April 13th, the sunshine is gentle but not indifferent.
The sky was blue without a cloud.
Today is the day of Emperor Qin Ming’s spring draft.
Different from previous years, due to excessive war losses, the scale this time was not as grand as in previous years.
Seasonal pomegranate flowers are arranged on the high platform.
Looking at the nine women in front of him, Emperor Qin Ming lost his previous interest.
The woman in the pink gauze skirt is the most attractive, but most likely has the worst talent.
Sure enough, when it came time to show off his talents, Emperor Qin Ming frowned slightly.
The music is not accurate, the singing is out of tune, and he is not qualified to work as a handyman in the Taiyue Department!
But the little hands playing the pipa were as soft and clean as catkins, and her face was so beautiful that it shone in the sun.
A beautiful smile and beautiful eyes.
The petal-like cherry mouth opens and closes.
At this moment, it seems that everything you sing is important.
"Chen Xuan, who is that person from?"
"Your Majesty, this beautiful girl's name is Ge Jingci. She is the second daughter of the Wei family in Wagange County. She is nineteen years old."
Emperor Qin Ming nodded. The county captain in a small place couldn't remember his name at all.
"What does it have to do with the minister of the DPRK?"
"Your Majesty, within three generations, I have no relatives serving as officials in the court."
Emperor Qin Ming hummed and said directly: "Give it to Han'er."
Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment, this was unique.
There seemed to be a slight delay in his brain, and he didn't know how to react for a while.
Although there is nothing wrong with His Majesty's granting a son, Emperor Qin Ming has never made such a decree in so many years.
"Here, Your Majesty."
Chen Xuan stepped aside and remained silent.
Finally, the last show girl also finished her performance.
Emperor Qin Ming was a little tired, waved his hand, and said directly to go back to the palace.
Your Majesty is absolutely abnormal!
Chen Xuan walked to Jing Lan in the distance, said a few words and then returned to Emperor Qin Ming.
Obviously Jinglan didn't expect that no one in today's draft results would catch His Majesty's eye.
Moreover, His Majesty actually wanted to give Ge Jingci to King Han.
Unheard of!
Emperor Qin Ming sat on the chariot with half-closed eyes.
He wanted to kill Zhen Qiang, but he didn't expect that there had been turmoil in Zhuocheng in the past few days.
That is Zhen Weizhi's jurisdiction. Is this a protest against him?
"Go to Yeming Palace."
Chen Xuan was slightly startled.
Yeming Palace is a cold palace, and Zhen Qiang is imprisoned inside.
This is the first woman who was relegated to the cold palace after Emperor Qin Ming ascended the throne, and she was also a former queen.
Chen Xuan cleared his throat and shouted loudly: "Show off to Ye Ming Palace~"
A large number of motorcades marched toward Yeming Palace again.
Zhen Qiang, who was sitting in front of the dressing table, was staring at the mirror in a daze.
The rusty bronze mirror made it impossible to see his face clearly.
But that's okay, I can't see myself aging, I'm still the same as when I first entered the palace.
Hearing the sound of His Majesty's arrival, Zhen Qiang couldn't help but chuckle.
She painted her pale lips a brilliant crimson color.
Emperor Qin Ming walked in with steady steps.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Zhen Qiang blessed her body respectfully, still maintaining the aura of a queen.
Emperor Qin Ming glanced at her face, and her bright red lips could be compared with those of today's beautiful girls.
It's just that at this age, if you still wear this kind of red, you can't have red lips and jade face.
It’s simply a mouthful of blood!
"Your Majesty, how many show girls will be selected in today's draft?"
Zhen Qiang poured a cup of tea and served it to him. In previous years, she always accompanied Emperor Qin Ming during the draft.
But this time, she was no longer the queen, and she was in the cold palace, completely unaware of the outside world's movements.
Looking at the tea she brought over, Emperor Qin Ming overturned it with a palm.
Zhen Qiang instinctively screamed, and then fell to her knees.
The tea cup rolled to the ground and was not broken, but the tea tray that flew to the corner was smashed into two pieces.
"Poisonous woman, how dare I drink the tea you serve!"
Zhen Qiang lowered her head and sneered.
"Your Majesty is quite angry."
The old lady on the side was so frightened that she could not speak. She held her breath and gently wiped the tea on the floor.
"Do you really think I won't kill you?"
"I am not afraid of death. Anyway, Zhe'er has been demoted to a commoner by you, so I have nothing to think about."
Emperor Qin Ming was furious, he was obviously a good son whom she had taught!
"Chen Xuan, Zhang Zui."
"Here."
Chenxuan nodded to the guard at the door.
The sound of slaps echoed in Yeming Palace.
