The True Winner of the Red Chamber

Zhen Yingjia saw Zhiyin's panic-stricken appearance, even her speech was stuttering and incoherent, so she knew that she had to calm down first.

Zhen Yingjia took her hand to make her sit down, and held another glass of sour plum soup soaked in ice water for her.

The bone-piercing cold made Zhiyin shudder suddenly, and broke free from the state of almost losing her mind.

She drank the cold sour plum soup in one gulp, pursed her lips and said, "I have been in the mourning hall of the princess. This morning, the prince sent someone to deliver the stolen items from the princess' room. There are quite a few pieces, let us put them away and wait for the burial together tomorrow."

Zhiyin recalled, as if recalling the scene at that time, she couldn't help shivering again.

"I remembered that my father had already obtained a list from the pawnshop, so I opened the box under the pretext of wiping the funeral objects, and there were as many things in it as my father's list." Zhiyin trembled, and said: "I saw that the item was good, so I didn't come out to look for you. I thought this thread was broken again."

"But just now I was lying on the bed in a daze and almost fell asleep, and suddenly felt something was wrong—" Zhiyin stopped, as if thinking about what to say.

Zhen Yingjia saw that her clothes seemed to have been put on in a hurry, they hadn't been straightened out, and her hair was combed into a mess, so it didn't matter at night, but people would say that she was disheveled during the day.Looking at it this way, one could tell how hastily she got up at that time.

Zhiyin calmed down for a while, then spoke slowly.

"Although the quantity is right, the things are not right." Zhiyin looked at her father with a pair of eyes, with confusion, but more fear.

"There are two gold locks that I didn't get last year, they were just made. Although the person who made the things ground the gold locks to make them a bit old, and the color is darker than the new ones, but they are real when they are put together. As long as you are a little more careful, you can see the flaws."

At this point, Zhiyin's voice began to tremble.

"The prince took this box without thinking. It is neither a precious thing nor something that the princess uses daily to be buried with the princess. The purpose is to cover up the real cause of death of the princess!"

"Father! The Crown Princess swallowed gold and died, and was forced to swallow gold to die by the prince!"

Zhiyin looked at Zhen Yingjia, two lines of tears rolled down her face, sobbing uncontrollably.

Zhen Yingjia held her daughter in her arms and patted her to comfort her.

If there were no those two women, what would he think now?

The princess was forced to die by the prince, and she died three days before Kang He returned to Beijing, so the prince didn't want the princess to see Kang He, and he didn't want the two of them to talk.

Then it must be that the crown princess has something to do with the prince, and the handle is so serious that the prince doesn't even believe his own son, and he doesn't believe that Kang He can remain indifferent after hearing this.

In other words, if Kang He heard about this matter, it would definitely bring disaster to the prince.

But after listening to the conversation between the two women who seemed to have no content but leaked huge information, Zhen Yingjia was a little unsure.

According to the words of the two wives, the Crown Princess probably committed suicide, and she chose to commit suicide three days before Kang He entered Beijing, in order to... put all this matter on the Crown Prince's head.

But since the Crown Princess dared to gamble with her own life...the Crown Prince must have done something unforgivable.

In the blink of an eye, some news about the East Palace and what Kang He had inadvertently told him all flashed in his mind.

Kang He has a younger brother who is only half an hour away from him.

When the Crown Princess and the side concubine Zhao were giving birth, the emperor's imperial concubine went there in person, and the record was not good at that time.

The crown prince was very kind to the concubine, and sometimes even promoted him a bit regardless of his concubines.

The crown princess became depressed and bedridden only after Zhao's side concubine visited.

Concubine Zhao suddenly warmed up to Kang He after the death of the princess.

And Kang Quan... After the death of the crown princess, the side concubine Zhao suddenly ignored him.

A seemingly absurd but reasonable explanation flashed through Zhen Yingjia's mind.

