Opposite the entrance hall

The person "Wanfei" appears more times today than in the past six or seven years combined, and when everyone hears these two words, their hearts will tremble subconsciously.

Emperor Chengde frowned, his memory got worse, he pondered for a while and asked, "Who is Concubine Duan?"

Cao Yuhan sneered twice in her heart, amused by this man's ruthless appearance.

It was Sun Hai who quickly reminded, "It was the original Concubine Duan. Did Your Majesty forget? After King Liang was demoted from Beijing, Concubine Duan was also downgraded because of her mistakes in teaching. Your Majesty even ordered her to stay in the palace." Think about it, say it is to give her a long memory."

"I just remembered," Emperor Chengde frowned, "Isn't this the place where women can come to the court, the empress is an exception, if there is another concubine, wouldn't it be said that I disregarded principles and ethics, and let people come here?" Sneer all over the world!"

"Yes."

Just as the little servant was about to leave to pass on a message, Li Hongxuan touched his ear, and Wu Minqian immediately got the signal and came out to pay respects, "Your Majesty, according to what I said, the matter of Concubine Wan is a matter of the harem, and the concubine Duan is also a member of the harem." , Xu knows better, this Cao Weiyuan is only a foreign minister, how much can he know about the affairs of the harem? Why don't you pass on the news to the concubine Duan, and it won't be too late to make a decision after listening to the empress."

"I don't think so," Yan Huaizheng said hastily, "Since it has been proved that Cao Weiyuan was ordered to deliberately slander the queen, the most urgent thing to do is to find out who is behind the scenes and see what his intentions are, instead of holding on to this matter all the time. Don't let go."

"What Yan Shaoqing said is very true," Lu Zhengxu replied, "There are priorities. If there is really a grievance about Concubine Wan, it will not be too late to investigate again at another time."

"If there are still objections, the case will be judged hastily. It is easy to make an unjust, false and wrong case. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

"His Majesty……"

"I think..."

……

"Okay," Emperor Chengde's face sank, he interrupted everyone with a yell, and raised his chin at Sun Hai, "Call someone in!"

"Yes."

Qi Ran glanced sideways at Ji Si, and the two of them met each other's eyes, seeing anxiety in each other's eyes.

The court was solemn and the situation was tense.

Concubine Duan followed the servants into the palace, which surprised many people. Ji Si never thought that Concubine Duan, who used to be proud and arrogant, would age like this in just a few months. Can not see the appearance of the past scenery.

When she saw Emperor Chengde knelt down to salute, she shed tears first, crying out of breath, "Your Majesty, my concubine... I thought I would never see you again."

The crying sound was sharp and did not stop. Emperor Chengde felt a headache when he heard it. He rubbed his eyebrows and asked in a hoarse voice: "I just let you think about it, and I never locked you up!"

"Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and has always ignored the affairs of the harem. I am afraid that people in the harem who don't know are afraid of offending the queen. Now the harem is in the hands of the queen alone," Duan Concubine cried, "The queen is clever and unfavorable. All the concubines have to rely on her breath to live, think back when Concubine Wan was in Hanqing Palace, it was like this, if not for the concubine who sneaked out today, I am afraid that it would be hard to see His Majesty again in this life."

"Concubine Wan?" Emperor Chengde repeated, "How much do you know about what happened back then?"

Concubine Duan cried even more sadly, and she couldn't make a sound when she said, "When the Concubine Wan incident broke out, Feng Qing, the maid next to the concubine, and the guards of Cheng Wumen, there were some shameless men and women. For love, he would often send him some food and snacks, but when he returned to the palace, he saw a maid handing over a letter to a guard. The sender, Feng Qing, also knew that it was a young maid in Wanfei Palace who drowned for no reason. Not long before this incident happened, Feng Qing even saw with his own eyes that the palace maid Danrui next to the empress gave the court lady a bag of rewards, if His Majesty doesn’t believe it, it’s better to ask Feng Qing to confront her face to face, so that she can know the truth.”

When the name was mentioned, Danrui's complexion changed suddenly, she was so flustered and helpless, she subconsciously glanced at Cao Yuhan, the latter's eyes were piercing, she knelt down and shouted for grievances, "Your Majesty, that man and slaves are from the same village, not what the concubine Duan said , the servants are wronged."

