It is said that Mu Chun is on duty tonight and the hidden lights have been on for two nights. The four-story building shines like a pearl in the night. Now everyone knows that Empress Ma has issued an imperial decree to revise the book.
After asking about the contents of the book, it became clear that Empress Ma had other intentions. Mu Chun grew up in the palace and knew the arrogant and domineering nature of Concubine Hu. This person was undoubtedly a thorn in her eyes.
Mu Chun deliberately paid attention to Zang's movements. He was quite popular in the palace, and when something happened to Zang, someone secretly informed him.
When Mu Chun hurriedly arrived, he saw a tall building with bright lights in front of him. At the gate, a woman with disheveled hair, a purple robe and a red skirt was waving a long stick and confronting a dozen people.
Judging from the trajectory of the flying long stick, it is just the most basic entry-level military stick technique. It looks powerful, but it is actually useless.
But at this moment, the momentum is that one woman is guarding the pass and ten thousand women are unable to break through.
As she spun, her black hair spread out, revealing a fair face. It was actually Hu Shanwei.
Sister Shanwei always gives him surprises.
Hu Shanwei chopped off a chair with the stick in his hand. The eunuch in charge rushed over, and Mu Chun also came over from behind and covered Shanwei's hand holding the stick with his big hand.
Everyone only heard a whoosh sound, and the eunuch in charge disappeared. Then a sharp cry came from outside: "Help!"
Concubine Hu slammed the table and stood up, "How dare you! You dare to commit a crime in front of me."
Mu Chun put on a smiling face and said, "Empress Hu, it's me. Don't let the flood wash away the Dragon King Temple. Family members don't recognize each other."
Mu Chun's father Mu Ying was the godson of Emperor Hongwu, and Concubine Hu was Emperor Hongwu's concubine, so they could barely be considered a family.
It can be said that Concubine Hu watched Mu Chun grow up. She considered herself an elder and did not bother with Mu Chun. However, as soon as Mu Chun arrived, he sent away the eunuch in charge of her palace. How could she tolerate this
Concubine Hu sat down with her hands on her waist, also smiling, "It's you again. Last time, I heard your apology in the peach blossom powder incident, but I didn't bother with you and just laughed it off. It hasn't been long since then, and you're making trouble again, scaring me. It seems that you don't have any lessons at all. This time, don't blame me for complaining to your father."
Regarding the peach blossom pollen incident, Mu Ying was furious and wanted to teach his son a lesson. Empress Ma mediated and said that the child was just naughty, and the matter was over.
This time Mu Chun made another mistake, and Queen Ma didn't want to make excuses. She thought that Mu Chun would not be able to escape and would be beaten.
Mu Chun smiled and said, "My Lady Concubine, I am performing my official duties, not making trouble. I was on patrol tonight and heard that a eunuch had gone mad, so I hurried over to take a look. From a distance, I saw the eunuch waving a chair to hit someone. Fortunately, Ms. Hu had a stick and temporarily stopped the mad eunuch. The eunuch tried to grab the stick again, but I was afraid that he would hurt My Lady Concubine, so I threw the eunuch away with the stick."
Mu Chun was a descendant of a military family, and his stick was extremely powerful. The eunuch in charge was thrown to where a bunch of poppies were hidden, and fell on his face, with a mouthful of mud and flower juice, but he only suffered some superficial injuries.
Upon hearing this, the eunuch in charge hurriedly crawled out of the flower mud and cried out for justice. "Pah, pah," he spat out the dirt in his mouth, and then cried out in injustice: "How can Master Mu confuse right and wrong? It was clearly Hu Shanwei who went crazy and waved his stick to hurt Imperial Concubine Hu. I was loyal to my master, but was accidentally injured by Master Mu! Please, Imperial Concubine, please seek justice!"
The eunuch in charge cried as he crawled towards Tibet. It seemed that his left leg was dislocated and he had no strength to stand.
"This lunatic has started to talk nonsense." Mu Chun was amazed. He winked at Hu Shanwei, who understood and handed him the stick. He picked up the stick, stood at the door, and pointed at the crawling eunuch. "All of you come and take a look at his appearance. His mouth and nose are crooked, and his body is dirty. Don't get close to him. If you offend the imperial concubine, if you hurt the heir to the throne, you will all be beheaded tonight!"
Not to mention, in the dark night, the eunuch's face and hands were scratched with bloody cuts by gravel, and his body was covered with a thick layer of floral mud like a beggar's chicken. He was crawling on the ground like a worm, like a ghost crawling out of hell. It was really terrifying.
