Chapter 237: The play begins
Although the probability is very low, Bai Tang still went back to the palace to find it, but the fact is as expected, and the Ming nobles are no longer in the cold palace.
The sin concubine of the cold palace wanted to leave, either by pardon or by death and sent away.
Ming Guiren is obviously the latter, and has been dead for a long time, they inquired for a long time, only to learn from an old eunuch who was transferred away that Ming Guiren fell ill in the year he entered the cold palace, and when he was found in the spring of the second year, he had been dead for I don't know how long, and the body was half-buried in the snow, if it wasn't for the snow that began to melt, it might not be found.
The old eunuch felt pity, so he found someone to report, but before he could report, he was scolded by the Shangguan, and in the end he could only find a mat and carry it away, which can be described as a desolate death.
The crime committed by Ming Guiren back then was actually not big, and it was also her bad luck or too eager for quick success.
Soon after Concubine Xian's death, she tried all kinds of ways to find Wei Guojun to offer her courtesy, and wanted to take advantage of the situation.
However, during that time, Wei Guojun rarely set foot in the harem again because of the death of Concubine Xian, and basically used work to numb himself.
The Ming nobles had no choice, so they went off the rails and went to Zhaoxian Palace, which was changed to a cold palace, to find trouble with the Nine Emperors who were still in infancy, and to see if the monarch would appear.
Later, she also succeeded, and Wei Guojun was indeed alarmed.
Tiger poison does not eat children, although he does not want to see this child because of the death of Concubine Xian and his own weak heart, but after all, it is his flesh and blood, although he placed him in the cold palace, but he does not completely care about his life or death.
Outside the cold palace, there are guards he arranged to protect in secret.
The guards reported the news to Wei Guojun as soon as possible.
When Wei Guojun heard the news, he did not rush over in person, but directly issued a holy decree to send the Ming nobles into the cold palace, and all the palace maids and servants around him were killed.
And the Ming nobles didn't have a chance to see Wei Guojun again until they died, and they went crazy within half a month of entering the cold palace, and then fell ill, and finally died of incense and jade after not long.
As for the Zhaoxian Palace, which is also a cold palace, because of Wei Guojun's move, many of the concubines who had also tried to trouble the Nine Emperors before, or planned to secretly get rid of the prince after a while, suddenly died down.
The king's actions were clearly warning them not to move someone who shouldn't move, even if this person was disgusted by him.
Wei Jiuli was able to survive with only two weak women, in fact, there were also reasons for Wei Guojun.
It's just that later Wei Guojun slowly sealed Concubine Xian in the depths of his heart, refused to think about her related things anymore, and walked out of the pain, so that the guards didn't need to report the news related to the Nine Emperor Princes.
The death of the Ming nobles sounds very ordinary, just stupid death, and there is nothing abnormal.
Bai Tang frowned and thought carefully, if there was a so-called person behind the murder and killing, then he would not keep Concubine Shu for more than ten years.
And Concubine Shu's death was also purely self-inflicted.
But is it really that coincidental?
She pondered for a long time, and then found Wei Guojun, but Wei Guojun was still in the 'healing' period, and he didn't see anyone for the time being.
She could only find the Queen Mother.
"You want to investigate the concubines who have had accidents in the past twenty years?" When the queen mother heard this, she frowned and thought about it, and then asked the female official to get a jade plate.
"You can go to Sifang Palace to find out." and commanded the lady to lead her over.
Sifang Palace is equivalent to the criminal department of the harem, and the people of the harem, including the palace concubine, will generally enter the Sifang Palace first to investigate, and if the crime violated the national law, it will be handed over to the criminal department or Dali Temple.
All the palace concubines who have committed crimes will be recorded here, and the list of palace concubines will be updated every year.
With the queen mother's token, Sifang Palace is naturally cooperative.
However, the records of more than 20 years are not easy to check, you must know how many palace concubines in the harem can be recorded, and the three thousand beauties in the harem are not exaggerated.
Every three years of the draft, there will be at least about 500 show girls left.
Although these show girls will not all become concubines, they also need to be registered.
Therefore, there are thousands of people on the roster of palace concubines every year.
This is not a purposeful search, but a comparison year by year, and then the people who have the trouble are singled out.
But singling out these people is not the final result, and it is necessary to find out all the information of these people at the same time.
Even if the people of Sifang Palace dispatched a lot of people to cooperate, everyone was busy for nearly an all-nighter.
