The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 181
Xie Zhao took a breath and walked towards the bloody scene in front of him.Seemingly thinking that he understood, Yu Xiang was happy at once, skipped ahead and ran to the eunuch whose arm had been torn off, bent down and exhaled at Xie Zhao, really wanting to show off his prey.

Xie Zhao frowned and looked at it for a while, then told Chen Jijiang: "Take the painkiller first, and take it away for questioning." He glanced at the carambola next to him, "Take it away together."

The guards who were on the verge of attacking Yu Xiang just now put away their knives and went forward to help the people in front of the imperial court carry the eunuch together. When passing by Yu Xiang's side, Yu Xiang didn't show any anger anymore, just grinning, "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo "Thump twice, like a child scaring someone.

Then Xie Zhao took the shocked Sydney back to Jiugeyuan, and Yu Xiang followed them back.As soon as it entered the gate of Jiugeyuan, it went straight to the water basin that it used to drink water on weekdays.They don't drink when they reach the basin, but soak their mouths in, lift them out, and paw them with their paws; soak them in again, lift them out again, and paw them with their paws...

It was the first time for Xueli to see it like this, so she became more sober, and tugged at the emperor: "What's wrong with Yuxiang?"

Xie Zhao looked at Yuxiang's wheezing and disgusted expression, and laughed: "It has been eating cooked meat for too long, it may not be able to adapt to raw flesh and blood, and it feels disgusting."

It seems to be the case!
Yu Xiang stood by the basin and washed it more than a dozen times, until the blood-stained fur around its mouth returned to its original brown color, then it shook its head and regained its composure.He tilted his head and glanced at the water basin next to him. With a flick of his big paw, the water basin overturned with a "snap".

The bloody water splashed all over the ground.

...It really dislikes the smell of blood!Xueli couldn't laugh or cry when she saw Yuxiang approaching, and she wasn't afraid at all. Isn't such a big lion who hates the smell of blood just like a big cat?She couldn't believe that it was stimulated wildly!

So Yuxiang "bangdang" lay down on the porch, and Xueli knelt down to touch it as usual.Touching it, he asked, "Why are you doing this all of a sudden? You just bit off one of your arms, and it wasn't for eating. What's the matter?"

Yu Xiang ignored her nagging, and leisurely closed her eyes to go to sleep, her long golden eyelashes covered her pretty well.

Xie Zhao also knelt down and caressed him for a while, thought for a while, and directly told Xu Shishui to go to the front to pass the message, and the reason why today's morning court was avoided was still the eldest son of the emperor.

After a while, Chen Jijiang came back with several eunuchs under his command.He didn't bring in the eunuch whose arm was bitten off and was covered in blood, but brought carambola back.

Chen Jijiang glanced at the courtyard, and first signaled that everyone around Xueli had retreated, leaving only the people in front of the imperial court. He had a complicated look on his face: "Your Majesty, the eunuch is a member of the inner eunuch. He said...he said he was here 'Take care' of Miss Carambola."

"'Get some'?" The emperor frowned slightly, glanced at Yang Tao, and said, "Go on."

Chen Jijiang calmed down: "He said that Mrs. Ruan's investigation of the accounts caused unrest in the palace. The eunuchs and female officials from the Internal Official Supervisor, Shangfu Bureau, Shanggong Bureau, and Gong Zhengsi met a few days ago and said want……"

Chen Jijiang was so palpitating that he couldn't continue speaking. He glanced at the emperor's gloomy expression, and hurriedly said: "I want...to take advantage of the epidemic to make Lady Ruan retreat."

"So A Yuan is really because of..." Xueli's chest tightened, and Chen Jijiang shook his head: "The man said that the confession was to go to Emperor Ping'an, but he didn't expect the eldest son of the emperor to go to Diji's study to find water."

Chen Jijiang pointed to Yangtao again: "In your Jiuge Courtyard, it was she who stretched out her hand, and took advantage of people's unpreparedness to change the teacup in the Diji's room. Before the teacup was brought over, it was specially placed on the palace servant who was infected with the disease. It stayed in the room for a day and a night."

She looked at Yang Tao, but Yang Tao didn't respond, her face was pale and her eyes were empty, probably because she was frightened by Yu Xiang just now, and she hasn't recovered yet.

Xue Li gritted her silver teeth fiercely, walked quickly with her hands clenched, and swung her hands in front of Yang Tao, chopping them crisply!The beating made Carambola stagger and fall to the ground, Xie Zhao held back with a "Sydney" near his mouth.

