Yunshang got rid of King Jing's entanglement, guessing the reason why King Jing did this in his mind, while walking towards Qingxin Hall, his feet slipped suddenly, and he was about to fall, Qianyin behind him hurried forward One step, hold Yun Chang's body.
After Yunshang stood firm, she lowered her head and took a look. This is the only way to the harem. The palace people have already swept away the snow on the road. However, under Yunshang's feet, there is a wet field...moss...
Yun Chang was taken aback, and bent down. The moss didn't grow on the stone, it was still steamy.
"Bring some lanterns here..." Yun Shang frowned, with a bit of solemnity in his eyes.
Qin Yi hurriedly carried the lantern and walked to Yunshang's side. Yunshang took the lantern and shone in front of it, and there were some moss scattered on the front at intervals.
Yun Chang speeded up and walked forward for a while, and after passing a fork in the road, there was no trace of Moss. With a trace of doubt in Yunshang's heart, she returned to the Qingxin Hall, and just as she took off her cloak, she saw a servant suddenly fell in from outside. She looked a little flustered, and didn't care to get up, and said in a panic, "Princess, hurry to Qiwu Look at the palace, the concubine Jin fell down, and seeing Hong, she might have a miscarriage."
see red? Yun Chang's heart sank, she turned around and left the door of Qingxin Hall.
"Princess, princess, it's cold, bring a cloak..." Qin Yi hurriedly picked up the cloak she had just put down, and ran out after her.
Yun Chang walked quickly, but asked the servant who came to report the letter, "How did the imperial concubine fall?"
The servant trotted after Yun Chang's pace, panting heavily, and said, "After coming out of the Jinluan Palace, the emperor took pity on the concubine Jin's pregnancy, so he let the concubine Jin sit on the dragon boat and walk to the imperial garden together." In the middle of the day, the servant who was carrying the dragon in front suddenly slipped and fell. Both the concubine Jin and the emperor fell off the dragon. Fortunately, the emperor was holding on to the concubine Jin tightly, otherwise the fall would have been catastrophic. , it’s just that Xu was shocked, but the concubine Jin still saw the red…”
fell down? Yun Chang frowned, suddenly thinking of the moss on the road before.
Yunshang arrived at Qiwu Palace at the fastest speed, and before entering the palace gate, she saw the queen walking in from a distance, Yunshang didn't care about other things, turned around and stepped into Qiwu Palace ahead of the queen.
"Hey, isn't this Princess Yunshang? Why did you come to Qiwu Palace? Didn't Princess Yunshang see the empress behind you? You didn't know how to salute, and you stepped into the palace door before the empress. Princess Yunshang's rules It's time to study hard." Aunt Xiuxin's slightly sarcastic voice came from behind.
Yun Shang turned her head suddenly, a cold light flashed in her eyes, "No matter how unruly this princess is, she is still a princess, and it's your turn to be a slave to teach me a lesson?"
After finishing speaking, he ran towards the side hall without hesitation.
"Presumptuous!" The queen frowned and said sharply, but Yun Chang didn't even turn her head.
Empress Yuanzhen gritted her teeth, and said bitterly, "It's wrong, it's wrong, it's just a little princess, how dare you ignore me!"
When Qin Yi came in a hurry, she heard the Queen's voice scolding angrily. Hearing this, she should be talking about Princess Yunshang. Qin Yi's heart turned cold, and she quickly saluted the queen, "I ask the empress to forgive me, something happened to the concubine Jin, the princess is impatient, she didn't mean to be rude to the empress."
"What? What did you say? Something happened to Concubine Jin?" The queen was stunned, with a look of joy flashing in her eyes, and hurriedly asked.
Qin Yi lowered her head, didn't see the queen's expression, and said softly, "Yes, just now, the father-in-law came to report that something happened to the concubine Jin. Although the concubine Jin and the princess are not close, but she is also the princess' biological mother. So the princess is inevitably a little nervous."
But the queen didn't care to listen to her explanation, she turned her head and exchanged a look with Xiu Xin, and then hurried towards the side hall.
As soon as I arrived at the side hall, I saw Mr. Zheng guarding the door, Yunshang also stood aside, tiptoed to look into the hall, the queen's heart tightened again, from this point of view, the emperor must be there, presumably this time it should be It's not a trivial matter, if the evil in Concubine Jin's stomach can be eliminated, it would be great. It's just that I don't know where the incident happened to Concubine Jin. If it was in Qiwu Palace, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to get rid of the suspicion.
