Chapter 206: The Real Murderer

Chunjia was startled, and blurted out: "What does the empress mean... Lu's?"

"The regent's second concubine may not have this ability." The Empress Dowager Yuan shook her head, "Otherwise, everyone would know about the fact that the son cannot be tolerated, but the son is doing well so far. The Ai family thinks that the emperor I'm afraid that by mistake, I really found the right culprit—this kind of thing is only possible with Lu Chuncao's help."

"..." Chunjia pondered. According to the conclusion of the Imperial City Secretary, the real culprit was undoubtedly either the Prince Regent or the son of the Prince Regent, but he asked Sun Yu to process the evidence and point to Lu Chuncao.

This was because he didn't know that the regent had teamed up with the empress dowager at the time, and felt that it was not the time to directly tear himself apart with Uncle Cheap.

It's better to take a step back and put Lu Chuncao and his daughter to death first.

As a result, when the queen mother said this, the emperor also felt that, apart from the queen mother Yuan, the remnants of the Ji family, the father and son of the regent, Yun Fenghuang himself, and himself, the only one who could almost poison the concubine Xian to death in the Huanhua Palace was Lu. It's spring grass.

As one of the two powerful eunuchs in the country, Lu Chuncao's power in the inner court was greater than that of Zheng Gu.

This is because Zheng Gu was born as the godson of the previous commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, and he spent more time in the Forbidden Army camp than in the inner court.

It cannot be said that he has no influence in the palace, but it is far worse than Lu Chuncao who had served the common man Ji Sheng and Emperor Xiaozong, and was in the palace before he was named a marquis.

This is also the reason why Zheng Shangchu was harmed by the three corpse insects but could not find out the clues, and he couldn't rest in peace until he died.

"But Lu Chuncao shouldn't be so unwise." Chunjia thought for a moment, then said slowly, "If it is Concubine Lu, it is possible to do this."

Concubine Lu ordered the Imperial City Secretary to poison the concubine Xian's Anzi who was placed in front of the concubine Xian. It was nothing more than to provoke the relationship between the eldest son Xiangxiao and Qi Jiulu. The higher-ups vacated a seat... But this is a consideration from her personal standpoint.

For the entire Prince Regent's Palace, Qi Jiulu's value is beyond doubt, and it's not worth having a grudge with him over such a thing.

In particular, the regent's second son is still young, so he is useless on many occasions, so there is no reason to push him to the front stage so early.

Lu Chuncao is not Concubine Lu. Even if he prefers his grandson, he still has to consider the interests of the entire Prince Regent's House. After all, he and the Prince Regent are grasshoppers on the same rope. Good end?

Empress Dowager Yuan made sense after thinking about it. She sighed and frowned: "Then this matter...is it really going to be an unsolved case? In the deep palace, the emperor's own investigation did not find any clues. Then the food we eat in the future can still be used. Don't worry?"

"Although Concubine Xian is awake now, she is still in poor spirits and can't speak for a while." Chunjia thought for a while, and comforted her, "Maybe in two days, she will have a clue by herself? We may not be able to fully understand any troubles in the palace, and the palace people under her don't know the seriousness and may not be able to explain it thoroughly, but she should know it well."

Concubine Yun Xian's record convinced Empress Dowager Yuan: "Then I hope she recovers soon."

It's really not reconciled to say this...

But Empress Dowager Yuan was not reconciled, and Yun Fenghuang was getting better day by day.

Of course, it wasn't fast either—she was able to sit up and talk to Chunjia and the others for a long time, it was already the day before the two eldest princesses, Yun'an and Sui'an, got married.

Speaking of which, these two eldest princesses are also a sad reminder. Originally, even if Chunjia decided on their marriage with all their promises, whether they were downgraded or married as a dowry, they didn't intend to wrong them, and even wanted to be extra flattering.

Who knew that when the concubine Xian escaped death, the empress dowager teamed up with the regent to attack Chunjia, the civil war in the Gongxiang clan was imminent, and the harem was full of turmoil, who would care about the wedding of the two eldest princesses?

Although it was still prepared according to the rules, the dowry was indeed given more, and the regulations were indeed raised, but except for the eldest princess herself, everyone else was basically absent-minded.

Even the two grooms-to-be were presumably preoccupied with the temple and the concubine Xian.

