Chapter 17 - The Death of Tang Bang
Yuan Qi went down to the court today and made an appointment with the waiter of the criminal department to have tea in the teahouse. Yuan Qi is very particular about tea tasting, tea leaves, tea utensils, and the techniques of tea women, this newly opened teahouse is quite in line with his taste.
Yun Zhongshan didn't have the heart to taste tea, didn't he know the intention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to invite him. In the past few days, he has carefully investigated, and he finally found some clues, which can be regarded as a good deal.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qiqi, Weichen asked the maid who cleaned next to the beast camp the day before yesterday, and a maidservant said that on the eve of the autumn hunt, she saw a man who claimed to be a relative of the guards in the camp, dressed in rags, sat on the grass for a while, and was picked up."
Yuan Qi picked up the teacup, sniffed the fragrance of Junshan's silver needles, nodded slightly, and motioned for him to continue.
"After Wechen's investigation, the man was the only son of an ordinary family in the capital, and he often went in and out of Huixin Building a few days ago, and soon after he bought a three-in-out house for his family, but he was idle all day long and had no spare money to gamble, so Wechen first took the man back."
The man's mouth tightened, and he refused to say a word, and Wei Chen became more and more convinced that there was something wrong with him. But no matter how tight the mouth is, the punishment department has a way to pry it open, and he has already recruited. Yun Zhongshan wiped the sweat from his forehead, it was still quite stressful to chat with this future king, "It was a prince surnamed Liu who gave him a bag of gold ingots, as long as he wore a special smell of clothing to go to the beast camp for a walk. ”
Yun Shilang said again: "After further investigation, that Liu Gongzi is the cousin of the Tang family, who has just come from Yucheng, and his face is very shallow. ”
Yuan Qi frowned, Tang Wan and Wei Yu had it, but it was just a contradiction between his daughter's family, and it was not so ruthless, the Tang family has always been neutral in the court, and this time someone definitely wanted to use the Tang family's hand to kill him.
But since this is the case, the Tang family should also die.
"Tomorrow in the court, report truthfully."
Tang family
Tang Wan's father, Tang De, and her brothers sat in the lobby to discuss.
"My cousin was arrested yesterday, so the matter must have been revealed."
Tang De roared at the empty table: "Useless idiot, you can't do such a thing, and you are embarrassed to ask me for an official position, it is really a waste of the money I paid for him." ”
Tang Teng said calmly: "Father, this is not the time to be angry, the most important thing for us now is to find a scapegoat." ”
Tang Yu glared at him: "Are you stupid?" Isn't my cousin the substitute sheep? ”
Tang De slammed a cup on Tang Yu's head: "Idiot, it's to find a scapegoat for the entire Tang family, and he's a fart surnamed Liu." ”
Tang Teng said: "Sister Wan has had a conflict with the prince's side concubine, if this matter is her fault, no one in the Tang family will participate....."
Tang Yu covered his injured head and trembled his hands: "How can this be, Bang'er is the concubine of this Tang Mansion, how can you use her as a scapegoat." ”
Tang De pondered for a while, compared to the Tang family's full door and the forces behind, Tang Wan was indeed sacrificeable.
Tang Dechong made a gesture to wipe his neck at the guards beside him, and everyone knew what this meant.
Tang Yu is Tang Wan's brother, he will not agree, he rushed out of the door and wanted to stop the guard, but was knocked unconscious with a backhand palm.
Tang Wan was embroidering a wedding dress in the boudoir at this time, and she should have been married yesterday and wearing this wedding dress.
The clothes were wet with tears, wet and dry, and they could no longer see what they were.
The guard broke in without notice, startling Tang Wan, just about to lose his temper with the eldest lady, the guard flicked his sleeve, and Tang Wan fainted instantly.
Early the next morning, Tang Bang boudoir.
"The eldest lady hanged herself."
The Tang family is in vain, and they are mourning all day long.
Prince's Mansion
Wei Yu was also shocked to know about Tang Wan's self-hanging, a scheming woman like her would choose to end her life by herself.
"Bad luck." Xia Qiu rushed to deliver the news of the minion, she knew the character of her master, and she had never liked to hear these things.
"No problem." Although Wei Yu was a little surprised, this was also her fate, and it was not something she could control, "It's a pity." "Then strive for the top.
Yuan Qi changed into his regular clothes and walked out from behind the screen: "You are kind-hearted, do you know that the matter of the beast camp was done by the Tang family." ”
Wei Yu had suspected that Tang Wan was holding a grudge, but the possibility was very small, "Really? ”
Yuan Qi pulled Wei Yu to sit on the dining table and scooped a bowl of porridge for her, "Today, in the court, the criminal department has already told me about this matter, and Tang Shangshu announced Tang Wan's death, saying that there was a suicide note that recorded the wrong things she had done. When a person dies, I really don't know how to deal with it. ”
Wei Yu obviously felt that something was wrong when he heard it: "The concubine body feels that there is something strange about this. ”
Yuan Qi also said: "There are a lot of suspicions, Gu has already sent someone to investigate, this matter is complicated, and it is not a good thing that it is over on the surface." "It's just that the next step is to let them down a little bit of vigilance.
Wei Yu sandwiched a piece of xiaolongbao to Yuan Qi, and his tone was soft and glutinous: "Your Highness has worked hard for the sake of the concubine's body, eat more and make up for it." ”
Yuan Qi smiled: "It's not just you, I'm afraid it's really for the lonely position." ”
Wei Yu shook his head and nodded again, a woman can't talk about the dynasty, even if she has an opinion, she can't say anything. It's just that she is very happy, Yuan Qi has never been afraid of what to say and what not to say in front of her.
"The concubine doesn't dare to say much about the affairs of the court, she just hopes to help His Highness share the burden elsewhere."
The smile on the corner of Yuan Qi's lips was even worse: "You don't need to do anything, as long as your stomach is more angry, and you can give birth to an emperor's eldest grandson soon." ”
Wei Yu didn't know that Yuan Qi, who was still talking about business just now, suddenly changed the topic here, and his ears were red with shame: "This matter is not just a matter of concubine body hard work." ”
"That Jiao Niang is saying that you are not diligent enough to come here?"
Where is it not diligent enough, I can't wait to rely on it every day.
"What's the matter, Your Highness is used to talking nonsense."
Yuan Qi hugged Wei Yu: "Alone, Jiao Niang will quickly become a child." ”
This was said very childishly, but Wei Yu's negative mood suddenly recovered.
"Okay, Your Highness and the concubine will work together."