First Prince of Qing Dynasty

There was another big earthquake in the palace.Following the siege of the courtyards of the five elder brothers in the East, Chengqian Palace was also besieged.Even the Tong family outside the palace was not spared.Tong Guogang and Tong Guowei were called into the palace and were reprimanded. He was dismissed from all official positions and ordered to live at home and not to go out.

The people from the Pox Palace and the old people from the Chengqian Palace all lined up to be interrogated in turn. In short, anyone who was related to Yinzuo's death and Tong Jia's, no matter people or things, checked and checked again and again, and none of them survived. .

Such a major event was uncovered again, and it was the opening where the conspiracy of Juxianzhuang had just been exposed.The front court and the rear palace were busy, and all departments were mobilized.Even if they were not mobilized, they tightened their skin one by one, for fear that something would go wrong at this time, and what was originally a one-point sin would become ten points.

Kangxi and Yinfeng cooperated in division of labor. One presided over the old case of Yinzuo in the palace, and the other presided over the matter of Juxianzhuang.

It has been five years since the Yinzuo case, and it is not easy to investigate, but under the pressure of Kangxi's fury, many doubts have been found, and at this moment, Yanyan opened her mouth.

This is also understandable.A secret is a secret because it is not known.Only the unknown can threaten people.Once it is uncovered, they will lose the bargaining chip to control the Tong family. It is meaningless to insist on keeping silent at this time. It is better to speak out, but it will make Kangxi busy with old affairs, attract everyone's attention, and serve the people of Juxianzhuang. To gain time.

Although this time may not be able to win.But what if?As long as there is a glimmer of life, in Yanyan's view, it may be worth a try.

inside the hall.Kangxi specially invited Concubine De, Little Tong Jiashi, Tong Guowei and Mrs. Tong to join the jury.

Although Yanyan did not contact Tong Jiashi directly, she knew very well about what happened back then.She confessed the ins and outs and all the details in front of everyone.

For example, how Tong Jiashi got close to Song Yingying; how the two of them secretly contacted; Rampage.

She even confessed that Tong Jiashi and Song promised to contact a total of four letters.One is in Yanyan's hand, one is in Zhou Zhuang's hand, and the other two are in Jiangnan.This is to ensure that no matter who needs Tong's family, they can come up with something.

Kangxi looked fierce, and turned his head to ask Liang Jiugong to send a letter asking the outside of the palace to search for the letter from Zhuang Zhuang.

Outside the palace, Yinreng is interrogating Zhou Zhuangzhu in Shuntian Mansion.Zhuang Zhuang Zhu is worthy of being an important person. It is indeed not easy for Zhu Hewei to be trusted and sent to the capital to entrust him with important tasks.Even with the use of drugs, it is not easy for Tang Shijiu and others to make stereotypes.Although there are a few things out one after another, the progress is slow.

At this moment, Yinreng received a letter from Liang Jiugong. After thinking about it, he felt that it was meaningless to spend it like this, so he simply stood up and told Yinzhen: "Go to Juxian Village alone, here you and Tang Nineteen Master Liu is watching."

His eyes swept over the owner of Zhou Zhuang, and then some unimportant little guys in Juxian Village who were imprisoned on the other side.

One of them was Yanxi's younger brother.As a pawn to restrain Yanxi, her younger brother had been fed drugs a long time ago, and had seizures several times in the past few days, because there was no medicine, he had to endure it, and when he couldn't bear it, he clashed with his fellow prisoner and fought violently.Now the addiction is suppressed, but the injuries on his body are shocking.

Yinfeng didn't say to deal with it, nor did he say to let it go, just let it fend for itself.This group of people are aware of the dangers of drugs, but they still help the owner of Zhuang Zhou to manage Juxianzhuang, and even advise him, racking their brains to lure the guests into the abyss.No matter how poor the life experience is, it is not worthy of sympathy.

At this moment, he looked at Yanxi's younger brother, and then at Qian Liang and Ma San on the other side, and his mind moved: "We can't ask, let them ask. Teach them some skills of speaking and leading, and you will be able to help them in the future." Watching from the side.

"Let them ask Zhuangzhu Zhou when he takes drugs and is affected by the effect of the drug, which seems to be true or false. You can also combine the information we have now, and let you pretend to be colleagues of Zhuangzhuang Zhuang, or..."

The corner of Yinfeng's mouth twitched: "His master, it doesn't matter if he is the third prince Zhu or Zhu Hewei. Try to act as similarly as possible, and the tone of voice is similar."

