A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 244 Pregnant?Both feet grounded!
In the Royal Study Room, the emperor and his courtiers were in a state of clearing the place before discussing matters.

Now that Qi Huan and Yun Zheng are having a fight, Eunuch Li reminds that it is related to Gao Yunmiao of the General's Mansion. Although the details have not been reported yet, the emperor knows it well...

Therefore, there are still no palace servants in this palace.

After Eunuch Li brought the two of them in, he turned back and stood by the door, standing in a well-behaved manner.

When Qi Huan saw the emperor, he was drinking tea from a teacup.

It looked as usual, obviously an ordinary face, but it carried the aura of a superior without anger.

This was the first time she had met the emperor alone at close range, so even though she had made sufficient mental preparations, she was inevitably very nervous at the moment.

Yun Zheng walked two steps ahead of her, and when he reached the center of the hall, he knelt down straight and straight: "I have seen Father."

Qi Huan also knelt and kowtowed: "My daughter, Chang Ninghou Mansion, Qi Huan, has met His Majesty the Emperor. It is really reckless for me to disturb His Majesty. Please forgive me."

The emperor was silent for a while.

Qi Huan didn't dare to look up.

But under this deliberate silence, she clearly felt the pressure of psychological warfare.

After a while, I heard the emperor on the dragon chair say "huh".

He said: "My little brother-in-law didn't bring you into the palace to meet me and the queen even when I was engaged. Today, you found this one yourself first. Come on, it's better to hit the sun than choose a date. Look up and ask me to recognize you." Face."

There seemed to be a slight smile in his words, but the meaning was not obvious.

Qi Huan had never dealt with him before, and he didn't even dare to inquire about his temperament in private.

Because the royal family is noble, discussing in private, if there is a word that can't be said...

Once it is spread by people with ulterior motives, it may lead to death.

Therefore, Qi Huan was not sure what the emperor said for a while——

Is it encouragement or beating!
But no matter what, she still bit the bullet and raised her head immediately, and confessed again: "Your Majesty has a lot of affairs, and the Empress is also busy with palace affairs. I dare not bother the imperial court with the private affairs of the servants and Gu Shizi."

The corner of the emperor's lips seemed to be pulled, but he didn't say yes or no.

However, Qi Huan received Yun Zheng, who was kneeling in front of her, and slapped her fiercely from the corner of his eye.

Qi Huan just knelt down neatly without looking sideways.

The emperor didn't seem to notice the undercurrent of the waves.

He lowered his eyes and took another sip of tea, and then he gave an understated look: "Tell me, what outrageous things have you done that will cause other girls to complain and come to my imperial study in person?" .”

His tone was not harsh, as if he was chatting casually with his son.

All of a sudden, Qi Huan became more and more nervous.

She knew she should strike first, since she was the plaintiff after all.

Can--

The person sitting on the seat was the emperor, the lord of the world, she had to abide by the rules even if she was reasonable, so she just lowered her eyes obediently, without robbing her.

Yun Zheng probably didn't expect that the emperor would give him a chance to clarify first. After being slightly stunned, he quickly collected his mind, cupped his hands with shame on his face, and said: "Father, forgive me, I did make mistakes in today's matter, but it is by no means a mistake. Deliberately."

He paused for a moment, and made a somewhat embarrassing look: "Today, the concubine of the family, Mrs. Ye, came out to entertain some female family members of relatives and friends at the Qiyuan Restaurant. My son and minister just happened to be fine. I thought there were a few elders at the banquet. He also followed her and showed up to say hello. Later, because he drank two too many drinks, he was resting in the reserved small courtyard room, but a drunk woman broke in suddenly. Erchen was also a little drunk at the time, unconscious, She took the initiative to throw herself into her arms... Erchen couldn't hold it back for a while... Later, when the girl from the Qi family approached, Erchen found out that the drunk was the daughter of General Hussars Gao Changjie. At that time, the two of them were in the courtyard next door Lunch in the wing..."

