People who have been teased by me say they won't let me go [Quick Transmigration]
Chapter 74 King's Landing (2)
Xia Chengqi returned to the Leng Palace, wearing that wide and thick cloak that was enough to wrap his whole body in it, caressing the auspicious clouds and various patterns densely embroidered with gold thread on the cloak, remembering the one word that saved him with an understatement. own man.
Uncle?
Xia Chengqi sniffed carefully through the wing of his nose, and the faint incense from the cloak made him inexplicably at ease.
He is willing to give me a cloak, and he is willing to save me. Does he like me?
Thinking of this, Xia Chengqi slapped himself on the forehead, cursing himself for being delusional, but he was not blind because he met him once, and he had a noble status.
As for himself, he is just a down-and-out grandson of the cold palace emperor, if there is anything, he can bully even a servant, presumably the emperor's uncle just rescued him casually, and this cloak and clothes are just a little bit of kindness.
Xia Chengqi sighed, and he didn't know when his cheap father would come back from the northwest and save himself from the fire and water.
The sky is gloomy, dark clouds are rolling in the distance, and the sky is covered with darkness, approaching the imperial city.
Bang--a sound.
The dilapidated gate of the palace was kicked open, and several menacing eunuchs poured into it.
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that these people are not friendly. Before Xia Chengqi could speak, he saw a eunuch wearing a sapphire blue embroidered crane robe and holding a fly whisk coming in from the gate of the hall. The little eunuchs all respected With hands down and eyebrows down, he looked quite authoritative.
After entering the room, the old eunuch frowned tightly, covered his nose with his hand, and did not hide his disgust at all. Seeing Xia Chengqi lying on the bedside, Lao Pi smiled and said to Xia Chengqi: "Little grandson, don't come here!" all right?"
Xia Chengqi looked at the old eunuch, his voice was immature but calm, "May I ask what your father-in-law is called, why are you here?"
"Our family name is Chen, an inconspicuous servant in the empress's palace, the little emperor's grandson, please, the empress has summoned you."
Xia Chengqi instinctively felt that it was nothing good for the empress to call him at this time, and that he was weak and weak, and he might never return.
"Dare to ask Eunuch Chen, what is the Empress Dowager wanting from me?"
Eunuch Chen squinted at him, snorted coldly, threw Fuchen on his arm, with his nostrils upturned, "Please forgive our family for having nothing to say, get up quickly, if you make the empress wait, it will be a serious crime. "
Having said that, when Xia Chengqi got up by himself, several young eunuchs stepped forward, directly lifted him from the bed, and stood on the ground. In this way, the long cloak wrapped around his body was a bit in the way.
One of them directly stripped off his cloak, and a ragged little jacket that had been washed white could not keep out the cold, and the cold air entered his body, Xia Chengqi shivered for a while.
The little eunuch respectfully handed the cloak that he had stripped off to Eunuch Chen, and Eunuch Chen weighed it in his hands, "It's a good cloak, I don't know where the little grandson got it?"
Xia Chengqi lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.
"Since the little grandson doesn't want to talk about it, let's talk about it in front of the empress and take it away!"
A few young eunuchs walked out one by one, holding people between them, and walked in a hurry. Xia Chengqi was only ten years old, so it was inevitable that he would not be able to keep up for a while. The first time he fell to the ground and was picked up again, a pair of white shoes that had been washed had a few holes.
When we arrived at Weiyang Palace, it was already snowing lightly.
Standing in the courtyard in front of the hall, white snow fluttered down from the sky and landed on his shoulders, and the gusty wind blew it, making Xia Chengqi's face turn red, and he let out a breath while covering his hands.
It wasn't until his feet were numb from the cold that Eunuch Chen came out pretendingly, "The Queen's Majesty's decree, declare."
Xia Chengqi followed Eunuch Chen in silently, thinking secretly how to get out today.
I met a nobleman on the road that day, and fortunately the nobleman came to the rescue, so what should I do in this Weiyang Palace today?
If the empress wanted to make things difficult for her and was trapped in this small side, he would really be called out every day, and the world would be ineffective.
Just as he was thinking, a small fan was pushed open in the main hall, Xia Chengqi walked in with his head down, and the thick sandalwood came into his nostrils suddenly, the fragrance was too strong, Xia Chengqi shrunk the tip of his nose uncomfortably.
Xia Chengqi was led to the queen's throne and saluted respectfully.
"Greetings to the empress, the empress is blessed and golden."
There was no sound for a long time.
Xia Chengqi knelt there with his forehead pointing to the ground, his kneeling legs and arms trembling, and then a lazy and majestic figure sounded, "Get up."
Xia Chengqi secretly groaned in his heart, the evil feudal society is killing people!
Although he was dissatisfied in every way in his heart, his face was still more than respectful, with a look of sincerity and timidity, he didn't even dare to look up, "Thank you, ma'am."
"I sent you here today because I have something to ask you, and you have to answer honestly."
