Self-help guide for non-professional young masters

Although Ye Lanchen expected that this Hongmen banquet would not be so simple, he did not expect that Junziyou would be a hindrance.

Now that the words have been spoken, he is riding a tiger. If he refuses to investigate, he will offend Concubine Li. Junziyou took control of the situation and fell into a passive predicament.

He clenched his fists tightly and glared at Jun Ziyou. If he hadn't seen Xiao Beicheng's indifferent eyes behind him, he wouldn't have endured the humiliation, forced a smile, and said "good".

Jun Ziyou made a "please" gesture, and asked the maid to help Concubine Li back to her seat, then got up, patted the dust on her trousers, looked down and saw that there was something wrong with her white clothes, so she bowed her hands and left.

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what tricks he was up to, Ye Lanchen took the new cup offered by the eunuch, poured a small glass of wine, and said coldly: "My lord really raises a good dog, even under the eaves of the lower officials, eating Looking at the meal given by the lower official, I still don’t forget the old master. This is certainly a good thing for the prince, but for the lower official, it’s like picking up an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf. You said, the lower official should let him go Go back, or kill and eat meat?"

"Whether it's a wolf or a dog, you will know in the future. This king can only remind you that the path under your feet is chosen by yourself. If you make a wrong step, you will lose everything. No matter how long you struggle, it will only be worse if you die. How much better than Reservoir Dogs."

When Xiao Beicheng finished speaking, Jun Ziyou came back with Jiang Linyuan. Both of them changed into official uniforms. It seemed that they had gained some momentum, but in Ye Lanchen's eyes, Dali Temple was just a joke. I can't say anything respectful.

"You dare to behave wildly at the palace banquet, are you trying to disgrace the Ministry of Punishment?"

"Lord Ye, the lower officials have already said that even if it is embarrassing, it is the imperial court, so how can they only target the Ministry of Punishment? Don't worry, the lower officials will give you an explanation."

After saying this, Jun Ziyou invited Concubine Yu and Concubine Ning, who were supposed to be confined in the palace, and they took their seats, the atmosphere suddenly became delicate.

Concubine Yan said: "Jun Shaoqing, one of them is a suspect of harming others, and the other committed the above crime, and was punished by the order of the emperor. Is it inappropriate for you to make your own opinion?"

"Young concubine, don't worry. If there is no order from the emperor, I will not dare to do so. Please be at ease, noble concubine." After finishing speaking, he looked at Concubine Yu again, "My lord, when will I wait if I don't defend myself?"

Hearing this, the latter slowly stepped forward and knelt in front of Concubine Yan, raised his hands above his head, put them on his forehead, and kowtowed.

"The imperial concubine is above me, the concubine is guilty and willing to be punished."

Concubine Yan rolled her eyes with a look of disdain, "You are indeed guilty of murdering your concubine and harming others with your ancestral medicine."

"The crime of ministers and concubines is only ignorance, and the imperial concubine Wanwang clearly observes."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone panicked, and there were many people who used this as an excuse for Concubine Yu to get rid of the crime, and sneered: "If Concubine Yu is really innocent, how can she endure it until now? The night when she was pointed out as a suspect, she didn't say a word. , Today, I retracted my confession and bit back, did I already pack up the evidence, thinking that no one will be able to see through your conspiracy?"

It happened to be the concubine Ning who was speaking, and seeing that she was stubborn, Concubine Yan was naturally annoyed, and pointed at Concubine Ning angrily: "You have been confined in the palace these days, and you really haven't behaved at all! Come on, tell me Concubine Ning will be sent back to the palace, and she will be punished to copy her virtue a hundred times, and she will not be allowed to open her mouth to utter a single word before she is sent to this palace!"

This punishment is indeed severe. If one wants to control people from opening their mouths, unless they cannot open their mouths, according to the method in the palace, one has to slap the mouth until the cheeks are swollen, and the pain is so painful that one cannot speak.

Seeing a eunuch stepping forward to pull people away, Jun Ziyou intervened: "The imperial concubine calms down, even if she is punished, she still has to wait for the truth of the case to come to light, isn't it half an hour?"

