After Dong Yuanhe saw his daughter's body, he naturally burst into tears, which made Sima Lun upset and almost fainted.
Lu Zhu stayed in the palace the longest. She went out for a long walk and returned to Tianyuan Hall in the evening. When Yang Xianrong had dinner, she whispered about the situation and rumors in the palace.
"Mr. Dong didn't believe that his daughter drowned herself, so he agreed to the autopsy." The injuries on Lu Zhu's body were not so neat, and Yang Xianrong did not let her come forward to serve him. He just asked Cuixi and Lanxiang to help with their injuries. I took the bowl and chopsticks and took a few bites.
Zhang Liang stood aside with his lame leg, watching the sheep Xianrong only eat some vegetables, and couldn't help but said: "The queen should eat more minced meat."
When she heard this, she immediately remembered what Lei Dayong said about Emperor Sima Zhong letting him eat minced meat when he had no money, and couldn't help but sigh. "I'm tired today, let's eat something simple."
"This bowl of chicken soup is also good." Zhang Liang filled a bowl of chicken soup and brought it over.
Yang Xianrong just took a sip and handed it to Lan Xiang, "You can drink it."
Lan Xiang held the bowl, thanked her, and drank it quickly.
"You guys should drink some too." Yang Xianrong pointed to the chicken soup, "It tastes pretty good."
Cuixi quickly knelt down, and Zhang Liangxue and Luzhu also knelt down when they saw this.
Yang Xianrong originally wanted them not to do this, but seeing the solemn look on Cui Xi's face, he suddenly thought that she was the queen now and couldn't be too casual with these people.
So he said with a straight face, "Lvzhu, keep talking."
"Yes." Luzhu knelt on the spot without standing up, "This servant is from the same hometown as Wu Mei, the servant in Li Fei's palace, and the relationship is slightly better. She said that Mr. Dong's voice has become hoarse from crying, and he must make King Zhao say anything. Give me an explanation. King Zhao said he wanted to give his family ten thousand taels of gold, but Mr. Dong refused to take it, saying that someone in the palace must have killed Concubine Li."
"Why?" Yang Xianrong frowned.
Lu Zhu's expression suddenly became unnatural, and she glanced at Zhang Liangxue.
Zhang Liangxue also glanced at her, grinned, and coughed twice.
"Hey, tell me." Yang Xianrong clearly felt that this matter might have something to do with him.
"Master Dong said that someone in the palace must be jealous of Concubine Li's recent favor, and the emperor often stays in her palace. Especially on the wedding nights in the past few days, the emperor always went to Concubine Li's place first, and then We just came to the queen’s side...cough cough cough..."
"Cough cough cough..."
Luzhu and Zhang Liangxue both coughed slightly.
"So, he suspects that I killed Concubine Li?" Yang Xianrong really wanted to roll his eyes. He had just entered the palace, why did the palace fight start? "I'm not going to kill someone right now, right?"
As soon as these words came out, even Cuixi and Lanxiang started to cough lightly.
"Cough cough cough cough..." As a result, the people serving her meal all started coughing.
She simply couldn't laugh or cry, and put down the chopsticks in her hand, "Okay, stop coughing. I understand what you mean, but I really don't bother to do such a thing."
"Queen, please keep your voice down." Zhang Liangxue also knelt down, "There is a lot of bloodshed in the palace, especially since the shadow of the deposed queen is still there, those suspicions are normal. However, Mr. Dong is so open to the public. If this matter is brought up, it should be difficult for King Zhao to handle it."
"King Zhao said he would wait until the outcome of the divorce, but Mr. Dong insisted that all the people in the palace be buried with Concubine Li." Lu Zhu's expression was a little gloomy, "Concubine Li has only been favored again in the past six months, and there are many new people coming to her palace. The maids and eunuchs in the palace are really miserable this time."
"There are wrongdoers and debtors. It has not yet been determined why Concubine Li died. Why were so many people buried with her?" Lan Xiang couldn't help but speak out.
"In fact, this matter is easy to understand." Zhang Liang hoe analyzed, "The person who benefits most from Concubine Li's favor is Mr. Dong's family. Seeing that Mr. Dong's two sons have been promoted to the position of third-grade casual knight... "
"When did this happen?" Yang Xianrong frowned. She was now a queen, and her eldest brother was a sixth-grade cavalry captain. There was no equality in rank.
"It was the day Zhu Mo was demoted." Zhang Liangxue said cryptically, but Yang Xianrong also understood it instantly.
Zhu Mo was just Concubine Li's uncle, and his demotion did not shake the Dong family in the slightest. Instead, he promoted the official positions of Concubine Li's brothers. This was just Sima Lun's trick of promotion and demotion.
"So, the Dong family has grown a lot now?"
"Yes, after all, they are more powerful than your grandfather's Sun family." Zhang Liangxue also knelt on the ground, "It is reasonable for Mr. Dong to make such a fuss."
"Understood." Yang Xianrong nodded, "Let's see what Wu Zuo says first. I'm afraid I won't be able to find out anything about this matter."
"However, this is something that happened in the harem. You still have to...at least symbolically appease Mr. Dong..."
"He even suspected that I had harmed his daughter..." Yang Xianrong stood up, "He turned around and yelled at me again..."
"Then it depends on what King Zhao wants." Zhang Liangxue was extremely bold and began to speculate on Sima Lun's thoughts. "King Zhao is establishing authority for the Queen, and he will definitely not let Mr. Dong cause trouble. However, Since the matter happened in the harem, there still needs to be an explanation."
"Understood, let's wait until King Zhao comes over." Yang Xianrong pursed his lips, "Actually, why do you want to go to Yingliu Lake to play the shakuhachi?"
"This is a secret from the palace." Luzhu was still a bit mysterious. "According to legend, there was a palace servant who was good at playing the shakuhachi. Later, because he offended the queen, he threw himself into the lake. After her death, the resentment did not dissipate. I became a water ghost in Yingliu Lake and came out often..."
"Kill?" Cui Xi clenched her fists.
"That's not true." Luzhu said quickly, "It is said that because she is good at playing the shakuhachi rhythm, if someone plays by the lake, they will get some advice from her. The emperor likes this, and naturally the concubines in the palace also like it. If you want to learn it, you can gain the favor of the emperor."
"So? Concubine Li will go there to practice?" Yang Xianrong also asked.
"My slaves have also heard about it." Lu Zhu became more and more mysterious. "Originally, Concubine Li was not favored and was often suppressed by the deposed queen, so she no longer wanted to fight for favor. Later, it was not that the deposed queen was gone, but she was reflecting on it. Liu Hupan accidentally got a melody, and the emperor heard it while playing it. Because it had a sleeping effect, he went to the emperor every night... After a long time, he naturally became favored, and he dared to play on the emperor's wedding night... "
Yang Xianrong didn't care about the wedding night, but he was very interested in the ghost teaching music by Yingliu Lake: "Is there really a ghost?"
"It's just a rumor." Luzhu whispered, "I can't tell where I got it. Mr. Dong is so powerful that he can even get Wang Kuang's copybook, so he must be able to get a tune."
(End of chapter)
