Chapter 235: Heng Zhao has a 70% chance of winning
Everyone in Furong Palace held their breath and held their breath for fear of saying the wrong thing.
Xue Hengzhao said to Concubine Fu: "Your Majesty, we can't sit back and wait for death. We must find ways to find evidence that is favorable to us."
"I think so too, but I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at us now. If we take any action, will it deepen other people's suspicions?" Concubine Fu was a little undecided.
"It is human nature to find ways to prove one's innocence." Xue Hengzhao said, "Don't worry, Madam, I will never hand over the matter to others. You can use the excuse of checking the accounts to go with these people on weekdays."
Call those who are nearby and let’s ask a few questions.”
In the evening, the emperor came to the queen's Ronghua Palace.
Yao Ziyun quickly picked him up, greeted him and asked with a smile: "Your Majesty is not busy today. He has time to come and take a walk in the concubine's palace."
The emperor took her hand and said: "I am really busy with government affairs these days, and I have neglected you."
"What did the emperor say? I have no complaints at all, but I am a little worried about your majesty's dragon body." Yao Ziyun was always sensible, courteous, gentle and virtuous in front of the emperor. "But now that I see your majesty, you are radiant and energetic, I am very happy for you."
I worry too much."
"You are always the most considerate to me," the emperor put his other hand on Yao Ziyun's hand and shook it slightly.
After the emperor sat firmly, Yao Ziyun personally held the tea cup.
"When I came over, why did I hear someone say that several people died behind me? Is this true?" The emperor took a sip of tea and asked.
"It turns out that Your Majesty has already heard about it, and I was thinking of waiting for the investigation to be clear before reporting it." Yao Ziyun said with a slightly serious face, "It is true that the six eunuchs in the Imperial Palace were poisoned, and only one survived.
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"Do you have any clues?" the emperor asked.
Yao Ziyun did not write immediately, but showed hesitation.
The emperor said: "Just say it."
Yao Ziyun then said: "The one who survived was Dianbo Yongping, the imperial supervisor. According to him, it was Mao Dachun, the headmaster, who invited them to have dinner together because a maid from Furong Palace, who is from the same hometown as Mao Dachun, asked him to
Treating guests on your behalf.
Several of them were poisoned after eating together, and he was the only one who saved them.
Liang Jing and the others started by searching for poisons, because those people were poisoned with arsenic.
The people from Taiyuan Hospital said that the only people who received the poison in the past few days were from the Imperial Prison to prevent termites, and it was the maids from Furong Palace who received it.
There were two palace ladies there at that time, one of whom was from the same hometown as Mao Dachun.
The poison they brought was not used yet, and the people from the Tai Hospital said that there was a certain amount missing. But the two palace maids insisted that it was not missing, and they also suspected that the people from the Tai Hospital had tampered with it.
But Yong Ping also said that a few days ago they accidentally encountered someone secretly burning paper for the little eunuch who intended to murder Wan Yi. They suspected that it was because of this that he was poisoned and silenced."
"The little eunuch who murdered Wan Yi? Who burned the paper for him? And why?" the emperor asked.
"Yong Ping said that it was dark and the person was wearing a cloak, but he judged that it was the girl who received the medicine from Concubine Fu, who was Mao Dachun's hometown.
Naturally, that girl would not admit it, and Yongping indeed had no evidence.
He just said that he heard the man mutter something at that time, saying that the ghost of the little eunuch should stop haunting their empress, and that the empress would avenge him in the future and burn a lot of paper for him."
Yao Ziyun stopped talking after saying this.
The emperor was silent for a moment, and then asked her: "Do you think this matter has anything to do with Concubine Fu?"
"I dare not jump to conclusions, but Sister Fu Fei has always been kind and generous. I don't believe she would do such a thing." Yao Ziyun said, "But if it's not her, there must be someone else, and who could it be?"
What?"
"Did Liang Jing find out anything again?" The emperor did not follow Yao Ziyun's words.
"Although that Yongping was rescued, he was very weak. Liang Jing asked him again. He just said that he told him everything he knew and that there was nothing else he could do. Then he either vomited or fell asleep.
The little palace maid in Furong Palace also took a look at it for the time being, and I specifically told her not to use torture to avoid being beaten into submission.
But looking at it now, she has not admitted it, and keeps saying that she was wronged."
At this time, as soon as he held the lamp, the emperor said: "Well, it's still too early now, why not bring those people over and have a trial in front of me."
"It's great to have His Majesty make the decision." The queen said and ordered people to go down and summon the person.
Before Concubine Fu had even had dinner, the messenger from Ronghua Palace arrived.
"This incident has alarmed Your Majesty," Concubine Fu said, "It seems that the trouble is going to get bigger."
"This is not necessarily a bad thing, empress," Xue Hengzhao said, "Crisis, crisis, there must be opportunities behind danger."
"By the way, what did you ask me about?" Concubine Fu asked her while dressing.
"You can give it a try. Although I'm not absolutely sure, I still have a 70% chance of winning." Xue Hengzhao handed a magnolia flower handkerchief to Concubine Fu.
"With your words, I feel relieved." Concubine Fu couldn't help but feel more relaxed, "If you are 70% sure, even if you can't tell the other party, you can still protect us."
Xue Hengzhao is the female Zhuge in front of Empress Fu Fei. She never says anything that she is not sure of.
Although Empress Fu Fei didn’t know how she came up with the 70% chance of winning, her long-term trust in Xue Hengzhao was enough to reassure her.
When everyone arrived at the Queen's Palace, they greeted the Emperor.
The emperor said: "I have heard about the imperial eunuch. Such a killing of human life could happen in the palace. There is no way that the murderer should be allowed to go unpunished.
Now let’s interrogate this matter clearly in front of me and the Queen. Anyone who tells lies will be severely punished!”
The first one to speak was naturally Yongping. He was still very weak and his face was ugly. In addition, he was a thin man, so he looked particularly pitiful.
"Your Majesty, Queen, please make the decision for me!" He said and touched his head to the ground, making a popping sound.
"Yongping, you have to tell the story in detail. You can't hide anything, let alone tamper with anything. Otherwise, be careful about your head." The queen said.
"Yes, yes." Yongping said, kowtowed twice more, and then said what he said before again, with almost no changes.
"Concubine Fu, is what Yong Ping said true? Have you really instructed your maid to do these things?" The emperor asked Concubine Fu.
Concubine Fu stood up, bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, I have never done what Yongping said, and I don't know why they were poisoned and killed.
In the eyes of outsiders, I may have some quarrels with the Sixth Prince and the Concubines, but in fact I don’t take these things to heart.”