An Lingrong's Rebirth: Red

After being subdued, Xiao Tang continued to curse Huichun and even told what happened between them. He used foul language, which made the guards frown.

"Hurry and take him out! The Emperor and Empress are here. Won't such obscene words pollute the Emperor's ears?"

Su Peisheng quickly scolded and asked several guards to drag the still insulting Xiao Tang out. Su Peisheng bowed repeatedly and kept telling the emperor that it was all his fault.

But this mistake could not be blamed on Su Peisheng. The emperor did not make things difficult for Su Peisheng, but just asked him to stand up.

As for Huichun, she was almost fainted by Xiao Tang's stupidity. She fell to the ground and coughed for a long time before she barely got up and knelt crookedly.

The Queen felt sorry for her and was about to say a few words for Huichun when she was interrupted by the Emperor.

"If everything is as you said, then you are a loyal person to the Lord."

"I..." Huichun raised her hand and rubbed her neck, and finally she found her voice again, "I have committed a serious crime by plotting to murder the heir to the throne. Although I am loyal, my actions are unforgivable. I do not want to use my so-called loyalty to escape punishment."

"I am also responsible for my poor supervision," the Queen stood up and also saluted the Emperor, "I am willing to bear any punishment, and I do not ask the Emperor to spare Huichun's life, but I ask the Emperor not to implicate her family."

The Emperor ignored the Empress' words. Instead, he mentioned the sachet Huichun mentioned. "On the night when Zhenchang was in trouble, the entire Fubi Pavilion was searched inside and out, but the sachet that caused the fainting you mentioned was not found."

"After Xiao Tang made his move, I took back the sachet. Now I put it together with Xiao Tang's torn clothes and buried it under the soil of the greenhouse."

When Xiao Xiazi heard this, he immediately looked at the emperor. After getting permission, he quickly left and went to the greenhouse to find what Huichun mentioned.

Those things were not buried very deep and were soon dug out by Xiao Xiazi and his men. Several sachets were also sandwiched between clothes and brought to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I found these things in the flower room. The imperial physician has examined the medicine in the sachet and it is indeed something that can cause a person to fall into a coma."

"I guess this is the medicine that made Zhen Chang faint," the queen took a sachet, and the smell inside had dissipated a lot, with only a slight smell of medicine, "Your Majesty, do you think... do you want to check the Imperial Hospital?"

The Queen Mother actually wanted to investigate the Imperial Medical Office. Mu Qing's heart tightened. She didn't understand why the Queen said that. Wasn't this just trying to hand evidence to the Emperor?

But in fact, the Queen was retreating to advance, thinking of keeping the matter of investigating the Imperial Hospital in her own hands, so that she could preserve her own manpower to the maximum extent.

At the same time, she could also confuse the emperor and tell him not to continue to doubt herself, thinking that it was she who ordered Huichun to murder Zhen Changzai.

In fact, although this matter was ordered by the Queen, she really only wanted to abort Zhen Changzai's pregnancy. She did not expect that Xiao Tang was so cruel that he even killed Zhen Changzai.

Even though Zhenchang's family was not from a big family like the Fucha or Guwaljia families, her father was a high-ranking figure in the court, and the emperor would not easily let it go.

A scapegoat must be found immediately. The Queen has already set her sights on Concubine Qi. The two had an argument not long ago, and Concubine Qi now has the most reason to murder Concubine Zhen.

"It would be better to check the Imperial Hospital. The Imperial Doctor should be guilty of the same crime as Huichun for taking out and using such dangerous drugs at will."

"I asked the imperial physician for this medicine, under the pretext that I couldn't sleep well."

Huichun did not directly reveal who the imperial physician was, because she did not know what the Queen wanted to do. She could only conceal it as much as possible so that the Queen would have more room to make plans.

"Which doctor is it?"

Hearing the emperor's question, Huichun shook her head, indicating that she had forgotten, "I asked several imperial doctors to get the medicine, and after storing the amount, I gave it to Zhen Changzai.

As for which imperial physician treated me, I really can’t remember.”

"Look it up if you can't remember, Su Peisheng."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Su Peisheng took the order and left, but he came back soon and whispered in the emperor's ear that Zhen Changzai's father, Lord Hai, wanted to see him.

When Haishou came, he asked about Zhen Changzai. Now the situation was unclear, and the emperor could only consider ways to appease her.

After all, he is an old man from the Zhengbai Banner. Although the Zhengbai Banner is now in decline, it is still the foundation of the upper three banners. The emperor will never treat him perfunctorily.

