Chapter 202 A Person You Must Have Forgotten

"How?" Sun Yu bent down after entering, but was stopped by Chunjia raising his hand, and waved back to the left and right, sending everyone including Yan Yin out, and asked straight to the point, "Who did it?"

Sun Yu hesitated, and said: "Your Majesty, according to the investigation by the Imperial City Secretary in the past two days, the most suspicious thing is the palace maid Liu Hong. But... after Liu Hong was poisoned by the empress, when the Huanhua Hall was in a mess. , I have already thrown myself into the water! Because she was not serving in the hall when the empress was poisoned, and she rarely came to the empress, Qingdu girls and the others ignored it."

Chunjia also had no impression of this court lady, and she just frowned at the moment: "Liu Hong? What is the origin of this court lady? Why was she able to poison Xianfei's tea?"

"This is the maid who entered the palace in the last years of Emperor Xiaozong. She has been serving on Xiao Penglai before." Sun Yu lowered his head and said, "It is said that she is quiet and quiet, and never argues with others... because she once served the concubine Xian. , was asked to serve by the concubine Xian's side. Before the girls of Qingdu and the others entered the palace, she was once the concubine Xian's personal maid."

"Later, she was replaced, and her status and treatment were different from other court ladies."

"Although she is not responsible for the meals of the empress, but because she used to be a personal maid, occasionally she will help with the daily necessities of the empress when she sees it."

"According to the memory of the girl from the Qing Dynasty, she passed the corridor with a lacquer plate that day, and happened to meet Liuhong head-on. At that time, the leaves fell on the tea lid when the wind blew, and the girl from the Qing Dynasty held the lacquer plate with both hands, so she asked her to help take it off. After Liuhong took it off, he said that he felt that the arrangement of the teapot and tea bowl was not good enough, so he adjusted it a little.”

"When she was doing this, she was chatting with the girl from the Qing Dynasty, and the girl from the Qing Dynasty was a little distracted, so she didn't pay attention to whether she put anything into the teapot."

Chunjia raised her head and thought for a while, then said: "Two questions, first, since Liuhong is serving on Xiao Penglai, how did she serve the concubine Xian, and then she was favored by the concubine Xian? I have the impression that the palace maid is very cautious, since Liu Hong is not a child of Xie's family, why is she so careless?"

Sun Yu was a little embarrassed, thought for a while, and then said reservedly: "I don't know much about the first meeting between Liu Hong and Concubine Xian, but I heard that Concubine Xian begged the former queen for her at that time... that is Concubine Xian It happened when the empress first entered the palace, and the empress Xianfei was still living in Huzhu Palace at that time."

"..." Chunjia was speechless for a while.

Although it's only been a little over a year, but...maybe because too many things happened these days, he even forgot that the relationship between himself and Yun Fenghuang was not friendly from the very beginning.

She used to rely on Ji to deal with him, and he also had murderous intentions to force people into the Taiye Pond.

Thinking about the pain of Yun Fenghuang's childhood, in order to win the imperial concubine position, the most important reason is of course taking the medicine of immortality, but, crossing the Taiye Lake that night, maybe there is a certain root of the disease?

He stabilized his mind and said slowly, "I remember now. Can you tell me why people are so careless?"

When Yun Fenghuang crossed the Taiye Pond at night, he was still keeping a low profile. At that time, his main energy was on dealing with the Ji family, and he didn't pay much attention to Yun Fenghuang.

One is that he can't spare energy, and the other is that he is afraid of being noticed by Ji Lingzi.

After all, Yun Fenghuang had only joined Ji Lingzi at that time, and Ji Lingzi also paid close attention to her.

So the emperor didn't know much about Yunfenghuang and Liuhong's affairs. At this moment, he guessed that Yunfenghuang was surrounded by two maids placed by Ji Lingzi, and the dowry maid Nian Xuan was not very shrewd and needed help. But she came from a low family background, her time in the palace was short, and she had no reliable candidates, so she happened to live in Xiao Penglai. When she found out that Liu Hong was someone who had been serving Xiao Penglai, she felt relatively innocent.

Because the five small fairy islands in Taiye Lake in this dynasty were basically deserted, like Xiaoyingzhou, which was occasionally used for banquets, and Chunjia had almost never been to the other four islands since he became the throne.

If you have a backer, why would you stay there to waste time?

He didn't bother with this question, he just asked Qingren what was going on?

"...Your Majesty is guilty!" Sun Yu pondered for a while, but abruptly fell to his knees, and said in a deep voice, "I dare not hide this from Your Majesty: that Liu Hong is not born as innocent as he appears on the surface!"

