The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 912

Le Lan claims that Miss Mei from Chunfenglou is his good friend, and she can testify for him that she did not meet Cao Niangniang in private the night before.Eunuch Li was startled when he heard this. "You were with Miss Mei the night before yesterday?"

Le Lan's waist straightened instantly, and she said with a smile, "That's right. Father-in-law just ask her."

Eunuch Li thought for a moment, and asked Guo Xin to take him down temporarily.Guo Xin is a smart man, seeing Eunuch Li's appearance, he knew something was wrong, so he didn't say a word.Eunuch Li thought for a while, and said: "Since he said so, please invite Miss Mei to come."

Guo Xin heard the word "please", and quickly winked at his subordinates: "Hurry up and go to Chunfeng Tower, please come to Miss Mei." The subordinates ran away like the wind.

Not long after, the girl shouting eyebrows outside had arrived.Guo Xin usually doesn't go to Fengyue, so he has never seen Miss Mei.He thought, since he is a fan, he must be described as flirtatious.When I looked up and saw a woman entering slowly, I was taken aback.This girl is about 20 years old, wearing a pine-colored crane cloak, tall and straight, with clear eyebrows, but an ordinary appearance, and there is no trace of dust in her body.If it wasn't for someone calling her "Miss Mei", Guo Xin must have thought that she was the young lady of some family.

Miss Mei approached and bowed down, Eunuch Li hurriedly got her up, and asked, "Miss Mei, did you stay with Li Cao Lang Zhongling Lelan the night before yesterday?"

Miss Mei was stunned: "The night before yesterday, my family accompanied the banquet, there were indeed many nobles at the banquet, and there was no Mr. Le."

Eunuch Li said: "What about after the ceremony?"

Girl Mei said: "Of course I go back to the house to rest after we're done."

Eunuch Li raised his eyebrows: "Is there anyone else in the house?"

Girl Mei said solemnly: "Although my family is in the world, fortunately, my appearance is mediocre, so I don't have to sell myself."

Eunuch Li said with a smile: "The girl is upright and young, and it's not unusual to have a good friend."

Mei girl also said with a smile: "I originally set my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch."

Eunuch Li wondered: "Miss Mei is such a romantic figure, is there anyone who can resist?"

Girl Mei said sweetly: "I'm also very puzzled. But he has already left, and I don't know if he will come back or when he will come back. Anyway, he is my person in this life, even if he escapes to the ends of the world, he will be in my hands."

Eunuch Li clapped his palms and said, "So ambitious!" Nai said with a serious face, "Did you really live alone the night before yesterday?"

Mei girl thought for a moment and said in a low voice: "What does this lord want the servants to say?"

Eunuch Li frowned: "I asked you that you really lived alone the night before yesterday, did you have a good friend?"

Girl Mei said firmly: "The night before yesterday, I really lived alone in my family, and I didn't have any good friends."

"Hiss..." Eunuch Li was lost in thought.Le Lan is not a fool.If this woman has no personal relationship with him, what's the point of getting involved for no reason? "Let me ask you one last time, are you really not good?"

Girl Mei lowered her head and said, "The slave family has never committed suicide."

Eunuch Li was startled.Now that this statement has been made, it is obvious that there is no room for turning around.So he and Guo Xin looked at each other.Guo Xin asked in a low voice: "Eunuch, what's going on?"

Eunuch Li shook his head and said: "Master Le Lan said just now that he spent the night with Miss Mei the night before yesterday. Do you two want to confront each other?"

Miss Mei was taken aback, thought for a while and said: "There is another sister named 'Mei' in our building, Master Le made a mistake?"

Eunuch Li shook his head again and remained silent.Guo Xin waited for half a day, and urged: "Eunuch, why don't we go to Chunfeng Tower and ask other fans?"

Eunuch Li said: "Chunfeng Building also has Miss Mei, but if you only say 'Miss Mei', it must be this one." After thinking for a long time, he said, "The miscellaneous family has something to do. Miss Mei, you ...Let's go back first." Mei girl bent down to salute, and left.Guo Xin hurriedly looked at Eunuch Li.Eunuch Li frowned, cupped his hands and said, "Master Guo, please wait a moment. The miscellaneous family will go back to the palace." Guo Xin hurriedly agreed.

Eunuch Li supported the big case and stood up. When he was about to straighten his waist, he froze for a moment, and Guo Xin didn't dare to urge him.He propped his hands on the desk and stood crookedly, his face motionless and his eyes deep.Guo Xin was so inexplicably frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.With enough time for a cup of tea, Eunuch Li straightened up, bowed his hands to Guo Xin, and walked away.Looking at the eunuch's back, Guo Xin suddenly shuddered.

Eunuch Li hurried back to Prince Qin's Mansion.King Qin and Mr. Cui were discussing matters, and they were a little surprised to see him come back so soon.Eunuch Li didn't care about it, and whispered about Le Lan's false claim that he and Miss Mei were friends.

Mr. Cui wondered: "Since the two of them are not on good terms, is Le Lan crazy or stupid?"

