There is a long way to go before returning the pearl

"Brother Huang, how much do you know about Yongzheng?"

Hongzhou stepped in, and the voice came in. Qianlong sat in front of the dragon table, which was full of memorials. He didn't open it to read, "You know."

Hong Zhou clasped his fists together, made a simple salute to him, and then sat down, "Brother Huang, there is a disturbance in the capital, and I don't know about it, but of course, I should pay more attention to the matter of Yongzheng. I thought you were thinking of some way to get Yongzheng to leave the capital, but I didn't expect that it was Huang Erniang who locked him in the clan mansion, and also, he is not your own son, is this true?"

Qianlong stood up, looked out the window, "Yes."

Hongzhou was not calm anymore, "Brother Emperor, how is it possible, Yongzheng is your child, why are you saying no now, how can you prove it?"

"Yongqi brought the nanny who used to be with the queen, and the testimony she provided, the queen has already believed. Regarding the matter of royal blood, the queen has always paid more attention to it. Also, I went to see him yesterday and took the Yongzheng’s blood came back, and Imperial Physician Lin has verified that he is not my child.” Qianlong expressed his helplessness, the Qing Dynasty respected filial piety, and he could not do too much in front of the Queen Mother. In addition, there are tens of thousands of people watching, and they cannot allow him to disobey the queen mother.

Hong Zhou leaned on the chair and fell silent. With the Queen Mother intervening, this matter is indeed difficult to handle, not to mention Yong Qi brought witnesses, so now he has to think of other ways to save Yong Xing's life, "Then the emperor intends to How to do it."

Qianlong spread his hands, he was also waiting for the queen mother's action, now he can only stop with static.

"Boom." Hong Zhou punched the table angrily. He had never been so passive in his life. This old fifth is really capable. He actually thought of letting the queen mother restrain the emperor later. Even a fool will not be stupid one day. Oh God It's really not the time to open your eyes.

Qianlong saw how angry he was, so he said unhurriedly, "Calm down, now is not a good opportunity. I have been thinking about some way to keep Yongzhen away from the capital. Maybe now is an opportunity."

Hong Zhou raised his head and looked at Qianlong uncertainly, he heard correctly, Brother Huang meant to take advantage of this matter?

"Since he's not the prince, of course he can't be in the palace, so where he goes is out of everyone's sight." Qianlong told Hongzhou his thoughts, after all, he will need his help later.

Hong Zhou stroked his chin, thinking, this is not bad, but... "Can the queen mother spare his life?" If he is desperate for the sake of the royal family, then Yong Xin will be in danger.

"Without you, keeping him alive is not a problem." Qianlong put his hope on Hong Zhou, some things he said were not suitable, and Hong Zhou said that only the expected effect could be achieved.

Hongzhou was still thinking of ways, and he didn't know if he heard what Qianlong said, and Qianlong didn't repeat it, sitting beside him, thinking about all possible accidents.

At this time, Wu Shulai came in, followed by Nanny Gui, Qianlong and Hongzhou glanced at each other quietly, it seemed that the Queen Mother had already made up her mind.

Nanny Gui didn't expect Hong Zhou to be there, and after saluting the two of them, she stood up, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is here to invite you."

Hong Zhou picked up the snacks, and ate them regardless of his image, "It's a coincidence that Mammy came here. I was going to see the Queen Mother, but the Emperor insisted on pulling me to discuss the rebels." , turned around again, and looked at Qianlong proudly, "Brother Huang, now you can't let me read the memorial anymore."

Nanny Gui did not doubt that he was there, "Your servant disturbed the emperor and the lord, it is a crime worthy of death."

Hong Zhou waved his hand, "Sister, don't say that."

The three of them went to the Compassion Palace without any hurry.

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In Jingyang Palace, the Queen woke up, opened her eyes, and saw Mother Rong guarding her side, "Twelve... Twelve..."

Nanny Rong helped the queen up, took the cup from the maid, and fed the queen to drink, "Your Majesty, moisten your throat, the prince has come, let your empress rest assured, Brother Twelve will be fine."

After drinking water, the queen's voice is much better, not as hoarse as before, "Why don't you rest assured, this palace, if this matter is not handled well, Twelve Council's life will be in danger, I'm going to have a look."

Aunt Rong is also worried, "Your Majesty, let's rest here. The imperial doctor said that you are angry, how can you bear this body? Besides, the Crown Prince's ability, Madam, is not at ease. He said that Elder Brother Twelfth is fine, Elder Twelve It will be fine."

The queen didn't listen to her persuasion, and supported her to go down, "Yong Xing is still a child, although he is a prince, how can the queen mother allow others to intervene in matters related to the royal blood, I am afraid that Yong Xing will not even have a chance to speak , how can you keep twelve, I am a queen after all, and the master of the harem."

Mother Rong had no choice but to obey the queen, "Then the empress waits first, it won't be too late to go after drinking the medicine, the slaves have inquired clearly, the empress dowager has invited the emperor to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and the prince has also gone."

This time, the queen didn't say anything, and waited until the medicine was finished before going.

In the Palace of Mercy Ning, the Empress Dowager sat high on it, and Yong Qi and the old mother knelt below. The two of them were questioned by the Empress Dowager again today, and the confession was the same as before. The Empress Dowager is now waiting for Qianlong to come over and let him listen listen.