Sydney took a sip: "Say!"

Carambola woke up like a dream, faintly felt a fishy sweetness in the mouth, and the pain on the face was like burning.

She was stupefied, and turned to kowtow again and again: "My lady forgive me, my lady forgive me! I just... just changed that cup! I don't know what they are going to do!"

"Seeing that A Yuan is sick, how dare you say you don't know!" Xue Li grabbed her by the collar uncontrollably, "A moment ago you went to make things difficult for sour plums, and you knew they were taking the blame for you!"

Her hands trembled uncontrollably.She knew that Yang Tao looked down on sour plum and ebony, but when she saw her bullying sour plum and ebony, which was seriously injured, Xue Li was just unhappy and didn't blame her for it.

Now it's two different things - she made a mistake, fell on the sour plum and wumei, and dare to say that they are dying? !

"A Yuan is only three years old, and A Yao is only six years old!" She restrained her tears from shedding, but her anger was obviously stronger, "What kind of benefits did they give you, let you do this kind of murder!"

The emperor stood silently on the porch, hearing that Xue Li had lost her voice at the end, and stepped forward to hold her wrist that was holding Yang Tao: "Xue Li."

Xue Li only urged Yang Tao: "Say it!"

The emperor added two points of strength: "Sydney, I'm coming."

He felt that she had too much emotional backlog right now.Ever since she learned that A Yuan was sick early yesterday morning, she could neither see A Yuan nor let herself cry.And he could at least use the memorial to change his mood, so she could only immerse herself in the mood that her son might leave at any time.

Seeing that she still didn't let go, he frowned, and his tone became more slow: "Be obedient, you go in and rest, and I'll arrange the matter of interrogating her."

"No, I'll come." Xue Li's expression remained unchanged, but her eyes suddenly turned red.

She wiped away her tears, forced a smile and looked at him: "This kind of thing can't happen again."

Xie Zhao: "There will be no next time."

"I can't wait for something to happen to clean up every time, and I can't let you clean up the mess every time!" Xue Li's voice was five minutes higher, and her pale expression seemed to be unbearable. I'm not afraid, but I can't let people put their hands on the child's head again! I can't even hold back Jiuge Courtyard, how can I live in Changqiu Palace in the future!"

She was so excited that she panted so hard that even her shoulders trembled.Xie Zhao stretched out his hand to hold her shoulder, but she pushed it away.

"Let's go!" She dragged Yang Tao to the main room, even Chen Jijiang was surprised: "Miss Ruan..."

The emperor raised his hand and sighed: "Follow her."

This time, Sydney was really frightened and angry, as if her mind had gone blank.The fire in my heart can't be suppressed no matter what, calm down a little, and I will hear A Yuan say in my ear: "I will drink the medicine by myself, mother, please don't come in!"

A Yuan is still so young, and she is trying her best to protect her, but she, a mother, fails to protect him well.

For a whole morning, while she was palpitating about what she was doing, she was also extremely convinced that it was right!

She had never done such a thing before. Before, she just felt that it was too difficult to face this kind of scene, but now she suddenly crossed this hurdle.The scene of torture was horrific, but she found that she could avert her gaze, as long as she cared about what Yang Tao spit out after the torture.

"Say, what benefits are there for you? Do you know who is in here?" She fixed her eyes on the teacup, sniffing the fragrance of the tea and not looking at the appearance of carambola after being scolded and whipped. Even what the emperor is now He also couldn't bear to look at it.

Yang Tao was already lying on the ground and couldn't get up. When she moved a little, the pain was unbearable: "Gong, the female officer of Gongzheng took 5000 taels of silver... and said that if I don't agree, let Gong Zhengsi find fault with me; If I promise, the money is mine, and it is not poisoned, you will not be able to find out the clues, my lady."

This is really not easy to check. Poisons can be tested, but epidemics can't be tested.The imperial guards took away the sour and ebony plums yesterday, and after a night of interrogation, they found out that they were not, so the thread was almost broken.If it wasn't for Yu Xiang's sudden pounce on someone, she would never have thought that it was Yang Tao.

"The 5000 taels of silver belong to her alone?" Xue Li's eyes shifted slightly, but she still didn't dare to stop on Yang Tao, and looked outside, "The salary of the female officer Gongzheng over the years doesn't add up to that much money, right? ?”

"I-I don't know about this!" Yang Tao said tremblingly.

