"Master!" Tingzhu stood outside the tent, Zhuang Luoyan couldn't see her expression clearly, but it seemed that something bad had happened to her.
"What happened?" Zhuang Luoyan took a deep breath and let Tingzhu set up the tent, listening to the sound of the rain brushing outside the window, the lightning and thunder made this night especially terrifying.
"The slaves seem to hear screams coming from outside," Tingzhu frowned, "I don't know what happened."
"Tonight there is thunder and rain, and we didn't hear anything," Zhuang Luoyan pondered for a while, "No one needs to go out tonight." Regardless of whether it was related to her or not, she made up her mind not to go out. . Wiping the sweat from his forehead, "Go to sleep too."
"However, if someone deliberately..." Tingzhu was still worried.
"There are no fools in this palace, it's right or wrong in the eyes of the emperor," Zhuang Luoyan was satisfied with Tingzhu's careful attention, she didn't even have a lantern at the moment, so she didn't want to cause trouble, "It's alright with such a heavy rain. Who will go out."
Tingzhu nodded, looked out of the window where the lightning flashed, and backed out softly.
There was lightning and thunder all night, and it finally cleared up the next morning. Gao Dezhong got up early from the bed and waited outside the emperor's bedroom, just waiting for the emperor's summons. At this moment, he saw a little eunuch running over with a panic-stricken expression.
"Manager Gao, three corpses were found in the peach grove on Mr. Zhao's side. Mr. Zhao and the maids who accompanied him were so frightened that they lost their minds. It's now an imperial doctor."
When Gao Dezhong heard this, his brows suddenly huddled together. What happened to Taolin these two days
Just at this moment, when he heard a movement in the room, Gao Dezhong whispered: "Don't make any noise about this, and tell the Empress to go quickly." This kind of thing can be big or small, and it is really difficult to handle. "After saying that, he led a line of court ladies and eunuchs into the door.
After changing clothes, Gao Dezhong bowed to arrange the corners of the robe for the emperor, but the emperor spoke at this time.
"What happened outside?" Feng Jin stretched out his arms, and the female official next to him tidied up his sleeves.
"The slave heard that Master Zhao was shocked, and the imperial doctor has gone to Taoyu Pavilion at this moment." Gao Dezhong said carefully.
"Frightened?" Feng Jin frowned, "What's going on?"
"The slave heard that Master Zhao woke up early this morning to visit Taoyuan, where he saw three corpses, so he was frightened and fainted."
"How could there be three corpses inexplicably appearing outside the garden?" Feng Jin sneered, "This matter will be dealt with after I go down to court."
"Yes," listening to the emperor's meaning, is to intervene in this matter, I'm afraid this matter is not so simple.
"Empress Empress, these are the three corpses." The Empress sat in the main hall and glanced at the three corpses covered with white cloth. She didn't intend for anyone to lift the white cloth, and covered her nose with a handkerchief, "But Did you find out who it was?"
"Back to the Empress, because these three people were struck by lightning, their faces are a little difficult to identify, but after a careful investigation, the lower official found that one of the three was the eunuch Xiaofangzi from the province in the palace, and the other two were The palace maids Hongzhu and Jin Guo, who are the cleaning maids of Chengtian Hall, are the elder sister of the maid who was caned to death a few days ago." The guards of the Imperial Forest Army glanced at the three corpses, and understood what was going on in their hearts, "Xiaguan also discovered that, There is still unburned diamond yarn around Jin Guo's neck."
The queen glanced at the tray presented by the eunuch. In the tray with the bottom of white cloth, there were some pieces of charred cloth. Some of the corners were already black, but it still allowed people to see what it was for.
"That's interesting. Could it be that Jin Guo hangs himself outside Taolin because his sister is gone, but he also takes two companions?" The queen waved the eunuch to step back with something, with a mocking expression on her face. With an expression on his face, he suddenly turned to the other concubines in the hall, "Listen, is there such an interesting thing?"
Concubine Xian covered the corners of her mouth and said, "Where is there such a strange thing, I'm just afraid that someone who wants to find some trouble will come out."
If this golden fruit was hanged alone in the peach forest last night, no matter who it is in the eyes of anyone, they will feel that this golden fruit is trying to turn into a ghost and will not let Zhao Chongyi go, but unfortunately the person who came up with this plan probably did not expect it. Doing such bad things is going to be struck by lightning.
The commander of the Imperial Forest Army had the corpse carried down and clasped his fists and said, "Empress Empress, this Jin Guo's neck bone has been broken. If Xiaguan did not predict wrongly, Jin Guo was already dead before the thunder struck."
The corpse was carried out, and the queen and others were obviously more at ease. Concubine Shu sneered, "There is nothing else to investigate, but it's just that we can't be framed."
"Naturally, we still need to check, who is this framed person, and why is he framed up?" The Queen sighed, "I'm only sorry for Zhao Chongyi, who was so frightened early in the morning, and I don't know what happened now. ?"
"Go back to the Empress, Zhao Chongyi took the medicine, and it will take a while to wake up," the imperial physician standing in the corner replied, "But Zhao Chongyi should not be frightened any more recently, or it will be bad if he hurts his brain."
The queen nodded, and then instructed the imperial physician to take good care.
The concubines and concubines present expressed concern on their faces, but who really cared on their faces. It's just a pity that Zhao Chongyi was very lucky, and even if he was framed, he had God's help. Otherwise, the thunder would not be chopped early or late, but it would have been chopped when the two slaves carried the body under the tree.
