Rebirth after waste

Chapter 57

She smiled slightly: "The concubine is looking at Your Majesty."

"Look at me?"

"That's right, Bai Yu told me that His Majesty is coming. The concubine wanted to go out to greet her, but she was really weak, so she decided to sit here and watch you."

Hearing this, he moved the corners of his lips and showed a smile, but the smile was shallow and didn't reach his eyes, "How do you feel now? Are you feeling better?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern, much better."

As she said so, she was stealing her eyes at him.Seeing her strange expression, he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing... It's just that when the concubine woke up, she thought she would see His Majesty standing by her side, but when she opened her eyes, she saw Yuan Guiji." She whispered, "Although Yuan Guiji told the concubine , His Majesty has to deal with important matters, so he had to leave, but the concubine is still a little sad."

"Sad? Sad for what?" He looked at her deeply.

"Your Majesty doesn't understand?" She opened her pair of water-cut autumn eyes, "Whenever a woman is sick, she hopes to have her husband by her side..."

The voice is soft and soft, like a yellow warbler.But in such a soft voice, he stared at her intently.

Because she was resting in bed, she did not dress up much. She was wearing a pearl-white tunic, her black hair was tied up in a simple bun, and the tail of her hair hung down on her chest. The color of a black crow contrasted with her white jade-like skin. , more and more quiet and pitiful.

When she said this, her expression seemed resentful or annoyed, as well as faintly sad.Such a gesture is often the most likely to arouse a man's pity, but it is difficult for him to appreciate it like before.

Looking away, he said lightly, "Do you know why you fainted suddenly?"

Her eyes darkened, "I know. Yuan Guiji told me. She said... I was poisoned."

"Did she say something poisonous?"

"En. Carp and licorice, the two complement each other, and if you eat too much by mistake, it can be fatal." She raised her eyes to look at her, "I heard that Rufanghua made it?"

"Yes." He said lightly, "She has always denied it, but the evidence is solid, she cannot deny it."

Seeing that she just bowed her head and said nothing, he said slowly, "Ashu, do you know why she did this?"

"Probably...you know." She smiled a little bleakly, "She...she hates me."

"Hate you? Why?"

She pursed her lips, "She seems to have believed the rumors in the palace, thinking that I killed her sister. That's why she has always hated me."

"You killed Jinniang?" The emperor raised his eyebrows, "Oh, that's right. Jinniang was on good terms with you, Ashu, but before she died, she called your name and cursed endlessly. I have heard of these things. "

Her eyelashes trembled violently.

Bai Yu next to him couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, you don't know how much Ru Fanghua has gone too far! She has spoken disrespectfully to the empress many times in front of the palace people. It means that the empress has a good temper. If someone else is, she would have followed the palace rules. Punish her! This slave is so angry that she wanted to ask for an explanation, but was stopped by the empress!"

"Is there such a thing?" He said casually, "But Bai Yu is right, you don't have to put up with her like this, Ashu. She is a member of your palace, and you won't say a word if you deal with me directly. of."

She lowered her head, "I also thought about it, but..."

"But what?"

"But Your Majesty likes her now, and I'm worried that if I dispose of her, Your Majesty will be unhappy." She said, "It's okay for my Majesty to be wronged, as long as Your Majesty doesn't get angry with me."

Her tone was extremely touching, and it was full of unrepentant affection.Such infatuation is enough to impress any man in this world.

But there was no emotion in his eyes, he just looked at her silently.

After taking her hand, the smile on his face was vague, making people suspense, "How could it be? As long as you do everything right, I will never be angry with you."

There was a deep meaning behind these words, Jing Fushu felt her heart tremble violently, and almost wanted to pull her hand back.

His eyes were tightly locked on her, and he was still thinking about what she said just now.

Yes, that's right.She was the one he remembered, the one she had known all along.As always, thorough and transparent, always knowing what to say and when.

What he liked most before was her intelligence.But now he felt that she might be too smart.

Laughing at himself, he didn't want to go around in circles anymore.

"I don't know if someone told you that I just went to see Bo Hui'e. She told me some interesting things."

She looked confused: "What words?"

He didn't answer, but said: "Ashu, you were in a coma last night, so you probably don't know what's going on outside. I might as well tell you again. Because the fish you ate was made by Bo Hui'e herself, so she was caught by the No. A suspicion. She also pleaded guilty and asked me to kill her immediately. But I felt that something was wrong, so I asked someone to lock her up temporarily, and planned to have a trial later. But before I went to investigate, her personal The palace lady came to cry to me, saying that her wife was wronged, and that Rufanghua was the one who started it. So, you know what happened next, Rufanghua's palace maid confessed that she had tampered with the dishes."

She nodded, "Yes, that's what Yuan Guiji told me. Is there any problem?"

"There was no problem at first, but after I found out about this, I went to Xiansi Pavilion to see Bo Hui'e in person, and wanted to ask her why she would admit to something she hadn't done. But who would have thought that after she heard that Ru Fanghua was convicted, she would actually She was so shocked that she knelt down and cried bitterly while saying something that she didn't say last night."

He looked at her fixedly, "She said that before she presented that braised carp to you, there was no licorice in it." After a pause, "In other words, your poisoning has nothing to do with that dish. Or Said, if you only eat that dish, you will never be poisoned."

Her eyes widened suddenly, and she looked at him in astonishment.

"Ashu, do you have anything to say?"

