Yongzheng period

The servants have also asked two imperial physicians about the things left on it, and they are the dregs of the medicine used by the empress and noble people. "

"No! This is not something from the concubine's palace!" As soon as Su Peisheng finished speaking, Wu Yashi's face turned pale. No matter how stupid she was, she knew that she had been tricked by this time, and she quickly shouted, "The concubine never hid this thing , I hope the emperor will see clearly!"

"This man has all the evidence, so how can you argue?" The queen mother said in a disappointed tone, "Aijia thought you changed your nature after a serious illness, but never thought that you would still plan these dirty tricks! You actually picked up Aijia The nuns around me bribed people to tamper with the queen and nobleman's soup! I really don't know how to repent!"

"Where did the empress dowager come from?" Guerjia held his breath and said coldly, "Zhu Jin is an old slave who has been with your sister all his life. How long has it been since Wu Ya entered the palace? Ability to buy?——It can be seen that it is framed!"

"Master Guerjia, what do you mean?" The queen mother lowered her face, "The Ai family thinks they have never treated my younger sister badly, how could my younger sister want to repay kindness with hatred today?!"

——What virtue? !You killed my daughter and still expect me to be grateful to you? !Guarjia was so angry that he wanted to rush forward and fight the Queen Mother desperately.

It's rare for nobleman Wu Ya to be smart for a while. She remembered that she sold the queen and the nobleman a few days ago in order to surrender to the queen mother. Today's situation is probably under the control of the queen mother—could it be, the queen mother Was it to appease her on purpose, just to take her as a scapegoat? !

The nobleman Wuya immediately defended, "The concubine and the lowly maidservant of the bamboo brocade are only a few times, how can I buy her?! Besides, the nobleman is the master of the Yanxi Palace, and he has tampered with his food, soup and medicine. It's a fantasy! As for the queen, the concubine has no conflict of interest with her, so why bother to go to great lengths to murder someone who has nothing to do with the concubine?!"

"Someone must be using this to frame the concubine!" Wu Ya slammed his head at Yongzheng, "Please the emperor make the decision for the concubine!"

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The dispute in the Compassionate Ning Palace that day ended with Yongzheng bestowing the death of nobleman Wuya—Zhu Jin took all the faults on himself:

"This old slave has been with the queen mother for many years, and I really can't bear to see my master being implicated in the matter of the queen mother," Zhu Jin said in a steady tone, and he slammed his head at the queen mother, "the old slave was fascinated for a while, so he listened to what nobleman Wu Ya said. Yan went to bribe Sui'er to assassinate the queen. As for Mr. Gonggui, it was not the old slave who did it, it must be Mr. Wuya's intention to take revenge."

Is this the play of a faithful servant who has gone astray and confessed before his death?Yongzheng sneered from the bottom of his heart, and Wu Yashi's hysterical 'You nonsense! ', Zhu Jin finally turned around and said to Wu Ya, "Don't worry, little master, the old servant will wait for you below."

After saying this, he slammed his head against the red-painted pillar to death. Seeing this, the queen mother coughed violently, and Yongzheng waved his hand to Su Peisheng lightly, and ordered, "Clean it up."

"It's... an injustice!" The queen mother panted heavily, and said regretfully, "Zhu Jin is also an old man who has stayed in the palace all his life—to do such a thing!"

"Emperor Niang, don't be so angry." Yongzheng glanced at Guerjia, who had a tense face, and comforted the Empress Dowager without sincerity. "Who would have thought of knowing people, knowing the face but not knowing the heart?"

The Empress Dowager stared at Yongzheng for a long time after hearing the words, perhaps because of the guilt of Longkodo, she always felt that Yongzheng's words had pointed something--knowing people, knowing the face but not knowing the heart, isn't she the same?

"It seems that the person behind the scene according to the bamboo brocade is Wuya nobleman." Daiyu looked at Wuya clan who was kneeling on the ground shaking into a ball, and interjected, "How will the emperor deal with Wuya clan?"

"No! It's not a concubine—!" Wu Yagui said halfway through, even she felt that she was not credible—it was only her fault that she had failed to leave a good impression on everyone before. Zhu Jin bit her to death and did not let go, and Su Peisheng turned up physical evidence to support her—she was completely speechless.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Wu Yashi for a while, and Zhu Wen, who had been the background for a long time, said in a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty, this old slave thinks that this noble man of the Emperor might be framed by her people."

Wu Yashi's face suddenly lit up with hope, but Zhuwen took out half of the jade pendant from his cuff and presented it to Yongzheng, "I don't know if the emperor recognizes this thing."

Yongzheng heard the words and looked intently. It was half of a pair of mandarin duck jade pendants. The falling red tassels had extensive wear and tear. You can imagine how the original owner cherished it and often held it in his hand. Love, the end of the jade pendant is engraved with two beautiful small characters: Chengbi.

The empress dowager and Yongzheng who saw these two words clearly turned dark at the same time, they are perfect, seeing Zhu Chengbi, these two words are also the queen dowager's boudoir name.

