Chapter 390: Enemy State Spy
The gloomy light in the main hall was like a dense and gloomy net woven in the dark by a skilled hand.
It sticks to the passing time, making every moment and every instant in it seem especially long.
After Xiao Jingheng heard what Jiang Deshun said, perhaps his anger blocked his five senses and he could no longer vent his anger.
He sat silently on the dragon throne that seemed to reach the clouds, overlooking the vast hall, and laughed in anger.
The whole world is within his sight, so he naturally believes that everything in the world is within his control.
But in the end, he was schemed against by others for such a long time without even knowing it.
He flipped through the bloodstained confession of Prince Qi placed on the dragon table.
After a long while, he said gloomily, "Go and call Concubine Hui."
Jiang Deshun hurried to do this task.
Today the sun is exceptionally bright, and the thin sunlight makes the walls of the imperial city even more golden and brilliant.
But the road to the storm room was muddy after the rain.
If you step on it carelessly, you will get covered in dirt.
The place that is completely different from the scene here is Zhaohua's Changle Palace.
It had been raining in Kyoto for more than ten days in a row in spring. Today the weather cleared up, and the palace maids went out in groups of two or three to bask in the sunshine and sweep up the fallen petals in the courtyard.
At that time, Zhao Hua was holding the small and soft Fourth Prince in a side hall, rocking him to sleep.
The Fourth Prince is the legitimate son of the Empress, so his name is particularly important.
First, the person's birth date and time must be calculated by the people of the Imperial Observatory to determine the missing five elements. Then the calculation will be reported to the Cabinet, who will draw up nineteen names for the emperor and empress to choose from. Only when the full moon comes can the name be decided.
At this moment, the little fellow was lazily basking in the sun, his round eyes narrowed into slits.
Zhao Hua sang softly in his ear:
"On the first and second nine days, close the doors and keep silent. On the third and fourth nine days, the doors are frozen. On the fifth and sixth nine days, the sperm-assed dolls clap their hands..."
This is the ballad she sang when she was coaxing little Chengyu.
Singing it again now, I can’t help but feel a lot.
After the Fourth Prince fell asleep in her arms, Zhao Hua leaned over and gave the child a light kiss on the forehead, and whispered:
"My dear child, your brother will return to the palace to reunite with us soon. In the future, you will be loved by your mother and protected by your brothers and sisters. You will definitely be the happiest child in this palace."
She carefully placed the child on the nursery couch. Yunshan, who was watching over the palace maids sweeping the courtyard, suddenly bowed and came in, whispering to her:
"Miss, Xiao Fuzi said that there is news from the Ministry of Punishment. Prince Qi couldn't stand it anymore and has confessed everything."
After returning to the main hall and closing the palace gate, Xiao Fuzi told Zhaohua the whole process in detail.
"At first, no one in Prince Qi's mansion was willing to confess. After all, Prince Qi was a royal relative, and the people in the Anbu were also wary. They were worried that if they tortured him, and it was confirmed that it was a false case, Prince Qi would definitely take revenge on them. So they interrogated them one by one, and first got some clues from the concubine.
The side princess spent a lot of money just to get a piece of jewelry she loved. The people in the Anbu kept harping on this point and asked where the money came from. The side princess said that she also accidentally found that Princess Qi had hidden a lot of banknotes in her room. She thought that Prince Qi was guarding against her and didn't want her to spend money, so she stole the banknotes out of anger.
After that, the Anbu people followed the clues and asked Princess Qi where she got the money from. Princess Qi refused to confess at first, so the Anbu people imitated the scorpion pot punishment, which frightened Princess Qi so much that she lost her soul on the spot and confessed everything.
She said that she didn't know the specific origin of the money, but all the windfall came from the time when Prince Qi went to attack Zhuyin, when someone sent back the diluted silver bills from the battlefield.
Princess Qi had also asked Prince Qi about the source of his windfall, but Prince Qi said it was a reward from the Emperor. But later, Prince Qi was defeated in the battle against Zhuyin, and the Emperor disliked him and stripped him of his real power. However, a large amount of silver bills were still sent to Prince Qi's mansion every year. Although Princess Qi had doubts, she didn't ask any more questions.
Xiao Fuzi slowed down, took two steps closer to Zhaohua, and lowered his voice.
"With these statements, there is basically evidence that Prince Qi committed a crime. Compared with treason and adultery, this is much more serious. The Anbu people then tortured Prince Qi. I heard that the nails of Prince Qi's ten fingers were all pulled out by the roots, and the injured parts were soaked in chili oil. When he fainted from the pain, cold water was poured on him to wake him up, and the torture continued.
King Qi had lived a life of luxury for many years, how could he endure such torture? Soon, he confessed that he had colluded with Zhu Yin secretly. He also said that the reason why General Ning was able to win the battle against Zhu Yin so quickly was because there was an internal strife in Zhu Yin, and the third son of the old emperor wanted to seize power in the chaos. Under the attack from both inside and outside, Zhu Yin's army was completely defeated.
After the death of the old emperor, the third son Jiang Muye succeeded the Emperor Zhuyin and immediately announced his unconditional surrender. However, Jiang Muye had already planted a spy beside the emperor seventeen years ago when the emperor was still a prince. The spy was called Shangyang, who is now Concubine Hui. "
Zhao Hua was surprised to hear this.
But it was only for a moment, and then it became normal.
She had long suspected the relationship between Prince Qi and Zhu Yin. The Tianji Office followed the clues and found out that Prince Qi was connected with Concubine Hui.
Over the years, Concubine Hui has not competed for favors, but has been concentrating on calculating how to kill all the healthy princes.
Her ambition is almost written out in the open.
She was just a woman who had lived alone in a foreign country for seventeen years.
Zhao Hua also didn't understand what was supporting her behind the scenes.
"I understand. The emperor will decide what crime she committed and what punishment she will receive. We have come this far, and now we can just sit back and watch."
Xiao Fuzi nodded in agreement and changed the subject:
"Your Majesty, there has been a little eunuch outside our palace spying on us these past two days. I have already found out his details. His name is Zhao Baozhong, and he used to serve Concubine Yao. After Concubine Yao was banished to the cold palace, he was transferred to the cold palace and was responsible for delivering meals to Concubine Yao twice a day."
At the end of the sentence, he unconsciously emphasized his tone, "He is loyal to Concubine Yao."
Yunshan said alertly: "She serves Concubine Yao. She hangs around outside our palace all day long. What does she want to do?"
Xiao Fuzi said, "The Concubine Yao hates the Empress so much that she might have thought of some despicable way to kill the Empress. Empress, do you want me to take people to capture him?"
"What are you going to do with him?"
Zhao Hua sneered, and as his eyes turned, a plan immediately came to his mind.
She laughed wantonly and said:
"How could Concubine Yao come here to harm me? In my opinion, she is clearly here to help me."
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