imperial concubine

Chapter 223
Now the focus of the matter has shifted from whether Liu Banxia was telling the truth or a lie to Jiang Baohua.If Jiang Baohua said that there was this maid in the Shangjin Palace, then the second concubine could only be dragged into this big quagmire.

Jiang Baohua, who was kneeling on the hall, was very calm. Since he went back last time, he had carefully checked the roster in the House of Internal Affairs, and now he was naturally confident about the Queen's question.He said slowly in an extremely stable voice: "Reporting to the Empress, according to the records in the seventh volume of the Maid Records of the House of Internal Affairs, there is indeed a maid named Shengjing in the Shangjin Palace."

Jiang Baohua's words were so steady and clear that everyone in the main hall heard them.And the first reaction of everyone after hearing this sentence was to look at the face of the second prince and concubine and deceive the queen. This is no small crime!

Sure enough, the second prince's concubine's face turned livid, she gritted her teeth and said, "Jiang Baohua, don't talk nonsense. There is such a maid in my palace, how could I not know about it?"

It was not clear whether there was such a maid in the attack.But now it seems that there may have been some before.But now, there is absolutely no such person in Shangjin Palace, instead, there may be an unknown corpse under the flower tree.

Hearing what the second concubine said, Jiang Baohua was still very calm. He said lightly: "It must be that the second concubine made a mistake. I have carefully checked the roster of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The most famous thing is that I entered the palace last year. I have been in the palace since I entered the palace. In the Shangjin Palace, she does some work like sweeping. It seems that the second concubine is usually busy, so she doesn't know the maid's name."

There are hundreds of maids and eunuchs in each palace, and the master concubines of each palace will certainly not write down their names one by one.The only ones who can remember their names are the eunuch who is close to him every day and a few people who are used to talking on weekdays.

The second concubine sneered, and then said: "Eunuch Jiang has brought all the rosters from the House of Internal Affairs. It seems that he has been prepared." As soon as the words came out, it was obvious that the second concubine accused Jiang Baohua and the empress of collaborating to frame him. Create a person who does not exist.

Everyone in the hall didn't know who to trust for a moment.If it is said that the second prince and concubine is innocent, but Jiang Baohua has the roster of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in his hand, this cannot be faked.If the second concubine is really behind the scenes, it would be too shocking.

At this time, a guard came in from outside the door to report, "I would like to report to the empress, the commander of the palace guards, Wang Feiyun, the admiral of the nine gates, Gao Gaolou, Shangguan Dingjie, the inspection department of the five cities, and Su Huaiyuan, the left camp of the capital, are hereby ordered to see you." !"

Just now the queen ordered all these people to be transferred into the palace, in order to capture all the troops in the entire capital after the death of the crown prince. As long as they are loyal to her, the rest will be Can't find any waves!
Hearing the news that all these people came here according to the imperial edict, the empress felt much more at ease, and then said to the guards: "I will see you all!" safe!
The guards turned and left. Not long after, Wang Feiyun, the commander of the imperial guards in the palace, Gao Gaolou, the admiral of the nine gates, Shangguan Dingjie, the inspector of the five cities, and Su Huaiyuan, the Zuo Daying of the capital, came in together, knelt in front of the hall and said: " I wait to pay my respects to the empress!"

Looking at these people, the queen knew that this was her biggest assistant in the next few days.So she nodded lightly and said: "The four lovers are exempt from courtesy. My palace announces your visit today, and I have an urgent order to pass on to you."

Hearing the queen's words, the four of them trembled, and Su Huaiyuan even took the opportunity to glance at his daughter.They didn't know in their hearts what happened to make the queen have to read the will in front of them!

The queen said lightly: "Su Huaiyuan, from today onwards, the Zuo Daying camp of the capital will be on the first level of security, and all soldiers can return to the camp. And the defense is ten miles away from the capital. Ground to kill!"

Su Huaiyuan's heart shuddered, knowing that this was the empress who was preparing to besiege the capital with troops.It's just what happened that made the queen so nervous. Could it be that something happened to Her Majesty in the frontier?
Although he thought so in his heart, Su Huaiyuan still hummed lightly, turned and left the main hall to carry out the Queen's order.Immediately afterwards, the queen said: "Admiral of the Nine Gates is in the high school building, and the Inspection Department of the Five Cities is Shangguan Dingjie."

The two people whose names were called were shocked.They are all veterans who have been in the officialdom for a long time, so they naturally know the weight of the order issued by the queen just now, and they also know that the next task on their shoulders will be even heavier.

Sure enough, the queen said slowly: "The two of you immediately enforce the curfew in the capital, and kill any lawbreakers immediately, and search the suspicious people carefully in the capital, and execute them on the spot after confirming the suspicion!"

Hearing these two bloody words, Shangguan Dingjie and Gao Gaolou were both startled. If they followed the Queen's order, there would be a gust of wind in the capital immediately. It seems that the Queen's There is a big move.

The two took orders to go, at this moment, Fang Yuanli suddenly said: "Master Gao, wait a moment." Everyone in the hall looked at Fang Yuanli's face, I don't know why he suddenly stopped at this moment high school building.

