After the Gu of the Red Chamber

Emperor Pingkang didn't know that he was too generous to Mrs. Zhen, which really violated the law, but he lost his mother when he was young, and his father was busy with state affairs, so he never cared about him at all. Only Mrs. Zhen was always with him.

In order to take care of him, Mrs. Zhen couldn't even take care of her own small family. The eldest daughter of Mrs. Zhen disappeared because of an accident because she didn't have a biological mother to take care of her, and her father didn't do her best. I don't know whether I am dead or alive.

The old lady Zhen lost her beloved daughter, how can she not feel sad, but all these years, the old lady Zhen never complained in front of him, and she never even mentioned the eldest daughter who died because of him. In this way, he felt more and more sorry for Mrs. Zhen.

He owed Mrs. Zhen a life, coupled with years of friendship, it was impossible for Emperor Pingkang to ignore Mrs. Zhen.

Furthermore, Mrs. Zhen is getting old, and she doesn't have much time left. In the last days, he really couldn't bear to see Mrs. Zhen being sold as an official slave and being bullied by others, so he simply Ask Lin Ruhai to come forward and buy the Zhen family.

Of course, he can also let Xia Dequan go out, but letting Xia Dequan go out is somewhat eye-catching. Thinking about Lin Ruhai still has to go back to work in Jiangnan, he can just send Zhen's family back to Jiangnan. Besides, Lin Ruhai is also an insider. Kang Di simply let Lin Ruhai go out.

Lin Ruhai didn't mind buying some people to help. Although he didn't have a good impression of Mrs. Zhen and Zhen Er, Zhen San and others, he really sympathized with Li's mother and daughter. Even if Emperor Pingkang didn't say anything, he would I will help the mother and daughter of the Zhen family, after all, this matter is nothing.

Moreover, since the Holy Majesty has made it clear that he wants him to buy the female relatives of the Zhen family who were sold as official slaves, it can be seen that the Holy Majesty will never spare the Zhen family lightly this time. Except for the few children and female relatives of the Zhen family, the other envoys will definitely get retribution , although there are still some deficiencies, but judging from His Majesty's partiality for the Zhen family, this result is more than deficient and more than inferior.

Just when Emperor Pingkang quietly ordered Lin Ruhai to help the Zhen family, there was also a young eunuch outside who reported the situation of the Zhen family case in time. When he heard that the old lady Zhen and the new crown prince were involved in framing the deposed prince, Emperor Pingkang was taken aback, and on the spot Surprised: "What did you say!?"

Even Xia Dequan was a little surprised. Back then he felt that the abolition of the prince was a bit weird. He never thought that the abolition of the prince was framed by the Zhen family in helping the Jianghuai flood relief.

He subconsciously glanced at Emperor Pingkang, seeing that Emperor Pingkang's face turned blue and white, and became ugly for a moment, and suddenly he cursed: "What a coquettish bastard! You actually brought disaster to the country!"

have to!Hearing the long-lost flirtatious slut, Xia Dequan lowered his head, [-]% sure that the Zhen family really angered the Holy Master this time.

He was secretly startled, this Zhen Yingjia was really brave, obviously with the support of the Holy Majesty, this little life was definitely not bad, but she was born greedy and not snake-like, and she even attacked the prince, she really didn't know how to live or die.

Xia Dequan was probably the only one in the palace who understood that the Holy Majesty was scolding the greedy Zhen Yingjia, but Lin Ruhai didn't know the truth, and said that the Holy Majesty was angry with the old lady Zhen, and he felt deeply that the Holy Majesty finally knew the true face of the old lady Zhen.

Not to mention the chicken and duck 'thinking' between Emperor Pingkang and Lin Ruhai, Emperor Pingkang was dumbfounded after listening to the little eunuch's report carefully.

Although the Zhen family was too greedy, this matter was expected, and he wasn't surprised at all, but he never expected that there would be hands and feet of Concubine An in it!

Concubine An can be regarded as an old man in the palace, her appearance and temperament are not outstanding, and the elder is only for the sake of security, so she was rewarded with a concubine, never thought that she is the most scheming person in the palace!

