Court eunuch

Come... I don't know..."

Seeing her talking more and more chaotically, the emperor couldn't help shouting: "Absurd!" Then he turned to look at Wei Yanwan.

Seeing her pouring dirty water on herself, Wei Yanwan sneered, "My man? Are you sure?"

As if desperate for his life, Balin said loudly: "Your Majesty! Everything I said is true!"

Wei Yanwan nodded: "Okay, then I'll ask someone to identify it, which one it is." After whispering a few words to Lan Cui, Lan Cui bowed her head and retreated.

Not long after, seven or eight eunuchs stood in a row in the court.

"Tell me, which one is it?" Wei Yanwan looked at her coldly.

"Yes...it's him!" Balin pointed at one of them.

Wei Yanwan signaled that person to come out, "Are you sure it's him?"

Balin's heart thumped: "It's him!"

Wei Yanwan lowered her head and traced the picture of a gentleman in Suihan on the stove, and snorted lightly, while Lan Cui asked for her, "Tell me, what do you do?"

The man's face was pale, he knelt down, and kowtowed repeatedly: "My lord, please forgive me! The slave, Lu'er, is the eunuch who cleans the Yongshou Palace, and he did nothing wrong!"

Wei Yanwan raised her eyes and swept lightly: "Ying promised, you have never even been to Yongshou Palace, how do you know the people in this palace?"

"I..." Balin looked around and suddenly said, "He said it himself!"

"Nonsense!" Wei Yanwan threw out the pumpkin-shaped enamel hand stove with a picture of a gentleman in Sui Han, only to hear a few crisp sounds, the hand stove fell on the steps, and the pieces scattered.

"Concubine Yan!" Then she frowned and stopped loudly.

Wei Yanwan paid no attention to her, pointed at Barin and reprimanded: "If my palace wants to harm you, why would I randomly assign a sweeping eunuch? Besides, if you said that they used ropes to harm people, then there must be marks on their hands. Lu'er , Stretch out your hand to see if, as Ying promised, I sent you to kill people in the middle of the night!"

The eunuch named Lu'er was already frightened, and stretched out his hand stiffly. A palace official came forward to check and reported: "There is no other trace except frostbite."

"This case is full of doubts..." The emperor had just opened his mouth when Wei Yanwan stood up: "Your Majesty, since my concubine has been implicated, I dare to say something, why not let the person who investigated the matter come in for questioning."

The emperor nodded: "Then let Fu Heng come in."

Fu Heng listened to the call and entered, bowed his head and stood in the court after saluting, knowing that there was a concubine standing at the head, so he dared not raise his head.

The emperor asked: "What can Ai Qing find out?"

Fu Hengdao: "Returning to the emperor, Mrs. Baiergos was indeed drowned. The scene was messy because of the water. I only saw that there were two shoe prints, which seemed to be left by outsiders."

"What shoe print?"

"It's a woman's shoe print. Judging by the style, it should be the same person."

Wei Yanwan asked, "Does Baiergos have strangle marks on his neck?"

Fu Heng shook his head: "Not at all."

Wei Yanwan sneered softly.

The emperor reacted immediately: "The Balin family set fire to murder and uttered nonsense. Today, their titles are revoked and they are reduced to common people. They will be sent to the Punishment Department for torture!"

"Your majesty! The concubine said it all! All—"

"Drag it on!" The emperor didn't want to listen to her discernment, someone immediately gagged her and dragged her out.

At this time, the sky had turned white slightly, and Wei Yanwan looked tired.

The emperor took the hands of Concubine Su and Concubine Qing: "You are tired, and I will send you back. Concubine Su, you are pregnant with an imperial heir, so you must be very careful." Then he said to his successor: "You continue this matter Just watch."

Then he nodded: "Your Majesty, don't worry, my concubine will do her duty."

Back at Yongshou Palace, Wei Yanwan used a small bowl of bird's nest, then took off the hairpin and nestled on the bed, thinking about the whole incident, the more she was surprised, the more she felt that it was strange.

She was sleeping deeply last night, but Lan Cui suddenly came in to wake her up, and said something that almost made her lose her mind: "Master, Wang Chan said that he saw someone entering the North Third Institute, and now the North Third Institute has already disappeared. .”

Wei Yanwan's face was bloodless: "What is he going to the North Third Institute for?" As he said, he changed into his pajamas, and hurriedly called Wang Chan to come forward: "You don't want to die, what trouble did you go there for!"

Wang Chan knelt on the ground, also a little scared: "Master, it's not that this slave is going by himself, it's Eunuch Jin Zhong who brought someone to look for this slave just now, and said that the two from the third North Office will be removed tonight. This slave thinks it's for the sake of the master." , I went with him, I didn't think... I saw someone coming out from there, and then there was water..."

Wei Yanwan felt chills all over her body. She didn't know why Jinzhong had to kill those two tonight, but she vaguely sensed that this matter must not be good, and reprimanded: "What are you doing in a daze! Go and find out, what happened?" What happened, don't let us all be kept in the dark and made someone else's target."

Wang Chan responded, went out for a while, and when he came back, he said that the Baiergos family was gone, and Ying agreed to be taken to Yikun Palace for questioning. To cover up, the two went to Yikun Palace to see the situation.Concubine Qing was delighted to watch the excitement, so she naturally agreed very readily.

