Zhang Qin seems to have been in a state of drowsiness. Occasionally, when he opens his eyes and sees Jian Xiao beside him, he falls asleep peacefully again. His voice has not recovered yet. He can only point and gesture, but cannot communicate verbally. Jian Xiao only comforts her every day.
The concubines in the harem also came to see Zhang Qin crying.
"Your Majesty, look at Min Hua, the prince has lost his energy after not seeing you for the past few days." Concubine Gong Xian came to see Zhang Qin with her child in her arms.
Zhang Qin smiled calmly, then stretched out his hand to silence his child. Still unable to say anything, he could only see the helplessness in his eyes.
The empress also held Zhang Qin's hand and kept wiping her tears with a handkerchief, "Your Majesty, you have worked hard for the country! I can't share your worries with my concubines. Otherwise, Concubine Jian, you have been exhausted these days. I will serve you instead."
"Yes, yes, why don't you and I spend one day at a time, and we won't be tired if we switch businesses?" Concubine Gong Xian also said
Zhang Qin turned to Jian Xiao, his eyes filled with distress, as if he wanted Jian Xiao to rest.
Jian Xiao shook his head, "Jian Xiao, thank you for your kindness. It's just that the Queen and Concubine Gong Xian have children to take care of, and the harem needs to be taken care of. I'm just an idler. Why don't I serve you? Your Majesty treats me well, and I should repay you."
Jian Xiao doesn't want anyone to take advantage of her absence to hurt Zhang Qin again. If Zhang Qin has a shortcoming, her base camp will be gone. She has to defend it.
It was late at night, and everyone who came to visit Zhang Qin had left. After Jian Xiao gave Zhang Qin the medicine for the day, and watched Zhang Qin fall asleep, she walked out, opened the memorial, and looked for ways to use it in the court in the future.
Talents
"How is your majesty?" A voice suddenly came. When Jian Xiao looked up, Wei Zhu appeared in front of her desk.
"You don't even make a sound when you walk!" Jian Xiao closed the memorial, "You're just awake, you can't speak, and you can't move your limbs."
Wei Zhu glanced at Zhang Qin, "How can you come here alone? Is it Shang Feng's fault again?"
Jian Xiao stood up, "It's hard to say! There is no evidence now." At this point, Jian Xiao was stunned for a moment, "Can you guard His Majesty for me?" Jian Xiao said, "I want to go out."
Wei Zhu hesitated for a moment, "At this time? Is it inconvenient for the concubines to visit late at night?" There was a trace of concern in his eyes.
"It's okay, I went to see one of the concubines," Jian Xiao looked back at the sleeping Zhang Qin, "I did it on orders."
Jian Xiao found a sedan and walked to the palace gate. When the soldiers saw it was Jian Xiao, they hurriedly saluted, "Your Highness!"
She raised her hand and showed the token, "I am going to visit Concubine Li Shu on your Majesty's order. Please find me some guards to protect my safety."
"yes!"
Jian Xiao arrived at Li's Mansion in a grand manner, and saw that even the lanterns outside were wrapped in white cloth. The outside was all plain, and there was no guard at the door.
Jian Xiao got off the sedan and saw at the door. He only heard the crying inside. Jian Xiao saw that her clothes were still plain and didn't show any taboo, so she walked in.
There is a big word "Dian" in the middle of the big yard, wreaths are placed around it, and a vermilion coffin in the middle is surrounded by crying people. It looks particularly simple.
"Concubine Jian is here!" a guard shouted
The crying person in front turned around, and when Jian Xiao saw that it was Li Weizhong, she walked over and asked cautiously, "I don't know the taboos today, so I didn't prepare a small offering. Please forgive me."
Li Wei wore a white belt around his waist and on his head. His black beard had turned gray, and he looked haggard and no longer as energetic as before.
"May I ask, where is Concubine Shu?" Jian Xiao asked
At the mention of Concubine Li Shu, cries broke out from below, and Jian Xiao's heart trembled. Could it be... Jian Xiao raised her head to look at Li Weizhong
Li Weizhong wiped away his tears and said, "Oh, my poor little sister!" He cried loudly.
"Why don't you report it to the court?" Jian Xiao asked.
"The imperial court said that the emperor is seriously ill and can only report to the emperor. I already understand it, but I still don't want to see Zhu Pi," Li Weizhong said
"When will Concubine Shu leave?" Jian Xiao asked.
"A few nights ago, I was feeling different every day at home. A few nights ago, I suddenly started talking. Everyone just said that they saw the effect of the medicine and finally got better. Unexpectedly, I fainted at night and lost my breath."
"Did Concubine Shu leave any words?" Jian Xiao asked.
"This...no, I didn't say anything," Li Weizhong said solemnly.
"Master, now that the matter has come to this, do you still plan to hide it? If it weren't for Concubine Jian, our family might not even have a sick sister today. That is, Concubine Jian would send people to see her from time to time and bring some medicine. Then
Have you ever been here before?" Li Weizhong's wife cried and said
Jian Xiao knew there was something fishy here, so she just said to Li Weizhong: "If you have any concerns, please don't tell me." Jian Xiao handed her necklace, bracelet and loose money to Li Weizhong's hand, "I don't know what happened today.
I will give these to your lord and pawn some money to bury the empress with a grand burial, her posthumous title and the money. I will explain it after I return to the palace. I hope your lord will accept it."
Li Weizhong stretched out his hand tremblingly and took the thing. Suddenly his knees softened and he fell to the ground, "Please tell Concubine Jian inside."
Jian Xiao nodded and followed Li Weizhong and Mrs. Li into the room, leaving the soldiers outside.
Li Weizhong handed Jian Xiao hot tea and whispered, "When my sister left, she said that everything happened because of the queen. Her illness was caused by someone drugging her, and it must have been caused by the murder of the queen. After the family's decline, my sister was all in the palace.
I relied on the queen, but I didn’t expect that the person who forced her to death would be her nobleman."
Sure enough, everything was as I thought, the person behind Concubine Li Shu was the Queen
"My sister did some bad things the night before she died, but she was all instructed by that bitch. She had no malicious intent," Mrs. Li said, "but she also said something nice to your Majesty."
"What has she done?" Jian Xiao wanted to know who her powerful connections were since she was instructed by the Queen.
Li Weizhong and his wife looked at each other, and Li Weizhong's throat twitched, "I shouldn't say bad things about my old friend, but now I can only help my sister to overcome the past sufferings, so I will say everything."
"My sister once poisoned a palace guard. It was all the queen's order."
Jian Xiao quickly turned around and never thought that any of the guards in his palace had been poisoned to death. Maybe it was when he was not in the palace?
"That man was the queen's concubine, but what I didn't expect was that the man was behind the queen's back and had another woman. Later, the incident came to light. The queen was afraid that he would leak the secret, so she killed him," Li Weizhong said. "That matter was handled by the imperial concubine.
, I must still have the impression that the empress almost died."
"Zhao Huan?" Jian Xiao thought of the people involved in the Yue Liuqing incident.
"Yes!" Li Weizhong said, "At that time, they said that there was another girl involved, but my sister was soft-hearted and let her go."
Jian Xiao's eyes lit up, "Is it a double happiness?"
"It seems that because of this name, she knows the whole story," Li Weizhong said
Jian Xiao felt excited. Yue Liuqing was with Gong Xianfei, and this double happiness implicated the queen. If this person can be found, it must be the key