Xue Li asked again: "Who gave you the idea of ​​planting sour plums and dark plums?"

"It's me...it's my own idea." Yang Tao gritted her teeth when she said this, "Those two slave maids...I just think they dare to eavesdrop on Di Ji's study, they are too unruly, I want to teach them a lesson ..."

"You dare to poison Diji, and you still have the face to teach others!" Xueli hit the case hard, her arms were sore and numb, and she shouted, "Go and investigate the official secretary of the Liushang Bureau and the internal officials! Anyone who has doubts Severe trial!"

"Promise." Chen Jijiang responded first, then turned to secretly look at the emperor, "Your Majesty..."

"According to what she said." The emperor nodded in agreement, and Er Er waved someone to drag the carambola out. He looked at Xueli whose chest was heaving and heaving, and said, "Anyone involved, regardless of rank or seniority, will be sentenced to death. As for Gong Zheng Lady officer..."

Chen Jijiang waited with bated breath, the emperor pondered for a moment, and said: "Let's go to the trial first, and after the trial, send it to the border to repair the Great Wall."

Chen Jijiang: "..."

Build the Great Wall? !

When he heard that he was being sent to the border, he thought he was going to serve as a prostitute, but it turned out that he was going to build the Great Wall? !
Hey, it's a way!The Great Wall has taken shape since Qin Shihuang, and it has been repaired in successive dynasties. It can be regarded as an indispensable barrier.

But... that is really physical labor, and it is not physical labor that a woman in the palace can handle!I'm afraid it might as well kill her directly!
Chen Jijiang saluted while cursing and withdrew to make arrangements.In the main hall, Xueli's breathing was unstable for a while, and the emperor stretched out his hand and waved in front of her eyes: "Lizi?"

Sydney didn't move at all, he frowned, put his hand across the desk between the two of them, squeezed her chin and turned his head to have a look...

"……Cried?"

Sydney forced herself to turn around: "I'm angry!"

She was really crying, and she endured it quite well during the interrogation of Carambola. She didn't allow the tears to flow out until Carambola was taken away.

"Don't be angry, it's not worth it." Xie Zhao lightly sighed, got up and walked in front of her and hugged her, "I asked the imperial doctor, A Yuan's illness was far less serious than those of the palace people, probably because the teacup was left on for a while , the disease you contracted is not that serious anymore, you..."

"I'm angry with myself!" Xue Li wiped away her tears and stood up, her brows were furrowed and full of self-blame, "Why can't I suppress these few people! What did Yang Tao say just now... she did something like this How dare you say that you want to teach sour plums and dark plums a lesson?"

"That's because she was making excuses for herself. She wanted to find a scapegoat but didn't want to feel bad about it."

Xie Zhao was quiet, and sighed again: "It's not because you can't suppress people this time, the matter of auditing the accounts is too involved-you see, they spent 5000 taels this time, and they paid for it. It's inevitable."

Xue Li was grinding her back molars, while admitting that 5000 taels was indeed a huge sum of money, at the same time thinking that the life of the prince Di Ji was worth 5000 taels of silver? 5000 taels of silver let them collude to do this kind of thing? !

He was right, he was really a swindler!
After that, there was another three days of interrogation. Starting from the female officer Gongzheng, the questioning continued layer by layer, which involved a lot.

Gong Zhengsi's Gong Zheng and Si are the main planners, and they are all sent to repair the Great Wall. The rest of the day is destined to be worse than death.Shanggong under Shanggong Bureau and Lao Shanggong who has retired to teach nuns, Shangyi from Shangyi Bureau and a master of ceremonies, Shangfu from Shangfu Bureau, and Shanggong from Shanggong Bureau all know without reporting, I also paid some money, and all of them were killed.

Further down the investigation, the four young prison guards of the Internal Official Prison were jumping up and down non-stop. Gong Zhengsi's people were instigated by them, and more than half of the 5000 taels of silver were paid by them.The teacup placed in Emperor Ping'an's study was also made by them themselves.

With a cold face, the emperor approved "Ling Chi" on the confession presented by the imperial guard, and then fell on the back of the back tiredly, sweating coldly.

Surprisingly, only Shangshi Bureau and Shangshouju Bureau did not get mixed up, and other places colluded together to kill them.

This time they wanted to "warn" Sydney and moved the child.What if they tried to touch him, or something bigger?
I'm afraid it's okay.

