I carefully observed the emperor's expression, and saw a trace of regret on his face, and then he waved his hands indifferently, looking very tired.
The eunuch accused another crime, and just called in two young eunuchs to clean up.
Judging from the reactions of the two, I can't be sure what the emperor thinks of the queen, but I can be sure that the emperor has a lot of thoughts, and my instinct tells me that this concern has something to do with the queen.
The two young eunuchs packed up their things and were kicked out by the emperor together with the eunuch in brocade clothes. I didn't go out. Although it seemed that the eunuch should know something, I still planned to follow the emperor. A preoccupied and exhausted emperor is obviously more It is easier for eunuchs to get the information I want.
After everyone went out, the emperor walked back and forth in the hall, but avoided the place where the bowl was smashed just now. I took a look, and the ground had been cleaned very clean by the two eunuchs, and there was no trace of it at all. .
The emperor walked around a few times, then silently looked at the place where the soup bowl was overturned, then knelt down under my surprised gaze, and wept depressively.
As a leader of a country, as a middle-aged man, what kind of pain can make him cry in a deserted hall.
The emperor was obviously afraid that the sound would come out, so he suppressed his crying with all his strength, and then kept muttering to himself. I couldn't hear clearly, so he hurried to the emperor's side and squatted down slightly.
Only then did the emperor's weak voice come out: "I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for you."
sorry? Sorry who? Empress or Concubine Xian? Seeing the emperor crying into the imprint of the soup bowl, I suddenly believed the words of those two officials.
Could it be that Concubine Xian really lied to me, and the queen is innocent. I decided my whole head hurt.
The emperor suddenly wiped away his tears and stood up suddenly, almost bumping into me, so I also stood up quickly, walked to the desk suddenly, picked up a pen and started to write.
I hurriedly followed, I don't believe that the emperor who is currently in agitation will handle official business.
But when I walked over, I was instantly depressed. The emperor was indeed writing, but the writing was all in traditional Chinese characters, and the writing was in a hurry. The characters were connected one by one, making it extremely difficult to decipher.
Countless years of kindness, hard to break for a hundred years, lovesickness in two places almost becomes resentment; beautiful scenery, reincarnation and love,...
I haven't finished reading it yet, but the emperor has already written a big article, and after reading it in my hand, I knead it into a ball, and then put it on the side of the oil lamp and burned it. At that moment, I wished I could rush up and grab it. .
After the emperor finished burning, his energy and spirit seemed to be burnt out as well, and then he lay down on the bench, and soon he heard a slight snoring sound.
God, I just want to know some information, is it so difficult. Speechlessly, I found a place to sit down, and then played the part I just saw in detail.
Several years of kindness, the last empress and concubine Xian became the crown princess and the prince's side concubine when they were the emperor or the prince. Depending on their age, it is impossible to have a kindness with the emperor for a few years. From this point of view, the only one who fits The condition is the current queen.
Difficult to break for a hundred years, hard to break means that the emperor thinks that the queen is kind to him, and he still remembers it in his heart. Could it be that I really misunderstood the queen
As for the latter, I didn't think about it again, because no matter the poems mentioned at the beginning, most of them will not make a 180-degree turn later. Seeing that the emperor was fast asleep. I hesitated for a while, and decided to go to the queen's bedroom and observe the queen carefully. No matter how disgusting the queen is, if he can't see or hear me, he can only hurt my heart at most.
Perhaps because I was too deeply impressed by the horror and disgust of the queen, I miraculously found the queen's bedroom very quickly. The queen's bedroom is not strictly guarded, and most of the guards stand far away. I didn't know it was the queen's bedroom. Arrangements, or these guards are also deliberately avoiding the queen.
Go straight in, the queen is staying in a gazebo in the garden on one side, and there is only a tall and thick old woman beside her, who seems to have a bit of status, because he sits directly on the side of the queen, instead of standing and serving.
I walked over a few steps, hesitated for a while, but still didn't go in, but found a place to sit outside the gazebo. Anyway, the surrounding area is very quiet now, and the conversation between the queen and the old woman can be heard clearly.
After listening to it for a while, I felt even more confused, because the queen seemed to be explaining the funeral, and told the old woman named Liu Ma very carefully, even giving a piece of jewelry to everyone.
After a long time, it seemed that the allocation was over, the queen let out a long breath and said, "That's it, Mama Liu, you will allocate it like this at that time, as for whether they want it or not. If they don't want it, you can keep it." The queen's tone was very serious. Plain, it seems to be talking about some trivial things.
Liu Ma answered yes first, then opened her mouth a few times before finally saying, "Queen, there may be other ways."
The queen shook her head, closed her eyes and lifted her head slightly, as if she was afraid of leaving tears in her eyes, and said: "This is the best way."
