[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

Lord Gan secretly glanced at the prince, and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, after investigation by the ministers, the assassination of Lord Wang seems to be related to the Xu family."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked and looked at the prince in unison.

The prince's eyelids twitched for many days, and now they finally stopped.

The scapegoat was indeed not directly blamed on him, but what is the difference between what the Xu family did and what he did?

The emperor said lightly: "It seems?"

Mr. Gan covered the guilty conscience in his eyes, and said: "I have found the evidence."

"What evidence?"

Mr. Gan said: "I went to the scene of the crime to check, and found the corpses of the assassins, and found the tokens of King Ning's Mansion from them."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, "Since it is the token of Prince Ning's Mansion, how could it involve the Xu family?"

"I didn't suspect the Xu family at first, but after thinking about it carefully, King Ning doesn't seem like someone who would do such a thing. First, King Ning and Mr. Wang have no grievances, and second, even if King Ning Instructing someone to assassinate Lord Wang, why would someone wear a token on his body? This is obviously someone who wants to frame him, so that he can get rid of both Lord Wang and King Ning, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

King Ning heard some tricks, and immediately knelt down and said: "Father, my son and Lord Wang have no intersection, and there is no hatred. He will never be assassinated. The people behind him intend to pin the crime on the son of the king." , it is really sinister, I ask the father to be the master for the son."

The emperor said: "Since you have never done it, I will not wrong you for no reason. You should get up first and listen to what Gan Qing has to say next."

Mr. Gan said: "I thought to myself, since I can steal the token of King Ning's mansion, it must be someone from the manor of King Ning, or someone who can get close to His Highness King Ning. Therefore, I can only offend King Ning, and secretly interrogated The people in Prince Ning’s Mansion, as expected, the leader of the guards of Prince Ning’s Mansion showed their feet. The minister found a lot of gold and silver treasures and half-burned secret letters from his room. Later, after interrogation, the man confessed that the Xu family ordered him to steal The token of Prince Ning's Mansion, but he doesn't know who it is from the Xu family."

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Letters can be forged, and guards can be bribed. This is not much evidence."

At this time, another minister said: "I heard that Mr. Wang was not only injured, but also poisoned. Why don't Mr. Gan interrogate the person who poisoned him?"

Mr. Gan said: "Of course I thought so, but the bribed doctor committed suicide by taking poison as soon as the matter was exposed."

"But this matter can't be left alone?"

The prince was sweating coldly when he heard the whispers of the courtiers.He had a premonition that the Xu family was going to be in trouble this time. Why have accidents happened one after another recently? !

After thinking for a while, Mr. Gan said to Wang Ziteng: "May I ask Mr. Wang, have you offended anyone? Or, have you offended the Xu family?"

We are all court officials, who has few political enemies?But it's hard to say that.

After a while, Wang Ziteng said: "When I was working abroad, I saw a Xu family relative Xu Yuanzhou who corrupted the law, oppressed the people, and kept private soldiers. I reported this matter to Your Majesty in the above memorial. Other than that Besides, I have nothing to offend the Xu family."

"Zouben?" The emperor was very puzzled, and looked at Eunuch Zhang, "Such a big thing happened, why haven't I seen Mr. Wang's Zouben?"

Eunuch Zhang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I don't know, my servant has indeed never seen the memorabilia sent by Lord Wang."

The emperor said: "Who would dare to raise private soldiers if he didn't have the heart of treason? misremembered?"

Wang Ziteng was startled, "Your Majesty, I did indeed send someone to rush to the capital, there is absolutely no falsehood."

"But it's impossible for my people to lie."

Mr. Gan said: "Your Majesty, I think it is possible that someone may have heard the wind and robbed Mr. Wang's memorabilia on the way. If you want to prove this now, you need to send someone to escort Xu Yuanzhou back to the capital. Interrogation."

The prince stood aside, held his breath, and stood with his head bowed, for fear that others would notice him.

Corruption and breaking the law, raising private soldiers, what is this for, this is for treason.No matter how stupid he was, he still understood that his father wanted to charge the Xu family with treason!

Fortunately, there is no conclusive evidence yet, and the emperor can't do anything to the Xu family, maybe there is a turning point.

Five days later, the news came that Xu Yuanzhou died suddenly!

"If you don't die sooner, you don't die later, but at this time, what is His Majesty thinking?"

Gu Xingchi smiled and said, "You guessed it?"

Sister Feng pinched him, "A series of things have happened these days, even if I am stupid, I can still understand it. Tell me, did you already know that assassination and poisoning are simply a scene played by your majesty and uncle?" play."

Gu Xingchi's skin was rough and fleshy, and Sister Feng didn't use too much strength, but he still cried out on purpose, "Young lady is so cruel."

