After Shangguan Xuancheng gave the order, the eunuchs and maids kneeling on the ground all turned pale as paper, trembling and kowtowing to beg for mercy.
"Brother, please calm down. According to my brother, there is something fishy about this matter. The thief did not hurt the queen's body, but only punished her like a prank. My brother speculates that the thief may be dissatisfied with the mother, and the thief can avoid it."
After passing the palace guards and entering Shouning Palace, it can be seen that this person must be from the palace. Why not drag the servants of Shouning Palace down first and interrogate them severely?" Shangguan Xuanqing stood beside the bed and analyzed with a frown.
"It's better to listen to the emperor's brother and pull these useless slaves down and torture them severely." Shangguan Xuancheng shouted towards the outside of the palace with a gloomy face.
A group of guards entered the palace, frightening everyone to death.
Suddenly thinking that Empress Dowager Liu also needed someone to serve her, Shangguan Xuancheng spoke again, "Leave Liusu and drag the others down to give me a good trial."
The guards pulled the servants in the palace down
There was silence in the palace for a while. Liu Soda brought a basin of warm water over and wiped the dried ink stains on Queen Mother Liu's face.
Shangguan Xuancheng sat by the bed, took Empress Dowager Liu's hand, and asked with concern: "Mother, what happened last night? Can you see clearly who did it? I will cut the thief into pieces.
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Queen Mother Liu shook her head silently. Suddenly, something flashed in her mind and she said sharply: "Feng Qingzhuang, it's Feng Qingzhuang, it must be her."
The expressions of Shangguan Xuancheng and Shangguan Xuanqing in the dormitory all changed. They frowned and looked at Empress Dowager Liu in confusion. Of course, they didn't know about Empress Dowager Liu secretly framed Feng Qingzhuang. Liusu's men kept moving and continued to replace her.
Queen Mother Liu wiped the ink on her face
"Mother, why do you conclude that Feng Qingzhuang did it? I remember that there is no grudge between Feng Qingzhuang and you. Why did she punish you? And how did she enter Shouning Palace?" Shangguan Xuancheng asked doubtfully.
The government was busy these days, so he didn't know about Feng Qingzhuang staying at Shouning Palace.
On the side, Shangguan Xuanqing frowned and thought deeply. He glanced at Empress Dowager Liu's slightly changed expression with a penetrating gaze, and a trace of doubt emerged in his heart.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has been very bored these days. It happened that Miss Feng came into the palace yesterday, so the Queen Mother asked her to stay in Shouning Palace for a few days."
Hearing this, Shangguan Xuancheng somewhat believed Empress Dowager Liu's words. With Feng Qingzhuang's temperament, she must have been forced to stay in the palace. She was resentful and might have played some pranks.
"Come here, ask Feng Qingzhuang to come over." Shangguan Xuancheng shouted towards the outside of the palace. The footsteps of a guard waiting outside the palace were heard as he walked away.
Within a quarter of an hour, Feng Qingzhuang brought Yin Zheng to Empress Dowager Liu's bedroom.
"I've met the Emperor, I've met the Queen Mother, I've met His Highness the King of Qing, but I don't know why the Emperor sent someone to call my daughter, what's the important thing?" As soon as Feng Qingzhuang entered the palace, she bowed with all the courtesy, although she knew it well.
, but his face was calm and composed, pretending not to know and asked
"Feng Qingzhuang, a thief broke into the Queen Mother's chamber last night, but what did you do?" Shangguan Xuancheng's dark eyes were dark and deep, with a sharp light shooting out, he looked at Feng Qingzhuang and asked gloomily.
"What? There is a thief who is so bold and dares to break into the Queen Mother's chamber. How about the Queen Mother's innocence?" Feng Qingzhuang pretended to be shocked, and deliberately glanced at Queen Mother Liu with colored eyes, as if to say, although she is old
It's a bit over the top, but the charm is still there, and there's still a bit of substance.
As soon as these words came out, Empress Dowager Liu turned livid with anger. Her hands in the brocade quilt were tightly clenched into fists. The faces of Shangguan Xuancheng and Shangguan Xuanqing were also extremely ugly, and they glared at Feng Qingzhuang with dissatisfaction.
But Feng Qingzhuang pretended not to see it, squeezed to the bedside, and looked at Queen Mother Liu with concern and sadness, "Empress Dowager, are you okay? Did the thief do anything to you?"
Queen Mother Liu's complexion darkened and she remained silent.
On the side, Shangguan Xuancheng saw Feng Qingzhuang looking like this. Although the suspicion in his heart was reduced a bit, he really couldn't think of anyone in the entire palace except her who stayed in the palace who would dare to be so bold and sneak into the Queen Mother's chamber.
Painting on the Queen Mother's face
"Feng Qingzhuang, I ask you, where were you and what did you do last night?"
"The emperor asked this because he suspected that I wanted to harm the Queen Mother. However, the house I live in is far away from the Queen Mother's bedroom. The palace is heavily guarded. I, Feng Qingzhuang, am not that capable of sneaking into the Queen Mother's bedroom without alerting the guards.
"Feng Qingzhuang raised her eyebrows coldly, and a mocking sneer appeared on her face under the veil.
With dark and clear eyes but extremely sincere, she looked at Empress Dowager Liu on the bed, and asked with concern: "Empress Dowager, think about it carefully, have you offended anyone recently, so that they would sneak into your palace in the middle of the night to do you harm?"
When asked like this, Queen Mother Liu is a mute and eats Coptis chinensis, and she is complaining in her heart. Apart from you, who else has the Ai family offended recently?
Queen Mother Liu shook her head helplessly
"No, then who is it?" Feng Qingzhuang lowered her head as if in distress, thinking about the suspicious person.
"Feng Qingzhuang, is it really not you?" Shangguan Xuancheng looked at Feng Qingzhuang and asked again in disbelief. It is not impossible to punish the Queen Mother harshly for a woman who even the emperor does not pay attention to.
"Your Majesty doesn't believe me. Since you don't believe me, please provide evidence." Feng Qingzhuang raised her head, her cold eyes covered with frost, and met Shangguan Xuancheng's gaze. Her cold voice had no warmth at all.
Those who confess will be given leniency, those who resist will be given strict punishment while sitting in jail, and they will go home to celebrate the New Year.
Damn it, this kind of capital crime of decapitation is absolutely unacceptable even if the evidence is right in front of you, not to mention that there is no evidence in front of you.
Shangguan Xuancheng was speechless. He really couldn't produce any evidence.
"Since the matter of sneaking into the Queen Mother's palace at night has nothing to do with me, I will leave first."
After saying this, he didn't even wait for Shangguan Xuancheng's answer. After blessing his body, he withdrew.
"Yin Zheng, it's a rare trip to the palace. You can stay for a few days. Let's go to the imperial garden and enjoy the autumn beauty of the palace."
As soon as she walked out of Shouning Palace, Feng Qingzhuang took a deep breath of the fresh air around her and felt refreshed.
"Master, there was a quarrel in the post house. When Tian Di Yunxi woke up, she found that her appearance was ruined and she still exuded a stench. She was planning to commit suicide." Xiao Jinzi passed on the news he had just received to Feng Qingzhuang.
"It's such a pity. I can't help myself now and can't leave the palace. Otherwise, I really want to go to the post house and watch the excitement." Feng Qingzhuang sighed with regret.