After the Gu of the Red Chamber

Not only was Mrs. Zhen gone, but Zhen Er and Zhen San were also gone.

The lower bodies of the two were beaten to pieces, and they couldn't move. Lazard was all over their bodies, and the smell was unbearable. In addition, the wounds were rotten. When the jailer collected the bodies of the two, both of them had already started to stink.

Mrs. Zhen Er and Mrs. Zhen San couldn't even cry. They watched the jailers collect the bodies of Zhen Er and Zhen San silently. They had already guessed when they didn't hear Zhen Er and Zhen San screaming in pain in the middle of the night. One or two out.

The Second Mrs. Zhen and the Third Mrs. Zhen looked at each other, feeling a little at a loss in their eyes.

When Zhen Yingjia committed suicide earlier, they knew it would be difficult, but after arriving in the capital, they saw that the Holy One took good care of the Zhen family, so they let go of the previous anxiety. They knew that the old lady Zhen was gone first, and then Zhen Er And Zhen San's death, seeing that the jailer didn't take the death of Zhen Er and Zhen San seriously, the two fell into an ice cave, feeling a little desperate.

Mrs. Zhen San also glanced at Zhen San's corpse with some envy. In the current situation, an early death is considered a premature death, so as not to suffer some piecemeal crimes alive.

After all, Mrs. Zhen had a special status. The prison officer made a decent coffin for Mrs. Zhen. As for Zhen Er and Zhen San, they used straw mats indiscriminately and dragged them out.

Seeing this, Zhen Shu, the eldest son of Second Lord Zhen, quickly asked, "My lord, where will my father be buried?"

The jailer sneered disdainfully, "Bury!? Sinners like you, who spend such effort, just throw it in the mass grave."

Zhen Shu was shocked, "Throw it into a mass grave! How is this possible? How can I move my father's grave back to his hometown in this way!"

He was annoyed, even if the Zhen family committed a crime, they should not be so disrespectful to them.

The jailer kicked Zhen Shu to the back angrily, and cursed, "You're still going back to your hometown!? Do you think your family has a chance to go out? Tell you, without Mrs. Zhen, you are all finished!"

Even the lowest-level jailers like them know that if the Zhen family hadn't relied on the power of Mrs. Zhen, it would be impossible for them to be taken care of by the Holy Majesty. It is also impossible to favor the Zhen family. Given the crimes committed by the Zhen family, it would be strange if the whole family did not copy and execute them.

Thinking of the inexplicable disappearance of Mrs. Zhen, the jailer was also a little flustered.

In all honesty, the deaths of Zhen Er and Zhen San were not unexpected. After all, the jailers were well-informed, so they naturally knew the tricks on Zhen Er and Zhen San, but it was unexpected that Mrs. Zhen would die. Everyone's unexpected.

After all, Mrs. Zhen has just been taken into custody. Although they prepared simple food and drink for Mrs. Zhen when she was taken into custody yesterday, it probably didn't suit Mrs. Zhen's appetite. of several children.

Why are the children in the big room all fine, but Mrs. Zhen is gone? Thinking about how much trouble the loss of Mrs. Zhen would cause them, it is impossible to say that the Holy One would drag them to Mrs. Zhen in a fit of anger. The jailer was very annoyed when he paid for the funeral.

His face was gloomy, and while cursing, he kicked Zhen Shu fiercely, "I still want to be buried in my hometown! What kind of coffin do you want to sleep in? Do you think you are the old Zhen family?"

He was dissatisfied in his heart, it was really a golden belt for killing people and setting fires, repairing bridges and repairing roads without corpses, the Holy Majesty still wholeheartedly protected those who did all kinds of bad things like the Zhen family, and lived a more comfortable life than these well-behaved people, this thief God is really blind.

Annoyed, he kicked several times, hard and urgently. Zhen Shu has been rich and honored all his life, even if he was in trouble, under the care of Mrs. Zhen, he never suffered the slightest grievance. Something happened, and he was kicked and screamed, begging for mercy.

But the more he begged, the more angry the jailer was, and the more merciless his feet became. Seeing that Zhen Shu was about to be kicked to death, an older jailer persuaded him, "Okay! Put some strength on your feet. Don't kill people, in case the higher-ups ask questions, it's hard to explain."

