(Many people, including Gao Yuanjing mentioned the day before yesterday, are safe. My classmate has no news for the time being, and I believe they will be safe. I wish the people who were trapped in the disaster area. I didn’t say much yesterday, but when I saw an NC in the book review area, I still I have the urge to slap him... It's just that it's better to pay less attention to this kind of jumping clown. Book friends live a good life and continue to live happily. I believe that sometimes peace is also a kind of strength.)
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It was already late at night, and the imperial study room was quiet. The Emperor Qing was diligent in government affairs, so his favor to the harem was naturally much less. For example, tonight, he did not sleep in the harem, but directly slept in the imperial study room a lot, so the eunuch We have already prepared a tool.
A gust of wind came in from the edge of the window, obviously unable to blow in the lights with glass partitions, but for some reason, it still dimmed the light in the room.
"Yes, I heard that she stole a piece of Shuiqing'er jade ring worn by the empress when she was a child. After being interrogated for a while, she couldn't deny it, and committed suicide by looking at Kong'er."
Eunuch Yao told His Majesty the whole story clearly and simply, without adding a word.
"Shuiqing'er Yujue?" The emperor frowned, as if he was thinking about it. After a while, he smiled and said, "I remember, it was something the queen wore when she was a child. I remember it was ordered by the emperor back then." After this marriage, it was given to her family. At that time, the emperor seemed to have just ascended the throne... the palace was in chaos, and this item was not of high quality, but the queen liked it very much when she was a child, and she always wore it."
He frowned, pulled away from this rare warm memory, and said indifferently: "I remember that there are cloud patterns on it."
Eunuch Yao remained silent, not knowing how His Majesty was feeling.
"Although the queen likes it, she won't kill the palace lady just because of such a gadget." A sneer appeared on the corner of the emperor's lips and said: "Isn't she known as the most lenient master in the palace? Virtuous and virtuous, the benevolent mother of the country, always The acting is excellent, but why did you fail in this trivial matter?"
Mingming eunuch Yao said that the court lady committed suicide in shame, but the emperor directly said that she was killed with a stick. The people in the palace were smarter than each other, and everyone knew what these names were used to cover up the truth.
"You secretly check what's going on." The emperor picked up the memorial again and returned to calm.
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The palace had long since returned to the seemingly eternal peace, and no one thought that Eunuch Yao and several old eunuchs were secretly investigating something. However, the emperor didn't seem to be too concerned about this matter, and he didn't ask for follow-up news for several days.
Another night, Eunuch Yao respectfully replied: "The death of the maid is not a problem."
The emperor nodded and said, "Understood."
"It's just that the maid went to Guangxin Palace to deliver a roll of embroidered cloth the afternoon before the accident. The batch of foreign cloth that the Queen Mother asked for from Dongyi City the day before arrived, and it was delivered to various places the next day as usual. There is nothing unusual in the palace." Eunuch Yao added.
The emperor slowly withdrew his gaze from the memorial, glanced at him, then lowered his eyes again, and said, "Got it."
"The prince was in Guangxin Palace at that time." Eunuch Yao lowered his head as low as he could.
The emperor gently placed the memorial on the table, thoughtfully, without saying the three words "I got it", and directly ordered: "Let Hong Zhu come over."
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Hong Zhu knelt in front of His Majesty's low couch, his face was ashen, his legs trembled, and even the cotton robe in front of him was shaken out layers of ripples.
He didn't pretend, but was really scared - he thought that the clue arranged by Mr. Fan was buried extremely deep, and it seemed to have nothing to do with him, so it should make him far away from it. In this matter, he did not expect that in this late night, he would actually kneel in front of the Ninth Five Supreme.
The emperor didn't look at him directly, and asked directly: "Did a maid in the East Palace die?"
"Yes." Hong Zhu didn't dare to hesitate, in order to show his magnanimity and sincerity, he squeezed his lungs desperately, trying to make this sound extremely crisp, but the air flow was so strong that he let him There was some crackling and it sounded very hoarse.
The voice of his answer echoed in the imperial study room, a little harsh and unpleasant, the emperor frowned imperceptibly, and said: "Keep your voice quiet... Tell me about the situation at that time."
Hong Zhu honestly explained why the queen remembered the jade ring, how she started to search the palace, how she found the maid, who conducted the interrogation, and how the maid committed suicide.
The emperor seemed to be listening carefully, but he didn't seem to listen to a single word. His eyes remained on the memorial, and he asked casually, "Did you see it with your own eyes when the maid hit the post?"
"No." Hong Zhu replied without any hesitation, feeling lucky in his heart, if it wasn't for the empress empress who had other things to keep him behind, the promise at this time would never have been so natural.
The imperial study room fell into tranquility again. After a long time, the emperor suddenly raised his head, looked at Hong Zhu with a half-smile, and said, "Why are you so scared today?"
Hong Zhu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, with a natural expression of fear and self-blame on his face, he knelt on the ground and said in a mournful voice, "Your servant owes you a holy grace, the news of the maid's suicide did not come back in time. , the servant deserves to die."
