Chapter 25: Who's to blame
An Ruo moved her ears slightly, Concubine Ning's words answered what she had been puzzled about, if so, then all the unreasonableness of Geng Chongrong's suicide would be explained. The only thing that still makes her wonder now is how Zhu Cairen figured out the layout of the entire palace in such a short period of time.
The three of them were thinking about it, and Qiu Fu came in and said: "Niangniang, the emperor sent someone to say, Zhang Guards couldn't stand it and finally spoke, claiming that he didn't kill Geng Chongrong, and the urine escape during the patrol that day was to see the miscellaneous eunuch Tielun of the Huanyi Bureau, and it was this person who let him frame Concubine Ding and then changed his words. But Zhang said that on the evening of the day he was detained, the poison pill was indeed given by Pearl, and the purpose was to bite Concubine Ding to death. ”
Qiu Fu's words did not avoid Concubine Ning and An Ruo, Concubine Ning was a little uncomfortable, but she did not hesitate to kneel down again and plead: "The concubine should not hide the emperor and the queen mother in advance, this is also the strategy set by the concubine and Concubine Ding's sister, just to see who the mastermind behind it is." ”
Seeing that An Ruo was silent, the queen had a plan in her heart, helped Concubine Ning up, and said: "This palace knows that you are all dedicated to the emperor, but you can't be so willful and reckless in the future." ”
The queen turned her head to look at Qiu Fu and asked, "Has this eunuch iron wheel been taken?" ”
"Back to the queen's mother, when the guards went, the eunuch iron wheel had already hanged on the beam. According to the eunuchs who worked with the iron wheel, this iron wheel was usually very strange and elusive, and they did not like the iron wheel, and they often seemed to bully this person in their daily life, so they did not pay attention to who the iron wheel had close contact with. ”
The clue was broken here in the iron wheel, An Ruo felt pity and felt that it was really the case, and now it depends on what kind of explanation the emperor is going to give to General Geng.
An Ruo felt that if Concubine Ning was not handed over, General Geng, who had been making trouble in the previous dynasty for so long, probably would not give in easily, unless......
Early in the morning of the second day, An Ruo was reading the questionnaire of "Who do you hate the most in the harem" sorted out, and Xiao Zhan hurriedly came to report.
"Niangniang, Geng Chongrong's case is closed, this morning, it is said that the emperor sent a lot of anger to General Geng, saying that since Geng Chongrong has a beloved, why do he have to send it to the palace, but he killed a life, and also fined General Geng for a year, revoked Geng Chongrong's title, and let him go home to mourn. Oh, by the way, the emperor also punished Concubine Ning for a year, on the grounds that Concubine Ning was arrogant, and it could be regarded as helping Niangniang to breathe. ”
"Who is the adulterer?"
"Naturally, it's the Zhang guard who claimed to have killed Geng Chongrong, oh no, it's Miss Geng's family."
"Will he admit it?"
"Niangniang, you don't know the methods of the Shen Penal Division, that guard only wants to die early, not to mention admitting that he is Miss Geng's lover, or letting him admit that he is the emperor's lover."
An Ruo gasped, the emperor's lover, Xiao Zhan also said it, could it be that this little girl's potential setting is still a rotten girl?
"Even if it turns out like this, General Geng admits it?"
"How can it, General Geng almost rolled on the ground, but he was forked out by the emperor's guards, which means when General Geng will figure it out and when will he go to court again! If it weren't for the fact that General Geng was an old man who came out of the palace with the emperor from the palace, and had such a daughter who committed suicide, the emperor would have punished their family. However, if Prince Xian was still in the capital, I am afraid that the emperor would not be allowed to let General Geng go like this. ”
"Prince Xian?"
"Mother doesn't know? Prince Xian is the first emperor of the young emperor, the same age as the emperor, after the first emperor is gone, in addition to the three auxiliary ministers, the clan is the prince of Xian to assist the emperor. He is the best husband and wife of all the unmarried girls of our Wei Dynasty, and his popularity even exceeds that of the emperor, after all, His Royal Highness Prince Xian is still unmarried. ”
It was another emperor who stayed to assist the emperor, and it was still a clan, and An Ruo intuitively felt that this virtuous prince who was not in Beijing was driven away by the emperor.
"It's a pity that Prince Xian was sent by the Holy Lord to northern Shaanxi to blow the wind and sand, and I don't know when he will be able to come back from his errand."