He has always underestimated their abilities.Even when Sydney said that letting things go like this was a hidden danger, he more or less felt that she was thinking too seriously.

Xie Zhao felt a pain in the face, as if he had been slapped severely by someone mocking him.

And this slap put his eldest son's life on the line.

"Chen Jijiang." He wiped off his cold sweat, "For the vacancies in various places, you pick someone to fill them up yourself. The list and classics, I and Xue Li have to go through it."

"Promise." Chen Jijiang bowed in response, kept quiet, and asked, "I'm not involved in this matter, but with those female officials and eunuchs who are close to me..."

The emperor nodded slightly: "You can figure it out."

Those who need to withdraw, simply withdraw together.Those who are not involved in this matter, he has no need to make things difficult for them, just let them go out of the palace.

It's time to make a big move in the palace, it's almost broken at the root.

Overnight, the discussion in various parts of the palace was like the cool breeze in the early spring night, making people shudder.

Except for a few principal offenders, there were many other people who helped spread the word and snooped out the news. After the interrogation, many people were naturally released.

For several days in a row, corpses were carried out one after another at the north gate of the palace.At first, family members who heard the news came to collect the corpses. Later, the reason for the crime probably spread slowly, and most of the corpses sent out later were not dared to claim them.

What a crime it is to kill the emperor's heir!

In Jiuge Courtyard, after the carambola that Sydney scrutinized, a layer of solemnity was added up and down.

This made Sydney, who was already depressed and out of breath, even more depressed. Fortunately, a few days later, at the end of January, the imperial doctor came to give a big gift and said: "Congratulations, the eldest son of the emperor is well."

Sydney rushed out almost without thinking!The imperial doctor who was kneeling on the ground waiting to continue to report was all helped up by Fugui!
It has been half a month, and the moment Xueli broke into A Yuan's room, she felt as if she had seen a sunny day for the first time in the past half month.She hugged A Yuan and kissed her hard...

A Yuan, who was eating snacks, pushed her with small hands and giggled: "Mom, you scared me to death!"

He didn't realize what disease he was suffering from this time, he took another bite of the snack, and heard a sob.

"...Mom?" Ah Yuan was dumbfounded, blinking his eyes and dazed for a while, then patted his mother on the back with a small bracelet, "Don't cry, mother! I'm fine!"

"Yeah." Xueli burst into tears, picked him up and went back to the main room, then called Ayao over to have a snack together.

Ah Yuan is very happy!He hasn't seen his mother for more than half a month. Although he can eat the food made by his mother every day and talk through the door, he still misses his mother very much.

It seems that he misses his sister more - because his sister can't even talk to him through the door, and he hasn't heard her voice for a long time.

"A Yuan has lost weight!" A Yao looked at his younger brother and said earnestly, and then fed him the yogurt in his hand while saying, "You must not eat well, you are disobedient!"

"I don't have it! I'm ready to eat!" Ah Yuan argued with his sister unconvinced, grabbed the yogurt that A Yao brought to feed him, ate it by himself, and said, "I don't want you to feed it!"

The siblings were quarreling while expressing their missing, Xueli leaned on the couch, eating a small plate of Huamei, laughing and listening without saying a word.Talking and talking, they didn't know how to say that A Yao can sleep with them every two or three days recently, and A Yuan is not happy!
A Yuan ran to the couch with her mouth open and put her hands on her hips: "Mom, I want to sleep with you today!"

Sydney: "..."

As soon as she raped A Yao, A Yao stuck out her tongue and ran away. She hugged A Yuan to her lap and told him earnestly: "It's okay to sleep with mother, but you have to promise mother two things!"

A Yuan nodded immediately.I haven't seen my mother for half a month, as long as I can sleep here, I can ask him to promise anything.

Xue Li said: "First, your father is coming tonight, you are not allowed to ask Yu Xiang to sleep on the bed!"

She didn't sleep with A Yuan for several months. The reason was that last time A Yuan woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't fall asleep after urinating, so she clapped her hands and asked Yu Xiang to go to bed.

The weight of Yuxiang jumped and stepped on Xie Zhao's abdomen, and Xueli heard a scream in her sleep!
——If she slept on the outside, maybe she would be left with a tomb now.

A Yuan's small face drooped, obviously it was difficult to choose.

After a while, he raised his head, and asked Xue Li with a slightly tragic expression: "Mother, let's put Yu Xiang to bed and let Father Emperor sleep in Zichen Palace, shall we?"

(End of this chapter)