This can be remembered

Chapter 28
Fung Shu-yi was not well because of the wind and cold in autumn, she always got good and bad, and also coughed.Although it was a sunny day, it was windy after all, so she didn't stay in Huating Pavilion and went back to the bedroom directly.

Meng Zhaoyi touched the pure white fox fur on the cuffs and said slowly: "Sister forgot, Shuxian hasn't completely recovered from the wind and cold in autumn, so how could she blow the wind here."

Liu Jieyu met her pair of dark shining eyes, and finally gave her a smile: "Then I have to go and see Sister Shuyi later."

Meng Zhaoyi looked at the three-inch-long armor inlaid with gold and emerald pearls on her hand, and also looked up in the direction of Changhetang: "Why is it so long this year, it should have been reported earlier."

Liu Jieyu nodded: "Yes, what's going on."

In Changhe Hall, Shen Xiyao sat on the throne, pretending not to notice the slight change in Zhang Dehai's expression.Sun Sanbao offered the other snacks he had tasted one by one, all without any problems. Shen Xiyao slowly savored and chatted with the Queen Mother, but his peripheral vision fell on the projection of Wang Huichun who had already arrived outside the door.

Not long ago Zhang Dehai took out a piece of the dim sum, Wang Huichun must be making the final judgment.Seeing the projection moving towards the door, Shen Xiyao smiled.

"Your Majesty," Zhang Dehai walked to Shen Xiyao's side, and whispered, "There is something wrong with this plate of dim sum."

Wang Huichun stepped forward, bowed to the Empress Dowager and said, "My Majesty, this snack contains licorice, which is contrary to the crucian carp soup that the Emperor takes every day."

Before Shen Xiyao could speak, the Empress Dowager's face changed and she stared at Zhang Dehai: "Who offered it?"

Zhang Dehai Nuonuo was about to answer, but Shen Xiyao smiled: "Queen Mother, calm down." Then he turned to Zhang Dehai: "If I remember correctly, this licorice and crucian carp should be fatal."

Zhang Dehai was sweating profusely and did not dare to raise his head, but Wang Huichun said in a single mouthful: "Return to the emperor, judging from the current situation of the emperor's medicated diet, it would be life-threatening if it gets on."

With a "bang", the queen mother threw the tea bowl in her hand: "Which concubine is so bold? She actually murdered the emperor?"

The emperor pulled the corner of the Queen Mother's clothes: "Queen Mother, don't be so angry."

"When is this, do you still think it's okay? If it weren't for the eunuch who tested food this time, how would the silver needle be able to detect it? If you really ate it, what happened? It's about the national system, it's up to the Ai family to see." Look, who is so bold!" The Empress Dowager has always cherished her son, she was already hurt by the injury before, and fined Zhang Dehai with a year's salary, if Shen Xiyao hadn't interceded, she would have almost demoted all the attendants around the emperor to the Department of Punishment to do hard labor.Now that such a regicide happened, how could she not be angry.How can we not worry.

"Which concubine gave it to you?" Shen Xiyao persuaded the queen mother and asked Zhang Dehai.

Zhang Dehai hesitated for a while and said: "It's the 'Xuexia Cheese' presented by Mrs. Wu Wei and Nobleman Wu, please have a look at it." He brought a coral red pastel flower bowl, the red and white desserts inside were intertwined, just like the snowy clouds, There is a burst of fragrance, but it is not strong, faint and very elegant.

"Wu Guiren? Is that Wu Han's daughter?" The Queen Mother asked sharply.

"Back to the empress dowager, she is Wu Han's daughter." Zhang Dehai glanced at Shen Xiyao quietly, only to see that his face was calm and no waves could be seen.

"It's really bold. The daughter of a criminal minister and thief seems to be dissatisfied, so she wants to attack the emperor." The queen mother has already made a conclusion. "Come on, go and take Wu Wei to Ai's family and put her in prison, and go with her father." The queen mother waved her hand and said sternly.

