The Queen Mother was Poisoned

{U3 Cao Dingzhen came just after noon.

"Although the criminal has committed suicide, the case must continue to be investigated," she said to Yan Qing, "I have to wrong my sister."

"Why bother..." Yan Qing sighed softly, her eyes full of tears. Bloodshot, but his expression has calmed down, "If you want to deal with me, just come here. These people around me are all innocent."

Cao Dingzhen stood in front of her. Yesterday, the Nanya Forbidden Army was ordered to surround Renshou Palace. How dare you do this to her? Yan Qing, needless to say, could only have obtained the will of the Empress Dowager Ciyi. From the moment when Yan Qing broke into the Chongbi Tower, he only pretended to be on good terms with her. Even when the two palaces stood side by side after the death of the late emperor, Both of them knew that this day would come sooner or later.

"I don't know if they are all innocent," Cao Dingzhen said with a sneer, "That girl is very useful, but she is really a hard-core person. Under the severe punishment in the inner punishment court, she was willing to spit out the food for a whole night."

Yan Qing suddenly raised his head . , stared at her fiercely, gritted his teeth and asked: "Did you torture her?"

Cao Dingzhen looked at her contentedly and sat on the other side of the kang table, "Who among the people who entered the inner punishment court will not be punished? She What's the use of a lowly slave who can't be punished?"

Of course Yan Qing knew the punishments in the inner punishment court. Before entering, he only wanted to survive, but after entering, he only wanted to die. Although Fuying was just a slave, she had always followed her and suffered no hardships. This time, she lost her life.

"Fuying has taken the confession. Do you want to read the confession, sister?" Cao Dingzhen took the document held by the eunuch beside him, and then said to the servants serving in the palace, "You all go down, there is no need to wait. ."

Yan Qing looked at the pile of folds between her fingers. They tortured Fuying. These confessions were naturally the result they wanted. There was no need for her to read them.

"Things obtained through beating are for outsiders to see." Yan Qing answered slowly.

"But my sister is involved here." It was clear that there were no palace people in the palace, but Cao Dingzhen pretended to lower his voice as if he was covering up for Yan Qing, "The matter between my sister and Jiang Weiren, Fu Ying The girl has made it clear, my sister doesn't want to see it?"

Yan Qing slowly turned his head and stared at Cao Dingzhen, as if he was sizing him up. After looking at it for a while, he lowered his voice and said, "What is the Emperor's nightmare? The thing that the criminal court wants to ask out of her mouth during the torture is this..."

She had always trusted Fuying. After Jiang Weiren came back from Jiangzuo and the two confessed their feelings, Yan Qing and him had not really become friends. At the last step, the two of them agreed with each other. After so many years of ups and downs, they couldn't help but want to see each other. Naturally, they would be more intimate with each other when they met. Fuying had seen them once or twice while avoiding others.

The maid under his command cursed the emperor, and she herself had an affair with the courtiers. The secret that Cao Dingzhen held in his hands at this moment was enough to completely destroy Yan Qing.

"What a wonderful Empress Dowager Shengyi... The late Emperor loved you so much that he even took A Yuan away from me for you," Cao Dingzhen stared at her and said sarcastically, "But this is how you treat him, Yan Qing."

None of the so-called "evidence" that Cao Dingzhen held in his hands was more lethal to Yan Qing than this sentence.

Yan Qing's eyes flashed with pain in them. Seeing her like this, Cao Dingzhen felt even more relieved and continued: "You are really his good queen!"

Unexpectedly, Yan Qing raised his head and faced her. He looked at me and said, "Whatever you want to do, just come directly to me. There is no need to implicate innocent people."

Cao Dingzhen sneered and weighed the testimony, "Do you think I want to make these things public? Although this can You will be doomed, but the late emperor cannot afford to lose face, A Yuan cannot afford to lose face, and the entire Yu Dynasty cannot afford to lose face!"

She stood up and put the fold in her sleeve, "As for what to do with it! You, I haven’t thought about it yet, but don’t worry, you and I have known each other for many years, and I won’t kill you all.

