Chapter 142 Rolling Palace Curtain 5

It was almost night, and someone came back from outside and talked to Qing'er. Then, Qinger came in and reported, "Mother, the palace people came to report that Zhou Cairen came to Wei Zhaorong today, and the two talked in the hall for half a day. Because Wei Zhao allowed no one to wait in the hall, so I don't know what they said."

My mind was turbid about this, and I nodded tiredly: "If there is another situation, I will return it."

After saying that, I washed up and went to bed. The next morning, I got up. Qing'er's face was full of anxiety. While dressing for me, she said to me, "Mother, something happened to the hall. It was not cold this morning. An assassin broke into the Xinran Hall and stabbed Wei Zhaorong. The emperor and the queen are rushing to the Xinran Hall at this time!"

I listened and quickly put on my face and went to the Xinran Hall. At this time, the hall was a little messy, and the palace people's faces did not fade. They knelt on the ground in fear. Only a few maids of honor went back and forth from the hall, making the atmosphere more and more solemn. I walked straight into the inner hall. Li Shimin sat by the couch, and Empress Changsun stood beside him. At the same time, the two turned their eyes from the couch to me. I was slightly blessed to them and looked at the people on the couch. Wenizi closed his eyes, with bean-sized sweat on his pale forehead, and a faint blood color in his chest. He clutched Li Shimin's sleeve tightly with his hand outside, and occasionally trembled slightly.

At this time, Wei Wei and Yang Fei also rushed over. Although Wei Wei did not have much contact with Wenizi, Weini was her cousin after all. Seeing how her cousin was, Wei Wei immediately burst into tears and rushed to Weini's bed. Here, Yang Fei and I greeted each other and walked into the curtain together. Empress Changsun looked back and forth at the three of us and whispered to us, "Wei Zhaorong needs to rest. It's not good to be too many people. Let's retreat later."

I nodded with Yang Fei, retreated to one side, and looked at the person on the couch and the tearful Wei Jue. Li Shimin gently hugged Wei Wei to comfort him and vowed to return Wei Nizi justice. I looked at the three people with some sadness in my heart. I looked down at my feet and faintly felt a sight falling on my side. I looked up and saw that the Empress Changsun was staring at me. We looked at each other, and I was surprised. She was profound. I immediately understood and bowed to her without concealment.

The atmosphere in the hall is very depressing, and there is some strangeness in the middle. Before long, except for Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, we all retired one after another. Walking on the road, I always suppressed my mood. Qinger saw that I was worried and asked me what I was worried about. I smiled and explained slowly, "Just now, I saw a look of inquiry in the queen's eyes. On the surface, she said that many people were not good for Wei Zhaorong, but in fact, she was on guard against us concubines."

Qing'er was surprised and asked, "Does the Empress suspect that it is sent by the people of the harem at this moment?"

I decided to nod: "That's good. How could Wenizi's queen not understand that she was so easily grudged and suddenly assassinated? What might be the first thing you could think of? Naturally, the queen thinks so.

Qing'er was clear and asked, "What's the matter?"

Thinking of what I had just seen in the hall, I was a little lonely: "Just now, I saw that the emperor was good with other concubines, and I couldn't help showing my heart, but at that time, I was seen by the Empress Changsun and explored me a little bit. What can be done now is to do nothing.

Returning to Deqing Palace, his mood was a little mixed, and his mind had been hovering around Weini's hand holding Li Shimin's sleeve, and Li Shimin's gentleness to comfort Wei Wei. Although I know that there have always been these women around him, I still feel a little pain when I see them with my own eyes. Unexpectedly, at sunset, Li Shimin came to my palace with a sad face, and there was a difficult thing to say in his tight lips.

My heart jumped because of him. I was silent for a long time. He finally took a move first and took a word from his sleeve and handed it to me: "Look at this."

I took it and opened it uneasily. Although I was prepared, I was still surprised by what was said inside. This is a confession, which clearly points to Mu Yan's assassination of Wei Zhaorong! I was surprised and quickly said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, although Mu Zhaoyuan is straightforward and bold, she will never do such a thing."

Li Shimin looked at me deeply and seemed to think: "I don't know, and I also doubt it. Therefore, I have sent Mu Zhaoyuan to the Liangyi Hall. Do you want to follow? My heart is beating so hard that now, I can only ask Muyan. As for the assassination, I thought of Zhou Cairen and other concubines who had a grudge against her, but I didn't think of Mu Yan. Although Muyan is impatient, I will believe that she hired an assassin to kill people. I will not believe it.

Li Shimin was still waiting for my answer. I nodded to follow, but he couldn't move forward. He looked at me and sighed: "It is said that you have broken up with Yan Zhaoyi and Mu Zhaoyuan. It seems that this is not the case. I only hope that if the confession is true, I will not have selfishness, and you should not have selfishness!"

When I heard the words, I lowered my eyes and responded. I have deceived everyone, but I can't deceive his eyes.

When she arrived at the Liangyi Hall, Muyan was already waiting in the hall. Li Shimin sat on the throne and summoned the eunuch with a confession. I stood beside him, inadvertently looked at Muyan, and immediately looked over her eyes at the coming eunuch, pretending not to care.

