Empress Dowager Zhou was slightly stunned, this is clear, it is indeed not so easy to find out this matter, there are too many palace people in this harem, it is a very difficult thing to find out the source of this crane top red, she was stunned, and when she didn't know how to say it, Wan Zhen'er suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Jian Huaizhen.

She said solemnly to Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess, no matter what offended you in the past, please don't remember the villain, help the concubine, the concubine knows that the eldest princess must have a way to find out." ”

After finishing speaking, Wan Zhen'er knelt there and kowtowed to Jian Huaizhen, her head was already injured, and because the kowtow was too strong, there was a bruise on her head, and the whole person looked very ridiculous.

Jian Huaizhen didn't say a word there, silent.

Seeing this, Wan Zhen'er continued to say to Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess has always said that you are the most impartial person, can you watch me cry out for grievances and not stand up for me?" No matter what I do badly, I will always be a person in this harem, and I will always be the emperor's concubine. ”

When Jian Huaizhen heard Wan Zhen'er say this, her eyes narrowed slightly, and it took a long time to raise her hand and say, "Empress Dowager Zhou, as long as you send someone to check the hundred eunuchs who went out of the palace to buy things, presumably this matter will definitely be settled." ”

Although Wan Zhen'er thought of the matter of hiding the poison from whose hands she could hide before, she didn't have any idea in her heart as for how to investigate, so she said this to Jian Huaizhen.

She knew that Jian Huaizhen was a world-renowned person, Jian Huaizhen had always been admired by all the people, and she knew that Jian Huaizhen was very smart, so she deliberately provoked Jian Huaizhen, she knew that Jian Huaizhen must be very embarrassed in this situation.

On the one hand, Jian Huaizhen must have wanted to die by himself, because if he died, there would be one less disaster in the harem; On the other hand, Jian Huaizhen must be struggling with whether to save herself, if she doesn't save herself, it means that she is not a fair and just person at all, so Wan Zhen'er took out these words to provoke her, but she didn't expect Jian Huaizhen to know that this was Wan Zhen'er's method of agitation, but she was still fooled.

When Jian Huaizhen finished speaking to the Empress Dowager Zhou, the Empress Dowager Zhou nodded and praised repeatedly: "The eldest princess is really smart. ”

She turned to Wan Zhen'er and urged, and said: "Wan Zhen'er's matter is now that the mourning family immediately ordered someone to investigate, as long as it can be found out, whose hands are hiding the poison, when the time comes, you will definitely be able to find out the culprit, see what else you have to quibble, and the mourning family will let you die." ”

After saying that, she ordered someone to investigate, to investigate this matter was originally a very laborious matter, but now to check a hundred eunuchs, so it is not so laborious to investigate, to find out whether these hundred eunuchs are hiding drugs, it is nothing more than to search their bodies and their residences.

Empress Dowager Zhou sent a lot of Imperial Forest Army to search, about half of the envoys, the Royal Forest Army returned, the harem of a hundred eunuchs who usually go out to purchase three of the residence found poison, because the Royal Forest Army can not tell what kind of poison it is, can only be seen to be very similar to Hedinghong, so they pulled them in.

One of the three eunuchs was named Chen Qi, one was called Wang San, and the other was Liu Er.

After Chen Qi, Wang San and Liu Er came in, they all knelt down to Jian Huaizhen and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and said: "See the eldest princess, see the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Jian Huaizhen waved his hand and said, "That's it, are you Liu Er, Wang San and Chen Qi?" ”

"Yes." They said yes in unison.

Jian Huaizhen said: "Now that something similar to Hedinghong has been found in the residence of the three, who of the three of you has Hedinghong in his hand and hurry up from the truth, otherwise the palace will definitely not spare you easily." ”

Chen Qi blinked very innocently, and said to Jian Huaizhen: "Emperor Qiyu, the eldest princess, I just searched it out in my room, it was not Heding Red at all, it was rat poison, because there have always been rats in the kitchen of the harem, so it was the palace maid Xiaocui who specially asked me to buy a little rat poison, saying that it was expensive to use it." ”

"Yo!"

Jian Huaizhen was slightly stunned and turned to the little eunuchs around him, "Hurry up and pass on the Cui'er he said in his mouth." ”

"Yes."

