Chapter 65 It's a matter of Zhang Jing, over the wall
Chapter 65 It's a matter of Zhang Jing, over the wall
The sound of Yang Yi screaming was still coming, Shen Yi couldn't help speeding up her pace.
"Empress! Empress! Ahhh! Empress...ahhh!"
Yang Yi rushed into the crowd, still kept looking back, while talking intermittently without making sentences.
The banquet that was supposed to be a celebration of singing and dancing was suddenly messed up, and everyone was completely quiet for a moment, looking at each other until Mrs. Yang rushed forward and took Yang Yi into her arms.
Looking at her daughter who was frightened as if she was insane, Mrs. Yang was also in a cold sweat, "What happened?"
Shen Yi took a step back, and rushed there, but looking at the current situation, she didn't know what to say, after all, she didn't know what happened just now.
Perhaps there was too much commotion here, the Imperial Concubine Jin who was just about to leave also came over, looked at Yang Yi who was lying in Madam Yang's arms, still muttering something, and frowned a little, "Madam Yang, what is this, young lady? "
"Imperial Concubine, this little girl was fine just now, somehow..." Mrs. Yang tightly covered Yang Yi's mouth, not daring to let Yang Yi talk nonsense, but Yang Yi, who was frightened, seemed to have extraordinarily strong strength and was still going on. struggle.
Shen Yi has no choice but to stand up first, "Go back to the imperial concubine, the minister and Miss Yang were talking together in the imperial garden just now..."
Cheng Yan pulled Shen Yi back, and took a step forward, "Returning to your empress, just now, I was together with Miss Shen and Miss Yang, in the pavilion in the imperial garden, someone was pretending to be a ghost in front of the gate of Weiyang Palace, Miss Yang saw someone, and for a while I was so frightened that I lost my mind, the official covered Miss Shen's eyes at that time, Miss Shen didn't know about this, and asked the imperial concubine to investigate thoroughly."
Cheng Yan is the female official next to Qin Su, and she knows more about the affairs in the palace. She knows what to say and what not to say, so she only mentioned it vaguely, which can be regarded as a reminder to the imperial concubine Jin.
Sure enough, the imperial concubine of Jin immediately realized that the matter of ghosts and gods in the palace has always been a big taboo, not to mention that today is Emperor Yongle's birthday and has something to do with Weiyang Palace, if this matter is not handled properly, the problem will be serious.
"Come here, send Mrs. Yang, Miss Yang, to rest in the hall first. Miss Yang was shocked, please come to the imperial physician."
The Imperial Concubine Jin knew that controlling the situation in time was the most important thing, so she first sent a few nuns to help Mrs. Yang restrain Yang Yi, sent them to the inner hall, summoned the imperial physician, and then looked at everyone.
"Perhaps someone has a ulterior motive. Come, go to the imperial garden, dig three feet for the palace, and find out who is causing trouble on this day."
The imperial concubine Jin's eyes were firm, and following Cheng Yan's words, she insisted that it was someone with evil intentions, not a matter of ghosts and gods.
Immediately someone took orders, and the palace servants and guards dispatched together to go in the direction that Cheng Yan said just now.
"It's nothing serious, you don't need to alarm the emperor, please be safe and don't be impatient, I will definitely give you an explanation."
The Imperial Concubine Jin did not intend to call back Emperor Yong Le who had left, after all this kind of matter was not considered a major event, if Emperor Yong Le was alarmed, and after further investigation, it might turn a small matter into a major event.
With the imperial concubine Jin sitting in the town, even if everyone wanted to say something, they dared not say it. After all, this is in the palace, and it is most appropriate to follow the imperial concubine Jin's handling, especially when tomorrow is the day when the army goes out. Go out, it may have a big impact.
Looking at the imperial concubine Jin, Shen Yi felt relieved, glanced at Cheng Yan standing beside him, wanted to ask her what she meant by that sentence just now, but felt that the timing was wrong, so he had to wait here like everyone else.
The imperial physician came very quickly, Shen Yi wanted to go in to see Yang Yi, but was stopped by Cheng Yan, "Miss Shen is better to wait here."
Shen Yi glanced at the imperial concubine Jin who had got up and entered the inner hall, and he came to his senses and stopped moving.
It really is impossible to move every step in this palace, if you make a wrong step, you will be lost forever.
Having entered the palace so many times, this is the first time that Shen Yi has such a clear understanding of this magnificent palace.
In the past, even if she entered the palace, Qin Su was there. In Qin Su's Zhengyang Palace, Shen Yi was more at ease than in her own courtyard, but she didn't know that outside of Zhengyang Palace, this palace was a mess. people's boundaries.
