Da Suining

Chapter 107
Black clouds weighed down on the top, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and the lightning was long and bright, almost tearing a hole in the sky.

The rain just poured down from that opening, and now it is getting heavier and heavier. Thousands of houses in Qingcheng have all fallen into the rain, disappearing, and even the ridges of the roofs are invisible.

The water droplets on the palace road are as big as beans.

The maidservant in palace clothes ran away with small steps, splashing all over the ground.

The corner of the eaves of the Hall of Mental Cultivation fell into the water, and the little eunuch hurriedly spread the thick blanket to prevent the rain from slipping the emperor's feet.

The emperor was dressed in plain clothes, and stood with his hands tied under the window of the side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Several courtiers stood with their hands down under the eaves. Their voices were not loud, as if they were talking about the disaster victims.

The emperor frowned and listened to the reports from the courtiers. He didn't speak for a long time, until Mr. Zhou brought Prime Minister Suining over. The emperor was a little surprised when he saw the two of them. He sat on the chair, drank the tea that the little eunuch handed him, and pushed aside the folded papers in front of him.

"Everyone sit down." As soon as the emperor finished speaking, a young eunuch came over with a stool, Master Zhou saluted Xiang Suining before sitting down.

"Recently, what happened to those victims is a headache. The victims are also my people, but with so many victims rushing to Qingcheng, I'm afraid there will be turmoil." The emperor was worried.

The rain blasted on the roof of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the crisp sound of water droplets could be heard. In the distance, the sound of crows flapping their wings could be heard. The sound came from the heavy rain, deep and heavy.

The air is so humid that the eyes of people with the tide are foggy.

Xiang Suining took out a small handkerchief and wiped his eyelashes lightly. There were drops of water on the eyelashes, and even the emperor sitting on the Hall of Mental Cultivation couldn't see clearly.

When the emperor talked about the disaster victims, it seemed to be asking for opinions, and it seemed to be talking to himself.

Master Zhou wiped his forehead, but he didn't dare to answer.

The matter of the disaster victims gave the emperor a headache. How dare he speak out on this issue?
Speechless for a while.

The rain became more and more urgent, and the steps at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation splashed with water. The flowers not far away were blown by strong winds and rainstorms, and they all lowered their heads. Some of them were directly broken and fell on the bluestone slab.

All of a sudden, it rained heavily and the flowers fell. The maidservant in Tsing Yi slipped into the rain and disappeared in the rain. The color of the dress was like a smear of oil paint soaked on the canvas.

The hourglass in the Hall of Mental Cultivation is non-stop, and the hourglass is placed on the long table next to the emperor. Through the hourglass, the emperor's dark circles can be seen, and he must have not slept well.

"If you come, it is natural that Eunuch Chang's business has been settled."

"Yes." Master Zhou stood up quickly, and was about to kneel down with his hands arched together.

"Sit down and answer." The emperor drank a sip of tea and said, "I originally thought that if you couldn't find out the murderer behind this scene, I would ask the people from Dali Temple to intervene, but you still haven't lived up to my expectations. .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment."

"The murderer has been caught? Why did you kill Eunuch Chang?"

Mr. Zhou originally wanted to start with Bai Er and Bai Si of Mr. Nie's family, but the emperor would probably doze off after hearing about the rotten sesame seeds of Chen Guzi, right?It was winding and winding, the emperor was busy with everything, and I didn't have time to listen to him rambling, so it was better to focus on the key points.

Lord Zhou straightened his voice and told how Baxi killed Eunuch Chang and how he blamed others.

The emperor was silent for a long time after hearing this.

That Baxi was very thin. He used to be an unremarkable little eunuch. Eunuch Chang promoted him several times and asked him to feed the crows in the palace.Feeding crows is a sacred job, not everyone can do it, it is a great honor for Baxi to do it.

Later, Eunuch Chang often asked him to show his face in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the emperor simply asked him to serve tea in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Baxi's tea art was taught by Eunuch Chang himself, and Eunuch Chang has served the emperor for decades. According to the principle, the temperature of the tea, how much, the quality of the tea, the age of the tea, and the time of soaking water, these points need to be paid attention to He should pay attention, but Baxi made several mistakes shortly after arriving in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Once the tea was spilled on the emperor's memorial, and once the tea was too cold, the emperor's stomach couldn't stand the cold, and his stomach gurgled for a long time after drinking it.Another time, he palmed the fan behind the emperor, shook it, and fell asleep. The fan flew out of his hand and flew into the emperor's neck. The emperor was so frightened that he thought it was an assassin and made a fuss. A misunderstanding.

If it was replaced by the little eunuch, ten or eight heads would not be enough to cut off.

