Seeing He Fan's attitude, Lin Jinwen was unhappy.Naturally, he wouldn't keep his displeasure in his heart, and sarcastically said with a sneer smile, "Since Guard He doesn't know anything, what's the use of you."
After saying this, he didn't give Xiao Rugui a chance to smooth things over, and he turned his head and left proudly.
He Fan's face turned pale when Lin Jinwen said this, Xiao Rugui frowned, hesitated, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said reluctantly: "Vice Commander Lin's mouth has always been unforgiving, don't let it go In your heart, don't be too impulsive."
He Fan forced a smile at him and said, "Don't worry, Commander, I know about these lowly positions, and I won't take them to heart."
After hearing what he said, Xiao Rugui loosened his frowning brows and said, "Let's go there first to see what happened, so as not to be late and cause the emperor to be furious."
He Fan took a few deep breaths and let out all the anger in his heart. He nodded and said in agreement: "Deputy Commander Lin has already passed, let's hurry up and follow."
Naturally, Xiao Rugui did not intend to compete with Lin Jinwen for who would be favored by the emperor, but he would not say this to He Fan who was thinking of himself, so he hummed lightly, and walked towards Qianqing Palace together with He Fan.
But in order not to be discovered by He Fan, he walked not too fast but not too slow.
When the two returned to Qianqing Hall, Lin Jinwen was there to appease the emperor, and he only heard him say: "Your Majesty, don't be so angry because of such a trivial matter. Since a person is dead, let people investigate carefully, and there will always be clues." of."
He Fan hated Lin Jinwen from the bottom of his heart, and naturally felt that everything he did was bad. At this moment, he felt that Lin Jinwen's voice was full of flattery.In his opinion, Lin Jinwen's behavior really didn't look like a courtier, but like Wang Jin'an, the eunuch next to the emperor.
He Fan curled his lips with a look of disdain.Xiao Rugui squinted at him, perhaps his gaze was too sharp, and He Fan instinctively felt threatened.He raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Rugui's, and turned his gaze away with a little guilt.
Xiao Rugui looked away, then stood aside calmly waiting for the emperor's order.
The emperor was so angry that he coughed dryly several times, the anger on his face could not be calmed down no matter what.Kneeling in the hall were the palace eunuchs and guards guarding Fangmei. The emperor pointed at them with knives in their eyes.
Some of the guards used to be with He Fan. Seeing the emperor's current appearance, these people may not live long.He Fan looked a little anxious, and couldn't help but look at Xiao Rugui.
It's just that Xiao Rugui didn't look at him, Xiao Rugui lowered his eyes and stood there steadily.
Wang Jin'an patted the emperor on the back, and he didn't move until the emperor stopped coughing.
The emperor looked at the people on the ground and said coldly: "If you can't even see a single person, what use are you for?"
Everyone on the ground shrank their necks, showing obvious fear.
Speaking of which, Fangmei's death had nothing to do with them. They were very strict with Fangmei, but Fangmei died by herself.Poison was put in her teeth, and after a day and night of interrogation, she bit the poison and committed suicide.
Her poison is still very poisonous, and the time from biting to death is just a blink of an eye, and they can't stop it even if they want to stop it.
The death of Fangmei was quite tragic. It is said that when she died, her eyes showed viciousness, and she looked far away at the direction where the emperor lived, feeling quite unwilling to die.
Of course, no one dared to speak out about this.The people kneeling on the ground waiting to die can only blame Fangmei, and no one would have thought that there would be poison in her mouth.
This is not like a concubine, but like a dead man trained by others.
But Fang Meiren, who had been interrogated for so long without saying a word, suddenly committed suicide?Did someone give her some notice, or did she receive some hint?
It is natural for such a thing to doubt these people, but these people naturally feel that they have been wronged.They could all testify to each other that no one was ever alone out of sight.
Now it is a matter of life and death, they can't wait to push out someone to take the place of the dead, it is impossible to lie about this.
The emperor didn't care about this, he only knew that these people didn't take good care of Fangmei, which made him lose the chance to find the truth.
The emperor looked at them viciously, and then said word by word: "All the palace servants will be sent to the Execution Department, and the guards will be handed over to Xiao Rugui. Be sure to interrogate me exactly how Fangmei died."
A group of people desperately pleaded with the emperor, saying that they were wronged, and begged the emperor to forgive them.But the emperor sitting there looked at them coldly, without a trace of pity in his eyes.
When Xiao Rugui took the guards down, He Fan went with him.
Lin Jinwen stood in front of the emperor, and he had nothing to say, so he stood there silently.
The emperor's body was trembling slightly, he was angry.
Lin Jinwen could understand the emperor's mood. Recently, accidents happened again and again in the palace, and every time they were aimed at the royal family.To put it bluntly, it was a naked provocation, but to put it bluntly, it was to slap the emperor directly in front of everyone.
How could such a high-minded person like the emperor not be angry, if it were him, he would be angry too, the feeling of being played with in the palm of his hand is very bad.
When the hall was silent, An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang came out from behind the screen.An Zhaoyi looked very cautious, while Zhou Kang's eyes were clear as if he didn't know anything.
Just now when the servants came to report Fangmei's death, An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang were waiting by the emperor's side. When they heard this and avoided it, they hid behind the screen, not because they listened to these court affairs.
The anxiety in An Zhaoyi's heart was vividly expressed on her face. She greeted the emperor and called out to the emperor softly.The emperor looked directly at her, and did not ask her to stand up.
The emperor has always disliked the harem's participation in court affairs these years. Although An Zhaoyi heard this by accident today, the emperor was still a little unhappy.
An Zhaoyi restrained the urge to tremble, she tried her best to maintain a smile on her face and said docilely: "The emperor is going to deal with the affairs of state, and this concubine will take the fifth prince back."
Zhou Kang was young, so maybe he didn't know what this stiff atmosphere represented. He said seriously in a childish voice: "Father is not feeling well. The sons and mothers can't share the worries of the father. I hope the father will take care of his health." .”
