Li Yunqing is from the Ministry of Rites and has more or less relationship with the eldest prince Xiao Changning.
But in private, Li Yunqing was only looking forward to Qian Yuqing, the brave marquis of the world.
It is not surprising that these two people were asked out of her mouth.
It's just a surprise why there are two people
The eldest prince and Master Qian did not deal with each other. This is something that everyone in the capital knows. Could it be that they accidentally cooperated in order to get rid of Shi Qing
I'm afraid it's impossible.
In the imperial study room, the emperor sat behind the desk, and four or six queens stood in front of him.
The fourth princess is twenty-seven or eight years old this year, and Dan Fengyan, who is in the same line of the Xiao family, has a calm expression.
It may be that he has experienced on the battlefield with the boss in the early years, and he has the calmness of a frontier soldier in his body, unmoving as loose as a pine.
The sixth princess is much younger than her. She is eighteen or nineteen years old this year, and she has not been out of Beijing much. Her father is the emperor of the palace. She was raised in the palm of her hand, and she acts more lively.
The first one who couldn't help but speak was the sixth princess, "Mother, then Li Yunqing insisted that the letter was sent by the uncle of the eldest prince, and the guards with him at the posthouse that day were hinted by Master Qian. There is only verbal evidence, not physical evidence."
"My daughter thinks that Li Yunqing's move was too easy, and there is no physical evidence. Maybe it was a bitch. It's not very credible."
The emperor rested his elbows on the armrest of the chair, squeezed the center of his brows, and said slowly, "I heard that you interrogated the person? I have always been tolerant to the civil servants, but I heard that you tortured Li Yunqing in private?"
The calm tone, without any extraneous emotions, is the scariest thing.
The Sixth Queen lowered her head slowly, muttering, "Anyway, she can't escape the charge of corruption and bribery. To deal with such a corrupt official, she should be punished."
She thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she said to the emperor: "Didn't she also hit Cao Zhen at that time?"
The emperor's movement between his eyebrows paused slightly, "You know Shi Qing? Then you should know that she openly beat Cao Zhen at the gate of the yamen to vent her anger for the people and to stabilize the people's hearts, but you tortured Li Yunqing in prison, but there is no reason." The meaning of beating and beating is easy to arouse the anger of civil servants."
The sixth princess flattened her mouth, her eyes full of disbelief, "Isn't it all about beatings, it's just a good time to make an example and make the civil servants restrain themselves!"
"You." The emperor shook his head helplessly.
The sixth princess was young, and it was her first time to handle things. She only wanted to show off, so she inevitably acted impulsively and did something wrong. The emperor didn't criticize too much, but looked at the fourth princess.
"What do you think?"
The four emperors bowed their hands and saluted, and said with lowered eyes: "There is something suspicious about it. Both the eldest prince and Shi Yonghou are people that Li Yunqing can't afford to offend. She should be mentally prepared when she confesses these two people in prison. lie."
"The issue is… "
The fourth princess frowned, "There is no evidence for now."
Cao Zhen only knew about Li Yunqing, not the eldest prince. And the guard who died in the posthouse has nothing to do with Mr. Qian.
This leads to broken threads.
Even if it is useless to know that the people behind it are Prince Chang and Lord Qian, these two are people who will not leave evidence, and Li Yunqing can only bear the blame in the end.
"However," the fourth princess said again, "My daughter thinks she can start with the guard of the Sun residence."
Sun Da is the one who will be dispatched to the frontier. Since she can reappear in the ranks of assassinating imperial envoys, someone must help her escape and let her take revenge.
Now you can grab Sun Da's line and search deeper, and you will be able to find the big fish.
The emperor raised his eyes and looked at the fourth princess, "You brought up this matter, so it's up to you to investigate."
The sixth princess standing beside her was taken aback for a moment, and asked subconsciously, "Mother, what about me?"
The emperor changed the subject and mentioned something else, "The Taifu told me that you have not gone to Taixue for a long time in the name of investigating the case recently."
"Isn't that to investigate the case?" The sixth princess was confident.
"The case needs to be investigated, and the homework must not be neglected. Your fourth sister will continue to investigate this matter. You and your fifth sister will go to Taixue to learn more, so that you can share my worries."
