"Yuepei..." Li Ji felt as if he had heard this name somewhere: "Who is this person?"
Thinking of the charges against Yue Pei and his involvement with Xia Tingzhen, Zhao Guo broke into a cold sweat and opened his mouth, unable to speak for a moment: "Yes..."
"Say it quickly!" Wang Tong was so angry that he almost drew his sword.
An emperor who was repeatedly angry and angry was enough for him, so why did this bitch add to his troubles?
"That's... the one who accompanied Zhou Shilang to welcome Xu Qiwei back to the capital, and who wanted to assassinate Xu Qiwei on Xia Tingzhen's orders!" Zhao Guo's voice almost sounded like crying:
"He was transferred to custody not long ago.
In the imperial prison, he and I were old acquaintances. He repeatedly begged me to send this thing to the palace. I was so soft-hearted that I agreed... Sir, Mr. Ji, I really just ran errands for him.
I don’t know anything about it!”
Li Ji narrowed his eyes slightly.
Yue Pei...
It turned out to be this person.
What he said sounded familiar. When the Duke of Zhenguo returned to Beijing that day, he mentioned this person's name in the palace.
Although the assassination of Duke Zhenguo was originally His Majesty's intention, after verification later, it was found that this person was indeed Xia Tingzhen's.
Xia Tingzhen's people are now in prison...
But he tried every means to give this thing to Concubine Rong...
Li Ji glanced at Zhao Guo who admitted his mistake and begged for mercy.
This stupid thing must not know that something happened to Concubine Rong, otherwise he would not have the courage to bring this thing into the palace.
The man named Yue Pei is in prison, so it is even more impossible to know.
Under such circumstances, this move is worth pondering...
In just a short moment, Li Ji thought a lot.
At this time, an eunuch quickly walked out of the palace, took a look at the situation outside the palace, and said to Li Ji in a low voice: "Your Majesty felt that there was a lot of noise outside the palace, and he was uneasy about it, so he specially asked the slave to come and take a look..."
Li Ji nodded slightly.
This is definitely not what His Majesty originally said. I guess the starting point must be at least 'Whoever is making noise outside the palace, pull them all down and die with my rod'...
During these days, no matter who or what happened, the slightest movement was enough to make His Majesty uneasy. I don’t know how many palace maids and eunuchs serving in the Yangxin Palace have changed.
Li Ji sighed in his heart, thinking that there would be trouble next, so he said to the eunuch who came out: "Stand here, I will go and talk to His Majesty."
"Yes." The inner monitor breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't dare to go back.
"Take this person down first and watch him carefully," Li Ji said as he turned around.
Zhang Neijian responded and ordered Zhao Guo to be taken to the Criminal Division.
"Sir...Sir, save me!" Zhao Guo said with a face that was better than paper white: "I really don't know anything!"
Wang Tong's face turned pale.
Save him?
Now he wants to tear the opponent's head off!
This careless thing is dead. It would be really bad if it really caused him any trouble!
"His Majesty……"
Li Ji returned to his bedroom and saluted in front of his couch.
"Now my Yangxin Palace has become a market place! What are your rules for cooking!" Emperor Qingming sat on the bedside. Although his hair was still neatly combed, in just one month, his temples were already exposed.
He had white hair. His cheeks that originally looked like Zhou Zheng's had become sharp due to weight loss, and a pair of gloomy eyes were stained with blue and black.
"It was the slave's negligence that disturbed your majesty. Please punish him." Li Ji admitted his mistake first and then reported in a low voice: "It's just that the slave just heard the news from his subordinates - it has been confirmed that he went to the palace with the king's command to meet the saint today.
A member of the Bai family named Zhao secretly wants to bribe the eunuch to send this object to Yongfu Palace and ask His Majesty to see it..."
While speaking, he held up the object with both hands.
Emperor Qingming's face darkened as soon as he heard the words "Yongfu Palace".
That bitch still seems to be hiding something!
"When did the people from the Police Guard actually collude with the Rong family?"
"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. I think it's just Zhao Baihu who was bribed by others..." Li Ji roughly repeated what Zhao Guo had just confessed.
"Yuepei? Is this person still alive?" Emperor Qingming was quite impressed with the Beijing Qianzong who was sent to Dongyuan City to handle affairs in the past - the impression of a useless straw bag!
"Yes, I think it was to trace the whereabouts of Xia Tingzhen's 200,000 taels of silver that I was able to keep it until today." Li Ji guessed: "This person is in a desperate situation. This time he asked the police to send this thing to Concubine Rong.
, most likely with the intention of asking for help.”
It's just that this so-called act of asking for help is a bit unusual no matter how you look at it...
Emperor Qingming looked at the two pieces of bloody linen that Li Ji had placed on the bedside table and held up by blue cloth.
