Kangxi Harem Ⅰ: Green Years

Chapter 49 (24) Sheng Jia returns to the palace and the murderer "suicides"

[When the king drove back to the palace in late autumn, the holy ancestor asked Princess Shang personally;]

[Shangfang committed suicide after closing the case, and Mrs. Zhang buried her hatred in her heart. 】

One noon in early November, the emperor, the empress dowager, the empress dowager, and the empress returned to the palace. The empress dowager recruited everyone together as soon as she entered the palace regardless of her physical fatigue.At the same time, the head of the House of Internal Affairs and the doctor of Shangfangyuan were also recruited.Gai Rong'er didn't see the emperor, but it was said that the emperor met the ministers in Qianqing Palace after he came back.

"It's only been two months since the emperor and Ai's family left. Why did such a big thing happen in this palace? How could such a well-behaved great-granddaughter of Kehui say nothing?" The Empress Dowager asked in a deep voice, frowning. road.

Zhang Leqi listened to the Empress Dowager's question, but just looked down at the ground silently.

"Which one of you told the Ai family what happened in detail?" The Empress Dowager continued to ask, staring at the crowd.

Rong'er looked up at Concubine Zhao and looked at her. Concubine Zhao was in charge of the harem during this time, and she was flustered enough these days. Thinking about it, it happened in Kunning Palace anyway, so it should be She said it was right, so she said: "Old Ancestor, Rong'er will tell you about this in detail..." Seeing the Empress Dowager nodding, Rong'er said that Ke Hui was fine before, but suddenly fell ill, and the imperial doctor The inspection said that it was poisoned, but he couldn't find He Du in the poison. These things were told again.

"Poisoned, hmph, there are still people in this palace who dare to poison! Cui Caide, tell me what's going on." The Empress Dowager said sharply to Cui Caide, a doctor in Shangfangyuan who was standing by.

"Yes..." Cui Caide's forehead was dripping with sweat, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I report to the Empress Dowager, the slaves have already investigated the poisoner."

"Oh? Have you checked? Who is it?" The Empress Dowager asked angrily.

"According to the investigation by the servants, it is Zhang Gouzi who works in the imperial dining room." Cui Caide replied.

"A errand? How dare a errand be so bold?" The Empress Dowager frowned, "Who ordered him to poison the princess?"

"I'm reporting to the Empress Dowager, my ministers have been investigating this matter carefully for the past few days. It was found that the young master Zhang ordered the kitchen to cook soy milk, and the royal chef on duty that day, Asheng, ordered Zhang Gouzi to grind the beans. The son did not do well, so A Sheng beat and scolded him, and he secretly poisoned the ground beans with jealousy to set the blame on A Sheng. Later, the incident was revealed, and A Sheng became suspicious of him, so the Shangfang Court invited him. Ask, Zhang Gouzi has a guilty conscience, and after several interrogations, he admitted that he did it." Cui Caide reported.

"Then how to deal with this dog now?" The Empress Dowager then asked.

"Report to the Empress Dowager, I will imprison him until the Emperor and the Empress Dowager come back to personally interrogate him, but he was afraid of seeing the Holy Majesty, so he bit his tongue in prison and committed suicide. This is his confession." Cui Caide wiped the blood on his forehead. Khan, passed on the confession in his hand to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager took a look at the testimony and asked, "Are you sure you asked carefully?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, this dog has always been narrow-minded, loves to hold grudges, and often does things without consideration. In the past, everyone just thought he was stupid, but I didn't expect to do such a thing this time. Habitual temperament, it should be correct." Cui Caide reported.

The queen, who also loved Kehui very much, said sadly: "How dare this servant be so courageous, to poison the princess for his own personal revenge."

"Hmph! How dare you kill the whole family and poison the princess." The Empress Dowager said bitterly.Then he looked at Zhang Leqi again: "Zhang promised, I have really suffered for you, and Kehui died really unjustly."

Zhang Leqi raised her head and looked at the Empress Dowager with complicated eyes, but she didn't respond, and lowered her head again.

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, and said to the head of the House of Internal Affairs: "Pass down an order to me, from now on, the princes and princesses must be very careful with their meals, and no disturbances are allowed, otherwise the entire imperial dining room will not be able to escape. "

The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stepped forward to respond.The Empress Dowager looked at everyone and said, "Okay, Ai's family is tired, everyone should go back and rest."

After returning to Kunning Palace, Rong'er accompanied Zhang Leqi back to the wing room, Zhang Leqi looked strange and kept silent.Rong'er thought she was sad because she knew that Kehui died like this, so she comforted her: "Kehui's death is really unjust, this dog Zhang is really cruel, at least he has found the person who killed Kehui, He's dead too, and Kehui can rest in peace."

Zhang Leqi raised her head and said with a sneer: "A servant, no one ordered him to dare to poison the princess?" Then he squinted at Gai Ronger and said in a muffled voice: "Do you believe it?"

"This..." Rong'er didn't know what Zhang Leqi meant, "The Shangfang Court has closed the case, and the result of their investigation is like this, sister, why do you need to think about it?"

"Hmph! Who is going to harm me and Kehui? There must be someone behind this, hum! If you don't let me have a better life, you should not have a better life either." Zhang Leqi looked at the front and said coldly.

Seeing Zhang Leqi's expression, Rong'er was a little startled, and hurriedly persuaded: "Sister, don't worry too much, don't think too much."

Zhang Leqi just sneered and said nothing.

At this time, a father-in-law shouted outside the door: "The emperor is here."

