244, harem undercurrent (4)
"Judgment of right and wrong cannot be decided by speculation, what is the specific truth or wait for the facts to speak, the Shanggong Bureau is some distance away from here, Ah Chou went to invite them, I'm afraid it will take some time."
"The three sisters sit down first, Ziyu, watch the tea." Empress Eldest Sun smiled faintly, did not dwell on this topic, and beckoned the palace maid to prepare tea.
Yang, Yin, and Yan sat down under the eldest grandson queen, everyone was thinking about their hearts, slowly drinking tea, and about a quarter and a half of an hour later, the two Shang Gong and the four directors of the Shanggong Bureau came over.
"I've seen the queen's mother, the lady concubine, the virtuous concubine, the virtuous lady." The dance of the Shanggong Bureau, Yan Shangyi, Hu Zhangsi, Jiang Zhangsi, Lan Zhangsi, and Hua Zhangsi, walked in front of them and saluted respectfully.
"Get up, this palace is looking for you, you don't need to say more about this palace, I think you all know what is going on, right?" Although the matter of Qingluo Palace only happened yesterday, the news in the palace has always spread quickly, and the Shanggong Bureau is the first to bear the brunt, and these people will naturally not be unaware.
"Yes." The six of them replied in unison, the hearts of the six people were very uneasy at the moment, Your Majesty has never had a dirty incident in the harem since he ascended the throne, and now it suddenly happened, not to mention, the cause of the incident was still their Shanggong Bureau.
According to the rules of the court, if this kind of thing happens, the principals of the Shanggong Bureau should be taken down at this time, and they will not be able to move freely until the results of the trial are determined.
But Empress Changsun was unwilling to move the people without conclusive evidence, and shocked everyone, after she got Wei Guifei's letter yesterday, she only secretly monitored the people of the six bureaus, among which the Shanggong Bureau focused on monitoring, but there was no action on the surface.
"Now that you know, Qinglan, Ah Chou, you put the six of them in different rooms, and ask about the distribution of new clothes this time." Empress Eldest Sun glanced at them, and then went down.
After these six people were taken down, Empress Changsun glanced at Yang, Yin, and Yan: "For the sake of fairness, the three sisters, please each send a trusted palace maid to accompany Qinglan and Ah Chou to observe the jury trial." ”
Yang, Yin, and Yan glanced at each other, did not postpone, and each sent the powerful palace maid around them to jury with Qinglan and Ali.
The queen's move is reasonable, and she said in front of everyone that if they postpone it, it will appear to have ulterior motives.
Qing Lan and Ah Chou put Shang Gong, Shang Yi and the four directors of the Shang Gong Bureau in a small room each, and then interrogated them separately, and Yang, Yin, and Yan each sent a palace maid to observe.
It took nearly an hour, and the palace maids of Qing Lan, Ah Chou, Yang, Yin, and Yan came out of it, and Qing Lan held six confessions in her hands, which were the replies of the six people inside.
She handed these confessions to Empress Changsun, who took them and read them carefully, and then handed them to Concubine Yang Shu, who handed them to Concubine Yin De after reading them, and when Concubine Yan Xian finished reading them, it was time for lunch.
From the third concubine to the queen's palace to now, more than two hours have passed, and the eldest grandson queen is more than five months pregnant, and she is hungry relatively quickly.
For this reason, after Concubine Yan Xian finished reading the six confessions, Empress Eldest Sun stood up and said to everyone with a smile: "This matter will not be discussed for a while, and now it is lunch time, so you sisters will stay in the palace to eat together, and after the meal, how about we continue to discuss?"
"Thank you, Queen." Yang, Yin, and Yan saw the queen stand up, and naturally no one dared to continue to sit, and everyone stood up one after another.
"Qinglan, tell me to set the meal." Empress Eldest Sun smiled slightly and led everyone to the banquet hall.
"Sisters, after reading the confessions of several people in the Shanggong Bureau, I don't know what you think in your hearts?" After lunch, everyone got into the topic again, and Empress Changsun glanced at everyone and asked.
"Just looking at their confessions, I really can't find any flaws, but there are a lot of people involved, according to my sister's humble opinion, I'm afraid this matter still needs to be carefully investigated." Concubine Yan Xian saw that Yin and Yang didn't speak, she thought about it for a moment and took the lead in taking over the conversation.
"Well, I also agree with the idea of the Yan family's sister Shu, the Qingluo Palace incident is not necessarily related to the six principals of the Shang Gong Bureau, of course, it is not ruled out that they may confess, or the little palace maid below has done something wrong."
"After all, when a set of clothes comes down, it needs to go through too many people." Yang Shufei said.
Concubine Yin Defei listened to Yan and Yang's words, and subconsciously wanted to say something, but after she opened her mouth, she closed her mouth again.
"Sister Yin, what is the difference in opinion?" Empress Eldest Sun saw her movements and turned her gaze to her.
"No, I also agree with Sister Yang and Sister Yan's suggestion." Concubine Yin De shook her head.
"In that case, those sisters should go back first, and the rest will wait for us to investigate, by the way, in order to ensure fairness, you each send a few trusted people over to assist the people under the palace to investigate this matter together." Empress Eldest Sun nodded, she glanced at the three of them, and said.
"Niangniang, do you think this matter will have anything to do with them?" After Yang, Yin, and Yan left, Qinglan and Ah Chou came over and asked in a low voice.
"It shouldn't have anything to do with them, these three people are not stupid people, and they won't do such thankless things, but it's hard to say whether they were inadvertently taken advantage of."
"Hey, it's precisely because of this that this palace is worried, the enemy in the open is not terrible, but I'm afraid of the kind of opponent who hides in the shadows, and others peep at you all the time, but you don't know anything about him." Empress Eldest Sun sighed softly.
Ah Chou and Qing Lan were shocked when they heard this, and they didn't dare to say anything more, and Empress Eldest Sun was silent for a while and then raised her eyes and asked them: "Have you put a few people from the Shanggong Bureau back?" ”
"Let it go, but Xiao Wu seems to have something to say to Niangniang, and she hasn't left yet." Qinglan Road.
"Bring her here." Empress Eldest Sun was stunned and said.
"Niangniang, Xiao Wu has the grace of her mother, please punish her mother." Xiao Wu walked up to Empress Changsun and knelt down, and the tears in her eyes flowed down.
"How big are you, they are all Shanggong who stands alone, why are they still the same as before, crying at every turn? When the court does not kneel, the palace does not have the habit of letting you kneel at every turn, get up and speak. Empress Eldest Sun glanced at her and scolded lightly.
"Xie Niangniang, Xiao Wu just felt that she was deeply favored by her mother, and she was ordered to take the position of Shang Gong of the Shang Gong Bureau, but there was such a big basket in the bureau, but I didn't know anything, this is really ...... in my heart" Xiao Wu stood up, but the tears in her eyes couldn't stop.
Xiao Wu has been by the side of Empress Changsun since she was five years old, she is only a little older than Empress Changsun, and her temperament is also the softest among Empress Changsun's several personal maids.
Fortunately, after all these years of training, it is more than enough to stand alone from the outside world, but here in the eldest grandson queen, she is still like a little girl, and she wants to cry when she encounters something.