Chunyu Qing never expected that Concubine Wu could enter the queen's bedroom in her palace without anyone's permission. The conversation she had just had with Wu Yan fell into Concubine Wu's ears, which made her heart pound.
It jumped so hard that it almost jumped out of my throat.
But Concubine Wu continued to speak. She pointed at Chun Yuqing and said: "You are still thinking about other men without saying anything. Chun Yuqing, people like you should be dipped in a pig cage and burned alive.
I want to tell the emperor these words, and I want to see whether the Chunyu family can protect you if the majestic Empress Sui has committed such a crime!"
Concubine Wu was really excited when she heard such a secret. This excitement was due to Chun Yuqing's boldness, and secondly, it also made her very excited. Because if something like this happened, General Chun Yu's mansion would definitely not be able to protect the queen. As for the
Emperor Li Jian, a man, can endure anything, but this kind of thing cannot be tolerated. She believes that this time Li Jian will definitely accuse the queen, and even implicate the Chunyu family. As long as the Chunyu family falls, as long as there is no
Without Chun Yuqing's suppression, her life in the palace was really promising.
Seeing that Concubine Wu turned around and was about to walk out, Chun Yuqing became anxious, pointed at Concubine Wu and screamed: "You can't let her go, stop her!"
Immediately, a female guard emerged from the darkness, and the eunuch stepped forward quickly without saying a word. Several people took action and immediately dragged Concubine Wu and the two maids she brought back to the dormitory.
Chun Yuqing stepped forward in person, closed the hall door with force, turned around, and stared at Concubine Wu with a fierce look in her eyes. She said to Concubine Wu: "I can endure anything, and I can tolerate whatever you do."
Spare you. But Concubine Wu, Concubine Wu, this matter cannot be done! You said you heard something bad, why did you want to hear this? Since you are unwilling to forgive, then don't blame me for being cruel and cruel.
It's weird, I can only blame you for coming at the wrong time." After saying that, he glanced at the female guard.
Without saying a word, the two female guards used their five fingers to form claws and probed the throats of Concubine Wu and the maid. No matter how hard Concubine Wu and Concubine Wu struggled, it was to no avail. In the blink of an eye, two living people were strangled to death in the main hall.
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Seeing Concubine Wu's body fall to the ground, Chun Yuqing became irritated. Killing people in the palace is not easy to deal with, let alone killing a concubine. These two corpses cannot always be left here with her. What should she do?
How's that?
She looked at Wu Yan, who was more experienced than her, and said calmly: "Just throw it into the well. Concubine Wu is a palace concubine, and the emperor will definitely check it out, but there is no need to worry, the imperial concubine is doing the autopsy.
The general's people can just say that Concubine Wu slipped and fell. As for the palace maid, she naturally died for the savior."
"Is this okay?" Chun Yuqing still felt that it was not reliable, but he couldn't think of a better idea for a while, so he could only do what Wu Yan said.
The body was taken away by the female guard, leaving Wu Yan in the palace to remind her: "Concubine Wu can enter the empress's bedroom without being informed. It seems that we, the servants in the middle palace, should also change a batch."
Already."
"Yes." Chun Yuqing nodded, "So many pairs of eyes just saw Concubine Wu coming to this palace. You find a way to seal the mouths of those servants. As for the suspicious ones, you would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go.
.Killing a palace concubine is a big deal, but killing a few servants is no one’s business.”
Wuyan nodded and silently retreated.
As expected, Concubine Wu's disappearance caused the entire palace to boil. Everyone was speculating on where Concubine Wu had gone, until a new beauty who entered the palace accidentally discovered two corpses in the well. Concubine Wu's
The whereabouts were revealed to the public. But what followed was why Concubine Wu died. The new emperor Li Jian was so angry that he handed this time over to the Ministry of Punishment for trial. From the queen down to the palace maids and eunuchs, anyone considered suspicious by the Ministry of Punishment could be arrested.
Passed to the lobby for interrogation.
Chunyu Qing was really worried about this incident for several days, especially when the Minister of Punishment pointed the finger at her after several days of interrogation, she became even more panicked.
The people in the middle palace kept their mouths shut, but there were so many people outside who mentioned that the last time they saw Concubine Wu was when she was taking her servants to see the empress. This made Chunyu Qing speechless. The Minister of Punishment was very embarrassed. If this
What should he do if the queen really did it? Should he punish the queen? The Chunyu family is not someone to be trifled with. But if justice is not done, what reason should the queen find to excuse herself?
At this time, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment especially hoped that Chunyu Qing could find a way to absolve himself of the crime. Chunyu Qing was indeed thinking of a way, but he never thought of a suitable one. The two parties were in a stalemate, and suddenly someone stood up and said to the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
: "That day after the Emperor left the Empress's chamber, I went over to pay my respects to the Empress. The Empress talked to me until dinner was about to be finished, but I didn't see Concubine Wu coming during this period!"
The speaker was none other than the nobleman who was favored by Li Jian recently, Fang Jinse.
Chun Yuqing did not expect that Fang Jinse would stand up and speak for her at this time. Although she was surprised, she also knew how to cooperate and continue the drama. Therefore, the case eventually evolved into Concubine Wu going to find the Queen.
As the empress spoke, she did not want to accidentally fall into a well halfway. Her maid wanted to go down to salvage, but they both died together.
