Spring dyed pear blossoms

The little eunuch who sent the message seemed very anxious, and Meng Qiucheng followed quickly, and couldn't help asking, "Eunuch, what happened so anxiously?"

Seeing that the emperor ordered Meng Qiucheng to enter the palace, the little eunuch knew that it was because the emperor valued him.King Yong was overthrown, and many officials in the court were implicated.Instead, the little-known magistrate of Chang'an seized the opportunity and climbed up.If it was said that there was no help from Princess Jingrong behind this, even if he was killed, he would not believe it.

Although this son-in-law has not yet married the princess, he is half a relative of the emperor after all.

The little eunuch cleverly figured out the relationship, and immediately said to Meng Qiucheng respectfully, "Your Majesty Meng will tell you the truth, something strange happened in the palace tonight."

"Oh? Strange thing? What weird thing?"

The little eunuch said as he walked, "The guard on duty tonight heard the voice of a woman calling for help at night. I followed the voice and found it came from Jincui Palace. Commander Xiao personally led people in, and found a The famous song girl was tied up in the hall wearing the robes worn by concubine Chen.

The showgirl was terrified and kept talking incoherently.The aunt at the music workshop said that the singer has always been normal, and some people testified when she was resting at night.I just don't know how, but when I woke up, I was tied up in Jincui Palace.I heard that the singer's eyebrows and eyes still look a bit like Concubine Chen's when she was young! "

"The Jincui Palace is haunted by ghosts. I have heard about it. Didn't the singers be arrested in the Jincui Palace before? Why is it such a big disturbance this time that even the emperor was alarmed?"

The little eunuch leaned closer to Meng Qiucheng and whispered, "In the past, the people below naturally kept the secrets as much as they could, and the rumors in the palace were spread among us slaves, and no one dared to disturb them. To the emperor. Those frightened singers were only in the courtyard of Jincui Palace, and since they didn't hurt anyone, they wouldn't make such a fuss.

But tonight is different, the singing girl was tied up in Jincui Palace and changed into Concubine Chen's fine attire.Ghost or not, it's disrespectful.

And tonight the Queen Mother is also in Jincui Palace, Commander Xiao dared not make decisions without authorization, so he informed the emperor.The emperor thought that the concubine Chen was the princess' biological mother, so if someone disrespected the concubine Chen, he must investigate thoroughly, but the emperor was also worried that someone deliberately framed the queen mother, so he sent the servants to tell Master Meng to come into the palace to have a look. "

Hearing this, Meng Qiucheng understood, nodded, took out a piece of money from his waist, and slipped it into the little eunuch's hand, "So it's like this, I really have to work for you tonight. I'm new here, and I don't know much about the affairs of the palace." Familiar with me, I need more advice from my father-in-law in the future. I don’t know what the name of the father-in-law is taboo, and where does he work?"

The little eunuch was praised by this and got money again, so he was naturally very happy.With a smile on his face, he said, "Your Majesty Meng, you are too polite. This servant is called an alchemist and works in the imperial study."

"It turned out to be Eunuch Fang. From now on, I will need to rely on Eunuch Fang to take care of me when I go in and out of the palace."

"Master Meng is the princess' son-in-law, and he is favored by the emperor. How dare a slave violate the rules! Sir Meng, the emperor is still waiting, let's hurry up."

The little eunuch said he didn't dare to go beyond the rules, but he took the money happily.This eunuch is very smooth and knows how to speak properly.Meng Qiucheng smiled, said nothing, and rushed to the palace with him.

In the palace, the Empress Dowager sat in the Hall of Supreme Harmony with a face full of anger.Kneeling on the ground was the singer who had been tied up in Jincui Palace before. She was so scared that she couldn't speak, she just lowered her head and muttered to herself, "Don't come here, don't come here. Don't kill me, don't, don't kill me .”

Wei Yuanqi approached the singing girl, stared at her for a long time, and asked Xiao Mubai beside him, "Who wants to kill her?"

"Back to the emperor, when I found this singing girl, she was so frightened that she lost her mind. I didn't see anyone else in the Jincui Palace, only, only the queen mother." Xiao Mubai lowered his head as he said.