"Eunuch Zheng, I heard that something happened to Concubine Jin, come and take a look..." The queen raised her head and looked at Director Zheng.
Manager Zheng frowned slightly, and said with some embarrassment, "The Empress, it's not that a slave won't let you in, it's just that the emperor issued an order that no one is allowed to enter, Empress, look..."
The queen narrowed her eyes slightly, feeling a little unhappy in her heart, but she couldn't hold back the joy seeping from the bottom of her heart, so she glanced at Yun Shang, turned around and said to Xiu Xin, "Go to the palace and bring two chairs. Well, I'm worried about Concubine Jin, so just wait here."
Xiu Xin quickly responded, stepped back, and moved two chairs after a while, one was placed behind the queen, and the other was given to Yun Shang.
Yun Chang was taken aback for a moment, turned his eyes to look at the queen, then calmed down the thoughts in his heart slightly, sat down on the chair, but slowly began to speculate in his heart.
Since I was born, no princes or princesses have been born in the palace, and there are very few concubines who are pregnant, and they are finally conceived, and none of them can be born at full term. Concubine Jin's birth was really eye-catching. The palace people who carried the dragon were all trained, if it was only dark and snowing, they wouldn't fall down...
Yunshang stood up and said to Mr. Zheng, "Eunuch Zheng, where is the person who just carried the dragon away?"
Manager Zheng hurriedly said, "Kneeling in the snow outside Qiwu Palace."
Yun Chang nodded, turned around and left the gate of the side hall, found the eight servants who were carrying the dragon, and pointed casually, "Follow me to see the place where the incident happened just now."
The servant was shivering from the cold, and stood up several times before barely standing up, and walked over with Yun Shang.
Yun Chang looked a little cold, "Think about it carefully, where did you fall?"
The servant nodded, and brought Yunshang to a corner of the imperial garden, "Princess Benedict, it's here. The servant is the one who carried it at the back. I just remember that just as I was about to turn the corner, the front suddenly dropped."
Yun Shang responded, turned her head to Qin Yi and said, "Lantern."
Qin Yi hurriedly handed over a lantern, Yun Chang picked up the lantern and looked around on the ground, then saw a long slippery mark on a stone in front, it must be here, Yun Chang frowned, squatted down After careful inspection, it took a long time before a green filament was twisted from the slip mark. Yun Chang squinted her eyes. There should have been moss here before, but it should have been treated by someone. If you don't look carefully, you can't find the green filament at all.
Yun Chang stood up and went to the place where she almost fell to check, and sure enough, the moss that had been scattered at a distance was gone.
"Princess, has someone been here?" Qin Yi also felt something was wrong, and suddenly understood in her heart, "Someone made a special trip to destroy the evidence?"
Yun Chang hooked the corner of her mouth, "Yeah, this move is really good, if I didn't step on it and almost fell, even if I came to check here again and found this green filament, I wouldn't have thought of what it was. "
"But now that everything is gone, isn't the clue also broken?" Qin Yi said softly, "Who exactly wants to harm the master."
Yun Shang smiled coldly, "Go back to Qiwu Palace first, and see how the concubine mother is doing..."
Back in Qiwu Palace, the queen was no longer there, Yun Shang raised her eyebrows, with the queen's hatred for her mother and concubine, how could she let go of such a good opportunity
Manager Zheng seemed to understand what Yun Shang was thinking, and said quickly, "Just now the emperor came out and saw the empress, and asked her to go back first."
"Oh..." Yun Chang turned her head to look at the entrance of the side hall, and saw a court lady poking her head at the entrance of the hall. She knew in her heart that the queen must have sent her to inquire about the news, so she turned around and walked in without saying anything. side hall.
In the inner hall, the imperial physician was sitting bent over and writing on the table, as if he was prescribing a prescription. Emperor Ning sat by the bed, holding Concubine Jin's hand tightly, Yun Chang called "Father Emperor" and walked over.
Concubine Jin's face was a little pale, and her eyes seemed to be in a daze. When she heard Yun Shang's voice, she turned her head and looked up at Yun Shang, "Shang'er is here, and concubine mother is fine."