"It's ridiculous. The two of them entered the palace together as a friendship. They should be closer to others, but they often help each other. How can it be so ugly?" Cao Yuhan sneered twice, "According to what you said, Danrui is in the palace. If there are any bosom friends, are they all suggested by this palace?"

"Whether it's a fellowship or a secret collusion, the empress knows best." Concubine Duan followed her gaze and smiled coldly twice.

There is sword light and sword shadow between the two, and the intentions contained in it are only clear to each other.

Emperor Chengde didn't care about the undercurrents between her two, and ordered Sun Hai to send someone to call the maid named Feng Qing. After a while, the maid knelt down in the palace in fear, even her voice trembling when she saluted and greeted her.

"Chengde has been in 20 years. If you think about it, have you ever seen the maids around the empress at the concubine Wan's palace?" .

The Gong named Feng Qing looked down at Shu Concubine's shoe, and nodded repeatedly, "Your servant remembers this, there is a sign pinned to that man's waist, so no one can mistake him."

"You wait to raise your head and see if it's this person?"

"Yes," Feng Qing hesitantly raised his eyes, glanced at Danrui who was kneeling beside Cao Yuhan, and hurriedly looked away, "It's Danrui who is beside the empress, I dare not speak nonsense."

Unexpectedly, Danrui's face turned pale, and she quickly denied it, and the crying sounded in the Qianqing Palace, "You are spitting blood, your majesty, empress, this servant really doesn't know about this, this servant is wronged, someone must have framed this servant, this servant... "

"Snapped!"

Before she could finish her sentence, Cao Yuhan slapped her across the face, her ears were ringing and her eyes were dazzled, she lay on the ground and raised her eyes and murmured, "Your Majesty..."

"What kind of place is this? I don't allow you to cry and make noise, and I'm not afraid of others saying that I, Qifeng Palace, teach the palace people without rules, and let others laugh at me for nothing," Cao Yuhan interrupted coldly, "The emperor knows clearly, if it really has nothing to do with you, Your Majesty will return your innocence, not to let good or bad people have a chance to take advantage of it, if it really has something to do with you, not to mention your Majesty, I will be the first one not to let you go!"

Unexpectedly, Concubine Duan laughed out loud when she heard these words, "The empress is joking, no matter what, this Danrui is nothing more than a lowly servant girl who can't stand on the stage, what she does is probably ordered by others, it's just a low life, It's you, the queen, who should be worried."

Hearing this, Cao Yuhan's face darkened, and she looked at Concubine Duan with extremely cold eyes, as if she was looking at a dead body, without any heat, but the latter was not afraid of the slightest, looking at each other directly, the smile hanging on the corner of her lips was full of gloating elated.

After a while, Cao Yuhan's tense face relaxed, and he said as if he had suddenly realized: "I have figured it out, this Kong Lingqiu was originally from King Liang, and you are the mother and concubine of King Liang. This person is the King of Liang!"

As she spoke, she turned around and looked at Emperor Chengde's teary eyes, and she spoke vaguely with tears, "Your Majesty, this wolf king of Liang is ambitious and unrepentant, and he has done such nasty things. He has disgraced the royal family. Seeing that the father and son spared his life, he failed to frame his concubine that day, and now he has intensified his efforts to slander his concubine in public. To live in this world with face, it is better to apologise and return the court to peace!"

As soon as the words fell, Cao Yuhan made a gesture to bump his head to death in front of the hall. The officials were in a commotion, confused by the situation in front of them. Fortunately, Yuanfeng blocked him with his body, so that the blood of the mother of the Jin Dynasty was prevented from splashing on the hall.

Several masters and servants hugged and cried together, Li Hongyang even rushed over, looking at it with worry on his face, his eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes, he turned his head and said to the Chengde Emperor who was also pale with fright on the dragon chair: "This matter There are many doubts, and a discerning eye can see what these people intend to do, is the father really going to watch the mother smash her head against the hall to death for their sake?"

"Okay! Don't you think there aren't enough jokes and shame today?" Emperor Chengde said with trembling lips. Exhausted, "This matter is complicated, I will definitely..."

