Chapter 129: The Storm (Part II)
I'm going to be hospitalized tomorrow for a check-up, and I can't go online, so I'm going to ask for leave~~~~
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The atmosphere in Zhiluo Palace at this time was also tense to the peak. The people who served Concubine Jing were basically driven to the courtyard outside the hall, and the black crows knelt on the ground in the cold wind. Queen Yan sat on the main seat in the south of Concubine Jing's bedroom, her face was sinking like water, and there was anger at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes. At her feet, there was a wooden tablet that had been thrown out of a few cracks, and because the card was facing up, the words "The Spirit of the Great Liang Late Concubine Lin Le Yao" could be clearly seen on it. Connected to the west wall of the dormitory, it was originally the clean room of Concubine Jing for the Buddha, which was usually mostly closed, but it was also wide open at the moment, and you could see the wolf scene of the table overturning and the fruits scattered.
Different from Queen Yan's cold and stunning complexion, Concubine Jing, who knelt silently at the bottom, still had her usual calm demeanor, respectful and humble, but she didn't feel the slightest bit of humility and fear.
Emperor Liang, who walked in angrily, saw such a scene in the first round of scanning.
And the moment he saw everything in the room, he understood what was going on.
At this moment, only he knows what kind of emotional changes Emperor Liang has in his heart, but on his face, his expression has not changed at all, it is still stern and gloomy.
"The concubines see the emperor." Empress Yan stepped forward to salute.
"You're in charge of the harem, why are things always endless? What's going on here? Emperor Liang threw out such a sentence, then flicked his sleeves, walked straight past her, and sat down on the main seat.
Queen Yan's eyebrows jumped, and she felt that there was something wrong with her words. However, because she did get Concubine Jing's handle, her demeanor was still very stable.
"Back to Your Majesty, the concubines are incompetent, and although they have exhausted their efforts to clean up the harem, they have still not been able to pacify all the traitors. Concubine Jing set up a spiritual seat for the sinner Lin Leyao in the Buddhist hall, which was a big rebellion. The concubine's negligence has only been found so far, which is the concubine's dereliction of duty, please forgive your majesty. β
Emperor Liang glanced at her coldly and said, "What did Concubine Jing say?" β
When he asked like this, Queen Yan's eyes couldn't help but show a somewhat breathless look, obviously she had touched a soft nail just now.
"Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Jing knew that she was guilty, and she was speechless to plead after being captured."
Emperor Liang pursed the corners of his mouth. For this answer, he was both expected and a little moved, and his gaze at Concubine Jing was softer.
Since Xia Jiang recalled his memories of the past, Emperor Liang was restless for three days, palpitations and frightened dreams at night, and when he woke up, he felt that the residual dreams were blurry and untrue, and even more hallucinated in half-dreams and half-awake, and the figure of a woman often floated in front of him, which made him tremble and frightened. When Concubine Jing was comforting him, she asked him if he had thought of Concubine Chen and made it a dream, which hit his heart. However, the fear of Concubine Chen's death was related to the face of the Son of Heaven, and Emperor Liang was unwilling to tell outsiders, so Concubine Jing proposed that she secretly set up a memorial service to calm the soul. Of course, Emperor Liang immediately agreed, and he really slept peacefully that night, and slept in darkness until dawn. Unexpectedly, after just two days of comfort, this spiritual thing was turned over by the queen.
Concubine Jing, who took off her hairpin and thin clothes and knelt on the cold floor, actually gave up her right to defend herself in order to hide the secret that the emperor did not want to be widely known, and was willing to accept the big crime withheld by the queen. As soon as he thought of this, Emperor Liang felt indebted.
Of course, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to clear Concubine Jing of his guilt because of this indebtedness, but it is possible to find a way to protect it.
"Where is Concubine Jing setting up a spirit for the Lin family?"
"In the Buddha hall of her bedroom, Your Majesty, please see, the fruit wine is complete, and it is obviously a secret sacrifice behind closed doors."
"Since she is a closed-door secret sacrifice, naturally she has not publicized it to the public, how do you know that you are far away in Zhengyang Palace?"
