Xianyue shook her head and said, "No, I have never said anything like this to my second elder brother."
"Of course you won't admit it, but Abi has admitted that the reason why Yonglian pretended to be well was to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet and to see you. If you hadn't taught him, how could he have done this?!"
Xianyue didn't know that there were such twists and turns, and her eyes of surprise and distress fell on the unconscious Yong Lian. This child is really stupid...
"You have nothing to say, right?" Faced with Mingyu's aggressiveness, Xianyue said calmly: "I didn't know about this until now. Mrs. Xu said that the poison on the second elder brother did not happen overnight.
Yes, someone has been poisoning him continuously. From the time when the second elder brother got sick until now, I have only seen the second elder brother three times, including the family dinner last night. How did I poison him?"
Concubine Zhe whispered: "I remember that before my second elder brother got sick, he often secretly went to see Concubine Xian. Could it be that..."
Xianyue's eyes sharpened, staring at Concubine Zhe who had not continued speaking, and said, "What do you want to say?"
"The second elder brother was poisoned with a chronic poison. In other words, when he was first poisoned, there were probably no symptoms, and they would only show up later. As for later, although Concubine Xian did not see the second elder brother often anymore,
, but in the two crucial times... there is no shortage of Concubine Xian, no wonder the Queen is suspicious."
Xianyue said solemnly: "So, Concubine Zhe also believes that the poison on the second elder brother is from this palace?"
Just as Concubine Zhe was about to speak, Hongli took the lead and said, "Don't disturb Imperial Physician Xu here while he is treating Yonglian. Follow me to the main hall." After that, he turned around and left. Xianyue and others quickly followed after them.
In the main hall, Hongli said: "What did Abi say? Queen, tell me carefully."
Mingyu immediately repeated Abi's words, then pointed at Xianyue and said bitterly: "She has always wanted to harm Chen Concubine and Yonglian, she must have done this!"
Hongli hesitated and said nothing. Mingyu had no direct evidence to prove that Xianyue did this, but from all aspects, Xianyue was indeed suspicious, but... could it really be Xianyue?
He has always been extremely wary and suspicious of Xianyue, and even now, there is still some remaining. If she said that she murdered the Queen, Concubine Zhe and others in order to compete for favor, he might believe it, but murdering Yonglian...
He remembered that he once went to Yanxi Palace and saw Xianyue making a piece of clothing for Yonglian. The tenderness and compassion in Xianyue's eyes at that time did not seem to be fake.
Seeing Hongli's delay in speaking, a trace of sadness flashed across Xia Yue's eyes, "Your Majesty, do you also think it was my concubine who harmed Yonglian?"
"I..." Hongli didn't know how to answer. This was the first time he was so hesitant when facing something.
Seeing Hongli's hesitation, Concubine Zhe felt anxious and said: "If everything really has nothing to do with Concubine Xian, why did things happen so coincidentally? You just met the second elder brother, and the second elder brother pretended to have recovered from his illness the next day. No.
Let Dr. Xu diagnose and treat him. If not, he would have been able to find out as early as the day before yesterday that the second elder brother was not sick but poisoned. In that case, the poison in the second elder brother's body might not be so troublesome;
Yes, after returning from the Mid-Autumn Festival family dinner, the second elder brother's condition suddenly worsened. Is it because the condition suddenly worsened or... was he poisoned again?" She paused and said: "As far as I know, Xi Yan
All the dishes are arranged by you, Concubine Xian. Even before they are served, A Luo has to check them again. No one except you should have the opportunity to tamper with the dishes."
Xianyue narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at Concubine Zhe coldly, "I can't answer what Concubine Zhe said for the moment, but Concubine Zhe said it vividly, as if she had experienced it personally, and I couldn't help but let it go
I wonder if the whole thing was done by Concubine Zhe, and you wanted to murder the second elder brother and put the blame on me?"
Concubine Zhe was shocked and quickly used her anger to cover up her true emotions, "It's ridiculous. I care so much about my second elder brother, how could I murder him? I just made these inferences based on the suspicious aspects of the matter.
; Besides, I didn’t prepare for yesterday’s family dinner, and I didn’t spend time alone with my second elder brother, how could I do these things?”
Xianyue caught a trace of panic in Concubine Zhe's eyes, and became more sure that she was involved in the matter. She stepped forward and said: "Before the second elder brother fell ill, Concubine Zhe would go to Kunning Palace almost every day, and she had never interacted with the second elder brother.
Have you ever had any contact with me, or given anything to your second elder brother?"
Concubine Zhe leaned back slightly and said in a cold voice: "It happened before. It was a hot weather before. I once made sour plum soup to relieve the heat of the second elder brother, but the empress also took it together, and it came from the same stew pot. If there is a problem
If it really happened in the sour plum soup, why would the Queen be fine?"
Xianyue was silent. Yes, if the sour plum soup from the same stew pot was drugged, both Mingyu and Yonglian should have been poisoned. But now only Yonglian is in trouble, which is really unreasonable. But if not
Concubine Zhe, who could it be?
Before Xianyue could figure it out, Mingyu had already said: "Nala Xianyue, I don't want to hear you wronging others here again. I want to ask you, what kind of poison did you give Yonglian to cause him to do this?
Look. Say it!”
Xianyue met Mingyu's hateful eyes and said, "If I knew about it, I would definitely tell the queen, but I really have no idea about this matter." At this point, she walked up to Hongli and knelt down.
He continued: "I don't know how to make the emperor believe me, but I can swear to God that I have never harmed the second elder brother in the slightest, and he is also the person I will never harm in this life!"
Hongli lowered his head and looked at Xianyue, who calmly let go of all his defenses and let him look into his eyes, seeing through everything. The long river of time seemed to stand still at this moment...
After a long time, Hongli withdrew his gaze and said with a complex expression: "We will wait until Yonglian's situation stabilizes."
Hearing this, Mingyu's face suddenly turned ugly and said: "Your Majesty, do you believe her ridiculous oath?"
Hongli himself didn't know whether he believed it or not, but just now, he did not find a trace of deception or panic in Xianyue's eyes.
He stroked his aching temples and said, "We will review this matter after everyone has calmed down. I promise the queen that the murderer of Yong Lian will be found!"
Mingyu said coldly: "There is no need to hold another trial. The murderer is Nala Xianyue. She must have done it."
Facing Mingyu's reluctance, Hongli couldn't help but get a little angry and said: "Queen, you keep saying that you are Concubine Xian, where is the evidence? Where is the evidence? Everything you just said is the guesswork of you and Concubine Zhe.
There is no substantial evidence to prove that Concubine Xian is involved in this matter."