A trace of anger flashed across Hongli's eyes, and he said coldly: "Who asked you to do this?"
"Yes...yes..." The little eunuch nervously picked at the fine cracks in the bricks, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and made a soft "tick" sound. The little eunuch gritted his teeth and said: "To answer the emperor, it is... Zheng Jiu
Eunuch Zheng asked the slave to do this."
Zhou Quan's face changed with horror. The thing he was most worried about finally happened. He tried hard to suppress the panic in his heart, pointed at the little eunuch and said: "Don't you dare to slander me here. How could Zheng Jiu do such a thing."
"I'm not talking nonsense!" the young eunuch denied hastily. "At that time, Eunuch Zheng told me that there were more and more crows in the palace in recent years, and we had to find a place for them to live. Later, Eunuch Zheng said that the Yongshou Palace was very quiet.
It was suitable, so I listened to his words and led the sacred crow to Yongshou Palace little by little, but who would have thought... something like that happened later."
Zhou Quan said coldly: "Impossible, I have never heard Zheng Jiu say this. You clearly conspired with Fu Tai to wrongly accuse Zheng Jiu. Who was instructing you?"
"No! No!" The little eunuch waved his hands hurriedly, and then kowtowed to Hongli and said: "Your Majesty, I did not wrong Zheng Jiu. He really asked me to do this. If I tell a lie, I will make my tongue rot. From now on,
I can’t even speak.”
Mrs. Hu saw Hongli's face was gloomy and uncertain, fearing that he would believe the little eunuch's words, so she said coldly: "You dog slave is very eloquent, but what is the relationship between Zheng Jiu and you? He asked you to
The divine crow is being led to Yongshou Palace, are you really going to listen to his words and lead him there? It’s really ridiculous!”
The little eunuch was so anxious that he almost cried, and said: "What I said back to the empress was really what Zheng Jiu asked the slave to do. The slave thought that what he said was quite reasonable, so he agreed. Who knew that such a thing would happen later? If it had been earlier
You know, even if you kill the slave, you will never dare to lure a divine crow over."
When Mrs. Hu was about to speak, Hongli already said: "You said that Zheng Jiu did this. Who else knows about it except you?"
The young eunuch thought for a while, shook his head and said, "He told the slave alone at that time, so no one knew."
Hongli said in a cold tone: "So, no one can prove that you are telling the truth?"
"Slave..." The little eunuch heard the killing intent in his words, biting his lip tightly, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. After a while, he said eagerly: "Although no one heard Zheng Jiu's words, but
During those days, he went to feed the crows with his slaves several times. Also, the night before the accident in Yongshou Palace, he suddenly said that he would help his slaves to feed the crows. Someone should have seen these things, and the emperor could do it.
Send someone to ask."
Hongli stared at him for a long time, then turned his gaze to Sixi and uttered one word coldly, "Check!"
Seeing Si Xi go out, Mrs. Hu looked at Xianyue worriedly. If Si Xi really found a witness, not to mention Zheng Jiu and Zhou Quan, even Xianyue would be implicated. After all, they are both Xianyue.
The promoted person can be said to be a close confidant, so what can we do? If she is outside, she can still help with planning, but now... Hongli will not let her leave the Yangxin Palace at all. Alas, what can we do?
good?
Although Xianyue was also worried, she was better than Hu. Zheng Jiu had always been careful and would have remembered to avoid people. Besides, even if someone really saw him, there were thousands of palace people in the palace, and Si Xi could still do it one by one.
I can't ask in the past.
After an unknown amount of time passed, the door opened in the heavy hall. Everyone looked over immediately and saw Sixi coming in with a palace maid who lowered her head.
This scene made Xianyue and others feel depressed. The palace maid... Could it be that Sixi had found a witness? If so... This time, even Xianyue felt cold all over.
After walking into the palace, Sixi bowed and said: "Your Majesty, slave..." He glanced at Xianyue quickly and said with a hint of helplessness: "I found the person who witnessed Zheng Jiu feeding the crow."
Following his words, the palace maid behind him knelt down and said: "Slave Qiao Yan'er, please greet the emperor, the empress, and the noble concubine."
Hongli's eyes moved, and he said with a bit of surprise: "Is it you?"
Not only him, but also Xianyue and Hu's eyes flashed with deep surprise, neither of them expected that the person Si Xi brought would be Qiao Yan'er.
Qiao Yan'er timidly raised her eyes and said, "It's my slave."
Hongli frowned and said, "Tell the truth about what you have seen."
"Yes." Qiao Yan'er responded, lowered her head and said, "That happened a few days ago. When I checked the inner treasury, I found that I couldn't find the rhinoceros horn comb recorded in the roster. I was so panicked at that time.
Thinking that the person who came to pick up the things before had taken it by mistake, he hurried to ask. When passing by the Yongshou Palace, the servant looked at
When Eunuch Zheng was feeding the crows with food, the crows seemed to be spiritual and surrounded him. The slave girl found it interesting at the time and watched for a while. Later, the slave girl went over and found no one, so she went back to the warehouse to check.
I checked it again and found that the rhinoceros horn comb was not missing. It was my carelessness and I missed it for a moment."
Mrs. Hu said coldly: "You have been in the palace for less than a month and you have been working in the inner treasury. How can you recognize Zheng Jiu at a glance? Could it be that you made a mistake."
Qiao Yaner whispered: "Returning to your Majesty, although I have entered the palace not long ago, I already know many people. Not only Eunuch Zheng, Manager Zhou, Manager Lin, but also Eunuch Li, Aunt Qiu Ju, and I know you.
, I can be sure that I have definitely not identified the wrong person, it is Eunuch Zheng."
Hongli said with a gloomy face: "Do you still remember which day it was?"
After Qiao Yan'er answered as she was told, she added: "I remember, the day after this incident, something happened suddenly in the Yongshou Palace, and many sacred crows died. When I think about it now, I still feel sad. They
He was so spiritual, how could he suddenly become like this? So many people died all at once, it's really... hard to accept."
"Your Majesty..." Mr. Hu had just said two words when he was interrupted by Hongli, "Inform Zheng Jiu and Xiao Chengzi immediately!"
When Si Xi was about to go down to deliver the edict, Hongli suddenly said: "After you have received the message, take it to the left and right side halls, and I will interrogate you separately."
After Si Xi left, Xiayue suddenly said: "Your Majesty, do you think that what happened in Yongshou Palace was really done by Zhou Quan, Zheng Jiu and the others?"
Hongli stared at her for a moment, then looked away and said, "I won't jump to any conclusions until I find out the whole thing, but...it is indeed the most suspicious thing to consider them now."
"Is it because of Qiao Yan'er's words?" Xianyue said with a sneer: "But how does the emperor know that Qiao Yan'er is telling the truth and is not deliberately framed?"