The next morning, Lu Heng personally came to pick up Wang Yanqing, and then walked to the Forbidden City.
On the way, Lu Heng, as usual, abandoned his horse and rode in the carriage in the name of being injured. The carriage reeled forward, and Lu Heng took advantage of this gap to talk to Wang Yanqing about today's investigation ideas.
"Let's start with Yang Jinying, check who she has been with during this time, check people on the one hand, and things on the other. Pay special attention to the valuables in her room, gold, silver, jewelry, clothes and jewelry, including gadgets that don't belong to Miyagi. I have to check all of them. It is not convenient for Jinyiwei in the palace to look up and ask, so I can only rely on you. I have asked someone from the stuff factory, you can arrange the questioning by yourself, and let them help you with the manual work such as flipping things."
Wang Yanqing was a little surprised, and immediately thought that this was something Lu Heng could do: "You still called Dongchang and Xichang?"
The emperor handed over the power of investigating the court to Lu Heng. Although Jin Yiwei was inconvenient to investigate the family members, it was not impossible. However, Lu Heng divided the matter between the East and West factories, and everyone earned the credit together. In this way, everyone was happy, and the eunuchs also led Lu Heng's love.
After all, the eunuch is the closest person to the emperor, and it is absolutely beneficial and harmless to get along with this group of people. Now Lu Heng takes the initiative to give in the benefits. In the future, the eunuchs will give Lu Heng two more good words, and quietly inform Lu Heng when they encounter an incident. The benefits that Lu Heng can get are immeasurable.
Lu Heng is good at playing chess. A smart chess player never cares about the skill of a move, but the long-term layout.
Wang Yanqing sighed that Lu Heng really knew how to be a man. No wonder he was still standing in the official circles. The cabinet had changed four first assistants, but he was always the commander of Jin Yiwei. Wang Yanqing was trapped by him, and he agreed to his conditions in a confused manner, which was excusable.
"Yes." Lu Heng nodded and said, "In the end, they are more familiar with the harem. Everyone looks up and sees it, there is no need to grab people's territory. The harem will be handed over to them to investigate, and I will ask them to investigate the origins of Yang Jinying and other sixteen people's families. I will send a few Jinyiwei to follow you throughout the whole process, and people from the East and West factories will also be sent. You can support them without any worries. Today, I am in front of the emperor all day. If there is any accident, you will send someone to the Yikun Palace to deliver a letter. I'll take you out of the palace at night."
Intelligence is what Jin Yiwei does, and they are better at investigating relationships outside the palace. Wang Yanqing nodded one by one. With Lu Heng there, she was not worried about her safety. If even a person like Lu Heng can't handle it, then Wang Yanqing's own caution is useless.
Wang Yanqing went to the harem to investigate the most difficult monarchy case with an optimistic attitude of life and death and wealth. The carriage stopped outside the palace gate, and there were many eunuchs waiting in front of the gate. When the leader saw Lu Heng, they hurriedly greeted him and said hello, "Master Lu is well."
Lu Heng nodded with a smile: "Hello, Eunuch Zhao. Eunuch, this is my wife. I'll take care of Eunuch in the future."
Eunuch Zhao naturally complied. This kind of face is to support each other, and the more you can give it, the more you can give it. Lu Heng asked the East and West factories for help on the grounds that he was not familiar with the harem. Jin Yiwei took the initiative to give face to the eunuch.
The East Factory sent several eunuchs to run errands, led by Eunuch Zhao from the West Factory. Eunuch Zhao talked to Lu Heng again, and the two of them said goodbye together. Lu Heng went to Yikun Palace to guard the emperor, while Eunuch Zhao bowed to Wang Yanqing with a smile, and said, "Mrs. Lu is a blessing. Hearing that Madam Lu's eyes are bright and discerning, miscellaneous families rely on Madam Lu."
Wang Yanqing didn't speak as much as Lu Heng's nonsense, and just smiled and declined. Eunuch Zhao raised his hand and said proactively, "Mrs. Lu, please."
Although the Forbidden City is big, not all the maids and eunuchs can live in the palace. Only a small number of maids and eunuchs who serve the concubines and concubines closely can live in the matching room with their masters, and the others live in the imperial city outside the Forbidden City. The West Sixth Palace is small, and there are not enough concubines to live in, so it can't accommodate many palace maids.
Yang Jinying and other 16 people lived outside the palace. They were divided into three shifts, working for four hours each time. When it was time to leave the palace, on the 27th night, it was Yang Jinying and others who were on the night shift in Yikun Palace.
Sixteen people, including Yang Jinying and Zhang Jinlian, were all in the same class, so they could gather together. Wang Yanqing, accompanied by Eunuch Zhao, went to investigate the palace maid in the imperial city.