But Huichun was being interrogated in the palace, and the Queen was also there listening in. If Haishou saw this, he would probably think that it was the Queen who did it, and if a fuss was made, it would be extremely ugly.

"Please invite him to the study. I will go and see him." The emperor thought for a moment and decided to put today's matter aside for the time being. "Take the rest of the people to the Ministry of Punishment and re-examine them later.

As for the Queen, you are not feeling well, go back to Jingren Palace and have a good rest."

After a few words of instruction, everyone dispersed. The queen was asked to leave again by Su Peisheng, and she didn't even have a chance to say anything to Huichun.

But from Huichun's performance today, the Queen was completely certain that she was ready to take all the blame.

In order to avoid being charged with murdering a concubine, the queen had no choice but to sacrifice Huichun to save herself.

But what we need to do now is to find a suitable person from the Imperial Medical Bureau and ask Qi Changzai to play the bad guy.

The Queen had a plan in mind, but was hindered by Fangying and Fangyu, and was unable to do anything.

However, there were countless people in the palace over the years, and it took the queen some time to make contact, but she was still able to find available people.

If it weren't for that little Tang who was more trouble than help, Zhen Changzai would have died at most by falling into the water. How could it have been discovered that she was murdered and caused so much trouble?

The only thing that makes the queen feel relieved now is that Huichun did not explicitly tell Xiao Tang and Mu Qing that they are working for her, otherwise Xiao Tang would be desperate and would definitely bite her to death and drag everyone down with him.

Now that Qi Changzai is not pregnant, and there is no frequently used imperial physician in the palace, the Queen can only bribe an imperial physician who has treated Qi Changzai more often, and try to bribe him with a large sum of money so that he can frame Qi Changzai.

Of course, what is more important is to leave something in Qi Changzai's palace as evidence, so that Qi Changzai will have no way to defend himself.

The only things the Queen could think of at the moment were the medicine and the sachet used by Huichun. To be on the safe side, the Queen could only send both of these things into Chuxiu Palace.

The Queen was feeling depressed about the trouble Xiao Tang had brought her, and Prince Guo came over and "helped" the Queen a lot - after the Emperor sent Hai Shou away, Prince Guo hurried into the palace and sued the Guaerjia family on behalf of the Zhen family.

After a period of investigation, Prince Guo obtained solid evidence that Guaerjia Emin murdered Zhen Yuandao and his wife. Now he only needs the emperor to verify it before he can punish Guaerjia for intentional murder.

But the emperor unexpectedly hesitated on this matter. No matter how much Prince Guo talked, he sat there motionless. When he heard about the miserable plight of Zhen Yuandao and his wife, he did not show any strange expression.

"Your Majesty, the Guaerjia clan has committed an act of usurpation and is dissatisfied with your will. They have resorted to private punishment and used such cruel means to murder Zhen Yuandao's family.

The servants in his family have confessed their crimes, and their confessions are recorded here. Please have a look, Your Majesty!"

"Put it down. I'll look at it later."

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. If the court officials have ulterior motives, I am afraid that it will endanger not only their colleagues, but also the safety of Your Majesty.

I am investigating this matter day and night, precisely for your safety.

Your Majesty, this matter cannot be delayed, a decision must be made as soon as possible!"

"I understand everything, but this matter still needs further consideration." Prince Guo was blinded by the love affair between a man and a woman, but the emperor was not. At this time, the incident of Zhen Changzai had already happened. Haishou understood it verbally, but privately he had been inquiring about Zhen Changzai's affairs with officials on his good terms. Conspiracy theories emerged one after another, and the emperor was busy trying to quell resentment, so naturally he was unwilling to take action against the Guaerjia family at this time.

"I will send someone to check. You have been working hard recently. Have a good rest."

The emperor dealt with Prince Guo with one sentence and was about to send Su Peisheng to escort him out. Prince Guo was not satisfied with this result, especially since the emperor did not mention the matter of the daughters of the Zhen family.

"Your Majesty, now that the truth has been uncovered, can you bring the orphan of the Zhen family back from Ningguta?"

"Old Seventeen, although it is pitiful that Zhen Yuandao and his wife were murdered, it is true that they kept a collection of poems in their collection and were unwilling to write poems to criticize and support Qian Mingshi.

But it is also true that he secretly took the daughter of a criminal official and made her pregnant for ten months. He even asked his concubine daughter to serve his eldest daughter as a slave, which shows that he was fully aware of the fault of taking the daughter of a criminal official.