"The Emperor is here."
The queen and other concubines stood up and greeted each other. Seeing that the emperor's face was not good, the queen also knew that the emperor did not like these messy things in the harem, and she didn't know how to speak for a while.
"What happened to Zhao Chongyi?" Feng Jin had already understood most of the matter all the way, and said with a gloomy expression, "This palace is getting more and more lively, something happened here today, and someone died there tomorrow, so there will be no quiet time. !"
"Please rest your anger, Your Majesty, the imperial physician came to take a look, saying that Zhao Chongyi was just a little shocked, and it's not a big deal for a long time to rest." The Queen replied cautiously.
When Gao Dezhong heard this, his heart skipped a beat. All the concubines in this harem who need to rest will probably end up resting forever. Is this intentional or unintentional by the queen
"Can this place still be used for recuperation?" Feng Jin sat down at the top, picked up the teacup, and glanced at the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Forest Army who was standing in the center of the room, "You give me a good check on this matter, but I think Let's see how many people in this harem have thoughts." After speaking, his eyes swept across the people in the room.
Even if the concubines and concubines are not exhausted, they are at least the ones who keep their anger out. However, when the emperor swept away, no one dared to look up, and even the empress turned away slightly.
"Queen, you should also clean up this harem," Feng Jin retracted his gaze, put the teacup down heavily, stood up and said, "I will go and see Zhao Chongyi."
"Yes," the queen hurriedly stood up, and after seeing the emperor leave with a cold face, she turned around and looked at the concubines, "you have also listened to the emperor's words today, if there is any dirty hands and feet in the palace, you will be dismissed. Let's go." This is not to tell them to send the slaves, but to warn them to rest if they have any thoughts. However, there is no more mention of Zhuang Luoyan's recuperation, as if she hadn't said these words just now.
When Feng Jin entered the inner room, he saw the two girls who usually served Zhao Chongyi standing beside the bed with worried expressions.
When Tingzhu saw the emperor, he hurriedly tried the tears from the corners of his eyes and knelt down.
"Get up," Feng Jin walked to the bed and sat down, looking at the pale woman on the bed, "The doctor said, when will your master wake up."
"Back to the emperor, the imperial doctor said that it would only take half an hour, but now it's almost an hour," Tingzhu choked, "Originally, the master had a headache when he woke up this morning, so the servants persuaded the master to go out for a walk. For this kind of thing, ask the emperor to convict."
Feng Jin stared at the person on the bed, without even looking at Tingzhu, "Get up, let the imperial physician come in."
Ting Zhu kowtowed, wiped away her tears and backed out. When she walked to the entrance, she looked back and saw that the emperor was twisting the quilt for the master, so she buried her head and walked out.
The skin touched by the fingertips was a little cold, Feng Jin looked at this face, it was beautiful but not as good as Concubine Shu and Concubine Yangui. After closing the beautiful and fresh eyes, it made him feel a little pity, such a pair of eyes should be opened fresh, not closed with pale eyelids.
Just as he was staring, the man on the bed suddenly opened his eyes, and there was still a bit of fear in his confused eyes. Seeing that he actually grabbed his sleeve robe with one hand, he completely forgot all the rules: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Concubine Ai, it's all right now," Feng Jin sighed in a low voice, took the person into his arms pitifully, patted the back lightly, and could feel the person in his arms trembling.
Ting Zhu, who had originally walked to the door, saw the scene inside the house, and retreated outside with the imperial physician behind him, and even Yun Xi quietly withdrew.
After a while, they heard low sobbing sounds coming from the room, and there seemed to be a low voice of the emperor.
The imperial doctor listened to the movement in the house, and continued to take a few steps back, his head buried lower and lower, wishing he couldn't hear the movement in the house, no one knew who the emperor was comforting with such carelessness and gentleness.
Tingzhu was secretly startled, but luckily he didn't go out to see it last night, or else what would have happened. Fortunately, God blesses and kills those servants who are not right in their minds, otherwise the harem will not be able to stop the crowd today.
In the outer hall, the queen and the concubines were drinking tea with tea cups, as if nothing happened today.
The queen glanced at the bright sunlight outside the hall, put down the teacup lazily, and tried the corners of her mouth, "The sun is getting bigger now, let's go back earlier, with the emperor here, Zhao Chongyi will have nothing to do with it. event."
"What the Empress said is very true," Concubine Shu Gui stood up, "I remembered that there are still some good medicines for tranquility in the palace. After returning to the palace, let the servants bring it to Sister Zhao Chongyi."
Concubine Xian also got up and said, "That's it, I'll take a look at it too. I don't know how long it will take for sister Zhao Chongyi to recover from this shock today."
Gao Dezhong walked to the inner room and whispered to the emperor: "The emperor, the empress and the other masters are preparing to return to the palace. What else do you want?"
"Let them go back," Feng Jin hugged Zhuang Luoyan and didn't look back, "The traitor in the harem framed Zhao Chongyi, but fortunately God blesses, it is also a fate, you asked someone to go to Chonghua Temple to donate a hundred taels to Zhao Chongyi The golden sesame oil can be regarded as I thank the gods for the blessing of Zhao Chongyi."
"Yes." Gao Dezhong was also amazed in his heart. Could it be that God bless Zhao Chongyi, such shameful things will also turn for the better. Although he was frightened, it was still better than being splashed all over his body with ink. .
Zhuang Luoyan, who was lying in Feng Jin's arms, sighed with emotion, don't hide under a tree during thunderstorms, it may be struck by lightning.