"It wasn't me who shook it at that time, it was obviously the eunuch who shook the flower pot a few times!" Liang Xi retorted unconvinced.

With round apricot-like eyes, they looked at each other, and each of them interpreted the meaning of Liang Xi's words just now.

Mu Qing was the first to react, and asked eagerly: "Your Highness, just now you said that in the Yunyi Palace, what did the eunuch do before he handed over the flower pot to you?" He shook the flower pot? ”

"Hmm." Liang Xi nodded affirmatively.

"Did he do it on purpose?" Mu Qing asked.

Liang Xi thought for a moment and replied cautiously, "I don't know"

"Needless to say! The eunuch must have done it on purpose, the flower pot is not heavy for an adult, not to mention that the eunuchs are used to doing rough work on weekdays, how can they not move a small flower pot steadily! Zhu Yu said angrily.

Shen Hao stepped forward and asked puzzledly, "What are you talking about?" Can anyone explain what this is all about? ”

Mu Qing did not rush to answer Shen Hao's question, but walked to Liang Xi's side step by step, slowly squatted down, and said, "Your Highness, thank you, these messages are very important to us. Now we still have something to say with Concubine Zhen, can you go back to the backyard with the palace maid first? ”

Liang Xi knew that when the adults were discussing things, the children should not stay by and eavesdrop, so they did not make any noise, and obediently walked out with the palace maid.

After seeing her son leave, Shen Zhen asked again, "Now which of you can tell me what happened, right?" "Let me explain it to my mother." Even in this situation, Mu Qing was still able to remain calm. She found an upholstered chair to sit on, and because she was not yet fully formed, she gradually began to feel a little tired after standing for a long time. Mu Qing took two deep breaths, lowered his head and lowered his eyes, as if he was considering the words. Seeing her weak appearance, Shen Zhen didn't dare to step forward to urge.

After a long while, Mu Qing slowly but in detail explained to Shen Zhen the clues they had discovered from Tang Meiren. Mu Qing said again: "Tang Meiren bought off the little eunuch in advance and asked him to pour a large amount of golden mash into the flower pot before entering the main hall. Since it was a dinner party, there were not a few people in the hall who drank happily, so when the flower pot was broken, the smell of wine emanating from the flower pot would not arouse suspicion, and everyone would only think that it was the wine in their own cup that made the question, and it was because of this that we relaxed our vigilance. ”

"It turns out that they poured wine, no wonder the Qin Hu Lotus withered so suddenly and so quickly." Shen Zhen was shocked, such shocking news kept lingering in her mind, and she couldn't calm down for a long time. After a while, Shen Hao asked again: "But I still don't understand, how do they control the speed at which the wine penetrates the soil from the distance from the inner attendant to the Yunyi Palace?" Why are they so precise in timing? Is this related to what Xi'er just said? "Not bad!" Mu Qingzheng said, "His Royal Highness the Great Prince said that when the eunuch handed the flower pot to him, he deliberately shook the flower pot twice. So the key is in the action of shaking! I think the little eunuch who was bought must have laid something in the flower pot before pouring the wine, which can make the wine flow slowly into the roots of the Qin Hu lotus, such as...."Mu Qing paused, his fingertips slowly rubbed the corner of his dress, and after a moment of silence, his eyes suddenly lit up, "It's paper!" Tang Meiren lied about copying scriptures these days, so she asked the inner eunuch for a lot of rice paper, and she only needed to apply oil or wax to the surface of the paper, and then ordered someone to carefully spread it in the soil of the flower pot to slow down the penetration of wine. This can also explain why the little eunuch was extra cautious when he entered the palace holding the flower pot, but deliberately shook it when he handed it to His Royal Highness the Great Prince. ”

Hearing this, Shen Hao had roughly understood the plan and modus operandi of the queen and Tang Meiren, her face became more and more pale, and she couldn't believe that these women who had lived in the deep palace for a long time would use such intentions to harm a child. Shen Zhen muttered: "So the little eunuch who was bought off deliberately shook the flower pot, just to shake it so that the wine would overflow the oil-stained paper, so as to penetrate into the roots and stems of the Qin Hu lotus, so that the flowers could wither in Xi'er's hands accurately!"

Mu Qing responded, affirming Shen Hao's guess. She didn't expect Shen Hao's reaction speed to be so fast, and she couldn't help but be a little surprised, sure enough, under the stimulation of mother's love, anyone can exert infinite potential. Mu Qing continued: "Yes, because the little eunuch did not lay much oiled paper, and the situation was chaotic at that time, no one noticed the wet paper and the strange smell of wine in the flower pot after it was broken. ”

"It's too cunning and too vicious." Shen Zhen said in a trance, she was now too frightened, and her limbs, hands and feet were still numb. After thinking about it, she looked at Mu Qing as if asking for help and asked, "Then what should we do now?" Find out the little eunuch, and then send him to the emperor and let him tell the truth of the matter? The real murderer behind the accusation? ”

Mu Qing slandered in his heart: Shen Zhen is really too naïve, not to mention that the little eunuch is dead, even if he is still alive, he can lie that he was too nervous after entering Yunyi Palace, so he couldn't help but shake his hands and shook the flower pot. Without substantial evidence, even if they knew the modus operandi of the queen and others, it would be useless. After all, there is no evidence, and they can only watch the queen and others get away with it.

However, Mu Qing did not tell Shen Zhen all these thoughts in his heart, and only picked a brief part to talk about. "It's useless, we're already a step late. I have already sent Zhu Yu to check on the details of the little eunuch, but unfortunately he died a few days after the incident, and there are no other relatives in the family. Now we have neither any evidence nor physical evidence in our hands, and even in front of the emperor, we can't open this mouth. ”

"Dead?!" Shen Zhen was shocked, "I didn't expect them to move so fast. Now that there is no physical evidence, and even the only human evidence has been destroyed by them, is it impossible to return Xi'er's innocence? ”

"Although we are at a disadvantage, we are not without a way out." Mu Qing comforted softly, "We now know the modus operandi of Tang Meiren and the Empress, even if there is no evidence, we can create some evidence." ”

"You mean planting?" Shen Zhen was so surprised that she couldn't keep her mouth shut.

"They were murderers in the first place, and it wasn't that they were wronged. If you still want to have the same compassion as before, then you will never want to avenge this wrong. ”

"What are you going to do?" Shen Zhen felt that Mu Qing's words also made sense.

"Give back to the other in his way!" (To be continued.) )