[Qing Chuan] No pet little promise

In an instant, there was a deathly silence in the hall.

Concubine De's hands resting on the chair unconsciously tightened, her body trembling slightly.

Looking at the deep eyes on the opposite side, she didn't dare to look directly. For a moment, she had the thought of denying timidly, although she quickly suppressed it.

All the tenseness and bewilderment fell into the eyes, noticing these details, Yinzhen actually wanted to laugh a little.

It turns out that his mother, who is as tall as the sky and the cold moon, sometimes panics!

It turned out that she also knew that killing her own son was a guilty conscience and nervous!

Concubine De stared at the ground for a while before looking up at him.

The mother and son looked at each other and were on the verge of breaking out.

As smart as she was, she quickly realized what was wrong.

It was the person from that night.

Shocked by the accident of Kangxi falling into the water that day, she lost her sense of proportion and went to meet a hidden chess piece in person, because that person was working by the bridge.

But Yinzhen also passed by.

It's just such a coincidence.

Afterwards Concubine De realized that she had made a mistake, but she didn't take it to heart, she thought he wouldn't recognize it.

Unexpectedly, after a few years, he can still remember only a fleeting face. His memory is too amazing.

Yinzhen's eyes were deep, and he repeated, "Please help my mother."

How to solve the problem?Concubine De could only keep silent, she really couldn't answer this question.

In this life, he was just a young man between a teenager and a young man.

She tried hard to recall her previous life, but at this moment, she couldn't remember what he felt in her heart.All the memories, only the tit-for-tat in the last years, loathing each other.

Is it unfair to put the bad feelings of those years on people today?

At that moment, Concubine De felt a little inexplicably sad in her heart.

Soon this thought was suppressed by her, the road has already gone, so don't look back.

Yinzhen stared at her.

He really wanted to know why his biological mother hated him so much, and wished he could kill him and then hurry up.

He couldn't get an answer for a long time, and he knew that he might not be able to get an answer.

He turned around silently and left here.

Concubine De stood in the hall, biting her lip.

Perhaps the current him is not as tiresome to her as he is in the later generations.

But, that's okay, there is no mother-child relationship between them.

Most of the most embarrassing times in my life were because of him.

"You and I have no fate anyway. Probably you should have put yourself in Tong Jiashi's belly, it would be better for you and me." She whispered self-deprecatingly.

***

Yinzhen went to the apse of Yonghe Palace.

The familiar hut is in front of you, and a thin layer of dust has fallen on the steps in front of the door, which shows that there has been no owner here for a long time.

Yinzhen flicked his sleeves and sat down.

Looking at the garden that is still shrouded in the cold wind.

I would love to see her, but unfortunately I can't now.

Breaking away from the calm appearance just now, he was already broken inside.

No one knew, but he was actually very eager for her to give an explanation.

For example, the jealousy and hatred towards Tong Jiashi, for example, really believing that he killed the sixth brother, and for example, when did he do something that disgusted her... Any explanation will do.

It's a pity that she is stingy with giving even these.

He covered his face, trying not to let the tears fall out.

***

The sixth day of March is the day of the big burial planned by Qin Tianjian, and Emperor Daxing was officially buried.

From harem concubines to princes and princesses, from civil and military officials to honored and wealthy families, thousands of people wore filial piety clothes and cried to send the emperor to the coffin.

The huge coffin is still in the mourning hall, and outside, the hearse pulled by 36 horses is ready.

The final cry for Emperor Daxing is about to begin.

Originally, everyone knelt down in sequence, but suddenly, a figure rushed out from the queue of concubines, rushed to the front of the coffin and knelt down with a plop.

Only then did everyone see clearly that it was Concubine Rong.

Everyone around was amazed, because Concubine De was promoted to Noble Concubine, and now the harem respects her, Concubine Rong just rushed forward regardless, obviously violating the rules of etiquette.

Concubine Rong flung herself at the corner of the coffin, and burst into tears regardless: "Your Majesty, you were wronged! It was obvious that a treacherous villain pushed you into the water to kill you, but you couldn't be cleared of your injustice. You can only be buried in the ground in a muddleheaded way..."

Everyone's face changed drastically when they heard her cry.

"Concubine Rong lost her mind and went crazy! Hurry up and pull people away!" Suo'etu, who was in charge of the funeral, turned pale and stopped drinking.

Several young eunuchs rushed up immediately, but Concubine Rong was already on guard.

He even jumped up and ran to the back of the coffin, shouting to the ministers behind: "There is another story behind the emperor's death. You are the pillars of the court, the king's salary, and the matter of loyalty to the emperor. Do you want to sit idly by? Let the villains manipulate the universe?"

The few people behind the coffin are important officials of the imperial court, and everyone has strange expressions.

Liang Jiugong committed suicide by jumping off the building before, and the third elder brother hanged himself to death.It's not that no one in the court is suspicious, it's just that there is not enough evidence, and the crown prince has been in power for many years, so no one dares to be the leader.

"I have found the imperial physician who had the accident that night! It can prove that the emperor was murdered by the prince!" Concubine Rong was finally caught by two young eunuchs and shouted sharply.

This sound was earth-shattering.

Several ministers exchanged glances, seeing that Concubine Rong was about to be dragged away by several young eunuchs.Among them, the great general Fei Yanggu stepped forward and shouted: "You lowly slaves, before the death of Emperor Daxing, how dare you be rude to Concubine Rong!"

