Yun Shang knew that her mute point had been opened, and what was boiling in her heart was anger. She originally thought that she told her father that the abbot Wu Na had given her a decree that she should not get married within three years, so she
He was able to solve the problem, but he didn't want to be tricked by Prince Jing like this.
She really didn't like the feeling of having her fate in other people's hands. Yun Shang curled her lips slightly and said, "Father, my son..."
Before she finished speaking, she heard several exclamations of surprise. Yun Shang was startled, turned her head, and saw Li Yingying, who was sitting under her, falling to the ground, with blood dripping from the corner of her mouth.
When Emperor Ning saw this, he quickly stood up and said, "Come here, send me the imperial doctor."
Before Yun Shang woke up, she was held to the side. Yun Shang frowned, removed the hand that was holding her waist, and said sternly, "Uncle Emperor, please respect yourself."
Prince Jing's low voice came to his ears. Different from his usual indifference, he actually had a bit of a smile, "Self-respect? Chang'er, all the ministers in this palace know that you will soon become my king's."
The princess is here."
Yun Shang frowned, broke away from Prince Jing's restraint, walked to her seat and stood still, looking at Li Yingying who was lying on the ground. The blood at the corner of her mouth was black. Could it be that she was poisoned?
A woman hurriedly walked over to the side. Seeing Li Yingying's appearance, her eyes quickly filled with tears. She knelt down suddenly and hugged Li Yingying in her arms. "Yingying, Yingying, what's wrong with you? Don't
It scares my mother..."
There was a flash in Yun Shang's eyes. This woman must be the wife of the Li family. After a while, an imperial doctor hurried in and took Li Yingying's pulse. After a long time, she said, "Your Majesty, the eldest lady of the Li family, this
It's poison. There's something strange about this poison, and I've never seen it before."
"Poisoned? How could there be poison in this palace? Who wants to harm Miss Li?" Emperor Ning frowned, "Someone, bring Miss Li to the side hall, and send all the doctors from the imperial hospital to come for diagnosis. Imperial doctor, you
Please check everything on Miss Li's desk."
The palace maid carried Li Yingying down, and the imperial doctor quickly obeyed the order and checked everything on the table, but found nothing. "To report to the emperor, I have not found anything poisonous..."
"Oh?" Emperor Ning was slightly startled, but he breathed a sigh of relief. He heard that Prime Minister Li loved his granddaughter very much. If something happened in the palace, there was no guarantee that Prime Minister Li would not take the opportunity to make an attack.
Then Mrs. Li quickly said, "Your Majesty, Yingying is obviously fine just now. By the way, apart from the things on the table just now, Yingying also used the pipa. She played the pipa just now."
Emperor Ning frowned, slightly displeased. Li seemed to think that the poison must have come from the palace.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. My sister-in-law is only a little excited because her daughter was harmed. Why don't she let the imperial doctor check the pipa as well." The queen on the side smiled gently.
"Then let's check." A flash of displeasure flashed in Emperor Ning's eyes.
After receiving the order, the imperial doctor walked to the pipa to check it out. He took out a white handkerchief and wiped the strings of the pipa. He saw that the white handkerchief was stained with black stains. The doctor brought the handkerchief to the tip of his nose.
After smelling it, he said, "Your Majesty, there is poison on the pipa, and it is exactly the poison that Miss Li was poisoned by."
"Absurd! He actually openly poisoned the palace banquet. Come here and investigate for me! Bring over everyone who has come into contact with this Pipa." Emperor Ning patted the armrest and said angrily.
Yun Shang suddenly noticed a look looking towards her with malicious intent. Yun Shang followed the gaze and looked over, only to see Hua Jing looking at her with a strange smile.
Yun Shang's heart tightened. Could it be that this game is against him?
However, it makes no sense. Even if it is a frame-up, since he and Li Yingying are strangers, there is no reason to harm her, the daughter of a humble minister. All the events from the past life flashed through Yun Shang's eyes, but she suddenly remembered a person with whom she was in the past life.
The scene was almost the same now. Yun Shang curled her lips. She thought that this life was different from the previous life, but she didn't expect that some things had to happen.
