Song Yi

Chapter 267 Cold Palace
The Empress Dowager said: "Your Majesty, the Empress has used ten years of pain to explain the effect of this fragrant pill. These days, Chen Meiren has been menstruating and cannot serve the Emperor, and her menstrual period has always been regular. , why this time was half a month earlier, and it is still uninterrupted until today, does the emperor know the reason?"

If Song Shenzong couldn't even guess this, he would be an idiot, and sighed: "Is it also because of the incense sticks?"

"Exactly, this matter was first discovered by Mr. Du. After learning of the strange effect of this medicine, the Ai family forced Chen Meiren to take some Xianxiang pills a few days ago, just to test whether it is true, and it is true!"

Song Shenzong groaned, turned around and looked at Du Wenhao: "Du Aiqing found out about this matter?"

If Du Wenhao hadn't seen the emperor's love for Chen Meiren that day, he would have admitted without hesitation that he discovered it, but now, his head is a little dazed, and he doesn't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for him to admit it.But the empress dowager had already said that he discovered it, and he had no way to quibble, so he quickly bowed and said, "Yes..."

When he said this, although Du Wenhao lowered his head slightly, he kept watching Song Shenzong's expression from the corner of his eyes, and he clearly saw a look of disappointment flashing across Song Shenzong's face.

disappointment?What does it mean?
Du Wenhao didn't understand, if Song Shenzong's expression was angry, it was completely understandable, how could he not be angry if his beloved was exposed by him and put in a desperate situation?If it is appreciation, it is understandable, it shows that Song Shenzong doesn't care about this beauty Chen at all in his heart, since she committed a crime, of course she should be brought to justice, he can solve this crime that has been hidden for more than ten years, Song Shenzong slightly revealed To smile is to appreciate your talents.

But now I am disappointed, why should I be disappointed?
Du Wenhao turned his head and guessed that Song Shenzong must be disappointed that he could not cover it up for him. He did not report to Song Shenzong when he found out about this matter, and lost the best time to deal with it. Now it is the last moment Only then did he know that there was nothing he could do.

After thinking through this verse, Du Wenhao was startled, he can't let the emperor think that he is not of one mind with him, then the newly established trust in him will disappear in smoke!
Du Wenhao immediately bowed and continued: "The Empress Dowager ordered my officials to investigate the causes of many strange diseases of the concubines in the harem, and among these strange diseases, the empress dowager and empress have not healed for more than ten years. Abdominal pain during menstruation. Weichen has not been able to find out the reason. Jiao Gonggong sent guards to guard Fu's mansion and captured the killer Lai eunuch. Fu He confessed to us, and Weichen knew the reason why the empress's metrorrhagia has not been cured. It turned out to be According to the will of Chen Meiren, Fu He developed a medicine that can preserve the beauty but the side effect is prolonged menstruation and the inability to conceive, and dedicated it to the empress. After hearing Fu He's confession, Weichen and Jiao Gonggong asked the Empress Dowager I made a report. So the Empress Dowager forced Chen Meiren to let her take this medicine in order to test whether what Fu He said was true."

Song Shenzong snorted, Du Wenhao's words were to explain that he did not always intentionally investigate Chen Meiren, but was ordered by Yi to diagnose and treat the strange disease of the concubine in the harem. It was Fu He who took the initiative to confess, but it was not Du Wenhao who directly detected it. He didn't confess to Du Wenhao alone. Even if Du Wenhao reported it to himself at that time, since the news had already spread, Eunuch Jiao, the empress dowager's personal eunuch, and the others already knew about it, so he couldn't cover it up.And at that time, Du Wenhao was not his confidant, so he couldn't report directly to him, so in all fairness, it's no wonder Du Wenhao.After learning this, Song Shenzong glanced at Du Wenhao, and his expression eased.

This change in expression did not escape Du Wenhao's eyes. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and glanced at the Empress Dowager again. Seeing her smile, she must have known the intention of his explanation process, and hoped that this matter would not It would be best if I could explain myself clearly if I caused trouble to myself.

