Harem for a living

Chapter 222

The emperor made an urgent move, and no one dared to delay.Souyi, in less than half an hour, no matter whether it was the princes who lived in the inner city or the adults who lived in the outer city, they all gathered in Yongshou Palace.The emperor also asked someone to find Mr. Tang who had done the paperwork, and by the way, he asked the admiral of the nine gates to take soldiers and horses to arrest all the nuns in the temple.

That temple is dedicated to the Empress Songzi, so there are nuns in it.Old and young, there are about twenty of them.The odd one was an old nun with a wrinkled face. I don't know if it was because I never thought that I could enter the palace. From the moment I got to the Yongshou Palace, my body was shaking all the time.

The emperor motioned for chairs to be brought over, and all the princes took their seats.The Minister of the Ministry of Justice led the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, that Master Tang, and all the guards stood in place.The emperor briefly explained the matter: "Presumably everyone knows what happened this morning. Mr. Tang said that in the nun's temple, it was openly dedicated to giving away children and empresses, but secretly it was done for others." Some nasty things like cursing nightmares."

"And, he found a record from that temple, which has the names of all the people who have been suppressed, and there is exactly one, which belongs to the empress dowager." The emperor glanced at Master Tang in a blink of an eye: "Master Tang, what will you do?" Let me tell you about the process of discovering the recording, and by the way, tell everyone how you knew the birth date of the Empress Dowager."

Even if the Empress Dowager Ci'an was not the Empress of the Yuan Dynasty, she was still a concubine who entered the palace. Naturally, not everyone knew her birth date.I'm afraid that at this moment, the only ones who know are the emperor in the palace and the Tang family outside the palace.

Even Chen Manrou only knew when Empress Dowager Ci'an's birthday was.

That Mr. Tang was about forty years old, with elegant appearance, gentle speech, and a good head. After talking about it from beginning to end, he didn't have a single fault, which was very reasonable.

Prince Zhuang was the first to speak: "According to Mr. Tang, the Empress Dowager must have been suppressed?"

"This is just my humble opinion. After all, the date of birth on the roster belongs to the Empress Dowager, and those nuns wrote it indiscriminately. If the Empress Dowager is involved, I have to be careful to verify it." Mr. Tang said gently. He said before that he didn't know the date of birth of the Empress Dowager, but because the name on it belonged to the Empress Dowager, he became suspicious. He went back and consulted Tang Wan'er's father, and then he was sure.

Compared with Tang Wan'er's speech before, it is much more detailed.

"Then why did Tang Zhaorong say that the eldest princess and the empress must have done this to the empress dowager?" Prince Duan asked Tang Wan'er, who looked a bit sad: "I didn't want to doubt the elder princess and empress dowager at first." , but, in the past, the concubine served the empress dowager, but the concubine knew exactly what the empress dowager needed. During this time, the expenses of the empress dowager were very normal, and the only thing that made the concubine feel a little abnormal , is the day when the eldest princess comes over."

Tang Wan'er paused, wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, and then continued: "That day when the Eldest Princess entered the palace, she went to the Yongshou Palace to thank her before going to the Ci'an Palace. The Empress Dowager was a little unhappy and said It’s because the eldest princess doesn’t get close to her grandmother anymore.”

"The eldest princess hastened to please the empress dowager, saying that she wanted to make tea for the empress dowager herself, and then she went out with the teacup. During this time, only the eldest princess had touched the teacup. After the empress dowager drank the tea, there was nothing wrong at that time. , until a few days ago."

Tang Wan'er spoke intermittently, crying as she spoke.The eldest princess next to her looked very ugly, but she didn't step forward to grab the white.After Tang Wan'er finished speaking, she sneered: "Tang Zhaorong said that the princess poisoned the empress dowager..."

"It's not poison, it's talisman paper." Tang Wan'er corrected, and the eldest princess burst out laughing: "Look, I don't even know what this princess is doing, but Tang Zhaorong knows it quite clearly."