Shen Yi's face was a little pale, and Cheng Yan was watching from the side, "Miss Shen, are you feeling unwell? You can go to Zhengyang Palace to rest for a while, probably there will be no results for a while."
If something like this happened in the palace, it must not be resolved, don't even think about going out of the palace, just stand here and wait, maybe even Shen Yi's body can't hold it.
"No need, I'm fine. I'm just worried about Miss Yang's situation. She must have been greatly stimulated tonight."
Although Shen Yi is a little dizzy now, but after all there are so many people waiting here, it is not appropriate to leave by himself.
Shen Yi was unwilling, and Cheng Yan didn't force her, she stood behind Shen Yi and waited together.
Qin Miao had already returned to his own Xuanyin Palace before, but the people sent by Shen Yi called him back. When he returned to the banquet, Qin Miao glanced at Shen Yi, and made a gesture indistinctly. Yan came behind Qin Miao.
The two stood not far away, and Shen Yi couldn't hear what they were saying, and within a few words, Cheng Yan came back, and Qin Miao left directly.
"What does the Second Prince say?"
Shen Yi lowered his voice and looked at Cheng Yan beside him.
"Miss Shen, don't be impatient, just leave these matters to the second prince."
Perhaps it was because of the rush of time, Qin Miao didn't say how to solve it, and Cheng Yan couldn't tell why.
Without keeping everyone waiting for too long, the Imperial Concubine Jin came out from the inner hall, and at the same time a team of guards pressed the two of them over.
It was two young eunuchs, trembling, holding a wooden bucket in their arms, which should be the clothes to be sent to be washed.
The Imperial Concubine Jin looked at the eunuch who was knocking and trembling on the ground, and looked at Shen Yi, "Miss Shen, Miss Yang is inconvenient now, since your people know the whole story, please admit it, it was these two people you saw at that time?"
Cheng Yan naturally understood the meaning, and stood up after Shen Yi nodded, "If you go back to your mother, the figure is similar, but it was too dark at that time, and I didn't see it carefully, but it was indeed two people, and there should be two people on the head. It's wearing clothes, it looks very scary."
"Your Majesty, please forgive my life. The servants deserve to die. The servants deserve to die. Just now, the two servants sent their clothes to wash. In order to bypass the palace banquet, they took a shortcut and walked along the palace road over the imperial garden. It's okay to go. Playing around, thinking that no one would see, the two slaves started fighting, putting their clothes on their heads to scare each other, but they didn't expect to bump into the nobleman, the slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die!"
A articulate little eunuch explained the situation clearly, and the two of them kowtowed repeatedly, and the sound hurt.
"Forget it," the imperial concubine Jin sat at the head, looking at the two young eunuchs, "Today is His Majesty's birthday, so it is not appropriate to see blood, come and pull these two servants who ignore the palace rules, and deal with them tomorrow."
"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life!"
The two young eunuchs were pulled up by the guards and wanted to beg for mercy, but they were immediately gagged and taken away, making Shen Yi terrified.
The imperial concubine Jin put on a decent smile again, "It seems that what happened today was a misunderstanding. Fortunately, His Majesty's interest was not disturbed. I just feel sorry for Miss Yang, who was frightened by these two naughty bastards." , I will definitely give the Yang family an explanation. Today, all the ministers, madams, and young ladies are also shocked, but don't worry, this is just a small oolong, don't take it to heart, everyone, just forget about it, and don't worry about it. Serve fine wine and surprise everyone!"
Jin Huang Guifei's words were clear, it was obvious that what happened tonight must not be heard from the palace, and even from now on, she had to never mention it, let alone let it reach Emperor Yong Le's ears.
Everyone has become a master, so naturally they can understand, not to mention this kind of palace affairs, who dares to get involved?Do you want to die?Be sure to rot this matter in your stomach.
The string music restarted, and the delicious food and wine were served. Even if everyone has no appetite now, they still have to accompany the imperial concubine Jin to whitewash this peace.
Shen Yi was still worried, since he entered the inner hall just now, he hadn't seen Yang Yi come out, and he didn't know what was going on now.
It's useless to be anxious now, Shen Yi turned to look at the concubine Jinhuang who was smiling at Yanyan, thinking about what she said just now to divert her attention.
Not to mention whether the concubine Jin and Qin Miao's trick is clever or not, but when everyone hears that they shouldn't listen, this method of finding a scapegoat and blocking everyone's mouth is the fastest and most effective.
