The Queen Mother stared inwardly upon hearing this.
You want her, a poor old lady who almost lost her life, to make the decision for the suspect?
She really wanted to ask, does this person with his upper lip touching the sky and lower lip touching the ground still have a face?
But as a lady from a famous family, it is difficult to say such words directly.
But she really didn't want to listen to the other party's chatter anymore. Listening to it too much would shorten her lifespan and affect her important plan of living for two more years to see her grandson-in-law come to the house.
So, the Queen Mother sighed and said: "Good boy, don't worry, the Ai family believes that the emperor will not wrong anyone..."
As he spoke, he suddenly frowned slightly, reached out to cover his chest, and began to breathe a little less smoothly.
The queen was the first to notice it, her face changed, and she quickly stood up and stepped forward: "Why is your mother feeling uncomfortable?"
"The Ai family is fine..." The Queen Mother covered her heart and spoke with difficulty.
"How does it look like nothing is wrong..." The queen hurriedly ordered the palace maid: "Please call the imperial doctor quickly!"
Concubine Rong, Concubine Jing and others also gathered around.
Looking at the Queen Mother who was leaning in the chair and looking in pain but still holding on, Princess Xiang started to cry and became a little panicked - it couldn't be that the Queen Mother had not been poisoned and made a mistake, but she was going to cry out for good?
If this spreads out, how can she clean it up?
Thinking like this, Princess Jing didn't care about crying anymore, she quickly wiped her tears and stood up to ask with concern.
Doctor Zheng came over quickly, left a prescription, and told the Queen Mother to rest more, stabilize her mood, and avoid being angry and noisy. Although he did not diagnose any problems, this rhetoric would not be used for any disease.
Just make a mistake.
After hearing this, the queen and others also left one after another.
Including Princess Xiang.
When Princess Xiang returned to her residence, she saw Prince Xiang leaning on the Arhat bed and drinking tea. She was even more angry and anxious: "What time has it been, and you are still in the mood to sit here and drink tea!"
What is the use of these men who only cause trouble!
She has thought countless times how peaceful and happy her life would be if there were no men in her life!
"What are you afraid of?" Prince Xiang glanced at her, "Do you really think that Brother Huang will punish me for this?"
He is no longer worried about this now.
What bothered him was something else.
This plan failed, and it will be difficult to take action again. Dianzhou is still waiting for news from him, and now he has not figured out how to reply to the letter to explain the situation.
King Xiang pretended to be worried, and faced his wife who was so impatient that she seemed to roll up her sleeves and fight with him, he simply said: "It's okay if I say it's okay. Brother Huang has already dealt with this matter, just wait and see!"
…
The sky was getting dark, and in the meeting hall in the front hall of the palace, most of the officials accompanying this time were there - the discussion was about the rebellion led by the prefect of Mingzhou.
The voices of the ministers in the hall came and went one after another. The group headed by Xia Tingzhen and several ministers of the Ministry of Rites had differences on the solution to this matter.
At this time, Zhan Yunzhu opened his mouth and put forward a compromise suggestion.
Hearing his voice, Emperor Qingming suddenly felt his head hurt again.
He no longer intends to use this person, but he still needs to resolve the matter of the Queen Mother being poisoned first. The overall situation is important, so he can endure it for a while. At this moment, the emperor feels that it is not as painful for him to endure hardships.
Not long after, an eunuch came in and announced: "Your Majesty, Commander Han is outside asking for an audience. He said that there has been progress with Concubine Sun."
Everyone's expressions changed after hearing this, and the two officials who had just gotten a little angry due to their differences were immediately diverted.
With Emperor Qingming's permission, Han Yan strode in.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Sun has confessed." Han Yan said sternly, "She has admitted that she was instigated by others to poison and murder the Queen Mother."
Instigated?
The officials immediately grasped the key points.
Therefore, there is indeed someone behind this matter...
"Who can I tell you?" Emperor Qingming asked Su Rong.
After Han Yan hesitated for a while, he said: "Taiwan Sun said that Master Ji instigated this matter and handed the poison into her hands."
Lord Ji?!
Everyone's expressions suddenly changed.
That Master Ji?
Ji Xiu thought subconsciously - it can't be Yin Jidong of the Jingya Mansion? What kind of thing is this that cannot be achieved?
However, as he was thinking about it, he saw everyone looking in his direction.
Ji Xiu's eyes tightened.
...what does this mean!
Shouldn’t you suspect that he did it?
The next moment, Han Yan's voice sounded again, hesitatingly confirming: "The person Mrs. Sun is referring to is Lord Ji, Minister of War."
——What a ghost?!
This has nothing to do with him!
Ji Xiu was shocked and turned pale. He stood up suddenly and said, "Your Majesty, this statement is absolutely ridiculous! I wonder what reason I have for attacking the Queen Mother!"
After saying these words, Ji Xiu's face suddenly condensed when he saw several looks of shock and a hint of realization looking at him.
It seems like there really is...!
Many people know about his feud with King Yan!
——Because he had no son, he could not see the reunion of King Yan and the Queen Mother and their son. He was so angry that he became murderous and wanted to take this to take revenge on King Yan?
Or simply because you can't kill King Yan, just take it out on the Queen Mother?
Going deeper - you want to use this to drive a wedge between the King of Xiang and the King of Yan, causing them to kill each other as brothers, in order to achieve the goal of getting rid of the King of Yan as soon as possible with the help of others?
This was the first thing that came to his mind. If he thought about it more carefully, it would be effortless to come up with one hundred and eighty of his mother's motives!
Realizing this, Ji Xiu felt a cold sweat break out on his back.
This is obviously because someone was sure that he had a motive for doing this, so they planned to pin this crime on him...!
"Your Majesty, this is a secret letter that was found in Concubine Sun's residence in the palace. After comparing it with the ministers, it is indeed the handwriting of the Minister of Ji." As Han Yan spoke, he handed over a letter.
Ji Xiu's eyes were shocked.
When did he write any secret letter to Concubine Sun?
Emperor Qingming read the contents of the letter with a heavy look in his eyes and handed it to Li Ji. He looked directly at Ji Xiu: "Let Ji Aiqing read it for himself."
Li Ji responded "Yes", and a young eunuch lowered his head and held the letter in front of Ji Xiu.
Ji Xiu quickly took it, and when he saw the handwriting on it, his eyes couldn't help but be filled with surprise.
It does look like his own handwriting...
But this letter was definitely not written by him!
So... someone imitated his handwriting and forged such a letter!
And the content written on it seems to be even more serious.
The "he" in the letter instigated Concubine Sun in every possible way, tried his best to persuade her to conspire with him, and repeatedly guaranteed that the plan was foolproof. He also said that he knew that Concubine Sun had always had a grudge against the Queen Mother due to some old things - how did he know?
Could it be that he lies under Concubine Sun’s bed all day long?
