Empress with no Virtue Chapter 42: Emotion
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“Your Majesty, I heard that the emperor came out of Kunning Palace at midnight last night and returned to Qianqing Palace by himself.” Early in the morning, Qiu Feng was waiting for Concubine Xian to wash up and chatting at the same time.
“Really?” Concubine Xian wiped her hands slowly, with a faint smile on her lips, “I guess the queen did something wrong and violated the holy will.”
“Tell me, my dear, what did the queen do to make the emperor so angry?”
Concubine Xian handed the handkerchief back to the maid on the side, sat in front of the mirror and waited for Qiu Feng to comb her hair, while saying, “Su Jieyu died strangely.”
“Exactly,” Qiu Feng held Xian Fei’s hair and slowly combed it, and replied, “In the past, if there was such a life lawsuit, the Queen would immediately become a god, but this time it is I didn’t hear any noise, so it all stopped.”
How could Concubine Xian not hear the hint in Qiu Feng’s words? In fact, she also felt that Su Jieyu’s death had a lot to do with Ye Zhenzhen, because, “I heard that when the emperor was assassinated a few days ago, The queen was also there at the time, but watching helplessly as Su Jieyu sacrificed her life to protect her and made great achievements, she probably held a grudge.”
Qiu Feng felt that this guess was very likely, and she asked tentatively, “Then, Madam, do we need to take advantage of this moment to add fuel to the fire?”
“Don’t worry, let’s see what the emperor wants first. The assassin is a guard. The emperor will probably take this opportunity to beat the Lu family and the Ye family, but I don’t know how far he will go. In short, the queen should not ask for it. What a good fruit to eat. Besides, even if the emperor lets her go, there is still the queen mother. We just need to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.”
Qiu Feng smiled and praised, “Your Majesty is so smart.”
Concubine Xian fiddled with a golden hairpin and lowered her head in silence.
“Tell me, my dear, who is the mastermind behind this assassination?”
“No matter who the instigator is, someone must be blamed. This is not something you and I should worry about.”
Qiu Feng said worriedly, “But…if the queen really killed Su Jieyu, then the queen’s methods were too vicious. If you, the empress, are targeted by her…”
“I will not sit still and wait for death. When it is time to take action, I will naturally take action.”
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In Wuying Palace, Xie Changqing, the official of the Ministry of Punishment in charge of major cases in Gyeonggi Province, was being questioned by Ji Wu Jiu. Kang Chenglu’s interrogation didn’t go well. No matter how he was tortured, he only insisted that he didn’t like Ji Wu Jiu and thought he was a tyrant, so he waited for an opportunity to kill him without the instigation of anyone else. Even a fool would not believe this.
Ji Wu Jiu thought for a while and asked, “Did this person do anything unusual in the days before the assassination?”
“Back to the emperor, through cross-examination of several people who knew him well, Wei Chen did not find any unusual behavior of Kang Chenglu before. There was only one thing… This man was not a womanizer, but the day before the assassination, he seemed to have gone to a brothel I drank flower wine.”
“Drinking flower wine?” Ji Wu Jiu snorted coldly, “There is always a lot of right and wrong in brothels. Which one did he go to?”
“Back to the emperor, he went to Cuifang Tower.”
“Cuifang Tower?” Ji Wujiu squinted his eyes and said to himself, “Just in time, I want to go there too.”
Xie Changqing felt that he seemed to know something important. He deliberately pretended to be deaf with a dull face, trying to reduce his sense of existence as much as possible.
Ji Wu Jiu asked again, “Have you found out the person who falsely preached the imperial edict?”
“Back to the emperor, the Shuntian Prefecture’s detectives found a corpse in Xianghe County. After salvaging it, the prisoner from the Ministry of Punishment identified the deceased as the person who falsely conveyed the imperial edict and approached Kang Chenglu that day.”
“What is the identity of the deceased?”
Xie Changqing did not answer, but looked up at Feng Youde who was standing aside.
