Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief – Chapter 97

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第97章 一层层全是心眼子

“有。”钟皇后转头示意秋穗,“臣妾派人仔细搜查小玄子在冷宫的住处,从挖空的墙里找到一个梨木盒子,里面大大小小的银票加起来,共有三百两。”

秋穗将身后小宫女一直捧着的盒子接过来,打开给萧靖凡看。

萧靖凡偏头扫了一眼。

只见盒子里不仅放着数张银票,还有两个成色不错的素金镯和一对红玛瑙耳坠。

如小玄子这样刚入宫的小太监,每个月的月银也就一两。

三百两银子,光靠月银他得攒上二十多年。

若说是主子赐下的,他一个在冷宫伺候的小太监,入宫时日又短,上哪儿得这么多赏赐?

萧靖凡伸手指了下那对红玛瑙耳坠,“拿过来朕瞧瞧。”

秋穗拿手帕垫着,将红玛瑙耳坠呈上。

萧靖凡没用手拿,只是伸长脖子看,姿势有些别扭。

钟皇后觉得奇怪,“可是这耳坠有何处不妥?”

萧靖凡没答,而是让秋穗将红玛瑙耳坠拎起来转一圈儿。

秋穗依言照做。

红玛瑙耳坠缓慢地转了一圈儿,烛光下,亮晶晶地好看。

“这是温美人之物。”萧靖凡收回目光,抬眼看向钟皇后,“此事应另有隐情。”

钟皇后立刻起身跪下,“臣妾失察,请陛下恕罪。”

“扶你主子起来。”

秋穗弯腰将钟皇后扶起来。

萧靖凡把桌上的口供折好递过去,“这奴才之言不可尽信,再查,莫要冤枉了无辜之人。”

“唯。”

钟皇后接过口供,请示道:“如今谢婕妤和温美人身上皆有嫌疑,是否先令二人闭门自省?”

萧靖凡想了想,颔首:“可。”

*
软轿回到长春宫。

不多时,高永福往怡和殿和雪香苑传皇后娘娘懿旨,令谢婕妤与温美人闭门自省,反思己过,不得外出。

两宫反应不一。

不做亏心事不怕鬼敲门,谢婕妤该做什么就做什么,甚至打算趁此机会整肃一下怡和殿。

温美人却心慌难耐,不断回忆是哪个环节出了纰漏,为何皇后会突然怀疑到她头上来,应该是谢婕妤替她背锅才对啊。

她想了又想,吩咐碧珠:“将李平安叫进来,我有话问他。”

碧珠出去叫人。

李平安很快便随碧珠走了进来,“奴才请主子安。”

温美人没叫起,给碧珠使了个眼色。

碧珠退出去守着门。

殿内便只剩下温美人和李平安二人。

“我问你,除了祝美人和她身边的宫女之外,那日在御花园还有谁见过你?”

李平安垂着头仔细回忆半晌,摇头道:“只有她二人。”

“你确定那宫女只看到了你耳后的胎记没看清你的脸?”

李平安点头,“奴才确定。”

温美人蹙起细眉,“你再好好想想,你给小玄子的东西可有破绽?”

李平安道:“奴才只给了他一个素金镯,连条花纹都没有,仅凭那个镯子,怎么也不可能查到咱们雪香苑来。”

素金镯是从温美人这里拿出去的,她自也清楚上面并无其他标记。

可是,若一切都没有破绽,皇后为何会突然怀疑到她头上来?

这其中必然有什么变故。

温美人环顾殿内,视线略过种种摆设,最后落在妆台上那个檀木做的首饰匣子上。

她脑中突地闪过什么,扬声喊道:“碧珠进来。”

碧珠听到喊声推门进来,“主子有何吩咐?”

“我可曾丢过什么衣裳首饰?”

碧珠想了想道:“只丢过两条手帕,不过都找回来了。”

“把册子拿来。”温美人快步走到妆台前,伸手将檀木匣子打开,“我要清点首饰。”

在雪香苑的主仆三人忙着清点首饰的时候,皇后下令怡和殿和雪香苑闭门自省之事传到了太后耳中。

太后歪靠在软枕上,唇角下撇,一脸嫌弃:“这个不省心的,她又做了什么?”