"Don't be sloppy, just say it."

Gu Xingchi hugged Sister Qiao to the beauty's couch and sat there, holding her in one arm and Sister Feng in the other, "The assassination is a result of collusion between His Majesty and Lord Wang, and the impeachment of Xu Yuanzhou is also what His Majesty ordered Lord Wang to do." , but it is indeed true that Mr. Wang was poisoned."

"Don't tell me that His Majesty and uncle really made uncle use poison for this play to be realistic."

"Of course not." Gu Xingchi said, "This is also unexpected, and it is likely that the queen did it."

Sister Feng instantly understood, "I think the empress knew that Her Majesty arranged for those assassins, and thought that His Majesty was going to frame the prince as a victim, so she wanted to have a praying mantis, a cicada, and an oriole behind her, and bought the doctor to poison my uncle."

Gu Xingchi said: "It's almost like this, but she didn't expect that His Majesty's purpose was not in this. His Majesty never thought of using this kind of thing to frame the Crown Prince."

"What do you mean by that?" Sister Feng asked.

"Do you know what the people sent by His Majesty found in Xu Yuanzhou's house?"

"Could it be a weapon, armor?"

Gu Xingchi shook his head and smiled, "It's empty, there's nothing there."

"Since there is nothing, why did Xu Yuanzhou die suddenly?"

Gu Xingchi said: "Think about it, Mr. Wang impeached Xu Yuanzhou for secretly taking money and raising private soldiers, but after a search, nothing was found. If it's just like this, it's nothing, but Xu Yuanzhou died. What do you think everyone will do? think?"

"Murder and silence?!"

"Who kills and silences?"

Sister Feng chuckled suddenly, "Of course it's the Xu family, Your Majesty is really good at planning."

"The more human and material evidences are there, the smoother the smoother, the more suspicious it will be. The more cloudy and foggy, flickering, the more convincing people will be." Gu Xingchi said, " Just wait and see, everyone will think that the Xu family has long conspired against them, but because they destroyed the evidence in time and killed the insider, His Majesty was unable to punish him. The matter has come to this point, you understand that His Majesty wants What did you do?"

After hesitating for a moment, Sister Feng said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is going to... force the Xu family to rebel, and then bring out carrots and mud?"

Gu Xingchi took Sister Qiao's hand and said softly, "Anyway, the Xu family has long wanted to do this, why not let them do it earlier?"

Sure enough, from the assassination of Wang Ziteng, to the poisoning, to the sudden death of Xu Yuanzhou, a series of rumors spread, and the rumors about the Xu family's rebellion became even more rampant.

The Xu family is the prince's ancestral family, so the prince was also implicated. Some people said that the Xu family wanted to rebel because of the prince.

The prince was worried and frightened every day, and felt more and more that his position as prince was in jeopardy.

With a sound of "snap", the queen threw a phoenix hairpin to the ground, "Okay, that's great, as the emperor of a country, he actually resorted to such a vicious method. He wants to force the Xu family and the prince to death."

In fact, the emperor was planning to do this as early as Mrs. Xu died of illness, but he did not expect the emperor to act so fast.

Nv Sang said: "Queen Empress, please calm down, Mr. Xu sent you a letter quietly, saying that you don't have to worry too much, the Xu family will not sit still."

The queen closed her eyes, "I'm not angry, I'm just..." She was just sad and blamed the emperor.

She naturally knew that the Xu family had been prepared for a long time, but she still felt sad when she saw the emperor calculating the Xu family like this. Didn't he have any affection for her for all these years?

It is true that she stole the person her younger sister likes, but she has been helping the emperor from the sidelines for so many years. If it wasn't for the Xu family, would he be able to ascend the throne so smoothly?But I didn't expect that in the end, it would end up like a dead dog.

"His heart is so cruel, it's made of stone. No matter how kind I am to him, how infatuated I am, I won't be able to cover him up." The queen smiled wryly.

"Your Majesty..." Miss Sang always thought that the queen was proud and indifferent, and this was the first time she had seen her show such an expression.

But after a while, the queen's expression and eyes were as cold as before, "I thought he was going to send someone to assassinate Wang Ziteng and plant it on the prince, so he sent someone to follow him all the way, and bribed the doctor to poison the prince. Weng's intention is not to drink, what he wants to deal with is the Xu family."

Gossip and gossip seem to be nothing, but gathering together is enough to kill a person. The emperor is going to set the Xu family on the fire.

Officer Sang asked: "What should we do now, do you want to call His Highness the Crown Prince into the palace?"

