Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 176 Finale ([-])

The news was secretly spread to the Northern Prince's Mansion, the old prince's first reaction after knowing it was to block the news, and then took Xiao Hongxuan to the Ministry of Punishment.

Rong Zhaoyi's body had already been placed in the autopsy room, the old prince walked in and looked, his face sank immediately, Rong Zhaoyi's face was blue and his lips were purple, which seemed to be signs of death from poisoning.

"Rong Zhaoyi's food is specially delivered here." The sky prison has done its best to take care of Rong Zhaoyi, and the environment in the specially separated prison cell is also very good, so that Rong Zhaoyi can eat and drink well. The emperor in the stable palace.

"Rong Zhaoyi entered the palace a few days ago." Several people walked out of the house, and the old prince asked Shao Ziyu.

"Three days ago, the emperor wanted to see Rong Zhaoyi, and sent him to the palace for a while."

"Find someone to pretend to be locked up in prison." The old prince nodded, seeing him three days ago, at least it can be kept secret for several months, the current plan is to keep people from knowing that Rong Zhaoyi is dead.

"Don't worry, my lord, we have already arranged people to stay in the prison." Before the old lord came, Shao Ziyu had already made arrangements, and arranged for a person of similar size to pretend to be Rong Zhaoyi to stay in the cell.

Concealing the news of Rong Zhaoyi's death, the next thing to investigate is the cause of her death.

Shao Ziyu sent people to investigate for two days, and finally found some clues in the clothes Rong Zhaoyi used. It seemed that there was no problem, but later Shao Ziyu sent people to soak the clothes from the palace in water, and the melted things mixed with the incense that Rong Zhaoyi liked, became poisonous.

Inhaling for a long time is fatal, but Rong Zhaoyi has looked sick since she was imprisoned, so no one can see that her abnormalities in the past few days are due to poisoning.

Following the clues of the clothes, it was found that the place where the clothes were finally distributed was in the Shouhe Palace. This matter was also reported to the Empress Dowager and the Empress, but this matter will not be caused by the Empress. Rong Zhaoyi died , What did the emperor do when he found out about it? The crown prince's ascension to the throne and the succession of the young emperor would not be good for her son. The empress gave Shao Ziyu a pass order, but the clothes were only unified with the empress, and someone else gave them to Rong Zhaoyi prepare.

Shao Ziyu checked the original origin of these clothes. Surprisingly, there was more than one source.

In the end Shao Ziyu put the evidence in front of the Empress Dowager and the Empress. Over the years, Rong Zhaoyi had accumulated many enemies in the palace.

Rong Zhaoyi was a twin sister when she first entered the palace, and she was very favored when she brought it back from the southern tour.

Rong Zhaoyi is not a peaceful character, she is proud of being favored, she asks for whatever she wants, and the emperor is willing to give it to her, but she doesn't show much face in front of the empress, let alone her other concubines in the palace. Almost all concubines dislike her, some even hate her.

Knowing that she was in the sky prison, some people also learned that even so, the emperor still misses her, so several concubines joined forces and used this trick. Knowing that Rong Zhaoyi is delicate and demanding, they have to use themselves Those who like incense, who add fumigants and medicines, soak the clothes with the corresponding medicines, and then try to mix these clothes into the prison, and within a few days, Rong Zhaoyi will disappear from the fragrance.

Compared with this hatred, no one hates Rong Zhaoyi more than the empress. The crown prince and her own life are almost in danger. It is not thanks to Rong Zhaoyi, but the empress still needs her to stabilize the emperor, so she has not taken any action. Now Rong Zhaoyi was murdered by these designs, these people must not stay in the palace, even if they don't know that Rong Zhaoyi is dead, the words about poisoning spread to the emperor's ears, if they want to see Rong Zhaoyi , things get tricky.

Today's palace doesn't need so many concubines, and taking advantage of this opportunity, the Empress Dowager issued a decree that the emperor was ill, he had to take care of state affairs and recuperate, and he had no intention of spending time in the harem, so that many concubines would not waste their time. Concubines who have not yet gone to bed can go out of the palace, and the married person will take them back to discuss the marriage. Some concubines are sent to temples to pray for blessings.

A group of court ladies who were willing to leave the palace were released from the palace, and the number of people in the harem decreased a lot.

The few concubines who murdered Rong Zhaoyi were also included in the meditation and prayer list, but no one knows whether they were delivered or not.

After going through this for three months, it was December, and the emperor at Chengqian Palace wanted to see Rong Zhaoyi. Shao Ziyu had already prepared a letter, and asked people to imitate Rong Zhaoyi's tone. A long letter was sent to Chengqian Palace by the maid who served Rong Zhaoyi at that time, explaining the reason why she couldn't come.

It was cold, and Rong Zhaoyi was a little sick, suffering from a bit of wind and cold, fearing that he would get seriously ill along the way, and even more afraid of infecting the emperor, so he sent someone to send a letter to comfort his thoughts.

The letter paper used was Rong Zhaoyi's favorite, the handwriting was hers, the spices inside were hers, and the tone of voice, the emperor believed it.

Knowing that such a trick cannot be used a second time, after two months, the emperor will definitely see you again, if there is any objection at this time, it will definitely arouse suspicion.

It was the empress who gave the empress dowager an idea, and Xiao Hongxuan secretly selected several women who were similar in size to Rong Zhaoyi to teach and train them.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, a fire burned down the sky prison and killed many prisoners. Rong Zhaoyi, who was imprisoned inside, could not escape. Not only her body was burned, but her face was also burned.

