After this incident happened, Pan'er's situation became even more embarrassing.
Although Yao Jinzhi entered the palace and made a fuss and raised some objections, the court also entered a stalemate on the matter. But obviously these embarrassments to her cannot be alleviated.
She originally planned to ask herself to be grounded, so that Zong Cong's pressure in the court could be relieved. After all, it was his insistence that he did not arrest the people from Uncle Yongshun's residence on the spot.
But this matter was refuted by Zong Cong.
"If you are grounded, no matter whether it is at your own request or at my behest, it will be said that His Majesty angered the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine was grounded because of this. Have you ever thought about how Zong Yue and the others should deal with themselves?"
These words were like pouring cold water on Pan'er's head, which made her wake up immediately, and naturally dismissed this idea.
That is to say, she still has to continue to pretend to be innocent and walk around the palace.
The Empress Dowager has been feeling a little unwell these days, so she spared the greetings from all the concubines, but the Empress is still there, so naturally the occasion to greet her was transferred to Kunning Palace.
Empress Chen listened to the gossip of the concubines, saw that Pan'er was silent, and said pitifully, "The imperial concubine is still worrying about Su Zongbing? In fact, let me see that the imperial concubine does not need to worry about it at all, after all Your Majesty believes in the imperial concubine and the Su family, don't you think so?"
Pan'er was wandering in his mind at first, when he suddenly heard this sentence, he raised his head and said, "What the empress said is true."
Empress Chen twitched the corners of her mouth and looked away, but felt a little choked up in her heart.
No matter what she said in the past few days, the imperial concubine always looked like this, neither soft nor hard nor angry, which made her feel helpless.
Then she thought about the situation of the imperial concubine again, and her mood improved again, so she was in a particularly happy mood and wentssip with Zhao Concubine and others that this year seems to be colder and started earlier.
Except for Concubine Li and Qiao Guiren who agreed, the others didn't say a word, so this kind of greeting occasion is actually quite embarrassing, but this kind of embarrassment happens every day.
After talking for a while, Empress Chen herself felt bored, and waved the crowd away.
A group of people came out in a single file, and happened to meet Wang Donglai coming in from the outside in a hurry, it seemed that there was something urgent.
"Ma'am..."
It wasn't until Empress Chen glanced at the door that Wang Donglai realized that the other empresses hadn't gone out yet, and he seemed a little anxious.
After everyone left, he whispered all the things that happened this morning.
Empress Chen's subordinates were unsteady and hit the teacup.
Outside the Kunning gate, Pan'er walked in front, and the others followed behind, either near or far.
After watching her sit on the shoulder chair, everyone dispersed.
Zhao Concubine stood there with a sneer, and said, "It's all like this, what's there to be proud of, just relying on His Majesty to favor her, and pretending to be a gesture."
No one responded to her words, and the three concubines all sat on their shoulders and left in a hurry, as if they didn't hear her at all.
For example, Concubine Li was exaggerating. She asked Qian Guiren loudly what the new pattern on the shoes was, and the two of them talked about the new pattern while leading the maids and eunuchs away.
Only Concubine Zhao was left alone, she also felt very bored, and also felt that she was humiliated, so she sneered and led them away.
On the other end, Feng Hai leaned next to Jianyu and reported in a low voice what happened in the court hall just now.
After hearing this, Pan'er didn't seem surprised.
Feng Hai jokingly said, "After Uncle's ripping it off like this, it's like tearing everything apart. In fact, many adults are well aware of the incident until now, but due to their respective factions and positions, they can only act Confused. Now that things have been torn apart, adults who have their own plans in their hearts naturally dare not get involved, and those who have other goals should weigh whether they will be said to have ulterior motives when they end up."
Pan'er pondered for a while, and said, "This kind of matter is not easy to investigate. Your Majesty said that it is a thorough investigation, but it is just for outsiders to see, deliberately delaying time."
How could Feng Hai not understand this truth.
To put it bluntly, those people now deliberately framed them only after killing 'no evidence of death'. The clumsiness of the means is amazing.
But it has to be said that this method is still very effective. It just took advantage of the successive defeats at the border, and it just took advantage of the public's attention to the war at the border, trying to overwhelm Jingren Palace and even Yongshunbo Mansion with human words, as long as one of the two sides makes mistakes , is the end of all games lost. ,
Otherwise, when the incident happened, why did Pan'er ask to be grounded
And it is impossible to thoroughly investigate this kind of thing.
Uncle Yongshun said that someone framed him, but what about the person who framed him? Who deliberately framed it? Did you catch it? But if they can catch the present, it won't be possible for people to search for such things in the mansion.
So if you want to find out about this matter, it is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, otherwise it would have been found out at that time, why would it be delayed until now.