Especially when the army is about to leave, at such a time, the slightest mistake is absolutely not allowed.
Shen Yi looked at Cheng Yan beside him, Cheng Yan was the only one who could discuss something now.
"Is this the end of the matter?"
"It's absolutely impossible. It's just that in front of all the officials, the matter is over. Since someone dares to break ground on Taisui, he must think of a good price. It's just that Weiyang Palace is involved. Apart from His Majesty, only His Majesty can handle it. We still have to wait." Your Highness is back."
Cheng Yan lowered her head and answered Shen Yi's question in a low voice, but with Qin Su's temper, it is estimated that the commotion could not be hidden from Emperor Yong Le.
"The Imperial Concubine Jin can't deal with this matter? His Highness should be at least ten or eight days away before returning. I'm just waiting like this. Isn't it more difficult to find out?"
Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, Shen Yi could guess a thing or two from the conversations and attitudes of the few people.
"Miss, this palace is no different than other places, not to mention that Empress Deren has always been a taboo in the palace, even the imperial concubine Jin can't interfere, and since someone is causing trouble, it will definitely not be just this one time, this time the movement was suppressed again , I think the person behind will definitely not be reconciled, there will definitely be a next time, when things will get worse, it just happens to give His Highness a chance."
Cheng Yan, Chi Shui, and Lu Yan have always been responsible for the big and small matters in Qin Su's palace. They are all thoughtful people, and naturally they have a clear understanding of the tricks in the palace, and they are not in a hurry.
Hearing what Cheng Yan said, Shen Yi nodded in reassurance, and also realized that he still knew very little, and the things in this palace alone were enough for him to learn.
The banquet lasted for a while longer, and it finally came to the end of the previous palace banquets, and everyone was more or less impatient to go back home.
The imperial concubine Jin also left first, and everyone dispersed in tacit understanding.
Shen Yi followed Mrs. Shen and Prime Minister Shen to go out of the palace and return to the mansion. Before leaving the palace gate, he looked back. The deep palace road was endless.
Putting away the thoughts in his heart, Shen Yi went back to the house and sat on the couch by the window, "Mingxia, grind ink."
According to Cheng Yan's previous explanation, Shen Yi wrote some details, and suddenly thought of Qin Su.
Such a high palace wall, such a long palace road, Qin Su grew up in it, but instead of being trapped, he soared to the sky, living a free and wanton life, which is really puzzling and enviable.
"Mingxia, go and rest first, and call Cheng Yan in."
Shen Yi suddenly wanted to hear something about Qin Su, anything.
Qin Su, who is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, definitely doesn't know about the affairs in the middle of the capital. Now she is sitting in the middle hall of the Jiangnan government office. There are more than 30 people in the hall, not to mention those tied in the yard outside.
In the darkness, only the government office in the south of the Yangtze River was brightly lit. It was destined to be an unusual sleepless night.
Qin Su had already made preparations before, relying on the large number of people he brought, he directly dispatched them, and at the same time, he directly captured all the people involved in Su yo, without giving them half a minute of reaction time.
Qin Su was dressed in red soft armor and sat on the top with her head propped up. She didn't need to worry about the next thing. Li Yan next to her was looking at this group of corrupt officials and lackeys with bright eyes.
After all, he is a person who has experienced it once. The first time is born and the second time is familiar. What Li Yan did in such a severe and difficult environment five years ago is even easier now. After all, with Qin Su's Shangfang sword, everything Neither is a problem.
Li Yan's loud voice echoed in the silent Jiangnan government office. All the crimes, one by one, were clearly listed, and the names of all the people involved were naturally included. Someone trembled, as if the shiny knife above his head was about to fall.
When he was so nervous, Qin Su supported his head and closed his eyes to rest, and almost fell asleep.
Today's operation is so smooth, a large part of it is due to Qin Su's decisiveness and the death behavior of the Jiangnan governor.
The governor of Jiangnan seemed to have discovered the traces of uninvited guests entering the backyard of the Jiangnan government office, so relying on Qin Su who had been in the outskirts of Jinghe County all the time, he boldly dragged the dogs out and prepared to find the person who went to the backyard of the government office.
Of course, the people arranged by Qin Su discovered this at the first time, and sent a signal to Qin Su. From Qin Su's point of view, if he was still indecisive, he would become himself passive at that time.
So Qin Su made a decision without stopping, and all the men and horses she brought were dispatched. She personally led people to kill the vicious dogs of the Jiangnan County Sheriff, and immediately held down the Jiangnan Sheriff. The governor of Jiangnan, when he saw Qin Su's people take out the ledger that he hid so much that even his wife didn't know where it was, almost held his breath and held his breath.
