"Have you finished?" After Nian said this, she turned to Yinzhen and said: "Your Majesty, Zhilan is in the concubine's palace. As long as she is sent to confront Mo'er, we will know whether what Mo'er said is true.
"
"Yes!" Following Yinzhen's words, someone from the palace immediately went to Yikun Palace to summon Zhilan. It was already late at night, but everyone in Kunning Palace was not sleepy at all, waiting quietly for Zhilan.
arrival.
Not long after, the palace attendant turned back, and a figure followed behind her. It was Zhilan. Her expression was a bit nervous. After kowtowing and saluting, Nian pointed at Mo'er and said, "Zhilan, do you know her?"
"
Zhi Lan took a careful look at Gong Shen and said: "Replying to the master, this is Mo'er who is next to Concubine Xi. I recognize it. In the past, she worked with the slave in Xinzheku. Thanks to the grace of the master, I saved the slave and Mo.
My son is out of the sea of suffering."
"Then have you ever been ordered by me to tell Mo'er today?" Nian continued to ask.
Zhi Lan shook her head and said, "Not really." As soon as she said these words, Mo'er, who had been waiting for Zhi to prove his innocence, opened his eyes wide in surprise. It was obviously Zhi Lan who was ordered to prove her innocence, so how could things happen when it happened?
She didn't admit it. Could it be that she had forgotten?
"Sister Zhilan, please think clearly, it was you who really asked me to meet Concubine Nian, and we talked at the time." Mo'er said eagerly, hoping to awaken Zhilan's memory, but no matter how she shouted,
, Zhilan shook her head, "Today, I have been serving my master in the palace. I have never been out, let alone seen Mo'er."
"Then how did the imperial concubine arrange for you and Mo'er after they came out of Xinzheku?" Yinzhen suddenly asked.
"When we returned to the emperor, the master originally wanted Mo'er to stay in Yikun Palace with the slaves, but Mo'er said that she was brought into the palace by Concubine Xi, and he couldn't let Concubine Xi go, so he wanted to return to Chengqian Palace. Master
Just let her go."
"Nonsense!" Mo'er interrupted her with an excited look, "You know clearly that it was Concubine Nian who sent me back to spy on Concubine Xi. Sister Zhilan, why are you trying to turn things upside down here?"
Before Zhilan could speak, Nala had already shouted angrily: "Bold slave, where is this place? How can you be allowed to yell? If you don't shut up, don't blame me for being rude."
Mo'er had no choice but to shut up, and looked at Zhilan with eyes full of confusion and anger. She didn't understand why Zhilan told lies with her eyes open and deliberately wronged her.
Mo'er didn't understand, but Ling Ruo understood that Zhilan was basically a chess piece deliberately planted by the Nian family. As for Mo'er being assigned to Xinzheku, I'm afraid it was not a misunderstanding. From Xinzheku to Zhilan,
When it comes to Eunuch Xu, all this should be a trap set up by the Nian family in order to lure the fish like Mo'er to take the bait, and now it's time to take the bait.
But she still didn't know one thing. Nian poisoned the Dankou, but obviously didn't tell Mo'er about it. In that case, how could she control Mo'er from poisoning the tea?
Ling Ruo had already known about Nian's use of Mo'er to spy on him. When Sixi brought Mo'er to Chengqian Palace that day, Mo'er told the whole story without hiding anything. Don't trust the people you employ, and ignore the suspects.
, she believed that since Moer had said it, he would never betray her again.
After Zhilan retreated, Nian said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, the truth of the matter has been revealed. It was Mo'er who deliberately framed the concubine in order to protect Concubine Xi."
Before Yinzhen could speak, Mo'er couldn't help but said again: "No, your Majesty, I didn't frame anyone. Dankou was really applied by the imperial concubine on my hands. I still remember that the imperial concubine said it was her favorite."
Danko.”
"My favorite?" Nian sneered and grabbed Mo'er's hand, "I always only use red Dankou, and there is only one kind sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The color on your hand is so light, how can it be?
I think I like it, it’s just nonsense!”
Yinzhen is well aware of Nian's preference. Since Nian married him, all her paintings were bright red, and she had never used any other color.
"My slave really didn't lie." Mo'er was so anxious that she kept crying. The tears fell on her burned fingers, causing burning pain. However, it was this kind of pain that made Mo'er's eyes light up. He found the last glimmer of hope and hurriedly
He said: "Your Majesty, someone can prove that this slave was not poisoned."
"Who is it?" Yinzhen sat down on the chair brought by Sixi and asked while stroking his forehead. His face was full of tiredness. The government affairs in the past few days had exhausted his energy, and there was trouble in the harem again.
Come.
"It's Nan Qiu, the steward of Chengqian Palace. She can prove that the slave did not poison her intentionally. Because she accidentally poured the tea into the slave's hand when he was putting the tea leaves, and the slave's hand was burned because of it.
"As she spoke, she raised her burned finger to show to Yinzhen.
Yinzhen didn't ask any questions, waved his hand to Su Peisheng and said, "Go and tell Nan Qiu to come over."
"Hey!" Su Peisheng agreed, but he was a little disapproving in his heart. It was already obvious that Concubine Xi instigated Mo'er to do it, so why did he need to spread the news one after another? Moreover, Nan Qiu is from Chengqian Palace, so he will definitely help when he comes.
Mo'er speaks, unless...the emperor intends to protect Concubine Xi.
The more Su Peisheng thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, but he always guessed wrong. Yinzhen did not mean to cover up, but simply did not believe that Ling Ruo would do this.
Even though everyone in the world accuses Ling Ruo, he still wants to believe it, because... this person is Niu Hulu Ling Ruo, the only woman he is willing to spend all his energy to believe.
Never doubt, never ask;
He doesn't guarantee that he can definitely do it, but he will work hard because he promised this when he brought Ling Ruo back to the palace. He doesn't want to repeat the mistakes he has made again and again.
Nan Qiu's face was as pale as paper when she was brought here. When asked about the details of making tea, the words she spat out frightened Mo'er to death.
Nan Qiu lowered his head and said with a slight trembling: "The slave did not pour the tea into Mo'er's hand, but when she was carrying the tea out, the slave saw her secretly opening the lid of the tea. As for the
What she has done is unknown to me."
"Auntie, do you know what you are talking about?" Mo'er was so angry and impatient that she couldn't help shouting. Zhilan just lied, but she even lied to Nanqiu. What on earth is going on? She...
She is going crazy!
Nian's eyes fluttered and he said to Ling Ruo: "Look, even the servants in the first palace are not willing to help you do evil, Concubine Xi. It seems that what you have done has lost the hearts of the people."
Ling Ruo glanced at her and said nothing. During the confrontation with Zhilan, Nanqiu, and Mo'er, there were problems with Mo'er's words. Could it be that Mo'er was really lying?
This idea was rejected by Ling Ruo just after it appeared for a while. Mo'er didn't look like he was faking it, but Nan Qiu had never looked at him since he came in, as if he was deliberately avoiding him, "Nan Qiu, things turned out to be true.
Is it as you said?"
Nan Qiu's body trembled, and he lowered his head even more, "If you reply to the master, I dare not lie to you."