The emperor put his hand on the book case, and his fingertips just touched the booklet with the word "Shiju", implying something:
"If Taifu Chen is too lenient with you, I will consider finding someone who is stricter for you."
The sixth emperor's scalp felt numb when she saw those two words, she immediately shook her head, "Don't change the mother, the daughter just goes."
The emperor smiled and waved his hand to signal the two, "Back off."
After the two went out, the smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth slowly faded away.
She glanced sideways at the servant acting as a pillar and said, "Let the imperial doctor go and show Li Yunqing secretly, and at the same time, no one is allowed to visit her again."
"Li Yunqing took bribes and assassinated an imperial envoy. Although she deserves to die, even if she dies, she can only be executed by Qiu Hou, not in prison, understand?"
The waiter paused, "Yes."
Although Li Yunqing had no evidence, some people would feel guilty and couldn't help but want to do something.
In addition, the sixth imperial daughter had just tortured Li Yunqing, and the cause of death would just be pushed on her to arouse the anger and resentment of the civil servants, and the matter of assassinating the imperial envoy was just transferred.
All that needs to be done now is to keep Li Yunqing, so that the hearts of those behind him will always be carried.
The only way to show his flaws is to be in a constant state of anxiety all day long. At the same time, let the four princesses track down Sun Da's line and find evidence.
The emperor felt a little tired after dealing with these matters, leaned back on the back of the chair, closed his eyes, and said with emotion, "I am not young anymore."
Although the emperor is well maintained and looks young, he is in his fifties after all, and there are not many courtiers who are older than her.
The servant understood, washed and wiped his hands, walked behind the emperor and massaged her temples with moderate strength, and at the same time said softly, "I heard a very surprising thing today, and I will tell you to relieve your boredom."
"Just now I heard the two princesses discussing Lord Qian. Coincidentally, this matter is also related to Lord Qian."
The emperor became interested, and the ending sound rose, "Oh?"
If she talked about this, she wouldn't be tired.
The servant continued, "I don't know where the rumors came from, that Master Qian was actually born as a concubine, and her attitude towards Qian Cancan, the concubine, was not because she had been harmed by a concubine, but because she hated herself. I am afraid that Qian Cancan will become my second self."
"Rumors say that Mrs. Qian hated her status as a concubine when she was young, and has always claimed to the outside world that she is the legitimate daughter."
"Later, for some unknown reason, the real concubine daughter who was born in the same year as her became a concubine daughter in the eyes of outsiders, and she died not long after."
The emperor raised his hand to stop the servant's movement, and sat up slightly.
"It's not easy to spread such 'rumors'."
No wind, no waves, something that the Qian family has not revealed for so many years suddenly spread in Beijing, even the palace heard about it, there must be something wrong.
If it is said that no one is behind the scenes to fuel the flames, the emperor will not believe it.
The servant folded his hands and put them on his lower abdomen, and asked in a low voice, "Do you need to stop it?"
"No, it's the Qian family's business." The emperor pointed his index finger at the armrest of the chair, "Just wait and watch the show."
"At the court, it's time for a change of blood."
"yes."
Things like gossip are like having wings, as long as you borrow a little wind, you can fly far.
For example, when Shi Qing was divorced back then, such as Mr. Qian's status as a concubine.
In the Qianfu study that night—
Mother Qian listened to the report of Li Yunqing's interrogation results with a sullen face.
As for the rumors, no one dared to tell her in front of her for the time being, Mother Qian didn't know yet.
"How dare the sixth princess torture civil servants..." Mother Qian put her hands behind her back, "If Li Yunqing dies in prison, what will happen to her?"
Mother Qian waved her hand to let the servants go out, and when the footsteps outside the door left, another weak female voice sounded from the study, "Lord Qian is a step late, the Imperial Mother has sent the imperial doctor to visit."
The owner of the voice came out from the dimly lit corner, raised his hand and lifted off the cloak hat on his head, revealing the sickly and quiet face of the fifth emperor.
Mother Qian frowned, "The Emperor has a preference for the sixth princess."
"It can't be regarded as a preference," the fifth princess Xiao Wanliu found a chair and sat down, raised her hand to her lips and coughed twice before she managed to finish her sentence, "It's just that I don't want her to be out so early."
