Chapter 82: Apologizing with Death

A year ago, when no one was added to the harem, no one in the palace knew about Yun Fenghuang, but no one knew about Xue Xiaoge.

Ji Zhaoyuan's first cousin, her father and brother are both high-ranking members of the discipline party, both talented and beautiful, because of this background, there was one of the vacant high positions in the palace at that time waiting for her.

Not to mention that the Xue family arranged for her to enter the palace, and the two prostitute daughters of the Ji family have never been able to give birth to a royal heir, expecting her to give birth to an heir with the brand of the discipline party, and have a grand plan?

But the world is unpredictable. In such a situation, the empress of the Ji family has been sick for many days, and Zhaoyuan was once demoted as Yuwan, and she was promoted to Jieyu recently. Filial piety name up.

If Yun Fenghuang hadn't mentioned it at this moment, Chunjia would have forgotten that there was such a Xue Jieyu in the palace.

Of course, he didn't feel bad for the daughter of the opposite family who had never been lucky enough to be there.

So the matter was settled like this - but, after a long while, the two emperors and concubines were planning to drive to Xuanqing Palace, but someone from the palace rushed over to report urgently: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xian, Xue Jieyu is not well! "

The imperial concubine's heart sank, and she sternly asked what was wrong?

Then I heard the palace man say: "Just now, the people in front of Xue Jieyu went to Yanfu Palace and Xuanqing Palace to report the news, and they said that their master has been staying behind closed doors since this morning, and they are not allowed to disturb you. I thought that Jieyu was just in a bad mood. , or want to be alone for a while. But just now a civet cat ran in through the rear window and knocked over something. The people below were worried that the wild beast would hurt Jieyu, so they dared to knock on the door to say hello, but they didn’t hear Jieyu’s words. Voice……"

Then it was a matter of course, they boldly opened the door again, and saw that Xue Jieyu was already hanging on the beam of the house, beside the overturned stool and the suicide note that had been written and pressed down with a paperweight.

Chunjia couldn't distinguish between happiness and anger, and asked in a deep voice, "What was written in the suicide note?"

"I don't know, maidservant." The palace servant said cautiously, "The person sent by the empress did not explain anything, and only asked Your Majesty to go there as soon as possible."

Yun Fenghuang casually said: "Your Majesty, can I accompany you?"

This is of course to go, they decided to drag Xue Xiaoge to settle the matter, Xue Xiaoge is gone, how can they be ignored?

The two arrived at the scene together. At this time, Xue Xiaoge had already been put down under the command of Empress Ji who had arrived one step earlier, but the bedroom was still in a mess, the tables and chairs were overturned, and a few hairpins fell off the side of the dressing table.

"Your Majesty, this concubine is guilty!" Seeing Sheng Jia arriving, Empress Ji came up to greet her first, knelt down on the ground, and said with tears in her eyes, "It's all my negligence that made Mrs. Xue do such a thing!"

While speaking, he took out a stack of colored paper from his sleeve, held it high above his head, and presented it to Chunjia.

Chunjia glanced at it, but did not speak, Yun Fenghuang took it with his hand, glanced roughly, and said to him: "Your Majesty, this seems to be Xue Jieyu's last words."

Xue Xiaoge's dying words were very long, and she wrote five or six sheets in densely packed small regular script. They described in great detail that after she entered the palace last year, she thought that with her family background, beauty and talent, she would be able to win the favor and become Chunjia in one fell swoop. I have a good heart.

As a result, Yun Fenghuang was killed in the horizontal stabbing, and from the first day of entering the palace, he took away the attention of the upper and lower levels. Said Xue Xiaoge.

She was not willing to be annihilated among the concubines, but she tried several times to fight for favor, but she got nothing. The most annoying thing was not Yun Fenghuang's ridicule at her, but Yun Fenghuang's ignorance of her at all.

This made the resentment in Xue Xiaoge's heart grow day by day, and even turned his anger on Concubine Zhenxishu—because everyone knew that Yun Fenghuang was originally not eligible to be included in the imperial edict, but it was Concubine Zhenxishu who recommended it to the Empress Dowager. Such good fortune.

