SanjitNovel Chapter 113
Chapter 113
But in this case, Concubine Liang could not help but leave to see her niece. She could only send the Yuping beside her to see how the situation was.
But not long after, another palace maid came over, her brows furrowed.
"Mother, no one was found."
"Ok?"
"...Princess Yi...was not found."
"what?"
The queen was shocked.
It's one thing to fall into the water in the palace, but it's another thing to be dead!
"I fished it out with a bamboo pole, and sent an internal supervisor who knew how to swim into the water to look for it. It was not found. It is suspected that it floated away with the current."
The queen gritted her teeth.
"Look again! If you want to see the person alive, if you die, you want to see the corpse!"
If it floats away with the water, it is not necessarily alive.
Especially this winter, the weather is so cold that I will freeze to death even if I don't drown.
If Princess Yi really died in the palace...
The queen did not dare to think about the consequences of this matter.
"What the hell is going on!!!"
The eldest palace maid quickly told the story, focusing on describing the hairpin rings scattered on the floor.
"In this scene...could it be said that she was pushed down?"
"I don't dare to make any judgment, but judging from the scene, it doesn't look like Princess Yi slipped and fell into the water."
The queen's brows knitted together deeply.
"Go and check! Who was around at that time! Are there any witnesses? In the meantime, continue salvaging!"
Concubine Liang was on the side. Because she was sitting a little far away, and the queen and the palace maids spoke in low voices, it was hard to hear what they said. I could only vaguely hear a few words such as "falling into the water" and "push down".
What happened!
Concubine Liang's hands and feet were cold and she was a little restless.
Why hasn’t Yuping come back yet?
How is Xianghan doing?
In the main hall of the harem, the queen was in a heavy mood, Concubine Liang was nervous, and Concubine Zhen was missing.
And Liu Qingyu, who caused all this, was wearing night clothes and hiding on the beam to watch the excitement.
Now is not the time.
She needed to wait until things were a little messier.
It would be best to alarm the emperor and Cen Mingche.
This will be beneficial to both of them.
Think about it, Cen Mingche was framed before, and his wife was pushed into the lake later.
Anyone can see that this is a conspiracy against Prince Yi’s house!
As long as this situation is created, the true will become false, and the false will become true.
True or false, I don’t know who led whom into the trap.
After a while, the banquet was about to end, and the time had passed midnight, which was considered the end of the New Year's Eve.
Next, everyone should go back to their respective homes, and get up again at [-] o'clock in the morning to pay New Year greetings.
The emperor had to bathe and change clothes before the Mao hour, put on a full set of formal attire, then go to the main hall to perform the unsealing ceremony, accept the "Singing Memorial" presented by the officials, and give them purses containing gold and silver, which is what we now know. Talk about New Year red envelopes.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of officials will gather in the Square of the Hall of Supreme Harmony to pay New Year greetings to the Emperor. Officials from all over the world will also worship in the direction of the Emperor to complete the New Year ceremony.
After that, the emperor will return to the harem and start the "New Year greetings" in the harem.The empress will lead the three thousand beauties in the harem to perform the ritual of kneeling three times and bowing three times. At the same time, the emperor will also accept three kneels and nine kowtows from the princes, and then the grand family banquet will begin.
On this day, everyone from the front court to the harem, from the emperor to the maids in the inner palace, could not sleep for a full night, so they could only take breaks to rest.
In such a busy situation, it is impossible to stop and find someone.
Even if this person is the princess of King Yi.
But this matter can be used to rescue Cen Mingche.
Once the first day of the new year is over, there will be time to deal with this matter.
Similarly, it was precisely because of such a major event as "the princess disappeared in the palace" that the little false rumors like "concubine Zhen and the third prince were suspected of having an affair" could no longer spread.
——It is equivalent to using a big thing to cover up the original thing.
It's a bit like the top trending search on a certain blog in later generations.
However, this kind of behavior cannot be copied. After all, not everyone has Liu Qingyu's skills and can enter and leave the palace as if there is no one around.
Now as long as Liu Qingyu avoids the first day of the new year, he can make the matter completely big, big enough to cover up the previous frame-up of Cen Mingche.
At the same time, the anxious Concubine Liang had also sent the news to Cen Mingche.
Cen Mingche naturally knew what was going on, but he had to show a very nervous look on his face.
"Please help me tell Superintendent Fan that Xiao Wang's princess has disappeared in the harem. It is suspected that she was pushed into the lake. How can this happen?"
Cen Mingche frowned.
"Such a situation makes me suspect that someone is targeting our family."
The lieutenant on the side also looked solemn.
"I'm going to report it to Superintendent Fan right now. Prince, don't worry, we will get to the bottom of the matter!"
The queen was very troubled.
After all, she didn't know whether the things she arranged had come to pass, and Furong's delay in coming back to report made her feel uneasy.
The disappearance of Princess Yi made her even more worried.
After all, the queen is still the master of the harem. If Princess Yi disappears, she can't escape the relationship no matter what. At the very least, she will be charged with poor management.
And in this harem, there are people who dare to kill people so openly!The one he killed was the dignified princess!
I have to say that the queen's heart also "thumped".
Who on earth is so bold!
Even she, the queen, only dares to add fuel to the flames by making some half-true and half-false rumors.
Not long after, the emperor also found out about it.
As expected, it was Fan Zishan who reported it.
The emperor was furious on the spot.
Cen Mingche was not surprised. The emperor indeed characterized both incidents as malicious attempts to murder Cen Mingche.
"It's ridiculous! Queen! How do you manage the harem! The dignified concubine and two people actually touched the former court! The noble concubine actually went out to take a breath and was murdered! So far, no one has died. No corpse! Is this the harem you manage for me?!"
The queen was also full of grievances.
After all, she was not the mastermind of the former incident, and she had no idea what was going on with the latter incident!
"I really didn't expect that someone in the harem would be so bold. I'm not strict with you, so please forgive me."
The emperor sighed heavily.
"Forget it, let Concubine Zhen and Concubine Liang assist you."
"……Yes."
With just one word, a large chunk of the queen's palace power was given away.
The queen almost broke her teeth.
"Fan Zishan."
"The subordinate is here."
"Check the water system of the harem, search everything that needs to be searched, no matter what, we must find Princess Yi!"
"The subordinate obeys the order."
The emperor rubbed his brows irritably.
"I will take a rest for a while. Queen, please take a rest too. We will pay New Year's greetings tomorrow."
The emperor accepted the worship of hundreds of officials in the front dynasty, and the queen also accepted the worship of the concubines in the harem.After lunch, the concubines and concubines of the harem took their sons and daughters-in-law to pay New Year greetings to the queen.
The emperor went to rest, but the queen couldn't sleep at all now.
Be angry.
I originally thought things were bad enough, but who would have thought that when I searched the palace the next day and failed to find Princess Yi, I found an even worse result.