Chapter 56: Counter-Killing

An Ruo stepped into the Qianqing Palace, and immediately noticed the imperial histories kneeling all over the ground, not because of the large number of people, but because the kneeling posture of these imperial histories was crooked, and it was really not upright.

"Concubine Ding's sister is here, these imperial histories are saying that the palace bought Zhang Guard's frame you that day, and the palace thought that he had no credibility after all, so he asked the emperor to invite his sister to defend the palace."

Concubine Ning's request was reasonable, especially since An Ruo had already received a reward of one million, and it was natural to help explain it clearly.

But Concubine Ning's excessive enthusiasm made An Ruo have a very strange feeling, as if Concubine Ning she saw before was a real person, but now she sees a veil of separation.

It was already very strange that Concubine Ning's medication design for Wei Yan could not succeed, but she and Xu Jieyu were found, and now this state is not the sequelae of Wei Yan's rejection?

"Sister Dingfei?"

Hearing Concubine Ning's urging, An Ruo coughed lightly twice and said: "That's true, this matter is the case of this palace and Concubine Ning's own initiative, in order to lead out the murderer behind the murder of Geng Chongrong, deliberately exposed Concubine Ning, and wanted to make the people behind the scenes relax their vigilance." It's just a pity that if Geng Chongrong didn't commit suicide, then the people behind the scenes were extremely cautious, and no flaws were exposed after this incident. ”

However, some people, even if they explain, will not give up, such as the kneeling Wang Yushi.

Even so, it doesn't mean that Concubine Ning is innocent. Otherwise, why exactly did pearls appear next to the lotus pond? ”

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows lightly, the time to come is finally here, and the identity of this Wang Yushi is also very suspicious.

"Oh? Doesn't Lord Wang know? On that day, I stayed in Yanxi Palace, and Concubine Ning's palace maid Pearl was sent out by me to do things. Or, does Lord Wang mean that Pearl was accused by me to kill Geng Chongrong? ”

"The minister has no such intention."

Under the tremendous pressure exerted by Wei Yan, beads of sweat dripped down Wang Yushi's forehead.

But it has come to this point, if you can't pick up the pearl and do something, it will be a real futility and a waste of effort.

"The minister asked the emperor to make it clear what he had done by assigning the pearl early that morning, so as not to disturb the rumors and make the harem unstable."

"What? Do I have to report my every move to you, a courtier? ”

Wang Yushi hung his head and was silent, showing his determination with his attitude, and all the imperial historians saw that Wang Yushi took the lead, and they also kowtowed, asking the emperor to explain the truth.

As if under pressure from the imperial historians, Wei Yan simply explained: "What can there be? The pearl is just to be faster, and I took a shortcut to pass by the lotus pond in the Imperial Garden, and it is also worthy of your attention? ”

"Your Majesty, please ask the emperor not to protect Concubine Ning anymore, from Yanxi Palace to the lotus pond, no matter which palace you go to, you won't be passing by at all."

An Ruo looked at Wang Yushi's face and thick neck, and quickly sketched a map of the palace in his mind, taking Yanxi Palace and the lotus pond as two points to establish a straight line, and then expand the scope by a week.

It doesn't seem to be all along the way, that remote and rarely populated corner seems to be a cold palace?

But the number of concubines in the harem was not large, and she had never heard of anyone who was beaten into the cold palace by Wei Yan, what did Pearl do?

There was silence in the Qianqing Palace, and the air seemed to become tense.

An Ruo secretly glanced at Wei Yan, the source of the low pressure, but he didn't expect that the appearance of his fire was really scary, could it be that with this, he scared off Concubine Ning, who was bent on pounced?

Therefore, today Concubine Ning will look at Wei Yan with an expression of looking at an old rag.

It's understandable, who likes a fierce boyfriend!

When the air pressure dropped to a certain level, and the imperial history all over the ground still refused to back down, Wei Yan finally spoke.

"I sent Pearl to the Cold Palace, what's the matter, do you still need me to continue to explain to Lord Wang?"

Cold Palace?

The young imperial historians looked at each other, unable to understand.

The older imperial historians whispered, and always mentioned a secret story from the time of the first emperor.

It's a pity that An Ruo, who pricked up his ears, didn't hear clearly, and the upright Wang Yushi stood up to be a demon again.

"Even if the pearl has nothing to do with Geng Chongrong's death, Concubine Ning may not be innocent!"

Wang Yushi was so entangled, Concubine Ning was angry on the spot.

At this moment, she especially hoped to arrest Wang Yushi into the harem as a concubine, and find an opportunity to reward him with a red man, and then it would be up to him to see if he dared to mess around.