"He was brought into the Imperial City Division when he entered the palace, and he is one of the secret sons of the Imperial City Division in the palace!"

"It's just that I didn't know about it before, and it's after this thorough investigation that I found clues... Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Chunjia was startled, and then flashed in his mind: Liuhong was specially received by Yunfenghuang when she entered the palace... Yunfenghuang admitted that when she first entered the palace, she had a private meeting with Qi Jiulu through the Prince Regent's son Xiangxiao ...Gong Xiangxiao's ability to do this is only due to the regent...and the competition between the emperor and the regent for the imperial city department has not stopped until now...

His heart was overwhelmed, and he couldn't tell what mood he was in for a moment.

But Sun Yu didn't wait for the emperor's response, hesitated for a while, and continued, "Liuhong is dead. I just read the records of the Imperial City Secretary about his life, but he was gone last year." And Fei...so I don't know what kind of education she has received from the Imperial City Secretary. If she was cultivated by Gouyuetang, with her background as a Qing girl, I'm afraid...even if Liu Hong manipulated her in front of her, Qing It's hard for a human girl to notice."

Gouyuetang is a yamen under the jurisdiction of the Imperial City Department. It is very low-key and secretive. It specializes in assassination, theft, and spying. Many of its members are recruited from the Jianghu.

Although not on the stage, sometimes their abilities are very useful.

Sun Yu gave an example. There are a few generations of thieves who steal things in front of people. If you stare at them for a moment, you can't find out how they stretched out their hands?

Even Sun Yu couldn't match this skill.

There are many similar skills, so if Liu Hong has been here before, it would be strange to find out that ordinary people like Qing people come from servants who specialize in serving people.

"At Liu Hong's age, if he has entered the Gouyue Hall, the old people there should still remember it?" Chun Jia was silent for a moment, then asked slowly.

Sun Yu lowered his head: "Yes. It's just...the old people who went to Suigouyue Hall have gone, and now the remaining old people are not sure."

Last year, Chunjia came into power. As a condition for jointly fighting against the Ji family, he and the regent asked for the command of part of the Imperial City Department. Of course, only part of it was because of his status as the emperor or willingness to vote for him by various means. It was the regent who mixed the sand upright to prevent him from getting out of control.

Therefore, while the uncle and nephew joined forces to deal with the Ji family, they fought fiercely and quietly around the Imperial City Division.

Gouyuetang could not escape being affected.

In that case, the loss of the list, the death of the elderly, and even the escape and lurking of personnel... are all unavoidable things.

Such a Liuhong experience is really not clear.

Sun Yu said again: "Besides Liu Hong, there are several palace officials who are suspected, but according to my speculation, the possibility is not high, at most, they have the intention to be unfavorable to the concubine Xian, but it is impossible to contact him at all. Come to your mother's tea."

Chunjia said: "Why do those palace people have unfavorable thoughts on Concubine Xian?"

"...Some of them felt that... the previous actions of Concubine Xian were too... hasty." Sun Yu thought about his words, "Some of them felt that they had relationships with other empresses in the harem."

"Who is there?"

"The former empress, Kang Jieyu." These two are the ones he has offended so far, so it is the quickest to say it out, and the following ones are more troublesome, "Concubine Rui, Concubine Xie, Mrs. Yaoning, Mrs. Manya, Yin Zhaoyi, Yuan Zhaoyuan..."

He reported a series of lists with difficulty, basically except for Wei Hengyan who was afraid of Yunfenghuang and dared not do anything, all the concubines were arranged.

It's not that Yun Fenghuang has no way to manage the palace, but that these palace people basically don't serve in the main hall.

Yun Fenghuang and the servants didn't pay much attention to those who were in charge of cleaning in the side hall, or those who followed the concubines who were not favored by the palace—because even if such people were bought off, they would not be very harmful, and they were not worth their investment. energy.

In particular, Yun Fenghuang has won Chunjia's trust, even if it is to ask these people to bring forbidden things into the palace, and to frame her for cursing the emperor and other tricks, it will not work.

Moreover, most of these palace people who were bribed did not dare to do anything, but they just helped pass on some news they heard every day.

For example, which palace concubine is more favored by Yun Fenghuang, what Yun Fenghuang is wearing today, etc... Of course, Yun Fenghuang also sent such spies to other palaces.

This is the cheapest kind of eyeliner, and it's not very useful, because they can't find out the really confidential information, and they don't feel bad if they are found out. It is to ensure that the main position of one's own family will not be smeared to other palaces except for one's own palace. If there is no news that is known to the whole palace, it will be ignorant.

