When Wei Jingxuan heard this, she said with an indignant look on her face: "My lord Xia, how have I ever wronged you? Why do you want to accuse me unjustly in front of the emperor like this?"
Xia Qing ignored her and said to Hongli: "Your Majesty, I have not wronged anyone. If you don't believe me, you can ask Cuizhu yourself."
When Cuizhu saw Hongli looking over, he knelt down quickly and said: "Your Majesty, what the master said is true. Yesterday, I met Xianghan. She saw that I was holding silver charcoal, so she asked a few questions, and then said that I wanted to
She took it from Yimeixuan and gave it to the slave. The slave had already said she didn’t want it. She insisted and the slave had no choice but to accept it. Today she gave the silver charcoal to the slave.
At that time, she said that the silver charcoal might get damp, so when using it, you must burn incense. Because she had helped the slave before, the slave did not suspect it until the master knew about it and found that the silver charcoal was mixed with musk.
Her true intention; fortunately these silver charcoal haven't been used yet, otherwise... otherwise this slave girl would have become an accomplice."
Hongli didn't say anything. He stared at Xiang Leng who had been shivering since he came in and said, "Is what Cuizhu said true?"
Xianghan raised her head tremblingly, but as soon as it came into contact with Hongli's cold eyes, she quickly lowered her head again. The words of Wei Jingxuan and Concubine Yu kept swirling in her mind, and she said in a trembling voice: "Yes... it's the truth."
"Did you make the decision as Wei Changzai said, or did she instigate you to do this?" As soon as Hongli finished speaking, Xia Qing said eagerly: "Your Majesty, Xianghan is just a slave.
, how could she dare to do such a heinous thing without Wei Jingxuan's instigation? Wei Jingxuan just wants to get away with it, so she deliberately puts the blame on Xianghan. Don't believe her."
Xianyue said: "Xia Guiren, the emperor is wise and powerful, and will find out the truth on his own. You don't need to be anxious."
"Yes...yes..." Xianghan didn't say anything else for a long time. Seeing this, Wei Jingxuan quickly said: "Your Majesty, no matter whether I am the envoy or not, I can't escape the blame for this kind of thing.
I am willing to be punished!"
Hongli ignored her and still stared at Xianghan and said, "Tell me, what is going on?"
"Yes..." Xiang Han dug hard at the fine cracks of the gold bricks and said with difficulty: "I am a slave... who is good at making decisions and has nothing to do with... the master!"
When this sentence fell into the ears of Wei Jingxuan and Yu Fei, they both breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Xiang Han was willing to bear this matter down, Wei Jingxuan would be safe and sound, at least there would be no serious problems.
"Xianghan, I ask you again, is it true that Wei Changzai did not know beforehand?" Hongli's eyes swept over his body. Although it was invisible and insubstantial, it made Xianghan feel like being pricked by needles, and he did not dare to raise his head.
, only stammered and replied: "Master...she really doesn't know...doesn't know."
Listening to her words, Xia Qing couldn't help but said: "Xianghan, you were obviously acting under orders, why did you cover up the crime for Wei Jingxuan? Did she force you to do this?"
Xianyue's eyes turned slightly, she walked to Hongli and whispered in his ear. The latter nodded slightly and said: "Xianghan, if you are willing to tell the truth, no matter what mistakes you have made, I will
I can forgive you and never hold you accountable!"
Hearing this, Xianghan was shaken all over. He raised his head and said in disbelief: "Your Majesty, are you...really willing to forgive this slave's sin and not...not to pursue it?"
Hongli said in a deep voice: "You have no words to say, but the premise is that you tell the truth, otherwise I will not forgive you lightly!"
Xianghan's face kept changing. She didn't want to die. The reason why she took the charge of murdering the emperor's heir just now was because she didn't want to harm her family. Besides, she was an accomplice. Even if she told the truth, she would still die. But now Hongli promised,
As long as she tells the truth, her life will be spared and she will never be held accountable. In other words, she has a chance to survive.
Wei Jingxuan noticed Xiang Han's thoughts, and was anxious and angry. But Hongli was right in front of her, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she could only glare at Xiang Han secretly as a warning.
How could Concubine Yu not feel what she could detect? To avoid exposing her secrets, she quickly said: "Your Majesty, I believe that what Xiang Han just said is the truth. Although she made a big mistake, in the final analysis, it was her fault.
Out of the heart of protecting the Lord, I beg you to have some mercy and spare her."
Hongli raised his hand and said, "I want to hear it from Xianghan's own words. Is what he just said true or false?"
After him, Xianyue said: "Xianghan, please think clearly, are you going to live or die?"
"Slave..." Xianghan was experiencing a fierce battle between heaven and man in her heart. After a long time, she finally made up her mind, clenched her fists tightly, and said loudly: "I am willing to tell the truth, but I only ask the emperor to spare my life!"
Hongli's eyes flashed and he immediately said: "Say!"
Xianghan nodded vigorously, ignoring Wei Jingxuan's ugly face, and said clearly: "Everything is not the slave's intention, the master instructs the slave to do it. She hates Xia Guiren for being able to conceive a dragon fetus, and is afraid that Xia Guirui will give birth to a dragon."
After the pregnancy, he will become the lord of the first palace, so he tried every possible means to remove the dragon fetus from Xia Guiren's belly."
As soon as these words came out, Wei Jingxuan's face became extremely ugly, and she said sternly: "You girl, don't talk nonsense in front of the emperor. Have I ever said or instructed you to do anything?"
Now that his face was broken, Xianghan had nothing to worry about and immediately said: "Your Majesty, this servant is not talking nonsense. Whether it is mixing the anti-fetal medicine in the imperial kitchen or mixing musk into the silver charcoal this time, it was Wei Chang who
I was instructing my slaves to do it."
"Okay! That's great!" Hongli nodded with cold eyes, stood up and walked to the uneasy Wei Jingxuan, saying in a cold voice: "What else do you want to say?"
Wei Jingxuan was really in a state of confusion at the moment. What she had originally planned was turned into a mess because of Xianghan's change of words. She couldn't think of any way to deal with it for a while, so she could only say in a panic: "Your Majesty,
Don't listen to this girl's nonsense, I am wronged, I am..."
Before she finished speaking, she received a heavy slap on the face, and a cold and stern voice came from her ear, "Now that things have happened, you are still telling lies. You deserve to die!"
Hearing these words, Wei Jingxuan felt that her three souls had disappeared. She ignored the pain on her face, pulled Hongli's sleeve and cried: "No! Your Majesty, listen to me, I, I..."
Hongli threw her hand away forcefully and said bitterly: "I don't want to listen to your lies anymore!"
When Wei Jingxuan fell to the ground because she was unsteady, Xia Qing walked up and said: "Your Majesty, this is not the only evil thing Wei Jingxuan has done. She also killed Prince Yaomin and Princess Hejing. This person is basically
Snake-hearted and unforgivable!"
Seeing that Hongli was looking at her with an increasingly unkind look, Wei Jingxuan was horrified. She suppressed her panic and said with a look of grief and anger: "Yes, I have harmed your child, but when have I ever harmed Prince Min and Princess Hejing?"
, you might as well just say that I killed the late Queen?!"