For the imperial daughters in the imperial court, the boss doesn't care about political affairs due to injuries, and only she, the fourth and sixth emperors can be used, and the age is too young.
And she is weak and uncompetitive. If the sixth emperor daughter is kicked out, doesn't that mean that the position of the princess belongs to the fourth emperor daughter
Whether it is the court or the emperor's daughter, until the last moment, the emperor always thinks about checks and balances.
Only when they pull left and right can power be concentrated in the hands of the emperor.
The fifth princess looked at Qian's mother, "It's too late to get rid of Li Yunqing. What Mr. Qian really needs to do is to erase all traces of Sun Da as soon as possible, and don't let the fourth child take advantage of it."
"I know that."
Sitting on the chair behind the desk, Qian's mother said expressionlessly, "I didn't expect the eldest prince to intervene, but in the end, because of a grandson, he could easily put all the blame on me."
Mother Qian sneered, "He's trying to unplug my sight in the Ritual Department."
He also wanted to bring her down.
"Uncle has his own ideas and plans. As long as it doesn't touch the bottom line of the empress, the empress has always turned a blind eye to him."
The fifth princess looked at the bloodshot coughing up in her palm, and said with a smile, "Lord Qian, you can't compare with him."
In the last enclosure case, the emperor blatantly crossed out the eldest prince's name.
Can the eldest prince not know? Of course he knew.
So he followed the emperor's wishes and used Qian Cancan's pursuit of depression as an excuse to severely suppress the Qian family, so that Qian's mother had to keep a low profile, so as to avoid the power imbalance in the court, and also gave Shi Qing time to grow up.
As long as the eldest prince doesn't touch the string in the emperor's heart, the emperor can tolerate him.
The Fifth Imperial Girl clenched her fingers and raised her eyes to look at Mrs. Qian, "Shi Qing can't stay, otherwise if something happens to you, she will be the next Minister of the Household Department. Qian Shinu is soft-hearted, and she is not her opponent at all."
When Qian Huanhuan was mentioned, Mother Qian frowned even more.
"Things that don't live up to expectations." She clenched her fists and smashed the armrest of the chair.
Maybe it was because of anger, Mother Qian felt a lump of depression in her chest, and it was difficult to breathe.
The fifth imperial daughter looked at her twice more, and said with concern: "Master Qian, you are hurting yourself by being angry."
She glanced out at the sky, "It's getting late, I should go back."
The Fifth Imperial Girl stood up and put on the cloak hood, as if she suddenly remembered something, she turned her head and said to Qian's mother, "There is a rumor recently, I wonder if Master Qian has heard of it?"
Mother Qian stood up to see her off, but she was puzzled when she heard the words, "What rumor?"
The fifth emperor smiled faintly, "I guess no one dared to tell you, it's just a rumor, it can't be taken as true."
The more she said that, the more curious Mother Qian became, "Your Highness just said it."
"Rumors suddenly arose in Beijing today, saying that you are the concubine." The upper half of the fifth emperor's face was almost covered by the shadow of the hood, only her light-colored lips were exposed.
Mother Qian stared at her blankly, her pupils dilated, her heart stopped beating for a while, and she even forgot how to breathe.
She had almost, almost forgotten about it.
Mother Qian swayed slightly, she quickly reached out to hold the edge of the table, and barely supported it.
The fifth imperial daughter looked at her quietly, and said the second half of the sentence slowly, "Man Jing probably knows about this, but you are the only one who is still kept in the dark."
After speaking, she opened the door and went out.
It's not that the fifth princess didn't hear the sharp sound of something falling from the chair behind her and scraping the floor heavily, but she just raised her lips slightly, without even turning her head.
On the day Prime Minister Sun was convicted during the Spring Hunt, she approached Mother Qian and wanted to cooperate with her, encouraging her to save Sun Daliu and keep it for herself in the future.
She instigated Qian's mother to seize the opportunity, aimed directly at the position of prime minister, and forced the emperor to support the Shi family to check and balance with her.
Just reminding Qian's mother to get rid of the traces about Sun Da was just to make her take action. If she didn't move, how could the fourth child get hold of it
From the beginning to the end, the fifth emperor never thought of making Mother Qian the prime minister. What she wanted was just a chess piece, a firecracker that could take the Shi family away with it when it was blown up.
