Chapter 13: The Bottom of the Cauldron
Yun Yanzheng lowered his eyes and opened the package on his right, and handed a stack of not thick spy reports into his outstretched jade white hand. It's just five days of Chenguang, which seems to him to be intolerable, so how many clues are there in these spy reports that can make him feel satisfied? Threatening him with momentum, moving with affection to say that she wanted to worship him as a teacher, it was only her expedient strategy at that time, but at this moment, after confessing her shortcomings compared to him in her heart, and truthfully admitting the gap between herself and him, her mood will become as solemn and respectful as when she was young, waiting for her master to give an assessment.
Yun Yanzheng looked sideways, and the corners of his narrow phoenix eyes were slightly raised and bright stars flashed, but seeing Gu Xi's gaze, he couldn't be happy or angry. The spy reports in his hand seemed to be very random but turned extremely quickly, and the spy reports collected by the elites in the past three days seemed to be nothing in his eyes. She frowned slightly, her mood was fluctuating, but his usual leisurely and calm voice sounded in her ears: "So-so." β
And he saw that some of the clues had been forcibly cut off, and it seemed that the other party was also on guard, and he could not be slack off in his actions, otherwise he would miss the opportunity.
Well, the implication is that it is a little better than he imagined; But there is still a long way to go from the result he wants, so please make up for it in the future and try to catch up?
He raised his eyes, and happened to see Yun Yanzheng, who was dressed in white, and breathed a sigh of relief, like a child's expression when he was waiting for an exam.
Gu Xi glanced at her, smiled and whispered, "Am I so terrible?" Even General Yun looked so overwhelmed. As he spoke, he rolled up the spy report in his hand and handed it back to her. The smile in the black lacquered eyes was infected to the bottom of the eyes a little, and there was a scorching clarity that could be seen.
The dead leaves on the ground were rustled by the wind, as if her mood was slightly disordered at the moment, Yun Yanzheng lowered her eyelashes, shook her head slightly, smiled, and said insincerely: "If you can enter the eyes of Brother Gu, you can get a lot of teaching." However, Brother Gu's vision is very high, how can this consideration not make people feel uneasy? She didn't want to admit in front of him that the pressure he had put on her today had made her feel like a great enemy, and her mind had to change in a moment to keep up with his thoughts, almost making her dare not breathe easily.
Gu Xi raised his eyebrows quietly, and then revealed a hint of playfulness. The corners of his lips were smiling, his eyes were like candles, his wide and soft clothes were raised like clouds, and he sat on the brown dead leaves, but his body was as clean as ice and snow, as if he was sitting high in the clouds with a smile. Knowing that what she said might not be true, he didn't care about the truth or falsehood, he glanced at the scroll of paper that Yun Yanzheng almost wanted to re-wrap, and reminded softly: "It's better to burn these things as soon as possible, so as not to cause endless trouble in the future." β
Yun Yanzheng pondered slightly, then took out the fire fold in his sleeve and lit it, brushed away the dead branches and leaves on the ground, and burned the spy in the clearing. She picked a dead branch and brushed away the ashes, and after checking it, when she reburied the dead leaves, there were no signs of burning before.
Indeed, the person she investigated this time was of course the second emperor's brother, but if the emperor or other members of the imperial family knew that she could have such a strong secret sentinel power, I was afraid that in the future, she would be regarded as a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh by those who had a heart. Everything in the world is easy to block with open guns, but difficult to prevent with hidden arrows.
Gu Xi heard the words that seemed to be concerned, but before she could figure it out, he had already started another way and said, "General Yun, can you lead Gu to the official kiln for a trip?" β
"It's a pleasure." Yun Yanzheng jumped up and brushed off the light ash on his white clothes. She didn't regret those spy reports, just because every word on them had already been imprinted in her mind.
But for Gu Xi's elegant behavior of still having the heart to burn Tao Xun at this moment, in addition to slandering him in secret, she also knew that this person's words and words could not be expected by others?
If the person who sent Concubine Li into the palace back then was the second emperor's brother, then did his purpose to separate his father and the eldest prince who was the crown prince? Let the father first set Concubine Li as a concubine, and then let Concubine Li seduce the prince? Let Concubine Li and the prince have a relationship, and then get pregnant again, is it also in the calculation of the second emperor brother?
Later, Concubine Li was unwilling to sacrifice the life of the child in her womb, and almost wanted to flee before she was killed? Who was the last person she saw? Was her killer the prince? Or was it the one who let her into the palace in the first place?
Whatever the truth, if this matter is revealed to the world, I am afraid that it will endanger the reputation of the emperor and the previous emperor. The dead are gone, but what about the living? Now who is sitting on the throne of the dragon in the palace, if he is guilty of betraying his father*, how much more face does he have to sit on the nine-fold pagoda and face the subjects of the world? It's just that how can this matter be confirmed to be related to Concubine Li and the current new emperor?
Nowadays, the bloody case of the unjust soul in Beijing and the case of the sunken corpse and white bones have been in an uproar, all kinds of secrets have been scattered in the teahouse restaurant, and all kinds of important news have faintly become the talk of the people of Kyoto after tea and dinner. There are many filthy things in the royal family, but they are covered by the prosperity and majesty, and they are isolated by the layers of palace gates and deep gardens, and the people do not know and have no way to speculate; If it is put on this bright side, it will really be the entire royal Yun clan to be ashamed.