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Duan interrupted the words, "The concubine still has evidence that has not been presented!"

"Concubine Duan, what kind of grievances do you have with me that makes you want to put me to death!"

"Queen," Concubine Duan brushed her hair behind her ears, and smiled sweetly, she could still see some of her young demeanor, "You will kill yourself if you do many unrighteous actions. When you come back from your dream at midnight, you will not be afraid that Xu Lingyi and her son will come to you Take your life?"

"Oh, no, you are afraid. If you were not afraid, you would not eat fast and chant Buddha every day to put on a show."

"Your Majesty," she looked at Emperor Chengde, "the fire in Hanqing Palace on the Zhengdan Festival in Chengde's 20th year was not caused by Concubine Wan's insanity and the dry weather, but was set up by the Queen from the beginning. This game is a game against Concubine Wan's mother and son."

The voice was not heavy, but every word fell into the hearts of everyone in the court, making people feel chills down their spines, as if they had really touched the secrets of the royal family that had been covered in dust for seven years. The truth was gradually revealed.

"Your Majesty may not remember. On the night of Zhengdan Festival, the concubine had some quarrels with the queen, and after drinking a few more glasses, she left the table early. On the way back to the palace, I saw the eunuch beside the queen from a distance. Sneaky led a few young eunuchs towards the direction of Hanqing Palace, the concubine scolded a few times but didn't take it to heart, but the next day it was reported that Concubine Wan's mother and son were buried in the sea of ​​fire with her close maid. "

"When I think about it afterwards, I feel a lot of weirdness. This connects the two together, but I don't know who to tell. I have kept it a secret for so many years without thinking about it. Often when I dream back at midnight, I can still see it. Seeing Concubine Wan and the child covered in flames, she cried out to her concubine and said, "They hurt so much."

"I'm afraid that if there is no such thing as yesterday, the concubine Duan will not tell this matter today." Yang Yongtai frowned, shook his head and muttered.

Concubine Duan didn't care, but continued: "In this deep palace, everyone lives with great care and fear, for fear that a single negligence will kill them. The concubine admits that she doesn't look down on Concubine Wan. Xu Lingyi is as good as Xu Lingyi when it comes to family background and appearance. Not much higher than the concubines, but they can always stand on the sidelines and look at the people in the harem as if they are watching a joke. If something happens to her, the concubines are not obliged to help her, and it is extremely kind that they have not fallen into trouble."

"But it is because of her lesson from the past that the concubine understands that the Queen's methods are cruel, and she has not really met her. For many years, the well water has not violated the river water. If you did not repeat the old tricks, framed my son and caused him to be exiled from Beijing. If you want to use the method used on Xu Lingyi on me, I will not fight you to the death!" In the latter sentence, she obviously meant to listen to Cao Yuhan.

The latter stopped crying early on, and his face became calmer and calmer, without any nervousness or panic, so that people could not see the slightest clue.

"Queen," Emperor Chengde said with a solemn expression, his voice cold and without warmth, "do you have anything to say?"

Cao Yuhan didn't answer, but turned her head to look at Yuanfeng beside her, and said sharply, "Is what Concubine Duan said true, did you really go to Hanqing Palace on the day Hanqing Palace caught fire?"

Yuanfeng's face was pale, and he broke out in cold sweat in a panic. Seeing Cao Yuhan's eyes, he suddenly understood, and he knelt down and shouted for grievances, "Your Majesty, check clearly, the slaves and servants have been with the empress when the Hanqing Palace was on fire, where did they come from?" It’s time to go to the Hanqing Palace, let alone arson, I don’t know who the concubine Duan saw, why she planted the spoils on the old slave, this is really wronged!”

"Nonsense! You were the one I saw that day, so why are you complaining here?" Concubine Duan's complexion suddenly changed, and she yelled out, "You master and servant have committed a lot of evil, and you are not afraid of retribution!"

"Concubine Duan, I want to know that you are narrow-minded and hold grudges against me. I think you are far away from the king of Liang, and I tolerate you in every way. I never thought about it but let you make progress. You said that I harmed Concubine Wan's mother and son. , These are all your one-sided words, this maid is also a member of your palace, so I will follow your orders!"

