Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

Unlike the banquet in the inner palace, everyone sees that she is the daughter-in-law of the Shen family. Even if her status is not qualified, she can still occupy a place in some occasions.

Lin Wanru didn't care about these things, but greeted the people around her. Everyone was polite to her. Turning her head, Lin Wanru heard someone whispering: "She is the young lady of the Chen family who gave birth to twins. the one."

"Oh, what a blessing."

Lin Wanru smiled slightly, she never thought that she would get such a blessed reputation.

Chen Ruiwen cast a concerned look at her, Lin Wanru nodded and smiled to indicate that he was fine, and soon the food and wine came in continuously, Lin Wanru sat at the entrance of the hall, the curtain was lifted, and the maids and eunuchs filed in, no matter what Tea time can only be put down.

It was a cool night in August, and the food and drink at the banquet had long been cold and tasteless, so Lin Wanru simply drank a couple of sips of tea and concentrated on watching the singing and dancing. It is better not to listen to the ears to distinguish what the emperor is saying.

But during the interval of watching the singing and dancing, Lin Wanru still noticed that Concubine Jia Xian carried the little princess to the emperor's table, and the emperor took the little princess, and Concubine Jia Xian also sat down. No concubine Jia Xian is close to the emperor.

Although she couldn't see the faces of the nobles clearly, Lin Wanru could hear the people around her discussing secretly - this is also the advantage of sitting far away, everyone can discuss unscrupulously without being afraid of being heard.

Someone was very disdainful in their tone: "It's just that she is a high-ranking female official, but she will praise herself. Isn't it just that she gave birth to a little princess, let alone Concubine Roujia, even Concubine Wu Gui and Concubine Chen Ying, who gave birth to two sons are not as good as her frivolous."

The other said: "The emperor has few daughters. So he loves her very much, otherwise she will have a place. I heard that a while ago, in order to meet the little princess, he pretended to be a court lady. When the emperor saw her, he said that she was kind-hearted."

Another one said: "What kind of motherly heart, these means of fighting for favor can be hidden from the emperor, but also from others? The queen mother has been unhappy for a long time, but she is not used to asking about the affairs of the harem, so she didn't say anything."

Lin Wanru wanted to laugh while listening, at this time another eunuch opened the curtain, and the court ladies came in one after another with trays.A small white porcelain cup was placed in front of everyone.Open it and have a look.It's steaming Buddha jumping over the wall.

The Buddha Jumping Wall made in the palace is really a collection of delicacies from mountains and seas. A strong aroma hits his face, and Lin Wanru suddenly feels hungry.Looking at the steaming soup cup, she picked up the spoon, and heard the ladies around and around also praising her, Lin Wanru smiled knowingly, before she put the spoon into her mouth, she heard a shrill scream in the hall.

It was the eunuch's sharp voice: "Poisonous! The soup is poisonous! Hurry up and escort me!"

Following this scream, Lin Wanru's hands trembled, and the spoon fell on the table. Normally, this would be a very rude act, but at this time, there were sounds of porcelain falling on the table one after another in the hall.The sound of soup cups being knocked over, and some people even vomited...

Lin Wan subconsciously stood up and looked in Chen Ruiwen's direction, only to find that Chen Ruiwen's figure disappeared behind the curtain in a flash, while Chen Yi and Chen Yongming looked solemn.

Everyone panicked and panicked. Qi Qi looked at the source of the first scream, only to realize that the scream was from Concubine Jia Xian, who was lying on the emperor's stomach in a strange posture. body, but everyone immediately realized that Concubine Jia Xian was hugging the little princess in the arms of the emperor.

Suddenly there was a buzzing sound in the hall, some imperial physicians rushed forward to treat the little princess, and the imperial guards also rushed in, some guarded the gate, some surrounded the emperor, the emperor and Concubine Jia Xian were captured A group of people surrounded and moved to the apse.

Lin Wanru thought of Chen Ruiwen who had left before the guards arrived, what did he want to do?

Immediately, there were only a few ministers and imperial orders left in the main hall. Several adults in the cabinet followed to the apse, and not a single concubine was left. The voices around Lin Wanru became louder and louder, and everyone seemed a little helpless. So worried: "Who poisoned the emperor? Who dares to poison the emperor?"

"That's right, but looking at the situation just now, it's the poison of the little princess, whoops, it's really a crime, it's really pitiful, how old is the little princess."

"that is!"

Lin Wanru's heart was also in a mess. It was probably because the emperor's soup was poisonous, but the emperor loved the little princess so much that he fed it to her first. Naturally, the poison fell on the little princess first.

As the lady said just now, who would dare to poison the emperor?

If it is an assassin outside the palace, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the officials are gathered, the palace is heavily guarded, and the guards are strict. It is really difficult for the assassin to accurately pour the poison into the emperor's bowl, unless someone is inside to respond , but this is unlikely.

The Buddha Tiaoqiang must have been boiled together, and then served separately in soup cups. Naturally, it was the first one to be served to the emperor, but the emperor was not the first to drink the soup. If poison was poisoned in the soup, someone would have noticed it long ago up.

