Chapter 761 "Dirty Things"
"Because those hawthorn cakes cannot be eaten."
After Yu Wenyuan asked that question, the entire Liangyi Hall fell into an unspeakable silence. , although the time was short, but because everyone held their breath and concentrated, the silence of this moment was extended infinitely, which was disturbingly long.
Even Shang Ruyi's breathing and heartbeat became tense at this moment.
And just when she was about to answer, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind her, which made her tense heart skip a beat.
Not just her, everyone's hearts jumped when they heard these words. Everyone in Liangyi Hall turned their heads, including Yu Wenyuan, who also looked up and saw a slim figure walking in a panic, but also He walked in with firm steps, next to him It was Eunuch Yu who had a helpless look on his face. He seemed to want to stop him, but he couldn't bring himself to stop him. He kept chanting: "Mrs. Mrs. Chu, you can't do this. The emperor didn't summon you!"
< br>The person who came was none other than Chu Ruoyan!
As soon as he saw her, although he didn't say much, the invisible shackles that had been tied to Shang Ruyi's heart these days, or in other words, these years, were released in an instant.
She took a deep breath, pursed her lips, and watched Chu Ruoyan slowly walk to the center of the hall, ignoring Aunt Hui who looked a little frightened and seemed to step forward to stop her. , and she had already kowtowed to Yu Wenyuan: "I pay my respects to Your Majesty, long live the Emperor!"
"You——"
Seeing her, Yu Wenyuan also frowned.
He tried his best to avoid meeting Chu Ruoyan because of her status as the princess of the previous dynasty, so even if the maid next to her died this time, he did not call her to him for questioning. Yu Wenye and Shang Ruyi were called.
Unexpectedly, she came to the door by herself.
Moreover, she still barged in like this, so it’s no wonder that Eunuch Yu next to her couldn’t stop her. After all, he had watched her grow up since childhood, and he had some affection for her in his heart.
At this moment, Eunuch Yu also knelt down: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. My slave, my slave just said——"
"That's all,"
Yu Wenyuan suddenly waved his hand, stopping him from continuing. He also stopped Aunt Hui from walking in front of Chu Ruoyan to invite her out, and then looked down at this once golden person. Her Royal Highness the Princess, speaking of it, is also his junior, and she even almost became his real daughter-in-law. She said calmly without a trace of warmth or emotion: "Ruo Yan, why are you here?" "I didn't call you."
Chu Ruoyan said immediately, "I'm here for the princess."
"Oh?"
Yu Wen. Yuan raised his eyebrows, recalling what she had just said before entering the door, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "You just said that you couldn't eat the hawthorn cake you gave to Princess Qin. What happened?"
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Shang Ruyi subconsciously said: "Mrs. Chu——!"
Although the invisible shackles that had been binding her disappeared the moment Chu Ruoyan spoke, but now, even greater Shang Ruyi looked at her worriedly and wanted to say something, but at this time, a warm hand reached out and grabbed her wrist.
It’s Yu Wenye beside me.
Although he was a little surprised by Chu Ruoyan's sudden intrusion, he quickly regained his composure and even looked at Chu Ruoyan quietly from those cold and clear eyes. His eyes seemed to have seen everything clearly.
Shang Ruyi’s heartbeat gradually became heavier.
She recalled that last night, she and Yu Wenye had been prepared for the possibility of facing the emperor's inquiry the next day, and she also speculated that the outcome of this matter could have three outcomes: upper, middle, and lower.
The person below used the pine branch in Jian Chun's hand as evidence to implicate the person who killed her, and Yu Wenyuan will definitely not allow this case to eventually fall to the Chengqian Palace side, so Shang Shou Fei will definitely be pulled out, and then If he bites randomly at this time, the emperor will never allow such a scandal to get bigger. It may end up with Shang Shoufei's death, but Qianqiu Palace and Shang Ruyi will be branded with "trouble" and "trouble" The stigma of scandal may come from As a result, he lost the emperor's favor;
The middle one is that Yu Wenyuan found out that Chu Ruoyan "poisoned" Shang Ruyi, but seeing that Chun was dead, he could not go into details, so Yu Wenye's house was Restless scandal closed;
And the one above...
Shang Ruyi and Yu Wenye looked at each other, and both of them looked at Chu Ruoyan who slowly stood up and faced Yu Wenye calmly - yesterday, None of them told the results.