Madam Zheng on the side quickly brought a stool for Yunshang, "Princess, your mother is fine, but she was frightened. The child is fine. Princess, don't worry."
Madam Zheng's medical skills are well known to Yun Chang. Since she said so, it shouldn't be serious, so the stone in her heart fell to the ground quietly, "It's good that there is nothing wrong. When the servant came to report just now, it scared Chang'er gone."
Emperor Ning still frowned, shook Concubine Jin's hand and said, "I just heard from Director Zheng that you went to find the servant who carried the dragon, but what did you ask?"
Yun Chang was slightly taken aback, this question was asking her, but...
Yun Shang hesitated in her heart, although he is her father, but this matter is related to the safety of her mother and concubine, can she trust him? Yun Chang fantasized about Concubine Jin, but saw Concubine Jin smiling softly, as if with some encouragement. Yun Chang's heart suddenly became clear, yes, no matter what, the emperor's father still loves his concubine mother in his heart, and besides, the concubine mother is still pregnant with his child in her belly.
"Earlier, when I was returning from the Golden Luan Hall to the Qingxin Hall, I almost fell in the imperial garden. I checked at the time, and it was the moss...not the moss growing on the stone... I made a special trip to check it out. From the imperial garden to the crescent moon pavilion, there were some moss at intervals. At that time, my son didn't pay attention to it. I just heard the servant say that the dragon of the father and mother fell in the imperial garden. With a kick, Erchen felt suspicious, so he took the servant carrying the dragon to check the place where the incident happened. Erchen saw the slip marks on the ground, and above the slip marks, there was a long green thread. However, earlier, Er Chen The moss I saw was gone..." Yun Shang said softly, her voice was gentle but with some doubts.
Although Emperor Ning's experience of sitting on the throne was not so bumpy, he just grew up in the palace and saw a lot. Hearing what Yun Shang said, he knew the key point, "Someone Those who deliberately wanted Shujin to fall, after Shujin fell, someone removed the traces."
Yun Chang nodded, "If my son hadn't fallen that once, and didn't notice the moss on the ground, I'm afraid no one would know that there used to be moss there. In this case, it's hard to find any moss no matter how we search. Clues."
Emperor Ning turned his head to look at his daughter who had never gotten to know him seriously, and said after a long time, "If you were asked to investigate this matter, what would you do?"
Yun Shang pondered for a moment, then lowered her voice, "If it's Chang'er, Shang'er will immediately release the news, saying that the mother concubine had a miscarriage..."
This New Year's Eve seemed destined to be restless. Just after midnight, the palace became noisy again, "The concubine Jin has had a miscarriage..."
Concubine Jin was on the way back to the palace with the emperor, the servant who was carrying the dragon fell down, Concubine Jin and the emperor fell to the ground, and Concubine Jin had a miscarriage. The emperor and Princess Yunshang spent the night with Concubine Jin in the Qiwu Palace. Early the next morning, the emperor swiftly and decisively put all the eight servants who were carrying the dragon into death row. Concubine Jin was recuperating, and the side hall of Qiwu Palace was also surrounded by heavy guards.
In the early morning of the first day of the lunar new year, because the empress had already recuperated, Ming Dowager notified the concubines in the palace early in the morning to say hello to Qiwu Palace today. All the concubines in the palace knew that this was Ming Taifei who was going to return the power to the queen.
The concubines of Qiwu Palace came and went, and when everyone entered the hall, they couldn't help but look towards the heavily guarded side hall.
"May the queen be blessed with golden safety."
The queen nodded, "Stay flat."
Everyone sat in their seats, and the queen's eyes fell on Yun Shang who was in a trance, "Shang'er took care of Concubine Jin all night yesterday, if you are tired, go and rest."
When Yun Shang heard the words, mist suddenly filled her eyes, and a drop of water fell down, "Shang'er is not working hard, but I feel a little bit sorry for my concubine, who has shed a lot of blood..."
Hearing this, the queen paused her eyes on Yun Chang, and seeing that her expression did not seem to be fake, she sighed quietly and said, "Oh, I finally hoped for a happy event in this palace, but in the end such an accident happened... "
Yun Chang raised her hand to wipe the teardrops from the corners of her eyes, bit her lips, and said bitterly, "It wasn't an accident, if it wasn't because of the moss..."
