"He?" Nala looked at Ji Liu carefully, shook his head and said, "This is not from Kunning Palace, and I have never seen him. What is going on?"
Before she finished speaking, Ji Liu said in a sharp voice: "The Queen, do you still want to lie in front of the Emperor? No, the Emperor already knows everything, and also knows that you used your slaves to exchange stew pots, and then murdered the Emperor.
, in order to make the slave listen to you, you also made up a nice lie to avoid the slave becoming suspicious. You are really despicable!"
Nala looked at him blankly, and then laughed, "What on earth are you talking about? Why can't I understand a word of it? I have never seen you before. How can I ask you to change the stew pot? Why do you say
It is the most ridiculous thing in the world for me to use you to murder the emperor. I have been married to the emperor for more than thirty years, how could I possibly murder the emperor? But you, a slave, quickly recruited me truthfully. Why are you talking nonsense here to frame me?
"
Ji Liu hurriedly said: "No, Your Majesty, everything the slave said is true. It was indeed the Queen who bribed the slave. She also gave the slave the stew pot."
"You said it was given to you by me, what evidence is there?" Facing Nala's words, Ji Liu was speechless. After a while, his eyes lit up and he said eagerly: "Your Majesty, the banknotes used by the Queen to buy slaves
Keeping it in the slave's pillow can prove that the slave did not lie."
"Go get it immediately." After receiving Yinzhen's instructions, Xiao Wu immediately left in the rain without even having time to hold an umbrella. When he came back, he was soaked by the autumn rain. He took out a stack of banknotes from his sleeve and respectfully
He handed the ground to Yinzhen.
Ji Liu said from the side: "Your Majesty, this is the silver note that the Queen gave to the slave, one thousand five hundred taels. Except for taking two hundred taels to pay off the gambling debt, it has not been touched again."
After reading it, Yinzhen handed it to Ling Ruo, while staring at Nala and saying: "Ji Liu is a slave. He can't have so much money, and he can't harm me for no reason. There must be an instigator behind the scenes.
, Queen, do you think so?"
Nala said, neither humble nor arrogant: "What the emperor said is true, but I have indeed never done such a treasonous and unethical thing. I don't know why Ji Liu wronged me like this."
"I didn't accuse you wrongly. You just ordered me to change the stew pot used by the emperor. You also gave me the money. Don't deny it anymore!" At this time, Ji Liu no longer had any respect for Nala.
He was just full of hatred. If it weren't for Nala's coaxing and abduction, how could he have ended up like this? How hateful! So hateful!
Nala's face darkened and he shouted fiercely: "You brave slave, you dare to accuse me so unjustly. You said that I ordered you. Where is the evidence? Don't tell me that these banknotes are the evidence. One thousand five hundred taels."
I can get the banknote, and others can get it, and I don’t have my name written on it, so it really doesn’t mean anything.”
"I...I..." Ji Liu was speechless again when asked by Nala. Apart from the silver and the stew pot that Nala gave him, he really couldn't produce any other evidence.
Nala sneered and said, "You have nothing to say, right? Ji Liu, let's face it, why did you wrongfully accuse me, and who ordered you to do it?"
"No!" Ji Liu shook his head in panic. Although he was somewhat clever, how could he be compared with Nala?
After seeing the banknote, Ling Ruo said to Nala: "The Queen feels that Ji Liu was instigated by someone to deliberately flatter you, right?"
Nala said without changing his expression: "Isn't it true? I and the emperor have been helping each other for so many years, sharing weal and woe. How could I murder the emperor?"
Ling Ruo nodded slightly and said: "This is indeed strange, but I am also strange. Who in the palace would kill the emperor in order to frame the empress? If I hadn't been there, the emperor would have drank the cup of ginseng soup and used a cup of ginseng soup.
The ginseng soup made from hundreds of years of ginseng is enough to kill the emperor."
Yes, it is one thing to fight against each other in the harem, but it is another thing to kill the emperor. No one would kill the emperor just to plot against a concubine or empress.
Ling Ruo's voice sounded calm, but the potential and danger contained in it were far beyond Ji Liu's reach. Nala was silent for a short time, but after this silence, she stared at Ling Ruo and said: "Yes
Who knew there was something wrong with the ginseng soup?"
"It's my concubine." As soon as Ling Ruo finished speaking, Nala said: "Because Concubine Xi saw that there was something wrong with the ginseng soup, nothing happened to the emperor. Speaking of which, Concubine Xi made a contribution to the rescue."
Nala's words made Ling Ruo feel that something was wrong. She frowned slightly and said, "I was lucky enough to see it, so I don't dare to take credit."
Nala smiled coldly and said to Yinzhen, who had been silent since just now: "Your Majesty, Concubine Xi is right. No one will murder the Emperor in order to frame my concubine. But if that person knew it early on,
Can’t the emperor be harmed by ginseng soup? Then he can do whatever he wants."
"What do you mean?" Faced with Yinzhen's inquiry, Nala straightened her back and said: "If I really have the intention to harm the emperor, I can do it when I first bring the ginseng soup.
My hands and feet, why have I made it so troublesome now and were betrayed by Ji Liu?"
"Then who does the queen think framed you?" Yinzhen's expression was very calm, making it difficult to tell what he was really thinking.
Nala lowered his head and said: "I didn't want to say something that I didn't want to say, but after being forced into this situation, there is no point in hiding it anymore. As early as when I was in the mansion, Concubine Xi wanted to take my concubine instead.
Her thoughts have been hidden until now, and she has harmed me several times and wanted to kill me."
Yinzhen's expression changed, he sat up straight and said, "If that's the case, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Nala wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said: "I know that the emperor has always valued Concubine Xi. If I knew that Concubine Xi was such a utilitarian and vicious person, I would definitely be sad. Therefore, even if I was persecuted by Concubine Xi, I would remain in hiding."
I couldn't bear to say anything. I thought that Imperial Concubine Xi would repent sooner or later, but she actually got worse and worse, insisting on taking my life." These words were extremely sincere, as if she had really suffered all the grievances to prevent Yinzhen from knowing the truth.
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Yinzhen said coldly: "According to what you said, the person who instigated Ji Liu to murder me this time and put the crime on you is Concubine Xi?"
"Other than that, I can't think of another possibility." Nala said with a sad expression: "If it weren't for Concubine Xi, how could she happen to be in the Yangxin Hall and discover that there was something wrong with the ginseng soup?
And he traced it all the way to Ji Liu? It’s nothing if one thing is a coincidence, but if two or three things come together, it’s very likely that it was someone else’s deliberate arrangement.”