Yinzhen turned his eyes and said, "Prince Qin, will Hongying enter the palace with you?"
Concubine Qin looked a little ugly and said: "If I go back to the emperor, Hongying will be waiting outside the palace at the moment. The emperor can summon her for questioning at any time."
Yinzhen nodded and was about to speak when Tu Lichen suddenly said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking frankly. Hongying is a person close to Concubine Qin. If she is directly called in for questioning, I'm afraid she won't tell the truth.
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Yinzhen also felt that what he said had some truth to it, and asked, "In your opinion, what should we do?"
Tu Lichen looked at Concubine Qin's increasingly ugly face, smiled secretly in his heart, and said: "If the emperor can trust this veteran, why not let him ask the question."
Concubine Qin flatly refused, "No, how do I know if you will deliberately mislead Hongying and make her say something I don't know what to say."
Tu Lichen said with an imperceptible sneer: "Concubine Qin is so anxious to stop her, but is she afraid that Hongying will tell the truth?"
Concubine Qin said harshly: "Every word I said is the truth. There is nothing to be afraid of. Sir Tu, I want to ask you, what should you do if things are not what you said?"
Turichen glanced at her seriously and said: "If this matter is not true, I, Turichen, am willing to resign and return to my hometown, and will never be involved in court affairs again. How about this? Is this answer satisfactory to Princess Qin? Or just want to
Do you want me to risk my life as well?"
Concubine Qin snorted coldly and said nothing. She was a person who knew how to watch words and emotions, and knew that she could no longer stop her, otherwise it would only make Yinzhen suspicious of herself.
After everything was agreed upon, Hongying, who was confused, was taken to Nuange, where Tu Lichen was already waiting. Hongying didn't recognize him, but only by the official uniform on his body, she recognized that he must be a high official in the court, and stepped forward to salute.
Then he asked in a low voice: "I wonder why you summoned this slave?"
Tu Lichen looked her over and said, "Hongying, right? You have been serving Concubine Qin, so you must know a lot about Concubine Qin?"
Hongying didn't know what Tu Lichen meant by asking her, so she hesitated and said, "I am only responsible for serving the food, clothing, and daily life of the concubine. I don't know about other things."
"What about Ping'er?" This sentence made Hongying quickly raise her head and look at Tu Lichen in astonishment. After a while, she tentatively said: "I haven't seen Ping'er for a long time, sir, but I know you."
she?"
Tu Lichen nodded and said: "Ping'er came to me to save her life in order to avoid the pursuit of Concubine Qin. She said that Concubine Qin was the instigator of the accusation against the Queen. Now the emperor knows about it and is interrogating Qin.
Princess, I believe there will be results soon."
Hongying never expected to hear such words. Her eyes were filled with astonishment for a moment. After a while, she calmed down and said: "I don't know what the boss said. I..."
"Hongying, don't tell secrets in front of Mingren. Ping'er has already told me everything. In this matter, you have often given advice to Concubine Qin." Tu Lichen sneered and said: "Conspiracy to kill the current queen is not a good idea.
He is the leader of the Nine Clans.
Sin, Concubine Qin is Prince Guo's niece. The emperor will definitely give her a lighter sentence for Prince Guo's sake. But as for you, you are just a maid. Once the matter is found out, there is only death waiting for you.
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Ping'er didn't say this, Tu Lichen deliberately made it up to make Hongying panic and fall into his trap.
Hongying shook her head in panic and said: "Slave... I don't have..."
She wanted to say that she had not made any suggestions for Princess Qin at all, but Tulichen did not give her a chance to explain in full, and interrupted: "Of course you can defend yourself in front of me now, but someone will soon take you to be tortured."
Department and even the Ministry of Punishment, when the time comes, they can
I won't listen to your lies anymore." After a pause, he continued: "If it were you in my place, the most important thing you should think about at this moment is not to clear yourself up, but to redeem yourself. Otherwise, if you keep dragging it out like this, once you are diligent,
If the concubine confesses, you will have no merit."
As early as when she heard about the Shen Xing Division and the Punishment Department, Hongying was scared. She didn't want to go to such a scary place. Once she got in, even if she could get out, she would only have half a life left, so she didn't want to go there.
to think about graphics
Whether Chen's words were reasonable or not, he just knelt down in a panic and said: "No, I have not done anything. I have never done anything. Please tell me, it really has nothing to do with me!" After saying this, Hongying almost cried.
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"It has nothing to do with you?" Tu Lichen pretended to be surprised and said, "Ping'er made it clear that you were also involved in framing the Queen."
Upon hearing this, Hongying said angrily: "She is talking nonsense. Yes, I do know about this, but I only know about it. I have not said a word at all. From the beginning to the end, it was Concubine Qin who planned it. She was the one who planned it."
It was she who made Ping'er switch sides, and it was she who made Ping'er blame everything on the Queen."
Tu Lichen perked up and finally got the words out of Hongying's mouth, and said quickly: "So, this matter really has nothing to do with the Queen?"
"Replying to the old man, it's not unrelated. The Queen really bribed Ping'er to testify that Concubine Xi had an affair with Master Seventeen, so that she could take this opportunity to get rid of Concubine Xi. But later, I don't know what happened, but the concubine knew about it.
The concubine was very angry about this and summoned Ping'er for a good scolding. After Ping'er admitted that the queen bribed her
After the incident, the concubine asked her to turn the gun and blame everything on the queen. They should have said something else later, but the slave was out at the time, so it is not clear." For the sake of her own life, Hongying
There was no way I could hide anything, just like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, I told everything I knew.
As early as when she said the first sentence, Tu Lichen was stunned in his chair. The Queen Empress actually bribed Ping'er to deal with Concubine Xi? Didn't it mean that this matter had nothing to do with the Queen Empress? Wasn't she wronged?
Once the emperor knows about this, although Concubine Qin will definitely not escape punishment, the empress will also be implicated. Maybe the emperor will take this opportunity to depose the queen and support Concubine Xi to become the queen.
Although there was nothing wrong with Ling Ruo in this matter, Tu Lichen never had a good impression of Ling Ruo. Perhaps it was because when Ling Ruo "died", Yinzhen insisted on naming her the queen despite the dissuasion of the courtiers.
reason.
Seeing that Tu Lichen didn't speak, Hongying just said that he didn't believe what he said, and quickly said: "Sir, you believe me, I have already told you everything I know, and I didn't hide anything. By the way, the concubine is summoning me.
Ping'er went to the palace to see Concubine Xi before, but I don't know if it has something to do with it."
Her words brought Tu Lichen back from his shock. Concubine Xi... could it be that Concubine Qin's matter was also involved in Concubine Xi? After thinking for a moment, he had already made a decision in his mind. Did the Queen bribe Ping'er?
We will discuss the matter of harming Concubine Xi later. The most important thing now is to prove Concubine Qin’s slander against the Queen.