When he thought that he was cheated by An Concubine unknowingly, Emperor Pingkang was furious. He never thought that he would be cheated by a coquettish bitch for so many years!

Emperor Pingkang said coldly: "Come here, beat Concubine An into a court lady and take her to the Punishment Department for trial!"

"Yes." Xia Dequan responded softly, and asked people to make arrangements not to mention it.

He asked softly: "My lord, what about Mrs. Zhen...?"

It's fine if His Majesty didn't know about Mrs. Zhen before, but now that His Majesty knows about the good deeds that Mrs. Zhen has done, will he still favor Mrs. Zhen?

Emperor Pingkang let out a long sigh and remained silent.

As soon as the incident of abolishing the crown prince came out, Concubine An was immediately demoted to be a court lady, and followed in the footsteps of Concubine Zhen directly into the Department of Punishment.

However, the treatment of the two in the Punishment Department is very different. Zhen Gong's daughter received the best treatment in the Punishment Department. Even though she entrusted someone to send some money to take care of it in private, the lady Zhen Gong was still respectfully raised by the Department of Punishment.

Don't talk about hard labor, even the board and lodging are the best in the Punishment Department, only slightly worse than before. Even so, Emperor Pingkang still felt wronged by the lady of Zhen Palace, and rewards would come in every now and then, except Everything is fine except the loss of freedom.

But this is not the case for An Gong woman. Although he dare not punish An Gong woman, Xia Dequan personally went out to interrogate the Jianghuai flood incident.

With Xia De fully firing, it didn't take long for the trial to become clear.

Speaking of it, half of this incident was accidental, and half of it was indeed caused by Concubine An's deliberate efforts to fuel the flames. The Zhen family was the main blame for this incident. Concubine An just took advantage of it instead.

As for why An Concubine did this, it was naturally for the throne. At that time, the Holy Majesty’s dissatisfaction with the abolished prince had reached its limit. Coupled with the frame of the Zhen family, it was only a matter of time before the crown prince was abolished. Help Emperor Pingkang, let him have an excuse to abolish the prince.

When Emperor Pingkang heard about this, he stood in a daze for a long time, and then he was so angry that he went to the Punishment Department in person and questioned Concubine An: "Is there anything wrong with my treatment of you? How dare you have the idea of ​​seizing the throne? It also caused so many people in Jianghuai to be buried with them!"

Emperor Pingkang considered himself to be a good man, besides pampering Concubine Zhen a little more, he was also good to the concubines around him.

Although Concubine An's family background is not obvious, her appearance and temperament are not outstanding, but he saw that Concubine An has been in a stable position after entering the palace, so he gave the fourth child to Concubine An. The fourth child lives.

He was thoughtful, he never expected that Concubine An would be so restless, and would try to push the fourth child to that position, and would not look at whether the fourth child was born of a court lady, whether he was worthy of the throne.

Concubine An said coldly: "The Holy Majesty treats his concubines naturally well. Knowing that he cannot compensate the concubine's lost daughter, he took the son of a woman from the Chang Palace to compensate the concubine. The concubine has to be grateful to the Holy Majesty."

Although she was saying words of thanks, An Pin's voice was dark and sad, there was no hint of gratitude in her voice, on the contrary, there was unspeakable resentment.

When he heard about the daughter An Bin was talking about, Emperor Pingkang became even more annoyed, "You can't take care of the child yourself, and you dare to blame others!"

Concubine An is also an old man who serves him. Concubine An's daughter is also his eldest daughter. After all, she is the first daughter. He may not feel pain. He also loves this eldest daughter very much. In the palace of my concubine, it is a pity that the child was not blessed, and died of a sudden illness when he was one year old.

As a father, he lost his daughter suddenly, so he was not sad. At that time, Concubine An ignored her as if she went crazy and said that she had attacked her one after another, pitying her for her daughter's madness. It's all for her to seal the palace and reflect on herself. She never imagined that the soft-heartedness one after another in the past would cause today's disaster, and even implicate the abolished princes successively.

The more Emperor Pingkang thought about it, the angrier he became, "If I hadn't pleaded for you one after another back then, I would have punished you long ago. I never thought that I would have left you such a scourge after being soft-hearted all those years ago!"