In order to ascend to the throne, the second royal brother even had to throw away the only fig leaf of the royal family?
Ninety-five Supreme, everyone's eyes are red and their ears are hot, they are lying on their salaries and tasting their gall, they are tireless, and they forget to die.
Yun Yan was behind the face saint, and walked on the familiar path in the palace with his back to the sun. She had just discussed with several old ministers and generals in front of the Holy Shrine about the materials to be used for the march after the war. Although Wei Guo has repeatedly promised to hand over the murderer as soon as possible, this matter is secretly implicated in a wide range of ways, how can it be resolved as soon as possible?
She walked forward with her hands in her hands; On the one hand, I was thinking about something else. Since that person was able to place beauty in the harem and arrange plans, who knows that there is no one in the harem today? Yun Yanzheng's brows frowned, and his footsteps paused slightly, who would be that person's eyeliner hidden in the harem? Today's queen Pang Zi is the nobleman of the original Jingshi of Wei Guo and the daughter of the left prime minister of the year, so naturally it will not be her? Who will be the four concubines, six concubines, and three thousand palace people? How many of them are spies?
Suddenly, a little eunuch on the road in front of him hurriedly ran over, saluted respectfully towards Yun Yanzheng, and whispered: "Eldest princess Fengwu, the slave is entrusted by Concubine Le to invite the eldest princess to make an appointment." β
Yun Yanzheng raised his eyes and saw that the little eunuch's face was dark, with long eyebrows and thin eyes, and he was very angry. I remembered that Le Concubine was found out by the queen a few days ago that she intended to use medicinal food to murder Xue Gui and the royal descendants in her womb, so not only was the emperor demoted her from a virtuous concubine to a concubine, but also ordered her to be confined in the cold palace. It is not easy for her to ask someone to come out for help at this time, but the two have never had any contact, why did Le Concubine find her at this time?
The little eunuch saw that her eyebrows were slightly frowning and seemed to have doubts, so she dared to take a few steps closer, and said in a thinner voice: "Eldest princess, Le Concubine said that she saw some things that she shouldn't see, so she ended up like this, for the safety of Your Majesty and the little prince, please come to the 'Autumn Yuan Palace'." If the eldest princess doesn't come again, someone will kill her. β
Yun Yanzheng stared at him for a long time, and seeing that he hadn't dodged, he nodded and sighed, "Let's go!" "Le Concubine saw something she shouldn't see? Now that I want to tell her, how can I believe that her words will save her? How can you believe that she Yun Yanzheng will not take the opportunity to murder the emperor? How could a woman who was once favored by the emperor in the harem not know the emperor's thoughts on guarding against her? If she is an ignorant daughter, how can she be promoted to the position of concubine in this scheming harem?
But the child is innocent, if what Le Concubine said is true, then her father's official position is not high, and he is indeed not capable of protecting his grandson Yun Yu.
Approaching the "Autumn Edge" cold palace, the prosperity along the way has also dimmed. This place is a palace courtyard that the emperor will not set foot in, unrepaired, left to be barren, and exudes an unpleasant smell.
The people in the cold palace, whether they are old or young, or crazy, or stupid, or stupid, or stupid, are all dirty and scattered. is not recalling the glory of the past, or continuing the old dream of Chengen.
The little eunuch led Yun Yanzheng to a side hall and said in a low voice: "Eldest princess, Concubine Le is in the inner room." β
Yun Yanzheng glanced at the hidden door, and his heart suddenly became alert, as if there was something unusual. She couldn't hear any sign of breathing in the side hall. Just as she was about to turn around and withdraw from the "Autumn Yuan Palace", the little eunuch behind her had already turned around and fled, shouting like a scream: "Killed, killed, Princess Fengwu killed someone, helpββ"
Yun Yanzheng frowned slightly, but instead broke into the door, but saw Le Concubine lying on the ground with her hair scattered, and the blood on her neck continued to gush out on the ground and converged into a pool of blood. She took a few steps closer and touched her cheek, she still had body temperature, not long after being killed, Le Concubine's eyes were round and seemed to be a little unwilling, Xu was close, Yun Yanzheng immediately realized that she hadn't lost her breath yet, and her lips were lightly pursed What was she saying.
She leaned down to Concubine Le and heard her angry voice say, "The Emperor...... The emperor's ......" failed to utter a word, and it was already silent. When Yun Yanzheng reached out to probe her snort again, it was already cut off.
In the past, the hibiscus-like jade was red-faced, and the fragrance disappeared, leaving a decaying body at this moment.
In the courtyard of the "Autumn Yuan Palace", a group of people quickly poured in.
When Yun Yanzheng looked around the side hall for a week and walked out slowly, he saw a group of palace attendants surrounding the queen mother with graceful demeanor and beautiful color just in front of the side hall. The little eunuch was kneeling on the ground trembling at the moment, as if frightened, and said intermittently: "Slave...... The slave knocked on the queen's mother, and the concubine was killed...... He's dead...... Killed ......"