"Your Majesty, if you want to distinguish between the truth and falsehood of Concubine Sun's words, it is actually not difficult." An official said after careful consideration: "You only need to bring the maid mentioned in Concubine Sun's words and tell the public the location that night.
In time, everything will be clear."
After the incident, Concubine Sun had been held incommunicado for interrogation, so there was no need to worry about the possibility of communicating with the maid in advance.
Logically speaking, this is the case - Ji Xiu's expression kept changing, and now he only felt that everything in front of him was indescribably weird. He was wondering who Zhan Yunzhu was working for this time...
Is it Xia Tingzhen?
Did Xia Tingzhen convince Concubine Sun?
But how did this old fox do this under the eyes of the emperor?
The thoughts in Ji Xiu's mind were complicated and confusing, until the maid was brought up, and the confession she gave out in fear and fear was almost word for word identical to that of Taifei Sun.
Ji Xiu stared at the maid: "...You master and servant must have agreed in advance on how you will slander me!"
"Lord Ji, you are worrying too much." Han Yan said expressionlessly: "Concubine Sun was personally detained and interrogated by the lower officials. During this period, not to mention her personal maid, she had never seen a fly from outside.
You can make an agreement with anyone at any opportunity."
Hearing this sentence, Ji Xiu felt chills from the deepest part of his heart.
Concubine Sun has never met anyone?
Have you never even met Xia Tingzhen?
So who convinced her, and who made the agreement between her and the maid to give a confession?!
Thinking of a possibility, Ji Xiu looked at the emperor sitting on the seat and said in a solemn voice: "Your Majesty, in order to protect King Xiang, Concubine Sun had enough motives to slander Yu Chen, so with this letter alone, which can be easily forged, and
A mere two-sentence confession with no physical evidence to prove it... I'm afraid it's not enough to convict the minister! And there is no way that I will admit to anything I haven't done!"
Emperor Qingming looked at him noncommittally.
These alone are indeed not enough to convict him immediately.
so--
"Han Yan."
"I'm here."
"Immediately lead people to search Shangshu Ji's residence carefully. Don't miss any corner."
Han Yan responded immediately.
Emperor Qingming said to Ji Xiu: "If this matter is really not done by Ji Shangshu, I will never wrongly accuse Ji Shangshu - I sent people to search, also to confirm this matter."
Ji Xiu's face tightened: "I understand."
After Concubine Sun identified him, the police went to search his residence, but they just followed the rules.
But judging from today's situation, maybe something that doesn't belong to him will be found...!
Facing this unknown situation, Ji Xiu felt impatient and anxious.
The detectives quickly arrived at Ji Xiu's residence in the palace.
"My lords, this is the residence of my master Ji Shangshu... I wonder what you are doing?" The servant in charge asked confusedly when he saw the menacing policemen with swords on their waists.
Have these people come to the wrong place?
An interrogator beside Han Yan said firmly: "Ji Shangshu is suspected of murdering the Queen Mother. We are here to search on your Majesty's order!"
"Conspiracy... to murder the Queen Mother?!" the servant lost his voice: "This is absolutely impossible!"
The group of people ignored him and immediately rushed to search everywhere.
Ji Wanyou, who was standing in the corridor dressed as a servant, looked at these people with shock in her eyes.
Murdering the Queen Mother...
Such a crime is enough to put her Ji family in ruins!
"How could it involve the master..."
"Didn't you hear that the murderer was Princess Sun?"
"Where is the master now..."
"What are we going to do?"
Listening to the panicked and uneasy voices of the servants in her ears, Ji Wanyou's face turned pale. Scene after scene of this morning by the lotus pond flashed through her mind. Those beautiful scenes that should have made her happy and sweet...
The detectives were searching everywhere, and Han Yan's solemn and cold voice sounded from time to time: "Don't miss any corner! Don't miss any suspicious thing!"
Something suspicious?
Ji Wanyou's face was pale and she looked in the direction of the bedroom with the door wide open.
Han Yan walked in personally.
The servant in charge also hurried in and said uneasily: "There must be some misunderstanding in this. My lord would never do such a thing..."
Han Yan turned a deaf ear to this and only led his subordinates to search every place carefully, with a businesslike demeanor.
After a while, a detective discovered an unopened sachet on an indigo robe hanging on the screen.
The detective put the sachet between his nose and sniffed it, and said, "Sir, it seems to have the smell of herbs."
"Herbal medicine?" Han Yan's eyes flashed and he said, "Bring it with you."
"yes."
The detective's search methods were always meticulous, and he carefully inspected the entire courtyard inside and out. He even lifted up the slightly loose floor tiles in the courtyard and took a look. He only had to dig three feet into the ground.
After searching like this for more than half an hour, the detectives responsible for searching various places returned to the courtyard one after another.
"Sir, that's all!"
Han Yan nodded and said, "Follow me back and report back to Your Majesty."
Seeing a group of security guards leaving the courtyard, Ji Wanyou forced herself to step on her trembling legs and quickly followed them.
She is going to find her father!
