Ling Ruo's eyelashes moved, and landed on the palace maid who had been bowing her head and not speaking, sure enough, it was Wen Rutian's close maid Piaoxiang, what did the Nala clan want her to say?

Piao Xiang's thin body trembled for a moment, and then said something that surprised Ling Ruo, "Back to the words of the queen mother and Xi concubine, the person who smeared musk on the jade Guanyin statue is not a noble person, but a slave maid, and the noble person Wen doesn't know anything about it. ”

Hearing this, Ling Ruo suddenly understood, and after a short period of time of coming by herself, the queen found Piaoxiang, a substitute for the dead ghost, for Wen Rutian, so that Wen Rutian could get out of the way, but she didn't understand, Piaoxiang was willing to stand up and admit it, didn't she know that murdering the emperor's heir was a felony? Wen Rutian is a palace concubine after all, and this identity allowed her to escape death, but Piaoxiang is impossible, there is only one way to die.

Ling Ruo endured the anger in his heart and said to the Nala clan: "Can you let the concubine ask Piaoxiang a few words?" ”

Nala looked at her calmly, and said, "Naturally, it can, but this palace has asked very clearly just now, this matter is indeed done by Piaoxiang and Wen Guiren, and there is nothing suspicious." ”

Ling Ruo ignored her words, got up and walked to Piao Xiang, lowered his eyes and said, "Piao Xiang, why do you want to harm the dragon fetus in the womb of the noble man. ”

"Slave maid ......" Piaoxiang curled up her hand on the ground, and said with some difficulty: "The slave and maid made a big mistake when they were confused, and the slave and maid knew that the master of the Dao Dao had always wanted to give birth to a dragon heir for the emperor, and the branches and leaves were scattered. The slave and maid looked sad, and thought that if the child in the womb of the humble man was gone, the master would not be so sad. Therefore, when the master asked the slave to send the congratulatory jade Guanyin to the humble person, the slave and the maid thought of the method of smearing musk on the statue of Guanyin, which was used to make the humble person have a miscarriage, but he did not expect to be discovered by the humble person. ”

Ling Ruo didn't believe her words at all, and there were too many unreasonable things in her words, "That being the case, why didn't you say it when this palace interrogated the Wen family just now?" ”

Piaoxiang said in horror: "The slave knows that it is a capital crime to murder the emperor's heir, so she is very scared and does not dare to admit it." But later, when I saw that the master was beaten into the cold palace by the mother because of the mistakes committed by the slave and maid, my conscience was really unhappy, and after several hesitations, I finally confessed everything to the queen mother. ”

Nala said on the side: "The palace was really shocked when I heard it, I didn't expect Piaoxiang to be so bold that even the emperor's heir dared to harm it; But in the final analysis, it is still out of loyalty to the master, which is both pitiful and hateful, so the palace has committed suicide with incense. ”

Ling Ruo didn't want her to move so quickly, so she was a little anxious and said: "If it's just a palace maid, how can Niang Niang easily believe it, and besides, there are still many doubts in this matter that remain unresolved." ”

Nala said with a look of surprise or laughter: "I don't know what Concubine Xi's so-called suspicions are?" ”

Ling Ruoli thought about it for a while, and put forward the two most suspicious points, "Piaoxiang is just a palace maid, where did she get such a big courage to harm the emperor's heir, and besides, where did the musk come from?" ”

That's why Bengong said that she was pitiful and hateful, and she was stupid and loyal, and she almost hurt Wen Guiren. As for the musk, Piaoxiang also said before that it was stolen from the imperial pharmacy. As soon as Nala's words fell, Wen Rutian, who knelt on the ground and never made a sound, suddenly turned sideways and hugged Piaoxiang and cried, crying for a while and then raising her tear-stained face and said: "Queen Mother, the concubine knows that you have always been merciful, please spare Piaoxiang's life, she is also because she cares about the concubine, she will make such a big mistake, it is not heinous." ”

Nala shook his head gloomily and said: "Alas, this palace doesn't know, it's just that the palace rules are like this, and this palace is already an extrajudicial favor to give Piaoxiang to commit suicide, how can you spare her life." ”

Seeing them acting there, Ling Ruo almost sneered, but he had to forcibly hold back, frowning: "Even if these two doubts can be explained, the concubine still feels that the truth of this matter still needs to be considered." ”

Nala patted her and said: "Concubine Xi's words really puzzled the palace, Piaoxiang herself has already admitted it, what else is there to consider, if she hasn't done it, will she admit this kind of thing?" ”

Ling Ruo was unmoved, stared at Piaoxiang, who was held by Wen Rutian, and said, "Piaoxiang, you truthfully told this palace that you really did it to murder the emperor's heir?" ”

Piao Xiang raised her head slowly, and the delicate face under her tears revealed wordless pain, "Yes, everything is done by slaves and maids, and it has nothing to do with the master." After a pause, she said: "Concubine Xi doesn't need to ask again, what the slave said is true, and not a word is false." ”

"Piaoxiang......" Ling Ruo was about to say something, but the Nala clan had already interrupted her words, "By now, I believe that Concubine Xi is already very clear about the whole thing, and as for the doubts that Concubine Xi just said, they are actually not doubts at all. ”

Ling Ruo bit her lip and didn't speak, there was no doubt that Piao Xiang was a substitute for death, but she didn't understand, why did Piao Xiang admit that she knew it was a capital crime, was she loyal? She didn't think so, Piaoxiang's eyes were obviously full of fear and fear.

Ling Ruo's silence made the corners of Nala's mouth slightly hooked, and he raised his voice: "Come on, bring the fragrance down, and order him to kill himself!" ”

"Wait." Seeing that Piaoxiang's thin body was picked up by the eunuch who walked in, Ling Ruo hurriedly said: "The concubine always felt that this matter was still suspicious, and it should not be handled so hastily. ”

Nala's long eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of a faint smile and said: "Concubine Xi's words really puzzled the palace, at the beginning, Wen Guiren kept shouting grievances, and Concubine Xi insisted that the evidence of people and witnesses was there, and sent Wen Guiren into the cold palace; Now Piaoxiang admitted everything in person, and Concubine Xi said that things were still suspicious. Result...... Is it really suspicious, or Concubine Xi has a prejudice against Wen Guiren, and she has to plant the harm to Qian Guiren on her head to be happy. ”

Ling Ruo's eyes froze, and he said in a condensed voice: "Niangniang is saying that the concubine intends to frame Wen Rutian?" ”

"If this is not the case, why does Concubine Xi have so many doubts about Piaoxiang's confession, and insist on dragging Wen Guiren back into this matter?" After saying this, she said again: "I heard in this palace that Concubine Xi is a little dissatisfied with Wen Guiren, is it possible that because of this, Concubine Xi is paranoid and thinks that Wen Guiren is guilty?" ”

"The concubine didn't." As soon as Ling Ruo finished saying these four words, the Nala clan immediately picked up, "This palace also thinks that it shouldn't be, but the emperor has always praised Concubine Xi for being fair and impartial in front of this palace." ”

This sentence seems to be a compliment, but it is really blocking Ling Ruo's back road, she wants Ling Ruo to understand that even if she stabs this matter in front of Yinzhen, she doesn't want to get any benefits, after all, Piaoxiang's confession is an indisputable fact, unless there is a way to make Piaoxiang change her words, otherwise Wen Rutian is innocent.

[Author's digression]: There are four more chapters, a little later