At this time, the East Palace was in chaos. Binglan was kneeling in front of the bed and had already burst into tears. Her eyes were so swollen that she could no longer see their original shape.
"Sister Binglan, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess will be fine." The palace maid standing guard in front of the bed couldn't help wiping away her tears and advised in tears, "If Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess wakes up and sees you like this, she will definitely be sad..."
Since the imperial doctor announced last night that His Highness the Crown Prince has no way to save his life, up to this time today, the Crown Princess has shown no sign of waking up. Overnight, the entire East Palace was shrouded in sadness, and everyone in the harem was immersed in the news that the Crown Prince passed away and the Queen Mother
The princes and concubines fell ill one after another and were uneasy.
"Go and prepare some dishes that His Highness the Crown Princess likes, so that you can fill your stomach in case His Highness wakes up." Binglan said with tears.
"Yes..." The palace maid agreed and was about to leave when she was stopped again.
Now that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has left, nothing will happen to the Crown Princess.
"Wait!" Binglan wiped away tears, stood up from the ground with her hands on her hands, and sighed heavily, "I'd better go in person, so you can take good care of Her Highness the Crown Princess."
Binglan turned around and left the inner room with a heavy heart. She walked to the entrance of the palace only to find that the snow that had been falling for more than ten days had stopped. At this time, the warm sun was shining, but she could not feel the slightest warmth. She
Standing under the eaves, I felt extremely dazzling and felt inexplicably sad. I casually put the paper umbrella in my hand aside and strode out.
All the colorful palace lanterns in the palace have been replaced by plain white overnight, and the clothes of the palace people have also been changed into mourning clothes immediately after the death of the prince last night.
At this time, several little palace maids came forward. Some of them were carrying empty wooden boxes, and some were carrying empty wooden trays, as if they had just delivered something to someone. They lowered their heads and gathered together.
Together, they were discussing something in a low voice.
The most indispensable thing in the palace is gossip among women. Binglan has always disliked making friends with others, so she lowered her eyes and pretended not to notice.
"I just came back from Qiankun Palace and I heard that Leader Tong has found the person who poisoned him!"
Hearing this, Binglan paused slightly and slowed down unconsciously.
One of them caught sight of her out of the corner of his eye and coughed twice to remind the palace maid who was talking. Seeing her solemn look, several of them whispered a few comforting greetings, then lifted their feet and continued walking forward.
Binglan seemed to have lost her soul and turned around to stop them.
"Sister Binglan..." Several palace maids secretly exclaimed that something was wrong. They lowered their heads and didn't know what to do. They smiled dryly and said, "I didn't know that my sister was in front of me just now. I made my mistake and made my sister sad. It's our fault."
..."
The leading maid was also sensible. She thought that Binglan was going to hold them accountable, so when she saw something was wrong, she first admitted that it was her mistake. Although His Highness the Crown Prince was gone, His Highness the Crown Princess was still there, and they were just the dining room.
How can the little palace maid be compared with the personal maid of His Royal Highness the Crown Princess?
Binglan stood in front of them, stared at her and asked: "Is what you just said true? Who is the person who poisoned her?"
The palace maid looked around nervously, waved her hands quickly and said, "Sister, I misunderstood. How can I stay in the Qiankun Palace with my humble status? But when I went to clean up, Leader Tong happened to come in to meet the saint, and overheard a few words.
Sentence...As for the person who poisoned me, I don’t even know...I don’t dare to stay in there any longer..."
Seeing that she looked panicked and a little scared, but she didn't look like she was lying, and thinking that she couldn't get anything out of the question, Binglan nodded to express her gratitude and let them go.
The funeral had just happened, and the concubines in the palace did not dare to go out in fancy clothes for the past two days. Binglan met no one else along the way. She went to the dining room to get some porridge and hurried back to the East Palace.
A long way away, Binglan stopped. She thought that at this time in the past, Xiao Lizi must have been guarding the door, standing on the steps urging her to walk faster, and as he said so, he would grab it from her hand.
wooden box, for fear of starving his Royal Highness.
Not long after the two big red lanterns with the word "Happy" were taken down at the door, today's plain white funeral palace lanterns were already hung high. As she thought about it, she felt like she was left with two lines of tears.
The little maid at the gate of the East Palace was anxious and happy to see her coming back, and then saw her suddenly stop moving forward. She called out with an anxious look on her face, and hurriedly ran down the steps, panting and saying: "Sister Binglan, Your Highness the Crown Princess
woke up!"
"Your Highness, are you awake?" Binglan stretched out her hand to wipe away her tears and murmured, "Great, great, God bless you..." She immediately turned around and said, "Go and invite Dr. Zhang over.
Just say..."
"Don't worry, sister Binglan!" The palace maid wiped her eyes and explained with a smile, "I have already sent someone to invite you. His Highness just woke up and was still calling your name. Let's go in quickly."
Binglan nodded, hugged the wooden box tightly in her arms, lowered her head and couldn't help but feel happy.
At this time, there were only two people, Fu Deyou and Tong Zhuo, in the huge Qiankun Hall, with no one accompanying them. Even Eunuch Cao was driven outside the hall and could not listen.
