Zhu Youde stood in the Lenggong courtyard and looked at the figure of the woman kneeling in front of him, who looked quite familiar.
"Who is this woman?"
"Your Majesty, this is the late Emperor Jing Concubine. According to the confession of her personal maid, it was Concubine Jing who used the palace maids and eunuchs to divert the guards on the route from the palace gate to Qianqing Palace, and then let the assassins directly enter Qianqing Palace!
"Concubine Jing?"
Zhu Youde still didn't think of it.
"What grudge do I have against you? Why did you harm me?"
Hearing the emperor's words, the woman who was kneeling on the ground with disheveled hair giggled nervously.
"Hunjun! How dare you ask me what grudge I have against you?"
"You have made me childless for the rest of my life. I wish I could drink your blood, eat your flesh, and crush your bones into ashes! Only then can I barely comfort my stillborn Lin'er!"
Concubine Jing's teeth gnashed loudly as she raised her head to look at the Emperor, her eyes like a cold and poisonous snake.
Then a picture flashed through Zhu Youde's mind.
Damn it, it’s my predecessor’s fault again!
When the predecessor was still the sixth prince, he once knocked the passing Concubine Jing out of her fetus during a frolic.
Since then, Concubine Jing has repeatedly made things difficult for her predecessor, who has always been at a disadvantage.
But who would have expected that the late emperor suddenly died of a serious illness, and the predecessor who had the least advantage in winning the throne ended up winning the throne inexplicably.
On the day she ascended the throne, her predecessor sent Concubine Jing to the cold palace.
But behind that fun was actually...
Forget it, the relevant memory is too vague and not important to the current situation.
"Are you sure it's her? Can she be capable of this?"
"So far it has been found that this is the case, and the person who lured away the guards at Xinqiao in the front of Qianqing Palace is none other than her personal maid!"
"Kill all her maids and eunuchs on the spot!'
"Concubine Jing herself was secretly detained and tortured. A concubine in the cold palace was the chief envoy. I don't believe it!"
Next three days in a row.
The blood flowing from the harem is about to dye the palace moat red.
But no matter how much they were investigated, the evidence always pointed to Concubine Jing who was in the cold palace.
As for the assassins, except for the one who escaped, they all died without evidence. There was no trace on the bodies as to which force they belonged to.
For a time, the investigation into the assassination seemed to be at a deadlock.
"Two Queen Mothers, Zhang Shoufu, Shi Guogong..."
Zhu Youde read out names one by one. He was suspicious of everyone now.
Do not rule out Luo Yunshan, Minister of the Ministry of War!
In ancient times, many people who could achieve great things abandoned their wives and children, let alone their granddaughters who were separated by a generation.
But this is only the worst case scenario.
From the day Zhu Youde saw Luo Yunshan going crazy and riding towards Qixia Mountain with a face full of despair, he felt that he could not be the mastermind behind the scenes.
"Keep checking!"
"Any suspicious person in the harem will be carefully investigated to see if any new clues can be found. If the empress dowagers of the two palaces do not cooperate, they can be temporarily excluded.
That late emperor’s decree is really a big worry!
"Wang Po, the same goes for the imperial guards. Even your own personal guards must conduct repeated investigations.
Wang Po accepted the order and left without hesitation.
But Wang Zhonghou stayed where he was, a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, the eunuchs in Dongchang are not under the control of the old slave."
After Wang Zhonghou reminded him, Zhu Youde remembered something.
After the predecessor ascended the throne, there were no other personnel changes except that he was pestered by the personal eunuch Wang Zhonghou, who promoted him to eunuch Bingbi and factory supervisor of Xichang.
Cao Wang, the former eunuch of the palm print and factory supervisor of the East Factory, is still in office.
The Qianqing Palace came to the rescue before, and Zhu Youde remembered that the old eunuch arrived immediately.
And in my impression, Cao Wang is a staunch royalist.
Maybe it can be used.