"No, Your Majesty, everything my concubine said is true, there is absolutely no falsehood!"

During the noise, Sun Hai led a servant into the hall, only then did everyone realize that Sun Hai, who had been standing beside Emperor Chengde, had disappeared at some point, and all turned their eyes to the servant.

As soon as this person appeared, Ji Si and Du Heng immediately understood. They looked at each other with shock in their eyes, guessing what Emperor Chengde would do next.

Everyone didn't know the identity of this servant, and they were a little confused. They didn't understand the intention. Cao Yuhan also frowned. Although she was also puzzled, she vaguely sensed that this person was not simple. Otherwise, she wouldn't let Sun Hai personally arrest him Brought it up, his brain was spinning fast, and he began to figure out where he had neglected.

Sun Hai saluted and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, someone brought it here."

When had the waiter seen such a big scene, he fell to the ground, and almost fainted from fright, even speaking tremblingly, it was unintelligible intermittently.

"Have you ever worked in Hanqing Palace?" Emperor Chengde asked.

"Nu... Nu..." The waiter was so flustered that he opened his mouth and couldn't say a word.

"Don't be afraid, whatever His Majesty asks you, you should answer truthfully." Sun Hai comforted him from the side.

Then the servant gritted his teeth and replied tremblingly, "Yes."

"On the day the Hanqing Palace caught fire, tell me what you saw again."

"That night, the servant gambled a little... I accidentally fell on the way back to the palace... I saw you before I got up... I saw a few people approaching, and then I rushed back to Hanqing Palace, and then I realized that I was in trouble. Afraid of getting into trouble, I never mentioned this matter to others.”

As soon as these words came out, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help but widen their eyes, with an expression of disbelief flashing on their faces, all the blood on Yuanfeng's face faded, and he was as white as a dead person, Cao Yuhan even clenched his sleeves , fingertips plunged into the palm of her hand and seemed to be pinched by her, but she seemed to have never felt this kind of pain, and there was still no panic on her face. Only Li Hongyang, who was supporting her, understood how stiff her body was.

Li Hongyu watched coldly, and did not make a sound from the beginning to the end. He thought that this matter must be troublesome, and the situation was not very clear, but unexpectedly Emperor Chengde would keep such a trick, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

Today's morning meeting is a bit interesting.

Emperor Chengde sat on a high place, took everyone's expressions into his eyes, covered his lips and coughed, stretched out his hand and said casually: "Look up and see if there are people who you saw that day, so you can see Come on, show me carefully."

"Yes."

The servant raised his head, kept his kneeling position and glanced over everyone's face, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, for fear that he would accidentally point out him, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they looked away.

When his eyes fell on Yuanfeng's face, the waiter stopped, and then his pupils dilated suddenly, as if thinking of something, he pointed at the person and tremblingly said, "It's him! It's him! That's right, it's him!"

Yuanfeng's legs went limp, and he fell to the ground, his clothes were wet with cold sweat, "No... I didn't... yes..."

He wanted to speak out, but when he glanced at Cao Yuhan from the corner of his eye, he couldn't stop trembling. Thinking of the Queen's methods over the years, he swallowed the words back and kept denying them.

"Come here!" Emperor Chengde was furious, and he slapped the table and ordered the guards in the palace, "Press this person down and interrogate him severely, and we will definitely ask him all kinds of things. Cut off his ten fingers if you say so, or cut up a piece of his flesh every day, I want to see if his bones are tough, or the methods of the Ministry of Punishment are tough!"

Yuanfeng could not have seen these methods, he was stunned in place, his mind went blank and he could not think of anything else. You save this slave, save this slave, I don’t want to die, I have worked hard for you all these years, you can’t ignore this slave!”

As Yuanfeng's cries sounded, everyone understood in their hearts that it was self-evident that the truth of this matter was self-evident. On the calm queen.

The latter's expression did not change, nor did he lower his eyes to look at Yuanfeng who was pleading, as if this person was not important, just looking at Emperor Chengde, but when he looked carefully, he found that she was not really looking at Emperor Chengde, but was looking at him. I don't know what to think about.