The queen's face is still so thin, like skin and bones, it looks chilling, even if she shows a sad expression now, it will only make people uncomfortable, and there is no way to produce a trace of sympathy.
Liu Ma said with a slightly crying voice: "Queen, the bones of that lowly servant girl have been buried under the city gate and trampled by thousands of people. Isn't this enough to suppress him?"
"Not enough." The queen shook her head, her face regained her calm.
It turned out that the corpse that Concubine Xian asked me to dig up belonged to him, but was he suppressed in a dry well? Why did he go under the city gate again? With doubts, I continued to eavesdrop.
The queen said: "Concubine Xian killed Empress Zhang for the sake of the position of empress. Unexpectedly, she calculated painstakingly, but in the end she was picked up by the palace. How could Concubine Xian let it go? For the position of queen, he even dared to marry his own son. Killing, there is nothing you dare not do. Besides, you have heard his poisonous oath before he died, there is no queen other than him."
Liu Ma showed fear on her face, and her body shook involuntarily.
The queen said: "A few days ago, the second prince's head was finally found. Although he was born by Concubine Xian, he was raised by this palace. The second prince's body can't be found, so how can the second prince rest in the ground." The queen said, two lines of tears rolled down her thin face.
Liu Ma also sighed and comforted the queen, saying that the second prince's remains would definitely be found.
The second prince, could it be the rotten head that I saw last time, no, shouldn't the second prince be in the dry well too? I think the whole thing just got weirder.
The second prince is the son of Concubine Xian, this should be correct, but why does the empress act like this, even put a rotten human head on her face, and sleep together? It takes a lot of affection to do it.
But neither the Queen nor Mama Liu could see me. The content of the chat between the two of them should be true, but if the Queen is right, then Concubine Xian is lying to me to dig out his bones. I don't know what's the use of this, but I know that if the truth of the matter is not found out, the skeleton must not be moved, and the ghost knows what will happen after it is dug out.
The queen and Liu Ma continued to chat.
The queen wiped away her tears and said, "Mother Liu, go get busy and check the dry well. I'm worried that someone will make trouble."
Liu Ma nodded, stood up and said goodbye to the Queen.
I also stood up hastily. There are too many doubts and too many blanks in the whole matter. I really want to go to Dry Well to listen to Concubine Xian. It would be best if Mama Liu and Concubine Xian can confront each other, although I think it is impossible.
Madam Liu got the queen's order and didn't stay, but went directly to the dry well. Just when I walked outside Yongshou Palace, I heard heart-piercing screams from inside. The screams were so loud that my hairs stood on end.
"Not good" Mama Liu yelled and rushed in. While admiring Mama Liu's courage, I also rushed in.
As soon as I stepped into the gate of Yongshou Palace, the screams stopped abruptly, and I couldn't help being slightly stunned, because the screams stopped too suddenly, as if they were cut off deliberately.
There were several palace maids standing on the rockery, all of them pale, their heads bowed and weeping, and one of them had a big handprint on his face, and Liu Ma's hand was slowly lowering down.
"Everyone is waiting here, anyone who takes a step away will be beaten to death with a stick." Liu Ma said coldly with her eyes wide open.
The maids nodded repeatedly, not daring to move.
What's the situation? I was taken aback for another moment. Just as I was in a daze, Mama Liu had already turned to the back of the rockery, so I hurried to follow.
Mama Liu stood by the dry well by herself, staring at the dry well in a daze. I thought something was wrong, so I hurried around Mama Liu, only to see that the dry well was still the same dry well, and the huge stone on it was still untouched.
strangeness. What Liu Ma was looking at, not only was she fascinated by it, but her face gradually turned livid.
"Baby maid," Liu Ma said almost through gritted teeth, "You are so cruel."
I looked in Mama Liu's direction, and saw a small hole in the wall of the well, and a pale arm stretched out from the hole. The arm was not big, it should belong to a child, and it was tight in the hand Holding a small jade pendant tightly.
After Mama Liu scolded her, her complexion changed a few times, and she actually dug the soil with her hands and buried her arm, and said while burying it: "Poison woman, dare to use the remains of the second prince to lure the queen to release you, you are dreaming. "
I couldn't help being shocked, this is the body of the second prince, so it doesn't mean that the empress is a good person, and I was deceived by Concubine Xian.
I was in a daze for a moment, Concubine Xian's weak voice and the queen's skull-like appearance kept turning in my mind. Mama Liu moved quickly. After burying her arm, she thought for a while, took off the jade pendant from the second prince's hand and put it close to her body, and then walked out. Not long after, she heard Mama Liu's voice ordering the maid.
Just when I was about to leave in a daze, Concubine Xian's voice sounded from the dry well, still so weak.