The Golden Hairpin

Huang Zixian ignored their reaction and said, "Yes, the woman who died among the refugees in Youzhou with a mole on her left eyebrow was Feng Yiniang. Zhou Ziqin and I went to the grave that night and found what was in Feng Yiniang's body. A piece of jade pendant, that was the token Chen Nianniang exchanged with her. Before she died of the poison, she swallowed that piece of jade into her stomach, unwilling to give it up, and let us confirm the identity of the female corpse."

Seeing that everyone in the hall was horrified and unable to hold on to himself, Li Shubai asked aloud: "In your opinion, what is the cause of Feng Yiniang's death?"

"Naturally because of the daughter of the deceased she escorted. The reason for her death is that she knows too much."

Wang Lin lowered his voice, but couldn't suppress the raging anger in his tone: "Duke Yang, our Wang family has nothing to do with you, but the daughter of the deceased in the Yangzhou Kabuki theater that you are talking about seems to have a point?"

"Yes, I mean Wang Ruo."

Her answer was simple and neat, and she barely revealed the fig leaf without even talking about her affection.

At this moment, even the Queen's face turned pale. She barely restrained her trembling hands and said in a low voice, "You little eunuch, do you know how much responsibility is for spreading rumors without evidence? Wang's hundreds Nian, you weigh your own words before you speak!"

"Queen of my anger, since I am going to uncover this case today, I have already made the consciousness of saving my life." Huang Zixia bowed her head and said, "As for why you want Miss Wang to disappear, what I will say next is perhaps It's even more rebellious than exposing Miss Wang's life experience."

"Okay, then, you just go on!" Queen Wang snorted, her delicate face faded slightly, showing a stubborn and arrogant might.

Huang Zixian bowed her head and saluted her, saying: "When I was with Wang Ruo, she once asked me very worriedly. The concubine of Emperor Han Jing, Wang Dan, had a daughter outside the palace. She later concealed her marriage history and entered the Prince's Mansion. Queen Mother—If Wang Nan’s behavior is discovered, will it cause catastrophe?"

Queen Wang slowly raised her face to look at her, her petal-like lips showed a slight paleness, like broken and withered fallen flowers.

She stared at Huang Zixia for a long, long time before saying, "That kid is really ignorant, how can I discuss this topic with others."

The atmosphere in the Yanji Hall was even more depressing. The emperor leaned back in his chair, his face that had always been gentle now was stretched. But he did not speak out to stop Huang Zixia, his gaze turned to the window, as if looking at the outside scene, but also at a distant and void world.

However, in the deadly hall, Huang Zixia’s voice was so calm that she was almost merciless, and finally pierced the unbearable fact: "At that time, I also doubted whether Wang Ruo had ever had a marriage, and whether she had concealed the prehistoric marriage. Come to candidate for the princess. But then I found out that she was referring to another person."

The Queen looked at her coldly, and slightly raised her right hand to stop her. She turned to look at the emperor next to her, and grudgingly asked: "The emperor, can you really condone this person to talk nonsense?"

The emperor's gaze swept across Huang Zixia, and then slowly fell on the queen's body.

There was a dead silence in Yanjitang. Outside the window is the lush shade of early summer, and the cicadas occasionally sparsely squeeze between the branches and leaves.

The emperor’s voice seemed to be far and near, and said slowly: "Queen, now that’s the story. If you hear half of it and put it aside at this time, you may be suspicious in the future. It’s better to listen to it first, and then watch it. See if this little **** is right, and then he will be punished, what do you think?"

Queen Wang's face, which was as delicate as a peony, instantly turned pale, like a flower that was damaged by the wind and rain at night, and the color was dim.

When I heard the emperor's words, I knew that he had already doubted himself in his heart.

She slowly put down her hand, but her waist was still straight, sitting in the hall with an impeccable posture, still the kind of posture in the world of mother rites, a kind that no one can compare. arrogant.

Wang Lin's eyes looking at Huang Zixia had become sulky and irritable. Obviously, if he could make a decision at this time, he must have swept away Huang Zixia mercilessly in front of him.

While Wang Yun stood quietly, a strange trance and gloom waved on that white and gentle face. He looked at the little **** in front of him who looked similar to his fiancée, who was also good at peeling off the calluses and pointing straight to the point, unconsciously, pressed his lips tightly.