Children's innocent words are always liked, even Lin Jinwen couldn't help but look at Zhou Kang.
Zhou Kang's big round eyes were looking at the emperor, with a look of bewilderment about the current situation and concern for the emperor.
There is nothing more sincere than a child's eyes.The emperor looked at Zhou Kang, and thought of Zhou Rui, Zhou An who was stupid, Zhou Rong who was completely destroyed, and Zhou Xiang who was begging for his mother in a coma, and suddenly felt sad from the bottom of his heart.
Now besides Zhou Rui, he only has a healthy child like Zhou Kang under his knees.
But Zhou Kang has been in poor health since he was born, and he has been taking medicine all year round. Now he is still young, and his mother and concubine are living under the hands of Xian Concubine, so he doesn't know if he can grow up safely.
Thinking of this, the emperor's unhappiness that An Zhaoyi heard about the court affairs also dissipated.
He raised his hand to invite Zhou Kang to touch his head, but finally put his hand down again.The emperor can see clearly now, which son he likes, even if he just showed his liking, this son will not die well.
From Zhou An to Zhou Rong, it's not a fool, it hurts.This is someone trying to get rid of his son bit by bit, so that no one can use him and no one can replace him.
After all, Zhou Kang was still young, and he never thought of handing over the throne to Zhou Kang.In this case, it is better not to cause trouble for Zhou Kang.
There was a rare compassion in the emperor's heart, and he sighed weakly: "Go back with your mother and concubine."
An Zhaoyi didn't expect that she passed the test so easily, her face was full of horror and disbelief.
Zhou Kang, on the other hand, didn't know the situation he was facing now. He kowtowed to the emperor and said bluntly: "The minister and the concubine mother will leave first, and come to visit the emperor another day."
The emperor's face showed a little sluggishness, and he said: "I'm fine now, there's no need to come and visit me."
Disappointment was written on Zhou Kang's face, but he was used to not seeing the emperor very often, so he kowtowed to the emperor seriously: "I know."
When An Zhaoyi took Zhou Kang to leave, she couldn't hold back, she glanced at the emperor and said softly, "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body." After saying this, she took Zhou Kang and left.
The emperor looked at An Zhaoyi's back and felt a little complicated in his heart. This was the first time An Zhaoyi crossed the line and said such a word of concern for the first time in many years.
Lin Jinwen withdrew his gaze, seeing that the emperor was in a bad mood, he tried to reduce his presence as much as possible.
It's just that he wanted to reduce his sense of existence, but the emperor was not willing to let him reduce it.
When An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang left the Hall of Qianqing completely, the emperor suddenly asked, "Jin Wen, what do you think of the Fifth Prince?"
Lin Jinwen looked up at the emperor, who was looking at him thoughtfully.
Lin Jinwen tilted his head and thought for a while and said honestly: "Your Majesty, I don't have much contact with the fifth prince, but since the prince is the emperor's child, it must be good."
The emperor's expression froze, he was really helpless for Lin Jinwen, who had no ink in his heart.When you describe a person, you know that it is a good one, not even a clever, lively and cute one.
He felt dry when he heard these words, and his heart was empty of ink, and there was no vividness in praising someone.
If it were someone else who said that, he would definitely feel that this person was perfunctory.
However, it is undeniable that after talking with Lin Jinwen, the emperor's heavy heart relaxed a lot, and he became more energetic.
Then the emperor took a break to talk about Zhou Kang's thoughts with Lin Jinwen, and the biggest reason was that he couldn't understand Lin Jinwen's way of speaking.
When Xiao Rugui rushed back, it happened that the emperor was in a high mood.
Lin Jinwen felt that Xiao Rugui's luck was pretty good, otherwise when the emperor was in a bad mood, no matter what he came to report, he would be scolded by the emperor.
Xiao Rugui was in charge of interrogating the guards, and found nothing suspicious at all. Xiao Rugui couldn't ask He Fan to interrogate for him, and he only told the truth when he was in front of the emperor.
The emperor was quite at ease with Xiao Rugui, he said there was nothing suspicious, then there was really nothing suspicious.Fang Meiren wanted to murder the emperor, after much deliberation, the focus had to be on Fang Meiren herself, and Concubine Shu who pushed her to the emperor.
Thinking that there was no good news from the Execution Department, the emperor sent someone to tell Concubine Shu to come.
The emperor actually didn't want to see Concubine Shu, but his heart softened because of Zhou Kang's childish words just now.Thinking of Zhou Xiang who was unconscious because of Concubine Shu, the emperor suddenly wanted to meet Concubine Shu in person and ask the truth about the matter.
Concubine Shu has been crying after seeing the emperor. Concubine Shu is different from other women in the harem. She cries in a different way. She is very bright and out of breath.
Concubine Shu is used to being arrogant and domineering.He has always been impulsive without speaking loudly when he speaks and does things, and he doesn't like to talk in a winding way. The harem has offended many people.
This time she was punished, so many people saw it as a joke.
Concubine Shu saw the emperor crying and shouting that she was wronged.
The emperor also knew Concubine Shu's personality, and knew that she had no heart, and when he saw the real person again, he thought of the old relationship between husband and wife, and said: "I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check, Fangmei has always been a girl in your palace. Why do you suddenly want to pet him?"
It's a tacit thing to take the girls around you as solid pets, but if you say it, it's easy to make people gossip behind your back, saying that if you can't keep someone, you just need to push a girl.
But now the emperor tore off this fig leaf, Concubine Shu wanted to survive, so she told the reason.
She was also visiting the imperial garden, and overheard someone saying that the emperor seldom entered the old people's palace like them recently.The speaker also mentioned several princes in the harem. Concubine Shu didn't have much expectation for Zhou Xiang to become emperor.
