Fortunately, in order to scare the monkeys, although the four people who were beaten screamed in agony, they did not take their lives.
However, when the four of them were pulled down from the execution bench, their miserable and embarrassed looks still gave everyone a chill.
Although Empress Min did not say that it was Jiang Nianjiao who begged for them, Zhen Zhu still looked at Jiang Nianjiao gratefully when she was dragged out of Chengde Palace.
After the four people were dragged out of Chengde Palace, Queen Min only asked the chief servants in the palace to select a few well-behaved palace servants to continue to serve Zhao Yanzhen.
After handling the chores here, Queen Min naturally focused all her attention on Jiang Nianjiao.
Before she left, she only said to Jiang Nianjiao, "Come with me."
Jiang Nianjiao naturally had no choice but to follow her obediently, but she deduced that Queen Min called her over because of what happened last night.
But right now she didn't know whether to tell the truth to Queen Min.
When Jiang Nianjiao was suddenly confused, Queen Min had already arrived at Fengchen Palace. She only sat down on the main seat, but did not let Jiang Nianjiao sit down as well, as if she was deliberately trying to embarrass her.
Queen Min took a sip of the newly brewed Mingshan Snow Sencha, and after a moment she put down the cup in her hand and said, "Where did you and Prince Jin go last night?"
This question was indeed not what Jiang Nianjiao expected. She raised her head slightly, wanting to see what was going on with Queen Min, but when she raised her head, she saw Qiu Wan behind Queen Min shaking her head slightly.
The relationship between this girl Qiu Wan and Zhao Yanzhen has always been cordial. Since she shook her head, she must have told herself not to tell the truth.
But to tell the truth, wouldn't Queen Min know how to investigate?
Therefore, after weighing it up, she only said softly, "Replying to your Majesty, I was not with His Royal Highness the King of Jin last night. I saw the epidemic raging in the west of the city, and Dr. Su happened to ask me to go out of the city to visit the epidemic and find cases, so I Let her go. If you don't believe this, you can directly ask Medical Officer Su. Later, I discovered that this epidemic does not seem to be a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster."
After hearing this, Queen Min's expression became more solemn. However, this matter was of great importance, and it was not within her jurisdiction, so she only planned to ask about it later.
She only continued to ask, "Since you are going to investigate this matter, why did you bump into His Highness the Third?"
"Going back to your Majesty, the Third Highness and I just met by chance on the road. His Highness saw me and Cuiqiao walking alone at night, so he gave me a lift."
After hearing this, Qiu Wan seemed to be secretly relieved, while Queen Min had been shocked by Jiang Nianjiao's previous news, and was too lazy to pursue her last answer.
She was about to ask Jiang Nianjiao in detail about the epidemic at that time, but before she could speak, she heard the announcement of King Jin's arrival.
Only a moment later, Zhao Yanzhen strode into Fengchen Palace before he had time to change out of his regular clothes.
Seeing Zhao Yanzhen's arrival, not only Qiu Wan, but also Jiang Nianjiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Queen Min was interrupted to ask questions, but she felt somewhat unhappy.
After all, it was his mother who had grown up, and he had just brought his unmarried daughter-in-law over to ask a few words, and he came over in such a hurry that he didn't even change his clothes.
Queen Min originally thought that Zhao Yanzhen was probably here to intercede for her daughter-in-law.
Unexpectedly, when Zhao Yanzhen arrived, he lifted up his robe and knelt down to Queen Min. He kowtowed respectfully and said, "My son, I left the palace privately last night and my mother is worried. Please forgive me."
When Queen Min saw that he knew how to apologize for herself first, it could be seen that she still had her as his mother in her eyes. Queen Min immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You should get up and speak first."
At this time, the steward of Fengchen Palace came over to help him up, and Zhao Yanzhen also got up.
Queen Min then asked, "Did the court meeting go smoothly today?"
Zhao Yanzhen naturally just replied below, "It went smoothly."
Empress Min didn't ask deeply about the matter. After all, the harem was obviously not open to political discussions. People in her Fengchen Palace were talkative, so naturally she couldn't ask deeply about today's situation.
So she just turned around and asked, "I heard from the maids in your palace that you left the palace last night before the keys were locked. This morning I heard from the eunuch at Taipingmen that you took a woman and ran back to Chengde overnight. Palace. This incident has caused an uproar in the entire harem."
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It has to be said that this is exactly why good things don’t go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.
Zhao Yanzhen said softly, "My son is also going out to do errands."
"Running an errand? What kind of errand requires the Labor Supervisor to personally investigate?" Queen Min asked sarcastically.
It can be seen that Queen Min is really angry.
Zhao Yanzhen could only whisper, "Mom, calm down. This matter is related to the country. I can't talk to you about it. I can only make a decision after my father recovers from his illness."
Upon hearing this, Queen Min only said softly, "Have you discussed this matter with your uncle?"
Zhao Yanzhen had earlier ordered that no idlers were allowed to enter the palace. Now he was not afraid that the eldest son of the Chen family would come and complain to his mother, so Zhao Yanzhen only said, "Of course we have discussed it with my uncle."
