It was common for Kong Meiren to rise and fall in status.
But this time, Emperor Cheng Xian seemed to be really angry. He directly suppressed Kong Jieyu's position and immediately sent Kong Meiren to the cold palace.
But now it seems that if even Luoyue Palace knew about Kong Meiren's pregnancy, then the emperor might have known about it a long time ago.
Is sending Beauty Kong to the cold palace a form of protection for Beauty Kong?
On the other hand, if the emperor needs to use this method to protect his beloved concubine, then the emperor's control over the harem is questionable.
There is another possibility that Kong Meiren, the beloved concubine, was a target deliberately set up by the emperor to lure out unrest in the palace.
It was the emperor who let the news of Kong Meiren's pregnancy out, and he was just waiting for someone to take the bait.
If this were possible and everything in the palace was under the control of the emperor, then what she did in front of Xiutang Palace would have been reported to the emperor long ago.
Yuhua asked Imperial Guard C to put the eunuch in Room B.
The gray-clothed secret guard in Room B is definitely not from Xiutang Palace. If Jian Xiuyi's people saw that she was still alive and well, they would go back and report as soon as possible instead of staying here to pry.
Lock two people together and see if they know each other.
Put the dead one in a broken shed further away and wait to be disposed of together with Aunt Huang's tomorrow.
She didn't let the guards identify her because she saw that Captain Chang and Peng Hu were unwilling to wade into this muddy water. They just wanted to arrest her rather than silence her, so she allowed them to do so without even giving them a rope.
Untie.
If they were asked to identify someone and were forced to do so, they would not stay so cooperatively. If a big noise was made and the people who were supposed to come were frightened away, her plan would not be able to proceed.
Only the soup is poisonous, other dishes and rice are fine.
Zi Hua asked He Rui and Yu Gui to carry the rice and vegetables to the Chunyi Palace, where there was still Aunt Hu waiting to eat.
She has space and is not hungry.
As for Zhang Cheng, he may not come back tonight, and if he does come back, it may not be how he came back.
Guard B came over and said, "Miss Yuxi, according to the past, we should go back to the guard station."
Under normal circumstances, the guards are not allowed to spend the night in the inner courtyard of the palace. They go back to the guard house to rest at night. The night guards only patrol outside the walls of the inner courtyard.
Zihua said, "Do you want me to tie you up?"
It was impossible to let him go. If she let him go, Colonel Chang probably wouldn't leave now.
Guard B understood, "No, I'll close the palace door."
The reason they were unable to leave the palace was because they were held hostage, which was not considered a violation of palace rules.
Besides, it's not his fault alone. There are more than a dozen of them, and there is a well-established Captain Chang standing in front of them. They, the little soldiers, cannot bear too much punishment.
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"Now that you're here, don't leave yet." Zihua said, sitting in the pavilion and looking at the high roof, "come down and talk."
There was no movement.
"Talk about you, the black-clothed secret guard lying on the ridge of the left-hand roof." The black-clothed secret guard is the emperor's man and a force that can be united. Zi Hua decided to give it a try. If they can't be united, they will be tied up.
After this sentence, a person fell silently from above to the window of Tingxuan.
Zihua stood up, opened the window, and saw the appearance of the man in black.
He is thin and has a standard guard appearance, ordinary and featureless.
After Xingzang was seen through, he had no expression on his face.
"You were sent by the Emperor to protect Meiren Kong, right? What will happen to you if something happens to Meiren while you are away?" After a while, the black-clothed secret guard spoke, "How are you doing?"
"Tonight, someone will come to silence me. If you go and report to the emperor, this matter will not happen. If I can't catch someone, I won't be able to reveal the secret of my life experience.
I didn't ask you to report, I just wanted you to go later. How about early tomorrow morning, so as not to disturb the emperor's rest.
If you don't agree, I can only knock you unconscious and tie you up, but you still won't be able to complete your mission of protecting Meiren Kong.
Moreover, the secret of my life experience may be related to the emperor. Some people want to silence me. The main reason is probably that they don’t want the emperor to recognize who I am.
If you catch someone and you take this secret to see the emperor, I don’t think the emperor will punish you for not reporting it in time."
After the black-clothed secret guards inspected Room A, Room B, Room C, and Room C, Zihua went to the Tingxuan where she lived to inquire about his whereabouts.
The inner strength of this dark guard in black is deeper than that of the dark guard in gray.
But she can still handle it.
The secret guard in black said, "How do I know whether what you said is true or false?"
"Because the guards in those three rooms are secretly guarding the murderer."
"If someone powerful comes, how will you treat him?"
"Then my neck will be wiped. But don't worry, there are not many people in the world who can wipe my neck.
The guards and murderers in those three rooms can prove it. Besides, there is also you, you have to have confidence in your own skills."
The expressionless face of the secret guard in black became unstable, "No more than tonight."
"Okay. Time is enough." It was best to agree. Zi Hua asked, "Do you know the secret guard in gray who was tied up? Which palace secret guard is he?"
"Luoyue Palace."
Yu Hua believed what the black-clothed secret guard said.
The secret guards in the palace are all sent by the emperor to each palace. Apart from the emperor, there are only a few empresses in the palace who can appoint secret guards.
The gray-clothed secret guard is from Luoyue Palace, and the one who sends him will only be Zhen Zhaoyi.
Zhen Zhaoyi is very busy today. She sent secret guards to investigate, and also poisoned and set fire to.
However, this doesn't make sense. If Zhen Zhaoyi sent gray-clothed secret guards here, how could Zhen Zhaoyi send people to poison and set fire to the place if the secret guards didn't return?
It is hard to judge whether the gray-clad secret guards are pure detectives, or whether they are detectives and assassins.
The purpose of sending secret guards to kill her was to target her.
Let two eunuchs poison her, targeting her and Kong Meiren, killing two birds with one stone.
The purpose is different.
It doesn't look like it was written by one person.
In such a short period of time, two groups of people were dispatched for different purposes.
The most reasonable explanation is that the two eunuchs did not take orders from Zhen Zhaoyi, or that the nanny Li who ordered them did not take orders from Zhen Zhaoyi.
The two of them may really be eunuchs of Luoyue Palace. It's hard to say who their real master is.
This is a plan that kills three birds with one stone. Zhen Zhaoyi is also involved in the conspiracy. The poisoning and arson are exposed, and the evidence will point directly to Zhen Zhaoyi.
The reasons are all ready-made. Zhen Zhaoyi has no children and is resentful towards Kong Mei.
The cooperation of the black-clothed secret guards confirmed some of Zi Hua's previous guesses. There was a high possibility that Kong Meiren, the beloved concubine, was a target set by the emperor.
Zihua didn't think it was her charm and personality that conquered the black-clad secret guards.
Of course, her words had some effect, allowing the black-clothed secret guard to make a decision that was beneficial to her within the scope of his own decision-making.