But Li Hongyang panicked, knelt on the ground and blocked Cao Yuhan behind him, and raised his voice, "Father, my mother is dedicated to goodness and she eats vegetarian food and chant Buddha all day long. You know her temperament, this matter must be true." It has nothing to do with the mother, perhaps the eunuch was instigated by others on his own initiative to do such a rebellious thing."

Looking at the figure kneeling in front of her, Cao Yuhan's eyes that were as calm as an ancient well finally had some ripples, and she called softly, "Yan'an..."

Li Hongyang didn't turn around but kowtowed his head, begging Emperor Chengde to forgive him. Every blow hit Cao Yuhan's heart. She didn't care about other people, so she just frowned and said, "Get up, you are the prince of Jin Dynasty. All the officials begged for what this looks like, get up, how can this look be worthy of being my son of Cao Yuhan!"

Seeing that this person is still so strong up to now, Emperor Chengde also had a complicated face, and asked a little tiredly: "What else can you say?"

"Is it important what the concubine says now?" Cao Yuhan straightened her clothes and got up, raised her head slightly and asked back, "Your Majesty has made a decision in his heart, and letting the concubine talk to the sky is just useless work, and the current situation will not be the slightest. Change, or maybe His Majesty just wants to hear the concubine admit that the affair between Concubine Wan and the guard was done by the concubine, and the two of them are actually innocent; But the concubine did it intentionally, in order to get rid of this serious trouble in his heart, and he is not worthy to live even with that child!"

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Chengde's eyes widened with anger. He raised his hand and waved the folders on the desk, and they fell to the ground. "You poisonous woman! It's my fault that I never saw your true face!"

Cao Yuhan smiled instead of anger, looked coldly at the Great Jin monarch on the dragon chair, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty said that my concubine is a poisonous woman, but compared with your majesty, my concubine is nothing, if it weren't for your majesty's suspicion Suspicion and suspicion, love for many years is not as good as the jealousy of the king, how can the concubine design to make His Majesty mistake Xu Lingyi for having an affair with that guard? If His Majesty hadn't left her mother and son to fend for themselves in the cold palace, where would the concubine come from? Did you start to cause the Hanqing Palace to catch fire? Xu Lingyi did not die at the hands of the concubine, but died in this deep palace, at the hands of His Majesty. If you want to talk about it, His Majesty is the chief culprit who caused Xu Lingyi to end like this! If you are guilty, His Majesty should also be guilty!"

"Bold!" Emperor Chengde was furious, and he stood up directly from the dragon chair, gritted his teeth and was full of anger, wishing to execute people on the spot, "I never thought that your mind would be so vicious, even a child who was not yet full-term Killing a killer, defrauding the emperor, causing chaos in the harem, forming a clique for personal gain, meddling in the affairs of the court, these crimes are enough to make you die thousands of times!"

"In this deep palace, living is not necessarily more comfortable than dying. The concubine has never felt that the concubine is innocent, and has never been afraid of death. It is His Majesty who is afraid of death, and it is His Majesty who has committed the most serious crimes. I am afraid that Xu Lingyi has never entered the palace for so many years." Living Your Majesty's dream," Cao Yuhan smiled, "because she hated everyone in the palace until her death, especially Your Majesty."

"Shut up!" I don't know which word touched Emperor Chengde's anger. He was so angry that he trembled and roared: "Come here, the queen has lost her virtue, her methods are vicious, she is cruel and innocent, and her actions make you angry." People point out that from a certain date onwards, the latter will be abolished and sent to the cold palace, and after the review, he will be punished with poison, and as for the crown prince... immediately abolish the position of crown prince and crown prince!"

As soon as the punishment came out, everyone in the court was shocked. They all looked at each other in blank dismay, but they also knew that they should not make a sound at this time, so they had to lower their heads, lest the fire at the city gate would harm the fish in the pond.