The queen did not answer, but asked: "I heard that Concubine Zhen goes to the imperial garden every morning to relax and enjoy the flowers?"

"Yes."

The queen said lightly: "At times like this, you really have to go out to relax, so that you can calm down."

At noon, the queen returned to the palace, just as the doctor Xia came to ask for her peace pulse.

Although Imperial Physician Xia is old, he is still so elegant and detached, and his demeanor is also cold and cheerless. Even when facing superiors, he will not flatter him.

He didn't say a word during the whole process, and only after taking the pulse did he say: "The Empress is in good health, don't worry."

After saying that, let's leave with courtesy.

"Doctor Xia, wait a minute." The queen's voice sounded from behind.

Physician Xia said: "I don't know what other orders the empress has?"

The queen waved her hand, and Lady Sang asked the eunuchs and maids to step down.

The queen walked up to him step by step, with a smile on her lips, but no smile in her eyes, "Doctor Xia, don't you want to avenge your beloved?"

Imperial Physician Xia's indifferent face froze for a moment, and then immediately returned to normal, "I can't understand what your lady said."

"Doctor Xia, Ming people don't speak dark words. You have never married a wife for so many years. Others only say that you are not a womanizer and obsessed with medical skills, but I know why." The queen looked at him and said slowly, " That person is Gu Yirong, am I right?"

"Your Majesty, be careful, this is not something you say casually." Doctor Xia said.

The queen continued: "In order to protect the Gu family, Mrs. Gu is willing to raise a son who is not from the Gu family. She refuses to avenge her daughter. Don't you want to fight?"

Knowing that everything was a play conspired by the emperor and Wang Ziteng, Sister Feng felt much more at ease. Now it is Wang Ren's matter that needs to be resolved.

When Wang Ziteng first returned to the capital, everything was complicated, so he had no time to discipline Wang Ren.Wang Ren has been honest for a few days, but he still can't stand the temptation outside. When Wang Ziteng can't notice him, he always sneaks out of the house and fools around with those cronies.

Those people knew that he was Wang Ziteng's nephew, so they gave him three points.

When Sister Feng heard Wang Ren's whereabouts and words and deeds reported these days, she became very angry, "If he continues to use the power of the Wang family to show off his might, he will definitely bring disaster to the Wang family. Not to mention the Xu family, It means that so many people who are jealous of the Wang family must be waiting to catch the Wang family, but he still doesn't know how to restrain himself."

Ping'er persuaded: "Madam, don't be angry, be careful to hurt the child."

Sister Feng sat down slowly, and seemed to be talking to herself, "He was the one who was unkind in the past and present, so don't blame me for being unrighteous."

After making up her mind, she said to Xiang'er: "Call Gu Jin, I have something to tell him."

Three days later, leaning on the red building.

As soon as Wang Ren arrived at the gate of the Yihong Building, a girl with heavy make-up immediately came to greet him, bringing a scent of fragrance wherever he passed.

Wang Ren didn't think the powder was pungent, so he put his arms around her.

Yue Rou said softly, "Prince Wang is here, you haven't visited him for several days, I thought you forgot about me."

Wang Ren walked in with his arms around her, touched the rouge on her mouth with his hand, and teased, "I forget you and no one can forget you, but I really can't get away these two days."

The two of them went to the private room on the second floor while getting bored.

Pushing open a door, I saw several men sitting inside.

Among them was a man with a handsome appearance, but he looked like a monkey with a sharp mouth and gleaming eyes.He stood up first, and laughed loudly: "Brother Wang is late, and you will be punished with three glasses of wine."

"What's the matter?" Wang Ren pushed Yue Rou aside, drank three glasses of wine in succession, "Brother Sun, are you satisfied?"

Sun Jiu clapped his palms and laughed, and said to the people behind: "Brother Yu, I didn't lie to you. Brother Wang is indeed a bold and generous person, and he is worth making friends with."

Only then did Wang Ren realize that there was one more person in this group of friends, and asked Sun Jiu, "I don't know who this is?"

Sun Jiu smiled and said, "Let me introduce you, this is Mr. Yu Hongyu, the cabinet owner of Wanjin Cabinet Workshop."

Wanjin Cabinet Square is the biggest casino in the capital, Wang Ren has heard of it, "It turns out that it is Mr. Yu, who has known his name for a long time."

After everyone was seated, a girl came over to pour wine for them, and chatted and laughed with them to relieve their boredom.

Sun Jiu drank a glass of wine and sighed: "It's getting more and more difficult to invite Brother Wang to come out now. Those who don't know think that Brother Wang has such a prominent family background that he doesn't look down on vulgar commoners like us."

Wang Rendao: "What are you talking about? It's not that I don't want to come, it's really helpless."