I thought that after the Xiang concubine was banished to the cold palace, Jia Zhaoyi's affairs would come to an end. After all, it was completely clear that the third prince's biological mother should be punished so severely.
But I never expected that this was just the beginning. Later, many other evidences of other concubines were discovered one after another.
Lu Wuji was furious, feeling that everything around Jia Zhaoyi was like a sieve, allowing those with evil intentions to penetrate.
The emperor had a violent attack, and all the concubines found were punished.
When he finally arrived at Yuxiu Palace, everyone couldn't help but be surprised. Even Concubine Yu was found?
"I have met the emperor." Concubine Yu saluted respectfully.
She didn't show any panic at the emperor's arrival, and even served him as usual. Her face was calm and she seemed to be very charming and elegant.
It's a pity that Lu Wuji didn't care about appreciation. Before he came, he was angry and needed to vent his anger.
But after arriving here, he seemed to be influenced by Concubine Yu, and his whole person became calmer. It's just that he was already ruthless, and now he loves Concubine Yu even if he doesn't favor her.
Seeing her being so indifferent, what surged in his heart was not appreciation, but vigilance.
Such a woman is not even afraid of him when he is angry. If she does something bad, she will be even more ruthless and have no choice but to do anything.
Facing the low-pressure emperor, Concubine Yu was also uneasy, but after being a concubine for these years, she had enough energy to cultivate her energy.
Moreover, she and the emperor had a deep affection for each other back then. At that time, Lu Wuji praised her for being mature and calm. If she were a man, he would definitely be granted the title of marquis and prime minister.
Now she didn't want to lose her square inch, so she tried hard to suppress the anxiety in her heart and put on a calm and indifferent appearance.
Little did he know that this would backfire, making the emperor even more wary of her.
It can only be said that a man like Lu Wuji has the characteristics of wanting love for life and wanting evil for death deep into his bones.
He now feels that Concubine Yu is old and has nothing new, so no matter what she does to deal with her, he only finds it unpleasant.
"There was such a big incident in the palace, and many palaces were implicated. I didn't expect that there were so many concubines with malicious intentions." Lu Wuji finished his cup of tea and spoke coldly.
"Sisters are lonely in the deep palace. It is inevitable that they will make mistakes. If they make mistakes, they will be punished. It's just a pain for my sister. I asked someone to find a thousand-year-old mountain ginseng. The emperor happened to be here. You brought it to me. Sister Jia, let her cook some porridge and stew every day to take good care of her body, but she shouldn’t eat too much, so as not to be exhausted.”
Concubine Yu is indeed an all-rounder, and no one will be offended by her words.
He made excuses for the concubines who harmed others, but also said that they should be punished for their mistakes. Later, he also focused on caring about Jia Zhaoyi, and even gave the thousand-year-old mountain ginseng to the emperor. There was nothing wrong with it, which made people feel comforted.
"As expected of my beloved concubine, she is truly as beautiful as any other concubine. Then my beloved concubine must have guessed why I came today?" He complimented her first, but then changed the subject, sounding like she was making things difficult. .
Concubine Yu wanted to say she didn't know, but since the emperor had already said it, she was very smart and should be able to guess it. If she pretended to be stupid now, she would probably make the emperor even more angry.
She thought for a moment and then said: "I dare to guess that the emperor has been trying to catch the murderer who caused the miscarriage of sister Jia. The first one to be punished was the concubine, and then there were several others. Since the emperor is here today, I , either he wanted me to take more care of my sister, or I found evidence that I was also involved."
When she talked about this, she felt uneasy.
In fact, she was also betting that the emperor was now focused on Jia Zhaoyi, and if he could come to her, he would definitely come to the Three Treasures Palace for anything.
Rather than acting stupid and annoying people, it's better to just say what's on your mind.
"The imperial concubine is really good at predicting things. A herbal medicine was found in Jia Zhaoyi's food. I asked the imperial doctor to check it. Although I cannot determine the complete prescription of this herbal medicine, several main ingredients are very similar. What a coincidence. A few main medicinal ingredients can be pieced together from the several prescriptions your Yuxiu Palace has prescribed one after another in the past month. Do you think this is a coincidence?" Lu Wuji said slowly and calmly.
When he said this, his tone sounded quite calm, as if he was not too angry.
But what she said was enough to scare Concubine Yu. If it had been other concubines, she would have knelt down to beg for mercy and screamed that she was wronged.
Concubine Yu didn't want to appear so embarrassed, she still sat in her position and said in a sincere tone: "Your Majesty, the weather has changed greatly in autumn recently, and I contracted wind and cold, so I went to the Imperial Hospital to prescribe medicine. But I am like this It's an old problem. You get cold every time at this time. The prescriptions prescribed this year are very different from those in previous years. These prescriptions are recorded in the medical records of Taiyuan Hospital. You can summon the judge of Taiyuan Hospital to inquire. "
"I have always been looking forward to having more children in the palace. The emperor will be blessed if he has more children. After Sister Jia became pregnant, I was very happy and there was no way I could harm her."