Hearing the emperor's arrival, Gai Ronger's heart trembled, she missed the emperor so much, but now that something happened in the palace, Zhang Leqi needed the emperor more than she did.

Xuanye entered the door and saw Rong'er here by accident. The longing in his heart beat his heart. He wanted to go up and hug Rong'er, but he couldn't. His heart hurts. On the road, I was very tired even with the ancestor worship and the east tour, but such things happened again in the palace. Although he rarely saw the child Kehui, he also knew that his daughter was well-behaved and sensible, and now she died young. A trace of guilt rose in my heart, I felt sorry for Zhang Leqi's mother and daughter, and I really cared too little for them.Xuan Ye looked at Rong'er with complicated eyes, both longing and apologetic.

How could Rong'er not understand the look in the emperor's eyes, she saluted the emperor, her eyes were full of understanding, and then said: "The emperor will accompany Zhang well and promise, Rong'er will leave first."

Gai Rong'er came out of Zhang Leqi's wing room, it was late autumn, and the weather was already cold, she hugged her shoulders lightly to keep warm, Rong'er suddenly thought, it seems that it was around this time four years ago, she was favored, and she still remembered that time The emperor made a "poetry pairing" to confirm their love. The emperor's last sentence was "the wind in late autumn is cool and people are rustling." And the next sentence she responded to was "deeper fog and heavy road." Four years, time flies so fast, the current emperor It was not the young emperor who had no power at that time, and her "road" was already destined to go in this deep palace.

Rong'er went back to the wing room and was quietly making small clothes. They were all prepared for the baby in her stomach. It had been a long time. When she was free, Rong'er used cloth to make small clothes by herself, and she had already prepared a lot.After a while, Xuan Ye actually walked in, Rong'er was very surprised, and hurriedly stood up.

"Don't move, Rong'er." Xuan Ye came over and helped Rong'er sit up. "Now you have to be more careful and rest more if you have nothing to do. Let the palace people do all these tasks." Xuan Ye said softly while looking at the little clothes on the table.

Rong'er smiled, "Why is the emperor here? Didn't he agree with Zhang?"

"I came out after consoling her for a while, and just stopped by to see you." Xuan Ye looked at Gai Rong'er tenderly.

"Your Majesty, it must be very sad. From Chengrui to Chengqing and now Kehui, princes and princesses have passed away one after another, and my concubine's heart is so sad." Gai Ronger looked up at Xuan Ye and said in a low voice.

"Rong'er, I miss you often in Shengjing. Whenever I miss Rong'er, I take out the sachet you gave me to have a look. When I see this sachet, I look at Rong'er. I want to come back , Rong'er is about to give birth, and I will be very happy, but... I didn't expect to receive the news that Kehui was poisoned and died. I feel sorry for their mother and child." Xuan Ye said bitterly.

Rong'er nodded, and said: "Rong'er also misses the emperor, but now that Zhang promised just lost the princess, Rong'er stayed with her for the past few days, and she didn't cry, she just held back, if this continues, the concubine is afraid that she will get sick Come on, there are too many things in my heart, and it is inevitable that I will think of bad things, it is better for the emperor to accompany her more."

Xuan Ye nodded and said, "I will tell her more in the future."

"Your Majesty has had a hard time on this trip. I have been busy with various things since I got back. I'd better go back and rest early." Rong'er stood up and walked to the Emperor's back with a light hammer on Xuan Ye's shoulder.

Xuan Ye smiled bitterly and said: "Ronger, I am really tired. This time I went to Shengjing, I first summoned the princes and ministers from various tribes of Mongolia, and then worshiped Taizu's Fuling Tomb and Taizong's Zhaoling Tomb, and then went to Qingning Palace Zhongci invited hundreds of officials, and then went on an eastward tour from Shengjing to express condolences to all the soldiers in Fengtian and Ningguta who guarded the foundation of our Qing Dynasty. They really couldn't rest for a moment, and then got the news of Kehui, and went all the way Worried." As he spoke, he pulled Rong'er, who had hammered his back, in front of him, "Don't use Rong'er's hammer, be careful of hurting yourself, in fact, I really want Rong'er to rest with me, but Rong'er's body is inconvenient." After finishing speaking Xuan Ye got up, hugged Rong'er gently into his arms: "Then I'll go back to rest first, Rong'er take good care of yourself."

Rong'er nodded in Xuan Ye's arms, and said softly: "It's getting cold, the emperor needs to put on more clothes, and cover the quilt well at night to avoid catching cold."

Xuan Ye held Rong'er in his arms, and it was late autumn night, losing two sons and one daughter in a row, and it was cold and bitter, but at this time, there was a little more warmth in his heart.

[A small note: Modern medicine has confirmed that raw soy milk contains saponins, trypsin inhibitors and many other harmful substances to the human body.If you drink uncooked raw soy milk for three to 10 minutes to an hour, poisoning symptoms such as dizziness, headache, nausea, and vomiting will occur. In severe cases, if the treatment is not timely, it may even lead to death.When raw soy milk is heated to 80°C to 90°C, a large amount of white foam will appear. Many people mistakenly think that the soy milk has been cooked at this time, but in fact this is a "false boiling" phenomenon, and the temperature at this time cannot destroy the soy milk. saponins in.Therefore, in this article, Kehui, who was about to be three years old with weak resistance and did not receive timely symptomatic treatment, died of "raw soy milk poisoning", while ancient medical books only saw the beneficial side of soy milk, but did not know its harm. "The son" poisoned and said that the emperor had to solve the case within a set time limit, but he couldn't find the reason, so he had to catch a scapegoat to pay the emperor's errand, so he was a poor victim and was "suicide". 】

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