Every time Xue Xiaoge guards the vacant room alone, his resentment towards Concubine Shu and Yun Fenghuang increases by one point.

Last year, the emperor was assassinated and fell off a cliff on the way to visit the empress dowager at the Qishan Palace, and his life and death were unpredictable, which completely stimulated Xue Xiaoge—she is still so young, and she will start to be a widow after only a few months in the palace? !

The most frightening thing is that she is still just a concubine, not worthy of promotion.

That is to say, once Chunjia can't go back and the new king ascends the throne, she can only be a concubine, not a concubine.

There is a clear distinction between imperial concubines and concubines, and the treatment of concubines and concubines is also very different.

Xue Xiaoge was born in an official family, and he had heard about the treatment of the concubine who had no children and no favours, so he shuddered. In her fear, she resented Concubine Shu and Yun Fenghuang more and more, because in her opinion, if Concubine Shu hadn't brought such a dark horse as Yun Fenghuang into the palace, she should be Chunjia's favorite newcomer!

After all, although Wei Hengyan had the highest position at the beginning, he had no helpers in the palace; Yun Qingman's sister-in-law was kind to her, but Yun Qingman's nature was soft, and she couldn't stand up by herself. , among last year's newcomers, who can compete with Xue Meiren, who is the top choice in terms of talent, beauty and family background, and who is also assisted by her first cousin?

In this way, in extreme anger and fear, she became murderous towards Concubine Shu!

Uh, you said that concubine Shu was still alive when the emperor returned with Yun Fenghuang, and after the emperor came back, Xue Xiaoge didn't need to consider going to the palace to die as a concubine, so there was no need to murder a high-ranking concubine?

Xue Xiaoge's explanation in the suicide note is that even so, Yun Fenghuang's status has not decreased but increased, making her feel that if Yun's daughter is not eliminated, she will never have a bright future!

No, taking advantage of the time when Concubine Shu was under house arrest due to the concubine's miscarriage, Yun Qingman, who was still under Yun Fenghuang's hand at the time, sent someone to visit. Yun Fenghuang tried to instigate the Yun sisters to fight among themselves—although it seemed that the instigation was not successful, but she did not expose it, so it has lived peacefully until today.

But who knew that this matter did not spread in the palace, but leaked outside the palace?

Hearing that Chao's public statement made Concubine Shu's death another reason, Xue Xiaoge felt that he was doomed this time. In order to avoid being tortured after being imprisoned, he couldn't face his fall from the high concubine, and would rather kill himself.

At the end of the suicide note, there are all kinds of apologies. I'm sorry for the empress dowager, the three empress dowagers, the emperor, the empress, her cousin Ji Muzi, my natal family, I'm sorry... well, I'm also sorry for Concubine Zhenxishu and Yunfenghuangyunqingman, of course. And Duke Yi.

If there is an afterlife, she must be a good person and never make mistakes, and she will never kill others just because she is favored by others.

Yun Fenghuang finished reading it for the Son of Heaven with full of emotion, chuckled lightly, and twirled the ink on his fingertips: "This last words were written hastily, the ink marks are not dry yet!"

I'm afraid you didn't start writing it just after you came back from Taichu Palace, right?

"After all, Mrs. Xue also heard about Mrs. Chao's exposure of Concubine Shu's death in the temple, so she became panic-stricken." Empress Ji said calmly, "If the ink marks are long-lasting, it will be suspicious."

Anyway, the real culprit of Concubine Shu's death has been found, and she committed suicide. You suspect that there is no evidence, right?

"But Chao said that Concubine Shu's death was at the hands of Ji." Yun Fenghuang put the suicide note on the table, looked at the queen, and said with a smile, "Although Xue Jieyu has a close relationship with Ji, after all Isn’t the surname Ji? Moreover, the concubine’s affairs in the temple happened to go to the court to find His Majesty just now, and only heard a few words. What is Xue Jieyu? She lives in the palace and knows everything about the court ?"