Feng Youde stood up and replied, “Your Majesty, the deceased’s name is Ren Erxi, and he was the **** of the Bell and Drum Division.”
Ji Wu Jiu already had some vague guesses in his mind, “Continue to investigate and find out which palace person he has been close to recently, or what relationship he has with officials from outside.”
“According to the decree.”
After that, Ji Wu Jiu took Feng Youde to Cuifang Tower. Although he had only been here twice, the madam was very impressed by him. As soon as she saw him, she came up to him and greeted him with a smile, shaking her handkerchief, “Mr. Ji, I haven’t seen you for a while. We, Miss Hongyun, have been waiting in the boudoir all day long to think about you. How can you be so kind?” I don’t even feel bad!”
Ji Wu Jiu still wasn’t used to the strong smell of rouge and gouache in the lobby. He ignored the madam’s dirty talk, let her get a private room, and kept her for questioning.
Asking Feng Youde to close the door and stay outside, Ji Wujiu unfolded a portrait and asked the madam, “Have you ever seen this person before?”
The old bustard rolled his eyes and said with a smile, “Mr. Ji, are you here to have fun, or are you here to seek revenge? If you are here to have fun, I guarantee that I will treat you like a fairy. Son, I want to do something else…”
Ji Wu Jiu was very wise and took out a banknote and said, “This person is a repeat offender of the imperial court. If you don’t tell me, the entire Cuifang Tower will suffer.”
It’s both coercion and inducement. If you don’t want to do it, you have to do it. Besides, who can’t get along with money? The madam put the banknote away and said with a smile, “I have indeed met this man before. He came to our place to play once a few days ago.”
Ji Wu Jiu looked at her suspiciously, “There are so many people coming and going here, but he only came once, and you can remember it clearly?”
“Mr. Ji doesn’t know something. He is a poor man, he doesn’t have a few taels of money, and he wants to groom our oiran lady, so the slave family is quite impressed by him.”
“Oh? What did he do here?”
“It’s strange to say that after our Miss Liu Yue saw him, she invited him to sit in the boudoir for a while. The slave family didn’t know what they did, but after a while, the poor boy came out. ”
Ji Wu Jiu asked again, “Who is Liu Yue?”
“Young Master, don’t you remember? When you came to our place, the girl you ordered for the first time was Liu Yue, our oiran.”
Ji Wu Jiu thought for a moment and realized that a mysterious woman had indeed invited him into the room. He nodded, took out another banknote and put it on the table, “Don’t mention even half a word of today’s conversation to others, otherwise…”
The madam didn’t wait for what he said next, picked up the banknote, nodded and bowed, “Don’t worry! If I tell anyone else, my tongue will be ruined for the rest of my life!”
“Okay, go down and call Hongyun.”
“Yes, yes, sir, it’s time for you to get down to business.” The madam chuckled and turned around.
When Hongyun heard that Mr. Ji was coming, she knew that the opportunity to make a fortune had come again, so she was very attentive. As soon as the madam told her, she put down what she was doing and started to do it.
Ji Wu Jiu didn’t know how to tell her about this.
Hongyun is used to having fun in the entertainment industry, and she understands the man’s thoughts very well. Seeing that he looked embarrassed, embarrassed, and a little annoyed, she asked: “Master, you won’t use force on her, will you?”
“…sort of.”
“Hey, let me tell you what you are good at. I asked you to be considerate and considerate in the past, not just to let you… Now, all the previous efforts have been wasted!”
When she said something, Ji Wu Jiu’s face turned darker, and by the time she finished speaking, his expression was extremely ugly.
Hongyun asked again, “Um…does her husband know about this?”
“???”
“Know? Don’t know? Can you give me an accurate answer?”
“I am her husband-in-law.”