Li Shubai looked at Huang Zixia. Huang Zixia nodded to him, saying that he was not affected, and then went on: "The fourth problem that needs to be solved, the queen, why did you let Wang Ruo disappear? It is because of the appearance of two people and the death of one person. "

"The first person to appear was Duli Wang Yun. He was pretending to be a ghost in Xianyou Temple. He intended to make Wang Ruo retreat when he saw difficulties. Who knows that it was you-Duli Wang who didn't know. I thought that Wang Ruo was just a woman who had been found by his father, who was an impostor. Of course, the less people knew about this kind of thing, the better. Therefore, you and Wang Shangshu, the queen, simply keep Duwei Wang in the dark. I also took private actions to keep you and Wang Shangshu in the dark. You must have never imagined that the first sign of your incident was caused by the children of your royal family."

Wang Lin was speechless, while Wang Yun only silently looked at a bit of nothingness in the sky and listened to her.

Huang Zixian continued: "The second person appeared is Jin Nu. Jin Nu and I have met several times in private. She has been thinking about her long-dead Master Mei Banzhi. In her heart, it is her. The greatest pride and dream of this life. But she did not expect that after twelve years, she would meet again in Chang'an, far away from Yangzhou, in the most prosperous place in the world—Penglai Hall of Daming Palace, which she thought would never be possible again. The person I saw—her master, Mei Bangzhi!"

The Queen's hand trembled slightly, she stubbornly lifted her chin, and remained silent.

"She was by my side at the time, trembling with fear and panic, but I mistakenly thought that she was a little panicked when she saw Wang Ruo, who she knew, but I didn't know the secret she had seen, compared to what I had imagined. It's even more terrifying—she saw the master who stood at the highest point in the world and made everyone look up to her. She was a magnificent and brilliant master. However, her identity was no longer the second sister Mei Banzhi in Yunshaoyuan, Yangzhou!"

Queen Wang showed a mocking smile at the corner of her lips, and said coldly: "Duke Yang, Jin Nu is dead. There is no proof of death. If you can't produce a little proof, there is always only such speculation, then I can only denounce it as nonsense. I beg your Majesty to stop listening to this kind of nonsense that confuses the people and punish this eunuch’s disrespectful crime according to the law!"

The emperor saw that the queen's back trembled slightly, with an expression of resentment on his face, he raised his hand and stroked the queen's back, but said nothing, only looked at Huang Zixian, and muttered to himself.

Wang Lin flicked his sleeves, knelt down in front of the emperor with sorrow, and said tremblingly: "The emperor! My royal family has lived and grown in Langya for hundreds of years. Today, there is no one who is higher than my royal family. What's more, the queen, as the daughter of my king’s family, has been by the emperor’s side for twelve years, and now it’s the world of maternal rituals, making my royal family's fringe radiant. This little **** does not know why he wants to spit out people, deceiving people, and hinting at the current queen. If her status is not correct, the minister begs the emperor not to listen to her nonsense, she should be punished directly for the crime of disrespect, and she is too late to behave like you!"

"Wang Shangshu's words are wrong." Li Shubai calmly played with his fan, leaning back on the back of the chair, and said, "The Emperor Uehara said, if there is anything wrong with her inference However, it seems that everything she said before is well-founded, and the evidence is solid. In my opinion, Wang Shangshu can be calm and not irritable. If Shangshu thinks her remarks are absurd, she can be at ease. He refuted it after saying it, and the emperor’s eyes are sacred and listened, and he will treat it fairly at that time, distinguish between black and white, and reward and punished in parallel, so that no one will be wronged."

The emperor heard Li Shubai's words and nodded and said: "Exactly, what about Wang Aiqing after hearing him? I will tell if it is true or not, and I will never tolerate anyone."

When Wang Lin heard the emperor's tone, it was already slightly cold, and while speaking, he never even glanced at the queen. There was a desperate chill in his heart.

Wang Yun raised his hand to help him. He put his hand on Wang Yun's. Both father and son felt each other's hands, cold, and the tight and stiff muscles conveyed to each other an uncontrollable coldness. despair.

"Jin Nu must die because she saw the secret. If Jin Nu knows that if she leaks the secret, there must be nowhere to escape, so she chooses to hide it and hopes to impress her with her attachment and respect to the master. However, she failed. That night, Wang Ruo disappeared. The next day, she was given a set of pipa conservation objects in the palace, including jade pluck, pipa string and rosin powder. At that time, I felt strange that you always behaved right, the queen. Why would you know about pipa conservation because of lack of interest? Even uncharacteristically, she specially rewarded Jinnu with something unexpected. But who knows, Jinnu happily took over the gift from the master after so many years, she cautiously figured it out The box of rosin powder that I used in my arms is a life-threatening spell!"

