【Chapter 43】Killed on a rainy night, conspiracy theories
As expected, early the next morning, a lot of corpses appeared in the Daqi Palace, and these corpses were all those palace people with low cultivation, who died because of the rain.
The people in the palace were panicked, and the palace people in each palace didn't even dare to discuss it in private, for fear that they would be the next one to disappear without knowing anything.
Everyone, except for Bai Liyue, who saw the 'Rain Skull' in the Imperial Garden, and Si Haoyan's secret guards, no one else thought that this disaster was because of the heavy rain, and this matter was also conspiracy theorized by people with intentions, and it was directly sued to Si Hongzhen.
Si Hongzhen couldn't figure it out, he had stopped going to court for three days, how could this group of old things still come to the imperial study to find him!
"Your Majesty, you have to be the master of your ministers!" On the ground of the imperial study, there were more than a dozen officials kneeling in the hula la, looking at their court clothes, the official positions seemed to be not small.
And the one who took the lead was the father of Concubine Yun who was clamoring for Emperor Daqi to give an explanation within ten days, the left minister of Daqi, the head of the Duanmu family, Duanmu Qi.
Hearing this name, Si Hongzhen is angry, they have a history of thousands of years since the founding of the country, and this Duanmu family has also been the prime minister for three dynasties, but listen, what is the name of this?
Duanmu Qi! He simply called Duanmu Qi! Who else doesn't know the ambition of this Duanmu family? It's just that he, the poor Emperor of Daqi, has only been in power for a few years, and his roots are unstable.
I'm forbearing!
"Aiqing, what's the matter? Hurry up, hurry up. What kind of thing is not long-eyed, dare to be disrespectful to the left of my Great Revelation? Come on, come on, get up and talk slowly and listen to me. Si Hongzhen snorted, his face was full of embarrassed smiles, this early in the morning, he was really upset by the howling of this room.
But all the people below are Duanmuqi, and it depends on the owner to beat the dog, no matter what, he can't cut any of them.
Is...... Hey, I'm forbearing.
Si Hongzhen gritted his teeth fiercely, for fear that if he didn't pay attention, he would accidentally yell out his anger.
"Ah~~ Lao Chen's poor daughter, the corpse has only been found for a few days, Lao Chen's poor niece has also been persecuted, ah~~ The emperor~~ What did Lao Chen's family do wrong~~ Let everyone target Lao Chen~~ Why do you want to hurt Lao Chen's daughter, Lao Chen's relatives~~~ Emperor~~~~ You want to give Lao Chen~~~ Give Lao Chen~~~~" Lord Zuo Xiang howled hoarsely, and the old tears were rampant, but he insisted on refusing to get up, and the ministers kneeling behind him also wiped their tears and echoed.
"Please give the emperor justice to the Prime Minister Zuo!"
"Hey, hey, hey, Zuo Xiang, you get up and talk first, what's going on?" Si Hongzhen went straight to Kunning Palace as soon as it was dawn these days, in order to see how Si Jingyu was recovering for the first time every day.
As soon as he came out of Kunning Palace, he was arrested by the palace people, saying that more than a dozen adults had been crying in front of the door of the imperial study.
As a result, Si Hongzhen hurriedly rushed back, and when he saw that it was Duanmu Qi, he thought that this Lord Zuo Xiang had changed his mind, and Concubine Yun's matter had to be discussed.
It didn't last long, but I cried again.
Really, Si Hongzhen just wants to scold people in his heart now, but his face is still pleasant.
"Your Majesty, do you really not know what happened last night?" Duanmu Qi also accepted it when he saw it, and the emperor asked him to stand up, so he stood up, and then looked at Si Hongzhen's puzzled expression, did the emperor really not know?
"What do I know? Si Hongzhen saw that Zuo Xiang stood up and was able to speak normally, and he didn't bother to act with him, so he returned to the main seat and became the emperor again.
"This ......" Zuo Xiang glanced at the palace people beside the emperor and gave him a color.
The people of this palace have been by the emperor's side for many years, and they are used to looking at people's eyes.
Seeing the color that Zuo Xiang handed him, the palace people followed Zuo Xiang's meaning and told Si Hongzhen what happened last night.
When Si Hongzhen heard this, he was quite shocked, and he even forgot to blame the rude behavior of the palace people.
"How many people did you say died?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the Lin guards came to tell me that there are about three hundred people, and the specific number needs to be liquidated again. ”
"Three, three hundred people?" Si Hongzhen stood up suddenly, shocked that he couldn't speak, although he was not in charge of the harem, and he didn't know the specific number of people, but the total number of people in the Daqi Palace was so big, and all the palace people combined, how could it be said that there would be no more than a thousand people, and in this night, he went to three out of ten?
Now, Si Hongzhen doesn't care about Duanmu Banner, the most important thing at the moment is to find out what happened last night.
"Come on, pass on Lin Jun's worship. ”
After a while, Lin Junci hurried over.
As soon as he entered the door, there was no need for Si Hongzhen to ask more, Lin Junci took the initiative to tell everyone the results of the inquiry.
