Chapter 253: The Aftermath (I)
[Chapter 1, Volume 1]
Section 255 Chapter 253 Follow-up Storm 'Waves' (I)
Mo Ao was silent for a while, and frowned: "Mama Zhao, help your master up." Concubine Li, crowned as Concubine Li, expand the Shang 'Jade' Palace, you will temporarily live in the side hall of the Queen's Palace, and this matter will be 'handed over' to the Queen to arrange, and the concubine will take good care of the fetus and give birth to the prince for me to be safe. ”
Han Xilian had a decent smile on her face: "Yes, the emperor can rest assured, the concubine will definitely take care of Concubine Li." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Queen Mother." Concubine Li pinched her handkerchief and wiped the tears on her face, her frowning eyebrows were slightly soothed, and Mama Zhao helped her get up.
Seeing the queen's performance, Mo Ao nodded appreciatively, the queen has always been knowledgeable, and the management of the harem is not leaky, which saves him a lot of thought, which is why he has been doting on her for so many years.
The corner of his eyes skimmed Mo Ao's eyes to look at the queen, and his fingers tightened slightly, it seems that the queen is indeed different in the emperor's heart!
"Situ Ye died violently in the palace. Situ Canglin was not strict in discipline and was fined for half a year, okay, let's disperse. Mo Ao raised it high and put it down gently, after all, Situ Ye did not cause damage to Concubine Li, and now he is dead, for the sake of Situ Canglin's face, he can't start too seriously, as for the unhappiness in his heart now, as an emperor, he will be able to vent it one day.
"Your Majesty!"
Just as he got up and was about to withdraw, Situ Yanran raised his head sharply and shouted loudly.
Wen Hai shouted sternly: "Bold, dare to make a noise in front of the emperor." ”
Situ Fenghua's face changed, and when he saw Situ Yanran's look, his heart sank, originally he couldn't figure out why Situ Ye was so bold and broke into the side hall where Concubine Li was resting, and was injured by the 'guards' as an assassin, now think about it, is this matter related to Situ Yanran?
"Are you...... Situ Yanran? What else do you have to do? There was a hint of impatience in Mo Ao's voice.
"Your Majesty, although my brother is not cautious, he has always been law-abiding, and he has never done anything rude in the palace, how could he break into Concubine Li's palace today? There is something strange about this matter, and the emperor is asked to investigate it. ”
Mo Ao's eyes narrowed: "Then in your opinion, this matter is '' behind someone's back?" ”
Situ Yanran gritted her teeth: "Yes, Your Majesty, someone must have framed my Situ family in this matter, there are so many 'guards' guarding the 'door' of this side hall, do you just watch my brother go in?" Besides, when my brother came over, wasn't there anyone to remind him along the way? Now there is not a single witness, could it be that my brother flew over? Kneeling and stepping forward, he took two steps, "Your Majesty, there are many doubts in this, you must find out the truth, this can be regarded as giving Concubine Li Niangniang a 'handover' generation, Niangniang, do you say yes?" ”
Concubine Li's heart tightened, she didn't know the cause and effect of this matter very well, she just reacted with the emperor's words just now, and now Situ Yanran raised a question, she naturally couldn't object: "Miss Situ...... Well, what Lord Situ said is that the emperor will definitely make decisions for me in this matter. Situ Yanran was arrogant and domineering, relying on the prestige of the Situ family to let the emperor give her a county lord, although the emperor agreed to this matter, but it was absolutely undesirable for her, although she could not object today, but it could also make the emperor have some dissatisfaction with her.
Obviously, Mo Ao also thought of this: "Situ Yanran, so you think Situ Ye is innocent?" ”
Situ Canglin's face changed: "Evil obstacles, don't shut up quickly." Your Majesty, Yanran is young and ignorant, don't you ......" The emperor has made a decision on this matter, and when she says this, isn't she saying that the emperor is wrong? This one has no brains!
"Situ Aiqing, since someone has raised questions about this matter, then, it is not good for me not to investigate, come here, and bring the guards at the 'gate' in." Mo Ao said in a deep voice.
"See the Emperor."
"Tell me how you injured Situ Ye, and don't miss a single thing."
The 'attendants' guards knelt on the ground respectfully, and the captain of the 'attendant' guard said: "Emperor Qiqi, originally the minions were supposed to stand at the 'gate' of the side hall to guard, but because Concubine Li was resting in the side hall, the minions stayed away from the front of the quartz platform to guard. At that time, I heard the sound of porcelain breaking in the side hall and hurriedly rushed to the 'door', and heard someone in the hall shouting for help, so I rushed in, and saw Situ Ye standing in front of Concubine Li's 'bed' with his back to the 'door', and a grandmother was standing in front of the 'bed' with a porcelain vase to defend himself, saying that the person was an assassin, and the slave stepped forward to wound Situ Ye's hands and feet. ”
Situ Yanran bit her 'lip' tightly, how could her brother appear in the side hall, it was impossible, but the 'squire' guard didn't look like he was lying,
Mo Ao asked coldly, "Are you sure there is nothing missing?" ”
"Back to the emperor, there was no omission, and the 'guards' who rushed in with the slaves at that time and were on duty together can prove the words of the slaves."