Someone immediately agreed, and not long after, the palace maid named Cui'er walked in.

That Cui'er was very fat and looked very bloated, just like a ball, and after she walked up, she first saluted the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen asked her, did she ask Chen Qi to buy some rat poison from outside the palace?

The palace maid said repeatedly: "There is indeed such a thing, because I am in charge of the kitchen, and there are often rats outside the kitchen, and they bite the food, so I specially asked Chen Qi to buy some rat poison from outside the palace." ”

Jian Huaizhen looked at the two of them, and a sword-like light suddenly appeared in his eyes for a long time, shooting straight into the bodies of the two of them.

She was very angry and said, "You keep saying that you are buying rat poison, but why is this obviously a crane top red?" ”

Jian Huaizhen threw the crane top red in his hand to the ground and fell in front of Chen Qi.

Chen Qi was stunned, and after a long time, he said to Jian Huaizhen: "The eldest princess is wronged, this is really rat poison and not Heding Hong, maybe this mouse loves to look too similar to Heding Hong, so this misunderstanding will occur." ”

Jian Huaizhen said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said with some disdain: "Chen Qi, don't think that what you say can fool this palace, do you think you can't tell what rat poison and crane top red are?" Rat poison and Heding red are indeed very similar, but the rat poison is powder, and Heding red is some particles, do you think this palace can't see it? ”

When Jian Huaizhen spoke, the words were opposed, Chen Qi was so frightened that he crawled on the ground and couldn't speak for a long time, and Cui'er was also frightened and knelt on the ground, her huge body rolling around like a ball.

After rolling for a long time, Na Cui'er said to Jian Huaizhen that the queen mother of the two palaces pleaded and said: "The queen mother of the two palaces is really rat poison, not crane top red, if the queen mother and the eldest princess of the two palaces don't believe it, you can call the owner of the house where Chen Qi bought rat poison outside the palace, and then you can prove the innocence of Chen Qi and the slave maid." ”

Jian Huaizhen shook his head coldly and said: "No need, it's useless to call that boss over, now that you dare to buy Heding Red to harm people, this palace will definitely not spare you easily, come on, drag this Cui'er and Chen Er out and beat them to death." ”

"Don't, don't want the eldest princess, it's our mistake to enlighten the eldest princess, don't!" Chen Qi and Cui'er had been crying and shouting there.

And Empress Dowager Zhou and Empress Dowager Qian both looked at Jian Huaizhen, not knowing what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd, especially Empress Dowager Qian, Empress Dowager Qian felt that Jian Huaizhen had always been a discerning person, and now with a pack of Hedinghong that was not rat poison, it was able to conclude that Chen Qi and Cui'er were the ones who murdered Concubine Shun, and they did not find out the mastermind behind the scenes, which is too bizarre.

Who knew that Empress Dowager Qian said from the side: "The matter of the eldest princess has to think twice, let's find out the people who murdered Concubine Shun first, and then deal with them." ”

Jian Huaizhen shook his head and said sharply to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces: "None of you need to persuade me, I have made up my mind, come here, beat this Cui'er and Chen Qi to death, first beat Cui'er, and then beat Chen Qi." ”

"Yes." The eunuchs and palace maids on the side agreed, and pulled Cui'er and Chen Qi out.

Cui'er's body was like a leather ball, pulling very slowly, but Chen Qi was going to be pulled out soon because he was very thin.

At this time, Cui'er suddenly flicked her sleeves, broke free from the eunuch and the palace maid, and then knelt on the ground with a snap, and said to Jian Huaizhen and the queen mother of the two palaces: "The eldest princess, the queen mother of the two palaces, Cui'er is telling the truth now, and please ask the eldest princess and the queen mother of the two palaces not to embarrass Cui'er and Chen Qi?" ”

"Good!"

Jian Huaizhen nodded solemnly, "Then this palace will give you another chance, if you say it, this palace can't be convinced, and the fate of the two of you will be the same." ”

Cui'er nodded, and then poured out the truth, it turned out that the package was indeed rat poison, but the reason why she and Chen Qi bought rat poison was not to poison the rats in the kitchen.