Xia Chengqi didn't look up, but he just listened to the voice, which was gentle and delicate, but also had the aura of a superior person who was not angry and self-important.
The person who can sit on the queen's throne will naturally not be simple.
"I don't know what your mother is asking?"
"I heard that you had a conflict with the mother Wang who took care of you a few days ago?"
Xia Chengqi pretended to be terrified, "Going back to my mother, my grandson dare not lie to my mother, it's just that Wang Mama did something against the palace rules, I just... just said a few casual words."
"How many words did you say?" The voice was in vain sharp and aggressive, "You're going to kill Mother Wang after you said a few words? You are a nobleman of the heavenly family, you are so cruel!"
Xia Chengqi raised his head with a look of panic and innocence.
"What do you mean by your mother's words, grandson... grandson has never done this, let alone how can grandson have the ability to do this."
A woman with a phoenix crown on her head and a red bird shaking her temples sits on the queen's throne, wearing a five-zhai brocade dress with clouds and flowers, and the golden and red phoenix woven on it, all of which reveal the extravagant royal nobility.
The queen lazily leaned on the phoenix seat, squinted at him with raised eyebrows, and sneered at the corner of her mouth, "A few days ago, Mother Wang had some disputes with you, and you felt resentful and pushed her into the Qing Dynasty. Drowned in the pool, there are all witnesses and material evidence, how dare you quibble?"
Xia Chengqi knelt down, his eyes were slightly red, and he couldn't help shaking his head, "Madam, it's really not my grandson, my grandson has never done such a wicked thing."
"You still dare to quibble, Eunuch Chen, bring him here."
Eunuch Chen retreated in response, and not long after, he took a maid with her, who knelt down to Xia Chengqi's hands, and tremblingly said to the queen: "Servant... this servant has seen the empress, and the empress is blessed and safe."
"Tell me everything you saw that day."
"That day...that day, the servant girl was in front of the clean pool, and saw someone arguing with Wang Momo. At first, the servant girl didn't care. When she was about to leave, she heard the sound of falling into the water. The servant girl didn't dare to come out, so she hid aside and watched. Then, not long after, I saw the little Huangsun coming out from the Qianqing Pool, and the next day I heard about the drowning death of Grandma Wang."
"So that's it, Jinyu, you heard clearly."
Xia Chengqi was taken aback for a moment, then realized that the voice of Jinyu was probably calling him, and quickly responded: "Madam, my grandson dare not speak nonsense, but my grandson really has never been to any Qingchi."
"Then you mean that this slave is lying?"
"Your Majesty's lesson."
Even if you lie and slander the emperor's grandson, it is a capital offense.
The maid was so frightened that her face turned pale, she kept kowtowing her forehead on the ground, and broke her forehead for a while.
"Your Majesty, even if you give this servant the courage, this servant doesn't dare to slander the young grandson, this servant just speaks out what she sees, and this servant really dare not slander the little grandson!"
The maid's words were miserable, and Xia Chengqi couldn't help frowning because of her swearing appearance. It seemed that this matter would never end.
"Since Jinyu said that he has never been to Qianqing Pool, what evidence do you have?"
"Yes, yes!" The palace maid hurriedly said loudly: "This servant picked up a jade pendant by the Qianqing Pond, and it has already been handed over to Eunuch Chen. That jade pendant obviously belongs to the little emperor's grandson."
Jade?
Since Xia Chengqi came here, he has been penniless, so where did he get the jade pendant.
Eunuch Chen stepped forward and presented the jade pendant to the empress.
A piece of transparent jade pendant was held by the Empress Empress, with a jade character carved on it.
"Jinyu, this is your jade pendant, do you dare to deny it?"
Xia Chengqi shook his head, "If you go back to your mother, the grandson's jade pendant would have been lost long ago."
"lost?"
"Since the empress has asked the question, the grandson has no choice but to report it carefully. The mother Wang is bullying others. Seeing that I am alone and helpless, she often skips my monthly schedule and meals in the cold palace. Anything good on me will be given to her." Take it away, this jade pendant was taken away by her not long ago."
"Nonsense!" The empress slapped the table with her palm and said angrily, "Nurse Wang is from this palace, who is this palace? Is it that this palace doesn't know? You say that, but you are dissatisfied with this palace?"
"Your Majesty, my grandson has absolutely no intention of doing this! My grandson understands that you must have been deceived by Mother Wang."
Seeing that he was eloquent, the queen couldn't help but sneered and said, "No matter how much you argue, now that there are all witnesses and evidence, it's useless to argue any more."
"Then, can you allow my grandson to ask her a few words?"
"Do you have anything to ask?"
Xia Chengqi looked at the maid and asked: "Just now you said that you saw someone arguing with Wang Momo and heard the sound of falling into the water, so you dared not come out and just watched from the sidelines, did you?"
"Returning to the little emperor's grandson, it is true."
"Then where did you pick up this jade pendant?"
The little maid lowered her eyebrows and said, "Beside the Qianqing Pool."