With him as the leader, several other ministers also stood up, "Concubine Rong has a noble status, how can she make such a drag, what is the dignity of the late emperor before his death?"

The little eunuchs suddenly didn't dare to use any force.Concubine Rong took the opportunity to break free.

"Could it be possible that the adults really believe this kind of nonsense?" A majestic voice came, and the prince entered from the outside, his face darkened.

Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Fulun echoed, "I'm afraid Concubine Rong is overly sad and phlegm obsessed, she needs to be treated quickly, if she is allowed to suffer from the disease, it is a minor offense to damage the dignity of the Tian family, and it is a sin to delay the funeral. "

Concubine Rong sounded like a maniac, pointing at the crown prince and said terribly: "You murdered your father and usurped the throne, I have never had such a madman like you in the Qing Dynasty! I have evidence, please check it out, my lords!"

The crown prince frowned. If he had known earlier, he should have taken care of the crazy woman when he got rid of the third brother.

Gritting her teeth with hatred in her heart, her face was still solemn: "Concubine Rong is really in a daze, I'm afraid it's because of the third brother's death. Take him down immediately for treatment."

Fei Yanggu suddenly raised his hem and fell to his knees, "His Royal Highness is loyal, filial and righteous, and no one in the world dares to doubt it, but now the matter has been heard by everyone, and it is criticized by the world. I ask the crown prince to allow Concubine Rong to list evidence to confirm What he said is false, so that he can prove his innocence for the prince."

He looked like he was thinking of the prince, but the content of his words could be understood by anyone with ears, and he still asked Concubine Rong to list evidence to protest.

The prince shouted angrily: "Are you listening to what the mad woman said and suspecting Gu?"

Fei Yanggu knelt down and did not move. He was loyal to Kangxi and would never allow anything to go wrong.

At this time, Li Guangdi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and several other ministers knelt down on the ground together, "Please don't get angry, the prince. You can tell the truth of what Concubine Rong said. This is also for the sake of your highness's reputation."

These are Kangxi's hardcore loyal ministers.

With these people taking the lead, many of the prince's henchmen also knelt down on the ground.Many of them didn't think that the prince would be suspected of killing his father at all, and thought that Concubine Rong was really crazy.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Suo'etu rolled his eyes and knelt down, "His Royal Highness justify his name."

The prince made eye contact with him, took a long breath, "Forget it, you're alone!"

He wants to see what evidence this woman can produce.

These days they are secretly working, and it is impossible to use it as direct evidence.

***

Doctor Lin waited outside the hall for a long time, and was finally summoned to enter.Seeing the posture of the three interrogation halls, he knelt on the ground with a plop, shaking like chaff.

He stuttered and told everything about that night, including the bloodstain on the back of the prince's hand.

Another guard who followed Kangxi and waited on the other side of the bridge that night came out, proving that he heard footsteps approaching the bridge that night.

But they only thought that Liang Jiugong had returned, and they didn't dare to go forward without the transmission.In other words, after all, he did not see the true face of that person.

"When Gu was dragging Huang Ama, he fell to the ground several times and was bruised and bloody. Just using one-sided words to slander Gu, how can there be such a joke in the world." The prince scolded angrily.

"As for the pretentious things like the sound of footsteps, you are all important ministers in the court. Do you want to judge them with such unwarranted guilt?"

The faces of everyone in the hall were subtle. These evidences are all lateral, and it is indeed impossible to fully prove the prince's guilt.Not to mention, as witnesses, the weight of these two people is not enough.

The prince could even bite back, Concubine Rong hated the death of the third elder brother, and bought these two people to frame the prince.

"What if I still have evidence?" At this moment, a clear and beautiful tone interjected.

It was Concubine De who had been standing by the side watching the play, who spoke.

The prince's expression changed slightly, he never expected that Concubine De, who had been aloof and ignorant of the world for the past few months, would also make a move.

Concubine De didn't seem to see his face, and went straight on.

"After the late emperor's accident, several adults visited the dragon body in the sleeping hall. At that time, Director Liang led you all, and even held the late emperor's hand, right? Have you ever noticed something strange?"

Several people exchanged glances, and finally Fei Yanggu said suspiciously: "At that time, I found that there was a small wound on the end of the middle finger of the emperor's palm, which seemed to be scratched by something."

Concubine De took out something from her sleeve, "The shape of the wound is similar to this ring?"

The prince's body trembled, it was his lost ring.When did it fall into the hands of Concubine De?

The little eunuch stepped forward, took the ring from Concubine De, and presented it to all the ministers, looking at it one by one.

Everyone exchanged glances, whispered a few words, and finally agreed: "It does look alike."

When they were talking, their eyes couldn't help but fall on the prince. No need to remind them, people like them have already guessed that this is probably the prince's ring.

At that time, Liang Jiugong was under strict surveillance, and the ministers were visiting him, so he could not speak out. So he deliberately asked several important ministers to hold Kangxi's right hand and guide them to find the wound on Kangxi's palm under the banner of testing the pulse and summoning the soul.

At that time, everyone thought it was scratched by ice cubes after falling into the water, but only now did they know there was such an inside story.

After the emperor fell into the water, he held onto the ring tightly, and there were traces of blood in the gaps between his fingers.And the prince also had exactly the same wound on the back of his hand.