Chapter 526: A Good Night, a Clear Breeze and a Full Moon Full Lake
Sure enough, Gonggong Xue beside the queen said that it was true, this aunt's death was indeed poisoning. Wei Yating couldn't help but be sad, and Mama Huai'an also went like this. Is it really because of this small jar of pear juice? β¨Hongli saw her gaze wandering between the corpse and the porcelain jar, and asked, "Standing here, facing the cold corpse, don't you really have a little fear?" β
Wei Yating thought that the emperor heard what she was saying just outside the door, and she deliberately asked like this at this time, so she couldn't help but be a little displeased. "How does the emperor think his concubines should be afraid? I only know how to cry, but I don't dare to come in to see? If crying can find out the truth, the concubine is also willing to be a Meng Jiangnu, if she hides in the door and does not dare to come in, I am afraid that it will only make the person who can't tolerate the concubine even more insulted and murdered the concubine. β
Stopping her anger and sadness, Wei Yating glanced at the small porcelain jar: "Your Majesty, let's let people test it as usual." β
Li Yu understood, and hurriedly summoned the little eunuch to come in. Inevitably, there was a deviation, and the little eunuch took a new silver skewer to test the poison, but did not use the one that had just been tested.
I put the silver skewer in the little remaining pear juice and stirred it, and when I pulled it out this time, it really changed color. The jet-black looks shocking and tends to spread. Even the places that have not come into contact with the pear juice are slowly darkening.
"Your Majesty, there is a broken porcelain bowl here, I think it was this aunt who secretly drank the remaining pear juice and caused the poison to die." Li Yu found that the porcelain bowl on the ground was the same as the previous fragment. A closer look at the rest of the kitchen, I also found many of the same porcelain bowls, plates and other utensils. There is nothing to be suspicious about, as if there is no deliberate change of soup.
"How does my father-in-law know that this aunt died of poison after secretly drinking pear juice, if not?" Wei Yating refused to let go of any possibility. "Can't she be afraid that the emperor will find out the truth and involve her family and commit suicide? If she committed suicide, then there must be someone behind her. What's more, the ordinary aunt who served in the Old Summer Palace would have a deep hatred with the concubine, and she would be so vicious that she was poisoned? β
Li Yu hurriedly made amends, and said humbly: "The little master is angry, the slave is just saying a word in vain, and he can't do anything." β
Hongli looked at Wei's serious appearance and smiled faintly, whether the composition of this smile was appreciation or something else, he couldn't tell himself. "Let people carry them out, show them to the queen, and then go to find the father-in-law who is in charge of the Old Summer Palace, I want to know who this slave and maid are doing things for."
"Minions understand." Li Yu was a little relieved in his heart, but fortunately, the emperor did not hold himself accountable for his own wrongdoing because of Wei Changzai's words.
The body was carried out and laid down in front of the queen and the others.
Wei Yating immediately stepped forward and asked respectfully, "The concubine dares to ask Concubine Xian, do you know who this aunt is?" Or do you have an impression of Concubine Jia and Concubine Yu? β
The three of them took a closer look and shook their heads.
Lan Xin also had doubts in his heart, so he couldn't help but look at it carefully. "It's a guy with a raw face, and the palace doesn't have any impression. What's more, since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been diligent in government affairs, and rarely came to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer in the past. So much so that many people in the Old Summer Palace were extremely embarrassed. "In other words, this matter is not easy to handle.
"Yes. The emperor was diligent in government affairs and rarely came to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer. I thought that this time I could be relieved to deliver food, but who knew that this time, such a thing happened, which really made people feel uneasy. Jin Peizi shook her head in frustration, although she and Concubine Yu had already cleared their suspicions, it was a sudden incident. But after all, the matter involves oneself, and it is enough to see that there will be no days of peace in the harem, and bad things will involve you in an unpredictable whirlpool at any time.
In the end, it makes people feel uncomfortable. It's like being hit on the head by a spor, and it's too late to hide, so you can only take this blow in vain.
"Your Majesty......" Wei Yating really wanted to ask the emperor, is this the end of this matter? When he was in the front hall just now, didn't he still have a lot of words, saying that if he checked layer by layer, he would definitely be able to figure it out. But what now? "This matter ......"
Lan Xin took over the conversation and said to Wei Yating: "This matter will continue to be investigated by the palace, Wei Chang is here, Huai'an is with your master and servant, and after death, I can only count on you, the person who is the little master, to handle it." If you need anything, just talk to Hongu. Jinlan, in the past few days, you will follow Wei Chang to deal with this matter. β
"It's the slave who understands." Jin Lan knew that the queen was afraid that Wei was always making trouble, and it was always safer to have her own peace from it. What's more, the palace people who serve Wei Chang are all younger, and they only know how to be scared when they encounter something, so where can they do it properly.
"Your Majesty, the concubine has something to say to you alone." Lan Xin saw that the emperor's eyebrows were deep, and he knew that he was upset. also knew that his annoyance only stemmed from not wanting to disappoint Wei Changzai.
