Two in one

The ancestor worship went smoothly this time, and nothing happened during it.

Because all the civil and military officials came, there were a lot of people, and everyone's thoughts were on worshiping the ancestors, so I didn't find a single person missing.

Until an hour after the ancestor worship was over, Wei Yin, as a prince, followed closely behind Emperor Chengxian, the Empress, and Concubine Liu Gui because of his seniority. Shout out.

Emperor Cheng Xian was in a good mood, especially Concubine Liu Gui's health was getting better, which made him happy and calmed down, and led them towards the palace where the banquet was held.

Just passing by one place, Wei Yin was walking lazily with a blank expression on his face, and the butler was anxious to move forward, but because the royal party was on both sides to prevent assassins.

Therefore, there were guards stopping him, but the butler was afraid that something would happen to the second son if he continued to delay. Based on the thoughts he had seen and pondered over the past two days, the butler felt that the prince must value the second son.

In case something happened to the Second Young Master right under his nose, then he will be the housekeeper of the royal residence to the end.

So when Wei Yin approached, he bit the bullet and quickly shouted: "My lord! My lord Rui!" In case the lord didn't know who he was calling, the butler could only add a title. Although his voice was low, but because of one line The people were close to each other, so Emperor Chengxian and others heard it too.

Wei Yin glanced at the butler, deliberately pretending not to know, and just glanced at him lazily: "Why are you making so much noise? Let's talk about it later."

How can the butler wait until the banquet is delayed, maybe the Second Young Master will die, "My lord, it's the Second Young Master, and the Second Young Master is missing!"

Sure enough, as soon as this sentence came out, because it was related to Jing Changji, the prince who was half a step behind Wei Yin suddenly turned his head to look, and even asked Wei Yin one step ahead: "Second Master Jing is missing? Why is it so good?" going missing?"

The prince asked faster than he realized. When he recovered, he had already asked, and found that Emperor Chengxian and the queen mother had stopped to look over. He closed his eyes to cover all the emotions in his eyes: "Father , Empress, Second Young Master Jing saved Er Chen, and when Er Chen heard that Second Young Master was missing, he was afraid that something would happen to him..."

His explanation made sense, and even made the civil and military officials feel that the prince is a kind person who will repay love, righteousness and kindness.

Emperor Chengxian was more lenient to the prince, and it was much more difficult to ask after hearing the words: "Why did the good-looking man disappear? Did he go for a stroll? After all, he was young and it was the first time he came to the imperial mausoleum. It is also possible to go for a private walk." of."

But when Emperor Chengxian said this, no one dared to answer. After all, he was offering sacrifices to his ancestors just now, and it was such a big deal.

But Fan Jing Changji really left to play privately, but it was disrespectful, even if he was found, he would be punished.

Emperor Chengxian obviously used this opportunity to play a trick on Wei Yin, Wei Yin didn't seem to understand the deep meaning in Emperor Chengxian's words, frowned and looked at the housekeeper gloomyly: "Didn't you hear the emperor's question? Why did the second son disappear?"

The housekeeper squeaked, knelt there and didn't know what to say, but at this juncture, with so many masters staring at him, he could only bite the bullet and say: "Reporting to the emperor, the second son should not be hanging out. Before the ancestor worship started, there was a The attendant took the badge from the empress's palace and said that the empress wanted to see the second young master, and the second young master followed the attendant. But who knows...he never came back after this trip. At first, the servant didn't think much about it, thinking that Second Young Master went to wait elsewhere, but who knows he never came back..."

"Nonsense! How can I send someone to let the Jing family come over?" Empress Huo's face was not very good-looking. Ever since the ancestor worship, Emperor Chengxian's eyes have not moved away from Concubine Liu Gui.

She was angry in her heart, but she couldn't show her identity here. At this moment, she heard that even a servant dared to touch her, and she became angry for a while.

Emperor Chengxian also found it incredible: "It's so good, why does the queen see the second son? The queen has always been with me before offering sacrifices to the ancestors. How can I have time to see him?"

