Consort Zhanzhao

Chapter 5 Entering the Palace Again

After leaving Kaifeng Mansion, Bao Zheng and the others walked towards the palace.

After walking two steps, Bao Zheng's footsteps slowed down, and the two people following him also stopped.

"What do you think, my lord?"

Bao Zheng nodded, and Zhan Zhao and Gongsun Ce walked behind him. Bao Zheng walked slowly and said, "We looked at the two corpses and interrogated the relevant people..."

He paused for a moment, and said: "The first corpse, the young prince said that her face was not scratched by a cat, and the eunuch who moved the corpse said that it was scratched by a cat, but the corpse has been burned and there is no evidence left."

Both Gongsun Ce and Zhan Zhao nodded.

Bao Zheng continued: "The second corpse, the testimony of the eunuch who saw the corpse first, the testimony made by you, and what I saw with my own eyes, really looks like it was scratched by a cat."

"There is a third corpse. The palace attendants who handled the corpse said they didn't pay attention and dared not look at it, but the traces on the corpse were indeed left by the claws of an animal the size of a cat."

Bao Zheng stopped, looked at Gongsun Ce and asked, "What did Mr. Gongsun think of?"

Gongsun Ce's face was a little heavy, he stopped speaking after a moment of contemplation, and said slowly: "The student thinks of two possibilities."

"If what the little prince said is true, then the cause of death of the first maid and the latter two are different."

Zhan Zhao nodded, he also thought the same.

Bao Zheng hummed and said, "Please continue, sir."

"But the testimony about the first corpse is different, so...one of the young prince and the eunuch must be lying."

Zhan Zhao was thoughtful, and Bao Zheng asked again: "Guard Zhan has traveled all over the rivers and lakes for many years and has seen a lot. What do you think?"

Zhan Zhao said: "Zhan under the Jinshui Bridge has checked, and there is no trace, so these three people died elsewhere, and then were thrown under the Jinshui Bridge."

Bao Zheng gave him a look to continue talking.

Zhan Zhao recalled the two meetings he had with the young prince, and said again: "The young prince is polite, his eyes are clear and clear, but he doesn't look like a treacherous person. Besides—" Zhan Zhao paused. I want to say, besides, the young prince is likely to be the next emperor, so there is absolutely no need for him to kill the court lady.

However, Zhan Zhao recalled that when he entered the Kaifeng mansion, Mr. Gongsun had told him in private, to be cautious in words and deeds, especially for matters related to the closure of the palace first, and to speak less.

So Zhan Zhao put it another way, "Besides, there must be many people following the young prince." Zhan Zhao shook his head, "How can the young prince avoid these many people's attacks?"

Zhan Zhao recalled the scene when he and the young prince met for the first time. That white cat...was completely white and its hair was not messy at all. If this cat really scratched it, why didn’t there be any marks on its paws, let alone blood. Not even a trace of dirt.

At first glance, it looks like a domestic cat kept in the palace, and it is very clean.

Besides, Zhan Zhao didn't think that with his eyesight, even the slightest clue could be missed.

Zhan Zhao thought so, and told Bao Zheng that way.

Bao Zheng also felt that what he said was reasonable, and asked, "Mr. Gongsun, do you still remember who these two eunuchs belong to?"

Gongsun Ce thought about it for a moment, "The first eunuch is guarding the gate in the imperial garden, and the second... is from the Concubine Jing Palace."

"Concubine Jing..." Bao Zheng said slowly, he could be considered to have participated in the abolishment incident that caused a lot of noise in the past few years. If it was Concubine Jing's person...she is indeed in the same line as Concubine Zhang...

Bao Zheng shook his head, no matter what, there are many flaws in the confession now, it is better to ask again.It's just that he didn't expect that the guard Zhan and the princess would speak so highly of her after meeting her only twice.

But looking at Zhan Zhao's serious and serious expression, he should know the fact that His Majesty only has one prince.

The three of Bao Zheng entered the palace, and in the Zhaoqing Hall over there, Yang and An were standing in front of Zhao Bijia with their heads bowed, saying: "The rumors are getting worse and worse. Today I even heard people say that the civet cat came back to take revenge."

Zhao Bijia glanced at him, and she could hear the intention of concealment in Yang He'an's tone.

Sure enough, seeing Zhao Bijia's gaze, Yang and An lowered their heads even more, and whispered: "There is a rumor in the palace that the princess was transformed from a civet cat."

"Hmph, nonsense!" Hearing this kind of slander, although Zhao Bijia thought it was funny, she couldn't help being a little angry.

"Who said it all?" Although she was angry, her voice was soft and soft as usual.

Yang He'an said: "Except for Fenglan Palace, Zhaoqing Palace, Mingyuan Palace, and the Empress Dowager's Compassionate Palace, almost every empress' palace in the harem has fueled the flames."

Zhao Bijia looked at him, "Who spread the word first?"

"In the palace of Concubine Jing." Yang He'an added quickly after finishing speaking, "But Concubine Jing has been abolished since she was abolished, and she has no confidants under her command. The eunuchs and maids in the palace were all sent later, and the news came..." Yang He'an thought for a while, "Most of them belong to Concubine Pang."

"Is the queen standing on the sidelines like this?" Although Zhao Bijia asked in a rhetorical tone, she didn't intend to wait for Yang He'an's answer. The queen must be standing on the sidelines.