Yongqi has been kneeling for a long time, feeling pain in her knees, hoping that the emperor will arrive soon, what's more pitiful is that the old mother is still kneeling, and she is gritting her teeth to persevere. Facing the queen mother, she is extremely nervous. Where is the pain.Qianlong took Hong Zhou and Nanny Gui wandering around the palace, not in a hurry at all, making people mistaken for taking a walk in such a leisurely manner, instead of rushing to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, just said that he was in a hurry to go to the Queen Mother Hong Zhou is also acting foolishly now, he doesn't even urge him, even though Nanny Gui is anxious, she can only follow her, she can't urge her.

After finally arriving at the Palace of Compassion and Peace, Nanny Gui breathed a sigh of relief, finally arrived, and the emperor walked too slowly, making even a nanny at her age feel slow.

Qianlong walked in and saluted again, "Emperor Niang is in a hurry to let me come, is there something in a hurry?"

Qianlong's words gave the Empress Dowager enough, meaning that if you didn't tell me, I wouldn't know about Yongzheng. Even though I loved him in every possible way before, he is nothing in front of you.Hong Zhou looked at Yong Qiren's head full of sweat with amused expression.

"Emperor Niang is the same, Yong Qi is already sweating, so Huang Er Niang let him get up."

Yong Qi looked at Hong Zhou gratefully, roaring in her heart, Uncle Huang, you are really my good uncle.

The Empress Dowager motioned for the two of them to sit down, "The Ai family will lock Yongzheng in the clan mansion, you know it."

The two nodded together, "The emperor's mother is right, it's about the blood of the royal family, so we must be careful."

Seeing Qianlong attaching so much importance to it, the Empress Dowager felt a little annoyed, "It is a death penalty to impersonate the prince. The emperor has no objection to this, right?"

Although Qianlong was dissatisfied in his heart, there was still no expression on his face, "What Huang Erniang said is true."

Hong Zhou was dissatisfied, and his face was full of unhappiness, "Emperor Niang, it's not good to treat Yong Xin like this, after all, he is innocent, and he was not voluntary when he was brought here to be the prince, so he should be punished lightly. "

The Empress Dowager raised her hand, patted him, and refused to let you speak, and continued to talk to Qianlong, "The Ai family also asked about this matter, the Empress is the most innocent, poor Twelve, just gone, now Thirteen There is no trace, the Ai family did this to make the empress feel better."

Qianlong nodded in agreement, and Hongzhou had an idea in his mind when he saw the Queen Mother's actions. "Just listening to what Yongqi and this old nanny said, I'm afraid we can't convict Yongxi. It's better to let them confront each other face to face."

The queen mother interrupted him again and again, but she was helpless, she was used to it, "The Ai family has already asked him to wait behind, take Yongxi."

Qianlong looked outside eagerly. He had only seen Yongzheng last night, and it felt like a long century had passed. Yongzheng walked in, looked at the Queen Mother, and in a blink of an eye, glanced at Qianlong. Feeling relieved, he knelt down, "See Empress Dowager, Emperor, and Prince." This unfamiliar address made the Empress Dowager's eyes red, after all, it was the child she had loved for more than ten years.

"Get up." Yong Xin stood up, didn't show any expression, and didn't look at anyone, just stood there with his head down, wearing thin clothes for two days, not to mention staying in prison for a day In the evening, it was wrinkled and dirty, the hair was messy, the face could not be seen clearly, and the eyes were black and blue.

Qianlong's heart-wrenching pain made him really want to hold him in his arms desperately instead of letting him stand there alone. Hong Zhou watched his hand on his side slowly clenched, and felt uncomfortable, " Yongzhen, do you know that you are not the prince?"

"I don't know." Yong Xin answered without hesitation.

The Empress Dowager looked at him with a soft heart, and was about to speak, when Yong Qi's voice sounded, "Hmph, I'm afraid I know, who told you to pretend to be the prince, do you want to steal the Qing Dynasty's treasure?" country."

This roar immediately dropped the temperature in the room to below zero, and the queen mother built a solid wall again, "Yongxi, tell the truth, in this way, the Ai family can be punished lightly, compared to protecting them, you don't There will be good results."

Hearing the empress dowager's cold voice, Yong Zhen raised his head, fixed his eyes on her, opened his mouth, and finally became silent.

"How can we prove that Yongzheng is the emperor's child?" Hong Zhou asked, and everyone's eyes turned to Yongqi and the old mother again.

Yong Qi raised her back, "In ancient times, there was a blood test to recognize relatives. If we don't let Yong Xing and Huang Ama recognize their relatives by dripping blood, then we can prove whether he is Huang Ama's child." Yong Qi had thought of it a long time ago. He had already made all the preparations, and he couldn't just forget about it in such a muddled way. Only when it was proved, did Yongzheng truly disappear from the palace, and then the queen, and Yongzheng had an accident, and it was not good for him to protect his son-in-law, so he couldn't escape being held accountable.

Hongzhou smiled, "Yongqi even understands this, I don't know when you have studied medicine." She taunted him mercilessly, and the queen mother gave him a surprised look.

"The emperor is the son of heaven, how can we use his blood? This method will not work. Is there any other way?" The queen mother disagreed, and he did not agree to hurt the emperor.

Everyone fell into deep thought, and in the silence, a voice came, "Yes."

Hearing this voice, Yongzheng was shocked, and lowered his head helplessly.