How could the Chinese Valentine's Day banquet go on with such a fuss? The eunuchs checked each lady and lady one by one, how many people they brought with them when they entered the palace, and then checked the manpower. But later, they still found nothing. When they entered the palace, each family's There is a certain number of people, and even if there are a few personal ones, they are all the ladies who have the royalties.
Those people have always been at the side of their master, and none of them has left.
The guards of each palace dispersed at the entrance of the palace. There were internal guards in the palace, and no guards from outside were allowed to enter.
After ruling out these two possibilities, the master of the palace had someone bring him in. However, after searching and searching, there was no result at all. This ruffian named Ma Er seemed to have suddenly appeared in the palace, just like this. The eunuch who rushed in and saw this person last said the same thing. He saw this person in the corridor. At that time, the person said he wanted to see the lady or something.
Everything today is full of mystery. First, a maid that no one had brought into the palace entered the palace, and then a man who shouldn't have appeared appeared here. In the end, two more people died, and even if they wanted to find out, they couldn't find out. What, no matter how you look at it, it makes people think that someone is doing something secretly.
It seems that this matter still needs to be investigated. Without investigation, we will not be able to convince the public or make the emperor understand.
The eunuch's words gave the queen a new idea, so she checked the ladies again, but still found no clues.
Even if the matter was left there, before the queen could figure it out, the emperor sent someone over to cancel the banquet. Everyone left. The queen was called to Qianqing Palace. The emperor didn't even let her in through the gate of Qianqing Palace. She was asked to kneel outside the door, and the people in the queen's own palace could only kneel with the queen.
When things got to this point, everyone was in danger. No one knew whether they would be the next to die. Yanmiao was usually the most favored maid of the queen, so the two of them died without further ado. No one dared to say anything. Although a large group of people knelt outside Qianqing Palace, there was silence.
In the Palace of Qianqing, a copper cauldron was carved into a Suan Ni with the head of Ye Ang. It held its head high and looked like a king. In its huge mouth with its head raised to the sky, it swallowed a bead, looking ferocious and domineering.
The emperor was sitting on a high rosewood chair with a gloomy expression. Although he looked calm, Concubine Zhao, who was familiar with his temperament, knew that he was in a state of rage.
He glanced coldly sideways and didn't dare to say a word since he knelt in the study. He only looked at his concubine Zhao with tears in his eyes and sneered: "I didn't know that your hand could be stretched out so long. There is a connection with Lian An. For so many years, I have never known that even the maids serving in Lian An's house are somewhat similar to you. What do you want to do if you even sent the deed of betrayal to the palace? No, are you trying to plot against me?"
"Your Majesty, you, how could you say that? Concubine, how could I do such a thing? His Royal Highness, Prince Xuan, is the only flesh and blood left by my sister. He is connected by blood with me. How could I do such a thing? When I entered the palace that day, my sister told me about Lord Lian, saying that the He family had a good relationship with Lord Lian that day, and if there was any difficulty, maybe I could help Lord Lian."
"But I have been in the palace for so many years, and I have never troubled Mr. Lian. I don't understand why the maids in Mr. Lian's house are like me and my sister. The contract of sale really has nothing to do with me. Your Majesty, this is Someone wants to harm my concubine."
Concubine Zhao knew that the problem was there, so she deliberately pretended to be full of doubts and behaved flawlessly. She would have to kneel for a long time. She had already prepared for it, so she didn't panic. She looked at Emperor Zongwen with her full eyes, tears slowly welling up, hanging on her face. On the slender eyelashes, the desire has not yet fallen, and they look more and more aggrieved and pitiful.
"Oh, is someone trying to harm you? Why did they give you a deed to sell themselves to you? This dead maid escaped from Lian'an Mansion to the palace. The eighth daughter-in-law kindly took them in, so why did she just let them in? Gong Lai is plotting against someone in the palace, and he even deliberately brought up Princess Chu's affairs. With the body of the eighth daughter-in-law, it is quite possible for her to be plotted against, and she can also plot against others."
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Emperor Zongwen's tone was solemn and depressing, as if before a storm came, and the atmosphere in the entire bookstore was so dull that it was almost breathless.
"Your Majesty, I really don't know these things. I am in the inner palace, and I have only just left the Mingyue Palace. No one has come to see me for so many years. Although the people from the He family are my close relatives, But I have ignored you for so many years, and how much affection I have for them, in my heart, how can they compare to His Highness Prince Xuan."
As Concubine Zhao spoke, tears rolled down her fair cheeks one by one, like pearls and broken jade. Coupled with her lovely face, especially since this appearance was the one in Emperor Zongwen's heart, it became even more disappointing. The person looks distressed.
"Your Majesty, please tell me that the He family has a relationship with Master Lian. What does this have to do with me? Is it possible that I have plotted against His Highness Prince Xuan? Is there any benefit to me? My sister is no longer here, so I can only think of you as a concubine. I live my life guarding His Highness Prince Xuan. In my heart, Your Highness is like my child. How can a mother plot against her own child?"
She cried more and more sadly, sobbing and crying as she spoke, feeling weak and timid, even a little out of breath.
"You really don't know about that maid?" Thinking of Concubine Xian and looking at Concubine Zhao's crying face, Emperor Zongwen's expression softened a bit.
