txolops Chapter 84 Crisis
Chapter 84 Crisis
After Concubine Miao finished speaking, Emperor Yuan's face sank like the bottom of a pot.
He and Chu Xuanqing are vying for power, and he sees it, so he is also happy.As long as it's not too much, he ignores it.
However, now, an unborn child, who couldn't even guarantee whether he was a prince, couldn't help but make a move.Is he so afraid of others blocking his way?
Does that mean, if given the chance, he would also kill himself who stood in the way?
But with qi returning to qi, Emperor Yuan still retained a sliver of reason after all.
Chu Xuanzhao is the prince. After all, everything is just guesswork, and there is no firm conclusion. Of course, he can't just use Chu Xuanzhao to question him.
"Cui Gui."
"The slave is here."
"Who is following the king into the palace today?"
"Returning to the emperor, he is the personal guard of Prince Xin's mansion."
"Let someone go to Prince Xin's mansion and bring him to me. Did he follow King Xin when he changed his clothes? Ask, we must let him tell the truth."
"Yes, the slave will go here."
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Chu Xuanzhao raised his head abruptly, "Chuan Moyi entered the palace? Why?"
The eunuch who passed the decree smiled, "Our family is only acting according to the order. Our family doesn't know the reason for this. Please help me, Your Highness?"
"...Okay, father-in-law, wait a moment."
Chu Xuanzhao led Mo Yi who was beside him to the front, "Eunuch, this is Mo Yi."
While speaking, Chu Xuanzhao quietly stuffed a silver coin into the eunuch's sleeve, "Don't be blunt and don't know the rules of the palace. Please trouble your father-in-law to take care of you."
"Our family is dedicated, but as a result of this dedication, our family can't guarantee anything. After all, it's someone from above, my lord." The eunuch rolled up his sleeves indiscriminately.
"Anyway, I have Mr. Lao."
"Good to say."
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As soon as the decree eunuch left, Chu Xuanzhao immediately called Feng Er, "Go, ask the people we have arranged in the palace, find out what happened in the palace as soon as possible, and report it directly to the king."
"Yes, I'll go right away."
"What's the matter?" Feng Eryi was called away, and Shen Qingjun's previous sense of uneasiness jumped out again, so he came to the main hall of the palace.
Chu Xuanzhao shook his head, "I don't know either. Someone came from the palace suddenly and took Mo Yi away."
He didn't understand that even if Chu Xuanqing did something, it shouldn't be aimed at Mo Yi.
Shen Qingjun sat down on the chair, "What happened when you entered the palace yesterday? Can you tell me everything in detail?"
Chu Xuanzhao rubbed his forehead, "It's nothing, it's been more than two hours, there is no wind and no waves, except that the father suddenly wants to—"
Chu Xuanzhao immediately shut up, glanced at Shen Qingjun, saw that his expression was normal, and then continued, "But I also successfully refused later. Besides, if there is something else, I will be unluckily rejected by you." Does it count as drinking all over your body?”
Chu Xuanzhao said it in frustration, but Shen Qingjun asked seriously, "Did you get drunk all over?"
Seeing that he was concerned about this matter, Chu Xuanzhao had no choice but to say, "Yeah, it was almost the end of the palace banquet yesterday. When the maid was pouring the wine, she accidentally knocked over the wine glass. Piandian changed clothes, but I went straight back to the banquet after changing clothes, nothing unusual at all!"
Shen Qingjun frowned, "Which one of the palace attendants at the banquet was not selected after thousands of choices, how could they easily overturn the wine glass and even splash you all over?"
Chu Xuanzhao sighed, "Maybe the palace servants missed, maybe I was really unlucky."
"Maybe. However, I don't think it's just a mistake. And I feel that something might have happened during your absence." Shen Qingjun still trusts her own feelings.
"I thought about it too, but after I came back, everything was as usual and nothing changed."
Shen Qingjun nodded and said, "Look for Chu Xuanxin."
Chu Xuanzhao raised his head and looked at the sky outside, "There's no need to make a trip, he's almost here at this hour."
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The two didn't wait long, and sure enough, as Chu Xuanzhao said, Chu Xuanxin came to Xinwang's Mansion.