“But just remember one thing, you are not allowed to take the initiative to see A Yuan from now on. Of course, I will stop him. Don't let him come to see you... Just put this thing in my hand, and you don't want me to give it to him so that he can see how his mother and husband, whom he respects with all his heart, have failed his father, right? "

This is really heartbreaking. Even though Yan Qing is not afraid of anything, he can't imagine letting Zhao Yuan see this. At that time, how he will hate or even hate himself...

After saying that, Cao Dingzhen never looked at Yan again. After taking a quick look, he walked straight out of the palace.

Duan Changzhong came up to him and asked cautiously: "The Queen Mother, Her Majesty's filth was indeed found in Fuying's room. What should I do next?" "

Cao Dingzhen raised his voice so that even Yan Qing in the palace could hear it, "Just do whatever you want to do with her. Although she is dead, her relatives are still there, and those who should be implicated will be implicated. Is it possible that you still have to deal with it? Want to show kindness? "

Duan Changzhong replied "I don't dare" hurriedly, but in the final analysis, these words were just for Yan Qing to listen to.

"Duan Changzhong," Cao Dingzhen said again, "This case must continue to be investigated, but we cannot wrong the Queen Mother Shengyi.

"These filth have been found in the Renshou Palace. I think Queen Mother Shengyi will feel uneasy after seeing them. She is ill and how can she withstand these things? Please arrange for the Suiyu Pavilion in Xiyuan to be cleared away." Take it out and ask Queen Mother Shengyi to take it over there to rest."

Duan Changzhong hurriedly replied respectfully: "I will obey the Queen Mother Yi's order, and I will handle it properly!"

Duan Changzhong did not dare to neglect after receiving Cao Dingzhen's order. Please ask Yan Qing to move.

The Suiyu Pavilion is next to the Wild Goose Pond, and the scenery is best for enjoying lotus flowers in the summer. But now that autumn is about to come, it is cold and humid, so it is not a good place.

As soon as Yan Qing went to Sui Yuxuan, Nanya immediately sent three times more imperial troops than usual to guard outside Sui Yuxuan every day. It was said that because of the Fuying case, Empress Dowager Ciyi was worried about the safety of Empress Dowager Shengyi. , that’s why so many forbidden troops were mobilized to guard.

Xiyuan is at the very back of the entire palace city, already close to Mount Wei in the north, and is especially farthest from the three main halls and the Manlu Hall where the emperor is.

Every time Zhao Yuan wanted to visit Yan Qing, Cao Dingzhen said: "Have you forgotten what Fuying did? She was the personal maid of the Queen Mother Shengyi, but she committed such a disrespectful thing to you.

" Queen Mother Shengyi was already feeling uncomfortable, and now she feels even more guilty after seeing you. She is ill now, and the imperial doctor has said that she should not be overjoyed or sad. Wouldn't your visit increase the burden on her heart? Did she not want to see you the last time you went there? "

Zhao Yuan nodded when he heard this. Now that Mr. Jiang is not in the cabinet, according to the mother's wishes, he will get married in the winter. After the wedding, he will be in charge. He will also have to listen to Buddhist scriptures and read excerpts...

Now that he was busy, he naturally had no time to think about seeing Yan Qing.

He didn't have any suspicion, but he didn't know that rumors were spreading in the capital that the Queen Mother Shengyi's maid dared to curse His Majesty, but she was actually cursed by the Queen Mother Shengyi. Instigated. It was also said that Queen Mother Shengyi secretly summoned Funan's poison master into the palace, not to harm His Majesty, but to give His Majesty the poison so as to completely control His Majesty.

But who knew that this matter would be revealed to Queen Mother Ciyi and Your Majesty . Because of old feelings and to fulfill His Majesty's filial piety, she did not want to harm Queen Mother Shengyi, but just imprisoned her in Xineri.

Naturally, Yan Qing didn't know what was going on outside, so she only asked Chen Min to inquire about Fu privately. Chen Min found out about the cause of Ying's death,

but when he came back, he hesitated and

said clearly: "Don't worry about me being sad, just tell me, I can bear it. "

Fuying... she did commit suicide," Chen Min said seriously, "Those confessions were written by the Inner Criminal Court and she was forced to sign them. She refused to tell them. The torture was going to continue, so she... Just..."

Chen Min looked up and saw that Yan Qing's whole body seemed to be trembling slightly, but he suppressed it and asked in a trembling voice, "Where is her body?"

