"What assassination? Which empress has assassinated the late emperor? Why have I never heard of it?"
After hearing what Shen Haolin said, Shen Cha was stunned. She had no idea that there was such a thing. She nuzzled in front of Shen Haolin and looked at him eagerly.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I'm curious, brother, please clarify."
"Okay, let me clear up your doubts. But..." Shen Haolin rubbed her head and smiled, "Have you really never heard of it?" Seeing Shen Cha shaking his head, he thought for a while and asked again, " Haven’t you ever heard your mother mention it?”
"No, if there was, I wouldn't be so surprised." Shen Cha shook his head, "Brother also knows that. I was in Beijing some time ago. Because I wanted to investigate the details of Aunt Xue's matter, I went to Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. I transferred a large number of old files and they are still in the Imperial Study Room. Not only that, I even asked brother Xiaojue for permission, and went to Zongzheng Temple specifically to bring over the files there. I After reading it all, I really didn’t see what my brother said. If I had seen it, I would have asked my brother a question.”
"That's true." Shen Haolin nodded, "If you saw it, you would definitely ask. If you didn't ask me, you would ask His Majesty."
"I will definitely ask my brother. If I ask His Majesty face to face, I don't want to slap him in the face. After all, it is the late emperor's business." Shen Cha thought for a while, tilted his head and looked at Shen Haolin, "So, it is not mentioned in these files. , this case should have been passed by Chunqiu?"
"It must have been lost in the Spring and Autumn Period. Not only can you not find it in Zongzheng Temple, but it is also impossible to find it in Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment. Not many people even know about this case." Shen Haolin sighed softly, "Really counting Ah, this case is the real royal secret... no, it's a scandal."
"No, if word spreads about the concubine's assassination of the late emperor, I might have to make something up to become the talk of the people in Xijing after dinner!" Shen Cha also sighed, "But since this case has been dropped by the Spring and Autumn Period, and there is not much People know it, so how did my brother know it?"
"My father told me that when the empress committed the assassination, he and Master Huilan were both in front of the late emperor."
"Brother, please tell me. Is that empress from the Xue family?"
"No." Shen Haolin shook his head gently, "At that time, the lady of the Xue family had passed away. But..."
"The Empress Dowager is still here." Shen Cha's eyes flashed, "Is my statement more reliable?"
"It's basically consistent with the guesses of father and Master Huilan." Shen Haolin nodded, stretched out his hand and tapped the tip of her nose, "You can see through it but don't tell it off!"
"Understood, it seems that our previous guess may not be wrong." Shen Cha sighed softly, "Can we judge that this dagger is in front, and that..." She pointed at the A pill wrapped in gold foil, "In the back, right?"
"Okay." Shen Haolin nodded, "At that time, the late emperor was in good health."
"In that case, it's too..." Shen Cha saw Shen Haolin's eyes and nodded repeatedly, "I couldn't succeed many times before and couldn't get what I wanted, so I took advantage of the late Emperor's illness, and then..." Shen Cha coughed lightly and did He made a sealing gesture and said, "I know, let's stop talking. Brother, you don't have to stare at me. Since it's not the lady of the Xue family, brother can talk about this case in detail."
"Okay, yes..."
"Wait a minute, there is one more question." Shen Cha reached for the dagger in Shen Haolin's hand, leaned over and smelled it carefully, "Did the late emperor fall ill after the assassination? No, it was because the injury was not serious. That’s great, right?”
"Yes." Shen Haolin nodded, "Father said there is something on this dagger." He looked at Shen Cha, "Do you know what it is?"
"I know." Shen Cha sneered, "No wonder this dagger appears here. This clue has nothing to do with the Xue family's empress, but has something to do with the Qinglian Sect. Although so many years have passed, the taste of this medicine is still the same. A little bit will remain, which shows that the dagger must have been soaked in the liquid for a long time." She looked at Shen Haolin, "Miaomiao was responsible for inspecting Wanyan and Wen's bodies at the time, and I was watching from the side. After a while, he smelled like this."
"And Wanyan and Wen are..."
"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded and sighed softly, "So I said, this is directly related to the Qinglian Sect."
"So that's it." Shen Haolin nodded, "This hand can be stretched long enough."
"Although I already know that it is related to them, I still want to hear about this case. Brother, please continue."
"It's like this, that day should be the Cold Food Festival, and the late emperor asked his father and Master Huilan to come to the palace to celebrate the festival." Seeing the disgusted expression on Shen Cha's face, Shen Haolin chuckled, "I just found an excuse to come to the palace to have a drink. Xiaojiu, don’t show that expression, okay? Mother knows they come to the palace to drink, she... just pretends she doesn’t know anything."
"I knew it was like this. My father and Master Huilan quietly hid in the small dining room, just for a few sips every time. But..." Shen Cha curled his lips, "Their purpose of drinking is not really for drinking. Just to chat, right?”
"Yes." Shen Haolin nodded, "Having a happy chat is the most important thing. As for how much you drink, that's not the point."
"Now that I have said it again, if the three of them got together to have a drink and chat, they should be in the imperial study room or Xiaonuan Pavilion. How did the concubine come from the harem to the front?" Shen Cha felt a little cold and unconsciously asked Shen Cha. Hao Lin rubbed her side, "What do the female officers and maids who follow her, as well as the guards and chamberlains guarding the door do? Isn't it a bit outrageous to allow a concubine to break in unimpeded?" She thought about it. I thought, "By the way, who is this empress? She is so courageous that she dares to break into the palace and assassinate the late emperor."
"You might as well take a guess." Shen Haolin shook the dagger in his hand, "Think a little bit."
"Think about it." Shen Cha looked at the dagger, thought for a while and said, "Is it the one sent from the Western Region?" She blinked, "Well, that makes sense. Miao Miao also said this at the beginning. Most of the medicinal materials come from the Western Regions.”
"So that's the case!" Shen Haolin nodded, looked at Shen Cha, and chuckled, "Tell me why it was the people sent from the Western Region who committed the crime. Tell me your guesses."
"It's like this." Shen Cha touched his chin, "If the daughter of Daxia's high family who was sent to the palace did such a thing, even if all the files were dropped by Spring and Autumn, there would still be follow-up investigations. . The number of people in the late emperor's harem was actually not large. Including the empress, there were only five or six people, right? But our daughter's family in Daxia did not suffer such liquidation, so she could only be sent to the palace from the Western Regions. ”
"Then guess again, why she can break into the front from the harem unimpeded?"
"Someone is secretly helping? For example..." Shen Cha curled his lips towards Shen Haolin and said vaguely, "The Empress Dowager or something, right?"
"no."
"No?" Shen Cha was stunned for a moment, "What's that for? Could it be that she became so powerful because of her confusion that the people around her, even the chambermaids and guards, couldn't stop her?"
"Congratulations, you got it!"
