Princess Rui didn't know what happened in the East Palace, why the Queen summoned her.
And she was summoned to the East Palace, not the Queen's Kunning Palace.
It just so happened that King Rui was not in the mansion, and Princess Rui didn't have anyone to make up his mind, so she had to go by herself in the carriage sent by Eunuch Su.
When Princess Rui arrived at the East Palace, Queen Xiao followed the two lines of King Ning and Wen Linlang to find out the cause of Wen Yang's death.
Wen Yang's affairs were done very cleanly, and even Empress Xiao couldn't find any flaws.
But sometimes, no flaw is the biggest flaw.
Princess Rui is a prince concubine, and Queen Xiao will not torture her, not to mention that she is still pregnant. Queen Xiao directly asked her about the Crown Princess and King Ning.
Princess Rui was at a loss: "Big brother? What's the matter with her? The man behind the rockery is her mother's brother Wen Yang."
A woman's intuition is sometimes terrifying. Even though Empress Xiao didn't clarify what happened between the two, Princess Rui instinctively thought of the scene behind the rockery.
It feels like the queen is referring to that kind of shameful thing.
Empress Xiao looked at her dignifiedly and gently: "Qianqian, tell me what happened from beginning to end."
Without waiting for Princess Rui to speak, Queen Xiao added, "Including that friend of yours."
Princess Rui: "..."
As expected of the queen, as soon as you make a move, you will know if there is any.
Princess Rui didn't dare to hide it, and told what she heard behind the rockery: "...At first I thought it was Chen Guo's proton, because I saw a wound on his face, the eldest brother said don't act rashly, he went to find evidence, and later The evidence was found, and it was found that Chen Guoyuan was innocent, and the person who had a private meeting with the crown princess was Wen Yang. Wen Yang asked the crown princess to corrupt money, and she was not disciplined to Chunying, so she knocked Chunying unconscious."
Chunying had already explained this matter.
It was King Ning who knocked her unconscious.
The testimony is correct.
Chunying didn't lie, neither did Princess Rui, Princess Rui just didn't know the whole truth.
"Queen Mother, could it be that day..." After Princess Rui explained, a bold guess suddenly flooded into her heart.
Empress Xiao smiled lightly and said calmly, "Is it about to be born soon? Don't be too laborious, this palace likes you and the third child very much, come to Kunning Palace to sit and sit when you have time."
This means throwing an olive branch to the Rui Wang couple.
Rui Wang and his wife are not very talented. In terms of mother family, Du Qianqian's grandfather is Luo Guogong, even if her mother is only the concubine of the Guo Gongye, but there is a relationship.
Furthermore, what Empress Xiao couldn't figure out was that the couple seemed to have good luck. They saved the bridge collapse by accident, and they got face in front of Liang Guo's envoy by accident.
If something happened to King Ning, King Rui and his wife, who were friends with King Ning, would also be implicated. At this time, Queen Xiao stood up to protect the two of them, which was like giving help in the snow.
It depends on whether Rui Wang and his wife are willing to join Queen Xiao.
Queen Xiao didn't get all the evidence until midnight, and then she got up and went to Huaqing Palace.
Concubine Zhuang got the news later than Empress Xiao, and she ran into Empress Xiao as soon as she arrived at Huaqing Palace.
"Empress..." Concubine Zhuang Gui planned to ask Empress Xiao what happened to the Crown Prince and King Ning.
Before she finished speaking, Empress Xiao raised her hand and slapped her in the face!
Concubine Zhuang Gui was stunned on the spot!
The two concubines have never dealt with each other. Empress Xiao is the empress, but Concubine Zhuang Gui has the support of Empress Dowager Zhuang in the harem and does not show weakness.
Neither side can do anything about the other.
It was the first time that Empress Xiao did not give face to Concubine Zhuang.
The palace servants on the side were all terrified, and they all knelt down.
Concubine Zhuang covered her red and swollen cheeks and looked at Empress Xiao angrily.
Empress Xiao glanced at her coldly, without any fear or fear of hitting her: "The good son you taught!"
Having said that, he left Concubine Zhuang Gui behind and threw his sleeves into the Huaqing Palace.
Empress Xiao handed over all the personal and physical evidence to the emperor, and the witness was Chunying: "… This is a big matter, and it is a statement made by a courtier and concubine. Your Majesty might as well ask Princess Rui and the sixth prince of Chen Guo, they are also very important. witness."
The emperor did not expect that the matter would be so involved, and even the sixth prince of the Chen state was involved.
The emperor naturally asked.
On Princess Rui's side, the emperor didn't call him anymore, his name was King Rui.
Prince Chen confessed that he had given the medicine to King Ning and the Crown Princess, but this time it was him who had given the medicine, which was not the case in the past.