Both Yinzhen and Tang Nineteen Liu Yuanhui's eyes lit up: "Understood!"

Yinreng didn't know Liu Yuanhui well, but he felt relieved about Yinzhen and Tang Nineteenth. He left the matter to them, and went to Juxian Village with a small pillar. A wrapped letter was found in the handle of an oil-paper umbrella in Zhou Zhuang's room, which was exactly what Kangxi wanted.

Yinrong knocked on the handle of the umbrella: "It's really hidden."

He casually handed the letter to Xiao Zhuzi, and was about to instruct him to send it to the palace when he saw Yinzhen walking towards him.

Yinfeng was a little surprised: "Master Zhou has made new progress so soon?"

Yinzhen nodded and shook his head, his face was a bit ugly.

"what happened?"

"Master Zhou said something, but it has nothing to do with drugs, it's... it's..."

Yinzhen hesitated to speak, unable to speak, so he could only pass the confession of Zhuang Zhuang.

Yinfeng was stunned after reading it, and turned around to take back the letter that had already been handed over to Xiao Zhuzi: "It seems that I have to send it to the palace by Gu himself."

"Second brother, I..."

Yinfeng patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry about this matter."

"But……"

"No but. Anyone can do this, but it can't be you."

Yinzhen gritted his teeth: "Second brother, I can."

Yinfeng reprimanded lightly: "Whatever you can do! Go back and rest, you are tired these days."

Yinzhen didn't respond, his expression was very stubborn.Yinfeng sighed, and knew that with his temperament, he would not rest with this appearance, so he could only change his words again: "If you are not tired and don't want to rest, then go back to Shuntian Mansion to help Gu continue to interrogate the owner of Zhou Zhuang. .”

Yinzhen opened his mouth, and Yinreng interrupted him first: "Listen to Gu. Leave the affairs of the palace to Gu."

Yinzhen lowered his head, and it took him a while to say a word: "Okay."

His voice was a little weak, Yinfeng couldn't bear it, and reached out to hug him: "You were still young at that time, these things have nothing to do with you."

Feeling the warmth from his chest, Yinzhen's uneasiness gradually relaxed.

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in the palace.

Yanyan finished what she had to say and was taken down.Kangxi looked at Tong's family: "What do you say?"

Little Tong Jia sat slumped on the chair, looking confused and thinking far away.She slowly recalled all the strange things before her sister died of illness.No wonder... No wonder she always felt that her sister was a bit strange back then. She had faintly noticed it, but she didn't dare to think deeply, didn't dare to ask questions, and could only suppress all her doubts.It turns out...it turned out to be the case.

When Tong Guowei suddenly heard the news, he was inexplicably horrified and began to tremble unconsciously.Tiandihui, that is Tiandihui!Why is my daughter so stupid? If she just murdered the emperor's heir, it's okay to say, but she just conspired with the Tiandihui.Kill me!

He plopped down and knelt down: "The emperor clearly checked, the Tong family didn't know about this matter. If they knew back then, they would definitely stop the empress."

Concubine De has already burst into tears: "Yinzuo, my Yinzuo! How could it be your empress, why would it be your empress? Your majesty, this must not be true. Yinzuo... Yinzuo was only six years old when he died, he went to in such pain that he..."

"Why do you have to be like this, Empress Defei!" Mrs. Tong's eyes were red, and she couldn't listen anymore.

Tong Guowei scolded in a low voice: "In front of the Holy Majesty, I didn't ask you to speak, what are you talking about! Can you interrupt what Defei is talking about?"

Mrs. Tong threw him away, and knelt down in front of the holy car: "Today, the emperor blamed me, and my wife wanted to say it. My wife didn't say anything, but I was panicked. My wife... I didn't know that my mother planned these things back then. But the minister can understand why she did this. Your empress is suffering!"

She looked at Concubine De, and Concubine De's heart tightened.

"Ms. De Concubine said that Brother Liu was only six years old when he died, so what about Little Gege? Little Gege was not yet full moon when he died! Isn't Little Gege suffering from the pain of Brother Six's death?"

Madam Tong cried, "Does the Emperor know how Little Gege died? Does the Emperor really think that Little Gege died because of Chunying?"

Concubine De burst into tears: "Your majesty, the concubine knows that because of Xiao Gege's incident, the empress and madam have been suspicious of the concubine. But the death of Xiao Gege has nothing to do with the concubine. The concubine has never done anything. Your majesty, do you know?" Yes, you ordered a thorough investigation of this matter back then. Don't you know the result? The concubine was wronged!"