"Wang Banban, go and call Cao Wang over."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Zhonghou turned around slowly, his movements dragging.
"Why, I think Wang Banban seems a little disappointed?"
"Old slave, no! I'm just unhappy with Cao Wang, the old immortal!"
Wang Zhonghou looked like he and Cao Wang were inseparable.
"You are becoming more and more honest now."
"Wang Banban, although I trust you, the East and West factories are born to check and balance each other. I am the emperor, and it is impossible for both factories to be handed over to the same person. Do you understand?"
It was rare for Zhu Youde to be honest with his subordinates.
Excitement flashed in Wang Zhonghou's eyes, the emperor was becoming more and more like a real emperor!
"I know this all the time, please invite Mr. Cao to come over."
Zhu Youde did not waver in his decision because of Wang Zhonghou's loyalty.
He will not allow Daliang to be nine thousand years old like Wei Zhongxian.
Judging from the existence of the eunuchs, Wang Zhonghou is already showing signs of becoming nine thousand years old.
Therefore, instead of waiting for Wang Zhonghou to gain more power in the future, it is better to put an end to this matter from the source now!
After handling the trivial affairs of the inner court, Zhu Youde returned to Qianqing Palace.
The evening breeze is blowing.
Hearing the laughter.
Two beauties, one big and one small, were sitting in the middle of the pavilion.
The little beauty danced and told stories about the knights and knights she knew.
The beautiful woman had a serious face and listened with great interest. She held the tea cup in the air for a long time and forgot to drink it.
"His Majesty."
Seeing the emperor approaching, Empress Luo and Zhou Ruqian quickly saluted.
"My two beauties are so interested, how about I take you to a teahouse to listen to books?"
"Not going."
The queen shook her head firmly.
"Your Majesty is so healed that the scar has forgotten the pain. The target of that flying assassin is Your Majesty!"
"She gave me the antidote, but that doesn't mean she won't assassinate His Majesty again."
Zhu Youde was helpless after hearing this.
He could only say angrily: "I have asked the East and West factories and Jin Yiwei to search for her secretly. Sooner or later, we will catch her!"
"Actually, it's okay to call the storyteller outside to come into the palace."
Zhou Ruqian clapped her little hands and suggested, "Just call Chunfenglou. His storyteller has the most chivalrous stories!"
"You girl, didn't you say you've never been to a brothel before?"
"whee."
The three of them had dinner together.
Wang Po was sent to take Zhou Ruqian back to the Zhou Mansion, and Empress Luo solemnly pulled the emperor to sit down.
"Your Majesty, you should go to court tomorrow."
"Go to court?'
Zhu Youde had this plan himself, but the beauty queen took the initiative to mention it. He would really be unworthy of the name of the faint king if he did not take advantage of this.
"I can go to court, but I don't know what new posture the queen is willing to use tonight?"
"Your Majesty~!"
The beauty is coquettish.
"Your Majesty is really evil. This is the first time...that this concubine has been blackmailed by His Majesty like this.
"But I remember that Xian'er was very..."
"Well!"
Zhu Youde picked up the queen who took the initiative to kiss him and blocked his mouth, and pulled down the curtain.
The spring night is short and the sun is rising. From now on, the king will not go to court early!
Daliang has a virtuous queen!
Of course it is impossible not to go to court.
Zhu Youde rubbed his old waist, sat on the dragon chair, and listened to the three long live greetings of his ministers whom he had not seen for a long time.
I was going to talk about an assassination case.
But as soon as the beloved queen was freed from death, Bi Xiuzhi, the minister of Honglu Temple, came out to perform the memorial.
"Your Majesty, because of Wang Po's execution of the imperial merchant of Yan State, Beiyan has just handed over the letter of credence. The matter is of great importance and requires your Majesty's inspection.
"Send it up."
Calculating the speed of time in ancient times, it is indeed time for Beiyan Guoshu to come over.