[Red House] Harem Road in Spring

Zhou's eyes were full of anger, and his body trembled because of being too angry, obviously he was ruthless from anger.

And the grief and indignation in the eyes of Mingyue and Caixia did not seem to be fake.

Judging from the performance alone, these three people don't even look like the one who lied.

But how is it possible?One of them must have lied to everyone.

Suddenly, Yingchun thought of another possibility.

"Mr. Zhou, repeat what you said at the beginning. Remember, the tone and demeanor must be restored to the original scene." Yingchun said.

Mrs. Zhou looked up at Yingchun and the others who were superior, and began to recall the original scene.

At that time, the Supreme Emperor died suddenly, just a few days ago she read a script, the concubines were forced to be buried with them, and many concubines who will not be able to give birth in the future are at the right age, so how can they be willing to be buried with them?Therefore, the concubines resisted, but the ending was even more terrifying. The powerless concubines were pushed into the tomb by the eunuchs and buried alive!

Just think about it, being buried alive is not only death, but also the cruel treatment, pain, darkness, hunger, fear, despair, and final suffocation before death. Just thinking about it makes people collapse!

Therefore, that night, she associated the death of the Supreme Emperor with the burial. Because of fear, she hid in the bed and asked tremblingly, "Will the Emperor let the concubines die for the Supreme Emperor?"

In front of everyone, Zhou tried his best to imitate the tone of that night.

Zhou's tone was full of fear, and because of his low voice, the word "ke" was almost inaudible.

At the same time that Zhou's words fell, Yingchun, Concubine Gui, and Concubine Xian knew why.

Zhou's original words were, "Will the emperor let the concubines die for the Supreme Emperor?" But because his tone is too small, if you don't pay attention, it sounds like "The emperor will let the concubines die for the Supreme Emperor."

Originally, Chou was just asking questions, but Mingyue and Caixia heard that Chou was telling them, "The emperor will let the concubines die for the emperor."

The impact Mingyue and Caixia received was so great that they disregarded the principle of non-repudiation in the palace and said what they understood, and rumors became that the emperor wanted to let the concubines be buried.

There is one last point that Yingchun needs to confirm.

"Caixia, Mingyue, please repeat what Mrs. Zhou said that night." Yingchun said.

"Yes"

The two agreed and said, "Zhou's voice was full of fear and told the slaves and servants, 'The emperor will let the concubines die for the emperor.'"

Yingchun and the three of them looked at each other, as expected!

"Zhou Shi, after you finished speaking, can Caixia and Mingyue comfort you." Yingchun asked again.

If Zhou's tone is questioning, Caixia Mingyue will definitely want to comfort the master, but if Zhou's tone is affirmative, Caixia and Mingyue will be silent and dare not speak.

There was a look of reminiscence in Zhou's eyes, and after a while he shook his head and said, "Not yet."

At this point, the rumors seem to be clear. Zhou said his conjecture out of fear, and because of his low tone because of fear, Caixia and Mingyue failed him. After that, Caixia and Mingyue spread the rumor about his failure.

"Take Mingyue and Caixia down." Yingchun said.

"Yes" the eunuch stepped forward and dragged the two of them down.

All the crux of the rumors are on Mr. Zhou.

"Mr. Zhou, do you really not know that the emperor's burial of the concubines is a rumor? And it came from your side." Yingchun asked.

Regardless of whether Zhou did it on purpose or not, she knew that there must be something strange about the rumors.

Mrs. Zhou shook her head in a panic, but her eyes met Yingchun's gaze, and her eyes met. Concubine Shu's eyes seemed to see through her, making her unable to tell the lie she had prepared.

The more panicked Zhou became, Yingchun, Concubine Xian and others looked at her with sharper eyes.

In the end, Zhou sat down on the ground, as if giving up struggling.

"Hmph! Don't tell the truth about it. If you talk nonsense, you will have your own place." All three of them saw Zhou's guilty conscience, and the imperial concubine threatened.

If they don't confess in front of Yingchun and others, and they are sent to a special place for interrogation, they will be tortured first without saying anything, and they will suffer, and the Zhou family dare not try the law by themselves.

"Recruit, concubine recruit." Zhou knows that the things in her hands are not very strict, if the emperor is determined to investigate, she can't hide it, so why bother to struggle and suffer?

If they are recruited now, they may still be punished lightly.

Zhou sat down on the ground and said slowly.