But thinking of Eunuch Chang's affection, and knowing that Eunuch Chang prefers Baxi, he has always treated him like his own son.The emperor didn't say much, just reprimanded him lightly, or punished him casually to sweep the fallen leaves, and it passed.

Only then did I know that this humble little eunuch actually killed Eunuch Chang.

Although the emperor didn't show any fluctuations on his face, he was really taken aback in his heart.

Such a person serving by his side, wouldn't he dare to kill the king?
"Where's Baxi? Can I be locked up in the prison of your Lord Fu Yin?"

"It's in prison."

"Take a good look and see what else he can vomit. He has to vomit cleanly."

"Report to the emperor, he can't vomit anymore." Master Zhou secretly observed the emperor's face.

"Why can't I vomit? What happened to him?"

"Your Majesty, Baxi is dead."

The emperor's face darkened.

Although the prisoner deserves to die, he does not deserve to die in prison.

If the prisoner died in prison, that would be unclear.

The emperor raised his head and looked at Lord Zhou silently.

There was suspicion in those eyes, as well as complaints and questioning.

Mr. Zhou's goosebumps came up, his back seemed to be grabbed by someone, and his neck and tailbone tensed up: "Your Majesty, I didn't...extremely tortured, Baxi's death..."

"How did he die?"

"He was poisoned to death. Someone sent a food box to the cell...the food in it was poisonous."

"Put in your prison and was poisoned to death?" The emperor's voice was slightly higher, obviously a little unhappy.

The majestic Lord Yin of Qingcheng Mansion actually doesn't even look down on a prisoner?You must know that the prison cell should be heavily guarded, and it is difficult for a mosquito to fly in. Baxi, a living person, was poisoned to death?
"Who poisoned him?"

"This...I..." Mr. Zhou hesitated: "The person who delivered the food box, the instigator behind it is... is... a person in the palace...so..."

It seems that these words are hot.Master Zhou babbled and babbled half of what he said, and then swallowed the second half into his stomach.

As soon as the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation was darkened, a gust of fragrant wind blew in. It was the smell of a mixture of more than ten kinds of spices, such as lemongrass, bergamot, magnolia flower, and comfrey.

Concubine He walked slowly in a dazzling golden step, and a light purple tulle dress. She was obviously well-dressed, her ten fingers were dyed bright red by daffodils, and her cheeks were also rubbed. Too much rose balm red as burning.

Accompanying her is her precious son Guo Cheng.

Concubine He was holding a food box, opened it, and inside was a bowl of sweet soup with red dates.

Concubine He took out the sweet jujube soup very graciously, and scooped it up with a spoon herself, intending to feed it to the emperor.

If in the past, she served like this, the emperor might drink it cooperatively. This time, when he saw the food box she brought, the emperor felt a little uncomfortable. When the bowl of sweet jujube soup was brought out, the color was dark red, like It was like blood, and the soup had an inexplicable fishy smell. Thinking about what happened to Baxi in the cell, the emperor really had no appetite at all, and even spoke with disgust: "I don't want to use it yet."

"Your Majesty, this concubine spent half a day preparing this. It rained so heavily, and this concubine delivered it to the emperor herself..."

"I have business to do."

Concubine He saw the emperor's displeasure, so she could only put the red date sweet soup back into the food box, and obediently stepped back and stood aside.

As soon as Concubine He retreated, an eunuch brought a brocade stool, Concubine He sat on the brocade stool and turned her head, just in time to meet Xiang Suining's eyes.

She didn't understand how Xiang Suining got into the palace, the emperor seemed to be in a bad mood at the moment, she must have recruited him.

Concubine He didn't like Xiang Suining in the first place, but now it's even worse.

"What's going on with Baxi? Tell me carefully." The emperor lowered his head, staring at the writing brush on the long table.

Before the people below could speak, Guo Kai began to tremble. He had a jade pendant hanging around his waist, and when he trembled, the jade pendant shook.

Concubine He held his hand and also felt something strange about him, she quickly touched his head and then his neck: "Is Cheng all right? Why are you shaking so much?"

Guo Kai wished he could quickly gag his mother's mouth.

Concubine He wanted to ask again, but Guo Cheng hurriedly coughed twice: "Mother, I...I'm fine."

Master Zhou winked at Xiang Suining.

At a time like this, he didn't have the courage to expose Guo Kai, not to mention that Guo Kai would kill him, even Concubine He would probably give him a slap in the face.

In front of others, he is Lord Fu Yin, but in front of Guo Kai, he is just a slave.

If a slave dares to bite his master, wouldn't he be insane?

Xiang Suining had to let Xiang Suining do this crazy thing.