At this point, he didn't continue talking.

Said that Gao Yunmiao was drunk and admitted to the wrong yard, and took the initiative to go to his place...

This statement was basically expected by Qi Huan.

Before the emperor made his statement, Qi Huan did not open his mouth to argue.

There was a brief moment of silence in the hall.

The emperor didn't make a sound, but Yun Zheng didn't think much of it, but Qi Huan came to complain alone——

She actually held back a word and didn't argue?
Yun Zheng couldn't help but give her a sideways glance.

Qi Huan just stared at the gold bricks underground with downcast eyes. If the emperor didn't ask her, she seemed to be planning not to speak up.

When Yun Zheng saw this, he kowtowed again: "Father, even though my son has behaved improperly, it was indeed a mistake and a misunderstanding. I know that I have lost the face of my father and our royal family. , if the Gao family..."

He wanted to say that if the Gao family wanted to investigate, he would be responsible.

At this time, the emperor spoke in a deep voice, and finally raised his chin at Qi Huan: "Qi Shi, what do you say?"

Hearing this, Qi Huan has made up his mind now!
The emperor stopped Yun Zheng at this moment, so it can be seen that what Gu Zhan said was true——

His Majesty the Emperor did support the prince wholeheartedly, he obviously didn't want Yunzheng to win over the Gao family's alliance!

Qi Huan gained confidence, so he took up the quarrel: "The girl of the Gao family does not need His Royal Highness Ning to be responsible, but she needs His Majesty and His Highness Ning to give her justice. The reason why she didn't come to the palace to seek justice in person but because the ministers came Come on, it's because the girl from the Gao family has been drinking too much and has been unconscious. His Royal Highness Ning argued that she went to your place in the wrong yard after being drunk, but when the courtier went back to the banquet, she was drunk and unconscious Later, she disappeared, and the servant girl who was serving on the side was knocked out, she was clearly taken away by force. When the servant girl found her in the room of His Royal Highness King Ning, she was also in a state of ignorance, right?"

Yun Zheng sneered and defended calmly: "Isn't the words of the king more credible than the words of a maid?"

"The servant girl was knocked out on the back of the neck, you can ask the imperial doctor to check to see if she has any signs of being knocked unconscious today." Qi Huan said.

Before Yun Zheng could retort, she changed the subject: "I went in time, and His Royal Highness Prince Ning hadn't succeeded. After I snatched the unconscious girl from the Gao family out, what was she like? Not only me and everyone who followed her today The servants who serve are obvious to all, and Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoyang, who happened to be in charge of the security patrol in the West City, also testified. Your Highness can rely on her own status and look down on the testimony of the servants. Do you dare to confront your own sister, Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoyang? "

Back in Qiyuan, Yun Cheng's attitude of protecting Qi Huan was very obvious, and Yun Zheng naturally knew that she would not cooperate with him and help him escape.

His eyes flickered slightly, but he still raised his eyebrows calmly: "Even if the girl from the Gao family did lose her mind when you found her...but she was drunk, she couldn't have been knocked out, right? Couldn't it be that she went to the king's room while she was sober, and then passed out after getting drunk?"

A man and a woman sharing a room with disheveled clothes, this reputation is lost anyway.

But he insisted that Gao Yunmiao went to his place by himself after getting drunk...

There is a huge difference between this and him forcibly taking people into captivity.

If Gao Yunmiao went to the wrong yard by herself, then she could only deserve it, and Gao's family would feel unlucky if they suffered a loss.

But if he is a dignified prince, planning to kidnap and defile the daughter of an official family...

This is a serious crime that even the emperor can't cover him up.

This person is shameless, Qi Huan had already prepared for it.

So she continued in a lukewarm manner: "At that time, the girl from the Gao family was singled out because your concubine, Your Highness Ning Wang, called the courtier's daughter to the garden for a trivial reason. Your Highness dared to say something true. What a coincidence? This is not a situation that you have arranged in advance, and Concubine Ye deliberately called me away, so as to give Your Highness a chance to take advantage of the fire?"