赵嬷嬷轻柔地给太后捶着肩,小声道:“奴婢听闻,今早高永福带着人到怡和殿排查,抓到一个耳后有红色胎记的小太监,说是害了那小玄子的凶手,带走审问。”

“许是问出了结果来,皇后娘娘带着人去了趟文华殿,自文华殿回来之后便下了这道令。”

“还是哀家的皇儿眼明心亮。”上一届的宫斗胜利者太后略一琢磨便明白了其中关窍,下巴微扬,语气颇有些自豪。

赵嬷嬷瞅她:您是太后,您高兴就好。

“皇后调查此事也有几日了,若当真是渝儿差使她宫中之人所为,早该把人处理了才是,岂会留到现在叫皇后抓住把柄?渝儿定是被栽赃陷害的。”

太后说得笃定,脸色也跟着阴沉了些。

不是她要护着谢安渝这个侄女,而是在她眼里,谢安渝就是个做了坏事都会写到脸上的蠢物。

若小玄子之事当真是谢安渝所为,谢安渝日日到她面前请安,她岂会看不出来?
赵嬷嬷附和道:“太后娘娘英明。”

太后嗔她一眼:“你少拿话糊弄哀家,你亲自去文华殿传个话,若皇儿得空,便请他今晚到万寿宫来用膳。”

“唯。”

*
弄云苑里,刚喝完药的楚流徵也刷到了相关八卦。

【啧啧,后宫这几位娘娘搁这儿玩套娃呢?这一层层的,全是心眼子。】

【皇后是个精明的,怎么可能看不出抓到富贵一事有猫腻?但她还是将富贵的供词拿到了暴君面前,不就是在赌暴君不会详查一个小太监的死,想借此让暴君发落谢婕妤吗?】

【谢婕妤背后站着太后,平时有太后给她撑腰,皇后面对谢婕妤的时候难免束手束脚,心里怎么可能痛快?能落井下石的时候当然不会手软。】

【温美人呢,所有人都算到了,唯独漏了一个人,高嫔。】

【温美人在第一层,高嫔便在第三层。温美人怕是早就忘了曾用一对红玛瑙耳坠奚落高嫔东施效颦之事。】

【讲真,那事儿就是个巧合。高嫔那日只是恰好跟温美人穿了一个花色的衣裳,款式又不一样,还就那一回。】

【高嫔一直保留着这对红玛瑙耳坠,借着小玄子连买三股之事将计就计,把红玛瑙耳坠和一百两银票赏给了小玄子,就等着东窗事发之日将温美人钉死在凶手这个位置上。这也是她给自己准备的退路。】

【嗯……小玄子本来就是温美人派人嘎的,温美人也不算背黑锅。就是暴君竟然一眼便认出这对红玛瑙耳坠是温美人之物,叫我有些意外。】

【莫非温美人才是暴君的真爱?】

楚流徵好奇地翻了翻跟这对红玛瑙耳坠有关的八卦,脸色微妙。

【呃……好吧,木有真爱,就这来历,想要不记得也很难啊。】

Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief

Eating Melons and Rising to Power, I Became the Tyrant’s Only Belief

吃瓜上位,我成了暴君的唯一信仰
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Zhu Liuzheng, having crossed over into a fictional ancient dynasty, was forced by circumstances to enter the opulent royal palace of the Sheng nation. Unexpectedly, she bound herself to the "Gossip System" and was assigned to serve as a tea maid in front of the tyrant. Every day, she would sneak some time to indulge in gossip, while nothing in the past or the harem could escape the system's watchful eye. "Wow! The pure and lovely Zhao Yi has just obtained a manual for secret encounters, locking herself in the palace for three days to practice quietly, planning to give the emperor a surprise." Delicate and soft Zhao Yi: "I'm so embarrassed!" "Behind the greedy officials are a string of people, including Lu Jiarui, the Zhejiang governor, and Shi Zhongzhichen, the commander..." Greedy officials: "Please let us go!" "The princess's husband is using a concubine to replace the princess's own child and even wants to make the princess have a double demise!" The sincerely betrayed princess: "Damn scumbag!" "Xing Pin was diagnosed as pregnant, but the child is by her lover!" With a green hat on his head, Xiao Jingfan: "I will turn that lover into a human pig!"… One day, the surroundings of Xiao Jingfan suddenly became quiet. "Leave the palace? Who allowed her to leave? Bring her back to me!" "Forget it, I’ll go personally!" "I’m not going back!" Zhu Liuzheng, with a bundle on her back, extended her hand towards the palace gate, "I want to go home!" "Home?" Xiao Jingfan rushed forward to embrace her, "The palace is your home." Zhu Liuzheng: "…" Unable to resist the emperor’s decree and suffer calamity upon her family, she could only slack off and continue to survive. She still gossiped in the harem. Big news after big news erupted, the previous dynasty gradually being cleaned up, and the harem becoming increasingly peaceful, with the entire Sheng nation thriving. However… Zhu Liuzheng’s expression of disdain: "Why is the tyrant here again today?" Xiao Jingfan secretly perked up her ears: "What gossip is there today?"

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