"who is it?"
Concubine De's small eyes revealed a fierce look: "Who killed my concubine's grandmother?"
The emperor raised his eyebrows, his dark eyes met hers, and his tone was calm, unable to sympathize with her sadness: "It's the Zhu family."
With these four simple words, the emperor no longer needed to explain the reason.
It was the Duke of Chengguo who first sent an assassin to assassinate the queen's father, the head of the Zhu family, and the old lady then beat the queen seriously with a tiger stick.
Although the fire claimed the queen's life, Jiang Xinyue, who was also trapped in the fire, was able to escape. Why couldn't the queen?
In the final analysis, it was because his body was injured that he did not have the energy to escape.
Wouldn't it be natural for the Zhu family to seek revenge from them?
Emperor Xuanwu took it for granted, so he never thought of comforting Concubine De. Instead, he was thinking about what Jiang Xinyue just said: "I came here today to ask you, have you met Chu Jieyu in Xinzheku?"
Chu Jieyu?
Jiang Xinyue didn't even react, Chu Jieyu?
Chu Jieyu who had her beard cut off when she first traveled through time and lived in Xihe Palace?
Didn't you ask Xiao Ronghua?
Emperor Xuanwu rubbed his thumb twice on the back of Jiang Xinyue's hand, signaling her to calm down.
Concubine De was obviously panicked. At first she thought the emperor was asking about Xiao Ronghua, but suddenly Chu Jieyu appeared. She really didn't know how to answer.
"Chu...Chu Jieyu?"
Concubine De was about to say that she did not remember who Chu Jieyu was, but the emperor had already blocked her escape: "Before the imperial concubine entered the palace, Chu Jieyu had been following Concubine Li, and she was very disrespectful to you, the queen, and concubine Yu. I I also heard that Chu Jieyu insulted the third prince before. After she entered Xinzheku, you ordered someone to teach her a lesson. However, the steward of Xinzheku reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs two days ago, saying that the sinner, Mrs. Chu, disappeared six months ago. No one can see anyone alive, and no body can be found dead..."
Naturally, people who have had conflicts with her will start to suspect her.
And Emperor Xuanwu deliberately said "before the imperial concubine enters the palace" just to get rid of Jiang Xinyue. After all, she and Chu Jieyu had several head-on conflicts.
He was reminding Concubine De not to try to drag Jiang Xinyue into the water.
Concubine De took a deep breath: "As a mother, I do not allow her to hurt my children like this. As the emperor's concubine, she is just a concubine. I am one of the four concubines, how can I tolerate her? So presumptuous? It is the concubine's right to teach her a little lesson."
"Are you serious, you have never met Chu Jieyu?"
"I don't have any."
Emperor Xuanwu's dark and calm eyes showed a bit of coldness, but it was hidden deep in the tenderness, making it difficult for people to distinguish.
Concubine De did not want to dwell on this issue, and her eyes were soft and pleading: "Your Majesty, I am concubine...I am begging your Majesty...I am leaving the palace to go home...go home to see my grandmother for the last time."
It means that I want to leave the palace to attend the funeral of Mrs. Cheng Guogong.
The emperor still held Jiang Xinyue's hand and stood calmly in front of Concubine De: "The old lady's funeral is about to be held, but I am also about to leave for the Qinzhou Palace to escape the summer heat. Should I go to attend the old lady's funeral, or go to the palace with me? , you should think about it yourself."
After saying that, he changed his tone: "Today the imperial concubine was admiring lotus flowers in Yanqing Palace. I heard that not only the lotus flowers bloom beautifully here, but also the fish raised in the pond are very good. I also want to see it, so you don't have to come with me. , it is enough for me to have Wang Dequan and Tang Shiliang at my side."
First he mentioned Chu Jieyu, and then he mentioned the fish in the lotus garden. Every word of Emperor Xuanwu was so cold and heartless that Concubine De was frightened.
The eunuch in charge of taking care of the lotus garden was mute and illiterate. Concubine De was kind-hearted and willing to take in such a useless person.
For some reason, Jiang Xinyue looked at a few pale pink lotuses and felt that they seemed to be a little more beautiful and in full bloom than when she came in the morning.
"Wow!"
"Wang Dequan, bring me the sword."
Although he didn't know what the emperor wanted to do, Wang Dequan had to give him whatever he wanted.
"brush!"
"emperor!"
"emperor!"
Red blood dripped from Emperor Xuanwu's fingers into the pond, and Jiang Xinyue and Wang Dequan exclaimed at the same time.
"Wow!"
A big fish with a ferocious face jumped out of the water following the smell of blood. Jiang Xinyue was startled, but because the emperor was by her side, she couldn't run away.
While screaming, she directly protected the emperor with her body. When the fish's mouth showed its sharp and smelly teeth and was about to bite her, the emperor hugged the back of her head and turned over. The guard with a knife who was responsible for protecting the emperor's safety came out. The ugly fish was kicked away with his feet and fell into the pond again.
The frightened Jiang Xinyue's heart beat "dong dong dong", which made Emperor Xuanwu's throat feel itchy.
He chuckled: "How dare you protect me if you are so scared?"
Jiang Xinyue glared at him: "I'm afraid. My body doesn't obey my command. What can I do? I didn't mean to save the emperor."
This means that her brain told her to run quickly, but her body issued instructions faster than her brain, telling her to save the emperor regardless of her own life or death.
While the emperor was smiling, he looked at the lotus pond with gloomy and indifferent eyes, and said with unclear meaning: "My harem is really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon."
There are those who are good at making incense, and there are those who are good at making poison. Gathering people together is also a skill of eighteen kinds, and they are proficient in all of them.
A good yellow-lipped fish suddenly turned into a piranha. He was already so excited when he smelled the smell of blood. If he dropped a corpse, wouldn't he go crazy?
"Empress..."
Lu Yin's eyes showed worry, she wanted to say something, but she didn't know what to say.
Concubine De's breath was a little heavy, and her plan was disrupted by the emperor, which made her very angry.
What do you mean she has a problem with Chu Jieyu?
Doesn’t Concubine Yu have it? Is there no imperial concubine?
The two of them had even had more conflicts with Chu Jieyu on the surface, so why did they come to question her alone?
Or is it that her recent behavior has been too radical and has aroused the emperor's dissatisfaction?
"thump!"
A sack with stones tied to it was thrown into the pond. The stones sank quickly with the contents in the sack until they disappeared without any trace. The two shrunken eunuchs left.
Because it was already dark, no one could see their faces clearly.
Behind the gate of Xihe Palace, Mu Tan showed a pair of surprised eyes, then slowly and gently closed the palace door tightly, and ran back quickly: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Someone threw something into the pond in front of us. It's so big inside, and the slave just found it halfway through closing the door."
Jiang Zhaoyi drank tea slowly: "Mu Tan, don't worry so much about things that have nothing to do with us, so as not to get into trouble."
Her favor in this life has come to an end, and this thing is definitely not used to frame her.
As long as it doesn't harm her, she doesn't care about anyone's business.