Because of the Qian family, the Shi family is now elevated to a high position.
When the Qian family is gone, the Shi family will be the most prominent bird, and there will be no next Shi family to check and balance with Shi Ju in the court.
One can imagine what the emperor will do.
As for Mother Qian, she was just a stepping stone for the fifth imperial daughter to get rid of the Shi family, so she never thought of staying.
It wasn't that she didn't see that Qian's mother was not in good health just now, but the fifth emperor's daughter deliberately leaked the news about the concubine to her before leaving.
In order to get rid of the Shi family, especially the variable Shi Qing and Yun Zhi, the five emperors laid the groundwork for too long.
She didn't believe that Shi Qing was still alive when Shi's family was gone.
After the fifth emperor's daughter left, Qian's mansion called the imperial doctor overnight.
This time it wasn't because of Qian Cancan, but because of something wrong with Qian's mother.
After hearing about the concubine's daughter, Mother Qian's eyes turned pale, and she vomited blood.
The things she did back then, the things she had deliberately forgotten, seemed to be rehearsed before her eyes.
The shameful background, like the words tattooed on her face, made her unable to hold her head up.
Later, after trying so hard, Qian's mother finally became a concubine's daughter. She even felt that she should be a concubine's daughter.
So she deliberately raised Qian Cancan, who was almost the same age as Qian Huanhuan, because when she saw Qian Cancan, who was smart when she was young, she would always think of herself and the person she killed.
Mother Qian was afraid that Qian Cancan would be like her and that what she had done back then would be found out, so she raised her daughter as a trash.
Qian Huanhuan is already good enough, there is no need for Qian Cancan to be so good, and there is no need for a dispute between the heir and concubine.
These are the darkest sides under Qian's mother's serious and serious appearance, and they are the past that she can't wait to cover up for the rest of her life.
Mother Qian was lying on the bed with a pale face, sweating constantly on her forehead.
The imperial doctor who was sitting on the round stool by the bed withdrew his hand to feel the pulse, and said to Father Qian who was beside him with concerned eyes, "It's just anger attacking your heart, you need to recuperate, and you can't get angry anymore."
She stood up and walked to the table, "I'll prescribe some calming medicine, just take it on time."
Father Qian breathed a sigh of relief, sat on the edge of the bed, and took out a handkerchief to wipe Mother Qian's forehead.
As the eldest daughter, Qian Huanhuan naturally sent the imperial doctor back, while Qian Cancan lived in Babao Pavilion and was not in the mansion.
"Thank you for your hard work."
In front of the carriage at the gate of Qian's residence, Qian Huanhuan took out the money given by Qian's father and handed it to the imperial doctor, "Is my mother really okay?"
"My lady, you are welcome." The imperial doctor did not shirk, and said after accepting the money, "Mr. Qian's meridians are blocked, and this happens when she is emotional. Don't let her get angry again, or the blood will rush into her brain." , but it’s hard to say.”
"I see." Qian Huanhuan saluted the imperial doctor, "Thank you tonight."
The imperial doctor smiled and helped her up, "My daughter is filial, so Mrs. Qian must be more relieved."
"..."
Qian Huanhuan's eyes twitched, and he didn't know how to answer for a while, so he just stretched out his hand in a gesture of invitation.
Qian's mother recuperated for three whole days before she got better, and it happened to be in time for the queen's birthday tomorrow.
In the past three days, the Qian family has stepped forward to curb the spread of rumors, and few people on the street have mentioned this matter.
For this reason, Qian's mother rarely praised Qian Huanhuan, saying that she could withstand things.
"Can you find out how the rumors spread?" Qian's mother's face was already normal, and she was sitting in front of the desk to deal with official business.
Qian Huanhuan stood in front of her and answered with lowered eyes, "Not yet."
Mother Qian frowned again, "I don't know how to find the source of everything I do!"
She threw the document on the table, raised her hand and pinched the bone of her nose.
The more you can't get angry, the more you want to get angry.
Mother Qian took a deep breath, calmed down and said to Qian Huanhuan, "Go out."
