The woman nodded tremblingly, knelt down and said: "Back then, I..." As soon as she said a few words, Sixi scolded her: "How brave, who are you, how dare you call yourself such a person in front of the emperor."
The woman was startled and changed her words in a panic: "The slave's mother was ordered to go into the palace to deliver the baby to Concubine Yu. She thought everything was the same as before, but she didn't know that Concubine Yu's father was this person..." She said quickly
He pointed at Ergitu and said in a trembling voice: "He sent someone to give more than a hundred taels of gold, saying that he wanted his mother to help Concubine Yu to fake it."
Hongli said in a dark voice: "Do you mean those strange fragrances and red light?"
The woman nodded and said, "The red light is a myth. As for the strange fragrance, the incense burner was artificially lit and then hidden. As long as the incense burner is not found, people will think that the fragrance comes out of thin air."
"Okay! That's great!" Hongli's eyes glanced gloomily at Ergitu and his son who were covered in cold sweat, and finally fell on the woman, saying: "Where's Madam Liu, why don't you see her?"
The woman said with a sad face: "After my mother came back, she was worried that she would be silenced because she knew too much, so she told the slave everything in detail, and then quietly left with the slave, saying that as long as the slave was not found, she would
Nothing will happen." She wiped her tears and said, "Facts have proved that mother's worries are not
Without thinking too much, they really wanted to kill the mother and silence her, but they held off because they had not found the slave. Unfortunately, in the end, they discovered the whereabouts of the slave. The slave’s parents and close relatives were killed by them overnight.
They had poisonous hands; they wanted to kill the slaves, but fortunately, they were saved by the prince."
In Hongli's ugly expression, she continued: "Actually, what Concubine Yu has done is far more than just lying about visions."
Ergitu hurriedly shouted: "You cunning woman, don't talk nonsense in front of the emperor and ruin the reputation of Concubine Yu. I don't know anything about gold or your parents."
Hongli glanced at him coldly and said, "If there is anything else, please continue talking."
The woman hated Ergitu so much that her family was ruined, so she immediately said: "Concubine Yu bribed the guards and secretly brought a baby boy into the palace. She made an agreement with the slave's mother that if she gave birth to a baby girl, she would steal the baby and turn it into a phoenix.
, with that
There is no need to let the emperor think that she gave birth to a boy. However, Concubine Yu did give birth to a boy later, so the baby boy was never put to use. I don’t know if he was sent out of the palace or... was poisoned!"
Hong Li never imagined that in addition to doing false auspicious things, Concubine Yu would dare to confuse the royal bloodline. When Concubine Yu dared to confuse the royal blood, his face became more and more ugly. But this was not over yet. Hong Zhou held his hands and said: "Your Majesty, my brother has checked
, before Concubine Yu gave birth, there were many
Pregnant women disappeared and their whereabouts are still unknown. I suspect that these pregnant women were captured by Ergitu and kept in captivity to obtain male babies. After Yu Fei gave birth, the pregnant women and children who lost their use value were extremely
He may have already killed and silenced you!"
Ergitu said in a panic: "You are wronged, Your Majesty. I am wronged. I have never done anything." After saying that, he turned around and said, "Prince He, do you have any evidence for saying this?"
Hong Zhou stared at him and said: "Although I did not find the bones of those pregnant women, if it was not you, where did the baby boy come from?"
Ergitu was speechless. After a while, he managed to squeeze out a sentence, "There is no such thing as a baby boy. All of this was fabricated by you to wrong me and Concubine Yu."
Hong Zhou sneered and said to Hongli: "Your Majesty, after Concubine Yu gave birth to her fifth elder brother, she handed the baby boy to her confidant, Xiao Quanzi, and asked him to dispose of the baby boy. Concubine Yu's so-called disposal,
They wanted to kill the innocent baby; but Xiao Quanzi and Dongmei still had consciences and could not bear to kill him, so they secretly took him out of the palace and gave him to a farmer named Zhang, and named him Baofu."
Ergitu and his son quickly looked at each other, and both saw endless panic in each other's eyes. Hong Zhou... indeed brought this matter out. It was all their fault that they were trying their best to deal with Wang Laosan and failed to do so in time.
Except for Baofu and the Zhang couple, it would be too late to take action again later.
A trace of doubt flashed across Hongli's eyes, and he immediately asked: "Where are they now?"
"In my brother's residence." As soon as Hong Zhou finished speaking, Hong Li immediately ordered: "Xiao Wu, go to Prince He's residence immediately and bring those people who Prince He told you about."
This time, there was no appeasement or taboo. Hongli was determined to get to the bottom of this matter. He wanted to see how much Concubine Yu had hidden from him.
After Xiao Wu left, Hongli had a cold face and said nothing. He didn't speak, and the others didn't dare to speak either. They waited quietly for Xiao Wu to bring him. The most uneasy and entangled one among them was the forehead.
Erjitu and his son, they felt that time was passing by like a year, but they also hoped that Xiao Wu would never come back. They were very conflicted.
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Wu's figure finally appeared again, with three people following behind him. The moment they saw it, Ergitu and his son's heartbeats intensified, as if they were about to jump out of their throats.
Xiaowu struck Qian'er and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, bring the Zhangs and his wife with Baofu." After saying that, he turned around and said to the Zhangs and his wife who were at a loss what to do: "I haven't seen the Emperor and the Imperial Concubine yet.
"
Zhang and his wife quickly knelt down and followed the words of Xiaowujiao on the road anxiously: "Young man... I have seen the emperor and the imperial concubine!"
Hongli glanced at them and turned to Hongzhou, "Is that child the baby boy from back then?"
"Exactly." After receiving Hong Zhou's affirmative answer, Hong Li said coldly: "Baofu, do you know who your parents are? Are they Zhang and his wife?"
After all, Baofu was still young and did not have such a deep fear of imperial power. Hearing Hongli's inquiry, he raised his head and said, "I don't know who my parents are. Uncle Zhang and the others are not."
Sixi was about to scold Baofu for his words, but Hongli already said: "Then do you know Xiao Quanzi and Dongmei?" Facing Hongli's answer, Baofu frowned and repeated Hongli's words.
After reading it once, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, are you talking about Uncle Quan and Aunt Mei?"
Hongli nodded and said: "Yes, so you know each other?"
Baofu said truthfully: "Well, as long as I can remember, Uncle Quan and Aunt Mei have often come to see me. They love me very much and are very kind to me, but they have never come together."
Hongli nodded slightly, turned to look at Zhang and his wife, and said coldly: "Did they give the Baofu to you?"
Zhang Changgen said in a panic: "Yes, in March seven years ago, Mr. Quan came to us with his children and asked us to raise Baofu well. Since then, he and Miss Mei would come to visit Baofu every once in a while and bring them
They gave us the money, and they also gave Baofu the money to go to college."