A Thousand Gold Order: Inheritance

Chapter 348 Imprisoned, bloodied (Part [-])

Concubine Sheng Xian, who was on the verge of falling from the support of the maid, suddenly gained strength, pushed away the hand of the maid, and rushed out two steps.

But the news came so suddenly, like thunder on the ground, and at the same time, she couldn't believe her ears.

She was going to rush down to question at the first moment, but her footsteps stopped abruptly.

With a glimmer of fluke hope, he didn't go forward again.

The emperor got up almost at the same time as her, but he was obviously much calmer than her. He just stood behind the case and asked with his fists clenched, "Say it again, what's the matter?"

Kneeling in the hall was the servant he sent to the imperial mausoleum to "supervise" Yun Zheng.

If you look closely, the servant's sleeves have burnt marks, the back of his hand is injured, and although his face is wiped with sweat, there are obvious traces of charcoal ash.

He raised his head, with a look of fear and despair on the face of imminent catastrophe, and repeated it with tears and sorrow: "The palace of the imperial mausoleum was on fire, and the bedroom where His Royal Highness King Ning lived was flooded. come out."

"You're talking nonsense!" Concubine Sheng Xian finally couldn't hold back anymore, she rushed down with the hem of her heavy dress, grabbed the servant and kicked and scolded, "On New Year's Eve, at the state banquet, you dare to curse me out of spite!" Son... Even if it is water, what are so many guards doing for food?"

"It's true." The waiter didn't dare to hide, and she scratched his face with bloodstains, so he could only tell the truth: "Because His Highness was in a bad mood on New Year's Eve today, he drove out all the servants in the palace at night, and locked him up alone. Drunk in the hall, thinking... I thought I was drunk, and the servants gathered in another courtyard to watch the New Year together, and when I found out...it was...it was too late."

"I don't believe it, you are talking nonsense!" Concubine Sheng Xian still made a fuss, refusing to accept it.

Then I heard Eunuch Li exclaim in the Nuan Pavilion: "Your Majesty..."

Everyone was startled again, and they all followed the sound and saw the emperor clutching his chest and falling back on the chair, with a very bad expression on his face.

"Prince doctor..." Empress Gu called out in a deep voice while helping him to sit up.

It happened that the two imperial physicians were still kneeling in the Nuan Pavilion, and they got up quickly, and they were about to step forward.

No, the emperor raised his hand to stop it.

The two imperial physicians stopped in their tracks, but their faces were anxious, and they were in a dilemma.

The emperor took two deep breaths and slowed down. Although his tone was still steady when he spoke again, he could clearly hear the strong outside but the dry in the middle.

He said, "I'm fine."

If more words-

But it's like he can't say it at all.

Strictly speaking, these things have nothing to do with Qi Huan, so Qi Huan didn't try to step forward, but he was inevitably affected by the general environment and watched nervously.

When the whole hall was in a panic, she suddenly had an intuition...

Turning his head following this intuition, Ye Xunyi, who was kneeling on the ground, gave her a malicious and provocative smile.

In fact, there is no need for her to give such an obvious hint, just seeing the news of Yun Zheng's death just at the moment when she bit Yun Zheng, Qi Huan immediately knew it well——

There is no proof of death!

Yun Zheng's death must have been written by this woman.

And Ye Xunyi may not have this ability herself, and there may be Yun Heng's handwriting in it to cooperate with her.

Qi Huan felt that it was weird and unreasonable for this woman to use this matter to protest against her now——

When Yunzheng died, she would only be happy to see it happen, and even if Yunzheng was labeled as the mastermind here, Ye Xunyi, the accomplice who charged into the battle, knew what they were doing and followed them. There is no doubt that he must die, so what is there to be proud of?
Just because she pulled Yun Zheng back?
If you want to demonstrate, then show it to the emperor and Concubine Sheng Xian, why raise eyebrows and stare at her?

Because he really couldn't understand the distorted psychology of the heroine, Qi Huan looked at Ye Xunyi with a mentality as if he was insane, and couldn't help but frown even tighter when he met Ye Xunyi's eyes.