The Empress Dowager said: "Your Majesty, the reason why Ai's family said that Master Du solved this matter is because Master Du was the first to expose Fu He's deliberate error in dialectical evidence, and attempted to kill Wu Jieyu by curing the disease. This caused Fu He to be dismissed from office, and aroused the murderous intent of Chen Meiren's empress, which led to eunuch Lai. In the end, Fu He surrendered himself and Eunuch Lai confessed, all because of this."

Song Shenzong didn't know about this, and frowned: "Why did Fu He want to kill Wu Jieyu?"

"Let him speak for himself."

Fu He kowtowed and said, "It's..., it was the envoy of Chen Meiren..."

Song Shenzong's gaze became stern, and he slowly turned his head to look at Chen Meiren: "Is there such a thing?"

Chen Meiren lay powerlessly on the ground, crying, "My concubine... I have been wronged..."

"Injustice?" The Empress Dowager sneered, "Little Jiaozi, show the confession of Chen Po and Jin Ju to the emperor!"

Director Jiao agreed, took out a stack of confessions from his arms, and handed them to Song Shenzong with both hands.

Song Shenzong took it, and looked it over in a hurry with trembling fingers, loosened his hands, and a few pieces of paper fell to the ground. Song Shenzong took a deep breath, calmed down, and asked Chen Meiren in a cold voice: "Why did you kill me?" Wu Jieyu?"

Chen Meiren didn't answer, but wept bitterly.She knew that under the conclusive evidence, the defense was useless, and all the glory and wealth would disappear in smoke.

The Empress Dowager sneered: "Not only did she instigate Fu He to murder Wu Jieyu, she did many more bad things!"

Song Shenzong's dragon body shook, and he smiled bitterly: "Anything else? What else did she do...?
"Eunuch Lai, Fu He, both of you should truthfully confess to the emperor all the bad things Chen Meiren ordered you to do these years."

Eunuch Lai and Fu He kowtowed and agreed, and made confessions respectively.After hearing these confessions, Song Shenzong's expression changed greatly. Only then did he know the real reason why most of the more than ten beauties he had favored in the harem died suddenly or accidentally. At that time, he thought it was the same as the death of six or seven of his sons. , It was all God's will, but it was unexpected that Chen Meiren was jealous and ordered Lai Eunuch to assassinate or let Fu He prescribe medicine to murder.A rough calculation shows that over the years, Chen Meiren has more than a dozen lives in her hands!And most of them are the concubines and beauties whom I dote on.

Only at this moment did Song Shenzong understand that this lovely woman in front of him, this woman who made him yearn for love like a pearl in his palm, this charming woman who would not even step on an ant to death in front of him, who would act like a baby, turned out to be a sweetheart. A vicious woman like a snake and a scorpion.Those who used to have the heart to protect them, now they don't even have the heart.

Song Shenzong has been devoting himself to political reform these years, and has no time to take care of the harem. He never thought that the harem competition has reached such a tragic point. If he doesn't kill others, he is afraid that it will be difficult to clean up. Bar!"

"Your Majesty...!" Chen Meiren howled, "My concubine made a mistake, please forgive me...!"

With a wave of Eunuch Jiao's hand, a few palace maids from the thug team rushed in, grabbed Meiren Chen and were about to take her away.

"Wait!" The Empress Dowager called out, walked to Song Shenzong, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Ai family strictly controlled the scope of this matter in advance, and it has been handled by the Ai family. If she is now If she is sent to the Ministry of Punishment, the affairs of the harem may leak out, and her crime is punishable by law, and once she is executed, the world will laugh at her and insult the dignity of the royal family."

Song Shenzong nodded: "It makes sense, how should the ancestor think it is appropriate to deal with it?"

"The harem fights for favor, and if it is not ruled, it will be chaotic. From what the Ai family saw, killing her will make her easier, and those concubines and beauties who tried to murder others for the sake of favor will fade away after a while, so it is better to put her in the cold palace , will never be released, as a warning to others!"

Song Shenzong never imagined that the Empress Dowager would spare Chen Meiren from death. After all, this is his beloved woman. The so-called husband and wife for a day is a hundred days of kindness, and a couple for a hundred days is deeper than the sea. Still unwilling to send his sweetheart to the execution ground with his own hands.Now that the Empress Dowager was able to spare her, Song Shenzong was overjoyed and nodded, his voice trembling slightly: "Okay! How to deal with them depends entirely on the wishes of our ancestors."

