boyutpedia Chapter 405: Amazing!
Chapter 405: Amazing!
Empress Wan was finding faults to scold the Crown Princess in the main hall of the Yanjia Palace. Tanchun and Hongchang were there to mediate, but they could not stop her no matter what they did.
The two men finally gave up and simply stood up and left, leaving the queen to handle it herself.
Empress Wan was still not satisfied and was about to continue scolding when she heard Tanchun and Hongchang, who had moved to the back, say at the same time, "Your Majesty!"
Queen Wan paused in embarrassment.
"Well. Go and rest." Emperor Zhaoming treated the two of them very kindly, and his voice was gentle, "Yimin, please take care of your wound. Hongchang has also worked hard."
Empress Wan hurriedly stood up, stepped down from the throne, and, sweating profusely, lowered her head and waited for Emperor Zhaoming to come out of the back hall.
This time, I didn't listen to him and stayed in the Daming Palace safely. I was afraid I would be blamed again.
But after a while, there was no movement.
Queen Wan looked at Zhu Ying in confusion.
Zhu Ying gritted her teeth and bravely moved to the back hall, only to find that it was empty!
He hurriedly asked the palace attendant standing beside him: "Where is His Majesty?"
"gone."
"Where have you been? The Queen is still waiting in the front hall!"
"How can we know the whereabouts of your Majesty?
"Miss Zhu Ying, please keep your voice down. The Queen Mother is taking a nap. Don't disturb her sweet dreams."
The palace servants in Yanjia Palace looked at Zhu Ying as if she were a fool. They couldn't help but rolled their eyes and looked outside the palace.
Zhu Ying came out with a red face and ears, and dejectedly helped Queen Wan to her aid. The master and servants stopped fighting and left.
The Crown Princess then went to the side hall to sit for a while, and asked the palace servant, "Has the Crown Prince not come yet?"
The trusted maid whispered to her, "I heard that he was trying to please the emperor, but then Eunuch Dai came back with some bad news..."
The Crown Princess was terrified: "What bad news is there?"
"It is said that... a noble lady committed suicide, and Concubine Xiao almost died, and the imperial physician is trying to save her..."
The Crown Princess's cold sweat immediately flowed down her forehead. She grabbed the hand of the maid and asked in a trembling voice, "How is the Lord?"
"I don't know..." The maid lowered her voice, "The prince only sent someone to say that the emperor was angry and he had to accompany him."
This is just anger, it has never hurt my body...
The Crown Princess relaxed, feeling sore all over. She couldn't help but lean on the couch and wipe the sweat with a handkerchief.
compartment.
Xue Baochai was burning incense and copying scriptures. Her face was solemn and she listened with her ears tilted, but the wolf hair brush in her hand did not fall.
Zhaoqing Palace.
Zhitong came very quickly.
He was not aware of what happened at Taiji Palace last night, but he received the imperial order and went to the Jia Mansion early this morning to "talk about Buddhist scriptures with the second master Jia."
After the Jia family had treated him to lunch, the old monk leisurely left the Rongguo Mansion and went directly to the Daming Palace to report the imperial edict. Only then did he learn that a terrible incident had occurred in the palace last night.
Cao Yu happened to be ordered to help move things, so he told the old monk everything that had happened, and finally whispered a bad idea:
"You should hurry up and handle the case outside. Your Majesty and His Majesty have inherited their father's skill in employing people. If they come across someone who can be used, they will not let him rest.
"If you don't work hard to try old cases, the inner palace case might end up in your hands.
"When the time comes, any one of the Empress Dowager, Concubine Dowager, Queen, or Noble Lady will be dragged out to cry and wail. That will be enough to make you suffer!"
The old monk squinted his eyes, stroked his long beard, and nodded: "There is no queen, but there is a concubine."
Cao Yu nodded out of habit, and then he almost jumped up in shock: "What!? There is a concubine? Which concubine?!"
The old monk laughed and said, "Did His Majesty tell you when to return to Jiangnan?"
"After the Lantern Festival..." Cao Yu scratched the back of his head, still a little hesitant, "I can't leave now, right?"