The butler obviously came prepared, and he was also afraid that he would not be able to explain clearly in front of the prince, so he brought the attendants with him.

The attendant knelt at the side, and quickly said: "Report to the emperor, the servant followed to protect the second son. At that time, there was indeed a servant who came here with the token from the empress's palace, otherwise the second son would not have just followed. The servant once In the beginning, I went with the second son. At that time, the second son did enter the palace of the empress. Not only that, but the one who came out to meet the second son was Aunt Li who was next to the empress. That's why the servants and others were relieved to let the second son go in alone. .”

As soon as he finished speaking, the queen frowned: "Aunt Li?"

She immediately looked to the side, and soon a nanny stepped forward and said something in a low voice, "Aunt Li said earlier that she was not feeling well, and she was afraid of offending the ancestors, so she didn't come with her. "

Empress Huo's face was not very good-looking when she heard what the housekeeper and attendants said. She had an ominous premonition that it was impossible for Prince Rui's people to lie in front of so many people, unless Aunt Li used her name to lure the Second Young Master Jing over. .

It's okay if it's just a prince of the Hou's mansion, but this Jing Er is Prince Rui's man, this one doesn't even give the emperor face, it's really someone from her palace who caused the trouble, I'm afraid it will implicate her.

At this time, some officials also remembered that when they were standing next to Mr. Jing Er, they had indeed heard about the nobleman.

As a result, it is impossible to go to the banquet for the time being, if they really can't find anyone just looking at Prince Rui's expression, they might overturn the table.

Emperor Chengxian didn't expect such a thing to happen. Before Wei Yin opened his mouth, he said directly: "Since this matter involves the queen, then just go and have a look. If it's just a misunderstanding, it's better to pay the queen innocent."

Emperor Cheng Xian didn't care much about the queen, and he would not offend Prince Rui for the sake of the queen, so he would simply sell the other side to save face.

Empress Huo felt even more breathless when she heard this. If it was Concubine Liu Gui, as long as there was a thought of doubt, the emperor would have been angry long ago, but it was because she was not Concubine Liu Gui!

Even Emperor Chengxian said so, Empress Huo would not give him face, the group of people turned around and headed towards the queen's palace in the palace first, but just halfway there, the chief eunuch ran over with a pale face, and when they got close, plopped Kneeling on the ground: "Emperor, Your Majesty! Something happened! Someone died!"

Because of the death, Empress Huo didn't care to get angry, and she didn't even stop anyone from going to prove her innocence.

After all, it is impossible for her to continue to live in this palace after this incident happened, but the problem is that Aunt Li and her maids in the palace are the ones who died now, so it may not be possible to get rid of it anyway.

Wei Yin frowned and strode forward. Emperor Chengxian and the others had different expressions, and all the officials looked at each other. No matter what they thought in their hearts, they all felt that this was too unbelievable.

After all, no matter how you think about it, how could the Second Young Master, who is so good-looking, get involved with the people in the Queen's Palace?

Even killed people?One is not enough, or two?

The civil and military officials originally thought there was some misunderstanding, but when they got to the palace, they smelled a strong smell of blood before they walked in, which made their faces change slightly.

Looking up, he was even more dumbfounded, and saw that Second Master Jing was sitting on a chair in the main hall covered in blood, and there was a broken teacup on the floor, messy everywhere.

But this is not the most frightening thing. What is shocking is that Jing Changji's body is covered with blood, which has dried up for a while, showing an almost black blood stain. In addition, he is wearing a plain dress today, which makes this body full of blood. The appearance of blood is even more terrifying.

Not only that, but his hands were covered with dried blood, not to mention, there was also a blood-stained dagger on the table next to him, and dripping blood droplets, spreading all the way from here to behind the screen.

As a guard stepped forward and moved the screen away, the appearance inside was immediately revealed to everyone. The moment they saw it, someone gasped and lost their voice.

