The Crown Prince in the Jade Pendant

Qiu Shuang and Grandma Hong said, let her return to Ciqing Palace with medicated powder and find a chance to hide with Chu Jinyao. These are all fakes. Concubine Shu will not give Mother Hong a chance to turn back the water or take a bite. As long as Mother Hong steps out of Kunning Palace, people waiting in the dark will rush to find the death of Xiao Qi, and catch Mother Hong. This "true murderer".

Mother Hong is a member of the East Palace. Even though Mother Hong is not important to Chu Jinyao, it doesn't matter. The grandmother next to the prince concubine appeared in Kunning Palace late at night. When she was discovered, the queen had already been killed, but the grandmother carried the powder that harmed the empress's empress.

It just so happened that the time happened on the eve of the emperor's return to the palace.

Originally everything went according to the plan of Concubine Shu, only the last link was to catch the thief and the stolen goods. I just don’t know where Mother Hong discovered the flaw. Maybe it was Concubine Shu who took her to the Kunning Palace with great difficulty, maybe it was the quiet and weird Kunning Palace, or it was when Qiu Shuang said to send her out to reunite with her niece. Too sure, Mother Hong finally found out that her last relative in this world had probably already left, and she had no chance to wait until tomorrow to tell Chu Jinyao that she would go to Zhuangzi and spend quietly in the countryside. Half a lifetime.

Grandma Hong even realized that she couldn't get out of Kunning Palace. Once she takes this step, she will cause trouble to the princess. This calamity even came for no reason. This is not a pure struggle for power in the harem, this is deliberate murder, this is ruin, and this is the most dirty and nasty method of the harem. Mother Hong had seen a lot in the first half of her life, but now, she can't let the heroes of the entire Forbidden City, the prince and princess, suffer such injustice.

Therefore, Mother Hong used her greatest strength in her life to hit the pillar and die.

No one thought that an inconspicuous old mother would have such subtle insight and such a strong heart. The death of Grandma Hong disrupted Concubine Shu's plan, but the problem was not big, because Empress Xiao Qi was already dead.

After Xiaoqi is dead, do the remaining questions still matter? Who in the palace wants Xiao Qi to die the most? Who is most afraid of letting Xiao Qi, who has been seized power, see the emperor, is this still necessary?

Soon, Qiu Shuang, the palace servant on duty in Kunning Palace, let out a stern scream. Her scream almost alarmed half of the palace. Concubine Shu, who seemed to get up in a hurry, quickly arrived at Kunning Palace. She looked flustered with a look on her face. Unbelievable: "The Queen Empress is dead? How is this possible!"

Chu Jinyao had changed clothes, and was about to go to bed while reading a book while waiting for Qin Yi, when suddenly he heard messy footsteps outside the house. When Chu Jinyao rushed to Kunning Palace, there were already many people in and out of Kunning Palace.

Chu Jinyao's face was heavy, Xiao Qi died after being poisoned? Chu Jinyao didn't believe it at all. Xiao Qi is not a person who can commit suicide at all, let alone at this time. The emperor will return to the palace soon, and Empress Xiaoqi would not choose to commit suicide at this juncture, no matter what angle he said.

"Prince Concubine." Linglong hesitated and wanted to stop Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinyao waved his hand and walked in firmly.

Chu Jinyao has traveled between Ciqing Palace and Kunning Palace countless times, and walked on this palace road to ask Xiao Qi for peace. Those days of forbearance or tit-for-tat are still vivid, but Chu Jinyao really did not expect that one day she would stand in the same position and see this kind of sight.

After Xiao Qi died in the inner room, he was poisoned, but the mother Hong, who had just met today, died in a terrible state. Chu Jinyao adjusted his gaze after only one glance, and couldn't bear to look again.

Concubine Shu seems to have been standing for a long time. Seeing Chu Jinyao, she hooked her lips invisibly: "Prince Concubine, you are here."

Chu Jinyao's gaze slowly turned from the palace to Concubine Shu, her expressionless face, and her eyes were very cold: "The concubine Shu came really quickly. The palace gates were locked, but Concubine Shu appeared immediately. Kunning Palace. This news does not seem to need to be transmitted from person to person, and Concubine Shu can feel it herself."