Because this Cui'er usually works in the kitchen, she is very obese, her body is very large, and she usually eats a lot, so she often steals some things in the kitchen to eat, which causes the dissatisfaction of the big palace maid in charge of the kitchen, and Chen Qi and Cui'er secretly eat against each other.

So when Cui'er repeatedly confided in him the troubles in his heart, Chen Qi decided to take his heart sideways, so he bought some rat poison from outside the palace and came back, preparing to give it to Cui'er to poison the big palace maid, but he didn't expect that when the plan of the two people had not been implemented, Chen Qi's rat poison was searched.

After Cui'er told Jian Huaizhen the truth, Jian Huaizhen didn't say a word, and turned her eyes to Chen Qi.

Chen Qi was frightened, knelt on the ground and hurriedly kowtowed to Jian Huaizhen and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and said: "The eldest princess, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Cui'er is telling the truth every word, we really bought rat poison, not Hedinghong, we have never had the idea of beating Concubine Shun at all, and ask the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and the eldest princess to spare our lives." ”

Jian Huaizhen looked at them, and after a long time, he said firmly: "Yes, it was indeed rat poison just now, not crane top red, the reason why this palace scares you is that I hope you will tell the truth, in fact, from the time Chen Qi said the first sentence, this palace knew that he was lying, because there are no rats in the kitchen in the harem on weekdays, if there are rats, wouldn't the person who manages the kitchen be beheaded, do you think that this palace doesn't even know about this matter?" ”

Chen Qi and Cui'er knelt on the ground and burst into tears, "The eldest princess knows that it is the minions who are wrong. ”

Jian Huaizhen nodded, his voice softened a little, and said: "That's it, since you have already known that you are wrong, this palace will no longer execute you, but the so-called capital crime can be avoided, and the living crime is inescapable, you two eat against each other privately, and even have the intention of murdering others, this palace will punish you with fifty canes each, and then go back and reflect on it." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Cui'er and Chen Qi hurriedly crawled on the ground and kept kowtowing to Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen thought about it again, and said to Qingsha beside the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Qingsha, this palace entrusts you with one thing, you go and tell the big palace maid who is in charge of the harem kitchen, let her not stop Cui'er from eating in the future, since Cui'er is so fat, and people eat a lot, this is also human nature, our dignified harem, can't even the servants be full?" ”

Qingsha hurriedly responded crisply: "Yes, I respectfully obey the decree of the eldest princess." ”

So, the green yarn went down on its own.

At that moment, a little eunuch and a palace maid stepped forward and dragged Chen Qi and Cui'er down, and not long after, there was a sound of killing pigs outside.

Only then did the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces understand Jian Huaizhen's intentions just now, and even the Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't help but praise and said: "The eldest princess has a good sense of everything, and she is really incomparable to the mourning family. ”

Jian Huaizhen shook his head slightly and said, "It's a joke." ”

Then she turned her gaze to Wang San and Liu Er, and asked, "Wang San and Liu Er, what is the matter with the crane top red in your hands?" ”

Wang San was there for a long time, speechless, and Liu Er said very simply: "Princess Qiqi, the reason why the slave bought this crane top red is because the slave was deeply oppressed by my boss Liu Gonggong, and the slave was very angry, so he bought these crane top red to decide to poison Liu Gonggong, the slave is wrong, please let the eldest princess take it lightly, please forgive the slave, the slave swears that these crane top red have not been used so far, and they have not poisoned anyone, in fact, the slave intends to poison Liu Gonggong, The slave knew that he was wrong, so I didn't dare to use it at all, so I secretly hid this crane top red, but I didn't expect it to be known by the eldest princess now. ”

Jian Huaizhen looked at Liu Er without saying a word, she glanced at Wang San again, and she said solemnly to Wang San: "So far, if you don't tell what you are using to buy Heding Red, then you will definitely die." ”

Who knew that Wang San didn't say a word, he looked at Jian Huaizhen fixedly for a long time before saying, "Since the eldest princess has to find someone to come out and die, then ask the eldest princess to execute me!" ”

After finishing speaking, he kowtowed solemnly to Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen seemed to be a little stunned, but the Empress Dowager Zhou was furious from the side and said: "Wang San, since you did this, then you come to tell the mourning family, who took the crane top red from you to poison Concubine Shun, did Concubine Wan do this?" ”