Thinking of how Jin Zhong was being suppressed at that time, Wei Yanwan gently closed her eyes, fortunately... fortunately she went in time.

23. calm

"Master." Lan Cui walked in quickly, bowed and said, "Something happened to the Punishment Department."

Wei Yanwan was sitting in front of the window splitting the embroidery thread facing the sunlight, and when she heard the reward, she tilted her head slightly: "What's the matter?"

Lan Cui took a step forward, "Ye Xin beside Concubine Yu sneaked into the Punishment Division and was captured."

Wei Yanwan stopped the movements of her hands, thoughtfully, "Ye Xin..." Suddenly smiled again, "Okay, very good, it turned out to be her." As she spoke, she parted a strand of embroidery thread and asked briskly Said: "But someone detained it? Just don't let it go."

Lan Cui nodded: "It's already been detained, and Jin Bao said about it."

Fang was about to say something more, but Wei Yanwan's eyes suddenly dimmed, "Don't worry, Master Qi, people won't run away."

Wei Yanwan raised her head and glanced sideways, without saying a word, she lowered her head and divided the embroidery thread.

Jin Zhong sat down, casually picked up the pastel teacup on the desk, and took a sip of the residual tea in it.

Wei Yanwan stared slightly, trying to grab it, "What are you doing with my cup!"

Jinzhong dodged lightly, still holding the teacup, and said with a smile: "Your servant is hard at work, is it true that Master Qi is reluctant to reward the servant with a sip of tea?"

Seeing his rascal appearance, Wei Yanwan snorted softly, "Eunuch Jinzhong must have worked very hard, and found my Yongshou Palace in the middle of the night—" Wei Yanwan stared at him, gritting her teeth word by word: "Giving advice."

Seeing that she lost her temper, Jinzhong was slightly taken aback, and then smiled again: "I know my mistake." He touched her hand and put it on his heart: "It is the master who loves the slave."

Wei Yanwan raised her eyebrows, "I feel sorry for my servant, and my heart is for Wang Chan, who was almost coaxed by you to do such a terrible thing."

Jin Zhong knew that she was being petty, smiled lowly, and moved closer, his voice hoarse: "If the slave can't give up his life for the master, then it's fine."

Wei Yanwan's hand was clasped over his heart by him, feeling the slight rise and fall of his chest in the palm of his hand, seeing him acting like this, seemed to have affection, she was originally angry, but now she became ruthless, touched the button of his collar, and said in a hateful voice: "Are you really willing to give up your life for me?" Before Jinzhong could answer, she pulled the button with all her strength, and a piece broke during the tearing. Don't worry every day."

While talking, the outer robe was torn off, revealing the white lining inside, Wei Yanwan simply pushed him down on the couch, looked down at him from a high position, without saying a word.

Jin Zhong was calm, and smiled slightly: "Did Master Su want the slave's life right now?"

Rou Ning slowly traced the touch under the shirt, Wei Yanwan smiled coldly: "Your life can only be mine." Her fingertips snaked like snakes and slid towards her Adam's apple, Wei Yanwan's expression darkened, "There will be another time... ..."

The corner of Jinzhong's lips curled up: "There will be no next time." Standing up, he embraced the beauty in his arms, sniffing the warm fragrance from her neck, and said with a light smile, "For Wan'er, I should spare my life."

The sun shines through the ebony screen carved with pomegranates, casting spots of mottled light.

Jin Zhong casually picked up a plum blossom hairpin inlaid with red gold and rubies, and pulled up her black hair. The plum blossom hairpin firmly twisted the green hair, and a few gem tassels hung down. Jin Zhong twisted them one by one, and his fingertips fell to her slightly smooth snow shoulders.

Wei Yanwan glanced sideways, and said coldly, "I've been very tired these few days."

Whitebait enters the water, sparkling.

"Yes." Someone laughed briskly next to her ear: "Your Majesty is underweight during pregnancy, and the green head card has already been withdrawn."

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the incense burner is warming.

"What did Ye Xinke say?" After closing the folder, the emperor leaned back, and Li Yu immediately offered the teacup.

"Back to the emperor, Ye Xin didn't say anything, only Barin said." Jin Zhong bowed and handed over a volume of confession.

The emperor took a look, and all the words pointed to Concubine Yu, not only that Concubine Yu had colluded with Concubine Baiergos as early as when he entered the palace, inciting the two to confront Concubine Su, and even said that after the two detained Beisan Concubine Yu once came to visit and urged the two to take revenge on Concubine Su. On that day, the North Sanshui was flooded by Ye Xin, Concubine Yu's maidservant. Threats and lures, wanting Balin to agree to push the matter to Jin Zhong and Concubine Ying, Balin was emotional at the time, arguing with Ye Xin, accidentally turned over the oil lamp, and then got out of the water.

The emperor snorted coldly, and dropped the confession, "Balin's words are repeated, and what he said is not credible. Let Fu Heng investigate carefully. If it is really related to Ye Xin, I want to see her confess."

Two days later, Fu Heng came to report that the shoe prints in Yanbei No. [-] Institute belonged to the palace, but it was unknown who left them. Jin Zhong was ordered to go to the Punishment Division for interrogation.

Ye Xin seemed to have realized that her time limit was approaching, she went on a hunger strike for two days in the prison, and was already dying.

Jinzhong didn't intend to let her go, and deliberately ordered someone to stay next door to her.