It must have been torn from the prison uniform. There was only a big word "PE" painted with blood on it, and it was torn into two halves.
It's really like asking for help.
But behind the call for help, there seems to be some kind of threat of death and destruction——
threaten……
Emperor Qingming lowered his eyes as he thought.
Even if the Rong family is indeed secretly colluding with Xia Tingzhen, now that Xia Tingzhen is dead and Yue has cultivated a small Beijing camp, how can he have the confidence to seek help from the Rong family?
What else are you going to use to threaten the Rong family?
——Tell us about the conspiracy between Rong and Xia Tingzhen?
No, even though Yue Pei belongs to Xia Tingzhen, his position is low and he is just a small pawn in Xia Tingzhen's hands. Xia Tingzhen has always been cautious, so why would he let the other party know about his plan with the Rong family?
And since Yue Pei asked for help from the Rong family, it means that he didn't know that something happened to the Rong family...
That being the case, in his eyes, Rong is still the most powerful Concubine Rong... Even though he knows that Rong has some contacts with Xia Tingzhen, based on Rong's current status, he really thinks that this matter alone can force Rong to take the throne.
Concession? Aren't you afraid that if the threat fails, the Rong family will silence you?
Or does he have other clues about the Rong family?
Emperor Qingming's eyes were fixed on the word "Pei"——
This is even a word, not a surname...
How could a Beijing-based Qianzong be so confident that a noble concubine in the deep palace would know who he was?
Unless these two people knew each other or were even familiar with each other!
The young man's tall figure and resolute face flashed before Emperor Qingming's eyes...
This person is about the same age as Mr. Rong!
At this moment, out of a man's intuition, Emperor Qingming felt a huge boulder suddenly press down on his heart, making a guess that made him unable to calm down!
Li Ji quietly glanced at the emperor's face.
He just said that no normal man would make any guesses about this matter before his eyes...
No, it should be said that a man like him, who is not so normal, has an idea, let alone a normal one.
"Li Ji..." Emperor Qingming's eyes were still fixed on the two pieces of linen. When he spoke again, there was no wave in Shen Ji's tone.
"Slave here."
"I order you to thoroughly investigate all the details of this Yue Pei within two days——"
"Yes, I obey." Li Ji knew the key to the word "details" and immediately did not dare to look at the emperor's face again. He lowered his head and slowly retreated.
The palace has the intention to thoroughly investigate the details of a mere Yue Pei, and there is nothing that cannot be understood.
It didn't even take two days. When the sky was getting dark the next day, Li Ji brought all the news back to Yangxin Hall.
"... This person's father passed away early, and His Majesty also knew it... After his father passed away, his family fell into decline. Yue Pei's attempt to pursue an official career failed, and he later went to work in the Beijing camp..."
"I was later promoted to General Manager Qian because I got the appreciation of the deputy general in the camp at that time. This deputy general was secretly considered to be Xia Tingzhen's person... But I asked someone to check it carefully. At the time, Yue Pei was not considered a top performer in the camp...
"
In this way, the so-called "appreciation" obviously has something else going on.
"After repeated inquiries with several people who are close to Yuepei, they all said that when Yuepei was promoted, there were many speculations in the camp. Even Yuepei himself was very surprised..."
The Yue family's family background at that time alone was not enough to ask Yue Pei to spend a lot of money to smoothen the relationship.
Therefore, this "appreciation" was given proactively by Deputy General Fang, or Xia Tingzhen.
"...Go on!" Emperor Qingming had just finished drinking the medicine, and his face, which had improved slightly, turned dark again.
Seeing this expression, Li Ji thought about it and said tactfully: "The Yue family's old house happens to be in Dingkangfang behind Tonghua Hutong..."
Emperor Qingming sneered from between his teeth.
Tonghua Alley...
Where is the Rong family!
"According to this, Mr. Rong and this person must be old acquaintances!"
However, beautiful women have always been carefully checked before entering the palace. Rong was indeed innocent when he entered the palace...
If he really had an affair with this person, it must have been after entering the palace!
After entering the palace...
The childish face flashed before his eyes, and Emperor Qingming seemed to have a burning fire in his heart, rising crazily and burning every part of his internal organs.
Since entering the palace, Rong has almost never left the palace alone...
With Yue Pei's position here, there is no chance of entering the palace!
And when did Rong become pregnant with Zhang'er?
At the beginning of spring last year, we prayed at Hanming Temple!
He remembers it clearly...
At that time, Rong was inconspicuous among the concubines. After entering the palace for a few years, he didn't bother to pay attention to it when his stomach didn't move. But that time when he prayed for blessings at Hanming Temple...
