The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

Lu Zhaolin nodded: "Don't worry, I'll ground her first. The Queen will also ground her. We'll wait until the matter is cleared up before we take action."

Jiang Shiying smiled and cupped her hands at him: "Your Majesty is wise."

Then, she asked: "Fu Liu, who is next to Zhang Baolin, also entered the Criminal Punishment Department?"

Lu Zhaolin held her two hands and said slowly: "The willow tree touched the pillar and died."

Jiang Shiying thought that this was indeed the case, but there was a look of shock on his face, saying, "How could it be so?"

Lu Zhaolin saw her face turning pale and said hurriedly: "Send Doctor Fang to come quickly."

Yao Xingde had been staying in the house and immediately gave the order after hearing the words.

Jiang Shiying said: "Ah Ying is fine, just a little surprised."

Lu Zhaolin said warmly: "I was just afraid that you would be shocked, so I didn't want to tell you this. But if you ask about it, if you don't tell me, I'm afraid that you'll always be thinking about it, which is not good."

Jiang Shiying smiled lightly: "I'm really fine. Thank you for your consideration, Your Majesty."

Then, he saw her suppressing her smile again and asked, "Fu Liu, what did she say before she touched the pillar?"

Lu Zhaolin frowned and said, "She said she was ordered by Zhang Baolin to give the real hairpin to the painting fan, and then took back the fake hairpin from the painting fan."

Jiang Shiying opened her mouth, and after a moment of silence she said, "Why did one or two of them touch the pillar?"

Lu Zhaolin shook his head slightly, his face not good-looking: "I also want to ask this."

These two people died too simply. It was as if he was afraid of being asked something by the Criminal Division.

As he was talking, Doctor Fang arrived.

"Wei Chen has met His Majesty and the Pure Concubine."

"No need." Lu Zhaolin waved his hand and said, "Quickly show Chun Fei, Chun Fei was frightened again just now."

Doctor Fang's eyes flashed.

After diagnosing the pulse, he said with a serious face: "The prescription I prescribed when I was in Yikun Palace, the queen has to drink it for two days in a row. The emperor's heir is fine today, all thanks to the queen's good health. But if it happens again like today In this way, no matter how good your foundation is, you will be frightened one after another."

Jiang Shiying nodded: "I have made a note of it, and I have a doctor."

After Doctor Fang left, he heard her say: "Your Majesty, the Queen and Zhang Baolin have both been restrained. To show fairness, should Aying be restrained for a few days first?"

Lu Zhaolin knocked on her forehead: "What kind of ban is there? What's the matter with you?"

He had said so, and Jiang Shiying no longer insisted.

Only two days later, the results of the investigation outside the palace came out.

In the front hall of Ganquan Palace, Lu Zhaolin sat high and listened to Yao Xingde's report.

"Your Majesty, after investigation by Wu Desi, this hairpin was customized in Hongyun Building. According to the shopkeeper in Hongyun Building, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, a tall and thin girl took a I bought a bright red coral and a red coral crabapple hairpin. When I arrived at their building, I asked them to carve out an identical hairpin.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the hairpin was taken away by the girl.

Because more than two months had passed, he could not remember the girl's specific face. I just remember that her eyes were big, her face was thin, and her manner of speaking seemed unusual. "

Lu Zhaolin listened to this description. The tall and thin figure, the thin face, and the big eyes could all match the painting fan.

As for her conversation and temperament, Hua Fan has been with the queen since she was a child, and she has been a maid in the palace for so many years. Her actions are naturally different from those of ordinary women. Even a girl from a minor official's family might not be as good as her.

However, for some reason, he still felt something was wrong.

Yao Xingde added: "The shopkeeper of Hongyun Tower said that when the girl went to get the hairpin, she left an ear hairpin in the shop."

As he spoke, he placed the earring on the imperial case in front of Lu Zhaolin, and then heard him continue: "This earring also has the seal of the palace."

Lu Zhaolin picked up the earring and took a closer look, and sure enough he found the mark.

Yao Xingde was still talking about the earring: "Wude Division checked the records and found that this thing was made by the Craftsmanship Division in the spring of last year and was delivered to Fengyi Palace.

