Hongli smiled solemnly, "Really? But the letter was obtained from Chuntao. Chuntao is your personal maid. Does she want to harm you?"
"I don't know, but I am really unjust!" Yehenala knew in her heart that once she admitted this matter, with Hongli's attention to Xianyue, she would definitely die, so she absolutely could not admit it. This might still be possible.
A glimmer of hope.
"Unjustly?" Hongli stared at her and said coldly: "Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter, and I will never wrongly accuse any innocent person, but similarly, I will not let go of any intention.
You are an evil person!" After saying that, he said sternly: "Come here, tell Chuntao and Xiao Dezi; in addition, send someone out of the palace to tell Xu Ming and Li Wenzhong to come to the palace to meet them!"
Yehenara was frightened when she heard this. Looking at Hongli's appearance, she was obviously ready to get to the bottom of it. The situation was really not good for her. She hoped... that she could escape this disaster, otherwise... everything would be over!
After Si Xi accepted the order and retreated, the silence in the Yangxin Hall was unusually quiet. Each other's ears were filled with the sound of their own heartbeats and breathing. The most uneasy one was Yehenala, with countless thoughts flashing through his mind.
During such an unbearable wait, the palace door opened, and the embarrassed Chuntao and Xiao Dezi walked in tremblingly. Before they could kneel down to salute, Hongli said coldly: "This letter is for you to honor Concubine Shu."
Was it sent to Xu Hua?"
The two of them lowered their heads and glanced at the letter on the ground. After looking at each other, Chuntao whispered: "Returning to the emperor, this letter was not given by the master to the slaves, but... it was found on Qiu Ju next to the imperial concubine.
of."
Mr. Hu, who was standing aside, heard this and sneered: "There is really a slave like a master. Xin obviously found it from you, but he falsely accused Qiu Ju. Wait a moment, are you?"
Are you planning to unjustly accuse me and frame Concubine Shu?"
Chuntao gritted her teeth and said, "I don't dare, but my master has never given me any letters."
Hongli raised his hand to signal Hu to stop talking, and then said: "So, you were fighting and chasing Li Si and others just to get this letter?"
Chuntao thought nervously and said: "Yes, the slave and Xiao Dezi accidentally picked up the letter they dropped and found that they forged the master's handwriting to write such a letter. They were very scared, fearing that they would use the letter to harm them.
Master, impulsively, he started to argue and push with them. I didn’t expect that things would get so serious later, so please forgive me, Your Majesty.”
Listening to her distorting the facts, Mrs. Hu sneered and said: "That's a bunch of nonsense." After that, she said to Hongli: "Your Majesty, many people in the palace saw it at that time. You can send them to testify. Look at this.
Who did the letter come from? Li Si and Qiu Ju can both testify."
"Pass!" After Xiao Wu went down, Hongli called him and said, "Also, go and tell Zheng Yuan, the Imperial Academy student, to come over."
No one knows why Hongli suddenly summoned a Hanlin Academy attendant to enter the palace. There has never been a precedent for palace affairs to be handed over to foreign officials for trial. Besides, a mere Hanlin Academy attendant does not have this right.
Amidst such doubts, Li Si, Qiu Ju and others came to Yangxin Hall one after another. Behind them came Zheng Yuan, who was wearing the uniform of a fourth-grade civil servant.
After ordering Xiao Wu to get the four treasures of the study, Hongli said to Zheng Yuan, who looked confused: "Among the officials, you are the best at identifying authenticity. I remember that two years ago, you were the one who recognized the fake painting of Tang Bohu.
.”
Zheng Yuan, like Yehenala, could not figure out Hongli's intention in sending him here. They did not dare to be careless and said cautiously: "Wei Chen was also lucky for a moment and saw the problem from those few inscriptions."
"I don't like being lucky." Hongli's words made Zheng Yuan lower his head in fear. Just when he was uneasy, the cold voice fell into his ears again, "I sent you today to ask you to authenticate a letter.
If it is true or false, I will reward you. If it is wrong, you can go to the Ministry of Personnel and resign yourself!"
Zheng Yuan hurriedly said: "We must do our best!"
While talking, Xiaowu had already taken out pen and ink. Hongli looked at Yehenala and said: "Since Concubine Shu insists that this letter was not written by you, I will write it according to the words on the letter so that Zheng
Remote identification.”
Yehenara had a hundred and a thousand reluctances in her heart, but when Hongli spoke, she did not dare not to obey. She stretched out her trembling pen and wrote word by word on the paper.
Yehenala has been practicing composition since she was a child, so writing such a letter was an easy task for her, but this time it was extremely difficult. After finishing writing it, she no longer had the strength to hold the pen.
When she wrote the letter, she deliberately changed her usual way of starting or starting the pen, hoping to hide it from the truth.
When Zheng Yuan took the two letters to the side hall for appraisal, Hongli glanced at the palace servants standing below with their hands down. When passing Li Si, he paused for a moment; at this time, Li Si had already been given the medicine.
I saw the imperial doctor and the broken finger was splinted, but it still looked miserable.
Hongli withdrew his gaze and said coldly: "What have you seen? Tell it from the facts!"
Those people did not dare to neglect and told what they saw in detail. Hongli naturally also learned that the letter was found by Qiu Ju from Chuntao. Before he could ask questions, Chuntao hurriedly said: "Slave, just now
As I said, the slave picked up the letter they had not dropped and was afraid that it would be harmful to the master, so she hid it. Unexpectedly, Qiu Ju went crazy and tore off the slave's clothes and snatched the letter away!"
It has to be said that Chuntao was very good at adapting to circumstances, and she managed to make things right in just a few words. However, this matter was not so smooth, and Hongli's eyes were still full of doubts.
As for those in the palace, although many of them saw the letter falling from Chuntao's arms, there is no way of knowing whether Chuntao picked it up and put it away.
Hongli was not in a hurry, and just motioned to the palace people to leave. After a while, Zheng Yuan came in holding two letters. His appearance made everyone's hearts arouse. Hongli leaned slightly and said: "How?
Are there any results?"
Zheng Yuan cupped his hands and said: "Returning to the emperor, although the writing methods of these two letters are slightly different, it can still be seen that they were written by the same person!"
Hearing this, Yehenala's legs softened and she could hardly stand. Still... couldn't she hide it?
"Are you sure there's nothing wrong?" Faced with Hongli's inquiry, Zheng Yuan said firmly: "Yes, Wei Chen has appraised many calligraphy and paintings, so I am still certain of this."
"Okay!" After waving for him to leave, Hongli stared at Yehenala with an expressionless face and said, "What else do you have to say?"
Yehenala shed tears and said: "I don't know why Mr. Zheng said this, but it really is none of my business. I am innocent."
Hong Li said in a cold voice: "It seems that you won't shed tears when you see the coffin. Good! Very good!"