The seventh elder brother put his hands on his waist, stood under the shade of the willow tree, slightly bent his head, and asked Hongxin with a smile: "Brother, what kind of direct descendant do you like?"
Hongxin felt a little unspeakably upset and reached out to touch his brother's head. The seventh elder brother grabbed his arm and sat down again. He snuggled up to his brother obediently and said in a childlike voice: "I heard Huang Ama
Say, if it doesn’t work, I’ll give you Nagge!”
Hongxin coughed violently.
…
In the Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall, Yinzhen sat on the dragon chair, his face as sinking as water. After listening to Ma Chang in front of him, his face became more and more gloomy.
"Every word of what I said is true." Ma Changzai cried and kowtowed.
Ji Ling stood nearby. Yinzhen raised his head and glanced at her, then turned to Su Peisheng and said, "Concubine Chuanxi."
Concubine Xi was at Concubine Cheng's place. When she heard the message from Jiuzhou Qingyan Hall, she thought that the emperor had changed his mind and wanted to discuss the alchemy and alchemy. She immediately left in a hurry, kowtowed to Concubine Cheng, and then left.
Su Peisheng's face never showed a trace of wind, and he was still smiling all the way. When he arrived at the Jiuzhou Qingyan Palace, Niu Hulu saw Ma Changzai kneeling on the ground with tears streaming down his face, and then saw Ma Changzai standing there.
Next to him, Ji Ling, who was silent, felt that the momentum was wrong.
She looked at Yinzhen's face, her knees softened, and she couldn't help but kneel down: "Concubine, please pay your respects to the emperor. Your Majesty will receive ten thousand blessings..."
"You, tell Concubine Xi again." Before Niu Hulu could finish speaking, Yinzhen had interrupted Concubine Xi's words mercilessly and directly ordered Ma Changzai.
Concubine Xi's face turned pale and she subconsciously said, "What are you talking about..."
Ma Changzai turned around, knelt down and kowtowed, and said with red eyes: "Concubine Xi, if you don't want others to know, you have to do it yourself. The old things you did in the past were leaked by yourself, but you still pretended to be others.
Don’t you know?”
After she finished speaking, she told everything that happened that year from beginning to end.
Concubine Xi trembled violently all over, as if a basin of ice water had been poured from her head to her feet. She managed to calm down, shook her head slowly, and said: "What are you talking about? I don't understand. Your Majesty, in the harem
, there have always been false accusations and frame-ups. I have always been a law-abiding character. In the early years, except for practicing Taoism and worshiping Buddha in the Old Summer Palace and serving the Dowager Empress, I did not think about anything else. Today, a Ma Changzai appeared out of nowhere.
, just to cover up the crime of being a concubine with empty words, this is so ridiculous!"
When she was anxious, she spoke much faster than usual, with an almost ferocious look on her face. She took a step back and said plaintively: "Your Majesty, I already have a fourth brother. I was still a concubine back then. Why bother?"
Such a tactic that harms others and does not benefit oneself!"
Yinzhen looked at her for a long time and then said: "Concubine Xi, after all, it has been a long time since the incident, and now there has just been a happy event in the third princess's house. I just want you to speak the frank and honest truth."
Mrs. Niu Hulu gritted her teeth, turned pale, and said nothing.
Yinzhen said softly: "You should know that Ma Changzai told me a lot. When I sent people to investigate the matter in private, I almost suspected you, but in the end, it was just a little bit different. Now.
The clues before and after are all connected.
If I want to look for these clues, there are many files in the palace, not only the affairs of this dynasty, but also the old affairs of the previous dynasty, I can also find them."
His voice was indifferent and he spoke slowly. Niu Hulu felt that the blood in his body was cold.
"I don't recognize anything I haven't done," Niu Hulu said in a trembling voice.
"I don't admit it." She repeated this sentence again, as if to embolden herself, but there was a tremor in the end of the sentence.
Ji Ling stood beside him with his eyes downcast, saying nothing.
Yinzhen whispered: "Sit down."
Niu Hulu raised his head suddenly, and then realized that the emperor's words were not meant for him.
Ji Ling was helped by Qixi to sit down, Qixi's chest couldn't help but stare at Niu Hulu.
Ma Changzai knelt on the ground and crawled over. Just as he was about to speak, he heard a movement outside. It turned out that Concubine Cheng was coming.
She was old and gray, but she was still in good spirits. When she came in, Yinzhen quickly stood up and went to support her and said, "Why are you here?"
Su Peisheng had already asked the palace attendants to bring the soft chairs over.
When Concubine Xi saw Concubine Cheng coming over, she immediately acted as if she had seen a savior. She walked forward on her knees, grabbed the hem of Concubine Cheng's clothes, and cried, "Please do something fair for me, Your Majesty, he doesn't trust me."
Concubine!"
Yinzhen said to Ma Changzai: "Say it again, let the concubine listen to it for you."
After Ma Chang finished speaking, Concubine Xi was still crying and said: "I beg the concubine to speak a fair word for me and restore my innocence!"
"Shut up!" Concubine Cheng said sternly to Concubine Xi.
Concubine Xi suddenly stopped crying.
Concubine Cheng stood up tremblingly, looked up at Yinzhen, her aging face was covered with sorrow, and whispered: "Your Majesty, I have a few words, and I want to tell you because of my old age."
Yinzhen stretched out his hand to support her and said, "Say."
Concubine Cheng grabbed Yinzhen's wrist and led him a few steps behind the huge screen with nine golden dragons and mountains. After all, she was old and hobbled. Yinzhen saw this and thought of how she often visited Xiaoxiao when she was young.
Seeing Queen Yiren's greetings in the palace, she couldn't help but feel sad, and stretched out her hand to support Princess Cheng.
Concubine Cheng walked behind the screen, held Yinzhen's wrist, and said plaintively: "Your Majesty, you have grown up in a deep palace since you were a child. Seeing the ruthlessness of the Tian family, you should understand that things in this palace are not what they are.
It’s indescribable, there is me in you, and you in me, they are intricately intertwined and mixed together!
As a mother, how can you not think about your children! Concubine Xi’s feelings towards Si Age are just like the feelings Queen Xiao Yiren had towards you back then! In fact, how could I not have doubts back then? Mrs. Niu Hulu is also an honest person, Dan
Zhu, she has always believed in Buddhism and practiced Taoism, but the traces of this are too obvious. After what happened that year, I can see that she really regrets it, and there will be no other regrets in the future."
Concubine Cheng held Yinzhen's hand tightly and said again: "Even if you don't look at your mother, you should also look at your fourth brother... What's more, this is an old thing. It's been so long. Look.
For the sake of Concubine Xi who has been with you for so many years, for the sake of Fourth Brother, and for the sake of the grandson that the third princess just gave birth to, Your Majesty! I only think of it as a blessing for the grandson, and of Xi.
The concubine has worked so hard to serve me for so many years out of filial piety. I, with this old face, am asking for a favor for this child Niu Hulu!"
Tears finally fell from her old eyes, and she bent her knees to kneel down.
Yinzhen shouted: "Not allowed, concubine!"
He stretched out his hand to support Princess Cheng, his eyes darkened for a moment, he sighed, and said slowly in a deep voice: "I know what Princess Cheng means."