Chapter 229: Suspicion
Cang Lian bit her lip, tears welled up in her eyes: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, the concubine has not done it, and the concubine is wronged." ”
"Wronged?" Zhuang Yanchen's cold voice pushed her into the deep pool: "You are wrong again and again, I have to tolerate you until you can understand." Today's I am the king of a country, not the King of Ruiming who can only accompany you to chant poems and paint. ”
"Your Majesty......" Cang Pian remembered in a trance, the queen seemed to have warned her like this, she said that he was now the emperor, the king, not the king of Ruiming, it turned out to be true. The concubine was really wronged. ”
"I don't believe your nonsense, so you can complain to the corpse of Concubine Mao." Zhuang Chencheng got up and walked away.
"Someone come, send the corpse of Concubine Mao to Zi Palace, and all the funeral ceremonies will be handled by the concubines and servants, and the concubines are allowed to go to mourn. Half a month later, the coffin was sent to the concubine's mausoleum for burial. Cen Mu Ning said this lightly, and then left with his hand.
"Queen, if you blame me like this, aren't you afraid of retribution?" Cang was trembling with pity.
Bingling sneered: "You hurt people like this, and you will suffer first if you want retribution." Is it someone else's turn? Besides, the queen has never been involved in your things, and her blood is spewing people, and her crime is added to the first degree. I hope that Concubine Niangniang will be cautious in her words and deeds, and don't break the rules of the palace. ”
The Ming and Qing dynasties came over at the right time and summoned someone to carry away the body of Concubine Mao, and then saluted Concubine Li: "Niangniang, the slave has already beckoned Concubine Mao to leave, and now it's your turn." Will you go by yourself, or will you let the minions give you a ride? ”
Such foul language, Cang Lian didn't want to hear it at all. "What if you frame Bengong like this now, as long as Bengong's life is still alive, no one can think of winning."
"It's useless to be stubborn." Ming Qing only laughed sarcastically: "Niangniang, let's leave quickly, if you leave, Fengling Hall can be peaceful." ”
The queen did things neatly, and when she entered the Zigong Palace, she found that everything she needed was ready.
Stacks of yellow paper were thrown on the ground, as well as silver foil for silver ingots.
"Mother, the slave can help you here. The decoration of the mourning hall has been completed, and the body of Concubine Mao has been properly placed. The queen mother was gracious and ordered a special person to change clothes and decorate the funeral for Concubine Mao, so you won't have to bother. But this uses yellow paper to cut copper coins, silver foil stacked ingots, you have to worry about yourself. Of course, the incense in the mourning hall cannot be broken, which is related to the royal face. If the mother can't even handle this little thing properly, she can only go to the concubine's mausoleum to guard the soul of the noble concubine to atone for her sins. ”
After saying this, Ming Qing deliberately turned around: "The queen mother's decree, the matter in the mourning hall will be solved by the concubine's master and servant, if anyone dares to interfere in the mother's work, don't blame the queen for being angry." Also, tomorrow morning, the concubines will come to mourn the noble concubine Mao, you are all awake, don't lose the rules. If there is anything inappropriate, of course the concubine will bear the brunt, but don't think about running away. ”
"Obey the will of the Queen." The palace people responded in unison, and then withdrew from the hall.
"The minions have also retired." Ming Qing swept his face proudly and sneered.
"This palace has finally tasted what it means to be bullied by dogs in Pingyang." Cang Lian gritted her teeth, reached out and took two pieces of yellow paper, frowned and pointed at them with her hands, tearing them into the shape of copper coins. "Sooner or later, I'll let you know that it's amazing."
On the side, Jingqiao was full of worries, kneeling motionlessly.
"What? If this palace can do it, can't you do it? Aren't your hands more precious than the hands of this palace? Cang Lian yelled at her angrily. Not yet to come and help. ”
"Yes." Jingqiao knelt and walked over, picked up the yellow paper, folded it in half twice like a concubine, and then tore it into a fan shape and torn it into a circle in the center. "Actually, the person who killed Concubine Mao tonight is you, Niangniang, right?"
She suddenly opened her mouth to ask such a question, which caused a pity and resentment.
"Hu Yi, why did this palace ever do anything to Concubine Mao?" He said unhappily: "You don't slander this palace here." ”
"In other words, the person who went out of the wing room tonight is really you." Jingqiao sighed faintly: "Actually, Niangniang is not suspicious, Concubine Mao will wake up, is it a game?" She fell from such a high building, bleeding from her mouth and nose, where is it so easy to wake up. This is clearly the trap of the queen's mother. ”
"You're here less of an afterthought." Cang Lian said coldly: "Do you know why I tried my best to protect you in front of the emperor? ”
She turned her face and looked into Jingqiao's eyes.
Jingqiao was a little frightened, but he still met that gaze: "Because...... You already know that...... The slave and maid are the emperor's people. ”
"yes." Cang Lianrao smiled: "So you won't admit in front of the emperor that you followed me to the Moon Birch Hall of Concubine Mao." All you dare say is that you saw a dark shadow. ”
"What the mother means, the slave knows it." At this time, Jingqiao realized that Concubine Pian wanted to protect her in front of the emperor, which was nothing more than to borrow her mouth and blame the queen, so that the emperor suspected that the queen deliberately framed Concubine Pian. "So, Concubine Gong is right, that night, the person who pushed Concubine Mao down from the triple floor was really you."
