"Empress Huang, what on earth are they talking about?" Yinzhen's eyelids twitched slightly, and he had some bad premonitions in his heart.
Yinzhen waited for a while but still didn't see Wu Yashi speaking. He knew that she would not tell him, so he could only say: "Since the emperor is tired, I will leave first. This medicine..." He glanced at it and had already cooled down.
After taking the soup, he said helplessly: "My son asked the Imperial Pharmacy to cook another bowl. Please take care of your health."
After leaving the inner hall, Yinzhen's face suddenly turned cold and he said to Li Dequan who was waiting outside: "Go and call all the eunuchs and maids of Cining Palace."
Li Dequan looked at Yinzhen with some surprise. What did the emperor ask them to do in the middle of the night? He felt strange, but he did not dare to ask more. He followed the order and called all the maids and eunuchs of Cining Palace, a total of two
Most of the eighteen people were woken up from their sleep, and some were still drowsy.
Yinzhen turned his eyes and glanced at everyone kneeling on the ground coldly, "I went to visit the Queen Mother before, and the Queen Mother said that there was a funny rumor in the palace recently. I asked the Queen Mother what it was, but the Queen Mother gave it away.
, said that I would ask you, then you should tell me what kind of rumor it is."
Yinzhen is not a fool. Wu Yashi is ill and has been bedridden these days. The rumors she heard were most likely told to her by the people waiting around her. Even if not, these people were in and out of Cining Palace all day long.
, you will definitely hear some rumors.
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the few people below suddenly changed, and some of them even trembled secretly. Yinzhen's eyes were so vicious that he immediately locked these people and waved the others to go out, leaving them alone in the palace.
"What, have you thought about it? Who should say it first?" Yinzhen stared down at the three people kneeling in front of him. They were a palace maid and two eunuchs. Yinzhen recognized them, and they were all Wuya's personal palace servants.
, or brought out from Changchun Palace.
The three of them looked at each other, and one of the eunuchs kowtowed and said, "When I return to the Emperor, my servants don't know anything, nor do they know the rumor that the Queen Mother heard."
The palace maid quietly raised her eyes and said, "Yes, the slaves are only responsible for serving the Queen Mother. They don't know anything about other things, and they never inquire about the rights and wrongs."
"So, I asked the wrong person?" Yinzhen dusted off his dark green robe embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, turned around and called: "Li Dequan."
"My servant is here." Li Dequan quickly agreed with his hands down.
The calm look on Yinzhen's face turned to coldness in an instant, and he said coldly: "Go, send the three of them to the Shenxing Division, and tell Hong Quan that if they can't be told the truth, I will kill them."
Feed the skin to the dogs.”
When the three of them heard this, they were immediately frightened out of their wits. Where is the Sentence Department? It is the place where people who commit crimes in the palace are punished. If you go in alone, you will most likely not be able to get out, even if you are lucky enough to get out alive.
, that is no different from a useless person, and everyone in the palace is talking about it.
Before Li Dequan could agree, the three of them had already kowtowed and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life. The slaves really don't know the reason for the rumors. Even if they go to the Shenxing Division, they still don't know!"
Seeing Li Dequan still standing there, Yinzhen raised his eyebrows and said, "Why haven't you pulled them down yet? Do you want to follow them to the Criminal Division?"
Li Dequan, who was used to serving the gentle and generous Kangxi, was quite at a loss when faced with Yinzhen, his new master who was unpredictable in temperament and mood. He hurriedly said: "I don't dare!"
As he spoke, he was about to go down to pass on people, but when he passed by the three people, his legs were tightly hugged, and he said in fear: "No, Eunuch Li, please don't take us to the Sentence Division!"
Li Dequan struggled a few times but failed to break away, and said helplessly: "This is the emperor's order. It's useless for you to beg me. Whatever you know, it's better to tell it as soon as possible, otherwise no one will be able to save you if you enter the Shenxing Department."
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"We...we..." The three of them looked at each other, knowing that speaking out would lead to a dead end, and not speaking out would also lead to a dead end. What should they do?
Yinzhen watched them hesitating with cold eyes, took a sip of the tea that was just served and said: "I will give you one last chance. If you don't say it yet, then you don't have to say it again in the future."
"No, your Majesty, spare your life!" When the three of them heard this, they knew that Yinzhen had murderous intentions. People are afraid of death after all. They quickly knelt and crawled over and said: "The slaves said anything, but I just beg the Emperor to spare my life."
life."
"Say!" Yinzhen could only say this, his tone was like the cold wind blowing by at this moment, chilling to the bone.
The eunuch who spoke at the beginning swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, a story began to spread in the palace, saying... saying... saying... that the late emperor originally wanted to pass the throne to the fourteenth prince, and that he was the emperor.
Jiao Zhao took away the throne of the fourteenth prince!"
"Absurd!" Yinzhen struck the mahogany carved armrest with his palm, his nose slightly opened, and his chest heaved even more. Several people kneeling on the ground knelt on the ground in fear, not daring to raise their heads.
Yinzhen finally understood why the Wu Ya family had such a cold attitude towards him. Just now, he kept asking who the emperor was passing the throne to before his death. It turned out that she had always thought that she had taken the throne from her younger brother.
It's really ridiculous. Like her fourteenth brother, she is the biological son of the emperor's mother, but she doubts herself because of a groundless rumor. Could it be that in her mind, she is such a person who will do anything for the throne?
Yinzhen sat there upset, and it took him a moment to come back to his senses, but he saw the three palace men below kowtow to apologize. A trace of disgust flashed across Yinzhen's eyes, and he said angrily: "I know it is a rumor, but still
Spreading falsehoods and spreading them to the ears of the Queen Mother is an unforgivable crime. Anyone who comes, drag them down and beat them severely until they have no energy left!"
After that, Yinzhen ignored the crying and begging palace servants and stood up and walked out. Just when he stepped out of the knee-high threshold, Wu Yashi's voice suddenly came from behind.
, "Wait a minute."
Looking back, I saw Wu Yashi walking out slowly with the support of the palace servants, wearing a silver-white silk embroidered cloak.
"Huang'e Niang!" Although he felt resentful in his heart, when he saw Wu Yashi's appearance, Yinzhen turned around quickly and supported her, "It's cold outside, Huang'e Niang is sick again, why did she come out?"
Without waiting for Wu Yashi's reply, he said to Li Dequan, who was closing the door to prevent the cold wind from blowing in: "Go quickly and take out the charcoal basin in the inner hall, as well as the flat gold stove to warm your hands."
"No need, my old bones are not that valuable." Wu Yashi refused Yinzhen's kindness unceremoniously and took her hand out of his, making Yinzhen very embarrassed.
Seeing her coming out, the three palace ladies, as if they had seen a savior, broke away from the guards and threw themselves at Wu Ya's feet, shouting: "The Queen Mother has mercy, please save the slaves!"