Xiang Suining took out a short knife from his sleeve.

The short knife is inlaid with treasures, gorgeous and precious, and holds a lot of weight in the hand.

This dagger was originally an item in the palace, and there is no such craftsmanship outside, so as soon as Xiang Suining took it out, Concubine He looked at it, grabbed it and held it in her hand, saying: "Isn't this our dagger? Why? Will it be with Miss Xianger?" He also hated Guo Cheng for being useless: "Qing'er, what kind of magic did she do to you, that you gave her a dagger that was close to you as a token of love? You are confused."

Guo Cheng almost pushed the short knife away: "This is not my knife, I don't know it."

"Why isn't it yours? A few days ago, my mother asked you where the dagger was, and you said you lost it, so it was given to her." Concubine He forced the dagger into Guo Kai.

Guo Kai felt bad.

Baxi said that the dagger was lost, and now that the dagger is with Xiang Suining, maybe Xiang Suining knows all about him and Baxi?

Could it be that she entered the palace today to expose and make a small report?

This short knife is the evidence, how could he take it on himself?
Concubine He drew out the dagger, pointed to the words engraved on the blade, and showed the emperor: "Isn't this a Chinese character? I remember that the craftsmen made several small knives like this, engraved the names of the princes on them, and the emperor rewarded them. Isn’t this the knife of Xiao’er, can it be someone else’s?”

My mother is going to kill herself.

All the way from Heyiyuan, rain and wind, Guo Kai didn't feel so cold.

What was cold was the emperor's eyes.

He stared at Guo Cheng coldly, took the short knife from Concubine He and threw it on the long case. The blade of the short knife was white and extremely sharp.

"About Baxi, what else do you have to say?"

"I... I... I... No... Baxi, he... My dagger..." Guo Kai secretly regretted, he used to ride a pony well, but his mother was busy, so he had to give the emperor some red dates Sweet soup, and said to let him show his face in front of the emperor, so as to gain some sense of presence, that's it.

Guo Cheng was a little flustered.

"Do you still want to lie to me? Didn't your master tell you about the crime of deceiving the emperor?" The emperor frowned.

Perhaps because of the majesty of the emperor, Guo Wei knelt down and kowtowed his head: "Father, I am confused. Eunuch Chang always looks down on me, and I heard that he gave you advice, don't you?" Let Miss Xianger marry me, I feel insulted, so I want to show him off, and let those who look down on me see that I am not so easy to bully. But I didn't expect... Baxi to marry Chang Gonggong Killed him...I really didn't want his life...I just let Baxi scare him..."

The Hall of Mental Cultivation is very quiet, and the rain has not stopped.

Guo Cheng knelt there, beads of sweat rolling down his brows.

Concubine He let go of her hand, and the food box fell to the ground, and the sweet red date soup in the food box spilled out. The dark red color, like coagulated blood, was so unscrupulous, spilled on the ground.

Concubine He Yingying knelt down.

If I had known this earlier, what kind of soup did I come here for?

Let's see what the emperor is.

She couldn't come even if she was whipped with a small whip.

Isn't this to mess up?
For the first time, she felt that she had long hair and short knowledge, so why did she put a dagger into her son's arms, and why did she put a shit bowl on her son's head?
"Why do you want to poison Baxi to death? Is it to kill people?" The emperor flipped through the papers in his hand, but his eyes stayed on Guo Kai's face.

"I..." Guo Kai's face turned red all of a sudden, and he replied, "I didn't, I didn't poison Baxi to death."

"Eunuch Chang, you dare to assassinate him, let alone a Baxi, are you still not going to confess?"

Guo Kai stood up unconvinced, Concubine He turned pale with fright, and quickly pulled Guo Kai's sleeve to make him kneel down.

"Father, I really didn't poison Baxi. I just heard from you that he was poisoned to death. Two days ago, he told me that he wanted to find me two girls to play with..." Guo Kai stretched out his hand to himself. A mouthful: "I mean... two days ago he also said that in the future..."

"You really didn't kill him?"

"If I did it, the sky will be struck by lightning, and children and grandchildren will be cut off." Guo Kai raised his finger.

This is useless.

The emperor picked up the kiwi fruit from the fruit plate and threw it on Guo Cheng's face: "Get out of here and go to the clan's mansion to get the board."

Guo Kai stood up, patted the ashes on his robe, and when he passed Xiang Suining, he bit his lip and said, "Xiang Suining, you are trying to put me to death. In order not to marry me, you really worked hard. Don't worry - when I come out from the clan mansion, I will definitely convince the emperor to let you marry me, you'd better wash and wait."

(End of this chapter)