But I didn't expect that this moment would happen before my eyes.
Chu Ruoyan said word by word: "Because there are dirty things in those hawthorn cakes."
Yu Wenyuan frowned when he heard this. Obviously, "dirty things" The three words aroused his uneasy speculation. When he thought about what happened later, his face gradually darkened and he said: "What's going on? Please explain it clearly from beginning to end."
"Yes. ”
Chu Ruoyan took a deep breath and said: "A few days ago, I heard the news that Princess Qin was happy, and I was very happy, so I wanted to send a gift to Princess Qin to congratulate her. But the princess is expensive Even if it is out of reach, the emperor will give you countless rewards. As the saying goes, affection is more important than gift, so I want to give you a gift with affection. "
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Upon hearing this, a soft ripple gradually appeared in Yu Wenyuan's calm eyes.
He said: "Are those hawthorn cakes?"
Chu Ruoyan said: "Yes. My son asked people to go to the Shangshi Bureau and ask for hawthorns, rock sugar, and some pots. Jin Yuyuan made hawthorn cake by himself, but it was his first time. I have been practicing cooking for several days, and it was not until five days ago that I finished the box of hawthorn cakes."
Hearing this, Yu Wenyuan suddenly turned to look at Aunt Hui: "Is there such a thing? ?”
“…!”
Aunt Hui, who just wanted to "invite" Chu Ruoyan out but couldn't, could only stand aside. The more she listened to her words, the tighter her brows furrowed. She seemed to have realized something. At this moment, Yu Wenyuan suddenly asked, and Aunt Hui took a deep breath. He took a breath and immediately smiled: "Yes. Over there at Shangshi Bureau I made a list and showed it to the slave. They only used materials for making cakes. A few days ago, Jin Yuyuan also opened a small kitchen. It turned out to be a gift for the princess. "
Yu Wenyuan ordered. He nodded and said: "Since you made it with your own hands, why is it dirty?" "Is the thing inside?"
Chu Ruoyan said: "After the thing was done, Erchen felt that although the affection was strong, the courtesy was too light, and it was really difficult to take action at that time. I remembered that in the warehouse of Jinyuyuan there was still the memory left by Erchen’s mother——my mother Erchen’s hollowed-out and carved food box is beautifully carved, which can add color to the small gift.”
“…”
“So, Erchen asked the palace maid guarding the storehouse to go. Find the box, clean it and bring it back.”
Yu Wenyuan said: "Is that Jianchun?"
Chu Ruoyan said: "Yes, it's Jianchun."
At this point, she suddenly said angrily: "But no Thinking that this girl was in such a daze, the minister made it clear that the box was to be delivered to Princess Qin in the Qianqiu Palace, and the princess's pregnant body was precious, so Things must be cleaned, but she unexpectedly just wiped the outside briefly before delivering them. After Erchen put the hawthorn cakes in, he didn't expect that all the dust accumulated in the hollow box lid would be scattered on Erchen. The hand-made hawthorn cake is here!”
“…”
When Yu Wenyuan heard this, his breath suddenly sank.
He did not speak immediately, but looked at Chu Ruoyan's lowered eyes, remained silent for a moment, and said: "These are those... dirty things."
Chu Ruoyan said: "Yes."
Yu Wenyuan looked at her deeply, then turned to look at Shang Ru who seemed to be suffocated in breathing. Yi, said: "Then Ruyi, you -"
Shang Ruyi took a deep breath and said: "Yes, this is the reason why I secretly dumped those hawthorn cakes. It's a pity that Mrs. Chu has done nothing to her. My heart was ruined by that palace maid."
"..."
"After that, Mrs. Chu also came to Qianqiu Palace and asked her son about the reason."
She said, deliberately giving Aunt Hui a deep look, and said: "What Aunt Hui just said, Mrs. Chu It was for this reason that I came to Qianqiu Palace to find my son very 'angry'."
Aunt Hui glanced at her and said nothing.
And Yu Wenyuan also understood: "That's it."
At this point, the first layer of his worries has been lifted. Yu Wenyuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then he Said: "Then, how did the palace maid named Jian Chun die? Ruo Yan, do you know what happened?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Ruoyan fell to his knees again with a pop.
