The prince said faintly: "Eunuch Xie is so audacious. He dares to arrest people at will for matters involving the emperor's heirs? Do you not take His Highness and my mother and concubine seriously, or do you not take His Majesty seriously? Or do you?
Don’t you take the royal family of Tianqi Kingdom seriously!?”
The prince's words made the somewhat wavering emperor furious.
No matter what, it is true that Xie Xing deceived him.
This is intolerable!
"Here comes someone!" the emperor said coldly, "keep Xie Xing down for me! Put him in a prison and wait for his fate!"
"yes!"
Xie Xing was suppressed, and he continued to shout that he was wronged along the way, begging the emperor to let him go for so many years, so that he would not dare to do this again.
As soon as Xie Xing was taken away, people in the hall became panicked.
Concubine Jing twisted her handkerchief nervously, and Eunuch Li was so frightened that he trembled all over, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Yes, it was Eunuch Xie who threatened this slave to do this! Your Majesty, it is clear to you!"
The emperor sneered: "What did Eunuch Xie threaten you with?"
Eunuch Xie was not here anyway, but Eunuch Li saw that the emperor was willing to listen and not willing to die, so he immediately poured out the beans.
"Eunuch Xie said that as long as the slave can admit the crime of changing the tea, he will give the slave's family a large sum of money! The slave...the slave is from a poor family and has no one to rely on in the palace! The slave has nothing to do, Your Majesty.
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He banged his head, and the emperor got tired of hearing this, "Here comes someone! Give Eunuch Li a thirty-year ban and send him to Huanyiyuan!"
After learning that he would not die, Eunuch Li was overjoyed: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Li was taken away, and the queen hid her lips, "... I really didn't expect that Eunuch Xie would do such a stupid thing... But your majesty, who deliberately murdered my concubine and the prince?"
Yes, if Eunuch Xie really made a mistake in finding someone to support him, then who could be the one behind the scenes to instigate the water change?
It seems that it is better to torture Mr. Xie severely.
As for the people in the hall now, Doctor Wang should not be suspicious. After all, he did not ask for the tea the first time, nor did he take the initiative to touch it. The water was not handled by Doctor Wang the second time... He had no reason to predict in advance what was going on in the hall.
What happened, and arranging everything, there is no reason to frame the queen and the prince.
So the emperor did not doubt him. Instead, it was Concubine Jing...
She had deliberately lured Shi Kangning into the palace before, and she was a little restless and nervous tonight, which aroused the emperor's suspicion.
He even suspected that the killer was arranged by Concubine Jing, with the purpose of injuring him and the prince, so as to be implicated in the bloody recognition of relatives later. It was logical that he, who was already suspicious of the queen, would continue to doubt, if there was no second Qingshui...
I'm afraid that if the queen and the prince hadn't died "suddenly" in the palace tonight, the prince would have become the shortest-lived prince in the history of Tianqi Kingdom...
Concubine Jing has every reason to do this. Although she has no children, it does not mean that she does not have the ambition to be a queen.
As for An Bin... These days, An Bin doesn't know anything about the wooden sign at all, and she is raising her baby with peace of mind, so there is no suspicion.
Therefore, the emperor is most suspicious of Xie Xing and Concubine Jing. Now the killer's body is waiting to be examined, and Xie Xing is also imprisoned in the sky prison to be tortured. He can only see if he can find out anything... As for Concubine Jing
Well, there was no suitable reason to question her at the moment, so the emperor could only keep a cautious eye. He waved his hands impatiently, "What happened tonight... must not be spread to outsiders. Everyone, please go down, I am tired too."
Not even the concubines were left.
Everyone had to bow and leave. The emperor subconsciously wanted to call Xie Xing and say "Thank you, Eunuch". But the next second he said the words, he realized that Eunuch Xie was no longer a trustworthy person. He was filled with anger and anger.
A set of porcelain plates was smashed.
The queen and others who had already walked outside into the biting cold night heard the sound of smashing in the palace. No one looked back. Only An Bin stopped for a moment.
The sedan chair to pick up the empress arrived first, and the empress sat on it. She was immediately much taller than the other concubines.
Concubine An bowed meekly and said, "More naked, my queen, please rest early."
Concubine Jing just curtsied and had no intention of talking. Her plan for today was ruined, and the emperor personally imprisoned Xie Xing in the sky prison! Concubine Jing was afraid that Xie Xing would eventually expose her and drag her into trouble, but there was really nothing good to do at the moment.
There is no way to save him, and Concubine Jing is upset.
But the queen wanted to say something: "Sister Concubine Jing, what's going on? You are always restless tonight, but what happened?"
Concubine Jing looked at him coldly, thinking how old a fox he was, how could he be pretending!
In the original plan, Imperial Physician Wang was from Concubine Jing’s side! She couldn’t understand why the prince’s blood and the emperor’s blood could blend together after changing the water!
It was obvious that Dr. Wang was attracted by the Queen's lineage when he went out. That's why Dr. Wang turned his back on the battlefield and ruined her life!
But Concubine Jing didn't dare to just say this, she just said with an air of air: "I'm worried too much, I'm just afraid of the cold. I hope you can rest early, I hope you can sit back and relax."
"I will naturally sit back and relax, but I am afraid that some people in this palace may feel uneasy."
The queen stopped talking and said quietly: "Cui Zhu, let's go."
"Yes." The queen's figure slowly disappeared in front of the palace road.
"Concubine Jing, I have also resigned." Concubine An lowered her eyebrows and saluted.
Concubine Jing was frustrated at the Queen's place and was now angry.
When she heard An's voice, she became angry, turned around and gouged out her belly, "You bitch! Go back to the palace!"
An Bin's face turned pale and she almost took a step back and fell, but the maid next to her supported her.
Concubine Jing had already walked away.
Bai Ling said angrily: "Concubine Jing is too arrogant and domineering! Your Majesty, you are still pregnant!"
But An Bin quickly stopped Bai Ling, "Ba Ling! Don't talk nonsense!"
"But my lady... Bai Ling is not worth it for you!"
Concubine An gave a bitter smile, "I am just a concubine, and Concubine Jing is a concubine. Regardless of family background, I have nothing to compare with her..."
An Bin touched her belly and knew that the only thing she could rely on now was the emperor's favor and the child in her belly.
If it were a boy, there's no way she would still be able to run away.
But the prerequisite is that the child must be born and survive.
An Bin's gaze traced back to the deserted palace road. Snowflakes were flying more, and the ground was covered with a layer of snow.
"It's hard to support a single tree, Bai Ling." An Bin sighed.
She knew she had to find a way to rely on her.
Looking at the situation in the harem tonight, it is obvious that Concubine Jing is no longer as favored as before, but the Queen... has gradually become firmly entrenched in the Diaoyutai, and the eldest prince has now become the prince.