The tone became more and more wrong, and Queen Yan couldn't help but mutter, Fang said: "It was Concubine Jing's palace maid who was not angry at her for doing such a rebellious thing, and came to Zhengyang Palace to complain." β
"Oh?" Emperor Liang looked around the room again, only to find that Concubine Jing's maid Xin'er was curled up in an inconspicuous corner and kneeling, and she didn't see it just now. "Suing the master as a slave is a great rebellion, how can you leave such a thing in the palace, come and drag her out with a rod to kill!"
As soon as the order was given, several stout eunuchs immediately stepped forward to drag Xin'er up, and the little palace maid was so frightened that she begged for mercy and begged for mercy...... Your Majesty...... Queen Mother...... Xin'er is doing things for you, you want to save Xin'er......" The voice sounded sadly all the way, and then it was dragged farther and farther away, and gradually became inaudible.
Empress Yan's face turned red, and Emperor Liang's disposition was tantamount to a slap in her face, which made her, who had always been good at patience, a little unbearable, and took a step forward and said: "The concubine is entrusted by His Majesty to manage the harem, so naturally all things that violate etiquette and law are strictly prohibited. Concubine Jing's crime is undoubted, the concubine as the head of the six palaces can not be tolerated, if Your Majesty has other intentions, please also make a clear decree to the concubine, otherwise the concubine can only follow the law. β
"You want to make it clear?" Emperor Liang looked at her coldly, "You have to make a clear intention for such a trivial matter?" Do you want the world to say that my harem is restless? This is the Yide style that you assisted me? The harem is peaceful and peaceful, do you understand this? β
"Your Majesty thinks it's a trivial matter, but the concubine doesn't dare to take it as a trivial matter. Concubine Jing set up a spirit in the inner palace and privately sacrificed sinners, clearly despising the emperor, carefully examining his intentions, it is really shocking, such a big crime, how can it not be dealt with? β
Emperor Liang was forced to get angry by her, and he almost wanted to attack, but he endured it again, turned to Concubine Jing and said, "Concubine Jing, are you guilty of your own crimes?" β
"The concubine is guilty." Concubine Jing bowed her head upright, and said peacefully, "The concubine was confused by the old feelings at the beginning, and secretly remembered, although she did not despise the emperor's authority, but it was always out of line with the rules of the palace. Please forgive your sins. β
Emperor Liang snorted coldly, slapped the table, and deliberately said angrily: "The queen said that you are a great rebel, but you said that you are just confused by the old feelings, where is this guilt, it is clear that you don't know!" Coming, I ordered Concubine Jing to confine Zhiluo Palace and think about it, but I didn't get the will, I was not allowed to go out of the palace for half a step, when did you think clearly, when did I go back and forth. β
"Your Majesty!" Empress Yan screamed angrily and anxiously.
"I've already done what you want, what else do you want?" Emperor Liang glanced at her, waved his hand, turned to look at the spiritual position under his feet, and cast a meaningful look at Concubine Jing, and said: "You are now waiting for sin, the offering is halved, there is a mess here, clean up by yourself." β
Concubine Jing's eyes flickered wisely, and she bowed again: "The concubine has the order." β
"The queen has also worked hard, go back to the palace." Emperor Liang stood up, his face tired, "I have had a lot of things lately, you have to learn how to worry about me." Gao Zhan, the batch of tailed phoenix roses that came from Xingong in the new year, I asked to give two boxes to the queen, did you send them? β
Gao Zhan replied shrewdly: "Back to Your Majesty, the number of warehousing is a little wrong today, and the slave will send someone to send it immediately." β
"Just remember. Let's go. Emperor Liang didn't look at Concubine Jing again, and helped Gao Zhan to walk out. Queen Yan drove to the outside of the palace according to the gift, and watched the dragon chariot walk away, her heart was full of anger, but she was helpless, she could only look back at the green vine and quiet palace gate of Zhiluo Palace with hatred, and returned to her Zhengyang Palace with anger.