But when that person said that the emperor was dissatisfied with Zhou Rui, that Zhou Rong was abandoned, and that the third prince in the palace, Zhou Xiang, had a chance, her heart came alive.
Although she is a bit careless, she is not stupid. She has offended Concubine Xian. If Zhou Rui becomes the prince, her life will definitely be difficult.It's better to let Zhou Xiang become the emperor, and I will be the future queen mother, and everyone will have to act according to her face.
But Zhou Xiang was not favored by the emperor, and Concubine Shu didn't know how to make the emperor change his view of Zhou Xiang.
I also heard that the two people stopped talking about these princes, and they were all sighing that they were too old to be in the eyes of the emperor, and they heard that the emperor was getting tired easily recently, so it would be better to find someone with good craftsmanship to come and pet him.
The two of them chatted casually, but Concubine Shu was very moved when she heard it.After returning to her own palace, Concubine Shu began to think about this matter in her heart.
The beautiful woman next to Concubine Shu is very good at massaging people's bodies, and she can also make some sachets and medicine bags. Concubine Shu likes her very much.
She thought about what the two said, and it was rare for her to have an open mind. She asked Wang Jin'an to inquire about the current physical condition of the emperor, and said that there was a skilled maid beside her who wanted to share the emperor's worries.
This kind of icing on the cake, Wang Jin'an was naturally happy to complete it, so he told Concubine Shu that the emperor had a backache recently, and if there were really good craftsmanship, the emperor would definitely be satisfied.
Then there was the incident that the emperor met Fang Meiren in Concubine Shu's Palace.
This beautiful woman was very capable, and the emperor was very satisfied after favoring her, so she immediately made her a beauty.
Concubine Shu felt a little uncomfortable with this beauty's letter, but fortunately, Fang Mei was a clever woman, so she offered to drink Bizi Tang.Seeing that she drank the medicine without hesitation, Concubine Shu felt a little better.
Fangmei came out of Concubine Shu's palace, and after being favored, she naturally said a lot of good things to Concubine Shu and Zhou Xiang in front of the emperor, and it was rare for the emperor to praise Zhou Xiang as a kind-hearted man.
Concubine Shu thought that the good days were coming, but things changed overnight.Fangmei became the one who wanted to kill the emperor, and concubine Shu was also imprisoned.
Concubine Shu babbled and told everything, even her various psychological journeys were said exactly.
When it came to the end, she was still a little confused. Fangmei had been with her since she entered the palace. Although she was not an old man for more than ten years, she had been there for several years and had a stable personality.
He has always been very honest and quiet, and he does not fight or grab on weekdays.How could such a person suddenly change after becoming a concubine?
And Wang Jin'an knelt down on the ground with a thump after Concubine Shu finished speaking.He scolded Concubine Shu in his heart, saying everything, he knew that he would not talk too much back then.
The emperor didn't even have the strength to be angry with Concubine Shu, he said: "You heard someone say that, didn't you think about who was talking like that? Didn't you think about going to find out the truth of the matter? Are you in the palace?" In so many years, I have suffered losses in this many times, so don't you have any precautions?"
Seeing the emperor's appearance, Concubine Shu was also a little scared, she said: "Your Majesty, my concubine naturally glanced at it secretly, but it was a little dark at that time, and my concubine saw that the two looked like Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi."
Concubine Shu was a little guilty when she said this. She knew that Zhou Xiang and her could live in the palace safely all these years because she was not ambitious enough.
With the Eldest Prince and Concubine Xian around, she has no ability to fight for Zhou Xiang, so she might as well live a more comfortable life.
But this time the timing was really good, Zhou Rong was bitten by a tiger, although no one said it clearly, but they all thought it was Zhou Rui who did it, and the emperor didn't like Zhou Rui that much.
If Zhou Rui can't be the emperor, wouldn't it be Zhou Xiang?Because of this, Concubine Shu was moved.
Concubine Shu had admitted all these thoughts just now, and the emperor didn't want to see her guilty expression.He frowned and said, "You mean that Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi said this."
Concubine Shu nodded hurriedly.
The emperor kicked Wang Jinan who was beside him and said, "I will settle the score for you later, you should immediately pass on Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi."
Wang Jin'an responded, followed the emperor's strength and rolled in a circle, quickly got up and slipped away.
The reason why the emperor was still so kind to Wang Jinan was because he acquiesced to some innocuous things.Wang Jinan is in this position, someone will always ask for information through him.
If Wang Jin'an didn't disclose any news, he would be attacked by others, so this kind of thing that is also good for the emperor can naturally be revealed.
It's just that this time he caught up with the emperor and was almost killed. Wang Jin'an was afraid that the emperor's forgetfulness would cause him trouble directly.Fortunately, the emperor's kick came over, and his dangling heart was firmly kicked.
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Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi came soon, Concubine Xian looked very calm, while An Zhaoyi was a little suspicious.After all, she just left and was called back again, and she didn't know what happened.
Lin Jinwen watched the expressions of the two with cold eyes, and came to a conclusion that everything was calm and safe.
The emperor was also quite straightforward, repeating what Concubine Shu said just now.
An Zhaoyi's face was full of shock, tears welled up in her eyes, and she hurriedly said incoherently: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu wronged my concubine, I beg the emperor to make decisions for my concubine." After speaking, she bowed to the emperor.
Concubine Xian didn't have such a good temper anymore, she looked straight at Concubine Shu with raised brows and sneered, "My sister is not afraid of being punished by God for telling such lies."
Without waiting for Concubine Shu to explain, Concubine Xian straightened her spine and looked at the emperor and said: "Concubine Shu probably forgot when she said this, after the incident in the animal house last time, the emperor did not order the concubine to leave the palace. Even so, the concubine is grateful to the emperor Long En, and has never stepped out of the palace gate since then. If the emperor does not believe it, he can go and check carefully to see if the concubine is lying. It’s all for people to hear this, isn’t it a joke outside?”