The high school building is also a little unclear, so he and Fang Yuanli Sulai are just acquaintances, and they don't have a deep friendship.What's more, at such a critical juncture, Fang Yuanli is the Queen's confidant, so he shouldn't have trouble with him.

Thinking this way in his heart, Gao Gaolou stood on the spot and cupped his fists and said, "I don't know what's important for Mr. Fang?" Fang Yuanli glanced at him, and then said lightly: "I heard that the Jiumen Admiral's Mansion arrested a senior The woman who came to walk high?"

Everyone in the palace was taken aback when they heard the words, and then frowned. Fang Yuanli was once the most distinguished person in the court, why did he care about such things with such strong Jianghu habits now?And still at such a critical juncture?

Gao Gaolou was a little surprised, obviously he didn't expect that Fang Yuanli even knew about this matter.He hurriedly said: "My lord, I did catch a female gangster a few days ago, but she was detained in a prison before she had time to interrogate her."

A few days ago, when I was inspecting the high school building, I accidentally discovered that a woman on the street looked very similar to a gangster who I had wanted for many years. After confirming her identity, I finally arrested this person. I never thought that Fang Yuanli would be alarmed. .

Only Fang Yuanli said slowly: "Bring this female thief to the palace immediately, I have something to ask. If anything goes wrong, just wait for my report!" At the end of the words, the tone was extremely heavy , it was obvious that Fang Yuanli attached great importance to this person.

Hearing this, Gao Gaolou was a little puzzled, but then immediately complied, regardless of what Fang Yuanli wanted to do.Anyway, the queen was in front of her, and she had nothing to do with handing over this person to him.

Although Gao Gaolou didn't understand, the queen obviously understood a little bit. She glanced at Fang Yuanli inquiringly, only to see that Fang Yuanli nodded imperceptibly, indicating that the queen's guess was correct, just as she imagined.

Seeing Fang Yuanli nodding, the corner of the queen's mouth finally showed a smile. She glanced at the second prince and concubine lightly, and said, "Since Mr. Fang has a clue, how about we board for a while?"

When the queen spoke, everyone naturally agreed, but they didn't know what Fang Yuanli and the queen wanted to do.Su Wan was the only one who understood Fang Yuanli's thoughts, because it was Su Wan who ordered Black Yi to inform the high school building about the female thief.

About half an hour later, the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion brought over the female thief that Fang Yuanli mentioned just now.Looking at the female thief kneeling on the ground, the queen asked coldly: "I ask you, have you ever entered the palace before?"

Hearing this question, everyone was terrified.No wonder the queen had to wait so long, it turned out that they had already found a scapegoat.Thinking of this, everyone looked at the second concubine with sympathy. It seems that this time Concubine Shu is about to bleed heavily.

The female thief seemed to have already been punished in the Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion, so she cooperated very well. Hearing the queen's question, she nodded quickly and said: "If you go back to the empress, you have indeed entered the palace before, but you only stayed in the palace for a while. left late."

Hearing the female thief's words, Su Wan secretly laughed in her heart.The second concubine thought she was doing a perfect job, but she didn't want all the details to be calculated by herself. Even this female thief who should have left the capital was sent to the nine-door admiral's mansion by herself.

Seeing the female thief admitting so readily, the queen was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Then why did you enter the palace? What did you do in the palace that night? Hurry up and tell the truth, so as not to suffer flesh and blood! "

This female thief's temperament has long been worn out in the nine-door admiral's mansion. Hearing the queen's question at this moment, she naturally explained everything with great joy, and she said everything like a bamboo tube.

It turned out that the female thief was entrusted by her employer to sneak into the palace that night, and then used the badge of Shangjin Palace to come to the imperial garden and handed over the medicine given to her by her employer to Liu Banxia.At that time, the female thief had changed into another person according to her employer's request.

Hearing the female thief's explanation, Liu Banxia stared at her closely and said, "Could it be that you are the one who gave me the ammunition that night? Impossible, you didn't look like this at all that night!"

Although the moonlight was a bit dim that night, Liu Banxia could see clearly that the woman who gave the pill to him didn't look like this at all. It's just that the person Su Wan found was willing to take the blame for her!
The woman smiled proudly, and then said: "How can you understand the subtlety of disguise?" Then she told all about how she disguised herself into Su Wan's appearance.After listening, Liu Banxia's face was pale, and he couldn't say a word at all.

After hearing all the woman's answers, the queen sneered and said, "Since you said you were sent by your employer, I ask you, what's the name of your employer? Can you sit in this palace now?"

Everyone's eyes fell on the face of the second princess. Although the second princess looked pale, she was still very calm. She took a sip of tea slowly, as if the employer was not her at all.

The female thief looked around, then shook her head and said, "The employer is not here. But I know her identity." The queen, who was a little disappointed, lit up when she heard this, and said quickly: "Quickly tell me! What is the identity of the employer?"

Everyone's hearts were suspended, knowing that once the female thief said something, it would definitely be a bloody storm.

(End of this chapter)