"All these things are unreasonable for your master, but they are reasonable for me, right?" Mrs. Liu's scolding suddenly rang in Ruliu's ears, and then she was slapped harder on the face, "You
This cheap slave, why do I have any grudge against you? You want to harm me like this."
Ru Liu covered her cheek and said stubbornly: "I'm just telling the truth. If your Majesty really hasn't done it, why should you be afraid of what I'll say? Or maybe I'm just guilty of it?"
"What a sharp-tongued girl!" Ms. Liu retorted angrily, but finally did not slap her again. She was afraid that if this continued, her accusation of "guilty conscience" would be confirmed. This was something she could never accept, even if it was a little flaw.
Nope either.
Yinzhen ignored their words and just gestured to Sixi to hug Hongxun's small body. The swaddling clothes were not completely wrapped, so it was easy to see the bruises on Hongxun's body and the red marks on his neck. Thinking of this, his arms were not long.
The little man has suffered a lot and was even
He was strangled to death. He closed his eyes in pain, and the children who died one after another flashed in his mind. The next moment, he slapped the handrail heavily with his palm. When everyone was shocked by the loud sound, Yinzhen was already violent.
shouted: "Tell me! Who tortured and killed Hongxun?"
Shu Mulu cried silently and said: "Your Majesty, I have always treated the seventh elder brother as if he had already passed away and cared for him so much. How could I harm him? Besides, if the seventh elder brother is dead, what good will it do to me? On the contrary, it will make him worse.
No matter how you put it, it is unreasonable for me to be put in a disadvantageous position. Please give me justice, Your Majesty!"
"Justice for you, then who will give justice to my son?" Mrs. Liu pointed at Shumulu and shouted: "You are not happy to see the emperor making me a concubine, so you vent your anger on Hongxun and abuse him without saying a word.
And strangled him to death, Shu Mulu
Madam, you are simply more poisonous than a poisonous snake!" At this point, she burst into tears and lowered her head and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't believe in my innocence, you can ask the wet nurse and the others when I left.
, Hongxun is dead or alive."
Yinzhen pinched his nose, and when he was about to speak, Ling Ruo said, "Your Majesty, let me ask you. If I make any omissions, it's not too late for you to point them out."
After Yinzhen nodded, Ling Ruo glanced at the wet nurse Chengshi and said sternly: "Please tell me the specific situation when Concubine Qian came. Don't miss a word."
The nanny kowtowed in fear and said, "Yes, Concubine Qian asked the slaves and Yushan to get clothes and warm water, and then she wiped Brother Seventh's body. She didn't make any sound until she changed her clothes. At that time, the slaves
I just thought that the seventh elder brother was fast asleep, but now that I think about it carefully, maybe the seventh elder brother was already out of breath at that time.
"Actually, I already felt that something was wrong with Brother Seventh's face at that time, but I thought that Concubine Qian was the biological mother of Brother Seventh, so I didn't think much about it." These words were just spoken by Ru Liujiao, and I don't want Yinzhen to believe them all.
I just want to put the suspicion on the Liu family as much as possible, so that now I can help the Shumulu family find a chance to survive.
The nanny's words were met with ridicule from Mrs. Liu, "Do you mean to say that I strangled the seventh elder brother to death while pretending to be wiping him and changing his clothes as if nothing had happened? Nanny, you have also given birth to a child.
Man, if you were me, could you do this?"
The wet nurse was mumbling and didn't dare to answer, but Mrs. Liu was not ready to let her go just yet, so she raised her voice and shouted: "Say, is it okay?"
The wet nurse was so frightened that she couldn't understand. She hesitated for a long time and muttered: "You can't do that, slave."
Before Mrs. Liu could speak, Mrs. Shumulu had already spoken: "Just because the wet nurse can't do it, doesn't mean that you can't do it either. It's not fair at all for you to ask the wet nurse like this."
"What's unfair? I am the mother, and the wet nurse is also the mother. She can't just rely on me?" Liu said tit for tat: "Or is Hui Guiren himself cruel, so he thinks others are cruel too?
?It’s a pity that I’m not you, so I can’t be as crazy as you.”
Speaking of this, she said to Ling Ruo: "Madam, when I went back before, I met Cheng Concubine, and I even had a few words of laughter with her. I wonder if I really killed Hongxun, how could I be in the mood to talk to her?
When Concubine Cheng spoke, she had already fled back to the palace in panic. If the empress doesn't believe it, you can tell me that Concubine Cheng is here to ask questions."
I have to say that what Liu said is reasonable and reasonable. In ordinary people's thinking, anyone who has just killed his own child cannot be so nonchalant.
And this is Liu's biggest cover. No one would have thought that she could hide her emotions like this.
After obtaining Yinzhen's consent, Ling Ruo ordered someone to tell Dai Jia's story. When she arrived, he ordered her to describe in detail the scene when she met Liu. After recalling it carefully, Dai Jia said: "I was the concubine at that time.
After returning from a trip to the garden, I met Concubine Qian by chance. She told me that she had just visited the Seventh Prince, and also said that the Seventh Prince had just smiled at her and he looked very cute."
Ling Ruo pulled back her sleeves and said, "Did Concubine Qian show any panic or fear at that time?"
Until now, Dai Jia didn't know what happened, let alone why she was called here to answer these questions, but she still said truthfully: "I don't think Qian Concubine has any inappropriate expressions, and I'm not afraid of panic."
I am satisfied, and even seem quite happy.”
Ling Ruo nodded slightly, and after beckoning Dai Jia to stand aside, he considered for a moment, and whispered a few words with Guar Jia before raising his head and saying to Yinzhen: "Your Majesty, the matter has been reviewed here, and the concubine Cheng
With the testimony, I believe that Concubine Qian did not kill Brother Seventh."
Hearing her words, Madam Liu breathed a sigh of relief, finally getting Concubine Xi to believe her, but the most important thing now was Yinzhen's attitude. As long as he believed it too, then Madam Shumulu would not be able to escape this disaster.
Yinzhen nodded, his eyes fell on Shu Mulu, feeling unspeakable pain and shock, "Jiahui, is this really what you did?"
"I'm wronged! I'm really wronged!" Mrs. Shumulu fell on the ground and cried bitterly, her heart full of fear. She had tried her best, but Mrs. Liu had set up the situation too well, and she had the identity of Hongxun.
The identity of the mother-in-law is protected, so that everyone has confidence in her.
"Your Majesty!" Ru Liu cried and said desperately: "My mistress has always been merciful and has never hurt an ant. How could she harm the seventh elder brother? You must not listen to the words of traitors and wrongfully accuse me.
, otherwise you will definitely regret it in the future!”
"How dare you speak to the emperor like this!" As soon as Su Peisheng finished his scolding words, Yinzhen raised his hand to stop him and said, "If you want me to believe that your master is innocent, then provide evidence."
"I can't take it out." After replying in frustration, Ruliu said again: "But I know that the master is kind-hearted. I still remember that when the master first entered the palace and promised, he was bullied by the palace servants.
The cost was so high that even charcoal was not used in winter, but the master said nothing, never held Hui Qiu accountable, and even tolerated her and allowed her to go to the concubine."