Then—

It was this subconscious action of hers, which seemed to hit Ye Xun's heart and encouraged her, making her look even more complacent.

While Qi Huan was staring at her, Empress Gu had immediately started to clean up the mess, and told the crown prince: "Zhan'er, your father is not feeling well and needs to rest. You can accompany him back to the palace to rest first."

As she said that, she squeezed the emperor's wrist firmly, which should be to appease him, "Your Majesty, it is important to take care of your body. You don't have to force it. Your holy body and health are the blessings of heaven and ancestors. The courtiers and the people want to see it the most." of."

The emperor should indeed be a little bit unbearable at the moment, and he was obviously very relieved of her, so he nodded.

All the courtiers and wives in the hall hurriedly stood up and knelt down, "Respectfully send off Your Majesty!"

Yun Zhan personally supported, and together with Xiao Miaozi, helped the emperor leave from the apse first.

Eunuch Li voluntarily stayed behind.

At this time, Concubine Sheng Xian was also like a walking dead, sitting in the hall in a gaffe.

Chinese clothes are spread all over the floor!
Empress Gu sighed slightly, and ordered Mother Jiao: "Concubine Xian was frightened and overwhelmed with grief, so I also sent her back to the palace to rest in peace, and let the imperial doctor take a look."

Mother Jiao brought a few palace servants down, and they worked together to support Concubine Sheng Xian up.

Waiting to get out--

Concubine Sheng Xian, who looked like a walking corpse, suddenly came back to her senses, broke free, and said loudly: "No, I want to see people and die, and I want to see corpses. ..."

"Your Majesty..." Sang Yan hugged her almost with all her strength, "This is a mess, and the imperial tomb is in the suburbs again..."

Concubine Sheng Xian struggled desperately, but in the end it was because she was greatly stimulated that she collapsed weakly within two strokes.

But she was not completely fainted, she looked conscious, but her body was weak and unable to move, she could only cry incessantly.

Nurse Jiao led the man, and hurriedly got him away with support.

Empress Gu did not ignore her words, and instead told Eunuch Jia: "Concubine Xian is right, if you want to see people die, you need to see corpses, you order a thousand imperial forest troops to rush over to confirm the specific situation of the imperial mausoleum. Bring Jingzhaofu Yin and Wu Zuo together, seal the imperial tomb, find out the cause and effect of the water leakage, and...King Ruoning really had an accident, verify the specific cause of death, and protect the body."

"Yes!" Eunuch Jia agreed.

The governor of Jingzhao was kneeling at the banquet below, and when he heard the words, he hurried out of the queue and hurriedly followed.

After dealing with the matters related to the bad news, Empress Gu called out the courtiers, wives and servants who were kneeling all over the floor: "Everyone, please stand up and sit back."

"Thank you, empress!" Everyone got up again, and sat back in their seats in an orderly manner.

And Empress Gu didn't say any more words to cover up the peaceful scene or re-enunciate the singing and dancing, she sat alone on the main seat, looking down at Ye Xunyi who was kneeling in front of her.

But Ye Xunyi was obviously still afraid of death, and when her eyes moved over, she immediately restrained her confident face, and changed into a humble posture with lowered eyelids, so that no one else could see her exact expression.

Queen Gu said: "Looking at it like this, King Ning is very likely to be in danger, and he has no chance to return to Beijing to confront you face-to-face. His Majesty will hand over his matter to Yousi to continue to investigate and verify. If he is guilty or not, this Palace today. No comment, but you... You have fabricated evidence to frame King Rui, and all the evidence and evidence are complete. If King Ning instigates you, you will know your mistakes and make mistakes, and help the evildoers, because your crime of framing King Rui is extraordinary. If you hurt the state, you are already a crime that cannot be redeemed by death; and if King Ning is innocent, you will be charged with accusing him of framing him. I swear by the law and give you death penalty on behalf of His Majesty, you should have nothing to say, right?"

