The world is heavy and late

Chapter 24
Looking at the crying people below, Xu Zhong felt relieved that Xia Qing was relieved after getting out of trouble, feared that Xia Qing would not be able to survive such an accident overnight, and felt a little sad for Wu Xiaoyuan's death, but he still felt a little bit of pain in his heart. A little stuffy.

Xu Zhongdao: "Let's mention Yao Qiang and Shen Hui."

Just as Hu Si was about to nod, a voice came from outside: "Your Majesty is here!"

Xu Zhong, Hu Sizheng, Eunuch Cui and others hurriedly got up and walked to the door to greet His Majesty, only Xia Qing was still crying uncontrollably.

The emperor heard the news that Mrs. Wang was suspected of being poisoned by Mrs. Cui and had already vomited blood and passed out in Qinzheng Palace. He immediately knew that this was the same as the incident of King An's lucky daughter in the palace during the Mid-Autumn Festival. He wanted to turn his attention to the harem. Come.

He knows all the inside information, so he only needs to hear the news to know what's going on, but he still feels angry. He feels that he underestimated the women in the harem. He pulled out some of their nails last time and dared to do it this time something like this.

Secondly, Qi Liusi couldn't control these women yet, and was involved in them again. He could imagine how loud the noise would be in the hall, and he felt a headache when he thought of Zhang Zhi's old face.

The third reason is that those aristocratic families are really rampant. Not long after the incident with King An, something happened to the Wang family again.

He was so angry that his liver hurt a little.

In fact, Zhao Chengming doesn't care about the matter of the two maids. Why do you say, of course, he still has more people in his heart. The aristocratic family has occupied fields these years, displaced many people, became hermits, and raised the price of salt wantonly , How many people can't afford salt at all.

After he got angry, he realized how important Xiangzhou's affairs were, so he suppressed the anger in his heart, and continued to order two inner guards of the Imperial Army to go to Xiangzhou to look for Lu Jin. The imperial guards patrolling here are very different, and his inner guards of the imperial guards can count as ten, and one as a hundred.

After finishing the order, Zhao Chengming prepared to stay quietly in the harem during this period of time. After all, someone else had done something wrong, so he also wanted to give Lu Jin some time, didn't he?

So the emperor first went to Zhongcui Palace to visit Concubine Shu, and then came to Ganlu Palace to ask what was going on.

Xu Ji was also walking behind the emperor. He thought in his heart that he had to ask Xu Zhong what was going on. Just now, the old man surnamed Wang dragged him to sue him for a long time, and he was not in a bad mood. His face.

Xu Ji always felt that Xu Zhong was the calmest. He really wanted to ask why someone dragged Wang out.

The emperor sat at the top and listened to Hu Sizheng's reply, and sighed in his heart. He naturally didn't care when he didn't see the two maids, but now he looked at the maid who died tragically, and the one beside him covered in blood. , the maid with a dull expression, knowing that they were all purchased this year, and the situation does not look like their spies, it seems to be designed by someone, it is always a bit pitiful to look at.

So he said:
"Since the court lady has confessed and committed suicide again, let's put the other suspicion away."

After thinking about it, Hu Sizheng remonstrated with the emperor:
"Now it's impossible to check whether this maid is involved, but when she came, she obviously carried those evidences with her. It's hard to convince everyone that she doesn't know anything. The palace lady is her, the meal is non-toxic when it is delivered, but something went wrong when Concubine Shu took it, I am afraid she is also responsible."

Xu Zhong glanced at Hu Sizheng and said:
"Returning to Your Majesty, the slave feels that she can't be blamed. After all, after the meals are delivered to the Zhongcui Palace, the people in the Zhongcui Palace can take over. She can only ensure the safety of the meals on the way, and she can't control what will happen to the meals after they enter the Zhongcui Palace." how."

The emperor nodded after listening, but he thought that this kid is not bad, can he tell others that the Wang family may have done it himself, and then the Cui family and the Wang family will play together?
First, the emperor has to be responsible for what he says, and second, his two wives designed him for the family?
He really felt a little speechless, but this kid obviously saw the clues, and he seemed to be a clever one.

So the emperor nodded and said: "That's right, isn't there someone in Zhongcui Palace who eats and eats? Let's take her into custody and interrogate her later."

Hu Sizheng obviously couldn't think of such a situation, so she frowned and said:

"In Zhongcui Palace, it's not easy to poison under the eyes of everyone. Even the little servant who receives the food is stared at after entering the palace gate. I'm afraid it will be difficult to poison. I feel that we need to investigate carefully; but this woman obviously If you conceal the situation and don't report it, if you don't punish one or two, I'm afraid everyone in the harem will follow suit."

Why is it said that Hu Si is the most capable of the six divisions? Obviously, many female officials still put themselves in the position of slaves. If the emperor ordered something, they only need to obey, and Hu Sizheng felt that this was the last blunt To remonstrate is to truly regard oneself as a courtier.

The emperor complained in his heart why he wanted to set up the Sixth Division, and would he still listen to admonitions in order to return to the harem in the future?

He took a sip of tea and let out a sigh of relief, then thought that he really had to find another queen as soon as possible. There are so many trivial matters in the harem and so many female officials, so he has to find someone to help me share it.

At this time, Zhao Chengming didn't have any romantic thoughts, but he really wanted to find a queen. He thought that he couldn't bear so much suffering alone, so Zhao Chengming suppressed the complaints in his heart and thought for a while, then said:
"What Hu Sizheng said is also justified, so I will punish her with a small punishment and give her ten punishments. She will be detained and released after the interrogation is clear."

