Jinyiwei factory flower base love story

Both of them are vigorous and decisive people, and after deciding on the action plan, they immediately split up and acted.

Duan Mingchen came to the side hall, and after some inquiries, he confirmed that on the night when the queen mother was killed, the palace servants were Zi Po, Bai Zhi, and the eunuch Qian Xi. In addition, the imperial physician Lu Zhengxi came to see the queen mother, and the governor of the East Factory Wan Zhen came to see the queen mother. Greetings, and the emperor and empress have come to visit.

The queen mother's four first-class court ladies took turns to be on duty, and two of them were on duty every day, Zi Kui and Bai Zhi were in one shift, Qing Gui and Su He were in the other shift, and Zi Kui and Bai Zhi were in the shift on the night of the Queen Mother's accident.

As the empress dowager's most eminent palace maid, Zi Ke was the first to be suspected. She took care of the empress dowager's daily life. She was completely unaware that the empress dowager was stabbed to death with so many needles. This is really unreasonable.

Duan Mingchen called Zi Po over alone for questioning, Zi Po didn't look flustered, but his face was obviously haggard, and he would cover his mouth and cough softly from time to time.

"Are you infected with a cold?" Duan Mingchen asked.

Zi Ke said apologetically: "Thank you for your concern, my lord. This servant may have caught a cold at night, but yesterday I felt my throat was swollen and sore, and I kept coughing, but it doesn't matter, it should be fine in a few days."

Duan Mingchen gave a noncommittal hum, and started to get to the point: "Zi Po, do you know that the queen mother died unexpectedly?"

"Death by accident?" Zi Ke murmured and repeated, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, but no surprised expression.

Duan Mingchen asked coldly: "It seems that you are not surprised. Did you know that the queen mother was murdered? Or are you an insider at all, and even participated in it?"

Zi Kao knelt down slowly, and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, there are two reasons why the slaves are not so surprised: First, the Queen Mother has received threatening letters one after another more than ten days ago, threatening to take her life." , the queen mother was very angry about this, and went around to trace the source of the threatening letter, and sent out many palace officials for this, but there was nothing to be gained, and it was not found out who sent the threatening letter; When my lord came to the Palace of Compassion, Gu lord hinted that the queen mother died strangely, and later sent the Imperial Forest Army and Dongchang masters to put us all under house arrest. Therefore, the servants guessed that the queen mother did not die naturally."

"You're very smart..." Duan Mingchen looked at Zi Po thoughtfully.Her facial features are not very beautiful, but her temperament is calm and stable, giving people a sense of reliability.

Jin Yiwei often uses some coercive tactics in handling cases, and many prisoners will feel fearful and timid because of this. However, Zi Kui does not panic when facing his coercion. He thinks clearly and speaks in an orderly manner. Such people are usually very strong psychologically. .

Zi Po humbly said: "Your Excellency, Zi Po is extremely dull. Thanks to the Empress Dowager, she treats slaves as much as a mountain. They are not people who don't know what is good or bad. How could they betray their master?"

"Where are you from? What year did you enter the palace? Which masters have you served? How did you get selected to the Palace of Compassion? How long have you been serving the Empress Dowager?"

"The servant girl is from Jinling, and she is twenty-one years old. It has been five years since Qianyuan was drafted into the palace in 15 years. At first, she served the late emperor's Concubine Shu. Not long after, Concubine Shu was convicted and thrown into the cold palace. Flavoring and making powder, was selected into the Shang Palace Bureau, responsible for making powder and incense for the masters and empresses. Half a year ago, the queen mother's palace wanted to pick a maid who could spice fragrance, and Miss Liang Wan personally went to the Shang Palace Bureau to pick someone , Lord Shang Gong recommended the slave to Miss Liang, after Miss Liang assessed me, she was quite satisfied with the skill of the slave, so she recommended it to the Empress Dowager, and since then, the slave has come to the Palace of Compassion to Serve the Empress Dowager."

"You have only been in the Compassionate Ning Palace for half a year, but the Empress Dowager relies so heavily on you. Is there any special reason?"