Turning to Madam Tong, she asked, "Does Madam have evidence for what she said?"

"Evidence? Evidence!" Mrs. Tong's cry was full of sadness, "If we have evidence, why does your mother have to go this far? If we have evidence, how can your empress...how can..."

Mrs. Tong gritted her teeth: "Your majesty, your majesty has done something wrong, and my ministers dare not argue for your majesty. The Tong family is willing to punish the emperor, but is it only your majesty who is wrong? Madam has a hard-to-solve heart knot, and she is too obsessed. Only then will they be used by the people of the Tiandihui. The minister's wife dare not say anything else, but the minister's wife dares to guarantee the head of the item. If the empress knew Song Xu's identity, she would definitely not agree.

"The empress was also hurt by the death of Little Gege when she shot the sixth elder brother. The injustice of Xiao Gege's death, but there is nowhere to appeal for this injustice. The empress dreams of little Gege every night, how can she see the murderer at ease. The empress therefore Only when you are stunned will you want to fight an eye for an eye, and want Concubine De to taste this kind of taste. So one wrong step, one wrong step."

A tooth for a tooth, I want Concubine De to taste this kind of taste.

Kangxi recalled in a daze that Song promised to say the same thing back then.Tong Jiashi was there at that time.Although Song promised to have no child, the child was only conceived, not born.Her actions are all based on coordinating outside the palace. It is not impossible to put this word on her, but now it seems that it is more appropriate to put it on Tong Jiashi.

Could it be that Song promised these words on behalf of Tong Jiashi?

Kangxi looked at Concubine De, full of doubts.

Concubine De's heart skipped a beat, she had been with her for many years, how could she not know that the emperor was suspicious of her.If it was normal, she would naturally have a way to get past this doubt, so as not to let it cause a grudge in the emperor's heart.But now it's different.

Tong Jiashi played tricks with the emperor before his death.The emperor felt that he had been deceived too deeply by Tong Jiashi, and his past impressions were ruined. I am afraid that everyone in the harem would be suspicious, so how could he trust her words?

But this kind of thing, you must have confidence, and you must not admit it.

As long as she doesn't admit it, even if the emperor is suspicious of her, but time has passed, at worst she waits patiently for a few more years, and there will always be a chance to turn things around in the future.Even if the thorn in the emperor's heart has not been removed, but there is no real evidence to convict her.She has a son and a daughter.The worst result is that the emperor neglected her and stopped loving her.

As long as she is still a concubine, she can maintain her status in the harem.The fourth elder brother is also close to the prince.When the fourth elder brother emerges in the court, gets married and has children, with the face of the fourth elder brother, even if her life is a little different from the expected goal, it will not be bad.

In a blink of an eye, Concubine De has cleared her mind and adjusted her state: "Although Madam has no evidence, she points out every word that I killed Xiao Gege. How can I argue with this?"

Concubine De smiled wryly: "It's just that I want to impose a crime. Your Majesty, my concubine has nothing to say."

Clearly pointing out the words "no evidence", vividly expresses the helplessness and grief of a wronged victim.

Madam Tong gritted her teeth: "If Little Gege's death is not suspicious, why did Ilha die as soon as he left the palace? Empress Defei, you were the one who proposed to release the palace servants back then, and you were the one who added Ilha's name.

"At that time, Little Gege had just died. Didn't you know that she was Little Gege's nurse? As soon as Little Gege died, you let her out of the palace, and she died as soon as she came out of the palace. Isn't it just a coincidence? ?”

"Ilha?"

Kangxi frowned, he still remembered this person, one of Little Gege's mothers, is he dead?

Concubine De and Madam Tong are still arguing with each other.

"Why is madam so aggressive. I came out of Chengqian Palace, and my empress treated me well. I always remember my empress' kindness. How could I do such a thing. Why...why don't you and your empress believe me? I... ..."

"Empress Defei doesn't have to say it so nicely. You said that the death of Little Gege was not yours, do you dare to swear?"

Tong Guowei quickly grabbed her: "You are crazy! You haven't said enough, shut up now."

The words above not only showed that the Tong family was ignorant and willing to accept all punishments, but also showed the empress' grievances, which was still feasible. Later, they repeatedly attacked Concubine De and forced her to swear, it was nothing.Concubine De is still a concubine no matter what, and the emperor is still watching from above!

Concubine De opened her mouth, so what if she swears?She doesn't believe in oaths or oaths.She only believes in herself.Just as he was about to speak, a young eunuch came to report outside the door: "The prince seeks an audience."