"This is just your wishful thinking." Yun Zheng still denied it without being discouraged.

That upright look——

It's as if he really didn't do anything wrong.

Qi Huan then stopped the slobbering lawsuit with him, and looked at the emperor solemnly and said, "Today, the banquet for the girl from the Gao family in Qiyuan Restaurant was temporarily let out, and then there was the first coincidence, that Prince Ning's mansion also set up a banquet there. The second coincidence is that Qiyuan Restaurant has a total of ten courtyards, and the room where His Royal Highness Ning Wang rests happened to be booked next to ours; and then the third coincidence happened, Ye’s reason forced me Called out alone, causing the girl from the Gao family to stay alone in the room; and then... Let’s take His Highness Prince Ning’s statement for the time being as the truth, that is, the girl from the Gao family was drunk, and happened to be drunk and wandered around. His Highness's room; then the fifth point of coincidence is drawn out, His Highness King Ning was in the capital with her, and he happened to not recognize her at the same time on various occasions; If you don’t know clearly, you will see the color; the last point is the eighth point... We obviously wanted low-alcohol drinks today, but I don’t know who made a mistake and replaced them with strong wine that can be poured by a girl from the Gao family. ..."

Qi Huanwu said to himself, and then smiled: "It's not surprising that one or two coincidences come together, so many coincidences in a row within half an hour...Does His Highness King Ning think that everyone who listens to your story is a fool? "

But he didn't know if Yun Zheng came up with this idea himself, or if Ye Xunyi ordered him to do so.

After all, it seems that people who work with Ye Xunyi will be infected with arrogance, conceit, and smartness.

The emperor has been on the throne all these years, so it is not easy to be deceived.

Originally, when Eunuch Li mentioned "Gao's girl", he could see through the tricks in it at a glance.

Now Qi Huan lists them one by one——

His own son did such a shameful thing, his natural face as a father couldn't bear it, and his face had become ugly.

At this moment, Yun Zheng probably has the thought of tearing Qi Huan alive, but he can't get angry in front of the emperor, so he can only force himself to say coldly: "It's you and I who insist on our own opinions, you say this king is You're telling a story, so why doesn't this king feel that you're making up a story with preposterous words?"

Qi Huan took his time, ignored him, and only said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, General Gao is shedding blood for the Dajin, guarding the frontier, he is loyal to the Dajin court, and even more so to His Majesty, the Yun family. My daughter must not be insulted like this without knowing it, and she must give him an explanation."

"How do you explain it?" Yun Zheng retorted, "She is a girl who is disorderly and goes out to drink in private, but you insist on planting the blame on me?"

"Your Highness, do you think this case can't be investigated?" Qi Huan said, "Seize the Qiyuan Restaurant, take everyone down and interrogate them one by one, and find out who wrote the liquor in exchange for the girl from the Gao family; The merchant surnamed Zhang who temporarily unsubscribed, if there is someone there, if you follow the clues to find him, you will naturally be able to recover him, and ask him why he booked the seat in Qiyuan and unsubscribed; You can know who is more trustworthy between her words and His Highness's; moreover, in this whole matter, Ye's cooperation with His Highness and you is very clear. If you really have a clear conscience, His Highness Ning, you can just interrogate her... ..."

"You are bold!" Yun Zheng's expression changed, and he finally lost control.

The emperor's oral order told him to bring Ye Xunyi to face the saint, but he didn't let Ye Xunyi come.

Because he knows better than anyone—

Ye Xunyi and him are not of the same mind.

He didn't let Ye Xunyi come because he was afraid that Ye Xunyi wouldn't be able to bear the pressure of the emperor and would sell him face to face, so he simply hid him.

Who would have thought that this girl from the Qi family would be even more ruthless, actually demanding that Ye Xunyi be directly tortured to extract a confession!
"Father..." Yun Zheng hurriedly took a step forward, and was about to argue with the emperor again.