After hearing Zhao Yanzhen's answer, Queen Min's eyebrows relaxed slightly.
In her heart, the only trustworthy person in the world is probably her younger brother.
After all, it was her brother who pulled her out of the mud when she was at her lowest.
Therefore, now she is handling matters in the Chen family's main room as her own business.
But she didn't know that it was because she was too obedient to her younger brother and got involved in the conspiracy that her life was in danger in the end.
Because of this, Zhao Yanzhen now just wants to keep his mother out of this matter as much as possible. Only in this way can Fengchen Palace avoid making the same mistake again.
Queen Min felt relieved when she saw that Zhao Yanzhen did not leave the palace in the middle of the night for personal matters.
Therefore, she no longer criticized Zhao Yanzhen harshly. She only glanced at Jiang Nianjiao and then said, "You brought this Miss Jiang into the palace, so you should send someone to send her back."
Zhao Yanzhen received the order and naturally nodded in agreement.
Queen Min then asked, "But I just heard Miss Jiang say that she discovered that the epidemic was man-made. You should also listen to what she said."
Zhao Yanzhen naturally just nodded in agreement, and then the two of them walked out of Fengchen Palace at the same time. After disappearing from Queen Min's sight, Zhao Yanzhen took Jiang Nianjiao's hand again and said, "I've frightened you today, Queen Mother." They didn't criticize you harshly, right?"
Jiang Nianjiao shook her head and said, "I'm not harshly criticizing you, but your four personal palace servants were beaten up by the empress and sent to Yongxiang."
Hearing this, the corners of Zhao Yanzhen's lips raised slightly, "I found out about this as soon as I returned to Chengde Palace. Those four people are used to being lawless, and they have harmed you."
Jiang Nianjiao couldn't stand Zhao Yanzhen's pretense the most, so when she heard this, she just said, "I think His Highness had foreseen such an outcome when he took me back to Chengde Palace today, right? No matter how lawless they are, if they knew who I was, they wouldn't dare to deal with me." I use this stupid and obvious method. Unless they don’t want to live anymore.”
Naturally, Zhao Yanzhen no longer concealed anything. He just chuckled and said, "Sure enough, I can't fool Jiaojiao in anything. The four of them are the spies arranged by my uncle's family around me. I have long wanted to take action against these four people, but I didn’t want to fall out with him so early, so as not to alarm him.”
"It was you who came today, and I came up with this idea. Now this matter is caused by their jealousy. Even if my uncle wants to say anything, he can only blame himself. What's more, we still leave their people He lost his life, and now his benevolence and righteousness have been exhausted."...
Zhao Yanzhen's explanation was indeed very close to Jiang Nianjiao's guess.
After the two of them arrived at the back of Chengde Palace, Jiang Nianjiao told Zhao Yanzhen all the clues she had gained yesterday.
Zhao Yanzhen did not expect that Ye Huaizhi would be so bold as to tamper with the drinking water in Beijing.
From this point of view, let alone Ye Huaizhi, even the Ye family may not be able to save it.
He had originally thought of forcing Ye Huaizhi to tell him the recipe for making firearms, but he didn't want Ye Huaizhi to look weak, but in fact he was a tough talker. He only said that he would not let go of the Ye family, and he would not give up the formula.
Moreover, according to Ye Huaizhi, he had killed all the craftsmen who made the firearms in order not to leak the secret. As for the formula of the firearm, he burned it after he memorized it.
And that batch of firearms had been burned all last night, so if he wanted to equip the Red Guard with a firearms team, he seemed to have no choice but to agree to Ye Huaizhi's request.
But if so
Let go of the Ye family. The Ye family is so full of evil. Even if the evil deeds they have committed can be concealed today, how can they be concealed for the rest of their lives?
When the Ye family's affairs are revealed, if I protect them today, I will be the one who gets into trouble tomorrow.
So after hearing this, Zhao Yanzhen felt an increasingly headache.
Jiang Nianjiao didn't know that Zhao Yanzhen was worried about this matter.
She just remembered that she had taken out two small fireworks before leaving last night. Thinking of this, she took out the two firearms.
Fortunately, the firearm was soaked in water, and Jiang Nianjiao did not touch an open flame. Otherwise, she would have been injured by carrying the firearm with her like this.
Zhao Yanzhen was no stranger to this thing. Although he didn't know how to make firearms, he had won many victories with this firearm before his rebirth.
Therefore, when he saw Jiang Nianjiao taking out this thing, he was completely stunned. After a while, he asked dumbly, "Where did you get this thing from?"
Seeing him looking at this thing, Jiang Nianjiao knew that this thing might be very important to Zhao Yanzhen, and she had also seen the power of this thing after it exploded in the reeds last night, so Jiang Nianjiao only took the initiative to hand this thing to Zhao Yanzhen. , then she said softly, "I stole it yesterday in the cabin because I felt that the standard of this thing was different from that of fireworks, and I also heard the conversation between Mr. Ye and the two Qiangmo people. I felt very strange at the time, so I left I deliberately took away two of these things before."
After hearing Jiang Nianjiao's words, Zhao Yanzhen no longer bothered to blame Jiang Nianjiao for not obeying the instructions last night.
