klisemfg Chapter 198 The truth back then
Chapter 198 The truth back then
Chapter 198 The truth of that year
There is a small open space next to the original Cining Palace. After the death of the Empress Dowager, the emperor ordered it to be renovated and three new rooms were built on this basis. This was the residence of Su Malagu, the most trusted maid of the Empress Dowager at that time.
She was not surprised by Liang Jiugong's visit. After all, as the actual enlightenment teacher of Kangxi back then, and because of her status as the maid of the Empress Dowager, although she was a servant in the palace, she was different from a servant. It would not be an exaggeration to say that she was half a master.
Fortunately, Su Malagu was an extremely cautious and modest person. Although the emperor ordered that she be treated like a noble, he himself never bullied others. No matter which lady he met in the palace, he would bow his head and greet them.
This made Kangxi love her even more, and he often asked Liang Jiugong to visit her and give her rewards.
Seeing Liang Jiugong pushing the door open, Su Ma smiled kindly, "Eunuch Liang, how come you have time to come today? Shouldn't the Emperor need you right now?"
Liang Jiugong bowed and smiled apologetically: "Oh, my dear nanny, we have something to ask you to come here. The emperor is waiting in the imperial study. Do you think we should go now?"
Su Ma put away his previous smile, and his expression began to become formal and solemn: "Your Majesty summons you, so I will go now. Let's go, Eunuch Liang."
After saying that, Su Malagu stepped out of the door, but saw a sedan chair already parked at the door. She looked at Liang Jiugong in surprise and said, "Eunuch Liang, this is against the rules. I cannot sit in it."
Liang Jiugong was a little embarrassed at this time, but Aunt Su Ma had been in the palace for many years and had always been like this. Even if he was rejected, Liang Jiugong was not surprised. He could only wave away the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair and personally help Su Ma go to the Qianqing Palace.
Su Ma: "I wonder what the Lord wants to talk to me about? I haven't been out for a long time, and I don't know a lot of things."
Liang Jiugong didn't know either, but he could still reveal a few things about the emperor's current mood and who he met today: "Madam, I don't know the specifics of what happened, but since the court was dismissed, Prince Yu came to the imperial study to chat with the emperor. Later, they talked about Empress Xiaozhao, and I thought of asking you to learn about what happened back then."
He was raised by Aunt Su Ma, from a little eunuch to the chief eunuch. Aunt Su Ma's care was indispensable along the way. Even now, when they meet, he still respectfully addresses her as "Mammy" and dares not be negligent in the slightest.
Today's incident clearly stemmed from something going on with Empress Xiaozhao's death. Otherwise, the Emperor wouldn't have suddenly asked about the two palace maids and even sent for Aunt Suma to question. Given what was about to happen, it wouldn't be considered a violation of protocol for him to let Ma know the reason sooner rather than later.
After hearing what Liang Jiugong said, Su Ma paused, then continued walking forward, but sighed in his heart: What is coming will eventually come.
The door creaked open in front of the two brothers, and then Su Malagu walked in. Seeing this, Liang Jiugong retreated again and closed the door.
Su Ma: "May the Emperor be blessed, may the Prince be blessed."
Kangxi: "Aunt, please stand up quickly and take a seat."
Although Prince Yu did not smile at this time, he did not make things difficult for an eighty-year-old woman who bowed and greeted him, but remained silent.
Su Ma followed Kangxi's instructions and sat down on a round stool to the side. It wasn't that she wanted to sit down; according to the rules, she should have stood to be questioned. It was just that she was old and her body couldn't handle it anymore. The distance from the Cining Palace to the Qianqing Palace was such a short distance, and she used to be able to go back and forth several times without taking a breath, but now she felt unable to stand after just one trip.
In order to avoid misbehaving in front of the emperor, she obediently sat down quickly.
After seeing Su Ma sitting down, Fuquan asked her before Kangxi could speak: "Mammy, I respectfully address you as Mammy. Please tell me the truth about the death of Brother Ying and Sister Ying."