When Concubine Xian said this, the emperor remembered that Concubine Xian was afraid of causing trouble to Zhou Rui, so she has been very honest recently.
An Zhaoyi also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my concubine has never gone to other places these days except to go to the concubine Xian's sister's palace to talk with her. I hope the Emperor will check it out."
Concubine Shu's complexion changed, she knelt and climbed two steps towards the emperor and said anxiously: "The emperor's concubine did not lie, it was a little dark at that time, although the concubine could not see the face clearly, but she could hear Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi voice. Your Majesty, my concubine really did not lie."
"Sister Concubine Shu, are you sure you heard Ben Gong's voice?" Concubine Xian snorted coldly: "Ben Gong thinks that if you are not deaf and deaf, then you are deliberately framing."
The scene after that was a farce, Concubine Shu kept yelling that she was not lying, Concubine Xian coldly and sharply refuted her words, An Zhaoyi cried and said that there was no such thing and asked the emperor to decide.
Lin Jinwen only felt that his head hurt from the quarrel, and saw only the veins on the emperor's forehead, and he threw everything on the ground with a bang.
There was a sudden silence in the room, Concubine Xian Shu remained silent, An Zhaoyi pursed her lips and tears fell silently.
The emperor now felt that it was his biggest mistake to ask concubine Shu for questioning. The matter did not find out why, and it became more and more chaotic.
The emperor breathed out through his nose and said, "Until the truth of the matter is found out, all three of you should stay in your own palace honestly, and you are not allowed to take a step indiscriminately."
Although the three were not convinced, they finally accepted the emperor's order.
In the eyes of outsiders, it is extremely fair for the emperor to do so.But in Lin Jinwen's view, the emperor actually favored Concubine Shu in his heart.He probably felt that Concubine Shu had been deceived and used by others.
As for Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi, even if there was evidence to prove their innocence, the emperor would still be skeptical.
This is related to Concubine Shu's performance on weekdays. For a long time, Concubine Shu has always given the emperor the feeling that she has no brains and impulses, so the emperor will naturally feel that Concubine Shu is innocent because she cannot think of such an idea in this matter. .
Thinking about it this way, Lin Jinwen felt a little depressed. His image in the emperor's heart was probably similar to that of Concubine Shu.It's just that Concubine Shu may really be a frizzy and impulsive character, but he is pretending.
Wang Jin'an spoke at this moment, and he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I have checked the files of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This beautiful woman comes from the Jiang family in Jingzhou. I will send someone to Jingzhou to find out the situation."
The emperor hummed and said: "Be sure to find out the situation of her family."
Wang Jin'an responded.
Lin Jinwen always felt that Jingzhou was a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
At this time, the emperor said: "Wait, Jiang's family in Jingzhou, isn't Wen Shiyi the magistrate in Jingzhou?"
Hearing what the emperor said, Lin Jinwen also remembered that when he married Gu Qinglin, because Gu Qinglin lived in the Wen family, and the Gu family had no other elders to make decisions about his marriage, the Wen family went out.
Because he was afraid of messing up his seniority, he deliberately memorized the relationship between the Wen family.
This Wen Shiyi is Gu Qinglin's eldest uncle, who has been sent to Jingzhou all these years and has never been back to the capital.He only knew that there was such an uncle, but he had never seen anyone.
If the emperor didn't mention it today, he might not remember that Gu Qinglin still has such an uncle someday.
Wang Jin'an thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "The emperor is wise, the eldest son of Wen Xiangye's family, Wen Shiyi, is indeed the magistrate in Jingzhou, and the emperor forgot to mention the slaves. If this is easier to handle, it is better to let Wen Xiangxiu wrote a letter to find out about Fangmei."
The emperor said: "No, don't disturb the local officials when it comes to matters related to the palace, you send someone to investigate in person."
Wang Jinan was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said yes.
The emperor looked at Lin Jinwen, who looked puzzled as if he was thinking hard about who Wen Shiyi was.
The emperor shook his head secretly, looked away and said, "Jinwen, don't tell anyone about this, including your father."
Lin Jinwen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if you don't let me speak, I will never say anything."
The emperor didn't feel relieved at all after hearing his words, he didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly said something else: "Don't tell Gu Qinglin either."
Lin Jinwen said in a low voice, "Why?"
The emperor knew from his expression that he didn't exclude Gu Qinglin at all, he said: "This matter involves my safety, so don't say much..."
He originally wanted to say something threatening, or to leave Lin Jinwen in the palace directly, and then let him go back after everything was over, but Lin Jinwen expressed his attitude solemnly: "Your Majesty, I understand the humble position, the emperor's safety is the most important, I won't say a single word of humble job to Gu Qinglin."
The emperor hummed, looking at Lin Jinwen's clear and caring eyes, he didn't say what he wanted to say in the bottom of his heart.
The emperor thought, forget it, he believed that Lin Jinwen would not deceive him about this kind of thing.
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That night, Lin Jinwen, who had experienced the ups and downs in the palace, returned home and pressed Gu Qinglin on the chair, while he squatted down and poked his stomach and said, "You little heartless, you sleep so peacefully, your father and I I was almost left in the palace by the emperor tonight."
Gu Qinglin allowed him to act childishly, and said, "What's wrong?"
Lin Jinwen completely abandoned the promise he made in front of the emperor, and told Gu Qinglin everything that happened in the palace.
After finishing speaking, he lightly poked Gu Qinglin's stomach again.In the end, he should have finally woken up the child, only to see him bobbing back and forth in Gu Qinglin's stomach.
Lin Jinwen didn't expect it to turn out like this, he stood up and looked at Gu Qinglin in embarrassment.
And Gu Qinglin was looking at him thoughtfully.
Lin Jinwen paused in his heart, and said softly, "What's wrong?"
"Does your husband have something to say?" Gu Qinglin asked.
Lin Jinwen didn't say a word, Gu Qinglin stood up, stroked the slight frown marks on Lin Jinwen's brows and said in a low voice: "Then what is your husband worried about? You don't even know if you frown."