Wei Yuanqi sat back on the chair, with a sneer in his eyes, and suddenly slapped the table with one hand, "Xiao Mubai, you are so courageous, what do you mean, the Queen Mother tied this singing girl to Jincui Palace, and replaced her with Chen?" Concubine's clothes? It's ridiculous!"

Xiao Mubai hastily cupped his hands and said, "I don't dare to be humble, I just tell the truth."

"Tell me the truth? Heh!" Wei Yuanqi turned his head to look at the Queen Mother, "It's clear that someone framed it! Queen Mother, don't you think so?"

Although the Empress Dowager looked angry, she didn't show any panic.Tonight, she was originally upset, and was about to summon Fuchaertai into the palace, and asked him why he defected temporarily.Fucha was her natal family, and this time she was betrayed by one of her own people, and her resentment was clogged in her chest, and her blood was not smooth, and she couldn't get over it for a few days.

Now that his body has recuperated, King Yong is still suffering in the prison.Although she was angry with Fuchaertai, she had no choice but to rely on him at the moment, hoping that he could save her.

Whoever imagined, heard that Jincui Palace is haunted.The little eunuch who came to report said that the person in Jincui Palace was not a ghost, but someone pretending to be a ghost.The queen mother was worried that Wei Anrong was the culprit, so she wanted to catch her.I didn't expect to put myself in it.

But the little eunuch who came to report the letter can testify to her that she is not afraid of such framing.

The Empress Dowager adjusted her sitting posture, leaned on the armrest with one hand, and looked at Xiao Mubai, "Commander Xiao came in and saw this palace, so it is inevitable that he has preconceived ideas, but this palace has no grievances or enmities with the singers in this palace, why bother to harm them so much?" What about her? I just heard that someone is pretending to be a ghost in Jincui Palace, so I came to see who it is, who is so bold, who dares to make trouble in the palace.

The little eunuch who sent this matter to Bengong can testify for Bengong. "

Wei Yuanqi nodded and said, "Since it's a misunderstanding, let the little eunuch come over and explain what happened, so as to prevent the mother from being framed for nothing. Liu Xi, go and call someone over."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Liu Xi got the order to go out to look for the little eunuch who reported the letter. After a while, Meng Qiucheng also entered the palace.

Seeing that the emperor and the queen mother were both sitting on the upper seats, Meng Qiucheng hurriedly saluted. "I see the emperor, the queen mother."

Wei Yuanqi raised his hand and said, "Stay flat! I came to you tonight because Jincui Palace is haunted by ghosts. And this Jincui Palace is the bedroom of Concubine Chen. I thought it might have something to do with Concubine Chen's death. There are some clues. Xiao Mubai, tell Mr. Meng what happened."

Xiao Mubai nodded and said, "Yes!" Then he told Meng Qiucheng what happened tonight in detail.

What he said was similar to what the little eunuch described before, but he didn't expect the Queen Mother to be involved.

She thought about it all the way, and it was different from her original plan.Looking at the Empress Dowager's appearance now, she doesn't seem to be lying, so she can only wait for Liu Xi to bring the little eunuch over before asking who is behind it.

Everyone waited in the Hall of Supreme Harmony for about a cup of tea, and Liu Xi entered the hall with a pale face.

"Your Majesty, I have asked all the eunuchs on duty tonight, and they all said that they have never been to Ci'an Hall."

Meng Qiucheng's eyes tightened, and Wei Yuanqi also looked at the Queen Mother in surprise, "Does Queen Mother still remember the appearance of that little eunuch?"

The queen mother thought for a while, "It's hard to say, but if I see it again, I will definitely recognize it."

"Liu Xi, go, let the eunuchs on duty tonight go outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and let the Queen Mother carefully identify them."

Meng Qiucheng was startled suddenly, and shook his head secretly, it seemed that the eunuch could not be found.Previously, the situation in the DPRK and China was a three-legged confrontation, and Zhang Shuli assisted the king and the queen mother to check each other.But as the emperor grew up, the emperor's desire to take power had already sprouted.

King Yong's rebellion was suppressed, and the Queen Mother's power was greatly reduced.The chips in the emperor's hands are now equal to those of the queen mother, and Fuchaertai has also joined the emperor, no doubt telling everyone that he will not be a puppet emperor again.