"You deserve it if you die!" The jailer snorted disdainfully, "As far as what the Zhen family did, it's against the law, and you deserve it if you die!"

The old jailer persuaded him, and finally persuaded the young jailer, but the young jailer was still not reconciled, he got a whip for torture from somewhere, and whipped Zhen Shu several times without thinking. The whips used for torture are all made of high-quality rattan, and the skin will be broken and blood will flow immediately when the whip is lowered.

The jailer hit Zhen Shu in the face again with a whip, and immediately disfigured Zhen Shu. Even if Zhen Shu could get out in the future, a disfigured man is destined to be insulated from the imperial examination.

After the jailer finished the beating, he left cursingly, without even looking at the bloody Zhen Shu.

The Zhen family on the side screamed and screamed, some timid ones even fainted from fright, but Mrs. Zhen Er barely held on and asked hastily, "Shu'er! How are you? Are you seriously injured?"

Zhen Shu stared blankly at the corpse of old lady Zhen in front of him, his face full of despair.

Mrs. Zhen Er asked a few words, but before her son could reply, she saw the wound on Zhen Shu's face again, and cried, "My son, your face is wounded, so you won't be able to take the imperial examination in the future. What should I do?"

She was anxious, people with disgrace would not be allowed to be officials, wouldn't it be the end for her son in the future?

Zhen Shu looked at the corpse of the old lady Zhen, and suddenly laughed wildly: "Madam is still thinking about the imperial examination!? Can't the wife see it? Our Zhen family is over!"

Not to mention that criminals are not allowed to take the imperial examination to become an official. From the moment the old lady disappeared, their Zhen family also died.

The jailer checked carefully, but still didn't know how the old lady Zhen disappeared, but the jailer didn't dare to hide such an important matter, so he quickly reported it to Emperor Pingkang.

When Emperor Pingkang learned about this, he stayed there for a long time, and finally asked hoarsely: "Who is it! Who did it!?"

Xia Dequan was silent for a moment, and finally replied in a low voice: "The old slave is incompetent."

The old lady Zhen died unnaturally, but Xia Dequan would only recruit herself out unless he was crazy.

That's right, it was Xia Dequan who killed Mrs. Zhen. Even if Mrs. Zhen hadn't used it with a bite of food, it would be difficult for him to kill an old woman who had no strength to restrain her, but it took a little bit of effort. The method made old lady Zhen disappear without anyone noticing.

And killing old lady Zhen, Xia Dequan didn't feel guilty at all, he only hated himself for not doing it sooner, if he had known that old lady Zhen would cause so many things, he would have killed old lady Zhen with ruthless hands earlier , maybe there are not so many things.

In that case, the prince would still be the prince, and poor brother Lei wouldn't be wandering outside.

Of course, although Xia Dequan didn't admit it, but the sentence of old slave's incompetence also showed that Mrs. Zhen was secretly manipulated.

Emperor Pingkang's face was livid, and he said coldly, "But Prince Yu?"

He said bitterly: "He has already killed Zhen Er and Zhen San, why even the old lady refuses to let go."

It's not that Emperor Pingkang didn't know that Prince Yu deliberately made people beat Zhen Er and Zhen San cruelly, after all, he acquiesced in this matter.Even if Zhen Er and Zhen San are only accomplices in the Zhen family's adopted daughter and the Jianghuai disaster relief bank, but Zhen San bullied the adopted daughter, Zhen Er will not get there. If they say something that should not be said, it is not just Tu Li's fault. The reputation is completely ruined, and even the royal family will be humiliated.

Therefore, Emperor Pingkang acquiesced in Prince Yu's attack on the two, but he never expected that Prince Yu would dare to kill the old lady Zhen!

Xia Dequan never expected that Emperor Pingkang would be suspicious of Prince Yu, quickly shook his head, and replied in a low voice: "Look at this old slave, it should not be Prince Yu."

Prince Yu has always been cautious, and there is only one time in this life when he will be willful, but even if he is willful, Prince Yu still has a sense of proportion, knowing what is acceptable and what is not, the old lady Zhen is the sage's heart, even if you give Prince Yu ten more If you are courageous, you will never dare to attack Mrs. Zhen, let alone...