"At the beginning, things were just as the three empresses guessed. Mingyue and Caixia misunderstood the words of the concubine because of the cowardice and fear of the concubine. At the beginning, the concubine didn't know about it. When the rumors were discovered, and the rumors were still spreading from Beiqi, Beiqi also tried to stop them and explained to other concubines, but they didn't believe them! Beiqi could only watch the rumors spread more and more. The concubines Guang and Concubines are convinced that the matter has come to this point, it is beyond the concubine's control!" Zhou said weakly.

"Oh!" The imperial concubine sneered, "It's not something you can control? If you didn't explain it because you were afraid that the emperor and concubines would get angry with you after explaining the source of the rumors, it would be wrong to speak loudly. Understand, how dare others believe it?"

Embarrassment flashed across Zhou's face, but because what the imperial concubine said was true, she had no way to refute it, so she could only accept it.

"Take Mrs. Zhou down, and Mrs. Xuanliang will enter." The imperial concubine said.

If the Zhou family just spread rumors, it is very likely that she herself was kept in the dark, but this Liang family, who tricked all the concubines into committing suicide by taking poison, would be damned!

When Mrs. Liang was brought up, her face was full of stubbornness, with an expression of "I'm not wrong".

"Liang Shi, the emperor didn't ask the concubines to be buried with the emperor, but you tricked all the concubines to commit suicide by poisoning themselves. How much enmity do the concubines have against you, and let you murder all the concubines at once?" the noble concubine asked.

is not that right?If the time for the emperor to grasp the news is delayed, wouldn't all the concubines die because of the Liang family?

"No, no concubine!" Liang said firmly.

"Oh! If the emperor hadn't noticed it, all the concubines would have committed suicide because of your bewitching. You alone carried the lives of all the concubines. With so many lives, how dare you say you don't have them?" Concubine Xian added.

Anger flashed in Liang's eyes, and he said loudly, "It's the concubine and others who volunteered to be buried with the Supreme Emperor."

"You have a deep affection for the emperor, but the emperor didn't order the concubine to be buried, and you, a little non-prime concubine, jumped up and down and wanted to drag all the concubines into the water, why? You want to surpass the Ministry of Rites and the emperor to preside over the emperor The funeral? Just rely on you as a little sixth-rank concubine?" Concubine Xian asked.

Liang's face turned red with anger, but scruples flashed in his eyes, he opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything to refute.

"Mr. Liang, if you haven't started recruiting yet, don't you know how to bring trouble to your Liang family. Before you speak, think about it. If there is a daughter who murders all the concubines in the palace, how should the Liang family deal with themselves?" Concubine Xian always Know how to pinch other people's seven inches.

Grief and indignation flashed across Liang's eyes, and he said, "I am the only one in charge, what does that have to do with the Liang family?"

From a few conversations after entering the palace, Yingchun understood Liang's character. She was innocent and loyal, which showed that she did not suffer much after entering the palace.

"Who told you to be the daughter of the Liang family? The important responsibility benefits the family, and the disaster must be shared. You have to think carefully about whether to say it or not!" Xianfei said.

"I'll say." Liang's was more straightforward than Zhou's.

"From the moment I knew that the emperor wanted us to be buried with the Supreme Emperor, I prepared to kill myself before being buried with him, because it is too painful for a living person to be buried with him, and if we kill ourselves, we will suffer less."

"Why do you persuade all the concubines to commit suicide?" Yingchun asked.

Liang's eyes flickered, and he didn't dare to tell lies, and said, "It's against the emperor's will to kill myself, and I'm afraid that my family will be hurt, so I thought of not blaming everyone, and pulled all the concubines."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Liang seemed unwilling, and said, "It would be a good thing for the concubines to pull the concubines to commit suicide. After all, everyone knows that if they are buried alive, it will be too painful. I am afraid that they will suffer all kinds of torture before they die. Self-destruct."

"You use this to convince the concubines? Then you know that the emperor has no intention of letting the concubines be buried. You are so careful that you almost killed more than ten people." Yingchun said.

Liang's face turned blue and white, so exciting!

"It's my concubine's fault!" Shi Liang lowered her head.

"More than that! Where did the dove medicine in your room come from?" Yingchun asked.

Dove medicine is a forbidden drug in the palace, and the guards at the gate of the palace strictly guard it and will never tolerate this kind of medicine being mixed into the palace. If the medicine hurt the emperor, whose fault is it?

Therefore, to a certain extent, the appearance of dove medicine in Liang's hands is a problem that must be taken seriously.

The third concubine naturally knew what to ask, interrogated harshly, Liang didn't seem to want to deny it, and it was easy to confess.