After saying this, he didn't give Xiao Rugui a chance to smooth things over, and he turned his head and left proudly.
He Fan's face turned pale when Lin Jinwen said this, Xiao Rugui frowned, hesitated, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said reluctantly: "Vice Commander Lin's mouth has always been unforgiving, don't let it go In your heart, don't be too impulsive."
He Fan forced a smile at him and said, "Don't worry, Commander, I know about these lowly positions, and I won't take them to heart."
After hearing what he said, Xiao Rugui loosened his frowning brows and said, "Let's go there first to see what happened, so as not to be late and cause the emperor to be furious."
He Fan took a few deep breaths and let out all the anger in his heart. He nodded and said in agreement: "Deputy Commander Lin has already passed, let's hurry up and follow."
Naturally, Xiao Rugui did not intend to compete with Lin Jinwen for who would be favored by the emperor, but he would not say this to He Fan who was thinking of himself, so he hummed lightly, and walked towards Qianqing Palace together with He Fan.
But in order not to be discovered by He Fan, he walked not too fast but not too slow.
When the two returned to Qianqing Hall, Lin Jinwen was there to appease the emperor, and he only heard him say: "Your Majesty, don't be so angry because of such a trivial matter. Since a person is dead, let people investigate carefully, and there will always be clues." of."
He Fan hated Lin Jinwen from the bottom of his heart, and naturally felt that everything he did was bad. At this moment, he felt that Lin Jinwen's voice was full of flattery.In his opinion, Lin Jinwen's behavior really didn't look like a courtier, but like Wang Jin'an, the eunuch next to the emperor.
He Fan curled his lips with a look of disdain.Xiao Rugui squinted at him, perhaps his gaze was too sharp, and He Fan instinctively felt threatened.He raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Rugui's, and turned his gaze away with a little guilt.
Xiao Rugui looked away, then stood aside calmly waiting for the emperor's order.
The emperor was so angry that he coughed dryly several times, the anger on his face could not be calmed down no matter what.Kneeling in the hall were the palace eunuchs and guards guarding Fangmei. The emperor pointed at them with knives in their eyes.
Some of the guards used to be with He Fan. Seeing the emperor's current appearance, these people may not live long.He Fan looked a little anxious, and couldn't help but look at Xiao Rugui.
It's just that Xiao Rugui didn't look at him, Xiao Rugui lowered his eyes and stood there steadily.
Wang Jin'an patted the emperor on the back, and he didn't move until the emperor stopped coughing.
The emperor looked at the people on the ground and said coldly: "If you can't even see a single person, what use are you for?"
Everyone on the ground shrank their necks, showing obvious fear.
Speaking of which, Fangmei's death had nothing to do with them. They were very strict with Fangmei, but Fangmei died by herself.Poison was put in her teeth, and after a day and night of interrogation, she bit the poison and committed suicide.
Her poison is still very poisonous, and the time from biting to death is just a blink of an eye, and they can't stop it even if they want to stop it.
The death of Fangmei was quite tragic. It is said that when she died, her eyes showed viciousness, and she looked far away at the direction where the emperor lived, feeling quite unwilling to die.
Of course, no one dared to speak out about this.The people kneeling on the ground waiting to die can only blame Fangmei, and no one would have thought that there would be poison in her mouth.
This is not like a concubine, but like a dead man trained by others.
But Fang Meiren, who had been interrogated for so long without saying a word, suddenly committed suicide?Did someone give her some notice, or did she receive some hint?
It is natural for such a thing to doubt these people, but these people naturally feel that they have been wronged.They could all testify to each other that no one was ever alone out of sight.
Now it is a matter of life and death, they can't wait to push out someone to take the place of the dead, it is impossible to lie about this.
The emperor didn't care about this, he only knew that these people didn't take good care of Fangmei, which made him lose the chance to find the truth.
The emperor looked at them viciously, and then said word by word: "All the palace servants will be sent to the Execution Department, and the guards will be handed over to Xiao Rugui. Be sure to interrogate me exactly how Fangmei died."
A group of people desperately pleaded with the emperor, saying that they were wronged, and begged the emperor to forgive them.But the emperor sitting there looked at them coldly, without a trace of pity in his eyes.
When Xiao Rugui took the guards down, He Fan went with him.
Lin Jinwen stood in front of the emperor, and he had nothing to say, so he stood there silently.
The emperor's body was trembling slightly, he was angry.
Lin Jinwen could understand the emperor's mood. Recently, accidents happened again and again in the palace, and every time they were aimed at the royal family.To put it bluntly, it was a naked provocation, but to put it bluntly, it was to slap the emperor directly in front of everyone.
How could such a high-minded person like the emperor not be angry, if it were him, he would be angry too, the feeling of being played with in the palm of his hand is very bad.
When the hall was silent, An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang came out from behind the screen.An Zhaoyi looked very cautious, while Zhou Kang's eyes were clear as if he didn't know anything.
Just now when the servants came to report Fangmei's death, An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang were waiting by the emperor's side. When they heard this and avoided it, they hid behind the screen, not because they listened to these court affairs.
The anxiety in An Zhaoyi's heart was vividly expressed on her face. She greeted the emperor and called out to the emperor softly.The emperor looked directly at her, and did not ask her to stand up.
The emperor has always disliked the harem's participation in court affairs these years. Although An Zhaoyi heard this by accident today, the emperor was still a little unhappy.
An Zhaoyi restrained the urge to tremble, she tried her best to maintain a smile on her face and said docilely: "The emperor is going to deal with the affairs of state, and this concubine will take the fifth prince back."
Zhou Kang was young, so maybe he didn't know what this stiff atmosphere represented. He said seriously in a childish voice: "Father is not feeling well. The sons and mothers can't share the worries of the father. I hope the father will take care of his health." .”
Children's innocent words are always liked, even Lin Jinwen couldn't help but look at Zhou Kang.
