In the end, Qu Meiren did not die in traffic accident, but was transferred to the court. The Queen's case finally entered the formal trial process. Qu Meiren and Yuan Fei secretly plotted to murder the Queen. This time, too.
It was confirmed during the trial.
In the main hall of the court, Qu Zidi kept shouting that she was wronged, saying that she was ordered by the Queen Mother.
However, many investigations failed to find the Queen Mother. In the end, she just killed a few eunuchs and eunuchs on duty in Ci'an Palace. The Queen Mother never even showed up. She only said that she was tortured by nightmares and was delirious.
The matter is even more unimpressive.
"It's really not a concubine, not a concubine..." In the main hall, Zhao Zongheng was sitting on a high position, with Si Ningchi sitting next to him. Below him were the imperial censor, the Minister of Punishment and other important military officials.
Sitting on one side were the Holy King, Princess Chaoyang, and the consort Qin Huai.
Qu Meiren knelt on the ground and was in a trance. She looked up at the emperor who was sitting in a high position, and her heart was full of bitterness and confusion.
Qin Huai stood up and presented many testimonials obtained from the interrogations of the concubines in various palaces. Most of the concubines were ignorant of all questions and were just following the trend. They also had detailed insights into what happened on the day of the ceremony.
Concubine De knelt down and wiped her tears. She said with a frightened expression: "Your Majesty, Queen! I really don't know that the monk is actually a demon monk!"
"I was just chatting with Concubine Yuan that day. Concubine Yuan talked about some amulet..." Concubine De was really in trouble. Everyone in the palace knew that Concubine Yuan was deeply troubled by Concubine Rong's death and almost died in the fire.
He said that he still couldn't sleep at night.
Concubine De and Concubine Yuan were not familiar with each other, but they accidentally met Concubine Yuan one day and saw her looking very good. She was surprised and asked a few questions.
I learned about the existence of the ‘Amulet’ from Concubine Yuan. She said it was a gift from a wandering monk, but she didn’t say what the wandering monk was called. He always said that someone who is destined to the Buddha would meet him.
Then, by chance, Concubine De met such a wandering monk when she sent people out of the palace to invite the Buddha statue into the palace. Concubine De was overjoyed and thought that she was destined to be the one who came and went, so she came to borrow Buddhist scriptures.
Interactions.
No one expected that by coincidence, not long after, the Queen Mother suddenly had a nightmare, calling for a ritual ceremony in the palace. Initially, Concubine De was reluctant to agree, but didn’t the Queen nod her head later?
Only then did Concubine De confess that she had met an eminent monk, but who knew...
Concubine De told all these things in detail, but now that Concubine Yuan died in prison, it seemed that there was no evidence to prove her death. Concubine De was really scared.
"Empress, empress!" Concubine De cried and looked at Si Ningchi and said: "I have no intention of harming you! Please give me a clear warning!"
"Bring the person up." Si Ningchi did not look at Concubine De, but ordered slowly and slowly. Shen Ting, who was beside him, lowered his head and took a step forward to call the person. The one who came up was a man with broken hands and feet.
The dying palace maid was almost a bloody mess, hanging with just one breath.
"Your Majesty, this person is a confidant maid serving Concubine Yuan." Si Ningchi seemed not to notice the miserable condition of the palace maid, and said in a nonchalant manner: "Everyone, please listen to what she said."
"..."
The faces of everyone present were slightly twitching, and some of them were afraid to take a closer look at the appearance of this maid, who could no longer be called a human being.