Zhen Qiang didn't cry or make a fuss, she closed her eyes and let the guards beat her.
After slapping his mouth countless times, Emperor Qin Ming finally raised his hand.
Chen Xuan's sharp voice sounded.
"stop--"
The hairpin on Zhen Qiang's head is tilted to one side, and there are a few strands of black hair under the temples.
The cheeks were red and the right cheek was swollen higher than the left.
The red on her lips became mottled.
Emperor Qin Ming stared at her, and this look made him feel a little relieved.
Zhen Qiang pushed her loose hair behind her ears and sneered again.
"Your Majesty, if you want to come here to punish me, just ask the eunuch to come with your guards next time. Your Majesty has many things to do and is busy with state affairs, so why bother to come here with all your troops?"
Emperor Qin Ming looked at her coldly, and it turned out that this was her expression after taking off her disguise.
"I really underestimated you. Really, I underestimated you——"
Thinking of the names on the booklet, Emperor Qin Ming's heart felt like a knife piercing his heart. Those were all his heirs!
He let out a long breath, and there was no need to ask the repeated questions.
"I have only one question, please answer it honestly."
Zhen Qiang looked up at him, she had already said what she needed to say, what else was there to ask?
"Why did you kill your own sister?"
Zhen Qiang sneered.
"Your Majesty's people are too inefficient. Haven't they found anything yet?"
"Gao Feng is dead."
A trace of loneliness flashed in Zhen Qiang's eyes.
"Your Majesty is too impatient to kill."
"I know you have an affair with him!"
"I don't have one."
Zhen Qiang met Emperor Qin Ming's eyes without any hesitation.
"Stop your acting skills, I won't believe you."
"I have admitted everything that should be admitted. Of course I won't admit anything I didn't do."
"What do you call this? Play hard to get?!"
Zhen Qiang closed her mouth and looked at him expressionlessly.
"I ask you again, why did you want to kill Zhen Jingzhi!"
"She does not have His Majesty's heir in her belly."
Emperor Qin Ming lowered his eyes and snorted coldly.
This woman dares to make up anything!
He slowly stood up, stepped in front of Zhen Qiang, and grabbed her neck.
Chen Xuan gently touched the Buddha dust in his hand, not knowing what to say at all.
Woohoo——
Zhen Qiang's entire face turned the color of pig liver, and the veins on her forehead popped out, but she still stared at Emperor Qin Ming without fear.
Tears from the corner of her eyes fell on the back of Emperor Qin Ming's hand.
Emperor Qin Ming narrowed his eyes and put down his hand.
"I give you one last chance. If you don't tell the truth again, I will throw you to the Ministry of Internal Affairs immediately."
Zhen Qiang wiped the tears from her eyes.
Yeming Palace is very close to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is where faulty maids are dealt with.
In the dead of night, she could hear the screams coming from there.
Dying, like the last cry before death.
"Your Majesty, in that booklet, the other concubines all had miscarriages, but -"
Zhen Qiang lowered her eyes. She didn't want to kill her sister, but she was just worried that the whole family would be implicated if the Dong Chuang incident happened.
Even if Emperor Qin Ming does not blame himself by then, he will definitely have no hope of becoming the queen.
"What I gave my sister was not the soup to remove the seeds, but...Hedinghong."
After saying that, Zhen Qiang closed her eyes and couldn't help crying.
That was also her beloved sister.
Emperor Qin Ming leaned on the rose chair, no longer as angry as before.
This is the first time Zhen Qiang has cried so embarrassingly. Even when she pleads for Zhe'er, she still tries to keep her charming appearance.
What she said was false!
Emperor Qin Ming was unwilling to accept this fact.
He stood up suddenly and said in a deep voice: "Go back to the palace."
As soon as the chariot left Yeming Palace, Emperor Qin Ming immediately said: "Go to the Imperial Study Room and Xuan Zhenwan."
Chenxuan immediately agreed and immediately gave instructions to the young eunuch beside him.
However, Zhenwan was not in the palace hall at this time, but working in the Ministry of Punishment.
By the time Zhenwan entered the palace, it was already evening.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am late."
Emperor Qin Ming waved his hand and pushed away the memorial in front of him. He leaned back slightly and closed his eyes.
"How is the Zhen Qiang matter going?"
Zhenwan swallowed. She had been working continuously for several days and her hair was almost falling out.
Sure enough, the father was more ruthless than his son. The key was that he saw Gao Feng unhappy and directly killed him to vent his anger.
Obviously there are still many things that have not been explained clearly...
"Wei Chen visited the maids who once served in the palace, and it generally matches the time in the book."
Emperor Qin Ming's lips tightened. Every time he mentioned it, he wanted to cut off a piece of flesh from Zhen Qiang!