Zhou Kang's big round eyes were looking at the emperor, with a look of bewilderment about the current situation and concern for the emperor.
There is nothing more sincere than a child's eyes.The emperor looked at Zhou Kang, and thought of Zhou Rui, Zhou An who was stupid, Zhou Rong who was completely destroyed, and Zhou Xiang who was begging for his mother in a coma, and suddenly felt sad from the bottom of his heart.
Now besides Zhou Rui, he only has a healthy child like Zhou Kang under his knees.
But Zhou Kang has been in poor health since he was born, and he has been taking medicine all year round. Now he is still young, and his mother and concubine are living under the hands of Xian Concubine, so he doesn't know if he can grow up safely.
Thinking of this, the emperor's unhappiness that An Zhaoyi heard about the court affairs also dissipated.
He raised his hand to invite Zhou Kang to touch his head, but finally put his hand down again.The emperor can see clearly now, which son he likes, even if he just showed his liking, this son will not die well.
From Zhou An to Zhou Rong, it's not a fool, it hurts.This is someone trying to get rid of his son bit by bit, so that no one can use him and no one can replace him.
After all, Zhou Kang was still young, and he never thought of handing over the throne to Zhou Kang.In this case, it is better not to cause trouble for Zhou Kang.
There was a rare compassion in the emperor's heart, and he sighed weakly: "Go back with your mother and concubine."
An Zhaoyi didn't expect that she passed the test so easily, her face was full of horror and disbelief.
Zhou Kang, on the other hand, didn't know the situation he was facing now. He kowtowed to the emperor and said bluntly: "The minister and the concubine mother will leave first, and come to visit the emperor another day."
The emperor's face showed a little sluggishness, and he said: "I'm fine now, there's no need to come and visit me."
Disappointment was written on Zhou Kang's face, but he was used to not seeing the emperor very often, so he kowtowed to the emperor seriously: "I know."
When An Zhaoyi took Zhou Kang to leave, she couldn't hold back, she glanced at the emperor and said softly, "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body." After saying this, she took Zhou Kang and left.
The emperor looked at An Zhaoyi's back and felt a little complicated in his heart. This was the first time An Zhaoyi crossed the line and said such a word of concern for the first time in many years.
Lin Jinwen withdrew his gaze, seeing that the emperor was in a bad mood, he tried to reduce his presence as much as possible.
It's just that he wanted to reduce his sense of existence, but the emperor was not willing to let him reduce it.
When An Zhaoyi and Zhou Kang left the Hall of Qianqing completely, the emperor suddenly asked, "Jin Wen, what do you think of the Fifth Prince?"
Lin Jinwen looked up at the emperor, who was looking at him thoughtfully.
Lin Jinwen tilted his head and thought for a while and said honestly: "Your Majesty, I don't have much contact with the fifth prince, but since the prince is the emperor's child, it must be good."
The emperor's expression froze, he was really helpless for Lin Jinwen, who had no ink in his heart.When you describe a person, you know that it is a good one, not even a clever, lively and cute one.
He felt dry when he heard these words, and his heart was empty of ink, and there was no vividness in praising someone.
If it were someone else who said that, he would definitely feel that this person was perfunctory.
However, it is undeniable that after talking with Lin Jinwen, the emperor's heavy heart relaxed a lot, and he became more energetic.
Then the emperor took a break to talk about Zhou Kang's thoughts with Lin Jinwen, and the biggest reason was that he couldn't understand Lin Jinwen's way of speaking.
When Xiao Rugui rushed back, it happened that the emperor was in a high mood.
Lin Jinwen felt that Xiao Rugui's luck was pretty good, otherwise when the emperor was in a bad mood, no matter what he came to report, he would be scolded by the emperor.
Xiao Rugui was in charge of interrogating the guards, and found nothing suspicious at all. Xiao Rugui couldn't ask He Fan to interrogate for him, and he only told the truth when he was in front of the emperor.
The emperor was quite at ease with Xiao Rugui, he said there was nothing suspicious, then there was really nothing suspicious.Fang Meiren wanted to murder the emperor, after much deliberation, the focus had to be on Fang Meiren herself, and Concubine Shu who pushed her to the emperor.
Thinking that there was no good news from the Execution Department, the emperor sent someone to tell Concubine Shu to come.
The emperor actually didn't want to see Concubine Shu, but his heart softened because of Zhou Kang's childish words just now.Thinking of Zhou Xiang who was unconscious because of Concubine Shu, the emperor suddenly wanted to meet Concubine Shu in person and ask the truth about the matter.
Concubine Shu has been crying after seeing the emperor. Concubine Shu is different from other women in the harem. She cries in a different way. She is very bright and out of breath.
Concubine Shu is used to being arrogant and domineering.He has always been impulsive without speaking loudly when he speaks and does things, and he doesn't like to talk in a winding way. The harem has offended many people.
This time she was punished, so many people saw it as a joke.
Concubine Shu saw the emperor crying and shouting that she was wronged.
The emperor also knew Concubine Shu's personality, and knew that she had no heart, and when he saw the real person again, he thought of the old relationship between husband and wife, and said: "I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to check, Fangmei has always been a girl in your palace. Why do you suddenly want to pet him?"
It's a tacit thing to take the girls around you as solid pets, but if you say it, it's easy to make people gossip behind your back, saying that if you can't keep someone, you just need to push a girl.
But now the emperor tore off this fig leaf, Concubine Shu wanted to survive, so she told the reason.
She was also visiting the imperial garden, and overheard someone saying that the emperor seldom entered the old people's palace like them recently.The speaker also mentioned several princes in the harem. Concubine Shu didn't have much expectation for Zhou Xiang to become emperor.
But when that person said that the emperor was dissatisfied with Zhou Rui, that Zhou Rong was abandoned, and that the third prince in the palace, Zhou Xiang, had a chance, her heart came alive.