After hearing the sequence, An Pin's face twisted, and she gave Ping Kangdi a fierce look, "What kind of pleading, soft heart, she has no face to punish me, if she hadn't summoned all the imperial physicians in the Forbidden City to see her, my daughter would have died again." How could it be gone because of delayed treatment!"

If she had been seriously ill at that time, she would have admitted it, but it was not a coincidence. At that time, she had just asked the imperial doctor of Quantai Hospital to confirm whether she was pregnant or not.

Poor her daughter, but because she didn't have an imperial doctor, she died of a high fever. How could she forget the pain of killing her daughter.

Emperor Pingkang said dryly after a long time: "That was just an accident. Zi Tong was also pregnant for the first time, so I got a little nervous."

An Pin sneered, "How difficult can it be to diagnose a happy pulse? She forced the imperial physician to stay in her palace for a whole day, and I sent countless maids to beg her. Okay, but she still refused. If I hadn't made up my mind to hug Yaya and go directly to the Qianqing Palace to beg you, I'm afraid that the next morning, there would still be no imperial doctor coming to see my Yaya!"

Only a fool like Ping Kangdi could not see the sinister intentions of that woman.

Everyone only thinks that Concubine Zhen Gui is vicious, but they don't know that Concubine Zhen Gui is still above Concubine Zhen. When Concubine Zhen was favored, these concubines could occasionally drink broth, but when Concubine Zhen was alive, they didn't even eat broth. There is no need to drink, even if he is dead, he still clings to the heart of the Holy Majesty, otherwise how can there be such a big age difference between the prince and the third prince?

Wasn't it because at that time that she had occupied the emperor so tightly that no one else could touch her, even her yaya and Concubine Hui's eldest prince were accidental. It's a pity that her natal family is not strong, unlike Concubine Hui, who can protect to live with his own son.

An Pin sighed: "The abolished prince is indeed worthy of being the heir apparent of the country, but he is the only son successively."

The mother's debt was repaid, and she didn't feel guilty at all.

"Nonsense!" Emperor Pingkang turned pale, but still insisted, "Zi Tong is not such a person."

"Whether it's true or not, don't you just ask those old concubines and you will understand?" Only those who have survived under Shuo's hands can understand how powerful Shui is.

Concubine An closed her eyes, "Speaking of which, you are the murderer, Yaya was killed by you."

Emperor Pingkang was furious, "What nonsense are you talking about, how could I harm my own flesh and blood!"

He didn't know how much he loved Yaya.

An Pin said quietly: "It is because the Holy Majesty loves Yaya so much that Yaya is in the way of others' eyes."

Otherwise, even if Yaya is the eldest princess, she is just a daughter, and it doesn't hinder the succession of the throne. Why should ordinary people have to make trouble with Yaya?It is because Emperor Pingkang loves Yaya too much that it hinders the eyes of others.

Anpin suddenly smiled foolishly, "Your Majesty, the death of Yaya, and the fact that the deposed prince will be here today are actually all caused by you!"

Her daughter was wrong to be loved by the Holy Majesty; and the abolished prince was wrong to be too capable, which aroused the fear of the Holy Majesty!

Otherwise, if so much money was transported out back then, even with the ability of the Zhen family, they would not be able to hide it without anyone noticing it, and some traces would definitely be left behind. But the Holy One not only didn't investigate, but also couldn't wait to abolish the prince!

"The one who really harmed the prince is not me, nor the Zhen family, but you!" An Pin laughed wildly, "It is you who want to abolish the prince with all your heart, and we are nothing but a knife in your hand."

The reason why the deposed prince was deposed was not because of the Jianghuai flood and the Zhen family, but because of Emperor Pingkang's selfishness.

Emperor Pingkang didn't know how he left in the end. In short, since then, he never asked about the abolition of the crown prince.

Anyone with sharp eyesight can see that Emperor Pingkang wanted to deal with the matter of abolishing the prince coldly, but the arrow was on the string, how could he not make a move, jumping up and down Tu Lei, and combined forces with the abolition of the prince, then Fearing that there would be no order from Emperor Pingkang, the investigation into the abolition of the crown prince continued.

