Harem strategy

Chapter 55 Lead the snake out of the hole
Every time the emperor acted as if he hadn't seen her, even though she was very kind to this concubine Shu, concubine Shu didn't help him to say something nice.

"Your Majesty!" Li Jialuo yelled a little aggrieved.

The emperor said: "Don't worry, everything depends on my imperial physician. Is there any problem with Concubine Shu's health?"

The imperial doctor said: "It hasn't been long since the kumquats were delivered, and the musk was buried in the soil. I also asked Mrs. Shu, she didn't have close contact with these two pots of kumquats, so there is nothing wrong with her health. It's just that if Put this kumquat in the house for a long time, and there are earthworms, the musky smell will be released in the air, which will easily cause miscarriage, even if the child is barely saved, the child's body will be destroyed."

In order to sell Concubine Wu Shu a favor, the imperial physician made the harm clear.

"Your Majesty!" Li Jialuo turned pale after hearing what the imperial physician said.

The emperor's fury can be imagined, "Check it out, let me check it out!" The child in the concubine's belly is also his own flesh and blood, and now someone thinks of such a way to harm people, if they don't catch the black hands behind the scenes, they must not Appease the emperor's anger.

Li Jialuo tugged the emperor's sleeve gently, the emperor comforted Li Jialuo and said: "Don't be afraid, I will give you an explanation!"

"Your majesty, what this concubine wants is to let people go to Zuo Jieyu and Zhang Guiren to have a look."

The emperor immediately understood Li Jialuo's meaning, and ordered people to check with Zuo Jieyu and Zhang Guiren.

After a while, Empress Zhao also came. She already knew what happened on the way here, and immediately pleaded guilty when she saw the emperor. After all, something like this happened in the palace. She, the empress, has a lot of responsibility for murdering her son. .

"Your Majesty, if such a vicious person appears in the harem, if we don't find out, we will definitely cause trouble in the harem in the future. It's because of poor management of the courtiers and concubines that such things will happen. Please forgive me."

There are so many things in the harem, how can everything be blamed on the queen?

The emperor said: "This matter has nothing to do with you, I have already arranged for someone to investigate, but this palace should be properly rectified!"

After hearing this, Empress Zhao didn't know what she felt in her heart. Does the emperor even believe in herself?
Also, the concubine is pregnant, and she is the queen, in the eyes of others, she may also be one of the people who did it.

In this case, if you avoid suspicion, you should avoid suspicion, and the emperor will intervene if you want to. It is not so easy to find out about the affairs of the harem.

After a while, the people who went to Zuo Jieyu and Zhang Guiren also came back and reported to the emperor that there was no problem there.

Empress Zhao thought, such a delicate thought cannot be thought up by a big man in the emperor, could it be Concubine Wu Shu?
Will Wu Shupin care about those two people's stomachs?This is unexpected.

"Your Majesty, what I mean by this concubine is that the Palace of Fangling is really a bit small. According to the rules, it's time for Concubine Shu to add some manpower. Why don't you live in a bigger palace? What do you think?"

Seeing what the emperor meant, after Concubine Shu gave birth, she would definitely have to be promoted. This place in Fangling Palace is indeed unlivable, and it is so remote, it is easy for people to start.

The emperor nodded, "What the empress said is very true, I think Changchun Palace is not bad, so let's put Concubine Shu in Changchun Palace."

Empress Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then said with a smile: "Changchun Palace is very good, it's a big place, and in the future Concubine Shu will have a few more princes to live in."

The emperor laughed when he heard this, Li Jialuo bowed his head in embarrassment.

Although the emperor said that he arranged for someone to investigate, it is impossible for the queen to be idle. After all, it is impossible for her not to care about this incident in the palace.

The kumquats are paid tribute by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs also came in from the imperial merchant who specializes in supplying flowers and trees, but the flowers and trees supplied by the imperial merchant are tens of thousands of pots, only these two pots have problems, so it must be There are people in the palace doing tricks.

Because this matter needs to be investigated, the news is strictly blocked. Except for those people in Fangling Palace at that time, as well as the emperor and queen, few people know about it.

The eunuch who brought the kumquats also interrogated in secret, but they didn't know what happened.

The emperor has not found out after such a long time, and he is in a bad mood all day long.

Because the new year is coming, Li Jialuo thought about it, and moved to the Changchun Palace after the Chinese New Year. Moving at this time is easy to scare the snake.

"Is the emperor so troubled because of the busy government affairs at the end of the year?" Li Jialuo can't drink tea now, but the emperor likes the tea she makes.

"It's nothing to do with government affairs. It's because the black hand hasn't been found out. I won't live in peace for a year. My concubine, you've been wronged!" the emperor said.

