The accident happened so quickly that everyone was shocked.
But after the accident, there was a strange silence.
In the entire Zhaode Palace, apart from Concubine Wang Hui's scream, there was only the howling of strong wind. Everyone was dumbfounded, but more people had guesses.
Concubine Wang Hui is not allowed to quibble, Gaefeng's action has already shown that the dead cat was brought into Zhaode Hall by Concubine Wang Hui. How she did it is not difficult to guess. The imperial concubines wear complicated costumes and huge skirts, let alone hiding a cat, even two or three are fine.
After the accident happened just now, Ye Ping came to Wen Yu's side unknowingly, leaned closer and whispered a few words, and then returned to Jin Gong's side. She bowed her head in a submissive gesture, not seeing the imperceptible admiration in Wen Yu's eyes.
At this time, Concubine Wang Hui was extremely embarrassed, and she was bitten by the hem of her skirt by the strong wind. At the critical moment, the white beauty in her arms struggled desperately, and even scratched her several times, but she didn't know where she went now.
Her eyes were frightened and fearful, and a strong uneasiness welled up in her heart. In her horror and fear, she saw a pair of black gold embroidered official boots.
"Glae."
With a low call from Wen Yu, Lie Feng let go, and lay down at his feet obediently. The arrogant eyes looked at him, as if begging for expression and praise.
"Concubine Hui, should you confess yourself, or let the courtiers try it."
Where is the inquiry? This is clearly a reminder.
"Empress, my concubine is wronged, my concubine is wronged!"
Empress Gu also came over, her eyes were extremely complicated. "If you are really wronged, you should hand it over to the county king for trial. I believe that the county king is fair and will never wrong you."
"No... no, the dog is biting the concubine, and it must be because the concubine smells like a cat. Empress, the concubine is really wronged. Just now the king himself said that the concubine in the palace Wild cats don't have white hair, so cats really have nothing to do with concubines."
The two have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years. To put it bluntly, the one who wishes Wang Huifei the most is Queen Gu. But Empress Gu is smart, and she will never let people find out why.
"I don't understand these things, so I have to ask King Wen how to make a decision."
Wen Yu asked: "Concubine Hui thinks it through before she thinks about it, does the cat really have nothing to do with the empress?"
Concubine Wang Hui bit her lip and spit out two words.
"certainly."
Wen Yu stopped asking, but asked Empress Gu for orders, "Empress, I suspect that the cat has been secretly kept in the palace, so I want to ask for an order to search the harem."
Stealing?
The cat that was raised secretly in the palace, just happened to appear at the empress's Qianqiu banquet today. This kind of thing shocked everyone again. After being shocked, many people seemed to understand something.
The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop. The wind in the palace really never stops.
When Concubine Wang Hui heard this, her back was covered with sweat. She seemed to have fallen into an ice cave in an instant, and she was so cold that she lost her body.
Impossible, impossible!
No one would have guessed it!
"Empress, searching the harem is not a trivial matter... Prince Wen said before that there were no white-haired cats in the palace, but now he says that the cat was stolen and kept in the palace. There are such contradictions. How can people be convinced? Who doesn't know? In this whole palace, only the concubine's palace has a cat. If Duke Wen insists that the cat is raised by the concubine, the concubine can't argue with it."
This is indeed the case.
Queen Gu hesitated a little, and looked at Wen Yu.
"Wen Junwang can really conclude that the cat was raised secretly by someone in the palace, and not brought in from outside the palace?"
"I have to ask Concubine Hui about this."
"Prince Wen, you are slandering me! I know that you have a grudge against me because of the affairs of the princess and the Wang family, but you can't pour all the dirty water on me."
"Whether it is slander or not, Concubine Hui knows it well."
Wen Yu has seen too many people who are still sophistrying when they are about to die, and Wang Huifei's tricks are not enough in his eyes. His expression did not change, even if Concubine Wang Hui mentioned Ye Ping, he still had that icy look.
Concubine Wang Hui was frightened and angry, "Prince Wen, don't rely on His Majesty to favor you, you can do whatever you want, this is the imperial palace! As an imperial concubine, how can I allow you to slander you so much!"