But it would be unrealistic to pour the poison into the emperor's special soup cup alone. You must know that the thing is in charge of the emperor's confidant eunuch, who can bribe him?

Lin Wanru's heart skipped a beat, she thought of a question, if the eunuch was really bribed, who would have the strength?

The crown prince is ranked first, followed by the second prince and the fifth prince. Among the three princes, the prince and the second prince have the strength to compete for the throne. In the future, they will be the emperor who rules the world, and the fifth prince has a noble status. The reason is that the only suspect is the prince.

Because the fifth prince has a noble status, no matter who is the emperor, his title of a prince cannot escape. He does not need to poison the emperor. Taking a step back, even if the emperor dies, he will not be able to become a great treasure.

Besides the second prince, I dare not say anything else, he is Deng Yuan's disciple, and Deng Yuan is Wei Junzi's disciple, Wei Junzi's character, if the second prince dares to kill his father and the king, the first one who can't spare him is Wei Junzi Besides, the second prince should also let the Chen family know about such an important matter.

What's more, even if the emperor is killed on the spot, the crown prince will be enthroned in order.

Then only the prince is left, he is very likely to have had enough of the position of prince, and he doesn't want to be intimidated anymore, so he puts all his eggs in one basket to poison the emperor, so that he is a legitimate heir. He tidied up.

In front of all civil and military officials and the orders of his family members, even if the emperor has a chance to breathe, the possibility of changing the crown prince is very small, almost none.

If this is really what the crown prince did, then it can be said that as long as the plan is successful, it will be seamless. Even if there are people who suspect it afterwards, they will not dare to pursue it. After all, who dares to challenge the new king who has just succeeded?

But the crown prince probably didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to kill him halfway, the emperor gave the first mouthful of soup to the little princess, the little princess was young and the poison was a bit overbearing, the little princess died on the spot.

Concubine Jia Xian may also simply want to win favor, and deliberately hugged the little princess up, to let everyone see how the emperor loves the little princess, so that no one dares to underestimate her as a biological mother, but who would have thought that the soup was actually poisonous? ?I'm afraid that not only Concubine Jia Xian, but even the emperor would not think of it.

Someone came out from the apse. Lin Wanru saw that it was the second prince. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he could hear his voice clearly, and he was heartbroken: "The little princess has gone, because she was red-haired by a crane. Poisoned to death!"

Everyone was in an uproar, the suspicion was confirmed, and the little princess went, this matter will definitely cause an uproar.

The second prince's voice was very solemn: "The matter of poisoning is very important. Please don't walk around indiscriminately, and stay in your seat at ease. After the search and inspection, everyone will be arranged to leave the palace. If anyone walks around indiscriminately and is arrested, If there is something unclear, don’t blame me for not reminding you.”

His voice was a bit majestic, everyone said yes, Lin Wanru felt at ease, since the second prince came forward to explain this matter, it can be seen that he is innocent in the emperor's heart, as long as the emperor does not suspect the second prince, Chen Ruiwen will not have any What danger.

After waiting for about half an hour, the crowd surrounded the emperor and came back from the apse. Everyone got up and looked at the emperor. The emperor is really old, and now he has lost his beloved daughter, and there is a little grayness in the angry voice: "Check! We must investigate to find out the truth!"

Seeing what the emperor meant, he wanted to find out the real culprit in front of everyone and avenge the little princess.

Soon, a series of eunuchs, maids, and imperial cooks were taken to the main hall. They all looked panic-stricken. The first one to be interrogated was the imperial cook who was the Buddha jumping over the wall.

In fact, it was also the imperial chef's bad luck. He was in charge of making Buddha jump over the wall. If he got the emperor's praise, it would be a very revealing thing. Unexpectedly, he did not wait for the praise, but waited for the shackles.

He knelt on the ground and kowtowed, the hall was quiet, his bang bang kowtow was very obvious, and it was unbearable: "The emperor has learned, this slave has been serving the imperial meal for almost ten years, and has always been loyal, how could he poison the soup? Your Majesty, forgive me."

The emperor said in a deep voice: "You didn't poison, but you can give someone who cares a chance? Tell me in detail."

The imperial chef recalled with difficulty: "When the soup was stewed, only the servant was alone, and no one was in front of him. The ten large stoves were fired, and the room was very hot, and no one was willing to stay longer. The servant was also afraid that the heat would not be in place. I kept watching carefully, never daring to leave a single step, during the five hours of stewing the soup, no one came except for the little father-in-law who passed the dishes to tell me that the dishes were about to be served and told me to prepare them."

His words are very convincing, and there are no flaws. Everyone knows that the best Buddha jumping wall is sealed in a wine jar and stewed. There are at least a hundred people in this hall, and there are probably more than a dozen people who have just stewed Buddha jumping wall. A wine jar is enough.

The soup in the emperor's bowl is also in it, it is not made by the small stove alone, and the person who poisoned it is impossible to predict which soup in the jar will be distributed to the emperor's bowl, so the possibility of poisoning in the soup is very small .