This matter was pushed to the climax of public opinion after a censor who had been working tirelessly to impeach the eldest princess for many years handed over a report that he suspected that eldest princess Jingrong had caused the murder.
In this regard, Emperor Qingming had only one sentence - no conclusion should be made without evidence.
A few days later, another imperial doctor was sent to the eldest princess's mansion, claiming to be taking care of her body.
After Xu Mingyi heard this, the answer became completely clear in his mind.
Recently, she had asked Jiao Jiao more than once, so she knew clearly that Princess Jingrong had not been affected by this incident, but that she occasionally had difficulty falling asleep at night.
Raised under.
But Emperor Qing Ming chose this moment to send an imperial physician over with such great fanfare and to keep him in the eldest princess's mansion...
This move made it difficult for outsiders to suspect that Princess Jingrong was ill because of Jia Jun's incident.
Is this really about loving and caring for your sister?
Xu Mingyi sneered in his heart.
It is rare for a dog to become emperor like this.
At this point in the situation, if the murderer in the previous life was not Emperor Qingming, she would not believe anything -
"Go to the eldest princess's mansion and deliver a post." Xu Mingyi told A Kui.
Tomorrow, she was going to the eldest princess's mansion - to meet the eldest princess in person.
Akui agreed and went immediately.
…
That night, in the Yukun Palace, Emperor Qingming woke up from a nightmare.
"Delusion... delusion!"
The man's confused, frightened and angry voice came from inside the tent.
The queen on the side was awakened.
Emperor Qingming had woken up and sat up now, breathing heavily.
"Your Majesty, what's going on?" The Queen sat up.
"...I had a strange dream." Emperor Qingming's tone was still cold.
The queen comforted her softly: "It's just a nightmare. It's normal. Your Majesty, don't take it to heart..."
It is indeed normal. If you do too many bad things, you will definitely have nightmares if you feel guilty. This is absolutely normal.
——The queen gently patted Emperor Qingming's back, which was soaked with cold sweat, and said in her heart.
Emperor Qingming slowly exhaled, rubbed his temples, and ordered: "Hold the lamp."
The chamberlain who had just heard the commotion and walked in softly responded "Yes", and the palace quickly lit up.
"I disturbed you until you fell asleep." Emperor Qingming seemed to have regained his composure and spoke to the queen in a gentle voice.
The queen smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, I, my concubine."
Anyway, with this ungrateful person by her side, she wouldn't be able to sleep peacefully.
"What time is it?" Emperor Qingming asked.
The chamberlain replied: "Return to your Majesty at the moment of Yinshi."
"It's not too early, I'll go and take a look at the book first——"
"Then my concubine will serve His Majesty and change his clothes."
Emperor Qingming nodded.
The bed curtains were raised, and the chambermaids quickly brought in a supply of toiletries.
After a lot of work, they were finally sent out of the Jade Kun Palace. The queen was also exhausted from sleep, so she picked up the tabby cat behind the screen, held it in her arms, and sat by the window to eat tea.
Outside the half-open window lattice, the gray-blue sky was neatly cut by the towering palace walls.
"My God, I haven't seen what the sky looks like outside for more than ten years. How about you? How long have you been in the palace?"
The queen looked down at the tabby cat, which was sleeping soundly with its two front paws on her arms, and asked jokingly.
The palace road was straight, a group of eunuchs lowered their heads and held lanterns in front of them. Emperor Qingming sat on the dragon chariot, his eyes colder than the night.
He dreamed about the situation before his father died again...
At that time, he and his father were the only two people in the huge dormitory. His father looked at him with a look that he couldn't understand and said to him - this throne was meant for you, and you didn't need to do anything extra.
At that time, he just felt cold all over.
It turns out that my father has noticed his secret tricks and calculations?
He could only pretend not to understand, kowtowed and said, "I am scared."
Father didn't say anything more about this matter, as if the unclear words were just his imagination——
Next, the father told him some so-called principles and advice for being a king.
His father told him that now that the foundation of Daqing is not stable, there must be no civil strife, let alone severing one's own limbs. Therefore, King Yan, Prince Dingnan's Mansion, and Prince Zhenguo's Mansion cannot be touched.
He agreed.
But his father didn't think it was enough, so he actually forced him to swear an oath on the spot, making him promise that he would never do anything that would damage Daqing's foundation...
He did so...
I swore a poisonous oath on my throne and my life!
But is my father really doing it for the so-called Daqing foundation?
Or rather, it was just that the overall situation in the palace had been decided at that time, and King Yan could not recover without the capital, so he could only coax him to say, "This throne is meant for you", and then force him to swear an oath to protect King Yan...!
And since his father had seen through his intentions, would he really let it go and hand the throne over to him without leaving any backup plan?
He had already cleared away all the people who served his father personally back then. However, before his father left, he also met two people alone——
Zhen Guogong, He Jingrong...
In his dream just now, after King Yan returned to Beijing, he got the autograph of his father's token from Jingrong... and then told the world that he was the thief who stole the throne!
It’s simply delusional!
Emperor Qingming suddenly clenched his fingers.
Even if he thinks too much... But this matter is very important. He has obtained all this with great difficulty, and he must not destroy it because of mercy...
No matter what, we can't let Jingrong and King Yan have a chance to meet again!
There were faint layers of black clouds surging in the dark sky.
The sky gradually became brighter, but the rising sun still did not appear. There was a gray and cold atmosphere between the sky and the earth.
Xu Mingyi let Ah Kui tie up his cloak before leaving Xiyuan.
The carriage drove all the way to the princess's mansion.
"It's very windy outside today, I thought you weren't coming."
Princess Yufeng took one of Xu Mingyi's hands and walked into the inner room, telling the maid: "Hurry and get a hand stove."
"It's not winter yet, so there's no need for a hand stove."
Xu Mingyi smiled and said: "But it would be nice if I could drink a bowl of brown sugar and egg drop sweet soup to warm my body."
"You really want to drink this?"
Xu Mingyi nodded.
Princess Yufeng always responded to her requests and immediately asked her maid to go to the kitchen to prepare.
Xu Mingyi hurriedly said: "Jiaojiao, I want to drink what you made——"
Princess Yufeng frowned slightly and looked at her.
It would be nice to have a drink, but this girl actually wants to boss her around?
Xu Mingyi shook her hand and looked at her with pleading eyes.
Princess Yufeng rolled her eyes, but she was defeated. She said angrily: "I haven't touched anything in the kitchen for several years. I'll make an agreement with you first. I'll make it later. If you
If you don’t think it tastes good, I’ll drink it for you.”
Seeing her throw away her hand, she began to roll up her sleeves, as if she was going to wash her hands and make soup. The smile in Xu Mingyi's eyes became even stronger.
Then, as if asking casually, he said: "By the way, the scratch on the back of the eldest princess's hand should have peeled off, right?"
