It would not be an exaggeration to say that this kind of behavior shows a guilty conscience.
"That's right."
Princess Yufeng said in a disdainful tone: "Some people have seen him secretly exchanging letters with a rough servant girl before. It seems that they have been in contact with each other for a long time - I told my mother at the beginning that such an unclean man cannot stay around at all.
!”
When the queen heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Emperor Qingming.
Who says it’s not?
——This person who has been followed by more than a hundred people at least has been really dirty for a long time and cannot be taken away.
Emperor Qingming didn't bother to pay attention to the queen's gaze, and his eyes became slightly cold after hearing this.
...The people assigned by Xia Aiqing were so unclean in their work. No wonder something happened.
Fortunately, he was just suspected of having secret dealings with the maid. If the eldest princess's palace had really investigated deeply, the situation would have been even more troublesome.
"Has he been caught?" Emperor Qingming asked.
Princess Yufeng said: "I've been searching all night, but I still haven't found my whereabouts, or I don't know if I escaped from the house."
It rained heavily last night, and it was easy to hide the bloodstains, so it was not easy to find them.
"I will definitely order someone to capture this person and seek justice for Jingrong." Emperor Qingming said with serious eyes.
Xu Mingyi sneered in his heart.
If His Majesty really wants to seek justice for the eldest princess, he may have to commit suicide.
When Princess Yufeng was about to say something more, she saw Shi Shi walking in from outside.
After Shi Shi saluted, he said: "...I found the blue bamboo, but the person is already dead. It was found in the well in the backyard."
"Dead?"
Princess Yufeng's face darkened: "He's really given an advantage!"
"Didn't you say that there was another rough messenger maid?" Emperor Qingming asked: "Who saw this man delivering messages with the maid that day? You can ask him to go and identify them one by one - if it is really just a personal relationship, I'm afraid it's just a secret.
They colluded secretly and were instructed by others to murder Jing Rong."
As an emperor, he should think further when encountering problems. If he couldn't even think of this level, it would be unreasonable.
Princess Yufeng was about to speak but stopped for a moment after hearing this.
Then he said: "The two of them sending messages that day were seen by my maid Shi Shi, but she was far away and could not see her face clearly."
Anyway, the answer is the same, there is no need to involve the town government.
Shi Shi quickly responded: "Yes, it is exactly what the maid saw with her own eyes, but the maid looks ordinary and it is really difficult to distinguish."
She is the best at taking the blame. Last time, Akui asked her for advice - how to carry a pot well and calmly, as well as the speed and on-the-spot reaction of taking the pot. These are all important.
Fastidious.
Emperor Qingming said: "Even so, we must investigate carefully and we must not leave such consequences."
Princess Yufeng nodded.
The steward in my mother's yard is already dealing with this matter. Even if the clues are limited, if you inquire one by one, you will always gain something.
As soon as this idea came to mind, someone else came to report the news.
"...When Madam Kuang led people to inquire in the front yard, she found that a maid who was a rough messenger was missing and was not present, so she immediately sent people to look for her, but who knew that the maid actually hanged herself in the room... This maid
I usually work in the garden taking care of the flowers and plants, but I joined the mansion five years ago."
Everyone had different expressions upon hearing this.
Doctor Shan's hands in his sleeves trembled.
What?
Another one died...
Just...he's the only one missing?!
If when he learned that he was going to do this errand before, he only felt like he had half a foot in the coffin, then at this moment, he seemed to have seen the scene of his funeral before his eyes...!
"Five years ago... Lanzhu was almost five years ahead!"
Princess Yufeng's face changed as she said, "Is it possible that someone really wanted to harm my mother, so they put these two people into the house one after another?"
Naturally, she and Zhao Zhao had already thought of this, but Zhao Zhao said that in front of her uncle, the emperor, it was not a bad thing to act silly occasionally.
"I will have people investigate this matter thoroughly." Emperor Qingming looked solemn.
Then he said worriedly: "But the most important thing right now is Jingrong's body——"
At this time, Zhu Yuanpan and others arrived, and a group of imperial doctors gathered around Princess Jingrong to inspect her. They all looked unhappy.
Emperor Qingming stayed in the eldest princess's palace for most of the day. It was not until someone from the palace came to urge him that there was an urgent report coming to the capital that needed to be presented before Emperor Qingming hurried back to the palace with his queen.
On the way back to the palace, I did not forget to tell the queen: "I am not allowed to leave the palace easily on weekdays. During these days, please ask the queen to go and see Jingrong for me... As for the queen mother, let's be optimistic for the time being.
She was too worried about the old man and hurt her body."
"Yes, I have written it all down."
Emperor Qingming's mind echoed what the imperial doctors said——
"It's more bad than good"...
"Now we can only look at the fortune of the eldest princess"...
At present, Yu Feng is not leaving Jing Rong's side, and everyone in the eldest princess's residence is extremely alert. It is impossible for Dr. Shan to do anything again. Let's wait and see in a few days...
He wanted Jingrong to go away more quickly and suffer less pain, but in the end, God failed to fulfill his wish.
…
Princess Jingrong's fever lasted for six days.
"Fortunately, the fever has subsided, but the person still hasn't woken up..."
In the Hall of Yangxin, the Queen said to Emperor Qing Ming: "Today I specifically asked Zhu Yuanpian, and Zhu Yuanpian only said... Under such circumstances, it is extremely rare to be able to survive until the fever subsides... As for other things,
It’s hard to say now.”
As for why she was able to get rid of the fever, it wasn't all about surviving it. As far as she knew, it was Akui's credit - but mentioning such credit in front of the emperor was equivalent to a sin, so let's not mention it.
Emperor Qingming sighed.
"Jingrong will definitely be able to get through it."
The Queen nodded: "It will definitely be as Your Majesty said."
In this way, another seven or eight days passed.
Princess Jingrong was still in a coma and could only survive by force-feeding some liquid food every day.
Some imperial doctors said that there were cases where people with brain injuries could never wake up.
In this case, due to long-term bed rest and difficulty in eating, the person usually does not survive for several months, and it is easy for him to pass away silently in a coma.
After hearing this, Emperor Qingming went to the eldest princess's mansion again and sat silently beside his sister's bed for a long time.
Half a month later, the winter moon entered.
It snowed in Beijing yesterday.
On a long street with few pedestrians, carriages slowly rolled over the snow on the road, leaving rut marks.
In front of the gate of the eldest princess's mansion, Xu Mingyi took Akui out of the carriage.
Another carriage stopped immediately, and Xu Mingyi said to the people in the carriage: "Second uncle, I will come out as soon as I go. Please wait here."
"Hmm..." The person in the carriage responded vaguely, apparently lying down in the carriage again.
When Xu Mingyi turned around, he saw a Zhuying Babao Car parked not far away.
