After listening to what they said, Lao Zhu thought for a moment and ordered his eunuchs to enter Wenyuan Pavilion and temporarily put Concubine Lu under house arrest. There is no conclusive evidence to prove that Concubine Lu has a problem. Although Lao Zhu does not think that Yun Xi is lying, But he is still cautious about matters involving his family on both sides.
However, most of the maids and eunuchs in Wenyuan Pavilion were arrested, as were the eunuchs in Dongnuan Pavilion except the "Four Kings".
At the same time, it was announced that Guo Hongtao, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, would come to the palace to see the emperor, and he immediately asked the guards to tell the family of Boss Tang of Qilu Noodle House to enter the palace.
At this time, Eunuch Hu, the imperial supervisor, walked over in small steps and whispered to Lao Zhu that the spices were fine. Lao Zhu nodded and asked him to step back.
Immediately afterwards, the eunuch who knew medical skills next to Lao Zhu came over and said: "Your Majesty, perhaps our medical skills are shallow and we did not find any signs of poisoning in Your Highness." Although Yunxi was indeed not 'poisoned' at this time, even if he was 'poisoned' they It can't be detected because parasites are not poisonous in the first place.
Lao Zhu asked the eunuchs around him to accompany Yunxi to live in Qianqing Palace today, and then walked into Wenyuan Pavilion himself.
Previously, Lao Zhu specifically ordered not to disturb Yunwen when Concubine Lu was under house arrest and her eunuchs and maids were arrested. But Yunwen was not sleeping yet, how could he not be disturbed? When he saw Lao Zhu coming in, he immediately stepped forward He saluted and asked: "Grandpa Huang, what happened?"
Lao Zhu kindly replied: "It's nothing, I just want to ask your mother and concubine about something. You can go and rest."
Seeing Lao Zhu's kind but firm answer, Yun Wen knew that he couldn't get anything out of the question. Although he was worried about his mother, he could only go back to his dormitory and secretly inquire about what happened.
Lao Zhu walked into the living room of Wenhua Hall, where Concubine Lu was waiting alone. Lao Zhu asked the eunuchs behind him to go out, and then stared down at Concubine Lu who had finished her salute and asked after kneeling on the ground.
He said: "Ms. Lu, raise your head."
Since Concubine Lu dared to do this, she was already prepared to accept the "Zhu Yuanzhang's scrutiny", so she raised her head and looked at Lao Zhu normally.
Lao Zhu observed her carefully for a while and found nothing wrong, so he asked: "Ms. Lu, do you know why I am here?"
Concubine Lu showed normal confusion: "Go back to Your Majesty, I don't know."
Lao Zhu asked a few more questions, but still found no flaw; Concubine Lu had always behaved in line with what she said. Lao Zhu couldn't tell from Concubine Lu's behavior whether she did it, but he couldn't completely rest assured, so he went out. After entering Wenyuan Pavilion in Wenhua Hall, he ordered Concubine Lu, Yunwen, Yunxi, Yunxun and others to move to Wuying Hall in advance on the grounds that Yunxi was about to be crowned the emperor's grandson. Concubine Li, Wenying, and Wenrong The others and their mothers and concubines also moved out of Wenhua Hall.
Yunxi moved to Qianqing Palace, worked hard for half a night, and didn't go to bed until the middle of the night. The next day, because the preparatory ceremony for canonizing the emperor's grandson was started on time, Yunxi got up before dawn with Lao Zhu, who was about to go to court. With dark circles under his eyes, he cooperated with the Chief Eunuch, the eunuchs, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites to rehearse tomorrow's official canonization ceremony. However, everyone was curious about what happened yesterday and quietly looked at Yunxi.
Lao Zhu didn't sleep well last night. He also went to court with dark circles under his eyes and was obviously in a bad mood. An official from the Ministry of Industry embezzled seventy taels of silver and was directly sentenced to death. Under normal circumstances, a small-time embezzler like this
Because the number of officials was seriously insufficient, they were all sentenced to emigration and death penalty (equivalent to suspended death).