Xiao Zhan's melancholy appearance amused An Ruo, but if this virtuous prince returned to Beijing as a target, would the emperor somewhat ignore his cheap father Wang Taifu?
An Ruo felt that he could also look forward to this virtuous prince.
However, An Ruo felt that Prince Xian might be far away from him, and the statistical table in his hand was more important.
An Ruo found an interesting thing through everyone's answers, that is, most of the people that this group of NPCs (of course, there may be mixed with players) who hate the most are men, but there are not many women who hate them, and there is one person who surprises An Ruo.
"Xiao Zhan, why do you hate Xu Jieyu?"
"Jieyu Niangniang is domineering and ruthless, Xiao Zhan doesn't like such a master."
"But Concubine Ning doesn't have to be arrogant to Xu Jieyu, why don't you hate her?"
Xiao Zhan's good-looking eyebrows furrowed together, obviously this question stumped her, and the final answer to An Ruo was "intuition".
An Ruo is even more sure that this Xu Jieyu is a player, she must not know what she has done, and she has angered the NPCs, in order to save her life, An Ruo decided to contact Xiao Zhan in Zhaoyang Palace, as long as she pleases Xiao Zhan, she will please all the NPCs, oh, except for the emperor.
"Niangniang, Gonggong Yan said that the emperor would come over to accompany you for lunch today, so you wear this?"
An Ruo looked at her clothes, the palace clothes, she didn't think there was anything wrong.
"That's it, what's more, don't say that the emperor came to accompany the palace to eat, it's obvious that the palace accompanies him, will the food and drink be according to the taste of the palace?"
It turned out that the taste of lunch that day was really in line with An Ruo's taste, so much so that she wondered when she had exposed her taste.
"Is the food delicious? If you have something to eat, you can ask the Imperial Dining Room to bring dinner. ”
Wei Yan's thoughtfulness gave An Ruo a headache, how could she explain to Miss Ning that when the case of Geng Chongrong's death had been concluded, the emperor would come to her Zhaoyang Palace to dine with her.
"Your Majesty, isn't you busy today?"
Wei Yan shook his head with a chuckle, sandwiched a sauce elbow into An Ruo's bowl, and said with sincerity in his eyes: "No matter how busy you are, I have time to eat with you." ”
An Ruo twitched the corners of her mouth, only to feel that her favorite sauce elbow was not fragrant, so where is this NPC convulsing, is it possible that she wants to rely on her to plot against Taifu's mansion?
"If you don't have merit, what does the emperor command?"
"Concubine Ding is too worried, you are my concubine, can't it be that I love you?"
An Ruo shivered in the bright sun, this love sounded a bit urgent, could it be that he wanted to use himself to protect his white moonlight? Isn't Concubine Ning enough?
"Has the emperor ever been to see Sister Ning? Concubine Ning was wronged this time, and she was afraid that she was waiting for the emperor's comfort. ”
"Where is the grievance? The reason why Zhu Cairen got hooked and she hung it was because of her own impropriety, at least she didn't do anything wrong to hurt you that day. ”
If An Ruo felt that all his roads were blocked by Wei Yan, did he have to be a favorite concubine on the surface for a while, and then be killed?
An Ruo touched his chin and gave Xiao Zhan a look, while he was relieved by Wei Yan's courtesy.
Wei Yan was obviously very satisfied with the effect of his feeding, after eating so much, An Ruo shouldn't be angry, right?
"Wait a while, why don't Concubine Ding visit the Imperial Garden with me?"
An Ruo secretly said that this is indeed the case, who can see the affection in Zhaoyang Palace, you have to go to a place like the Imperial Garden to show in order to have an effect.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, Concubine Ning is here."
An Ruo looked out, Concubine Ning not only came by herself, but also followed by two palace maids, both holding things in their hands, obviously for herself.
"Your Majesty, the concubine specially came to apologize for the concubine's sister today, but unfortunately, I didn't expect you to be here."
Wanwan wrapped around the waist of Chu Palace, Concubine Ning's posture of inviting An was very beautiful, but Wei Yan didn't have the heart to appreciate it, he had a hunch that An wanted to drive people away.
"It's a coincidence that my sister came here, it's obviously just right. The emperor has a lot of food in the morning, and wants to visit the imperial garden. My sister knows that my sister's leg is inconvenient, so I'm afraid that I can only be accompanied by my sister. ”