The evidence is conclusive, coupled with the dug up letters, and the mutual distrust of the group, in order to prevent any change, the evidence of the other party that they took the initiative to withhold has now helped Qin Su a lot. The conspirators were arrested and brought to justice.
Before noon, he started to act. After tossing and tossing until the sky was dark and the moon was in the middle of the moon, he finally caught all the people and gave Li Yan the opportunity to integrate the various evidences he had collected.
The following interrogation, confession, and supplementary details may not be completed in one night. Everyone present must be prepared to review all night, and they may not be able to rest tomorrow.
Fortunately, Qin Su brought enough people, and it was much faster to separate.
Just when Qin Su was about to doze off, Ziyun and Luyan came back from the outside, standing behind Qin Su on the left and right, reminding Qin Su in a low voice.
"Your Highness, the amount of silver in the private treasury has been counted, and it is consistent with the account book."
Qin Su slightly opened his eyes, "Well, we'll check the rest when we return to Beijing."
The governor of Jiangnan can be so bold. On the one hand, he relies on the darkness under the lights, and on the other hand, he has their umbrella in the capital. Not only Yushitai, but also many more people are involved. Part of the people's fat and people's anointment is in the private treasury of these people, and the other part is in the hands of the few adults in Beijing. Since Qin Su has already taken action here, presumably Qin Miao and Emperor Yongle have already made arrangements in Beijing, and they will be wiped out in one go.
It will take a few days to deal with the aftermath in Jiangnan. Li Yan is not only busy investigating the matter, but also taking care of flood control and dredging. He is very busy for a while, and Qin Su starts to inform the people of the crimes of the Jiangnan government and restore her. Jiangnan's prestige has fallen to the bottom.
"Annoying," looking at the mountain of official documents in front of him, Qin Su raised his head, feeling hopeless, "This Jiangnan governor, if you don't delay him, I'm sorry for this trouble."
Lu Yan stood behind Qin Su, "Your Highness, here are two urgent letters from Beijing, one from His Royal Highness the Second Prince, and one from Miss Shen, why don't you take a look at these first?"
"Anping's? Bring it to Ben Gong."
In the blink of an eye, Qin Su pulled himself together and reached out to take the two letters.
After reading what Shen Yi wrote first, the more I read, the more I frowned.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
Lu Yan was a little worried. This was the first time Qin Su frowned when he saw Shen Yi's letter. Last time when Miss Shen sent a letter, His Highness was much happier and drank a bowl of porridge.
It wasn't until the end that Qin Su frowned, "There are people in the palace who are making a fuss about Weiyang Palace, one or two, they really don't want to live anymore."
Lu Yan was also taken aback. The palace has been peaceful for so many years, but there are still people who are so wicked?
Putting away Shen Yi's letter, Qin Su opened Qin Miao's, and his expression improved slightly.
"The second emperor's brother sent a letter, saying that the capital has been fully deployed, and it is estimated that it is almost over now. Just wait for me to escort the Jiangnan governor and others back to Beijing, and publicly execute them to order the world."
Putting down the two letters, Qin Su looked at the people outside the door who were so busy that they didn't even touch the ground, "Quicken up your preparations and leave for Beijing in three days."
Qin Su's style has always been vigorous and resolute, and there is no room for discussion, but she also knows that Jiangnan is also inseparable from people, so she appointed Li Yan as a special envoy to temporarily represent all Jiangnan affairs, waiting for the capital to dispatch.
With Qin Su's preparation and the journey back to Beijing, by the time she arrived at the boundary of the capital, it was already the end of March.
Since the palace banquet, Shen Yi has never been out of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Firstly, he tried to avoid troubles as much as possible, and secondly, Shen Yi was also tired that day, coupled with the fright, his body was also weak, and it was really difficult to go out.
"Miss, Your Highness will be able to arrive in Beijing today."
Cheng Yan brought Shen Yi's medicine. According to Huaxi's statement, she had stopped taking the medicine for a while, but now she had no choice but to continue it.
Holding the medicine bowl, Shen Yi looked sleepy, and sat up reluctantly, "Really? No wonder I heard the excitement outside these few days."
"It's not lively, but His Highness's trip to the south of the Yangtze River to solve a major corruption and bribery case. The local government colluded with the courtiers. The Dali Temple is arresting people these two days. Everyone in Beijing is in danger. The Imperial Forest Army patrols the streets every day, so it sounds noisy. A little bit."