After a while, the imperial guards brought in three maids, "Your Majesty, these three maids are the ones who have touched this pipa tonight. This pipa is usually kept by the maid Xi'er. Today, because of the palace maid,
There was a banquet, so Xi'er gave the pipa to Que'er, who wiped the pipa once and gave it to Yunxi beside the concubine, who brought it here."
Emperor Ning squinted his eyes and looked at the three palace ladies kneeling in the palace, "The three of you will carefully recall when you came into contact with the pipa and who witnessed it."
The palace maid kneeling in the middle quickly said, "I am Xi'er. Normally, this pipa is kept by my servant. Today, due to the banquet in the palace, this pipa needs to be wiped every time it is used, so I will take care of it."
The pipa was given to Que'er, as all the maids in the Cangzhen Pavilion can testify. After the slave gave the pipa to Que'er, Que'er also tried the sound test."
Everyone in the palace heard her subtext, and Que'er even tried the sound test. It was naturally non-poisonous. If Xi'er put poison on the pipa string, then Que'er would definitely not stand in this palace.
.
Hearing this, Que'er quickly said, "Yes, the pipa in the palace will always have some inaccuracies if it is played for a long time. Therefore, slaves are used to the palace to test the tune before using it, and then wipe it with a clean cloth. The slave wipes it.
At that time, there were two palace ladies taking care of the pipa and zheng, and then the servant handed the pipa to Yunxi."
The last maid looked a little timid. When Queer mentioned her, she quickly kowtowed to the throne and said, "I went to get the pipa with the other two maids. They have been accompanying me to carry the pipa all the way."
Sent to the palace."
There seemed to be witnesses. Yun Shang lowered his eyes and watched with interest to see how the play would go on.
Emperor Ning snorted coldly and said, "Are you sure that no one else touched this Pipa during this process?"
The three maids shook their heads repeatedly, but the maid named Que'er seemed to be a little hesitant, and that hesitation was felt by everyone in the palace.
Hua Jing stood up and walked to the three of them, "Your name is Que'er, right? Did you remember something? If you remembered something, just say it. There are so many people in this hall, we will naturally feel sorry for them."
You make the decision, and I promise, no one will harm you."
The bird raised his head and looked at everyone in panic, and then said hesitantly, "Slave... I remembered in a daze that when I and the other maids were cleaning the pipa, Aunt Qianyin beside Princess Yunshang
I came here and said that early in the morning, a maid in the Princess Palace broke a vase. Aunt Qianyin said that although the broken vase was safe, an empty piece there would not look good, so she came to get a vase and said
It's New Year's Eve, and the princess specially brought some cakes for everyone to try, and the servants went to eat the cakes. At that time, Aunt Qianyin went into the Cangzhen Pavilion."
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, oh, it turns out that this is the reason why the Empress sent a letter asking Qianyin to go to Zangzhen Pavilion to get a vase today. Yun Shang once thought that the Empress wanted to make a fuss about the vase,
But when the vase was brought back, Yun Shang looked at it for a long time and couldn't figure it out. It turned out that it was for this game tonight.
Yun Shang was about to speak when she heard a "pop" sound. The bird that was kneeling in the hall suddenly flew far away, hit a pillar in the hall, and fell down. Only a series of moans were heard, and everyone
My whole body was shaken and it looked like it was hurting.
"Prince Jing, what are you doing? Are you trying to kill people and silence them?" A roar came, and Yun Shang raised her eyes and saw the ferocious face of Prime Minister Li.
Yun Shang turned her head to look at Prince Jing, but saw that his expression was indifferent, as if he was not the one who kicked the little palace maid away just now, "In order to slander the princess, why do you keep such a palace maid?"
Prime Minister Li's veins popped out on his forehead, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Prince Jing, please don't bully me too much. Seeing that Princess Yunshang's crime is about to be exposed, are you thinking of covering it up for her?"
"What do you mean, Prime Minister? Why did I want to kill your granddaughter? Even before today, I have never seen your granddaughter..." Yun Shang spoke calmly, looking at the cold face on the side.
