Hongli listened carefully to Ling Ruo's words and had to admit that what she said was reasonable, but doubts followed, "But if it's not Concubine Xian, who could it be?"
"Who is it?" Ling Ruo's lips curved slightly, raising a cold smile, "Can the emperor really not guess it?"
Her words made Hongli tremble in his heart. He subconsciously avoided Ling Ruo's gaze and whispered: "Yes, I really can't guess it."
Ling Ruo walked up to him and said in a solemn voice: "You were born in the Ai family. Mother and son are connected. Your thoughts can be hidden from everyone in the world, but not from the Ai family. You guessed it, but you just didn't dare to think about it. No
Dare to think, you are afraid that your guess will become a fact; you..." She suddenly increased her tone and said word by word: "You are afraid that Mingyu will become the real murderer."
"No!" Hongli said with an excited expression: "It can't be Mingyu. She has always been kind and would not even bear to harm the lives of ants. How could she do this? It must not be Mingyu, it cannot be her."
Ling Ruo looked at him fiercely and said: "Then tell the Ai family, who else besides Mingyu can hide it from everyone and put smallpox pus night in the embroidered picture."
Hongli was upset and said: "I don't know, but it can't be Mingyu. She won't do such a thing. There must be something unexplained in this. Or... Concubine Xian is just showing off her embroidery all the time.
I sent it here."
Ling Ruo sighed deeply and said: "The Ai family knows that it is difficult for you to accept this fact, but the fact is the fact, and it will not change just because you don't accept it."
Hongli rubbed his forehead vigorously and said: "It's not that I don't accept it, it's that I know the queen's personality and she will never do such a harmful thing."
Ling Ruo was silent for a moment and said: "The queen is kind-hearted, but at the same time she is soft-hearted and easily provoked by others. That was the case with Concubine Xian back then. Maybe...she is also provoked this time." At this point, she said
His eyes flashed slightly and he said: "Did the emperor notice Concubine Hui just now? She seems to be more anxious to convict Concubine Xian than the empress."
Hongli was startled and said: "Is the Queen's mother saying that this matter is related to Concubine Hui?"
Ling Ruo said coldly: "It doesn't matter, won't you find out if you call the Queen in and ask?"
Hongli nodded, walked to the door of the palace, and ordered someone to summon Mingyu to enter the palace. When the decree reached the uneasy Mingyu's ears, the latter trembled unconsciously. Gao, who was standing next to her, whispered
: "My queen, don't worry, you just need to tell the truth to the emperor and the emperor."
Mingyu nodded, crossed the knee-high threshold and entered the palace. After the palace door was closed, Ling Ruo said: "Queen, Ai Jia asked, when Concubine Xian sent the embroidery pictures yesterday morning, were they unfolded or folded?
"
Mingyu was very surprised by her words. After thinking for a moment, she said: "When I return to the emperor's mother, I remember that it should be folded up."
Ling Ruo nodded noncommittally and said, "Then according to the Queen's opinion, Concubine Xian did this. Did she want to harm you?"
Mingyu lowered his head and said, "Er Chen and Concubine Xian are as close as sisters. I really don't believe that she would treat Er Chen like this. But right now, besides Concubine Xian, I really can't think of anyone else."
"You just said that the embroidery pictures were sent in stacks. If so, the smallpox pus would be stained everywhere because of the overlap. But Aijia just saw that the traces were limited to the black embroidery threads.
, it has not been contaminated elsewhere. Based on this, it can be inferred that after being contaminated with smallpox pus, the embroidered pattern has never been put together again. How can you explain this?"
Mingyu was not a person who was good at telling lies. Now that he was asked this question by Ling Ruo, he suddenly panicked and said: "This... the emperor should ask Concubine Xian, how can I know?
I remember wrongly, and the embroidered pictures were not folded up at that time."
Ling Ruo stared at her and said, "If you don't know, why do you look so panicked? And you keep wringing your fingers?"
Mingyu quickly put his hands behind his back, and then stammered: "I'm not, I'm not panicking."
Her denial can only make people think she is more suspicious. Hongli walked up to her and said in a cold voice: "Queen, tell me the truth, who was responsible for the smallpox?"
Mingyu glanced at him hurriedly, then immediately lowered his head and said in a panic: "It's Concubine Xian. She wants to use the embroidery of the Hundred Cranes to murder my concubine."
Ling Ruo didn't say a word about this, but instead said: "The Ai family heard Shui Yue say that every time Concubine Hui comes to Kunning Palace, you will send her out. Why is that?"
Mingyu said nervously: "The Emperor's mother misunderstood. I did not send Shuiyue out deliberately, but something happened to happen at that time."
Ling Ruo's face darkened and she said: "It may be a coincidence once or twice, but it is like this every time. Do you think the Ai family will believe it? Queen, when did you become full of nonsense?"
Faced with her question, Mingyu's legs softened, and she knelt down and said, "I'm not talking nonsense, I'm not talking nonsense."
Her voice was weak and weak, even ordinary people would find it problematic, let alone Ling Ruo and Hongli. The latter slowly squatted in front of Mingyu and said in a cold voice: "You lied to me, you are lying.
, you are lying!"
Mingyu shook his head repeatedly and said: "I didn't. Your Majesty, you believe me. I didn't lie. I really didn't."
Hongli said in a painful voice: "You said before that the embroidery pictures were folded, and then when the Queen asked about it, you said that you might have remembered it wrong. When you answered, you looked flustered and looked away. How do you expect me to believe you?"
"
His suspicion frightened Mingyu to the extreme. The fear that shrouded her heart even made her unable to speak. She could only shake her head, hoping that Hongli could believe her, but suspicion always lingered in Hongli's eyes.
Lingering.
What Ling Ruo said next almost crushed her tense nerves, "Queen, did you cause the smallpox yourself in the embroidery to blame Concubine Xian?"
"No! No!" Mingyu denied sharply, then grabbed Hongli's hand and said in a panic: "Your Majesty, I have never done anything. It is none of my business. You know how I am.
, I will never do such a thing."
Hongli looked at Mingyu hesitantly. After a long time, he raised his head and said, "The Queen's mother is not Mingyu's. She will not do such a thing."
Before Mingyu could breathe a sigh of relief, Ling Ruo said, "Your Majesty, do you really believe she didn't do such a thing? Or do you hope she didn't do it?"
Hongli was silent. Ling Ruo turned his gaze to Mingyu, who quickly lowered his head and did not dare to look at her, "Queen, your temperament is very clear to the Ai family. Once you have any opinions about people, you will not easily change your mind."
Change. Ever since the cat hair allergy happened, you have had a problem with Concubine Xian. Even if it turns out that it was not her fault, you still don't like Concubine Xian."