Mama Zhao knelt in the hall: "Your Majesty, the old slave can prove that the old slave had just boiled the 'medicine' for Concubine Li's mother, and when she saw that the mother had fallen asleep, she didn't bother, and stayed in front of the mother's bed. In a hurry, the old slave hit him on the head with the porcelain vase on the table, and then the 'squire' guards rushed in. ”
Mo Ao nodded: "Well, I know." ”
"Your Majesty," Situ Yanran gritted her teeth, "Your Majesty, although my brother is a gentleman, how could he know that there are guards around him and still break in, not to mention, Concubine Li's mother ......?"
"Father." The second prince, Mo Junling, walked in and waved his hand to let the 'attendant' guard escort a palace 'girl' in, "Erchen see my father, this palace 'girl' just looked different, Erchen asked a few words when he saw her, but he didn't expect her to see some things." ”
Mo Ao looked coldly at the palace 'girl' kneeling on the ground: "What's your name?" Know what's going on? “
"The emperor spares his life...... The emperor spares his life! “
"Why don't you get it from the truth?"
"Yes, yes. The slave maid is 'Chun' Xi, who is in charge of bonsai in Guangning Palace, when the slave and maid saw a figure crawling in from the 'flower' window of the side hall, and the 'attendants' guards were facing away from the side hall, and the distance was far away, so ...... The slave and maid were frightened and wanted to call out, but the 'squire' guards quickly rushed in, and then the slave and maid heard the sound of fighting......"
"'Flower' window?" Mo Ao's expression became more and more cold, "Go and check the 'flower' window." ”
Wen Hai took someone forward and carefully checked the 'flower' window: "Back to the emperor, there are footprints on the 'flower' window, but it is not Situ Ye's and needs to be confirmed." ”
Situ Yanran's face turned pale: "Impossible, how is this possible." ”
"Shut up!" Situ Canglin knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, it is the old minister who is ashamed of the emperor, and these two evil obstacles have been raised, the emperor, the old minister has no face to continue to be an official, please let the old minister tell the old minister to return to his hometown, and take care of this evil obstacle." ”
Situ Fenghua clenched his fists tightly, and when he heard Situ Canglin's words, his heart tightened, his father held half of the 800,000 military power in his hand, and he returned to his hometown at this time...... My father wanted to use the military power in his hands to 'handover' in exchange for the emperor's non-accountability of this matter.
Situ Yanran's face turned even paler, and she turned her head to look at Mu Qingya on the side: "Mu Qingya!" It's all your calculations, isn't it? ”
Mo Junqing's brows furrowed, and the cold killing intent spread.
Mu Qingya 'revealed' a suspicious and 'confused' look: "Lord Situ, it's understandable that you feel uncomfortable losing your brother, but don't bite others at will, you are Situ Ye's own sister, you don't know how he came to the rest place of the pregnant concubine Li, as an outsider, I am naturally even more unclear." ”
Situ Yanran's face was pale, but her voice was extremely aggressive: "You don't know? How could you not know? At that time, we were all in the Imperial 'Flower' Garden, only you were called away by the third prince, that time was not short, what you have to do is easy and tight, besides, there was a festival between you and my brother. ”
Situ Yanran's words changed the atmosphere around him, and many people thought that the Zhao family's banquet was unpleasant before.
Mu Qingya sneered: "Lord Situ is eloquent, you are a mouthful of blood squirting towards the third prince and me!" Also, Situ Ye is dead, how can you be willing if you don't pull two innocent people on your back? It's just that Situ Ye has a white body without an official position, and it is too whimsical to want to use a prince and a county lord to bury him. You only think about how to frame us, why don't you think about it. The third prince has only recently returned to normal, and I am afraid that he has not even recognized all the palaces in the palace until now, and I have just come to Canglan, where is the great ability to hide from many palace people and 'attendants' guards, and bring Situ Ye to the side hall where Concubine Li is resting? You said that I left the Imperial 'Flower' Garden, yes, I left the Imperial 'Flower' Garden, but I have been staying in Yue Lanxuan and have never left, and the third prince was also present at that time, yes, but Zhao Gongzi was also present. We ordered tea twice and a snack once, and there were many palace people who could testify at that time, don't you believe it? I believe that with Miss Szeto's connections, it should be very easy to investigate these. ”
As soon as Mu Qingya's words came out, many people around him changed their faces, and Mo Ao's face was even more ugly, he had an understanding of the strong momentum of the Situ family, but he never thought that the Situ family would have hands in the palace, and today's words Mu Qingya's words made a string in his heart be plucked suddenly, which emperor is not bloody' In order to become the only successor, he tried his best to abolish almost all his brothers, and slaughtered the heirs of the previous emperor, only the two princes were still young to survive, and the suspicion in his heart was no less than anyone else, especially now that his body is not as good as before.
Situ Yanran waited for Mu Qingya to almost bite a mouthful of silver teeth: "Mu Qingya, you spray people with blood!" ”
Mo Junqing snorted coldly: "Situ Yanran, I invited Lord Mu to go to Yue Lanxuan because Zhao Duo heard the guzheng music score presented by Lord Mu at his father's birthday banquet, Zhao Duo has a hobby of collecting all kinds of music scores and chess scores since before, so I invited Lord Mu in my name, why did it change the taste in your mouth!" Father, please also be clear. ”
Mo Ao narrowed his eyes and looked at everyone carefully: "Wenhai, go and check, what the third prince said is true." ”
"Yes."