"When the concubine was holding the clothes just now, no one else wanted to see what it was. Only the younger brother of the third emperor hurried over to see it. It's really hard to say what her intentions are." Yan Shi's eyes swept over the following , "Mother, it's always been what Eunuch Le should do to present things to the emperor. Why did you ask the maid beside you to do this today?"
The meaning of Yan Shi's words is self-evident, he doesn't know who put the needle, but since King Ding and his successor have touched the clothes, he will take them off the water, so that none of them can escape .
After hearing this, her face changed a few times. She was implicated in Yang's matter, and she was confined in Ganquan Palace and did not see Emperor Chongjin for a long time. When I saw Emperor Chongjin again, I realized that my favor was no longer what it used to be, so I wanted to show courteousness to Emperor Chongjin even more. Just now, the matter of taking clothes naturally also has this intention.
Emperor Chongjin frowned slightly at Yan Shi's words. If it is said that King Ding wants to frame Hua Ling, it is indeed debatable, but afterward, there are full reasons.
Afterwards, when he was about to speak, he saw the imperial physician.
After carefully examining the embroidery needle just now, the imperial doctor replied: "Your Majesty, this needle is not poisonous, it is just an ordinary embroidery needle."
Emperor Chongjin nodded, and asked the imperial physician to retreat again.
Hua Ling was afraid that she might not see her again, and repeated with a smile on her face, "Mother, the imperial doctor said that this needle is not poisonous."
"I heard it." Then she felt a little dizzy. She pulled herself together and tried to maintain her majesty, "But even if the needle is not poisonous, it doesn't mean anything. Wangfei, King Ding, who put the needle in it Yes, you know for yourself."
After saying this, King Ding's biological mother, Concubine Shu, couldn't sit still, and immediately choked back: "Empress Empress, you must have picked yourself too clean. Just now we have so many eyes to see more, Your people have touched this clothes, why don't you add yourself too."
"Presumptuous!" Then his subordinates slapped hard, "Who gave you the courage to be so rude to this palace!" During the period when she was imprisoned in Ganquan Palace by Emperor Chongjin, the size of the harem was appropriate All are under the control of Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu. Although she lifted the ban later, she was not what she was before.
Naturally, Concubine Shu is not afraid of her: "The empress can only say these bluffing words, we are now investigating who released the needle, what are you doing to show off your identity? Could it be that you have a guilty conscience?"
"Your Majesty!" After being so angry that he didn't know what to say, he turned to look at the Emperor. No matter what, she is the queen of Dayuan, she doesn't believe that the emperor will make her lose face in this kind of occasion.
Before Emperor Chongjin could answer, he heard a faint cry from beside him, and after looking again, it turned out that it was Hua Ling who was standing beside him, rubbing his eyes and crying.
The most deceptive thing about Hua Ling is his innocent and naive face. He was already extremely beautiful, but now there are some tears on his face, making him even more lovable. Tears were wiped out a little, and she couldn't help asking in a low voice: "Why is the princess crying?"
Naturally, Yan Shi also saw the little princess crying, and his heart tightened immediately. Just as he was thinking of a solution, he saw Hua Ling slowly knelt down at the feet of Emperor Chongjin, and said sobbingly: "Father, queen, you all are welcome!" Don't be angry. It's my son's fault, it's my son's fault. If my son hadn't made this dress, these things would be gone. Today is New Year's Eve, so I should be happy, but because of my son's It is my son's fault that this piece of clothing caused so many troubles, and my son will let his father punish him."
Listening to Hua Ling's words, Emperor Chongjin extinguished all the fire in his heart, and his voice softened a lot: "It's the princess's wish to make clothes for me. Will you blame the princess?"
Hua Ling sniffled again and continued: "Since the queen mother and the third younger brother think that this needle is mine, then let's take it as my own. It's only because Ling'er was careless and left the needle in it. Father Your Majesty, please punish my son, I only hope that this matter will end here, and I only hope that my father can have a happy new year."
Hua Ling's words made Emperor Chongjin's heart that was already partial to him even more partial to him. At this moment, everyone is clearing themselves and putting the responsibility on others. this is stupid
Hua Ling desperately took the blame on herself, just to let him have a good year. Such filial piety is really touching.