Yang Jinying's residence has long been sealed, and it is in a mess, and it has been turned over many times. Seeing this scene, Wang Yanqing lost all hope in her heart, but she still entered the room and carefully looked for suspicious things.
Given the cultural level of the palace maids, if there is a behind-the-scenes mastermind, most of them will be informed verbally, and it is unlikely that they will be directed by letters. Therefore, Wang Yanqing's search direction focused on property. However, Yang Jinying's residence is very simple. Eight people are squeezed into a small room. Except for a bed and a suitcase, there are no other personal belongings.
The eunuch did not dare to let Mrs. Lu do it. As soon as Wang Yanqing's eyes fell on something, the eunuch rushed forward and opened the thing for Wang Yanqing. Yang Jinying's house was almost turned upside down, and even the interlayer of old clothes was taken apart, but there was no gold or silver in it.
As expected by Wang Yanqing. Several days have passed, and even if there is key evidence, it has already been taken away by Queen Fang, Jin Yiwei and others. Wang Yanqing quickly gave up investigating things and went to investigate people instead.
With Eunuch Zhao of the West Factory in charge, Wang Yanqing's invitation to come over for questioning went very smoothly. She set out from Yang Jinying's residence and called the maids in the surrounding rooms in turn to inquire individually. Every palace maid came in tremblingly, for fear that if she said a wrong word, she would lose her life. Wang Yanqing asked in a soft voice as much as possible, and wrote down key words on paper when they encountered them. Seeing this, the little eunuch next to him quickly said, "How can I bother Mrs. Lu to do it? Just say what you want to write, and the servant will write it for you."
Wang Yanqing politely declined, letting the eunuch ghostwriting is the emperor's treatment, she is not that lucky, she should write it herself. Wang Yanqing asked five palace maids in a row, and after sending the fifth person away, Wang Yanqing lowered his head and added content on the paper. Eunuch Zhao looked at the words on Wang Yanqing's paper from a distance and asked tentatively, "Mrs. Lu, I heard that you only read You can tell at a glance who is lying. Did any of those palace maids lie just now?"
Wang Yanqing added the last line of words, flipped through the booklet, and said, "Father-in-law is too famous, he is not so good, I am just guessing. This batch is no problem, let's call the next batch."
Wang Yanqing stayed at the palace maid's office all day, and asked dozens of people, until finally her throat was dry. If a normal person asks this for so long, his head will be big, but Wang Yanqing's thinking becomes clearer as he goes to the back.
Others are dizzy because too much invalid information is stuffed into their minds, but Wang Yanqing can immediately identify which information is true, which is deliberately distorted, and which is the speaker's own assumption. She extracts useful information, and the more people she asks, the clearer the image becomes in her mind.
Everyone has different opinions, but the images described are generally similar. Yang Jinying's family is poor and strong. When I first met her, I thought this person was rude, but after getting along for a long time, I will find that she is a very loyal person. As for money, everyone said that they had never seen Yang Jinying wearing gold and silver, and there seemed to be no difference in clothing, food, housing, and transportation.
The other 15 and Yang Jinying's circles were highly overlapping, Wang Yanqing asked mixed questions, but did not find any obvious violations. It was already dark, and Eunuch Zhao had been listening for a day. Even though he didn't need to ask questions, he felt dizzy. Eunuch Zhao thought that she was indeed Lu Heng's woman, and she was just as determined to hold on to the case when she investigated the case.
Eunuch Zhao moved his hands and feet quietly, stood up and said, "Mrs. Lu, it's almost time for you, look at today..."
Wang Yanqing also intends to end it. She has basically completed the investigation of the social circles of the 16 palace maids, and there is no point in asking any more. Wang Yanqing got up with kindness and said, "I'm almost done asking. Thank you father-in-law today."
"Mrs. Lu is very polite." Eunuch Zhao said with a smirk on his face, "It's the miscellaneous family who should thank Mrs. Lu. Being by Mrs. Lu's side today can teach the miscellaneous family a lot of eyes."
Eunuch Zhao sent Wang Yanqing back to the palace, and at the same time sent someone to spread the news to Lu Heng. When Wang Yanqing arrived at Donghuamen, Lu Heng was already waiting there. Wang Yanqing said something for a day, but now she doesn't want to speak at all. She was too lazy to get out of the car and sat in the car to listen to Lu Heng chatting with Eunuch Zhao outside. After finally being polite, Eunuch Zhao led the people away, and then the car curtain shook, a burst of cold air rushed towards him, and Lu Heng came up.