"Slow down." Shen Xiyao raised his hand, stopping a group of guards below who were about to go out. "Queen Mother," he actually put on a faint smile: "My son thinks that you should ask Mrs. Wu carefully before jumping to conclusions." Then he said to Zhang Dehai: "Go and invite Mrs. Wu to come, and just say that I am very sorry." I like her 'Xuexia Cheese' and call her over."

Zhang Dehai glanced at the Empress Dowager, and saw that her face was ashen but did not raise any objections, so she backed away slowly.

"Empress mother, my son thinks that if it is true that Noble Wu harbors resentment and wants to harm his son, then evidence is needed, right? Sending her to prison in such a rash way will inevitably cause some discussions among those who support Wu faction in the court." Shen Xiyao said calmly, as if The person to be victimized is not myself.

The queen mother has calmed down: "The emperor is right, let's see what this nobleman Wu has to say." After thinking for a while, he said to Wang Defu, the chief manager of the Palace of Compassion and Peace: "Go and give the maids and eunuchs in Wuguiren's palace to the Ai family. bring."

The concubines waited for a long time in the Huating Pavilion, but no one came to summon them. It had already exceeded the usual time, but the number of concubines did not increase much, and they all started to talk in a low voice.Since it was the first time for nobleman Wu to participate, it was naturally difficult to join their conversation, so he could only stand by the window and look at the towering eaves and rafters in the palace city, and listen to the "ding ding" sound of the copper bells blown by the breeze.The window was only opened a crack, but the north wind still blew in bitterly, Wu Guiren couldn't help shivering, thinking of his relatives in prison, his heart ached as if being pinched.In such a cold day, my father and the others must have suffered a lot in prison.My own family can be regarded as an aristocratic family. Since my grandfather's generation, I have been pampered and pampered since I was a child, so I have not suffered any grievances.Now that I have to suffer from this prison, but I am still enjoying myself in this resplendent imperial palace, I feel even more sad.

Suddenly a person came to her, Wu Guiren was startled, pretending to rub his eyes and hastily wiped away a drop of tears from his cheeks, only then did he see clearly that it was Liu Jieyu.

"Your father's matter, I have already delayed my father, and I will play it in a few days." Liu Jieyu looked at the scenery outside the window and whispered: "Remember your promise."

Wu Guiren replied in a low voice: "Thank you sister, I will definitely do what I promised." Then he changed his smile and said: "Look, sister, Manager Zhang is here."

Sure enough, Zhang Dehai was in a hurry, but there was no expression on his face.But he always did this when conveying the emperor's meaning, so the concubines didn't think much about it.

"Your Majesty Wu, the emperor called you over for questioning." Zhang Dehai entered the door ring and looked around.

The concubines made a slight discussion. After all, everyone knew the meaning of this "question", and they all showed envy.After all, Wu Guicai got the rare potted plum tree not long ago, and now he has won the first place in "presenting cakes". The emperor has always treated her well, so it seems that the limelight is in full swing.

A look of astonishment flashed in Liu Jieyu's eyes, and she also felt unwilling and jealous. She glanced at Wu Guiren coldly, seeing her unspeakably happy face, she was naturally bored, turned around and walked aside.

Wu Guiren didn't notice other people's reactions, but knew that the emperor liked the Xuexia cheese he made, which was a great thing.Quickly rectified his appearance, carefully inspected the fashionable palace dress on his body, which was dressed in pea green embroidered hibiscus, twined branches and smoked brocade, and straightened the string of pink crystal tassels hanging from the wishful flower steps on his temples, and then put on rouge The red feathered satin cloak just went with Zhang Dehai.

"Look at her proud appearance, it's really..." Some concubine said sourly, Meng Zhaoyi coughed and said sharply: "Are there any rules in this palace? Who is it? a mouth."