Fortunately, Bai Tang has spiritual power, and although it is not unforgettable after a high degree of condensation, it is almost the same, and he quickly picked out all the palace concubines who have been abnormal for more than 20 years.
Then, as the information of these people was extracted, it was almost piled up on the ground.
But others can't help with these materials, so they can only read it by Bai Tang himself.
When Wei Yuan learned the news, it was already noon the next day.
"Wow, Sister Sugar Candy, what are you going to do here, can I help?" Wei Yuan pushed the door in, and saw Bai Tang who had the opportunity to be submerged by a small hill.
Bai Tang raised his head when he heard this, then raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, closed his eyes and rested.
Even if she had mental strength, the high-intensity inspection for more than ten hours still made her feel a little tired.
There are more than 200 palace concubines who have been brought out to have abnormalities, and these people have a lot of information, and after reading the information, they still need to compare and calculate to exclude irrelevant people.
Such a large project, even if a dozen people work together, will take several days.
However, the hard work paid off, and I also got some clues.
Whether it was Concubine Jing, Ming Guiren or Concubine Shu, it seemed that they all died normally because of their own problems, but she didn't believe in this coincidence.
After searching, there were also three palace concubines who died in accidents at different times, some had a relationship with one of the three, some had a relationship with one of them at a certain time, and some had a dispute with one of them.
However, the specific Sifang Palace is not recorded to enter, but the Spring and Autumn penmanship has been brought over.
Others also singled out a lot of palace concubines who died unexpectedly, and they didn't seem to have anything to do with those three, but they had something to do with the three who were temporarily designated as suspects.
These individuals were singled out and then re-examined.
In the end, there were nine people who were listed as suspicious, not including the three concubines.
Bai Tang also asked the people of Sifang Palace to find these people, including some information about the close attendants around Concubine Jing after they entered the palace.
Then a lot of suspicions were discovered.
Concubine Jing died of illness, and according to the rules, after her death, all the maids in the palace would be dispersed and arranged to serve elsewhere.
But upon closer inspection, it was found that several of her attendants in the palace had died at different times due to various ordinary things, including Concubine Jing's two personal maids.
When Ming Guiren was beaten into the cold palace, half of the people in her palace were killed, including her close palace maids and chamberlains.
Not to mention Concubine Shu, all the palace people in her entire palace were given to death.
Among the other nine people, there were also six palace people around them who died later, but the remaining three were not without suspicion, because they also had palace people who were not in the palace, and it was said that they were let out.
Generally, palace maids and chamberlains have the right to choose to leave the palace or continue to stay after the age of 50.
However, most of the palace maids at that age don't want to leave, especially those who are poor at home, and if they leave home, they will not only become a drag on the family, but will also be laughed at and lonely for the rest of their lives.
Some are ambitious, or have a good master, and are not willing to leave.
As for the chamberlain, they are no longer destined to live like ordinary people.
These dead or left, Bai Tang will also make a list, but unlike the palace concubine's careful records, these people sometimes have only one pseudonym, and they can only be sent to Dali Temple for Dali Temple to investigate one by one.
Bai Tang found the rest of the people who were still in the palace and asked them one by one.
But there were too many people, so Bai Tang listed a few questions and asked the people from Sifang Palace to assign them for interrogation.
Even Wei Yuan was also assigned to the census task of dozens of people, and she was tired enough in two days.
These days, Bai Tang is investigating cases in the palace, and he doesn't know much about things outside the palace.
And there are a few things that have happened outside the palace these days, but they are not so shaking compared to the previous big explosions.
The first thing is that the fraud case was closed, Mu Shaochen's father and son and King Li were all acquitted, the queen was deposed, and the queen was beheaded.
This is already a good result, and it is not implicated in one stubble after another.
However, the eldest prince has not come back yet, and many people are still waiting, I don't know what choice the eldest prince will sit on when he returns, and the queen still has a chance to live?
Of course, this is what the Great Prince Party is looking forward to the most.
The queen is one of the most important pillars in the Great Prince's Party, and once this pillar falls, then the house that was already a little talkative will not be able to hold on.
This time is definitely the most thrilling and difficult one for the Great Prince Party.
At the same time, many of them are also worried that the eldest prince will be impulsive and do something irreparable when he returns.
After all, this year's eldest prince, many actions always surprise the staff.