Fu Deyou was leaning on the dragon chair, turning the ring on his thumb intentionally or unintentionally, looking at Tong Zhuo with very complicated eyes: "I never expected that you would involve her..."
"Now all the evidence points to Concubine Jing," Tong Zhuo glanced at him and asked in a deep voice, "What does the Emperor think his subordinates should do?"
No one in the palace knew that Concubine Jing was indifferent to fame and wealth by nature. She had always worshiped Buddha in Chengxi Palace without asking about matters in the harem. Tong Zhuo really couldn't imagine why this matter would be related to her. Concubine Jing
With only one son at her knees, she took every step, and her intentions were obvious.
"That imperial doctor said that the poison was indeed given by Concubine Jing?" Fu Deyou looked at him and asked slowly, "Did you indeed find the same poison in his body that was in the prince's body?"
Having come to this point, Fu Deyou still doesn't want to believe that such vicious things were done by Concubine Jing, and Tong Zhuo doesn't want to believe it either, but the facts are right in front of him, what else can be said to justify all this?
"I have asked Imperial Physician Zhang and Imperial Physician Geng to verify that the poison he carried is consistent with the toxicity in His Highness the Crown Prince's body," Tong Zhuo said without any emotion, "He also confessed to this."
"So audacious! How dare she - how dare she poison the prince! -" Decades of trust were overturned in an instant. Fu Deyou was like a crazed lion. He was so angry that he slapped the case and yelled: "Search!"
She is going to be searched all over the Chengxi Palace by me!" He was so angry that his fingers kept trembling. He supported the desk with one hand and pointed at Tong Zhuo with the other, "Bring Concubine Jing and the imperial doctor to me!"
No matter what, Fu Lilian was always his royal son. Although he had had thoughts of this and that before, he still thought about the bond between father and son. At most, he would ask Dr. Zhang to add some sleepiness drugs to his medicinal diet. He would never really
Want to kill him.
Besides, so far, only Fu Lilian has been able to assume the position of prince. He is fatuous, so he does not want the court to be in chaos due to the vacancy of the prince's position.
"I obey the order." Tong Zhuo slowly took a few steps back, turned around, left Qiankun Palace, and led a group of people to Chengxi Palace.
During this period, the imperial guards carried the emperor's handwriting and searched the palace unscrupulously. No matter the concubines, nobles, or maids and eunuchs in the palace, whenever they saw the imperial guards appearing, they felt frightened and wanted to take a detour even though they were far away.
I'm afraid that I will get some bad luck.
Today was different, because when they saw Tong Zhuo and the imperial guards, they rushed directly to the east of the palace without looking sideways. As we all know, there was the palace of Concubine Jing - Chengxi Palace, which has the largest number of Buddha statues in the palace.
As soon as they left, things started to explode behind them, and everyone began to guess what they said. Some of them even had the courage to find a kind-faced imperial guard and go directly to ask what happened to Concubine Jing, but
Before he could get the answer, he was frightened by Tong Zhuo's sinister look and stepped back. When everyone saw this, they quickly dispersed and dispersed in a hurry.
"Chief Tong - Chief Tong -"
There was a hurried call from behind, and Tong Zhuo turned around in response. Seeing Ma Lin running out of breath, a bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.
"Didn't I ask you to send the imperial doctor in prison to the emperor first? What are you doing here again?" Tong Zhuo frowned slightly displeased.
"The imperial doctor committed suicide in prison..." Marin lowered his head and said.
Suicide?! Yesterday he willingly surrendered Concubine Jing just to survive, but now he commits suicide in prison silently? It is human nature to be greedy for life and afraid of death. It is impossible that he feels unworthy of Concubine Jing and the Crown Prince.
Choose to trade your life for your life? But no one can enter the dungeon of the Praetorian Guard. Could it be that the murderer wore an invisibility cloak? The more I think about it, the more ridiculous it becomes!
Tong Zhuo sighed, raised his hand and said, "Let's ignore him for now. It's more important to go to Concubine Jing first."
"But master..." Ma Lin followed him and asked quietly, "Empress Jingfei doesn't seem to be a vicious-hearted person at all, and she usually takes good care of us. We really want to kill her later."
Seizure?..."
Tong Zhuo glanced at him lightly and said helplessly: "A person's heart grows in the belly, who can see that? Stop talking nonsense, we just obey orders and act."
As usual when he was patrolling, just passing by the entrance of Chengxi Palace, he could smell the faint fragrance of sandalwood inside. Sandalwood soothes the mind, and he knew that this was Concubine Jing's favorite incense and the most suitable for worshiping Buddha.
Seeing their formation, the maid at the door thought they were here to search again. She immediately made a long face and said unhappily: "Chief Tong, you just came here a few days ago, and you said that our Chengxi Palace is better than the Palace."
Any palace in the palace must be clean, and now that we have to go in and search, even if it is the emperor’s decree, I am afraid that Concubine Jing will be unhappy.”
Tong Zhuo had heard this kind of talk a lot these days. He didn't want to talk nonsense with her, so he showed the emperor's handwriting, looked at her and said, "After all, you and I are both people who follow orders, so why should we be aggressive?"
Without waiting for her to react, he led his men and barged in directly.
The palace maid was caught off guard, and seeing that she could not stop her, she quickly turned around and ran towards the palace.