Queen Wang's originally beautiful and incomparable face showed a slight paleness. But her smile was still cold and calm, and she said, "Absurd, what a decade or so ago! I only saw the pipa girl once and rewarded something casually. Although before the reward went down, I did as usual. I have looked around, but why don’t you say that someone in the inner court of the palace is grudges against her, that there are so many eyes and ears in the church, and that she is in a diplomatic tour? Who knows how someone was poisoned inside?"

"In order to prevent mistakes or bribery, the gifts from the inner court are always received by three or more people, monitored by each other, and sent to the person who gave the gifts for inspection, and then delivered by more than three people at the same time. Although it is troublesome, it also proves that it is absolutely impossible for others to do it. Hands and feet. And I believe that if the emperor personally inspected it, he would know whether the queen had taken the box of rosin powder to check alone. In addition, Jinnu cherished the gift you gave me very much. We were both in Zhuijinlou that day I saw her take out the powder box and jade dial you gave me from her arms, and said that she had carried the box directly in her arms after receiving the gift. How could other people have the opportunity to poison it?"

Queen Wang's jaw line was tight, she just sneered without speaking.

Huang Zixia added: "These two are the people who appeared in front of you. The one who died was Feng Yiniang. Her death contributed to the exposure of Wang Ruo’s identity and also made me discover the one hidden behind the scenes. One person, that is, Feng Yiniang's deceased. Who is the person who commissioned Feng Yiniang to **** Wang Ruo into Beijing."

Everyone didn't speak, and the gloomy atmosphere was suppressed in Yanji Hall. The answer was ready to come out, but everyone could not and was afraid to expose it.

"At this time, I don’t need to say any more. Feng Yiniang’s deceased person should have passed away twelve years ago in Yunshaoyuan. The second sister among Yunshao’s six girls was also Jinnu’s master. Mei Wanzhi, a pipa sage who had married and gave birth to a daughter in Yangzhou." Huang Zixian's tone was low and calm, so she became more cold and ruthless, "Her daughter is named Cheng Xuese--or, you can change it. His name is Wang Ruo."

Sitting at the back of the hall, Wang Huang looked depressed. She looked at Huang Zixia in front of her silently, her eyes were cold, but she insisted not to speak.

"The man in Xianyou Temple who reminded Wang Ruo to pay attention to his past, and the appearance of Jinnu who knew Wang Ruo and the queen of your identity, plus Feng Yiniang you killed, let the queen know that Wang Ruo’s secret origins have been People perceive that even if she marries into the palace, she will definitely be in danger in the future, and maybe one day she will be exposed and end in a terrible end. So in order to protect Wang Ruo and to protect the Wang family, Wang Ruo can only disappear. At this time, the excuse that Pang Xun's ghost, who has appeared in Xianyou Temple and the capital is also rumored to be haunted, is the smoke that you will devise the best."

"Hmph, unfounded speculation!" Queen Wang finally said coldly.

Huang Zixia nodded and said: "If the queen said so, I can't help it. And next, I have another speculation. This speculation started twelve years ago and ended the day before. It is more vague than all previous speculations, but It is also far more terrifying than everything before. Your Royal Highness, maybe after you listen to it, you will not be able to accept it, but I still want to tell you that all your scheming will eventually cause the most terrible consequences."

Queen Wang sneered, not looking at her, she was indifferent to the end.

Huang Zixia didn't mind. She paused and said slowly: "Chen Niuniang of Yunshaoyuan told me a story twelve years ago. Among the six women who founded Yunshaoyuan, they shocked the world with their pipa skills. Her second sister, Mei Wanzhi, disappeared overnight, leaving only one daughter named Cheng Xuese. No matter how Xuese asked, her father who was a poor painter always said that your mother is dead. Xue Sesui's father returned to Liuzhou. The father and daughter survived hardships until she was fourteen years old. Her father died and her orphan's family property was taken away. Xue Se could only suffer from the abuse of snob relatives. Until three years ago, Yun Yun The third daughter of the six girls, Lauder, was in Xuzhou. She learned about Xue Se by chance and wrote a letter to Xue Se, asking her to go to Xuzhou to rely on herself if she needed her own help. After that, Xue Se in desperate situation received this letter, so the fourteen-year-old Xue Se left Liuzhou and went to Xuzhou alone."