"Perhaps it's because the servant girl's hands are a little more dexterous than others, and she is good at mixing fragrances and powders, and is also good at combing hair and makeup, so she is favored by the empress dowager."

"So, you made the rouge powder used by the Empress Dowager yourself?" Duan Mingchen said, taking out the box of pink rouge found in the Empress Dowager's bedroom, and asked, "You also made this box of rouge?"

There was a hint of arrogance on Zi Kui's face, and he straightened his chest and said, "Yes, it's not that the slave is boasting, the rouge powder made by the slave is made from the essence of fresh flowers, and it is different from the crude products sold outside. "

Duan Mingchen opened a box of rouge taken from the Empress Dowager's dressing table, and asked, "Since the Empress Dowager likes the rouge you made so much, why is this box of rouge brand new without any traces of smearing?"

Zi Kui said calmly: "That's because the previous rouge has just been used up, and this is a new replacement. The inner shell of this rouge box can be taken out, as long as the inner core is replaced."

"Then where is the replaced inner core?" Duan Mingchen asked.

"This was replaced before the Queen Mother fell, and the old inner core was thrown away a long time ago." Zi Ke looked at Duan Mingchen calmly, "Does my lord suspect that there is something wrong with the rouge? My lord can check the raw materials for making rouge, all the materials used They are all registered in the book, and you can tell if there is any problem at a glance."

Duan Mingchen nodded, and asked again: "Since you have won the trust of the queen mother, you have been serving her personally for a while, have you noticed that the queen mother's temperament has changed, since when did the queen mother become irritable? "

"This..." Zi Ke pondered for a while, "If you don't mention it, the slaves really don't realize it. The Queen Mother used to be gentle and generous, but her mood recently is indeed a bit abnormal, probably since she received the first threatening letter. The empress's temperament became irritable and irritable day after day, and she punished her servants at every turn, she often complained of headaches, and she asked her servants to massage her every day, and when it was serious, the imperial physician even gave her acupuncture."

"Has the queen mother always suffered from headaches?"

"No, it just started in the last half month. The slaves guessed that it might be those who threatened the letter. As a result, the Queen Mother often suffers from insomnia, nightmares, irritable mood, and her health has also deteriorated."

"Has the empress dowager's body been taken care of by the imperial physician Lu Zhengxi?"

"Yes, although Imperial Physician Lu is not very old, he has a lot of research on gynecological daughters and is very patient. The Empress Dowager is used to him. In recent years, Imperial Physician Lu has been treating the Empress Dowager."

"Why did the Queen Mother strangle Wang Momo to death? What was the situation at that time, and why didn't anyone stop her?"

"To be honest, I don't know what happened at that time. Mother Wang has always been trusted by the Queen Mother and has been with the Queen Mother for more than ten years. The Queen Mother and Mother Wang were alone in the room that night. They seemed to be discussing something. Let us Everyone went out. Although we also heard some movement outside, no one dared to enter the house without the order of the Queen Mother. After hearing the Queen Mother screaming loudly, we rushed in in a hurry. Wang Momo fell to the ground. Breathless..."

Thinking of the tragic death of Wang Momo, Zi Po shuddered, with a trace of fear in her eyes, "Her eyes are so wide that they almost protrude, and her tongue is so long, it's scary..."

"Didn't Mother Wang struggle?"

"The servant didn't see it with her own eyes, so she doesn't know the situation at that time, but I guess, Mother Wang probably didn't dare to resist the Queen Mother."

"Where is Mother Wang's body now?"

"According to the rules of the palace, all deceased palace people will be sent to be cremated, and their ashes will be buried in the cemetery in Cuishan." Zi Kui narrated calmly, but his eyes could not help but reveal the desolation of the death of a rabbit and a fox.

"Because of the incident of strangling Wang Momo, His Majesty sent people from Dongchang to guard the Compassionate Ning Palace. How could the Empress Dowager fall down and become unconscious?"

