Daily life of black skin cub's princess

Although it was said that the trial was held at Dali Temple, the person being tried was still the imperial concubine after all, so the scene of the trial was moved to the Qing hall in the palace.When Qiu Chao saw the plaque in Qingtang, his eyelids began to twitch non-stop.This place was originally used to hold palace banquets, but since the empress was assassinated and injured here six years ago, the Qingtang has been sealed by the emperor.

Why is Concubine Li being interrogated here?

There was a hint of ominous premonition in everyone's heart.

Moreover, the Qingtang was sealed up by the emperor's order. Does His Highness the Crown Prince's ability to use a sealed palace already imply the emperor's order?

Everyone's minds were full of twists and turns, and it was even worse to secretly scream when they walked into the Qing hall.The Qing hall has been arranged to be exactly the same as the Dali Temple hall, and Dali Temple Qing Fan Wuzhong has already waited here, if there is anything different, it is that there are many things in this hall that seem to be for them Prepared, could it be that the prince has already guessed that their actions will fail?Thinking of the officials at this level, they suddenly felt a little regretful, regretting that they had spilled this muddy water.

Fan Wuzhong bowed and saluted after seeing Lu Xi: "Dali Temple Minister Fan Wuzhong has seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Excuse me, this time I have to trouble Dali Temple."

"It is my honor to be able to share the prince's worries."

Everyone was stunned when they heard it. These words were very common, but they were really sour when they came from the mouth of the Dali Temple official who didn't like oil and salt.Dali Temple is in charge of criminal and prison trials. Many officials have tried to make friends with this minister of Dali Temple, but all of them failed. Seeing that he is so polite to the prince now, everyone can only sigh in their hearts that they are careless.

For this prince, he was careless.

"My lords, please take your seats."

Everyone could only sit down one after another. After sitting down, they realized that there were not too many chairs and not too many chairs. They broke out in a cold sweat, and all of them straightened their backs. They were afraid that they would be the next one to be unlucky if they slackened.

Lu Xi himself walked to the seat on the right hand of Dali Siqing and sat down: "Master Fan, you can start now."

Fan Wuzhong bowed to Lu Xi again and sat in the middle seat, his voice was like Hong Zhong: "Come here, please come to the hall, Concubine Li."

Soon, everyone smelled an overly strong fragrance of flowers, and they all knew that Concubine Li was coming, and everyone averted their eyes to avoid suspicion, after all, she was still the emperor's concubine no matter what.

Everyone who had heard about Concubine Li's temper had thought that there would be a verbal confrontation between Concubine Li and the Crown Prince, but no one would have thought that Concubine Li would start giggling after she came to court.

Seeing Concubine Li like this, Qiu Chao couldn't help it anymore. Although he was annoyed that his daughter ruined his good deeds, after so long behind closed doors, he had figured out that it wasn't who ruined who, but that they had fallen into the trap long ago. In the trap prepared by the prince.

Qiu Chao said tremblingly, "Your Majesty."

Concubine Li stopped laughing, lowered her head and looked at her father from bottom to top with timid eyes, shivering: "Don't come here, don't come here..."

"Your Majesty." Qiu Chao was even more anxious, "Is this what you are?"

"What's wrong with me? I'm fine." Li Fei smirked, her whole body curled up into a ball, "I'm fine, I'm good, I'm a good boy, I shouldn't lie, and I shouldn't Hidden villain, Dad, I was wrong, don't lock me up."

Tears burst out of Qiu Chao's eyes without warning, and the old man cried, "Young lady! Take heart!"

Concubine Li shook her head, she retreated when Qiu Chao moved forward, and ran to the entrance of the hall with her skirt in her hand, only then did everyone realize that she was not even wearing shoes.Qiu Chao wanted to chase after her, but Concubine Li stepped on the high door frame with her bare feet: "Don't come here, I'll jump off if you come here."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, everyone could tell that Concubine Li was... crazy.

Lu Xi frowned: "What's going on?"

Xue Qi who was standing behind Fan Wuzhong stepped forward and said softly: "Concubine Li's personal maid went to see her last night."

"The maid who fainted that day?"

Xue Qi nodded.

"What did the maid say?" Lu Xi originally thought that the maid was instructed by Mrs. Ying, but now it sounds like something more than that, Lu Xi believes that Mrs. Ying would never dare to act rashly without her own orders.

"The maid didn't say anything, but the maid approached and called Concubine Li 'sister', Concubine Li has been wrong since then." Xue Qi blamed himself, "I just thought she was frightened, but I didn't expect that It became what it is now.”

"Go to that maid and ask what's going on."

"Yes." Xue Qi took the order and left in a low-key manner.

Lu Xi summoned the imperial physician Xia to enter, and Concubine Li seemed to be tired from the fuss, and was supported by the palace servants to sit on the soft bed to receive the imperial physician's pulse diagnosis.Xia Yiren frowned and replied for a while: "Reporting to the prince, Concubine Li seems to be overly frightened."

"Li Fu." Lu Xi said in a deep voice, "But someone tortured Concubine Li?"

