The first daughter is poisonous, the lord goes to bed obediently

Chapter 160 The abnormality of the coffin

"A special coffin?" Emperor Chang De shifted his gaze to Mrs. Zhao's coffin and asked.

The shopkeeper of the coffin shop nodded and said: "That's right, the coffins sold in Caomin's shop are all made of solid wood, but a few days ago, the young master came here to order a hollow coffin, and then poured molten iron slurry into it, and then sealed it. stand up."

"Bold and unreasonable!" Zhao Chu heard it, and suddenly shouted: "I don't know you at all, so why come to your shop to order a coffin!"

Concubine Zhao followed up and said: "My Hou's family has a great career, and the death of my mother is such an important matter, how could I go to your small coffin shop to buy a coffin!"

The shopkeeper of the coffin shop shook his body, seemed to be frightened, and immediately fell silent.

Feng Xihe said with a smile: "Young Lord, if you act upright and sit upright, the rumors will be self-defeating. Why should you be afraid of what he said?"

"Princess Yu, this is the Marquis's family affairs, why do you want to interfere?" Zhao Chu was annoyed.

"Can this king interfere?" At this time, Gu Shi said, "I remember, when you looked at my concubine just now, it was like looking at a thief. This king also promised you that after you find out the truth, No favoritism."

"This king has set an example. You should be fair on your own side, young master. Now, the princess has been cleared of suspicion, and the truth is about to surface, but you interrupted me halfway. What do you mean?"

After finishing speaking, he ignored Zhao Chu's sudden change of expression, only looked at the shopkeeper of the coffin shop, and ordered: "Let him talk!"

"Yes." The shopkeeper of the coffin shop replied with a trembling voice, and then he said, "At first, Cao Min couldn't figure out why the young master of the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion would come to my small coffin shop to order coffins. It's still so strange." a coffin."

"However, on the way to the Hou's Mansion today, Caomin heard about a strange incident that just happened in the Hou's Mansion. They said that the tablet in the ancestral hall of the Hou's Mansion suddenly shook. Very, it looks like there is injustice."

"Caomin understood at that time that the young master ordered such a coffin to show the vision of Mrs. Zhao's death in front of everyone."

Everyone gasped, and looked at Zhao Chu. Unexpectedly, everything today was arranged by Zhao Chu.

In Zhao Wuya's eyes, disappointment and loneliness burst out instantly.

Since Zhao Chu wanted to overthrow him as an old man, why bother to come up with such hypocrisy again.

"Nonsense!" Zhao Chu turned his head angrily, "Your Majesty, Prince Yu, this person's origin is unknown, please don't listen to his one-sided words."

"Whether it's a one-sided speech or not, you can find out when you check it." Gu Shiyin raised his hand slightly, and the guard at his side immediately pulled out the saber from his waist, and cut open the wooden board outside the coffin.

I saw that after the bare and exposed wooden boards were cut away, the solidified iron slurry was clearly visible.

"My lord, I found yellow wax on the base of the tablet." Not long after, another guard peeled off a piece of yellow wax from the tablet and brought it back.

Gu Shiyin threw the yellow wax in front of Zhao Chu, and asked, "Young Lord, how do you explain this? Well done, you put a layer of yellow wax on your ancestor's tablet?"

Then, Feng Xihe seemed to be puzzled and said: "How do I remember that when I went to offer incense before Mrs. Zhao's spirit, the maids of the Hou's Mansion lit a few more incense candles and ever-burning lanterns, and then strange things happened."

"After Empress Yunbi came over to finish chanting, the servant girl removed the ever-burning lamp, and the tablet didn't move again." Then, her eyes fell on Miss Yun again, and she shuddered when she saw her.

"I wonder if there is a layer of yellow wax on the bottom of the tablet. When the lamp next to it is ignited and the temperature rises, the yellow wax will melt and the tablet will shake by itself."

Emperor Changde frowned, turned his head, and looked at Xiaomei Yun with suspicion in his eyes.

Yun Xiaomei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, my concubine is only going to chant scriptures, how would she know the abnormality on the tablet."

Emperor Changde turned his head to look at Zhao Chu, and didn't bother with her.

Zhao Chu's eyes were dark, he lifted his robe and knelt down, and said, "I am just eager to find out the real culprit who killed my mother, please forgive me."

"Little Hou Ye's filial piety to Mrs. Zhao is really moving, and he even spared no effort to kill his relatives, uncovering the real murderer behind the scenes, Zhao Hou Ye, who is really a model of loyal ministers and good generals!" Feng Xihe continued his words, and then, Pulling the corner of Gu Shiyin's clothes, he said, "My lord, it seems that the young master is not playing for personal gain. We just wrongly blamed him."

Gu Shiyin seemed to think about it for a while, and then said: "In order to make the truth known to the public, the young master can do justice and kill relatives. Presumably, he has a very broad mind. We have misunderstood him, and he will not let go of it." In my heart."

After finishing speaking, he said to Emperor Changde: "Your Majesty, the young prince was eager to find out the murderer of his mother, so he used incredible methods. This king thinks it can be forgiven."

"The point is that Zhao Wuya, as a murderer of his wife, needs to be brought to justice as soon as possible, so as to serve as an example to others."

"Come here, take down the Marquis of Wu'an and deprive him of the title! Wait for it!" Emperor Changde's complexion sank a little bit, and he said in a deep voice: "Today's time has been delayed, and we will choose another day to mourn for Mrs. Zhao!"

After speaking, Emperor Changde had no interest in staying here for a long time, so he just got up and walked away.