Chen Meiren had to take off to die, not knowing whether to be happy or sad, she prostrated herself on the ground, sobbing and crying.

Song Shenzong sighed again, put his hands behind his back, and strode out the door.

As soon as he walked out of the door, he heard Chen Meiren's miserable cries and the Queen's growling and cursing from behind him, and he walked straight away without turning his head.

In the room, the empress is like an angry lioness. Thinking of the fact that her menstruation has been repeated and continuous for more than ten years, she has not only fallen out of favor because of this, but also suffered from both physical and psychological devastation. Being able to restrain his anger, he pounced on him, hitting, kicking, scratching, scratching, and tearing, using all available means.

Chen Meiren was originally a delicate little girl, not the empress's match at all, and her two hands were caught by the maid, let alone resist, she didn't even have the ability to resist.

The Empress Dowager watched coldly and did not stop her.Du Wenhao thought to himself that Chen Meiren had murdered the Queen for so many years, and she had been spared the death penalty. As the saying goes, the death penalty has been forgiven, and the living crime is inevitable, so it is right to suffer some punishment.So I didn't stop it, and I didn't dare to stop it.

This crime was not easy for Chen Meiren, the empress only punished Chen Meiren to death, and finally stopped when she was tired.

At this time, Chen Meiren was no longer a beauty, but a bloody person. Her body was covered with cuts and bruises that were beyond description. More than half of her hair was ripped off, and the hair that was attached to her scalp was thrown everywhere. The bones can be seen, one eye has been scratched out, and it has become a bloody hole, the bridge of the nose is broken, the tall nose is tilted to one side, several front teeth and molars are missing, and blood grooves are scattered all over the face , the entire face has been completely ruined, the clothes are ragged, there are bloody scratches everywhere on the chest, body, and legs, the ribs have been kicked, and several fingers have been broken.

Seeing that the queen was exhausted from the beating, and Chen Meiren had had enough of the crime, the empress dowager ordered that Chen Meiren, who had passed out, be put in the cold palace.

Lenggong is a place in the harem where guilty concubines and beauties are specially detained. It is similar to a prison, and there are internal servants who are in charge of custody.Not to mention the maids inside, they don't even have basic living conditions, only moldy rice and dirty water twice a day.

After escorting Chen Meiren away, the Empress Dowager ordered Fu He and Eunuch Lai to be hanged. They were the main culprits who directly murdered the concubines in the harem. They bypassed their family members and left them with a whole body.

Since Chen Po and Jinju are accomplices, and they confessed their crimes truthfully, they were given a lighter sentence, and each was given fifty lashes, and Jinju was driven out of the palace and sold into slavery.The reason why the Empress Dowager wanted to keep Chen Meiren alive was not to sympathize with her, but to let her live to be a negative example, so as to rectify the increasingly fierce competition for favor in the harem.Now Meiren Chen only has half her life left, if no one takes care of her, she will definitely die, so she left Granny Chen to take care of Meiren Chen in the cold palace.After all, Chen Meiren was once the emperor's woman.

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In the past two days, the cold spring has come again.

When Du Wenhao got up early in the morning, he found that it had been snowing heavily all night and until dawn, the whole land was already covered in snow, which was extraordinarily enchanting.

Du Wenhao has been staying at Xue Fei'er's place for the past few days, so he got up and wanted to visit Pang Yuqin's place.

Pang Yuqin suddenly felt lazy in the past few days, curled up in bed all day, and didn't even bother to eat.With Pang Yuqin like this, Du Wenhao suspected that it was because he had taken in two concubines in a row. Pang Yuqin had something in her heart and didn't dare to say it out loud, so she alienated herself. In addition, she was busy with the affairs of the palace recently and seldom asked about the business of the family and Wuweitang. some care.So Du Wenhao decided to visit her before going out.