"The villain soaked the excess medicine with the medicine pot, which invisibly strengthened the properties of the medicine. If things go on like this, it can make people weak and die." The scars on the bamboo patterned face were trembling, she stared at the queen mother and said slowly, "Old slave This method is very familiar. Back then, Longkodo’s first wife, Hesheli, died of the Tao. Coincidentally, when the old slave was still working in the Yonghe Palace, it was the Queen Mother who was still the Concubine De. Ma'am, you ordered the old slave to bribe the slaves of the Tong Mansion to replace the pot of Hershey's decoction—"

Zhu Wen's voice was deep and his tone was extremely light, "——Hesheli died young because of this."

Daiyu was dumbfounded listening to this old story, and then went to see the empress dowager whose face was livid but she didn't mean to argue, she seemed to acquiesce to Zhu Wen's words.

Mrs. Guerjia laughed lowly, and said sarcastically, "My sister really has the ability to reach the sky—" She pretended to be puzzled, and asked Zhuwen confidently, "It's just that this is too ridiculous. How can a concubine harm a minister? Wife reason?"

Zhu Wen said, "Of course it's because she broke through the secrets that she shouldn't have seen." Zhu Wen paused, and said with a sigh of relief, "The secrets of the past in the palace are not limited to this building? Privacy, until it is too late to regret."

"The scars on this old servant's face can be evidenced by his incomplete body. As for the other half of this mandarin duck jade pendant, the empress dowager should keep it close to her." With a vengeful smile that had been silent for many years on Zhu Wen's face, he whispered to the empress dowager. , "I don't know how the master feels when he sees the old slave is still alive."

The queen mother still looked gloomy, she wriggled her lips but couldn't say a word, and barely made some unknown breath sounds in her throat.The hall was quiet and silent for a while, Guerjia's voice was extremely clear, "Your Majesty, to prove what Zhu Wen said, you can search the Compassionate Ning Palace!"

"Yes... yes! Search for the Compassionate Ning Palace!" Wu Yashi was terrified of death. Seeing that there was a chance of life, she hurriedly knelt and crawled to Yongzheng's feet and begged, "Your Majesty! This is all a conspiracy by the Queen Mother! It must be She framed her concubine——!"

"Wu Yashi!" Before she finished speaking, the empress dowager picked up the medicine bowl by the pillow and hit her on her forehead. Wu Yashi's body was shaken by this force, and a cut was made on her forehead. , dripping drops of blood oozing out - Mr. Wu Yagui was beaten into a daze.

The Empress Dowager's complexion was gloomy, with a storm brewing in her eyes, she snapped, "You're talking nonsense! What are you?! What is Aijia's identity?!"

The queen mother was contemptuous, "Does the Ai family need to frame you?! It's ridiculous! As for this lowly servant girl—" the queen mother pointed at the bamboo pattern, "it's just a slave with dirty hands and feet who was kicked out of the palace by the Ai family—say Do you want to slander Aijia with unreasonable things?!"

"Isn't the Empress Dowager's sister just bluffing?" Guarjia sneered and retorted, "You can find out the truth just by searching! It could be the Empress Dowager, don't you dare!"

"Emperor," the queen mother ignored Guerjia's provocation, her face was exhausted, and she pointedly said to Yongzheng, "The Ai family is already old enough to know the destiny, and I really don't want to get involved in these trivial matters— "

The Empress Dowager stared at the expression on Yongzheng's face, and said slowly, "It's good to know some things in your heart. If you put them on the bright side, then no one will lose face." The Empress Dowager rarely showed weakness, "Aijia is yours after all. Dear mother, do you really want to drive Aijia to a dead end?"

"Why does the queen mother act like this?" Guerjia was afraid that Yongzheng's heart would soften, and said angrily, "Don't let people know unless you can do nothing about it. The queen mother still has so many shady 'old things' in her hands!"

"The concubine's words are wrong!" Daiyu said angrily, "The concubine doesn't know what kind of rift there is between the concubine and the empress dowager, but the concubine and the emperor originally regarded the concubine as an elder and treated her with courtesy everywhere. And why are they pressing each other step by step? Where is the face of the emperor, queen mother, and even the royal family?!"

——After all, the Guerjia family is just a concubine, and it is beyond the bounds to question the affairs of the harem for no reason, let alone question the queen mother here?Yongzheng couldn't reprimand because of his sympathetic status, but Daiyu, as a concubine in charge of palace affairs, couldn't just sit idly by.

The Guerjia family died down and said nothing, everyone's eyes were focused on Yongzheng for a moment, but he didn't say a word, he just looked up and down the face of the Empress Dowager: The Empress Dowager is really old, with white hair on her temples, no matter how good she is The advanced palace maintenance technology can't cover the traces left by the years of washing, and as the queen mother said, she really doesn't have that much energy.

What's more...Yongzheng's heart moved, he raised his eyes and met the eyes of the queen mother who knew each other well.After a long while, he chuckled lightly, and said to the Queen Mother word by word, "What the Empress Dowager said is absolutely true."

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Wen Xingsui'er was all killed in battle, Wu Ya noble was given white silk for murdering the queen and Gong noble, and his body was thrown into the chaos from the bedroll.