"Father!" Li Hongyang knelt and kowtowed, pleading repeatedly, but it was not for himself, "I beg my mother to see that my mother has managed the harem for many years, for the sake of my father's dedication, I would like to let my mother be punished! "

"Yan'an..." These words made Cao Yuhan a little uncomfortable. She glanced at Li Hongyang, then raised her eyes to look at Emperor Chengde, and stepped forward to block her son behind her. She changed her aggressive demeanor just now, and it was rare for her to soften by three points. , "Your Majesty, no matter whether the empress is abolished or poisoned, the courtiers and concubines are willing to accept it without any objection. The minister knows that he is guilty and does not want to make any excuses, but Yan'an is innocent."

"Mother!" Li Hongyang cried.

Cao Yuhan did not turn back but continued: "The concubine murdered his elder brother and mutilated his youngest son. Even his own son can become a pawn in my hand, but he has never thought about attacking His Majesty. Will His Majesty remember you and me for many years?" From the point of view of husband and wife, Yan'an is also His Majesty's son, he doesn't know anything, I beg His Majesty to let Yan'an go, and all punishments will be directed at the courtiers and concubines."

"The queen mother is for the children, I beg the emperor to spare the queen mother!"

"Don't cry anymore," Cao Yuhan frowned slightly, "Have you forgotten what my mother taught you? Even if the sky falls, we must not lose our demeanor, and we must not let others underestimate us. The strong is respected, tears can be shed but only at the right time, if not used well, this is the manifestation of the weak, if used well, it is the weapon of the strong, my son Cao Yuhan was born to be respected How can you cry and cry?"

Emperor Chengde stood on a high place, his sickly body was a little weak, he trembled his lips, and just uttered a sentence, "That child is also my child, I... I have never hugged him...he is still so small... ..."

Li Hongyang couldn't help laughing when he saw it, if he hadn't suppressed his laughter, he might have laughed out loud, and secretly said: I didn't know how to cherish it at the time, so now who is showing me the pretense.

In today's play, let's not talk about the people in the play, even the outsiders watching the play have complicated thoughts and different expressions.

Kong Lingqiu, who had never thought of opening the curtain of this big drama, went out to pay homage again, and said something big enough to disturb the whole court situation and set off an uproar!

The voice was so loud that everyone could hear it clearly, "Your Majesty! The Fifth Prince is still alive!"

As soon as this remark came out, the court immediately became chaotic. Except for the insider, the eyes of the others were full of disbelief. Today, everyone was dizzy with the news. If the next second said that Concubine Wan was still alive, they would Eighty percent of them believe it.

Emperor Chengde sat back down with his eyes wide open, his lips trembling, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "This...that is true..."

"Impossible," Cao Yuhan said first, "The child was obviously with her, and obviously died in the sea of ​​flames, and obviously his body was found, and he was burnt beyond recognition, how could it be..."

Suddenly Cao Yuhan stopped talking, as if he suddenly figured out something.

Those few corpses were burnt beyond recognition, so how can we judge that these are Xu Lingyi's mother and son?What if it was wrong from the start?

She suddenly widened her eyes, bit her lip and stared at Kong Lingqiu, as if she was afraid of hearing some scary words from his mouth.

The latter looked solemn, and after the thoughts in everyone's hearts surged, he continued slowly, "Your Majesty doesn't know something. The King of Liang has a kindness to my minister, so I often want to repay this kindness. The prince was poisoned. I feel that something is wrong." It was strange, so I kept my mind on it, thinking that when Liang Wang and his ministers were drinking, they smelled of alcohol, and mentioned the fire in Hanqing Palace in Chengde 20 years ago. They originally wanted to clear up the grievances of Liang Wang, but never thought..."

He paused, which made everyone extremely nervous, their rapid breathing was mobilized, and he said the following words without hesitation, "I never thought about it, but I found out that a servant who was in charge of going out to buy things from the palace, a few days before the Hanqing Palace caught fire. On that day, I bought a dead baby outside the palace and sneaked it into the palace!"

No one noticed that Sun Hai's face changed suddenly beside Emperor Chengde, and his body froze in place.

"The servant didn't know where the dead baby was sent, but he was sent out of the palace after the incident, and he was warned that if he wanted to live, he would rot in his stomach." The atmosphere became more solemn, "If you steal the dragon and turn the phoenix, you must not do it in front of everyone, so I asked the commander Yan to check the carriages and sedan chairs that have entered and exited the palace in Chengde for 20 years."