Wen Yu's icy eyes finally became more emotional, and he gave an order, and a guard hugged the white beauty who had been hiding somewhere just now.
The white beauty stared with glazed eyes and let out a meowing sound.
"Where is the imperial physician?"
The imperial physician who had never dared to leave hurried forward and saluted.
"Please trouble the imperial physician to identify carefully, has this cat ever been born?"
When Concubine Wang Hui heard this, her whole body became even colder, as if she was frozen in ice.
It's over.
she's done.
It is not difficult to identify, and the imperial physician quickly came to a conclusion.
White beauty has indeed given birth.
As a royal cat, Bai Meiren received more attention than many low-ranking concubines in the palace. Someone just remembered that there was a time last year when Bai Mei seemed to be ill and did not show up for a long time.
So at that time, the white beauty was not sick, but pregnant. Then the white cat that died just now was a hybrid between the white beauty and the wild cat.
Empress Gu looked at the pale-faced Concubine Wang Hui with great distress, with undisguised disappointment in her eyes. "Hui Fei, what else can you say?"
Concubine Wang Hui could no longer defend herself, she had a bad premonition the moment Wen Yu appeared, that's why she wanted to escape. She didn't even think about what to do to the princess, nor did she want to kill anyone. Why do these people insist on this matter?
She suddenly gave Princess Zhang a very resentful look, blaming this troublesome person. If it weren't for Princess Zhang being troublesome, King Wen Jun would not have appeared, let alone make a move.
As long as this matter is over, she will make a big fuss afterwards.
"Empress, it's all the concubine's fault!"
She knelt on the ground, crying.
"The concubine didn't take good care of the white beauty, let it mix with wild cats, and got pregnant with cubs. The concubine was afraid that it would spread, and couldn't bear to let her have a baby, so she gave birth to it. Most of the cubs born were The variegated ones were all released. Only one white-haired one was too conspicuous, so the concubine had to secretly keep it in the palace. Unexpectedly, it would escape and make a big fuss at the empress's Qianqiu banquet. The concubine didn't know what it ate, and it died like this. The concubine was at fault, the concubine deserved to die, the concubine should never have done anything wrong, please punish the empress!"
Up to now, if you don't recognize it, you have to admit it.
It doesn't matter if the cat is raised by her, neither accident nor human life, no matter how bad the result is, it will not be so bad, at most it will fall out of favor.
"You let me tell you what to say about you. You should have said this earlier. Why did you make such a fuss?"
"It's the concubine's fault, it's the concubine's intention to go wrong."
As soon as Concubine Wang Hui recognized it, the matter ended here.
As for how to deal with it later, that is Queen Gu's business.
No matter how favored Wen Yu is, no matter how high and powerful he is, it is impossible for Wen Yu to be so arrogant as to stretch his hands into the palace.
After leaving the palace, Ye Ping let out a long sigh. The imperial palace is really not a place for people to stay, even if you are a guest for dinner, you can't live in peace, let alone the people who live in it.
Back then, His Majesty felt sorry for his nephew and took Wen Yu into the palace to raise him, but he didn't know whether it was good or bad. Judging by this person's cold temperament, I'm afraid it has something to do with being raised in the palace in his early years.
The couple got into the carriage silently, and Ye Ping's tense nerves slowly relaxed after the carriage drove away. She naturally leaned on Wen Yu's body, stroking her belly with both hands.
"Concubine Wang Hui's strategy of killing two birds with one stone was well used. It not only frightened an annoying person like me, but also made things difficult for the empress. If she wants to make a fuss about this in the future, she will have a lot to do."
What she didn't say was that Concubine Wang Hui might really have the intention of scaring her into a miscarriage.
"It was my negligence."
Wen Yu lowered his brows and eyes, making it even more difficult to see through. With his sculpted side face, he was obviously extremely indifferent but had an indescribable sadness. He felt an indescribable sense of vulnerability like this.
Ye Ping's heart twitched, feeling a little dull.
"I can't blame you for this, you are not a god, can you always predict what will happen?"
"You don't blame me?"
"No wonder."
