Rebirth after waste

Chapter 14

Amu paused: "Ms. Lingyi guessed right, it's that tree."

"Since you said you were guilty, do you now know what Mrs. Bo wanted you to do with that basin of water?" the queen mother said slowly.

"Yes. The villain didn't know it at the time, but he always felt uneasy, so he hid aside and took a peek. Not long after, he saw Bo Cainv bringing Xing Cairen and Ye Cairen together. There was a dispute under the tree with Mrs. Gu. Then Bo Cainv asked Xing Cairen to pick plum blossoms, and led her to the ice field..."

Yin Lingyi gasped: "You mean, Xing Cairen fell down because of..." His eyes swept over Bo Jinrou in surprise.

Seeing this, Bo Jinrou could no longer remain silent, and said the argument she had said countless times today: "The concubine doesn't know this person at all. Yu'er doesn't know about splashing water or fellow villagers!"

"Don't make any noise, let him finish." The queen mother said lightly.

Everyone fell silent. Bo Jinrou put her hands on the gold brick floor and lowered her head, as if she was crying.

"After what happened that day, the villain was always very worried, wondering if he had made a big mistake. Fortunately, he later found out that Cairen's wife and dragon fetus were safe, so he felt relieved. But that incident has always been engraved in the The villain's heart keeps me awake at night. Today I learned that His Majesty brought Mrs. Gu to the Plum Garden. The villain wanted to confess to His Majesty, so he peeped from the sidelines. But His Majesty really caught the villain Afterwards, the villain was afraid for a moment, so he didn’t dare to say anything!” Facing the emperor, he kowtowed heavily, “Your Majesty, forgive me, the villain really didn’t know beforehand that this matter would endanger the descendants of the Taoist emperor, otherwise he would not dare to do anything. Here comes the matter!"

The emperor, who had been letting his mother do his best, finally spoke, without distinguishing between emotions and anger: "Lu Chuan, I remember you mentioned to me that you did see an unusual piece of ice under that plum tree on the first day of the twelfth lunar month?"

Lu Chuan replied: "Yes. Because all the gardens have always been strict with the frost on the ground, there shouldn't be such a piece of ice, so I paid special attention to it."

Even Lu Chuan said so, there is no suspense anymore.What's more, the emperor's question now shows that he believed Amu's confession and found Bo guilty.

Originally, some people thought of his favor to Mrs. Bo in the past, and thought that today he would be lenient.But looking at it now, what happened a while ago really made him dislike Bo, and the demotion was not a whim.

Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help but look at Gu Yunxian who was as silent as an invisible person.Mrs. Bo was demoted because of offending her. Could it be that she has such an important position in His Majesty's heart today?
Bo Jinrou turned pale when she heard this.Throughout the afternoon's interrogation, the emperor hadn't made a statement, so she still had a ten-thousandth hope, but now it seemed that the last straw had finally been crushed, making her unable to bear it anymore.

"Your Majesty, you can't trust that lowly slave! He does what he says! This concubine has served you for nearly two years, don't you know what kind of person this concubine is!"

The emperor turned his head slowly when he heard the words, with an interesting smile on his lips: "What kind of person are you? Jin Niang, I really want to know what kind of person you are." The voice was without a trace of anger, "Are you Do you think I really don't know how to kill that Gong'e whose eyes I praised?"

"Your Majesty..." Bo Jinrou trembled all over, all the excuses were stuck in her throat.

"I used to think that you were just a little narrow-minded. You are just a maid, and you can deal with it as you like. But you have the guts to make your mind on my heir." The emperor's voice grew louder. It was getting colder and colder, and the whole hall was silent like cicadas, not daring to lift their heads.

Turning away, as if she didn't want to look at her again: "Queen Mother, you have the final say on what to do with Mrs. Bo, and I have no opinion."

The Empress Dowager nodded: "There is absolutely no way to keep such a person with evil intentions in the palace. Since she has served you for two years, I will give you a whole body."

Gu Yunxian's heart trembled.A picture suddenly flashed in my mind, fast and abrupt: the emperor was standing in the study of the Dazheng Palace, with more than a dozen palace people kneeling in unison below.After he finished writing a line, he slowly raised his head, the corners of his eyes and brows were full of cold disgust: "Such a person with evil intentions must not be left in the palace. Seeing that she has served her mother for many years, give her a whole corpse."

The palace man held out a tray with white silk, a dagger and a glass of poisoned wine on it.

That is, given to her...

There was a cramping pain in her abdomen, as if the poison was still rolling inside, eroding her internal organs.Uncontrollably, she clutched her stomach, groaned and fell forward.

She was sitting beside the emperor, and the emperor subconsciously helped her, and said, "Zi Tong?"

Shen Shuyi gasped.

Not only her, almost everyone in the hall was shocked.The emperor's sound was subconscious, so it seemed particularly terrifying.Does this mean that deep down in his heart, or does he think that Mrs. Gu is his queen and the lord of the six palaces?

