novelones Chapter 354 Suspicion
Chapter 354 Suspicion
The Queen secretly observed the Queen Mother's expression, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly. She knew that the Queen Mother had believed her words.
"Mother, I have been thinking about this for the past two days, and I always feel that something is wrong about this matter."
The Queen Mother had been completely led by the Queen and hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"
"Assuming that Yun Meiren was killed by Zhou Meiren with the intention of framing Miss Yun Er, then who knocked Zhou Meiren unconscious? When Zhou Meiren explained the matter of the concubine that day, her state was obviously... Not quite right.
Sure enough, that night she changed her story and said that she had been drugged and could not control herself, so she said those words.
I heard a rumor that there is a secret method in Cangguo that can control a person exactly according to what he said. Is Zhou Meiren being controlled?
In addition, when Zhou Meiren woke up, there were two drugged guards beside her. It was obvious that someone wanted to anger the emperor and make him believe the nonsense that Zhou Meiren said.
The queen mother and the concubine suspected that someone was behind all this, just to frame the concubine and the prince. "
Zhuang Yaxian has been thinking about this matter since she came back, who took advantage of Zhou Yunqing.
Preliminarily, Yun Shang is most likely responsible for this. After all, Yun Shang went to Yun Xia's place and after discovering these things, he plotted against Zhou Yunqing.
But Yun Shang went to Yi Fei's place, and there were too many people who testified that this matter cannot be false, which means it has nothing to do with Yun Shang.
Who would that be?
Zhuang Yaxian felt that it would benefit Concubine Yi and the second prince the most if she and the prince were punished, and it was most likely Concubine Yi.However, in addition to Concubine Yi, Concubine Mei is also suspected.Concubine Mei was also involved in this matter. Although she didn't know the whole story, she roughly knew that she wanted to deal with Yun Shang.
Could it be that Mei Fei took advantage of her plan?
Now that she was grounded and unable to leave, she looked up at the Queen Mother and asked the Queen Mother to help her investigate the matter.
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Yun Shang sat in front of Xie Qing'an, drinking tea, and listened to Xie Qing'an telling her the news from the palace.
Like Chu Ming, Emperor Chu Wen did not severely punish the queen for this incident, but only grounded her for three months.As for Chu Ming, because he found out that Zhou Yunqing was his, he was implicated and was banned for another three months.
"It seems that the emperor is really afraid that the second prince's family will dominate."
Although the fourth prince and the fifth prince have begun to show their ambitions, the support behind them is too little, far less than that of the prince and the second prince.
If anyone between Chu Ming and the Queen is deposed, the second prince's family will become the dominant one.
Xie Qing'an pushed a plate of sesame chili to Yun Shang's side. The dessert cook had already given it to her and prepared other snacks.
In addition to liking sweets, Yun Shang also likes spicy food.The cook cut the red pepper into sections, soaked it in water, added sesame seeds and starch, and fried it in a pan. It was fragrant, crispy, and a little spicy, which Yun Shang liked very much.
"It seems that the emperor really doesn't want the second prince to take the throne."
Yun Shang ate the crispy peppers, and the fried peanuts inside were also delicious.
She ate it once at Shulemen, and it was far less delicious than what Xie Qingan's cook made. She thought about taking some back home later, and her mother also liked it very much.
"Uncle may be able to tell, which prince is the emperor's favorite?"
Yun Shang had originally guessed whether it would be the third prince. After all, Emperor Chu Wen had a deep affection for Concubine Yi, so it was not impossible for the third prince to take the throne.But the third prince had no interest in that position at all, and no ministers in the court supported the third prince.
If he really wanted the third prince to be in power, he would have secretly helped him anyway, but Emperor Chu Wen didn't, so he probably wasn't the third prince.
Xie Qing'an shook his head, "Maybe he never thought about giving up his throne."
Yun Shang thought so. Emperor Chu Wen was in good health and the emperor was doing well. It was normal for him not to give up his throne.
The two of them were eating and chatting. When they were halfway through the meal, Qingyu dressed as Uncle Mu appeared in the yard.
"Niece, I have good news for you. General Xiao's legs are recovering very well and he will be able to stand up soon without any accident."
Hearing the news, Yun Shang's face showed a touch of joy, "That's great, thank you."
Grandpa will be very happy if Xiao Yuan can stand up.
Qingyu had already sat at the table, staring at the plate of sesame chili in front of Yun Shang, "I wonder if the medicine I gave you last time is any good."
Yun Shang twitched the corner of her mouth and pushed the plate of chili in front of her to Qing Yu.
In fact, Zhou Yunqing confessed thanks to Qingyu.
She expected that the queen's purpose in letting her enter the palace was to continue to scheme against her, so she came over to discuss it with Xie Qing'an and make some preparations in advance.It happened that Qingyu came back from treating Xiao Yuan and gave her a medicine.
This medicine will make people speak the truth after taking it, but it is only useful for some people with weak willpower.
It has no effect on those dead warriors and killers, and even ordinary people with a clear conscience will not have much effect after eating it.
Zhou Yunqing first found out that the plan failed and was worried about being punished by the queen, and then she was found lying together with two guards. After a fright, she was scared to death.In the end, when she faced Emperor Chu Wen, who frightened her, she naturally resorted to anything.
As long as she grits her teeth and refuses to admit it, this medicine will be useless to her.
The only blame is that Zhou Yunqing has done too many bad things and feels guilty.
Qingyu took the food as he wished, and just as he was about to eat it, he saw Xie Qing'an frowning, and immediately followed: "My medicine is not the key, the key is the power of the person your uncle has placed."
Yun Shang smiled and looked at Xie Qing'an, "It's really thanks to uncle this time."
Before she entered the palace, she discussed the countermeasures with Xie Qing'an, and Xie Qing'an told her who was available in the palace.
After discovering that Yunxia was killed that day, she immediately left from behind. Thinking of what happened in her previous life, she found Zhou Yunqing who was hiding.
She knocked Zhou Yunqing unconscious, contacted Xie Qing'an's people, and asked them to send Zhou Yunqing, Yunxia and the two guards to Zhou Yunqing's yard, and then gave the two guards the tea prepared by Yunxia.
Then she contacted Cheng Yingyao and asked Cheng Yingyao to find Concubine Yi for help, and then Concubine Yi sent people to look for her.
No matter how the palace searched, they could not find anything on her head.
This matter was able to go smoothly, thanks to the Queen's arrangement.
In order to make the plan go smoothly, the queen specially transferred all the people near Green Willow Courtyard.In addition, there were too many people entering the palace that day, so the eunuchs and maids in the palace were busy with the banquet, so no one noticed.
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The eldest princess received a report from her servants, and Heng Gaoxuan squatted in the garden again to pull flowers.
"Heng Gaoxuan!"
"mother."
Heng Gaoxuan didn't hide this time. Even if he saw the eldest princess coming over, still holding flowers in her hand, he was not afraid of being beaten.
Seeing him like this, the eldest princess knew that it was about Yi Yanzhi.
"Tell your mother what you have been doing these past few days and what is her attitude now?"
Hearing this, Heng Gaoxuan looked aggrieved, "I gave her my favorite thing, but she didn't appreciate it and even beat me."