Qingchuan History

Chapter 98

Chunfeng was shocked, his back was sweating thinly, and his whole body was a little chilly, tremblingly said:
"Ah, quickly, go and arrest the person who made the badge, search his place carefully, and then torture him severely to find out if he made any extra!"

Chunyue sighed heavily, "You guys are going to arrest someone, how sure is it that you can do it safely? If the news leaks out, Ai's life, even if you want to save it, you will not be able to save it."

Chunfeng really panicked, and said in a crying voice: "Then what should we do? Eldest sister, Brother Ninth's safety is of the utmost importance!"

Gu Chunyue looked solemnly, "It's good that you know the number. The matter has come to this point, and the relationship is of great importance. It must be reported to the king. To be safe, maybe Shen Ji will handle it personally."

After finishing speaking, he turned to Auntie: "You immediately follow me to Wanlan Palace to answer the question. You must not miss a single word of what you have to explain. Whether you can make up for it depends entirely on your good fortune. Your Majesty is benevolent, if this matter can be fulfilled A good death, I think I can spare your life."

Auntie was so frightened that she fell to the ground and kowtowed and nodded again: "I understand! I understand! Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for saving my life!"

"Your life is now decided by the king." She sighed deeply, and then said to Chunfeng:
"You just wait in the Linghua Palace, and you are not allowed to go anywhere. If the king doesn't forgive Ah Pei, no matter if you die or be expelled from the palace, then you can ask again."

How could Chunfeng dare to object, he nodded his head like pounding garlic, quickly stepped forward to squat down in front of Auntie, put his hands on her shoulders and said:

"Go to Wanlan Palace, and speak carefully, without missing any details. If your majesty asks a question, you will know everything you have to say. Don't worry, I will not let you be expelled, let alone die. You still want to marry me. Do you understand?"

Ah Mi had tears in her eyes, and after smelling the last two words, big tears rolled down her face.Chunfeng also touched his heart, shed tears, and turned to Chunyue and said:

"Eldest Sister will intercede on my behalf for Auntie in a while. She has always followed me and dissuaded her every time she went out of the palace. Now she has made a big mistake. It is not her fault. She should not pay for it with her life. Eldest Sister, My mother and concubine have passed away, and Auntie has been taking care of me for nine years, and I treat her as a family member, the elder sister is very important, I must protect her well!"

Seeing this, Chunyue also had a sore nose, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, keep your voice down, it will be even more troublesome if other people in the hall hear you. Wipe away your tears, don't let others see them. Go, auntie." Wash your face, clean up and refresh yourself, without further ado, follow me to the Lantern Palace."

Chunfeng heard the words and hurriedly dragged Auntie to the bedroom, Chunyue looked at the backs of the two of them in a panic, shook her head again,

"Living in this harem where there is no sword light every day, people are used to being confused. If I knew this before, why did I do it in the first place?"

The time will pass, the sun will be warm and moist, and the main hall will be turned around.

Gu Xinglang was calmer than Chunyue expected.He drank tea, rubbing his thumb back and forth on the smooth and shiny outer wall of the white jade cup, and said leisurely:

"Was it in June, when His Highness Chunfeng said that he wanted to go outside the palace to find rare treasures as a gift for Tianchang Festival?"

Ah Ji knelt down on the ground, and replied in a trembling voice, "Report to Your Majesty, that's right."

"She agreed on the congratulatory gift, and she had to go out of the palace to pick it up at the beginning of July, and begged me to let her keep the token until July. She has always been unreasonable, and I didn't agree. One day at the beginning of July, she said that it was time to pick up the things, and then I came here to get it. Was it still used for him that time?"

"Report to Your Majesty, no! The master who made this token is from outside the palace, the fake token—" Her voice trembled, she gritted her teeth and said:

"It was out of the palace in June. We watched the master make it on the spot to prevent him from following the drawing and leaving a pattern. There are no words on the imperial order, but only a pattern. People outside the palace have never seen it. We watched, then The master probably didn't recognize it. When the things are done, we will leave with the real and fake tokens, assuming it is, it is no problem."

"No problem?" Gu Xinglang reached out to pick up the fake token on the case, and looked at it carefully, "It's so well done, even I can't tell the difference at first glance, such a craftsman, you think he will forget it once he has done it." ? If you just walk away, he will start to make another piece immediately, or draw the pattern from memory first, "

He paused and looked at Auntie who was trembling slightly on the ground,
"I've seen a lot of capable people and strange people in this world. It's not impossible to reproduce the exact same piece based on memory and years of hand feeling."

Auntie trembled even more, "I don't know, my servant is stupid, I made a big mistake, please forgive me!"

Gu Xinglang was not a ruthless person, seeing that she was terribly frightened, he slowed down his voice and said, "Finish your words carefully first. I'll talk about how to punish you later."

He used "punishment" instead of "rule". "Punishment" corresponds to mistakes, and "rule" corresponds to crimes.Ah Ji has been in the palace for ten years, so she can naturally tell the difference.So he felt relieved, straightened his kneeling posture, tried his best to stop trembling, and said respectfully:

"Yes."

"You have only been out for a day, and you can find such a skilled master. Don't tell me, it's all luck."

Ah Mi struggled in her heart, thinking of Chunfeng's repeated urgings to tell the truth when she came, she finally timidly replied: "Return to your lord, indeed, I found it in advance."

Chunyue gasped, and couldn't help but say, "I really ate a bear's heart and a leopard's guts!"

Gu Xinglang said nothing, and started to spin the cup.

Ah Ji didn't dare to delay, and continued:

"In May, His Highness decided to go out of the palace to hunt for treasures in preparation for the Tianchang Festival gift, so he asked his servants to look for the best craftsmen in Jidu City outside the palace, saying that he borrowed a token this time, so he could just make a piece that is exactly the same. It saves you from having to ask your majesty every time you want to leave the palace. Your majesty naturally doesn't like your majesty leaving the palace. Nine out of ten times you reject it. Why don't you seize this once-and-for-all opportunity and pass, pass this village? This store."

This whole passage, especially the last sentence, is indeed Chunfeng's sentence pattern.

"continue."

"For a month, the servants and servants searched outside the palace, and finally found the best craftsman in the city at the place that was just handed over to Mr. Shen Ji."

"Who is it? Inside the palace, or outside the palace?"

Auntie wanted to cry, she thought to herself that she didn't feel it when she made the arrangements, but now she confessed that she was guilty of everything.Suddenly crying again, people are a little bit unable to kneel:
"Report to Your Majesty. Ah Lu, who comes to the Linghua Palace every day to deliver meals, will go to Xishan twice a month to pick up the ingredients for the next half month. He, he has some friends outside the palace, who can help with things."

Gu Xinglang sneered: "Another one came out. Your story is wonderful. Find the master craftsman, the identity of the son of Zhaxi Shifang, and the follow-up. They are all friends outside the palace of this kid named Alu." do it?"

Auntie was about to cry, and bowed her forehead heavily to the ground, "Don't dare to hide anything from your majesty. This slave is guilty."

"Since you got such a realistic fake token in June, why did you come to ask me for the real token at the beginning of July?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, Your Highness has already told you that you will go out of the palace to get a gift at the beginning of July. When the gift is available, Your Highness has not come to borrow the token. Wouldn't Your Highness be suspicious?"

(End of this chapter)