Therefore, no one in the Yanxi Palace dared to help him.
Mu Chun waved a long stick and prevented the eunuch from crawling in.
The eunuch in charge shouted, "Your Majesty! Please say something for me! I am not crazy, Hu Shanwei is!"
Just as Concubine Hu was about to speak, Mu Chun turned around and asked the ten female officials who were watching, "My dear sisters who are editing the book, you are all witnesses. Did the eunuch in charge go crazy and attack Lady Hu just now?"
The female officials who were editing the book had just been forcibly pinned down on chairs by the people in the Yanxi Palace, unable to move. They had had enough, and except for Jiang Quan, they all echoed, "Yes, it was the eunuch who suddenly went mad and attacked Ms. Hu with a chair."
Mu Chun clapped his hands, "That's right, Ms. Hu is a gentle and gentle person, how could she swing a stick to hit someone?"
Your eye shows her "weakness"!
The eunuch in charge was even more wronged than Dou E. Concubine Hu was also infuriated by Mu Chun's trick of calling a horse a zebra. This showed that he did not take the Yanx Palace seriously.
Concubine Hu put away her smile, "Mu Chun, I will not bother with you because I think you are young and ignorant. But you beat up my eunuch tonight and tried to confuse right and wrong... Mu Chun, this is the Forbidden City, not your Xiping Marquis Mansion, don't even think about covering the sky with one hand!"
Concubine Hu deliberately set a trap for Mu Chun, accusing Mu Chun of disrespecting the royal family and acting arbitrarily.
How could Mu Chun be willing to jump into the pit obediently? He shamelessly pretended to be stupid and muddied the water, "My Lady Imperial Concubine, you are the elder. I saw that the madman was about to hurt you, so I hurried over to subdue him. My filial piety is witnessed by heaven and earth!"
I didn't expect that the eldest son of the Marquis of Xiping would have no bottom line and pretend to be a grandson to show filial piety in front of her! Concubine Hu almost died of anger and asked everyone: "Tell Master Mu, who is crazy?"
The palace maids in Yanxi Palace all said, "It's Hu Shanwei!"
The nine female officials said: "It's the eunuch in charge!"
Only Jiang Quan remained silent.
Mu Chun pretended to be helpless, spread his hands, and said, "Oh, the husband has his own reasons, and the wife has her own reasons. I am just a small Jinyiwei who comes out to patrol at night. Who is right and who is wrong, and how to punish, we have to wait for the Palace Administration Department to give an explanation. I have no right to interfere. I am only responsible for protecting the imperial concubine."
Mu Chun knew clearly what was going on. Despite the huge commotion caused by Zang, Gong Zhengsi had not arrived yet. It was obvious that someone had managed to delay Gong Zhengsi's men.
As we all know, the person in charge of the revision of the books in the collection was Fan Gongzheng from the Gongzheng Division.
Once Fan Gongzheng arrived, who could she side with? You could figure it out with your toes.
Mu Chun could think of who would benefit from pushing the matter to Gong Zhengsi, and of course others could think of it too.
The eunuch in charge cried out from outside the door: "My queen, please give me justice!"
The eunuch knew that if Fan Gongzheng came, he would be skinned alive! Fan Gongzheng was a man who even Jinyiwei Commander Mao Xiang did not take seriously. Mao Xiang's confidant Ji Gang spent a night in Gongzhengsi Prison. When he was carried out the next day, his nails were almost all pulled out and he was only breathing.
After all, she was the one who was taking care of her old man. Concubine Hu felt a little reluctant and was about to speak. Jiang Quan, who had remained silent, said to Concubine Hu: "It's late at night, your majesty is tired, please go back to the palace to rest, don't tire the heir."
Jiang Quan's words made sense. As a noble concubine, could she go to the Palace Administration Office to confront and argue with a low-ranking female official? It would be a loss of dignity for a noble concubine.
Concubine Hu left a few palace maids as witnesses and returned to the palace in a phoenix sedan chair.
When Fan Gongzheng and others came over by chance, Concubine Hu had just left.
Fan Gong was looking down at the eunuch in charge who was covered in mud and crying out for justice, and he knew that Concubine Hu was going to abandon her to save herself and escape unscathed.
Humph, not that easy.
When the eunuch in charge saw Fan Gongzheng, he was so frightened that he forgot to cry.