“…”
Hong Yun looked at Ji Wu Jiu in shock and remained silent for a long time. She asked herself that she had met countless men, but now it seemed that she was still too young. Where did this weird thing come from, touching her own wife as if she was a thief? What kind of weirdo is his wife? Why would she care about such a good husband with a good family background, good character, and good looks? Could it be that she wanted to marry the emperor?
Hongyun had a thousand words in her belly that she wanted to say out, but she was afraid of offending the **** in front of her. She held it in for a long time, and finally it just turned into a faint sigh, “Young Master is really affectionate towards your lady, it’s respectable. It’s pitiful, deplorable and enviable!”
Ji Wu Jiu was stunned when she said, “Use deep feelings?”
Hongyun felt his pulse now – this man didn’t have a bright mind. She nodded and replied, “Yes, as the saying goes, ‘It’s easy to find priceless treasures, but it’s rare to find a lover.’ Your feelings for your ladyship, my lord, are really touching even to me, a promiscuous woman. By the way, you… won’t return the favor.” Don’t you know your feelings for her?”
Ji Wu Jiu’s expression was a little confused.
Sure enough it is. Hongyun understood clearly, “As the saying goes, ‘Love doesn’t know its origin, it only goes deeper’. Love between men and women has always been unpredictable and complicated. It’s reasonable that you can’t understand it for a while. But fortunately, you met me I…” Hong Yun said, looking up at Ji Wu Jiu, she found that his face was blank, his eyes were empty, and he no longer knew where he was wandering.
“Love doesn’t know where it started, it goes deeper and deeper.” Ji Wu Jiu murmured and repeated this sentence.
“Master? Master?”
Ji Wu Jiu suddenly stood up and walked away.
Hongyun chased after him and said, “Sir, you haven’t paid me yet!”
Ji Wu Jiu took out a wad of banknotes and stuffed them into her hand without looking at them. Hongyun stopped caring about him and kept counting the banknotes with a smile, thinking that the cutest person in the world was the one who was taken advantage of.
On the way back, Ji Wu Jiu seemed to be in a state of despair. Feng Youde glanced at him secretly, with a look of understanding and worry on his face.
Back at Qianqing Palace, Ji Wu Jiu turned away from everyone and sat alone in front of the case, meditating.
Love doesn’t know where it started, but it goes deeper and deeper.
Ji Wu Jiu’s attitude towards women has always been the same as his attitude towards food and clothing. If you feel interested, use them. If you use them well, reward them.
He has never thought about what the love between men and women is. All his intelligence and talents were used in political affairs, but his skills in romance were really minimal.
Now he knows that “love” will quietly grow on people’s bodies, lingering and worrying.
Ji Wu Jiu has never lacked women by his side, and he has never had a strong and inevitable desire for any woman.
Until I met Ye Zhenzhen.
Ji Wu Jiu discovered that he had reversed the cause and effect of the whole matter. He wants her because he likes her.
He walked out of the Qianqing Palace, passed through the Jiaotai Palace, and stood in front of the palace looking at the Kunning Palace opposite. He wanted to go in, talk to her, tell her that he liked her.
However, he stood in front of the Jiaotai Hall and never took another step forward.
The window opposite suddenly opened. Ye Zhenzhen was sitting in front of the window and saw him. She felt that the room was very stuffy, so she ignored Su Yue’s persuasion and insisted on opening the window to get some air. The cool breeze from outside blew into the room, and it was indeed much refreshing.
Ye Zhenzhen looked at Ji Wu Jiu, and Ji Wu Jiu also looked at Ye Zhen Zhen. The two looked at each other from a distance, like a man and a woman on both sides of the Tianhe River.
Ji Wu Jiu suddenly turned around and walked into Jiaotai Hall.
Ye Zhenzhen looked at his back and said to Su Yue, “Su Yue, I seem to be wrong.”
“Your Majesty, it’s useless to say this to a slave. Your Majesty can’t hear it.” Su Yue said, lowering the window.
The author has something to say: Thank you Murong Ai’ai and Xiaoxiang Passerby for the mine, okay~
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