"It's fine." Hongli coughed lightly and instructed Li Yu: "Keep the people to investigate, no matter what, you have to find out whether you committed suicide or murder." β
"Minions understand." When the emperor and the queen left, Li Yu dared to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. I thought to myself, if someone really arranged it, where would it be so easy to find out? The emperor really trusts himself too much.
Just when he was wondering what to do, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Yu Concubine's puzzled gaze and shook his head slightly, intending to tell her that this was not the master's decision. At least not in it themselves.
Qi Qige turned his head cautiously, and already understood Li Yu's hint in his heart. Undoubtedly, she was really relieved. It's good if it's not the Queen Mother, it's good if Li Yu didn't do it, otherwise this matter will be investigated to the end, and I really don't know how it will end. "Sister, let's go back, I'm panicking and want to see Yongqi."
"It's okay, after tossing for a while, I'm also flustered. It's really bad luck to have such a thing on a good stall. Jin Peizi squeezed Qiqi's hand and said casually: "Do you say this person is coming for us, or is it for Concubine Xian?" Are we unlucky, or have we fallen into the trap of others? β
"Alas! Who knows. Qi Qige sighed again and again: "Fortunately, Yongqi is fine." When the concubine thinks about it now, she is really afraid. If Yongqi was greedy for a while and drank the pear juice held by Xiao Mazi, you would ...... So what should I do? Her face bowed with panic, and the panic that went into her bones just because she thought of her own son.
"Phew!" Jin Peizi chirped repeatedly: "What nonsense are you talking about? Quickly spit. You can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, don't scare yourself. Yongqi is blessed, and at a glance, you can know that it is a healthy and smooth appearance, and it will be fine, you can rest assured. β
Panyu followed behind the two, and it was not easy to hear such a conversation. If Xiao Lu, who had knocked over the pear juice, went to the room to fill the remaining pear juice, the dead person might not be the aunt inside. There was some relief in her heart, and she realized that she was afraid too. A sip of pear juice may be a matter of life and death.
Sometimes it's really hard to say how to be a human being, and no one knows what will happen in the next second.
"What does the queen think?" Hongli asked straight to the point.
The concubine took a closer look at the faces of the palace people, as if there was no worry or fear. If you really mean to harm others, and you can only kill yourself, the expression of drinking the poisonous pear juice should be a very heavy and painful expression with your eyebrows locked, holding a heart of death. It's not just stretching your eyebrows and calmly drinking this bowl of poison. Lan Xin imagined that he was the dead palace man, if he really knew that the pear juice he was holding was poisonous, he would not be at ease when he drank it, so he was even more sure that his guess would not be wrong.
"You look closely, I think so." Hongli motioned for Lan Xin to come closer, and said in his ear: "The queen thinks it's not a concubine?" β
Lan Xin couldn't help but be a little stunned, how could the emperor suddenly suspect that it was Concubine Xian? "Didn't the emperor think that Concubine Xian would take the opportunity to let Xiao Lu drugged in Sydney juice, right?"
"Concubine Xian likes to drink sour plum soup on weekdays, but these days, I ordered someone to boil pear juice for Wei's, and such a thing happened. And except for Xiao Lu and Xiao Mazi, who can enter the back kitchen silently and take away the pear juice without arousing the suspicion of others. What's more, how do others know that there will be two cans of pear juice cooked in the small kitchen? Hongli frowned: "It's not that I don't want to believe Concubine Xian, it's just that Concubine Xian's methods are usually resolute, and it was not easy to get my attention again...... I inevitably have doubts in my heart. β
"I want to hear about it." Lan Xin lowered his eyelids and said peacefully.
"In the past, she couldn't tolerate Luo Ying." Hongli's words are an excellent excuse.
Lan Xin was a little ashamed of Concubine Xian in this matter. In fact, the emperor wanted to send Luo Ying away, not to send her to death. When it came to her own mouth, the words changed, and she deepened the emperor's mind a lot, so that Concubine Xian finally disposed of Luo Ying. Maybe this incident really left the emperor with a deep mustard, which will lead to Concubine Xian's ending now.
"The right to do this should be that aunt was instructed by someone, and she must get rid of Wei Changzai." Hongli rubbed his eyebrows: "The medicine is unaware of the ghosts. I also have to deal with this matter unknowingly. β
Lan Xin understood that the emperor wanted to secretly Chen Cang and check whether it was done by Concubine Xian. But can the emperor be so suspicious of a woman who loves him? said that she herself did not suspect Concubine Xian, even if it was really Concubine Xian, it was because her feelings overwhelmed her reason that she would make this decision. Didn't the emperor do this to force Concubine Xian to go crazy?
I don't know that if Concubine Xian really had such a drastic move, she would have asked the emperor to force her out early in the morning. "Then the emperor must comfort Wei Changzai, Huai'an is gone, she is sad."
"I will." Hongli held Lan Xin's hand and said widely: "You are weak yourself, I will handle these things, you can rest well." β
What else can I say, Lan Xin just nodded shallowly: "Congratulations to the emperor." β