Liu Jieyu looked at the concubine, she was a beauty she had not favored for a long time, she hummed, and turned her head away.

The other concubines had no choice but to hold their breath, and there was a "pop" sound, interspersed with low sobs, echoing in the silent palace.

When Wu Guiren entered Changhe Hall, he realized that something was wrong. All the maids and eunuchs in his palace stood aside, even Cai Juan, who was close to him, was also there.Because all the concubines presented the cakes by themselves, and they all got together in Hua Ting Pavilion afterwards, naturally there were fewer maids, so she left Caijuan to take care of other things in the palace.At this time, everything is here, and it seems that there is a problem.Looking at it again, Wang Huichun was sentenced by the imperial hospital, and I couldn't help but feel a sudden shock.

After saluting, there was no sound of "exemption" from the emperor or queen mother, which surprised Wu Guiren very much.However, he still knelt down respectfully, waiting for the emperor to "question".

"Wu Guiren, this Xuexia cheese is fragrant and elegant. I don't know what ingredients it is made of and how it is made." Zhang Dehai asked while standing not far from Wu Guiren, holding the plate of cheese.He naturally asked these questions on behalf of the emperor.

"The ingredients are very simple. Take fresh hibiscus flowers, remove the heart and stalks, blanch them in sweet soup, and cook them with sweet tofu." Guiren Wu answered carefully.This dim sum is very simple to make, and the auxiliary ingredients are all ordinary seasonings.Only fresh hibiscus is hard to find in this winter.

"Oh, from this point of view, the workmanship is not complicated." Zhang Dehai glanced at Shen Xiyao, seeing that he did not order, he asked again: "What is this sweet soup and sweet tofu made of?"

Wu Guiren thought for a while and said, "Sweet soup is made by mixing honey, vanilla, and snowflake sugar with the juice squeezed out of fruits." After a pause, he said: "Sweet tofu is made by adding honeydew melon juice, Snowflake sugar, vanilla. Only in this way can the original taste of tofu be replaced with sweetness."

"Is there no licorice?" It was the queen mother who had been sitting on it all the time who asked the question. At this time, she changed from her previous kind and dignified image, but was very strict.

Wu Guiren was stunned, thinking carefully, the recipe was very simple, she concluded that there was absolutely no licorice, she raised her head slightly and replied affirmatively: "Go back to the queen mother, there is no licorice." The moment she looked up, she saw Shen Xiyao smiled meaningfully.

"Zhang Dehai." The Queen Mother just called out, Zhang Dehai had already walked quickly to Wu Guiren, leaned down and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, think again, there is really no such thing as licorice?"

At this time, Guiren Wu knew that she was not called here because the emperor loved the snowy cheese, but because there were other reasons that she didn't know, but were absolutely terrifying.Seeing this battle, she was already timid, but she calmly recalled the recipe several times, and when she was sure that there was absolutely no licorice, she met Zhang Dehai's gaze: "Really not, Mr. Zhang."

Shen Xiyao suddenly said, "Where did the hibiscus flowers come from? They don't exist in this season."

Wu Guiren's heart tightened again, and he said slowly: "The hibiscus flower was found by Caijuan, the concubine's maid..." Before the explanation was finished, Caijuan was already kneeling on the ground: "The emperor spares your life, the hibiscus flower The flowers are secretly picked by the servants from the Flower Cultivation Department."

Wu Guiren was shocked: "Caijuan, didn't you say..."

The maid named Caijuan bowed her head deeply and said nothing, Shen Xiyao seemed to be interested and asked: "Tell me in detail."

Caijuan then slowly said: "Back to the emperor, my master wants to make this Xuexia cheese, but it is winter, where can I get fresh hibiscus. Other masters can ask relatives to look for it outside, but my master..." She glanced at Guiren Wu carefully, seeing his astonished face, and continued: "But my master's relatives are all in prison now, and the master dare not intercede with the emperor, and has been frowning..."