Qi Huan was the first to sneer: "Your Highness, you don't dare, do you?"

As she said that, without waiting for Yunzheng to answer, she also turned to the emperor, and said righteously: "Your Majesty, the Gao family did not go to court, and even beat the grievance drum outside the palace gate with great fanfare. For the sake of His Majesty and the royal family's face, we can't ask their family to be loyal and wrong!"

The emperor after the case remained silent.

It's not that he is reluctant to pursue Yun Zheng, but it's because this matter really needs to be dealt with with great fanfare——

That daughter of the Gao family was ruined!

Indeed, as Qi Huan said, Gao Changjie is guarding the border for the country, he can't stay in Beijing but not protect other people's wives and children, which chills the hearts of the soldiers guarding the border.

In the end, he took a deep breath, looked at Yun Zheng, and said in a deep voice: "I will give you another chance to confess and be lenient. Do you agree with this girl's testimony against you?"

"Father, this girl is so eloquent that she slanders her ministers." Yun Zheng gritted her teeth, denying it.

But at the same time, my heart panicked.

He made this bureau, it was too big and there were too many links, so it was doomed that there were many places that could be breached.

The reason why he dared to argue forcefully was that the Gao family would not dare to make a big fuss for the sake of their daughter's reputation.

But who would have thought that this Qi Huan not only found herself in front of the emperor, but also had a clear mind and had already smoothed out all his plans.

Where there are loopholes and where there are loopholes, they are all listed clearly.

When Yun Zheng was at a loss here, the emperor didn't give him a chance to defend himself.

The point of what Qi Huan said was Ye Xunyi, otherwise she wouldn't have left Ye Xunyi who played such a big role in the whole thing as the last one!

The Gao family expressed their loyalty to him, so he naturally wanted to show his attitude.

"It's about the reputation of my daughter's family, and it's not appropriate to investigate this matter with great fanfare." The emperor looked at Qi Huan, "Since you insisted that it was Ye's cooperation with King Ning, then I will send it to the Punishment Department at your request. How about just torturing her alone?"

He was asking Qi Huan for his opinion.

When Yun Zheng heard the words, he roared directly: "Father, the Ye family is the side concubine of the minister, which symbolizes the face of the minister, and there is no evidence... How can you send her to the Department of Punishment for interrogation at will?"

The emperor scolded in a cold voice with a sullen face: "She is your face, so I don't want to lose face? Whether you intend to or not, as long as you can restrain your virtue a little, you won't let other girls run to my place now." I’m here to sue you. I can’t put Mrs. Ye in prison for torture, so I’m going to directly torture you?”

Yun Zheng didn't know that the emperor had already given in in order to save face.

However, he couldn't let Ye Xunyi suffer the punishment.

Seeing that he had calmed down for a while, the emperor softened his tone and asked Qi Huan again: "At your request, I can torture Mrs. Ye in private, but it is really inappropriate to publicize this matter..."

Qi Huan naturally accepted it as soon as he saw it, and kowtowed: "My daughter only wants to be fair, no matter what the result of Ye's confession is, as long as Your Majesty deals with it fairly, my daughter will never seize this matter to embarrass His Highness King Ning again."

Yun Zheng is the emperor's own son, and she never planned to let the emperor abolish this son just because of this incident.

But Ye Xunyi also has a criminal record with the emperor, presumably there is a tacit understanding between her and the emperor——

As long as the woman is taken to the Punishment Department, she will never come out alive!

The emperor is about to nod his head...

In desperation, Yun Zheng suddenly slammed his head on the ground again: "Father, Mrs. Ye cannot enter the Punishment Division. She is pregnant with Liujia and has the flesh and blood of a son."

Qi Huan: ...

Is it useful to tell such a lie?As long as the imperial doctor goes over to take a pulse, he will immediately reveal his secrets!

His Royal Highness King Ning jumped the wall in a hurry.

Qi Huan raised his eyes to look at the emperor, and sure enough, the emperor also showed a somewhat indescribable expression.

