Chapter 59: The Man Behind the Scenes
The emperor personally tried the matter of the Wanshou Festival overnight, and naturally there was a result soon.
In the end, he found the head of Ren Jieyu Ren Qing in the shallow rain hall of Kunli Palace, saying that Xin Xiuyi usually has no good color for Ren Jieyu, and the main position of Kunli Palace is Xin Xiuyi, so Ren Jieyu dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so she came up with such a way to frame Xin Xiuyi.
Ren Jieyu didn't confess at first, but in the end, somehow, after dawn, she still confessed to it.
Because this matter is related to witch Gu, and it is a curse on the emperor and the virtuous concubine, so Ren Jieyu was originally going to be beheaded by the whole family, but in the end, Concubine Liang didn't know why she went to intercede, and Ren Jieyu's family had to save her life, but Ren Jieyu's father was dismissed, and the whole family was sent back to their ancestral hometown, and children within three generations were not allowed to enter the court as officials.
And Ren Jieyu was naturally executed.
As for Xin Xiuyi, the emperor didn't plan how to deal with it, but after all, this matter was caused by the contradiction between Xin Xiuyi and Ren Jieyu, and it was difficult to convince the public if she didn't deal with it.
Pan Xiangyu originally changed from a dancing girl to a beauty, and climbed to the concubine position in more than two years, but in just three or four months this year, she was demoted from Concubine Xin all the way to Chongyi, and the ups and downs during this period are not small.
Things seem to have ended with Ren Jieyu's death and Xin Chongyi's debasement and grounding.
The harem returned to calm.
However, Li Ling felt that this matter was not so simple, not to mention Ren Jieyu's ability, let's just say that Ren Jieyu hadn't thought that if the matter was revealed, she might be punished by the Nine Clans? Besides, there is no deep hatred between her and Xin Xiuyi, and it is worth her life to frame Xin Xiuyi.
The most important thing is that in the end, Concubine Liang was involved, Li Ling didn't believe that it was such a coincidence, Concubine Liang happened to intercede with Ren Jieyu at that time, if this matter is really a coincidence, then Concubine Liang is not afraid that the emperor will suspect her because of this? If it's not a coincidence...... Could it be that Concubine Liang is the person behind this scene?
It was Concubine Liang who wanted to frame Xin Xiuyi, but she didn't expect that the emperor did not execute Xin Xiuyi on the spot, but carefully investigated afterwards, and saw that the matter was revealed, so Concubine Liang found Ren Jieyu, the scapegoat, and threatened Ren Jieyu with what handle, and finally let Ren Jieyu have to admit that she did it, but I'm afraid the two of them said it at the beginning, if Ren Jieyu confessed, then Concubine Liang would have to keep her family, so at the last moment, Concubine Liang appeared, and then successfully let Ren Jieyu's family get out.
Although this speculation is somewhat reasonable, there is still something that Li Ling can't understand, that is, Concubine Liang came forward to protect Ren Jieyu's family, isn't Concubine Liang afraid that the emperor will suspect her?
Or is this really not related to Concubine Liang, and Concubine Liang's rescue of Ren Jieyu's family is a pure coincidence? Because she has nothing to do with Concubine Liang, Concubine Liang is not afraid of being suspected by the emperor?
It seems that it is necessary to start with Ren Jieyu's family to investigate, which can threaten Ren Jieyu and make Ren Jieyu willing to die for Ren Jieyu, which can only be related to Ren Jieyu's family, or to put it bluntly, it is related to Ren Jieyu's father, after all, Ren Jieyu's father has been an official in the court for many years, and there must have been something unclean that has been discovered, and it is still a great thing, which may harm the whole family, only such a handle can make Ren Jieyu willing to be a scapegoat for the sake of his family.
Immediately, Li Ling asked Yang Yuan to bring a message to Li Jingzong, and asked Li Jingzong to check on Ren Jieyu's father.
Pear always felt that what had happened recently was a little unusual, because everything seemed to have a reasonable explanation on the surface, but Pear Ling always felt unreliable.
Take the matter of Jing Chongyuan being bitten by a snake and causing Song Chongrong's miscarriage, Jing Chongyuan's snake bite has been found to have something to do with the high royal maid, but deeper things can't be found, and He Cairen and Su Baolin, who instigated Jing Chongyuan and Song Chongrong to enjoy the flowers together, can't find anything valuable.
And the same is true of the witch doll this time, will nothing be found out in the end?
Just when Li Ling was confused, Meng Shuiqi, a member of Meng Meiren of the Qianxue Hall of Kunli Palace, came to Mo Shang Palace to meet Li Ling.
"Niangniang, do you want to see Meng Meiren?" Lian Yu asked softly, after all, now that Liling is pregnant, it is good not to see these people.
Originally, Liling didn't want to see Meng Meiren, but she also thought that Meng Meiren lived in the same palace with Xin Chongyi and the dead Ren Jieyu, maybe she could know something from Meng Meiren.
Although these things have nothing to do with Pear Ling, if there is really such a ruthless person in this palace, then this person must have a lot of plans, then she will also confront this person sooner or later, this kind of enemy is not good!
"Please come in!" The pear went into the house to change her clothes.
"The concubine has seen the virtuous concubine! ! Meng Meiren lowered her eyebrows and saluted the pear ling.
"Meng Meiren doesn't have to be polite, sit down and talk." Ri Ling had a smile on her face.
"The concubine took the liberty to disturb Niangniang today because she ......" Meng Meiren still couldn't let go, and she hesitated to speak.
"Meng Meiren can say whatever you want, why do we have to say so many polite words between us, this palace also believes that you are not taking the liberty to disturb this palace." Li Ling still smiled shallowly, but those words made Meng Mei's heart tighten.
Meng Meiren saw that she knew the intention of the concubine, but she was a little embarrassed, after all, the concubine was so generous, but it seemed that she was angry, Meng Meiren took a deep breath, and then said to the pear ling: "Niangniang is really smart, the concubine has not spoken, and the concubine knows the concubine's intention." ”
Li Ling smiled undeniably, she said this only because more than two months ago, when Bai Xing died, she said those words to Meng Meiren in the Dark Fragrance Pavilion, and the meaning of her words was to let Meng Meiren think about whether to put down her so-called figure and face, and sincerely put herself into her camp, "This palace and you are the same people, this palace can naturally guess one or two." ”
Hearing what Li Ling said, Meng Shuiqi suddenly remembered what Concubine Xian said to her in the Dark Fragrance Pavilion that time, Concubine Xian was clearly a person who could understand her, Meng Shuiqi bit her lip, and then said: "The concubine has come here recently, and she wants to tell Niangniang something about Ren Jieyu." ”
Li Ling was stunned, she originally thought that Meng Meiren was here to surrender, but she didn't want to, there was such an unexpected gain!