"I really don't know about this. If the deed of sale is from Lord Lian's house, why did Lord Lian send it to the palace? Is it possible that Lord Lian is the one who sent me to the palace? But there is everything in this palace. , how can there be a shortage of a few messengers, and they are sent in so secretly, this is obviously to harm me, I feel very wronged in my heart, I don’t know who is displeased with me, and wants to deal with me."
Concubine Zhao knew that her crying had an effect, and she began to cry more and more.
She still hasn't figured out what happened. Naturally, she had someone find a way to bring in the maid named Mingxia. Originally, her plan was to ask the palace maid named Fei Huan to bring in the watermelon juice. If it hits Mo Xuetong, Ling Ruier will definitely blame it on her and make her kneel down to beg for mercy.
No matter whether Mo Xuetong punished her or not, this palace maid was bound to die. After the dead eunuch and Mingxia killed her, Mingxia took the blame. This matter could be designed so that Mo Xuetong knocked her down because of the palace maid. He drank the watermelon juice, causing her to get wet all over, so he attacked the palace maid and killed the palace maid.
The appearance of Mingxia drew everyone's attention to Prince Xuan's Mansion. The two maids in Lian An's Mansion had long wanted to defect to Prince Xuan's Mansion, so a series of things in Lian An's Mansion might have been caused by Prince Xuan or Princess Xuan. They came out with the same purpose of avenging He Yufen for harming Mo Xuetong before, but Lian An only suffered the disaster of Chi Yu.
If this really draws everyone's attention here, the emperor will definitely restore Lian An's official position. On the contrary, Mo Xuetong will definitely be punished by the emperor if he repeatedly kills people and makes trouble.
But who would have expected that things have changed one after another. Concubine Zhao no longer cares about Lian An. She just wants to get herself out of this matter. Moreover, if she talks more about Lian An, it will definitely arouse the emperor's anger. She suspected that she had just brought the fact that the maid in Lian'an Mansion looked like her to Concubine Xian.
This means that Lian An has a relationship with the He family. He must have met Concubine Xian before, and maybe he has had thoughts about Concubine Xian for a long time. Therefore, the maid in this mansion was chosen to be similar to Concubine Xian.
"I remember that the eunuch whose face was scratched was from your own palace, right?" Although what she said was reasonable, Emperor Zongwen couldn't help but be angry and scolded her sternly.
"That eunuch seems to be from the concubine's palace. I didn't see it clearly at that time, so he was brought by the emperor. Just now, I also thought about it. If someone really wanted to harm me, of course I would use concubine. The people in the palace are just like the Empress. The people around her have also been used in this way. Even someone as noble as the Empress will be plotted against. What's more, I have been alone for more than ten years. Live in Mingyue Palace."
Concubine Zhao had just heard someone report that something had happened to the queen. She heard that it was the eldest maid next to the queen. This was a bit more solid than her previous testimony, so she did not argue that the eunuch was not from her palace, but from her palace. Not that it's actually very simple and can be found out by just looking it up.
At this time, when she defended the queen, she was actually proving herself. The maid in Lian'an's house came here for no apparent reason, and there was a man who appeared in the queen's incident for no apparent reason. The two contrasted with each other, and she listened to her own words. It seems much more believable.
Emperor Zongwen actually believed it. It was very possible that the Queen did what he did. The Queen only wanted King Yan to ascend the throne. This matter was not a secret. It was possible even to deal with her own niece. As for Concubine Zhao , she is still Lao Ba’s biological aunt no matter what, and she won’t be able to recover if Lao Ba is in trouble, so it’s possible that she really didn’t do it.
But, what does Lian An mean? Could it be that he really chose someone like Concubine Xian because he had met Concubine Xian? Whenever he thought of this, Emperor Zongwen felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly. Concubine Xian was his The person he loves the most, how can he tolerate his courtiers having a maid who looks like the person he loves
It seems like Lian An can't stay with him anymore.
"You should watch the people around you more carefully from now on. If something like today happens again, I can't protect you. I will also worry about the affairs of Lao Ba's house. Don't stuff people into his house for nothing. The He family's Are you and Laoba related to those nieces? I will never hear of anyone from the He family marrying into the royal family again."
Emperor Zongwen would calm down a bit.
"Yes, I know that I only care about His Highness Prince Xuan. After all, he is the only flesh and blood of my sister and I. Since those people in the He family plotted against Princess Xuan to get angry, I no longer regard them as relatives. I My concubine and my sister are devoted to the He family, and the He family actually did such a shameless thing. In the future, even if I don’t have a family, I won’t want these vicious people."
Concubine Zhao's delicate cry was very clever. She first mentioned that she and Concubine Xian were one, and then said that she would rather not have her mother's family but to protect Feng Jueran. All this was for Feng Jueran. Jueran, if you say such words, even your coldest heart will turn into softness. What's more, Emperor Zongwen has always been thinking about Concubine Xian for so many years.
But Emperor Zongwen must be the emperor after all, and he is more suspicious than others. Moreover, the person in front of him must not be the real Concubine Xian. Although what Concubine Zhao said is reasonable, there is still a glimmer of clarity in her eyes, and her expression is deep and difficult to explain: " Okay, let’s go down now, it’s better to stay in Mingyue Palace for now and don’t come out.”
Are you going to be banned from Mingyue Palace again? Concubine Zhao's heart trembled, but she didn't dare to say anything. She kowtowed respectfully and supported the palace maid down sadly.
Just when she reached the door, a eunuch ran over, passed by her, knelt down inside and reported back: "Your Majesty, Concubine Wen wants to see you!" (To be continued)