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

After sending Jiang Shiying back to Jingyang Palace first, Lu Zhaolin went to Xuande Palace to see the noble Chu.

At night, Jiang Shiying woke up in a daze and said in a hoarse voice: "Water."

The curtain was opened, and a big hand with distinct joints handed her a tea cup.

Jiang Shiying took the tea cup and after drinking it, when she handed it back, she said in surprise: "Your Majesty?"

Lu Zhaolin had already changed into his pajamas, took the tea cup from her hand, put it back on the table, and then got into bed.

The curtain was pulled back from the outside. Lu Zhaolin held her in his arms, planted a kiss on her forehead, and said, "Go to sleep."

A dreamless night.

In the afternoon of the second day, the matter of Chu Guiren's miscarriage was found out.

At the celebration banquet, the imperial physician checked over and over again everything that Mr. Chu put in his mouth. No problem could be found, not even any incompatibility between the food.

All the food and drinks on Jiang Shiying's seat were checked and found to be nothing inappropriate.

Even all the tea cups, cups and saucers and other tableware are clean.

Lu Zhaolin listened to Yao Xingde's report and frowned: "So? What is the conclusion?"

Yao Xingde lowered his head and said: "In fact, no dirty things were found. Even Chu Guiren's body did not have any traces of drug use. Zhao Yuanshi said that nine times out of ten, it was Chu Guiren's pregnancy. Unstable."

What this means is that no one wants to harm her, it is purely due to her own bad luck, and she cannot keep this child who came and left in a hurry.

Lu Zhaolin narrowed his eyes and sighed before saying, "Mr. Chu, a noble man who observes etiquette and upholds justice and respects himself. He is named a beauty and given the title of Orchid."

In Jingyang Palace, Jiang Shiying learned about the investigation results of this matter and also about the fact that Chu Guiren was granted the title of Lan Meiren by the Jin Dynasty.

Qiu Yu said: "With one more step, Lan Mei will be able to become a concubine."

Jiang Shiying shook her head: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for her to pass this step. From now on, she will have to endure the qualifications and wait for His Majesty to seal the harem."

Qiu Yu was puzzled: "Why did the empress say that?"

Jiang Shiying's eyes were distant: "The concubines in this palace are all here to spread their wings. No one did anything to her, but she still lost her child. Do you think your majesty will give her another child in the future?" The chance of heir?"

Qiu Yu opened her mouth, and then said after a moment: "This palace is really an unkind place."

Jiang Shiying chuckled, and then sighed: "Your Majesty is already a kind and righteous monarch. Otherwise, a talented person will be dismissed due to his position. Or, he will only be rewarded with some medicinal materials and supplements to appease him. Second, what can she do?"

Two days later, the minister of Dali Temple entered the palace and reported the results of the interrogation of Jiang Pengyuan and Mrs. Jiang.

Marquis Xinwu was summoned to Ganquan Palace to observe.

After the Minister of Dali Temple saluted, he said: "Your Majesty, Jiang Pengyuan did not admit that he had any knowledge of the imperial examination fraud case at first, nor did he admit that he led people to kidnap the escort. However, the Qingyang Mansion left relevant evidence, Jiang Pengyuan After seeing the evidence, I had to relent and plead guilty."

This is not surprising. After all, fraud in the imperial examination is the second most serious case after rebellion. It would be strange if Jiang Pengyuan simply recognized it and took his family to death.

Lu Zhaolin nodded and motioned for him to continue.

The Qing of Dali Temple said: "As for the eldest sister of Marquis Xinwu and the biological mother of Concubine Chun, Mrs. Zhou——"

He thought about it for a long time before deciding to use the title "Mrs. Zhou". Judging from the final confession they got, the word "aunt" was obviously an insult to her. But if the word "girl" is used, it is not appropriate, so just call her "Mrs. Zhou".

Lu Zhaolin and Marquis Xinwu did not interrupt, obviously they were quite satisfied with this title.

