Xia Qing stared at Huang Ying without saying a word. The latter thought she knew nothing about it, but she didn't know that she had already learned about Hongli's killing spree at Ziyun Temple from Hu's mouth, and also knew about Yong Cun's body.
There is something strange. The only thing I don't know is that Yong Cang was born with a short life expectancy.
Seeing that Xia Qing was silent, Huang Ying thought she was shocked by what he said, and said, "Do you know why the emperor insisted on placing Wei Xiuyan outside the palace despite everyone's objections?"
"Why?" Faced with Xia Qing's inquiry, Huang Ying said mysteriously: "Because someone told Wei Xiuyan's fortune and calculated that the child she gave birth to could complete the destiny of the twelfth prince. In simpler terms,
, which is ‘a life for a life’.”
"Exchange a life?" Cuizhu said in surprise: "You mean the emperor wants to exchange the life of her child for the life of the twelfth prince?"
"Yes, when Wei Jingxuan's accident happened, Wei Xiuyan happened to be pregnant with Dragon Seed. Counting the days, she would be born in more than a month. But she never dreamed that the Emperor never intended to let her child survive from the beginning to the end.
.”
Xiao Shouzi took a breath of cold air and said hesitantly: "This... shouldn't be the case. After all, they are the emperor's flesh and blood."
Huang Ying sneered and said: "My father-in-law, if you think so, it only shows that you don't know the emperor well enough. The emperor seems to be benevolent and kind, but in fact he is more cold and ruthless than anyone else. Otherwise, how could you punish me just because I made a small mistake?"
Demoted to the cleaning department; in the Emperor's heart, apart from the Queen Mother, there are only two other people, the Queen and the Twelve Princes, and he doesn't care about the lives and deaths of other people at all."
"Small mistake?" Xia Qing said with a half-smile, "If I remember correctly, when Wei Jingxuan gained power, you took a lot of money from her."
Huang Ying lowered her head and said: "This slave doesn't deny it, but I have no choice but to do it. After all, the whole family outside the palace relies on the slave to support me. With only the pitiful monthly money, I can't make ends meet. But I can swear to God,
I just told Mr. Wei some irrelevant things, so I am really unjust to be punished like this."
Xia Qing raised her eyebrows and said, "I am not interested in knowing whether you were wronged or not. I only want to ask you why you said before that I was implicated by the Queen."
"Although I am no longer on duty at the Yangxin Hall, fortunately, there are still a few old friends who remember my old friendship. They told me that after Brother Eleven's accident, Lord Tang Qi and Zhang Tang went to see the emperor.
Does your Majesty know about this?"
Xia Qing didn't hear about this and said casually: "So what?"
"Brother Twelve was harmed by Wen De, but he was safe and sound. He didn't even suffer any injuries. On the contrary, Brother Eleven, who had nothing to do with him, lost his life. Do you really not doubt it at all?"
Xia Qing's expression changed, she leaned forward, stared at him and said, "What exactly do you want to say?"
Huang Ying met her gaze and said: "My slave said before that the flaws in the destiny of the twelfth prince can be filled. This is true for the ninety-nine boys, the same is true for the child in Wei Xiuyan's belly, and the eleventh prince... is very likely
The same is true, otherwise why would Mr. Tang go out of his way to see the emperor at this time?"
Xia Qing's face was gloomy, like dark clouds. Looking at each other for a moment, she said coldly: "Who asked you to come to me and say this, Concubine Xin or who?"
Huang Ying knelt down and said, "No one ordered me to do this. I just happened to hear what you and Concubine Xin were talking about. I couldn't bear to keep my concubine in the dark, so I boldly told the truth. In addition..." He glanced at Xia Qing.
He glanced at it and said: "This slave is also worried about the third princess.
, she is so smart and cute, and she is the only flesh and blood of the empress in the world. If the fate of the twelfth prince has not been completely fulfilled, maybe even the third princess will be in danger. You must keep the third princess as far away from the empress as possible.
Mother and son, to keep her safe."
Xia Qing's cheeks kept twitching, and for a long time, she suddenly raised a sneer at the corner of her mouth, and said faintly: "You care about He Jia so much, do I want to thank you properly, Eunuch Huang?"
Huang Ying said quickly: "I don't dare, I just..." Before he could continue, Xia Qing said: "Tell me, what do you think? If you continue to make nonsense, get out of here immediately."
go out."
Huang Ying gritted her teeth and said, "I don't want to stay in the cleaning office any longer. Please forgive me." Although he was relegated to the cleaning office by Hongli himself, he never resigned himself to it, let alone accepted his fate, and thought about leaving all the time.
Surrounded by dirty work all day long
Cleaning up the office, or even making a comeback; for this purpose, he had approached many people he knew before, including the current deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but no one dared to help him, for fear of getting into trouble. Now that he finally found this opportunity, there was nothing he could say.
Can't let it go.
Xia Qing held Cuizhu's hand and stood up, walked around him, and said coolly: "You are quite direct, but you seem to have forgotten who demoted you to the cleaning department. I am not that intolerable.
"
Huang Ying said hurriedly: "As long as the empress opens her mouth, the emperor will definitely agree. After all..." He did not say anything else, but Xia Qing knew in her heart that because of Yongxuan's death, Hongli had always felt guilty for her.
, in the past few months, no matter what she asked, she would never refuse. It can be said that apart from Xianyue, she is the only person qualified to plead for Huang Ying.
On the other side, Huang Ying said with a bitter face: "Eunuch Zhao tortures the slave in different ways every day. If he continues like this, the slave will die in his hands sooner or later. Please save the slave. As long as you can leave the cleaning place, I will be the slave."
The reborn parents, this servant must swear allegiance to the empress to the death!"
Xia Qing looked down at him for a while and said, "Please step back first."
Although Huang Ying couldn't wait to leave the cleaning office, he knew how to exercise caution. He understood that this was the limit of what he could say, and any more words would be counterproductive, so he said no more, bowed to Xia Qing, and then left Yonghe.
palace.
Not long after Huang Ying left, Xia Qing suddenly said: "Xiao Shouzi, try to go to Qintian Prison tomorrow to find out whether Tang Qizhang really went to see the emperor on the day of Yongxuan's accident."
After Xiao Shouzi agreed, he hesitated and said: "Master, do you really believe Huang Ying's words?"
Xia Qing ignored him and walked outside the hall. At this moment, the snow had turned into heavy snow, falling continuously from the dark sky, covering the wet ground. Occasionally, the wind whistled past, blowing the goose-feather-like snowflakes.
Enter under the eaves.
Cuizhu said worriedly: "Master, it's very cold outside. Let's go in to avoid catching a cold."
Xia Qing silently stared at the melting snowflakes in her palms. After they turned into a puddle of snow, she suddenly turned around, stared at Xiao Shouzi and said, "Tell me, who really killed Yongxuan?"