She lowered her head, thought for a while, and finally showed a dazed expression, "I understand. What she means is that the concubine ate licorice by herself, and then went to eat her fish, in order to set the blame on her, right? !"

He said nothing.

"Your Majesty, do you believe such absurd words?" She said, "Why did the concubine want to harm her, and even take such a big risk, to make a joke of her own life?"

"Maybe it's because you're worried that if you don't make the first move, your opponent will take the lead?"

She stared at him blankly when she heard the words, and said slowly after a long while: "Your Majesty, if you say that, you believe it?"

"If I had no doubts, I wouldn't have come here." He said lightly, "You can say whatever you want. I will always give you a chance to defend yourself."

She laughed softly, "Your Majesty, you say you don't believe me, but you already believe it, right? No wonder you looked at me so coldly when you entered the door just now. My concubine thought it was because I was ill, what nonsense did you say?" !" The voice was sad, "Justify? Is it necessary? Anyway, you almost think I did it!"

The two fell into a stalemate for a moment.

Suddenly there was a voice from outside, and after a while, Lu Chuan came in to report, "Your Majesty, someone from the Hanzhang Hall sent a message saying that Empress Yuanguiji was unwell, and she wanted to ask Your Majesty for orders, so she went to the Shangyao Bureau Please attend the imperial physician to enter the palace for diagnosis and treatment."

He frowned, "What kind of illness does it take to ask for an imperial doctor?" There was a bit of worry in his voice, "Is it serious?"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. From Cai Jia's expression, I don't think it's too serious."

He thought for a while, "Well, send your apprentice He Jin to take my oral order. Let the imperial doctor go there without delay. I will go to Hanzhang Hall to see in person later."

"promise."

Lu Chuan took the order to go out, the emperor thought for a while, and then turned to look at Jing Fushu.

But bumped into her dazed expression.

She just looked at him like that, with unconcealable sadness in her eyes.

No one knew better than her that his expression at that moment was really worried about someone.Gu Yunxian said that she was not feeling well, so he became restless.She even suspected that if he hadn't made it clear to herself, he would immediately go to Hanzhang Hall to see her.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say it, anyway, no matter whether you did it or not, I will not announce it." The emperor said lightly, "I have already convicted Ru Fanghua and sent him to Yongxiang, Yongxiang, etc. No pardon. Bo Hui'e has also been ordered by me to rot these words in her stomach and never tell anyone."

She looked at him for a long time, "Why? If Your Majesty thinks the concubine is guilty, why didn't you investigate to the end?"

He said lightly: "Because there is no need."

Yes.no need.

Anyway, he wanted to convict Ru Fanghua of a crime, and now this is perfect.He didn't need to let others know that she was actually innocent.

"I came to see you today, just to remind you, so I can do it myself."

He turned around and was about to leave, but she sat there for a while, then suddenly said sharply: "Your Majesty!"

He stops.

"Your Majesty, you have already disliked your concubines, right?" She broke down in tears, "You clearly promised to protect your concubines. Have you forgotten?"

He turned around and looked at her indifferently, "I haven't forgotten. It's because I haven't forgotten that I've been favoring you for so many years. Even this time, I don't intend to convict you. But this is the last time. In the future If anything happens again, I will handle it impartially and will not show favoritism."

Inside the Hanzhang Hall, Gu Yunxian spread her black hair and leaned on the bed.

Aci handed her a bowl of jet-black concoction. After all, she didn't suppress the confusion in her heart, and said in a low voice: "Mother, why did you ask your majesty to go see Zhenguiji? You are not afraid that after seeing her, your majesty will be killed by her." Is your heart softened by your crying?"

"Do you think His Majesty won't go to see her if I don't let her go?" Gu Yunxian said helplessly, "He has such a big doubt in his heart, he must have to ask. Not only is it useless for me to block it, but also It might displease him."

"Even if that's the case, why did you have to talk to Zhengui Ji before?" Ah Ci said, "She knew that you set up a trap to harm her, so she gritted her teeth and told His Majesty what to do?"

"If I say it or not, she will guess that I did it, it doesn't make any difference. Now that she has too much time for herself, how can she have the time to drag me into the water?" Gu Yunxian said, "It's so big this time, she can't admit it , there is only one way to go by pretending not to know. Since she knows nothing about this matter, how can she accuse me of setting up a trap to harm her? Besides, His Majesty is suspicious of her, how much do you think His Majesty can believe what she said?"

Seeing Ah Ci's pensive look, she said again: "Also, you are worried that His Majesty will soften his heart after seeing her. You are simply thinking too much. Your Majesty is already suspicious of her, and it cannot be resolved by crying a few times. But , I'm afraid we can't expect more. Most likely, His Majesty will just snub her and not convict her."

Ah Ci's eyes widened, "Why is this? She has committed such a serious crime, so why not deal with her?"

According to His Majesty's treatment of Ru Fanghua.

Several hours have passed, and she hasn't heard the news that Ru Fanghua was pardoned, so this matter is probably going to end like this.

Since Ru Fanghua is the chief culprit, naturally it can no longer be said that Zhen Guiji poisoned herself.

This result was a little worse than she expected, but it didn't matter, she didn't expect to break her in one fell swoop.

As long as she's temporarily out of favor.

In this palace, falling out of favor means losing power, and those who used to cling to her will start to panic. At this time, it is the best time for her to sneak in and investigate the cause of the Queen Mother's death.

(End of this chapter)