The second thing is that the murder of King Li's biological mother, the virtuous concubine Niangniang, who is said to be the cinnabar mole and white moonlight in the heart of the monarch, needs to be re-investigated, and it seems that the mastermind behind the involvement in this case is still at large.
This news was secretly released by the people of King Li's faction, the purpose of which was to take advantage of this opportunity to drag other princes into the water and find an opportunity to weaken them, after all, maybe the murderer behind the scenes who has not yet been caught may also be the biological mother of a certain prince today.
Based on the monarch's feelings for Concubine Xian, if the prince's biological mother is also involved in that case, then even if the prince will not be dragged down, it is estimated that there is a high possibility that he will be angry and disgusted by the monarch.
Of course, even if no one participates, it will provoke the suspicion of the king, no matter which one it is, it is a good thing for King Li.
It's just that they are so conscientious and planning for King Li, but the righteous lord has never recognized them.
After the case was over, King Li returned to the palace but did not come out.
Many people said that it was probably because of the re-investigation of Concubine Xian's case that revealed his sadness.
After all, King Li's life experience is also bumpy, he was born without a mother, his father was disgusted with him, and he had to stay in the cold palace for his mother's sin, and he didn't have the opportunity to leave until thirteen years later, and he left the cold palace because of an accident.
In the palace where people eat people and don't spit out bones, a small child, and still stay in the cold palace, it is really not easy to grow up alive, and it can even be said to be a miracle.
Because of this incident, Concubine Xian's deeds began to be exposed.
One of the most popular is the love story between Wei Guojun and Concubine Xian, which traces back to Wei Guojun's early years of exile among the people.
Then the half-way queen and the Rongguo Mansion became the existence that Qianfu pointed to.
As the so-called wall falls, everyone pushes it.
Fortunately, on the side of the Rongguo Mansion, because Bai Tang told his subordinates to take care of it more, because everyone saw that Bai Tang was still close to Rong Guogong, it was not so excessive.
What's more, although Rong Guogong has now become Rong Houye, his status is not higher than that of Guogong, but it is enough to crush a person.
The third thing is that the Qian family and the Zhenguo General's Mansion are going to get married.
A few days ago, the Zhenguo General's Mansion invited the official media, and the young lady of the Zhenguo General's Mansion personally took it to the Eight Characters to exchange Geng posts, and it is said that when Yu Qian came back from the border pass, he would start the engagement.
The Qian family is now also a popular family in the imperial city, not only with Bai Tang as a backer, but also with the Zhenguo General's Mansion, which can be said to be a step to the sky.
Therefore, the threshold of the Qian Mansion has almost been flattened recently.
The Qian family opened the door to do business, and they were also happy, so naturally it was not good to turn people away, so they could only cope with it every day.
In comparison, the Zhenguo General's Mansion is much more deserted, thinking that ordinary people dare not come to the door.
First, the old general of Zhenguo is not very easy to get along with, and secondly, this family has never liked to open the door to socialize, so those who are interested do not touch a nose of ash.
In the palace, on the morning of the fifth day, Bai Tang was finally invited back by the Queen Mother and forced her to rest.
Knowing that five days was the biggest concession of the Queen Mother, Bai Tang obediently agreed, and asked people to hand over the results of these five days to Dali Siqing, and only told him to report news in time.
Wei Guojun's side completely let them investigate, as a king, he didn't have much time to be sad, let the queen mother enlighten for two days and then rededicated himself to official business, even the ninth son who came out of prison was not summoned, probably afraid of seeing the other party's resentful look.
Four days later, the eldest prince returned to the imperial city.
The topic that had gradually subsided was once again heated up because of the return of the eldest prince.
Almost all of them opened their eyes wide, curious about what the eldest prince would do, and some of them asked, is the eldest prince really not involved in the framing?
As soon as the eldest prince came back, after learning all the information about the queen from the staff, he immediately delivered a sign into the palace overnight to ask for a meeting, and then unexpectedly ate the closed door.
He could only go to the prison to visit the prison first, but he ended up eating a second bowl of closed-door soup.
He was taken to see his mother, but Mu Liangqing kept his back to the cell door from beginning to end, not moving.
If she hadn't said in a hoarse voice, "You go, don't come again, and don't bother with me." "Otherwise, the eldest prince will doubt her life and death.
From these words, he learned that his mother had a will to die, and the eldest prince's face became even more ugly, but his eyes were more angry than sad.
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