Chapter 105: The Prince Died a Strange Death
The remnant sun shines on Lingzhou at night, and the dawn moon dims Guo Xian.
I don't think about the country, but I stop the building ship with iron cables.
The glass body is broken and the soul is broken, and the tanuki has a grudge against the fish belly.
If the clan relatives report the death of the country, the laughter of Jiuquan will also be beautiful.
"Tell me, what is it?" Originally, Murong Ningyan didn't believe in home remedies, but this wasn't a rush to the doctor.
"While the little prince is sleeping, smear the bottom of the pot on the little prince's head."
"Go get it!"
After a while, the nurse got some ash from the bottom of the pot from the imperial dining room and gently wiped it on Zhong Xuan's forehead, which was black.
For the first time for his son, Murong Ningyan sincerely burned incense and worshiped the Buddha, begging the Bodhisattva to bless the child with safety.
That night, Zhong Xuan was hot and fainted, Murong Ningyan was so anxious that he burst into tears, regretting why he had to sleep and let the child suffer. Just like that, I have been staying by Xiao'er's side and never leaving.
Murong Ningyan thought about it again and again in her heart, always feeling that things came too suddenly and too strangely. First of all, although I was not feeling well, why did I suddenly have heavy eyelids and dizziness and sleepiness? And you won't wake up as soon as you sleep? What's more, Zhong Xuan didn't like to enter the Buddhist hall since he was a child, why did he suddenly run to the Buddhist hall?
Could it be that someone deliberately arranged it?
asked the nurse, said that she clearly saw Zhong Xuan playing with the cat, so she only turned around and went to a thatched house, and the child was gone, and some palace maids said that they saw the little prince go to the Buddha Hall, and when she chased it, there was an accident.
Just like this, he didn't eat or drink, and kept watch until late at night, when he suddenly felt the child's fingers move, Murong Ningyan stared at the child carefully, and called Zhong Xuan lightly, Zhong Xuan finally opened his eyes slightly, and said weakly: "Queen Mother, chasing cats, I'm afraid!" He closed his eyes again.
Quickly came to the Imperial Doctor, who shook his head weakly after looking at it. said that the prince has gone, please Your Majesty and the queen mourn.
As soon as she heard this, the queen, who had always been gentle and elegant, suddenly seemed to be a different person, her eyes were bloodshot, and she glared at the imperial doctor angrily and shouted: "You are talking nonsense, my Xuan'er is fine, it's okay, he just sleeps, how can you talk nonsense?!" ”
Murong Ningyan hugged Zhong Xuan tightly, and said softly in his mouth: "My good Xuan'er, don't scare my mother, wake up quickly, my mother is not sleepy, my mother plays with Xuan'er... ”
I kept holding and talking like that all night, her bloodshot eyes were dull, and she was like two people who were smart in the past.
The next day, Zhong Xuan's body was already cold, but Murong Ningyan still didn't believe or accept this fact. His sunken eye sockets drooped and rubbed his face against Zhong Xuan's face.
"Yan'er, Zhong Xuan has gone, don't be too sad, okay? You're sick yourself! The emperor sat down next to Murong Ningyan, and gently hugged Murong Ningyan in his arms with one arm.
Murong Ningyan thought about it all night, and the more she thought about it, the more wrong it became, why did the good child say that it was gone? As soon as he heard the emperor's words, he seemed to suddenly understand something, and a pair of empty eyes suddenly looked at him with hatred, and said to the emperor in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, our Xuan'er must have been framed, hurry up and order a thorough investigation of this matter and redress Xuan'er's grievances!" ”
The emperor couldn't help but be stunned: "Yan'er, calm down and listen to me, no one dares to harm my prince." Xuan'er was next to me when he entered the Buddha Hall, and he was indeed frightened by the damn cat. ”
"Your Majesty doesn't check, it doesn't matter, the concubines will check it themselves! Xuan'er, the queen mother can't let you die in vain! Murong Ningyan said it very softly, but His Majesty still heard it.
Murong Ningyan suddenly wanted to go to the Buddhist hall to inspect, and the emperor had to let her go. In the Buddha hall, Murong Ningyan stared at the high Buddha lamp and thought, how could a cat jump on it for no reason? Is there something up there?
So she ordered a ladder to be found, and she was to climb it herself to inspect it.
After a while, the palace people brought a ladder, Murong Ningyan climbed up, and found that the lamp had been replaced with a new one, and the countertop had also been wiped, Murong Ningyan looked around carefully, and sure enough, on the wall, she found a drop of oil. Dip your finger lightly in front of your nose and smell it, it seems to smell fishy.
Murong Ningyan quietly walked down the ladder and asked, "What about the Buddha lamp that was broken yesterday?" Find it for me. ”
The palace maid replied: "Back to the queen's mother, the broken glass lamp has been swept out, and I am afraid that I will bury my feet and bury it." ”
"Where is it buried, and who told you to bury it?"
"The prince said that he was worried about scratching people's feet again, so he ordered me to bury the glass slag in a place where people don't often leave."
"Who else knows about this?"
"Nobody knows."
"Take me to dig it up."
The palace maid took the shovel and led Murong Ningyan to a big tree in the imperial garden. There is a flower bed under the big tree, and it is true that people will not go up to it.
