Yongzheng period

Fresh in my memory.

The witchcraft incident has a wide impact, and Yongzheng immediately ordered Su Peisheng to block the news of the Sixth Palace, and at the same time summoned Concubine Hui and Hao Guiren in Qianqing Palace.While the two were leaving, they sent people to quickly seal off the entire Changchun Palace and search it inch by inch.

Such a big movement naturally alarmed the entire harem, the queen mother sent people to the Qianqing Palace one after another to inquire about the news, but they were all stopped, and the entire Qianqing Palace was as tight as an iron bucket.

Daiyu and Hao Guiren didn't realize it, but when they entered the main hall, they saw Wei Chang shivering and kneeling on the ground, they only looked at Hao Guiren for a moment, then they looked away guiltily.

In the whole hall, only Xiaoxiazi stood quietly in the corner, watching his nose, nose, and heart.Yongzheng sat at the head with a sullen face, and for a moment he could only hear the "crack" sound of the wick of the palace lantern bursting.

Looking at the posture in front of him, someone as cunning as Hao Guiren turned pale, while Daiyu was confused, and asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, is this—?"

"Yu'er, don't be impatient." Yongzheng motioned to Xiaoxiazi to lead her to sit down, then turned to look at Hao Guiren, who was already a little bit stunned, and his expression was filled with uncontrollable anger, "I got some ridiculous things." news, so after you left, I sent people to thoroughly investigate the Changchun Palace. Coincidentally, the people I sent just found an interesting thing in Hao Guiren's bedroom in the side hall of the Changchun Palace, come here, bring it here."

Immediately, a little eunuch brought up a servant next to Hao Guiren with a gag, and another person brought up a doll-shaped object on a tray, and Daiyu just glanced at it as if she had been stabbed by a needle. Generally force yourself to look away.

It was a concubine-like doll woven from straw, wearing a colorful flag dress, Daiyu's birthday was scrawled on the white paper pasted on the back, and the whole body was densely covered with silver needles. There is not even a place to grab it, which shows the resentment and resentment in the caster's heart. This doll looks really disgusting.

"The people sent by me found it under your bedroom bed," Yongzheng walked down slowly, looked down at Hao Guiren, who had kneeled on the ground with limp knees and panicked, and said coldly, "How dare you do that?" Concubine, Hao Shi, what else do you want to say?"

The urging meaning in Yongzheng's words is self-evident. He inexplicably thought of Daiyu's foreboding death ending in the original novel of the Red Chamber.Believe it or not, even if the other party of the curse is not Daiyu, Hao Guiren's irrational behavior is enough to break the nerves in Yongzheng's brain and touch his bottom line.

"Your Majesty! This is not something from the concubine's palace!" Hao Guiren originally thought that Yongzheng summoned her and Concubine Hui to come here because of Wu Yachang's miscarriage, but how could he have been inexplicably involved in the "Witch Gu Curse Nightmare" ?Hao Guiren knew that it was a bad plan, she couldn't help shivering when she thought of the end of the concubine who had always been involved in the 'Witch Gu', the color on her face faded away.For a moment, he could only argue helplessly, "Your Majesty! The concubine was wronged!"

Hao Guiren's mind was not slow, she glanced at Wei Chang, who was bowing his head and silent, and instantly understood the plan of the person in Yanxi Palace behind him, and a sense of powerless despair immediately filled her heart, but except for a few pale 'wronged', she Unable to find any other rebuttal words for a while, she could not help but lower her head and remain silent.

Hao Guiren was thinking in a panic, but didn't notice that she was silent for a long time.But this silent gesture, in Yongzheng's eyes, was an out-and-out acquiescence.

"Poison, woman—!" Yongzheng gritted his teeth, his eyes almost burst into flames.He looked at Hao Guiren, who was completely covered in mud, and the disappointment in his eyes was beyond words - Hao Guiren was also an old man who had been serving him since the mansion, and he was always safe, but he didn't want to do such a thing when he was here.

Yongzheng pondered for a while, and said without a trace of emotion, "The nobleman Hao used witchcraft to disrupt the harem and demoted him to a commoner—"

"Your Majesty! Your concubine has been wronged——! Your Majesty—!" Hao Guiren rushed over and grabbed Yongzheng's clothes with tears in his eyes, interrupting Yongzheng's next words of "death" with a panicked look. He began to look at him, "Your Majesty, the gap between the concubine and the concubine Hui is like a cloud of mud. The concubine would never dare to have any other thoughts! Besides, what's more, the concubine Hui is cursed, and the concubine can do it again." what is the benefit--?"

Unexpectedly, Yongzheng remained unmoved, and sneered, "You feel jealous, no matter what, if Concubine Hui really makes a mistake, wouldn't it be what you want?"

"Ah——, Your Majesty—" Hao Guiren couldn't help but lose his momentum when he heard this, and he couldn't help but let go of his fingers that were clenched tightly on the cloth.