"To make a long story short, Shaoqing, the harem has the rules of the harem, which is no different from that of the court, and the facts cannot be reversed by just talking about it."

Xiao Beicheng glanced at Concubine Yan, and understood the reason why she had been in charge of the Sixth Palace for many years but was still unable to take the position of the Central Palace.

Compared with other concubines, she is indeed stable and mature, but it is disrespectful to discuss government affairs. Emperor Yuan has been restricted by the empress dowager for many years, and he is more disgusted than others. It is strange to be close to her.

"Then Weichen just said it bluntly. What makes Weichen feel strange is that after the accident of Concubine Li, the investigation of Dali Temple went smoothly. Mushroom. I have asked a doctor I know. The reason why this plant is called Mushroom is that it can only grow on the root of the rotten wood where the mushrooms are overgrown. , will your Weiyang Palace be abandoned to the point where mushrooms grow everywhere?"

Concubine Li answered very simply: "I love cleanliness the most, and everyone in the palace knows it. On days when I am not sick, Weiyang Palace doesn't even have a single weed."

"At first, I didn't know the habits of fungus trees. I only thought of planting them when the concubine pear liked them. But this kind of thing is difficult to grow in the palace garden, so why did Jiang Temple just go to investigate Weiyang Palace? How many mushroom trees are there?"

Concubine Yu calmly replied: "Someone transplanted fungi from other places and buried them in Weiyang Palace."

Speaking of this, Concubine Ning became excited again, "Who would do such a sneaky thing, it is so easy to enter the garden flower bed of Weiyang Palace!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Lanchen asked: "Ms. Ning, even the humble servants don't know that this thing is buried in the flower bed of the palace garden. How did you know that you have never been to Weiyang Palace?"

This question made Concubine Ning speechless, and she faltered in her defense, "It's Jun Shaoqing... yes, Jun Shaoqing said it!"

Her words were also unexpected by Jun Ziyou, and she looked at Concubine Ning with a questioning look, which also made the latter even more flustered.

"Miss Ning, I have been talking about the back of Weiyang Palace, but I have never mentioned any flower beds."

"Plants grow in fertile soil, naturally in flower beds."

Junziyou looked at Jiang Linyuan, who shook his head and said, "Miss Ning, those fungus trees were found by the officials in the cracks in the wall, and even Lord Shaoqing didn't know about them."

"So, so what?"

"You may not know that you haven't been to Weiyang Palace for a long time. Concubine Li has been away from home for a long time, and she misses the scenery of her hometown very much. So she cleaned up the fertile soil in the flower bed and covered it with fine sand. She wanted to try to plant seabuckthorn grass that grows in arid land. So it is impossible for fungi to grow in flower beds.”

"How is it possible, I obviously asked Qiumei to..."

Concubine Li was full of dissatisfaction with her victimization. When Concubine Ning said this, she grabbed her hand and questioned her head-on, "What are you talking about? You let Qiumei, let Qiumei do it." What, did you do this all by yourself?"

The palace people hurriedly separated the two. Concubine Li was recovering from a serious illness and was weak. She passed out as soon as she rolled her eyes. Jun Ziyou hurriedly had someone pinch her, not forgetting to peek at Ye Lanchen's reaction.

The man's face was so ugly that he couldn't drink even half a drop of pure wine. Jun Ziyou was complacent about this, but he ignored the existence of the other person, so that when he turned his head, when he was facing Xiao Beicheng, he looked helpless and flustered .

"My lord..."

"You're happy to have messed up the harem, aren't you?"

"My lord, that's not what I meant to be an official..."

"The favor given to you, you should be pampered. Gentleman, if you can't clean up these things, don't say that you are from Prince Jin's mansion."

This time, Xiao Beicheng was really angry, and walked away without looking back.