She wondered, is there any need to take responsibility for this kind of thing?
Wen Yu raised his eyes, which were full of obscurity.
"Don't you think that I am too evil and will bring you trouble?"
It turned out that this was what he cared about.
Why?
It shouldn't be.
who is he?
He is gentle.
"Why do you think so? What is my origin? Others don't know, don't you know? People like me, if others find out, they will be set on fire. You are not afraid of me, why should I be afraid of you? ?”
Wen Yu squinted his eyes, so the little girl wasn't afraid of him at first.
"If it wasn't me, would you have done the same?"
Ye Ping froze for a moment, alarm bells ringing in her heart.
Is this man trying to settle an old score?
"Of course not. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have done that. Of course, you need to find the strongest person for things like hugging thighs, otherwise how could you possibly be able to suppress those ghosts and monsters. To tell you the truth, when I picked you, it was just It is because I have taken a fancy to your evil spirit. If you are not too evil, I would not hesitate to hug your thigh. After all, I can be regarded as a person who has been through the underworld, and ordinary people are afraid that I can't hold me down. You see, we Is it a natural pair, a pair made by the earth? How can you say I despise you? I don't think it's too late for you to like you. "
Sweet talk is something that comes naturally when you open your mouth. Ye Ping thought, don't look at this man as cold and unreasonable, in fact, she is very easy to deal with.
Sure enough, Wen Yu was very satisfied with her words, and the obscurity in his eyes dissipated.
"When I was a child, I heard people say that I was born with evil spirits, and my mother was suppressed to death by me."
"How could the eldest princess be killed by you? Those rumors are all based on one mouth. Why don't they say that you are the nemesis of the evil spirits in this world, and the nemesis of evil people. Without you people, where would there be peace and prosperity? , where did they live and work in peace and contentment?"
The color of Wen Yu's eyes became softer, and the black pool-like pupils gradually warmed up. This little girl is the most defensive. Now that she is in her heart, she should also be the one protected by her.
"I don't care what they say, but it's a fact that my mother doesn't like me."
Ye Ping felt a little uncomfortable, and sat up from his arms.
"Why do you think so?"
"My mother made a lot of arrangements during her lifetime. She even thought of Xueniang, who was not born at that time, and prepared a dowry for Xueniang. But she didn't leave a word for me. About her, I learned from my uncle. Hearing from her father. They said that she was unparalleled in resourcefulness and very capable. But she was so resourceful and resourceful, but she never took action against the person who failed her. Isn't that enough to prove that she didn't care? She didn't care about that If people don't care, how can they care about me?"
Two lives, in fact, he didn't care about it in the previous life.
But for some reason, he still said it.
Ye Ping was suddenly a little sad because of the mother-in-law who had no chance to see her. When a person is about to die, he can't repay his grudges, and he can't pay back his grievances. How painful it should be.
"Have you ever thought that she let those people go because of you?"
Wen Yu murmured, "For me?"
"I once heard from Jin Gong that she said that the eldest princess originally wanted to teach those people a lesson, but she changed her mind after going to Master Kongjian."
"...Mr. Gong has never revealed a word in these years."
"Because Gongren doesn't know what Master Kong Jian said to the eldest princess, but I think the reason for the eldest princess to change her mind should be you. For a mother, no one is more important than her own child. If not Because of you, I think it is impossible for the eldest princess to do nothing."
Wen Yu looked at her with turmoil in his eyes.
Mother did nothing, but for him!
He is so old, he has already passed the age of needing his mother's love. Only now did he realize that he still cared about it, and it turned out that this matter had always been pressed in his heart. His indifference and disgust towards the people in the Duke's Mansion, and his indifference to those people are actually all because he cares.
He suddenly wanted to know what happened that year.
Ye Ping seemed to see through his thoughts, and said, "If you want to ask, just ask."
Even if Master Kongjian won't tell him, at least he won't have any regrets.
Just at this time, I arrived at the princess mansion.
He helped Ye Ping get off the carriage, and then stopped in front of the door.
Ye Ping straightened his clothes for him, leaned over and pressed his forehead against his chin, "Go, I'll leave a lamp for you."