... Empress Dowager Yuan got up from her usual mid-afternoon nap and was dressing up. When the palace servants came outside to report the assassination of the true concubine, the Queen Mother was shocked when she heard that and asked, "How is the true concubine?"
When he learned that Yun Fenghuang was safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief and said angrily, "What do the imperial guards do for food?! How could an assassin sneak into such an important place like Xuanqing Palace and bring him into the sword?" !”
"The true concubine has asked people to capture the assassin and all the guards on duty. Ruming is under interrogation." The palace man said, "Just now, Dong Dong received the news and went to Xuanqing Palace in person. At that time, he was calling the emperor The people from the city secretary helped to ask about the whole story."
Since the real concubine can take charge of the overall situation personally, it seems that there is no serious problem.
With that in mind, the Queen Mother mistakenly said to Zhan Liu, "I don't have to go there. Let's go and see the child of the true concubine on behalf of the Ai family."
Although she was definitely not as fond of Yun Fenghuang as Yuan Niang, after all, the concubine had always been attentive to her, and she couldn't live without such a person in the palace during those confinements, so the Empress Dowager Yuan would not respond to Gong Xiangzhuo's affairs no matter what. , and it’s not like he wished that something happened to Yun Fenghuang at that time.
Zhan Liu nodded slightly, put the ivory comb in his east leg, straightened the hem of his skirt, and was about to go out, when another palace official rushed over to say that the emperor was coming.
"I'll go first." After hearing this, the Queen Mother asked Zhan Liu, "Shut up the Yi family and the emperor."
She wondered if the emperor had just invited her to attend the singing and dancing at the Double Ninth Festival banquet before the true concubine was assassinated, and came to express his concern.
However, Chunjia came in a moment later. Without offering any condolences, he first hinted at her to send away the idlers, and then organized Dong Shushuo, saying: "Mother, the true concubine was assassinated just now. Do you know?"
Empress Dowager Yuan felt a little bit excited and said calmly: "I just found out that the Ai family is asking Zhan Liu to come and have a look... So what's going on? The palace ban is really outrageous! Places like Xuanqing Palace are also called The assassin has entered, is such a huge harem a safe place?!"
"Mom, please calm down. This matter has already been investigated." Chunjia said slowly, "No... Just now, the Imperial City Division interrogated a group of people from the Jiaofang Division, and compiled dozens of confessions. The truth was... a bit tricky. .”
"Thorn Legs?" Queen Mother Yuan muttered, "Can..."
She pointed in the direction of Qiongfang Palace, hinting to the regent.
After all, the emperor cannot fall out with the regent now.
"But it's very uncertain." Chunjia said in a low voice, "If I ask the bottom of my question, does Huzhu Palace have something to do with it?" The true concubine was simply clever. When the child arrived at the Huanqing Palace, she took the initiative to suggest that the assassination was quite anticlimactic, fearing that the drunkard's intention was not to drink. Therefore, the boy Ruming has blocked the news and ordered the Imperial City Department not to leak the original facts of the interrogation. Since this matter is so serious, I am afraid that even the harem of the former Ming Dynasty knew about the assassination, so please give me an explanation. "
Empress Dowager Yuan took a deep breath: "That matter is absolutely unacceptable! If the Aijia can help me shut up, how could I have gotten to this point if she had such legs?"
Chunjia said: "I don't think so, that's why I got the confession and discussed it with my mother: since the people behind the scenes dare to point evidence to Huzhu Palace, they must have something arranged there. Because the real concubine The news of the assassination has spread, and neither the child nor Ru Ming are suitable to go to Huzhu Palace, but I beg the mother-in-law to come and sort out the aftermath."
"The Ai family will come over in a moment." Empress Dowager Yuan nodded and said, "The Ai family often went to visit in person during the past two months, so the news should not be leaked..."
After she said that, she hesitated, remembering the scene a few months ago when Chunjia came over and the mother and son hugged each other and cried, and finally said it, "Is it the emperor's son, or is the Ai family deliberately picking on the true concubine, that thing... really has nothing to do with it. Does it have nothing to do with the real concubine?"
It's really no wonder that she doubted Yun Fenghuang.
After all, what happened that time seemed to be that the true concubine was unlucky. Not to mention the assassination, the mastermind behind the interrogation was very impatient.
But thinking about it on the contrary, Yun Fenghuang was not in danger, and actually lost nothing. Not only did he take the initiative to hint to the emperor that he would not believe the truth of the interrogation, he directly gave Yuan Mei's nephew a favor.
Then Queen Mother Qiufeng felt that her biological parents with Chunjia Bufu were better than her biological parents. There was nothing hard to say. It was hard to say the words at that time: Her true concubine was so magnanimous at such a young age, and she was lucky enough to escape from an assassination attempt. In the overall situation, I'm good. People offered me to help my niece deal with the aftermath, so that the mastermind behind the scenes would not be able to get away with the evidence, but I turned around and suspected that the real concubine directed and acted on her own
"Don't worry, Queen Mother. The matter involves the reputation of the Xingning House. How can I not be cautious?" Chunjia's face remained unchanged and he said warmly, "So after receiving the news, the child immediately went to Huanhua Hall. All the evidences were collected. But Hai'er personally watched the interrogation by the Imperial City Secretary. The queen mother also knew the true concubine's origins. The confidants she brought into the palace were very good at serving people. How could you get such torture on the legs? After Hai'er arrived at the scene, he If the house is crying, the person on the east side of her legs will just ask for a whip."
Queen Mother Yuan pursed her lips: "I see. But the Ai family is suspicious."
"Don't talk about the mother, it's the child. If you don't get involved in person, I'm afraid you'll doubt the true concubine." Chunjia comforted, "After all, the true concubine's nature is indeed not peaceful... Bu Nao that time Regarding the matter, the child feels that the mother's guess is not unreasonable."
Let's talk about whether the emperor also doubted the regent.
And is there a reason for that? "Uncle Wang suffered a big loss about the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet last time. At that time, he also wanted to embarrass us... The child Ruming didn't want to argue with him, and the mother would go to her house later. Zhu Gong has taken care of the follow-up, let’s just pretend that that didn’t happen.”