Qing Palace - Biography of Concubine Wan

Chapter 218 Gain Power (2)
Zijin and the others were all there. Seeing Qingru and the queen coming, they came up to say hello to each other. As for the uninjured workers, they stood far away. After Qingru arrived, she first asked how the injured worker was doing. Fang quietly let out a sigh of relief when she was carried down to receive treatment from the imperial physician.

As soon as this side arrived, Fulin also arrived over there. His steps were big and fast, and he was obviously anxious. Seeing him coming, Qingru and the queen hurriedly saluted: "The concubine has met the emperor, the emperor is lucky!"

Seeing Queen Fulin was a little surprised: "Hey! Why is the queen here too?"

The queen got up and said: "Go back to the emperor, Concubine Wan has been helping the concubine's palace today, until the little Fuzi in her palace came to report that the side hall under reconstruction had collapsed, and the concubine rushed over with her!"

Fulin let out a light sigh, and after interrupting, he remembered the purpose of this visit, and immediately cast his eyes on Qingru: "Wanqing, what happened, why did the good palace collapse?"

Qingru seemed confused at first, how could she answer Fulin's words, she could only say with a sad face: "I don't know, I have been in the queen's palace all day, how can I think that this side palace will collapse all of a sudden?" Yes, I asked the people in the palace, and they all said they didn’t know, don’t you want to make people panic to death?”

When she said this, Fulin thought about it too. How could she, a concubine, know how the side hall collapsed? It seemed that she had to ask the workers in charge. He moved up timidly, knelt down and said: "The slave is knocking on the emperor, the empress, and the concubine Wan!" He was really scared to death, the palace under construction collapsed, and he would definitely not be able to escape as the supervising eunuch here. Relationship, when the time comes, it will definitely not be as simple as a beating if you are convicted, maybe your life will be lost like that. Alas, I thought it was an easy job, but in the end, something like this happened. A terrible errand is really unpredictable, and people have good fortune and misfortune.

Fulin came here to see the repairs several times, so he naturally knew that he was in charge here, he said coldly: "It's useless, hurry up and explain what's going on!"

What Hong Xing was most afraid of was that someone would ask him this sentence, but the person who asked him was still the emperor, so he had to answer, but in fact he really didn't know anything, Hong Xing wanted to cry without tears: "Qi... Qi report to the emperor... Your majesty, slave... slave..." He stuttered for a long time but didn't answer anything, he only annoyed Fulin, who was already worried, and kicked him down without thinking He said with hatred on the ground: "Say it quickly, if you dare to hesitate again, I will chop off your head right now!"

Hearing that he was going to lose his head, Hong Xing was scared out of his wits. Regardless of the knocked out teeth, he got up and kowtowed in front of Fulin: "I don't dare, I don't dare, I really don't know. Seeing the last beam being put on by the workers, who would have thought that in the afternoon, the beam that was lying on it suddenly fell down, not only that, but the beams and pillars also fell down, and the servant was outside at that time, so it was really true Yes, as for why it collapsed, I really don’t know anything about it!” Every time he opened and closed his mouth, several streaks of blood would flow out from it, and the pain was evident from his distorted face. Even in front of him, he was in pain and did not dare to cry out.

Sinisterness appeared in Fulin's eyes: "Aside from saying that you don't know, can you say anything else? Come on, drag him down to me and give him a hard [-] board, and then lock him up in the Punishment Department. Wait for me to investigate." Know the truth, and cut off his dog's head!"

Forty big boards are enough to take away half of life, Hong Xing repeatedly kowtowed and begged for mercy, but Fulin had made up his mind and would not change it, soon he was taken out by the arms of two guards.

Not long after, Hong Xing's screams like killing a pig were faintly heard in the distance, which made people tremble slightly when they heard it, but neither Fulin, the Queen, nor even Qingru was much moved by this, especially Fulin. In the end, dealing with Hong Xing did not make him feel comfortable at all, on the contrary, he was even more irritable than before, his brows were tightly frowned, but he didn't say a word, and if he didn't say a word, Qingru and the queen naturally didn't dare to speak out, They all looked at him, when suddenly a voice came in: "Report to the emperor, the slave has something to report!" The person who spoke was Xiao Fuzi.

"Speak!" Fulin spit out a word coldly. Although Xiao Fuzi didn't see the two vulture eyes, he could still clearly feel them shooting on the top of his head.

Xiao Fuzi shuddered in his heart: "Back to the emperor, I think there must be a reason for the collapse of this side hall. Since Eunuch Hong doesn't know, you might as well ask the construction workers, maybe they will know!"

Hearing what he said, before Fulin could speak, Qingru had already stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, what Xiao Fuzi said is not without reason, anyway, I don't have any clue now, why don't I just ask those workers?"