Concubine Shu smiled softly: "The prince concubine is a busy person in managing the inner palace. Maybe it's too busy, and I don't even have a clue. It's upside down here, it's obviously a person in the prince concubine's palace."

Chu Jinyao sighed when thinking of Mother Hong. Since Xiao Qi was seized from power, she has been making people watch Xiao Qi carefully, but every day after dark, all palace gates have to be locked, Kunning Palace has become a closed small inner court, and it is inconvenient to spread news inside and outside. Concubine Shu's people took advantage of this time to make trouble. In fact, let alone Chu Jinyao, it was Xiaoqi Empress herself, and he didn't expect that Qiu Shuang, who had a face and a face and was still reusable, would suddenly get into trouble, and in turn gave Xiao Qi a blow.

"It's a person in my palace, so what can I tell you?" Chu Jinyao looked at Concubine Shang Shu's eyes, and there was no sign of weakness in her eyes. "Does Concubine Shu know anything? I can't wait."

Concubine Shu shook her head in disappointment and sighed slightly, and said: "The crown princess now has a precious status. The palace is yours alone, and outside the palace is also the prince's concubine. I am just a concubine, how dare I say the prince? What about the concubine? But, the prince, why should you rush to kill. Stay a line in doing things, it is good for others and yourself, even if the emperor is about to return, the queen has become this appearance, and it will not hinder you at all, you Why bother to let her die?"

Chu Jinyao raised her eyebrows lightly: "Why, Concubine Shu has no evidence, so he has already convicted me? You say this in front of the queen's palace, and you are not afraid to provoke the undead."

Concubine Shu just smiled at this. Obviously the success is imminent. She is so patient that Concubine Shu can't help it. She implicitly proudly smiles at Chu Jinyao: "The death of the queen, we all do this kind of thing. The Lord will not. The conviction depends on the emperor's meaning."

Concubine Shu left immediately with her entourage. Chu Jinyao stood in the cold wind, and the fluff on her hood was blown around by the wind, so she stood on a stick of incense.

From the beginning, this was a huge conspiracy.

After pulling Xiaoqi into the water, he persuaded the emperor to personally conquer, and then six princes hung in the air to supervise the country, and finally, the almost ridiculous defeat.

The Xuanfu Incident was not accidental at all, it was a conspiracy carefully planned by these people.

Now that this day, she and Qin Yi have been unable to stop, but King Su sent the emperor back to the court with a meritorious service, and Concubine Shu also killed the queen on the eve of the emperor's return to the palace. After all, besides their own people, who else would know the emperor’s return date so clearly? Since entering the customs, Qin Yi has not been able to grasp the emperor's whereabouts in time. Now, Chu Jinyao is very sure that the emperor will return tomorrow.

Chu Jinyao exhaled a long breath against the clear and cold night sky, which condensed into a white mist in the cold wind, and then gradually dissipated in the gorgeous but silent Kunning Palace carvings.

On the other side, Qin Yi also opened up the news from the secret guard.

Half a year ago, someone had seen a thin scholar who had been in and out of King Su's Mansion. Later, this person disappeared. When he saw him again, he had become a military commander in the Wala barracks.

Qin Yi clenched his fist silently, and the secret letter almost turned into powder in his palm.

The next day, as expected, the news was received in the palace early in the morning. The emperor returned to the palace eagerly and made people rush to the palace. It is expected that he will enter the palace today.

The emperor's pomp when he returned to the court was completely incomparable with his expedition. Three months ago, 300,000 elite soldiers and more than 60 high-ranking officials followed the emperor along this road, but when he returned, only the emperor was left.

Where is the heroic soul?

When the emperor finally returned to the long-lost court, before he could take a good breath, he heard the news that Empress Xiao Qi had died. The emperor's eyes widened in amazement, and stared at the person in front of him motionlessly: "What did you say?"

The green-clothed **** almost dripped cold sweat, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, Empress, has gone."

The emperor was stunned for a long time: "When?"

"Last night."

The emperor closed his eyes, his chest rising and falling uncontrollably. Last night, she had always been free of disasters and illnesses. How could she go so strangely? Who on earth was it that she couldn't even let them see the last time?

