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"Your Majesty, even though Xiao Changfu is dead, there is Concubine De, the culprit who has not been dealt with. How could you be so reckless and just say goodbye?"

Empress Wei took the things that Zheng Changchun handed over, and said to Emperor Hongyou: "Look, Your Majesty, these evidences point to Concubine De's bribe of Xiao Changfu with a large amount of money. Such ironclad evidence cannot be denied by Concubine De. I am wronged, since the concubine knows who the real culprit is, she must punish the real culprit severely to comfort her spirit in heaven."

Concubine De hated secretly, and gave Empress Wei a hard look. Before she could finish speaking, she got up and knelt in front of Emperor Hongyou, holding his thigh, crying until she almost fainted, "Your Majesty, don't blame Xiaoyun, it's all Xiao Changfu. That dog slave is good at making opinions. During the Hungry Ghost Festival, Xiaoyun quarreled with Sister Zhao for a few words, and felt angry for a while, so she gave Xiao Changfu the money and asked him to teach Sister Zhao secretly."

Concubine De covered her face with a piece of ropa, sobbing and choking, while peeking at Emperor Hongyou's face, she continued: "Xiaoyun has never said anything like killing people, Xiaoyun thinks Xiao Changfu is The people around the empress asked him to use the name of the empress to threaten her, so sister Zhao would not always bully Xiaoyun in the future. I am so timid that I dare not even kill a fish. These emperors know best , think about it, how could I let my slaves kill people?"

Everyone secretly admired this concubine De, who really turned black and white, and distorted the matter of buying murder into Xiao Changfu's assertion.In this way, she became completely ignorant of this matter, and the killing of Zhao Shurong was done by Xiao Changfu alone.Now that Xiao Changfu is dead, Concubine De confessed to giving Xiao Changfu the money, she confessed half of the crime in front of her and denied the other half.

Concubine De cried so pitifully, her face was flushed, and her tears kept falling like broken pearls.That look of being greatly wronged by the sky, if people who don't know it see it, they will really be deceived by her timid face.

Emperor Hongyou also asked Concubine De to write a crying letter.He took it for granted, and helped Concubine De up, his fat face was full of distress, and he wiped away tears for Concubine De, and kept persuading: "I can't believe what Concubine Ai says. All right, all right, hurry up Don't cry, crying makes my heart go crazy."

The concubines gritted their teeth with hatred, and the woman in the rice-fen shirt couldn't be more angry. She sneered and said, "The concubine De is really rich. There is so much money in your hand that there is nowhere to spend it. Otherwise, why would you give a slave ten thousand taels of silver?" , plus five or six priceless treasures, just to teach others a lesson. This money is too easy to earn. One day, Empress Concubine De will want to teach others again, but don’t forget the servants under me in the ward. The concubine can also find a way to earn money for the slaves."

Everyone sneered, Concubine De choked for a long while, then pulled Emperor Hongyou's arm, and shed tears again: "Long live, you see, they bully people like this. Xiaoyun did not kill anyone. If you don't believe me, you can ask Wang Ji , He was rewarded by you to Xiaoyun, and he was once your confidant, the emperor should trust what he said!"

The blue-clothed eunuch behind Concubine De hurried forward, bowed and said, "Everything Madam De Concubine said is true. The slave was in front of me that day. Madam did only teach Xiao Changfu a lesson, and did not say anything about murder."

As the two sang together, Concubine De cried more and more as if something had happened, and said with aggrieved voice: "Xiaoyun was also very angry that day, it's fine for Sister Zhao to scold me, but she shouldn't even scold the emperor. If it wasn't for her To say that the emperor is greedy for beauty is to be reincarnated, and to say that Xiaoyun is a vixen who is good at seducing the Lord, and I will not..."

"enough!"

Emperor Hongyou's complexion changed drastically, and when he heard the phrase "Jie Zhou reincarnated", the anger in his heart rushed to his forehead.As a king, although he did not dare to compare himself to Yao and Shun, he hated others to compare him to Jie and Zhou.This is a big taboo, no matter which emperor hears it, he will be annoyed.

Concubine De was secretly proud, she might not be able to talk about other things, but she couldn't feel more clearly about Emperor Hongyou's temper.

Emperor Hongyou didn't think he was a good emperor, but he was also greedy for beauty, lingered in the harem, and often ignored the government, but he had a high opinion of himself, and often compared himself with the founding father of the country.

A wise ruler is accompanied by virtuous ministers, while a weak ruler is naturally accompanied by flatterers.

For many years, he has been a villain and a virtuous minister. Emperor Hongyou has long since lost a gentleman who is outspoken and dare to advise. He is not playing with his concubines all day long, or he is with a group of courtiers. Only if he knows how much he has Strange.Hearing people praise him all day long, Emperor Hongyou really regarded himself as the master of the world in his heart, but now he suddenly heard someone scolding him, and the scolding was so harsh, no matter it was true or not, he was very angry in his heart.

Concubine De was really provocative, she hit Emperor Hongyou's weakness with a single word, this time, no matter what others said, Zhao Shurong became really damned in Emperor Hongyou's heart.

Sure enough, Emperor Hongyou's chubby face was as heavy as the bottom of a pot. He stood up and said a few words coldly: "Xiao Changfu is dead, the murderer has been brought to justice, and the case of Zhao Shurong can be concluded here. As for Concubine De , she was young and ignorant, mistrusting other people's words, punishing her with a year's salary, confinement in the Dexin Palace for half a year, and copying the Diamond Sutra for Zhao Shurong to cross over. As for Zhao Shurong..."