Xia Chengqi sneered and said, "You didn't dare to come forward, and you heard the sound of falling into the water, how dare you go to the Qianqing Pond to pick up the jade pendant again? Besides, since you picked it up, why didn't you save Wang Momo?"
"Slave... Slave..." The maid was shocked by Xia Chengqi's cold aura for a moment, her eyes dodged and faltered and said: "Slave is just timid. I went out to have a look when I saw you, little emperor and grandson, at that time …At that time, Mother Wang was by the Qianqing Pond, and she had long since disappeared.”
These words are beautiful, even Xia Chengqi can't find any flaws.
The queen smiled, "What else can Jinyu say?"
Xia Chengqi gritted his teeth and frowned, kowtowed, "This matter was not done by my grandson, and my grandson will never admit it!"
"Are you going to fight to the end?"
Xia Chengqi staggered with tears in his eyes, "What does my mother want my grandson to recognize? How could my grandson be able to push her into the river with Wang Mama's physique?"
"There are all witnesses and material evidence, so I won't tell you too much, Eunuch Chen."
"The old slave is here."
"Take the personal and material evidence and Jinyu to the clan mansion!"
"Your Majesty, this matter was not done by my grandson, I hope your Majesty can see clearly!"
The empress waved her hand, and two guards came in from outside the hall, one on each side dragged Xia Chengqi out.
Xia Chengqi didn't know where the Clan's Mansion was, but he understood that the Empress' intention was to kill him, even if he was innocent, and could find thousands of loopholes, in the Clan's Mansion, it would be a case of torture. , If you don't recruit, you have to recruit.
Being dragged to the entrance of the hall, heavy snow was flying, and it was already covered with a thick layer. Suddenly, a majestic and deep voice sounded, "What's wrong?"
When the two guards saw someone coming, they quickly let go of Xia Chengqi, kowtowed, and said, "See Prince Gu."
Xia Chengqi turned his head, the tears in the corners of his eyes hadn't been wiped away, his eye sockets and the tip of his nose were flushed, he shouted anxiously just now, but now he was caught off guard when he stopped, sobbing uncontrollably, his whole body shivered when he was blown by the wind, Standing there with a pitiful little appearance is really pitiful.
Seeing the pretense, King Gu's eyes were a little dark and gloomy, and he took a few steps forward, took off the cloak behind him, and wrapped him tightly.
Xia Chengqi finally understood that he had finally grasped a life-saving straw, and grabbed his sleeve tightly, the veins of the golden thread hurt his palm a little.
Lord Gu didn't notice Xia Chengqi's small movements, but frowned and asked: "What's the matter?"
One of the guards hurriedly replied: "Report to the lord, this matter was ordered by the empress to hand over the little emperor's grandson to the clan's residence."
"The Clan Mansion? What kind of important matter should be handed over to the Clan Mansion?"
The guard bowed his head and dared not speak.
Xia Chengqi was still sobbing and hiccupping, Lord Gu picked him up and walked into the hall, Xia Chengqi was nestled in his arms, not daring to speak, staring at a pair of red eyes, with a very obedient appearance.
The empress had known about the movement outside the palace for a long time, so it was inevitable that something was going wrong, but she had nothing to do with King Gu.
King Gu put the man down, bowed his hands and saluted, and said loudly: "I see the empress."
"Exemption."
"Thank you, ma'am," Gu Wang straightened up, looking at the queen like a torch, "Dare to ask the empress, what exactly did Jinyu commit, and I want to hand it over to the clan's mansion."
"As the emperor's grandson, he actually caressed about human life, shouldn't he go?"
"Have no regard for human life? I don't know if there is anyone to prove it."
"Of course there is, the maid saw everything Jinyu did."
King Gu looked at the shivering court lady, and asked majestically, "Tell me about this matter one by one. If what you said is true, I will be the first to spare you!"
The maid was so intimidated that she couldn't stand up straight, she just knelt down, "Returning to the lord, that day...that day, the servant was in front of the Qianqing Pool and saw someone arguing with Wang Momo. Care, just when I was about to leave, I heard the sound of falling into the water. The servants did not dare to come out, so they just hid and watched. Not long after, I saw the little Huangsun coming out of the Qianqing Pool, and the next day I heard that Wang Momo was drowning death thing."
The palace maid said that speech again, and it was exactly the same as what she said to the queen.
"Oh? How do you determine that it is Jinyu? Slandering the emperor's grandson, but how many heads are enough to chop off?"
"My lord, my lord's lesson, this servant was really wronged. The servant even picked up a jade pendant by the Qianqing Pool and gave it to the empress."
"Jade pendant?" Gu Wang looked at the empress, "I wonder if the empress can show the jade pendant to my minister?"
The queen nodded, and Eunuch Chen held the jade pendant in front of King Gu respectfully.
King Gu took the jade pendant in his hand and watched it quietly, while Xia Chengqi looked at him anxiously.
After some rhetoric, a piece of jade pendant, and all the witnesses and material evidence, if this King Gu doesn't believe in himself, what should we do!