However, Yun'an and Sui'an didn't bother to complain, and even at the suggestion of their biological mothers, they even visited Huanhua Hall on this day, and said a few words to Yun Fenghuang, "The empress is really auspicious and has her own appearance." , "If you survive a catastrophe, you will have a blessing after death".

When they left, Chunjia saw Yun Fenghuang's tired face, and said distressedly: "Ah Huang hasn't recovered yet, you should have let the palace people tell them that you are taking a rest. Anyway, after they descend, they will have a chance to come into the palace to give you a treat." Hello, why bother yourself at this time?"

"Didn't the Empress Dowager do it?" Yun Fenghuang sighed weakly, "His Royal Highness Princess Minghui came out to take the blame, and you said that these two are sisters with Princess Minghui, since Princess Minghui has the right to murder me. Can they not be in danger? They are going to drop tomorrow, and now I received a message to come over to say hello, but I avoided seeing them, and I might have to think about it when I go back... These two are also suffering, A few words can't make them uncomfortable."

"You always think of others like this." Chunjia fell silent for a while after saying this, feeling that there was something wrong... Forget it, let's just take it as the truth.

After all, Concubine Xian defrauds people after deliberating on the standpoint of others, so she is always thinking of others, right?

Thinking for others is not necessarily self-denial...

Chunjia persuaded herself proficiently, and continued with a dry cough, "I gave them a generous dowry. Is this better than the intimacy on the scene? What else is there to think about?"

Yun Fenghuang knew what to say at this time, he liked to hear: "They come to visit me so urgently, is it because they know that you are good to me? Otherwise, why didn't I see them greeting other concubines?"

Sure enough, Chunjia laughed: "If I am not good to you, who is good to me?"

The two got tired of it for a while, and Yun Fenghuang asked him why he wanted to stay and Xie Kuo came down: "When I opened my eyes and saw them, I was really shocked. I thought something happened at home and I had to send them to the palace. .”

"...Doesn't it mean that you like the two of them very much, so you stay with you?" Chunjia's expression was a little weird when she heard this, but she quickly covered it up, and said gently, "Thinking that you have a niece around right now. Be more comfortable around you."

Yun Fenghuang recalled the knot in his children's fate, and it's hard to say that he treats these two nieces, in fact, he just teases them when he is free, and doesn't remember at all when he is busy: "Will it be inconvenient? After all, this Out of order."

"What's wrong with the rules? The palace can't afford to support two children?" Chunjia said indifferently, "The queen mother said that it's good to have them accompany you to get better soon. Who else dares to have an opinion? Who has an opinion on you?" Get someone to come find me!"

Yun Fenghuang pursed his lips and smiled, and said to him: "Ah Ji is becoming more and more domineering, and he is not like when I just entered the palace."

Chunjia lowered her head and kissed her cheek, and said with a smile, "Oh? Then do you like me when you entered the palace, or me now?"

"Of course it's you now, when I just entered the palace, you were the family's Ji Lang!" Yun Fenghuang snorted, "What's the matter with me then?"

"You're so jealous!" Chunjia couldn't laugh or cry, and teased her a few more words, and finally remembered the business, then briefly talked about the report of the Secretary of the Imperial City, and asked her if she had any doubts about the poisoning?

Yun Fenghuang frowned and said: "Maybe it's because of poisoning, I've been awake and asleep for the past two days, and my memory has deteriorated a lot..."

She was pinching her forehead as she talked, and it seemed that she was still in pain, so Chunjia raised her hand to help her rub and massage. The imperial doctor also said this, because the poisoning is relatively deep, it is a blessing to be able to save a life. It's really hard to avoid headaches and brain fever.

Yun Fenghuang breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued delicately and weakly, "Recalling the details of the day of poisoning, I can't remember many things. But your Majesty said that it was Liu Hong who attacked, I always feel... something is not right ? If the real culprit is the Prince Regent's House, then why did they wait until the Secretary of the Imperial City found out the details of Liu Hong, and His Majesty revealed it, and then proposed Princess Minghui as a shield?"

"Why don't you take the lead in making a fuss about this while you are still guarding me in Huanhua Palace and have no time to look after me, and then you will be caught off guard?"

"...That's true." Chunjia felt that Liuhong was suspicious here. It was just a kind of intuition. He could be said to be troubled both internally and externally these days. Slightly nodding his head, the regent probably didn't know about Liu Hong, or he didn't expect Liu Hong to attack, otherwise he had no reason not to act first.