Among them, the most popular one is the natal family of the concubine of the abolished crown prince, Dali Siqing. Once he learned that the abolished crown prince was abolished by Zhen An's family, Dali Siqing immediately asked someone to take down Concubine An. Brother, and had people search An's house heavily, and sure enough, a large sum of money was found in An's house.

Although the purse of the person who is an official will be dissatisfied, the so-called three-year Qing magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflakes, but An's family is really too rich. With the situation of An's family, it is possible to save such a fortune! ?

The Minister of Dali Temple asked people to check carefully, and sure enough, they could vaguely see the imprint of the palace in the hidden places of many silver ingots.

The Jianghuai floods came quickly and urgently, most of the disaster relief money came from Emperor Pingkang's own private treasury, so those silver ingots were stamped with the seal of the palace.

What the An family received was less than one-tenth of the disaster relief money they lost that year, but it was still a huge amount of money. With such a large amount of money, it is a big problem just to hide it. It is even more difficult to make silver curds after melting.

Ordinary gold and silver shops don't dare to accept such a large amount of money, and An's family doesn't have the ability to digest it. They can only have people scrape off the imprints of the official silver and bury it in the ground. That is.

However, there are so many silver ingots, it is inevitable that a few fish slipped through the net, so Dali Temple Qing found out, even the marked official silver was found, Dali Temple Qing quickly asked someone to hand it to the Holy Majesty, begging The Holy One is killed.

Emperor Pingkang looked at the silver ingot for a long time, and finally withdrew the new crown prince's supervisory qualification, and asked San Si and others to continue the investigation.

The case of the abolished prince not only involves the abolished prince himself, but also involves countless people in the Jianghuai area. Because of the lack of disaster relief, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people were injured. intolerable.

First it was the adopted daughter of the Zhen family, and then there was the Jianghuai flood. Countless crimes were committed at the same time. No matter how biased Emperor Pingkang was, it would be difficult to keep the Zhen family clearly.

The whole family of the Zhen family moved directly from Huangzhuang to the big prison, except for the old lady Zhen who was old, and the chief jailer in charge of the sky prison guessed what his superiors were thinking, and specially let the old lady Zhen and the big room of the Zhen family be locked up in a clean room. In the prison cell, as for the other Zhen family members, they randomly crammed into several cells and lived together with other prisoners.

Not to mention that the Zhen family has been rich and honored all their lives. Now that they are in the same room as criminals this time, needless to mention the shock. They were also searched, not to mention others.

At this point, even the Zhen family, who firmly believed that the Holy Majesty would favor the Zhen family, were in despair.

Not to mention that Mrs. Zhen Er and Mrs. Zhen San were discussing the matter of reconciliation. On the other hand, Zhen Er and Zhen San, who were seriously injured after being beaten, could not help crying in pain, begging the old lady to help find a doctor for them. They look.

Strange to say, although the dozens of boards they were beaten with didn't bleed much, they really hurt so badly that they hurt when touched, and there was a faint stench like rotten flesh exuding from their bodies.

After being tortured with the cane, the two of them couldn't stand upright, and they didn't know if their bones were broken. They were afraid that they would become crippled, so they kept begging Old Madam Zhen to bring them a doctor. voila.

Not only Zhen Er and Zhen San begged hard, but the wives, concubines and children of Zhen Er and Zhen San also knelt and begged the old lady Zhen to find a way.

In their view, old lady Zhen is omnipotent, as long as old lady Zhen opens her mouth, no matter how difficult it is, the Holy Majesty will agree, not to mention such a trivial matter as just asking a doctor for Zhen Er and Zhen San.

The old lady Zhen sneered slightly, "Save your energy! Your Majesty... I'm afraid I'm really annoyed this time."

Her face darkened, it seemed that she still underestimated that father-in-law.

The reason why she dared to tell about the incident of framing the abolished prince back then was that Emperor Pingkang had a bewitching Gu in his body, so he would never be cruel to the Zhen family. Even if she dared to take away the things on her body, she knew that the Zhen family might really be over.

