Empress with no Virtue Chapter 30: Place the blame
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Although Li Fei is a bit stupid, she is not confused. Moreover, Fan Chun is always there to remind her, so she is very wary of Xu Cairen's deliberate approach.
After all, this Xu Cairen is from the Queen Mother.
Xu Cairen did not hide his intentions, "I have no ill intentions towards my sister, I just... want revenge."
Concubine Li thought of how miserable she was when she was forced to kneel in the biting cold wind that day, and she felt a little convinced, and then asked, "There are many people who can vent their anger on you, why are you looking for me?"
"I know my sister also wants revenge."
Xu Cairen's words are right on target. On the surface, Concubine Li has not done anything wrong recently, but how can she get rid of the hatred towards Ye Zhenzhen in her heart? However, considering that Ji Wu Jiu has just been nicer to her, Ye Zhenzhen is too cunning and cruel. , she was a little afraid and did not dare to act rashly. Now that Xu Cairen said this, the fire in his heart was stirred up again, and he started to think a lot.
"Do you have any foolproof method?" Li Fei asked.
"There is a perfect opportunity now, but... I have to borrow something from my sister."
"What?"
Xu Cairen looked around, leaned over and whispered something in Li Fei's ear.
Li Fei's expression suddenly changed and she looked at her suspiciously, "How do you know that thing is in my hand?"
"Don't be surprised, sister, I also learned about it by accident."
"In that case, what do you want?"
Xu Cairen then discussed with Li Fei like this, and Li Fei nodded repeatedly.
***
The sun is warm this day, and the strong wind that has been blowing for the past few days has stopped. It is a good weather. Ye Zhenzhen took a few people to fly kites outside Yinghua Hall. Yinghua Hall was originally a place to worship Buddha, but for some reason, the Queen Mother hardly came here, so the place was almost deserted. There were only a few palace ladies and eunuchs left who often swept the Buddha statues, wiped them, and refilled the incense. Ye Zhenzhen was playing outside with a kite. When people in Yinghua Palace heard the noise, they also ran out to join in the fun. They stood at the door and looked up at a huge lion flying in the sky. The lion is so lifelike and majestic that it makes people suddenly feel that it is the fairy beast sitting on Manjusri Bodhisattva appearing in the human world.
Ji Wu Jiu stood not far away, hidden by a corner, also watching this scene.
Ye Zhenzhen put away the lion and put up a birdman. This kind of bird-man is commonly known as Angel in the West. He is blond and fat, with a pair of white wings on his back. He is very beautiful and cute. Birdman's body was covered in penises, with one leg sideways covering up his key parts. Although he had no clothes on, he was just a child, so everyone didn't feel shy and opened their eyes curiously.
It's just that the body of the bird body is crooked, so its center of gravity is unstable. It stumbled for a long time and couldn't fly. Ye Zhenzhen changed the knot several times and finally got it up, but the thread broke again.
The little birdman struggled in the air for a while and landed on the gate tower of Yinghua Gate.
Ye Zhenzhen looked up at the kite, calculated the height of the Yinghua Gate, and decided not to get it herself. Her leg finally healed, but she couldn't let anything go wrong again. She glanced at the slaves around her a few more times, and they seemed... each one dumber than the last.
When Ji Wu Jiu saw this, he stepped forward to help, but unexpectedly Ye Zhenzhen suddenly shouted from not far away: "Commander Lu, come here!"
Lu Li trotted over and said, "I am here to see you, the Queen."
"No courtesy," Ye Zhenzhen smiled and waved her hand, "Go and help me take down that kite."
"Yes." As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Li jumped up like a nimble kite. Everyone's eyes were blurred, but when they looked closer, they saw that he was already standing on the wall.
Lu Li jumped down with the kite and handed it to Ye Zhenzhen. Su Yue wanted to take it, but Ye Zhenzhen took it one step ahead of her and said with a smile like a flower, "Thank you."
"Weichen dare not."
Ye Zhenzhen held the kite, looked at Lu Li carefully, and asked, "What's the matter with the injury on your neck?"
"Back to the Queen, I was competing with my colleagues in martial arts and was slightly injured."
Ye Zhenzhen frowned, "Commander Lu is training his martial arts to protect the emperor. His loyalty is commendable. Wang Youcai, go to Kunning Palace to get some five-spice paste and turn it into ointment to reward Commander Lu."
"Thank you, my dearest lady." Lu Li knelt down again, his head lowered tamely, with a gentle and doting smile on his face. No one saw this smile, except for someone peeping not far away.
Ji Wu Jiu gritted his teeth and looked fiercely.
At this time, a **** from Qianqing Palace ran over and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Feng Youde made a silence gesture towards him, and he covered his mouth and ran forward, panting and whispering, "Your Majesty, no, it's not good."
"What's wrong?" Feng Youde asked.
"Wang Zhaoyi had a miscarriage!"
***
Wang Zhaoyi lives in Yuhua Pavilion, which is relatively expensive among the harem. Ye Zhenzhen heard that Wang Zhaoyi had miscarried and rushed to the scene immediately. However, to her surprise, many people had gathered here, seemingly waiting for her.
Ye Zhenzhen felt a little bad. Because even the Queen Mother is here...
The Queen Mother was worried, she was worried that Ji Wu Jiu was protecting Ye Zhen Zhen. Moreover, this is a major matter related to the royal heirs, so it is reasonable for her to come to take charge of the overall situation.