Thinking of this, Xia Chengqi moved a little closer to King Gu, his body clinging to him, if not for the crowds present, he really wanted to hug King Gu's thigh directly, only to cry out for being wronged.
Gu Wang obviously felt Xia Chengqi's approach, and he seemed to be quite useful, the corners of his mouth gradually curled up, and he held the jade pendant in his palm.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid she was deceived by this court lady. This jade pendant does not belong to Jinyu."
"It's not Jinyu's? If it's not Jinyu, who else would it be? If there are sons in the royal family, everyone will have a jade pendant like this to show their status. How can you say it's not his!"
Gu Chao stretched out his hand to the empress, and the fragmented jade pendant lay quietly in his palm.
"The empress thinks, does this jade pendant still belong to Jinyu?"
The empress's face suddenly changed, and she looked at King Gu with sharp murderous intent in her eyes.
She knew that King Gu had been quite prosperous in both the front court and the harem these years, and this scenery even directly overwhelmed her, the master of the harem, but she had been helpless all along, because it was the country that gave him this glory Master!
But now it is the first time for him to openly protect him, pointing a deer into a horse, and not giving himself the slightest bit of face!
"King Gu is determined to protect Jinyu?"
King Gu nodded and said with a smile: "I don't dare, this court lady told me the truth, and I just pointed out the inadequacy of her evidence, why should I defend it?"
"Does King Gu believe that Jinyu is innocent?"
"Since physical evidence is not physical evidence, how can it be considered guilty?"
Xia Chengqi wanted to cheer for a long time.
"King Gu, I advise you to keep the matter of the harem light and subtle!"
Anyone can hear the threat between these words, but King Gu still has a nonchalant look, "Your Majesty, it's not that the humble minister interfered with the affairs of the harem, it's just that the emperor made a promise to the humble minister just now." .”
"Promise? What promise?"
King Gu smiled, lowered his eyebrows to hide the murderous intent in his eyes, and said word by word: "The emperor promised me that I would bring the little grandson back to the mansion to raise him."
"Ridiculous!" The queen was furious and stood up abruptly, causing everyone in the palace to kneel down hastily.
"Jinyu is a descendant of my Tian family, how can he be brought up by your side with a prince with a different surname!"
Facing the Queen's fury, King Gu remained calm and said with a smile: "If the Empress has any objections to this matter, you might as well ask the Emperor."
The queen gritted her teeth with hatred, "Are you using the emperor as a shield?"
"I don't dare, it's just the emperor's will. I don't dare to disobey. Madam, don't worry, I will definitely raise the little grandson well, and I will definitely not disappoint the high hopes of the emperor and my empress!"
"Presumptuous! Jinyu committed the crime of murder! The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, how dare you cover it up?"
King Gu was a little annoyed when he heard that she was so recalcitrant, he threw the pieces of the jade pendant in his palm forward, and said in a cold voice: "Empress Empress, I don't understand what you said, so why do you want to cover it up, jade pendant?" It’s true or false, there are only witnesses but no physical evidence, could it be that the empress wants to frame the emperor’s grandson!”
"King Gu is determined to be an enemy of this palace?"
How dare the people in the palace listen to these words, they all wished that they didn't have those ears.
King Gu smiled, without any sign of cowardice in his eyes, he met the Queen's gaze, "I dare not."
Don't dare, dare not, say dare not, but these words and deeds don't seem to dare.
The queen was gasping for breath, looking at Gu Wang's determined eyes, thinking to himself that today Gu Wang has secured Jinyu, even if he made a fuss in front of the emperor, there would be no benefit.
Thinking of this, the empress said in a low voice unwillingly: "Since the emperor's will is so, then I will not be able to mention it any more. In this case, you will bring Jinyu back to the mansion so that she can be raised. If there is any mistake, I will not forgive you." !"
"I obey the order! Resign!"
The queen waved her hand, and it was over.
Seeing this, King Gu took Xia Chengqi out.
The shivering little palace maid was still kneeling in the main hall, King Gu glanced at it, "Since the physical evidence is false, it must be false what this witness said, framing the emperor's grandson, I don't know how the empress will deal with it?"
The empress looked at the maid coldly, stared at the maid tremblingly, hurriedly climbed a few steps towards the empress, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, forgive me, what this servant said is true, if there are false words, Willing to be struck by lightning!"
Before climbing a few steps, he was stopped by the little eunuchs in the palace.
The queen ordered in a cold voice: "If you frame the emperor's grandson, it's an unforgivable crime, pull it down, and die with a stick!"
The palace lady heard it, and it sounded like thunder for a while. After staying for a while, she frantically kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The empress, please forgive me, what the servants said is true, please forgive me!"
The Empress frowned, "Don't shut your mouth yet! Pull it down!"
Eunuch Chen quickly took out a white cloth and gagged the man's mouth.
Xia Chengqi looked at the maid who was dragged down without the slightest sympathy, tightly holding King Gu's sleeve, and crossed the high threshold with difficulty.