A little bit behind the screen was a servant girl lying on her stomach, she was dressed as a big palace girl, she was lying on her stomach with her back facing everyone, her head was turned inward, there was a wound on her back, and there was a large piece of dried blood stained red on her back, silently Wuxi lay there, probably dead for a while.

That's not to mention, there is also a palace servant lying on the soft couch not far away, also lying there with his back to the crowd, there is no blood on his body, but an arm drooping down silently, soundlessly, as if Out of breath.

Otherwise, with so many people coming, if there was any movement, they would have come to salute long ago. If there is no movement, then there may only be an accident.

Emperor Cheng Xian obviously didn't expect to see this scene after coming here, and frowned: "What's going on?"

Everyone looked at the second son as if he just came back to his senses at this moment, he stood up and swayed, knelt down and saluted: "I have seen the emperor."

Emperor Cheng Xian pointed to the two corpses: "The Jing family, what's going on? What's going on with you and these two maids? Did you kill them?"

Jing Changji lowered his eyes: "Reporting to the emperor, if you look at the current situation, it looks like a courtier killed you."

"What do you mean by looking at the situation? Are you saying that someone framed you?" Emperor Chengxian laughed angrily, and pointed to the chief executive, "You tell me!"

The chief steward knelt and said, "Not long ago, someone found that this hall was closed tightly, and there was a bloody smell coming from it. When I opened it, I saw... the second young master was sitting there with a dagger in his hand. There was blood everywhere, and there was blood everywhere. Two. The attendant who found out was about to step forward, but the second young master said that he had killed someone, and the servant was notified..." That's why he hurried to report.

Emperor Chengxian looked at this scene: "At that time there were only three of them in the hall?"

The chief manager secretly glanced at Wei Yin who had not spoken all the time: "That's right, the door was closed from the inside, or the servant kicked it open."

Emperor Cheng Xian simply looked at Wei Yin: "Prince Rui, talk about it yourself, what should we do with this matter?"

The situation in front of me is too obvious. There are three people in the secret room, two of them are dead, and only one is left. No matter how you look at it, it looks like they were killed by a living person.

Wei Yin looked at Jing Changji: "What else do you have to say?"

Jing Changji said honestly: "Your Majesty, this subject was framed. Someone came to look for this subject with the empress' token, because it was Aunt Li who led the way, and she was someone close to the empress, so I believed it. Later The subject passed out after drinking a cup of tea, and what happened next... As you can see, the subject woke up and found that he was holding a bloody knife in his hand, and Aunt Li and Aunt Li were like this."

"Then tell me, who is going to frame you?" Emperor Chengxian said coldly, but two maidservants died. It's a pity for a person who can tie Prince Rui down.

Jing Changji lowered his eyes: "I don't know..."

Emperor Chengxian didn't bother to talk to him any more, and was about to wave his hand when a servant girl knelt down on the ground: "Your Majesty, your servant knows why the Second Young Master wants to kill someone!"

Everyone was startled by the little palace maid who suddenly ran out. When they looked over, Empress Huo's face turned ashen when she saw that she was also a maid from her own palace.

Emperor Chengxian was worried that he couldn't solve it quickly. Hearing this, he took a deep look at Wei Yin, and then turned his eyes on the maidservant again: "Oh? Which palace are you from?"

"The servant girl is from the queen's palace, and she is also a maidservant in the same room as Lingyu. Both of us are under the care of Aunt Li. Lingyu is her..." The little maidservant pointed softly not far away. The maid lying on the couch whispered.

Emperor Chengxian felt that this matter didn't even need to be investigated by the Ministry of Justice or Dali Temple, he could handle it on the spot: "Don't be afraid, tell what you know, and I will make the decision for you."

Although it's a pity that Jing Er died, but if Jing Er was really at fault, and Prince Rui fell in love with such a person, it can only be said that Prince Rui's vision and character are not good enough, isn't it said that things of a kind gather and people are divided into groups?

Emperor Chengxian was in a good mood, so he didn't notice that Wei Yin next to him was extraordinarily calm.