When the emperor left the palace, he was really dissatisfied with Empress Xiao Qi, but after all, she was his little wife who had been indulging him for more than ten years. Even if he blamed her and neglected her, he never thought that one day Empress Qi would leave him. Early.

The emperor paused for a long time before asking this sentence: "Where is she?"

The emperor stood in Kunning Palace and finally saw Xiao Qi again, but this time it was life and death. Concubine Shu stood behind the emperor. She glanced at the emperor's expression calmly, raised her kerchief to wipe the corners of her eyes, and whispered: "Your Majesty, you just came back, you have to be sorrowful, and take care of your dragon body! Queen she If there is a spirit in the sky, I must not want to see the emperor hurt the dragon body for this matter."

After speaking, Concubine Shu sighed, "The queen is much younger than me. I never thought that it was the young queen who left first."

This sentence was stuck there, and the emperor was surprisingly angry: "She died of poison, she was killed by poison! What the **** is going on, who is it, so bold!"

Obviously, the emperor didn't think that the queen had taken the poison himself, all signs indicated that it was murder.

Concubine Shu showed embarrassment, but she shook her head and didn't say anything. When the emperor saw Concubine Shu's expression, he knew that there was a difference. He asked with a calm face, "Say, who the **** is it!"

Concubine Shu sighed, and a court lady behind her said timidly: "When the empress arrived, the empress empress was already exasperated. At that time, there were no outsiders in Kunning Palace, but..."

The maid quietly glanced at Chu Jinyao behind her eyes, and whispered: "However, the grandmother next to the prince concubine has committed suicide in the Kunning Palace."

Chu Jinyao looked straight ahead, without turning his eyes in any other direction. Linglong took a slight step and cursed with her face: "Laughter, now there is no evidence. Who gave you the courage to disrespect ghosts and gods, slander the dead, and call Hong Mother committed suicide in fear of sin?"

The palace lady shrank her neck after being trained, and she dared not say any more, lowering her head. Concubine Shu glanced at the emperor's face, with a slight smile in her eyes, and then turned into grief and anger in a flash: "It's lawless, before your majesty, who will allow you to speak as a servant?"

"The words of Concubine Shu are really biased." Chu Jinyao took the words and said, "It is because your court lady did not allow her to answer her own words. You don't scold her when she is slanderous, but Linglong corrects it. You come to scold her for being rude. ?"

"Her words?" Concubine Shu sneered, "The princess said, "What is wrong with me as a maid? Why did your close maid appear in the queen's palace in the middle of the night? The queen was poisoned yesterday, and this old slave happened to be poisoned. Appearing in Kunning Palace, according to this palace, she probably poisoned the queen to death, and then she committed suicide fearing that the emperor would come back for punishment."

"If she commits suicide in fear of sin, she can take poison and die happily. Why must she hit the stump?" Chu Jinyao stared at Concubine Shu closely and replied, "Concubine Shu probably hadn't touched many history books, and she died by touching the pillar. They are all forced to be helpless and brave to show their integrity. Concubine Shu can go to the history books, or find the files of the Dali Temple to see how people who really committed suicide in fear of sin died."

Concubine Shu got stuck because of the rebuttal. Chu Jinyao was sure about the situation at the time. Generally, people who feared the crime and decided to make a quick decision would not find themselves too uncomfortable to die. It is even more impossible to hit a pillar. Concubine Shu paused briefly and quickly changed her rhetoric: "A person who commits suicide in fear of sin cannot be deduced by common sense. She was to escape the sanctions imposed by her majesty. As for how she died, it was just a personal choice. On the contrary, she Appearing in Kunning Palace, and inseparable from the death of the queen, this is an ironclad proof."

"Appearing in Kunning Palace, but it was taken into custody. If you are suspected only because of appearing in Kunning Palace, why doesn't Concubine Shu suspect the envoys of the queen's court ladies? In my opinion, they have accumulated years of experience. Yue followed the queen, and the queen’s food, clothing, shelter, and transportation were in their hands. They poisoned the queen, it should be easier. Mother Hong is an outsider, she is the queen who gives poison to the queen. The queen is so vigilant. , How can you enter it?"