I haven't told Shen Yi about these things before, but now Shen Yi was shocked when he heard it, "It's so? Is Your Highness in danger?"
"Miss, don't worry, His Highness is blessed and fateful, and he will surely turn danger into good fortune. On the way back to Beijing this time, there are still some people who don't have a good eye and want to rob prisoners, but His Highness caught them all."
Cheng Yan has been by Qin Su's side for so many years, so she is very confident in Qin Su's ability, and she is not worried about accidents at all.
Shen Yi lowered his eyes and remained silent.
Just as the two of them were talking, Mingxia hurried in from outside the door, "Miss, the messenger for His Highness the Eldest Princess is here."
"Come in quickly."
Shen Yi raised his eyes, his face was a little more happy.
"Miss Shen, orange-faced lady," the person who came was a maid from Zhengyang Palace, "His Royal Highness specially asked the servants to come and tell Miss Shen that His Highness has returned to the palace safe and sound. Please don't worry about it, Miss Shen. It's just that today's affairs are complicated, and tomorrow Come visit Miss Shen again."
Shen Yi reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth, "It should be, as long as His Highness is safe."
The person who sent the message left, Shen Yi couldn't hide his disappointment.
Cheng Yan watched from the side, "Miss, Your Highness is escorting the prisoner back to the capital, and has to communicate with the Tianlong Dali Temple in many ways. In addition, he has to check the clues in Beijing and Jiangnan as soon as possible. He must be too busy."
Shen Yi knew it in his heart, and nodded with a smile, "I understand it in my heart, but I'm a little tired, don't worry."
Cheng Yan complied, and retreated voluntarily, letting Shen Yi have a good rest.
The day passed quickly, Shen Yi fell into a drowsy sleep, slept too much during the day, and when it was late at night, he couldn't fall asleep.
Half leaning on the head of the bed, shaking the silver bell in his hand, Shen Yi's eyes were full of melancholy.
Shen Yi didn't blame Qin Su for arriving in Beijing today but didn't come. She just blamed herself for being weak. If she wasn't so sick and weak, she wouldn't be unable to go out, let alone help Qin Su. .
The silver bells are crisp and clear, especially in the quiet night.
"Squeak..."
A strange noise came from outside the window, which startled Shen Yi, and quickly turned his head to look, only to see that the previously closed window was blown open by the wind.
Holding the edge of the bed with his hands, Shen Yi didn't want to wake up Cheng Yan and the others who were watching the night outside the door, and planned to get out of bed to close the window by himself.
Weak hands and feet, it took a lot of effort, Shen Yi finally stood up with the help of the bed, just as he took a step, he felt his feet were soft, just when he thought he was about to fall, he fell into a slightly cold embrace.
Looking at those familiar hands, Shen Yi's eyes turned red, and when he raised his head, Qin Su's face caught Shen Yi's sight unexpectedly.
"Zixun..."
Leaning in Qin Su's arms, Shen Yi found that he couldn't say a single word he had planned, and just wanted to hug Qin Su quietly like this.
Confused by Shen Yi's reaction, Qin Su pretended that Shen Yi had sprained his foot, and hurriedly helped him onto the bed and sat down, "Anping, what's wrong?"
Shaking his head, Shen Yi took Qin Su's arm and asked her to sit beside him, "I'm fine, it's just..."
Shen Yi was speechless. During the days when Qin Su left Beijing and she was ill in bed, looking at her weakened body day by day, Shen Yi almost thought that she would never see Qin Su again.
Pulling him into his arms, Qin Su gently stroked Shen Yi's back, "I'm back."
"Ah."
Shen Yi muffled in Qin Su's arms, and put his hands around Qin Su's waist. Through several layers of clothes, he felt Qin Su's body temperature, and Shen Yi's heart finally settled down.
After soothing Shen Yi's mood, Qin Su held Shen Yi's hand and shook the silver bell, "It seems that Anping misses me a lot."
It wasn't until his mood stabilized that Shen Yi felt something was wrong. He withdrew from Qin Su's arms, retracted into the quilt, and withdrew his own hand, his face flushed and his mouth stiff, "It just happened to be here, and I just have nothing to do."
"Then Anping really doesn't want me?" Qin Su approached Shen Yi, trapping him between her and the head of the bed, showing aggrieved face, "It's thanks to me thinking about Anping all the time, today I went back to the palace after a long journey, and went to the Dali Temple again. After a day, I still discussed matters with the courtiers until now, as soon as I got out, I climbed over the wall to see Anping, so Anping didn't miss me?"
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