Shu Zhaoyi returned to the palace where Emperor Xuan Jing stayed in despair, and was about to go in to see how Emperor Xuan Jing was sleeping... Just now she came back with Emperor Xuan Jing, and because she was anxious to question Meng Guiyu alone, she took the excuse of drinking to drown her sorrows. After getting Emperor Xuan Jing drunk, he left.
When I came back now, I couldn't help but go in and take a look. Who knew that as soon as I arrived at the door, I saw two servants guarding me.
Seeing Zhaoyi coming over, her expression changed. She bowed tremblingly and said, "May I be blessed!"
"Is there anyone inside?" Shu Zhaoyi asked, raising an eyebrow when she saw that although their attitude was respectful, they still had no intention of giving way.
The two chamberlains looked at each other with fear in their eyes. They knew that the Shu sisters were doting on each other and neither of them were good-tempered people.
Especially now that the imperial concubine was newly deceased, Shu Zhaoyi refused to believe it for a while, and she knew that she must be in a low mood. Only a short time after leaving the house, Emperor Xuan Jing unexpectedly called someone else to be lucky. How could Zhaoyi feel better
It is impossible to say that even the two gatekeepers will be angered!
But Zhaoyi, who still had tears on her face, looked at her coldly. She didn't dare not answer, and said timidly: "To answer the question, it's... it's Peng Baolin here."
Peng Baolin said that he had been in the palace for more than ten years. Although he was much younger than the Shu sisters, he was still an old man with considerable seniority among the palace concubines.
However, as the Shu sisters took turns occupying Emperor Xuan Jing's harem, they had few opportunities to serve Emperor Xuan Jing.
It is a coincidence that she is here now: two years ago, Emperor Xuanjing and his concubines came to Shanglinyuan to play. Peng Baolin accidentally offended Concubine Shu. Not only was he punished to kneel in the scorching sun for a day and a night, he almost lost his legs. They were all kneeling down, and when the imperial chariot returned to the imperial city later, the imperial concubine was not allowed to take her with her.
So Peng Baolin could only live alone in Shanglin Garden.
Shu Zhaoyi thought that this person was either too angry or couldn't bear it anymore and was gone a long time ago. Unexpectedly, not only was he still there, but he also climbed onto Emperor Xuan Jing's royal couch today.
If this were normal, Zhaoyi would have rushed in directly, led others to drag Peng Baolin out and beat him to death, and then threw himself into Emperor Xuanjing's arms to make a fuss.
She had done this kind of thing often before, and Emperor Xuan Jing always helped her.
Just now, Meng Guiyu persuaded her not to investigate the truth about the death of the imperial concubine for the time being. She also thought of the hidden murderous intention that would come towards her. Shu Zhaoyi felt heavy in her heart, and she felt confused and had no energy left. Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then I will not disturb His Majesty's interest, and go to the Nuan Pavilion over there to have a rest. Your Majesty will summon me later, please remember to go over and shout!"
The two gatekeepers in the inner room breathed a sigh of relief and responded with fear.
Shu Zhaoyi turned around and left, and went to the Nuan Pavilion outside. The confidant palace maid made ginseng tea and served her, whispering her suspicions: "Your Majesty, I always feel that Marquis Chongxin is trying every means to persuade you not to investigate what happened to the Imperial Concubine. The truth!”
"... I actually have this suspicion, but what good can he gain by harming my sister now?" Shu Zhaoyi took a sip of the ginseng tea, looked down at it, frowned, and said, "Why did you take this Ji Lan? Are you using the gold-glazed parrot and peach tea bowl? Didn’t I say before that you dislike the blue-glazed one the most?"
The confidant palace maid quickly complained, and then explained: "Your Majesty, the warehouse here in Shanglin Garden is old, and new porcelain has not been brought in for several days. I don't know whose idea it was, but most of them are now made of Ji-blue glaze... The servant picked the porcelain." After searching for a long time, I really couldn't find it. I wanted to look among the utensils in other palaces, but I was afraid that no one had lived in those places for many years. God knows who was taking care of those things and whether they had done anything to pickle them. What is it used for? That’s why…”
"...Forget it, let's just do it!" Shu Zhaoyi felt that almost all the unhappiness today had gathered here. She threw the tea bowl to the ground in disgust and said, "Let's talk about sister... Why do you think he wanted to harm sister? Not to mention that he is where he is today, all thanks to me and my sister. Even if he doesn't remember this, he has only been the commander of the Forbidden Army for a few days. Even if he uses means to appease everyone, he has already sat down. It’s not far behind to secure this position, right?”
"He is attacking his sister now, and he is even planning to attack me as well. He never thought that if he failed, I would be able to persuade His Majesty to promote him out of the ordinary, and also to persuade His Majesty to promote someone else to deal with him?!"
"After all, the people who are gathering in Shanglin Garden to defend themselves against the Chang'an rebels are targeting His Majesty, not his mere Marquis Chongxin!!!"
The confidant maid wanted to speak but stopped.
Shu Zhaoyi noticed it and raised her chin, dissatisfied: "It's just the two of us here now. What's something you don't want to say?"
"Please forgive me for my innocence!" But after hearing this, the confidant maid still bowed her knees and begged.
Zhaoyi frowned and said, "Just say it, I won't argue with you!"
