Reborn as King again

Just as I slowly figured out the bottom of Zhou Ling, Liu Sha was diagnosed by the imperial doctor as pregnant. This is indeed a happy event. I left two princes one after another.

Liu Sha is no longer the arrogant and domineering lady of the official family when she first entered the palace, and she has become much smoother in her life. Although she is not as smooth as Jia Wanru, she is not so offending others.

Liu Sha gave birth to the tenth princess Li Xianer for me before, and she died in a palace fight when she was just over one year old. Therefore, for the child in her womb, Liu Sha is an unusual baby. .If Liu Sha gave birth to a prince this time, then their Liu family would have even more bargaining chips in the future.

Leaving aside the matter of Liu Sha, the close correspondence between He Wenliu and Xia Zhijie makes me a little uncomfortable. I don't like He Wenliu having too close contact with outsiders, and this is not in line with He Wenliu's temperament at all. He will not do it for no reason. Talk to a person very closely, but don't avoid suspicion.

After more than a month, it finally happened.

It's winter now, and I'm sitting in the pavilion in the imperial garden, cooking wine to warm up, the queen mother sent someone to look for me, saying that she's too lazy to take care of palace affairs, and let me handle it myself.

At that time, I was confused and didn't understand what my mother meant. The eunuch who came to report the letter quickly explained the situation to me. It turned out that the little eunuch who passed the news to He Wenliu and Xia Zhijie was searched somehow The letter written by Xia Zhijie to He Wenliu was found, and it was said that He Wenliu had an affair with Xia Zhijie, and the trouble went to the queen mother.

"Who found that little eunuch?" How could it be such a coincidence that he was found.

"Back to the emperor," the eunuch with the message replied: "It's Concubine Ying. It seemed that Concubine Ying lost something while she was out for a walk, so she went back to look for it. Seeing that the little eunuch was suspicious, she searched him. .”

Deng Chengying did it?Isn't it obvious that he was being used as a gun?But thinking about it, it is estimated that the person he hates the most in this life is Li Ji, but Li Ji is not in the palace, so the target of revenge will naturally become Li Ji's mother and concubine, He Wenliu.

It seemed that this incident was quite a big one. When I entered the Compassionate Ning Palace, He Wenliu had already been summoned, and he stood aside with his head down, unable to see the expression on his face.

After the eunuch passed the news, people in the main hall greeted me one after another. I came to the side of the queen mother and sat beside the queen mother after greeting me. She frowned and said, "What is this all about? What does it mean that Concubine Wen has an affair with an outsider?"

"Ai's family can't tell." The queen mother glanced at Deng Chengying who was lying down and said, "Concubine Ying, tell me."

"Yes," Deng Chengying saluted, and said slowly, "I lost a jade pendant while walking today. It was given to me by the emperor, so I hurried back to look for it. The little eunuch was very suspicious. The minister thought he had taken the jade pendant of the minister and didn't want to hand it over, so he was searched. Unexpectedly, a letter was found, which was written by the Taifu of the Imperial College For Concubine Wen, the wording in the letter was ambiguous, and I felt that this was wrong, so I came to ask my mother for instructions."

While Deng Chengying was talking, the queen mother handed the letter to me. Before the little eunuch who delivered the letter got the letter, I read the contents of the letter. He Wenliu wrote to Xia Zhijie once before, saying that because Ji He couldn't sleep well every night because of his son's business, so he wanted Xia Zhijie to bring a herbal medicine called Shilan from outside the palace. Shilan can help sleep. He Wenliu brought a pack of Shi Lan.

And the content of the letter in my hand is to ask He Wenliu how he has eaten Shilan recently, whether his sleep is better, etc., but the language is a bit intimate. Xia Zhijie seems to like He Wenliu. I can see it.

I opened the letter, glanced at it casually, then looked up at He Wenliu, and asked, "Concubine Wen, do you have anything to say?"

"The minister was wronged," He Wenliu raised his head, looked at me very calmly and said, "The minister has no idea how this letter came about, please ask the emperor to look into it."

He Wenliu lied, but he denied it. It seems that he didn't want me to misunderstand.

