Xia Qing is making rice dumplings in the small kitchen. The Dragon Boat Festival will be in a few days. She knows that Ling Ruo likes to eat bacon rice dumplings, so she plans to make some with her own hands and send them to Cining Palace. While tying the rope, Yongxuan rushes out.
He came in and ran while saying: "Eniang! Eniang!"
Xia Qing tied the knot in her hand and frowned: "What's wrong with you? Why are you running in such a hurry?"
Yongxuan said eagerly: "Mother, I have remembered something, a very important thing. Please come with me quickly." After saying that, he took Xia Qing's hand and walked out, being pulled in along the way.
After arriving at the side hall, Xia Qing asked doubtfully: "What on earth did you remember?"
Yongxuan swallowed his saliva and said, "Eniang, do you still remember that last winter, Erchen went to visit his twelfth brother, and he was fascinated by "Strange Stories from Mountains and Seas", and he came back very late."
Xia Qing nodded and said: "Of course E Niang remembers that she told you at that time not to come back so late in the future, especially on a snowy day like that."
"But there is one thing that I didn't tell E Niang. On the way back, I bumped into someone. He was a guard in the palace, named Li Jifeng."
"Li Jifeng?" Xia Qing remembered this person. When Wei Jingxuan was grounded, the Yongshou Palace was attacked by Zhou Quan's envoys and attracted a crowd of crows. It was Li Jifeng who saved Wei Jingxuan. She suppressed her thoughts and said: "There is an order in the palace.
The emperor ordered that the guards are not allowed to set foot in the inner palace, how could you bump into him?"
"Er Chen also asked him. He said he saw a black shadow breaking into the inner palace, so he went to take a look. Er Chen believed it at the time and thought it was not a big deal, so he didn't tell E Niang. But just now,
Erchen met Xiuzhu, the palace maid of Jingren Palace. She was looking for a pearl earring. She told Erchen that she had bumped into someone before, and coincidentally, that person was also Li Jifeng. One time, she broke in by mistake, but the two
This time... I thought it was unlikely."
Xia Qing's expression changed slightly and she said, "Are you saying that Li Jifeng entered the inner palace on purpose, not what he said?"
Yongxuan nodded quickly and said: "Yes, Erchen asked Xiuzhu where Li Jifeng came from. The direction she pointed was Xiliu Palace, so Erchen was thinking that he should have gone to see Xiliu Palace.
Who is the palace?"
"West Sixth Palace..." Xia Qing murmured and repeated, "Okay, my mother knows about this matter. You can go back to your room. Remember, don't mention this matter to anyone."
and."
After Yongxuan went down, she called Cuizhu and Xiaoshouzi and said, "You two go and check Li Jifeng's background. Be careful and don't jump into trouble."
The two of them retreated as promised. After several days of investigation, Xiao Shouzi and the others had found out all the details about Li Jifeng, including his visits to the Wei Mansion every other day and his dealings with Lan Yi. Of course, they could
After finding out the details of Li Jifeng so quickly, it was natural that Xin Bin would have to ask Xiao Huazi to secretly reveal the reason why he helped Xiang Zhu, otherwise it would have to take some more time.
After hearing the detailed explanations of Xiao Shouzi and Xiao Shouzi, Xia Qing slapped the armrest and said with an ugly face: "I always thought that Wei Jingxuan was just a sinister person with despicable methods. I didn't expect that she would be so...such..." Xia Qing said for a long time without thinking.
It was really unimaginable for her to think of words to describe this kind of thing.
Cuizhu asked tentatively: "Master, do you suspect that... your concubine is having an affair with Wei Jingxuan?"
Xia Qing ignored her and only said: "Bei Jianyu, I need to go see the Queen immediately. In addition, Xiao Shouzi, you go to Changchun Palace and ask the Imperial Concubine to go to Kunning Palace with you."
"Slave, I obey!" Xiao Shouzi responded and left quickly. After her, Cuizhu also prepared a carriage and followed Xia Qing to Kunning Palace.
When they arrived outside Kunning Palace, Xia Qing did not go in immediately, but stood outside. After a while, Hu's shoulder carriage appeared in sight, followed by Xiao Shouzi. After holding the palace attendant's hand to get off the carriage,
Mrs. Hu asked doubtfully: "What's the matter with Concubine Hui calling me here in such a hurry?"
Xia Qing said solemnly: "This matter is not the place to talk. When I can see the Queen, I will explain it in detail to the Queen."
Seeing her like this, Mr. Hu knew that something must be serious, so he went in with her to see Xianyue, who was talking to Qi Kuan, with a book in his hand. When he saw the two coming in, he smiled slightly and said
: "How come it's such a coincidence that we came here together today?"
Xia Qing bent her knees and said, "To tell you the truth, I specially invited the imperial concubine here."
"Invite you?" Xia Yue's eyes flashed, and she motioned for everyone except Qi Kuan and Jin Ping to go down, and then said: "But what happened?"
"Yes, I just found out something." As she said that, Xia Qing recounted what she found out in detail. After listening to her words, both Xiayue and Hu's expressions changed.
After a long time, Mrs. Hu finally squeezed out a sentence from her throat, "Are they really having an affair?"
Xia Qing said coldly: "Think about it, if we were just acquaintances, how could Li Jifeng be willing to take the risk and sneak into the inner palace twice? Moreover, these two times are only known to us. There are many others in places we don't know."
times. And she was
During the confinement, Li Jifeng risked his life to save her. At that time, I thought he was afraid that Wei Jingxuan would be implicated if she died. Now I know that they actually had an affair for a long time. It's ridiculous that we have been kept in the dark for so many years without any trace of it.
I don’t know.”
Hu's face was gloomy and she said: "Wei Jingxuan is really talented. She actually did such a thing of immorality and sexual immorality. Since the emperor ascended the throne, there has never been such a scandal."
Xianyue shook the six-edged palace fan and said quietly: "Speaking of the years when Wei Jingxuan was banned, I signaled Zhou Quan several times to get rid of her, but in the end she was allowed to escape again and again, and in the end even Zhou Quan was killed;
I have always wondered how she was able to avoid danger and escape from death when she was in confinement and had no one to help her. But now I understand clearly. And that Lan Yi... they are really useful for everything.
Extreme!"
Mrs. Hu said with disgust: "I really feel sick just thinking about her." After a pause, she said: "Your Majesty, since we already know about this, should we go and tell the Emperor now?"
Xianyue's eyes turned and landed on Xia Qing, "Hui Fei, how much evidence do you have in your hands now?"
Xia Qing thought about it and said: "Li Jifeng broke into the inner palace twice and was seen by Yongxuan and Xiuzhu respectively. The two of them are enough to testify, but to prove that they had an affair, this evidence is not sufficient.
Wei Jingxuan is eloquent and eloquent. I'm afraid that when the time comes, our work will be in vain. At most, we will only kill one Li Jifeng. As for Lan Yi and the Wei family, there are a few people who can prove it, but that's all.
, and there is no direct evidence.”
Mr. Hu lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "Can we... start with Li Jifeng?"
Xiayue said: "You want to force him to confess Wei Jingxuan?"