Emperor Chongjin opened his mouth just as he was about to speak, when he heard the follower, he inserted a sentence coldly: "Princess, you said that you left the needle in it carelessly, is it careless?"
Hua Ling blinked her beautiful big eyes, and looked at her step-mother with tears all over her face: "Does the Queen Mother still think that the son put it in there on purpose? Just to harm the father? But the son has no reason to do this at all, father The emperor treats his son so well, how could his son repay his kindness like this."
Having said that, Hua Ling took another deep breath, as if he wanted to suck back the surging tears, he wiped his eyes with his sleeve and continued: "Okay, as long as you can make father happy After this year, the queen mother will be whatever she says. Father, then you can punish Erchen as if Ling'er deliberately punished Erchen. Although Erchen is a little afraid of pain, he can hold back."
When I wanted to say something more, Emperor Chongjin said coldly: "Okay, Zitong, don't make trouble anymore."
He helped Hua Ling up again with his own hands, and said softly: "Father believes that this needle is not from the princess. Father promises you that he will find the real murderer and return the princess' innocence."
After hearing this, Hua Ling's eyes suddenly became bright, and there was a smile on his face, but the smile looked a little funny when combined with the tears all over his face: "My son thanked the father, but the father, this matter Let's talk about it after the new year is over? You must be happy during the new year, so that you can have good luck in the coming year."
Emperor Chongjin looked at him and smiled, but also smiled: "Okay, Father Emperor promises you."
Hua Ling happily returned to her seat, and Yan Shi hurriedly took a handkerchief from the hand of the maid and wiped the eyes of the little princess distressedly.
Emperor Chongjin suppressed his smile and regained his majestic emperor image. He said, "Princess Ruiying County, the gift of clothes is very suitable for me. I will reward you with a hundred liang of gold and a hundred pieces of silk and satin."
Yan Shi hurriedly kowtowed to Hua Ling to express his gratitude: "I thank my father and emperor."
Afterwards, he and King Ding gritted their teeth, but they didn't dare to say anything.
Seeing that Hualing's eyes were swollen from crying, Emperor Chongjin asked him and Yan Shi to go down to rest first, and come back after lunch.
Yan Shi took Hua Ling to see Zhengyang Palace, which was originally the residence of queens of all dynasties. But after Yuan Empress committed suicide here, she didn't want to live here, so only Yan Shi lived here alone.
During the more than a year when he left the palace to build the mansion, Zhengyang Palace only occasionally had some servants come to clean it, and it looked a bit dilapidated.
Hua Ling didn't dislike it at all, and carefully looked at every corner of the palace: "It's great, I can see the place where my brother grew up."
Yan Shi used to use this place as a prison and only wanted to escape from here, but when he brought Hualing here today, the depression in his heart disappeared immediately, and it was only a short period of more than a year, as if he had been in a trance.
After Hua Ling had seen enough, he asked Yan Shi to take him to the bedroom.
The palace people have already arranged the sleeping hall, although it is still a bit cold inside, but it is not very cold. A quilt was spread on the sleeping hall, and Hua Ling sat on it, touching here and there: "Brother, did you sleep here before?"
"Yes." Yan Shi's gaze softened a lot, with a slight smile on his face, and he sat beside Hua Ling, "Do you want to sleep again?"
"How long is it until lunch?" Hua Ling's eyes rolled around, thinking of bad ideas.
Yan Shi was like a lamb walking back and forth in front of the wolf's den, unaware that he was almost in the wolf's mouth: "There are still nearly two hours."
"That's enough." Hua Ling chuckled.
"What is enough?" Yan Shi didn't know why.
"This is the bed that my brother slept in since he was a child. I want to try it with my brother here." Hua Ling said it without any shame, and Yan Shi blushed slightly when he heard it.
Seeing that he didn't agree, Hua Ling gently tugged at his sleeve and shook it: "Brother—"
"Aren't you sleepy?" Yan Shi's mouth was a little parched from his elder brother's call, "I woke up so early today."
"I'll have time to sleep when I'm done." Hua Ling continued to coax
, "I'll do it just once."