"Your Majesty, are you going back to Wuying Palace? Or is it a recuperation pavilion rest? "When Long Yuan came out of Fengtai Pond, he split the road, Gao Zhan didn't dare to specialize, and came over to ask for advice. Emperor Liang hesitated, his expression uncertain.
When he just got the queen's report and left the Wuying Palace, he was indeed furious. But now that his anger towards Concubine Jing has disappeared, his anger towards King Jing has subsided a lot. At the same time, he was also suspicious that the two incidents of King Jing and Concubine Jing would erupt one after another. Now that he understands that one of them is wronged, what about the other?
"Let's go to the Wuying Palace." Emperor Liang rubbed his eyebrows between his eyes, leaned back tiredly, and began to miss Concubine Jing's fingers that gently massaged him, "This matter must be dealt with, I still have to ask clearly." β
"Yes." Gao Zhan didn't dare to talk nonsense, and gestured to inform the eunuch who opened the way to go out of the Xinjian Gate to the right, and the royal driver and his party soon returned to the Wuying Palace. Xia Jiang and King Jing were naturally still waiting, and the posture of standing and kneeling had not changed, and Emperor Liang looked at the footprints on King Jing's body, and couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted.
"Father, you ask slowly, but don't be angry anymore, my son looks uncomfortable in his heart...... King Yu and his party hurried over to greet him after the salute, but Emperor Liang's relatively calm expression at the moment made him a little uneasy, and he couldn't help but speak flirtatiously again.
"Your Majesty," Xia Jiang didn't expect Emperor Liang to be a little calm after coming back, and asked in a low voice, "The urgent matter on the queen's side ......"
"The harem woman is making a fuss, it's not a big deal, don't ask." Emperor Liang cut off his words with a word, and said in a deep voice, "You guys continue to confront each other, where are you talking?" β
Xia Jiang has followed Emperor Liang for many years, and he has been choked like this several times, and immediately sensed that the situation was developing in a bad direction, and it was very likely that the inner palace storm that was deliberately set off just now had the opposite effect.
I didn't expect that Concubine Jing, who was silent, would have such a great ability......
He paused, didn't grab the conversation, King Jing had already raised his head and opened his mouth: "We just talked about the conflict between the Hanging Mirror Division and the patrol battalion, but for the time being, no matter whose responsibility caused this conflict, it all happened in the streets and alleys, Xia Shouzun wants to say that my patrol battalion robbed criminals on the street?" β
"The soldiers of the Hanging Mirror Division were out in pursuit, and the thieves had already broken into the Division ...... before"
"What are you kidding?" King Jing's face was like cold iron, "Is the Hanging Mirror Division a place where you can break through if you want to?" Your Majesty knows how strong the combat power of the Hanging Mirror Division is. What kind of people can I have, none of the soldiers in the Jingwang Mansion have been out of the army today, and the generals are all registered by the Ministry of War, everyone can go to investigate in detail, how capable are they to break into the Hanging Mirror Division? What's more, your dungeon is full of organs, there are no entry and exit, who in the world doesn't know? Even if I really want to snatch Wei Zheng out of it, I have to have that ability! β
Hearing him say this, Emperor Liang also frowned, "Xia Qing, how did the dungeon get broken, you can make it clear." β
Xia Jiang was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Wei Zheng...... It was robbed in Dali Temple......"
"What?" Emperor Liang was a little dizzy, "Why is Dali Temple also involved?" β
Xia Jiang didn't mention Dali Temple in front of King Jing just now, just to set up a trick to induce King Jing to say Dali Temple first when he didn't mention it, but people didn't get hit, and the last sentence rushed to the next sentence to say this, anyway, he made himself look a little embarrassed.
"When the old minister came in, he had reported to His Majesty that the Hanging Mirror Division and Dali Temple had been attacked one after another, because the prisoner had been transferred to Dali Temple for detention, so he was actually robbed in Dali Temple."
