218 Murder and Silence
The key to the matter is still on the rice cake that the nurse and the queen said.
After clarifying his thoughts, Chen Yuantai ordered someone to bring the nurse of the fourth prince up.
The nurse was about 20 years old, white and chubby, and looked like a steamed bun that had just come out of the cage. It's just that both cheeks are red and swollen, and it looks like he has just been beaten.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you know that even if the slave maid eats the gall of the leopard, he will not dare to harm the four princes!"
As soon as the nurse saw Chen Yuantai, she desperately shouted her grievances.
"What's the deal with the rice cake?" Chen Yuantai ignored her cry and only asked with a gloomy face.
"Yes, there is a little palace maid in Jingren Palace, named Xiaocui, and later Zhaorong Niangniang renamed her Cover Cui. She and the slave maid are fellow villagers, because she often comes to Kunning Palace with Zhaorong Niangniang to ask for peace, so they are familiar with each other. ”
"Yesterday, Zhaorong Niangniang's sister-in-law came into the palace and brought some food from the south. Niangniang rewarded some people to Jingren Palace, and Cover Cui thought that the slave maid had a good rice cake, so she took advantage of the night when the lamp was in charge of the lamp to send some to the slave maid ......"
Speaking of this, the nurse was even more sad, and her face was full of remorse: "At that time, the slave maid was playing on the kang with the four princes, and when she saw him staring at the rice cake with a nice eye, the slave maid broke it a little bit and gave it to him......"
The queen suddenly burst out, kicked the nurse to the ground, and cried and scolded: "! Who gave you such the audacity to murder the prince! You give me back Kang'er! ”
The nurse fell to the ground, and she didn't care about the pain, so she hurriedly got up and begged for mercy: "It's really a slave who has been blinded by lard!" Thinking that since it was a snack sent by the Hou Mansion to Zhaorong Niangniang, and Niangniang was pregnant, it must be okay......"
The queen stretched out her hand and slapped the nurse in the face again, and scolded: "Who is she your mother?" Who is your master? How long have you been secretly colluding with her, and what benefits has she promised you? You explain it to me one by one, otherwise, you and the two children in your family will wait for the five horses to be separated! ”
The nurse was already crying with a handful of snot and tears, and when she heard the queen say this, she was frightened and fainted.
Seeing this, the queen added a layer of anger, and called for someone to wake up the nurse.
"That's it! You're not done! Chen Yuantai shouted angrily and reprimanded, "Kang'er is still having a fever, you don't want to let him rest and recuperate, but you will make the palace a mess!" ”
"Your Majesty!" Mother and son were connected, and the queen was about to let go, shouting at Chen Yuantai, "It's not me who made Kang'er sick!" It's Qian Yulan! If you don't go to her, what kind of prestige are you playing with me? This time, whether she is your heart or not, whether she is Xie Yuhua, she will not pay for Kang'er's life, I will not give up! ”
"That's it!" Chen Yuantai said angrily, "Get out of here for me if it doesn't matter!" ”
The people in the hall weighed carefully, and they all felt that they were insignificant people, and they walked away in an instant, leaving only Gao Yang, who was standing beside him, and the nurse who fainted on the ground.
"Where's the rice cake?" Chen Yuantai asked Gao Yang.
Gao Yang pointed to a piece of broken porcelain at the queen's feet and replied, "The queen was so angry that she smashed the plate on the ground. ”
Chen Yuantai glared at the queen and said, "Stupid! You can smash such important physical evidence, do you want to find out about Kang'er's illness? ”
"The person is from Qian Yulan's palace, and the things are sent from her palace, if it's not her, can it be someone else?" The queen replied-for-tat.
Chen Yuantai didn't bother to argue with her, so he raised his voice and called "Wang Deqin".
The prince hurriedly walked in from outside the hall and responded with a trembling "Emperor".
"Go and call the palace maid from Jingren Palace to Qianqing Palace, and pack up all these rice cakes on the ground and put them away. The people from the Tai Hospital came in to guard the four princes, and if there was any situation, they would go to the Qianqing Palace in time to report. After Chen Yuantai finished instructing, he said to Gao Yang, "You, follow me to the Qianqing Palace." ”
The queen stood up and was about to say something, when Chen Yuantai said, "You go too." ”
Before leaving the palace, Chen Yuantai looked at the nurse who was still unconscious on the ground, and instructed the prince: "Ask someone to wake up the nurse and send it to the Qianqing Palace." ”
The prince received the order and hurriedly went out on an errand.
After arriving at the Qianqing Palace, Chen Yuantai felt a little headache, so he ordered someone to take menthol oil and apply it to his temples.
Turning his head, he saw the queen sitting with a frown, so he asked, "Do you want to use a little?" It can relieve headaches. ”
The queen gave him a cold look, and then turned her head away without saying a word.
There were also Gao Yang and others in the hall, and Chen Yuantai was not good at attacking, but he was even more annoyed in his heart. Do you think I'm going to favor Magnolia? Before the matter is clear, how stupid will it take for someone to be conclusively determined that someone is a murderer?
After waiting for a long time, the people from Jingren Palace had not yet arrived, but the nurse who was woken up by cold water was sent over first.
"Hmph," the queen sneered, "Don't you really think that you are a character, and you don't let people take advantage of the people in her palace?" ”
Chen Yuantai was also a little impatient to wait, and was about to call someone to urge, but someone came outside to report back.
"Your Majesty," the voice of the person who came was a little trembling, and his breath was not very even, "The palace maid named Zangcui in Jingren Palace jumped into the well and died, and the body was just discovered!" ”
Chen Yuantai's eyes were round, and before he could say anything, the queen had already sneered at him: "The emperor now knows what kind of person you love every day, right?" This murder can be regarded as ruthless! ”
"What's going on?" Chen Yuantai ignored the queen's ridicule and asked anxiously.
"The people from Jingren Palace said that this morning the cover cui was still on a normal errand, and there was nothing unusual. Later, the news of the illness of the four princes in Kunning Palace came, and everyone in Jingren Palace had some discussions, and no one saw Cover Cui again. ”
Chen Yuantai's heart was also a little suspicious, and just as he was thinking about it, someone from outside reported: "Your Majesty, Zhaorong Niangniang is here." ”
The queen's face was full of anger, and she stood up at once.
Chen Yuantai hurriedly scolded: "You sit down for me!" Are you going to pull Zhaorong like a shrew in the market to make noise? ”
"Your Majesty, you are so ruthless!" The queen said angrily, "Only Qian Yulan's belly is your child?" My Kang'er is lying in bed, I don't know if I can survive today, but you only favor Qian Yulan! ”
"What do you mean by that?" Chen Yuantai's heart sank suddenly, and he immediately looked at Gao Yang.
"The situation was a little chaotic, and Weichen didn't report to the emperor in time." Gao Yang said in a deep voice, "Aconitum is highly poisonous, the fourth prince is young and frail, although he vomits a lot, but whether he can save the day can only depend on the will of heaven." ”
"What do you mean by that?" Chen Yuantai was a little impetuous, "If Kang'er's condition is dangerous, is God not bless my Chen Yuantai's son?" ”