The next morning, the news that Xie Xiaoyu committed suicide spread quickly throughout the temple!
Listening to this, Mr. Gu first sighed, and then sneered: "Kill yourself? Do you think that you can kill the imperial concubine by committing suicide? How naive!"
However, he soon received another news.
Before Xie Xiaoyu committed suicide, someone bribed the jailer to visit him in prison.
Although the man was disguised, he could not hide his identity as a servant.
Then, a young eunuch was drowned in Yanfu Palace last night. This eunuch did not serve in Chongchang Palace, but he was very familiar with several of Gu Zhen's dowries.
The news has reached Xuanqing Palace, so the imperial concubine is now kneeling in front of Yanfu Palace with all the royal heirs except the Nine Emperor Daughters, asking Queen Gu Zhen to give an explanation.
What she did was not considered to be arrogant, after all: "No matter how heinous my brother is, as an official of the imperial court, he should be dealt with according to the national law. If the queen does not like me, why should I punish me willingly, but why should I be forced in private?" My brother is on the road to death? Is it possible that the Gu family is higher than the law of the country?!"
He cried again, "According to the laws of the country, my brother could not escape death. Didn't the queen even let me see him for the last time?! The queen could not allow my brother to be tried and convicted in an upright manner. Still don’t dare to let my brother end his life in a dignified manner?!”
Gu Zhen in Chongchang Palace was so angry that he almost wanted to vomit blood!
If the imperial concubine hadn't come to make trouble, she wouldn't even have known that a young chamberlain had drowned in her palace.
After all, as a queen, living alone in Yanfu Palace, there are many people serving her up and down.
How could Gu Zhen remember so many rough messengers besides his close servants
As for the fact that the little chamberlain is familiar with Gu Zhen's dowry... this is simply too normal!
Even if Gu Zhen is always suppressed by Yun Fenghuang, she is the Lord of the Sixth Palace after all. Isn't it natural for her close attendants to be flattered by the rough envoys
Therefore, the Queen's servants have never paid much attention to this little chamberlain. After questioning the queen just now, she realized that this little chamberlain has never been eye-catching. He is just the kind of rough messenger who can be seen everywhere in the palace, but he also has some ideas of making a difference. , so he often got close to the palace servants serving in Chongchang Palace and showed hospitality... In short, among the many motivated lower-level palace servants, he did not stand out at all.
The job he is responsible for is to sweep a remote yard, because no one lives in that yard now, and few people usually go there. Even if it is not cleaned up for a few days, the manager will not be able to notice it for a while.
However, this morning, he was found lying headfirst in a well commonly used by palace residents, which caused a small uproar, and then he was quickly reported to Gu Zhen!
Gu Zhen didn't know the whole story at all. Hearing this, she thought the people below had been wronged in some way. After all, as an old man who entered the palace during Chunjia's wedding, she had seen a lot of similar things. If nothing happened, she might still I will take care of it personally.
But at this moment, the steward was left to do whatever he wanted.
I originally thought it was just a small accident, nothing important, but who would have thought that Yun Fenghuang came right after him to seek justice. The queen still didn't know why, this was the imperial concubine who was shouting to catch the thief again? !
She wanted to go out and argue with the imperial concubine, but everyone on the left and right prevented her from showing up, and tried to persuade her: "Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please calm down! Your Majesty, please don't fall into Concubine Min's scheme! That Xie Xiaoyu's crime is extremely evil, and everyone in the court knows it." ! Concubine Min has always been very secretive in the city. Just one night later, she confidently came to the door to make trouble. She must be certain. The empress rashly went out to see her, but instead she fell into a trap! "
The most important thing is that when it comes to speaking, ten Gu Zhen cannot beat one Yun Fenghuang!
Not only would it be useless to go there now, but the Queen would not be so angry over a trivial matter. If Gu Zhen said something inappropriate in anger and Yun Fenghuang was caught and made a big fuss, wouldn't it be troublesome
All in all, the waiters coaxed and persuaded Gu Zhen to hold back. Finally, he saw that the queen was trembling with anger at Yun Fenghuang's increasingly impassioned denunciations outside the palace, and was debating whether to complain or not. Who knew that Yun Fenghuang would be the first to "faint"!