I knew that the trouble was really serious, Junzi You Wuyan tried to persuade him to stay, and he really couldn't deal with it if he went on like this, so he had to wink at Concubine Ning, asking her to keep quiet for a while, and then turned pale at Tie, as if he was right He was extremely disappointed and said to the noble concubine: "Your concubine, Concubine Ning inadvertently revealed the details of instructing the maid to do things, but who is this Qiumei?"

"That goes without saying, she is naturally the maid of the Taiping Palace."

During the meeting, someone retorted: "No, Qiumei belongs to my palace."

It is a strange thing that someone dared to admit such a misleading thing. Everyone's eyes turned to the person who spoke, and it turned out to be a luxuriously dressed concubine.

Jun Ziyou blinked at the little eunuch who tipped off the news in the corner, and the little eunuch mouthed a reminder to him: "Ms. Xiaofei..."

Concubine Xiao didn't care about the strange stares from others, she walked up to Concubine Yan and saluted, with a sassy air in her gestures.

"My dear concubine, Qiumei is a maid of the Liuhua Palace."

"Concubine Xiao, are you admitting your suspicion?"

"The imperial concubine and empress have learned that although Qiumei came from Liuhua Palace, she is not a concubine's court lady, but obeys the orders of Yigui. Such a big disturbance has occurred, and the minister thinks that it is reasonable for Yigui and Qiumei to live well." Explain it, it is best to clear up the misunderstanding, if it is really proved that they are guilty, then the concubine, as the master of the first palace, is also responsible for negligence, and should be punished together."

Hearing this, Concubine Yan's frowned brows relaxed a little, "Hmm... Concubine Xiao is indeed a sensible person, noble lady, the head of Liuhua Palace has come to intercede for you, why don't you just invite it?"

The situation was so chaotic that even Jiang Linyuan couldn't see through Junziyou's intentions, but seeing the confident smile on the man's face, he was obviously able to do anything with ease. A shadow flashed in the corner of his eye, as if something had jumped into the man's arms, and he couldn't help asking : "My lord, what are your plans?"

Gentleman You put his index finger against his lips, and his smile deepened, "Shh...don't make a fuss, let's see what good things I caught."

He put the secretly brought Xiao Hei into his bosom, and opened his hands. It turned out to be a purse, which he stuffed quietly into his sleeve, and then pretended nothing happened, and said, "Actually, the whole thing is not the same." It's not as complicated as we thought, the key is only two questions, first, who is the person who wanted to kill Concubine Li, and second, what is the murderer's purpose for killing people."

He strode up to the people, closed his folding fan and pointed at Concubine Li who was stunned, "The key to prove the first question is what you did, Concubine Li, and you are now locked up and tortured in the Punishment Department." Is the person in question really Yingchun himself?"

Concubine Yan heard the deep meaning in his words, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"I once boldly speculated that Concubine Li secretly left the palace many times for some shady purpose, but this kind of groundless suspicion is untenable, as long as you investigate the entry and exit records of Weiyang Palace people, you will know that Concubine Li has no secrets at all. It is impossible to leave the harem half a step away, so who are the foreign women who often come to Langhua Pavilion? This question can only be answered by Empress Li."

Concubine Li bit her thin lips, her face turned pale with fright, she shook her head helplessly, but she couldn't escape Jun Ziyou's guidance.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to say it, so I will tell you for you. You have Yingchun and Jianqiu, twin maids who look exactly the same. They are from the Da Yue Clan with you. They both have the characteristics of Western Regions with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a high bridge of nose. Pretty, with protruding cheekbones, with a little modification, it will be difficult for people who are not familiar with the difference between the three of you, and at that time I took the portrait to ask the lady bustard in Langhua Pavilion, it is normal for her to admit her mistake. So The person who left the palace was not you, the empress, but your deceased maid, Yingchun."

"Bloody mouth! Yingchun is still alive and well, why do you tell me why I insist on letting her out of the palace!!"

"The reason is simple. You need someone who can win over the Sacred Heart to ensure that your grace will last forever."

As soon as the words came out, Concubine Yan jumped up against the table, pointed at Concubine Li and scolded: "You vicious woman who seduces the Lord! You can do such lowly things, it's against you!!"