Li Shimin motioned the eunuch to supply Mu Yan, but he raised his head and asked, "Mu Zhaoyuan, what do you say?"

Muyan took the confession curiously, her face turned pale, and shouted, "Please observe clearly. My concubine has nothing to do with Wei Zhaorong. How can she suddenly find someone to hurt her!"

Li Shimin pointed to the confession in her hand and said, "But how do you explain the assassin's confession?"

Muyan looked angrily at the confession in her hand again, and her anxious face suddenly calmed down and said, "He is an assassin. What he said and did was what his people asked for. If you kill someone and frame someone again, the mastermind can get rid of the matter completely. Does the emperor think the minister and concubine's words are reasonable?

When Li Shimin heard this, he frowned even more: "In your words, I'm very strange. Why did the assassin want to frame you? Who can you have a grudge against? Who wants to hurt you? Isn't Wei Zhaorong, who is still lying unconscious on the couch, looking for someone to stab him with a sword and then frame you?

There is a little panic in her eyes. If Mu Yan admits that there is indeed a conflict with Wei Zhaorong, the assassination seems to have nothing to do with it. She looked down and shook her head and said, "I often forget that I have unpleasant things with people the next day, and I don't know either."

Li Shimin sighed and motioned the eunuch to return the confession. Anyway, you can shut it down for a while and let you go after you catch the master behind the scenes. Don't worry, no matter who he is, I won't let him go unpunished!" As he spoke, he never looked at Mu Yan again and waved his hand impatiently to bring Mu Yan down. Muyan was shocked and shouted that she had nothing to do with this matter, but she was still dragged down.

I looked at her disappearing door and felt worried. Li Shimin rubbed my hand and said solemnly, "Don't worry, everything will be clear soon."

I was gloomy: "I don't understand."

Li Shimin smiled slightly, but said, "I am the king of a country. At this time, I don't condemn her, and I feel suspicious. What Mu Zhaoyuan just said is not unreasonable. If she didn't do this, the person who framed her will definitely take the next step. This harem is really annoying!"

I began to feel distressed when I saw him frown. I lowered my head and said, "It was my concubine who failed to share the emperor's worries."

Li Shimin squeezed my hand tighter and said gently, "Don't put these untrue words. People's hearts are unpredictable. Who can read everyone's heart?"

What is said is very true. I leaned gently in his arms, and my mood rippled for a long time.

Three days later, a palace man came to invite me in Tangli Pavilion, saying that Zhou Cairen had prepared a small banquet and asked me to go there to enjoy my face. Wenizi just had an accident, and things haven't settled yet. I don't know what people want to do this week. I wanted to refuse, but I thought that since she had decided what to do, she refused to come again this time, so I changed my robe and followed the maid of honor to Tangli Pavilion.

There was indeed a small banquet in Tangli Pavilion, and Zhou Cairen stood at the door to welcome me. I stepped in with a smile, and Zhou Cai ordered people to cook hot dishes. I said that I had just had a snack and just had some tea. Zhou Cairen was not reluctant and called someone to make tea. I sat down with her. I didn't say anything about her. Today, she is much more restrained than usual and seems to stop talking. After a few more moment, I was no longer euphemistic and asked her bluntly, "What's the matter with Zhou Cairen looking for me this time?"

Zhou Cairen squeaked for a long time. Obviously, he was a little embarrassed. He lowered his face and said, "Since Wei Zhaorong's accident, my concubine has been thinking about it for a few days. What the Empress De said to live a peaceful life that day seems to be good."

I was stunned and couldn't tell whether it was sincere or false. I smiled gently: "Although the sharpness is not a bad thing, it is not a good thing. If Zhou Cairen thinks clearly, he will be fine.

Zhou Cairen also smiled slightly, but he shouted in pain in the evening, and his face gradually floated blue. He shook his head heavily and squealed painfully. I didn't know what it was. I was worried and asked, "What's wrong with Zhou Cairen?"

However, she overturned the teacup on the table with one hand and suddenly jumped at me and grabbed my neck. I was shocked and was clamped by her before I could react. Her eyes were red and her red lips were teething, which was not very normal. I couldn't breathe, so I had to pat her hard. Seeing this, the maid next to Zhou quickly came forward to pull Zhou Cairen. After several quarrels, I only felt that my face was hot and my neck was about to be cut off by her, but I couldn't breathe when I opened my mouth. Her fingertips pinched her arm in pain, and the maid in her ear cried, and her hearing became weaker and weaker. Just when she thought she was fainting like this, the hand on her neck suddenly loosened. Qinger and another maid held me and dragged me back and finally got out of her claws. On the other side, five or six maids held Zhou Cairen. She stared at me angrily with her palms with blood tooth marks. The ferocious face stunned me.

Qier and the maid of honor quickly pulled me out of the Tangli Pavilion. They were shocked and looked at my neck in a panic. I gently stroked, with a circle of fingerprints printed on my neck, and there was a faint trace of pain. At this moment, I haven't calmed down yet. The palace maid shouted in the hall: "Zhou Cairen is crazy, Zhou Cairen is crazy!"