At this moment, everyone was startled. Shang Ruyi immediately said: "Ruoyan."
After saying that, he stepped forward to help her up, but Chu Ruoyan waved his hand. He said to Yu Wenyuan: "My son is guilty."
Yu Wenyuan's brows immediately knitted: "You, tell me clearly. "Chu."
Chu Ruoyan said: "After learning about the hawthorn cake, Erchen was very angry. After he returned, he scolded Jianchun. Erchen was really angry at that time. Just hit her with something." Yu Wenyuan said: "How did you hit her?"
Chu Ruoyan said: "My son picked up something and threw it on her neck."
Aunt Hui originally had a gloomy face, but when she heard this, she became even more depressed. His face was ashen.
But Yu Wenyuan suddenly understood something and said: "Neck? Did you hit her neck with something?"
"Yes."
Chu Ruoyan nodded immediately, then turned to look at the door of Liangyi Palace, and said to Eunuch Yu: "Please bring the things in."
Eunuch Yu did not dare to just listen to her at this time. Then he raised his head and glanced at Yu Wenyuan. Seeing that the emperor nodded slightly, he immediately turned around and went out. In front of the Liangyi Palace, Pan Qing, the eldest palace maid brought by Chu Ruoyan, was standing there. Although her whole body was shaking with fear, she was still holding something in her hand. When Eunuch Yu saw this, she immediately took it and turned around to leave. Return to the main hall and deliver it to Yu Wenyuan.
It is the hollow box lid that has been broken into two halves.
At this moment, although I tried my best to control my expression and breathing, I couldn't control it. My heart was beating like a drum.
Shang Ruyi clenched his hand and looked at Chu Ruoyan.
That night, she and Yu Wenye opened the lid of the food box and found out the five elements grass ashes that Jian Chun had placed in the mezzanine. After explaining this matter clearly to Chu Ruoyan, she still had the food box sent back. Although it was not returned to Zhao intact, it could still be regarded as returning to its original owner.
But she didn’t expect that what she thought was useless would actually come in handy here and now!
Looking at the broken lid of the food box, Yu Wenyuan said: "This is-"
Chu Ruoyan lowered his head and said apologetically: "Erchen was really I'm so angry, because Princess Qin finally got pregnant, and I was really happy for the princess, so I went out of my way to I made those cakes with my own hands and sent them, but not only was Na Jianchun messed up, but if the princess accidentally ate them, it would be a pity if the pregnant body was injured, but the child in the princess's belly would not be a pity. I am the eldest grandson of the Emperor of Dasheng Dynasty!”
“…”
Hearing this, Yu Wenyuan couldn't help but frowned.
Although he valued this incident, what he valued more was Shang Ruyi's belly, or in other words, his emperor's eldest grandson. Now the death of this little palace maid has probably been found out, but he didn't expect that Shang Ruyi's pregnancy was involved. The little pity in his heart has disappeared because of this incident.
Indeed, even if a hundred palace maids died, they would not be as good as one Qin Princess, let alone being pregnant!
He let out a deep breath, and when he looked at Chu Ruoyan again, his eyes were a little gentler than before, and said: "Not bad."
Chu Ruoyan immediately said: "So, in anger, I hit Jianchun with this lid."
"..."
"At that time, Erchen saw a bruise on her neck. Although he was still angry, he couldn't bear to punish her anymore, so he asked her to go down and reflect on herself. But there was no Thinking that she would run to the back of Baifu Palace in anger... "
After saying that, Chu Ruoyan leaned down deeply and said: "Everything is my fault."
Yu Wenyuan looked at her and said: "You - —"
"Father!"
This time, it was Shang Ruyi who interrupted him. Shang Ruyi immediately walked up to Chu Ruoyan, knelt down to Yu Wenyuan, and said sincerely: "Please, father, please don't blame Ruoyan."
Yu Wenyuan immediately said: "What are you doing? Get up quickly."
Shang Ruyi refused to get up. He only knelt beside Chu Ruoyan and said repeatedly: "Actually, what happened that day When that incident happened, Erchen already knew that the palace maid below was not paying attention, but he didn't expect that Ruo Yan was too worried about Erchen's health and punished Jianchun when he went back. He didn't expect that Jianchun Qixing. It was so big that after being scolded and beaten a few times, I felt angry——"
"..."