"Yes." Before Qian Huanhuan left, he thought of something and asked, "Mother, tomorrow is the Queen's birthday, do you want to attend?"
She paused and said, "Your body is not yet fully recovered, why not rest for a few more days."
"It's all right now. Besides, if I don't go, wouldn't that prove the rumors are true?" Qian's mother put down her hands and said coldly, "If I'm not here, the Shi family might want to show off."
The wind in the court is changing fast, if she doesn't attend tomorrow, it is estimated that the courtiers will only have Shizuo in their eyes.
How could Mother Qian tolerate this
"After the queen's birthday, you took advantage of the emperor's pleasure and just mentioned the matter of being transferred back to the household department." Mother Qian lowered her head and continued to deal with official duties, regardless of what Qian Huanhuan thought.
Qian Huanhuan nodded obediently, "I listen to my mother."
"Go out."
Mother Qian signaled her, "Close the door."
Qian Huanhuan looked back at Qian's mother as he walked, feeling unspeakably complicated and sore, and finally lowered his head and closed the door.
The queen and the emperor are married, and they are also the rightful emperor chosen by the former emperor as the emperor.
Although he has only sons and no daughters under his knees these years, but because he can't fault him, no one in the harem can surpass him.
Moreover, he has been married for many years, and the emperor still has feelings for him.
Although there are newcomers coming in the palace constantly, and the empress who is nearly fifty years old is already old, but the emperor will set aside one night every month to accompany him, even if it is just to sleep and chat.
Just because of this friendship, the Empress Dowager's fiftieth birthday was held quite grandly.
Shi Qing was especially happy to take Yun Zhi to such a lively scene.
The night before the Queen's birthday, Shi Qing asked Yun Zhi, "Are you going to watch the fun tomorrow?"
She said, "I am also a person who can take care of my family now~"
The tone is particularly proud.
It's just that Yun Zhi didn't seem to hear her, and didn't respond to her.
Shi Qing was originally sitting cross-legged on the bed, but now he looked curiously at the screen.
Yun Zhi was taking a bath, and it had been less than half an hour.
"You're not afraid of the cold water anymore." Shi Qing got off the bed and put on his shoes, poking his head over the screen.
Yun Zhi was lying on his back, with his neck resting on the edge of the bathtub, his eyes were open looking at the beams, as if he was in a daze, so he didn't hear her words, and he didn't even respond when she walked beside him.
Yun Zhi has always been unguarded against her, and he is used to hearing her footsteps, as natural as breathing, without any reaction.
Shi Qing looked up his gaze suspiciously, but there was nothing.
Shi Qing looked down at Yun Zhi.
Yun Zhi raised his head, put his hands on both sides of the barrel, his neck was tilted back, his Adam's apple was protruding, and his lines were alluring.
Down is the delicate and skinny collarbone, and then... it is covered by the water.
A wet towel floated in the barrel, just covering the key parts.
Shi Qing poked Yun Zhi's face with his hand, and asked curiously, "What are you thinking?"
Yun Zhi's eyes trembled and he came back to his senses, subconsciously slipped into the water, and when he saw Shi Qing, he covered it with his hands, looking vigilant against wolves.
"..."
Half of his chin was buried in warm water, and he asked with red ears, "Why do you peek at people taking a bath?"
Shi Qing blinked, "Am I peeking?"
She reached out to pick up the wet towel and put it on the bathtub, raised her eyebrows slightly, "I call it fair and square."
Shi Qing felt that something was wrong with Yun Zhi, even in a daze while taking a bath.
You must know that before the menstrual event came, Yun Shaoxia took a bath and washed quickly, wishing he could go in and wash it, then come out, and then wash with her again after rolling with her.
Now I have been dawdling for half an hour and haven't finished washing.
Shi Qing stretched out his hand to test the temperature of the water, and it was almost cold, "You are not afraid of freezing."
Yun Zhi clamped his legs defensively, and mumbled, "I'm in good health, so I'm not afraid."
Shi Qing was sure that something was wrong with him.
"Be honest, what were you thinking just now? You didn't even hear what I said." Shi Qing rolled up the sleeves of his jacket and reached out to grab Yunzhi's forearm, "It's not like I haven't seen it before, why are you covering?"
