Chapter 289 Wei Yanwan 29
Su Lian did not dare to delay and immediately informed the Queen of all the information she had found out.
Fucha Langya lay in bed, listening quietly until Su Lian repeated the servant's words word for word. Then she slowly asked, "Who is behind this servant?"
"I sent someone to check, and their identities and backgrounds are all clean. However, it just so happened that the day after Concubine Xian and her companions went to the antique house, her brother and his family returned to their hometown. I heard from the neighbors that they moved in a hurry."
"Have you found out who's behind this?"
Su Lian hesitated to speak, after all, Concubine Jia had always been loyal to the Queen and had helped her a lot. Su Lian couldn't help but suspect that someone was deliberately trying to sow discord between the Queen and Concubine Jia, but after all, she was the Queen's servant.
"The family sent someone to investigate, and finally found that there seemed to be a shadow of the Yu family behind it."
"Concubine Jia! How dare she?!"
Su Lian quickly advised, "That's right. Concubine Jia has been attached to you since she came to the Qiandi Palace. Later, with your approval, she gave birth to two sons. Although the Ninth Prince is gone, her Fourth Prince is also quite favored by the Emperor because of your face. Logically, Concubine Jia would not dare to do such a thing."
"You mean someone is framing me?"
Fucha Langya was more inclined to this speculation: "Who in the palace has such great ability to collude with people outside the palace and even frame the Yu family?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the master and servant began to hesitate again.
The truth is that those in the palace who have the motive to take action don't have the ability to do so, and those who have the ability don't have the motive to do so.
"Could it be Concubine Xian? Even though the Ulanara clan is now in decline, her aunt was once in charge of the imperial harem for many years. It's possible that she didn't leave behind some connections."
"And Concubine Chun, she now has three princes. If we talk about the motive for murdering the Eighth Prince, she must be the first. And the eldest prince is already married, so it is very convenient for him to travel."
The more Fu Cha Langya thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case. It was either Concubine Xian or Concubine Chun, or both of them were not clean.
Fucha Langya was about to go on an eastern tour with the emperor, and she had no time to investigate who the culprit was. She only knew that she had to avenge her eighth prince who had died unjustly!
"The Emperor will discuss the Eastern Tour with the Empress Dowager after court tomorrow. Tell them to keep those people under guard. Also, make sure to get those two palace maids to speak up tonight and let them spill the beans."
The Queen discussed with Su Lian for the whole night to ensure that everything would be fine for the next day, and then she let Su Lian help her to sleep.
Early the next morning, Fucha Langya avoided Su Lian's hand, slowly stood up, and asked the palace maids to cover up her gloomy complexion.
When she sat on the sedan chair, she was still the graceful, dignified and elegant Empress of the Qing Dynasty. She calmly led the concubines to the Cining Palace.
Inside the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager said to the Emperor with some concern, "The Empress has been bedridden since Yongcong passed away. Can she handle this eastern tour?"
"My son is also worried about this. After all, this is his first eastern tour. If he doesn't have the Empress accompanying him, I'm afraid it will cause controversy. If the Empress is forced to carry on, I'm afraid she will be too ill to handle it."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. I am fine now."
Hongli looked up quickly and saw the queen walking towards him with a smile and bowing. She looked much better.
"The Queen is here."
Hongli quickly helped her up and let her sit down.
The concubines also bowed in turn, took seats and started talking to the family of three at the top.
"The Queen is indeed in good health. Your Majesty and I can rest assured."
The Queen Mother said to the Queen in a gentle voice, "You should relax and unwind while you and the Emperor go on this eastern tour."
Upon hearing this caring voice, Fucha Langya stood up again and said, "Since the Empress Dowager mentioned the Eastern Tour, I must apologize to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager today."
"Why are you asking for forgiveness for no reason?"
"As Empress, I failed to manage the harem; as a mother, I failed to protect Yongcong, allowing a traitor to harm him! Fortunately, Heaven has eyes and finally allowed this person to reveal his whereabouts. This Eastern Tour concerns the reputation of the royal family. How could I allow such a villain to receive this honor?"