Chu Xuanxin was a little confused when he saw the two people staring at him in the lobby.He had never seen him sitting so close to his brother since Shen Qingjun replied to the palace.
"Xuan Xin, sit down, I have something to ask you."
Before Chu Xuanxin had time to greet Shen Qingjun, he was greeted by his brother to sit on the chair, "What's the matter?"
"Yesterday's palace banquet, after I went to the side hall to change clothes, did anything happen at the banquet?"
Chu Xuanxin thought for a while, "What happened..., no, just drink and dance..."
Shen Qingjun asked directly, "Is Concubine Miao unusual?"
"Oh," Chu Xuanxin looked at his brother, "Yesterday after you went to change clothes, Concubine Miao came to the emperor in a short while and said something, and then she also left the table. But not long after, she I came back, and then you came back. Nothing else."
Chu Xuanzhao frowned, "You mean, when I left, Concubine Miao also left?"
"Exactly."
Chu Xuanzhao looked at Shen Qingjun, and the two probably had a guess about the matter.
The problem turned out to be at the palace banquet.
Seeing the dignified expressions of both of them, Chu Xuanxin asked, "What's the matter? What happened?"
"elder brother?"
Chu Xuanzhao exhaled heavily.
Chu Xuanxin had no choice but to look at Shen Qingjun, "My lord, this?"
"Mo Yi was taken away by someone from the palace." Shen Qingjun explained.
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When it was nearly evening, Feng Er finally came back. As soon as he entered the door, he knelt on the ground and replied directly, "My lord, I found out clearly that it was Concubine Miao's miscarriage. The imperial doctor diagnosed that it was lily pollen and The purple jacquard powder clashed and caused a miscarriage. After investigation, Concubine Miao said that she had met the prince when she was leaving the palace banquet."
Feng Er raised his head and added, "It's for the prince."
"Lily pollen, isn't there lily osmanthus cake at the palace banquet?" Chu Xuanxin asked.
Chu Xuanzhao sneered, "It's because there are lily osmanthus cakes in the palace banquet that they use such a thing that I can't pretend I don't know. Thinking about it, it's because the purple jacquard flower powder was given to me?"
Chu Xuanzhao didn't say "she", but "they", obviously it was Chu Xuanqing's fault.
"Is your father brainless?" Shen Qingjun couldn't help but sarcastically.
While supporting Feng Er, Chu Xuanxin signaled him to step back, while replying to Shen Qingjun's words, "He has brains, and the few brains he has have already been used up in Concubine Miao's gentle hometown."
Chu Xuanzhao knew that both Shen Qingjun and Chu Xuanxin had opinions on the emperor, so he didn't answer their words.
"Even if there was lily powder in the palace banquet, how could Chu Xuanzhao happen to have purple jacquard pollen on him? Even if he had brought purple jacquard pollen, how could he know that he would meet Concubine Miao so that he could do harm? Miao Miao When the concubine leaves the banquet, others can't control it. The time of leaving the banquet is so embarrassing, so Concubine Miao is suspicious. The emperor actually listened to such a flawed rhetoric? Heh~" Shen Qingjun didn't know what to say.
Chu Xuanzhao sighed, "The important thing is not what the truth is, but what the father will believe. It's hard to say about it. Lily osmanthus cake is almost always available at big banquets. Concubine Miao can say that I am preparing for it." Purple Jacquard Flower Fen is waiting for the opportunity. I met her by chance outside the banquet. She can be said to be I thought the opportunity was coming, and I made up my mind on the spot. No matter how far-fetched, how unbelievable, the emperor's thoughts are on her, no matter how far-fetched it sounds, It has also come true. After all, no one will doubt that it is her, the 'victim', who is the perpetrator."
"What should we do now? If the crime of poisoning the royal family's blood is confirmed, not to mention the throne, but your life, it's hard to say." Chu Xuanxin was a little anxious.
"Since my father didn't directly take me to question me, but arrested Mo Yi, it means that he still considered the consequences. We can't intervene in the affairs of the palace. There is no other way but to wait."
After Chu Xuanzhao finished speaking, the main hall fell silent, and the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.
"Shen Qingjun." In the coldness, Chu Xuanzhao suddenly spoke.
Shen Qingjun didn't answer, but turned his head to look at him.
