Chapter 14 Salary Draw
"What's going on?" The queen mother snorted coldly, and immediately Gong E went to the side hall, and walked straight in as if no one was next to Yun Yanzheng when she passed by.
"Why is the eldest princess in the 'Autumn Edge Palace'?" The queen mother wore a dark purple and golden palace dress, and the bead ring and gold hairpin on the cloud bun trembled slightly, and she raised her eyes and glanced at Yun Yanzheng, and her eyes were not salty or light.
"Concubine Le invites this palace to come." Yun Yan answered according to the facts.
"Why did Concubine Le invite the eldest princess to gather here?" The queen asked with a depressed expression.
Gong E, who had just entered the side hall, had already turned around at this moment, walked to the queen mother, and saluted back: "Queen mother, Le Concubine was murdered, and her body is being displayed in the palace at this moment. The body was still warm and soft, and it had not been long since it died. ”
"Eldest princess, how do you explain?" The corners of the queen's eyes said calmly.
"When the palace arrives, Concubine Le is dead...... Yun Yanzheng said calmly, this game is targeted at her, is it the queen's arrangement? Or is someone else to blame her?
"Returning to the queen mother, the murderer is the eldest princess of Fengwu, this is what the slave has seen with his own eyes......" The little eunuch who was kneeling on the ground and trembling immediately interrupted Yun Yanzheng's words and screamed.
The corners of Yun Yanzheng's lips curled slightly, and he glanced at him lightly.
The queen's eyes were cold, and she asked him, "Tell the truth." ”
"The slave originally came to deliver food to the 'Qiuyuan Palace', and two days ago, Le Concubine took off a jade bracelet to the slave, so that the slave must help her find a way to find the eldest princess of Fengwu to come to discuss. The slave was greedy for a moment, so she took her bracelet, and she asked the slave every day, and said that someone wanted to harm her, so that the slave could help. She said that as long as she invited the eldest princess of Fengwu to come, if she got out of trouble in the future, she would definitely be rewarded to the slaves. The slave found out that the eldest princess happened to enter the palace today, so he ...... So he dared to invite the eldest princess to come over...... "The little eunuch will continue to talk about something."
Yun Yanzheng sneered again and again in his heart.
"Then why did you say that the eldest princess killed Le Concubine?" The Qingxiu Gong'e beside the queen said.
"After inviting the eldest princess, the slave was going to avoid it, but in a moment of curiosity, he came back through the hole in the broken wall over there......" He pointed to the palace wall on the left side of the side hall, and everyone saw that there was a small hole at the foot of the half-hidden wall, which could be passed through freely in the shape of a little eunuch, and listened to him continue, "I heard the eldest princess and Le Concubine arguing, and then there was no sound. The servant was uneasy in his heart, so he leaned closer to the window and took a look, and saw ...... See ...... The eldest princess slashed Le Concubine's neck with a hairpin...... The slave was startled and reflexively escaped from the hole in the wall, and in a panic, he alarmed Sister Molu......"
Mo Lu was the pink-clothed palace who was standing beside the queen, and she also took the words, and the concubine who entered the side hall to see the concubine said respectfully at this moment: "The queen's mother, it was indeed the slave maid who saw him screaming in a panic at that time. After drinking and questioning, I realized that the situation was unusual, and I immediately returned to my mother. ”
The queen mother nodded, and asked again, "Did you hear what Concubine Le and the eldest princess said when they were arguing?" ”
"Back to the queen's words, Le Concubine said that over the years, I have been sending news in the palace for you and doing your internal response, but now that the matter is about to be revealed, you have ignored me. If you are unkind, I will be unjust, you quickly think of ways to help me get out of confinement, otherwise you will be scattered at that time, and you will not want to be alone. The little eunuch said with a voice.
"Anything else?" The queen mother glanced at Yun Yanzheng and asked with a faint face.
Yun Yanzheng smiled at her, how natural and fluent this question and answer were.
The queen mother looked at her with a calm smile, her face sank, as if she was uncertain, and her eyes became more and more cold and ruthless.
"Le Concubine also said, over the years, I have listened to your words and plotted to kill the prince to keep my son's position, and you should promise to use the strength of the army to support us in the fight for the throne at that time, and now that I think about it, these are all words that you want to use me." The little eunuch said in great trepidation: "Please ask the queen mother to spare the slave's capital crime, but she has listened to such rebellious words. After finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground with a "poof", his body was like shaking chaff, which was extremely realistic.
Yun Yanzheng thought back to it, when he had just escaped from behind her with agility and out of the "Autumn Yuan Palace", he didn't look like such a timid person. If you are timid, how dare you say this truthfully in front of the queen, if you really see her Yunyan killing people, I am afraid that I will run away long ago, lest I be involved in this troubled water.
Who is he doing to show him? Queen?
When a Gong E led the imperial doctor into the "Autumn Yuan Palace", she was followed by a beauty supported by Gong E. But seeing her Tingting walking all the way, her light-colored clothes were like mist, and the decoration on the cloud bun of the crow and crow was also very plain, and only a few plum blossom jade hairpins were made. When she came, she first saluted the queen lightly and elegantly, and said in a clear voice: "The concubine has seen the queen's mother!" ”
The queen's expression was calm, and she raised her hand leisurely to calm her down before she spoke: "Concubine Yan Shu has always lived in a simple place, why did she come to this place at this moment?" ”
Concubine Yan Shu looks extremely elegant and delicate, and there is a faint bookish atmosphere between her willow eyebrows, she smiled gently, and said softly: "Back to the queen's mother, today the concubine met the eldest princess of Fengwu on the palace road and chatted a few words. Who knew that this little eunuch suddenly appeared and said that Le Concubine was afraid that someone was going to murder her and the third prince, and invited the eldest princess to come and tell her something important. The eldest princess was concerned about the safety of the little prince, and she was afraid that she would not be able to advocate for the affairs of the harem, so she invited her concubines to come to the 'Qiuyuan Palace'. ”
As soon as she said this, not only Yun Yanzheng wondered in her heart, but even the queen's face was slightly uncertain.
