The Six Palaces of Favorites: The Black-bellied Emperor's Cold Concubine

Chapter 1002 Birthday (58)
At dusk, the emperor came to pick her up and went to Yongshou Palace. When she arrived, Xiao Jue and Fu Guang were already waiting outside the Nuan Pavilion.Several people went in and saluted respectfully, the empress dowager sighed heavily and said: "Get up, all these years, I have turned a blind eye to many things, no matter whether it is the court or the harem, as long as they make trouble It's not too much, I'll just be patient, and just want the imperial power to be transferred to the emperor's hands smoothly. But who knows, hmph, they are getting worse and worse."

Seeing the empress dowager's face was sombre and very angry, the emperor hurriedly persuaded him: "Grandmother, don't be angry, be careful if you get angry, no matter what happens, even if the world changes hands, grandson still hopes you The elderly can take care of themselves."

The Empress Dowager said angrily: "If the world really changes hands, why do you leave me as an old woman? Don't be afraid, with the emperor's grandmother here, the sky will not fall!" Taking a few sips of tea, the queen mother The Empress Dowager then ordered: "Fu Guang, tell me everything you found out. Come here and give Master Fu a seat."

Fu Guang hesitated and did not dare to sit down. Seeing the emperor nodded, he sat down next to the edge of the stool, and said slowly: "The empress dowager, after careful investigation by the minister, I know that the imperial concubine actually went to Chengrui Pavilion. Yes, in front of the ancestors, I dare not lie. Sang Guirong was undoubtedly killed by the imperial concubine by mistake. The messy footprints at the scene are evidence. Those marks on the snow are actually the imperial concubine and Sang Guirong during the struggle left behind."

Qingchen's face instantly turned pale as snow, he stood up and knelt down and said, "Old Ancestor, my concubine didn't intend to hide the meaning of my ancestor, the man was indeed killed by my concubine by mistake. At that time, Sang Guirong thought madly with a dagger If you want to kill the concubine, there is no one to help the concubine, and her life hangs by a thread several times, and she almost died under her knife. What happened at the moment of Sang Guirong's death, the concubine still can't remember. The concubine is not for herself Excuse me, and I never thought of asking the son to take the blame for my concubine, if the ancestors wanted to punish me, I would punish my concubine, and my concubine would never complain."

The emperor saw that the old ancestor was staring at her without speaking for a long time, and hurriedly said: "Grandmother, how could you care so much about the situation at that time? It was lucky to escape."

"Shut up!" The Empress Dowager said sharply, "What do you mean by escaping the dead? It's a blessing. It's also your concubine. How can the emperor be so biased? If it spreads, it will chill everyone's hearts! No wonder Your harem is always restless, just because of your selfishness, it is not surprising that she has encountered such a catastrophe! All of this is caused by you, do you understand!"

The emperor said in dismay: "Yes, I understand, it's all my fault."

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly and turned to look at Xiao Jue, seeing him sitting on a chair as if on pins and needles, wanting to speak but unable to get in, looking anxious.

Shaking her head lightly, the Empress Dowager also said to him angrily: "Just say what you have to say, don't hold back."

Only then did Xiao Jue hurriedly knelt down and said, "Old Ancestor, this matter is not the fault of the Imperial Concubine, she did not ask her grandson to do anything for her, but her grandson just felt that it would be better for her grandson to take on this matter than for the Imperial Concubine to bear it." , the consequences will be better. Anyway, she was framed by others, so I can't just watch good people being framed and remain indifferent, right? In any case, the ultimate goal is not to let the person who set the trap succeed, right?"

It was because of his willingness that the empress dowager felt even more uncomfortable, and the ancestor's gloomy face became even more frightening. He paused and said, "You two get up first, and we will talk about other things later. I just want to know the truth now."

The two stood up and returned to their seats holding their breath, and Fu Guang continued to speak slowly: "What Qin Wanyi said is not a lie, there are indeed three lines of footprints on the way up the mountain, one is from Sang Guirong, and the other two are from the imperial concubine. And Yunlan's. The plum blossoms on the treetops were folded by Sang Guirong, because Weichen noticed the faint plum fragrance in her hands. And when she went up the mountain, she was still in the mood to fold plum blossoms, which shows that she was not at that time. Unaware of danger approaching."

Qingchen couldn't help interjecting and asked: "Master Fu, in fact, I'm going to Chengruiting just on a whim. If someone really wants to murder Sang Guirong there and put the blame on me, it doesn't seem easy. If I If you don't go to the palace, wouldn't this matter have nothing to do with the palace?"

Fu Guangwen replied: "Your Majesty understands what I mean, so at first that person was just following Sang Guirong. He was looking for a suitable opportunity, and he would only treat Sang Guirong when he was with Your Majesty. She strikes. But it was such a coincidence that not long after Sang Guirong boarded the Chengrui Pavilion, the empress followed with Yunlan, so he quickly stabbed her with a poisonous needle, and the poisonous needle was painted It is so poisonous that it makes people manic, maybe when Sang Guirong killed you, she didn't realize what she was doing at all."

Qingchen thought of Sang Guirong's blood-red eyes, she was full of brute force like a madman, it can be seen that she was really insane at that time.

Yun Lan suddenly exclaimed: "Yes, at that time Sang Guirong jumped out from behind the rockery to kill someone, and the servant wanted to help protect the empress, but was hit by something and passed out, that is to say, There must have been a fourth person hidden on the mountain at that time, and that person knew martial arts, maybe he was a guard."

"Aunt Yunlan is right and wrong. That person is good at martial arts, but he is definitely not a bodyguard. A bodyguard who leaves his post without permission is the easiest to be found and arouses suspicion, so that person must not be a bodyguard." , but a young eunuch who knows kung fu. Because he is a eunuch, he is secretly staring at Sang Guirong, so it is not easy for people to notice. And he appears near the Xinhua Palace, so it is not easy to arouse suspicion." Day Xinhuadian Busy and busy, there are so many eunuchs and maids, who are on duty, who has the mind to take care of others, so there is an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Seeing that Qingchen was deep in thought and remained silent, Fu Guang went on to say: "That man walked backwards. After he left, he destroyed all his footprints, leaving only a few incomplete ones. Even if they are verified, they cannot be traced." It is clear who left those half footprints, but it is enough to prove that Sang Guirong was indeed framed by someone. On her right arm, there is a small blood spot, which was stabbed by a poisonous needle The place. The dagger is something in Sang Guirong's own palace, just to prevent people from finding clues from it. The minister is sure that someone around Sang Guirong must have been bribed. After she died, he followed her to serve The little maid who died in the palace committed suicide by throwing herself into a well. Weichen deduced that it was just a murder to silence her, because it was that little maid who followed Sang Guirong to Chengruiting, and her sleeve was cut by a sharp knife. It can be seen that the dagger was hidden in her sleeve at that time, and she left with an excuse to deliver something to the person who was following Sang Guirong."

(End of this chapter)