"I want justice for my child who died in vain!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Cining Palace fell silent in an instant, and all the servants wished they could shrink into the cracks in the ground, or become deaf and frightened, so as not to hear these secrets.
The Empress Dowager and the Emperor's faces instantly turned pale, and Hongli even growled in a low voice, "Empress, do you know what you are saying?"
"I understand. It is precisely because I know the seriousness of this matter that I informed the Empress Dowager and the Emperor immediately after receiving the news."
The Queen Mother raised an eyebrow, exchanged glances with the Emperor, and then said to the Empress, "Oh? Then tell us what you found out that made you, the Empress, rush to tell us so anxiously."
Fucha Langya raised her head, her face full of determination: "Your Majesty should know that the first person in the palace to contract smallpox was Moxin's biological mother, who used to serve Concubine Gao. But Your Majesty doesn't know that Moxin also contracted the disease while caring for her mother."
"Not long after Moxin's mother passed away, she asked for leave due to illness. She lived alone anyway, so naturally no one noticed that Moxin had contracted this devastating disease."
"Later, someone saw Concubine Xian, Concubine Yu, and Concubine Chun enter and exit the antique room one after another, all to visit Mo Xin. Then, Yong Cong's wet nurse contracted smallpox and passed it on to poor Yong Cong..."
These words made the faces of the three people who were called out change. Even Ruyi could only stand up and kneel on the ground quickly after being involved in such a matter.
Hongli's brows furrowed more and more, until he saw Fucha Langya could no longer bear the pain, then he sighed deeply and reached out to help the queen up:
"I know you're grieving over Yongcong's death, but how can you prove they murdered him based solely on these things? Queen, don't you think it's unfair to convict two concubines in the palace who have children and have been with me since the beginning of my reign, based solely on speculation?"
Fucha Langya said, "Of course I have evidence."
"What evidence?"
The Queen Mother inadvertently handed the Empress a ladder, and Fucha Langya quickly said, "I sent someone to investigate. Not long after Concubine Chun went to the antique room, a palace maid was moved out of her palace. She said she had caught a cold and died not long after."
"But in reality, that person was infected with smallpox, but Concubine Chun kept it a secret and even gave her family a sum of money to live on after the maid's death. If she didn't have something to hide, how could she do such a spooky thing?"
Hongli blinked, a thoughtful expression on his face. The Empress, upon seeing this, quickly pressed the issue, "If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can have the servant's family brought in to confront Concubine Chun."
"And Concubine Yu. A few days ago, a lot of things were burned in her Yanxi Palace, and a room was even sealed off. I'm sure Concubine Yu herself knows the reason."
Hai Lan was relieved when questioned by the Queen. She told Ruyi as soon as she found out that someone in her palace had contracted smallpox. Both of them realized that this might be a trap set by someone, so they had already prepared for it.
As expected, Ruyi, who was standing in front of them, looked at the Empress Dowager and the Emperor and said in a calm voice, "Your Majesty, to spare you grief, Concubine Yu and I didn't tell you about this matter, but I have already reported it to the Emperor."
Fu Cha Langya looked at Hongli, and Hongli nodded to her, confirming the matter.
"Then why did you go to the antique room to visit Mo Xin?"
Ruyi glanced at Hongli who was sitting at the top of the table, and knew that the information she had heard from Mojin had no definite evidence. She could talk to the emperor about it in private, but she couldn't make it public.
So she had no choice but to say, "It was Moxin who told her that she had some information about the late Huixian Imperial Noble Consort, so I went there."
Fucha Langya's heart skipped a beat, and she stopped talking. Seeing this, Hongli felt relieved and hurriedly asked Ruyi to stand up.
At this moment, Hongli was not as impatient as before. Seeing that the conflict was finally placed on Concubine Chun, he nodded. He thought to himself that with Concubine Chun's personality, even if she really did it, she would not involve the child, and the matter would naturally not get to the point where it could not be resolved.
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