Li Jian didn't say much about the outcome of the case, but looked at Chun Yuqing with a little more alienation. The nobleman's explanation for his behavior to Chun Yuqing was: "Since I have entered the palace, I
Come on, I am destined to be unable to get out in this life. I want to live my life in peace in the palace, so I must have someone to rely on. You are the queen, and I am willing to live under the wings of the queen without asking for leave.
Yes, I just want to protect myself. Madam, don’t worry, I don’t like to talk very much. Even the emperor once praised me for this. Therefore, I will never say more about this matter from now on.
sentence."
Fang Jinse returned to her palace and sat silently on the soft couch embroidering a coat for the emperor. The maid who followed her into the palace asked Yuexin: "Really want to help the queen? But we can all see it.
, the emperor is on guard against the emperor, for fear that once this war is over, the military power of the Chunyu family will be largely recovered by the emperor, and once the Chunyu family loses its value, the queen may not be able to continue to be her queen."
Fang Jinse smiled and said, "So what? At least she is the queen now, and that Concubine Wu is just a dead concubine. I have become a nobleman now, and the emperor often favors me. Unknowingly, I have
You have made countless enemies in the palace. If you don't find a backer for yourself, you don't know how you will die one day in the future. Although the queen's backer is not stable, don't be afraid. We still have time. When the Chunyu family falls, we should also be strong.
Get up."
After all, Chunyu Qing did not dare to send people to look for Xuan Tianhua in the Jiancheng area. The incident with Concubine Wu taught her a lesson and made her more cautious. Although to outsiders, it seemed that the queen just took care of a concubine.
It is not uncommon for harems to use common methods to fight for favor. But she is the only one who knows the cause and result of this matter in her heart, and she also understands that what is in her heart can only be kept in her heart. Once it is brought to light, she will soon be punished.
Retribution comes.
The gates of Tongcheng are still closed, and people live a life of self-sufficiency and self-sufficiency in the city. In the first few days, there was nothing wrong with it, but as time went on, the disadvantages became apparent. For example, some people began to worry about rice grains.
Due to the problem of store supply, some wealthy families have begun to hoard medicinal materials to prevent patients who have been taking medicine all year round from running out of medicine once the medicinal materials are sold out.
Of course, these are not immediate impacts. For the people, the biggest impact is that the vendors selling eggs, meat and vegetables have not left their stalls for several days. Poultry breeding is all done in Zhuangzi outside the city,
The door was sealed and there was no way out. Once the goods in hand were sold out, they would no longer be able to sell them. Naturally, vendors could no longer set up stalls. Vendors were out of stock and people could not eat. So people started a new round of complaints, and people began to complain again.
Drums were beaten at the gate of the government office, and Zhizhou Tianping was asked to negotiate with Duanmu Anguo again.c≡c≡c≡gec≡
Unfortunately, Duanmu Anguo would not open the city gates, so Tian Ping had no choice but to discuss with the wealthy households and ask them to distribute some of the meat and eggs they had hoarded at home to temporarily meet the needs of other people.
Feng Zhaolian still lives in that inn. The situation in Tongcheng has caused him to not eat the delicious dim sum at the corner of the street for two days. Because of the lack of eggs, the dim sum shop cannot open and has put up a sign that it has stopped selling.
It made him very depressed.
When Yun Duo arrived, she went out for a walk and came back with a bag of medicinal materials in her hand. She said to Feng Zhaolian: "I saw that my master had a dry cough recently, so I went to grab some medicine and said it was for soaking."
Just drink it as tea to soothe the master's throat." As he spoke, he made a pot for him, and then said: "Nowadays, people on the street buy whatever they see, and the medicinal shops are almost emptied. It's not easy for the slaves.
That’s why I prepared this medicine.”
Yun Xiao's eyes were looking straight at the pot of tea that Yun Duo had brewed. When he saw Yun Duo holding up the bowl and handing it to Feng Zhaolian, he couldn't help but stepped forward and took the bowl of tea: "First
Leave it alone, it's too hot. Remember, don't use overheated water for brewing in the future, as it will lose the taste of the tea." After saying that, he winked at Feng Zhaolian, then placed the tea bowl heavily on the table.
Only then did he return to his original position.
Yun Duo glanced at Yun Xiao and said nothing. He put his hands on both sides and stood behind Feng Zhaolian. He just glanced at the bowl of tea with his small eyes from time to time. After seeing it for the fifth time, he finally couldn't bear it.
The resident said: "Master, why don't you drink it? This slave really had to squeeze through the crowd to get the medicine. It would be a pity not to drink it. You coughed six times the night before yesterday and fifteen times yesterday. If you don't take the medicine, you will probably get sick."
More serious."
Feng Zhaolian has really been feeling unwell recently, her throat is dry and itchy, and she feels tight and uncomfortable. This is actually not a new problem. The root of the problem started when Qian Zhou was soaked in a medicine vat, and she always suffers from this problem every winter.
For two years, Feng Yuheng gave me a medicine that I could hold in my mouth to relieve my pain, and I felt much better. But now that I am in Tongcheng, where can I find that kind of thing?
Seeing Feng Zhaolian stunned, Yun Duo was slightly startled, and then he suddenly realized: "Master is afraid that there is something wrong with the tea? Then drink first, please wait until it's okay!" After saying that, he picked up the bowl of tea,
He drank it all in one gulp. When he put the bowl down again, he raised his arm and wiped the remaining tea stains from the corners of his mouth with his sleeves. His stubborn expression became bright again, "You don't have to be careful about me. This tea is not poisonous. I have already taken you away."
When I arrived in Tongcheng, my mission has been completed. Poisoning is not within the scope of my responsibilities..."