Hearing that Hongli came to Chengqian Palace, he hurriedly came out to greet him.
"Your Majesty?" Seeing the other party's gloomy expression, he asked with concern, "What's the matter with you?"
Hongli waved back the crowd, and then stopped talking.
Then she pulled him to sit down on the chair, holding his hands and not letting go, the warmth of the palms passed, she didn't say a word, only a pair of gentle eyes stared at him, as if saying: husband and wife are one body, and the concubine is the same. Here, I will listen to you at any time and share your worries at any time.
Hongli looked at her, silent for a long time, and finally said: "This matter is related to my background, but at the moment, I am in a mess, and I don't know who to believe..."
He hesitated again and again, and finally told the Queen Mother's story. After listening, he showed surprise: "Does the Queen Mother really say that?"
Seeing Hongli nodding, she immediately hesitated.
Hongli: "Queen, do you have something to say?"
Afterwards, he said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is a kind mother in the Emperor's heart, and ministers and concubines do not want to speculate on her with malice."
Hongli said solemnly: "Speak, I want to hear the truth."
After that, he sighed and said: "Your Majesty, think about it, although the Niu Hulu clan is a famous family, but the empress dowager's branch is already a side branch, and the biological father is only a fourth-grade ritual, and there is no prominent member of the family. people… "
Hongli frowned, not understanding the meaning of her words, but continued to listen.
"When the Empress Dowager entered Prince Yong's mansion, she was just a geek, with Fujin and Fujin on the top. Especially the later Empress Xiaojing Xian, who lost her son-in-law in the 43rd year of Kangxi's reign, and her knees are especially empty. If the first emperor really wanted to find a noble birth for you E-mother..." After looking at him, he asked word by word, "How did you choose the queen mother at that time?"
Hongli pursed his lips: "... The queen mother said that she was entrusted by Qian's."
"Your Majesty, at that time, Prince Yong's mansion only had one son from Fujin's Li family, and the Fujin family members in Fujin had long been jealous. If Mrs. Qian's body was weak and unable to raise the child, would there be a lot of competition?" After hesitating, he said, "The queen mother stood out and even became the emperor's biological mother. No one has questioned half a sentence for many years. The concubines can't imagine... Perhaps, there is no competition for Prince Yong's mansion, and there is no care for the orphan, but... "
Hongli asked sharply, "But what?"
After being forced by him, he blurted out as if he was inattentive: "It's... an old story of a civet cat changing into a prince!"
These words were like a shock to the sky, and the shock made Hongli's face turn pale. Unconsciously, he grabbed the hand of his successor, until the other person's pinched bones squeaked, and then he slowly regained his senses and asked himself in a murmur: "Is it possible, As Mrs. Wen Shu said, is the truth of the matter when the Niu Hulu family killed their mother and seized their children?"
On the other side, the guard house.
Hai Lancha came out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and has been waiting in the guards worriedly.
"Hai Lancha!"
He turned back suddenly, as if relieved, and then seemed to sigh: "You are here."
Mingyu came in with a food box, put the box on the table, and asked him with a smile, "Does the old lady like the forehead wipe I gave you last time?"
Following Wei Yingluo's suggestion, Mingyu made a total of two forehead wipes, one was placed on Hailancha's forehead, and the other was given to his mother.
"I like it!" Hailancha said without hesitation, "Of course I like it!"
Mingyu lowered her head shyly, lifted the lid of the box, and brought out trays of steaming vegetables: "This is a side dish that I made by myself, and the wild vegetable seeds that Xiao Quanzi brought back. Strange is better than fresh."
"I can't finish it all by myself." Hailancha pulled her down and sat down together, "Let's eat together."
So many dishes, but only a pair of chopsticks.
But for a couple, it was just right.
You give me a mouthful, I give you a mouthful, and the dishes will soon end, but Mingyu's appetite is small, so most of the meals still go into Hailancha's stomach.
Picking up a chopstick of the dish with his mouth, Hai Lancha asked, "Are Shu Concubines and others still bullying you now?"
Mingyu shook his head and said with a smile: "Although the master is not blessed now, but he is with the queen mother all day, who would dare to look at her face?"
Unexpectedly, Hailan was silent when he heard it. After a long while, he suddenly said: "Mingyu, I'm afraid that Shoukang Palace will not be peaceful in the future. You'd better persuade Concubine Ling to keep a distance from the Queen Mother, so as not to cause trouble."