King Jing's eyes were cold, and he said lightly: "Such an important prisoner is not locked up in the Hanging Mirror Division but is locked up in Dali Temple, does Xia Shouzun want people to rob or don't want people to rob him?" Well, even if it happened in Dali Temple, does Xia Shouzun mean ...... My patrol battalion also created chaos outside Dali Temple in the name of anti-theft, hindering your pursuit? β
Of course, the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion and the soldiers of the Hanging Mirror Division did not clash near Dali Temple, so Xia Jiang was a little speechless for a while, and King Yu couldn't help but interject: "Jing Yan, I was already there when Xia Shouzun came in, he didn't actually say anything, just the fact that his father was robbed and the patrol battalion hindered the pursuit outside the Hanging Mirror Division, as for the suspicion that you are the person assigned behind the scenes, it was the father and the emperor who saw the essence at a glance, so he announced that you came to confront him, if you are innocent, just refute it sentence by sentence, Why be so aggressive towards Xia Shouzun? β
King Jing sneered: "Was Brother Yu at the scene when the crime happened? β
King Yu was stunned by his question: "How could I be there?" β
"Is Brother Yu Wang in charge of Wei Zheng's case?"
King Yu was stunned again, "No, no......"
"Since Brother Yu Wang is not an eyewitness and the second is not the chief judge, he should have nothing to do with this matter. Father is here, why are you in a hurry? β
King Yu didn't expect King Jing's attitude to be so tough, his face turned blue, and then he turned his head to see that Emperor Liang was pondering, and his heart was even more anxious, and he couldn't help but say loudly: "King Jing!" My father said that you have no king and no father, and I think it's right. I'm your royal brother, you talk to me like that? With your lawless temper, I don't think you can escape it! What kind of person is Wei Zheng, he is the deputy general who rebelled against Lin Shu, you had a good relationship with that Lin Shu back then, you can wear a pair of pants, who doesn't know? Except for you, who can toss up such a big movement in this capital? β
He knew that moving to Dali Temple was his own hard injury, and of course his vicious thoughts could not be said in front of the emperor, so while Emperor Liang had not yet asked, he quickly stepped forward and knelt down, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that he has not obtained the evidence, and he does not want to say anything, but His Majesty ordered the minister to say, and the minister did not dare not say it." But in the face of such a crime, His Royal Highness King Jing naturally has to try his best to argue, and if such a quarrel continues, there will be no result, but it will annoy His Majesty in vain. But...... Such a devastating event as breaking into the government and robbing the rebellion cannot be stopped because it is difficult to investigate. The person was lost in the hands of the Hanging Mirror Division, and the old minister was duty-bound, and he did not find out what was going on, and he had no face to see His Majesty. It's just that the situation is complicated, involving the royal dignitaries, and the old minister wants to ask for a favor, so as not to be obstructed when interrogating related persons. β
Emperor Liang glanced at King Jing and groaned. He is suspicious now, but this matter really touches his bottom line, no matter what, he must figure out who he will wronged in the process, he doesn't care.
"Then Xia Qing is in charge of in-depth investigation. But...... In King Jing's mansion, those who confirmed that they did not go out today should not be interrogated. If you want to move someone from his subordinates, tell him beforehand. Jing Yan, you are the most suspicious now, and you have to understand it yourself. If Xia Qing told you who you were going to interrogate in advance, you couldn't stop it. β
Xiao Jingyan's face was tense, but he couldn't say anything, so he had to kowtow and say, "The son of the minister has the order." β
"Thank you so much, His Royal Highness King Jing." Xia Jiang's face flashed a grim smile as if he had been soaked in the poisonous water of hell, and deliberately said word by word, "Now the minister wants to bring an important person to the Hanging Mirror Division, and ask Your Majesty to allow me to retire." I'm afraid to go one step too late, this man saw the opportunity early, and he has already fled in fear of sin......"
"Oh," Emperor Liang raised his eyebrows at him with some curiosity, "Who are you talking about?" β
"Su Zhe." Xia Jiang stared at King Jing's eyes as he spit out these two words, "If this person's mouth can be pried open, no matter how complicated things are, I am afraid that they can be explained clearly." β
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