The emperor was startled, laughed, and scolded: "I asked you to go to the East Palace to serve the empress, not to be a secret agent. Of course, you don't need to report such trivial matters to me."
Hong Zhu nodded his head, but he was thinking about something else. A year ago, he was expelled from the imperial study to the East Palace by the emperor who had always favored him. To outsiders, it was because Fan Xian spoke ill of him in front of the emperor, but only he knew that His Majesty was just using this reason to let himself Go to the East Palace to be a gold medal undercover agent, and this year, I have done a good job as an undercover agent.
He comforted his cowardice in his heart, and forced himself to think, even His Majesty doesn't know who he really is, so what's the trembling
The emperor was about to ask something, but suddenly frowned and stopped, and said instead: "This year in the East Palace, how did the Empress treat you?"
"Your Majesty treats me very generously, and all the servants are completely convinced." Hong Zhu's words were very artistic.
The emperor laughed, and said to himself in a very low voice: "Is it considered generous to die a court lady for a piece of jade?"
After Hong Zhu left, Eunuch Yao stood beside the emperor quietly, waiting for His Majesty's order. The emperor was silent for a long time and said: "Hong Zhu didn't tell a lie, the death of the palace lady seems to be no problem, it's just..." He laughed and said: "It's just that the process was so no problem."
Eunuch Yao's mind was shaken, and he understood what His Majesty meant. Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, all kinds of bizarre deaths have occurred in the palace. However... often when the reasons are too sufficient and the process is too natural, the death itself is questionable.
"I don't believe in some things, so don't remember them either." The emperor said calmly.
Eunuch Yao knelt down.
"Please come over, Eunuch Hong."
At this moment, Eunuch Yao was afraid and did not hear His Majesty's words clearly, so he replied subconsciously: "Eunuch Hong went out just now."
The emperor frowned, a little displeased. Eunuch Yao woke up immediately, and ran out the door with his front flap up, and almost fell when he crossed the threshold.
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Ever since Fan Xian's Three Hundred Poems made a big fuss at the night banquet, and it was also the first time that the palace was infiltrated by assassins in the past ten years, Eunuch Hong, the chief eunuch who had been staying in the palace since the founding of the country, became more and more serious. Fa fell silent and kept a low profile, all day long he was only willing to bask in the sun outside the Hanguang Hall.
But no one in the palace dared to underestimate him, on the contrary, because of his silence, he felt that the old eunuch was unfathomable. Even Hong Zhu, who is now a celebrity in the palace, actually has his current status because of his relationship.
Even the empress dowager and the emperor maintained a certain courtesy towards the old eunuch.
However, today His Majesty the Emperor called him by his first name and said, "Hong Siitch, what do you think?"
The last time the Emperor Qing called the old eunuch this way, he wanted to ask him his opinion of Fan Xian. At that time, the old eunuch Hong replied that he thought Fan Xian was too hypocritical.
Only when such an important matter requires Eunuch Hong's opinion, the emperor would seriously address him by his first name. In the eyes of others, this may be a kind of disrespect, but the emperor meant exactly the opposite. He always thought that addressing Eunuch Hong as a father-in-law would make the other party think of hidden illnesses, and it would be more appropriate to call him by his name directly. .
Eunuch Hong bent his body slightly, with a sleepy look, and replied softly: "Your Majesty, there are many things that don't depend on how you look at them. Even if you see it with your own eyes, it may not be true."
The emperor nodded and said, "I've always been a bit suspicious. I know it's not good, and I might misread it, so please help me take a look."
Eunuch Hong saluted respectfully and did not say much.
After a long silence, the emperor said: "Chengqian has been in good spirits for the past six months. In addition to the daily tutor's teachings, he also often goes to Guangxin Palace to listen to Yunrui teach him three strategies for governing the country. I am a little curious, how did his body recover so quickly? .”
Although it is said that a rift in the royal family has emerged, at least there is no problem on the surface. The emperor knows that his sister has a deep research on power and tactics, so he usually does not object to the prince and the eldest princess getting too close, and even expressed it secretly. Appreciate, however…
"I'm sorry to trouble you." After the emperor finished speaking, he stopped looking at Eunuch Hong.
Eunuch Hong leaned back slowly, closed the door of the imperial study room slowly, walked a distance, looked back at the light inside, sighed in his heart, and said to himself: "Since I know that I am suspicious , In the end, why bother to say that you are curious... Your Majesty, you should change your temper, the future of Qing Kingdom is all in your thoughts."
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A few days later, an imperial physician died of a sudden illness. A few days later, a nobleman from a distant clan's mansion accidentally fell off his horse during an outing. A few days later, a fire suddenly broke out in the famous Huichun Hall in Kyoto, killing more than a dozen people.
On the night when the fire broke out, Eunuch Hong appeared in front of the emperor again with a blank face, and reported in an old voice: "The old slave checked into the imperial hospital, and the imperial doctor died. The old slave checked into the clan's mansion." , that nobleman also died. The old slave found the Huichun Hall, and the Huichun Hall was burned."