If someone else had ended up in this situation, he should be begging for mercy in tears and tears.

But Ye Xunyi, who had died once, calmed down. She calmly raised her eyes to look at Queen Gu's face, and asked loudly: "I just said that I also have difficulties, and my mother didn't ask the imperial doctor to check my pulse." , to confirm that King Ning really threatened his concubine with poison? Who in this world is not afraid of death? Concubine is just a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken. What can I do if she is coerced by others? The so-called death is worse than life, Dare I ask the Empress, if this happened to you...wouldn't you seize every opportunity and struggle to survive? Why is it that when you come to this concubine, it becomes intolerable for you to want to live?"

Empress Gu did not change her face, she still had an inviolable and elegant appearance.

She didn't become angry from embarrassment, nor did she directly ignore Ye Xunyi's heresy, she just talked about the matter: "From the case of King Rui colluding with the enemy to the present, you have been in and out of the palace several times in the past few months, and you have been with Concubine Xian in private , Your Majesty and this palace have met you several times even when King Ning was not around. Even if King Ning really threatened you, you wanted to survive, instead of asking for help from His Majesty and this palace, you chose to continue to harm others. Do you think that this The palace and His Majesty are both puppet trash, can't even the mere King Ning be restrained? You don't believe in the Son of Heaven, and killing the royal family under His Majesty's nose is already a felony of infidelity and treason. Don't use weak women as shields, even if It’s a weak girl, there’s nothing wrong with her wanting to live, and there’s nothing wrong with saving herself, but harming others is a big mistake, and she deserves death!”

Ye Xunyi was also a former queen, standing on the commanding heights of power with awe-inspiring righteousness, and has broken the fate of many people.

At that time, she was also eloquent and felt that her words were sharp and impeccable.

But now, when she knelt in front of Queen Gu to argue hard, she was accidentally suppressed by the other party, and she lost completely in terms of logic and aura.

It's like, she has never been beautiful;

It's as if she was born as an insignificant ant;
It was as if, no matter how much she struggled in her life, she was doomed to be humble and unable to stand up!
She refused to admit defeat, opened her mouth, and wanted to argue, but her words were blocked, and she didn't know how to reply for a while.

Empress Gu is not a competitive little girl, she needs to suppress others and use her tongue to gain a sense of superiority.

After the reasoning was finished, she gave a decisive order: "Come here, put Mrs. Ye in death row and keep them under strict guard. It is not suitable to kill during the first month. After Yousi further verifies and verifies her various crimes, she will be punished and executed. "

Eunuch Li, who was standing beside him with Fuchen in his arms, stepped forward at this moment and waved to the outside of the hall.

The guards who were waiting there rushed in immediately, and the two of them fought to carry Ye Xunyi out.

Although Ye Xunyi didn't scream and cry begging for mercy like the other little girls, she was taken away with a terrified expression, her face pale and terrified.

Empress Gu then searched for Ye Caizhi's location from the crowd: "Ye Xiang..."

Ye Caizhi got up with everyone just now, and then sat back down, feeling as if he was sitting on pins and needles, trembling.

Hearing this, he almost fell to the ground.

He was almost rolling and crawling, and quickly knelt down on the ground again, but no matter what he couldn't keep his voice trembling, he promised: "The minister is..."

Although Empress Gu's tone sounded peaceful at first glance, she carried an aura of authority without anger: "Your daughter framed the prince, played tricks on the royal family, and today she played all her dirty tricks on this state banquet. There are too many crimes to book. This kind of felony, all of the nine clans will be implicated, but because some of her charges still need to be further consolidated by the yamen, although it is not a formal conviction for the time being, you, a father, cannot escape the blame. Don't do it today. Now that you’ve returned home, follow along to the sky prison to wait with your daughter for the outcome of the crime.”

Ye Caizhi didn't have Ye Xunyi's hostility and determination. He was fighting with each other, sweating profusely, but at the same time, he just kowtowed humbly: "Yes..."