Empress Ji didn't look at her, but said to Chunjia: "This is the reason why I want to plead guilty with Your Majesty: Mrs. Xue is Kang Jieyu's direct cousin, and she lived in Surong Palace when she entered the palace. Therefore, Kang Jieyu was demoted at the beginning. Afterwards, I became disheartened, and I relied on Xue Shi to take care of the palace affairs. However, some palace guards in the previous dynasty were arranged by Ji Shi through needles and needles."

"As we all know, Kang Jieyu treats Mrs. Xue very kindly, like a real sister."

"So when Mrs. Xue sent everyone under Kang Jieyu's order, no one doubted it!"

"The concubine is a queen, but she lost her vigilance and sat back and watched her in-laws do such wrong things. Please punish her by Your Majesty!"

Chunjia was silent.

He just made an agreement with Yun Fenghuang, and Xue Xiaoge took the lead in what happened this time.

Now Ji is preemptive, which seems to cater to his thoughts, but it is not the case at all-first of all, if Xue Xiaoge is the real murderer of Concubine Shu, it was the emperor who "investigated" it, and took the initiative Quan must also be on the side of the emperor, whoever is implicated and whomever is let go, this alone has enough room for maneuvering to win over or deter;

But if the Ji family voluntarily handed over the "culprit", there is not much room for Chunjia to decide now.

Secondly, because of the filial piety period of the Duke of Ye, the Ji family stayed dormant for many years. There was an incident in the royal tomb in the previous dynasty, and the Chao family beat the drums in the harem, just to make the emperor overwhelmed.

And Chunjia's plan is similar, the Wangling incident is used to comfort Xiaozong to delay the army; Chao's grievance directly instigates it, and turns against him.

The assassination of Qi Jiulu, the captain of the Dingbei Military Academy, and the coercion of the Chao family and the Qi family to falsely accuse them of innocence are Chunjia's reasons for liquidating the Ji family in the temple; Another round of cleansing and weakening blows.

These two things go hand in hand, enough to prevent Ji from caring about him.

But now the Ji family directly gave up the car to protect the handsome, and dumped Xue Xiaoge and his family to stand up for the vat. If they get rid of their hands and feet from the harem battle, they can concentrate on dealing with the affairs of the previous dynasty.

And it's not just that, because Xue Xiaoge pleaded guilty once he died, from the empress dowager down to Kang Jieyu, they don't need to bear the charge of murdering Concubine Shu, so...they can also contribute to the previous dynasty.

In addition, there is a secret point: Chun Jia once told Yun Fenghuang that many people took action in Concubine Shu's death, among other things, Cui Wan's daughter Cui Lianye was not innocent.

But Xue Xiaoge didn't mention a word in his suicide note, and he took it all by himself.

Is this Ji's kindness?

impossible.

It's just keeping Cui's handle for later use.

"The empress's body is a vegetarian meal, and she indulged her relatives, causing Xue to murder a high position. The crime is extremely heinous, and the fault is extremely deep!" Plainly, "I read this as my first wife, and I can't bear to be harshly criticized... I have been banned for three years, praying for Concubine Shu, and comforting the old minister."

"During the confinement period, all palace affairs will be taken care of by Concubine Shu's younger sister, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Xuan Rui."

The positions of Luo Hanyi and Ouyang Fulu were promoted back yesterday. Originally, the nine concubines were promoted to the concubine position, even if they were restored to their original positions, it would be a great event, and it was worth hosting a banquet to celebrate.

But now this eye bone, no one takes it seriously.

Even they themselves, really don't think there is anything to do with it.

"Your Majesty." Empress Ji was very obedient, without any objection, and kowtowed to accept the order, but at this moment, Yun Fenghuang suddenly spoke up and suggested, "The empress has done it, but is Kang Jieyu innocent? In the final analysis, It was Kang Jieyu's ignorance that gave Xue Shi this opportunity!"

"It's just that Kang Jieyu is praying for the blessings of the two empress dowagers, and she is the biological mother of the two princes, so she can't be punished too much, lest the prince grow up and look bad."

"How about belittling the goddaughter of her natal parents for being useless?"

Chunjia looked at her sideways, with a faint smile in her eyes: "Yes!"