Since He Wenliu doesn't want to admit it, then forget it, I won't force him, and said: "Concubine Ying, I know you have prejudice against Concubine Wen because of Qi'er's death, is the letter true?"

Deng Chengying had a conflict with He Wenliu before, and he knew that I would stand by He Wenliu's side. If he was smart, he should know that, and he will stop at this time.It's a pity that I overestimated Deng Chengying, he didn't understand what I said, or he just wanted to take this opportunity to avenge Li Qi, and he still refused to let go: "Does the emperor think that the humble minister framed Concubine Wen? The humble minister If you don’t believe me, you can summon the little eunuch who delivered the letter, as well as Grand Tutor Xia, they can all testify.”

Before I could say anything, the queen mother said: "Teacher Xia Ai's family has sent someone to call here, first ask the little eunuch who delivered the letter."

Since the queen mother said so, I obeyed her wishes and called the little eunuch in.

The little eunuch was about fifteen or sixteen years old, and judging by the style of the palace clothes he was wearing, he was just an ordinary third-class eunuch.Perhaps it was the first time for the little eunuch to see the most noble person in the palace at such a close distance. As soon as he entered the room, he knelt on the ground tremblingly paying his respects.

"What's your name?" I asked.

"Little...little Xiaochunzi." The little eunuch replied with a trembling voice.

"Are you sending the letter for Concubine Wen and Taifu Xia?" I continued to ask.

"Yes, slave...that's what slaves do." Xiao Chunzi's voice became smaller and smaller, after all, it was not allowed to pass news inside and outside the palace.

"How to pass it on?" I asked knowingly.

"Slave..., when Concubine Wen usually comes to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, this servant is waiting for Concubine Wen on her way home and handing him the letter." Xiao Chunzi stammered.

He's right, they've been sending letters like that.

The queen mother was a little angry when she heard it, so she just sent the news, and used the time to greet her, which made her feel disrespected more or less, "Concubine Wen, what else do you have to say?!"

He Wenliu glanced at Xiaochunzi, as if he had never seen him before, "After returning to my mother, this is the first time I have seen this little eunuch today. I have never seen him before. He is lying."

Xiaochunzi immediately became anxious when he heard the words, he didn't lie, isn't Concubine Wen trying to harm him? !He said in disbelief: "Ms. Wen Concubine, how can you say that you have never seen a slave?! The slave has sent you letters several times."

Standing aside, Deng Chengying heard the new information, and quickly asked, "Xiao Chunzi, what did you just say? Have you sent letters several times? Isn't this the first time?" Deng Chengying suddenly realized something while talking. He said: "Of course it's not the first time, just look at the content of the letter that was searched out." Then he asked: "Xiao Chunzi, do you still remember how many times you helped Concubine Wen and Taifu Xia deliver letters?"

Xiao Chunzi also realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, and hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, slave... The slave was thinking of sending the slave's younger brother to the palace to exchange money because his father was ill and had no money to treat him. He is the only male in the servant's family, and the servant can't see that the family's incense is cut off, so the servant thought of sending more letters to Concubine Wen, so as to earn some silver taels to treat father's illness."

"Your name is Xiaochunzi, right?" He Wenliu's face was a bit ugly, and he said in a bad tone: "I have no grudges against you in the past, but now I have no grudges against you. Why did you frame me?"

"Slave... There is no slave!" Xiao Chunzi was so anxious that tears fell, he understood that Concubine Wen wanted to bite him back in order to protect herself.

"Mother, the emperor." He Wenliu excused himself: "Every time I come to the Palace of Compassion and Peace to pay my respects to my mother, there are internal eunuchs by my side. They can testify for me. I have never seen this little eunuch."

After listening to He Wenliu's explanation, Deng Chengying snorted coldly and said, "You also said that they are the followers of the inner prison around you. They are all from Qingluan Hall, and they all obediently obey your orders."

At this moment, the inner eunuch guarding the door came in and preached: "The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, Taifu Xia is already waiting outside the door."

"Let him in."

"Yes."

The author has something to say: Well, about the "shilan" that appears in this chapter, it is the name of the herbal medicine that Xiao Yu casually made up.