Things in Jiangnan were almost over, and Shuojin and Su Ningqing were ready to go back. When they first learned the news, Shuojin had already sent a letter to Bei Mingchen, asking Bei Mingchen to start investigating the issue of Bei Mingyu's life experience.
Shuo Jin has never been able to figure out what kind of secrets there are in Bei Mingyu, which makes those people confidently believe that telling the truth will alienate the Queen Mother from her current Majesty and her son...
Bei Mingchen was very efficient in his work. He launched a search on the day he received the news. He found an excuse to sneak into the hospital and dug out all the records of the medicine during the Queen Mother's delivery. He took the time to copy some of them and relied on them.
Use your own memory to complete the prescriptions at that time as much as possible.
Then, Bei Mingchen sent people to find some maids and maids who might have participated in the birth of the queen.
It's just that this matter has been in the past for a long time, many people have already left the palace, and some are no longer alive. It is really difficult to investigate such a long time ago.
The nuns, maids, and eunuchs who are still alive are now very old. When Bei Mingchen mentioned the events of that year to them, they spoke vaguely.
"It's been so long, I can't remember it anymore."
"At that time, the late emperor's political power was not stable, and the queen mother was not favored. It was a pity for our majesty."
"The Queen Mother was not favored back then, so there were not many people serving her."
"Your Majesty is so pitiful."
"His Royal Highness, Prince Xiao, why should he do this old thing?"
"What? His Highness the Third has already ascended the throne? Time flies so fast."
…
After running for so long and struggling for so long, the information Bei Mingchen got was all irrelevant.
Some really don’t know, some are deliberately pretending to be confused. Some don’t want to say it, and some don’t dare to say it.
Of course, there is another reason why they don't want to say it, and that is because the matter is so big that they are afraid that they will be implicated. You know, if you talk about a prince in private, you may have to wipe your neck, not to mention that King Xiao now asked about this person.
, or the current Saint.
Although their voices were consistent and their opinions were similar, one thing was strange. What Bei Mingchen asked about was clearly about the Queen Mother Gu Yinmeng, but those people always mentioned Bei Mingyu when they talked about it. Bei Mingchen admitted
, although he doesn’t like this third brother, he is indeed a pretty good person, but those people shouldn’t always talk about it!
The matter was so serious that Bei Mingchen could only collect as much information as possible and keep the information he got. Let's wait until Shuojin and the others come back to take a look at it together.
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Fengming Pavilion
"Hey, Master, you haven't been here for a while."
"Good wine, good food, good girl." As he said that, Shuojin handed a big ingot to the proprietress.
"Okay, sir, please come upstairs."
The lady boss, it’s been a long time since she took such a big order, she smiled from ear to ear and squatted down along with the heavy ingot.
"Master, what kind of girl do you like? I'll arrange it for you. Someone who can sing, play the piano, or dance?"
"I want all the music, chess, calligraphy and painting."
Only children make choices, but now Shuo Jin wants them all.
"Okay, okay, don't worry, I guarantee your satisfaction."
As she spoke, the landlady waved and asked the pretty girls to come up with her. Shuojin drank and had fun up there for a long time before Bei Mingchen arrived belatedly.
"Well, you have a family now, and I can hardly keep you." Shuojin was a little bored after drinking alone for such a long time. After all, there were so many girls but he didn't like him.
"Humph, it's not boring to look at you."
"Alright, girls, you can go down first, this wife has a bad wife."
Shuojin laughed and teased. Not only did he make fun of Bei Mingchen, but he also pushed the girls away.
"How was it? Did you gain anything?"
"There are quite a few problems here."
Then, Bei Mingchen told Shuojin all the things he had found out recently, and also gave Shuojin the prescriptions. Shuojin listened and watched, but his brows furrowed more and more tightly.
He read several pictures many times.
"Are you sure this is the medicine the Queen Mother took when she gave birth?"
"I'm sure, I've written it down in as much detail as possible." Bei Mingchen said very firmly. "It's been too long. There's only so much that can be found. Did you find any abnormalities?"
"If you give these to ordinary people, it's fine, but if you give these herbs to a pregnant woman, it would be a bit shabby." Shuo Jin analyzed the prescription carefully and finally said with certainty.
"By the way, having said that, I remembered something. Every time I asked about what happened back then, many of them said that the Queen Mother was pitiful and that His Majesty was pitiful."
"Humph, this is indeed a bit pitiful." Hearing that, Shuo Jin couldn't help but smile, "These medicines are affordable for ordinary people, and they don't have any great tonic properties."
"No, I remember that Gu Yinmeng was on an equal footing with our mother and concubine back then."
