Chapter 321 Under the Peach Blossom Tree
"How true is what he said?"
Song Jin closed the booklet and asked.
Qin Chi took the booklet in her hand and threw it to the brazier beside him, "I will only find out after investigating this, but he said that it was not only him who had seen the official documents, but also the Tongzhi and the Tongzong who worked with him."
"Is this going to pull those two people into the water?"
Song Jin knew that it would take some time to find out this. At least the people sent to Huizhou to investigate would take about forty days just to go back and forth on the way.
They can only wait patiently for this matter.
Qin Chi said: "I received the news that Dr. Yang went to prison last night to see Yang Lingyu."
"Is this through anger?" Song Jin was a little angry.
Qin Chi comforted, "It''s just now that I''m starting, don''t worry. Mr. Yang''s good reputation over the years is not just a false reputation. He is indeed a little capable and has done some practical things. But he is cautious in his actions and never loses the blame. It''s not easy to find his mistakes, but he has..."
Song Jin gradually calmed down the anger that rose in his heart.
Mr. Yang once went to the palace to find someone to run around for the Liu family’s uncle. Regarding Uncle Liu''s affairs, he seemed to have no idea and did not leave any handle, but he had a bigger handle.
It’s like Mr. Yang went to see Admiral Feng privately, which is a big mistake in itself.
Collusion between officials and eunuchs is usually regarded as a crime of forming a clique for personal gain or fickleness.
Qin Chi continued: "If someone reveals the case of the Liu family, and then involves the affairs of Mr. Yang and Admiral Feng, no emperor would be happy to see the collusion between ministers and eunuchs."
"Can the Yang family be killed?" Song Jinxin was suspicious.
Qin Chi leaned into her ear and whispered, "I have other arrangements, but I don''t know what the effect is."
"What arrangement?" Song Jin asked in a low voice.
There are obviously only two people here.
Qin Chi insisted on talking close to her ear, and she could only pretend to be cautious to cooperate with him.
Suddenly, Qin Chi laughed and said, "Let''s wait and see, I''ll keep it a secret."
That night.
The imperial palace at night, Changchun Palace.
Under the moonlight, the ancient palace walls and pavilions appear and are faintly visible against the backdrop of the lights.
Emperor Mingcheng and his concubine were about to go to bed.
Suddenly, a sharp cat cry broke the tranquility.
It was nothing to say a cat''s meow.
But then there was another cat''s cry, and the scream was very shrill.
Emperor Ming Cheng turned over and sat up.
The concubine who was sleeping in the same room was so shocked that she knelt on the bed. This woman was the granddaughter sent by Yuan Shangshu. She had a delicate cheek that seemed to be as big as an adult''s palm. Her panic-like appearance was charming and very pleasing. However, Emperor Ming Cheng got up and walked out just by just a glance.
“Come!”
Emperor Cheng of Ming spoke out.
Soon an **** came in.
Emperor Mingcheng said again: "Go and see what''s going on."
"Report to Your Majesty, someone has already checked it." The old **** responded respectfully.
The cat''s meows are still coming.
One sound, it is particularly vague in the quiet night.
Everyone didn''t know what the cat was doing, but they could hear that the cat was in Changchun Palace.
Emperor Ming Cheng frowned.
He ordered the guards guarding outside to check.
The guards acted quickly, and the lanterns swayed in the night, reflecting their serious faces.
In a corner of Changchun Palace Garden.
Under a peach blossom tree, the guards discovered something abnormal.
Several eunuchs were catching cats there.
The guards went over and helped the **** catch several cats.
There is a small pile of newly dug soil under the tree, a small hole dug by a cat with its claws.
"Hey, is there something under this pit?" A guard exclaimed inadvertently.
Others were attracted by the eyes. Someone took a lantern and then splashed some soil with his toes. "It was a wooden box. I don''t know who was buried in the soil. It was obviously buried for a long time."
"Dig it out." The guard leader ordered.
The guard carefully dug out the box. Just as he wanted to open it, he was stopped by the leader and shouted, "You don''t want to die?"
The guard was so shocked that he almost dropped the box to the ground. He almost forgot that on the first day of work, Shangguan warned them that the less they knew, the longer they lived.
The leader took the box and said, "Take the box back and hand it over to His Majesty. There are also these cats I caught. Find a cage to keep it."
The leader took the box away.
It soon appeared in front of Emperor Mingcheng.
Emperor Mingcheng asked, "Dig it from the peach blossom tree?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." The guard responded respectfully.
Emperor Mingcheng did not open it immediately, but asked again: "When will there be peach blossom trees in this Changchun Palace?"
No one answered this for a while.
After waiting for a while, an old palace maid who was working in Changchun Palace was found and knelt down and replied, "Report to Your Majesty, there is a peach tree in the northeast corner of the back garden, which was planted by Concubine Shu during her lifetime."
Emperor Mingcheng was stunned, "Is there anything else?"
He only learned about this after so many years.
Peach trees are planted in the corners, and no one usually comes over.
The soil stained on the surface of the sandalwood box is washed away by water, and there are traces of time buried in the soil for a long time.
The wooden box is carved with exquisite dragon and phoenix patterns, and a copper lock is hung. Anyone can know that this is not something that ordinary people can use.
Emperor Mingcheng looked at the box, his eyes clearly extinguished, and waved his hand to let the guards retreat.
All kinds of traces have been shown.
This box is likely to be buried by the dead concubine Shu.
Changchun Palace was once the place where Concubine Shu lived. After Concubine Shu died, no other concubines had moved in. Usually, they only came to Changchun Palace when Emperor Ming Cheng missed Concubine Shu. Until Yuan Shangshu sent his granddaughter, who looked like Concubine Shu, to the palace.
It doesn’t matter whether a woman is the granddaughter of the Yuan family or the one who was secretly recruited and trained by the Yuan family among the people.
What’s important is that this person looks very much like Concubine Shu.
Not only his appearance, but also his words, deeds and expressions are very similar. Emperor Ming Cheng saw the deceased concubine at first sight.
The older this person is, the more nostalgic he is.
Remember the beauty of the past and the love that I once loved.
In my memory, Shufei is a gentle and gentle beauty. She has always fought for her in the palace, and she only cares about him and loves him.
He is the person who loves him the most in this world.
But she died, at the most beautiful age, in his arms, which was the pain of Emperor Mingcheng''s life.
Even if he is an emperor.
Still can’t save the loved one.
Emperor Mingcheng said, "Open the box."
"Your Majesty, there is no key."
The **** whispered reminder.
Emperor Ming Cheng said again: "It''s just an old copper lock, do you still need a key to open it?"
Eunuch violently unlocked the lock.
Removing the lid, there are clouds wrapped in two things.
A mandarin duck jade pendant engraved with a person''s name, and a concentric knot made of two strands of hair.
Emperor Ming Cheng picked up the mandarin duck jade pendant.
Just one glance, my face suddenly became as deep as ice.
The name of the person carved on the jade pendant.
One is the name of Concubine Shu''s boudoir, and the other is the name of a man, but it is not Emperor Mingcheng!