Forbidden Autumn, Summer, Winter and Spring Rebirth

Chapter 32 31. Palace investigation
  "In this case, we must check the inside and outside of Zhongcui Palace. Sister Huibin has suffered. If not, she must have been pregnant with a dragon fetus due to her grace. It is not too late to find out now. Late, as long as you take good care of yourself, you will definitely be pregnant with a dragon fetus soon." Xia Dongchun said regretfully.

He glanced at An Lingrong again and said thoughtfully: "Sister, I have to check your Wanyitang carefully. In this way, I will ask Yu Xin and Mo Shuang from my palace to accompany you back later, and strike while the iron is hot. Check it out, too.”

An Lingrong looked stern and said in a panic: "What my sister said is that I should rest first and trouble the people around my sister."

After saying that, he took the people and hurried back to Wanyitang.

This investigation didn't matter, but it turned out that her personal maid, Baojuan, had unclean hands and feet.

When Yu Xin arrived at Wanyitang, she gathered all the people in Wanyitang in the yard, and she and she personally searched room by room. There was nothing wrong with the other side. I only found a very secret secret compartment in a mahogany box. There were several packets of colorless and odorless powder in the secret compartment.

After taking it out and asking, someone said that the mahogany box belonged to Baojuan, who was the maid in charge of Wanyitang. An Lingrong did not have a maid as a dowry, and he trusted her very much since he entered the palace.

When Baojuan saw the found items, she was trembling all over. When she heard the identification, her legs softened and she knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy. An Lingrong was stunned and speechless.

An Lingrong went to Zhongcui Palace today and only took Bao Que with him. Therefore, when Yu Xin and Mo Shuang came back with An Lingrong, Baojuan didn't know what was going on. An Lingrong wanted Baojuan to assist Yu Xin in the inspection. , was dissuaded by Yu Xin.

Bao Que naturally knew why Yu Xin and the two came here, but she was open-minded and was not afraid of investigation. As soon as the two arrived, they asked everyone to stand in the courtyard and were not allowed to move around. They also focused on investigating An Lingrong's personal palace maid. Baojuan was caught in the house.

Baojuan knelt on the ground and cried, saying that she was wronged and someone framed her.

Mo Shuang sneered: "Miss Baojuan, please save your energy. It is not confirmed that those packets of powdered medicine are harmful objects at the moment. Didn't Miss Baojuan bring it upon herself?"

Before she finished speaking, Baojuan's crying stopped abruptly, and she sat on the ground with her head down in despair and said nothing.

An Lingrong turned around and sent someone to invite Wen Shichu to come over. Wen Shichu and Yu Xin checked the packets of powder together. One of them was a powder made from anti-pregnancy medicine, one was a packet that would make people drowsy and lose their consciousness for a long time, and another was a powder that could It hurts the throat.

An Lingrong was furious, grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it on the ground. Baojuan couldn't stop trembling all over and cried and begged for mercy.

"I think I treat you well, why do you treat me like this?" An Lingrong asked tremblingly.

Without waiting for Baojuan's reply, An Lingrong said to Yuxin and Mo Shuang: "My two aunts are busy today. Please take this cheap maid to my sister and deal with it."

The two of them, Yu Xin, were blessed and they responded: "Yes."

Mo Shuang ordered someone to stuff Baojuan's mouth with a handkerchief, tie her up tightly, and take her away. By the time they returned to the main hall, it was already dark. After hearing the report, Xia Dongchun showed no signs of surprise and asked Mo Shuang to personally take the two young eunuchs to the Sentence Department.

Mo Shuang came back to report to Xia Dongchun, saying that when she sent someone there, she saw Concubine Hua leading someone to interrogate her personally at the Criminal Division.

Xia Dongchun secretly laughed. Concubine Hua still resented being cheated by the Queen regarding Fucha's false pregnancy. This time, the incident between An Lingrong and Shen Meizhuang Palace must be blamed on the Queen, but it is not an injustice. queen.

"Your Majesty, why don't you take the opportunity to check our palace?" Mo Shuang asked doubtfully.

"No, I feel relieved to have you here. Besides, even if someone has a wrong idea, they are on guard at this time. The four of you just need to keep an eye on them, especially the new ones after I sealed the concubine position." Those people. As a rule, there should be four second-class maids in our palace, and now there is still one missing child. Tell the little girls outside that if anyone has done something meritorious, such as reporting and exposing, as long as it is confirmed that it is true, Then you can fill this gap."

"Yes."

The next day in Jingren Palace, the Queen saw that Concubine Hua's seat was empty, and saw Concubine Chang's already very conspicuous belly. Her eyelids twitched a few times, and she stroked her forehead, feeling that everyone was with her. Be against. Qiang calmed down and said a few words before sending everyone away. The concubines had already heard the news and gathered together to discuss it.

Concubine Hua led the people to stay up until the third watch, which was naturally rewarding. She did not go to Jingren Palace to pay her respects because she stayed up too late last night, and also because of what she was holding in her hand, whether it was palace power or the testimony of the palace maid. , both of which gave her the confidence to be absent without excuse.

When Yongzheng finished his morning court, Concubine Hua went to Yangxin Hall with the testimonies of several people.

The maid who made the bed in Shenmeizhuang Palace was indeed a hard-nosed person. After being tortured to death, she only said that she was resentful because of Shenmeizhuang's poor treatment. She refused to say who was behind it. Concubine Hua did bring some capable people who were specialized in interrogation. But he didn't want to cause trouble, so he turned around and interrogated the other three palace maids and the eunuch who had arranged for four people to go to Zhongcui Palace.

Of the four maids, two were really down-to-earth in their duties, and the remaining maid who boiled water was really aware of current affairs, and she was able to answer all the questions without much torture. Both she and the maid who made the bed were arranged by the queen. She was only responsible for boiling water and could not enter the concubine's inner room. Therefore, she was just a backup arranged by the queen. If the one who made the bed was exposed, she could be in Zhongcui Palace. Use hands and feet with water.

The eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was a man of real power, so he could not escape his involvement in this incident. However, he was also loyal. He only admitted the crime of dereliction of duty and neglect, but refused to admit that it was the queen who ordered it.

Baojuan was tied tightly to the side, and a handkerchief was stuffed in her mouth to silence her. She was so frightened as she watched several people being tortured. Seeing that the water-burning palace maid couldn't bear the torture, she also explained everything clearly.

Baojuan was naturally also the Queen's, and those packets of medicinal powder were personally given to her by the Queen's eldest maid Jianqiu. The packet of birth control powder was put into An Lingrong's tea every time after she went to bed to make her infertile. The remaining two packets of medicine that made people dizzy and hurt their throats were recently received from Jingren Palace, in order to cut off Jingui's escape and make him seek refuge in Jingren Palace.

In addition, Baojuan also confessed that the queen threatened the lives of her entire family before she was willing to work for the queen. As soon as this statement was made, the bed-making maid who was dying next to her also desperately cried out for injustice. She bluntly said that it was because the lives of her family were in the hands of the queen. , and had no choice but to give in to the queen.

Concubine Hua was overjoyed after receiving the testimony. She ordered several people to be imprisoned and kept under strict supervision. No one was allowed to visit. After everything was settled, she rushed to the Yangxin Hall with the signed testimony.

(End of this chapter)