And he left a large number of guards to guard the mourning hall, obviously worried that someone would make another move.

Zhao Wuya was surrounded by the guards who came, anger shot out from his chest, and he stared at Zhao Chu in disbelief.

Just a few days ago, he thought there was nothing wrong with Zhao Chu's insistence on finding a foreman to perform an autopsy on Mrs. Zhao, but he didn't expect that this was a trap Zhao Chu had set for him.

That's right, Zhao Chu had this plan, it shouldn't be a day or two, remembering that on weekdays, Zhao Chu often disagreed with him and insisted on doing things according to his own wishes, Zhao Wuya felt lingering fear.

"Okay, all of your wings are hardened, are they all reversed?" Zhao Wuya pointed at Zhao Chu, and cursed: "You rebellious son, have you waited for this moment for a long time, hoping that something will happen to the old man, Good to inherit the title of the Marquis Mansion!"

"Now, as you wish. The old man wants to see how long you can sit in this position after inheriting the title."

"From now on, I won't have any of you rebellious children!"

Zhao Wuya was taken down by the guards and detained, but his unwilling voice echoed in the ice and snow, and lingered for a long time.

Seeing Zhao Wuya's figure go away, Feng Xihe turned to congratulate Zhao Chu with a smile, "Congratulations to the new Marquis for fulfilling his wish."

Hearing what he said, everyone recovered from the surprise just now, and congratulated Zhao Chu one after another.

Only Old Master Xiao didn't go to congratulate Zhao Chu, he stared at Zhao Chu for a moment and sighed silently.

If at the beginning, he still thought that Zhao Chu was sincere in finding out the murderer who killed Mrs. Zhao, then he didn't think so now.

What's more, he felt that just like what Zhao Wuya said, this was a bureau set up by Zhao Chu to inherit the Marquis of Wu'an early.

Taking advantage of his mother's death to make a big fuss and then logically win the title, he really dare not agree with this despicable practice.

Concubine Zhao was very anxious, brought Zhao Ruyuan forward and asked Zhao Chu: "Chu'er, what should I do?"

"Elder Sister, you should go back to the palace right away after your mother is buried." Zhao Chu responded to Concubine Zhao, but also had to bite the bullet and deal with the congratulations of the crowd, feeling that every step was like stepping on the tip of a knife.

From now on, Emperor Changde and all his ministers would only think that he was a rich man, and he would have to spend a lot of effort to restore the impression.

The cold wind rushed towards Zhao Chu's face.

A sternness suddenly appeared in Zhao Chu's eyes, and he already understood that Feng Xi and He should have arranged the plan before Mrs. Zhao died.

She deliberately made him think that she wanted to take advantage of Zhao Zhen and Yun Qianhan's elopement to kill Mrs. Zhao in the name of anger.Then, making him think that he had caught the handle, he vomited his grievances in front of Emperor Changde, opened the coffin for an autopsy, and finally directed the disaster to Zhao Wuya.

In fact, her goal was aimed at him from the very beginning.

It's a pity that he was very poisonous, so he couldn't control the affairs of the mansion, otherwise, how could he let Aunt He do evil in the mansion.

Looking at Feng Xihe again, she walked out of the mourning hall holding hands with Gu Shiyin like a normal person.

He really wanted to dig out Feng Xihe's heart and see what it was made of!
Thinking about it, Zhao Chu tried his best to restrain the hatred rolling in his eyes, turned his head and greeted Gu Jincheng who was still in the mourning hall, and said, "Your Highness, Second Prince, I have offended many ministers in the past, can your Highness let the past go."

Now he was pushed to a helpless position and wanted to ease the relationship with Gu Jincheng. He felt in his heart that since Gu Jincheng was still willing to come to Zhao's house, he was at least holding a wait-and-see attitude.

But Gu Jincheng's gaze was wandering, and after staying on Feng Xihe's back for a moment, he said calmly: "I am just an idle prince, and I have no grievances with you, young master, so what are you going to pursue?"

Today, the reason why he and Emperor Changde came to Zhao's house is very simple. Ever since the case of Chunfenglou was discovered last time, Emperor Changde became suspicious of him. Chanting Buddha and growing vegetables in the backyard of the mansion, he behaved very piously.

Emperor Changde thought that he had devoted himself to Buddha recently and his mind was pure, so he asked him to follow.

After finishing speaking, Gu Jincheng turned the wheelchair and walked out slowly.

"Young Master!" After a while, following the scream of the servants in the mourning hall, Zhao Chu vomited a big mouthful of black blood, then fell to the ground and passed out.

Yun Xiaomei hadn't gone far yet, after hearing this call, she couldn't bear it any longer, and couldn't help but want to go back to the mourning hall.

But Gu Jincheng who passed by her reminded: "Miss Yunbi, hurry up. Don't make the father wait too long."

With a stiff face, Yun Xiaomei finally moved forward.

After Zhao Chu was helped back to his room, the doctor treated him for a long time before he woke up.

At this time, everything was silent, and he looked around, only seeing a few dim copper lamps burning, and a few maidservants waiting on him standing in front of the bed curtain.

"Young Master, you're awake." The servant girl brought medicine for him and said, "A girl surnamed Yun is looking for you, and she has been waiting outside the door for a long time."

When Zhao Chu first heard "Yun", he thought it was Xiaomei Yun who had escaped from the palace to look for him again, and immediately wanted to ask the maid to see the guests off, so as not to get caught up in the fire again.

And the next moment, as if he thought of something, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Let her in!"

(End of this chapter)