Chapter 89: Someone might blame the little princess
At the moment, this is the most appropriate method. The Queen and the Royal Concubine nodded: "Yes."
The Queen asked again: "Your Majesty, what is the order, who comes first and who comes later?"
The Royal Concubine also said, "Also, those people who have been mentioned by Tong Tong before, do they want to come again?"
"Tongtong's knowledge is limited, so let's go through all of them," Emperor Wen Zhao replied, and then said, "As for who should go first and who should go later, you two can discuss it and draw up a list."
The queen agreed and said, "I will inform all the palaces later. If there is no important matter, they should stay in their own palaces and not move around casually, so as to prevent others from going to Miaoyunxuan and hearing something from Tongtong in advance."
Emperor Wen Zhao nodded slightly: "The Queen is very thoughtful."
The Royal Consort also said, "Then let Xiaoqi and Xiaoba follow Xiaojiu. Xiaojiu likes to run around. Now Yu'er also likes to stick to his aunt Xiaojiu all day long. There are also Seventeen and Fifteen. The little ones always play together. It's not good to restrain the children and not let them go out. With Xiaoqi and Xiaoba following, if someone deliberately approaches Xiaojiu, they can stop them."
Emperor Wen Zhao nodded: "That's very good."
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Concubine Ying and Concubine Mu made a big fuss in Chuixiang Palace. Concubine An was gagged and dragged back to Chuixiang Palace from Chongde Hall to be executed. Song Zhaoyi, who was covered in wounds and wrapped in white cloth and whose original appearance could no longer be recognized, was dragged to the courtyard and beaten to death. Concubine Ying and Concubine Mu were both demoted.
In just half a day, so many things happened in succession, and they were all matters of life and death. The palace, which had been quiet for a while, was in an uproar again, and everyone from the master to the palace maids was talking about it.
However, the Empress Dowager has issued an order that one cannot go to other palaces without permission, otherwise all the concubines would definitely go door to door and gather together to have a good discussion.
As soon as the Seventh Prince got the news, he hurried into the palace, but when he arrived at Chuixiang Palace, Concubine An had already drunk the poisoned wine and was dying. He only had time to see Concubine An for the last time. Concubine An died without even saying a word. The Seventh Prince knelt on the ground and cried.
Before he could finish crying, the eunuch in charge of the burial came in, bowed to him, and then carried away Concubine An's body.
The Seventh Prince looked at the group of people who were gradually going away, kneeling on the ground for a long time without moving. His eyes changed from grief to numbness and confusion, and finally became cold and gloomy.
"Mother, don't worry, your son will definitely avenge you." He gritted his teeth and whispered, wiped his face with his sleeves, got up from the ground, walked out of the door, and after leaving the palace, he went straight to the Second Prince's Mansion.
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After listening to Cong'an's report, Xue Yili remained expressionless and silent for a long time.
After a while, he finally spoke: "Did someone come to tell us that we are not allowed to go out?"
Cong An shook his head: "The people in Fengyi Palace only gave orders to the concubines, and no one came to us."
Xue Yili nodded: "That's good. You keep an eye on her these few days. If you see the little princess running out to play, report it immediately. I will go to accompany her."
Cong An thought that his Highness missed the chubby little girl again, so he asked, "If your Highness misses the little princess, why don't you go directly to Miaoyunxuan to visit her? You are still a child, so it won't be a problem."
Xue Yili waved his hand and said, "No need."
The chubby little princess always agreed to come to him to learn how to read and play with him, but she broke the promise many times. So many days had passed since the last time they met, and he really wanted to see her.
But the reason why he told Cong'an like that just now was not because he missed her, but because he estimated that the mess in the Dasheng Palace today was most likely related to the conversation between the little princess and Tongtong.
Today, some concubines were demoted and some died. Although they committed crimes and deserved it, there is no guarantee that someone would blame the little princess.
After all, if Tong Tong hadn't exposed it, they would have kept it hidden well and perhaps would never have been discovered in their lifetime.