Junziyou persuaded: "Don't worry, concubine, the matter is not over yet, you must be confused, where did Yingchun go, who secretly did such a treasonable thing for Concubine Li, why did she die, was she murdered by others, or was it something else? Is there a secret? Who is the person who replaced her? At first, Wei Chen also suspected that she was silenced by the Concubine Li, but after looking through the file of the Huakui case, I found that all doubts have a reasonable explanation. "

He clapped his hands, and Jiang Linyuan got up and walked into the banquet, holding the file in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "The autopsy report made by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs pointed out that the unnamed pregnant woman who was pregnant with Liujia in the Huakui case and died of violence by Luo Yutang and Li Shi was arrested. His appearance was destroyed by a mask, making it difficult to identify his face, but from the skull, we can see the characteristics of prominent cheekbones and a high nose bridge, and the hair color is much lighter than that of ordinary people, which shows that the deceased was not from the Central Plains."

Jun Ziyou slowly revealed an unbelievable fact: "The unnamed pregnant woman who was killed as Qihuang's substitute in the oiran case was Yingchun herself, the personal maid of Concubine Li."

After hearing this, Concubine Li herself was the one who reacted the most. She let out an "Ah" in fright, and shouted hysterically, "Impossible! How could it be Yingchun..."

"I think Concubine Li must be wondering why Jianqiu suddenly disappeared, when did she and Yingchun change their identities, and whose child she was pregnant with. The following are just my guesses, and the truth has long been beyond verification. It's unreasonable, so it's just me talking nonsense. I think that when Yingchun went out of the palace to find a suitable candidate for the concubine pear, she must have the idea of ​​revitalizing the Dayue family, so relying on the Langhua Pavilion, which is close to the water, and the emperor What happened, so the saddest thing is that the child in Yingchun's womb is also the prince."

Concubine Yan was shocked, she fell down on her seat, her expression was in a daze.Looking at the other concubines, they all had disbelief on their faces, apart from shock, there was more sadness.

Jun Ziyou said again: "Yingchun's death has become a knot in Jianqiu's heart. In order to avenge the concubine Li, she listened to lies and switched identities with the dead Yingchun, becoming the murder weapon of the real murderer behind the scenes. The queen of the palace likes to eat mushrooms. At that time, she went out of the palace once a month. Yingchun did buy mushrooms for the empress, but after she learned that something happened to her, besides the mushrooms, Jianqiu brought back mixed food. The deadly Fungi Muzi wanted to kill the empress, as for who instigated it..."

He looked at Yigui who had already been charged with a difficult crime, "Jianqiu has already confessed in the Punishment Department. Qiumei, Yigui's personal maid, found out that she often went out of the palace, so she inquired about her purpose. She accidentally said something wrong." No, Yigui followed the clues to find out the activities of Concubine Pear, and obstructed it, which caused a rift between her and the master, and came up with a brilliant plan for her without bloodshed."

Speaking of this, Jun Ziyou bowed his head to Concubine Yan, and stopped when he clicked, but did not go further.

"This is the end of the matter. I have fulfilled my duties in Dali Temple. As for how to deal with the sinners, it is up to the imperial concubine to decide. It is inconvenient for foreign ministers to intervene, so I will resign."

After saying that, he dragged Jiang Linyuan and left in a hurry, leaving behind Ye Lanchen who scolded him miserably, and also hurriedly retreated, the two of them trotted all the way, and went straight to Prince Jin's mansion after leaving the palace.

Jiang Linyuan asked: "My lord, it is true that you threw this case back into the harem. Dali Temple is not fake, but from our standpoint, this case is not over yet, isn't it?"

Jun Ziyou trotted for a while and then stopped, nodding in agreement with his words.

"You're right. The crux of this case lies in who helped Concubine Li complete such a big plan, and who helped Luo Yutang in the dark. I always believed that Southwest Commercial Bank had something to do with it. , but when I talked about the part where the pregnant Yingchun was transformed into a Qihuang, I suddenly realized that there was another person."

After all, in this world, there are definitely only a handful of people with superb disguise skills.