When I walked to the door of Pang Yuqin's room, I heard someone talking. There seemed to be someone crying softly in the room. Du Wenhao was about to knock on the door when someone said: "How would he know if you don't tell me? It's a great happy event. Look at you!" Isn't it boring to find anger with yourself here?"

Du Wenhao heard that it was Lin Qingdai, followed by Pang Yuqin's choked up voice, first he let out a long sigh, and then said: "Forget it, I thought we could live a good life with him like this, but it's only been a year, and he already has a new love, so why not?" He said, he will let it go, and his mind is not with me."

"Here again, my sister is not a petty person, and besides, Lian'er was also given a marriage. Wen Hao couldn't do anything about it at the beginning. Now that the empress Chen Meiren has fallen and been thrown into limbo, Lian'er has nowhere to go. As for Fei'er, you also said that she liked Wen Hao at the beginning, and it will be a matter of time before she gets married. I think you have always loved each other very much. He has been busy running around the palace recently, so he should be very tired and tired, isn't he? Ignore you."

Du Wenhao felt a little uncomfortable and knocked on the door.

The two women were talking, when they heard someone knocking on the door, Lin Qingdai motioned Pang Yuqin to wipe away the tears on her cheeks, and then asked who was outside the door.

"It's me!" Du Wenhao replied lazily.

Lin Qingdai got up quickly to open the door. Pang Yuqin pulled her sleeves and said to the door: "Isn't your husband going to serve the doctor in the palace? Why don't you leave?"

"I wanted to come and see you, but who would have thought that Qingdai's sister is here, and it's snowing today, why don't you take a walk in the snow?"

Seeing that Pang Yuqin couldn't bear it, Lin Qingdai snickered and let go of her hand, then got up and walked to the door and opened it.

Lin Qingdai saw that Du Wenhao was wearing a scarlet official robe, with a square heart and round neck ornament around his neck, a leather belt around his waist, and a purple goldfish bag hanging on it.He wears a Futou on his head and leather shoes on his feet.Rubbing her hands and looking at herself with a smile, Lin Qingdai's heart was moved. Such a handsome young man, with excellent medical skills, is handsome and romantic, why is my sister still not satisfied? When I marry him in the future..., thinking of this, Lin Qingdai not only His face turned red.

"Come in, Master Wen Hao, you two, let's talk, I'll go to the front hall to have a look." Lin Qingdai let Du Wenhao into the room. Pang Yuqin was sitting, but lay down before Du Wenhao came in. .

Du Wenhao saw that Pang Yuqin was in a bad mood, so he deliberately put her off first, changed the topic and said to Lin Qingdai with a smile: "Sister, why did you leave as soon as I came, talk to me. I asked my sister to teach me kung fu a few days ago. I have been so busy with trivial matters recently that I have no time to practice, sister, don't take offense."

"I know you will be lazy. If you always give yourself excuses about practicing, then don't learn it. Anyway, you are in the palace all day, and the people who want to hurt you are also under the law. You don't need to learn these things. You really need to practice, but it is actually very tiring. of."

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "I have to practice, I must practice, but allow me a few days, the one you said to teach me... what... what steps, I wonder when you will teach me this way of escaping. "

Lin Qingdai pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "You are really a person who wants to run away before you hit him. It seems that you are not a material for learning martial arts. Okay, let's talk, I will walk on the snow by myself."

After all, Lin Qingdai glanced at Pang Yuqin on the bed, and seeing her lying on her back, she was obviously angry, so she couldn't help smiling slightly, watching Du Wenhao pouted at Pang Yuqin, letting him coax her, walked out, turned around lightly Close the door lightly.

Du Wenhao straightened his robes, walked to the bed and sat down. Seeing that Pang Yuqin was still ignoring him, he put his arms around her fragrant shoulders and asked with a smile, "Why, are you angry with me?"

"No... just sleepy." Pang Yuqin said softly, but still didn't turn around.

Du Wenhao rolled his eyes, smiled wickedly, rubbed his cold hands, slowly stretched one hand into the bed, and groped Pang Yuqin's body: "It's so cold, I want to warm my hands."

Pang Yuqin felt embarrassed, buried her head in the quilt and giggled to herself.

(End of this chapter)