Chapter 1083: Re-Examination, Death of the First Emperor
After Shao Wanru came back from the Princess's mansion, she immediately sent someone to ask for the housekeeper.
When the butler sat down, he immediately told the scene he had seen in the Marquis Chengen's Mansion and asked for his advice.
The chief steward frowned while listening to Shao Wanru describing the scene in detail. His face changed as he listened. Shao Wanru stopped and asked urgently: "Is it really the Queen Mother... Mother is feeding Does the eldest son take medicine?"
"That should be what it means. The child is lying on the bed with a towel covering his forehead. His face is pale, and the medicine in the bowl is dark. It doesn't look like normal tea." Shao Wanru thought for a moment and said. , she saw it clearly at that time, just because she wanted to come back and tell the butler about it.
Since the chief steward was a member of the palace, he might know some things.
Compared to other people, the chief housekeeper is the most likely person to know about this kind of thing. Even as a grandmother, many things are just hearsay and should not be taken seriously.
"Then... that bowl... what is that bowl like..." The butler's face turned pale, his lips trembled twice, and he lowered his voice and asked.
Shao Wanru really couldn't remember what the bowl for drinking medicine looked like. At that time, his attention was not on the bowl. He only looked at the shape, behavior, and corresponding things and actions, but he ignored the bowl for drinking medicine. Now that I think about it, it seems that the pattern on the bowl is also very clear, but I just took a look at it and didn't pay attention to it.
Seeing that Shao Wanru couldn't answer for a while, the butler reminded her: "Is it a bowl with a big red pattern on a white background...with a pattern of opera beads?"
Even after so many years, the butler still feels his throat tightening and his vest sweating when he mentions this matter.
After hearing what he said, Shao Wanru thought about it carefully, and she actually came up with some reasons, "Yes, it is white, because the white background is more visible, and the bright red pattern is very conspicuous. I was the first This is what I see. Are there any beads? Yes, yes, there are beads, and they are very dazzling."
Shao Wanru recalled bit by bit.
The butler put his hand on the table and almost fell down. He looked at the confidants in the room and waved his hand to signal them all to get down. Even the confidants could not listen to such things at this time.
Seeing the solemnity of the chief steward, Shao Wanru also waved his hand, and all the confidants withdrew and closed the door slightly. Only the chief steward and Shao Wanru were left in the room.
"Butler, what's wrong?" Shao Wanru asked in a low voice after everyone left.
"Princess, there are some things that I don't dare to say, and I don't even know if they are true. It's just that the late Queen was there, so I took a look."
The chief steward paused here and hesitated for a moment. He actually didn't want to mention this kind of thing, or even if he wanted to mention it, he would mention it to me, not to the princess. But now that the master is not in the capital, the princess is another one. She is smart, and the Queen Mother is celebrating her birthday. If something really happens, the princess doesn't know anything, and she may have fallen into someone else's trap.
"Butler..." Shao Wanru urged in a low voice.
"Princess, I really can't say anything, and what I said is incomplete. I'm afraid the princess will guess something wrong." The butler looked up and said with a pale face.
"Don't worry, Chief Butler, I know the seriousness. Matters concerning the Queen Mother are not trivial." Shao Wanru said with a calm face.
Of course she knows that she still has lingering fears about what happened in her last life. Even the Queen Mother and the Empress were involved in it, so how can it be so small?
Even if she didn't know the specific matter, she wouldn't act in vain easily, let alone tell others about it.
Seeing that although Shao Wanru's eyes were tense, his face was still calm. He was not scared because what he wanted to know was the secret of the palace.
The chief steward breathed out softly and then said slowly: "I really don't know what happened at the beginning. I only know that the late emperor was seriously ill and it is getting worse day by day. The Imperial Hospital has sent someone to notify the late empress and the emperor." The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother personally helped the late Emperor take medicine that day, but before the medicine was finished, the late Emperor... passed away, and the medicine bowl rolled to the feet of the slave..."
After the butler said this, he couldn't go on. Even though many years had passed, he still clearly remembered the scene at that time.
No one expected that the late emperor would suddenly pass away. Many people in the hall looked at the Queen Mother almost subconsciously. He was the only one who lowered his head because he noticed the medicine bowl at his feet. Then all of them were Anyone who offends Tian Yan will be condemned one by one and die an untimely death.
When the late emperor passed away, the whole country was saddened. Who would care about the death of a few small palace servants.
The chief steward knew that he was fine, not only because he did not look at the Queen Mother at that time, which angered the Queen Mother, but also because the First Queen was inside to protect him, which allowed him to escape the difficulty and save his life.
He would bury this past event deeply in his heart after the death of the late queen. He never thought that one day it would be revealed. His lips trembled a few times, and he finally calmed down: "Princess, this matter is in the past. But since the painting came out, it means that someone also knew what happened that day, and wanted to assassinate the Queen Mother..."