Could it be that when menstruation is over, there will be changes there
Yun Zhi's face became even hotter, and he covered it with one hand, while the other tightly grasped Shi Qing's wrist.
Shi Qing glanced sideways at him, "Release."
Yun Zhi swallowed hard while facing her gaze, blushing, eyes watery, and softly called, "Shi Qing."
His low tone and begging expression are like acting like a baby.
Shi Qing's heart trembled, and his whole body softened.
"It's useless to call the wife master!" Shi Qing pretended not to accept this, and glared at him, "Let go of your hands."
How can one hide one's disease and avoid medical treatment
Only then did Yun Zhi slowly let go of her wrist, allowing her to pull his other hand away to look there.
Yun Zhi blushed so much that he could hardly see anyone, and lay down in the barrel with his head up and self-defeating.
Shi Qing thought too much, menstruation had no effect on her, not only had no effect, but the other party was not in good spirits.
"Ah this..."
Shi Qing didn't expect that, she slowly picked up the towel that was put on the edge of the bucket just now, unfolded it and covered it for him again.
"..."
Even for husband and wife, the scene was a little awkward for a while.
Yun Zhi glanced at Shi Qing from the corner of his eye, accusing and condemning in his eyes.
He felt that he had already "died" twice in Shiqing's place.
Shi Qing touched the tip of his nose with wet hands, looked sideways at Yun Zhi, and said in an unnatural voice, "You, what were you thinking just now?"
"Miss you."
Yun Zhi leaned back against the edge of the bucket and turned to look at her, his eyes were all about her, he pursed his lower lip, and repeated in a hoarse voice, "I'm thinking of you."
Shi Qing's ears burned.
Why does this sound like a love story.
Yunzhi slid back into the tub again, his long hair floating on the water, "The more I think about it, the more energetic I become."
Shi Qing squatted down and lay on the edge of the tub to look at him, feeling like he had raised a mermaid, "Didn't your menstruation end this afternoon?"
The two of them can do it at night, why does he have to hold back and sit in the tub to cool off
Yun Zhi didn't know what to say.
Shi Qing was relieved knowing that he was fine, "Then tell me if you want to talk, I'll go out and wait for you."
Shi Qing put down the sleeves, walked out from behind the screen, and took a breath, making a fan with his hands to fan his face.
She felt that she was teased by Yun Zhi just now.
Yun Zhi got out of the tub, wiped himself clean and put on his undershirt.
Shi Qing sat on the bed watching him, Yun Zhi looked a little unnatural.
He came over and bent down and kissed her on the forehead.
Because of Yun Zhi's anomaly, the two of them did nothing and just lay down.
When Shi Qing was about to fall asleep, he heard Yun Zhi's hesitant voice next to his ear.
"Shiqing, it's not that I don't want to give birth to you, I'm just not ready yet."
Shi Qing turned around and lay on his side in a daze, and opened his eyes to look at him.
Yun Zhi was lying face to face with her, his eyes looked extraordinarily clear and serious under the dim light of the night.
"You let me get ready again."
Shi Qing understood that Yun Zhi was frightened by having a baby.
Obviously his body missed her a lot, but he didn't dare to do it, it was so uncomfortable, so he lay down in the bathtub for a long time trying to calm down.
Shi Qing smiled and kissed his lips, completely awake, "I didn't say that the baby will be born tomorrow, why are you so anxious."
Yun Zhi looked at her, put his hands on her back, combed her long hair on the back with his fingertips, and asked after discussing, "How about we wait two years to regenerate?"
He knows medical skills, so he can find some contraceptive methods for himself, but Yun Zhi thinks that Shi Qing wants to have a child, so he doesn't do it.
Just now Yun Zhi has figured it out, if Shi Qing disagrees—
... Then live!
Shi Qing said without hesitation, "Okay."
She said seriously to Yun Zhi, "When will you be ready, and when will we ask for it again, neither I nor my family will rush you, because this is a matter between the two of us."
With a smile in Yun Zhi's eyes, he leaned over and kissed Shi Qing's lips, and asked hoarsely, "Do you want to do that?"
The tone is vaguely expectant.
"..."
To be honest, boy, you will really get pregnant like this.