Although she is a bit careless, she is not stupid. She has offended Concubine Xian. If Zhou Rui becomes the prince, her life will definitely be difficult.It's better to let Zhou Xiang become the emperor, and I will be the future queen mother, and everyone will have to act according to her face.
But Zhou Xiang was not favored by the emperor, and Concubine Shu didn't know how to make the emperor change his view of Zhou Xiang.
I also heard that the two people stopped talking about these princes, and they were all sighing that they were too old to be in the eyes of the emperor, and they heard that the emperor was getting tired easily recently, so it would be better to find someone with good craftsmanship to come and pet him.
The two of them chatted casually, but Concubine Shu was very moved when she heard it.After returning to her own palace, Concubine Shu began to think about this matter in her heart.
The beautiful woman next to Concubine Shu is very good at massaging people's bodies, and she can also make some sachets and medicine bags. Concubine Shu likes her very much.
She thought about what the two said, and it was rare for her to have an open mind. She asked Wang Jin'an to inquire about the current physical condition of the emperor, and said that there was a skilled maid beside her who wanted to share the emperor's worries.
This kind of icing on the cake, Wang Jin'an was naturally happy to complete it, so he told Concubine Shu that the emperor had a backache recently, and if there were really good craftsmanship, the emperor would definitely be satisfied.
Then there was the incident that the emperor met Fang Meiren in Concubine Shu's Palace.
This beautiful woman was very capable, and the emperor was very satisfied after favoring her, so she immediately made her a beauty.
Concubine Shu felt a little uncomfortable with this beauty's letter, but fortunately, Fang Mei was a clever woman, so she offered to drink Bizi Tang.Seeing that she drank the medicine without hesitation, Concubine Shu felt a little better.
Fangmei came out of Concubine Shu's palace, and after being favored, she naturally said a lot of good things to Concubine Shu and Zhou Xiang in front of the emperor, and it was rare for the emperor to praise Zhou Xiang as a kind-hearted man.
Concubine Shu thought that the good days were coming, but things changed overnight.Fangmei became the one who wanted to kill the emperor, and concubine Shu was also imprisoned.
Concubine Shu babbled and told everything, even her various psychological journeys were said exactly.
When it came to the end, she was still a little confused. Fangmei had been with her since she entered the palace. Although she was not an old man for more than ten years, she had been there for several years and had a stable personality.
He has always been very honest and quiet, and he does not fight or grab on weekdays.How could such a person suddenly change after becoming a concubine?
And Wang Jin'an knelt down on the ground with a thump after Concubine Shu finished speaking.He scolded Concubine Shu in his heart, saying everything, he knew that he would not talk too much back then.
The emperor didn't even have the strength to be angry with Concubine Shu, he said: "You heard someone say that, didn't you think about who was talking like that? Didn't you think about going to find out the truth of the matter? Are you in the palace?" In so many years, I have suffered losses in this many times, so don't you have any precautions?"
Seeing the emperor's appearance, Concubine Shu was also a little scared, she said: "Your Majesty, my concubine naturally glanced at it secretly, but it was a little dark at that time, and my concubine saw that the two looked like Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi."
Concubine Shu was a little guilty when she said this. She knew that Zhou Xiang and her could live in the palace safely all these years because she was not ambitious enough.
With the Eldest Prince and Concubine Xian around, she has no ability to fight for Zhou Xiang, so she might as well live a more comfortable life.
But this time the timing was really good, Zhou Rong was bitten by a tiger, although no one said it clearly, but they all thought it was Zhou Rui who did it, and the emperor didn't like Zhou Rui that much.
If Zhou Rui can't be the emperor, wouldn't it be Zhou Xiang?Because of this, Concubine Shu was moved.
Concubine Shu had admitted all these thoughts just now, and the emperor didn't want to see her guilty expression.He frowned and said, "You mean that Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi said this."
Concubine Shu nodded hurriedly.
The emperor kicked Wang Jinan who was beside him and said, "I will settle the score for you later, you should immediately pass on Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi."
Wang Jin'an responded, followed the emperor's strength and rolled in a circle, quickly got up and slipped away.
The reason why the emperor was still so kind to Wang Jinan was because he acquiesced to some innocuous things.Wang Jinan is in this position, someone will always ask for information through him.
If Wang Jin'an didn't disclose any news, he would be attacked by others, so this kind of thing that is also good for the emperor can naturally be revealed.
It's just that this time he caught up with the emperor and was almost killed. Wang Jin'an was afraid that the emperor's forgetfulness would cause him trouble directly.Fortunately, the emperor's kick came over, and his dangling heart was firmly kicked.
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Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi came soon, Concubine Xian looked very calm, while An Zhaoyi was a little suspicious.After all, she just left and was called back again, and she didn't know what happened.
Lin Jinwen watched the expressions of the two with cold eyes, and came to a conclusion that everything was calm and safe.
The emperor was also quite straightforward, repeating what Concubine Shu said just now.
An Zhaoyi's face was full of shock, tears welled up in her eyes, and she hurriedly said incoherently: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu wronged my concubine, I beg the emperor to make decisions for my concubine." After speaking, she bowed to the emperor.
Concubine Xian didn't have such a good temper anymore, she looked straight at Concubine Shu with raised brows and sneered, "My sister is not afraid of being punished by God for telling such lies."
Without waiting for Concubine Shu to explain, Concubine Xian straightened her spine and looked at the emperor and said: "Concubine Shu probably forgot when she said this, after the incident in the animal house last time, the emperor did not order the concubine to leave the palace. Even so, the concubine is grateful to the emperor Long En, and has never stepped out of the palace gate since then. If the emperor does not believe it, he can go and check carefully to see if the concubine is lying. It’s all for people to hear this, isn’t it a joke outside?”
When Concubine Xian said this, the emperor remembered that Concubine Xian was afraid of causing trouble to Zhou Rui, so she has been very honest recently.