This time is different from the past few times. In the past, Yun Fenghuang fainted alone, and the waiters were left in a hurry.
There are many royal heirs here now!
What kind of nature do King Qin and Zhao Qing have? That is the master who dared to speak rudely to Chunjia, and even punched and kicked him. How could he give up now
Immediately, he rushed forward to hug Yun Fenghuang and cried a few times. Seeing that the mother and concubine had their eyes closed tightly and she was unconscious, the two brothers and sisters did not care about the cries of the other brothers and sisters and rushed to the palace door, shouting that they wanted to give their mother to their mother. The concubine takes revenge!
"Eldest brother and eldest sister, we are young, and the queen is our legitimate mother. What will happen if we go in?" At the critical moment, King Jin grabbed the eldest brother and sister and reminded, "We should tell our father!"
So after a while, the court meeting started, and Mr. Gu stood up. Before he finished speaking, a palace official came in with a solemn look and reported that Concubine Min was kneeling in front of Yanfu Palace because of "sorrow". "Excessive" and "frail body" fainted on the spot. The emperors were extremely sad and angry. Now they came to Taichu Palace together and asked Chunjia to make the decision for their mother and concubine!
Chunjia looked very unhappy and said, "What's going on in the palace from now on, where is the queen?"
Old Mrs. Gu heard something was wrong and quickly explained: "The Queen has been ill for many days..."
"The Queen has indeed been ill for many days, but she has been able to walk around in the past two days." But as a foreign minister, how could anyone close to the emperor know anything about the harem
At that moment, a waiter bowed and came out of the queue, and reported in a slow voice, "Just now when the Imperial Concubine was kneeling in front of the Yanfu Palace, the Empress was dining inside. She just listened to the advice from the left and right and did not show up."
Chunjia had a sullen face: "Does she know that the children are coming to my place?"
The waiter hesitated for a moment and then said: "You should know...because His Royal Highness King Qin and His Highness Princess Zhaoqing said so openly in front of Yanfu Palace."
Unless everyone in Yanbok Palace is deaf, how come they can't hear
How could you not report it to the Queen after hearing this
Chunjia took a deep look at Mr. Gu and said softly: "There are many doubts about Xie Xiaoyu. Let's investigate it thoroughly with the Imperial City Department and Dali Temple. As for the court meeting, if there is nothing major, let's forget it for now."
He stood up directly and showed his intention to see many of the emperor's heirs.
"Your Majesty!" Mr. Gu's heart sank. He knew that the emperor would definitely favor Yun Fenghuang, but he did not expect that his favoritism would be so obvious.
Originally, the imperial concubine fainted, and the emperor's heirs came to see the emperor to complain. If the emperor directly blamed the empress, it would be too ruthless to the Gu family.
But Chunjia said directly, this is a matter of the harem, does the queen not care about it
Gu Zhen was immediately put at a disadvantage.
After all, what the emperor means by these words is that as the queen, Gu Zhen, whether it is the concubine who faints or the emperor's heirs are excited, it is your responsibility as the queen!
However, the queen avoided it...
It would be fine if her health were really bad, but the problem is, she can go to the ground to eat, but she doesn't have the ability to go out and say a few words and take charge of the overall situation? Or maybe the concubine, mother and son were summoned to discipline her? !
In short, if we are to be honest now, it is Gu Zhen who is incompetent and irresponsible, not the emperor who is partial.
Even Chunjia left the court early to appease the emperor's heirs, but he still helped the queen deal with the aftermath!
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is concerned about chaos, but it is a misunderstanding!" Mr. Gu said in a deep voice, "I dare to ask the minister and the queen, what reason do you have to kill Master Xie? If the minister and the queen only want to murder Xie You are in charge, why do you need to bring the matter to the temple?!"
"Of course it's to die without any evidence." Cui Wan stood up next to him, with a gloomy face, and said coldly, "Yesterday something happened unexpectedly. Many evidences seemed to be perfect, but it was difficult to investigate and verify them immediately. As a result, today there is no one, the truth How can we know in the future? In this way, my son-in-law will be charged with killing his wife and children for the rest of his life, and even implicate the imperial concubine and the consort of Sui'an. Didn't Gu just get his wish? "
"You are so slanderous!!!" Old Mrs. Gu shouted, "If you had any concerns, why couldn't you have raised them yesterday? In the final analysis, they were just strong words!"