Su Ma sighed, looking first at Fuquan, then at Kangxi. After Kangxi nodded, he slowly spoke, "The Empress died of poisoning. She endured in the palace for half a year before finally passing away."
Upon hearing that Empress Xiaozhao had really died due to other reasons, even Prince Yu, who had been mentally prepared, was stunned.
However, Kangxi noticed something different, because when Aunt Su Ma said this, she didn't feel guilty or like a murderer at all. Instead, she felt more helpless and regretful for life.
Kangxi: "Aunt, it wasn't you who killed Ying Ge, nor was it the Empress Dowager who did it, right?"
Su Ma was stunned, with a look on her face that said, "Of course not. How could that be possible? My master loved Empress Xiao Zhao's personality the most back then, and he would never hurt her. Are you suspecting that my master poisoned Empress Xiao Zhao?"
Kangxi was a little embarrassed when he heard Su Ma's question. He really thought so just now, but now he pushed Fuquan beside him and said, "No, no, I don't think so. How could I doubt the Royal Mama? It just so happens that Fuquan has something to ask you, let him ask first."
Fuquan also heard Su Ma's answer just now. Although he was still a little skeptical at this moment, he believed it more. So at this moment, he felt very uncomfortable with Kangxi's behavior of betraying his brother: You are the emperor and you are so great, but you are using him to change the subject at this time.
However, he still wanted to know more about what happened back then: "Since Mammy said this matter had nothing to do with the old ancestor, then why did you go there so coincidentally when Brother Ying and Sister passed away? And later, the maidservant beside her also committed suicide on the same day. This matter was covered up and many people didn't know about it."
Su Ma understood Fuquan's meaning and knew that it was impossible not to explain it clearly today: "I participated in the whole process of what happened back then, and I handled many things on my own. Since the prince and the emperor want to know what happened back then, then I will explain it clearly.
At the time, when Oboi was powerful, the master chose the granddaughter of the Sony family as his empress in order to quickly bring the emperor to power. Because of the relationship between Ebilun and Oboi, the master also took the eldest daughter of the Niuhulu family as his concubine. It was only after Yingge entered the palace that the master accidentally discovered the prince's intentions, but by then, the matter was already a foregone conclusion and could not be changed.
Besides, having already experienced the Dong Efei incident, the master would never allow it to happen again. So during those two years, when the prince came to the palace to pay his respects, the master often ordered Yingge Gege to leave, minimizing your meetings.
Later, the prince married Xiruke, and the couple had a very good relationship. Even though there was no one else in the courtyard, the master had no intention of interfering. As long as you live a good life, everything is fine. Then Yinggege continued to be a concubine in the palace. She also knew her status, and the master never made things difficult for her. Even if the emperor did not like her at the time, the master did his best to give her a better life.
After a few years of this life, the emperor captured Oboi, and then his followers were punished, and Lord Ebilun was also stripped of his official position. Then, the second prince was born, Empress Renxiao passed away, and Yinggege became the next empress.
Then one time we discovered that someone had poisoned the queen. The master found the imperial physician, but the imperial physician said that the poison had been in her body for several months and had penetrated deep into her bone marrow. It could no longer be cured. Not only that, the queen's life span was not long.
At that time, the master was still thinking about finding the murderer and accomplices behind the scenes to avenge the queen, but the queen refused. She said that her life was too hard and she had never lived for herself. Now that she was in this situation, if she left one day, she would be free.
The master agreed to the Empress's request, but secretly did not give up the investigation. In the end, he finally found that it was the remnants of Oboi who did it. The accomplice was later found, and it was the Empress's personal maid. But it was too late. The Empress died within half a year, and her maid was also killed in a fight with another maid.
Then, according to Yinggege's instructions, the master covered up the entire matter and punished all those who knew the truth. This is the truth that this servant knows."
He never expected that the truth would be like this. Fuquan staggered back several steps. Every time he felt sorry for Xuanye and wanted to give up, he would bring up the cause of Ying's sister's death to spur himself and motivate himself. But in the end, he found out that he was a fool. Not only was the person he suspected not suspicious at all, but he was also completely unaware of the situation.
“Hehehe… fate plays tricks on me!”