"Caijuan, when did I say I dare not intercede with the emperor..." Wu Guiren was shocked, although Caijuan, the personal maid she brought into the palace, knew about the family affairs and wanted to intercede with the emperor. It was Caijuan who stopped him, saying that the emperor didn't want you to know, so you must pretend not to know.But now...
"The emperor is asking this maid, what are you talking about." The Empress Dowager's voice came coldly without any emotion: "Go on."

"The servant is anxious to see the master, and the ingredients have always been in my hands. That day, I met the little six sons of the cultivation department, and he accidentally mentioned that this year, I specially cultivated hibiscus from the Huojiao in Chenzhou, and they had just been transported to the palace by express boat. After pruning, it will be presented to the emperor. In previous years, there were only camellias and orchids." Caijuan paused: "But the little six didn't know that my master wanted hibiscus as ingredients, but the slaves remembered it."

"You are quite loyal." Shen Xiyao smiled and took a sip of tea.

"Afterwards, I told my master that I entrusted someone to pick them in the middle of the capital, and I quietly went to the Flower Planting Department. There was only one flower keeper there at night. I took advantage of my dozing off and quietly picked a few flowers." Cai Juan finally finished.

Zhang Dehai's face was a bit ugly: "This Peihuasi is getting more and more outrageous, a few flowers are gone, and he doesn't care about them."

"It's just a few flowers. I think the flowers you sent are also elegant." Shen Xiyao lightly said, which made the Queen Mother roll her eyes. "However," he suddenly changed the topic: "This can also be regarded as the crime of theft."

Caijuan was sweating profusely when she heard it, the crime of stealing the royal property was not big or small, but this hibiscus can be regarded as the emperor's royal use, if it is big, it will be fatal.Immediately, she touched her forehead to the ground and was begging for mercy, but she heard Wu Guiren's choked up voice: "Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty to be merciful. Caijuan did such a thing for the sake of my concubine. I implore the Emperor to forgive her."

Shen Xiyao shook his head lightly, a trace of pity and sarcasm flashed in his eyes, but his smile changed quickly: "I'm still stingy with these flowers. Loyalty can be shown." She gave Zhang Dehai another wink.

Zhang Dehai immediately asked: "Caijuan, you said that you are responsible for those ingredients, but there is licorice in it?"

Caijuan thought about it carefully, but did not dare to look into Wu Guiren's eyes, and whispered: "Yes."

As soon as these two words came out, it was like a bolt from the blue to Wu Guiren. "What? What did you say? When will I have licorice?" Wu Guiren was a little crazy.

Caijuan ignored Wu Guiren's reaction, but said softly: "There is a taste of licorice, and I went to the imperial dining room to get it myself. At that time, Liu Fu in the imperial dining room also said that the emperor's daily medicine seemed to be incompatible with licorice. I told the master, don't make a mistake."

Wu Guiren stared at Cai Juan with his eyes wide open in disbelief, but he didn't say a word.

"Then did you tell your master?" Zhang Dehai continued to ask, and the queen mother also leaned forward at this time.

"Tell me..." Caijuan's voice was as thin as a mosquito humming, and before she could say anything later, Wu Guiren had already rushed forward and grabbed her neck: "You lied, you lied, when will I ask you to take the lead?" Licorice, why do I need you to tell me that licorice is in conflict with crucian carp..." Immediately, guards stepped forward to pull Wu Guiren away, and stood guard on both sides.

"So, you know that licorice and crucian carp are at odds with each other." The queen mother said coldly, "The emperor used crucian carp soup as medicine every day. Few people know that it is not compatible with medicinal materials. It seems that you know a lot."