Qin Wang became more and more confused.It's just that he was young, and these days he was very aggrieved, and he said slightly annoyed: "The fan has denied it, and even said that he has never broken himself, it is obvious that Le Lan is lying."

Eunuch Li said: "The servant knows that Lord Le is lying. But why didn't he tell others, but Miss Mei? Your lord, Miss Mei from Chunfenglou is a general under Lord Cai." King Qin and Mr. Cui were both stunned.Eunuch Li waited for a while before saying, "I wonder if Mr. Le is also Mrs. Cai's. He knows Miss Mei's identity and said those words on purpose, just to tell Miss Mei that he entered the Tingwei's mansion." I know. Miss Mei is a delicate person. Seeing that this is weird, she will probably turn around and tell Mr. Cai, so that Mr. Cai can go get him quickly."

Mr. Cui's eyebrows were furrowed, and he said after a long while: "Whether he is Mr. Cai's subordinate or not...whether he had an affair with Mrs. Cao still needs to be clarified."

Eunuch Li sneered and said, "That matter is already very clear." Then he recounted the expression on Guo Xin's face when he asked Le Lan. "The servant can see clearly, that is the appearance of the matter being exposed."

Mr. Cui patted the coffee table: "He is?" He shook his head again, "How did Mr. Cai choose someone. Le Lan's identity should have sent people to pay more attention. One bad thing is to guard against himself..." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly thought about it.

Eunuch Li said quietly: "Mr. Cui thought about it for a while, and this servant also thought about it just now."

The King of Qin was annoyed, "What charades are you two playing?"

Mr. Cui and Eunuch Li looked at each other for a long time, but neither of them dared to speak.King Qin was in a hurry and kicked Eunuch Li.Mr. Cui sighed softly, and said in a low voice: "My lord...the two of us are suspicious...everybody in the court knows about the fake draft, and they all believe it. For a family like the Gao family, the head of the family has already become a party." The princes, the second house actually sent the eldest granddaughter to Fengci Temple. The prince didn't hear the news at all. Not only the prince, but also the ministers didn't know about it. Master Zhu Wei has no young lady who is the same age as the prince, so he I don't know."

The King of Qin repeated the case: "Explain more clearly!"

Mr. Cui glanced at Eunuch Li again, and said, "I'm afraid that the fake talent show is a point-to-point message, and never spread the news to pass it on by word of mouth. I'm thinking about which one has the right age and identity." Miss, if you can afford it, you can afford it and give up ten thousand taels of silver before you can secretly leak the news to someone. Even Lord Cai knows about this matter. Not only did he know about it, but he also helped others to conceal it from the lord."

Eunuch Li snorted, "Mr. Cui is so imprudent. If you just conceal it, it's fine, I'm afraid he will get a piece of the pie too. There is an old saying that money can pass through the gods, and today I am a slave. The loss is that he was the first son to leave it to the prince. Those who are inferior generally cannot stand the temptation of money."

Qin Wang suddenly felt that a basin of cold water poured from the top of his head to the soles of his feet, and his whole body was like a wooden sculpture made of clay, he was stunned.

After a long time, Mr. Cui persuaded softly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this matter has not yet been decided. Why don't you ask Mr. Cai to come and ask him face to face."

King Qin shook his head, and said stupidly: "Ask clearly? How to ask clearly? Can you ask clearly? It is always obvious that Le Lan and the Cao family have an affair."

Mr. Cui said: "There is a misunderstanding in Baobuqi. The prince might as well wait a while and see if Mr. Cai will come to intercede for Mr. Le." King Qin snorted coldly and remained silent.

as expected.About an hour and a half later, someone came in and replied, "General Cai Guo is here." King Qin laughed twice.

Just as Cai Guohou stepped over the threshold, he heard a eunuch's hasty voice: "Report~~"

King Qin sat on the main seat, and said leisurely: "What's the matter?"

The eunuch said outside the door: "Master Zhu Tong, the political adviser, has something urgent to see."

"Let him in." King Qin looked at Cai Guohou. "Cai Aiqing, you came so fast."

Cai Guohou saluted and said: "I have something to report to the prince alone."

"Alone?" Qin Wang waved his hand, "Then wait a moment." Cai Guohou agreed and stepped aside.

Not long after Zhu Tong saw him, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely and fell to his knees: "Your Majesty, I have neglected my duty!"

Qin Wang unconsciously leaned forward: "What happened?"

Zhu Tong prostrated himself and said, "Cao Niangniang just committed suicide by taking poison."

"What?!" Everyone in the room screamed.

Mr. Cui pointed at him and his voice trembled: "Please explain more clearly! Madam Cao is dead?!"

Zhu Tong buried his head and remained motionless: "Yes, she is already dead. I really don't know that there is poison and medicine hidden in her body. I have neglected my duty."

Mr. Cui stumbled and said, "Didn't she confess well? Why did you scare her? Why did she suddenly commit suicide?"