"Lord Wang, the investigation of cases has always been evidence of murder, and there is never a statement that people are required to prove their innocence. If Concubine Ning needs to prove her innocence, does Lord Wang have to make a sample first? After all, there is no evidence to prove that this was not instigated by Lord Wang! ”

Wang Yushi opened his mouth, never expecting that Concubine Ding, who was temporarily called to testify, would be so articulate.

"Minister, what kind of grudge can the minister have with the concubines in the harem, don't talk nonsense about the concubines."

"Oh, then Geng Chongrong has just entered the palace, and Concubine Ning has no grudge against her, why does Lord Wang hold on to Concubine Ning? It can't be that adults are jealous of Concubine Ning's favor by the emperor, right? ”

"Poof!"

I don't know who laughed first in the palace, Concubine Ning is favored by the emperor, that is the love of men and women, isn't Wang Yushi thinking about the emperor?

An Ruo saw that Wang Yushi's face was red and his neck was thick, and without waiting for the other party to refute, he looked at Lord Zhengcui of Dali Temple.

"Oh, yes, Lady Cui. The texture of these earrings is gold, right? ”

"What Concubine Dingniang said is extremely true, even if Geng Chongrong did not drown in the lotus pond, he would die because of swallowing gold."

An Ruo curled the corners of his mouth, he didn't expect that this grandfather would cooperate with him so tacitly when he met for the first time, and immediately sighed: "Geng Chongrong is really on double insurance, I'm afraid I won't die!" ”

Master Cui bowed his head and was silent, leaving all the performance venues to An Ruo, and An Ruo naturally couldn't let it go.

"Oh, by the way, did you tell the adults what is wrong with Geng Chongrong's stomach?"

"I didn't say that."

"Oh, that's suspicious. I am afraid that you don't know that this swallowing gold and dying is not poisoning, but using the high density of gold to break through the stomach and intestines and cause abdominal infection and die. This gold wasn't stuffed into Geng Chongrong after his death, right? ”

An Ruo's words instantly opened everyone's minds.

Is there a possibility that General Geng and his wife were dissatisfied with their daughter's death, and they thought it was Concubine Ning who caused the harm, so they deliberately did not bury Geng Chongrong, and even brought Concubine Ning's treasured earrings through various channels, wanting to implement Concubine Ning's harm to Geng Chongrong?

Wei Yan sighed softly and said, "The reason why Geng Chongrong's death is determined to be self-suicide is because Geng Chongrong did die of drowning. According to the situation of the guards on duty that day, if Geng Chongrong was killed, it was absolutely impossible for the sound of water under the struggle not to be discovered by the guards. It is said that rumors stop at the wise, why didn't my imperial historians ask Master Cui about the situation first, and then go to kneel at the palace gate? ”

Zhong Yushi lowered his head, and a small voice resisted: "But, what about Guard Zhang?" ”

Wei Yan glanced at the young imperial history who spoke, and patiently explained: "Zhang Shouwei has a huge problem, first he said that the concubine instructed him to drown Geng Chongrong, and then changed his words to say that it was instigated by Concubine Ning, and framed Geng Chongrong by the way, and finally said that he had a personal affair with Geng Chongrong under heavy punishment. The relationship between Zhang Shouwei and Geng Chongrong is indeed arbitrary. ”

The emperor admitted his mistake, what else could the ministers say, seeing that the time was ripe, An Ruo said under Concubine Ning's instructions: "Geng Chongrong's letter is written with true feelings, and the concubines believe that she really loves the emperor." That Zhang guard was full of nonsense, and he couldn't believe it. The concubine proposed that the reason for Geng Chongrong's suicide should no longer be investigated, and Geng Chongrong's name should be justified, and he would be buried in the imperial tomb as Chongrong's mother, so as to soothe the love of General Geng and his wife. ”

Concubine Ning added: "But the commander behind that Zhang Guard must investigate to the end and never tolerate it. ”

What the two concubines said was very true. However, thanks to Wang Taifu's ability to peel off the cocoon, now the people behind Zhang Guard's guard have surfaced, and when the time is ripe, they can be wiped out. ”

Wei Yan's last sentence was deliberately said to the imperial historians who were kneeling in the hall, and now it depends on whether the person behind Geng Chongrong's death will mess up.

"So, do you still have any questions now?"

The people led by Wang Yushi all bowed their heads and remained silent, some of them because their goal had been achieved, and some of them were sincerely convinced by this general analysis and accepted the fact that Geng Chongrong died of suicide.

"There is no doubt, then my question needs to be answered by your Aiqing. Why did you go over the imperial history and kneel outside the palace gate, who led the way, and dared to force me to punish Concubine Ning without any evidence and conclusion? ”