Liu couldn't wait for Yinzhen to think so, but she also knew that Ling Ruo's weight in Yinzhen's heart was not something that could be provoked in a few words, and if she was not good, she would put herself in it again. She stopped crying and said: "Back to the emperor, the concubine Niangniang has always treated the concubines very well, and the concubines dare not be suspicious, but the words of the concubine yesterday really broke the concubine's heart. ”

Yin Zhen thought for a while, and said to Ling Ruo: "Concubine, what is your explanation for what Concubine Qian said?" ”

Ling Ruoqian saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the concubines and the imperial physicians of Zhou are all verified according to the facts, and there is no fraud in the slightest, as for the fact that the concubines asked other imperial doctors to check and did not find the drug, the concubines have a sentence to ask, after the concubines took the sixth elder brother away from the Chengqian Palace, until the imperial doctor was invited, which one of them was there besides the concubines and the people from the Yongshou Palace?" ”

"This ......" Liu didn't expect her to ask such a tricky question, but she didn't know how to answer for a while, and before she could think of words, Ling Ruo had already said: "If Concubine Qian can't answer, there is nothing, in other words, as long as anyone has the opportunity to come into contact with the sixth elder brother, he can wipe off the drug near the eye of the needle." ”

Seeing that Ling Ruo cleared up the relationship for herself, Liu hurriedly denied it: "Impossible, the concubine remembers very clearly, no one has lifted Hongzhan's clothes, including the concubine herself, if the mother doesn't believe it, you can ask Hongzhan." ”

Ling Ruo said nonchalantly: "Why bother to lift your clothes, just rub them a few times through your clothes, and it's not something that is difficult to erase." ”

Liu Shi was stunned for a moment and said: "The concubine can't argue with Niangniang, but Hongzhan's words have proved that this matter has nothing to do with Begonia, and Niangniang should no longer treat Begonia as a prisoner." ”

Ling Ruo ignored her, only looked at Yin Zhen and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has a few words to ask the sixth elder brother, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"If you have something to say, just ask." After getting Yinzhen's permission, Ling Ruo called Hongzhan to his side and said softly: "Sixth Elder Brother, after you returned to Yongshou Palace with Concubine Qian last night, did you sleep immediately?" ”

"No, E-Niang said let me think about it, where is the pain." Hearing Hongzhan's words, Ling Ruo nodded and said, "So you slept late last night, so you told Bengong, how did you remember that the place where you were bitten was on your arm?" ”

"I don't know what to do, I didn't know until I had a sore arm the next day." In the face of Hongzhan's answer, Ling Ruo nodded again, rolled up his sleeve, pressed the red and swollen area and said, "Pain or itching?" ”

Hongzhan replied honestly: "It hurts." ”

"Isn't it itchy at all?" After getting a definite answer, Ling Ruo said: "Your Majesty, not to mention that it is March now, the weather has just warmed, and the mosquitoes have not yet hatched; Just said that this swollen bag, there was no itch, it didn't seem to be like a mosquito bite, for the sake of clarity, the concubine suggested that it should be asked to take a look. ”

Liu took a step forward, stared at Ling Ruo and said, "Niangniang, do you mean that Hongzhan is lying?" ”

"Bengong didn't say it, but just like Concubine Qian said, the sixth elder brother is too young, and he can't figure out many things, he thinks that the place where he was bitten was in the arm, just because when he got up the next day, his arm hurt a little and there was a swollen lump, but whether the truth is really as conjecture, the sixth elder brother is not sure."

"But ......" Liu Shi was still waiting to say more, and Yinzhen had already said: "Since the concubine said it, please ask the imperial doctor to take a look, so you don't have to guess." After that, he instructed Sixi to invite all the doctors on duty in the Tai Hospital.

In the process of waiting for the imperial doctor to come, Liu's eyes flickered slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Regarding Yinzhen's summons, no imperial doctor dared to slack off, and they all came to the Heart Nourishing Hall with Sixi as quickly as possible, including Imperial Doctor Zhou, who had not yet had time to go back. After listening to Yinzhen's instructions, several imperial doctors looked around Hongzhan's arm for a while, but they were not sure that it was bitten by mosquitoes, and Zhou Minghua directly said the word "not like".

Liu ignored Zhou Minghua's words, and said to Yinzhen: "Your Majesty, since the imperial doctors can't be sure, that is, the swollen lump on Hongzhan's arm is likely to be bitten by mosquitoes, there should be no doubt about this matter, and I ask the emperor to uphold justice for his concubines and Hongzhan." With that, she pulled Hongzhan and knelt down.

Yin Zhen turned his gaze to Ling Ruo, obviously waiting for her answer, and the latter said after thinking for a while: "Your Majesty, can you give the concubine two more days and let the concubine continue to investigate the suspicions in this matter?" ”

Where was Liu willing to agree, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to investigate this matter further, although the concubine doesn't want to say it, but the concubine Niangniang is indeed biased towards the Yan nobles and does not want to punish her." ”

The two of them insisted on their own words there, which made Yinzhen very embarrassed, and after thinking about it carefully, he said: "Concubine, I will give you another day, if you can't find any clues at this time tomorrow, you will punish the noble Qi Jia according to the palace rules." I don't want to say that again, understand? ”

"The concubine understands." Ling Ruo agreed, although the time of the day was a little tighter, it was better than jumping to conclusions. Although this matter seems to be Qi Jia's business on the surface, it has actually become a confrontation between Ling Ruo and Liu, if either one loses, the situation in the palace will become unfavorable in the future, so both Liu and Ling Ruo are full of strength and do not want to lose this game.

"Your Majesty, what should I do about Begonia, if I let every pharmacy like Guifei Niangniang go and ask, I'm afraid that as soon as Begonia steps out of the palace, she will be arrested as a Jiangyang thief, so she won't be able to go back to visit her family." Liu said with an aggrieved face.

Yin Zhen thought for a while and said, "Concubine, it's okay to ask about the pharmacy, I don't want this matter to make too much trouble." ”

In the final analysis, Qi Jia's is not the person he cares about, and in terms of weight, he is even worse than Liu's, so compared with whether Qi Jia's is innocent, Yinzhen cares more about the royal reputation.

"The concubine obeys." Coming out of the Yangxin Palace, the Liu family handed Hongzhan to the Jin Gu who was waiting on the side to take him away, and he said to Ling Ruo, who came out together: "Don't hide it from Niangniang, the concubines in the palace just now really want to say that if there are no clues tomorrow, you will have to admit your mistakes to the concubines for everything you have done in the past two days." ”

Ling Ruo squinted at the half-exposed Chaoyang in the clouds and said slowly, "But you didn't say it, because you didn't dare." ”

Regarding Ling Ruo's words, the Liu family did not have any displeasure, and said generously: "Yes, the concubine does not dare, because the emperor's most favored person is the concubine, but with all due respect, the concubine's face has grown old, Shaohua is not there, and what can be relied on is nothing more than a fourth elder brother." But the fourth elder brother is not the only one under the emperor's knees, and maybe it won't be long before the emperor's favorite person is not you, the concubine. ”