Mingyu was taken aback. She knew what Hailancha was like and knew that he was not a person without a target. He even said such a thing. Obviously, there must be an inside story.
"Why?" Mingyu asked.
Hailancha pursed his lips and didn't answer.
"Is it related to confidentiality and can't tell me?" Mingyu threw his chopsticks into the food box in a fit of anger, "Then treat it as if I didn't ask!"
She got up to leave, but was grabbed by Hai Lancha: "No! It's about the emperor's life, and those who know are dangerous..."
Xu Shi felt that if he continued to hide it, not only Concubine Ling would be trapped in it, but even Mingyu could not escape, Hai Lancha gritted his teeth, looked up at Ming Yu, and said in a low voice: "Concubine Ling is attached to the Queen Mother, and sooner or later she will know. , I'll tell you all, let her have a plan in advance..."
Yanxi Palace.
After noon was over, Wei Yingluo was full of food and drink. She lay on the rocking chair, shaking her food and asking, "Does he really say that?"
Mingyu stood beside her with a dignified expression: "Yes, the emperor suspects that the queen mother was the murderer behind Qian's death, so Hai Lancha asked me to remind you not to go to Shoukang Palace in the near future, otherwise you will be implicated."
"Master, Sauron's guards are right." Xiaoquanzi said, although he is not as good as Mingyu, he has a direct source of information like Hailancha, but he has contacts with many palace people, and collects their few words. More or less, he could sense something was wrong, "The slave feels that the wind direction in the Forbidden City is about to change, so we have to turn the rudder quickly!"
As the center of this storm, the queen mother's life is even more difficult.
"The Queen Mother." Aunt Liu walked into the Buddhist hall, "What time is this, you should come out with a charter!"
Tuk Tuk Tuk, the Queen Mother still knocked on the wooden fish, kneeling on the futon without saying a word.
Aunt Liu sighed and said, "If the Empress Dowager sees Shi Lang Qian, her many years of hard work will be ruined."
As soon as the sound of the wooden fish stopped, the queen mother slowly opened her eyes: "Go and inquire, see where Qian Shilang is now."
A river seems to be clear, but as long as the emperor gives an order, countless hands will flow into it, and even the bottom sediment will be dug out.
"Your Majesty." In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Hai Lancha reported back, "The servants carefully interrogated the old people who served in the palace, and some people remember the Gege Qian family back then. She was indeed from Jiaxing. She was sold to the palace at the age of nine. Nian Wangye was infected with the epidemic, and she served me meticulously, so she was fortunate."
Hongli sat on the chair and tapped the table with his fingers: "Does she... have any family?"
Hailancha hesitated: "Qian Zhengyuan is her brother."
"Qian Zhengyuan?" Hongli exclaimed in surprise, involuntarily took out the "Chunhui Picture" presented by Qian Zhengyuan, and drew the line in the hands of the loving mother, and the wandering child's shirt.
"Yes." Hailancha lowered his head and said, "The Qian family was poor and feared that the young girl would starve to death, so she entrusted her to relatives. Unexpectedly, she was sold due to the severe drought. Mother Qian spent several years searching for her daughter. Only then did they find Prince Yong’s mansion, but at that time the Qian family had become a gege, and they couldn’t take it with them. Later, Qian Zhengyuan passed the imperial examination, and the Qian family was able to revitalize.”
When Hongli heard half of it, he opened the "Chunhui Picture" with a clatter.
I hadn't looked at it carefully before, but now looking for it inch by inch, Hongli sighed: "As expected."
Just behind the woman in the picture, there was a little girl hiding behind her, looking into her brain, looking naive.
"Chunhui map... Chunhui map..." Hongli gently stroked the girl's face, not knowing if it was a psychological effect, he felt that the more she looked at him, the more she looked like him, a feeling of blood connection, his voice trembled slightly, "Qian Zhengyuan This painting is to remind me that it's not the Niu Hulu clan who should really repay..."
He finally managed to gather up his excitement, and ordered in a deep voice: "Send the decree, announce that Qian Zhengyuan has an audience, and I want to ask everything clearly!"
Hailancha led the way.
Hongli waited anxiously in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He was unsure for several days and couldn't read the memorials. He finally waited for Hai Lancha to come back and looked behind him for a moment. Said: "What about people?"
Hai Lancha's face was ugly, and he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the guards flew to report, the Minister of Rites, Mr. Qian accidentally fell off the horse, his skull was broken, and he died..."
Hongli's expression changed when he heard the words.
After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said, "The Queen Mother..."