"Emperor Qiqi, according to Weichen's investigation, a total of 365 palace people and four concubines died last night, and almost all of them died due to spiritual pressure. ”
"Spiritual pressure? "Si Hongzhen couldn't believe Lin Junci's words, he died of spiritual pressure? Could it be that someone went to release spiritual pressure from palace to palace last night? And the other people in the palace, including the guards, secret guards, monitors, and even the Elders' House, didn't find out?
This was impossible, and there was no reaction from the Imperial Broad Array.
"Your Majesty, this matter is true, all the imperial doctors in the Tai Hospital have checked in batches and confirmed that he died of spiritual pressure. ”
"Ying Guiren also died of spiritual pressure?" remembered that Duanmu Qi came to him before, and his niece seemed to be mentioned in his words.
Si Hongzhen remembered that in this harem, except for Duanmu Yun, the only woman surnamed Duanmu Yingshu was the woman he had never seen since he was named a nobleman.
"Back to the emperor, the cause of death of the noble Ying...... Investigation is ongoing. ”
"Huh?" Si Hongzhen was interested this time, Lin Junci said before that everyone died of spiritual pressure, how did this get to Duanmu Yingshu and become "still investigating"?
"Ying Guiren, she ......" Lin Junci glanced sideways in Zuo Xiang's direction, and found that Zuo Xiang was not listening to him, but pursed his lips, as if he was thinking about something.
"The deaths of her and Concubine Yun are somewhat similar, and they are different from other concubines who died due to spiritual pressure. ”
"What are you talking about?" As soon as Zuo Xiangxu heard the words "Concubine Yun's mother", he suddenly became energetic, strode in front of Lin Junci, and asked, "You said that she and Yun'er have a way to die?
Facing the excited Zuo Xiang, Lin Junci just took a step back and asked calmly: "Why does Zuo Xiang know that the two mothers died differently?"
"This ......" Zuo Xiang knew that there was a mistake in his words, so he hurriedly looked in the direction of Si Hongzhen, and sure enough, Si Hongzhen also looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"The old minister is just guessing, after all, Yun'er has been dead for so many years, and he still asks the emperor to be the master of the old minister!" said that, Zuo Xiang bowed down again.
Is this a blatant sloppy look?
Si Hongzhen didn't debunk it, after all, there was no evidence at this time, and relying on a few of them to rummage through their mouths couldn't solve any problems.
"Left, please. Si Hongzhen didn't say much, just asked Zuo Xiang to stand up and reply.
"I know that Zuo Xiang is also very worried about the affairs of Concubine Yun and Ying Guiren, I will take care of this matter to the end, and Lord Zuo Xiang should not worry too much about it, so let's do it, you will rest in the house for a few days, and after a few days, Lin Guards will find out the real murderer, and I will naturally give Zuo Xiang an explanation. ”
didn't give Zuo Xiang a chance to speak, Si Hongzhen immediately opened his mouth to several officials behind him.
"Everyone, Aiqing has also worked hard for Zuo Xiang, let's go home and rest these days, if there is something in the future, I will send someone to pass it on one by one, so go down first." ”
There is nothing wrong with these words on the surface, and Japan has stopped the DPRK in the past few days, but after thinking about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that Si Hongzhen has begun to express his dissatisfaction with the left prime minister's faction.
What does it mean to be "for the sake of the left minister" and what is meant to mean "something will happen in the future"? Yes, what dynasty and generation of emperors would really be willing to give in because of the threat of their courtiers?
"Guard Lin, come in with me. "This is clearly an eviction order.
Lin Junci was also very cooperative, and followed the emperor into the inner room.
"Your Majesty, is this matter still handled by the Third Highness?" As soon as he entered the inner hall, Lin Junci asked, after all, Concubine Yun's matter was handled by the Third Highness, and this matter involved Ying Guiren, so it stands to reason that it can also be classified as a case and investigated.
Si Hongzhen had a headache when he thought of this third son, although Si Haoyan was the best of his many heirs, but this man's son was also the most disobedient, "This matter will be investigated by you, and Huang Shunlang will cooperate in the trial." ”
Huang Shunlang, the secretary of Dali Temple, and an official of the leftist faction, the emperor actually chose him to cooperate in the trial.
"Yes, I obey. ”
Everyone left, but Si Hongzhen sat on the soft collapse and was stunned.
Hey, it's so tiring to be this emperor.
Looking at the teleportation array in front of him, Si Hongzhen was at a loss.
A few days ago, he found out that there was a problem with this teleportation array, and no matter how he opened this teleportation array, he couldn't teleport to the Royal Forest.
Si Hongzhen also sent someone to inquire about the House of Elders, and the answer he gave was "Send someone to repair it in a few days", but several days have passed, and there is still no movement on the side of the House of Elders.
What made him even more strange was that none of the other three people who held the teleportation token came to report the matter to him.
Haven't they thought about entering the teleportation array for the past few days?
Recently, there have been really too many things in Daqi, the matter of Yue Ge's demon beast has just been dealt with, and the matter of Concubine Yun has come out again, and then Si Jingyu was attacked, and now Duanmu Yingshu has an accident.
One by one, they all made Si Hongzhen feel very upset.
But he is the Emperor of the Great Apocalypse, and he can't push these things off.