Although Xia Jie returned to the study room angrily, he did not forget to ask someone to investigate the matter of the snake in Lantang Pavilion. He was suspicious of Concubine Zhen. Based on his understanding of Concubine Zhen's character for many years, this woman who was gentle and gentle on the surface, privately
There will never be a few lives contaminated down there. So he is not surprised that Concubine Zhen did this. It’s just that Xia Jie is a little reluctant to admit his mistakes in controlling Concubine Zhen. The woman who should be in the palm of his hand is actually
Able to infiltrate into Longyang Palace and bribe the palace people of Longyang Palace without knowing it! Therefore, Xia Jie still wanted to investigate. Rather than trusting Concubine Zhen too much, it is better to say that he was unwilling to accept himself.
error of judgment.
But the results reported by the spies three days later clearly disappointed Xia Jie.
"Reporting to your Majesty, my subordinates learned that when I went out to purchase goods from the palace half a month ago, I separated from the eunuch who went with me and disappeared alone for half an hour. I took away my grandma.
I went to the snake breeders to inquire, and it was confirmed that my grandma had indeed purchased three boxes of exotic venomous snakes from them, as well as snake luring incense.”
"His nanny, is it the nanny who was specially promoted by Concubine Yi three months ago when she saw her skill in counting?"
Xia Jie pondered for a moment, a contemptuous smile appeared on his thin lips, but his words were mixed with coldness and hostility.
"This move is really wonderful!"
Use people promoted by Concubine Yi to buy snakes, and use people from Longyang Palace to release snakes. Every step seems to have nothing to do with Concubine Zhen. It's a pity that her mother-in-law once worked as a fire maid in Duke Shou's mansion.
This time, his spies also found out about the matter, otherwise he, the emperor sitting on the dragon throne, would really not know about it. The Duke of Shou has been sparing no effort to arrange things in the palace since more than ten years ago.
Manpower, although the late emperor was still in charge at that time, it was a taboo and a death penalty for a minister to peek into the royal family!
As for using his grandma to buy snakes... such evil thoughts...
Xia Jie snorted, hating that Concubine Zhen actually treated him like an innocent child. Was she underestimating his judgment or underestimating the ability of the royal spy?
He dared to push his confidant to Concubine Yi, and then asked him to investigate and mistakenly believe that it was Concubine Yi's own play. In this way, no matter whether things succeed or fail, Concubine Yi would not be able to get any benefits.
It would be a pity, if the spies had not found out that his mother-in-law had been working as an errand in the Duke of Shou for three days, and if not for Concubine Yi, that woman was so stupid that she could not leave Lan Tang Pavilion even though she was deeply poisoned and almost lost her life.
, and even put a gold hairpin against his own neck. If he had not gone in that day and seen with his own eyes the true sadness in Concubine Yi's toughness, maybe he would have believed it!
At this moment, the anger of being scorned and used occupied Xia Jie's mind. The trust, compassion and care he had for Concubine Zhen in the past were almost completely overturned at this moment.
Xia Jie picked up the imperial brush, and the vermilion ink was about to fall on the bright yellow silk and satin, but he stopped. He forgot, Duke Shou's Mansion!
He could take back his difference to Concubine Zhen, but he couldn't push Duke Shou's palace to Xia Yunshen at this time, for the sake of a palace maid, and for his temporary anger. He was not afraid of Duke Shou's palace.
But we can't increase Xia Yunshen's power at this time. We can only put this matter aside for the time being and figure it out slowly. When the opportunity comes in the future, we can eradicate the power of Duke Shou's Mansion in one fell swoop. But now, we can only endure it!
It's not that Xia Jie has never endured it, and the emperor is not always indulgent. At least, in this game of chess with Xia Yunshen, the two of them have endured each other countless times. What's more, this time, fundamentally speaking, Concubine Zhen wants to
The person he was dealing with was not the emperor, and he shouldn't think that taking a step back this time was a big deal. However, Xia Jie felt inexplicably guilty about the decision he made at this moment.
This chapter has a lot of words, and there are two more chapters to be said in the afternoon!