"With such a crime, she cannot be buried in the ground. Duan Changzhong let people The body was thrown into a mass grave." Chen Min said in a lower voice, "There were also more than 20 members of her family, the men were executed, and the women were displaced..."

Yan Qing's eyes were red with pain, and his shoulders were shaking slightly. , smiled sadly, and whispered: "He is right, this girl is not smart enough..." Is

there anything more important in this world than protecting yourself?

"Okay..." Yan Qing said hoarsely, turning around, not wanting Chen Min to see his expression at this moment, "You go down."

Chen Min looked up at her before leaving, and the autumn wind blew from outside the hall. , her shoulders are thin, rustling like branches and leaves swaying in the wind, such a lonely silhouette makes people feel distressed just looking at her.

"Please take good care of your body..." he said worriedly.

Yan Qing suddenly turned around and said in a muffled voice, "Go and help me with something. For the two doctors Mr. Yuan Fu left in the capital, you bring one of them into the palace. They must be secretive and cannot be noticed."

Chen Min nodded and replied: "Save it for me, slave."

Chen Min did things very neatly. Even though Cao Dingzhen deliberately placed a lot of eyes on Suiyuxuan, he took advantage of it and asked the doctor surnamed Zhou to dress up as a Huangmen and follow him. Sliding in behind him.

Doctor Zhou first checked Yan Qing's pulse carefully, and then said: "It's nothing serious, just take a good rest."

Yan Qing smiled, already expecting such an answer.

She did not call the palace attendants, but went to the inner hall by herself. After a while, she came out with two small packages wrapped in brocade handkerchiefs.

She put the things on the table and spread out the veil, revealing the two dark masses on top.

Yan Qing pointed to one of the piles and said to Doctor Zhou, "This is the dregs of the medicine that I have been drinking for treating cold syndrome." After speaking, he pointed to another pile, "This one is from recent years." Even though Ai Jia is not familiar with pharmacology, he can tell the difference between the two prescriptions. Doctor Zhou, please help Ai Jia look at these two prescriptions. Is there any problem?"

Dr. Zhou said, He pushed aside the dregs of the medicine, looked at it carefully, picked up a handful, put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and finally pointed to the previous prescription and said: "The first one is for treating cold syndrome. It is a clear prescription in the Medical Prescription Examination. It's very appropriate, there's nothing wrong with it."

Yan Qing nodded, but when he talked about the next recipe, Doctor Zhou's face showed a look of confusion.

"What's wrong?"

Doctor Zhou shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, this recipe is very strange. People really don't know what disease it is for."

Yan Qing looked at him and asked, "Is that poisonous?"

Doctor Zhou Slowly shaking his head, he said in Yan Qing's shocked eyes: "People can be sure of this, there is nothing poisonous here, and it is not poisonous together."

Yan Qing was silent for a while, then suddenly turned to look at Dr. Zhou and asked : "What did Mr. Yuan Fu say to you before he left? But he told you to hide it from the Ai family?"

Doctor Zhou looked shocked, but tried his best to hold it back, pretending to be normal, shook his head and replied: "What the Queen Mother said, common people don't "I understand." Yan

Qing smiled lightly and said, "He is Yuan Fu, but the Ai family is the legitimate mother of the emperor, the upright empress dowager of Dayu." Do you know what kind of sin it would be to deceive the Ai family?

Sweat was oozing out, but he heard Yan Qing say to Chen Min: "Chen Min, go to Beizhen Fusi and bring two people over..."

For these ordinary people, they don't understand the Dali Temple of the Inner Criminal Court. The one who gets the most is the name of Jinyiwei. Beizhen Fusi specializes in arrests and interrogations. The methods in the prison are shocking. Just hearing the name of Beizhen Fusi can scare people to death.

"The Empress Dowager, have mercy on me, the Empress Dowager, have mercy on me!" Dr. Zhou knelt down hurriedly and said, "The Chief Assistant did ask the grassroots to check the Queen Mother's pulse. No matter what the pulse condition was, it was just a cold syndrome."

Yan Qing was not surprised, but calmly said Asked him: "Then the Ai family...has been poisoned?"

Doctor Zhou was stunned for a moment, probably not expecting that she had noticed it, and finally nodded slowly.