Although Bei Mingchen knew Shuojin's medical skills and knew that Shuojin's judgment should not be false, Bei Mingchen still found it a bit unbelievable. Gu Yinmeng was in the same concubine position as his mother and concubine, and had a little more food and clothing.
Not bad, and no one dares to treat her harshly.
"Besides, the third brother is in good health and has never been sick since he was a child." Bei Mingchen murmured to himself.
"So, isn't this even more strange?"
After Shuojin carefully read the prescriptions twice more, he folded them up and carefully put them into his arms.
"It seems that I need you to check again, Prince Lao, to see if there are any other women in the palace who are pregnant during the same period, and to see if there are any abnormalities in the diet of that palace."
"you mean?"
Having said this, Bei Mingchen did not dare to say any more. The wine in the glass and the meat on the table suddenly lost their aroma. He held his breath, but his eyes were round. Bei Mingchen had never doubted it in these years.
, and I have never dared to think about it.
Could it be that the third prince is not the queen’s biological child?
"Whether it still depends on the prince? If it doesn't work, arrest all those people. I don't believe you and can't ask."
With that said, Shuojin poured two glasses of wine and handed one in front of Bei Mingchen. He picked up the other and took a sip, looking more natural than before.
"Pay attention to your sense of propriety. People who have been working in the palace for a long time are the most thoughtful."
"Okay, I understand."
"Also, what happened to us back then."
Shuo Jin couldn't help but emphasize another sentence. This was also one of the things that Shuo Jin worried about the most. It would be great if he could find out what their mother and concubine were eating and who framed him and them.
"Don't worry, I will take care of myself."
After saying that, Bei Mingchen returned to Prince Xiao's Mansion. Shuojin stayed briefly and then left.
Following Shuojin's line of thinking, Bei Mingchen found something different. The matter about the third prince was suppressed back then, and no one ever mentioned it. However, no matter how long it took, these facts
It cannot be erased either.
Bei Mingchen just caught them, spoke his thoughts boldly, bombarded them with words, and released a large amount of information.
Bei Mingchen arrested all the palace maids and eunuchs who might be related to the third prince's life experience, detained them separately, and interrogated them in turn. He deliberately put the most trusted people of the Queen Mother and those with the greatest suspicions to the end for interrogation.
Every time he interrogated one more person, Bei Mingchen would get a little more information. When he interrogated the next person, he would be able to bomb them with even more information. In this way, the defenses in the hearts of those people were broken down bit by bit.
"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know anything."
"I just did my part."
"It's not me, it's not me, it has nothing to do with me."
The timid palace maid began to go a little crazy after being interrogated like this several times.
"No, I didn't do those things."
"I was forced to do it, and I didn't want to."
"I'm really just delivering stuff."
…………
After several inquiries, bits and pieces of the truth gradually emerged.
It turned out that it was the Queen Mother who killed the current emperor, Bei Mingyu's biological mother, and replaced him.
The third son, Yu, is not the daughter of the queen, and his biological mother is unknown. She is only known to be a woman of low status. She gave birth to San Ziyu and his descendants.
It's no wonder that people from the Blood Wolf Sect feel that Bei Mingyu may not continue to listen to Gu Yinmeng after learning the truth.
The last key figure is Eunuch Li, the former general manager!
Bei Mingchen guessed the general truth based on the words he had come up with before, made up a story, and told it to Eunuch Li.
"Everything is within reason, and the Queen Mother treats Your Majesty well."
Eunuch Li has already seen through all this, and he understands it better than anyone else. It would be better if he is crazy, but it is the sober person who suffers the most.
What happened back then sounds very cruel, but if it happened again, it might have the same result.
In this harem, who doesn’t live like a duckweed? Many things are never up to anyone.
Because I don’t understand, I don’t feel pain, and because I am awake, I bear it.
"That's true." Bei Mingchen said proudly with a faint smile.
This Eunuch Li was once a famous person around the "late emperor" Bei Mingshuo. Eunuch Li had been serving the emperor when Bei Mingchen was very young. Even if it weren't for Bei Mingshuo, everyone would give him three points of courtesy.
The Eunuch Gao who now serves the Emperor was trained by Eunuch Li. However, a few years ago, Eunuch Li suddenly said that he was old and could no longer serve His Majesty carefully, so he resigned.
Bei Mingshuo did not embarrass Eunuch Li at that time. Bei Mingshuo gave him many rewards and fulfilled his wish.
At this point, this legendary figure who could shake half of the harem by himself gave up his great future and wealth when he was still strong, and found a secluded courtyard to live in. From then on, he became obsessed with the affairs of the palace.
No more questions. When your edge is at its strongest, choose to completely hide your edge.
Such sanity and sobriety are beyond the reach of human beings.