Concubine Yu comforted her: "You should calm down. If the emperor sees you like this, even your initial disbelief will turn into suspicion."
Under her words, Mrs. Jin calmed down a little, but she was still very uneasy, "Mother, what should I do about this matter? I am really worried."
"Don't worry, there is no evidence against us now. As long as we do nothing from now on, nothing will happen."
Jin said with a doubtful look on her face: "Are you serious? But after listening to what the palace servants said, the emperor clearly began to doubt what happened in the palace. He..." Jin suddenly paused, then stared at Concubine Yu and said, "Your Majesty.
, you don’t want me to prevent this disaster, right?”
Concubine Yu stared at her with a cold expression and said, "What's wrong? You don't believe me?"
Jin sneered and said: "It's not that I don't believe it, but this matter is not trivial. It's better to make it clear to avoid something bad happening." She had never really believed in Concubine Yu.
The previous cooperation was nothing more than using each other and getting what each wanted.
Hatred flashed in Concubine Yu's eyes, and she said warmly: "Don't worry, I'm on the same boat with you. If something happens to you, I won't be safe either."
A trace of pride flashed in Jin's eyes, "It's good if the empress understands, and it saves me the trouble of talking."
Concubine Yu said: "In short, if you want nothing to happen, just don't say or do anything. I will find a way to solve this matter."
Although Jin was still worried, she expected that after what she had said just now, Concubine Yu would not dare to push her out to die, so she nodded in agreement.
Answering from Yonghe Palace, Dongmei said bitterly: "This Jin concubine is so angry that she actually talks to the master like that, without any respect. If you want me to say this, I should let her bear all the blame."
Xiao Quanzi shook his head and said: "She won't agree. If she is really traced to be related to the rumor, according to what she just said, she will definitely expose the master. So the master not only cannot push her out, but also has to ask her to leave."
Keep her safe and sound. As for respect...don't forget, she has just given birth to the prince, and it is inevitable that she will return to the position of fourth concubine. When the time comes, she will be on an equal footing with the master, so how can she still be respectful."
Dongmei thought about it and said aggrievedly: "If I had known this, the master should not have interceded for her in the first place and let her be relegated to the cold palace by the emperor."
Concubine Yu said calmly: "Let her go. The most important thing now is to get through this difficulty."
While Concubine Yu was racking her brains to think of countermeasures because of this incident, spies, officers from Shuntian Prefecture, and people from Hongzhou were all conducting a rigorous investigation in the capital. In addition to finding the murderer of Ji Changming, they were also investigating the rumors.
The source, as of now, is almost certain that the rumor was deliberately fabricated by someone to frame Xianyue's mother and son.
After several investigations, I finally found the people who spread the rumors, but they were all gangsters from Beijing. They took money from others, so they spread the rumors everywhere. As for who bribed them, I had no idea. They were asked to describe their appearance.
, everyone says it differently, so it’s really impossible to be sure.
As for the person who killed Ji Changming, they have never been found, and no one has seen him. However, when they searched Ji Changming's home, they found more than a hundred taels of gold. Ji Changming's salary should not have so much gold, and his mother said no.
As for the origin of this gold, we only know that Ji Changming brought it back from outside one day.
In addition, Hongli ordered the Deputy Qintian Supervisor and the Zhengbapin Wuguan Baozhangzheng, who was good at divination, to make careful calculations. As a result, the two people's results were consistent, and there was no mention of a disaster star at all.
By this time, it was certain that Ji Changming was lying, but if the culprit of all this could not be found, those courtiers would still think that Hongli had made it all up to excuse Xianyue.
The people who were sent to keep an eye on Concubine Yu and Fu Fu all said that there was no movement, everything was the same as usual, and nothing unusual could be seen.
This is what puzzled Hongli the most. If Concubine Yu and her family were the culprits in fabricating all this, they shouldn't have done nothing after learning that the cause of Ji Changming's death was found out, unless they had nothing to do with it. But.
...The person who has the closest relationship with Ji Changming is Concubine Yu. If not her, who else could it be?
Apart from the gold, no clues could be found in Ji Changming's home. After checking here, things seemed to have reached a deadlock with no further progress.
On February 23rd, the sixth prince was full moon. Although the disaster star had not yet been found out, the full moon banquet had to be held. March was approaching, the spring was bright and the weather was getting warmer. At the suggestion of Concubine Yu, the full moon banquet was held.
The banquet was finally held in the Imperial Garden.
When Concubine Yu arrived, the banquet had not yet begun, and the ladies gathered together in twos and threes to talk. The most common thing they talked about was rumors, all discussing whether they were true or false.
Bai whispered: "The emperor has always doted on Concubine Xian. Do you think these things were done intentionally by the emperor in order to clear away the suspicion on Concubine Xian?"
The noble Fucha thought for a while and said, "Probably not. This matter is related to the safety of the Qing Dynasty. How can it be treated as a child's play?"
"If there really is no disaster star, then what happened to the evil spirits and ghosts we encountered before? Are they all fake?" Bai Guiren said unconvinced: "I once saw a white shadow floating around outside with my own eyes."
Mrs. Hu said leisurely on the side: "Whoever said seeing ghosts must have something to do with Concubine Xian. Maybe someone has done too many bad things, so the ghosts are attracted to the door."
Hearing this, Bai's eyebrows stood up and he said displeasedly: "What do you mean?"
Mrs. Hu smiled slightly and said: "It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of it. Otherwise, why wouldn't I have seen the ghost? Bai Guiren was so nervous. Could it be that I was right?"
Mrs. Bai was so angry that she was about to speak, but Mrs. Lu heard their words and said coldly: "According to Hu Guiren, anyone who encounters evil spirits and sees ghosts has done something wrong. If so, there are many people.
For example, I, Wan Bin, and Jin Bin are the same, and by the way, the other fifth elder brother has been crying because of the evil, so what can I say?"
Mrs. Hu was speechless for a moment by what she said. Coupled with the difference in status, she could only lower her eyes and said: "I made a mistake for a while, please forgive me."
Mrs. Lu was unwilling to let her go just like that, and said: "Today is Brother Six's full moon banquet. I shouldn't have said anything to spoil the fun, but Hu Guiren, what you just said is really too much. Bai Guiren is better than
You entered the palace first, and she is also considered your sister. How can you say such things to her without any evidence? You even brought me, Wanbi and the others into the palace, which is really unruly!"
Mrs. Hu was so scolded by her that she didn't dare to raise her head. Mrs. Yehenara came over and said, "Guiren Hu just said it. It was just a momentary slip of the tongue. It was not intentional. Sister Qingbin, let's just forget about it. I believe her."