The emperor also seemed a little surprised.Although he has been calling her Yunniang recently, in fact, he only likes to call her this slightly intimate name during the wedding day.Since assuming the throne, Gu Yunxian became more and more unfavorable to him, so he politely changed his name to Zitong, and there were only a handful of times when he was called Yunniang.Today, in front of everyone, he just called it out just like that.

His hand was still holding Gu Yunxian's arm, but as if she was frightened, she broke free and stared blankly at him.

He frowned, really not understanding what happened to her surprise.

Gu Yunxian suddenly came to his senses and knelt down to plead guilty: "The concubine is disrespectful, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

"What happened to you just now?" He said a little impatiently.

"Chenqie, Chenqie suddenly has an unbearable abdominal pain, so..." She stroked her lower abdomen, and the sudden cramping pain had disappeared, almost making her think that moment was just an illusion.

His expression eased a little: "Abdominal pain? Do you want to ask the imperial doctor to see it immediately?"

"No, no need." Gu Yunxian said hastily, "The concubine is already much better now, please call the imperial physician later. After all, there is still something to do here..."

Indeed, there is still much to be done.

Bo Jinrou, who was sentenced to death, froze all over and couldn't say a word.The queen mother looked at Amu, and said slowly: "As for this sinful slave, Aijia thinks it is appropriate to give him a glass of poisoned wine."

Amu was shocked, as if he hadn't expected this ending at all: "Queen, queen, the villain is wronged!"

The queen mother waved her hand boringly: "Take him down on the road, Aijia really can't see these dirty things."

As soon as the words fell, two eunuchs came up immediately, one of them held his hand and wanted to take him down.Amu's whole body was limp, and he was dragged out like mud. When he was about to leave the palace gate, he suddenly shouted in the direction of Zhen Jieyu: "Ms. Jieyu, Mrs. Jieyu, save the villain! The villain doesn't want to die!"

Gu Yunxian's heart skipped a beat.what happened?That part was not part of their plan.

"Wait." The queen mother said slowly, her eyes sharp.

Gu Yunxian immediately looked at Zhen Jieyu.But when she heard Amu's call, she showed a strange expression, as if something that was expected had happened, she was helpless and desolate.

She glanced at the emperor again, as expected, he was staring at Zhen Jieyu with focused eyes.

"Why did you call Zhen Jieyu to save you?" the queen mother asked.

At this moment, Amu hesitated again, hesitated for a long time but couldn't hold back a word, the queen mother frowned: "If you don't want to say it, just drag it on for me."

"I'll say it! I'll say it!" Amu repeatedly said, "The villain and Zhen Jieyu used to be acquaintances."

"Do you know Zhen Jieyu?" the queen mother said.

"Yes, villain...The villain used to serve in Zhou Wangfu..."

Zhou Wangfu.

As soon as this almost taboo term was mentioned, there was silence in the hall.

"Oh, Prince Zhou's Mansion?" The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"Yes. The villain was originally a person in the palace. Later, the king of Zhou went out of the palace to build a mansion, and the late emperor gave the king a group of eunuchs including the villain. After the death of the king of Zhou, because there was no son to inherit the throne , the inner court took us back according to the rules."

Bo Jinrou suddenly raised her head and stared at Zhen Jieyu: "It's you, you killed me, right!" Gritting her teeth, "I'm so stupid, I thought you would save me and cover it up for you. This lowly slave He is a member of Prince Zhou's mansion, you, Princess Zhou, can naturally drive him!"

This time, everyone was really startled by Bo Jinrou, even Gu Yunxian looked at her in surprise, not knowing what to say.

Zhenjieyu Jing Fushu, the daughter of Xiating prefect Jing'an, married Zhou Wang Jijun at the age of 15 and became the princess.Although the king of Zhou was weak, it was still a good story at that time.Unexpectedly, the king of Zhou passed away suddenly half a year later, and she became the youngest and most beautiful widow in Yudu.Just when everyone felt sorry for her, shocking news broke out that the new emperor had favored her and intended to accept her as a concubine...

It is said that the Empress Dowager was furious because of this incident, and had many disputes with His Majesty, and even smashed the white jade paperweight that had been used for many years in the study of the Taizheng Palace in a fit of anger.However, His Majesty has been lawless since he was a child, but whatever he wants to do, he can always do it in the end.So even if the queen mother refused, even if all the officials persuaded, in May of the second year of Yongjia, the season of prosperity and blooming, Jing Fushu, the princess of Zhou who had been widowed for nearly three years, was still welcomed into the palace, named Jieyu, and ranked third.

Although the queen mother could not change this situation, she used her own method at the last moment to make her canonization ceremony less pleasant—she personally chose the word "Zhen" as the title for Jing Fushu.

Although concubines of the imperial court had always used their surnames as titles and no longer confer titles as in previous dynasties, there were still exceptions. For example, Emperor Zhongzong once bestowed his Jieyu Jiang family with the word "Yun" as the title.But Yun Jieyu's title showed the emperor's unique favor, while Jing Fushu's title was more like a warning, even humiliation.

(End of this chapter)