"Of course you can leave if you want to." Zhitong looked at him with a smile, "But a hurricane is about to come, can you bear to stay out of it alone?"
Cao Yu walked away dejectedly and continued to do his work.
Zhi Tong twirled his beard and looked at his back with a smile: "It is indeed true: the earth is thick and the sky is high, it is a pity that the love between ancient and modern times is endless!"
As soon as Emperor Zhaoming's oral order arrived, Zhitong rushed to Zhaoqing Palace without stopping.
"How is it?" Emperor Zhaoming asked when they met.
Zhitong clasped his hands and said, "Although General She and Zheng Yuanwai are still in a state of confusion, fortunately there is a child in the Jia family who is smart and clear-headed. He told me the whole story in public.
"Others no longer have any hope, so they stop hiding it."
As he spoke, he took out two thick memorials from his wide sleeves and presented them with both hands, "The first one is the first memorial of Jia Jue, the newly-appointed scholar, to plead guilty.
"The next one is the letter of apology from the Lady of the Jia Mansion."
Emperor Zhaoming looked at the two chapters indifferently and was too lazy to connect them.
Tao Xingjian was watching from the side. He stepped forward to take it and presented it to Emperor Zhaoming. Seeing that he still ignored it, he placed it on the table.
"Is there any truth in it?" Emperor Zhaoming looked at Zhitong.
Zhitong clasped his hands and nodded, “Yes.
"When Imperial Concubine Jia was walking around the palace, Prince Beijing Shui Rong once asked someone to give her convenience. Jia Jue once heard Prince Beijing brag about this.
"After hearing Jia Jue mention this, Madam Shi confessed the few spies she knew about Prince Beijing.
"Miaoyu, the nun who is now temporarily residing in Princess Zhaoqing's residence, had her paintings presented to Prince Beijing when she first arrived in Beijing.
“Although Prince Beijing had some lustful thoughts, after hearing about this woman’s background, he placed her in the Jia Mansion, intending to use this woman to deal a fatal blow to Prince Zhongshun one day.
"Although Jia Jue had vaguely heard of this matter, he had no real evidence. Madam Shi also only had a vague idea of it.
"General Jia She forced the official to confess: When this girl entered the palace, everyone thought she was the remnant of the loyal and obedient prince.
"However, Jia Hua later let slip in private and told Wang Ziteng, the inspector, that this woman was actually a remnant of the previous dynasty.
"Everyone thinks she is a hot potato, except Princess Zhaoqing.
"So when the princess later proposed to invite the nun to stay temporarily, no one came out to stop her. It was because everyone was eager to see the big Buddha off."
Emperor Zhaoming couldn't help but snorted softly and cursed softly: "You have such bad intentions!"
Zhi Tong smiled slightly, put his hands together and chanted Buddha's name, saying: "Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. The princess's kindness is a great wisdom."
After a pause, seeing that Emperor Zhaoming did not refute, he continued, "As for the various things about the Wang family, Jia Jue does not know the details, and the Madam and others only have witnesses, and what they said is nothing more than treating Inspector Wang as the most ungrateful and treacherous villain in the world.
"I compared the other evidence in my hands and found out one thing: Wang Dianjian had sent Jia Lian, the son of General She, to travel back and forth to Ping'an Prefecture and dozens of other important places in the capital.
"The chief envoys and deputy envoys of the military governors all came from the Jia, Wang, and Shi families.
"If you say it's a personal connection, then maybe it is. However, if you say it's a connection, then maybe it is."
Zhi Tong smiled at Emperor Zhaoming and said, "Fortunately, Inspector Wang has returned and has invited the Dali Temple. I will ask him about this and find out what is going on."
Emperor Zhaoming took a deep breath!
Prince Beijing has spies all over the inner palace of Daming Palace, the Jia family openly takes in the remnants of the previous dynasty, and Wang Ziteng even colludes with local military garrisons!
In such a small Rongguo Mansion, a few idiots and useless people could actually commit such a heinous crime!
"amazing!"
Emperor Zhaoming almost bit his teeth off!