People in this world seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and may have some agenda, but what they say is not 100% accurate, so the servant girl also asked the maids serving around her, including the martial artist from the same court who reported her.
Speaking of which, this martial artist is also a very interesting person.
The boy's chambermaid raised the corners of his mouth slightly and stated the things he found out in an orderly manner.
Five years ago, Liu Meiren really just wanted to win favor. She was young and beautiful, and she had just entered the palace for two years. The emperor seemed to be in good health, but after all, he was getting older. So if she wanted to be favored, it would be best if she could give birth to a son.
When the prince comes, he will have someone to rely on in the future.
Her family background was relatively good, so she used money to manage people in the palace, including Gu Zhong, and begged to see the emperor.
After two visits, she found that the emperor preferred to talk to her in a funny way and was not keen on sex. There was no communication. How could she get pregnant?
So she made some preparations and asked her family to prepare incense and medicine to cheer her up.
The medicine can be used to make tea, and it also has a special aroma. Meixiang is a balsam rubbed on the body. If people smell it for a long time, their minds will wander. When added with tea, it can make people confused.
In the end, the emperor only accompanied her for a short swim in the lake. The emperor left before she could do anything. After that, she couldn't find any chance. She couldn't even get to the emperor and was stopped directly at the Guzhong level.
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After that, Liu Meiren seemed to be relegated to the cold palace, and could hardly see the emperor again.
The emperor had been sick one after another since he fell ill that summer. When he was sick, he basically stayed with the queen. He rarely even entered the harem, let alone saw such a beauty as her.
Years pass by, beauty turns into bones. In the harem, not only Beauty Liu is panicked, but also the young concubines who entered the palace only a few years ago, who is not panicked?
Liu Meiren is one of the more favored among them, and she has a particularly deep understanding of it.
Although the queen is kind, even if they are not favored, the palace people do not dare to bully them, but just thinking about the emperor a hundred years later, one of them will be sent out to become a nun, and they are all panicked.
During this period, the emperor's condition became more serious, and all government affairs were handed over to the prince. Mr. Zhou and Xiao Yuanzheng from the Imperial Hospital both moved into the palace and took turns guarding the palace.
Under such circumstances, the atmosphere among these unloved concubines in the harem became increasingly bad, and private fights became more serious.
Wu Cairen and Liu Meiren lived in the same hospital. Compared to Liu Meiren, Wu Cairen was less favored and was always bullied.
During this period, perhaps because of the bad atmosphere, Liu Meiren's methods became more and more fierce. The emperor was sleeping in front of him, so Wu Cairen simply refused to do anything and directly reported that Liu Meiren had poisoned the emperor.
So she pulled out the radish and brought out the mud. Before she could find out whether Liu Meiren had poisoned it, she pulled out the biggest radish, Gu Zhong.
But the child chambermaid picked up the lump of clay and combed it carefully, and found that there were quite a few hands squeezed into the harem recently.
Because the Queen was there, those whose hands and feet were not clean had no time to wipe away all the traces after they had done something.
The queen needs to check things slowly, but the chamberlain does not.
As a result, many interesting things were found. The first person to open the gap was the whistleblower Wu Cairen.
The child servant said: "This martial artist is very interesting. She personally testified that Liu Meiren bribed Gu Zhong back then to win favor, but this time she bit Gu Zhong out of revenge. Moreover, she had contact with Liu Meiren in private.
There are quite a few people there.”
The sword belongs to Gu Zhong, and the sword belongs to the prince. People appear one after another.
Thanks to the Queen's special convenience and the ruthless tactics of the servant girl, a general idea was quickly found out.
It's just that the people in the palace have been found out, but the people behind these people have not been thoroughly investigated. The servant boy is not stupid, he knows enough is enough, and returns the matter to Old Tang to continue the investigation.
As one of the suspects, Zhou Man came to listen in. There were many secrets that she had no chance to hear.
However, she could quietly inquire with the chambermaid. The chamberlain did not tell her, but looked at her and said meaningfully: "Master Zhou, during the Qingming Festival, the court is clean enough to raise a person like you, but
When it becomes turbid, it frightens even people like us. Therefore, people like Mr. Zhou should stay away from these things, and when they can't see them, just pretend they don't exist."
Zhou Man heard his subtext and frowned: "Your Majesty has only been in coma for two days, and the Qingming politics will not change due to this."
The child chamberlain shook his head slowly, "Master Old Tang may want to investigate further, but the empress does not want to investigate in detail. The ministers in the court also have many considerations, so this matter cannot be investigated further."
Although he and Zhou Man had a friendship, they were already too close to each other and it would be inappropriate to talk about it further, so the servant boy stopped the conversation and changed the topic, "Master Gu should be released soon. He
I’m not young anymore, I have old bones, I don’t know if I can survive.”
Zhou Man's attention was diverted as expected, and he wondered whether he should go see Gu Zhong later.
The child chamberlain glanced at Zhou Man calmly and asked, "Master Zhou, is your Majesty not awake yet?"
Zhou Man raised his head and glanced at him without answering. A palace maid happened to come to invite Zhou Man, "Master Zhou, your Majesty is here to invite you."
Zhou Man then nodded with the servant boy and turned to see the queen.
The child chamberlain looked at her walking away and clicked his tongue. Sure enough, no one in this palace is simple. He said so much, but the other party didn't miss a word.
The Queen was sitting beside the Emperor's bed, and Xiao Yuanzheng was also there. When they saw her, they immediately greeted her, "Come and see if His Majesty is waking up?"
Zhou Man stepped forward and saw that the emperor's eyelids were trembling and he looked like he was about to wake up. Xiao Yuan was always ready to make a move, "It seems to be a nightmare. How about an injection?"
Zhou Man nodded after checking, "Let's give him a helping hand."
In fact, it was the power of a single needle. After a while, the emperor slowly opened his eyes.
When the queen saw the emperor waking up, her eyes were slightly red, and she couldn't help but hold his hand tightly, "Erlang, you finally woke up."
The emperor was in a daze. He felt like he just slept for a while, but two days had passed?
After listening to the queen's explanation of what happened in the past two days and what had been found out, he turned to look at Zhou Man, "So, my body is broken because of Miss Liu?"
Zhou Man couldn't help but glance at Xiao Yuanzheng, and could only use the example of food overlapping and stacking, and finally concluded: "It has an influence, but it is far-fetched to attribute the cause to this."
The emperor's face was calm and his eyebrows were sharp.
Zhou Man could tell at a glance that he was angry, and Gu Zhong was afraid that he would be in trouble.
She thought for a while and then mentioned something, "Your Majesty, Honglu Temple received a letter from Tianzhu. Na Luo'er has improved the prescription for longevity and requested to come to Jin to talk to His Majesty."
emperor:……
Xiao Yuanzheng and the people on the side looked at Zhou Man in shock, wondering why she mentioned Luo You at this time. Wasn't she trying to become a traitor?
On the other hand, the Queen's heart moved and she began to think deeply. After pondering for a moment, she said, "Your Majesty, would you like to send someone to pick him up and talk to him?"
The emperor was silent for a long time, and finally sighed sadly: "That's all, life and death are destiny, why bother to force it too much? Let Honglu Temple refuse."
He said: "Gu Zhong fought for the favor of the concubines in the harem and accepted bribes. The queen will punish him. He has also suffered this time. Let his apprentice go and take him out."