At this moment, the court lady who was kneeling quietly at the side struggled fiercely to spit out the foreign object that blocked her lips and tongue, and rolled to Hao Guiren's side in embarrassment, with tears in her eyes and a hoarse voice, "Your Majesty! My lord, she was really wronged! This matter It's all done by Liu promised to order the servants alone! It has nothing to do with the young master!"

Hao Guiren looked over in disbelief, and said softly, "Lu Yi, what are you talking about?"

What Luyi said was so unbelievable, Yongzheng didn't know what he thought of, and he frowned deeply.Daiyu, who was sitting comfortably, couldn't help but stood up and asked, "I didn't offend you at all."

Lu Yi then lowered her head, "My servant has a brother outside the palace, he is a gambler. He lost all his money a few days ago and offended some desperadoes. The brother of my servant was frightened and had no choice but to leave I asked my servant to come here, but how can I raise so much money for a while?" Lu Yiyu sobbed, and said in a low voice, "It's not easy for a servant to tell the young master about this. At this time, Liu promised not knowing what to do. Knowing this, Chu found the servant girl. Liu promised to let the servant girl find the palace maid Chun Ying who she met in the Imperial Garden, and then ordered the servant to hide the doll in a hidden place in the Changchun Palace. inside……"

As Luyi said, she raised her teary-eyed face to look at Hao Guiren, "My lord, this servant was also forced... Liu promised that if this servant did not do this for her, he would send someone to kill the servant's brother." ..."

When Luyi said that her eyes suddenly went blank, her tone became ethereal, "... But my lord, maybe this is God's will? The servant was scared at first, and wanted to throw this doll away... But the lord happened to be that day I have returned to the palace early... When you walked in, the servant's hands shook like that, and that's why..."

"You..." Hao Guiren trembled with anger.

"Your majesty..." Wei Changzai, who had been watching for a long time with numb legs, suddenly said timidly, "But the concubine saw Sister Hao and Sister Liu alone in the plum grove that day. I don't know what they were discussing..." Wei Changzai glanced Looking at the expressionless Concubine Hui, she said, "The concubine Hui and the concubine Jin also saw it that day, but the two concubines were closer, and the concubine only dared to look at it from a distance..."

What Wei Chang said was subtle, but the amount of information in his words was huge: Hao Guiren and Liu Ying had never met before, so how could they meet Liu Ying alone in Meilin?In the same way, the purpose of Daiyu and Concubine Jin who 'coincidentally saw' is equally suspicious. In addition, just by accident, peeping at other concubines for no reason is enough to make her feel crooked and doubt the character of Concubine Hui and Concubine Jin as the main characters .

Yongzheng saw that Wei Changzai, who was nearly thirty years old, had an innocent and pure expression, and suddenly felt that he was not well adapted, and said impatiently, "It must be just a coincidence."

Wei Changzai was choked up, bit his lip in embarrassment, and closed his mouth obediently, but he felt uneasy under Daiyu's meaningful expression, which seemed to be a smile that was not a smile.

Daiyu said calmly, "The concubine and concubine Jin did see her together in the plum grove, but this may not prove anything. The concubine and concubine Jin ran into each other by mistake at that time, it was really embarrassing, but it was not like Wei Chang Zai listened to both of her words as he thought. As for how the concubine and the concubine would go together, it was nothing more than a small matter of chance. But Wei Chang Zai had some exquisite thoughts, I was wrong in the past you."

Wei Changzai suddenly panicked, and became even more submissive, "The concubine made a slip of the tongue..."

"Okay," Yongzheng swept everyone in the hall, and finally said to Xiaoxiazi, "It is said that Liu promised and the palace maid Chunying from the imperial garden."

"Your Majesty," Daiyu said for a moment, thinking of Wu Yachang's despairing and pale face after the miscarriage, and thinking of the white and soft baby He Jia she had given birth to, "Liu promises to be pregnant with the emperor's heir. I'm afraid if there is a slight mistake—"

"It doesn't matter." Yongzheng frowned, his face darkened, "I have my own measure."

Liu's prince, Old Summer Palace brother Hongzhan, Yongzheng thought for a while, then closed his eyes silently.

【46】

Yanxi Palace

"Did you see that the emperor summoned Liu Xu?" Gonggui was dressed in plain clothes, quietly copying Buddhist scriptures.She has been with the queen for these years, and she has also acquired a little habit of meditating in front of the copybook.Moreover, the queen mother believes in Buddhism, she has practiced for a long time to suit her liking, but now she is quite tasteful.

"I saw it with my own eyes," the little palace maid Yan'er said, "Mr. Xia personally led someone to take Liu Xu away, and no one else let him follow."

"You are indeed very careful, and you did a good job." Baochai smiled kindly at her, took off the jasper bracelet on her left hand under Yan'er's longing and urgent eyes, and then took her hand, very slowly. Put it on, "I know your benefits now. You will stay in Jingyang Palace in the future, understand?"

At this moment, Yan'er's expression hesitated for a moment, "This... but if this servant is caught by the imperial concubine—"

"The imperial concubine was seized by the empress dowager and seized the power to control the palace. At this time, she is just a tiger with its teeth pulled out, only knowing how to hide in Jingyang.