Caijuan didn't care about stroking the neck that was stuck by Wu Guiren, coughed twice, and met Wu Guiren's eyes that were almost eating people with extremely calm and indifferent eyes: "Miss, I will tell you when I bring it back that day. I missed you, and you said you knew. The licorice is used for other snacks." Wu Guiren was startled, but before he could react, he was trying to recall whether he had really asked Caijuan to get the licorice.When she said this, she was about to agree, but Caijuan changed the subject and said in a crying voice: "Last night when you were making cheese, I was the only one by your side. At that time, you had to add licorice when you were cooking hibiscus. The servants tried their best to stop you, saying that in case Being found out is a serious crime of regicide. You said that silver needles have always been used to detect poison, and licorice is not poison. Get someone to take care of it, and discuss this matter with the master. If the emperor has an accident, the master has a close relationship with the king of Chu in Xijing. He has already told that the life and death of King Yu in the southwest is unpredictable, and it is difficult for King Wei to act in Jiangbei. People in the court support the king of Chu, and he can still get a high position..."

"You..." Wu Gui's angry face turned blue, and he pointed at Cai Juan with a hand that had already lost color: "Just talk, when will I..."

Before she could finish her sentence, the Queen Mother was already furious, and she stood up abruptly: "Shut up! The Ai family understands Wu Han's heart of a thief. No wonder he is still arrogant after being imprisoned and refuses to confess. So he is here. Come on People, drag out the daughter of the criminal minister who murdered the emperor, and beat her to death."

"Slow down," Shen Xiyao got up slowly, and walked in front of Wu Guiren. Wu Guiren saw a dazzling golden color, bright red dragon patterns stretching endlessly, and the obsidian made of longan glowed coldly. She shed tears and heard Shen Xiyao To others, he ordered the people from Chuanpei Huasi and the imperial dining room to come, and asked Wu Guiren to fetch utensils for making snacks.Wu Guiren suddenly had a glimmer of hope, thinking that the emperor was protecting him, but he heard Shen Xiyao's very soft voice, as if floating from the sky: "Killing the king, but you will be executed everywhere. Your whole family, this time, you can't escape." It’s true. If you want to harm others, you will eventually harm yourself.” There is also a cold smile, which is chilling to the bottom of people’s hearts.

Wu Guiren suddenly understood that even if his father was punished for the crime of dereliction of duty, at most he would be dismissed from office, confiscated his family property and relegated to his hometown as a commoner.What the man behind the scenes who directed the play really wanted was the lives of her family.And the person behind the scenes is either other concubines, or the person in front of him who is sitting on the throne—Shen Xiyao.

Why... Wu Guiren laughed out loud, impudent and unscrupulous, he was so stupid, so stupid, Ling Xuewei returned safely, it is said that he was rescued by someone.And the few days when she was supposed to have an accident, the emperor happened to be "absent", so why can't she explain... How could it be because the emperor likes her that her mother entered the palace?The golden color that flashed far away when she sent her mother away should be him, who overheard their conversation, or it was he who arranged everything.The eunuchs of the Peihua Division, the eunuchs of the imperial dining room, and the utensils used for making snacks in his own palace are just a show.Even Caijuan, the maid who had been with him for more than ten years, was bribed by him... My heart is chilling... My heart is chilling.

He actually planned such a wonderful scene for her, using the power and tactics above the court to deal with the harem, and the purpose was just to avenge her that almost killed her... Such feelings, She doesn't even know if he is worth it...
Wu Guiren didn't speak any more, just watched Zhang Dehai interrogating several eunuchs, Wang Huichun and Sun Sanbao carefully inspecting the utensils they made, Caijuan with her head down and tears, and the empress dowager who was so angry that she was calm and calm The emperor smiled faintly.

After everything was concluded, Wu Guiren and his family were naturally punished as regicide, and charged with treason, dereliction of duty, corruption, etc., and finally sentenced to exterminate the nine clans, and executed three days later.

When Wu Guiren was dragged down, he looked at Shen Xiyao carefully, and said clearly and gently: "Your Majesty, you... are not worth it."

(End of this chapter)