Although the little girl is very smart, she is so young. Besides, she doesn't know that others can hear her talking to Tong Tong, so she certainly won't take precautions. It would be very dangerous if someone deliberately wanted to harm her.
And he couldn't remind the little princess to be careful, so he had to keep an eye on her.
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Miaoyunxuan, Concubine Ru was also extremely shocked when she heard the news. Concubine Ying and Concubine Mu had just come to Miaoyunxuan to visit, but the next moment they ran to Chuixiang Palace to kill people. However, within a few hours, the two were demoted, and Concubine An and Song Zhaoyi were directly killed.
Ru Fei frowned and remained silent.
There have been too many major events happening in the palace recently, and many of them were like today, with no signs beforehand and they happened suddenly, which was really inexplicable.
Ji Jinyou and the seventeenth prince were playing in the inner room. When they heard no movement outside for a long time, the two children ran out hand in hand and saw Concubine Ru with a worried look on her face.
Ji Jinyou fell on Concubine Ru's legs and said, "Mother, why are you unhappy?"
Seventeen also looked at Concubine Ru with concern, leaning on her other side, without saying a word, but first raised his hand and touched his forehead, then stretched out his little hand to touch Concubine Ru's forehead, and when he saw that it was almost done, he withdrew his little hand and stood obediently.
This was something he and Concubine Ru learned. Every time he came back from outside or just woke up, Concubine Ru would touch her forehead first and then his forehead. Although Concubine Ru never said anything, he could feel the love from the bottom of her heart, and he liked this kind of interaction.
Concubine Ru was delighted to see her two children being so sensible. She first reached out to pick up the chubby girl who was climbing up her legs with great effort, then reached out to take the little boy, put her forehead against his, and said with a smile, "It's okay, mother is fine, Youyou and Shiqi don't worry."
Ji Jinyou tilted her head to look at Ru Fei, and Ru Fei also put her cheek close to her: "It's really nothing."
Seeing that Concubine Ru looked relieved, Ji Jinyou felt relieved. She put her arms around Concubine Ru's neck, leaned over and gave her a kiss on the face. After the kiss, she looked at the Seventeenth Prince and said, "Brother, kiss mother too."
The seventeenth prince's eyes twinkled and his little face was full of bashfulness. He felt a little embarrassed, but Concubine Ru smiled gently at him with an encouraging look.
The little boy then plucked up his courage and followed Xiaojiu's example, going up to give Concubine Ru a kiss on the face. After the kiss, his face turned red, and he felt a little shy but also a little happy.
Ji Jinyou giggled and stretched out her little round hand to scratch Shiqi's nose: "Brother, you are a shy ghost."
Ru Fei couldn't help laughing, she stretched out her hand and gently pinched Ji Jinyou's chubby little face: "You naughty boy."
Seventeen also laughed, imitating Ru Fei's behavior and pinching Xiao Jiu: "Naughty ghost."
Ji Jinyou was not willing to be outdone, and stretched out his two chubby little hands to pinch back, but Seventeen leaned back and successfully dodged it. Then he slipped out from under Ru Fei's arm, ran a few steps, and laughed.
Ji Jinyou slipped off Ru Fei and started to chase after them. The two children ran away fighting and making noises.
Concubine Ru then winked at Jin Xing who was waiting not far away. When Jin Xing came over, she whispered, "Find an opportunity to go out and ask around quietly to see if you can find out how Concubine Ying and Concubine Mu knew that Concubine Song Zhaoyi and Concubine An had killed the two little princes."
Jin Xing nodded and agreed. She also thought this was a rare event. For so many years, everyone thought that the two little princes died accidentally, but they didn't expect that they were killed by Song Zhaoyi and Concubine An.
Jin Xing thought for a moment and said, "It just so happens that I have to collect this month's salary these two days, so I will go collect it now and ask around at the same time."
Concubine Ru nodded: "Okay, be careful and don't be too ostentatious."
Jin Xing agreed and turned to go out, but before she could leave, the eunuch from Fengyi Palace came and said, "Madam Rufei, the Empress asked me to come and tell you that your father and mother have come to the capital, and you can come to the palace tomorrow."