After the prayer, the night before he left Hanming Temple, when he was reviewing the memorial at night, Mr. Rong came to see him on the grounds that he had copied the prayer scripture with his own hands...
After that, less than two months after returning to the palace, Rong was diagnosed with pregnancy!
"I went to Hanming Temple to pray for blessings at the beginning of last year... Can Yue Pei be among the entourage?! Check the roster for me immediately!" Emperor Qingming looked at Li Ji, his eyes like a sharp blade.
"..." Li Ji paused.
This... has been specifically checked.
If he is as considerate as he is, he will be able to give His Majesty an answer now.
"Back to Your Majesty, this matter has been verified. During the trip to Hanming Temple, the Beijing camp also deployed some troops to accompany them, and Yue Pei... was among them."
Veins bulged at the corners of Emperor Qingming's eyes, and his clenched teeth were trembling slightly.
Zhang'er!
He was overjoyed and regarded Zhang'er as a gift from God...!
"It is worth mentioning that... Yue Pei has not yet married a wife. He is still alone on the surface, but in fact he has secretly raised a woman and already has a son." Li Ji then said: "It's just that those who know this don't know.
"Many, this mother and son had already secretly left the capital when Yue Pei's accident happened."
Emperor Qingming's clenched teeth were filled with the smell of rust. Hearing this sentence, he suddenly laughed again.
"Okay... you are really a good teacher for me!"
If he can't figure it out at this moment, he'll be damn stupid!
We knew each other before entering the palace...
Meet again in Hanming Temple!
None of this is accidental!
Xia Tingzhen gave recognition and promotion...
Yue Pei never married a wife...
It’s all been planned for a long time!
His teacher is not only used to looking for the long-term for himself, but also always likes to arrange everything "properly" for him!
Seeing that he was worried about his heir, he secretly prepared such a great gift for him to relieve his urgent need!
For putting yourself in his shoes like this...he should really thank him!
Dying in prison so easily was really not enough to express his "gratitude". His good teacher really deserved to have his grave dug up and his body whipped, his bones shattered and his ashes thrown away!
That bitch of the Rong family, even a hundred deaths would not be enough to satisfy the hatred in his heart!
Fortunately, she was still adamant, saying that the poisoning was due to Xia Tingzhen's coercion - claiming that Xia Tingzhen threatened Zhang'er, no, that bastard's life, and forced her to kill the king!
When he heard this, he felt it was extremely ridiculous.
What can you use to coerce a person who has been imprisoned?
But besides being ridiculous, he was more puzzled. He didn't understand what reason Rong had for doing this...She was the prince's mother and concubine on the surface. If she wanted to gain power, she wanted to kill him and then help the prince.
Being in a position of superiority is a bit too hasty!
The prince is so weak, how can he have the energy to compete with Zhang'er?!
If she bears the risk of regicide for this matter, it is simply unnecessary!
That's why he kept Rong and slowly tortured her in order to reveal the whole truth——
Now he finally understands...
This is the reason!
She really wanted to help Zhang'er ascend to the throne, because she knew that he was a bitch!
Xia Tingzhen used this as a threat to make her determined to kill the king...
No, or it's not just that...
In order to deceive her, her adulterer has not married yet, and his intention is obviously to please her... This shows that she probably cares about the life and death of this adulterer, and killing him is also to save the adulterer!
To save the one I love, I am willing to put my life on the line and risk the disapproval of the world... It is so infatuated that it moves the heavens and the earth!
In this case, he doesn't mind being a good person to fulfill her infatuation!
He will reunite the lovers now!
Emperor Qingming suddenly stood up from the Arhat bed. The thin dark blue gold-threaded rug with two dragons playing with pearls covering his knees slipped to his feet. He also staggered forward two steps unsteadily because he stood up too hard.
.
"His Majesty!"
Fortunately, Li Ji had quick eyesight and quick hands, and was able to help the person in time.
The imperial doctor repeatedly told him that the emperor could not be stimulated, could not be stimulated...
But...it's so exciting that it's so exciting that I can't stand it!
There is no need to discuss stimulating you!
While helping people, I took a look at the emperor's face and saw that it was pale with iron-green color, and the iron-green color was faintly green...
True, green from the inside out.
"Follow me to Yongfu Palace!" Emperor Qingming, who had not stepped out of Yangxin Palace for nearly a month, forced himself to move forward.
Li Ji subconsciously wanted to persuade.
Ask him to say, why does the emperor need to do this?
Still think your body is failing fast enough?
Do you have to rush to find excitement again?
"Come here! Take the Yongfu Palace!" Emperor Qingming ordered sternly, his eyes were horribly red.
As he said that, his movements were a bit stiff due to the tension in his body, and he turned to look at Li Ji: "In addition... prepare a generous gift for me! Bring it to the noble concubine!"
