Chapter 262: Temporary Detention
Fuhui's poisoning and Yuyao's suicide were all sudden and unavoidable, but what is the connection between the two? Huizhu barely suppressed her frightened emotions and tried her best to be rational and overdosed, but she was still puzzled.
When I was at a loss, I saw Mama Wang come and say, "Concubine Xi, the emperor and the queen have been waiting for you for a long time. As he spoke, he glanced at the palace eunuch who led the way, and the palace eunuch hurriedly recruited a few palace people to block Xiao Ranzi and the others under the stone steps; At this time, Mama Wang raised her eyebrows and said: "The emperor has ordered, only Concubine Xi will enter the palace alone, please forgive the old slave for being rude."
As he spoke, he turned sideways to invite. Huizhu couldn't, so she had to be surprised and followed Mama Wang into the main hall.
As soon as I stepped into the main hall, my feet were on the ground, and I only heard the palace door behind me slam shut, and there was a loud "bang-" sound. In a moment, the main hall darkened, and Huizhu squinted uncomfortably, trying to adapt to the light in front of her. "Bang-bang" There were a few more sudden sounds, a yellow-white light flickered at the eyelids, she opened her eyes in surprise, and when her eyes adjusted to the light in front of her, the situation in the hall also appeared in front of her.
Yinzhen, the Wulanala clan sat on the left and right, and beside them stood two cronies Xiao Luzi and Xiao Fuzi; Under the Zhilanala clan, there is also a person from the Ning Concubine Wu clan; In the middle of the hall, there were three trembling palace people, one of whom Huizhu knew, she was the nurse Hao Mama who took care of Fuhui on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month.
I still couldn't look at it, but I heard Nala sigh leisurely: "Sister Xifei, you ...... It's too disappointing for this palace...... "Seeing this, Hui Zhurao can't figure out the cause and effect, and she also knows that someone has set up a big net to confine her silently, but I'm afraid that it will not be easy to get out this time." But although she thinks so in her heart, she doesn't want to bear this injustice, and always gives her a chance to defend herself.
With a plan in her heart, Huizhu straightened her waist and walked to the hall, saluting in a regular manner: "The concubine sees the emperor, the queen's mother." After speaking, she was silent for a while, and seeing that neither of them squeaked, she didn't care, so she got up and asked, "I don't know what happened to summoning the concubines to come." But the matter of the eighth elder brother has an eyebrow? Yin Zhen didn't say a word, and the Ulanala clan was full of disappointment, and shook his head silently.
Huizhu tried her best to hold herself, and she was blessed again, and said firmly: "The concubine really doesn't know anything, and she still asks the emperor to ...... The queen mother was puzzled. The Wulanala clan condensed a look of embarrassment on his face, turned his head to look at Yinzhen, and finally made a decision, his eyes fell on Huizhu, and he said indifferently: "Since Concubine Xi insists on asking for an understanding, then this palace will give you an understanding!" ”
Xiao Fuzi understood, turned around, and held a lacquer plate over, the plate contained a blue-green entwined branch purse, Ulanala reached out to pick up the purse, shook it in his hand and asked, "Do you know what is inside?" Huizhu didn't know, so she had to shake her head. Wulanala was not reluctant, put the purse back into the lacquer plate, and replied: "It contains green plum fruits, and in the Forbidden City and the Old Summer Palace, only there are green plum trees in the courtyard where you live." ”
Huizhu was shocked when she heard this, there was a problem with the green plums in her yard? Seeing Huizhu's face, Wulanala said in surprise: "But there is another thing in the purse, it resembles a green plum fruit, but it is a poisonous fruit that harms people, and it is called leprosy fruit." A man in the prime of life is poisoned immediately if he eats three pills, while a three-year-old child can be fatal if he eats one or two! Shi Po's words fell, his tone changed sharply, and he said awe-inspiringly: "Concubine Xi, the green plums and leprosy two fruits in this purse are the ones you asked a palace maid named Yuyao to give to the eighth elder brother." ”
- Yuyao! It's really her! Huizhu's expression changed.
The Wu family, who was sitting on the side, immediately picked it up, his eyes widened, and he said sadly: "Concubine Xi, what else do you have to say, Eighth Elder Brother is only a four-year-old child, you can actually do such a poisonous hand." As he spoke, he approached step by step, grabbed Huizhu's shoulders before she opened her mouth, and shouted in an emotional breakdown: "Why, why are you hurting Brother Hui'er, how old is he?" It's only four years old! Did you know that he's still unconscious, and he's mostly injured...... Oh, you still don't admit that you have a vicious mind, so why do you have to change your face when you hear the queen's words, and you have to be weak and can't hide it! You say, why ......" shouted out the last game, Wu Shi knelt on his knees weakly, whimpering incessantly.
The Wu family grieved himself in the hall, bluffing everyone slightly, and even Huizhu took three steps back and was stunned in place.
"Knock-knock-" The fierce knock on the door sounded quickly and quickly, Yinzhen Jian frowned, his eyes flickered over Huizhu, the preface approached the palace gate, and said in a deep voice: "Go and see who is making noise." ”
Xiao Luzi ran to open the door in a panic, and heard the shouting outside: "Niangniang, you slow down, take care of your own body." Xiao Luzi knew that the lady outside was Nian's, and said angrily: "This restless lord is here to add to the chaos." The action in his hand was to push open a door, to welcome Nian in, not wanting to suddenly have an unstoppable force, he directly stumbled on his back, and then a stumbling figure went around him.
"Phew" Xiao Luzi took a sip into the palm of his hand, got up in a hurry, didn't care about the embarrassment, stared at the palace people who were interested in inquiring outside, snorted and shouted, and then closed the door with a "bang".