Tang Wan'er stared at the princess: "Didn't the princess listen carefully when Master Tang said it? Or, the princess listened carefully, but wanted to argue, so she deliberately pretended not to know why the empress dowager fell into a coma .”

The eldest princess applauded: "Tang Zhaorong opened his mouth with interest, so I ask you, the princess, you said, that talisman was put in the teacup by this palace. Does Tang Zhaorong have evidence? As far as I know, the one from the Palace of Compassion The teacup needs to be boiled with boiling water every day, since the princess put the talisman paper in the teacup, where did Tang Zhaorong find the evidence?"

Tang Wan'er sneered: "The concubine was able to expose the princess's crimes, of course it is because the concubine has evidence that the princess has done these things." Saying this, Tang Wan'er took out a purse from her sleeve, opened it, and put the contents inside pour out.

Everyone looked down and saw some broken porcelain pieces piled up on the ground. Looking at the size and quantity of the porcelain pieces, it was obvious that they were a teacup before they were broken.

Tang Wan'er looked at the eldest princess coldly: "That day after the eldest princess left, it was my concubine who went in to clean up the teacups. Because of my carelessness, this teacup fell on the ground and broke. My aunt usually likes this set of teacups very much. , and only the eldest princess had the honor to use it. At that time, I thought, put this porcelain piece away, and when I have time, I will send it to the Tang family, so that my father can look at the porcelain piece and find another set that is exactly the same The teacup was given to the Empress Dowager. So, this tile has been kept until now."

There are no loopholes in what he said.

Chen Manrou turned to look at the eldest princess, and saw that the eldest princess frowned, opened her mouth but said nothing.Chen Manrou immediately smiled and said: "I have a question, please ask Tang Zhaorong to explain it to me."

Tang Wan'er didn't say a word, Chen Manrou said to herself: "Master Tang said earlier that the Empress Dowager was suppressed, and the nuns in that temple depended on making people drink the ashes made from talisman papers. Cursing others, Master Tang said, he only discovered the viciousness of the nuns in this temple yesterday, right?"

Master Tang stroked his beard and nodded: "Yes, I just found out yesterday, and immediately sent someone to seal up the temple. Because it was too late, I couldn't go into the palace to report to the emperor, so I had to I waited until the court this morning to write the booklet."

"That is to say, no one knew how that nun suppressed others before you submitted the booklet, right?" Chen Manrou asked with a smile, Master Tang was stunned for a moment, and then his expression changed. Chen Manrou ignored him, Turning to look at Tang Wan'er: "Tang Zhaorong, how do you know that there are ashes of talisman paper in the teacup?"

Tang Wan'er was also stunned, and it took a long time before she shouted angrily: "I heard about the incident in the court today, and then I thought of this teacup, so I immediately asked someone to look at it! Doctor Zheng said, this teacup There's something in it that's very weird."

A charge of inquiring about the affairs of the former court is better than a charge of framing the queen and princess.Besides, if the charge of framing is established, maybe the charge of murdering the Empress Dowager will be borne by another person.

The only blame is that I was a little too impatient, and after I made up my plan, I hurried to find the door.

The emperor turned his head and ordered the imperial doctor Zheng to come over. Chen Manrou smiled and asked: "I still have a question, and I ask Tang Zhaorong to explain it to me. After you put away your broken porcelain pieces that day, you put them in the Where is it? Who handled it? How can you be sure that after the teacup was broken, no one else touched it? This palace can still doubt you, and the thief shouted "Stop the thief!"

Chen Manrou said the last four words word by word, her voice was cold, and there was no trace of a smile on her face, it was really chilling to watch.The eldest princess looked at Chen Manrou with gratitude, and continued with a sneer: "I also have doubts. How can Tang Zhaorong be sure that I put the talisman paper in the teacup? Could it be that someone put the talisman paper in advance?" in the teapot, or soaked the ashes of the talisman paper in a teacup before transferring it to this princess?"

