Xia Qing came close to Xianyue and whispered: "Has your Majesty told the Emperor about Baofu?"
"No, let's talk about that matter later. Now is not the best time." After Xianyue finished speaking, Xia Qing said again: "Would you like me to tell the emperor that the most suspicious place is Dongnuan Pavilion."
Xianyue shook her head slightly and said, "Let Wu Zuo go and check. Sooner or later, Dong Nuan Pavilion will be found. If you go and talk about it now, you will catch Concubine Yu and say that we deliberately manipulated her and wronged her."
When he saw Lin Gui walking into Dongnuan Pavilion, Yu Liu's cheeks twitched involuntarily, and he panicked and said in Concubine Yu's ear: "Master, if you go to Dongnuan Pavilion, will he really find blood on the ground?"
Concubine Yu glared at him and scolded: "Why are you nervous? We'll wait until he finds him. I'm warning you, don't expose the truth, otherwise you will die."
"I know! I know!" Yu Liudie responded, trying hard to suppress the tension and panic in his heart.
After about the time of touching a stick of incense, Lin Gui came out of Dongnuan Pavilion, bowed to Hongli and said, "To report to the emperor, I found dried blood between the two gold bricks in Dongnuan Pavilion."
As soon as these words came out, Concubine Yu was shocked. There was actually... blood stains. What should she do now? Even though she was so scheming, she was also panicking this time. Just as Concubine Yu was nervously thinking about countermeasures.
At that time, Hongli and Xianyue had already walked in.
Lin Gui walked to the back of the Nuan Pavilion, squatted down, and used a thin object to pick out some dark red powder from the cracks of the gold bricks in his palm, and presented it to Hongli, "Your Majesty, please take a look."
Concubine Yu's eyelids kept twitching. She remembered that the place where Lin Gui picked out the things was exactly where Dongmei was standing that day. She was really negligent in this matter. She also blamed this meddlesome man for doing so.
Even wanting to get to such a hidden place is just trying to make things difficult for her!
Hong Li said coldly: "Concubine Yu, you keep saying that you did not kill Dongmei and Xiao Quanzi. Then tell me, why are there blood stains here? Why?!"
Concubine Yu hurriedly knelt down and said: "No, Your Majesty, I really didn't kill them. They have been with me for so many years. They are like relatives. I..."
Hongli interrupted her impatiently, "I don't want to hear what you are saying. I just want to know why Dongmei's blood is here. Don't tell me that someone is killing you here without knowing it."
Kill the person and throw him into Linyuan Pond."
Concubine Yu said in a panic: "I really didn't kill anyone, as for this blood... blood..." She nervously thought of a solution, but her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't think of a solution for a while.
Xia Qing said coldly: "Now that things have come to this point, I would like to advise Concubine Yu to admit it."
Mrs. Chen looked at all this in astonishment, shook her head and said: "No, Your Majesty, I believe it was not Concubine Yu. If she really killed her, how could she be so sad?"
Xia Qing said coldly: "Empress Wanbi thinks too simply. There is a saying that 'the thief shouts to catch the thief'. The more the culprit is, the more humiliated he is. Think about it, if this matter really has nothing to do with her.
, how did she manage to drag you to the imperial concubine, and then break off the bracelet so coincidentally and find the silver hairpin? Concubine Yichen sees that she is simply using you."
Mrs. Chen was speechless by her question, and looked at Concubine Yu with a bit more suspicion. Is it true that Concubine Yu was the murderer as Xia Qing said?
Hongli's face was ashen and he said: "Concubine Yu, you are so brave. Not only did you kill the palace people, but you also tried to frame the imperial concubine!"
"No, I was unjustly accused." After a while, Concubine Yu finally came up with a defense, "Just based on these dark red powders, you say that I killed someone, doesn't your Majesty think it's too ridiculous?"
Or, even if this is really human blood, it may not be Dongmei's. Maybe it was someone else who accidentally injured his hand while doing something and dripped it on the ground, and the murderer happened to find it."
Hongli stared at her for a moment, then turned around and said, "Lin Gui, do you have any way to identify these powders?"
"If I return to the emperor, I can tell that these powders are human blood, but whose blood it is..." Lin Gui lowered his head and said, "I beg your pardon for my incompetence."
His answer made Concubine Yu feel relieved. She was really afraid that if the widower said that he could tell that it was Dongmei's blood, then she would be in real trouble. She quickly said: "Your Majesty, I am so busy with you.
After many years, don’t you still know what kind of person I am? How could I use such an extremely cruel method to kill someone who has always been loyal to me?”
Xia Qing said coolly: "But at the moment, it seems that you, Concubine Yu, are the most suspicious."
Concubine Yu ignored her and just looked at Hongli who said nothing sadly, "Your Majesty, what do you want me to say before you believe that I am unjustly accused?"
Hongli looked at her coldly and said coldly: "I also want to believe you, but it's a pity..."
"Huang Ama!" Yongqi's appearance interrupted Hongli's words. The former looked blankly at Concubine Yu who was kneeling on the ground and said: "What happened to Huang Ama? Why is E Niang kneeling on the ground?"
When Concubine Yu saw him, she was like a drowning person seeing the hope of survival, and hurriedly said: "Yongqi, please tell your emperor, Ama, E Niang did not kill anyone, E Niang was unjustly accused."
"Kill?" Yongqi repeated these two heavy and dark words in astonishment, then ran over and grabbed Hongli's sleeve and said: "No, E Niang will not kill anyone, Huang Ama, E Niang will not kill anyone."
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Hongli loved this smart and precocious son very much and did not want him to get involved in this matter. He lowered his voice and said: "Yongqi, you go down first. Emperor Ama will take care of your mother's affairs."
Find out."
Yong Qi was unwilling to leave. She shook her head vigorously and said, "Eniang, she will definitely not kill anyone. Emperor Ama, you believe in my son and Eniang."
Xianyue walked up to him and said: "Fifth Brother, earlier today, I asked you about the meaning of the Confucian Wuchang. I also asked you what you would do if the person who violated the Wuchang was your close relative.
Yes, do you still remember your answer at that time?"
Yong Qi bit his lip hard, with obvious struggle on his small face. After a long time, he said in a low voice: "I remember, but I believe E Niang, she will not harm anyone." After that, he raised his head again and said:
"Huang Ama, you trust my mother, don't punish her, please!"
Hongli sighed lowly and said: "Sixi, take the fifth elder brother to the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart."
"Hey!" Si Xi responded, walked to Yong Qi and whispered: "Fifth Brother, follow me out."
How could Yongqi be willing? She pulled Hongli's sleeve tightly and didn't let go. Hongli's face darkened and he said: "Yongqi, don't you even listen to Huang Ama's words?"