Concubine Zhang Jia hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, your concubine will never do such a thing. Please order the imperial concubine to search the back hall, so that your concubine must be innocent!"
Wen Xi frowned, how come this Zhang Jia family seems to be praising Liu family since she came in? One of them is a good person, and the other is a bad person. Their purpose is just to provoke Kangxi to order a search! Wen Xi suddenly thought of
, wasn’t Zhang Jia originally a member of Concubine De’s palace?! It’s just that she had been peaceful for several years, which made Wen Xi slowly feel relieved. Could it be that Concubine De’s layout had changed soon after she entered the palace?
Has it started yet?! In that case, Zhang Jia's concealment must be too good! When he is not favored, he is extremely calm, and when he is favored, he is not arrogant at all! As time goes by, people like this will sooner or later become dissatisfied.
Be wary!
Kangxi ordered Liang Jiugong in a deep voice: "Take a few people and search the flower bed in the back hall."
"嗻!"
Mrs. Zhang Jia then smiled and said, "I believe that your concubine will never do such a thing!"
Liu promised and then snorted coldly: "You know people, you know faces, but you don't know hearts!"
"Shut up!" Kangxi reprimanded angrily, his red and phoenix eyes filled with anger that could not be concealed.
Liu promised to tremble, shrank and lowered his head.
There are not many flower beds in the back hall. Within half an hour, Liang Jiugong brought up a puppet doll covered with mud. The doll seemed to be made of fine rosewood, but it was very crudely carved.
There is a piece of white silk attached to it, with the six characters "Guichou Dingsi Bingxu" written in small regular script, which are the birth dates of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang. The puppet's body is covered with dense needles. It is very scary.
There was silence in the palace for a while.
Liu promised to look happy and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, this is irrefutable proof! The imperial concubine used a witchcraft doll to kill the Empress Dowager. The proof is as solid as a mountain!"
Zhang Jia's face suddenly burst into tears, and she hurriedly kowtowed and begged: "Your Majesty! Your concubine must have been confused for a moment! Please forgive me!"
Wen Xi sneered in her heart, she was going to remember this witchcraft doll of unknown origin so soon. Her face was still calm, she looked at Kang Xi calmly, and suddenly smiled softly and said: "Concubine's word. Your Majesty.
It couldn’t be clearer, such elegant hairpin-flowered regular script is not something that I can write!”
Kangxi looked at the words above carefully, then nodded and said: "I can recognize it, it is definitely not your handwriting!" After saying this, even he felt relieved.
Liu promised to sneer: "How can such a trivial matter require the concubine to do it herself? There are many maids and eunuchs working under the concubine!"
Wen Xi smiled and said: "Eunuchs are all illiterate. It would be great if the palace maid can know her own name! The calligraphy written by Qing Lan, the most literate person around me, can be regarded as regular!" Looking at Liu casually
Shidao said, "I remember that Liu Yaoyao was born in a family of poets and calligraphers, so he must be a good calligrapher, right?!"
Kangxi's suspicious eyes suddenly fell on Mr. Liu and said: "I remember that your father seems to be a Jinshi!"
Liu promised to look fearless and said, "My concubine's handwriting has been seen by Mr. Bu. He can testify for me!"
Zhaojia, a nobleman from Bugui, hurriedly came over, looked at it carefully, and said, "It actually looks like the words Liu promised."
As soon as Zhaojia said this, Kangxi's Danfeng eyes suddenly narrowed, his narrow eyes filled with murderous intent.
Liu promised to get angry and said: "You see clearly, this small regular script handwriting has a very light hook force. It also has the charm of Dong Qichang! How can my handwriting look like this?!" Then he kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty Mingjian, if you don't believe it
.You can ask someone to fetch the Buddhist scriptures copied from my concubine’s room, compare them and you will know!”
Kangxi hummed and motioned to Liang Jiugong to get it.
Bu Guiren half lowered his head and murmured to himself: "It does look quite similar???"
Liu promised to hold a sullen sigh in his heart and couldn't let it out, so he could only glare at Zhaojia angrily.
Liu agreed to live with Bu Guiren in Yi'an Hall in the West Side Hall, which was very close to the main hall. Liang Jiugong soon took out the Buddhist scriptures copied by Liu. It was a thick volume. Kangxi opened it casually and put it aside.
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The Bugui man compared them and said, "They are all horizontally and vertically, aren't they very similar?"
Wen Xi suddenly couldn't laugh or cry. How could Zhaojia make people laugh at this time? Liu's characters have obvious traces of willow body, and the vertical part is slightly longer than ordinary people. The characteristics are very obvious.
I know it is different from the handwriting on the puppet. Bugui is an aunt from the Eight Banners of Manchuria. She has no knowledge of Sinology and cannot even write Chinese characters. Naturally, she does not understand those characters.
Mrs. Liu kowtowed again and said: "Your Majesty, I saw with my own eyes that the person who buried the witchcraft doll sneaked into the main hall of the imperial concubine and returned to life! Please give me a clear warning from your Majesty!"
Kangxi's eyes suddenly became complicated. He looked at Wen Xi and asked, "Did you do it?"
Wen Xi suddenly became angry. Could he still be suspicious of such a flawed accusation? He stood up, walked to Kangxi, and said seriously: "I remember that the emperor asked similar questions before. I
My answer today is the same as before! The answer is not in my mouth, but in the heart of the emperor!" It was still after the fire in the Baohua Palace and the death of Tong Jia. It's just that what happened back then was Wen Xi's hand.