Hearing this, the confidant palace maid took another step closer, put her mouth to her ear, and then reminded her in a voice like a gnat: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... No matter in the palace or in the public, you are... famous... The beauty of the country and the city is beyond description... This... Marquis Chongxin... He has never been married... He... "
"... You are saying that Meng Guiyu may not have wanted to kill his sister, but... he just coveted his sister's beauty, and then...?!" Shu Zhaoyi was startled.
The confidant palace maid nodded cautiously: "The imperial concubine has always been pure and pure. I think Marquis Chongxin must have failed to force the imperial concubine. He was worried that if the matter was exposed, not only himself, but also the entire four houses of the Meng family would die without a burial place, so... I kept doing nothing. , murdered the imperial concubine!"
"After all, the imperial concubine's attendants are all floating on the Chunbo Lake."
"My Lady, please think about it. The Qiongxue Palace where the Imperial Concubine lives is originally guarded by the Forbidden Army."
"If it was just a plot to kill the imperial concubine, it can be said that there were only one or two murderers who sneaked in secretly and concealed it from the eyes and ears of the imperial army!"
"But there were more than ten of the imperial concubine's personal attendants, and not one of them was left alive!"
"Not only is there no one left, there is no movement at all!"
"At least the imperial army responsible for guarding Qiongxue Palace didn't swear that they didn't hear anything?"
"How can one or two gangsters do this so neatly and neatly?!"
"If there are too many people, and the Forbidden Army is not dead, how can we not know?!"
"If Ni Wang Rong Jing has such a master who comes and goes without a trace, I tell you the truth, why would he use it to assassinate the imperial concubine? If you directly kill your majesty, wouldn't it be enough to settle the matter in one fell swoop?!"
"..." Shu Zhaoyi's face was livid, but she thought in her heart, "Forced rape can lead to murder in anger... My sister's appearance may indeed cause such a thing, especially the way my sister was dressed when she was killed... But this is unlikely!"
Although the confidant maid kept saying that "the imperial concubine is pure and pure", Shu Zhaoyi, who had discussed with Concubine Shu several times to borrow seeds to have children so that the two sisters would have someone to rely on in the future, knew that Concubine Shu was her nephew and former nephew by name. Rong Suihe had already made up his mind to adopt him as his adopted son.
Although Concubine Shu had not considered Meng Guiyu.
But if Meng Guiyu uses force to coerce him, the imperial concubine will never resist to the end!
"Could it be that..." Shu Zhaoyi was suspicious, "My sister agreed with him, but he was worried that she would settle the score later, so he still killed her?!"
Thinking of this, Shu Zhaoyi became angry from the bottom of her heart, almost wishing to call Meng Guiyu back and tear him apart with her own hands! ! !
Almost twisting the handkerchief into a handful of silk, Zhaoyi calmed down a little and whispered to her confidant maid, "Isn't Peng Baolin serving His Majesty right now? When she comes out later, you Go and bring her some food. Pour her a lot of the medicinal wine that your Majesty has been taking for the past two days, and don’t let her eat it!”
"After that, let her continue to serve His Majesty at night... You and I will go to keep a wake for my sister."
She bit her lip and pondered for a long time before she said, "When the time comes... I will send the others away, you and I... will take a look at... sister, has she... been insulted during her lifetime?!"
The confidant maid was shocked when she heard this, recalling the terrifying look of Concubine Shu at this moment. Even in broad daylight and with fewer people, she might not dare to stay in the same room with this concubine.
Now he actually had to run over in the middle of the night, or send other people away to check his body... The palace maid wanted to scratch her ears, secretly regretting why she wanted to be in the limelight
However, he did not dare to refuse Shu Zhaoyi, so he had to force a smile and persuade her tactfully: "Mother, there are just the two of us there... in the middle of the night..."
"That's my biological sister!" But Shu Zhaoyi was very determined. He glared at her and said, "Even if the soul comes back, will you still harm me?! Not to mention that I wish my sister's soul knew something and would kill her personally. Find all her people and not let anyone go!!!"
Hearing Zhaoyi's murderous tone, the confidant maid dared not say anything.
It was night, and the master and servant acted according to the plan.
The scene that almost made the confidant maid almost faint on the spot made Shu Zhaoyi extremely disappointed: "Sister has been here for several days. The weather is hot in this season, and we soaked in the lake... There are many insects in this corpse, and it is so messed up that nothing can be seen. …”
Then I thought about it, Concubine Shu's body was sent over by Meng Guiyu. If this person had really done such a thing, could he have removed the traces before sending it over
Zhaoyi spent the night with a heavy heart.
The next morning, I heard another bad news: with Zhaoyi's acquiescence and arrangement, Peng Baolin served Emperor Xuanjing all night last night.
Maybe he served well, but this morning Emperor Xuan Jing actually decided to promote Peng Baolin to the throne!
Although she was only promoted to that level and was still just a palace concubine, she was far inferior to Shu Zhaoyi, the first of the nine concubines, but Shu Zhaoyi was still angry: "Although Your Majesty would occasionally steal words in the past, as long as he is not particularly unwise, I will Gong and my sister just turned a blind eye! Could it be that Peng Baolin feels easy to bully just because I lost my sister?!"
Shu Zhaoyi temporarily put aside the pursuit of the truth about Concubine Shu's death and turned on the palace battle mode. In Northern Xinjiang, Sheng Weiqiao had just stepped onto the deck of the ship.