Chapter 42: The Long Night and the Moon Shadow (Part II)

King Qian suddenly came out to testify against Qiao Hua, which made everyone's faces darkened with horror.

Su Jieyu walked in front of King Qian and said, "Why is Your Highness so speculating? ”

King Qian's voice was a little hoarse, and he said hurriedly: "These things have happened, can't it be proved that Yin was Qiao Hua who killed Cai Qin?" Didn't Chen Meiren and Yang Cairen also say just now, they first saw a black shadow walking towards the Aijiang Palace, and then found Cai Qin's corpse, and then Qiao Hua came out? ”

Qiao Hua bowed again and said: "Back to Your Highness, what Chen Meiren said is not false, but the slave maid really walked over from the Si Shi room, and when she heard Yang Cairen's scream, the slave and maid stepped forward to see it, and she did not kill Cai Qin." ”

Lu Sishe also came at night and said, "Yes, Qiao Hua and Cai Qin are sisters. ”

"Sisters?" Concubine De scoffed: "Will there be sisterhood in this palace, it's really ridiculous and generous." The palace heard that the list of wine girls has not been decided recently, Luo Sile said that Qiao Hua and Cai Qin are on par, I don't know if Qiao Hua was jealous, so he brutally killed his sister? ”

Qiao Hua turned a deaf ear and said calmly: "Chen Meiren just said, first saw a black shadow walking towards the Aijiang Palace, and then saw Cai Qin's corpse, if the slave maid said that the slave maid also saw the black shadow, what would Niang Niang do?" ”

Hearing this, Concubine De did not lose half a point, but the corners of her lips showed a satisfied smile, Concubine De did not answer, but looked at King Qian and asked: "Why didn't Gonggong Cen come, so late, why did His Royal Highness King Qian come to Lin De Hall alone?" ”

King Qian looked dodged and said with a smile: "Concubine De is too worried, I am a dignified seven-foot man, and I am in the palace, so I really don't need the inner supervisor to follow me all the time." ”

Concubine De let out an "oh", said no more, and didn't ask Qiao Hua any more.

Su Jieyu saw Qiao Hua so calm and steady, and her face showed a look of relief. In fact, in addition to Cen Shun beside King Qian, there was another person who did not come, and this person was Jing'er.

Qiao Hua and Su Jieyu glanced at each other, and when they saw that Jing'er was not there, their hearts were already dark and white, but they didn't know when Jing'er would bring people up.

The hall was quiet for a while, and the emperor asked, "Qiao Hua, you said that you also saw the man in black, but what evidence do you have?" ”

Qiao Hua raised his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the slave and maid were almost assassinated by the man in black, it was Lord Jiang who saved the slave and maid, if it weren't for Lord Jiang who happened to inspect the Aijiang Palace, I'm afraid the slave and maid would be dead now." ”

Everyone was shocked, and even the look on the queen's face was slightly shocked.

Jiang Cheng stood behind Su Jieyu, stepped forward and saluted with his fists: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen can indeed testify that Qiao Hua was almost assassinated by an assassin at that time, and it was Weichen who happened to meet him and rescued him." The assassin's martial arts were excellent, and Weichen chased him all the way to Yongxiang, and let him escape, and His Majesty forgave him. ”

The emperor ordered to stand up: "You appeared in time, if you want to blame, you can only blame the man in black for being too cunning, you get up, I don't blame you." ”

Jiang Cheng bowed again and said: "Your Majesty, a year ago, Weichen was attacked by assassins in the palace, fortunately rescued by His Royal Highness the King, Weichen was safe and sound, but he let the assassin escape, I don't know if Your Majesty still has an impression of this matter?" ”

The emperor nodded: "I naturally remember this matter clearly, the gang of people in Dali Temple are useless, they only say that the assassins who came in from outside have escaped from Chang'an." ”

Jiang Cheng looked nervous and said, "Your Majesty, tonight Wei Chen fought with the man in black, and he could feel that that person's kung fu and strength were exactly the same as the assassins in the palace a year ago!" ”

The people around him gasped, and the king bowed slightly, expressing his approval.

After a moment of silence, the emperor sighed and said, "Are thieves making waves right under their noses......

Su Jieyu looked at King Sui, and then King Sui stepped forward and said: "Tonight's matter, Erchen also wants to return to his father, Erchen just came back from wandering around the Taiye Pond at that time, and heard a woman exclaiming, so he hurriedly brought Yulin guards and forbidden troops to come, presumably what Qiao Hua and Lord Jiang said, there should be no half-truth." ”

Chen Meiren thought haggardly, and said, "That's true, the concubine heard the sound of fighting. ”

King Qian turned around: "The sound of the fight may also be the sound of Qiao Hua when he killed Cai Qin!" ”

Su Jieyu was noncommittal: "Why does King Qian believe that Qiao Hua killed Cai Qin, and not someone else?" ”

Qiao Hua saluted and said: "The man in black is suspicious, and the slave thinks that if she can know who it is, the truth of the matter will be revealed." ”

The emperor looked at the queen, and the queen hurriedly curtsied and said, "The concubine thinks that it is better to hand it over to Dali Temple to deal with, and the concubine has a daughter, and she really can't cope with it." ”

Hearing this, the emperor nodded slowly and said, "It also makes sense, the queen is too busy to worry about the affairs of the harem." ”

Seeing that the emperor's eyes were a little misty, the queen remembered all the things that happened today, and suddenly knelt down: "The concubine is guilty." ”

As soon as the queen knelt, where did the rest of the people dare to stand, Concubine De, Su Jieyu, Qingyun, Yulin guards, and palace maids and eunuchs all knelt down one after another, and there were people kneeling in the dark in the hall, so quiet that they couldn't even hear the sound of breathing.

Seeing this, the emperor couldn't help but be puzzled and asked, "What is the queen's crime?" ”

The queen bowed down and said: "As the queen, the concubine has neglected her duties, which has led to chaos in the palace bureau of the harem and monks in the afternoon today, and it is even more annoying for the hospital to walk around." ”

The emperor said: "As soon as you said this, I also remembered, I was about to investigate the matter of Yin, what was the reason why everyone in the harem suddenly appeared with the same symptoms?" ”

Yang Cairen trembled and said, "I heard...... I heard that Concubine Xian, Concubine Xian was such a symptom in the early days of her illness, today, today is July 14, and the cloudy day is the Midyear Festival, should it not, should it be ......"

There was a chill behind everyone, Yang Cairen said this half-crazy and half-sober, the emperor was a little annoyed when he heard it, and the palace was not allowed to talk about strange forces, but the emperor did not condemn her too much because of the fright that Yang Cairen was receiving today.

The queen quickly glanced at Yang Cairen, "Don't talk nonsense in front of this palace and Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Cairen cried: "But many people have really heard crying these nights, Your Majesty is unwell this morning, and the concubine is really scared......"

Yang Cairen couldn't cry, Chen Meiren helped her kneel at the back, and the high cloud top beam made her feel indescribably intimidating.

The emperor cleared his throat, and his voice didn't seem to have any confidence: "I felt unwell this morning just because I was too tired, and as for the cry you said, I will check the yin." ”

Su Jieyu's tone couldn't tell whether it was disgust or shock, "Back to Your Majesty, the concubine has already had a clue about the cause of everyone's sudden emergency this afternoon, and Jing'er should arrive later." ”