Chapter 277: Betrayal
The second prince glared at Fang Chenan with a pair of eyes and shouted, not only that, but the emperor was also furious, and directly smashed the teacup at Fang Chenan:
"Nonsense!"
The teacup fell to the ground and shattered, and the splashed shards actually cut through the cheeks of Concubine Chun who was kneeling beside her, and blood suddenly spread on Concubine Chun's face!
"Mother!" When the second prince and the third prince saw it, they shouted in panic.
The emperor also didn't seem to expect that he would accidentally hurt Concubine Chun, his eyes flickered, but he didn't make any movements, and he didn't say anything.
It was Concubine Chun, seeing her two sons looking at her worriedly, she smiled at the two of them comfortingly, and said, "The concubine is fine, it's just a small injury, you don't have to worry." ”
And Fang Chenan seemed to be frightened by the emperor's anger, he knelt on the ground, and said in a very frightened tone: "What the slave said is true, I don't believe that the emperor can interrogate Concubine Chun's personal palace maid Cailian!" ”
Cai Lian is a first-class palace maid by Concubine Chun's side, and she is also Concubine Chun's most trusted confidant! The emperor and the second prince know this.
When they heard Cailian's name from Fang Chenan's mouth, Concubine Chun and the second prince were surprised and incredulous in their eyes - they never thought that Cailian would betray Concubine Chun!
The queen immediately sent someone to bring Cai Lian over, and then the rest of the story is almost completely conceivable - Cai Lian identified Concubine Chun and Fang Chen'an for fornication!
However, when Cai Lian pointed out that Concubine Chun had an affair with Fang Chen'an, the emperor didn't believe her anymore - the emperor knew Cai Lian's previous loyalty to Concubine Chun, and the slave maid who was so loyal to her master suddenly identified her master at such a critical juncture, putting her master in a desperate situation, how could the emperor believe Cai Lian's words? He prefers to believe that it was Cailian who betrayed Concubine Chun.
But Cai Lian seemed to know that the emperor didn't believe her, so she said something that surprised everyone - she had always admired Fang Chen'an! So she didn't want Fang Chen'an to be deceived by Concubine Chun again! That's why she came out to identify Concubine Chun.
The queen asked her, if she liked Fang Chenan, why did she identify Fang Chen'an at this time?
In this regard, Cai Lian's answer was from love to hate, saying that she was jealous that Concubine Chun could get Fang Chenan's love without much effort, and she hated that Fang Chenan only had Concubine Chun in her eyes.
It is reasonable, very logical, and very convincing.
After that, the queen asked people to bring a few witnesses one after another, and these people kept saying that they had seen Concubine Chun and Fang Chen'an have a private meeting, and those people were all trusted people around Concubine Chun, and they saw that the second prince was stunned by the side.
In the end, the queen asked her to bring the last witness, but the witness was the imperial doctor who had been in charge of the pulse diagnosis of Concubine Chun, and this imperial doctor was personally assigned by the emperor to Concubine Chun!
Now, the imperial doctor knelt in the temple and trembled and said that he had lied to the child in the concubine's womb, saying that he had spoken for a month!
The emperor didn't believe it, and successively sent people to invite several imperial doctors to come up to diagnose Concubine Chun's pulse, and the answer in everyone's mouth was exactly the same as what the previous imperial doctor said!
At this moment, the human and material evidence is complete, and it seems that the crime of fornication between Concubine Chun and Fang Chenan has been settled, and even the child in her womb is now suspected of not being the emperor's child, and it is very likely to be Fang Chenan's!
The queen looked at Concubine Chun sharply and asked, "Concubine Chun, now that the matter has come to this, you can confess!" ”
Concubine Chun knelt on the ground, but her head was raised arrogantly, her eyes were still clear, and she was not a little flustered, she said: "Concubine, don't admit it!" ”
The queen was slightly angry, feeling that Concubine Chun was stubborn, she wanted to torture her, but because of the emperor's presence, she couldn't do it, so she had to look at the emperor, with an inquiring look in her eyes, and asked the emperor what to do.
The emperor looked at Concubine Chun kneeling on the main hall with complicated eyes, and Concubine Chun looked directly at the emperor with a bold look.
After a long time, the emperor closed his eyes and said: "There are still many doubts about this matter, first imprison Concubine Chun, and then convict after careful investigation." The rest are in prison! ”
"Your Majesty!" The queen looked at the emperor in surprise, unbelievable that with such sufficient evidence, the emperor still thought that Concubine Chun could be wronged! Such a maintenance posture made a trace of jealousy flash in the queen's eyes!
"Needless to say, it's decided." The emperor didn't want to say more to the queen, so he put down this sentence and threw up his sleeves and left.
He paused as he passed by Concubine Chun's side, but finally left without saying anything.
Seeing that there was room for relaxation, the second prince and the third prince pounced on Concubine Chun excitedly and happily, and the second prince said to Concubine Chun: "Mother, don't worry, Erchen will definitely return your innocence!" "He didn't believe in Concubine Chun's affair with Fang Chen'an.
Concubine Chun just looked at him with a gentle smile and told him softly: "When the concubine is away, you have to take care of your brother." ”
The second prince nodded: "Don't worry, concubine, I will take care of my younger brother, concubine, you also have to take care of yourself, and wait for your sons to wash away your grievances!" ”
The queen looked at the three people who staged a show of mother and son filial piety in front of her with a gloomy face, and waved her hand to let Concubine Chun and Fang Chenan and the others go down, and go down according to what the emperor said.
At that time, everyone thought that this would be an opportunity for Concubine Chun to turn over, just like all the previous ones, even the second prince thought that although Concubine Chun was confined in the palace, at least her personal safety was guaranteed, and then as long as he found evidence that Concubine Chun was wronged, then everything would be over.
But the world is unpredictable.
On the second day, the palace where Concubine Chun was suddenly flooded, and the fire reflected half of the sky, and under the shock of everyone, Concubine Chun was buried in the fire!
Outside the palace gate, the second prince and the third prince knelt on the ground and cried heartbreakingly, and the shouts of "mother concubine" made the hearts of those present tremble.
The emperor was furious and ordered someone to thoroughly investigate the cause of the fire, but it turned out that the fire was caused by the inside of the palace, and the source of the disaster was only one meter away from the place where Concubine Chun was buried!
So everyone speculated that Concubine Chun lit the fire herself.
"Nope! I don't believe it! Mother, she won't leave me and my brother behind! I don't believe it! For this result, the second prince couldn't believe it.
However, whether he believed it or not, it was a fact that Concubine Chun was dead.
The queen once asked the emperor if she wanted to continue the investigation into the affair between Concubine Chun and Fang Chen'an, but the emperor was driven out in anger, causing the queen to be embarrassed.
Because of the matter with Fang Chen'an, the Ministry of Rites didn't know how to place Concubine Chun's funeral for a while - should it still be buried with the rank of a concubine or a concubine?