The current situation is that everyone knows why this is happening, but everyone pretends to be confused, and they are not willing to bring the truth of the whole matter to the table.
Zong Cong couldn't speak, and neither could Pan'er.
So who's to say? It can only be said by people from Yongshunbo Mansion.
To be precise, it is Uncle Yongshun.
He came from a humble background, did not know a single word, was a good-for-nothing man, yet possessed the arrogance and ignorance of suddenly being rich. His standing out was beyond everyone's expectations, but it was just like this, and what he said was like the last fig leaf. It was torn off and publicly announced in the court.
Su Hai's life and death are unknown at the border, but someone maliciously speculated and framed him as treason, and his main purpose was to bring down the imperial concubine.
If Su Hai really bears this name, it is natural for the imperial concubine to have a traitorous brother, and the three princes will naturally be affected by it. .
Leading the treasonous side to the battle for reserves can play a role in dredging the bottom line, and by the way, it can also clear up the already muddled waters and see who is behind it.
At the same time, it is also the opponent's army.
I've made a move, will you accept it or not
"Uncle Yongshun is really arrogant. How dare you say that. I have always said that the imperial concubine is ambitious, and now she has finally revealed her true colors." Empress Chen said angrily.
Wang Donglai said anxiously, "Madam, now is not the time to worry about this issue at all, but after this incident, if any courtiers dare to stand up to discuss the matter of Su Hai's treason, as well as the Chen family, I am afraid it will be extremely difficult to encourage courtiers to bring up this matter again." It's over."
These words were like pouring cold water on Empress Chen's head. After a while, she said, "Then what do you mean..."
"Your Majesty, why don't you join hands with that side? We have no one at the border, but the other party is a local snake in the Xuanhua area. Why didn't they have this idea when they dealt with Su Hai, but they didn't expect to kill us halfway. opportunity.
"It's obvious that the court has nothing to do now, and if we continue to target, we will undoubtedly not invite ourselves, but if Su Hai is really dead, everything will be a foregone conclusion. At that time, the empress can order someone to bring up the matter again, not once, twice, twice. Not once but three times, as long as Su Hai continues to disappear, these will always gather into a turbulent wave and completely crush the imperial concubine, but the premise is that Su Hai is dead, and there is no proof of death."
"As long as Su Hai dies..." Empress Chen thought for a while before finally making up her mind.
In fact, the root of the problem lies with Su Hai. If he can show up, everything can be solved. If he dies, it's just a way to delay the attack.
Pan'er's willow eyebrows were still frowning, "I'm still a little worried about my second brother. I always feel that this matter is not completely like what she did, but rather like joining forces with someone."
Feng Hai's expression was serious, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
"Second brother hasn't shown up all the time, obviously he has encountered a difficult situation. Of course, this is based on the assumption that he is still alive. He is in the territory of Dazhou, but he can't show up. He doesn't know what will happen if he doesn't show up. It means that he has encountered the predicament of not being able to show up, or is unable to show up. I have some doubts whether there is something in the Xuanfu that forces him not to show up."
"But ma'am, don't forget that the Fu family is also missing together. Who in the border gate is so courageous that he dares to deal with the Fu family together?"
"That's why I said that they were very secretive. After this incident, everyone kept silent about Fu Qing's existence and kept silent. They seemed to have forgotten this person who was also missing. Little did they know that this was exactly the reaction. This incident It's someone operating behind the scenes, because they don't dare to drag the Fu family into the water, so they keep silent about Fu Qing's existence."
And Zong Cong also understands this point precisely, so he will take a cold-eyed attitude towards the rumors outside from the beginning to the end.
Including the Empress Dowager, why she supported Pan'er so obviously is actually related to this matter.
The person who set up this game never expected that an accident like Fu Qing would happen in the middle, so that the biggest flaw was revealed, and Pan Er, Zong Cong and Empress Dowager Fu formed a unified front instead.
But obviously there is still Fu Qing, why did things still develop like this in the end? Could it be that the person who set up this game was stupid and didn't know it
of course not.
Maybe this game was set up by two people, there was a problem with the connection, and one of them didn't know that Fu Qing was also missing. Or maybe it's just a fluke, and just understands that if this opportunity is missed, there may be no chance to overthrow the game in the future.
"Your Majesty, are you suspicious of the Xu family? Should this matter be reported to His Majesty?" Feng Hai suggested.
Pan'er thought for a while, then shook his head, "No, His Majesty may have known it in his heart, but he just couldn't bear it because he didn't have evidence. This time we're doing the opposite, aren't they just here for the reserve? You go Find someone... let them bring up the issue of the crown prince again in the court, don't mention the second prince, just mention the eldest prince. Didn't she want to add fuel to the fire and burn me to death, I want to see who is burned in the end."