The queen's complexion instantly turned livid.
Prince Gongxi slowly smiled: "I will only tell my mother about this matter for the time being."
The Queen crumpled the letter into a ball with her fingers and said word by word: "How did you know?"
King Gongxi said: "My son has always been unable to keep big secrets. As soon as he found out, he came over and told his mother. I was worried that he would not be able to control himself and tell his father..."
The queen looked gloomy.
"If the queen mother can give me 30,000 taels of silver, I will keep this in my stomach." King Gongxi opened his lips and said, "I will wait for the money to come from my mother."
After he finished speaking, he strode away.
The queen had just come out of the East Palace, turned around and went in again. She was about to have someone call the prince, but after thinking about it, she gave up.
I'm afraid the prince doesn't know that Concubine Wu is the original Concubine Anjing.
"Mother Yin, take my sign from the palace and go out to find out where the original Princess Anjing's natal family is now. Find her as quickly as possible, bring her into the palace, and bring her to me."
Aunt Yin was the Queen's most confidant. Knowing the seriousness of the matter, she immediately took the Queen's palace card and left the palace.
At the same time, Yun Chu supported Chu Yi and took the two children out of the palace.
Twenty sticks were commonplace for Chu Yi. In addition, Yun Chu stuffed money into the guards responsible for the sticks, so the two guards were much more merciful.
"Father..." Chu Changsheng's eyes filled with tears, "Does it hurt? I'll breathe for you."
Chu Hongyu's eyes were also red: "The emperor's grandfather is so bad. He is so bad that he only knows how to beat his father..."
Chu Changsheng wiped his tears and said, "It's the concubine and the country's... madam who are evil. The emperor's grandfather was deceived by them and that's why he punished his mother."
Chu Yi lay on the cushions of the carriage and said: "Don't cry, both of you. I'm fine. This incident can teach you a lesson. There is a saying in the book: One person will not enter the temple, and two people will not see it. Well, do you know what it means?"
The two children shook their heads blankly.
"The meaning of not entering the temple means that if something valuable is lost in the temple, it will be suspected of stealing." Yunchu said, "If the two of them don't look at the well, if the other person slips and falls into the well, they will also be suspected. Of course, there are She might have been pushed into the well by the other party. My mother tried her best to avoid this incident, but she still got into trouble. I can only say that people's hearts cannot be calculated."
She couldn't guess why the Duke's wife framed her.
I can't guess why the emperor would believe the perjury of the Duke's wife.
The carriage quickly arrived at the gate of the palace. Aunt Zheng took the two children to wash up. Yun Chu took a bottle of medicine and applied it to Chu Yi.
Seeing the new injury on the man's buttocks plus the old injury, she couldn't help but sigh: "It's all my fault."
Before they got married, he got beaten twice, and it was also because of her.
Chu Yi looked sideways at her: "I should be blamed. Concubine Fang framed you because of me."
"Concubine Fang is nothing to be afraid of." Yun Chu said while taking the medicine, "Have you ever offended anyone in the Duke's residence?"
Chu Yi shook his head. He didn't have much contact with the Duke's Mansion.
He paused and said, "I heard my mother and concubine mention that twenty or thirty years ago, my father asked the late emperor to marry the eldest lady of the Li family as his wife, who is now the Duke's wife. However, the former prince was already married at that time. After his death, my father, as the second prince, was about to be crowned the crown prince. The late emperor believed that the eldest lady of the Li family was not worthy of being a concubine, so he issued an order for my father to marry the eldest daughter of the Gongsun family, who is now the queen."
Yunchu couldn't believe it.
In her impression, the current emperor is a beautiful person. Today he favors this beauty, tomorrow he favors that talented person, and there are always new people in the harem.
Has such an emperor actually ever asked to marry his sweetheart?
Just because the Duke's wife was once the emperor's sweetheart, even if the Duke's wife opens her eyes and tells lies, the emperor is still willing to believe it?
Yun Chu gave Chu Yi the medicine, put on his clothes, and said, "The Duke's wife openly gave false testimony. She is standing on the opposite side of Prince Pingxi's palace. I'm afraid something like this will happen again in the future."
She told Qiu Tong who was standing at the door: "Go to the Intelligence Bureau and get all the information about the Duke's wife."
Yunze is in charge of the current intelligence bureau. It took more than half a year to establish it and collected almost all the intelligence that could be collected.
At night, Qiutong brought the things and placed two thick volumes in front of the case.
Yunchu opened it and looked carefully.
At this glance, he saw Zi Shi, and her expression became more and more solemn.
The Duke's wife lost a child when she was young and could no longer have children. However, there were many women in the Duke's backyard, so heirs were plentiful.
It's just that after the death of the Duke of Guo, those concubines went crazy and went crazy. Later, the Duke's wife adopted a child from a side branch to inherit the title.
I won’t mention the internal affairs of the Duke’s Mansion.
The files related to the Duke's wife were listed together, and Yunchu could probably guess why the Duke's wife framed her.
Almost all the loving women in the capital had something happen to them after attending a banquet with the Duke's wife. They were either sick, their husbands took concubines, or there was an accident at home...
"I guess the Duke's wife has always had a knot in her heart because she was unable to marry the emperor." Yun Chu closed the file, "She doesn't want to see other people's love and happiness. She will destroy everyone she sees."
Chu Yi's face was very serious: "Without the connivance of my father, the Duke's wife would not have stretched out her hand so long. How could my father fall in love with such a vicious woman?"
"With the emperor protecting her, there is really nothing we can do against her." Yun Chu slept in the man's arms, "I don't want to think about this matter for now. Go to sleep."
Chu Yi placed a kiss on her hair and said softly: "The errands of the Ministry of Industry are temporarily suspended. If there is nothing else to do next, we, a family of four, might as well go out of the city to relax."
Yun Chu raised his forehead and said, "You are injured, so you should take good care of yourself."
"I am recuperating in the capital, and there is no way to meditate." Chu Yi hugged her, "Now that it's summer, the scenery in the suburbs of Beijing is beautiful. Let's go see the beautiful scenery."
Yunchu looked at the moonlight outside the window.
It has been more than a year since she was reborn. She has been dealing with various things and has never calmed down to look at the scenery around her.
She needed to relax, the children needed a vacation, and most importantly, the man's injury would heal faster in a picturesque place.
Yun Chu slowly fell asleep.
Chu Yi didn't fall asleep.
The Duke's wife has her father as her backer and has no scruples in anything she does. If Chu'er is not present the next time she plots against Chu'er, Chu'er will suffer a loss.
It is said that the best is what you can't get. The Duke's wife is the white moonlight of the father. The cinnabar mole in her heart is indeed a bit difficult to deal with.
However, everyone has weaknesses.
Finding a weak point and attacking it, the Duke and his wife are nothing.
Early the next morning, Chu Yi ordered the program: "Go and find out the specific reasons for the accidents of all the concubines in the Duke's Mansion. It is best to find witnesses and physical evidence."