Yan Shi looked at the sky outside: "It's daytime." He had never done this kind of thing during the daytime, so he was a little embarrassed.
"What are you afraid of?" Hua Ling reached out to untie Yan Shi's clothes while speaking, "I was frightened just now, brother should comfort me."
When he said this, Yan Shi couldn't say anything, and could only let him do whatever he wanted.
The time will soon be midnight, and New Year's Eve will soon be over. After noon, Yan Shi and Hua Ling can also leave the palace and return to the palace.
During the banquet, there were singing and dancing to raise the level, and there were interlaced cups and cups, which seemed to be a happy one. Hua Ling whispered a few words to Yan Shi, stood up and saluted Emperor Chongjin, "Father, I want to play a flute for you."
Emperor Chongjin drank some wine and was very happy when he heard that Hualing was going to play the flute, so he agreed immediately. Hua Ling took out his white jade flute and put it under his mouth. The sound of the flute is clear and bright, with melodious twists and turns. But those who hear it forget their worries.
After a piece of music was over, Hua Ling went back to Yan Shi to complete it, and specifically asked him for a reward: "Brother, can I play the flute well?"
"It's awesome." Yan Shi put a mouthful of vegetables into his mouth, and Hua Ling continued with a smile.
Afterwards, he and King Ding were so angry that their teeth itch, and they dared not say anything more. Especially afterward, the two of them were originally asked to get married in order for Hua Ling to dissuade Yan Shi, but they didn't expect the relationship between the two to become more and more intimate, which really made people uncomfortable.
Emperor Chongjin also saw the small movements of the two, for some reason, he suddenly remembered the Empress Yuan, and drank the glass of wine on the table in one gulp.
Not long after midnight, Emperor Chongjin felt a little tired, so he broke up the banquet and went back to his bedroom to rest.
After that, Concubine Xian and Concubine Shu both competed to show their courtesy, hoping that Emperor Chongjin could go to his palace. But Emperor Chongjin refused, and he didn't plan to go to anyone's palace.
He didn't sit in the soft sedan that Eunuch Le called, but let Eunuch Le help him walk slowly.
At this time, the palace was much quieter, except for the sound of firecrackers.
When he walked to a secluded corner, suddenly a hidden, ambiguous voice came to his ears.
"Oh, be gentle." This is the voice of a young woman, this voice is very familiar to Emperor Chongjin, and she belongs to Concubine Lan who is being favored.
Concubine Lan is the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. She has been in the palace for almost a year, and she is very much loved by Emperor Chongjin.
But hearing his voice here, Emperor Chongjin couldn't help being cheered up, and the wine he drank at the moment also woke up a lot. Eunuch Le obviously also heard this voice, and when he was about to speak, Emperor Chongjin shouted: "Don't make any noise!" Eunuch Le was so frightened that he hurriedly closed his mouth.
Emperor Chongjin couldn't see what was happening where the sound came from. There was a corner wall between where he stood and there, which tightly blocked his sight.
Just heard another voice from over there—
"I miss you so much, how can I be gentle! Don't you miss me?" It turned out to be the voice of King Ding!
Emperor Chongjin fell to the ground, but fortunately Eunuch Le supported him. He remembered that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials belonged to King Ding, and Concubine Lan was the Minister of the Ministry of Officials' daughter. Okay, okay, what a Dingwang! What audacity!
"Of course I do," Lan Fei said coquettishly, "Your heart is really cruel, you are willing to send me to the palace, and you don't come to see me often."
"Didn't I come to see you? I know you have suffered in the palace, and I asked my concubine to take care of you."
Concubine Lan smiled coquettishly: "It's also thanks to the imperial concubine that I can feel like a fish in water by the emperor's side. But, don't forget what you promised me, I will be your queen in the future."
"As long as I become the emperor, you must be the queen. Come on baby, don't talk about this, let's get down to business."
"Hate it, slow down, ah—"
What followed was an unbearably obscene sound.
Emperor Chongjin was trembling with anger, he walked a few steps there, and suddenly stopped, he clenched his fists, and finally he didn't have the courage to go there, turned around and went straight to the palace
up.
Not long after he left, there was no sound in that secluded corner, and a person came out from there. There was no Concubine Lan, no King Ding, and there was only Hua Ling alone.
