Empress Dowager Liang thought about it, the more irritated she became, and when she came back to her senses, a jade fat bottle in her hand had been thrown out by her as if she was venting her hatred.
The guards outside heard the movement, and immediately came over to ask, and the Empress Dowager Liang scolded the person and was about to send it away, but suddenly something came to mind, and the tone followed a pause.
"Wait!"
When the guards heard this, they froze, and hurriedly asked the Virgin what she commanded.
Empress Dowager Liang asked people to quietly go to Chongtian Palace to invite the emperor.
Afraid that people would not come, she even cursed herself a few words, only saying that if the emperor insisted on refusing to see his mother, the mourning family would simply hang his neck, and he would go to the first emperor!
That night, after the silence of the palace, the gate of the Jingci Palace finally moved.
Xiao Zhushan was late, and when he entered the warm pavilion to see his mother, he felt both guilty and questioning.
In the final analysis, he didn't believe very much that his mother really never had any idea about Yu Wenrou, who was pregnant.
"The queen mother insists on seeing me, what do you have to say?" The mother and son sat on either side of the Luohan couch, and he asked, "Are you worried about Aunt Zong in the violent room?" β
Zong Ruyi was naturally worried, but right now, she was more anxious to make Xiao Chai believe in her innocence.
She looked at Xiao Yi deeply and said, "Emperor, you are the son of the mourning family, at this time, between mother and son, there are some things, there is really no need to hide them." β
Xiao Chai frowned slightly, "What does the queen mother mean?" β
"The mourning family knows your temperament, and you also know about Yuwenrou's mother and son, and you are suspicious of the mourning family in your heart." She fixed her eyes on her son and said, "But the mourning family wants to tell you that this matter has no glory with the mourning family from beginning to end, and the mourning family is the one who is calculated!" β
Xiao Zhu didn't speak for a long time.
Empress Dowager Liang was angry and helpless, but there was no other way. She sighed and said, "You don't believe it? That mourner gives you a reason. β
She said: "Yes, the mourning family does not like Yu Wenrou, and is even more afraid that she will give birth to a prince with the blood of the Zhou clan, and the mourning family can even admit that as early as the beginning of her pregnancy, the mourning family did have some thoughts." β
As she spoke, she looked at Xiao Zhu, her eyes gratuitously carrying a hint of teasing depth.
Xiao was stunned.
"But later......" the corners of her lips hooked slightly, "Emperor, you have a heart-to-heart connection with the mother and son of the mourning family, there are some things, you have already done it in the front, and the mourning family knows it, so why bother to add snakes to the snake, and make a fuss for yourself?" β
Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Chai stood up suddenly.
The smile on Empress Dowager Liang's lips became more and more obvious, and she reached over and pulled Xiao Zhu back to her seat.
Although the emperor's eldest son was born safely, he was weak and sick, and his life was difficult, what is the reason?
Is it really just a 'congenital deficiency'?
She looked at her cold-hearted son, thinking about it, Yu Wenrou may never know that the person who really wants to harm her son is precisely the one she trusts and relies on and asks for justice, her husband, the emperor of Daliang.