"That day when the snow stopped, the Empress Dowager was in high spirits. She wanted to enjoy the snow in the garden. The servants helped the Empress Dowager to the garden of the Palace of Compassion in a soft sedan chair. The Empress Dowager raised a long-haired Persian cat, and the Empress Dowager was also very happy. I like it, so I let Qian Xi hug it and stroke it. Who knows, that cat is usually very well-behaved, but that day, for some reason, it suddenly went crazy, and rushed towards the Queen Mother's face, scratching and scratching. The Queen Mother was frightened , in order to avoid the cat, slipped on his feet, fell on his head, accidentally hit a stone on the back of his head, and passed out on the spot."

Duan Mingchen questioned, "Since it's a well-raised domestic cat, why did it suddenly go crazy and hurt people? What does Qian Xi, who is in charge of raising cats, say?"

"This is really strange. Qian Xi said that the male cat may have reached the estrus period and became irritable. When the queen mother hugged the cat, she may have accidentally stimulated the cat. The Persian cat was also frightened after hurting the queen mother. , actually ran away. Qian Xi felt dereliction of duty, felt extremely guilty, and took the initiative to plead guilty to His Majesty. His Majesty thought that he had a good attitude in admitting his mistakes, and at that time, the Compassionate Palace was really short of manpower, so he was only fined for three months' salary, and he was asked to continue. Stay in the Palace of Compassion and Serenity to serve, and make atonement."

Duan Mingchen had a clear understanding of the previous background, brought the topic back to the night of the crime, and said, "You should have accompanied the queen mother the whole time on the night of the accident. Please wake up the queen mother until she is found dead. Everything that happened in between , Tell me everything in detail."

Zi Kui nodded, recalled a bit, and then slowly narrated.

"Since she was frightened by the cat and fell down, the queen mother fell into a coma for three days and three nights. At the evening of the day before yesterday, around the beginning of the unitary hour, the queen mother suddenly woke up and kept crying for hunger.

The servant girl was overjoyed, and immediately asked the small kitchen to bring millet porridge to serve the Queen Mother to drink porridge with Bai Zhi, and quickly sent someone to report the good news to His Majesty and Lord Wan Duzhu, and asked Qian Xi to rush to the Imperial Hospital to invite Imperial Physician Lu to come over.

About a quarter of an hour later, Imperial Physician Lu rushed to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to feel the empress dowager's pulse.Although the Queen Mother was physically weak, she seemed to be in good spirits. Physician Lu prescribed two medicines for the Queen Mother, one was a tonic for warming after illness, and the other was a commonly used tranquilizer.Physician Lu asked the medicine boy to grab the medicine according to the prescription, and went to the small kitchen to decoct the medicine.

The empress dowager just woke up, and doctor Lu was not sure how far she had recovered, so she decided to stay in the palace for a while and observe the empress dowager's physical condition.

At five quarters you, His Majesty and the Empress Dowager came to visit the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager chatted with Her Majesty for a while. Because of her busy schedule, Her Majesty did not stay long, so she got up and said goodbye.The queen originally wanted to stay and serve the queen mother, but the queen mother said she was sleepy and needed to rest, so she refused the queen.

The servant girl and Bai Zhi waited for the Queen Mother to undress and lie down, letting her rest for a while.

At the beginning of Xu Shi, the doctor Lu took the pulse of the Queen Mother again. From his expression, it seems that the Queen Mother's physical condition is not very optimistic.

At this time, the medicine prescribed by Imperial Physician Lu was ready, Qian Xi brought the medicine in, and waited for the Queen Mother to take it with her servants. "

"Wait!" Duan Mingchen interrupted suddenly, "You and Bai Zhi were on duty that day. Previously, Bai Zhi and you served the Empress Dowager's meals. Why did Qian Xi and you serve the medicine?"

"It's like this. When the queen mother was sleeping and resting, we two took turns to eat dinner, but unfortunately, Bai Zhi had a bad stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, and her legs and feet were weak. Doctor Lu kindly prescribed a medicine for her. It is a sub-antidiarrheal medicine, but taking it will not give immediate results. Seeing that Bai Zhi really couldn't hold on anymore, the servant asked her to go back to take the medicine and rest."

"Do you eat the same thing as Bai Zhi? Why did she suddenly have diarrhea, but you are fine?"