Wang San shook his head and said: "Things have come to this point, why should I involve innocent people, this matter was all done by Wang San alone, and the Shun Concubine Niangniang was also poisoned by Wang San, and it has nothing to do with other people, if the queen mother of the two palaces and the emperor are going to find someone to punish them, please kill Wang San, right?" ”

Jian Huaizhen looked at her at this time, with an indescribable meaning in the corners of her eyes, she said solemnly to Wang San: "Wang San now you want to take this responsibility down, then there is nothing to say in this palace, but this palace can tell you very seriously, if someone killed Concubine Shun, it is not a capital crime of one person, but to implicate the nine clans, I believe that although you entered the palace as a eunuch, it is impossible for no one in your family to be implicated by you, since you have to take this responsibility down, There is nothing to say, someone will take this Wang San out, and at the same time go to find out his genealogy, and put all the people of his nine clans in the heavenly prison, ready to be beheaded at any time. ”

"Yes." The eunuch agreed.

Not long after, a brocade guard came out.

That Wang San was originally very calm, but when he suddenly heard Jian Huaizhen say this, he couldn't help but have layers of sweat on his forehead.

He looked at Jian Huaizhen for a long time, and sighed for a long time, and said: "The eldest princess, so far, the slave can only tell you the truth, but the slave hopes that the princess has a lot of you, and it is good not to involve others in this matter." ”

Jian Huaizhen lowered his head and thought for a long time before raising his head and slowly said to Wang San: "If what you say is true, this palace will naturally not punish you, but if what you say is deceitful, this palace will definitely not easily forgive you, okay, you can now explain things clearly with this palace." ”

The third king showed a very embarrassed look on his face, but he finally said to Jian Huaizhen slowly: "Emperor Qiqi Eldest Princess, the reason why the slave didn't make things clear to the Emperor Eldest Princess at the beginning was because the slave didn't want to involve others. ”

"I don't want to bother other people, what the hell is going on?" Jian Huaizhen stared at Wang San with a scrutinizing gaze.

Wang San slowly told what happened, it turned out that there was a father-in-law Zhang in the harem, that father-in-law Zhang was the apprentice of the great eunuch Gu Lengyi next to the emperor, and Gonggong Zhang relied on himself to be Gu Lengyi's apprentice, and he had always been evil and domineering in the palace.

Because Gu Lengyi is a celebrity around the emperor, if anyone offends that little Zhangzi, wouldn't it be equivalent to offending Gu Lengyi, if he offends Gu Lengyi, how can he have a good life?

Therefore, recently, the father-in-law Zhang has gathered many people to gamble, and a eunuch friend of Wang San is also in this group of people, because the father-in-law Zhang played a thousand tricks and won a lot of people's money, including the money of Wang San's friend, Wang San couldn't look at it, so he helped his friend to find Zhang Gonggong to ask for it, who knew that he was not only beaten by Zhang Gonggong, but also threatened by Zhang Gonggong that he would not have a good life in the palace.

The next thing really surprised him, this father-in-law's power is really one hand to cover the sky, no matter what Wang San does, he will make mistakes, and he is often beaten and scolded, Wang San is really unbearable, and his eunuch friends feel very sorry for him because of this.

So, because the eunuch lost all the money and felt sorry for his friend, he jumped into the well and committed suicide because he couldn't think about it for a while, and Wang San was also very sad when he saw this situation, so he didn't want to live in this world, so he bought a pack of Hedinghong when he went out to procure, and planned to end his life.

The reason why he kept this matter hidden when he was just now was because he was afraid that after this matter was stabbed, the father-in-law would not know what kind of thing he would do to persecute the people around him, and the reason why he did it was also for the sake of the people around him.

After hearing this, Jian Huaizhen was immediately furious, her voice showed a trace of calmness and sternness, and said: "It's okay to have gambling in this harem, I didn't expect this little Zhang Zi to actually rely on himself to be Gu Lengyi's relative, and actually do this kind of thing, someone came to pass Gu Lengyi over, and the palace wanted to ask this matter clearly." ”

"Yes." At that moment, someone promised to spread the ancient coldness.