It can be regarded as the tacit understanding of Liugong.

Sun Yu knew this very well, but now that the emperor wanted to get to the bottom of it, he could only tell the truth one by one, and pointed out: "The concubine Rui, Mrs. Manya and Yin Zhaoyi bought the same maid. She confessed that she mainly gave three A concubine told some news about the concubine Xian, among them, every time the concubine Rui came to Xuanqing Palace to seek an audience, unless there was something urgent, she would ask her clearly about the concubine Xian's mood in advance, so as to avoid rushing the concubine Xian to get angry..."

"There is also a little servant..."

Anyway, it was all insignificant errands, insignificant little palace servants, not to mention murdering Yunfenghuang, even murdering the two concubines, Yi Xingen and Qu Hongzhuan, who were more valued by Yunfenghuang, was impossible.

Sun Yu hinted euphemistically that he didn't think the murderer was among these people.

The most suspicious thing was Liu Hong from the Imperial City Division.

And Liu Hong has this motive - as we all know, the relationship between the Prince Regent who still holds a part of the power of the Imperial City Division and Concubine Xian is quite bad.

As the current chief officer of the Imperial City Division, he is very fair and candid in saying this.

But Chunjia was silent for a moment, but said: "Cross out people other than Ruifei, Mrs. Manya, Yin Zhaoyi and Luo Jieyu, and let them explain clearly how these four concubines colluded to instigate them to murder Xianfei."

"...Yes!" Sun Yu was taken aback, but when the emperor's cold gaze swept over him, he immediately trembled and bowed his head to accept the order.

He was thinking about whether it was time to resign, but Chunjia seemed to ask hesitantly: "After Liuhong came to Concubine Xian, has he ever had contact with the people in the Imperial City Department, such as going in and out of the palace in private? "

Sun Yu was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said, "That's not true. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known her identity today. She should be an idle move by the Imperial City Division, or a deep move, in short, the kind that is not used easily. Therefore, Whether it's in Little Penglai, or after being with Concubine Xian, they have nothing to do with the Secretary of the Imperial City, or even with other palace concubines."

After thinking for a while, he guessed, "Perhaps this is the reason why Concubine Xian trusted her and once promoted her to be a close servant, which affected Qing girls and the others. I also think that Liu Hong needn't be wary."

He didn't know what Chunjia was thinking in his mind at the moment, since that was the case, it seemed that Liuhong was not the key person for Yun Fenghuang and Qi Jiulu to meet each other, and after the Qing family had a child and entered the palace, she was transferred from the position of the close maid However, it seems that Yun Fenghuang only used her temporarily and did not trust her very much.

Perhaps as Sun Yu said, this Liuhong behaved very docile and honest, so even though Yun Fenghuang didn't want her to be a servant after having a family and a child, he didn't have any doubts...

All in all, since Liuhong is not very trusted by Yunfenghuang, and has never been in contact with the Imperial City Secretary, then what Yunfenghuang said, the meeting with Qi Jiulu was personally contacted by Gong Xiangxiao, and the number of private meetings was rare. , and there has never been any act of transgression, it should be... credible?

After all, the number of times Gong Xiangxiao entered the palace is well documented.

Moreover, it is impossible for him to help Qi Jiulu meet his concubines privately every time he enters the palace.

The most important thing is that if he was present in every private meeting, Yun Fenghuang and Qi Jiulu would never do anything in front of him.

So, the most hateful thing about this matter is Gong Xiangxiao.

Even if Qi Jiulu had no way to meet Yun Fenghuang after chasing after him to the Imperial Capital, the fate between the two would have been cut off so naturally...

In the final analysis, it was Gong Xiangxiao who did not do good things.

Chunjia's eyes darkened for a moment, and he secretly wrote down this grievance—in fact, he knew in his heart that even if Gong Xiangxiao was the chief culprit, neither Yun Fenghuang nor Qi Jiulu were innocent.

But Concubine Xian is his favourite, Qi Jiulu? Now the status is subtle and the overall situation is one of them. The key is that he somewhat disdains to use the emperor's status to eradicate rivals in love to monopolize the woman he likes.

So full of anger, he can only vent to the Prince Regent and his son! ! !

Swiping Sun Yu back, Chunjia regained his composure and ordered someone to go to Duke Xuanyi.

Tomorrow, the turmoil in the temple will develop in the direction he wants, so he has to find a trustee to be safe, right?