Li Fu hurriedly said: "Report to the crown prince, this is absolutely nothing." Xia Yiren also hurriedly said: "Concubine Li has no injuries on her hands, feet, neck, and there is no trace of torture."

It is true that you can't fake it under the watchful eyes of the public.

Lu Xi rubbed his chin, it seems that the problem still lies with the maid.

At this time, Xue Qi had already brought the maid over, and Wu Xun followed him.

The corners of Lu Xi's mouth couldn't help but slightly raised, looking at Wu Xun who walked quickly to his side: "Why are you here?"

The two got very close, and Wu Xun said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "An Jiu said that you are in trouble, and then he told me something, which may be related to Li Fei's matter. "

Lu Xi's heart warmed up, he couldn't help but grabbed his hand and put his back on his side, seeing that no one was paying attention, he asked, "What's the matter?"

Wu Xun's mind was instantly distracted by the warmth of his fingertips. All the ministers were there, and the two of them were like students who took advantage of his wife's head to make small movements during the teacher's lecture.But even so, Wu Xun was reluctant to withdraw his hand, so he could only pretend to be calm and continued: "Xue Qi said that the maid is called Concubine Li'sister', Anjiu then remembered a rumor that there are actually more than three ladies in the Qiu Mansion , and a Fourth Miss."

"Miss Four?"

"Well, it is the fourth young lady who was born by the eldest lady. It is said that this fourth young lady looks very lively and lovely, but unfortunately she fell into the water and died when she was ten years old. The Buddhist hall in the mansion will not come out."

Lu Xi recalled that Qiu Chao's family was the wife of the third wife. The eldest wife was the daughter of Qiu Chao's hometown mentor. She had an eldest son and an eldest daughter under her knees. The eldest son is now an official. They are not well-known; the second wife was the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of War at that time, and entered the door as a common wife two years after the first lady passed the door. She has a son and a daughter under her knees, that is, Qiu Chengtian and Concubine Li; The wife's dowry maid has a daughter under her knees, Qiu Yun'er, who had previously helped Lu Li's civet cat exchange for the crown prince, and Qiu Yun'er's husband is Rongling's only son.

After Xue Qi ordered the maid to kneel down, "Your Highness, you have already been brought here." Xue Qi just shifted his body to reveal the appearance of the maid, when Concubine Li, who had been calm at first, suddenly screamed, shivering all over, and crawled backward desperately: "Don't come here, don't come here, I didn't harm you, I didn't mean it, I really didn't mean it—"

The maid raised her head and grinned at Concubine Li. Concubine Li let out a shrill cry and passed out.

"Presumptuous!" Xue Qi immediately realized that there must be something wrong with the maid, and stood between the maid and Concubine Li.

Lu Xi raised his eyes and looked at the maid, and found it indescribably strange. This maid's hairstyle and clothes are definitely not what a maid in the palace would wear.The maids in the palace dress in buns of high quality and rank, so they will be punished for dressing like this.Looking at the longevity lock hanging on the maid's neck, Lu Xun remembered the rumor that Wu Xun said, could it be...

"You used to be the servant girl of the Qiu Mansion?"

The maid bowed her head and said: "Return to Your Highness, this servant is a servant girl of the Qiu Mansion, and she will enter the palace with Concubine Li."

"Have you been following Concubine Li since you entered the Qiu Mansion?"

The maid said nothing.

Qiu Chao was in a hurry because he didn't know what was wrong with his daughter, so he went to the doctor in a hurry and turned to the maid anxiously, "How do you take care of people?!" But when he looked at the maid angrily, he suddenly I was stunned, "You..."

The maid raised her head, she felt dizzy with just one glance at Qiu Chao, and tremblingly said, "Yan, Yan'er..."

Seeing Qiu Chao staring at her as if seeing a ghost, the maid smiled to herself, but the laughter was an indescribable mockery: "Master misunderstood the wrong person, Fourth Miss died long ago, she was drowned alive."

Just a few words are enough to make people think.

Qiu Chao mistakenly identified the maid as the youngest daughter who died young, which means that Concubine Li must also be mistaken.An accidental drowning of the Fourth Miss would actually frighten Concubine Li crazy. I am afraid that the accident back then might not be an accident.

Fan Wuzhong got up and pleaded to Lu Bi: "Your Highness, there may be something hidden about this matter, I implore Your Highness Yun Chen to find out the truth."

"Yes." Lu Xi said indifferently, "Qiu Xiang is an important minister of the court. Dali Temple must investigate the death of the fourth lady, otherwise it will be difficult to make the meritorious officials feel at ease. Qiu Xiang can rest assured that if the fourth lady is harmed by others, Gu will definitely not Let off the perpetrator!"

Qiu Chao only felt that the sky turned dark and his eyes darkened. Before he fainted, Qiu Chao had only one thought - to run away, to run away from this flesh-eating prince.

What power, what clique, what family, Qiu Chao just wants to save his life now.He has already felt it, felt the abyss beyond redemption behind him.