Speaking of this, Yunshang seemed to realize that she had said something she shouldn't have said, and quickly lowered her head with a flustered expression, "Yes, it was all an accident."
All the concubines looked at each other in blank dismay, their hearts beating secretly, just now, Princess Yunshang said, was it an accident? Because of... moss
Empress Yuanzhen paused for a moment, glanced at Yunshang slightly, and saw that she seemed a little nervous, her hands were stirring her sleeves, fidgeting.
After a long time, I heard Yun Shang whisper again, "The queen mother is right. Chang'er took care of the concubine mother last night and was a little tired. Please allow the queen mother to allow Shang'er to go back to the well first... Oh no, Shang'er will go back first." The Hall of Pure Heart rests."
As he spoke, he left in a panic without waiting for the queen to respond.
The queen lowered her head, looked at the brocade handkerchief in her hand, and a dignified smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "It's fine today, the emperor will definitely be displeased with this incident just happened in the palace, everyone should try to stay as little as possible in the near future." Let's move, it's all gone."
Everyone quickly saluted and filed out.
In a blink of an eye, only Empress Yuanzhen and a few court ladies were left in the main hall of Qiwu Palace. Empress Yuanzhen waved her hand to make those court ladies retreat, then turned around and said to Xiuxin, "This Mr. Gong feels that the matter of Concubine Jin is not as simple as imagined, although I was very happy when I heard that the bitch's child was gone, but I also vaguely smelled a bit of conspiracy."
Aunt Xiuxin nodded and said, "Princess Yunshang's behavior today is too abnormal, and there are monsters in the abnormality, empress, we have to be careful..."
The queen closed her eyes lightly, "I have just lifted the ban, and then one thing after another happened. Yesterday in the Jinluan Hall, it was aimed at Hua Jing. Today's matter, I feel, is probably directed towards my palace." here."
Xiu Xin was silent for a moment before saying, "Then, empress, the one in Concubine Jin's Palace..."
The queen frowned, opened her eyes, and looked at the direction of the side hall leisurely, "It would be great if we could withdraw, but now that the side hall is guarded by the emperor, I'm afraid not even a mosquito can fly in. I’m afraid it’s too late to withdraw.”
Xiuxin fell silent when she heard the words.
The queen stood up, "I'm going to ask the emperor for orders. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. According to the usual practice, I should go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion."
After leaving the Qiwu Palace, the Queen led the maids towards the Qinzheng Palace, but when they walked through the Imperial Garden, they saw a group of people looking at something by the lake. The queen narrowed her eyes and asked Aunt Xiuxin to go and check it out. Aunt Xiuxin went up to have a look, asked someone for a while, and then returned to the queen. It was by Cha Lake and the well, and the slaves asked several people, but they said they were just ordered to check if there were any hidden dangers, and they didn't say much."
"By the well?" Empress Yuanzhen suddenly remembered that when she was in Qiwu Palace just now, Yunshang seemed to have mentioned that she was going back to the well, but just as soon as she said the words, she hurriedly changed her words.
Empress Yuanzhen was silent for a while, then raised her foot again and walked towards the Hall of Qinzheng.
Director Zheng stood guard outside the Hall of Qinzheng. When he saw the Queen coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor is not in a good mood today. He just lost his temper in the palace and smashed a lot of things. I just ordered, but no one has seen..."
Empress Yuanzhen glanced at Director Zheng with a slightly apologetic face, and stood at the door for a while, only to hear the sound of broken porcelain coming from inside, "In that case, I will go back first, just to trouble you Manager Zheng, please inform me later, if the emperor is willing to see me, then send someone to inform me, and I will come again."
Manager Zheng hurriedly responded, and the queen looked up at the door of Qinzheng Hall, then turned and left.
Seeing that the Queen's figure was getting far away, Mr. Zheng turned around and opened the door to enter the inner hall.
Throughout the whole day, the queen did not receive any news of Emperor Ning's summoning, so Xiuxin asked people to inquire several times, and found that the emperor seemed to have sent many people to check the wells and lakes in the palace one by one.
The well and the lake, the queen thought about it all day, but she couldn't think of any connection between these two places.
Just in the early morning of the second day of the Lunar New Year, news came that a person had drowned in a well near the lake next to the imperial garden, where no one usually gets close...