Concubine Lan did have a relationship with King Ding before entering the palace, and she was also bewitched by King Ding when she entered the palace. Over the past year, Emperor Chongjin has been blown a lot of pillow wind.
This year has passed, and the case of Prince Ding's private sale of drugs is about to be uncovered. Hua Ling knew Emperor Chongjin well, he was a scheming old fox, in order to achieve checks and balances among the princes, he might not do anything to King Ding. I'm afraid it won't be long before he will be activated again.
But if what happened today, King Ding would be hopeless, and even Concubine Shu and Minister of the Ministry of Officials could be eradicated.
Hua Ling dared to do this today, it's the same sentence, he understands Emperor Chongjin. He is a man of great success and great face, it is impossible for him to catch the adulterer in the past. What will he do after being caught raped? King Ding is the prince, if he is punished, how many pairs of eyes will be on the court. The son put on a cuckold for Lao Tzu, which is not very pleasant to hear.
Therefore, Emperor Chongjin could only pretend not to know. But it's one thing to pretend not to know, quite another to already know. This incident was like a thorn in Emperor Chongjin's heart, causing him unbearable pain, as long as he found a suitable opportunity, he would pull out the thorn.
Hua Ling performed lightness kung fu, and saw Yan Shi who was still waiting for him from a distance, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he fell to the ground and ran this way, shouting, "Brother, brother—"
Seeing that Hua Ling had returned, Yan Shi gently hugged him in his arms, and tightened his collar: "Is it over?" On the way to the outside of the palace just now, the little princess suddenly said that she wanted to go to the toilet. , Yan Shi planned to take him there. But Hua Ling shyly refused to let him follow, and just called an eunuch to lead him.
The little princess had been gone for a while, and now she saw that the stone he was hanging on finally fell down.
There was nothing to say all night, and in the morning of the first day of the new year, he had to enter the palace again to pay New Year greetings to Emperor Chongjin and his successors. Yan Shi clearly felt that Emperor Chongjin's spirit was not very good, and he was a little strange. When they parted last night, Emperor Chongjin was still very happy.
After coming out of the palace, Yan Shi took Hua Ling and went straight back to the palace to make up for sleep.
Yan Shi is the eldest son no matter what, and there are not many royal relatives in the city who need him to pay New Year's greetings, so they should all come to him. But still the same sentence, Yan Shi is not favored, and most of the others think that he has no destiny for the throne, and some people just send his servants to go through the motions.
Those who only come from servants will be received by Qingji. If the master came in person, Yan Shi would personally receive him.
When it was almost noon, Zhang Yuxin came with Shen Chenbi. After the guests and hosts were seated, they said some New Year greetings. Now, when do you plan to reveal that matter?"
Yan Shi looked at the teacup in his hand: "In three to five days, there will be news from King Zhao."
Shen Chenbi frowned slightly: "King Zhao?"
Zhang Yuxin did understand Yan Shi's meaning: "My lord doesn't want to expose this matter by himself, but wants to borrow the hand of King Zhao?"
Yan Yi nodded: "Exactly."
Hua Ling was a little anxious: "Brother, why is this? We have finally investigated for so long, how can we give all the credit to King Zhao?"
Yan Shi took a sip of tea, and said calmly, "Prince Ding is my younger brother after all. I'm afraid that my father will only think that I am fighting each other instead of solving a big hidden danger for the court." He wanted It is the throne that is won, not these immediate credits.
If the mastermind behind the A Furong case is not the prince, then Emperor Chongjin might look at him differently if he exposes it.
Hua Ling nodded half-understood, and continued: "Brother, how can we let King Zhao know about this? We have to hide it a little bit, so we can't let him know that we told him."
"We don't need our people to handle this matter, so it's guaranteed to be safe." Yan Shi smiled, and saw the little princess's anxious look and continued to explain, "I have asked Miss Ying Ying to handle this matter."
"Miss Xiang Ying?"
Hua Ling's eyebrows were twisted into a pimple, "She is from the Shifang Sect. Why Qu Liushang hid her identity and entered the palace has not been found out before. How can my brother still use people from the Shifang Sect!"