He couldn't help being stunned, and subconsciously grabbed Zhiyin's hair and didn't let go.

"Father." Zhiyin looked up at him in pain, but saw her father's serious face, which had never been serious enough, even when he sent her to the capital, his father never showed such an expression on his face.

Zhen Yingjia came back to her senses and said: "It's getting late, you go back first, I have to think about it."

"But this thing will be buried tomorrow!" Zhiyin said in surprise, "If this thing is buried with the Crown Princess, the Crown Prince... we will have no evidence at all."

"Zhiyin." Zhen Yingjia said: "Even if we have these things in our hands, do you think that with a few guesses and a few lost and recovered golden scorpions, we can convict the prince?"

Zhiyin's eyes darkened all of a sudden, she shook her head, "No. The prince can just find an excuse, some kind of golden scorpion was melted by the gangster, it was newly typed by someone overnight, so he can fool it. "

Zhen Yingjia nodded, "Besides, the only one who can convict the prince is the sage. Apart from the evidence, there must be a reason for the sage to believe that the prince will attack the princess."

Zhiyin hummed softly, "You can't startle the snake."

Zhen Yingjia patted her on the shoulder and said, "You have to be cautious." But she thought in her heart that this excuse must be dragged on for a while, at least until he finds out the truth.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yingjia looked at the sky outside, and said, "It's late at night, the princess will be buried tomorrow, you should rest well." As he spoke, he pulled Zhiyin to stand up, looking at his daughter who was still a little wrinkled coat, took a coat for her to put on, and said: "Father will take you home."

Zhiyin nodded, followed Zhen Yingjia without saying a word, and the two walked towards the inner courtyard.

Seeing that it was only a few steps away from the arch in the inner courtyard, several lights suddenly appeared on the path next to it, and a shrill voice asked, "Who is walking around again!"

As soon as he heard the voice, he knew that the voice was from the eunuch. Zhen Yingjia cleared his throat and said, "I'm Zhen Yingjia, the little girl is not in a good mood because of the burial of the Crown Princess, so I send her back here."

As soon as the words fell, the people over there had already walked in front of him.

At the beginning were two eunuchs, one with a lantern in his hand, followed by a young son, followed by guards and eunuchs.

The young master walked in and showed his face. It turned out to be Kang Quan.

Zhen Yingjia looked at Kang Quan who was like an invisible person in the whole story, but was everywhere, and if Zhen Yingjia's guess was true, this Kang Quan was the most tragic one.

Zhen Yingjia narrowed his eyes, but before he could speak, Kang Quan spoke first, his voice was very weak.

"It turned out to be sir."

Kang Quan called him differently from others. In the past two years since he came here, he has been called by name, Biaozi, and other respectful titles such as adults and masters, but it is the first time that he is called "Mr." .

It's not just Mr., the "original" in front is also very interesting. These two words at least prove that Kang Quan has heard of him for a long time, and he is... deeply impressed.

Zhen Yingjia took a step forward and said: "The night is cold and windy, the prince should rest earlier."

"No problem." Kang Quan waved his hand, turned his head and said to the eunuch beside him, "Send Miss Zhen back." Then he turned his head and said to Zhen Yingjia: "Don't worry, sir, I'll ask him to send Miss Zhen back to the room and watch She will report after she goes in, if you are not in a hurry, sir, you might as well wait a while."

Zhen Yingjia agreed after a little thought. No matter whether Kang Quan did it intentionally or unintentionally, whether he was thoughtful or wanted to take the opportunity to test him, he had to agree, because not only Kang Quan, but also Zhen Yingjia had an explosive speculation. I also want to get in touch with Kang Quan.

Even Kang He has noticed the change in Zhao's attitude these days. As Kang Quan, who was favored by Zhao from childhood to adulthood, doesn't he have any doubts?

Zhen Yingjia just wanted to test what Kang Quan knew.

Zhiyin tightened her father's coat tightly, and followed the eunuch into the room.