She wanted to see it with her own eyes!
"Girl..." the servant in charge called out in a low voice. Seeing that the girl didn't even look back, he sighed and hurriedly followed her.
Han Yan and his party quickly returned to the meeting hall, bringing with them a number of suspicious objects.
After eliminating them one by one in public, the final focus was on the sachet.
"Is this sachet a product of the Book of Records?" Emperor Qingming asked confirmingly.
Ji Xiu's tone did not hesitate: "Your Majesty, this is indeed yours."
His daughter sewed this for him with her own hands and gave it to him just this morning. It is said that there is something to soothe the mind and ward off evil spirits. He has been carrying it with him all day today. He did not give it to him until he was called here to discuss matters.
Change out of regular clothes.
After hearing his admission, Emperor Qingming nodded slightly.
Just admit it.
Now that he has admitted it, everything that follows is destined to have no room for reversal.
He can be regarded as giving a reasonable explanation to the world and King Yan.
"It has been reported that Imperial Physician Zheng has come to inspect this sachet," Emperor Qingming ordered.
Li Ji agreed and immediately made arrangements.
Doctor Zheng rushed over quickly.
Under the gaze of everyone, the contents of the sachet were poured into the tray. Doctor Zheng held the silver tweezers and carefully inspected and distinguished.
Doctor Zheng picked up the brown "fragrance pill" with the tweezers in his hand and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes.
At this time, Concubine Sun, who was kneeling aside, suddenly said: "Your Majesty, this is this kind of poison!... This is the thing that the Minister of Chronicles handed over to Cuizhu that day!"
Ji Xiu suddenly panicked when he heard this, and said quickly: "This is ridiculous! If it is really the poison, there is such irrefutable proof, why didn't I destroy it as soon as possible, why should I put it in the personal sachet! This frame-up is too much.
Far-fetched!"
Concubine Sun sneered and said: "Destroy? Last night, I saw with my own eyes that the pear soup was sprinkled on the blanket, and within two quarters of an hour, the blanket changed color... I believe you know very well that this poison is extremely poisonous.
Dissolved in water and poured into the soil, it will definitely leave strange effects. There are traces to follow in whatever you do... And the Queen Mother just had an accident last night. At such a juncture, of course you don't dare to destroy it easily in this palace.
!”
In this case, it makes perfect sense to hide it in a sachet filled with herbs close to your body!
"...I know damn well!" Ji Xiu was so angry that he began to speak indiscriminately on the spot: "Why this poison is in this sachet is still unknown!"
Dr. Zheng couldn't help but click his tongue after listening to this intense conversation - he could tell it was poison just by looking at it. How could these people be so capable?
He hasn't spoken yet.
"Everyone, this is not poison..." Dr. Zheng crushed the fragrant pills between his fingers and said, "It's just sandalwood fragrant pills."
"...?" Concubine Sun, who was arguing with Ji Xiu, was stunned. Why was it different from what she said before?
"Xiangwan?" Emperor Qingming squinted his eyes: "Can the imperial doctor see clearly?"
"Your Majesty, I will never be mistaken. Moreover, this thing is not difficult to identify." As Dr. Zheng spoke, he put the crushed incense pills into a small silver cup on the side and took out a candle from the candlestick on the side.
, light the incense pills.
Soon, a faint scent of sandalwood spreads.
Several officials nodded slightly.
"This is indeed sandalwood..."
"Hmm... this fragrance is good, the fragrance is quite good..."
"It smells like it was made by Jie Xiang Residence..."
"When it comes to sandalwood, I have to mention Yufu Pavilion."
——Are you still reviewing here?
It’s a fragrance fight!
The uncontrollable situation appeared in front of him again. Emperor Qingming was very agitated. He endured his anger and looked in the direction of Zhan Yunzhu without any trace.
This broom star can't even handle this little thing, so you dare to promise him that everything will be perfect?
It seems like he's just a loser who only talks and can't accomplish anything!
When he noticed the emperor's gaze, Ruzhan Yunzhu, who was always calm and rational in front of others, couldn't help but show a trace of panic at this moment.
The emperor seems to be very prejudiced against him recently, and this incident is regarded as his only chance to make a comeback...
For this reason, he even had to choose to use the entire Ji family as a bargaining chip!
And even without these, based on the importance of this matter, if he messes up, the consequences will undoubtedly be disastrous...
But he clearly put the pill in with his own hands. Why did it turn into a fragrant pill?!
Who did this?
Looking at the silver lamp that was still slowly emitting a faint green smoke, Zhan Yunzhu's palms were filled with cold sweat.
Xia Tingzhen, who was sitting at the head of the civil servants, still didn't see any strange color on her face.
"Your Majesty... it's him..." Concubine Sun came back to her senses and still said: "It's the truth that Ji Xiu instigated me to poison the Queen Mother. That letter..."
"Your Majesty, I am innocent!" Ji Xiu's voice was firm, interrupting Concubine Sun's words, and he looked at Emperor Qing Ming with a stubborn look in his reddish eyes.