"When the concubine heard the news that the concubines were going to be buried, she was ashamed, so she wanted to kill herself. She asked Xiu'er, a maid beside her, who found a way to prepare dove medicine for the concubine. Later, the concubine saw the concubines The concubines were terrified by the burial, and because the concubines have taken care of the concubine since they entered the palace, they couldn't bear it, so they suggested that if they were buried, it would be better to kill themselves and leave without pain."

This reminded Yingchun of Liang's information. Liang happened to be a beautiful girl who entered the palace before Yingchun. Her appearance was not outstanding. Perhaps because of her unremarkable appearance, she was selected by the Zhen clan to be a low-ranking concubine. .But in fact, this Liang family has never seen the Supreme Emperor since entering the palace, let alone received the favor.

With Zhen's suppression, and no chance to compete for the favor, these concubines get along in a rare harmony in private. Maybe they are thinking of themselves and sympathizing with each other. There will be more care.

Liang's idea of ​​suicide because he couldn't bear to see the concubines being buried makes sense.

However, there are still two points that need to be investigated in detail.

First, the rumor was spread, and it was believed to be true. There were too many strange things in it.

Second, Xiu'er, who provided dove medicine in Liang's confession, and a court lady can provide dove medicine, need to be investigated in detail.

What Yingchun could think of, the noble concubine and the concubine Xian could also think of, the noble concubine summoned the capable nanny beside her and asked her to go down and investigate the rumors spreading.

Rumors are spread from the mouths of the maids, and if you want to get to the bottom of it, you need to collect the rumors heard by the maids and sort them out one by one, and it would be appropriate to hand them over to the nanny.

"Where is Xiu'er, the court lady next to Mrs. Liang?" Yingchun asked.

"Bring up the court lady Xiu'er," said the noble concubine.

At this time, a eunuch suddenly rushed in, Yingchun's intuition told her that she might not see this court lady Xiu'er again.

"I report to the imperial concubine, the Shu concubine, and the virtuous concubine that the court lady Xiu'er committed suicide by taking poison."

really!

"Hmph! I thought it was over by taking poison and killing myself. Check, strictly check everyone who has been in contact with the palace maid Xiu'er." The imperial concubine said in a bad tone.

Even with the emperor's care, the detailed investigation of all the people who have been in contact with the court lady Xiu'er will not be able to get results in a short time, and they have to keep their filial piety for the emperor, so it is impossible for Yingchun and others to just stay here and wait for the results.

Therefore, when the results of the transfer came out, Yingchun and others were crying for the emperor. Not only Yingchun and the third concubine were present, but also the queen and the concubine.

It was Zi Yuan who came back to report. She lowered her head and looked at the imperial concubine hesitantly. Obviously, she felt that there were some things that were not good to say in front of everyone.

The noble concubine's face was tinged with displeasure, and she frowned in an upright manner, "Just say what you find."

"Yes." Ziyuan's tone was a little low.

"The court lady Xiu'er next to Zhou Baolin didn't have any special close people in the palace, so the servants and others went to check the relatives of the court lady Xiu'er outside the palace, and found that their family seemed to have made a fortune a month ago, and Moved to a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing."

Do you still need to think?In Xiu'er's house, it was obviously bought off.

"However, this morning, a fire suddenly broke out in the courtyard where Xiu'er's house is located, and all seven members of the family were killed in the flames." Zi Yuan said again.

It's obvious to kill people to silence her, but she doesn't know if Ruoxiu'er is alive and knows that her family has been wiped out, she will do things for the master behind her.

If it was just these news, Zi Yuan would not have hesitated before, obviously there is something else.

"Someone said that Yan Jiao, the second son of Yan Shangshu, was seen entering and leaving Xiu'er's yard at dawn."

Yan Shangshu's second son, Yan Jiao, isn't that Xianfei's elder brother?Could it be that Concubine Xian was involved in this matter?

"Shut up!" The noble concubine stopped her with an ugly expression.

"Hehe..." The Queen's crisp laughter sounded, and she said meaningfully, "The noble concubine investigated the case, but found the concubine Xian, which is really interesting!"

The smile in the queen's eyes was too obvious, which made the imperial concubine's face even more ugly.

Today, the position of the empress is in jeopardy. The most competitive are the noble concubine and the virtuous concubine. The concubine's investigation found the concubine Xian. People's first reaction is that the concubine is going to attack the concubine Xian!

The imperial concubine should also know that people would think so, and her face would be so ugly.