The demon queen seduces the cold emperor

Chapter 327 What happened back then! (one)

Four days later, Chu Yunhe officially returned to the imperial court. Although he had not fully recovered from his injuries, he could move freely. Therefore, he plunged into the busy military affairs, making the final preparations for the final decisive expedition. He was very busy.

Duan Jinchu couldn't stay alone in Mu's Villa, so he followed Chu Yunhe to live in the Eight Princes' Mansion. No matter how busy he was during the day, at least they could be together at night. Chu Luoying came twice during the day, The three girls, Duan Jinchu and Ouyang Yilan, had a great time playing. Of course, Duan Jinchu was pregnant, except for Ouyang Yilan, who knew about it.

After five days of secret investigation, Lu Kaiming finally found out some clues, so Chu Yunhe, who had just stepped into the Eighth Prince's Mansion, was urgently summoned into the palace by Chu Muyuan.

In the Chaoyang Hall, there were three people kneeling at the same time.

Chu Yunhe sat down with his robe lifted, looked at the three of them carefully, pointed to them one by one from left to right, and said, "You are Pearl, the maid who served Concubine Li back then, you are the eunuch Xiao Xizi, and you are the guard of Yongle Palace. Chang Wang An, is this king right?"

After 16 years, Chu Yunhe only guessed based on some vague memories, but the three of them nodded one after another, "Yes, the servants are right!"

"Yunhe, the three of them have already been dispatched to other palaces, and Lu Kaiming found out with great difficulty, you can ask!" Chu Muyuan said, leaning on the soft pillow on the couch.

"Yes, father!" Chu Yunhe nodded, looked at the three people, and said in a deep voice: "I have some questions to ask you, and you must answer them truthfully. If you lie to me, you will be executed immediately! I understand! ?"

"The slaves understand, the slaves dare not deceive the Eighth Prince!" The three of them immediately kowtowed in panic when they heard this.

Chu Yunhe cleared his throat, and asked bluntly: "Do you still remember the night three days before Li Guifei's concubine concubine ceremony?"

Hearing this, the three of them looked at each other, and after questioning with their eyes, Pearl said: "I don't know what the Eighth Prince is asking about?"

"That night, Your Majesty went to the Imperial Garden, and when she came back she looked panic-stricken. This king happened to go to the Empress's bedroom to look for her. Was it the Imperial Garden where the three of you went with your Majesty that night?" Chu Yunhe reminded.

Hearing this, the three of them froze immediately, their expressions were extremely flustered, their bodies trembled, and they dared not say a word with their heads down!

Chu Yunhe frowned handsomely, and said sharply: "Return to my king's words! What happened that night, it is impossible for the empress to suddenly go crazy, and the timing is so coincidental, what do you know?"

"The emperor forgives the sin! The Eighth Prince forgives the sin! The servants..." Wang An raised his eyes for a moment, then lowered his eyelids immediately, with a look of extreme horror.

Chu Yunhe's eyes froze, "Are you afraid? It's okay. According to the truth, my mother has been dead for 16 years. It's been so long, so why don't you dare to say it? Now that I have found you, the king has made it clear. Both the king and the emperor suspected that the empress was murdered by others, and wanted to find out what happened back then, to give the empress justice, and bring the murderer to justice. You have been with the empress for at least a few years, don't you have any sense of master and servant? Do you want to avenge your empress?"

"Have!"

Hearing this, the eunuch Xiao Xizi raised his head immediately, and said sadly: "Your Majesty is kind, she treats the servants of Yongle Palace very well, she never punishes them, what food the emperor rewards, Your Majesty will give some to the servants, a little I don't want to put on airs of my master, the servants are all very happy that they can serve such a master, but... But God is not fair! Such a good person, unexpectedly... was murdered by a villain..."

Hearing this, Pearl followed suit, tears streaming down her face, "Your Majesty, the Eighth Prince, the servants have endured for 16 years, but they have never had the chance to tell what happened that night, because even if they tell, there is no proof, who would believe it? Now the prince asks, even if the slaves risk their lives, they must seek justice for the empress!"

"What? Tell me quickly!" Chu Yunhe stood up suddenly, staring at the three of them with bloodshot eyes, and said, "Tell me everything you know, and this king will surely guarantee the lives of the three of you!"

The guard Wang An kowtowed, and said sadly: "Back to the Eighth Prince... Yes, it was the three servants who went out with the empress. There were six palace people who followed the empress that night, and now only the three servants are alive, and the other three are still alive." After the empress was imprisoned in the cold palace, they all died suddenly, and the three servants were transferred to another palace by the empress on the second day, so... they were able to live to this day."

"Yes, the empress couldn't be idle that night, so she took the servants to go to the imperial garden. Who knows, the empress suddenly had a whim, and wanted to walk the path behind Yongle Palace and smell the scent of lavender. There is a dark place, the moon There was no light, and there were no guards standing guard. The servant and the dead court lady Qiuping walked in front with a lantern. When they passed the lotus pond, they suddenly heard furtive voices behind the rockery. He Qiuping extinguished the lantern, and then the servants and empresses approached the rockery quietly, wanting to hear who was playing tricks in the middle of the night, but they heard..." Pearl trembled all over, her eyes filled with horror.

Chu Muyuan, Lu Kaiming, and Chu Yunhe raised their voices in their hearts. Chu Muyuan frowned, and immediately asked, "What did you hear? Tell me!"

Pearl shook her lips and couldn't say anything, so Wang An continued: "After the servants heard about the rockery, there were two people. The first one to speak was a man, and he was telling the other person to mix the poison in the box with human blood and pour it into tea." To the emperor, the other person has not made a sound, so I can't tell who it is. I only know that the man called her Xue'er. From this, I can judge that the other person should be a woman. Because the night was too dark, the servants and the empress had a relationship with the rockery. They were separated by a distance of ten feet, so their faces could not be seen clearly at all, but the clothes worn by the woman named Xue Er vaguely looked like the palace clothes of the harem master. When everyone heard that, they all became nervous and excited. Even more anxious, he ordered the servant and another guard, Zhao Hu, to arrest them. The two servants obeyed the order, and immediately went over with their swords. The two were frightened, and the servant fought with the man. I snatched the box in the past, but who knows, the man's martial arts were so good that not only the woman escaped, but even the two slaves could not restrain him. The man was afraid of alarming the Ouchi guards and the Imperial Forest Army, so he did not love to fight, so he sent the two slaves together. After clapping each other, they took the opportunity to escape. The servants wanted to chase after them, but the empress stopped them, saying that the woman must be from the harem, and she should not startle the snake. Then she led the servants back to Yongle Palace. The poison box was hidden, and the slaves were ordered not to tell anyone. For safety reasons, the slaves, Xiaoxizi and Zhuzhu were transferred away first, and in order to let the three slaves go undercover in other palaces to secretly investigate which concubine it was To have an affair with a foreign thief and harm the emperor, who would have known..."

(End of this chapter)