[Red House] Raiders of life

Changxin Palace.

Min Concubine Mo Minru sat up in surprise, "You said that the Emperor carried Zhen Guiren into Mingcui Palace?"

The tone of these words was gloomy, and Meng Lan's heart skipped a beat, "Yes."

Mo Minru's long armor almost pinched into flesh and blood, and finally defeated her in one fell swoop, but she was back in favor so quickly?If that's the case, is it all in vain for her to spend so much time planning?

Not reconciled, not reconciled, how can I be reconciled!

ah!Mo Minru let out a soft cry, and raised her hand, a tiny bloodstain had already appeared on the palm of her hand.Meng Lan hurriedly brought over the wound medicine, but Mo Minru waved her hand and did not care to apply the medicine.

"Your Majesty! Do you want to do something with Yuqiong?"

Mo Minru shook her head and smiled, "The matter that day was personally interrogated by the emperor, and Yuqiong has not been released so far. Do you think we can do it even if we want to?"

Meng Lan's eyelashes trembled, "Then, what should we do? If Yuqiong retorted, would it... would it..."

"What will happen? Confess us? Our people from Changxin Palace did not come forward. Even if she asked for a confession, she would confess at most..." Mo Minru's eyes flashed, and she fixedly looked at Menglan, "Do you know what to do? "

Meng Lan opened her eyes wide, then lowered her head instantly, "I understand."

"Do it clean. Don't leave marks."

Meng Lan took the order, and was about to leave when Mo Minru called her again, "Tell Concubine Shu the news that the emperor has entered the Mingcui Palace with Zhen Guiren in his arms. A nobleman is not allowed to be the master of the first palace. Your Majesty Allowing her to move later is already a great grace. Now it has been a full month. There are not many high-ranking officials in the palace. The fourth concubine is only Concubine Shu. Now it is Concubine Shu who is in charge of the sixth palace. It's her job."

Menglan understood instantly.Now concubine Shu has the highest status in the palace, but she often submits to a noble concubine of the Zhen family, and she has long been dissatisfied in her heart.But she has always been proud of having raised the eldest prince.The Empress of the Yuan Dynasty had nothing to do, and the Holy One had no heir, so this eldest son became particularly eye-catching.In particular, Concubine Shu used the eldest prince to protect her eyes, and the fifth prince beat him to the point of crippling him, but after kneeling for a while, there was no other reprimand, but Zhen Shi was asked to climb up. Tone?

Meng Lan lowered her eyelids and said respectfully, "Yes!"

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Tu Yuanhai looked at the testimonies one by one, his eyebrows almost knit together. "This was re-interrogated?"

Li Huaiyi knelt down and said, "Yes! At the beginning, because Yuqiong bumped into Zhu Mingzhi, His Majesty allowed her to be healed first and then dealt with. His Majesty said to interrogate again, and the slave went. The slave watched the whole process. Yuqiong bit to death earlier It was Master Zhen who did it, she couldn't bear to see Concubine Min being framed by this, and she couldn't continue to do such unreasonable things under Master Zhen's hands, she would turn her back if she couldn't stand the condemnation of conscience, even if she was sentenced to death .Later, the slave made some heavy tactics, and Yuqiong changed her words, just saying yes for a while, and no for a while. Confused."

Tu Yuanhai tossed the few pieces of paper in his hand, turned them upside down, and not a word of the testimony that was retracted several times was credible.

"How did you check?"

"I asked the people in Mingcui Palace again. Some people said that Yuqiong always likes to rest under the pagoda tree at the back of Mingcui Palace when she is free. The servant went around and found a few people. I bought a box. There were many jewelries, gold and silver ingots, and silver bills in the box. The slave specially showed Master Zhen, and Master Zhen said that some of them were rewarded by her. Some she didn’t recognize. It’s just that this batch of property is not small. If Master Zhen claims it, there are at least tens of thousands of the rest, and it is absolutely impossible for Yuqiong, a small court lady."