At this moment, Princess Zhaoyang Yun Cheng came in from outside the palace.

Apart from the prince, she is another person who does not need a letter to enter the emperor's study.

In fact, she had been here for a while, standing outside and listening to the confrontation between Qi Huan and Yun Zheng.

When Yun Zheng saw her coming, he thought she was here to make trouble, and the sense of crisis overwhelmed him in an instant, and he quickly said: "Father, Mrs. Ye is pregnant, and she is also pregnant with Father's grandson..."

Before he could finish speaking, Yun Cheng gave him a weird look, and said calmly: "Since she is pregnant with a child, then lock her up in Prince Ning's Mansion to raise her baby. As long as she doesn't run away, when the child is born Come down and send the person to the Punishment Department."

She didn't look at Qi Huan, and went straight to the emperor's case: "Is the emperor free here? The mother is nagging me again, let me hide here."

A slight smile appeared on the emperor's face immediately, but then quickly restrained himself.

"That..." He looked at Qi Huan, hesitant to speak.

Although Qi Huan didn't know why Yun Cheng suddenly appeared to disturb the situation, even...

How much does it mean to protect Ye Xunyi?
But if Yun Cheng hadn't appeared to help her, it would have been very difficult for her and Gao Yunmiao to get out of here today.

She owed the other party a favor, so she didn't hesitate much at this time, and immediately said: "The emperor's heir is important, and neither the minister nor the Gao family want to hurt the innocent."

As he said that, he asked Yun Zheng again: "Dare to ask His Royal Highness Ning, how long has the side concubine been pregnant?"

Naturally, Yun Zheng didn't have to answer her every question, but even if Qi Huan didn't ask her, the emperor would ask her later.

So, he bit the bullet and said, "It's less than two months."

Qi Huan didn't speak any more.

After eight months, Ye Xunyi would not be able to give birth to a child, so the two of them would naturally be accused of deceiving the emperor!
The emperor is still a very fair person, Qi Huan is no longer aggressive, he immediately reciprocated, and said to Yun Zheng with a cold face: "Before Mrs. Ye gives birth, you are also confined in the mansion, read the sage books carefully, and restrain yourself If your words and deeds reach my ears, I will definitely not forgive you if there is any nonsense news in my ears."

Yun Zheng almost choked on his back.

Confined in the palace for eight months, and prohibited him from participating in the government, this loss——

If he really succeeded, it would be fine if he held the Gao family hostage.

What is this now?
Stealing chicken will not lose rice!

He opened his mouth, wanting to ask for mercy.

But looking at the emperor's face, he knew it would be useless to talk too much, so he could only grit his teeth and bear it.

The emperor waved them away.

Qi Huan still followed the rules, and only after Yun Zheng left first, she followed behind.

Yun Zheng was very angry, and he couldn't do anything in the palace, so he walked quickly. When Qi Huan came out of the hall, he had already left the courtyard.

Eunuch Li smiled, and asked the little eunuch to guide Qi Huan to send her out. At the same time, he kindly reminded: "The girl of the Gao family has been wronged, and His Majesty will compensate and comfort her. Girl, you are also at ease."

This is--

I'm afraid that she will be upset and continue to embarrass Yun Zheng in private.

Qi Huan is not a person who doesn't know what to do, and she is not so presumptuous to do things like forcing her father to kill her own son.

So, she thanked Li Gonggong with a grateful face.

The little eunuch sent her out of the palace gate, Qi Huan walked to the side of the carriage, and was about to get into the carriage without saying a word, but saw a person rushing towards the road along the outer palace wall.

Yes--

Qin Song, whom I haven't seen for a while!

With an obvious gloomy and dignified expression, he went straight to the Qi family's carriage, looked Qi Huan up and down, and asked directly, "Have you come out of the palace or just arrived?"

But before Qi Huan could reply, he had already dismounted, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her away.

seem--

Did he come to prevent her from entering the palace?
(End of this chapter)