With her head hanging down, the maidservant in the palace had a strong heart, and said, "My maidservant and Lingyu live in the same room, so some things about Lingyu will be told to my maidservant. Since the second young master came to the palace not long ago I ran into Lingyu on the way to the imperial study, and later met again at the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet. Lingyu looks good, so the second son... I heard Lingyu said that the two had met in private , Second Young Master said that he and Prince Rui are fake, and after he leaves Prince Rui, he will find a way to send her out of the palace and then give her another identity to marry her..."

The words of the little palace maids have their noses and eyes. Jing Changji has indeed entered the palace a few times since Huo Er's incident. He has encountered many eunuchs and palace maids on the way, and he may indeed have met them.

The empress also attended the empress dowager's birthday banquet, and Lingyu was from the empress's palace, so it made sense for her to be there.

In addition, this little palace maid kept her mouth shut that she had an affair with Ling Yu, and specifically said that it was a lie with Prince Rui.If he and Prince Rui were true, what Prince Rui heard must be that he had a disagreement behind his back.

By the way, it can also make Prince Rui get angry with him, and then leave him alone. It really kills three birds with one stone, even more ruthless than what Jing Changji thought before, and completely cut off all of Jing Changji's options.

The maidservant continued: "This time, it was Aunt Li who was suggested by the second son to ask Ling Yu, saying that everyone is worshiping the ancestors, no one will notice them, and it happens to be able to discuss the matter of escaping from the palace. The maidservant has always felt that This matter is unreliable. Lingyu must have been deceived. Although Aunt Li has a good heart, it is impossible for her to watch Lingyu die. When the quarrel started, the second young master got angry..."

Needless to say what she said, everyone present has already figured it out.

The Second Young Master Jing must have just been playing around with the palace maid called Lingyu, but Aunt Li took the words of the fool seriously, and accidentally killed Aunt Li during the dispute, and then he just kept on doing nothing, and even Lingyu was killed together. .

But I don't know why the second son of Jing also fainted during the dispute, so he didn't have time to escape, so he just relied on death and no proof, and poured all the dirty water on Aunt Li and Ling Yu.

Everyone gasped, apparently they did not expect that Second Young Master Jing was not only a fake with Prince Rui, but also dared to touch the palace servants.

Even if the palace maid is not favored by the emperor, she is still the emperor's woman. Is this the same as the second young master who moved the emperor?

Emperor Chengxian laughed angrily: "Jing Er, what do you say?" He really didn't pay attention to a palace maid, but doing so blatantly would really trample his majestic emperor's face on the ground.

Who gave him the courage?Prince Rui?

In fact, Emperor Cheng Xian also heard that this matter cannot be investigated in detail, and many things are just one side of the little palace maid, but the two sides are not enough for Jing Er to take such a big risk, but who made such a good opportunity just in front of him?

Jing Changji obviously saw that Emperor Chengxian was planning to push the boat along the way to make this matter a final decision. After he was taken away, within half a day, he did not do this, but he did it, so he would definitely die.

And Jing Changji's death would definitely become a black spot for Prince Rui, Emperor Chengxian wished to pour dirty water on Wei Yin's body more and more, as for one or two deaths, it really wasn't a big deal.

Jing Changji lowered his eyes: "Your Majesty, this subject has been wronged! She said that this subject had an affair with that Lingyu girl, does she have any evidence? Just based on one-sided words, this subject is wronged like this, and this subject refuses to accept."

The maidservant of the palace obviously came prepared, took out a sachet from her bosom and handed it over with both hands: "This is a token of love from the Second Young Master to Lingyu, and it is said that it is the sachet that the Second Young Master usually wears with him."

Jing Changji squinted at the somewhat familiar sachet, which was indeed worn by him: "It is true that this sachet belongs to a subject, but it was worn in the past, and it was left in the Jing'an Hou Mansion. The emperor should still remember it." Since my elder brother's accident, I have not lived back in Jing'anhou's mansion. So if someone intentionally framed this sachet, it would be easy to get this sachet from Jing'anhou's mansion."