"In the final analysis, it is still the son's fault."
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Yu Wenyuan immediately said: "What are you talking about? You are pregnant, so you should be careful. If Yan is worried about your health, he should punish Jianchun. Otherwise, everyone will be so careless, and if I get hurt, emperor Sun, is that okay!”
Hearing this, Shang Ruyi and Chu Ruoyan bowed at the same time: “Thank you for your consideration!”
Aunt Hui’s brows were already knitted. A pimple.
Now she came back to her senses. Because she was afraid of Yuwen Ye, she divided Jianchun's death and scars into two sentences. What a mistake it was. Chu Ruoyan said it in just a few words. Jianchun's death was determined to be an accident, the scars were caused by hitting the lid of the food box in a rage, and the broken neck bone was caused by falling into a dry well.
Coupled with the fact that Shang Ruyi came forward and spoke sincerely, it was natural that Jianchun's death was attributed to his excessive anger and suicide!
Then this matter is over like this?
And in the end, there was no scandal of jealousy between Princess Qin and the concubine of King Qin, nor was there any scandal of murder, there was only the deep love between them as sisters. Although they were wronged by a "careless" slave, they did not Affecting their relationship, His Highness King Qin still managed the family well, but Chu Ruoyan's method of punishing the palace maid was too harsh.
However, even if the method is too harsh, it is still to protect Princess Qin’s pregnant body!
This matter ended like this?
Aunt Hui was unwilling to give in. She watched Yu Wenyuan look at the two daughters-in-law kneeling below, especially Shang Ruyi, who was pregnant. Her distressed expression was beyond words and she immediately asked someone to help her. At this time, Aunt Hui took a step forward hesitantly and said: "But——"
At this time, Yu Wenye said: "It seems that Aunt Hui's judgment at the back of Baifu Palace was correct."
"...!"
Aunt Hui's heart sank. Turning to look at him.
Yu Wenye looked at her, half-smiling, but there was no trace of smile in his stern eyes, and said: "The bruise on Jianchun's neck that Wu Zuo's test showed was caused by Ruo Yan; and After Ruo Yan scolded her, Finally, she felt aggrieved or dissatisfied, so she ran to the back of Baifu Hall, but accidentally fell into the well and broke her neck bone. "
"..."
"And in those days, because she couldn't find her person, Ruo Yan searched the palace several times with no results."
"..."
"Until yesterday , the people from Baifu Palace picked up the body."
After that, Yu Wenye turned around again. Facing Yu Wenyuan, he said respectfully: "After all, this matter is due to Erchen's lax governance. I didn't expect that the maid next to Ruoyan would be so careless. Ruoyan punished her in anger. It was Erchen's usual behavior." Please forgive me for your indulgence."
After saying that, he also knelt down.
"...!"
The more she listened to his words, the more anxious Aunt Hui became, her eyebrows almost knitted together, but by this time, her words had been completely blocked, and she wanted to say nothing more What, I can’t say a word anymore.
How could this happen! ?
In the past, she had met the official wife and tolerated her after entering the palace. Aunt Hui only thought that she was afraid of the prestige behind Mrs. Dong, so she did not take her seriously at all. After Yu Wenyuan ascended the throne, she also expected that Qin Princess Shang Ruyi would definitely take action against her, so she took action first at Yu Mingyue's instigation.
And Yu Mingyue also made it very clear that these two women will definitely fight.
After all, what else can a woman do if she doesn't fight in the back house?
But she never expected that it would end like this - seeing Shang Ruyi and Chu Ruoyan kneeling side by side, apparently ignoring each other on weekdays, she had already known that the two had a mutual affection. Why, at this time, my heart is in one place!
Aunt Hui was in a panic and whispered: "Your Majesty——"
However, before she could say anything, Yu Wenyuan raised his hand and stopped her.
I saw His Majesty the Emperor pressing his hands on the table, breathing calmly, and staring at the three people in the hall with a pair of tiger eyes. His eyes were sharp and shrewd, as if he wanted to see through people's flesh. , look straight into people’s hearts.
Chu Ruoyan buried her head deeply, almost suffocating.
At this time, only Shang Ruyi, who was close to her, could feel her body shaking violently.
After all, this is——
I was too busy during the day, so I merged two chapters into one and updated them
(End of this chapter)