"Come on. What can you find out about Zhen Jingzhi?"
Zhen Wan frowned. He knew that His Majesty loved Zhen Jingzhi very much.
"Reporting to Your Majesty. Regarding Zhen Jieyu, Wei Chen feels that the cause of death was a bit strange. The other concubines all had miscarriages. Zhen Jieyu's record states that she died suddenly, and there seems to be no sign of miscarriage."
Emperor Qin Ming's face was so gloomy that it could drip.
Zhen Wan gritted her teeth and continued: "Weichen sent people to visit Gao Feng's ancestral home. It is said that there was a twin named Gao Feng. Not long after the elder brother entered the palace, the younger brother also went to the capital, and there was no news after that."
"Where are the two of you from?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty. Like Zhen Qiang, they are both from Zhuocheng. Wei Chen found out that the two of them are not considered aristocratic in the local area, but they are also considered middle-class families."
Zhenwan took a deep breath and said while holding her breath: "It is said that Goldman Sachs was secretly in love with Zhen Jieyu back then..."
Emperor Qin Ming was furious, grabbed the sapphire three-goose pen holder on the desk, and smashed it to the ground.
Suddenly the three geese turned into one goose and a pair of geese.
The eunuchs in the imperial study fell to their knees.
Chen Xuan and Zhen Wan shouted in unison: "Your Majesty, calm down!"
At this moment, Emperor Qin Ming was not only angry, but also very regretful.
Gao Feng was anxious to kill, and suddenly he suspected that it was not Gao Feng who died in prison, but Goldman Sachs!
Emperor Qin Ming's breathing became more and more rapid, and suddenly there was a smell of blood in his chest.
puff--
"His Majesty!"
Just when Emperor Qin Ming was in chaos, Prince Han's Mansion was not much better.
Qin Shuihan's face was so gloomy that it seemed like it would rain in the next second.
"What Shilang Jing means is that Junze Pavilion has a very good background, so what can't be found out?"
"Reporting to King Han, something happened to Qinglang in the Junze Pavilion. In the early morning of that day, after the guests had dispersed, he went upstairs to rest. It seemed that several men in black sneaked into the pavilion not long after. But Yiwei Wei As far as I can see, there are no signs of damage to the window bars of the room where Qinglang lives, so one must have entered through the front door."
Qin Shuihan's brows tightened. He remembered the layout of Junze Pavilion. At least the person who hurt Qinglang must have the tacit approval of the shopkeeper.
"That shopkeeper, have you checked his identity?"
Jing Wen couldn't help but give a high-five, then realized something was wrong and immediately showed a flattering smile.
"Prince Han, forgive me. Wei Chen thinks you are so wise! Wei Chen also checked for a long time before he found out that there was something wrong with the shopkeeper——"
Xuanfeng glanced at Jingwen.
This minister is about thirty years old, and he has no sense of maturity and stability at all. His facial expressions are colorful, and all his emotions are written on his face.
Jingwen's eyes glowed.
"King Han, the shopkeeper's name is Tai Qihuan. He has a distant cousin, Tai'an, the late emperor's eunuch. Although I don't know what the connection is, fortunately Qinglang was only injured. It is said that after that day, Junze There are two lovers missing in the hotel. One is the oiran Xudan, and the other is Mingli who has a good relationship with Qinglang."
Qin Shuihan's eyes were not as dark as before, he just looked at Jing Wen quietly, waiting for his next words.
Being stared at by Qin Shuihan like this, Jing Wen suddenly felt uncomfortable.
"King Han, Wei Chen...just found these..."
"And that's all?"
Jing Wen nodded.
Qin Shuihan's eyes dropped for a moment, but when he thought of the shopkeeper, he also knew that this matter was not that easy.
"Thank you, Minister Kujing."
After sending Jingwen away, Qin Shuihan immediately wrote to Fengying Pavilion.
"Xuanfeng, how is Qinglang's condition?"
"Doctor Ma treated him and he is recovering well, but his mother may not have much time left."
"Tell Zhao Dongsheng to protect Qing Lang, I'm afraid someone will attack him."
Xuanfeng frowned, as if there had been a lot of trivial matters recently, and nothing went as planned.
"Yes, Master, I will go right away."
Just when Xuanfeng was about to leave, Butler Wu walked in.
"Your Majesty. Eunuch Li gave a decree to give the beautiful girl Ge Jingci to Prince Han."
Xuanfeng stopped and couldn't help but look at Qin Shuihan.
"absurd!"
"Your Majesty, the person has been sent to the house."
Qin Shuihan snorted and called out Xuanfeng.
"Change my clothes, I want to enter the palace."