Zhu Tong shook his head: "There was only one interrogation today, and it was Zhuo Jing who accompanied Nanny Feng to interrogate her. She will not be interrogated again. Even Nanny Feng came back to the palace to complain to the Queen Mother. Eat Everything was fine at lunch. Just now the guard came to report that she seemed to have abdominal pain and was rolling all over the floor. Wei Chen rushed over to see that Cao Niangniang had died of exasperation. She was foaming at the mouth and her complexion was black and white. She checked her mouth, nose and other places , It is concluded that she died of poisoning." Nai said in a voice, "If I knew it before I was imprisoned, I should have had her body searched carefully."

Mr. Cui said: "No wonder my lord. Who would have thought that a layman would hide poison on his body."

Zhu Tong said: "The ministers really didn't see that she wanted to die, they were really negligent."

Eunuch Li sneered and said: "A layman is half a monk. How can a monk hide poison? Besides, she is just a woman, and she is less courageous than a rabbit. She may not dare to take poison or medicine for her."

Cai Guohou, the general of the inner guard, thought to himself, "Usually the poisons and medicines used to commit suicide are extremely strong, and they die within a short time after taking them. They won't make people suffer so much."

Eunuch Li looked at him, and said half-heartedly: "Oh~~? Mr. Cai still understands. May I ask Mr. Cai, if Mrs. Cao didn't commit suicide, who else could be poisoned to death from the prison?"

Cai Guohou said: "The general will not be able to guess. If the prince assigns the general to investigate, the general will definitely not let go of any clues."

Zhu Tong was slightly pleasantly surprised: "May I ask who this general is?" Mr. Cui coughed twice, and Zhu Tong hurriedly bowed his head and shut up.

Qin Wang was so angry that his face was like gold paper, he said after a while: "Master Cai came to see the lonely king, what is the important matter?"

Cai Guohou glanced at the people in the room, but none of them moved.Cai Guohou winked at the King of Qin, but the King of Qin turned a blind eye.Reluctantly, Cai Guohou said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, I finally heard that people from Tingwei's Mansion have arrested Lord Le Lan."

Qin Wang said coldly: "Not bad."

"How dare you do something wrong for Master Le?" Cai Guohou said, "Master Le is the leader of the court officials. Although he has retreated to the forest..."

Before he finished speaking, Master Cui sneered and said, "Lord Le has indeed resigned from office, but he has not retired. He is still the leader of the officials." He clapped his hands, "That's right! Master Le is highly respected. Who wouldn't believe the word that came out? One liar is sure."

Cai Guohou looked at him, King Qin, and Eunuch Li, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.But at this moment, King Qin's face was as cold as the north wind of the twelfth lunar month, and no one dared to say a word if he didn't speak.Just at this time, someone came to join in the fun.The little eunuch came in and went back: "A mother and son came outside the gate of the mansion. They said they were from the country of Zhao. They passed by Chang'an on a trip and wanted to visit the prince."

Eunuch Li immediately said: "What kind of nonsense people are just dismissed! There is no idea! Such things are still going to alarm the prince?"

The little eunuch said: "The man said, show the prince his name card, and the prince will definitely meet him."

Mr. Cui said: "Since that's the case, let's take a look at the famous post."

The little eunuch hurriedly held the post forward, but the king of Qin didn't move.Mr. Cui glanced at the others, and reached out his hand to the little eunuch.The little eunuch hurriedly handed it over.Mr. Cui took a look and stood up: "Your Majesty, it is written on it, Wei Zhao and Wei Rongguan, the idlers of Zhao Guo."

King Qin said lightly, "What is it?"

Zhu Tong pondered: "Wei Rongguan... seems to be... the name of King Zhao's queen mother?"

Mr. Cui nodded and said: "That's right, these two guests must be King Zhao and Queen Mother Wei. My lord, I'm afraid I have to see you."

The King of Qin was annoyed, "What is King Zhao doing in Qin?"

Zhu Tong said: "It's already the twelfth lunar month. King Zhao is not in Handan to deal with state affairs, but to travel to Chang'an? Is he going to celebrate the New Year in Chang'an? Is it the real King Zhao? I remember that King Zhao was published in the "Dajiala Weekly" of Yan Kingdom The photo with Empress Dowager Wei was also cut by my wife. I will go back and get the clipping, and I will find out when I meet the two of them."

Mr. Cui said: "Master Zhu will send someone to fetch it."

Both looked at King Qin, who nodded.Zhu Tong hurriedly went out and called a servant, and ordered him to go back to the house to see Grandma Tong, and asked her to quickly find the photo clippings of King Zhao and his mother.The king of Qin ordered people to invite Zhao Wang's mother and son to a warm pavilion to sit temporarily.

Not long after, the clippings came.Holding it to Menzi for a look, Menzi said, "That's right, it's indeed these two."

Qin Wang is really tired and annoyed today, he is full of hope that the two of them are fake, so he doesn't have to deal with it.I don't want it to be true.Helpless, I had to go in and change clothes.Mr. Cui smiled wryly and said, "Qin Prince's Mansion has never been as lively as it is today."