Prince Jing frowned slightly.
"Haha, I don't know why you attacked Yingying. I only know that the evidence is conclusive. You must have ordered the maid next to you to apply poison on the pipa. Whoever came here didn't call the one next to Princess Yunshang
Take Qianyin's maid down!" Prime Minister Li snorted, with a bit of coldness in his eyes.
"Really? The princess would like to ask the Prime Minister. Maybe my maid happened to go to the Cangzhen Pavilion today, but why did the princess poison the pipa? Moreover, tonight
This game was suggested by the Empress, but the rules were set by the Emperor Father. How could I, the princess, know that Miss Li would be able to play the pipa just right?" Yun Shang watched as everyone's eyes fell on her.
With full of doubts, his heart became calmer and calmer, he simply sat down in his seat and said with a full smile,
The palace maid named Yun Xi seemed to have something to say. After a long time, she finally said, "The queen was still recuperating, so this banquet was hosted by the queen. A few days ago, the princess went to the queen to pay her respects.
At that time, the Dowager Empress made a special trip to discuss this gameplay with all the empresses..."
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, oh, this means that she already knew how to play this game at that time, so she had plenty of time to play tricks in the lottery tube.
Someone in the crowd said something else, "Miss Li seems to be interested in marrying Prince Jing just now. If Princess Yunshang likes Prince Jing, will she..."
"Is it something? Is it jealous? Is it jealous? Is it because of this reason that you are trying every possible means to get rid of this potential competitor?" Yun Shang couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.
He said, "I don't know that the young ladies in the imperial city have such rich imaginations..."
Prime Minister Li was furious, "Princess Huiguo, I didn't expect you to be so ruthless. You said Yingying was not poisoned by you, but you can provide evidence!"
"Evidence?" Yun Shang raised her head and walked to the palace maid named Que'er with a smile. Looking at the pained look on her face, she bent down slightly and was about to speak when she heard Prime Minister Li's roar, "
Princess Yunshang, do you also want to kill this palace maid who is the witness of ecstasy? But, there are so many people here watching..."
Yun Shang ignored it and said directly to Que'er, "Besides cleaning musical instruments in Zangzhen Pavilion, where have you been today?"
The bird coughed twice, as if it was a little uncomfortable because of the pain of Prince Jing's kick just now, "I have been staying in the Cangzhen Pavilion all day, but just now I was brought here from the Cangzhen Pavilion by the guards."
"Really? It's really hard to think about it carefully?" Yun Shang smiled lightly.
Que'er lowered her head to hide the panic that flashed in her eyes, "I have been in the Cangzhen Pavilion..."
Yun Shang smiled slightly and said, "Zangzhen Pavilion, but this princess remembers that it seems that there are plum blossoms only in Meiying Pavilion in this palace. You have never been to Meiying Pavilion. Why, there are plum blossom petals under these shoes?"
Just when Prince Jing kicked the maid over, Yun Shang suddenly noticed the plum blossom petals under her feet, and she felt something in her heart.
Que'er shrank slightly and then said softly, "Slave, I don't know, maybe someone went to Meiying Pavilion and got contaminated by the plum blossom petals. They accidentally fell on the road and were stepped on by this slave."
Yun Shang smiled slightly and walked to Yun Xi again, "It seems that I have never seen you beside the concubine. What do you do in Changchun Palace?"
The palace maid quickly said, "This slave is waiting outside the palace."
"Oh? Can you hear what we are talking about outside the palace? Then tell me, what did the concubine say this morning? Huh?" Yun Shang smiled lightly.
Yun Xi trembled all over, "Slave, slave... I forgot."
"Oh? Forgot? I forgot what I said this morning. I just remember discussing how to set up the gameplay for tonight. I remember it well."
Almost everyone smelled the smell of conspiracy. Prime Minister Li smiled coldly, "Princess Huiguo, what is the purpose of Gu Zuojie?"
Yun Shang turned to look at Prime Minister Li and said with a smile, "I have heard that evidence must be used to resolve a case, but now that the testimony of these two palace ladies is full of loopholes, does Prime Minister Li want to convict me of this crime? Is it possible?