Gu Wang saw that he was thin and thin, much thinner than his peers, so he hugged him in his arms.
"From now on, you just follow me."
Uncle?
Xia Chengqi sniffed carefully through the wing of his nose, and the faint incense from the cloak made him inexplicably at ease.
He is willing to give me a cloak, and he is willing to save me. Does he like me?
Thinking of this, Xia Chengqi slapped himself on the forehead, cursing himself for being delusional, but he was not blind because he met him once, and he had a noble status.
As for himself, he is just a down-and-out grandson of the cold palace emperor, if there is anything, he can bully even a servant, presumably the emperor's uncle just rescued him casually, and this cloak and clothes are just a little bit of kindness.
Xia Chengqi sighed, and he didn't know when his cheap father would come back from the northwest and save himself from the fire and water.
The sky is gloomy, dark clouds are rolling in the distance, and the sky is covered with darkness, approaching the imperial city.
Bang--a sound.
The dilapidated gate of the palace was kicked open, and several menacing eunuchs poured into it.
Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that these people are not friendly. Before Xia Chengqi could speak, he saw a eunuch wearing a sapphire blue embroidered crane robe and holding a fly whisk coming in from the gate of the hall. The little eunuchs all respected With hands down and eyebrows down, he looked quite authoritative.
After entering the room, the old eunuch frowned tightly, covered his nose with his hand, and did not hide his disgust at all. Seeing Xia Chengqi lying on the bedside, Lao Pi smiled and said to Xia Chengqi: "Little grandson, don't come here!" all right?"
Xia Chengqi looked at the old eunuch, his voice was immature but calm, "May I ask what your father-in-law is called, why are you here?"
"Our family name is Chen, an inconspicuous servant in the empress's palace, the little emperor's grandson, please, the empress has summoned you."
Xia Chengqi instinctively felt that it was nothing good for the empress to call him at this time, and that he was weak and weak, and he might never return.
"Dare to ask Eunuch Chen, what is the Empress Dowager wanting from me?"
Eunuch Chen squinted at him, snorted coldly, threw Fuchen on his arm, with his nostrils upturned, "Please forgive our family for having nothing to say, get up quickly, if you make the empress wait, it will be a serious crime. "
Having said that, when Xia Chengqi got up by himself, several young eunuchs stepped forward, directly lifted him from the bed, and stood on the ground. In this way, the long cloak wrapped around his body was a bit in the way.
One of them directly stripped off his cloak, and a ragged little jacket that had been washed white could not keep out the cold, and the cold air entered his body, Xia Chengqi shivered for a while.
The little eunuch respectfully handed the cloak that he had stripped off to Eunuch Chen, and Eunuch Chen weighed it in his hands, "It's a good cloak, I don't know where the little grandson got it?"
Xia Chengqi lowered his eyebrows and remained silent.
"Since the little grandson doesn't want to talk about it, let's talk about it in front of the empress and take it away!"
A few young eunuchs walked out one by one, holding people between them, and walked in a hurry. Xia Chengqi was only ten years old, so it was inevitable that he would not be able to keep up for a while. The first time he fell to the ground and was picked up again, a pair of white shoes that had been washed had a few holes.
When we arrived at Weiyang Palace, it was already snowing lightly.
Standing in the courtyard in front of the hall, white snow fluttered down from the sky and landed on his shoulders, and the gusty wind blew it, making Xia Chengqi's face turn red, and he let out a breath while covering his hands.
It wasn't until his feet were numb from the cold that Eunuch Chen came out pretendingly, "The Queen's Majesty's decree, declare."
Xia Chengqi followed Eunuch Chen in silently, thinking secretly how to get out today.
I met a nobleman on the road that day, and fortunately the nobleman came to the rescue, so what should I do in this Weiyang Palace today?
If the empress wanted to make things difficult for her and was trapped in this small side, he would really be called out every day, and the world would be ineffective.
Just as he was thinking, a small fan was pushed open in the main hall, Xia Chengqi walked in with his head down, and the thick sandalwood came into his nostrils suddenly, the fragrance was too strong, Xia Chengqi shrunk the tip of his nose uncomfortably.
Xia Chengqi was led to the queen's throne and saluted respectfully.
"Greetings to the empress, the empress is blessed and golden."
There was no sound for a long time.
Xia Chengqi knelt there with his forehead pointing to the ground, his kneeling legs and arms trembling, and then a lazy and majestic figure sounded, "Get up."
Xia Chengqi secretly groaned in his heart, the evil feudal society is killing people!
Although he was dissatisfied in every way in his heart, his face was still more than respectful, with a look of sincerity and timidity, he didn't even dare to look up, "Thank you, ma'am."
"I sent you here today because I have something to ask you, and you have to answer honestly."
Xia Chengqi didn't look up, but he just listened to the voice, which was gentle and delicate, but also had the aura of a superior person who was not angry and self-important.
The person who can sit on the queen's throne will naturally not be simple.