In addition, several clerks from the Ministry of Revenue who knew Wang Jin and were on duty last night saw the king going in and out of the palace to buy food. Later, the guards went out to arrest people everywhere. So everyone thought that something happened in the palace last night, and
It may be related to Yunxi or even the position of crown prince, so everyone secretly inquired about what happened.
Therefore, the officials from the Ministry of Rites who came into the palace today all looked at Yunxi, and then they were fully convinced that it was indeed related to Yunxi. However, I don’t know what happened specifically. Lao Zhu blocked the news very tightly, and anyone who knew the inside story was
They were surrounded in the palace. When the officials saw that Yun Xi was fine and that the canonization of the emperor's grandson was on schedule, most people gave up. After all, it was better not to interfere with the royal affairs. Although the Chang family and the Lu family couldn't let it go.
, but nothing can be found out.
Because Lao Zhu took over the whole matter personally, Yunxi put it aside and waited for the result out of his trust in Lao Zhu.
But Lao Zhu couldn't give up. And after a whole morning of hard work, all the inner palace offices have determined who is the mastermind behind the scenes. Although Concubine Lu destroyed all the evidence: Jin Yiwei's most powerful poison identification, no one can identify it.
Yunxi's food was poisonous; the few palace maids around Concubine Lu who knew the inside story gritted their teeth and endured the punishment in the palace, saying they did not know.
However, because the people who went out of the palace to do business were closely separated, the boss Tang Bohe discovered the problem at Qilu Noodle House. Therefore, relying on Boss Tang's confession and description of the person's appearance, it was determined that Master Hu who was beside Concubine Lu was from out of the palace and from Yunnan.
One of the people involved in the Yi trade. Conclusive evidence was immediately available. Although Hu Siyi committed suicide immediately after knowing that he was discovered, it was still certain that Concubine Lu was the mastermind behind the scenes.
After confirming this, Lao Zhu handed over the arrest tasks outside the palace to the Jin Yiwei. Originally, he had abolished the arrest, interrogation and other powers of the Jin Yiwei, but this time the matter really cannot be left to the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple.
I have to use Jinyiwei.
All the maids and eunuchs in the palace who were involved in the case were executed. Other eunuchs around Concubine Lu were also put to hard labor, and the maids were assigned to teach skills. But for Concubine Lu, Lao Zhu struggled for a long time on how to deal with it.
After all, Concubine Lu is the second concubine of Crown Prince Yiwen. She has been in charge of the palace affairs of Wenhua Palace for more than nine years. She also has three sons, Yunwen, Yunzhen, and Yunxi. She also raised Yunxi. If everything about her is made public, the impact will be
It was too bad, so it must not be made public. The reason why Lao Zhu did not arrest anyone from the Lu family during this interrogation was because of this consideration.
But it must be dealt with harshly. If it is just house arrest, it will just hand over the trouble to Yunxi. After an afternoon of thinking, Lao Zhu finally decided to put Concubine Lu under house arrest first, claiming that she was sick, and gradually said that her illness was getting worse.
The disease will get heavier and heavier, and then die before the twelfth lunar month. The Lu family will also find reasons to send the whole family to the border in the future.
After making this decision, Lao Zhu completely put the matter aside and waited until the day after tomorrow to discuss other matters. He also did not deal with the folding papers that were piled up on the table because they were not approved for a day. Because tomorrow, there will be less than six
At that time, it was time to officially confer Yunxi as the grandson of the emperor. Lao Zhu wanted to ensure that there were no mistakes, so he called all the officials involved in the yamen and asked them carefully.
After waiting for this time, it was already Youshi (19-21 o'clock in the evening). Lao Zhu called the imperial doctor again and gave Yunxi his fifth physical examination today to make sure that there was nothing wrong with his health. Then Lao Zhu was doing all this
After finishing it, I went to bed because I wanted to be energetic for tomorrow.