As soon as Ye Zhenzhen stepped into Yuhua Pavilion, she heard the Queen Mother yell loudly, "You vicious woman, why don't you kneel down!"
"Mother is really anxious, my other leg is still outside the door," Ye Zhenzhen said with a smile. She walked in gracefully, greeted everyone present, and stood still, "I wonder who made the queen mother so angry?"
"You still have the nerve to ask? Let me ask you, why did you want to kill Wang Zhaoyi? The Ai family burned incense and chanted Buddha every day, just to beg a man and a half for the emperor, but for so many years they only blossomed but did not bear fruit. It was not easy. This time, you were hoping that Wang Zhaoyi would be pregnant with a dragon child, but you were so jealous that you actually hurt her life!"
Ye Zhenzhen knew what was going on as soon as she heard it. She was such a lively queen, and every day someone put a blame on her head. She looked around and glanced at Ji Wu Jiu, and found that his face was gloomy and he seemed very angry. It seems that he cares about this child. she thinks.
Ye Zhenzhen sneered, "I don't dare to take these words seriously. Queen Mother, you burn incense every day, but you don't send your son Guanyin to caress the emperor. There are only two reasons, either the Bodhisattva is not useful, or your heart is not Cheng, this is none of my business. Do you have any evidence that I am plotting to murder Wang Zhaoyi?"
"Why is there no evidence? Neither the Ai family nor the emperor will accuse the innocent, imperial physician."
"I'm here," a young imperial doctor stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, Wang Zhaoyi was injured, lost blood, and was frightened, so the child could not be saved. The injury was on the shoulder, and it was a firearm. The injury was caused by the steel ball piercing the flesh and bone, requiring surgery to remove it."
Ye Zhenzhen narrowed her eyes.
"Listen," the Queen Mother was so angry that she slammed the table, "In the entire harem, you are the only one playing around with your work, not who you are!"
In fact, not only Ye Zhenzhen has fire blunderbuss, but also a few senior guards. Lu Li has one, and several of his team captains are also equipped with it. If this condition is followed, at least two guards are suspicious, one is the team leader responsible for the security here, and the other is Lu Li who can walk around the palace at will.
Ji Wu Jiu stared at Ye Zhen Zhen with a serious expression, waiting for her to raise this doubt.
But she didn't, she just bit her lip and asked, "Is there any witness?"
Of course there are witnesses. The maid next to Wang Zhaoyi was summoned and dictated the entire incident. At 2:00am today, Wang Zhaoyi returned from a visit to the Concubine Xian. She was walking at the entrance of Yuhua Pavilion. Just as she was about to enter, her shoulder suddenly exploded with blood. She screamed and fainted on the spot. Everyone knows what happened next.
"Are you sure it's the second quarter of Shenshi?" Ye Zhenzhen asked.
"Return to the empress, even if it is not accurate, it is not far away."
"What a coincidence. I am flying a kite at the second hour of Shenshi, so I don't have the time to come to Yuhua Pavilion to visit."
Li Fei said, "The Queen will naturally not do this kind of thing herself."
The Queen Mother nodded, "That makes sense. If you have a blunderbuss, you can ask the **** to kill you."
"In that case," Ye Zhenzhen turned to look at the kneeling palace maid, "can any of you clearly see which **** the murderer is?"
"Going back to the queen, all the slaves were shocked. When they came back to their senses, they were only anxious to take care of the queen and didn't see her for a while."
From this point of view, it is difficult for Ye Zhenzhen to get rid of the suspicion.
But that was not the case. Everyone present, except for her and Ji Wu Jiu, did not know another thing: although she had a fire blunderbuss, she did not have gunpowder or steel balls. Since she secretly studied the Continuous Fire Gun last time and succeeded, although Ji Wu Jiu was happy, he still ordered her to stop playing with this high-risk weapon. If you really want to play, you can play with firecrackers, but don't even think about gunpowder and steel balls. He even hired a few people to keep an eye on this matter, and she was not allowed to touch those things in private.
So she actually has no conditions to commit the crime. But this evidence is too special and can only be provided by Ji Wu Jiu. If Ji Wu Jiu is unwilling to say it, then everything will be in vain.
Based on Ji Wu Jiu’s behavior from the time she entered the house to now, he probably really intended to act stupid. Ye Zhenzhen asked him with a glimmer of hope, "Your Majesty, what do you have to say?"
"I also want to ask you this, don't you have anything else to say?"
It seems that he is really planning to watch the fire from the other side. Ye Zhenzhen snorted coldly and said, "I have nothing to say for now."
"Does that mean you're admitting your guilt?" The Queen Mother couldn't wait.
"I will never admit anything I haven't done. It's just that the murderer came well prepared and wanted to frame me. I can't see the flaw for a while. Please give the Queen Mother some grace. I will We need to get to the bottom of it."
"So, I will give you three days. After three days, the Ai family will definitely seek an explanation for the emperor's dead child."
"Five days."
"Five days is five days."
Ye Zhenzhen returned to Kunning Palace with worries, thinking about the incident and who was most likely to be the murderer. Ji Wu Jiu dropped in with her, and the two of them walked together, but never exchanged a word. Ye Zhenzhen stood in front of Kunning Palace and wanted to say goodbye to him. Unexpectedly, he followed her into Kunning Palace and rejected all the people who were waiting for him.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, isn't it fun to watch me fight alone?" Ye Zhenzhen sneered.
Ji Wu Jiu didn't answer the question. He looked directly into her eyes and asked, "You like your cousin, right?"