When his name was mentioned, Yan Qing had no choice but to come forward and report back, "What Kong Shilang said was true. The minister of Chengde for 20 years had not been appointed as the patrol commander, so he wasted some time. Fortunately, Hanqing Palace was on fire on the day On Zhengdan Festival, there are not many carriages and sedan chairs entering and leaving the palace, only..."

Yan Qing faltered, not knowing how to speak.

"Only what?" Emperor Chengde asked.

"Only the little prince of Yong'an Palace, because he is weak and afraid of the wind, His Majesty allowed him to drive the carriage into the palace."

Ji Si unconsciously clenched his fists, and became extremely nervous. He licked his dry lips in a panic. The small wound on his lips caused some stinging pain, but it made him wake up a lot.

These words undoubtedly pushed him to the eyes of everyone, and as expected, Emperor Chengde came to an epiphany and murmured: "That child was taken away by Ah Si."

"That's right," Kong Lingqiu quickly responded, "The fifth prince should have been sneaked out of the palace by the little prince, and he didn't die in that sea of ​​flames."

"But now the young prince has passed away for many years, and the servants of Yong'an Palace also encountered bandits on the way back to Shuzhou, and they all lost their lives. Then according to what you said, the fifth prince also died at the hands of bandits?" Gao Zexin wrinkled He raised his eyebrows and asked a very important question.

Kong Lingqiu didn't insist on answering, but showed a faint smile, turned around and looked around in the crowd, finally landed on one place, and said in a flat tone, "I have to ask Qi Shaoqing about this. "

With his words, Qi Ran was pushed in front of others, and all eyes from all directions were cast over him, not allowing him to take half a step back.

I don't know who suddenly said, "Didn't Qi Shaoqing have a son whose biological mother is unknown? This age seems to be..."

The words stopped abruptly before they were finished, but it made everyone understand the meaning of the unfinished words.

Qi Ran straightened his back, no joy or anger could be seen on his indifferent face, he just pursed his thin lips and frowned slightly, he didn't intend to speak, although he didn't understand who was behind the scenes in this scene However, I have to admire this person's deep thinking and being able to count everyone into it, so it is not good to speak rashly.

After waiting for a short while without hearing anyone's voice, Emperor Chengde lowered his voice and asked sharply, "Qi Ran, what do you want to say?"

The person being questioned still didn't move, Ji Si's breathing was disordered, his heart jumped directly into his throat, he bit his lip and subconsciously wanted to go out, just moved a step when he heard a voice coming from the front.

"Your Majesty!" Qi Kuangshan came out, neither humble nor overbearing, and did not show timidity. He saluted first and then slowly said: "Your Majesty, I am the head of the Qi family. No one may understand the affairs of the Qi family better than I. What do you want to ask your majesty?" Yes, the minister must know everything and say everything."

Emperor Chengde was haggard, and seeing his complexion turned ugly, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Is the Fifth Prince still alive?"

Qi Kuangshan swallowed the soreness in his mouth, for a lie to appear, thousands and thousands of lies were needed to cover it up, he could have denied it, but could he have escaped the first day of the junior high school and the fifteenth day?When this matter was put on the stage, it would take root in Emperor Chengde's heart. Sooner or later, this root would get deeper and deeper, and break out of the ground. Instead of waiting for Emperor Chengde to reveal the truth himself, it would be better for him to reveal it himself. After a while, he nodded and said, "Yes."

"In the whole matter, did the Qi family deliberately deceive?"

"At that time, the situation was tense, and I could not ignore a human life. I had no choice but to make a bad policy. Although it was not my intention, I committed the crime of deceiving the emperor. At this time, it is useless to talk about the past. No amount of excuses. He knew that he was guilty, but this matter had nothing to do with Qi Ran, he had no choice but to agree to this matter because of his filial piety, just to let the minister repay the favor of his teacher, and now the matter has nothing to say, no matter what There is absolutely no objection to punishing the ministers, I only hope that His Majesty will forgive the crime! Forgive Qi Ran!"

After finishing speaking, Qi Kuangshan took off his official hat and put it aside, then knelt down on the ground, causing everyone to look at each other in blank dismay. Yan Shizheng who was at the side hurriedly comforted him, "What is Prime Minister Qi doing, what can't you just say!"