Emperor Hongyou paused, he believed Concubine De's instigation, and hated Zhao Shurong so much in his heart that he wished he could kill her again. At this time, Emperor Hongyou was inconvenient to get angry in front of everyone, so he said in a deep voice: "Tomorrow, I will pass on to you." The decree is to bury Zhao Shurong in the imperial mausoleum as a concubine."

He said something hastily, and then walked out of the garden.

Luo Sixi sang anxiously: "Long live, let's drive!" Leading a group of servants, they hurriedly chased after him.

Emperor Hongyou walked a few steps, turned around again, and said to everyone in the garden: "Don't mention today's matter again, whoever mentions it again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Tonight really came here in high spirits, but came back disappointed. After finishing speaking, Emperor Hongyou tossed his robe sleeves, glared at Empress Wei, then walked away angrily with a fat face on his face.

Concubine De wanted to stop, and acted like a coquettish again, but she was afraid that things would go against her will, which would annoy Emperor Hongyou.After finally messing around and being able to escape from death, it is better for her to calm down for a while.

Emperor Hongyou said harsh words, no one dared to entangle Zhao Shurong again.Empress Wei and others all knew that the emperor was self-willed, ruthless, and never listened to others, but no one could persuade him to decide anything.

Empress Wei shook her head secretly, so she had to stand up and lead a group of concubines to send the holy car off.

The emperor left, and the palace banquet was also held differently.The male dancer, who was pretending to be Zhao Shurong's wronged soul, took advantage of the chaos in the garden and ran away without a trace.I searched everywhere, but still couldn't find anyone. Empress Wei called the head of Hongqing's class to interrogate, but the head of the class didn't know what to say. Empress Wei saw that he was so frightened, it didn't seem like a fake, so she had no choice but to let it go. After the people from the Hongqing class left, they told Zheng Changchun to continue the investigation, and must find out who brought the male singer into the palace, who was behind the scenes, and so on.

Zheng Changchun bowed and agreed, and helped Empress Wei go back to the palace to rest.Concubine Shu Gui and Concubine De looked at each other, neither of them said anything, Concubine Shu led the eldest prince back to Juanyun Palace.

The concubines also dispersed separately. Concubine De was walking on the road, she felt scared for a while, and was lucky for a while. After returning to Dexin Palace, she settled the fifteen princes and drank soothing soup in the bedroom. Much more stable.

After sending out all the servants, Concubine De asked Wang Ji quietly: "Then you found the assassin?"

Wang Ji shook his head hastily, "It's not ours. The few people sent by the general to you are not so agile. Chen Da is on duty tonight, and they don't dare to come into the garden. The slaves will go out and don't let them go." Just let them wait in the dark, wait for Xiao Changfu to be escorted to the imperial horse prison, and then wait for an opportunity to assassinate. I didn't expect Zheng Changchun to be so powerful that even Xiao Changfu's old background was exposed, and the empress was even more aggressive. If you don’t come out, Xiao Changfu will be interrogated that night.”

Concubine De couldn't help being startled, "Who killed him then? It wasn't one of us, could it be Concubine Shu did it?"

Wang Ji also couldn't guess, Concubine De and him were silent for a long while before ordering: "Recently let them all settle down, although this time they have been mixed up, but the emperor will inevitably have suspicions against me, if you want to reunite To gain the emperor's favor, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort. You send a message to your brother and ask him to send some more people. I have to think of a way to coax the emperor to change his mind."

Wang Ji responded one by one, retreated silently, and delivered a letter to Feng Kui who was guarding the border.

Concubine De sat on the soft couch, took off the glazed stone bead string in her hand, and threw it aside, not wanting to take another look.She secretly felt ruthless in her heart: she must accomplish the matter of changing the crown prince.She decided to let her son become the prince and relegate the old woman the queen to the cold palace, so as to eliminate today's hatred.

Not to mention how Concubine De made her secret arrangements, let's talk about Likun Palace.

Everyone walked away cleanly, leaving the garden in a mess.Looking at the empty garden, Ruan Yunqing felt as if her heart had been hollowed out, at a loss as to what to do.

Xiao Changfu died, and no one would bully him anymore, but Ruan Yunqing didn't feel any joy in his heart, but only felt sincere sadness from what he saw tonight.

Xiao Changfu did a lot of evil, and death is not a pity, but seeing him lying in a pool of blood like an abandoned wild dog, being rolled up with a reed mat, dragging his feet out of the garden, Ruan Yunqing still felt a tingling pain in his chest. Stuffy, chills all over.

This is the life of a slave, as long as the master dislikes you, you are really like a dog, no, not even a dog.

Eunuch Cui led the people to clean up the broken seats, and saw Ruan Yunqing stunned, his eyes staring straight.He went up and slapped Ruan Yunqing on the back, stomped his feet and shouted: "Why are you looking so stupid? There is so much work to do, and you are still standing there. If you don't hurry up, you won't even be able to sleep tonight!"

Ruan Yunqing staggered a bit, and Eunuch Cui threw him a wooden bucket and a broom, urging him: "Wash away all the blood on the ground, be sure to clean it up, and don't let the master see any blood stars, or we will all die." To be punished. Come on, work!"

Ruan Yunqing silently agreed, and Zhou Jun wanted to stay and help, so Eunuch Cui said, "You can also join in the fun at work? You carry the table with me!" After speaking, he led Zhou Jun and a few young eunuchs out of the garden.