Tang Zhaorong's face was pale, and he said angrily: "I personally picked up these pieces of porcelain one by one, and then put them in my own purse, and locked them in the dressing box when I went back. The second person touches it. Also, before the teacup reaches the Eldest Princess, the concubine personally boiled it in hot water, so it is naturally impossible for someone to tamper with it in advance."

"My aunt is the aunt of the concubine, and she has always defended the concubine in the palace. If it weren't for the aunt, the concubine might have gone to Yeting Palace long ago, or was punished by the empress. The aunt is the biggest backer of the concubine. Naturally, it is impossible for the concubine to murder my aunt, since it was not done by the concubine, it can only be the eldest princess."

Tang Wan'er said sharply, turning her head to look at the emperor, crying like a pear blossom: "Your Majesty, cousin, you also know that my aunt loves me the most on weekdays, how could I hurt my aunt? I am in this deep palace, but There is only one relative, my aunt."

The eldest princess said angrily: "You are not willing to hurt the emperor's grandmother. Could it be that the princess, the granddaughter, is willing to hurt the empress dowager?"

Tang Wan'er covered her face with a veil: "Who doesn't know that the eldest princess seldom goes to Ci'an Palace after that incident, but instead often communicates with the empress. Besides, this matter is not said by the concubine alone. It was done by the Eldest Princess, you can ask those nuns, they all said that it was the Eldest Princess who gave them money, so they dared to suppress the Empress Dowager."

The group of nuns had been taken down for interrogation by the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Tang Wan'er said to ask, but now they can't.However, looking at Tang Wan'er like this, she seems to be quite sure. Could it be that all these nuns are controlled by Tang Wan'er?
Originally, she thought that if Tang Wan'er only bought one or two nuns, it would be easy to handle, but if they all agreed, the situation would be really unfavorable for her side.

It wasn't just Chen Manrou who thought of this, the eldest princess also thought of it, and her face suddenly became a little ugly.

Chen Manrou turned to look at the emperor, who only patted her hand reassuringly.When everyone in the arena saw the emperor's action, they more or less understood it.The eldest princess had an ugly face at first, and then she was relieved.

In the early years, he resented this person for taking the position of his mother's queen and the Yongshou Palace.But in recent years, she has grown up, so she naturally understands that even if there was no Chen Manrou back then, there was also Zhang Manrou, Li Manrou, and Liu Manrou.

Her father was still young, and there were few princes at that time. Father was not only a father, he was also an emperor.

Soon, Imperial Physician Zheng came over. Probably, Imperial Physician Zheng also knew what had happened, his face turned pale and his body trembled a little.Those who followed Zheng Yuyi were Li Yuyi and others, and the emperor would not only listen to what Zheng Yuyi said.

"The emperor asked, Doctor Zheng, it was you who said that there is something else on this porcelain piece?" The emperor looked at Liu Cheng, who immediately opened his mouth.

Doctor Zheng kowtowed tremblingly: "The words of returning to the emperor are what I said. I soaked the potion with medicine, and the medicine changed color. It is obvious that there is something else on the porcelain piece."

Chen Manrou was stunned, did the potion change color?Could it be that there are some acid-base test reagents out there right now?
"The emperor asked, what is on that teacup?" Liu Cheng continued to ask, Zheng Yuyi shook his head: "I don't know, I don't know much, I ask the emperor to forgive me."

The emperor tapped the back of the chair twice with his fingers, then turned to look at Li Yuyi and the others: "Check it out to see what is on the porcelain plate, and then feel the pulse of the empress dowager to see if there is any way to wake her up. "

Since there is Gu poison, there must be a way to detoxify it.Even if there is no poisonous poison, it is just the technique of suppressing nightmares, then you can ask those nuns something later.No matter what, let the Queen Mother wake up first.

(End of this chapter)