"The empress empress uses virtue to transform people, how can the people around her betray her?" Shu Fei said, "The crown princess can't slander the queen's virtue and reputation in order to exonerate the people around her."

These words are also not good enough for Concubine Shu to speak, Xiao Qi will convince people with virtue? Chu Jinyao dismissed it, but the emperor was willing to believe it. Once a person dies, all shortcomings and mistakes will be wiped out, and the good in life will be infinitely magnified.

Qiu Shuang had been listening outside the hall with her ears upright. When she heard this, she rubbed her red eyes vigorously, flew into the hall, and cried: "Prince princess, you can say anything, but you can't wipe out the slaves and the maids. Loyal! Aunt Lan Yu has been killed by the murderer for the sake of the mother. The slave and maid only hate that she did not grow three heads and six arms at the time. She cannot stop the murderer and save the mother. Your Majesty, the mother has been looking forward to your return until she is dying. Comb your hair, she is looking forward to you like that, you must be the master of your empress!"

The emperor's voice was mute and asked, "You see, the man who did it was the old slave outside?"

"The maidservant did not see the direct process, but the maidservant came back when he fetched water, just in time to see Madam Hong coming out of the main hall."

The emperor was angry, and Linglong panicked. They quickly looked at Chu Jinyao, hoping that Chu Jinyao could recover his disadvantage. However, Chu Jinyao did not look at the emperor, but turned to look at Qiushuang: "You will elaborate on the situation you met with Grandma Hong yesterday."

Qiu Shuang showed a guarded look, and said carefully: "The lady asked to dress up at the time, and the slave went out to fetch water and clean her hands. Who knows that she just ran into Mother Hong when she came back, she walked in a hurry, bowed her head and walked out, the slave was suspicious. , She hurried in to see the maid, only to see... the slave was shocked and angry, so she immediately ran out to stop the maid Hong. Madam Hong was very surprised when she saw the maid, she wanted to coax the slave to approach, so that she could kill the slave with poison. The slave girl naturally refused, so she hurriedly called to the people outside. Seeing that the incident had been exposed, Mother Hong jumped the wall in a hurry and ran into a pillar to judge herself. Before she died, she said that there was no evidence for her death, so she couldn't find out anything."

There is no evidence for death, it is true that there is no evidence for death. After Xiaoqi, Lan Yu, and Grandma Hong, everyone was unwilling to die.

Chu Jinyao was irritated, but his head was calm. Concubine Shu's eyes were full of pride and demonstrations. Chu Jinyao saw it, but her heart became clearer and clearer. She slowly said, "You are lying."

These four words slammed everyone down. Chu Jinyao asked people to fetch things, and she continued: "If it is true that you were not close by Mother Hong, then how could your buttons be on her?"

When Concubine Shu saw the button's face changed drastically, Qiu Shuang also remembered. When she coaxed Mother Hong out yesterday, Mother Hong did hit her hard. She did not expect to take advantage of this time to pull a button down. Hidden in the body.

Qiu Shuang glanced at her in confusion and hurriedly said: "The slave and maid had a wrong memory. Madam Hong ran over to catch someone when she saw the slave. The slave and her entangled for a while before she got out. This button was dragged down by her during this period of time. Yesterday. The maidservant was so panicked that she remembered it wrong for a while..."

Chu Jinyao snorted coldly and turned to look at the emperor: "The emperor, this servant is upside down, and the testimony is vague. If she has really experienced such important details, how can she remember it wrong? This can only prove that she is lying, she 'S testimony is not credible."

Concubine Shu immediately retorted and sneered: "Why is it not credible, because she pointed out the people around the princess, the princess said her testimony is not credible?"

"When Concubine Shu spoke, she was so sure, I am afraid she knew something to dare to attack like this."

"Enough is enough!" The emperor shouted and said, "She has already gone, you still refuse to let her stop. Let's all go out, I have my own decision on this matter."

The author has something to say: [After Xiao Qi goes offline]

When Xiao Qi came out before, she said that she was part of the small boss of Gong Dou, because the big boss was Concubine Shu.