Tu Yuanhai glanced at the box in front of the case.Plain wood, painted with a coat of red lacquer.Open it up and see that it is full of fruit.The bank notes are from several major banks in Beijing, and the face value of each note is not high, but the sum is really not good.There is no special mark on gold and silver jewelry.It seems that the person who bought her was very careful.

Li Huaiyi raised his head and glanced at Tu Yuanhai quietly, and then said: "Master Zhen said that although Yuqiong was not someone she brought with her when she entered the palace, she followed her since she entered the palace. Her father and brother outside the palace are also from the Zhen family Looking after it, it is no different from the jade branch and jade lamp she brought into the palace."

Tu Yuanhai naturally knew this.For example, if the daughter of a family like Zhen's is drafted into the palace, she can bring two maids with her.Yuzhi Yuzhan is.Although Yuqiong is different from the two, his father and brother are also from the Zhen family.Such a character will never be bought so easily by others.What's more, at that time Yuqiong hit Zhuzhu Mingzhi, coupled with the overwhelming evidence, he had no choice but to believe her words were true.But now it seems...

Li Huaiyi said again: "The slave asked his apprentice to go out of the palace to look for it. Yuqiong's family was never found. I asked Zhen's family, and I also asked the neighbors, and they all said that more than a month ago, they said that they came from Shanxi's ancestral home. I wrote the letter, and it seems that a fourth uncle who is still close in the family has gone and went home to attend the funeral."

"The servant also found out that a few days before Master Zhen's accident, Yuqiong had met Dongmei several times."

Tu Yuanhai was taken aback, "Dongmei?"

Li Huaiyi crawled and lowered his head a little lower, "Dongmei is a little maid who sweeps in a courtyard of Concubine Shu's palace. She fell into the water last night."

Overboard?overboard...

A lot of eunuchs and court ladies died in the palace every year, but Dongmei died at this time... It was too coincidental.Can it be said that Concubine Shu did it?It's just a court lady who sweeps the yard, and she may not be able to enter the main hall usually.I'm afraid Concubine Shu may not even know that there is such a number one person in her palace.Such a low-ranking maid would never have been given such an important task.But what if Concubine Shu is holding on to this point, thinking that others can't think of it, even if something happens, they can't suspect her, and do the opposite?

Concubine Shu has this ability, this brain?

Tu Yuanhai sighed, he was not ignorant of the fights among the concubines in the palace, but after Wanru died, he treated the others in a mere way, and he didn't bother to pursue it if the trouble wasn't too much.But this does not mean that he can tolerate them extending their hands to the emperor's heir.

Even if it's just a princess, it's still his daughter!What's more, if the women in the palace have such meticulous methods and cultivate a powerful force, then it will be...

Tu Yuanhai patted the table, "Check! Keep checking!"

Li Huaiyi complied, and asked again: "Old Madam Zhen handed over a sign and came in again. She wants to see Master Zhen, and I'm afraid she also wants to see the Emperor."

Tu Yuanhai's expression changed, it was already the fourth time, Concubine Shu rejected it several times before, and he didn't intervene.He didn't know how to face Aunt An.What Zhen Shi did made him really angry, but it happened to be Aunt An's own daughter, he...

"Let Aunt An enter the palace!"

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"The courtier's wife has seen the emperor."

Tu Yuanhai stretched out his hand to help An's up, "Aunt An please get up quickly, I haven't seen Aunt An for quite a while. Auntie is doing well."

"Fortunately, the emperor cared about her, and the minister's wife is very good."

As he said this, but he didn't get up, Tu Yuanhai's heart sank, and he only heard An Shi say: "The emperor should have guessed that the minister's wife has something to ask for."

Tu Yuanhai's hand retracted unconsciously, "Auntie, do you want me to restore Suyan's status?"

Suyan is Zhen's baby name.

"The harem has its own harem rules, so no courtier's wife can say anything. Besides, how can the emperor change his words so easily? Besides, if she really did such a thing, she would have to blame herself if she was executed."