Lu Heng sat down beside Wang Yanqing skillfully. Seeing Wang Yanqing's listless appearance, he asked, "I heard that Eunuch Zhao said that you asked more than 40 people today. Are you tired?"
Wang Yanqing shook her head, not too tired, but she had no desire to speak. Lu Heng observed the words and expressions, and understood this feeling very well. He stretched out his hand to wrap Wang Yanqing's shoulder. Wang Yanqing suddenly opened his eyes and fixedly looked at Lu Heng's hand: "What do you want to do?"
Lu Heng innocently blinked and said, "You're tired, I'll let you lean on for a while."
"Need not."
"Then I rub the acupuncture points for you?"
"Don't dare to bother Lord Lu."
"But we just agreed yesterday. Whatever I do in the past three months, you can't avoid it."
Wang Yanqing raised her eyebrows and looked at Lu Heng badly: "We said this yesterday?"
"You didn't say you couldn't." Lu Heng said in a serious way, "I only have three months, so of course I have to try my best to show my strengths. Massage for others is also one of my abilities."
Seeing that Wang Yanqing did not object, Lu Heng tacitly agreed with her. He held Wang Yanqing's shoulders, made her lean on him, and said, "There is no rule in the world that you are not allowed to rub acupuncture points for a girl when you are pursuing her. Relax, it will take a while to get home."
Before Wang Yanqing could think of a reason for refusing, he was held down by him. He pressed his fingers to his temples and massaged soothingly and vigorously. Wang Yanqing saw that he had no intention of making further progress, so he reluctantly relaxed and let him go. While feeling the long-lost feeling of Wen Xiang in his arms, Lu Heng asked, "Did Yang Jinying find anything?"
Wang Yanqing closed her eyes and shook her head slightly. Lu Heng was not surprised at all, and sighed slightly: "Her family didn't find anything unusual, she hasn't been to other places, and she doesn't have any contact with the capital. It looks like an ordinary family. Now there are two kinds of things. Possibly, the first, someone started in advance, destroyed all traces, and instructed these palace maids to kill the king; second, this matter was initiated by Yang Jinying and the sixteen people, and has nothing to do with outside the palace."
Lu Heng has a good logic and is intertwined with each other, and any unreasonable things cannot escape his eyes. Wang Yanqing let go of his mind and listened to him at ease.
Lu Heng did not reveal his inclination, but still analyzed the situation in an orderly manner: "Let's assume that it is the first one. The master behind the scenes has made such great efforts to plan, and he will definitely get huge benefits from it. If the emperor really has an accident, the person who will benefit the most is who?"
Wang Yanqing immediately thought: "The three princes?"
"The three princes are still young, and this kind of thing can only be done by their biological mother. If the palace collapses without an edict, according to convention, the ministers will appoint the eldest prince, so among the three concubines, the second prince's biological mother Concubine Wang is the most suspect."
When the emperor passed the throne, he would consider his preferences and talents, but the ministers directly established the leader. So if Yang Jinying is really successful, the second prince Zhu Zaihe will become the next emperor.
Wang Yanqing said: "It seems that Concubine Wang is quite suspicious, so let's investigate Concubine Wang next?"
Lu Heng didn't answer, kneading Wang Yanqing's hair with his fingers, and said slowly, "Concubine Wang is very suspicious, and it is only relative to the birth mother of the three princes. If the second prince is fifteen or sixteen years old, the ready-made benefits are worth taking risks by Concubine Wang, but The second prince is less than one year old, even if he is established as the new emperor, he will inevitably need his ministers to assist him, and then the power will fall to the cabinet, what does Wang Guifei want?"
It is possible for Wang Guifei, but there is no need to do so at all. As long as her son grows up safely, she is the one with the biggest chance of winning, so why should she take the risk of killing the king
Wang Yanqing asked, "You mean, the cabinet?"
"Among the senior scholars in the cabinet, Xia Wenjin, Zhai Luan, and Yan Wei, an old fox, are capable of bribing Yang Jinying. But Xia Wenjin has just taken the position of first assistant, and his foundation is unstable. This kind of juncture has changed. Zhai Luan is the second assistant. Even if he is appointed as the auxiliary minister, Xia Wenjin is in front of him, and he has the final say in government affairs. His primary goal should be to bring down Xia Wenjin, not to kill the king. As for Yan Wei can't make any sense. He only joined the cabinet. In terms of qualifications, prestige, and auxiliary politics, he can't get his turn. How could such a good old man like him do such radical things?"
Wang Yanqing sighed and asked directly, "Who do you think it is?"
"After doing this, it seems that the one who benefits the most is me." Lu Heng clicked his tongue, showing an incredible look, "Could it be that the traitor is actually me?"
The author says:
Lu Heng: The traitor was actually me.