"He found someone to kill me first, I just hit back a little, and didn't do anything to him..." Yuan Tang muttered.
The emperor was so angry that Yuan Tang rolled his eyes.
King Ning was slammed into the wall with his head pressed, so why didn't he do anything to King Ning
Zhao Guoxiao's Xiao Ji and Chen Guoyuan Tang are both shameless and boundless goods!
King Rui was also aware of what happened behind the rockery. He misidentified Princess Rui as Yuan Tang at the gate of the palace and told him and King Ning of his suspicions word for word.
The main reason was that the emperor was also a thief, and King Ning was not mentioned at all. King Rui only thought that the emperor was suspicious of Wen Yang's death.
Prince Rui has deep feelings for Prince Ning in his heart. If he knew it was him, he would probably never speak.
Then the emperor tried Chunying again.
Based on the testimony of several people and the money that King Ning and Yuan Tang gave to Chunying, King Ning's crime of illicit murder has not escaped.
The emperor was heartbroken, and it was difficult to accept the fact that the eldest son was so cruel.
He called Princess Ning again, and wanted to get some other clues from her.
What the emperor was expecting, he couldn't even tell.
However, he also understood that King Ning's charges were basically established.
"You know..." As soon as the emperor spoke, King Ning, who had been silent, suddenly said, "She doesn't know, she doesn't know anything."
The emperor gave the son a sidelong glance.
Empress Xiao, Concubine Zhuang and others went to the side hall, and only he, Prince Ning and Concubine Ning were left in the study.
After being a mute all night, are you willing to speak now
King Ning knelt on the ground, lowered his brows and said, "What do the royal father want to ask, just ask the servant, Chu Yue doesn't know."
Princess Ning didn't look at him, and kneeling beside him was straight and thin.
The emperor looked at the two of them deeply.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Zhuang Gui and Empress Xiao have gotten into trouble." Eunuch Wei quickly stepped inside and whispered to the emperor.
The emperor frowned and said to Princess Ning, "Go back."
"Yes." Concubine Ning stood up and respectfully stood aside, waiting for the emperor to leave the study before turning around and leaving.
"Su Xin." King Ning stopped her, opened his mouth, and said, "That umbrella...you gave it to me? Why didn't you give it to me in person?"
Concubine Ning turned her back to King Ning and did not look back. She smiled at the moonlight: "Your Highness didn't even dare to say that person's name?"
Ning Wang choked.
Princess Ning finally turned her head to look at him, and a self-deprecating smile formed on the corner of her lips, and said, "I delivered it myself, will His Highness take a fancy to me?"
Her face is much inferior to the first beauty, Wen Linlang.
She often appeared in the sight of King Ning, but King Ning never noticed her once. King Ning only remembered that Wen Linlang gave her an umbrella, but did King Ning know that she was in a pavilion with him before the umbrella was delivered. shelter from the rain.
She brought a maid.
King Ning glanced at her maid without looking at her.
Wang Ning looked at the back of Princess Ning's departure, and did not find his voice for a long time.
He asked himself, if she personally gave her the umbrella that day, would he have a crush on her
the answer is negative.
He is not as lustful and lustful as the fourth, but it is really difficult for a woman with a mediocre appearance to catch his eye. It was Taifu Zhuang's idea to ask for Princess Ning back then, and a wife should be a virtuous one. The daughters of noble families in the capital are much better.
Wen Linlang is also excellent, but one is that she is still young, the other is that her family background is not enough, and the third is the most important point, she has a marriage contract with Xiao Heng.
Master Zhuang would never allow him to be as stupid as the prince.
Marrying a woman who has been married to someone else may not be too far from the throne.
He respects Chu Yue because she is his original wife, which is what he should and must do.
However, when he was intoxicated and lay on the bed of the inn, all he could think of was the shadow of Chu Yue, even when Wen Linlang regarded him as Xiao Heng and said to him, "We will live a good life in the future. ", he mistakenly thought it was Chu Yue who told him.
So he said he hugged "her" tightly and said to her, "Okay."
…
In the middle of the night, Yuan Tang came again and provided the emperor with a piece of important news - the matter of Xiao Liulang was done by Ning Wang, and he hired people from Shuangdaomen to assassinate Xiao Liulang.
"Why did he harm Xiao Liulang?" The emperor was puzzled.
Yuan Tang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, have you forgotten who Xiao Liulang looks alike? He was afraid that the Crown Princess would become emotional again when she saw someone who looked similar to Xiaohou Ye, so he took the lead. Get rid of your rivals."
The emperor didn't think about why King Ning didn't take action earlier. Until now, he was so confused that he didn't think about this level.
If it was just because Xiao Liulang looked like Xiao Heng that King Ning had a murderous intention, what about the real Xiao Heng
The emperor subconsciously thought of the fire four years ago, and his eyes were cold...
(End of this chapter)