His Majesty the Emperor Qing did not review the memorial tonight, but listened carefully to Eunuch Hong's report. After hearing these words, a strange smile flashed across his lips.
"Someone wants to hide something, and whether it's in the palace or in the capital, there are not many people who can beat you in everything." The emperor said calmly, "I have always liked her methods."
Eunuch Hong did not speak. The whole world is aware of the method of the eldest princess, but there has been no room for it to be used in the past few years. If this method is used to help His Majesty balance the ruling and the opposition, and point the sword at the world, His Majesty will of course like it, but if it is used Among the traces of destruction and deceiving the emperor, of course His Majesty... doesn't like it very much!
Eunuch Hong took out a pill from his pocket and handed it over, saying, "I only got one pill."
The emperor gently squeezed it with his fingers, and with a little force, the pills were shattered, and the smell wafted into his nostrils. His eyes were filled with indifference, and he said, "It really is a good medicine."
Eunuch Hong said calmly, "It might be framed."
"So...you have to see it with your own eyes." The emperor said: "Rest first, no matter what happens in the end, don't tell the queen mother."
Eunuch Hong responded and withdrew, knowing in his heart that even in his own capacity, there were still many things in this palace that he could not see.
The breeze was blowing the buildings in the palace. In a garden not far from Guangxin Palace, the Emperor Qing in a yellow shirt came out from behind a tree, lowered his head slightly, and felt a little strange in his heart. After making such a big commotion, why didn't she restrain herself
However, this trace of doubt has long been shattered by the anger and sense of absurdity in his heart, and the emperor's eyes are filled with a sense of failure, disappointment and dejection.
The middle-aged man did not go back to the palace, but still rested in the imperial study.
During this night, he thought for a long time, and then asked the eunuch Yao who served beside him a strange question: "Would Hong Zhu know anything?"
Eunuch Yao shook his head nervously and said a few words of persuasion. He had to keep Hong Zhu's life under His Majesty's hidden fury, so as to ensure his own safety as much as possible.
"I want to kill him..." The emperor frowned and said, "I want to... kill everyone in this palace."
Then he calmed down, and ordered in an unusually indifferent tone: "President Xuan Chen enters the palace."
The eunuch Yao, who was sweating profusely in the winter, hurried out of the palace and went straight to Chen Yuan to find the great savior as if he had received an amnesty. Not long after he went out, there was a loud noise in the imperial study room, it sounded like the precious five-foot bottle was pushed to the ground.
I don't know what kind of thing can make His Majesty the Qing Emperor, who has always been in front of the mountain collapse without changing his face, make such an angry venting action.
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"There won't be any problems at Huichuntang, right?" Chen Yuanzhong, the old cripple who had been sitting in a wheelchair for a long time, said to his closest comrade-in-arms: "I don't want to make mistakes at the last moment."
Fei Jie, with disheveled hair, said, "What's the problem? Although Hong Sitching is personally involved, every step in the palace is within your calculations, and they won't catch anything."
"Very good." Chen Pingping closed her eyes and thought for a long time, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes bloomed like chrysanthemums, then opened her eyes and said slowly, "I was thinking about a question, should Hong Zhu disappear."
This is a very strange question. The reason why the emperor occasionally thought of this was because in his rage, he subconsciously wanted to kill all the insiders who might have guessed about the royal scandal, and he immediately reacted and did not make this decision. Then why did Chen Pingping think of killing Hong Zhu
Chen Pingping frowned and said, "According to the calculations, Hong Zhu is the only thread that may have problems in this whole matter."
Fei Jie shook his head: "Although we managed to let Hong Zhu see this matter, it is obvious that His Majesty did not know about it through this little eunuch."
These two lines of dialogue explained a shocking truth, and also explained the great doubt that had been lingering in Fan Xian's heart, but he had nowhere to ask anyone.
Although Hong Zhu was the chief eunuch of the Eastern Palace, why was he so lucky...or so badly lucky that he would find out about the secret affair between the eldest princess and the prince
It turned out that even Hong Zhu was just the pawn that Chen Pingping made waves in the first place.
"Because of this, I feel that this little eunuch is a bit incomprehensible." Chen Pingping frowned and said, "He is obviously a nail that His Majesty put in the East Palace. After knowing this, why didn't he report it to His Majesty? I thought I would have to wait two more months before this thing could be stirred up."
"Maybe he knows that if this matter comes out of his mouth, he will definitely die." Fei Jie said, "A person who can rise up in the palace is certainly not a fool."
Chen Pingping suddenly smiled and said: "I admire Hong Zhu for being able to endure it all the time... It's just that His Majesty finally knows, that's good."
Fei Jie also laughed, with a dark smile: "You have a good successor, and I have a good student."
Chen Pingping nodded with a satisfied smile: "I haven't figured out how he arranged it until now. This alone shows that he has grown a lot."
The old cripple knew that Hong Zhu was the Emperor's confidant, but he didn't know that Hong Zhu was Fan Xian's. (, If you want to know what happens next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support the original!)