The reason why he was able to refute on the spot at the court meeting and brought up Princess Minghui was probably because the regent suspected early on that the poisoning of the concubine Xian was a conspiracy against him.

After all, after the collapse of the Ji family, it will be a matter of time before the uncle and nephew turn their faces.

At this time, the shrewd and capable concubine Xian, who was favored by the emperor, was suddenly poisoned. It was normal for the regent to be on guard, so he teamed up with the empress dowager to make preparations in advance.

It's fine if Chunjia doesn't look for him, and he won't be unprepared if he looks for him.

The emperor thought for a while, and asked Yun Fenghuang: "Then who do you think is the most suspicious? No evidence is needed, just speculation."

Yun Fenghuang held his forehead in doubt: "This...it's hard to guess without evidence. After all, you also know that there are not many people in this palace that I haven't offended. It's the former court, although I can't say everyone. I don't like it, but because I don't have my father and brother to help me speak, ordinary courtiers may not have a good impression of me. Besides, to be honest, who wouldn't want themselves or their daughter to be favored by Aji? Even if I didn't offend anyone , may not have blocked their way!"

"...The Luo family did intend to murder you, but as far as I know, they haven't had time to do it yet." Chunjia hesitated for a while, and told her, "Neither is the mother, nor should it be the remnants of the Ji family. ...My mother and I have suspected Lu Chuncao, but we don't think he is so confused. Now that I think about it, I don't have a clue."

Yun Fenghuang turned his head to look at him when he heard the words, and said with a half smile but not a smile: "Your Majesty suspects... Is this concubine going all out to play tricks?"

"Nothing." She even changed her address, and Chunjia hurriedly explained, "The imperial doctor told me clearly that you have saved your life this time because of the blessing of the previous emperors. How could it be a trick?!"

Yun Fenghuang snorted and said with a smile: "Perhaps this concubine has a magical method similar to that of the three corpses, which can guarantee that after drinking the poisonous tea, there will be no danger?"

"You have such a powerful method to scare me long ago, and you still survived?" Chunjia put her arms around her to coax her, "Stop making trouble, I'm not worried that you won't be able to find the real culprit, and you will suffer next time?"

"What you said is just mocking my humble background." Yun Fenghuang pushed him unhappily, and said bitterly, "I think my Xie family has a low lintel, and I don't deserve any secret recipes!"

Chunjia smiled and said: "What's the matter? I haven't heard of the wonderful method you mentioned, have I? Even the Ji family probably didn't have it, otherwise the Empress Dowager would have used it to blackmail me... Look at your suspicious mind , I didn’t say anything, and you got into a fight. It’s okay to make troubles in normal times, but you’re still not fully recovered, so how can you resist making troubles?”

After some consolation, Yun Fenghuang finally calmed down. The two of them were still waiting to say something. There was a sound of kicking outside, followed by Xie Mengyu's cheerful shout: "Auntie! Are you awake? Look What have we brought you?"

Chunjia frowned, and was about to tell her to keep her voice down, but Yun Fenghuang had already softly called the two of them in: "What did you bring?"

Xie Meng smiled and rushed to the bed and stuffed her with a piece of pastry: "The cook just thought of it in the past two days, it's delicious."

Xie Kuo bowed politely behind her, and blessed Chunjia alone, and then added in a soft voice: "Auntie, there are a lot of medicinal materials that invigorate qi and replenish energy, which are very nourishing."

Chunjia is very sensitive to food now, upon hearing this, she picked up the pastry in Yunfenghuang's hand, looked at it, and said to them: "Your filial piety is commendable, but your aunt is still taking medicine, It’s better not to eat these cakes with medicinal ingredients, so as not to conflict with the medicinal properties.”

Although Concubine Xian's niece is unlikely to murder her, the Qing people who served Concubine Xian that day had no intention of murdering her master, did they?

If the real culprit doesn't come out for a day, we have to guard against it.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, you should be fine." Xie Meng told him confidently, "Nian Xuan also told me that the medicine has conflicting properties, so I will take a few sips of aunt's medicine in the past two days, and then try this cake. , nothing happened in the past two days, so my aunt can definitely eat."

She is also kind, "Auntie takes medicine for food these days, it must be uncomfortable enough, how sweet can you talk?"