When Xu Zhong heard Hu Sizheng's words and wanted to argue again, he heard His Majesty's conclusion. He couldn't help being a little anxious, and was about to say again: "Your Majesty!"

"Ahem", "My servant thanked His Majesty Long En."

It was Xu Ji's voice, and Xu Zhong looked up, only to see Xu Ji's face darkened, and seeing Xu Zhong look up at him, he used a serious look to stop Xu Zhong from continuing.

Before Xu Ji came, he didn't know about Xu Zhong's affairs, but after he came, he saw his apprentice standing in front of the court lady, with a faint sense of protection, and after Hu Sizheng spoke, he didn't even shy away from refuting it when he and the emperor were present. Hu Sizheng.

Now he knows why he would have someone drag the Wang family back. After Xu Ji guessed it, he was a little angry. He completely felt that Xu Zhong was playing with fire and set himself on fire. It is really audacious to dare to refute.

As for the other voice, it was naturally Xia Qing's voice.

Xia Qing held Wu Xiaoyuan's body in her arms, her heart seemed to be full of emptiness, full of hatred welling up, full of pity for Wu Xiaoyuan, and the pain of losing her, she couldn't tell what it was like, only that she would never Yes, there will be no more Wu Xiaoyuan in this world.

Tonight she felt as if she had gone from having nothing to having everything.She has Wu Xiaoyuan's sincere friendship, and also... has love.She looked at the man standing in front of her, and saw his silent and passionate love.

She could vaguely feel that he was different from herself and him, but she couldn't confirm it after all.

Xia Qing knows that she has low self-esteem, she never thinks that she is outstanding, and she seems to have never done anything successfully, so she has always been unsure about Xu Zhong's feelings, and she can't believe that someone really loves her .

But she also knows how difficult it is for Xu Zhong to make up his mind to like someone.

Besides, she saw it, saw that Xu Zhong dared to hide the criminal evidence in front of everyone because of her, she knew that the purse must be another jade ring.

She also saw that every word Xu Zhong said in this hall was to protect herself.Drag the prince out and don't let him speak.

Even to refute the king for himself, Xia Qing is not a child, and knows how much courage and love Xu Zhong has shown in this world where imperial power is equal to the belief of ordinary people.

She knew his inferiority complex, she thought it was okay.Because she already has everything, although she has lost part of it, this knowledge can completely allow her to pick up the courage to be reborn.

When Xia Qing decided to die, although she acted calmly, she also knew that she would eventually have someone she cared about in this palace, one in her arms and one in front of her, but she still didn't want to live after all, But not anymore.

Xia Qing looked up at the stars in the sky, closed his eyes, let the last tear fall from the corner of his eyes, and said silently in his heart:
"Mom, don't worry about me. I will live a good life. My life was bought by Wu Xiaoyuan and Xu Zhonghu fought for it. It's not that Wu Xiaoyuan can't live at all by himself. It's not that he might be able to do it just now. Press yourself to death, Mom, I will live well."

She repeated another sentence: "My servant thanked the Lord for your kindness. Today, this servant delivered meals from the south gate of Sishansi, walked along Jingyun Road, and delivered meals to the south gate of Zhongcui Palace. There have been imperial guards patrolling here all the time. As far as the servants are concerned, other than that, they did not dare to let go of the food box for a moment on the whole road, and the servants are sure that the person who poisoned him is in the Zhongcui Palace, Your Majesty, please investigate thoroughly."

Xia Qing took that path on purpose, because at that time she couldn't see through and guess what would happen, so she chose to walk on a path that everyone could see, in order to prove her innocence. I never thought that after so many things happened, whether she poisoned or not was not that important.

She thought that Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Cui were going to have a fight, okay, let's start a fight.Let's see if we can find any clues in the end.

After the emperor heard this, he felt that the court lady was also very good at talking. Following this investigation, he might be able to catch many spies. Thinking about the noise this time, the emperor had some malicious intentions, and he was afraid that the old nail was pulled out. , some can talk and even make a detour to deliver meals to prove themselves. It looks good, so I pretended to ponder for a while and said:

"The poisoning of Wang's family and the framing of Cui's family are indeed not trivial matters, and they should be thoroughly investigated."

He glanced at the crowd, and still thought it was best to leave it to Xu Zhong. First, he might be able to vaguely perceive the truth, and second, there was Xu Ji behind him. Xu Ji's gray hair had grown very quickly in the past few years. I have been with my wife for more than ten years, longer than the empress, and the emperor can't bear it. Now that Xu Zhong can share part of it for him, it looks good.

So he said: "Why don't you leave it to Hu Sizheng and Xu Zhong to thoroughly investigate the case, Xu Ji, you think your apprentice may be able to do it."

Xu Ji glanced at his proud disciple and Xia Qing, who was kneeling below, and said, "It's an honor for His Majesty to look up to him, Xu Zhong, don't hesitate to thank him."

After hearing this, the emperor said: "Xu Zhong, don't let me and your master live up to the expectations, you have to take a good look at this case, and find out anyone who has doubts. Sitting in the harem, report everything to me in time."

...Everyone could understand as soon as they heard that Xu Zhong was getting more and more favored by the emperor now. Seeing if he was asked to take charge of the case, Hu Sizheng cooperated.

After everyone agreed in unison, the emperor also left. He felt that he was very tired. Well, now he should go to tease his son and get ready for bed. Since he was going to be in the harem during this time, he was going to pass some notes to Zhang Zhi They should take their children with them, and then go to the martial arts arena for a jog. Thinking about the emperor makes him a little happy.

(End of this chapter)