One head hit the ground, and there was a watermark of cold sweat on the floor.

Although he tried his best and wanted to maintain the last bit of dignity, he got up and walked out, but his legs were weak, and he couldn't get up after crawling twice. In the end, Eunuch Li signaled the guards to come in and carry him away.

The Ye family's father and daughter were cleared out, and the superficial peace was restored in the hall.

Queen Gu looked over.

Qi Wenyan bowed and bowed, and then retreated with his stupid niece and Yunxi, who was even more confused, and sat back in their respective seats.

During this period, Yang was in a cold sweat.

Qi Huan and Yun Xi's table was placed behind her and Qi Wenjing, and she couldn't touch her daughter for a while, but she just gave her a peevish look when Qi Huan led Yun Xi past her.

Knowing that he had frightened her again, Qi Huan felt very guilty, so he could only show her a flattering smile.

Everyone else in the warm pavilion also returned to their seats and sat down.

At this time, it happened that the midnight drum sounded, thousands of fireworks exploded in the sky, and the entire imperial city outside was flooded by the festive atmosphere of the beginning of the new year.

Empress Gu was sitting upright on the main seat, and after the sound of fireworks, she calmly smiled again: "The mysteries of the old case have been resolved. Although there were some sad and regretful things in the old year, it is always about getting rid of the old and welcoming the new. All those bad and dark things have been left in the past. At the beginning of the new year, I will raise a glass on behalf of His Majesty, and congratulate the new year with all the lovers, and pray that my grand pilgrimage will have good weather and the people will be safe and happy."

"Pray for good weather and good weather during my great pilgrimage, so that the people and all the people will be safe and happy."

At the beginning of the new year, there is still a sense of ritual that should be there. There is a roar of mountains and tsunami in the Chengtian Palace. The loud shouts seem to be to dispel the thrilling haze and conspiracy in the first half of the night.

Originally, according to the practice of previous years, this state banquet would have to last for another half an hour, and it would not end until the end of the day.

But today it has become like this, and everyone lost their mood.

Empress Gu was also in a hurry to go back to the harem to visit the emperor, so after drinking this glass of wine, she announced her departure.

Everyone still respectfully sent her away from the back hall, and the overly solemn atmosphere in the hall suddenly relaxed. Just for the sake of caution, everyone still kept their words in silence, orderly under the guidance and arrangement of the ceremonial officer and the servant. out of the palace.

Qi Huan led Yunxi and followed behind the elders.

Yu Shi and Qi Zhengyu were both old, and there were so many people at night, probably because they were afraid that they would trip and fall, so Qi Wenjing and Qi Wenang supported them one by one.

Yang Shi was two steps behind and looked at the two younger ones, Qi Huan and Yun Xi.

After leaving the gate of the palace, the atmosphere suddenly reached its peak, and it became lively like a frying pan.

The servants looking for a master, the big girls and daughters-in-law complaining and sighing when they were frightened in the palace, and the wives chewing their tongues...

In short, it is comparable to the vegetable market in the early morning.

Enduring the discomfort in his ears, Qi Huan went to find Su Qinnian and his wife first, and handed Yun Xi back.

At night, everyone was anxious to go back, so they said hello to each other and said goodbye, and then they dispersed.

Qi Huan watched the three of them walk towards the Su family's carriage, turned around and quickly ran two steps back to Yang's side, and the family also supported each other to find their own carriage.

Their carriage parked a little far away, so they walked a long way in the dark.

At first, Qi Huan thought it was because there were too many people, so everyone walked very slowly until they reached the side of the carriage. Qi Wenjing and Guan Yusheng helped Qi Zhengyu get into the carriage. It should be safe and sound...

However, the old man's foot was weak, and he stepped on the footstool and fell to his knees. At the same time, his forehead was knocked on the footstool and his head was bleeding.

　It's the last day of this month, friends, check your pockets to see if there are any remaining monthly passes, the watch is a waste...

　　Then, I wish the motherland mother a happy birthday, and the babies should relax and have fun during the long holiday!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)