"I don't know what your mother is asking?"
"I heard that you had a conflict with the mother Wang who took care of you a few days ago?"
Xia Chengqi pretended to be terrified, "Going back to my mother, my grandson dare not lie to my mother, it's just that Wang Mama did something against the palace rules, I just... just said a few casual words."
"How many words did you say?" The voice was in vain sharp and aggressive, "You're going to kill Mother Wang after you said a few words? You are a nobleman of the heavenly family, you are so cruel!"
Xia Chengqi raised his head with a look of panic and innocence.
"What do you mean by your mother's words, grandson... grandson has never done this, let alone how can grandson have the ability to do this."
A woman with a phoenix crown on her head and a red bird shaking her temples sits on the queen's throne, wearing a five-zhai brocade dress with clouds and flowers, and the golden and red phoenix woven on it, all of which reveal the extravagant royal nobility.
The queen lazily leaned on the phoenix seat, squinted at him with raised eyebrows, and sneered at the corner of her mouth, "A few days ago, Mother Wang had some disputes with you, and you felt resentful and pushed her into the Qing Dynasty. Drowned in the pool, there are all witnesses and material evidence, how dare you quibble?"
Xia Chengqi knelt down, his eyes were slightly red, and he couldn't help shaking his head, "Madam, it's really not my grandson, my grandson has never done such a wicked thing."
"You still dare to quibble, Eunuch Chen, bring him here."
Eunuch Chen retreated in response, and not long after, he took a maid with her, who knelt down to Xia Chengqi's hands, and tremblingly said to the queen: "Servant... this servant has seen the empress, and the empress is blessed and safe."
"Tell me everything you saw that day."
"That day...that day, the servant girl was in front of the clean pool, and saw someone arguing with Wang Momo. At first, the servant girl didn't care. When she was about to leave, she heard the sound of falling into the water. The servant girl didn't dare to come out, so she hid aside and watched. Then, not long after, I saw the little Huangsun coming out from the Qianqing Pool, and the next day I heard about the drowning death of Grandma Wang."
"So that's it, Jinyu, you heard clearly."
Xia Chengqi was taken aback for a moment, then realized that the voice of Jinyu was probably calling him, and quickly responded: "Madam, my grandson dare not speak nonsense, but my grandson really has never been to any Qingchi."
"Then you mean that this slave is lying?"
"Your Majesty's lesson."
Even if you lie and slander the emperor's grandson, it is a capital offense.
The maid was so frightened that her face turned pale, she kept kowtowing her forehead on the ground, and broke her forehead for a while.
"Your Majesty, even if you give this servant the courage, this servant doesn't dare to slander the young grandson, this servant just speaks out what she sees, and this servant really dare not slander the little grandson!"
The maid's words were miserable, and Xia Chengqi couldn't help frowning because of her swearing appearance. It seemed that this matter would never end.
"Since Jinyu said that he has never been to Qianqing Pool, what evidence do you have?"
"Yes, yes!" The palace maid hurriedly said loudly: "This servant picked up a jade pendant by the Qianqing Pond, and it has already been handed over to Eunuch Chen. That jade pendant obviously belongs to the little emperor's grandson."
Jade?
Since Xia Chengqi came here, he has been penniless, so where did he get the jade pendant.
Eunuch Chen stepped forward and presented the jade pendant to the empress.
A piece of transparent jade pendant was held by the Empress Empress, with a jade character carved on it.
"Jinyu, this is your jade pendant, do you dare to deny it?"
Xia Chengqi shook his head, "If you go back to your mother, the grandson's jade pendant would have been lost long ago."
"lost?"
"Since the empress has asked the question, the grandson has no choice but to report it carefully. The mother Wang is bullying others. Seeing that I am alone and helpless, she often skips my monthly schedule and meals in the cold palace. Anything good on me will be given to her." Take it away, this jade pendant was taken away by her not long ago."
"Nonsense!" The empress slapped the table with her palm and said angrily, "Nurse Wang is from this palace, who is this palace? Is it that this palace doesn't know? You say that, but you are dissatisfied with this palace?"
"Your Majesty, my grandson has absolutely no intention of doing this! My grandson understands that you must have been deceived by Mother Wang."
Seeing that he was eloquent, the queen couldn't help but sneered and said, "No matter how much you argue, now that there are all witnesses and evidence, it's useless to argue any more."
"Then, can you allow my grandson to ask her a few words?"
"Do you have anything to ask?"
Xia Chengqi looked at the maid and asked: "Just now you said that you saw someone arguing with Wang Momo and heard the sound of falling into the water, so you dared not come out and just watched from the sidelines, did you?"
"Returning to the little emperor's grandson, it is true."
"Then where did you pick up this jade pendant?"
The little maid lowered her eyebrows and said, "Beside the Qianqing Pool."
Xia Chengqi sneered and said, "You didn't dare to come forward, and you heard the sound of falling into the water, how dare you go to the Qianqing Pond to pick up the jade pendant again? Besides, since you picked it up, why didn't you save Wang Momo?"