He cautiously raised his head to look at Emperor Pingkang, and said in a low voice: "Prince Yu is a sensible person, and he would not dare to attack Mrs. Zhen after thinking about it. Besides, this matter is related to the abolition of the crown prince and the Jianghuai flood. No matter what, Prince Yu, It will not ignore the great affairs of the country.”

The old lady Zhen is one of the few people who knows the truth about the deposed prince. If he hadn't known that even without the influence of the poison, the Holy Majesty would be very partial, and he would not have killed the old lady Zhen.

Emperor Pingkang was silent for a long time, and then he remembered that among the crimes committed by the Zhen family, there was also the matter of the abolition of the crown prince and the Jianghuai flood.

He sighed, "Death is the most important thing, let people bury the old lady properly."

"Yes." Xia Dequan replied in a low voice, he would definitely handle things like this to save face for the dead.

Although he ordered Xia Dequan to bury Mrs. Zhen, Emperor Pingkang paced back and forth, apparently still extremely restless.

Although he was annoyed that the Zhen family had played a role in the abolition of the crown prince back then, Concubine An was right in scolding him. To put it bluntly, most of the abolition of the crown prince was his fault, and the Zhen family just gave him It's just a legitimate reason to abolish the crown prince. Besides, the instigator of this matter is Zhen Yingjia, not Mrs. Zhen. He still makes a clear distinction in this matter.

Faced with the death of Mrs. Zhen, Emperor Pingkang was really sad. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of anyone who could be offended by Mrs. Zhen's usual kindness. Could it be...

Emperor Pingkang's face darkened, "Could it be that this is a good thing done by the fourth brother?"

To say that the abolition of the crown prince had the greatest impact, none other than the fourth child. Could it be that the fourth child was not reconciled, which made people attack Mrs. Zhen! ?

Xia Dequan was speechless for a moment, unable to speak, even if he was faced with Emperor Pingkang's unconstrained imagination, he had to accept it.

Xia Dequan originally wanted to help the new crown prince explain, but thinking about the kindness he had with his brothers, and brother Lei who was living abroad and still couldn't recognize his ancestors, he lowered his head and said a word Don't say anything.

Everyone has selfishness, and he is no exception, not to mention that he received a lot of kindness when he was young, and he has not repaid one or two until now; moreover, his brother is the nurturer of Mr. Lei, to put it bluntly, Xia Xingquan I've already been on Mr. Lei's car in my life, and I can't get on or off this car.

If something happened to Mr. Lei, his brother would definitely suffer. For the sake of his own brother, although it is not good for him to bury his conscience to frame the new crown prince, it is always okay to keep silent.

"Xia Dequan's actions made Emperor Pingkang mistakenly believe that the fourth brother did it. The more Pingkang thought about it, the more he felt that it was the fourth brother's good deed. He said angrily: "What a fourth brother!With a narrow mind and such a heart, how can he be worthy of being an emperor! "

Emperor Pingkang's words were not vicious, even Xia Dequan couldn't help but secretly stunned when he heard it. Emperor Pingkang's words clearly had the intention of changing the prince.

Xia Dequan pondered His Majesty's thoughts, and sighed secretly, the so-called three feet of ice is not a day's cold, when the deposed prince was abolished, it was because he was too capable, so that the ministers in the court only knew the crown prince, but not the Holy Majesty, so he suffered from the Holy Majesty The bogey, and thus was abolished.

And the new prince has also learned a lesson, so he dare not interfere in everything, let alone make friends with courtiers, but also because of the new prince's inaction in everything, this makes the Holy One dissatisfied, and now he knows that the deposed prince was harmed by the Zhen family The truth, no wonder the Holy Majesty is thinking of deposing the prince again.

Xia Dequan silently lit the wax for Tu Mingyu, the emperor's heart, the sea needle, doing too much is wrong, doing too little is also wrong, the old prince's mistake is doing too much, and the new prince's mistake is doing too little, the position of the prince is really not good Do.

Just as Xia Dequan guessed, Emperor Pingkang really wanted to abolish the prince again. Firstly, the fourth son was really inferior to the abolished prince, and secondly, he owed something to the abolished prince, so he wanted to make up for it. Fortunately, he I also understand that the abolition of the crown prince is a very important matter and cannot be willful, so even though he is tempted, he is not stupid enough to act.

