People don't want to spend New Year's Eve well. This good concubine is becoming more and more unruly, and she will have to be beaten someday.
Now that the emperor had stood up and was going to Shun'an Palace, she had no choice but to stand up and follow Yu Jia out of Yikun Palace.
"Ugh...wuwuwu...uh...mother concubine, mother concubine, I'm afraid wuwuwu..."
While still at the door, I heard the eldest princess crying and vomiting.
"The Emperor has arrived——"
The good concubines in Shun'an Palace, including Ye Jieyu, were also in the front yard of the palace. Ye Jieyu trotted ahead: "I, my concubine, pay your respects to the emperor."
At this time, she was still posing. She must have known that someone from the palace was going to invite the emperor. She was wearing bright clothes and looking at the emperor with a smile on her face.
Terrible stuff.
When Emperor Xuanwu passed by her, he didn't even give her a glance. He walked directly into the inner hall to see the eldest princess lying in the arms of the good concubine: "How is Yu'er?"
Liang Fei also burst into tears, and her hands holding the eldest princess were still shaking: "The imperial doctor said she was too frightened and could not leave her alone."
Things happened suddenly tonight. When the good concubine got up, the eldest princess was also awakened by the screams.
She came out right behind Liang Fei, but Liang Fei didn't notice.
There was indeed a female corpse wrapped in a straw mat in the grass behind the palace. Liang Fei asked the guards to open the straw mat and take a look at it. The death condition was very miserable.
It looked like someone had strangled him from behind, with a circle of purple-red strangulation marks around his neck, and his eyes seemed to be about to jump out of their sockets, making them look ferocious and terrifying.
The death appearance of the hanged ghost is not very good, and the death appearance of the strangled ghost is almost the same.
The eldest princess saw the dead state of the female corpse and was so frightened that she almost fainted and fell to the ground vomiting.
Only then did Concubine Liang find out, and she quickly asked the palace servants to call for the imperial doctor.
The busiest person tonight is not the emperor, but the unlucky doctors from the imperial hospital who were chosen by lot to be on duty until New Year's Eve.
Concubine Liang's palace announced that the imperial doctor would treat the eldest princess, and the queen's palace invited an imperial physician to treat Fenren. Concubine Li also said she was not feeling well and asked the imperial physician to prescribe medicine for her. Concubine Zhen's palace also invited imperial physician Yan to treat the fetus. .
But don't know what happened.
After seeing the eldest princess, Emperor Xuanwu left Queen Zhu to comfort the concubine, while he went to see the female corpse.
She was indeed wearing the clothes of a palace maid, but Wang Dequan and Tang Shiliang both stepped forward to take a look, and then shook their heads towards the emperor: "Your Majesty, this palace lady looks so tight, it seems like I have never seen her before."
Wang Dequan was able to serve as the eunuch in charge of the emperor, so he had some skills.
For example, he has a photographic memory and remembers the faces of everyone in the palace.
He has been in the palace longer than the emperor and was given by the late emperor.
It can be said that every servant in the palace has met him before. He may not know the name of the unknown female corpse, but if he is a servant in the palace, Wang Dequan will definitely remember this face.
But he said he had never seen her before, which meant that the dead woman was not a slave in the palace, but someone brought her in from outside.
The chaotic New Year ended with a lot of chaos in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Xuanjing Department and several palaces.
Early the next morning, before Jiang Xinyue had time to have breakfast, she was hugged by Emperor Xuanwu who rushed into the palace.
She was about to speak, but the emperor stunned her.
"Ah! What are you doing, Your Majesty?"
"I find that my concubine, you are becoming more and more courageous."
Emperor Xuanwu looked at her seriously: "Such a big thing happened last night, why didn't you ask the palace people to come to me? Do you know that I am not in the mood to receive congratulations from hundreds of officials today? Wang Dequan said you last night When I was almost bitten by snakes, I..."
He paused for a while, then hugged Jiang Xinyue again, and finally kissed her on the top of her head: "I just realized that the most beautiful words in the world were not accidental, but a false alarm."
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.
Jiang Xinyue patted his back and said softly: "I think it's just a false alarm. Although the process is dangerous, I and the child in my belly are both blessed people. If disaster is turned into good luck, why bother to let the emperor and the child come back again?" Are you worried, the Queen? I wanted to wait until the Emperor comes before telling you. Although I am not injured, the person who let the snake out is really vicious. If I don’t find out, I am afraid that I and my children will encounter this kind of thing again in the future. Kind of something."
Emperor Xuanwu had seen the corpses of the beheaded snakes. All the snakes had bright patterns and were highly venomous.
The person behind the scenes hated Concubine Zhen so much that they wanted her to be bitten to death by snakes.
Emperor Xuanwu nodded: "I have already asked the Xuanjing Department to investigate. If we can't find out, let the trash from the Xuanjing Department come to see you."
At this time, in Xihe Palace, Concubine Li was restless and asked Xia He to go out every few moments to check on her: "Why haven't you heard the letter yet? Concubine Zhen... Xia He, please send someone out to inquire. "
The morning sun was slightly dewed, half of the sun's face was exposed in the clouds, and the sky was still a little foggy.
What happened in the harem has not yet spread. All the sacrificial ceremonies today were kept simple and were completed quickly. Only after the concubines were gathered together did they realize that so many things had happened last night.
"Shun'an Palace?"
Concubine Li's eyes widened and she looked at Concubine De who was sitting next to the queen with a look of compassion.
As if knowing that she was going to look at her, Concubine De turned her face towards Concubine Li and lightly twitched the corners of her lips, revealing an indescribable weird smile: "What? Concubine Li knows something? Do you want to tell Concubine Liang?"
Concubine Li quickly lowered her eyes to cover up her panic and said absently: "I was not feeling well last night and went to bed early. I don't know what happened in the palace."
"oh!"
Concubine De turned her head: "When I heard you talking about Shun'an Palace, I thought you knew something! Forget it if you don't know."
Concubine Li's teeth couldn't help chattering when she heard Concubine De's voice.
How on earth... did she do it?
After the snake girl was strangled last night, she had ordered someone to quietly throw the body to the Yanqing Palace of Concubine De.
After all, among the princes in the palace, the third prince of Concubine De was the most blessed with the Sacred Heart and the most likely to inherit the throne.
She wanted to find a noble way out, so naturally she wanted to become the third prince's adoptive mother.
But Concubine De stood in the palace and had an excellent reputation. If she wanted to adopt the third prince, she had to get rid of Concubine De first.
That's why she came up with this plan to kill two birds with one stone and throw the snake girl's body into the Yanqing Palace to arouse the emperor's suspicion and make her fall out of favor.
Jiang Xinyue is not easy to get along with. If she knew that it was Empress Dowager De who she had always trusted who wanted to harm her, she would definitely take violent revenge.
She can enjoy the benefits of being a fisherman.
But why did the Queen say just now that the body was found in the Shun'an Palace of Concubine Liang?
Her people had clearly dumped the body in Yanqing Palace last night!
The palaces were still identifying the unknown female corpse, but Concubine Li was so frightened that she lost her mind.
