Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

However, Zhao Zeyong said without hesitation: "My son takes orders!" How could he endure seeing his younger brother's burnt situation with his own eyes?I swear that I will investigate the accident thoroughly!

The fifth prince, Zhao Zeyao, hesitated for a moment before kowtowing: "I obey."

After all, Emperor Chengtian was old, and when he woke up in the middle of the night, he was frightened and angry. After losing his temper, he felt chest tightness, so he secretly adjusted his breathing.Li Deying has served for most of his life, and he understands everything in his mind, ear, and mind. At this moment, he winked and called for the prepared calming soup, and approached him silently. The corners of Emperor Chengtian's tightly pursed mouth relaxed slightly, took the tea soup, and took a few sips.

Seeing this, Zhao Zefu, the eldest son of the emperor, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, and said with concern: "Father has made an order to arrange it properly. I think the third and fifth younger brothers will definitely find out the truth, and the son will try his best to help. The night is heavy and the dew is heavy. You go back and rest, it will be early again soon." His biological mother Han Guifei also persuaded softly: "Your Majesty, leave this place to the princes, and the concubine will stay to take care of Xiaojiu. Take care of your dragon body." Although Concubine Han is over forty years old, she is well maintained, her skin is fair and charming, her almond eyes and red lips are radiant.

Flatterer!A pair of sycophants!

The second prince, Zhao Zexiang, secretly hated himself for being a step late, suppressed his unhappiness, and bowed forward, seemingly inadvertently blocking his elder brother, and he spoke with the demeanor of a prostitute: "Father, please rest assured, my son will definitely help find out the truth. How He Gong treats the ninth younger brother, everyone can see it. Now that the ninth younger brother has an accident, the son and minister are very sad, and the queen mother has been crying for half the night. If it is really arson, that person is really vicious and vicious. The sky net has been restored, how can he allow it? Get away with it!"

The queen sat with Emperor Chengtian and lowered her head. Her eyes were red and swollen. She got up and knelt down, choked with sobs, and said, "Your Majesty, this concubine is guilty of failing to take good care of Xiaojiu. Please punish me! Xiaojiu has been carried to Kunhe Palace since she was born." , the concubine loves her baby eyeballs, and she is safe and healthy until now! Who would have thought that my brother would appear in the Qiyuan Hall in the middle of the night and be burned? There must be something strange! I beg your Majesty to investigate thoroughly and preside over the poor child. Fairness!" After speaking, tears streamed down his face, sad and mournful.

Without saying a word, Zhao Zeyong tried his best to remain calm, with sharp eyes, carefully observing the words and deeds of everyone in the hall, trying to find clues.

Emperor Chengtian sighed, put down the Anshen soup, stretched out his hand to help, and said to the queen: "Get up, you have worked hard these years."

"Your Majesty..." Empress Yang cried even more when she heard this, but she did not lose her composure, she was still dignified and stable, but there were fine lines at the end of her eyes, and her skin was dull, which showed that she worked hard on a daily basis.

"Xiang'er, help your mother get up." Emperor Chengtian ordered, and said gently: "I believe in you."

At this moment, even the battered Zhao Zexiang couldn't help the red eyes. He raised his sleeve to press his eyes, and helped the queen: "Queen mother, get up, father is the most wise, and will definitely catch the murderer."

Rong Youtang outside the window could only hear the sound but not see it. He thought with emotion: There must be many wives and concubines, many children, and there must be many frictions and conflicts. It should be impossible for the emperor to live a peaceful life.

The queen mother and son stood side by side, the queen wiped away her tears for a while, then suddenly said to Zhao Zeyong:

"Xiao Jiu was injured while living in Kunhe Palace. The fault of this palace is that I didn't take good care of her. It has nothing to do with Mother Zhu. Why are you arresting her?"

Rong Youtang was shocked and admired: His Highness arrested Nanny Zhu?Did you do it when you visited His Highness the Ninth Prince just now?It's so fast!

"Empress, please be safe and don't be impatient." Zhao Zeyong said with an air of business, neither humble nor overbearing: "Father, my ministers preliminarily found out that the last person who entered Xiaojiu's bedroom tonight was Madam Zhu, so I wanted to ask her Not only Madam Zhu, but all relevant personnel must be carefully screened, otherwise how will we find out the truth?"

The queen was at a loss for words, although she was annoyed, she couldn't argue.

"The third child—" Zhao Zexiang was very unhappy, but when he was about to speak, Emperor Chengtian said: "No matter who is sent to investigate, they will start in this way, and it should be regarded as the purpose of arresting the murderer as soon as possible. The year is approaching, but the Hall of Qiyuan In the water, my little Jiuer was seriously injured. In short, everyone has to cooperate with the investigation to clear themselves of suspicion!"

Rong Youtang thought to himself: The power of heaven cannot be trampled on. If the arson and wounding were really intentional, the murderer will surely end up miserable if he is caught...

When Emperor Chengtian gave an order, everyone had no choice but to kowtow.

"Then, third child, I will leave this place to you." Emperor Chengtian's eyes and mouth drooped, his beard and hair were gradually graying, and he looked old, but he had been on the throne for a long time, and his whole body exuded majesty and domineering, which was breathtaking.

Zhao Zeyong said: "Father, can you ask Eunuch Li to help? My son has been in the army for a long time, and he is dull and reckless by nature. Although the fifth brother is smart, he is young."