Is Prime Minister Li always so hasty in solving cases?"
As he was talking, another guard came in grabbing a chamberlain, "Your Majesty, this is the eunuch who is responsible for preparing the lotus tube today."
The eunuch suddenly fell to his knees and said, "I'm unjust. It's none of my business. I'm just following orders. It was Princess Yunshang's maid who ordered me to change all the lots for pipa when it's Miss Li's turn."
As soon as he finished speaking, the palace seemed to suddenly light up, "It turns out it's really her..."
But Yun Shang was not impatient, "You said I was the one who ordered you, do you have any evidence?"
The eunuch quickly took out a small ingot of silver from his sleeve and said, "This is given to the slave by the maid next to the princess. She said that if the thing is accomplished, there will be another reward. The slave was confused for a while, so he agreed."
"Oh?" Yun Shang walked up to the eunuch, took the silver ingot, examined it, raised a smile on her lips, and said to Emperor Ning who was sitting high up with an unpredictable expression, "Father, my daughter wants
Give this father-in-law a test."
"That's right." Yun Shang summoned several palace maids, stood in a row, and said with a smile, "Since this father-in-law said that it was the palace maid next to my princess who went to find my father-in-law, let me show you where he is.
Where is the father-in-law that the palace maid is looking for?"
The eunuch was shocked and raised his head to look at it for a long time. The attires of the palace maids were almost the same. The eunuch saw one of the palace maids in pink quietly pointing to the other palace maid next to him who looked more outstanding. The eunuch gritted his teeth and stood up quickly.
He stood up, pointed at the beautiful palace maid and said, "That's her, the slave she was looking for."
Yun Shang looked at the accused palace maid and said with a smile, "Is it really her? Are you sure?"
The eunuch nodded repeatedly, "Slave, I'm sure."
Yun Shang turned around and looked at the Queen on the throne and said, "Mother, look, this eunuch is slandering people indiscriminately. She actually said that Aunt Xiuxin next to you was sent there by her daughter."
The queen looked as if she hated iron and said through gritted teeth, "That's nonsense."
Yun Shang smiled and said, "That's nonsense. However, Chang'er discovered something interesting. Chang'er discovered that this ingot of silver actually smelled of plum blossoms. Could it be that this father-in-law has also been to Plum Blossoms?"
Shadow Pavilion?"
Yun Shang handed the silver to Manager Zheng, and Manager Zheng presented it to Emperor Ning. Emperor Ning frowned when he smelled it, "It smells like plum blossoms. Come on, pull these two slaves down to play twenty boards."
Let them confess, who dared to slander me, Princess Ningguo!"
But Prince Jing stood up and said, "Brother, for this little matter, just let me do it. My brother is the best at entertaining people like this, so there is no need to take him down. Just stay here. How dare two servants dare to slander
Princess, you can't let me off lightly. Come here, bring me a needle."
Everyone was stunned. Needle? What are you doing with a needle?
The attendant on the side brought up a box of needles, but they were a little different from those used for embroidery. They were much larger. Prince Jing curled his lips coldly and said, "Execution."
Then an attendant took out a needle, took the hands of the palace maid and the attendant, and poked the needle through the fingernails. Everyone's expressions were frightened, and they heard two heartbreaking screams.
Speaking of connecting the fingers with the heart, Prince Jing's move was really cruel.
Unexpectedly, this was just the beginning. After the attendant poked the needles into the fingernails of the two people, he actually brought a basin of water and threw the hand with the needles into the water. As soon as it touched the water,
The two people screamed again, their faces turned blue with pain.
"How does this salt water taste? If you don't tell me, I think the chili water is pretty good too." Prince Jing walked up to the two of them with a sneer.
Everyone around was shocked, and many people's faces turned pale.
"The slave said, the slave said, the slave said anything. Please ask King Jing to let the slave go. That's..." Que'er's voice was a little hoarse, and it seemed that she was in extreme pain, but she hadn't said the last few crucial words.
With just one word, he suddenly fell to the side... (To be continued)