An Zhaoyi also hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my concubine has never gone to other places these days except to go to the concubine Xian's sister's palace to talk with her. I hope the Emperor will check it out."
Concubine Shu's complexion changed, she knelt and climbed two steps towards the emperor and said anxiously: "The emperor's concubine did not lie, it was a little dark at that time, although the concubine could not see the face clearly, but she could hear Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi voice. Your Majesty, my concubine really did not lie."
"Sister Concubine Shu, are you sure you heard Ben Gong's voice?" Concubine Xian snorted coldly: "Ben Gong thinks that if you are not deaf and deaf, then you are deliberately framing."
The scene after that was a farce, Concubine Shu kept yelling that she was not lying, Concubine Xian coldly and sharply refuted her words, An Zhaoyi cried and said that there was no such thing and asked the emperor to decide.
Lin Jinwen only felt that his head hurt from the quarrel, and saw only the veins on the emperor's forehead, and he threw everything on the ground with a bang.
There was a sudden silence in the room, Concubine Xian Shu remained silent, An Zhaoyi pursed her lips and tears fell silently.
The emperor now felt that it was his biggest mistake to ask concubine Shu for questioning. The matter did not find out why, and it became more and more chaotic.
The emperor breathed out through his nose and said, "Until the truth of the matter is found out, all three of you should stay in your own palace honestly, and you are not allowed to take a step indiscriminately."
Although the three were not convinced, they finally accepted the emperor's order.
In the eyes of outsiders, it is extremely fair for the emperor to do so.But in Lin Jinwen's view, the emperor actually favored Concubine Shu in his heart.He probably felt that Concubine Shu had been deceived and used by others.
As for Concubine Xian and An Zhaoyi, even if there was evidence to prove their innocence, the emperor would still be skeptical.
This is related to Concubine Shu's performance on weekdays. For a long time, Concubine Shu has always given the emperor the feeling that she has no brains and impulses, so the emperor will naturally feel that Concubine Shu is innocent because she cannot think of such an idea in this matter. .
Thinking about it this way, Lin Jinwen felt a little depressed. His image in the emperor's heart was probably similar to that of Concubine Shu.It's just that Concubine Shu may really be a frizzy and impulsive character, but he is pretending.
Wang Jin'an spoke at this moment, and he said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I have checked the files of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This beautiful woman comes from the Jiang family in Jingzhou. I will send someone to Jingzhou to find out the situation."
The emperor hummed and said: "Be sure to find out the situation of her family."
Wang Jin'an responded.
Lin Jinwen always felt that Jingzhou was a bit familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.
At this time, the emperor said: "Wait, Jiang's family in Jingzhou, isn't Wen Shiyi the magistrate in Jingzhou?"
Hearing what the emperor said, Lin Jinwen also remembered that when he married Gu Qinglin, because Gu Qinglin lived in the Wen family, and the Gu family had no other elders to make decisions about his marriage, the Wen family went out.
Because he was afraid of messing up his seniority, he deliberately memorized the relationship between the Wen family.
This Wen Shiyi is Gu Qinglin's eldest uncle, who has been sent to Jingzhou all these years and has never been back to the capital.He only knew that there was such an uncle, but he had never seen anyone.
If the emperor didn't mention it today, he might not remember that Gu Qinglin still has such an uncle someday.
Wang Jin'an thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "The emperor is wise, the eldest son of Wen Xiangye's family, Wen Shiyi, is indeed the magistrate in Jingzhou, and the emperor forgot to mention the slaves. If this is easier to handle, it is better to let Wen Xiangxiu wrote a letter to find out about Fangmei."
The emperor said: "No, don't disturb the local officials when it comes to matters related to the palace, you send someone to investigate in person."
Wang Jinan was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said yes.
The emperor looked at Lin Jinwen, who looked puzzled as if he was thinking hard about who Wen Shiyi was.
The emperor shook his head secretly, looked away and said, "Jinwen, don't tell anyone about this, including your father."
Lin Jinwen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if you don't let me speak, I will never say anything."
The emperor didn't feel relieved at all after hearing his words, he didn't know what he was thinking, and suddenly said something else: "Don't tell Gu Qinglin either."
Lin Jinwen said in a low voice, "Why?"
The emperor knew from his expression that he didn't exclude Gu Qinglin at all, he said: "This matter involves my safety, so don't say much..."
He originally wanted to say something threatening, or to leave Lin Jinwen in the palace directly, and then let him go back after everything was over, but Lin Jinwen expressed his attitude solemnly: "Your Majesty, I understand the humble position, the emperor's safety is the most important, I won't say a single word of humble job to Gu Qinglin."
The emperor hummed, looking at Lin Jinwen's clear and caring eyes, he didn't say what he wanted to say in the bottom of his heart.
The emperor thought, forget it, he believed that Lin Jinwen would not deceive him about this kind of thing.
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That night, Lin Jinwen, who had experienced the ups and downs in the palace, returned home and pressed Gu Qinglin on the chair, while he squatted down and poked his stomach and said, "You little heartless, you sleep so peacefully, your father and I I was almost left in the palace by the emperor tonight."
Gu Qinglin allowed him to act childishly, and said, "What's wrong?"
Lin Jinwen completely abandoned the promise he made in front of the emperor, and told Gu Qinglin everything that happened in the palace.
After finishing speaking, he lightly poked Gu Qinglin's stomach again.In the end, he should have finally woken up the child, only to see him bobbing back and forth in Gu Qinglin's stomach.
Lin Jinwen didn't expect it to turn out like this, he stood up and looked at Gu Qinglin in embarrassment.
And Gu Qinglin was looking at him thoughtfully.
Lin Jinwen paused in his heart, and said softly, "What's wrong?"
"Does your husband have something to say?" Gu Qinglin asked.
Lin Jinwen didn't say a word, Gu Qinglin stood up, stroked the slight frown marks on Lin Jinwen's brows and said in a low voice: "Then what is your husband worried about? You don't even know if you frown."
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