He promises to find out the truth about this matter, but he is handy when it comes to handling government affairs, but he is a little versed in matters in the harem.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year is approaching, and the culprits behind the scenes have not been caught yet, if something happens again, wouldn't the Chinese New Year be unsettling?
"Your Majesty, this incident happened, and this concubine has thought about it carefully. Since it can be delivered to this concubine smoothly, then I must know that this concubine doesn't like flowers, and should like these kumquats."

"You mean, there are traitors around you?" the emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, I can't guarantee that they are all loyal, but the people under Chen Qie certainly don't want anything to happen to Chen Qie, because once something happens to Chen Qie, they won't be able to escape."

"You are so kind. There are many people in this world who can disregard their own lives and let others suffer, or others have promised him great benefits, or their family members have been threatened! However, Concubine Ai This statement has given me a direction, in my opinion, all the servants of Fangling Palace should be interrogated."

He used to only want to check outside, but when Shupin said this, he ignored it.After all, only those who are close to her know what Shupin's hobbies are.And to be able to enter Fanglin Hall smoothly, there must be internal support.

But, at present, the emperor smiled and said to Li Jialuo: "My dear concubine, I think it is a good move to lure the snake out of the hole."

Zuo Jieyu's side and Zhang Guiren's side, when they sent people over, they were looking for good words, but they were just asking people to see what was in conflict with their house, so naturally they couldn't contact Fanglingdian. And everything is required to be kept secret, since Zuo Jieyu and Zhang Guiren have been ordered, naturally they will not talk too much.

Concubine Wu Shu of Fanglin Palace didn't know why her stomach hurt suddenly. After the imperial physician came to see her, she didn't leave. The emperor was furious and asked the imperial physician to keep Wu Shucong's child.

The Fangling Hall was in a state of chaos, but Li Shuyuan, who also lived in the Fangling Hall, closed the door tightly after learning the news, for fear of being infected.

"Eunuch Liu, the man has been caught!" Little Six was very excited, and finally the wait was not in vain!

The kumquats in the Fangling Palace were withered, and people moved them away. Generally, these withered flowers or bonsai would be sent to one place for processing.

Little Six and his men have been guarding here, and finally caught this little eunuch who was about to dig out the soil from two pots of kumquats!

The little eunuch didn't expect to do such a thing, and there are still people guarding it. In the cold winter months, this place is deserted, but there are people waiting for rabbits.

"It's not a small matter. Someone gave him money and asked him to come over and do this. He said that there was money in the kumquat that he secretly hid in the palace. He is not good. I went to dig it out by myself, so I gave the little guy money, asked the little guy to help dig, and then paid half of the money to the little guy as compensation."

Because the only withered kumquats in the palace were Fanglingdian's, he quickly found these two pots of kumquats.

The servants in the palace, in order to get the money out of the palace, they can think of any way, sometimes they even swallow it by themselves, and then go out to induce vomiting.

"Put your mother's skin on! This kind of talk is trying to deceive Grandpa and me, you are still a little tender! Arrest him, since this person is stubborn, first give him a little bit of pain!" There are many methods of torture in the palace. He couldn't believe that this man's bones could be so hard.

What is helping people? There are only a few people coming in and out of this place, and he has sent people to watch them. There is no such thing at all. Besides, even if it is really what he said, he has to be identified. Which eunuch!
Damn, he doesn't want to rush around to nothing. The people behind this are really cunning. The eunuch who was arrested turned out to be in charge of the flowers and plants in the imperial garden. Could it be that what he said was true?

The eunuch said desperately that he was helping people, and he didn't change his confession even after being tortured once. The little six asked him to put him down, and asked: "You said someone let you go, then what does this person look like, and his voice is still Do you remember?"

The man said weakly: "The little one didn't see it clearly, but the man said, if the little one gets the things under the pot, just put it directly under the foundation under the Wing Spreading Pavilion in the Imperial Garden. There are also him there." Give the little one a reward." Because of being tortured once, this man was very frightened and told everything he knew!
"Why didn't you say it earlier? You almost missed a big deal!" Little Six said, "Now that I have a chance to make up for it, I don't know if you want it or not?"

Can it be done?Don't lose your life!

Li Shuyuan paced back and forth in her room, why did little Guizi go for so long and still not come back?I don't know if he destroyed that thing!Alas, she really shouldn't be a guilty conscience, why did she ask someone to fetch that thing?If you don't take it, the two pots of kumquats have withered, and no one will suspect that they went there.

However, the good kumquats suddenly withered, and when the time comes, they will think of this problem and come to look for the two pots of kumquats that have been thrown out, so what should they do?
That place is cleaned up every ten days. If someone remembers it during these ten days and takes that thing back, wouldn’t that be revealing?

So Li Shuyuan felt that it was not wrong for her to send someone to pick up the things. When others were not paying attention, when Wu Shubi was in a hurry, it was silent.

It's just that she didn't wait for Xiao Guizi's return, but instead waited for someone sent by the empress to invite her to Kunning Palace.

(End of this chapter)