Kang Quan made a gesture, and the eunuchs and guards stepped back a little. Kang Quan and Zhen Yingjia walked side by side on the flat ground in front of the arch.

Kang Quan looked at Zhiyin's back and sighed: "I heard that the husband is very good to his children earlier, and it is true when I saw it today. Miss Zhen was also the person in charge in the East Palace earlier, and I have never seen her sad If she hadn't come to see you today, I wouldn't have remembered that she was only eleven or twelve years old."

Zhen Yingjia inexplicably became vigilant, remembering the issue of Zhiyin's ownership that had been circulated earlier, coughed, and said seriously: "The Crown Princess takes care of the little girl very much, so she should be so sad."

Kang Quan seemed to hear the indifference and rejection in Zhen Yingjia's words, he waved his hand, and changed the subject, "The concubine mother has gone... the entire East Palace is in chaos."

The concubine mother refers to the concubine. Hearing that Kang Quan brought up the concubine, Zhen Yingjia cheered up and stared at Kang Quan from the corner of her eye. His expression was desolate and somewhat puzzled. "My father was not far or close to my concubine, but now that my concubine has gone, he doesn't think about eating and drinking; the side concubine has fought against my concubine for more than ten years, but now that my concubine has gone, she is not very happy watching it. Brother He didn't bother to talk to me at first, but now that the concubine has gone, he looks at me with hatred..."

Kang Quan looked at Zhen Yingjia with confused eyes, "Sir, do you know what's going on?"

For a moment, Zhen Yingjia's mind wavered a little.

Compared with Kang He, Kang Quancai looked like a normal child.

In terms of stature, he is still in shape, looks like a thin boy, and mentally he is not so mature and sophisticated.In such a situation, Kang He can still spare his mind to plan Kang Quan, but...

Zhen Yingjia sighed, and was about to say something, but saw Kang Quan's eyes closed, and he was about to fall down after shaking twice.

In desperation, without weighing the pros and cons, Zhen Yingjia stepped forward to help him up. Fortunately, the guards behind him reacted very alertly and took him over immediately. The eunuch hurriedly said: "Hurry up and find the imperial physician!"

Only for a moment, Kang Quan opened his eyes again, and said: "It's okay, tomorrow will be the mother and concubine's burial, and today I can't bother my teachers and mobilize everyone."

"But—" the eunuch's anxious voice was interrupted by Kang Quan again.

"Go back and make some ginseng soup."

"Master, the imperial doctor said that you can no longer—"

"Shut up!" Kang Quan sternly said, it happened that the eunuch who sent Zhiyin back came to report the news, Kang Quan hurriedly said goodbye to Zhen Yingjia, saying "Don't dare to talk about Mr. Rao anymore", and was surrounded by several eunuchs and helped him go back up.

Zhen Yingjia looked down at her right hand that was holding Kang Quan's wrist just now, felt something strange, and hurried all the way back to the wing.

As soon as the lights were lit, I was taken aback!

I saw a dark figure sitting on his bed, with a distorted face, and a pair of red eyes staring at him blankly.

But after seeing who it was, Zhen Yingjia heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Why are you here?"

It turned out that Kang He was sitting on Zhen Yingjia's bed without saying a word.

Hearing Zhen Yingjia's words, Kang He acted as if he hadn't heard, and didn't even blink his eyes.

Zhen Yingjia couldn't help feeling a little worried, and sat around Kang He with an oil lamp, and touched his shoulder lightly.

With external stimulation, Kang He came back to his senses, and he suddenly hugged Zhen Yingjia in his arms. Zhen Yingjia was caught off guard and the oil lamp rolled to the ground and went out, and the room was completely dark again.

Then Kang He's panting sounded in his ears.

"I was originally born to Concubine Zhao."

Following that, tears rolled down, falling on Zhen Yingjia's shoulders, but burning his heart.