What happened tonight was originally a conspiracy between her and the princess, but someone knew their plan.Secretly notifying the Queen Mother and getting the Queen Mother involved, it is obvious that this person wants to completely suppress the Queen Mother's power.

No matter what the outcome of tonight's incident is, those bargaining chips held by the queen mother will be burned.But who could this person be?Is it Zhang Shuli, or King Fucheng?Or, Meng Qiucheng looked at the person sitting high, or, was it this young king of a country?

After the queen mother identified it, it was obvious that the little eunuch who reported the letter was indeed not among these people.

The Empress Dowager also started to panic for a while, she didn't dare to point out a scapegoat casually, if this person had witnesses tonight, it would prove that he had never been to Ci'an Hall, and the lie would be exposed.She even jumped into the Yellow River and couldn't wash herself off.

The Queen Mother gritted her teeth anxiously, "Impossible! Liu Xi, are all the eunuchs on duty here tonight? Is there anyone who hasn't come yet? You should look carefully for me, otherwise I will take your head off."

Liu Xi immediately knelt on the ground, bowed his head and said, "Return to the Queen Mother, all the eunuchs on duty are here tonight. No one will slip through the net."

Wei Yuanqi also came out of the hall, "Queen Mother, don't get angry, maybe someone really set the blame on you. I will definitely investigate this matter and give Queen Mother an explanation."

"emperor!"

The queen mother wanted to defend herself, but Wei Yuanqi raised her hand to stop her and said, "Don't worry, queen mother. I want you to give the queen mother an explanation for Meng Qiucheng's matter within ten days. Queen mother, in order to avoid suspicion, I have wronged you for ten days. I will be grounded in the Ci'an Hall first.

Liu Xi, pass on my oral order, these few days, except for Meng Qiucheng's case investigation, no one is allowed to go to Ci'an Hall to disturb the Empress Dowager without authorization.Well, it's getting late, Xiao Mubai, talk to Master Meng about what happened tonight. "

Wei Yuanqi hurried out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony without waiting for the Queen Mother to speak.

Liu Xi asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, shall we go back to Weiyang Palace?"

Wei Yuanqi rubbed his eyebrows and shook his head, "Concubine Dong must have rested, and it will be dawn in two hours, let's go to the imperial study!"

Liu Xi nodded, answered "Yes!" and then shouted at the top of his voice, "Show me, Yushufang!"

Meng Qiucheng was in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, looking at the terrified singing girl, thinking that Princess Jingrong should have succeeded by now.But she was still worried that the person who let the Queen Mother get involved would be a hindrance.

Meng Qiucheng squatted beside the singing girl, and said a few words of relief, "My girl, don't worry, I will definitely catch the murderer."

The singing girl hugged herself and shrank to the corner, "The murderer is a ghost, it must be a ghost. Otherwise, why would you tie me up without anyone noticing? You can't catch ghosts, you can't catch them!" Kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, "Concubine Chen, Concubine Chen, this slave has no grievances with you, so don't look for your slave. If you want revenge, go find those who hurt you. This slave is innocent. !"

Seeing this singer so unintimidated, Meng Qiucheng felt a little guilty.He stretched out his hand to support the singing girl, and said to Xiao Mubai beside him, "Commander Xiao, send this girl back to rest first! I'm going to Jincui Palace to see if there are any clues."

Xiao Mubai clasped his fists and said, "Okay! Xiao will send a few guards to accompany the adults."

Meng Qiucheng quickly waved his hand, "No need, the incident is so big, even if it's not a ghost, they won't stay in Jincui Palace anymore. Your subordinates, tsk tsk, are too rude, I worry that they will destroy the evidence. At that time, I can't find any clues, so is Commander Xiao responsible?"

Xiao Mubai's face froze, originally he had good intentions, but he didn't expect this person to be so unreasonable, so he naturally said angrily, "Since Mr. Meng said so, then Xiao will not bother Mr. Meng to find clues. Lest Meng My lord couldn’t find any clues, and blamed us on the head of the Imperial Forest Army. Xiao Mou bids farewell!”

Meng Qiucheng didn't care, just smiled lightly, "Commander Xiao, go slowly!"

The author has something to say: this civilization day will be renamed "Traitor Wants to Marry a Wife",

So please don’t recognize me by this name, hey!