After the explanation was clear, she said the next two words of blessing very briskly, with a sense of sincerity.
"I understand what you are saying. You also know that the third child has always been in poor health. He has been taking all kinds of medicines since his legs were disabled a few years ago, and there are all kinds of prescriptions. But he doesn't have any. Gather together a pair of medicinal ingredients for a cold medicine. Either way, Xiangbi is just stupid. If she asked the imperial doctor to add one or two more herbs that would have little effect when prescribing the medicine, she might be able to gather together a pair without having to go to any trouble. Made a deal with the people from the previous dynasty.”
Lu Wuji poured himself a cup of tea, and his tone was still neither salty nor bland, but Concubine Yu's legs felt weak after hearing it.
After he said these words, he said belatedly: "Oh, I think about it, but it still doesn't work. She doesn't have control of the harem, and it's still risky to bribe the palace maids to give her cold medicine. It's better to ask people from the previous dynasty to help, so Even if the person who drugged the palace is caught, she will not be traced. Concubine, do you think so?"
Lu Wuji raised this question as if he was just chatting casually, but it frightened Concubine Yu's scalp to numbness.
She couldn't calm down anymore and fell to her knees.
"Your Majesty, this matter really has nothing to do with me. I swear to God that if the cold medicine comes from me, I will be struck by lightning from heaven."
Her swearing did not satisfy Lu Wuji, and he couldn't help but sneer.
"When I found out about Xiang's concubine before, she also swore the same thing and refused to admit it until death. Later, I asked the third prince to see how embarrassed she was, and she immediately confessed."
Listening to the emperor's strange words, Concubine Yu's face instantly turned pale.
She knew what the emperor meant. He didn't believe she was making a bet on herself, but wanted her to make a bet on the second prince's life.
Women in the palace, who can climb to this position, actually don't believe in swearing.
If it was really useful, there wouldn't be so many people dying in the palace.
The more conscientious one is, the shorter his life will be.
Although they don't believe it, they will hesitate once it falls on their children.
Lu Wuji sat on the chair opposite, looking at her leisurely.
The relaxed and leisurely state was like watching a play.
Even if Concubine Yu didn't raise her head, she could sense the emperor's aloof state, and she felt secretly resentful in her heart.
It was as if the second prince was her only child. He was obviously the emperor's son. Why could Lu Wuji be in such a state? He even wished that he would suffer retribution after being cursed.
"I will never admit anything I haven't done. If I sent someone to deliver the cold medicine, not only would I be struck by thunder from the sky, but the second prince would also be pierced by thousands of arrows."
She almost squeezed out this sentence through her teeth, her face was serious and extremely serious.
She said the words "Thousands of arrows pierce the heart", which shows Concubine Yu's determination.
The relaxed look on Lu Wuji's face immediately calmed down.
"Since your concubine is swearing like this, I will believe you for once."
Concubine Yu was angry and resentful when she heard him speak so lightly. Her mind was buzzing, and her whole body was like a volcano filled with magma, waiting to erupt.
She gritted her teeth and even tasted the smell of blood in her mouth. She must have bitten her tongue accidentally.
After all, she was too unwilling to do anything, and she couldn't help but make trouble. She took a breath and forced herself to calm down.
"Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I have something to say to Your Majesty." She tried to keep her voice calm and not so angry.
Before, she would have said, "I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not." But now facing such an emperor, she didn't want to use questions. If she was rejected, she would be suffocated to death.
"Why, are you going to be like those officials of the previous dynasty and persuade me to give up when I see you? Don't make the entire harem a mess and put everyone in danger because of Zhaoyi's miscarriage?" Lu Wuji immediately raised his head when he heard what she said. The tone was a bit aggressive.
Since he frequently made big moves in the harem and even affected the officials in the court, in recent days, he had piled up a mountain of memorials to advise and exhort him. He said all kinds of words and quoted scriptures, as if he would not stop He looked like a sinner through the ages, and the sight of him gave him a huge headache.
"Of course not. My concubines are here to share the emperor's worries. My sister is pregnant with an heir, and she is working for the royal family. But now she has suffered a miscarriage at the hands of many parties and unfortunately has a miscarriage. It is natural for the emperor to pursue them."
Concubine Yu's words were extremely comforting and made Lu Wuji feel much better.
"What do you want to say?" he asked proactively.