He continued: "Jiang Pengyuan bit him to death, saying that although he had deceived Mrs. Zhou, the two did fall in love afterwards, and Mrs. Zhou voluntarily became his concubine."

As soon as the words fell, Marquis Xinwu's eyes were about to burst: "It's impossible."

The Minister of Dali Temple glanced at him and said: "Jiang Pengyuan refused to change his story even after being tortured. On the contrary, Mrs. Jiang's teeth were gritted at first, but after her son Jiang Jing was sentenced to death , and soon explained everything in tears.

According to Mrs. Jiang's account, Mrs. Zhou was seriously injured when she was brought back to the house by Jiang Pengyuan. Jiang Pengyuan lied to Mrs. Zhou that he was her savior.

Mrs. Zhou was convinced of this at first. When she was about to recover from her injuries, she proposed to leave the house to investigate the escaping incident and avenge her family, but Jiang Pengyuan refused.

Mrs. Zhou was smart and realized something was wrong.

However, her injuries were not healed and she could not escape from Jiang Mansion's deep compound on her own, so she found Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang pretended to help her and arranged for someone to take her out of the Jiang Mansion, but then asked someone to silence her. Mrs. Zhou finally fought back, but was found by Jiang Pengyuan's people and taken back.

After this incident, Jiang Pengyuan simply stopped pretending and had Mrs. Zhou's hand tendons cut off directly, and her feet were also shackled. "

At this point, a "crackling" sound was heard. Xun Sheng looked around and saw that it was Marquis Xinwu who had crushed the tea cup with his hands. Broken porcelain pieces dug into his palms, but he didn't even notice.

Seeing the minister of Dali Temple stop talking and looking at him, Marquis Xinwu said in a hoarse voice: "What next?"

The Minister of Dali Temple looked at Lu Zhaolin again. Lu Zhaolin sighed and said, "Continue talking."

The Minister of Dali Temple cupped his hands and continued: "After that, Mrs. Zhou had no power to resist, and she was surrounded by people arranged by Jiang Pengyuan. Soon, Mrs. Zhou was found to be pregnant. She didn't want the child, but she was It has to be fought to the death. Jiang Pengyuan happened to be not in the house until she gave birth."

Speaking of this, the Dali Temple Minister recalled the scene when Mrs. Jiang was interrogated.

At that time, Mrs. Jiang was wearing prison uniform, her hair was messy, and her face was dirty.

An arc formed on her lips: "At that time, I took advantage of Jiang Peng's absence to have her life taken. That woman named Zhou was actually grateful to me. Do you think it's ridiculous?"

She laughed twice more before continuing: "I originally thought about strangling that little bitch Jiang Shiying and drowning her, or throwing her out to be eaten by wild dogs. It's a pity, it's a pity that I'm soft-hearted. I killed her once and spared her life. Unexpectedly, she killed my own daughter later."

After the Dali Temple Minister finished speaking Mrs. Jiang's confession verbatim, he left the palace.

Marquis Xinwu sat on the chair and let the little eunuch bandage his right hand.

Then, after being stunned for a moment, he stood up, walked to the palace and knelt down: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask of you."

"What's the matter?" Lu Zhaolin asked.

"I would like to ask for your majesty's permission to remove my sister's bones from the Jiang family cemetery." When he said this, he choked with sobs: "My sister would not want to stay there."

Lu Zhaolin sighed and said, "I agree."

That evening, two decrees were issued from Ganquan Palace.

The first one was that the Qingyang Household took away the title and confiscated the property. All members of the same lineage, except married women, were to be executed after three days. As for the crime, it was fraud in the imperial examination and harming the people.

The second one was the family of Jiang Pengyuan, the former Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Except for the married daughter, all of them were interrogated and executed three days later. In addition to cheating on the imperial examinations and harming the common people, he was also charged with robbing civilian girls and forcing good girls to become concubines.

Not to mention the uproar caused by these two decrees in the previous dynasty, there was also a lot of discussion in the harem.

Before the wind and waves started, Lu Zhaolin brought the confession handed in by the minister of Dali Temple to Jingyang Palace.