After a while, the fragments were scooped up, and Murong Ningyan picked up the fragments of the lamp and sniffed them in front of his nose. Sure enough, I found that the oil stains on the wall of the Buddha hall had the same fishy smell. The palace maid looked at the queen puzzled, thinking that she was thinking that something was wrong with her mind, so she said: "Queen Mother, the little prince is so cute, and it is really sad to leave suddenly, even we palace people feel sorry and sad, but I also want to ask the queen mother to mourn, quickly put down this glass fragment, don't hurt your hands again." ”
"You smell it, what's the smell?"
"Niangniang, there seems to be some fishy smell, and the slave can't say it."
Murong Ningyan picked up several pieces of debris, and he could smell the fishy smell.
This is strange, the imperial dining room has not cooked fish for a long time, where does the fishy smell come from? Murong Ningyan thought in his heart, and walked towards the imperial dining room.
In the imperial dining room, seeing the queen arrive, everyone greeted the queen, and the chief asked the queen what she commanded.
Murong Ningyan said as he walked: "You guys are busy with you, I'll take a look at it casually, and I'll ask you if I don't understand something." ”
The queen mother suddenly visited the imperial dining room for some reason, and all the people who were on the job were extremely cautious, including the blister.
I saw Murong Ningyan facing a row of iron pots in turn, smelling it carefully, because the pots were cold before they started stir-frying. When a row of iron pots was about to run out, Murong Ningyan suddenly stopped a pot and sniffed it carefully over and over again, touched it in the pot with his fingers, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it deeply, and everyone looked at the queen suspiciously.
Suddenly, Murong Ningyan turned around and beckoned to the chief who was looking at him, and the chief hurriedly walked over.
"What instructions does the Queen have for this?"
"Who uses this pot?"
The chief called a blister over, and Murong Ningyan asked, "Is this pot used by you?" ”
"Back to the queen's mother, this pot is indeed used by villains."
"You've been fishing lately?"
The blister nodded yes.
"Have you ever made fish? There is no menu of fish at all lately, who asked you to make it? The blister asked excitedly.
I saw that the blister suddenly trembled all over, knelt on the ground with a puff, and cried and said: "Queen Mother, not to make fish, it was the king who gave me a bag of silver that day, and asked the villain to help refine some fish oil. ”
"Who is Vice Chief Wang? Come out! Murong Ningyan's face was expressionless, and his cold gaze crossed everyone's faces.
"Back to the queen's mother, Deputy Chief Wang said that there was something at home, and he asked for leave to leave the palace early in the morning."
"Hurry up and send Dali Temple to chase after you, you must catch it alive."
"The old slave will arrange it."
"Then do you know what he asked you to make fish oil for?"
"Back to the queen's mother, the little one just made a small bowl of fish oil for him, and never asked what it was for."
As soon as Father-in-law Zeng, who had arranged for the arrest of Deputy Chief Wang, came back, Murong Ningyan arranged again: "Protect this blister, he is an important witness." ”
"The old slave obeys!"
In the Yaoguang Palace, after understanding the situation, Murong Ningyan insisted on sitting in a daze with Zhong Xuan, and the emperor persuaded him for a long time but did not respond, did not cry or eat or drink, just sat quietly like that, his eyes were dull and dull, and he looked at Zhong Xuan, whose body was already cold, which was moving.
The emperor wanted to speak several times on the side, but in the end he couldn't help but didn't speak, just gently put a cloak on Murong Ningyan, shook his head and walked out of the Yaoguang Palace.
The emperor seemed to be making a difficult choice, pacing anxiously around the courtyard, looking at the position of Murong Ningyan in the hall from time to time.
Dali Temple soon came to the news, saying that Wang Deputy Yu Chang really returned home, but just put down a package and ran away, Dali Temple is searching, and his whereabouts are not known for the time being.
Murong Ningyan suddenly felt that the emperor seemed to be relieved after hearing the news, I don't know if he was too sensitive, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart for a moment, but it was just a flash.
When it was time for dinner, the emperor took a bowl of bird's nest lotus seed soup from the red sleeves and fed Murong Ningyan in person, Murong Ningyan shook his head and did not eat or speak.
"Yan'er, I know that you feel uncomfortable, why shouldn't I? Don't hold it back, can you cry? It's going to suffocate your body. After three days and three nights of sleeplessness, no food or drink, can you bear to let me lose my son and my beloved wife? ”
At this time, news suddenly came from Dali Temple, saying that the whereabouts of Deputy Chief Wang had been found and that he would soon be escorted back for trial.
"First take them back to the prison and put them in prison pending trial, and no one else is allowed to approach them except me."
When the emperor heard that Deputy Chief Wang was caught, he showed a trace of disappointment mixed with a little panic, and it was fleeting, but he was captured by Murong Ningyan, could it be the emperor? Murong Ningyan couldn't help but gasp.
Murong Ningyan said that he was tired and wanted to rest, so he asked everyone to retreat.
Only the emperor and Murong Ningyan were left in the hall, Murong Ningyan suddenly picked up the emperor's face, stared at his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, tell the truth to the concubines, the emperor of Zhongxuan's death is aware, right?" What the hell is going on? ”
The emperor's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to look at Murong Ningyan's sharp eyes. I thought to myself, I only knew that Murong Ningyan was smart and clever, but I didn't expect her to solve the case, how could she find out so quickly to the imperial dining room? It seems that he can't hide it from her.
For some reason, Murong Ningyan was very puzzled in his heart, how could it be him? A woman's sixth sense has always been very accurate, is it wrong for herself?
"Your Majesty, Yan'er has been with Your Majesty for so many years, when did Your Majesty not dare to look at the eyes of your concubines, has Your Majesty ever hidden something from your concubines?"