Only then did Chunjia notice that two corners of the pastry had been torn off, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why didn't you bring something better for your aunt?"

"We tasted this first, I'm afraid it will be the same as last time." Before Xie Meng could answer, this time Xie Kuo replied quickly, "We brought it to my aunt after playing in the yard for a while and didn't feel uncomfortable. "

"...Ah Huang, these two nieces are really caring." Chunjia was slightly moved, reached out and touched her head, and said to Yun Fenghuang, "I think I'll wait for you to recover, so I might as well stay for a long time, and I can also give Rang'er They will be companions."

Yun Fenghuang glanced at the two nieces, smiled and said, "That's fine."

Xie Meng didn't think there was anything wrong, because she always thought that her return to her parents was only temporary, and she would definitely come back to accompany her aunt. Xie Kuo tried hard to hide his joy, lowered his head, and his posture was more docile and well-behaved.

This day, Chunjia didn't let Yun Fenghuang eat that piece of cake. He said he planned to show it to the imperial doctor. After all, although Xie Meng did the experiment with himself, people's physiques are different, and Xie Meng is alive and kicking. She was fine after eating, but Yun Fenghuang couldn't bear it?

After he left, Yun Fenghuang quickly dismissed the two nieces, and only called the Qing people to stay and wait for orders.

There were only two masters and servants in the bedroom, and the Qing people still cautiously approached her ear, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, is he?"

"He should have no doubts." Yun Fenghuang's voice was very soft and cold, "So you should be more confident and don't be so panicky. When the Japanese palace was still sluggish a few days ago, you could explain it as worrying about the palace and worrying about it." As for your future, Bengong survived a near death, as a loyal servant, shouldn't you be happy?"

The Qing man swallowed his saliva, bowed his head and said, "...Yes."

"Is Liu Hong handled cleanly?" Yun Fenghuang hummed and asked again, "What's wrong with it?"

Seeing Qingren nodded, she was worried, asked her to explain a lot of details, thought carefully, and then nodded, "That should be no problem... It's a pity, His Majesty just mentioned the loving mother Empress Dowager, and he didn't seem to doubt her either. I don’t know what method that person used to explain it clearly? This kind of master who has never been valued by a feudal prince and concubine and became an empress dowager is really not so easy to deal with, so he can get away with it, alas!"

The Qing people bit the bullet and persuaded her: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter, there will be another time."

"It won't be possible to do this next time, otherwise would you be foolish to be His Majesty?" Yun Fenghuang snorted, "However, the troubles of the four families should be over... Hurry up and tell the family that all age-appropriate All the children should study hard for me! If you really can’t continue studying, you should practice martial arts! No matter what, let me revitalize the Xie family!"

"If you can't write well, you can die as soon as possible!"

"If it wasn't for Xie's failure to live up to expectations, why would I suffer this crime in order to avoid the edge of those four families?!"

"Yes, yes, the empress has been wronged." The Qing people whispered, "The family is very motivated now, and they will not embarrass you."

Yun Fenghuang sneered and said, "Shame? If they don't work hard and seize the time to build up their momentum, they might not lose face in the future, but their lives!"

"Take this incident as an example. If Bengong hadn't reacted quickly and made preparations in advance... Do you think it would have been resolved if Bengong suffered this?!"

Qing Ren said: "Your Majesty has a wonderful plan..."

"That's forced and helpless!" Yun Fenghuang said angrily, "If you can, you don't want to be like the former empress, relying on your family background to bully others with your eyes closed?! Who told Xie not to keep up with my promotion? , I still have to pull them out?! Now Bengong has given them enough opportunities, if they don’t know how to cherish it or hurry up, don’t blame Bengong for turning to Yun’s!”

"Your Majesty, don't worry, the family has no intention of slacking off. I feel sorry for your Majesty, and I want to solve your problems." The Qing people persuaded her for a while, trying to divert her attention, "Speaking of which, Your Majesty is sincere to you. Okay, you don’t know, Miss Meng was not sensible at the time, when His Majesty asked them to leave and asked to stay with you, Madam Xie was terrified!”

"But in the end, not only did His Majesty not blame Miss Meng for being reckless, but he even stayed with Miss Kuo... It shows that he cares about you!"

After saying this, Yun Fenghuang showed a subtle expression, and said with a half-smile, "You really think he kept the two children to relieve my boredom?"