Kangxi immediately announced Yinrong: "But there is something urgent? It has something to do with the moment?"

With Yinreng's temperament, if it was not urgent, he would not rush to report at this moment.And he had deliberately used Juxian Village outside the palace as a cover to avoid the interrogation and investigation in the palace, just to express his unwillingness to get involved in Tong Jia's lawsuit.

That being the case, there must be a reason why he insisted on asking for an interview knowing that he was interrogating the old case in the past, and this reason may also be related to the current case.

Sure enough, Yinfeng nodded and said, "Yes. Zhuang Zhuang called for something. They hid a man in the western suburbs, named Tana."

Tana?

Concubine De's heart skipped a beat, her face was full of horror, she immediately lowered her head to try to cover it up, her hands unconsciously clenched into fists, she could no longer remain calm.

Tana, Kangxi was very confused and had no idea who this was.But Concubine De is clear.Back then, Little Gege had three wet nurses.Yilha is someone she has bought long ago.Bushunda was the cover she chose to divert her attention.Last one, Tana.Has nothing to do with her.

But because Irha and Irha are both wet nurses, since Irha is going to leave the palace, she cannot be missed.Concubine De let them out of the palace together.At that time, she was also worried that if Tana and Ilha lived together day and night, would she know something.

But Yilha encountered gangsters as soon as he left the palace, and died, so Tana couldn't be killed too.It was an accident that one died, and two of them were maids who had just been released from the palace, and both were Xiao Gege's wet nurses. Is this still an accident?

So Concubine De didn't act immediately, but observed secretly, sent someone to contact Tana, and tried it out on the sidelines.She was relieved to be sure that she had no knowledge of Little Grid's death.But just in case, she still intends to avoid future troubles.But the time to do it needs to be later, preferably a year or so later.

Unexpectedly, during this period, Tana found a marriage and married far away.Concubine De's manpower is insufficient, and the middle of the capital can barely handle it, but it will be difficult to handle it outside the capital.She can only comfort herself, she hasn't found any problems after probing for more than half a year, and Ilha is not a fool, so she wouldn't tell outsiders such an important matter.

However, at this moment, Concubine De heard Tana's name again, and at such a critical moment, she had to raise her whole heart.

Different from her, Mrs. Tong's eyes burst into light: "Tana? Little Gege's breast milk! Your Highness, have you found her? Where is she? The ministers have also wanted to find her these years. Back then, little Gege With three breast milks, she is the only one left. The minister always wonders if she knows something. But the minister has been looking for several years but has not found anyone."

Yinreng glanced at Mrs. Tong, without answering, walked up to Kangxi, and handed over the prepared things one by one: "Khan Ama, this is Ilha's file. After learning about Tana, son The minister specially asked Liu Yuanhui to be transferred from Shuntian Mansion. Judging from the file, Yi Erha was indeed robbed and killed by gangsters, and the gangsters also fell to his death."

Kangxi slid his finger across the file, staying on the date and description on it, Ilha got rich on the same day when he left the palace, and immediately ran into gangsters, what a coincidence.

Kangxi pressed the file: "What happened to Tana?"

"Master Zhou confessed that they accidentally found Tana in the south, learned that she came out of the palace, sent people to contact them, and found that she was married far away in name, and indeed married a local man, but this relative It was done in a hurry, especially because he was afraid of returning to the capital, and he only wanted to stay as far away from the capital as possible, as if he was avoiding something.

"They were suspicious, so they investigated and found out that Tana was Xiao Gege's nurse. They roughly guessed. They arrested Tana in private, asked why, and kept Tana in their hands. Just for more A bargaining chip, in case the concubine Defei needs help in the future, it can come in handy."

Concubine De was shocked, Kangxi's face was as black as coal: "Where is Tana?"

"My son has been escorted into the palace, does Khan Ama want to see him?"

"See!"

After a while, Xiao Zhuzi led a woman into the hall.Concubine De took a deep breath, her body swayed unconsciously, but she didn't dare to move rashly, let alone open her mouth, there was nothing she could do.When the matter developed to this point, she didn't dare to have fantasies anymore, thinking that Tana didn't know anything.If she didn't know, she wouldn't be here.

Sure enough, under Kangxi's questioning, Tana opened his mouth: "Your Majesty, the death of Little Gege has nothing to do with the servant. The servant... everything the servant said during the interrogation was true, and the servant did not know anything about it.