"Then why didn't you see Concubine Shu here when she came in from the palace?" The queen's eyes looked at Concubine Yan Shu, who was smiling lightly on the side, as if they had been quenched with ice.
Concubine Yan Shu said unhurriedly: "The concubine and the eldest princess came here together, and when they opened the door of the side hall, they saw that Le Concubine was unfortunately killed and fell to the ground. The concubine felt that this matter was very strange, so she asked the eldest princess to stay and watch, so as not to let the idle people and others destroy everything here. When the queen mother came, she didn't see the concubine here, because the concubine was going to meet His Majesty to tell him about it. ”
When Yun Yanzheng heard this, he looked at her with interest and smiled slightly. This Concubine Yan doesn't have much contact with her, why did she come here to defend her today? Everyone in the harem is a master of acting, and they can say all the nonsense without changing their faces.
The queen narrowed her eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "Oh, Concubine Shu has always been in the harem, why did she meet the eldest princess on the vestibule palace road?" ”
Concubine Yan Shu still said softly: "The concubine is copying Buddhist scriptures for the Queen Mother these days, and I heard that there is a Buddhist scripture in the study room of the Qinzheng Palace, so I want to borrow it." Since it is used to worship the Buddha, it must be that the original text of the ancient books is closer to the Buddha's righteousness, and it is more sincere to the Buddha. But unfortunately, at that time, His Majesty was still discussing court affairs with the ministers, and the concubines were inconvenient to disturb, so they chatted with the eldest princess who met by chance. She looked at the queen's expression, and then looked back at Chaoyun Yan and smiled kindly, and there seemed to be a little apology in her eyes, "Thinking about it at this moment, but the concubine was flustered for a while, and she didn't think it through." Leaving the eldest princess alone to stay here, she was suspicious, but fortunately, the concubine was able to rush back in time to clear the cause, which is really lucky. ”
Yun Yanzheng blinked cautiously and noncommittally. has been trying to survive in the palace for many years, and she knows that the people in the palace are treacherous, and she doesn't want to be involved with anyone in the palace until she is sure of the other party's exact purpose. Everyone in the harem is wearing a set of masks, she is not sure that this Concubine Yan Shu must be helping her sincerely, there is no interest relationship between them so far, why did she suddenly come to help?
The corners of the queen's lips smiled coldly, some gorgeous eyebrows frowned slightly, pointed to the little eunuch who had been kneeling in front of her, and questioned: "But this servant said that he saw the eldest princess kill Le Concubine with his own eyes." When she came here, Concubine Yan Shu came with the eldest princess? ”
The little eunuch glanced at Concubine Yan Shu with a panicked expression, her head suddenly shook like a rattle, and said loudly: "Back to the queen's mother, Concubine Yan didn't come together!" When the slave went to invite at that time, only the eldest princess was there, and only the eldest princess came here with the slave......"
"Presumptuous! In front of the queen, you dare to make a mistake and distort the facts. Slandering the eldest princess and the main palace, do you know that this is a capital crime of the Zhulian Nine Clans? Concubine Yan snorted angrily, but despite this, her demeanor was still elegant and bright, and her smile was pleasant.
"Concubine Shu doesn't need to be angry, since this matter is extremely strange, why don't you hand it over to the court lieutenant in the palace to investigate thoroughly? Who will be the murderer then? And who is lying? Naturally, it will come out one by one. The queen clasped her hands in front of her with a thousand manners, her voice was indifferent with a sense of determination, and the light of the yin owl's eyes swept over Concubine Yan Shufei and Yun Yanzheng respectively, and the corners of her lips slowly flashed with a hint of a smile.
Concubine Yan Shu looked at Yun Yanzheng, her face was calm as water, and she said: "The clear is self-purifying, and the eldest princess doesn't have to worry." This palace believes that Lord Tingwei can see what is going on, and give justice to the concubine, and also return the innocence of the palace and the eldest princess. ”
Yun Yanzheng raised her eyebrows, she also wanted to know who was laying out? And for what? pursed his lips slightly, nodded to the queen and said, "According to what Niangniang said, please ask Tingwei to investigate thoroughly!" ”
From time to time, the imperial physician had already completed the examination of Le Concubine's body, and Ting Wei Lu Zhan arrived immediately after the summons. After surveying inside and outside the "Autumn Yuan Palace", the attendant found the murder weapon in a dry well behind the court, and confirmed to the palace ladies who had served Le Concubine that it was a butterfly-shaped hairpin belonging to Le Concubine.
Chu Ruirong then followed the emperor and appeared outside the "Autumn Yuan Palace", and saw Yun Yanzheng standing next to the queen, Concubine Yan Shu and a group of palace ladies. She stood there calmly, her long eyebrows slightly furrowed, her eyes deep, as if she was thinking about something.
The spring sun passed through the locust tree on the side, and sprinkled lightly on her handsome and slender face, shining like a pearl, and at a glance in the crowd, people could see her elegant and dust-free demeanor.