The servant ordered people to go to Fengyi Palace to inquire. The queen said that she had given the earring to the fan girl, but in the twelfth lunar month, the fan girl reported it missing. "

Hearing this, Lu Zhaolin snorted coldly.

At this time, I heard Yao Xingde say: "I checked the records at the palace gate. On the seventh and sixteenth days of the first lunar month, the painting fan girl had left the palace. When asked, she only said that she was for the queen. Send something to Shangshu Ling’s house.”

If there were only the confessions of the midwife and Fuliu, it could be said that they were bribed or manipulated and deliberately framed.

From the shopkeeper of Hongyun Tower, it can also be said that someone deliberately found a girl who looked similar to the painting fan and placed this customized order.

But coupled with this earring and the record of entering and leaving the palace, the piles of them can almost nail the painting fan.

Lu Zhaolin asked: "You still refuse to recognize the painted fan?"

Yao Xingde said: "I have been through all the punishments, but I still don't recognize the painting fan."

Lu Zhaolin casually threw the earring in his hand. The earring rolled twice on the table, and when it was about to fall to the ground, it stopped on the edge of the table.

Just listen to what he said: "The witnesses and physical evidence are all there. It doesn't matter whether she admits it or not. Give her death. And Zhang Baolin, give him death too."

Having said this, he paused again before continuing: "The queen is not strict in her duties, so she will be confined for a month. The phoenix seal will be temporarily handed over to the imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine and concubine Jin will temporarily handle the palace affairs."

In the end, all the evidence only implicated Hua Fan, not the queen.

In addition, he still had some doubts about this matter in his heart, so he gave the queen some leeway, saying that she was not strict in her duties.

Yao Xingde was about to go out to announce the decree when he stopped him again: "Wait a minute, the palace affairs will be left to the noble concubine and the jade concubine temporarily."

Replacing Concubine Jin with Concubine Yu, I suddenly remembered the hawthorn and chestnut cake.

In Fengyi Palace, after receiving the order of confinement, the queen slowly stood up and handed the imperial edict to Huaping.

"Do you recognize the painting fan?" the queen asked coldly.

Yao Xingde's attitude was respectful and he couldn't find any fault: "The fan-painting girl has not pleaded guilty."

The Queen raised her eyebrows and stared into his eyes: "Then why did Your Majesty identify it as her?"

Yao Xingde told her the results of the investigation inside and outside the palace.

After listening, the queen knew that it didn't matter whether she recognized it or not. Inside and outside the palace, every piece of evidence points to the painting fan. Where can she hide without confessing?

After a long silence, the queen asked: "Your Majesty, how did you deal with her?"

"Death."

The queen nodded: "I know, please step back."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the inner room.

Yao Xingde hurriedly said: "Empress, Phoenix Seal——"

The queen kept walking and said, "Huaping, take the phoenix seal and give it to Eunuch Yao."

Half a quarter of an hour later, when Huaping entered the inner room, he saw that the inner room was dark and the queen was sitting alone and silently at the table.

"Why don't you let them light the lamps?" As she spoke, she took the fire stick and lit all the lamps in the room.

The darkness was dispersed by the candlelight, and the Queen blinked.

The painting screen seemed to see a trace of water streaking across her face.

She didn't dare to go into details and just asked: "Did the fan really do what happened this time?"

The queen sighed and said: "I can't be sure either."

Hua Fan has always been reckless and bold, and this is indeed something she can do.

If I had known earlier, I should have let her out of the palace earlier. He indulged her again and again, but unexpectedly, one time, she died directly.

Huaping said: "Your Majesty's decree today is to offend you again."

At this moment, the queen could still laugh: "It doesn't matter, it's not the first day that your majesty has angered me. After all, this matter stopped at the painting fan and has nothing to do with me. The confinement for a month will only Can be let out."

But Huabing couldn't smile, and there was a look of worry on his eyebrows: "Once this incident comes out, it will be difficult to plan for Zhen Meiren's child."

The queen shook her head and said: "This matter is not urgent."

Before, it was because she was too anxious that she got into trouble.

She is a queen after all, a princess appointed by the late emperor's imperial decree. She just needed to hold on and she was already in an invincible position.

It's not too late to figure this out now.