But Qi Kuangshan didn't get up, and still maintained this posture.

Emperor Chengde's face flushed from coughing, he clenched his chest tightly, and nervously asked the biggest secret of the day, "Qi Ran...that child Qi Ran...but...but my..."

Before Emperor Chengde finished speaking, Qi Ran suddenly said, "Yes."

As he spoke, he came out of the queue and knelt beside Qi Kuangshan, with a solemn expression but no panic, and even his voice in response was the same as usual, "Qi Nian is indeed the child of Concubine Wan, the fifth prince of Jin Dynasty."

Although everyone has already guessed all kinds of things based on side details, but when Qi Ran really told the truth, many people still gasped, their brains were blanked by the news, and they all regretted the meeting today. It is really inappropriate to open.

Compared to the shock of others, Ji Si was extremely worried. He knew what kind of temperament Emperor Chengde was, and he couldn't tolerate any sand in his eyes. Although this matter happened because of Li Si, Li Si is gone in this world now. The Qi family is the chief culprit. After being deceived for so many years, they will not let the Qi family go easily.

Ji Si's worried eyes kept falling on Qi Ran. At this moment, he couldn't hear any sound in his ears, and only this person was left with his eyes full.

As if feeling the scorching gaze behind him, Qi Ran tilted his head slightly, sighed in his heart, and looked at the emperor on the dragon chair again, "Back then, Concubine Wan knew that someone in the palace wanted to murder her, and she was still pregnant. At that time, he was pushed from behind, so that the fifth prince was born prematurely, and his body was weak and sick. Everyone said that a mother is strong. The empress did not want the fifth prince to die in the cold palace like her before he grew up, so she entrusted the fifth prince to Yong'an The little prince of the palace, the little prince and his fellow ministers..."

"Qi Ran, shut up!" Qi Kuangshan seemed to understand that Qi Ran was about to speak out, his brows were furrowed, and he raised his voice to scold him.

Even Ji Si's complexion changed suddenly, he bit his lower lip tightly, he didn't care what he was thinking, and just stood up and blocked all the words behind this man.

I never thought about Qi Ran, but I didn't seem to sense the tension of the people around me. I just paused and continued, "The little prince and the minister have a good relationship with each other, and the minister also loves him. I can't bear to see him in trouble, and I also think that the fifth prince is just a child. However, some people still wanted to put him to death, so they risked the disgrace of the world and concealed the news that the fifth prince was still alive. At first, he was supposed to be fostered by a peasant family, but after the young prince died of illness, he was alone. I was really worried, so I gave them some money to send them out of Beijing, repeatedly asked them to stay far away, and then cheated the world and turned the fifth prince into a member of the Qi family, and there will be no fifth prince in this world ever since."

"I thought there was nothing wrong with it, but the sky net is not missing. I had expected this day, and I knew I was guilty, but this matter has nothing to do with the Qi family from the beginning to the end. My elder brother and sister treat the fifth prince very kindly, and have never treated him badly." Half a point, even my father loves Youjia, they don't know Nian... the identity of the fifth prince, I am willing to be punished, but I hope your Majesty Nian Qi is relatively unaware of this matter. He has worked hard for the Great Jin for many years, Mo To vent your anger on him, please Your Majesty!"

After all, he touched his forehead to the ground and slammed it hard.

Cao Yuhan sneered twice, "I forgot, Li Si is Song Yuan's son, Xu Lingyi has always been on good terms with Song Yuan, and treated Li Si more affectionately in the palace than others, but I underestimated this short-lived ghost. Let him put this palace together."

"It's not as he said," Qi Kuangshan quickly denied with a trembling beard, "This matter was done by me alone..."

He was interrupted by Qi Ran before he finished speaking, "It's the minister who loves the young prince, and he begged the minister so hard that he couldn't bear it, so he committed such a serious crime, and Prime Minister Qi didn't know about it."

Ji Si's eyes were red, he wished he could rush back and punch that ignorant self.

Why!

Why are you!

Qi Nian is clearly the one you promised Concubine Wan to take care of,