"Carry him away and ask the female doctor to reconnect his legs. Treat him well and don't be negligent. The eunuch's old arms and legs can't stand the torture." Unexpectedly, Fan Gongzheng did not shout for killing or throw the eunuch in charge into prison to torture him into confessing. Instead, he seemed to be very caring towards the eunuch.
At this moment, the voices of several palace servants in the Yanx Palace who were shouting “Eunuch is innocent” became much quieter. What was Fan Gong about to do
Fan Gongzheng pointed at the palace maids and said, "Take them to the Gongzheng Division and interrogate them separately. Make sure you ask them thoroughly and don't miss any details. Tomorrow morning, I want to see everyone's confession."
If they were lying, these palace servants would not have had time to collude with each other. Each of their testimonies would be different and would contradict each other.
If the truth is told, there is no way to cover up the behavior of the eunuch in charge who refused to write a receipt when borrowing books and who dragged Hu Shanwei by force.
Therefore, no matter what confession they made, it would be detrimental to the Yanx Palace, and Hu Shanwei could easily get away.
In this way, what the high-ranking eunuch in charge says is not important.
What's more, Concubine Hu abandoned the eunuch, and the Palace Administration was so good to the eunuch that it would even sow discord between the eunuch and Concubine Hu, making them suspicious of each other.
Fan Gongzheng grasped the key points and figured out the matter in just three punches and two kicks.
"As for you..." Fan Gongzheng looked at the ten female officials who were editing books and frowned slightly, "Do you still remember what you came to Zang for?"
All the female officials answered in unison: "We are writing this letter in compliance with the order of the Empress."
Fan Gongzheng said, "It's almost three o'clock in the morning. How's the progress tonight? Are you still standing here watching the fun? Why don't you go in and copy the books? If you can't finish it by the deadline, you will all go to the Gongzheng Division to line up and receive the punishment."
The female officials began to read at night by candlelight.
Hu Shanwei and Mu Chun were the only ones left outside the door. Fan Gongzheng asked Mu Chun, "Why are you the only one here for the night patrol of the Jinyiwei?"
Mu Chun has improved compared to before. She knows that she cannot say that she came for Hu Shanwei, which would bring trouble to her for no reason and make no one in the Sixth Bureau and the First Department dare to employ her.
Lies came out of his mouth. Mu Chun said, "I was concerned about the safety of the imperial concubine. I heard that someone was crazy because of gain and loss, so I hurried over to take a look. Fortunately, I arrived in time and worked with Ms. Hu to subdue the madman."
How is this kid like his wise and powerful father, the Marquis of Xiping? If Mu Chun hadn't been making trouble tonight and Concubine Hu hadn't made a scene, the Empress would have been embarrassed.
Even so, Fan Gongzheng still said with a straight face: "Go to Gongzheng Division and explain what happened tonight."
Mu Chun smiled and said, "That's what I should do."
Fan Gong was looking at Hu Shanwei, his eyes falling on her swollen and purple fingers. These were not frostbite, but marks left by the palace maids of Yanxi Palace who had just rushed up and forcibly pried open her fingers.
"How's your hand?" Fan Gongzheng asked.
Hu Shanwei moved his fingers one by one despite the pain. "I can still move them. It's just a superficial injury, no bone damage."
Fan Gongzheng somewhat admired her ruthlessness, but in front of everyone, she had to maintain a superficial fairness, "Your hair is disheveled, how can you be so undignified? You don't need to stay in hiding tonight, go back and rest, a female doctor will come to your room later to apply medicine for you, and tomorrow morning, go to Gongzheng Division to explain what happened tonight."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." Hu Shanwei left Tibet. When passing by Mu Chun, the evening breeze blew her long hair, and the curling black hair lingered in the wind and caressed Mu Chun's face.
Mu Chun felt the tingling sensation again, which was indescribably comfortable. He saw several broken pieces of white jade hairpins on the ground, guessing that they must have fallen from Hu Shanwei's hair bun and were crushed by the crowd. He half-knelt and "collected" the pieces of the white jade hairpins one by one, even the small pieces as big as rice grains were not spared, and put them all into his pocket.
Mu Chun went to the Gongzheng Division to record his testimony. It was almost dawn and he had to catch the day-night shift change, so he went back to the duty room to sleep. He first washed his whole body to get rid of the stinky sweat, but he didn't wash his face - he could still feel the fragrance of Hu Shanwei's hair on his face, and he was reluctant to wash it off. It smelled good on his face and helped him sleep.