The butler didn't say anything further, but Shao Wanru understood.
This is a direct reference to the Queen Mother's murder of the late Emperor.
Things that I didn't understand before suddenly became clear because of the words of the butler. The three children, implicitly referring to the Queen Mother's three sons, the sick eldest son, the favored second son, the third son who was playing alone, and the eldest son was on the bed. After drinking the medicine, the second son came to live with him. It seemed that the mother and son had a deep love for each other, but if not, it could also be understood that the mother and the second son had conspired to kill the eldest son.
The two people hugging each other signify their closeness, and they are dealing with the late emperor together?
If so, how could the Queen Mother not be frightened and angry when she saw such a painting?
"Did the late emperor really get into trouble because of this bowl of medicine?" Shao Wanru knew that he shouldn't ask. Even if he did, Chu Liuchen would have to ask. But at this time, he swallowed and tried his best to calm himself down. He looked calmer, his long eyelashes hiding the panic in his eyes.
The Queen Mother is the only elder who seems to be truly kind to Chu Liuchen! She was devoted wholeheartedly to Chu Liuchen's grandmother. If all this was false, how big of a blow would it be to Chu Liuchen!
He was originally alone and had given up on himself for so many years. If he received such a blow again, he didn't know what would happen, and Shao Wanru was really panicked.
"The late Emperor was seriously ill at that time, and the Imperial Hospital has made it clear... The Queen Mother will not be... so irrational at this time." The chief steward replied with a gray face.
He had hidden these words in his heart for so many years, but he was still nervous to say them now.
Shao Wanru breathed a sigh of relief, squeezed the handkerchief hard, and felt a dampness at the bottom of his hand, and his heart slowly dropped.
She knew the meaning of the chief steward's words. As long as the Queen Mother was not a fool, she would deal with the late emperor at this time and murder the late emperor. Originally, her days were numbered, so how could she murder the late emperor, even if it was nothing? It only took a few days to do it, so the Queen Mother did not murder the late emperor as suggested in the painting.
In other words, the Queen Mother was sincere to Chu Liuchen, and she did not feel guilty because she murdered his father.
The Queen Mother is the imperial grandmother who truly loves Chu Liuchen.
"Butler, was there anyone else present at that time?" The big stone in Shao Wanru's heart fell to the ground. Shao Wanru asked again, and the burden on his heart was much lighter.
"The Empress Dowager and the late Empress were there at that time, as well as the late Emperor's confidants. Most of these people are dead. Even if they are not dead, I don't know where they are now." The chief steward calmed down the panic in his heart and said After calming down, his words became coherent.
"Is the Empress here?" Shao Wanru asked again. This matter should be related to the Empress, otherwise there would be no implication of the Empress.
"The Queen Mother was not there. The Queen Mother was just a princess at that time. She did not come to the late Emperor who was ill. The Emperor was not there either. He was not in the palace at that time. It was the Queen Mother who invited him here later. After the late Emperor died of illness, , after the Queen Mother and the First Queen discussed it, they went to invite the Emperor. When the Queen Mother and the First Queen were discussing, the old slave and others all withdrew."
The chief steward recalled it.
It happened so suddenly that no one expected it.
"It means that no one knows what was said between the Queen Mother and the late Queen?" Shao Wanru said thoughtfully. That passage should be the key. It is the key to determining whether the throne will be passed on to the newborn baby. It was up to the two of them to decide whether Chu Liuchen should be passed on to his younger brother.
"No one knew. The Queen Mother and the First Empress were the only ones inside at that time. But at this time, the old slave felt that it was very fast. It seemed that the decision was made in a few words." The big housekeeper calmed down and recalled.
The inheritance of the throne was decided in just a few words? Shao Wanru was stunned. Shouldn't we think about this carefully? Even if the former Queen was not fighting for herself, she still had to fight for her son. She just gave up the throne to the current Holy Emperor without any fight, and she didn't even have the slightest intention to object?
This is really puzzling.
Although a woman is soft, she is as strong as a mother. Why didn’t the late empress fight for her son?
There are many emperors in history who ascended to the throne with their mothers holding them just a few days after giving birth. Why did the late queen not agree? I always feel that there is some incomprehensible feeling in the matter of the late Queen, as if something is not connected, so that some things are contrary to common sense.
"Princess, if there is anyone who can uncover this kind of thing right now, I think the most likely person is the current Queen. After all, she is the only one who has the ability to uncover this kind of old thing. There is someone behind the painting. Someone deliberately sent the painting to the Marquis of Chengen's Mansion. If the Marquis of Chengen's Mansion presents this painting to the Queen Mother in front of all the ministers, something will definitely happen!"
The chief steward has lived in the palace for a long time and has a very keen eye. After thinking about it, he immediately thought of the accident here and immediately reminded Shao Wanrudao that if the map was presented to the court, something big would happen.