Jing Qiao suddenly laughed, and his voice was particularly harsh. In such a quiet night, a secluded place, it seems that it can spread far away. "So from the very beginning, Niangniang acted in secret from the slave maid, so that the slave and maid were unaware and could not tell the emperor. Then, you used the slave's own life to threaten the slave to listen to you and blame the queen in front of the emperor. This was originally a good idea, but unfortunately, why were you so careless that you let Concubine Gong catch the handle? Wow! ”
"Nonsense." Cang Lian's eyebrows were angry, and his cheeks were flushed: "This palace has always done things neatly and neatly, and it is impossible for anyone else to hold any handle." That concubine Gong simply colluded with the queen and used the earrings given by the emperor to frame the blame. ”
"Earrings can be planted to blame, either steal or do it. But the mother's own ear is injured, how can she not feel it at all? Jingqiao didn't believe that she didn't have a handle.
"That's for you." Cang Lian looked at him sullenly, and his tone was a little bad. "Someone broke into Weiyang Palace and secretly attacked this palace, and you didn't even know it. You don't want to think about it, what kind of person has such ability in the palace? Who can easily avoid the eyes and ears of others? ”
"What do you mean by the queen?" Jingqiao shook his head again: "It's not unusual to be the queen, but if the people around the queen have come, it is impossible for the slave and maid not to notice it at all." ”
"yes." This is also the strangest thing about Cang Lian. These days, she really can't sleep and eat well. But I haven't tried to sleep very deeply, and I don't even know that my ears are injured. And this injury is obviously not light, how can it not hurt at all. She didn't even notice when she wore her own earrings. "That's not right! Injuries to the ears are only there. The tear is not serious, it looks like it has healed, but in fact, it is only there at all. Yesterday, Hongu looked in the mirror and didn't feel anything wrong. What the hell happened last night, last night......"
"Last night......" Jingqiao didn't think about it for a while, if it was tonight, she would remember. She followed Concubine Lian to the Moon Birch Palace. But last night......
"The slave remembered that you said that you couldn't sleep peacefully, so you went to the bath to bathe. You said that you were not allowed to be disturbed, so you retired first. More than an hour, two hours later, when the slave returned, you were asleep. So the slave didn't bother, just added some more hot water...... Jingqiao thought about it, and was surprised: "After adding hot water, you didn't say anything." The slave thought you didn't want to talk, so she withdrew. ”
"But Bengu remembers, Bengu only slept for a while, and it was more than an hour?" Cang Lian couldn't help but be surprised: "Is the deputy court judge named Helian back in the palace?" ”
"Yes." Jingqiao nodded: "It must be him, the only person who can be used by the queen's side is him!" ”
"It shouldn't be ......" Jingqiao frowned, "He's injured...... No, mother, Helian's injury was also your doing, right? ”
"Tube what should be managed, don't care what shouldn't be managed." Cang Lian glanced at her indifferently: "If you still want to live, the emperor is your master, or the palace, you had better know it in your heart." If you say anything that shouldn't be said as before, this palace can spare you, but the emperor will never do it! ”
Jingqiao looked at Cang Lian tremblingly, and nodded while folding the paper in his hand: "What Niangniang taught is that the slave maid should really think clearly." ”
The sky is about to dawn, but the huge Peiyu Hall is still quiet.
Concubine Gong is used to getting up late, and the queen is exempted from the etiquette of asking for peace in the hot weather, and the palace people are naturally happy, but they can also be lazy.
In the inner room, a figure came in through the window, glanced at the bed, and there was a person sitting, and couldn't help but be startled.
"Why do you wake up so early?"
"Early riser?" Lei Zhen pouted in displeasure: "I just haven't slept yet." ”
"Waiting for me?" The man was a little surprised.
"Yes, not really." Lei Zhen got up and walked to him, closed the window lattice first, and then asked him, "Why didn't you come back last night?" Don't want to come back? ”
"Don't talk nonsense. You know where I'm in. ”
"It's because I know your situation that I'm so curious." Lei Zhen raised her eyebrows: "You have obviously already done harm, why do you want to remedy it?" If it weren't for you, the queen's people would have arrested her, and we wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. ”
"Okay, you don't interfere with what I do, and I don't interfere with what you do, what? Are you going to change the rules? The man's voice was a little cold.
"This is the dormitory, I want to change the rules, can't I?" Lei Zhen raised her chin dissatisfied: "Don't forget, your life is given." I want you to do whatever I want. ”
"I can't forget it." He furrowed his brows: "Wait for someone to come, I'll go to the basement." ”
"What if you relent?" Lei Zhen caught up with him and asked uneasily.
"I don't have a heart, how can I be soft?" The man looked at her: "It's just that the game is over so soon, it's not fun." ”
"I hope that's what you think." Rei watched him return to the basement through the secret passage behind the bookcase, and then closed the bookcase. After being silent for a while, she raised her voice and said, "Come on, wash and change your clothes for the palace." ”