Tu Yuanhai was taken aback, "Auntie thinks Suyan really did this?"

An's smiled wryly, "My wife has been in the deep palace for 15 years, how come she doesn't know the methods in this palace, but no matter how cruel her heart is, how can she kill her own child just like that?"

Tu Yuanhai was even more puzzled, "Why did the aunt say that?"

An raised her head, "The emperor's golden mouth has been opened, and the imperial decree has been issued, how can he go back and forth? Therefore, no matter whether she did it or not, it must be done by her."

Anshi gritted her teeth, with unspeakable pain and intolerance in her eyes, but she spoke very firmly.Tu Yuanhai mourned greatly.Would he rather be wronged and his daughter wronged than to preserve his prestige?

An Shi kowtowed, "It's just that my wife is also a mother, so I can't bear it. Suyan is no longer a noble concubine, but she is not living in the main hall of Mingcui Palace. My wife only asks the emperor to give her a small quiet courtyard. Let her rest in a corner, and end her life."

Tu Yuanhai's lips parted slightly, and he said after a while: "Is this what Auntie came to the palace today to ask for?"

If that's all, why ask for it?

An Shi shook her head, "My wife just wants to see Suyan with her own eyes, as long as she knows she is safe. Suyan also understands in her heart. She doesn't blame the emperor. It's just that Suyan is worried about the fifth prince after all. Suyan is not qualified to raise her now. The fifth prince is gone, but how can Suyan not pay attention to the candidate for the fifth prince's adoptive mother? There are some things that Suyan can't say without seeing the emperor. The minister's wife can't see her begging so hard, so she can only lick this face to beg I beg the emperor."

"Auntie, please tell me."

"Although Concubine Hui is good, but the second prince has gone, and the empress is overwhelmed with grief and has been ill for a long time. The fifth prince is still young, stubborn and ignorant. This time, he left his biological mother and went to another place. I'm afraid there will be trouble. For a while. How can Concubine Hui's body bear it?"

Speaking of which Concubine Hui's illness is almost healed, it is mostly pretending that she is dying every day lying down, but she just wants to use this to attract the emperor's pity and get a prince by her knees.She injured her body when she gave birth to the second prince in her early years, and she has been unable to conceive any more children.Now that the second prince is gone, he will naturally give up his thoughts of rebirth and focus on fostering him.

But it was her own behavior that also became an obstacle.How does a sickly concubine raise the prince?Don't let yourself be exhausted, and the prince will also suffer.

"Concubine Jing is an old man who served in the palace before the emperor ascended the throne. She was born in a scholarly family, and her knowledge and bearing are not bad. It would be great if she can be raised and raised by her."

Concubine Jing?Tu Yuanhai only remembered this character after being reminded.It is said that it is a scholarly family, but the ancestors are not well-known among the scholars, and they are not considered a rich family.But both her father and brother and she herself can be regarded as a person who has read poetry and books.And he is chaste.She is not favored, has never conceived an heir, and is not jealous.This position was promoted because of seniority.

Tu Yuanhai thought about it carefully, and only found a figure who always smiled quietly and listened to their jokes when there were big banquets.Occasionally, when I go to her palace, the whole room smells like ink.It's just... She is too rigid and not good at speaking, sometimes she can't even get her to say a word for a long time.

Such a person has enough knowledge, but his temper... What if Xiao Wu follows him and learns this temper?Concubine Ke Hui's body was indeed inappropriate.There are a few other people who are either not qualified for their positions, or have children under their knees, which is not easy to deal with.

Besides, no matter how good others are, how can they compare with their own biological mother?

Tu Yuanhai helped An's up, but he didn't say yes or no.An Shi didn't ask any more.Leaving these things aside, he chatted casually with Tu Yuanhai and left the palace.

The next day, under the imperial decree.

Lin Ning resumed the position of noble concubine.

The news spread throughout the Six Palaces, causing Concubine Shu, who was going to force Lin Ning to move to the palace in full swing and was about to beat up the dog in the water, smashed the set of porcelain viciously.