Fulin didn't have any better solution for a while, so he agreed, and Chang Xi called a few workers present, including He An, whom Qing Ru summoned last time, was also there. These workers usually work in Yanxi During the construction of the side hall of the palace, no one is allowed to go anywhere. Except for occasionally meeting a few masters from a distance, they have never seen the current emperor, queen and concubines so closely. Not knowing what to do, he knelt softly on the ground within a few steps, shouting Long Live the Emperor, among them, He An's performance was better than others.

Seeing those people's unpromising performance, Fulin felt unspeakably annoyed, snorted and then turned his gaze to Qingru, indicating that this was her place and let her ask herself, there was already a little girl in that room. The eunuch brought up three wide-backed chairs, respectfully invited Empress Fulin, and Qingru to sit down.

Seeing Fulin entrusting this matter to her to ask, Qingru secretly rejoiced, isn't this exactly what she wanted?No matter what you think in your heart, you still have that expression of indifference and a bit of annoyance on your face. After sitting sideways, you raised your finger and pointed at the workers kneeling in front of you, and said, "The side hall of the Tingxi Palace collapsed, and none of you can escape responsibility. Today, taking advantage of the fact that the emperor, the empress, and the palace are here, you tell everything you know, why the good palace collapsed as soon as it collapsed, if you make it clear, if you make it clear, maybe the emperor will forgive you A few, if you dare to hide it or speak nonsense, you will be punished more severely, and it will not be the end of your head, and even your family members will be implicated!" When it came to the last sentence, Qing Ru deliberately Emphasized the tone.

After hearing Qingru's words, those workers who hadn't experienced anything were really taken aback, kowtowed and kowtowed, desperately saying that they would not do their own business!
The queen was watching the fire from the sidelines, but she took advantage of the situation and said softly: "Okay, you all heard what Concubine Wan said clearly, as long as you can report the truth, you will not be punished!" After she finished speaking, she asked Fulin again Said: "Your majesty, do you think so?" The queen was afraid that what she said was wrong, so she asked Fulin.

Fulin nodded acquiescing to the queen's words, and following their words, the workers below looked at each other a few times, and there was clearly something hidden in their eyes, but they didn't seem to want to say it, He An was also in their midst, but his expression Much more complicated than others.

After waiting for a long time without seeing them talking, the little Fuzi next to him became anxious and kept giving He An winks, which implied annoyance.In fact, He An has been hesitating, but seeing that this matter cannot be avoided, he had no choice but to be the bird in the first place. He crawled a few steps and lowered his head: "Back... back to the emperor and queen And... Your Majesty's words!" His nervousness made him stammer a bit when he spoke, although Fulin was displeased, he had to listen to him patiently: "The little man...the little man knows some things, but he doesn't I know if it has something to do with the collapse of the side hall!" After talking too much, the words gradually became fluent.

Qingru softened her face and said: "Just tell what you know. If what you say is useful, not only will you not be punished, but you will be rewarded!"

He An's expression was shocked when he heard her words. He was still a little hesitant and finally made up his mind: "The villain suspects that the collapse of the side hall may be related to the timber used in the construction!"

"Wood?" Fulin repeated these two words, frowning into a river: "What's wrong with the wood, tell me!"

After He An responded in a low voice, he secretly raised his eyes to look at Qingru who was sitting upright. As soon as he touched her eyes, He An quickly lowered himself in fright, swallowed and said: "Little When people started building here, they found that the wood here was different from what the villain in the palace had seen, both in terms of load and beams. So the villain wondered, could it be because of this? The beam couldn't bear the weight, so it collapsed!"

The Empress and Qingru exchanged glances, both of them saw surprise in each other's eyes, Fulin said in surprise, "How can it be different from other palaces? When I ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to purchase materials, I asked them to follow the Purchased according to the original standard, Yanxi Palace uses the same one for both the main hall and the side hall, so there is no reason for it!" He seemed to be unconvinced, and asked several other workers, but the answer he got was the same as that of He An. It is exactly the same, not only the wood, but also other things are more or less different, Yanxi Palace...

After roughly understanding the cause of the collapse, Fulin's brows not only did not stretch but frowned even tighter. He watched the workers find a piece of wood in the ruins to see. As expected, it was indeed different from those used in other palaces, regardless of the material The thickness of the texture is still a bit off.

Seeing such a situation, Fulin didn't need to think about it. Someone must be shoddy and wanted to hide the truth. He asked He An about the prices of the two kinds of wood. When he learned that the rebuilding cost was only twelve pieces, But when the really good ones cost more than [-] taels, Fulin's face turned pale with anger. Is there any need to ask, someone must have enriched their own pockets when buying them, and stole them!

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