"If so," Chu Xuanzhao closed his eyes and opened them again, "If I am brought into the palace, no matter what the result is, don't wait, go back to Jiangnan."
Shen Qingjun sneered, "What does the lord mean, that all the energy and time I have put in for the past six months will go to waste?"
Chu Xuanzhao's heart trembled slightly, he gritted his teeth and said, "I owe you, sorry."
"Things may not be that bad, don't think about the worst..." Chu Xuanxin didn't know how to persuade her.
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Chu Xuanzhao waited until it was nearly midnight when someone came again from the palace.
However, the palace man did not bring the will to question the king of Xin, but said that the king of Xin was not strict in discipline, and the evil slave poisoned the emperor's heir, and he was fined for three months.
"what happened?!"
"Your Highness, you really have a good subordinate!" The palace man sighed, but his tone didn't sound so friendly.
"What's going on? Please tell my father-in-law."
"What's going on? Your Highness did what His Highness did, and His Highness pushed a slave to take the blame. We are also slaves. What His Highness has done really impresses us!"
This is the most senior eunuch in the palace except Cui Gui. On weekdays, even the court ministers, princes and grandchildren have to save face when they see him. With the power of the emperor, he is not afraid of offending people when he speaks.
Chu Xuanzhao was in a hurry, and he didn't care about his yin and yang, so he bowed his hands at him, "Please tell me in detail, what's going on? What did Mo Yi say?"
The eunuch glanced at him, "The concubine Miao has had a miscarriage, does your Highness know? Tsk, look at what we asked, of course this Highness knows best. Your Majesty took His Highness's servants to interrogate him, but he will not say anything." What about you in the side hall, bite it down and go back after changing your clothes."
The veins in Chu Xuanzhao's hands were bulging, and his nostrils were breathing heavily, of course he insisted!That is simply the truth!
He glanced at the great eunuch's eyes full of pity, his heart skipped a beat, he took a step forward and grabbed his lapel, "Have you committed punishment?!"
The eunuch opened his fingers one by one, then lowered his head and patted his clothes, as if his clothes were stained with dust, "Since His Highness pushed him out, shouldn't this result have been expected?"
The eunuch ignored Chu Xuanzhao, who had a dark face, and continued, "Man is doing it, and heaven is watching, Your Highness. You have fooled the emperor, but you can't fool God, and even we don't believe it! We didn't either at first." Sentence, but your subordinates did not let go. At this moment, the person inspecting the side hall brought something. You probably didn’t expect it? It’s a hundred secrets! It’s collected from the door of the side hall. , the imperial physician said yes, purple jacquard pollen."
Chu Xuanzhao sneered, there is nothing wrong with wanting to commit a crime.
How this pollen came from, no need to think about it.
"You probably think that it will be gone as soon as the wind blows. There is no evidence and no evidence, right? If such a thing is presented, the emperor doesn't want to listen to your servant anymore. Even if you want to bring someone directly to bring your highness, is it right?" You good servant, you beat your head to pieces, saying that it was him who was afraid that Concubine Miao would give birth to a prince and hinder his master's way, it was him who carried pollen to murder the emperor's heir, and said that His Highness knew nothing about everything he did Said that he thought there was no one noticing, but unexpectedly left a mark in the crack of the door."
"What did you say?! Did Mo Yi say that? Huh?" A golden light flashed in Chu Xuanzhao's eyes, but the eunuch didn't notice.
"Yes, that's what he said, but His Highness should be clear about the facts, right? If nothing else, just say that purple jacquard, a famous product in southern Xinjiang, is extremely rare. As a servant, he really has the ability to get purple jacquard pollen? Your Majesty I believed it, our family felt strange. The emperor took him into the dungeon, if our family couldn't bear it and secretly gave him a bottle of wound medicine, I'm afraid he would pass out on the spot, what a tragedy."
The eunuch thought he understood the truth.
"...Thank you, father-in-law." No matter how much the eunuch sneered or misunderstood, Chu Xuanzhao was grateful to him just because of this bottle of medicine.
"I can't afford it. Your Highness can bear it, but we can't bear it. Come on, we've finished talking, and our family will leave."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Chu Xuanzhao to speak, he waved his whisk and walked away.