For committing such a crime in defiance of the law and showing no remorse, I have sentenced his entire family to exile, which is already a pardon beyond the law."

Prince Guo promised Zhen Huan that he would vindicate her Zhen family, but the emperor's ambiguous attitude made Prince Guo anxious. He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have already investigated the matter of the poetry collection. It was Guarjia Emin who deliberately sent the book to Zhen Yuandao.

By this calculation, Zhen Yuandao did not actively keep the collection of poems privately, and it could not be said that he sympathized with Nian Gengyao or had rebellious intentions.

Although he is guilty, considering the suffering he has already endured, it is better to forgive the woman of the Zhen family, so that the court and the people will be grateful for the emperor's generosity."

"Old Seventeen, I know you are worried about Huanbi's condition, and I have promised you before that I will call Huanbi back to serve you in your house.

But now I have to send someone to interrogate Guaerjia Emin first to determine his true intention of murder, and then I can find out more about the inside story. If he is colluding with others, I can also make preparations in advance.

If I bring Zhen's daughter back to the capital now, I'm afraid he will become suspicious, and it will not be easy for me to find out the truth.

Old Seventeen, don't be impatient, understand?"

Prince Guo gritted his teeth and said yes, but the person he wanted to take back the most was not Huanbi but Zhen Huan. However, the Emperor never gave in and was only willing to ask Huanbi to return to the palace. How could he not be anxious?

If the emperor had agreed to let Huan'er return to the Forbidden City, I wouldn't have to worry so much.

But the emperor had already said this, and Prince Guo knew that he should not continue to persuade him, otherwise it would only cause a counterproductive effect.

"I haven't seen Huanbi for a long time, and I am a little worried."

"I have granted you permission to go to Ningguta to visit Huanbi. Can you feel at ease now?"

Seeing Prince Guo's expression, the emperor simply agreed and asked him to go visit Huanbi. After all, he also wanted to see which Huanbi Prince Guo was talking about.

At the same time, the emperor also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of Prince Guo leaving the Forbidden City to test Guarjia Emin.

Guaerjia Emin already knew everything about Prince Guo's actions, otherwise he would not have asked Qi Chang to secretly inquire about it.

If Prince Guo left the capital at this time, Guarjia Emin would definitely take action, tracking or even assassinating the prince. This crime would be much more serious than framing someone.

Prince Guo secretly admired Zhen Huan's cleverness. He didn't expect that she had even guessed that the Emperor would ask her to go to Ningguta.

It turns out that the emperor really has no brotherly love for me. In such a dangerous time, he still wants to push me out as bait. "I thank the emperor for his kindness, but Jingxian is in her advanced period and is feeling very unwell. She really cannot do without me.

I thought about asking A-Lin to bring some supplements and go to see Huanbi for me."

"Okay." It didn't matter whether it was Prince Guo who went there or not. The emperor could spread the news and let everyone think that it was Prince Guo who went there. "If you are missing any medicinal herbs or supplements, just tell Su Peisheng and he will prepare them for you."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Prince Guo went down with Su Peisheng. He was really rude and took away a lot of precious medicinal herbs, supplements, clothes and jewelry. It looked as if the people living in Ningguta were not three criminals, but three concubines.

But this was Prince Guo, and Su Peisheng had no way of stopping him. He could only watch him take a lot of things from the emperor's private treasury and leave.

Fortunately, the emperor did not care about these trivial matters. After Su Peisheng relayed the situation, he was sent out by the emperor to investigate the affairs of Zhen Changzai.

Xiao Tang has said what he needed to say. The person Su Peisheng wants to interrogate is Huichun. No one would believe that a slave like her would do such a evil thing without being told. Now they need to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes.

However, Huichun was very stubborn and insisted that it was her own idea to kill her, and she was even unwilling to reveal who the imperial physician was who gave her the medicine.

Because Mu Qing was picked clean by Huichun, Su Peisheng didn't put too much energy on her, and thus missed the opportunity to find out that the Queen was the mastermind behind the scenes.

But two days later, Huichun suddenly gave in and said that she had taken action against Zhen Changzai on the orders of Qi Changzai.

As soon as the news came out, rumors began to spread in the harem. It was said that Concubine Qi was jealous of Concubine Zhen's pregnancy and wanted to embarrass her in front of everyone, so she planned to murder her.

With the Queen's instigation, the rumor spread very quickly. Before Concubine Qi could explain, the Emperor's men had already entered Chuxiu Palace to investigate the "evidence" thoroughly.