Xue Hengzhao explained the reason to everyone in detail: "When I was in Tian'en Hall, I carefully watched the expressions and actions of everyone in the hall.
First, he noticed that the empress, prince, Liang Jing and several eunuchs from Shanglijian had different expressions.
I knew there was a trap in the copper ball, but I had already said that this was a trap set up by the queen to show the prince's filial piety, and the others didn't know about it.
I guessed at that time that it was very likely that someone would cause trouble here, so I asked the fifth prince’s concubine to warn the emperor with the help of the emperor’s eldest grandson.
Before the copper ball cracked, I also took a closer look outside the hall, but I still didn't notice anything strange about the other people present.
Until the sudden sudden change, whether it was the Queen, the Concubine Li, or the others, it was a real accident, not an act.
So I decided at that time that it was not them who did it, but then who could do it?
Then the emperor praised the emperor's eldest grandson in public, and I knew that someone was going to make a fuss about this, especially the Xianfei.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for rumors to spread. Naturally, she did this to make the queen angry and attack us.
As for the queen, it goes without saying that she will naturally blame our empress for what happened at Tian'en Palace.
When Ge Qing was investigated, someone sent me news one after another.
Ge Qing confessed at first that he had no mastermind behind it, but later he was coerced and persuaded to say that it was our empress who instigated it.
The latter statement is of course false, but I have always had doubts about the former one.
So I thought about the possible suspects several times in my mind, and asked Prince Yu to help me investigate Ge Qing, and initially determined the most suspicious real culprit.
On the day I went to the palace, I told Chief Wei what to say when confronting Ge Qing. The first words were not the most important. The most important words were the words to buy ginger syrup for twenty taels of silver and to be buried in Dongchuan. "
"What does this sentence mean? Is everything Ge Qing did after that related to this?" Wei Zhong asked.
"Others don't understand this sentence, but Ge Qing understands it. Ge Qing's ancestral home is in Yunzhou, and he was the palace of eighteen years ago. Three years before he entered the palace, King Dongchuan was sentenced to death, and even more Jiang Cairen was conferred the title of Zhaoyi by His Majesty earlier."
"What?! You mean this matter has something to do with King Dongchuan?" Concubine Fu was shocked when she heard this.
It has been more than twenty years since King Dongchuan died.
"Yes, the two taels of silver refer to the second prince. The ginger syrup refers to Jiang Cairen. The burial in Dongchuan means the king of Dongchuan.
At first Jiang Cairen was the favorite concubine of King Dongchuan, but she was framed by the concubine and was seen by His Majesty in the palace.
It's a pity that Princess Dongchuan didn't expect that even King Dongchuan would be harmed in the end.
King Dongchuan had great military exploits and had been stationed in Yunzhou for eight years. Many of his followers were there. "
"How many years has it been since this happened? How did you think of it? Besides, Ge Qing was only a boy of fifteen or sixteen when he entered the palace. It is really unexpected that he is the king of Dongchuan. !" Concubine Fu still finds it unbelievable.
"Back then, King Dongchuan had a group of loyal followers. As far as I know, he had a group of secret guards around him, all of whom were the orphans of his soldiers.
These people all recognized him as their foster father and swore loyalty to him to the death. The identity of these people is secret, and the only sign is a small tattoo of the Chinese character Sichuan on the right temple.
I asked Prince Yu to check if there were any relevant traces on Ge Qing's body. He said that there was a scar as big as the size of a fingertip on Ge Qing's right temple, and it was an old scar for many years, so I was more sure of Ge Qing's identity. "
"After listening to your explanation, I figured it out. King Dongchuan must have been unable to let go of Jiang Cairen until his death, so he must have arranged for a reliable person to find a way to enter the palace.
Ge Qing only entered the palace a few years after that. King Dongchuan's incident had already passed the limelight, so the palace's defenses were no longer so strict.
Moreover, he is young and has forged his identity. Now he has parents. It seems that his parents are also fake. "Wei Zhong said and sighed twice.
"I guessed Ge Qing's identity and thought this was Jiang Cairen's intention. Otherwise, he would not be involved in danger and do something that would just shock people." Xue Hengzhao said.
"Jiang Cairen has been in the cold palace for so many years, and she has never fought for it." Concubine Fu said, "As long as she is willing to use some care, I am afraid that the queen's position will be hers. I have always felt that she must be discouraged. She was so cold that she would do that to herself. But why is she doing this now?"
"Your Majesty's judgment was not bad. Jiang Cairen was naturally extremely disheartened at first. But the person who was in power at that time was Empress Xu. Although she was not a great sage, one thing was that she never made things difficult for her juniors. .
Jiang Cairen had no affection for the emperor at all, but he still felt sorry for his son, the second prince. Still like this, she still retreated into the cold palace, thinking that Queen Xu would not embarrass her children.
However, now that the new queen is on the throne, and the virtuous concubine has gradually revealed her true face, the second prince seems to be doing well now, but his future fate is also uncertain.
What Ge Qing did was like throwing stones into water, just to stir up waves. This will make the situation in the harem and the front dynasty more severe, so as to find a long-term solution. "Xue Hengzhao explained carefully, "However, I was not sure at that time whether Ge Qing was still truly loyal to Jiang Cairen. After all, he had recruited the empress under the coercion and inducement of Shang Qiyan and others. You were the one who ordered him. people.
Therefore, to be on the safe side, I asked Director Wei to give him a hint. If he understood what Director Wei said, he would know that we already knew his true origin.
If he doesn't retract his confession in court, Lingchi's trip will be waiting for him. No one can save him, and Jiang Cai and the second prince will also be implicated.
In this way, his achievements of lurking in the palace for more than ten years will not only be wiped out, but he will also be stigmatized for the rest of his life. "
"That's it! It turns out that those words carry such weight!" Wei Zhong couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, "Speaking of which, Ge Qing was a man, and he died a tragic death."
"I also think that Ge Qing did not betray King Dongchuan," Xue Hengzhao said, "otherwise he would never have been able to make up that excuse on the spur of the moment. He should have made up his mind to retract his confession in court. But I don't dare to bet. , to be on the safe side, we must give him a warning.
He said there was someone else behind the scenes, but he didn't say who it was because he didn't want the situation in front of him to become unbalanced. "
"Then no one will get any clues from my words, right?" Wei Zhong couldn't help but feel worried.
"It shouldn't be so," Xue Hengzhao said. "Chief Wei, your parents are indeed buried in Dongchuan. You are not lying. Moreover, few people know about these orphan secret guards of King Dongchuan."
"Since King Dongchuan insists on protecting Jiang Cairen, he will never send just one Ge Qing into the palace. There must be others." Concubine Fu said, "The remaining people will probably make trouble in the future."
(End of chapter)