"Your Majesty, you have tracked down so many people. Some of them have indeed committed murder and deserve to be punished. But there must be innocent ones among them, such as my concubines. My beautiful sister is the only one you love and is pregnant. There are many jealous people. But there is no shortage of smart people in the palace, and most of them will be bystanders. To put it bluntly, many people want to sit back and enjoy the gains, waiting for others to harm Sister Jia, so they don’t have to take action, let alone take risks. "
"It is somewhat unreasonable to identify so many people and take action at the same time."
Concubine Yu carefully observed Lu Wuji's face and described her inner thoughts bit by bit.
Lu Wuji raised his eyebrows. Although he didn't comment, his lack of anger at the moment proved that he had listened.
Concubine Yu immediately continued her efforts: "As for Sister Jia's miscarriage, if we find out about Xiang Concubine, we have actually caught a big fish. Later, other concubines were involved, and they even came after Chen Concubine. Chen Concubine felt that someone was behind it to add fuel to the flames. His purpose is to bring down the concubine, and the reason why he refuses to stop is because he wants to bring down the concubine again. In this way, there will be no stumbling blocks in the palace, and his family will be the only one."
She couldn't help but analyze. In fact, at this point, it was already clear who she wanted to be behind the scenes.
Concubine Xiang represents the third prince, and Concubine Yu represents the power of the second prince. After they were defeated, only the prince and the fourth prince were left. And the fourth prince was stupid, so in the palace, the only one who could dominate the family was There is a prince.
This eye medicine is a must-have.
After all, as an emperor, the most taboo thing for Lu Wuji was to be dominated by a single family.
As soon as she finished speaking, the emperor suddenly put the tea cup on the table with a muffled "click" sound.
"Your concubine's words are reasonable, but it is really a good plan. In this harem, your family has been the only one for many years, and the queen has not said anything, and she even has to rely on others to live. Now that something happened, you did not forget to take her with you. Tell me, how did the queen secretly promote this matter? Isn't this harem completely under your control? How did she get past you and mobilize so many palace people to frame you and other concubines? "
Originally, Concubine Yu was very happy when she heard that he agreed with her, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. But when the following words came out, she felt as cold as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.
"Your Majesty, I never meant this, you-" She fell to her knees again, this time she was really embarrassed.
Lu Wuji stood up directly, not wanting to listen to her words at all.
"Actually, before I came here, I had already found out that taking the cold medicine in the food had nothing to do with you, but I still wanted to test you. After all, this matter involves a lot. At the beginning, the concubine did bring her own fault, but later, When I pointed to many people one after another, I guessed that someone wanted to fish in troubled waters and use this incident to eradicate dissidents."
"I have thought about it, and there are really only a handful of people in the harem who have such ability. I have asked people to investigate carefully. The medicinal materials in the cold medicine are barely related to you, but as long as I go to the Taiyuan Hospital and ask, I will know that the evidence is actually Not enough. But it’s this vague feeling that makes me wonder if you deliberately released it, just to take yourself out.”
"Now that I see it, it is really the case. You put the second prince's life on the line, and I believe you have nothing to do with it. Therefore, the forces in the palace are not only the prince, but also you and the second prince who have not been overthrown. What if I Believing what you said, taking action against the prince will really lead to the domination of the family, but the dominating one is the second prince, don’t you think so?"
Lu Wuji's questioning and questioning directly made Concubine Yu lose her defense.
In order to divert the trouble to the east, she had tried a lot of logic to get the prince out, but now when the emperor refuted her, he also tried a lot of logic, which instantly left her speechless.
Because the emperor was right. After all, the emperor believed her and had nothing to do with Jia Zhaoyi's miscarriage, so he would not punish her.
And she was alluding to the prince. If Lu Wuji retaliated against the prince, the prince would also be harmed. In the end, she and the second prince were safe.
Judging from the results, it was the second prince who finally reaped the benefits.
"Concubine, I really don't mean anything else-" She opened her mouth to explain.
However, Lu Wuji grabbed her bun and pulled her head back.
"What do you mean, you have no other intentions? Isn't it right? My concubine, the next time you play tricks, you must remember that going too far is far worse. Your previous vow is over and I believe you, so it's time to shut up. See you. If it's good, accept it. Otherwise, just like now, I won't believe anything you say, I just think you have other intentions."
"I gave you the harem not to show off your power, but to be a housekeeper. When Jia Zhaoyi was pregnant, you were supposed to send someone to take care of her, but in the end she had a miscarriage, and so many concubines took action. Not only do you not reflect on yourself, you also come up with ideas here, are you qualified?"
After Lu Wuji asked this question, he waved his hand hard and pushed her to the ground.
"You are lucky this time. It is precisely because I am afraid that one family will dominate that I do not punish you. Otherwise, how can the second prince have checks and balances without your help. But if there is a next time, I will never be lenient.":, n,