This time the empress dowager and the empress didn't stop, and directly asked the emperor to go see the burnt Rong Zhaoyi.

The appearance of the person was burnt, leaving only the characteristics of the body and the shape and temper, which is much easier to imitate. No amount of anger from the emperor is better than knowing that Rong Zhaoyi is dead. The Empress Dowager allowed Rong Zhaoyi to return to the palace to recuperate.

In this way, a lie is four years

When the prince was five years old, the emperor was seriously ill.

The living Rong Zhaoyi couldn't make him recover from his illness. He was in a coma for several days. When he woke up in a daze, he blamed the first emperor for choosing him, the empress dowager, and everyone. When he was awake, he stared blankly.

The best medicine was used in the palace, and several imperial physicians stood by day and night.

Those outside the palace didn't know that the emperor's illness had reached such a serious level. It was just news that the emperor was in poor health and had to cultivate his body to recuperate as far as the border.

Lin Qingran and the others all know why the empress dowager hangs the emperor's life. In the future, if the prince succeeds without gunpowder, the emperor must live for a few more years. Even if he can only breathe, he will have to live for a few more years. .

In July, in the Shao Mansion, Lin Qingran was flanked by her three and a half year old grandson. The little guy was more like Shao Jinghan, and he was also a little chubby. Ren came back and brought him the mahogany sword.

The curtain at the door was opened, Mrs. Chen walked in, Brother Yuan raised his head, saw that it was his mother, grinned, and wanted to sit down and go play by himself.

When her grandson was born, Lin Qingran also vaguely had the idea that her parents wanted to leave Luodu City and go for a walk.

After talking to his daughter-in-law about some common affairs in the mansion, Si Qin opened the curtain and walked in, "Miss, someone from the palace has been sent here."

Lin Qingran went out and saw that it was the palace servant next to the imperial concubine. If Lin Qingran took her daughter and followed the palace servant into the palace now, she had a bad feeling in her heart.

Sending someone to bring Shao Yuning back, the mother and daughter followed the palace guards into the carriage and entered the palace.

Arriving in the palace in about half an hour, Lin Qingran didn't have time to ask any more questions, and followed the palace staff to the Palace of Harmony. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the palace gate, many people were already standing in the courtyard of the main house.

Princess Yuanxun and his wife, their children, Xiao Jingxun's family, and Zhang's family.

The personal nurse next to the imperial concubine saw them coming, and opened the door to let Lin Qingran and the others in. The room with the windows closed was a bit stuffy. Lin Qingran had already thought about what was going on in such a situation.

The noble concubine on the bed was wearing a palace dress that she hadn't taken out for a long time, lying there with a very quiet expression, if it wasn't for the twinkle in her eyes, Lin Qingran would have thought that the noble concubine had gone.

Lin Qingran brought Shao Yuning to kneel beside the bed, the imperial concubine turned her head to look at Lin Qingran, nodded slowly, and said in a calm tone, "That's all."

With wet eyes, Lin Qingran forced a smile and shook her head, "You haven't seen Ziyu yet."

"That's enough, seeing you is enough." The Concubine Gui waved her hand, "There's no need for them to come over."

The imperial concubine does not need others to comfort her, nor does she need these people to cry and cry in front of her, she always has to leave.

"Although I haven't been able to watch Ning'er get married, I think the boy from the Xiao family will treat you well, so the Ai family can rest assured." The concubine patted Shao Yunning's hand, and then told Lin Qingran, "Be nice to the Ai family. After leaving, take a handful of ashes and scatter them in front of your parents' graves, the Ai family doesn't want to stay in the imperial tomb forever, so that the Ai family can reunite with them."

Lin Qingran nodded, the imperial concubine looked at them for a while, then turned her head to look at the nets hanging on the bed curtain for many years. In this life, she was done, so she didn't need to spend any more effort.

After staying in the house for a while, there were reports from the palace people outside the house, and the empress dowager arrived.

Lin Qingran took Shao Yuning out, and the princess and the others stood in the yard with red eyes, knowing that the imperial concubine didn't want them to do this, so they didn't cry out.

Lin Qingran stayed in the Yihe Palace for more than an hour, and the empress dowager did not come out after entering. The nuns in the room opened the door and invited them who were waiting in the courtyard to leave the palace.

At this time, the sky was dark, the lights were lit in the room, the empress dowager was still inside, Lin Qingran and the others left the palace, and it was already dark when they returned to Shao's house.

A year ago, the imperial concubine's health was not very good, and she was plagued by some old diseases. After Zhang Zhonghou left, the imperial concubine suffered great grief, and her bones collapsed.

Everyone must die, but Lin Qingran felt depressed and uncomfortable thinking about it, especially what the imperial concubine told her in the end, how dangerous the palace is, don't let future generations enter the palace, after she dies, there is no need to worry about her Wearing linen and filial piety, they don't bring them with them when they are born, and they don't take them with them when they die, so they don't have to cry, just let her go quietly

In the evening of the next day, a funeral was reported in the palace, and Concubine Zhang Gui collapsed and passed away.

Lin Qingran and the others prepared their mourning clothes and entered the palace to cry. Five days later, Concubine Zhang Gui was buried in the imperial tomb, on the right side of the late emperor.

The death of Concubine Zhang Gui was like a sign. Three months later, the Empress Dowager's health was not good.

In the autumn of the next year, that is, one year after the imperial concubine collapsed, the empress dowager collapsed, several people in the court had resigned, and the old officials with high positions in the past also passed away one after another.

The emperor is critically ill.

(End of this chapter)