"Slave... Slave..." The maid was shocked by Xia Chengqi's cold aura for a moment, her eyes dodged and faltered and said: "Slave is just timid. I went out to have a look when I saw you, little emperor and grandson, at that time …At that time, Mother Wang was by the Qianqing Pond, and she had long since disappeared.”
These words are beautiful, even Xia Chengqi can't find any flaws.
The queen smiled, "What else can Jinyu say?"
Xia Chengqi gritted his teeth and frowned, kowtowed, "This matter was not done by my grandson, and my grandson will never admit it!"
"Are you going to fight to the end?"
Xia Chengqi staggered with tears in his eyes, "What does my mother want my grandson to recognize? How could my grandson be able to push her into the river with Wang Mama's physique?"
"There are all witnesses and material evidence, so I won't tell you too much, Eunuch Chen."
"The old slave is here."
"Take the personal and material evidence and Jinyu to the clan mansion!"
"Your Majesty, this matter was not done by my grandson, I hope your Majesty can see clearly!"
The empress waved her hand, and two guards came in from outside the hall, one on each side dragged Xia Chengqi out.
Xia Chengqi didn't know where the Clan's Mansion was, but he understood that the Empress' intention was to kill him, even if he was innocent, and could find thousands of loopholes, in the Clan's Mansion, it would be a case of torture. , If you don't recruit, you have to recruit.
Being dragged to the entrance of the hall, heavy snow was flying, and it was already covered with a thick layer. Suddenly, a majestic and deep voice sounded, "What's wrong?"
When the two guards saw someone coming, they quickly let go of Xia Chengqi, kowtowed, and said, "See Prince Gu."
Xia Chengqi turned his head, the tears in the corners of his eyes hadn't been wiped away, his eye sockets and the tip of his nose were flushed, he shouted anxiously just now, but now he was caught off guard when he stopped, sobbing uncontrollably, his whole body shivered when he was blown by the wind, Standing there with a pitiful little appearance is really pitiful.
Seeing the pretense, King Gu's eyes were a little dark and gloomy, and he took a few steps forward, took off the cloak behind him, and wrapped him tightly.
Xia Chengqi finally understood that he had finally grasped a life-saving straw, and grabbed his sleeve tightly, the veins of the golden thread hurt his palm a little.
Lord Gu didn't notice Xia Chengqi's small movements, but frowned and asked: "What's the matter?"
One of the guards hurriedly replied: "Report to the lord, this matter was ordered by the empress to hand over the little emperor's grandson to the clan's residence."
"The Clan Mansion? What kind of important matter should be handed over to the Clan Mansion?"
The guard bowed his head and dared not speak.
Xia Chengqi was still sobbing and hiccupping, Lord Gu picked him up and walked into the hall, Xia Chengqi was nestled in his arms, not daring to speak, staring at a pair of red eyes, with a very obedient appearance.
The empress had known about the movement outside the palace for a long time, so it was inevitable that something was going wrong, but she had nothing to do with King Gu.
King Gu put the man down, bowed his hands and saluted, and said loudly: "I see the empress."
"Exemption."
"Thank you, ma'am," Gu Wang straightened up, looking at the queen like a torch, "Dare to ask the empress, what exactly did Jinyu commit, and I want to hand it over to the clan's mansion."
"As the emperor's grandson, he actually caressed about human life, shouldn't he go?"
"Have no regard for human life? I don't know if there is anyone to prove it."
"Of course there is, the maid saw everything Jinyu did."
King Gu looked at the shivering court lady, and asked majestically, "Tell me about this matter one by one. If what you said is true, I will be the first to spare you!"
The maid was so intimidated that she couldn't stand up straight, she just knelt down, "Returning to the lord, that day...that day, the servant was in front of the Qianqing Pool and saw someone arguing with Wang Momo. Care, just when I was about to leave, I heard the sound of falling into the water. The servants did not dare to come out, so they just hid and watched. Not long after, I saw the little Huangsun coming out of the Qianqing Pool, and the next day I heard that Wang Momo was drowning death thing."
The palace maid said that speech again, and it was exactly the same as what she said to the queen.
"Oh? How do you determine that it is Jinyu? Slandering the emperor's grandson, but how many heads are enough to chop off?"
"My lord, my lord's lesson, this servant was really wronged. The servant even picked up a jade pendant by the Qianqing Pool and gave it to the empress."
"Jade pendant?" Gu Wang looked at the empress, "I wonder if the empress can show the jade pendant to my minister?"
The queen nodded, and Eunuch Chen held the jade pendant in front of King Gu respectfully.
King Gu took the jade pendant in his hand and watched it quietly, while Xia Chengqi looked at him anxiously.
After some rhetoric, a piece of jade pendant, and all the witnesses and material evidence, if this King Gu doesn't believe in himself, what should we do!
Thinking of this, Xia Chengqi moved a little closer to King Gu, his body clinging to him, if not for the crowds present, he really wanted to hug King Gu's thigh directly, only to cry out for being wronged.