Cui Wan smiled coldly and was about to reply. Who knew that another palace official came in at this time, wiping cold sweat and reporting: "The Third Prince, the Sixth Prince, the Tenth Prince, and the Twelfth Prince also came to Taichu Palace, saying that they wanted to To plead grievances for the Queen... Now the two groups of Highnesses have bumped into each other and are about to start fighting!"
"Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing does not allow the palace guards to interfere, please give your Majesty's permission!"
There is no way, everyone knows that Chunjia's most beloved child is Zhaoqing.
This princess is also a domineering master.
She said that no outsiders were allowed to interfere, but the palace guards really didn't dare to do anything, so Chunjia had to take action.
Otherwise, even if it was for the sake of the emperor's heirs and Zhaoqing refused to acknowledge it, he would inevitably be punished afterwards.
After all, for Chunjia and the imperial concubine, how can the grievances of a mere subordinate be compared to their golden branches and jade leaves
At this time, Mrs. Gu couldn't leave Chunjia to reason: what if the emperor was entangled by him and left a little late, and Fengzi, dragon and grandson had a fight and something unexpected happened
Chunjia hurried away with a sullen face, and asked later: "Are the disciples from the middle palace really here too?"
"Your Majesty, I'm here." The palace servant whispered, "And as soon as I arrived, I started to quarrel with Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoqing... If the third prince and His Royal Highness King Jin hadn't persuaded and stopped each other, the tenth prince and Princess Zhaoqing would have His Highness is already taking action."
The emperor frowned when he heard this and was a little displeased: "How did the queen teach Xiao Shi? It's okay for the brothers to be more domineering, but why are they so rude to the eldest sister! Even the King of Qin is my eldest son and grew up with Zhao Qing. He is an arrogant and well-loved child, so why is he not tolerant and protective of Zhaoqing? This child seems to be used to being pampered by the queen and has no idea of brotherhood!"
The palace people did not dare to say anything, but they were speechless in their hearts...
Because the King of Qin never let Zhao Qing go in the beginning, the brother and sister even secretly competed for favor.
The reason why you are so tolerant to Zhaoqing now is because Princess Zhaoqing's disability has something to do with King Qin. After that, King Qin was reminded of her fate and felt guilty, so he was so tolerant to Zhaoqing
When did King Qin ever look good on the other sisters, such as the second and third princesses
It's just that the people Chunjia got along with the most were King Qin and Zhaoqing, so these two children were naturally very tolerant. When King Qin was a child, he and Zhao Qing were not willing to give in to each other, which in his eyes was somewhat innocent and naughty and cute.
But it was different for the tenth prince. Neither the child's biological mother, adoptive mother nor the emperor had any feelings.
At first, Chunjia secretly paid some attention to him because he was his legitimate son.
Ever since he stopped worrying about his concubine, Yun Fenghuang used eye drops from time to time, implying that the tenth prince was overbearing, disrespected the third prince and the King of Chu, and did not care for the twelve princes. Even being close to his biological mother Ping Xianyi was punished. Yun Fenghuang calmly guided this child into a wolf-hearted child, completely ignoring the hard work of the queen's upbringing... How could Chunjia have a good impression of this child
"Go ahead and pull them apart. No fighting or quarreling." Chunjia hurriedly left the court meeting just now. Now she was not in a hurry to see her children, but planned to approve two memorials first. He only said, "Let someone tell them about the rules that should be followed in Taichu Palace. If after half an hour, they have calmed down and become sensible, then bring them over for an audience."
It's time to establish rules for being loved by one's own flesh and blood.
When I was a child, I would often come to him and cry, fuss, and yell. It could be said to be a kind of family happiness.
These are children who have been in school for three or two years, but they still only cry, make fuss, and hang themselves. They don't feel embarrassed. Chunjia even feels disappointed: How is this kind of reaction different from ordinary children
What he wants is an heir who can take over his thousands of miles of mountains and rivers!
Watching the palace servants going out to deliver the message, the emperor picked up the ink pen, opened a memorial, sighed, and comforted himself in his heart: The children are still young, maybe they will suddenly understand in a year or two
All in all, among the dozen or so sons, it’s not like there’s not even one who can live up to their expectations, right? ?