Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 556 The fog disperses
Jia Rui put down the book in his hand, looked at Aunt Zhen kneeling there, sighed softly, and then asked:

"I ask myself if I'm not mean to you, why do I want to harm me?"

Aunt Zhen blinked her seemingly innocent eyes, with a frightened and inexplicable expression on her face, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? No matter how brave I am, I won't dare to hurt you, Your Majesty!"

Jia Rui stood up from the bed, walked to Aunt Zhen, and said softly: "I just want someone to understand."

Aunt Zhen knelt there and shook her head, with tears on her face, "Your Majesty, don't you understand my feelings for you? Even if I hurt anyone, I can't hurt you!"

Jia Rui sighed, stood up straight, looked out the window at the dark night, and finally murmured: "It's difficult to paint a dragon or a tiger. You know the person, the face, but not the heart."

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui waved his hand to Lao Li, and Lao Li immediately asked two eunuchs to drag Aunt Zhen out.

Jia Rui stood in front of the window, as if he was asking Lao Li, and also seemed to be asking himself, "Why do you think she is like this?"

Lao Li, who was standing below, closed his mouth tightly and did not dare to say a word at all.

Although Jia Rui did not have any evidence at this time, he had already determined in his heart that Aunt Zhen was responsible for all this.

Sometimes the person in charge may not have evidence, but as long as he thinks it is so, then that is what it is all about.

"Go and arrest all the maids and eunuchs working under Aunt Zhen, and interrogate them severely to see what this poisonous woman has been doing during this time."

Lao Li agreed, bowed and left.

At this time, Jia Rui seemed to be relieved and collapsed on the bed.

Jia Rui has been going smoothly ever since he traveled to the world of Dream of Red Mansions. The women in his house are all loyal to him, which makes Jia Rui have a wrong understanding, thinking that all the women in the world will revolve around him and there will be no problems. Two minds.

But Aunt Zhen's actions today gave Jia Rui a hard slap on the face.

Jia Rui sat in the room all night as if he was stupid. When it got light and Lao Li came in with a thick stack of paper, Jia Rui woke up.

"Your Majesty, these are the confessions of the palace ladies and eunuchs." Lao Li said carefully.

Jia Rui glanced at the pile of papers, without looking through them, but asked directly: "Is there anything suspicious?"

"My lord, there is nothing suspicious about it."

Jia Rui's eyes narrowed.

Could it be that I really blamed Aunt Zhen wrongly?
However, Jia Rui soon became suspicious again.

In the palace, Jia Rui rarely wandered elsewhere. Usually his position was in the Yangxin Hall.

Then the only people who can poison themselves are the people in the Yangxin Palace, and Aunt Zhen is the most suspect among them.

Jia Rui patted the Kang table, and then said in response: "Since there is no evidence, let Mrs. Cao Guo go quietly."

Lao Li's brows twitched, and then he respectfully agreed. Seeing that Jia Rui had nothing else to do, he quietly withdrew.

At this time, Jia Rui's face was uncertain.

Lao Li left Jia Rui and soon appeared in a small house outside Yangxin Hall.

Aunt Zhen is being held here now.

Lao Li entered the room and looked at Aunt Zhen sitting on the chair, feeling a little regretful.

Originally, he was planning to get closer to Aunt Zhen, so that after Jia Rui ascended the throne in the future, this favored empress would give him some help.

It's a pity that this woman with a great future has somehow aroused the protagonist's suspicion.

For people like emperors and dictators, as long as there is doubt in their hearts, they will not let it stay by their side.

"Your Majesty, my slave has brought you dinner." Lao Li said as he asked the eunuch who followed him to place the food box on the table next to Aunt Zhen.

Then Lao Li opened the food box himself and took out the four side dishes inside. "My dear, it's getting late. You should eat something and go on your way."

Aunt Zhen looked at the food on the table and her face turned livid.

She did not expect that Jia Rui would still refuse to let her go without evidence.

Now she feels a little regretful. She didn't expect Jia Rui to be able to survive her poison, and she also didn't expect Jia Rui to be so heartless.

"What mistake did I make? Your Majesty can't tolerate me." Aunt Zhen wanted to make a final struggle and yelled crazily at Old Li.

"Your Majesty, we all know what mistake you have made, but I still have a question. I would like to ask your Majesty to clarify your doubts for the sake of leaving." Old Li said calmly.

Aunt Zhen watched Old Li slowly calm down. She ignored him, picked up her chopsticks, and began to eat quietly.

Aunt Zhen's appetite was not big, so she quickly threw her chopsticks on the table as if she was full.

"You can take action now." Aunt Zhen's eyes have become numb.

Lao Li looked at the beauty that was about to wither in front of him and sighed in his heart.

Then, he turned and left the room. Soon, two young eunuchs came in. After a while, there was a sound of tossing inside, and finally it slowly calmed down.

Then two young eunuchs came out and knelt down in front of Old Li, "Old Ancestor, your Majesty is on her way."

Then the young eunuch held a letter in front of Old Li, "Old Ancestor, this is what the empress asked me to give to my master before she left on her journey."

Lao Li took the letter and put it in his arms, then re-entered the room and looked at Aunt Zhen who was lying on the bed with a pale face.

Lao Li stepped forward and probed the tip of Aunt Zhen's nose with his hand, and found that she was no longer breathing.

However, as a cautious person, Lao Li did not give up. Lao Li reached out and slapped Aunt Zhen on the heart.

You must know that Lao Li has practiced the orthodox Sunflower Book, and his inner power suddenly poured into Aunt Zhen's heart and ground it into powder.

After finishing all this, Lao Li left the house and returned to the Nourishing Heart Hall.

At this time, the sky was beginning to brighten, and Jia Rui was still sitting at the desk like a statue at night.

Jia Rui also killed many people, and it can even be said that he killed many people.

But today, Jia Rui doesn't know why, but he always feels sad in his heart, and he can't suppress it no matter what.

"Master, the matter has been done, and the queen is on her way." Old Li whispered beside Jia Rui.

"Did she leave any words?"

"Go back to my master, my wife left a letter for you before she left." After saying this, Lao Li presented the letter in his arms to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui took the hand and opened it gently, and looked at it carefully. Finally, there was a trace of anger on his face.

At this time, Jia Rui already understood why Aunt Zhen wanted to attack him secretly.

This letter does not contain any confession, it just tells Jia Rui to take good care of the little emperor in the future, and that when the little emperor grows up, he must return to the emperor.

Jia Rui sneered. Aunt Zhen had taken care of the little emperor. During this time, she really regarded the little emperor as her own flesh and blood.

No wonder he would take his own life for the little emperor now.

But it's hard to say. Maybe Aunt Zhen has ambitions and wants to be the empress dowager who listens to politics behind the curtain.

After all, she had begged the little emperor to recognize her as his godmother some time ago. If she really listened to politics in the name of the little emperor, it would barely make sense.

(End of this chapter)