"The case was finally settled. After Chun Ying was brought to justice, Nu Maid and Ilha were moved from the Punishment Division to the side courtyard of the Leng Palace to recuperate. Later, when news came out that we were going to be released from the palace, Nu Maid was ecstatic.

"On the eve before leaving the palace, the maidservant talked to Ilha, thanking herself for not being able to take good care of little Gege, and getting the emperor's favor to leave the palace alive. But there was something wrong with Ilha's expression. The maidservant asked her what was wrong, and she said it was okay. I don't know if she believed in the wrong person or if she could live. The servant was puzzled and asked why she said that, but Yilha didn't answer.

"Ilha made an appointment with the servant to meet after leaving the palace for a month. She said that if she was alive, she would definitely come. If she didn't come, then she must be dead. If this is the case, if the man is more cruel, the servant may There are also dangers.

"Ilha said that she has no regrets about losing her husband and son, even if she dies. But she said that the servant still has a family and concerns, if possible, let the servant live well.

"She said that before she entered the palace, she buried something under the fifth tree in the east at the gate of her mother's house. If she fails to keep the appointment after a month, she will ask the slaves to dig out the things. Although this thing can kill, but at the critical moment , and maybe save your life.

"At that time, the servant only felt that Ilha's words were strange, and she was very flustered, but the servant managed to save her life, and was able to leave the palace as soon as she saw it. She didn't dare to make any more troubles, so she pretended that she had never heard anything. Who knew that the servant did not wait for a month Then, on the second day after leaving the palace, he heard the news of Yi Erha's death.

"The servant panicked even more. Thinking of Ilha's words, I immediately went under the tree to dig out the thing. It was a small box, which was locked. The servant didn't have a key, so I didn't dare to open it. I just kept it there. Later, the servant always I felt that there were a pair of eyes staring at the servant girl, but I couldn't find who it was. Some people came to ask about Xiao Gege's death.

"Everyone knows that this servant is Xiao Gege's nurse. Little Gege suddenly disappeared. It is normal to ask. But this servant is uneasy. The servant can only force himself to answer calmly, making everyone feel that this servant has nothing to say. I know. At that time, the servant did not know anything.

"But the uneasiness in the servant's heart grew day by day, and finally the servant got up the courage to break the lock on the box and saw what was inside. The servant did not dare to stay in Beijing anymore.

"The slave's husband's family has passed away, and the slave begged his family to find a new marriage for the slave. After picking and choosing, he picked out the one who was the farthest from the capital from the candidate list, and married in a hurry. Because it was a remarriage, he could only marry far away. It also makes sense, no one doubts.

"However, the servant never thought that the weird feeling of always staring at the servant is gone after leaving Beijing, but the servant was watched by the people from the Tiandihui, and was arrested by them. The servant wanted to escape, but he couldn't escape. The servant wants to find the government, but there is no way to contact the outside world. They imprison the servant, just so that the servant can one day become a witness to threaten the concubine De."

Kangxi asked with a sullen face, "Where are the things in the box?"

Tana tremblingly took the booklet out of his arms and raised it over his head: "The box is not easy to hide, the servant has lost it, there is only this booklet in it, and a few silver notes, the servant did not move at all, they are all put together .

"The servants are afraid that the people from the Tiandihui will get their hands. With physical evidence, the witnesses are not so important. At that time, they are afraid that they will kill the servants. Therefore, the servants kept biting them to death and did not tell them the whereabouts of the things.

"The servant hid it. Until today, His Royal Highness led someone to break in to save the servant, and the servant turned the thing out and kept it in his arms."

Liang Jiugong took the booklet and presented it to Kangxi.

Kangxi opened it, and there were many pages densely written in it, all of which were Ilha's mental journey.How she lost her husband and son, how she was found after the bereavement, said to help her avenge, help her deal with her family, and so on.The whole process of the matter is inside, until the time of entering the palace.

It said that they discussed the countermeasures outside the palace and agreed on the time to do it.Therefore, for the sake of caution, the two parties will not contact each other after entering the palace.After the matter is done, there is no need to contact.The other party has his own way to get her out of the palace.

One by one, the rigor of actions, the meticulous thinking, Kangxi was terrified.He looked at Concubine De and couldn't believe it, the person who planned this was the same person who had served him for many years.When I think of Tong Jiashi again, my mood is even more complicated.

They overturned all his previous cognition.

Concubine De raised her head and met Kangxi's eyes, the coldness and ice in those eyes penetrated to the bone marrow.At this moment, she was like falling into an ice cellar.