Dai Jiashi endured the doubts in her heart and bowed to Yinzhen and Ling Ruo, "I have met the emperor and the concubine Xi!" After being able to wait for a while, she said cautiously: "I don't know that the emperor has asked the father-in-law to pass on the wedding.
Why are you here, my concubine?"
Yinzhen nodded slightly and said, "I have something to ask you, concubine Cheng. Did Jiahui accidentally pour a bowl of porridge on you before, and you hit her with the bowl in anger?"
When Dai Jia heard that it was really about this, she quickly knelt down and said with a bit of panic: "When I return to the emperor, I did hit Mr. Hui with a bowl, but she was provocative and rude first. That bowl of porridge,
She did it on purpose because she wanted to molest my concubine."
Yinzhen looked at her and said expressionlessly: "You're so good, why did she burn you?"
"She thought that in the seventh elder brother's incident, I was deliberately helping my concubine, so she held a grudge and always wanted to take revenge on me. After the incident, she also said that she would report it to the emperor, so that I would definitely die." said
After that, she said eagerly: "Your Majesty, this concubine is unintentional. It is really because Hui Gui has deceived others too much, and this concubine is like this."
Yinzhen snorted coldly and said: "You are a concubine of the fourth rank and the chief of Jingren Palace. How can Jiahui bully you?" Without waiting for Dai Jia's explanation, he said again: "I
Have you brought the silk bag you were asked to carry?"
Dai Jia nodded fearfully and presented the three silk bags to Yinzhen. As soon as Yinzhen took them, he heard Shumulu whisper: "I remember that I gave the queen four silk bags. Why are you here?"
There are only three.”
Dai Jia had never looked at these silk bags before, so how could she remember whether they were three or four? So when she asked her, she couldn't answer her question. Caixia said, "Hui Gui, you remembered it wrong."
I gave my master three silk bags."
Dai Jia's hesitation was undoubtedly a guilty conscience in Yinzhen's eyes, and his suspicion became a little deeper. On the other side, Shu Mulu said: "I remember clearly, it is indeed four silk bags."
Dai Jia didn't know the seriousness of the matter, but just regarded it as a trivial matter, and said one by one: "What if it's just four silk bags? If you can't find the other one, you can't find it. Do you still want to blame me for losing it?"
Isn’t that the silk bag you gave me?”
"I don't dare!" Dai Jia was quite satisfied with Shu Mulu's humility. The next moment, Yinzhen's cold voice came to her ears, "So, you are admitting that Jiahui gave you four silk bags.
?”
Dai Jia didn't understand why Yinzhen cared so much about the humble silk bag, but Yinzhen's cold voice made her feel a little uneasy, and she said with fear: "I don't know, maybe three, maybe four...
…”
Before she could finish speaking, a loud shout rang out in the palace, "How did you become the Lord of the First Palace and be so confused that you don't even know how many silk bags there are?"
Dai Jia was startled, lowered her head and said, "Concubine... I really didn't look carefully at that time."
"Did you not read carefully or did you dare not tell the truth?" Yinzhen's words confused Dai Jiashi, "I don't understand what the emperor means."
Yinzhen snorted coldly and threw the three silk bags together with the empty silk bag in front of Dai Jia, "Tell me, what did you do when you came to Concubine Xi's place yesterday?"
No matter how slow Dai Jia was, she realized that something was wrong and repeatedly said: "I just came to pay my respects to Concubine Xi, and I have never done anything else."
At this time, Ling Ruoyi said: "Your Majesty, when Concubine Cheng came, I was always here. She would not have the chance to put things in Hongli's room. Besides, Concubine Cheng also knew a little bit about Concubine Cheng.
, she would not do such a vicious thing."
Dai Jia was at a loss and said: "My dear, what happened? What did I put in Brother Si's room?"
Ling Ruo briefly explained the matter. Before she could finish, Dai Jia's face turned pale. She knew very well what the crime was for murdering her brother. If it really fell on her, not only would she die, but the entire family would also die.
Just pay for it. If she had really done it, that would be fine. The problem is that she didn't know anything at all, so she was charged with murdering her brother for no reason.
Thinking of this, she hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I have no knowledge of the poisoning of the fourth elder brother, and I have never harmed the fourth elder brother at all. You must believe me, I don't know anything."
Yinzhen ignored her, just looked at Ling Ruo and said, "Concubine Xi, apart from concubines, has anyone been to your palace in the past two days?"
"In the past two days, there has been no one else except the concubine." Ling Ruo knew that this answer would deepen Yinzhen's suspicion of Dai Jia's family, but she couldn't talk nonsense. She would know this kind of thing once she checked.
"In this way, Cheng Concubine is the most suspect." Before Yinzhen finished speaking, Dai Jia couldn't wait to cry out the injustice, "Your Majesty, I am not wrong, I am unjust, and why is I so good?
It is important to harm the fourth elder brother. It will not do any good to the concubine if he harms the fourth elder brother.
Yes, this is indeed a problem. If the Shumulu family harmed Lingruo because of revenge for the seventh elder brother's incident, then as for the Dai Jia family, she has no heirs, and killing Hongli will not do her any good.
Seeing that Yinzhen looked suspicious because of her words, Mrs. Shumulu's eyes flashed and she said softly: "Your Majesty, I also think that the concubine will not harm the fourth elder brother. Just like the empress said, after the fourth elder brother is dead, there will be no harm to her."
Any benefit is not..."
Seeing her say something, Yinzhen frowned and said, "It's not what? Go on."
Mrs. Shumulu lowered her head and muttered: "It's not that I'm harming Concubine Xi, but it's still somewhat beneficial to Concubine Cheng."
When Dai Jia heard what she said, she was angry and anxious, fearing that Yinzhen would hear it, so she hurriedly scolded: "Shu Mulu, what are you talking about? When did I ever say that I wanted to harm Concubine Xi? Don't make trouble in front of the emperor.
"
Shu Mulu's body trembled, showing a look of fear, "I deserve to die. I'm just talking nonsense. Please don't take it to heart, your Majesty and your Majesty."
Dai Jiashi glared at her angrily and said to Yinzhen: "Your Majesty, I am really innocent. You must not listen to the nonsense of noble Hui."
Yinzhen stared at her silently for a while and then said: "It's all nonsense. Why is Cheng Bin so nervous?"
"Concubine..." Dai Jia didn't expect that he would ask this. She didn't know how to answer. After a while, she said: "I am afraid that the emperor will fall into her instigation and have a misunderstanding about me."
Yinzhen turned away and said to Shu Mulu who was also kneeling on the ground: "You just said that killing Concubine Xi would be good for Concubine Cheng. What are the benefits? I really want to hear it."
Shu Mulu glanced at Dai Jia in fear and whispered: "I dare not say anything."
Yinzhen's eyes instantly became stern, he stared at the top of Shu Mulu's head and shouted: "I told you to just say what you said. How come there is so much nonsense? Say!"