——Is His Highness acting like this in the palace?While Rong Youtang was surprised, he had a vague feeling.

There was a momentary pause, and then Emperor Chengtian agreed: "Sure. Li Deying, you stay." Then he raised his hand to Concubine Han Gui: "That's it, I have to go back, ready to go to court early."

"Yes." Li Deying, the chief executive, was always respectful and kind.

Concubine Han hurriedly stepped forward to support Emperor Chengtian, her exquisite figure was close to the bright yellow dragon robe.

"Empress, don't be sad, please urge the imperial physician, I will let her come back to help you." The "her" that Emperor Chengtian said, Concubine Han twisted her waist and nodded submissively.

"...Yes." The queen held her only son in her hand, took a deep breath, and bowed her knees; "The concubine sends your majesty respectfully."

"Farewell to Your Majesty." Everyone saluted.

Rong Youtang's spirit was shaken, he couldn't move around, he could only raise his eyes to look:

Surrounded by a group of guards and eunuchs, a beautiful woman in palace attire supported Emperor Chengtian, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, boarded the imperial chariot and walked away slowly.

That is the emperor?Next to her is Concubine Han, who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor?

Rong Youtang had been standing for half a day, but he didn't feel tired at all. He was highly focused and his mind was spinning fast.Zuo Fan next to him suddenly tugged at his sleeve, and Rong Youtang quickly asked with his eyes: "What does your father-in-law say?" "Come." Zuo Fan only said with his mouth, and turned around to go to the apse.

Rong Youtang followed as he said, only to realize that the servants standing in the corridor had all started to move.

"It's time for us to bring tea and go in to serve." Zuo Fan whispered, "We have to stay up until midnight."

"Okay." Rong Youtang knew nothing about the imperial palace, so he could only follow along as best he could.After a while, holding the thickly brewed ginseng tea, he was finally able to step into the main hall of Kunhe Palace, imitating Zuo Fan's low eyebrow and obedient expression, quietly serving tea.Zhao Zeyong actually nodded appreciatively: Yes, nothing wrong with you kid.Then he raised his finger to signal, and arranged Rong Youtang by his side.

"Everyone, please sit down." Zhao Zeyong's face was as heavy as water. Although he was not wearing armor, he looked as if he was going to fight the enemy. Cooperate. I have made it clear earlier, and I will go back to the palace and sleep in peace."

Emperor Chengtian was not present, so the queen naturally sat at the head, she also had a cold face: "Check, check carefully! I want to see who dares to attack Kunhe Palace!"

"Then, empress empress, brothers, why don't we ask the people who serve the ninth brother first?" The fifth prince Zhao Zeyao suggested.

The queen pressed her eyes with a handkerchief, and said calmly: "Your Majesty has ordered half of the battle to be killed, leaving only those who stayed overnight and a few personal maidservants, and Nanny Zhu, you go to interrogate, Your Majesty is right, you have to be washed." Clear the suspicion. Ben Gong is going to see Xiao Jiu, Huang Er, you stay."

Killing, killing half?Rong Youtang could not help being angry and sad when he heard the empress's understatement: people with high positions often regard human life as worthless!

However, the empress mother and son were so angry and calm, could it be that this matter has nothing to do with Kunhe Palace?

Zhao Zexiang bowed: "Yes."

"Congratulations to the empress." There was another salute.

Rong Youtang gradually found the feeling, more and more natural.Next, the guards pushed up seven or eight shivering maids who were tightly tied up, and a slightly fat middle-aged woman.

The vast majority of court ladies are definitely fine. They try their best to do their jobs, but they can't escape the bad luck of being implicated.

But if they are innocent, when facing the chief judge, people often have a strong desire to confide and redress their grievances, and they will look at the chief judge eagerly and pleadingly.Rong Youtang has personally experienced this kind of thing, so he is very familiar with it - this is exactly the reaction of the maids at this moment.However, the nun never looked up.

"What kind of strangers has your Ninth Highness been in contact with recently? Has he behaved strangely? How has he lived all day today?" Zhao Zeyong asked word by word, and said seriously: "The request is detailed, according to the facts. illustrate."

The maids all knew that this was a key chance to survive, and if they didn't say anything else, they would lose the chance, so they immediately said one by one: "Your maidservant is serving on the trip, and I didn't find His Highness the Ninth Prince contacting strangers. Usually after breakfast, I will study with my master." , went to the imperial garden to play after lunch, and fell asleep at the end of the night."

"The servants are serving the meals. The winter is dry, and His Highness the Ninth Highness has been a little angry these two days, his throat is dry and his tongue is red. The empress asked the imperial physician to see him in time. The imperial physician prescribed six doses of medicine, ordered a light diet, and asked to make honey lily ointment, Eat chrysanthemum soup."

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The maids scrambled to say a lot, and a small official beside them quickly recorded it.

Why is the nanny silent?Rong Youtang quietly looked at her through the brim of the servant's hat, thinking: Is there really something wrong with her?

Zhao Zeyong listened carefully without interrupting.It wasn't until an imperial physician came in with a plate of medicinal residues that he said, "Emperor Lu, come and listen."

Nanny Zhu's complexion changed drastically, she held her breath, and knelt down stiffly.

"Back to all the nobles, I dare not hide anything. This Qingfei decoction was indeed prescribed by His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince. The prescription is on file, and the medicine is prepared by the imperial hospital. It is mild and fire-reducing, and there is no problem. But, this I don't know who added something to the dregs of medicine!"