Zhao Bijia thought for a while, and said, "Go and add another fire."

"This..." Yang and An hesitated.

"I am the princess of Zhenguo personally appointed by His Majesty." Zhao Bijia said this very domineeringly, "If I am a civet cat, then what is my father? Grandma has not been back to the palace for a long time, and they dare to make such a mess Come out, do you really think that grandma has a good impression of them?"

Yang and An understood the princess's intentions and thought it was a good idea, so they arranged for people to add fuel to the fire.

Zhao Bijia thought for a while, and felt that she would be more arrogant and arrogant at this time, so she took a group of court ladies to Fenglan Palace where her mother and concubine lived.

As far as mother and daughter are connected, Concubine Zhang Guifei heard the rumors in the past two days, which is similar to what Zhao Bijia thought, and she is complaining to the emperor.

"This palace needs to be taken care of. Some people still say that Bijia is a civet cat today." Although Concubine Zhang had a cold face, it was only with an emperor's favorite expression.

The emperor was taken aback when he heard this, and then laughed, "She is your daughter who crawled out of your intestines after being pregnant in October. It's all nonsense." But he laughed twice after he finished speaking, and he also became cold. Face.

Firstly, he felt that the queen let the messages go viral without any organization at all, and secondly...why hasn't Bao Zheng found out the real culprit yet!

When Zhao Bijia came in, the emperor was comforting the concubine mother, and she took advantage of the situation and said: "Concubine mother, please don't be sad, you can see that I am not sad. You and the emperor are human beings, so we can't give birth to a civet cat. "

After speaking, she sat on the other side of Concubine Zhang, and said with a smile: "My father is the real dragon emperor, if he wants to give birth, he will give birth to a little dragon."

The emperor was very relieved to hear this, and the smile on his face could not be stopped, he said: "Go and wash your face, Xuan'er will come and laugh at you later."

Concubine Zhang Gui gave a soft hum, stood up and said: "Bi Jia comes with me, your father rewarded me with a few new pieces of material, you can see if you like it."

Zhao Bijia took the hand of his mother and concubine, and moved to the side affectionately.

Leaving the emperor's sight and knowing that he couldn't hear him, the sad expression on Zhang Guifei's face immediately disappeared completely. She took Zhao Bijia's hand and said fiercely: "I knew it must be Huayang this time. The palace made it out, the queen is probably not clean!"

Huayang Palace is the residence of Concubine Pang, Zhao Bijia nodded.Lan Jun came up to wipe Zhang Guifei's face, while wiping Zhang Guifei, he said: "I think taking this opportunity, I have to separate some of the rights to manage the six palaces from the queen."

Concubine Zhang Guifei took Zhao Bijia's hand hard, "Otherwise, how can I let them pour dirty water on you!" As she spoke, she became a little sad.

Zhao Bijia felt that this was not a good idea.

"I've already sent He An to do it, and this time I will not make them proud." Zhao Bijia said this first, and Concubine Zhang knew that her daughter had her own ideas since she was a child, so she was a little relieved.

Zhao Bijia told Concubine Zhang her plan, and it was indeed a solution. Besides, Concubine Zhang had defeated a queen for so many years, and even the current queen dared not speak loudly in front of her. On the daughter, this was a little messed up.

Hearing Zhao Bijia's advice to add fuel to the flames and to divert the trouble, Concubine Zhang patted the back of her hand with a smile, "He'an is pretty good."

Zhao Bijia saw that the mother and concubine calmed down a little, and persuaded: "In my opinion, managing the harem is not a good job. Mother and concubine, think about it, if you manage the sixth palace, which of the remaining people will not be able to trip you? "

Concubine Zhang nodded, and Zhao Bijia smiled and said: "The empress is trembling in that position, she is afraid of being picked on. If you go up, although the emperor will definitely support you, you don't have much free time, and you don't have time to accompany your daughter." gone."

Zhao Bijia leaned forward and rubbed against her, Concubine Zhang smiled and patted her head.

Although it was said that she had no time to spend with her daughter, Concubine Zhang Gui also understood her hint: she had no time to spend with her father, this was the basis for gaining a foothold in the palace.

"And in order to avoid suspicion, when a good thing comes, you have to pick it up first, and the beautiful jewelry fabric is not the daughter's turn."

Concubine Zhang laughed again, "You..." She shook her head, "It's good to just trouble them from time to time. Hmph," Concubine Zhang sneered, "The more you do, the more mistakes you make. Royal father was originally..."

Concubine Zhang Gui stopped suddenly, feeling that it was not good to talk about this with her unmarried daughter. It would be fine to talk about the housekeeper, after all, her daughter still has a fief, but the matter of men and women, let's wait until we talk about it.

Lan Jun's hands are very fast, but with just a few words, she cleaned up Concubine Zhang's face and put powder on her face. Apart from being a little pale, she looked like a dignified concubine again.

Concubine Zhang took a picture in the mirror and was very satisfied with the makeup, so she took Zhao Bijia's hand and walked out, but as soon as she went out, she saw Concubine Pang sitting next to His Majesty, talking and laughing.

Concubine Zhang Guifei turned cold and said, "Concubine Pang hasn't come for a long time, did you come here to find His Majesty?"

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