In the hall, the first to rush in to open the way was Mama Xing, and then Nian's body shook and squeezed in, this Mama helped Nian's to walk to the hall, Feng Yinshen's eyes stared at her very coldly, her heart trembled more than (.), her face pretended not to know, and shouted with an old life: "Your Majesty, Niangniang is clear, poor Eighth Elder Brother is still poisonous, the master heard that he found the black-hearted person, and he didn't even care about himself." Your Majesty, the mother wants to be the master, and the eighth elder brother is in charge! ”
Mama Xing said a word, cried once, and looked spicy again, which made everyone hate. Yin Shen also didn't want to see this mother-in-law, and decided that Nian's run was instigated by this mother-in-law, and with a wave of his big hand, he immediately took down the torture mother in the palace with a few ruthless palace people, and saw her wailing history, and I don't know where to make a secret hand, the torture grandmother immediately fell silent, and they dragged it into the side hall.
Nian was so angry by this scene that he knew that the top priority was not here, so he suppressed the sudden anger in his heart for the time being, and said with a spirit: Your Majesty, is Brother Hui'er's matter eyebrows? The concubine is his mother, you can't hide it from the concubine. The concubine can't let it be harmed-" Before he could say anything, he only heard the Wu clan's dwindling whimper suddenly rise, and cried intermittently: "Eighth elder brother, pity your four-year-old child, who was coaxed to mistake the poisonous fruit for green plums-Concubine Xi, you-" Just as he was crying, two palace ladies stepped forward and drove the Wu clan with strength.
At this end, Nian's can hear it clearly! I couldn't stop sneering in my heart, Niu Hulu's family, it's Niu Hulu's again! You already have sons and daughters, so you can't see that this palace is forcing you to point a finger, and laughed angrily, but Nian Shi calmed down, turned his head and glanced at Huizhu coldly, knelt on his knees without hesitation, stared straight at Yinzhen, and begged with tears: "The concubine is worth her life today, and I only ask the emperor to return justice to the concubine and the mother and son, and it is not in vain that my Nian family is loyal." ”
Beg? Is this begging, it is clearly a coercion! Yin Zhen's eyes crossed a touch of coldness, and he responded with an indifferent expression: "Concubine Nian, it is a big crime to murder the emperor's heir, you don't need to beg me, I will make a decision." The Ulanala clan softened his expression and said: "Sister Nian, you have to believe in the emperor, and the emperor will definitely give justice." As he spoke, he changed his speech to face Huizhu and got back to business.
It turned out that after a thorough investigation by the Ulanala clan overnight, the things on the surface were completely clear. At noon on the fifteenth, Yinzhen led the concubines to the Forbidden City, Fuhui only ate half a bowl of white porridge at dawn that day, and at the beginning of the palace banquet in the evening, Nian saw that Fuhui did not eat at noon, and now he is resting, so he stayed in the palace. Later, on the second watch, Fuhui woke up, feeling hungry, turned over and found a purse for snacks next to the soft pillow, took out a jatropha fruit that was mistaken for a green plum and ate two bites, and was cleaned up by Mama Hao, and fed the white porridge that had been simmering in the kitchen.
On the third watch, Fuhui poisoned, Nian's family returned to the palace, and urgently invited Yinzhen, Taiyi and others to come over. After several imperial doctors checked Fuhui's vomit, the final thing found was a piece of jatropha the size of a piece of crumbs. So, he followed the vine and found out the cause of Fuhui's poisoning, and investigated the two jatropha fruits mixed in the green plum from the purse; In the end, I learned that this green plum was made by Huizhu's personal palace maid Yuyao.
Hearing this, Nian snorted coldly and said, "Concubine Xi keeps claiming that she is innocent, so it is better to summon that palace maid to confront her." The Ulanala clan nodded and agreed: "I was busy all night, but the palace ordered someone to summon the palace maid." Your Majesty, have you summoned that palace maid to meet you now? Yin Zhen was puzzled when he heard this, but he didn't see anything on his face: "Xiao Luzi...... You go and bring someone! Xiao Luzi understood in his heart, and he wanted to retreat.
Huizhu was thinking about Yuyao in her heart, but when she saw that Xiao Luzi was really going to find Yuyao, she gritted her teeth and said hard: "Your Majesty, Yuyao has hanged himself!" Yinzhen's voice remained unchanged, and he still said coldly: "Concubine Xi, what is your explanation?" Huizhu was speechless, but she didn't want to lose her dignity in front of Yinzhen and everyone, and damage the face of the Hongli brothers and sisters, so she could only respond truthfully: "The concubine has no explanation." ”
Yin Zhen said angrily three times "Okay", and said from his throat: "Concubine Xi Niu Hulu is suspected of murdering the Eighth Prince, but now that the evidence is insufficient, she will be temporarily detained in Jingren Palace, and everything will be investigated after the matter is clear." The words stopped, his eyes swept over the people present, and he ordered in a deep voice: "This matter is very important, before everything is clear, if any rumors are revealed, they will be punished as complicity; Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
When Nian heard this, he looked at Yinzhen with a pair of watery eyes full of disbelief, and said with a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, it is the biological son of you and your concubine who is killed now, the only child who survives!" Yin Zhen replied resolutely: "I have made up my mind." ”
Hearing this, Nian's breath went straight to her throat, she swallowed it desperately, tears flowed, only to feel that her eyes were dark, her throat was sweet, and bright red blood spurted into her mouth; However, after a night, Nian vomited blood twice, and at this time, he was no longer able to support it, so he fell to the ground.
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