Ji You's expression changed slightly and he said: "The master was rescued from the water. Many people saw this with their own eyes. How could it be false?"
Ji You's expression changed slightly and he said: "The master was rescued from the water. Many people saw this with their own eyes. How could it be false?"
Song Zihua ignored him, raised his hands to Hongli and said, "Your Majesty, although the Queen was indeed rescued from the water, no one knows whether the Queen was alive or dead before she fell into the water."
Hongli looked gloomy and said: "What do you mean?"
"If there is no water in the Queen's belly and throat, it means that she was dead before she entered the water. Only in this way will she not drink the water."
"Did you die before entering the water?" Hongli repeated this sentence in disbelief, and after a while he said in a solemn voice: "In other words... the queen did not commit suicide by drowning?"
Song Zihua affirmed: "Yes, someone killed the Queen first and then pretended to commit suicide by drowning."
Ji You looked panicked and said: "This... how is this possible? The master obviously committed suicide by drowning. Besides, who dares to harm the master?"
Xianyue said coldly: "The Queen has been served by you all her life, and you should know it best."
A Luo interjected: "I remember, the last people the Queen saw were the two of them. Could it be possible..." Although she didn't say the next words, everyone present was a quick-thinking person. How could they not understand?
What she meant, Ji You was the first to say: "Don't talk nonsense, we... how could we harm the master!"
A Luo's lips curled up slightly and he said: "I never said that you harmed the Queen. Now that you are saying this, are you feeling guilty?"
Ji You's face changed drastically, and he said sternly: "I have never harmed my master, why should I feel guilty?"
"But the last people the Queen saw were you two. Apart from you, I really can't think of a third person who could harm the Queen."
Facing A Luo's words, Wei Jingxuan said coldly: "Don't go too far. Ji You and I are loyal to our master and have never shown any disrespect. How could we harm our master?" After that, she turned to Hong.
Li knelt down and said with choked sobs: "Your Majesty, please seek justice for this slave and Ji You."
Hongli glanced coldly at her and Ji You, who was kneeling together, and then said, "Song Zihua, I ask you, since the queen did not drown, why did she die?"
"The real cause of the Queen's death will only be known after careful inspection by the ministers." As soon as Song Zihua finished speaking, a cold word came to his ears, "Check!"
Song Zihua followed his words and came to the Zi coffin again and carefully inspected Mingyu's body. As time went by, he gradually became suspicious. Strangely, Mingyu had no wounds on his body and no signs of poisoning. Wei Jingxuan...
How on earth was it killed and then thrown into the water?
With this doubt, he paused while stroking Mingyu's head with his hand. After removing the hair on the top of his head, he found a wound here. Hongli, who had been paying attention to him, saw his move and said quickly:
"What, you found it?"
"When I return to the emperor, the queen has a wound on her head. Although it is not the cause of death, if she drowned herself, she should not have such a wound."
Ji Yu hurriedly said: "Maybe it was caused by the master hitting the bottom of the boat or a rock after jumping into the water."
Hongli ignored him and asked: "What about the cause of death? Have you found out?"
Song Zihua said helplessly: "Not yet. Please give me some more time, Your Majesty."
Wei Jingxuan suddenly said: "You don't need to investigate anymore. The master did commit suicide by drowning. Even if you were given ten days and ten nights, you would not be able to find out the so-called cause of death."
Xianyue said in a cool voice: "Jingxuan, you and Ji You have been particularly nervous since the coffin was opened. Why is this?"
Wei Jingxuan wrung her fingers uncomfortably, gritted her teeth and said, "I don't have one, slave."
Xianyue had done so much just for this moment, how could she stop here and scolded: "Tell me, does the Queen's death have anything to do with you?"
"No." Wei Jingxuan said anxiously: "I have never harmed my master, absolutely not. Imperial Concubine, please don't slander anyone!"
Xianyue sneered and said: "If this is the case, tell me why there is not even a sip of water in the Queen's throat!"
Wei Jingxuan looked flustered and said, "I don't know this. Maybe there is water in my master's throat. It's just that the Song Dynasty doctor couldn't force it out. In order to cover up his mistake, he wrongly accused me." After that, she crawled to the Hong Kong.
In front of Li's feet, he kowtowed repeatedly and said: "Your Majesty, do you believe me? I really didn't lie! Besides... why would I do such a treasonous thing as murdering my master? This is totally unreasonable."
"Because of Seventh Brother!" Xia Qing slowly said the words she had been holding back for a long time. Today, she can finally expose all Wei Jingxuan's evil deeds and let her get the retribution she deserves.
Wei Jingxuan looked puzzled and said: "Seventh Brother? Where do you start talking about this?"
Xia Qinghan said: "The seventh elder brother did not get smallpox by chance, but because of you. You colluded with Concubine Yu to harm the seventh elder brother and frame the imperial concubine. Fortunately, the imperial concubine was a lucky person and was not harmed by you. But
But the Seventh Brother was killed by you and died tragically from smallpox at a young age!" At this point, she knelt down to Hongli and said: "Your Majesty, my servant once told the Queen that day, but Wei Jingxuan's clever words and arguments,
and death
Confused, the queen believed her and drove the slave out. On the boat, the queen was deposed by the emperor, and she came to scold the master unwillingly. After sending her out, the slave brought up the old things again, and she
Only then did I find out that Wei Jingxuan was responsible for the death of the seventh elder brother. She had mistakenly believed in Wei Jingxuan for so many years, and as a result, the queen committed suicide by drowning that night. Your Majesty, do you think such a coincidence can happen in the world? "
Hongli's face was as gloomy as water. After she finished speaking, he looked at Xianyue and said, "Imperial Concubine, you have known about this for a long time, why didn't you tell me?"
Xiayue lowered her head and said, "Yes, but regarding the seventh elder brother's matter, Xia Qing said that she personally heard what Wei Jingxuan said, but there was no substantial evidence, so I did not dare to alert the emperor without authorization; as for the matter of the empress, I
I always thought she was being suspicious, but I didn’t expect..."
Wei Jingxuan said eagerly: "No, Your Majesty, that's not the case. It was them who deliberately wronged this slave. I have never done anything!"
"Go away!" Hongli kicked her away, then stepped on her chest, gritting his teeth and said: "I ask you whether the queen was harmed by you. If you make a false statement, I will make you suffer the punishment of Lingchi!"
Wei Jingxuan reluctantly shook her head and said: "No, I have never harmed my master. I beg the emperor to believe me. Moreover... the emperor saw the slave's grief for his master with his own eyes. Is this also a lie?"