Emperor Cheng Xian sneered: "From the Jing family, you said you were framed, but you said, who wants to frame you?"

Jing Changji was taken aback for a moment, then raised his head, looked at everyone present one by one, and soon saw Xia Houqian standing in the second row.

His eyes continued to move down, and after looking at it again, he suddenly pointed his finger at Xia Houqian unexpectedly: "It's the great prince of Beiming! If according to the intention of this palace maid, a sachet can be used to convict, then The courtier also saw that the eldest prince had met with Aunt Li in private, and the courtier also suspected that the eldest prince coerced and lured Aunt Li to use him to obtain information about the harem. Aunt, by the way, put the blame on the courtier."

Everyone present did not expect that Jing Changji not only found someone, but also pointed them out, looking at Xia Houqian in disbelief.

But not many believe it. After all, how can this usually low-key Beiming proton have anything to do with the grand lady in the harem?

Xia Houqian quickly came out, his face full of shock and grief: "Second Young Master, although we haven't met a few times, you can't just gossip about others in order to get rid of the crime? Xiao Wang is really wronged. The palace The servant girl pointed out that you have a sachet as evidence, and you testify that Xiao Wang is related to Aunt Li, so who can prove it?" Everyone is dead, so can it really be proved by Aunt Li's ghost?

Xia Houqian looked innocent on the face, but was shocked in his heart, he obviously guessed Jing Changji, and he guessed himself, it seems that it was the right move to kill him first.

Jing Changji: "Yes, Aunt Li can prove it."

As soon as Jing Changji's words fell, everyone followed the direction he was pointing at and looked at Aunt Li, who was lying not far away and her back was covered in blood. Are you crazy about breaking the jar?

Aunt Li's proof?how to prove?A dead person, how to prove it?

Xia Houqian couldn't help laughing: "Could the second son be joking? Aunt Li can't speak anymore."

Emperor Chengxian also showed an impatient look, and just when he was about to let someone take Jing Changji down, Jing Changji said again: "Who said you can't speak? It's not dead, although the injury is indeed serious. , but it’s okay to help testify, Aunt Li, are you right?”

Almost at the same time as Jing Changji finished speaking, a very weak voice sounded from the direction where Aunt Li was lying on her stomach: "Second Young Master is absolutely right."

Following the sound of this extremely light and weak voice, the entire hall fell into deathly silence for an instant.The next moment, as Aunt Li turned her head slowly, and with a soft click, the timid minister gasped and took a step back, almost bringing the rest of the ministers down.

Everyone couldn't believe it: what the hell... what's going on?Dead people can talk?

Emperor Cheng Xian frowned and looked at this scene: "What's going on? Didn't it mean that she died?"

Jing Changji's voice was even more innocent and surprised: "Dead? Who said that she wasn't dead? The courtier never said that Aunt Li was dead from the beginning. Oh, by the way, this girl pointed out that the courtier had an affair with Miss Lingyu." , since the third person said it, why don't you listen to the person concerned, after all, you have to give someone a chance to explain, right?"

With this sound, Ling Yu, who was lying on the soft couch like a dead person, got up and knelt there in a regular manner: "I have seen the emperor, the empress and all the adults."

Xia Houqian stood there as if she had seen a ghost, looking at Aunt Li who was lying there weakly and dared not move: How is it possible?He knew how ruthless his heart was after the knife was stabbed. How could Aunt Li still be alive?

He felt cold all over, especially when Aunt Li was looking at him quietly at the moment, the hatred in her eyes was full of mad revenge, hate was born of love, and she wished to die with him.

An ominous premonition welled up in Xia Houqian's heart, and he couldn't help but took a step forward. At the next moment, Wei Yin, who was standing lazily watching the play behind him, suddenly raised his foot and kicked lightly, Xia Houqian thumped. With a sound, he knelt on the ground directly and gave a big gift to him.

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