Gu Wang obviously felt Xia Chengqi's approach, and he seemed to be quite useful, the corners of his mouth gradually curled up, and he held the jade pendant in his palm.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid she was deceived by this court lady. This jade pendant does not belong to Jinyu."
"It's not Jinyu's? If it's not Jinyu, who else would it be? If there are sons in the royal family, everyone will have a jade pendant like this to show their status. How can you say it's not his!"
Gu Chao stretched out his hand to the empress, and the fragmented jade pendant lay quietly in his palm.
"The empress thinks, does this jade pendant still belong to Jinyu?"
The empress's face suddenly changed, and she looked at King Gu with sharp murderous intent in her eyes.
She knew that King Gu had been quite prosperous in both the front court and the harem these years, and this scenery even directly overwhelmed her, the master of the harem, but she had been helpless all along, because it was the country that gave him this glory Master!
But now it is the first time for him to openly protect him, pointing a deer into a horse, and not giving himself the slightest bit of face!
"King Gu is determined to protect Jinyu?"
King Gu nodded and said with a smile: "I don't dare, this court lady told me the truth, and I just pointed out the inadequacy of her evidence, why should I defend it?"
"Does King Gu believe that Jinyu is innocent?"
"Since physical evidence is not physical evidence, how can it be considered guilty?"
Xia Chengqi wanted to cheer for a long time.
"King Gu, I advise you to keep the matter of the harem light and subtle!"
Anyone can hear the threat between these words, but King Gu still has a nonchalant look, "Your Majesty, it's not that the humble minister interfered with the affairs of the harem, it's just that the emperor made a promise to the humble minister just now." .”
"Promise? What promise?"
King Gu smiled, lowered his eyebrows to hide the murderous intent in his eyes, and said word by word: "The emperor promised me that I would bring the little grandson back to the mansion to raise him."
"Ridiculous!" The queen was furious and stood up abruptly, causing everyone in the palace to kneel down hastily.
"Jinyu is a descendant of my Tian family, how can he be brought up by your side with a prince with a different surname!"
Facing the Queen's fury, King Gu remained calm and said with a smile: "If the Empress has any objections to this matter, you might as well ask the Emperor."
The queen gritted her teeth with hatred, "Are you using the emperor as a shield?"
"I don't dare, it's just the emperor's will. I don't dare to disobey. Madam, don't worry, I will definitely raise the little grandson well, and I will definitely not disappoint the high hopes of the emperor and my empress!"
"Presumptuous! Jinyu committed the crime of murder! The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, how dare you cover it up?"
King Gu was a little annoyed when he heard that she was so recalcitrant, he threw the pieces of the jade pendant in his palm forward, and said in a cold voice: "Empress Empress, I don't understand what you said, so why do you want to cover it up, jade pendant?" It’s true or false, there are only witnesses but no physical evidence, could it be that the empress wants to frame the emperor’s grandson!”
"King Gu is determined to be an enemy of this palace?"
How dare the people in the palace listen to these words, they all wished that they didn't have those ears.
King Gu smiled, without any sign of cowardice in his eyes, he met the Queen's gaze, "I dare not."
Don't dare, dare not, say dare not, but these words and deeds don't seem to dare.
The queen was gasping for breath, looking at Gu Wang's determined eyes, thinking to himself that today Gu Wang has secured Jinyu, even if he made a fuss in front of the emperor, there would be no benefit.
Thinking of this, the empress said in a low voice unwillingly: "Since the emperor's will is so, then I will not be able to mention it any more. In this case, you will bring Jinyu back to the mansion so that she can be raised. If there is any mistake, I will not forgive you." !"
"I obey the order! Resign!"
The queen waved her hand, and it was over.
Seeing this, King Gu took Xia Chengqi out.
The shivering little palace maid was still kneeling in the main hall, King Gu glanced at it, "Since the physical evidence is false, it must be false what this witness said, framing the emperor's grandson, I don't know how the empress will deal with it?"
The empress looked at the maid coldly, stared at the maid tremblingly, hurriedly climbed a few steps towards the empress, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, forgive me, what this servant said is true, if there are false words, Willing to be struck by lightning!"
Before climbing a few steps, he was stopped by the little eunuchs in the palace.
The queen ordered in a cold voice: "If you frame the emperor's grandson, it's an unforgivable crime, pull it down, and die with a stick!"
The palace lady heard it, and it sounded like thunder for a while. After staying for a while, she frantically kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The empress, please forgive me, what the servants said is true, please forgive me!"
The Empress frowned, "Don't shut your mouth yet! Pull it down!"
Eunuch Chen quickly took out a white cloth and gagged the man's mouth.
Xia Chengqi looked at the maid who was dragged down without the slightest sympathy, tightly holding King Gu's sleeve, and crossed the high threshold with difficulty.
Gu Wang saw that he was thin and thin, much thinner than his peers, so he hugged him in his arms.
"From now on, you just follow me."
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