Planning, but now it is an unjust injustice, so his tone is naturally even more harsh.
Liu promised with a look of anger on his face and said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are critically ill, all caused by this thing! Please consider the health of the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager and severely punish the culprit!"
There was a sneer in the gentle tone, and she said: "The Emperor knows very well why the Empress Dowager fell ill."
Kangxi was silent for a long time, and suddenly said: "Although that thing is harmful, it usually takes two or three years to take it before any trouble occurs???" - The meaning behind the words, is it true that it is caused by witchcraft?!
Wen Xi gritted her teeth, raised her head, looked directly at Kangxi without fear, and asked sharply: "Does the emperor mean to doubt my concubine?!"
Kangxi looked at the witchcraft doll, and there was no emotion or anger in his tone: "I will declare to the outside world that you feel cold and feel unwell, and it is not appropriate to go to the Empress Dowager. I will ask people to secretly investigate the matter before the truth comes out.
, please don’t go out for the time being.”
A strong sneer suddenly appeared on the gentle face, and he said: "Is the emperor asking this concubine to be grounded?"
Kangxi did not answer, but glanced at Bu Guiren, Liu Yaosheng, and Zhang Jia, the concubine, and said: "You three are not allowed to leave Chengqian Palace! If the slightest rumor spreads, I will kill you three."
Brain!”
"Yes! I obey the order!" The three of them said in unison, not daring to disobey at all.
Kangxi stood up and walked out of the palace, saying at the same time: "Liang Jiugong, send that thing to Baohua Palace for processing."
Wen Xi gritted her teeth, but snatched the puppet from Liang Jiugong, and said loudly: "The story about Witch Gu Nightmare Town is pure nonsense! I dare to guarantee it with my life, this thing can't harm anyone at all! If your Majesty,
If you don’t believe me, just ask someone to make a dozen of them and write down my concubine’s date of birth on them all! We’ll know if I will be killed by the nightmare!”
Kangxi suddenly stopped, turned around and said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense!"
The gentle tone became more intense and high-spirited: "You will know if I am talking nonsense after you try it! Song'er, go get the pen and ink right away! I want to see what will happen if I write my birth date on the puppet.
Sample?!"
Kangxi's face was full of anger, and he strode back, snatched the witchcraft doll from Wen Xi's hand, and said angrily: "I just ground you! Where did you get so angry?!"
Wen Xi braved the wind and said, "Anyone else would be furious if they had sewage splashed all over their pockets?! I'm just having a normal reaction!"
At this time, Aunt Jiang, the wet nurse in the East Side Hall, came to report with sweat all over her head: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Brother Ten has a sudden high fever!"
When Kangxi was angry, naturally the words that came out of his mouth were also full of anger: "Then move Yiner to my elder brother's house! Otherwise, the imperial concubine will be infected by the illness if she stays!"
Grandma Jiang was stunned on the spot and could not speak, "But, but -" All the elder brothers moved into the elder brother's house when they were six years old. The young princes all stayed with their biological mothers or adoptive mothers, and were not still in their infancy.
Just send it to my elder brother.
"Go quickly!" Kangxi roared angrily.
Grandma Jiang was trembling all over. She was so forced by the overwhelming momentum that she could no longer speak. She hurriedly kowtowed and said, "嗻!"
Wen Xi bit her lip. After all, the tenth prince was taken away? I still remember that when Concubine De was temporarily absent, she said that she would fight her to the last round. At that time, Wen Xi thought that Wu Yashi was going to use her death to make Kangxi suspicious.
Only now do I know that witchcraft is the last force she will use to frame the blame! This Wuya family will not let people live in peace if they die! But this is only natural, it is a supporter when he is about to die, not to mention that this supporter is still sworn in.
Where are your enemies? If I were Wen Xi, I'm afraid they would bite me even harder!
Kangxi tried hard to suppress his anger and said: "You should take a good rest and stay in Chengqian Palace peacefully. You are not allowed to go out even half a step!"
Xiaozhuang was seriously ill, and Concubine De was not over seven years old. She was grounded at such a juncture. Anyone would think of it, right? Wen Xi gritted her silver teeth and looked at the man angrily, "Does the Emperor really not believe in my concubines?"
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Kangxi did not answer Wen Xi's question, but only said: "You only need to follow my will, and there is no need to ask or think about anything else!" After that, he ignored Wen Xi and left Chengqian Palace with a meteoric stride.
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Kangxi left. Bu Guiren, Zhang Jia's concubine, and Liu promised to get up. They had been kneeling for a long time, especially Liu, who was rubbing her sore knees, but hurriedly cowered behind Bu Guiren.
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Because Wen Xi was staring at her closely, and then her eyes fell on Zhaojia. She tried to be as kind as possible and said, "Mr. Bu, this matter has nothing to do with you. You can go back first."
As the matter of witchcraft was involved, Bu Gui was eager to win the prize far away, so he hurriedly said: "Yes, I have resigned."
Mrs. Zhang Jia also hurriedly saluted and said goodbye: "The maid and concubine have also left first."
"Did I say you can leave?!" Wen Xi's voice suddenly became harsh. This Zhang Jia family is more hateful than Liu family. She also looks like a good person. On the surface, she is in opposition to Liu family. I'm afraid she is the leader!
As the saying goes, a biting dog doesn't bark. It is like a little sheep on weekdays, completely harmless to humans and animals. At the critical moment, there is a needle hidden in the sheep's wool, and it will stab you in the back hard! There is no time to prevent it! (To be continued)
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