Although those jailers are villains, they are the most unpredictable villains in the world. If they were not [-]% sure that the Holy Majesty is really evil to the Zhen family, they would definitely not dare to be so disrespectful to her.

not to mention……

She gave Zhen Er and Zhen San a pitiful look, "Those people have dealt with you a long time ago, even if you invite a doctor, it will be useless."

Prince Yu is determined to take the lives of Zhen's family. Don't underestimate the dozens of people who beat up Zhen Er and Zhen San. Those dozens of people have been murdered. At first glance, they seem to be bleeding Not much, but all the meat inside was smashed, even if they managed to save them, they would be a useless person, not to mention that they clearly wanted the lives of Zhen Er and Zhen San.

Zhen Er and Zhen Sanru were struck by lightning. The two of them were not ignorant people, so they naturally knew about this kind of fatal punishment, but they never thought that someone would dare to use such a deadly rod on them. Punishment!

The two trembled violently, and Zhen Er begged: "Old lady, help...help me! I have been obediently listening to you all these years. You tell me to go east, and you tell me to go west. I never dare Contrary to the wishes of the old lady, old lady, my son doesn't want to die!"

Zhen San also begged: "Old lady, although we are not your own, we have been called your mother for decades, you can't leave us alone."

The old lady Zhen sighed slightly. She has been able to accommodate Zhen Er and Zhen San for so many years. Even dogs have developed some affection, not to mention that Zhen Er and Zhen San were raised under her knees, and they have always been extremely respectful. Some feelings, helplessness... She really can't keep them.

She sighed helplessly: "I can't control it anymore."

Since the Gu in Emperor Pingkang's body disappeared, she could no longer protect anyone.

The faces of the two people changed greatly in fright, and they kept begging, but the old lady Zhen just pursed her lips tightly and said nothing. Later, the two of them were also desperate, and they simply yelled at the old lady Zhen, not just blaming her for getting involved with Zhen Yingjia They even suspected the death of their biological mother on Mrs. Zhen.

You know, the two of them were brought into the care of Mrs. Zhen by the old lady of the Zhen family because of the early death of their biological mother. The two of them are not fools, so they naturally knew the possibility that even the two concubines would die of dystocia. How young, but because Mrs. Zhen is the aunt's mother, and because she can't bear the wealth of the Zhen family, the two of them have been hiding it in their hearts all these years and dare not investigate further.

But now that they knew they were going to die, the two quarreled regardless.

Others were fine with it, but Zhen Qian was really angry, and immediately quarreled with her second and third uncles.

Although she is young, she can understand that when the second uncle and the third uncle relied on her father's power to enjoy the blessings, they often supported the old lady and her father. The child was all pushed on her father.

Although her father did it, but when the second and third bedrooms are enjoying the blessings, don't they really know nothing about it?Not to mention that the third uncle has been bullying those adopted daughters all these years, and even she has heard about it. If the third uncle could control himself back then, maybe he would not have the disaster he has today.

The old lady Zhen didn't care how Zhen Qian was arguing with the second room and the third room, she waved to Zhen Lan directly and asked, "Do you still have what I gave you?"

Zhen Lan hesitated for a moment, and replied honestly: "The seven-treasure gold bracelet was searched by the jailer, but..."

She quietly spread her palms, "I took out what was in the bracelet."

Zhen Lan looked at the black ball with soft eyes as if dripping water, her future happiness will depend on this ball, so naturally she can keep it close to her body to be at ease.

Old Madam Zhen looked at the object, her face changed slightly, she subconsciously avoided it, then forced a smile, and praised: "Then I can rest assured."

As long as this Gu falls on Lin Ruhai, she will avenge all revenge!

She glanced at Zhen Qian, who was angrily fighting with Zhen Er and Zhen San, and wanted to seek justice for her, and sighed: "If you have a chance in the future, take care of your younger siblings."

Girl Qian is a good girl, better than her sister, but unfortunately... she can't see the children grow up.

The old lady Zhen explained a few words, then closed her eyes and rested tiredly. Zhen Lan didn't dare to disturb the old lady, so she quietly retreated.

No one expected that this would be the last sentence that Mrs. Zhen would say to them.

Early the next morning, when the jailer came to deliver food to them, he realized that Mrs. Zhen's body had already been completely cold.