Just when Emperor Pingkang sighed, regretting why he didn't hold on for a while, and that he would be fine if he didn't make the fourth son the crown prince, suddenly a young eunuch hurried in and whispered a few words in Xia Dequan's ear.

Xia Dequan's expression changed, "There is such a thing!?"

Looking at Xia Dequan's face, Emperor Pingkang felt slightly puzzled, and asked, "What happened?"

He noticed that the little eunuch who sent the message was an eunuch in the dark guard camp, and usually hid in the palace when nothing happened, but suddenly appeared to talk to Xia Dequan, something must have happened.

It is said that the Qianqing Palace is still the most important thing in the Forbidden City, eunuchs and maids are not allowed to come in and out at will, but Xia Dequan, in addition to the big and small affairs in the palace, also hates the secret guard camp, the dark guards have always been protecting the members of the royal family If there is nothing to do on weekdays, it will be fine. If there is something, it must be urgent.

Therefore, as soon as Emperor Pingkang saw the young eunuch, he knew that something might have happened again.

Xia Dequan's face turned slightly pale, and he said with a wry smile: "Return to the Holy Lord, Mr. Lei was beaten!"

Emperor Pingkang was startled, "What!?"

How dare you do anything to the emperor and grandson!Are you really desperate?

Even if Tu Lei and he didn't reveal their identity on that day, but what kind of person Pingkang Emperor was, once he returned to the palace, someone had to check Tu Lei's identity clearly.

Not only Tu Lei, but also the identities of the little girl beside him and Qin Keqing were investigated!

He didn't expect that his good son was really romantic, and he even left an illegitimate girl outside, a mere illegitimate daughter, which was nothing, but the arrangement of the marriage was really bad, Jia Rong Really not worthy of being a county horse.

That's all for Qin Keqing, what he cares about is Tu Lei.

Tu Lei's appearance is unbelievable, not to mention that the child has no intention of concealing it. Emperor Pingkang not only confirmed that Tu Lei was the son of the abolished prince, but also knew that Tu Lei was born by the crown prince, the direct descendant, his only direct grandson !

Back then when the concubine was pregnant, it happened that the prince was abolished, and the family of the abolished prince was imprisoned in the Yuqing Palace. The concubine is pregnant.

The deposed prince knew that the emperor's grandson was too eye-catching after all, and he was afraid that he would not be able to keep the child, so he did not know what method he used, so he quietly sent the child out.

When Chu Chu knew about the existence of Tu Lei, Emperor Pingkang didn't know how regretful he was. Even for a family like them, the meaning of being a descendant is different from that of a concubine.

To put it bluntly, a small part of the reason why Emperor Pingkang moved to abolish the new crown prince was because of Tu Lei. After all, Tu Lei was his only grandson, and he was beyond the power of other emperors and grandchildren. compared to.

Because of this, when he heard that Tu Lei was beaten, Emperor Pingkang was furious and said angrily, "Who dares to attack the majestic grandson!"

Xia Dequan glanced at Emperor Pingkang in embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "Yes...it was the hand of the grandson of Emperor Xun!"

The emperor's grandson is none other than the precious son of the new crown prince!

Although the emperor's grandson is a concubine, but because he is the only remaining son of the new prince, he has been pampered by the new prince since he was a child. He is the most willful and reckless on weekdays. Relying on his father's status, he often bullies others. He is small and has a high status, and no one would dare to argue with him, but he never expected that the grandson of the emperor would bully Mr. Lei.

Thinking of this, Xia Dequan couldn't help showing a bit of anger, if the abolished prince hadn't been abolished, then the grandson of the emperor would dare to act presumptuously in front of Mr. Lei!

Emperor Pingkang narrowed his eyes, "What exactly does the fourth brother want to do?"

For a while, he asked someone to poison the old lady Zhen, and for a while, he asked Xun'er to beat Tu Lei, what exactly did he want to do! ?

Emperor Pingkang's face was ashen, "What a fourth child! He actually became disobedient!"

The crown prince on the fourth child was given by him, and even if he wants to take it back, the fourth child can only accept it, so he has to resist, let alone implicating an innocent child.

He said coldly: "Pass down the decree, let the fourth son study hard in the mansion, and relearn the way of filial piety."

Xia Dequan secretly wiped his sweat, the conscience of heaven and earth, this matter was not arranged by him.