"Since Heng'er also said so, then the mourning family will listen to you." The Queen Mother finally compromised.

"Queen Mother, the concubine wants to ask first, who was present when the eldest prince was injured?"

"What are you asking for?" A look of displeasure rose on the Queen Mother's face again.

"Isn't it strange that the rumor that the concubine killed the eldest prince spread in such a short period of time after the eldest prince was injured?" Yi Fang was thinking about the points that could clear his suspicion in his mind, and at the same time clearly analyzed, "The eldest prince is injured, and the first thing everyone thinks of is to ask a doctor or inquire about the eldest prince's situation, why can rumors about concubines be widely spread?" ”

The Queen Mother also seemed to think of something, glanced at Liu Heng, and asked, "You mean, someone deliberately spread these rumors to frame you?" ”

"At the moment, I can only guess like this, if the Queen Mother follows the rumors to check, she will definitely be able to return the concubine's innocence." Yifang said everything she thought, but she always felt that the process of the person memorizing the words and checking them would not be very smooth, but at this time, the Queen Mother was angry, and her doubts would be dispelled.

"Someone, find out who first spread this rumor." The Queen Mother gave such an order, and it seems that she chose to believe in Yifang first.

The treatment on the eldest prince's side was in full swing, and the people who went to investigate the rumors here were also very efficient, and soon caught a palace maid back, and the palace maid was one of the eldest prince's personal maids.

"Are you Hanalu?" The Queen Mother recognized the woman. When the eldest prince was young, he often went to the queen mother to play, and the maid who often accompanied her at that time was Hualu, and the queen mother remembered her.

"Thank you, Queen Mother, for remembering the slave." In the past, the flower road was lively and cheerful, but now she is timid in front of the queen mother, I am afraid that because of this change in the eldest prince, she is also nervous.

"It was Su Mei who harmed the eldest prince, did you spread this? Why? The Queen Mother didn't give her a good look either.

Hua Lu trembled and replied: "It was the slave who saw it with her own eyes, when the slave was ordered to get clothes for the eldest prince, and when she was about to return to the eldest prince, she saw Su Meiren running over in a hurry. Although the slave maid thought it strange at that time, she didn't pay much attention to it, and it wasn't until the eldest prince passed by the place where Su Meiren ran and caught the leg of the beast trap that the slave and maid remembered the scene at that time. But this is very important, the slaves and maids did not dare to speak in front of the queen mother and the king, and they were very worried in their hearts, so they had to talk these words to the palace maids who were good on weekdays, and who knew that they would be passed on. ”

"Bold! How dare you not report such an important situation earlier! The Queen Mother slapped the table suddenly, and Hua Lu was even more frightened, lying down and kneeling in front of the Queen Mother, not daring to say a word.

"Are you sure you saw me?" Yifang didn't look like she was lying, but she was obviously resting in her residence, how could she appear in the hunting ground again?

Hua Lu raised his head and looked at Yifang, and as soon as his eyes touched her, he lowered his head: "Su Meiren, it's not about the slave maid, the slave didn't mean to harm you, but I did see you at the time, so I had to say it at this time." ”

"Yifang, didn't you tell this king that you want to go back and rest? Have you really been there? Liu Heng's eyes were also a little suspicious.

But Yifang shook his head firmly: "After the concubine and the king separated, they went back to their residence directly, and they never came out again, and the concubine will never harm the eldest prince." ”

"That's a nice thing to say, but now that someone is witnessing this, do you really want to insist on denying it?" Liu Heng has affection for Yifang, and his heart is also biased towards her, but the Queen Mother doesn't eat this, she will only look at his precious grandson.

"What the concubine has not done, she will never admit it." Yifang still continued to insist.

"Queen Mother, Your Majesty, the eldest prince has woken up." A palace maid suddenly came to report in a hurry.

"Really? That's great! The Queen Mother stood up excitedly, and Liu Heng hurriedly supported her.

"Mother, go over and take a look at it first, and leave it to your son here."

"Okay, okay, the mourning family will pass." Rong Yang helped the Queen Mother over, and Liu Heng turned his gaze back to Yifang.

"Let's get up first!" Liu Heng stretched out his hand to help Yifang, and whispered in her ear, "This king believes in you." ”

It's a pity that this belief didn't last long, and the Queen Mother looked angry when she saw the eldest prince coming out from the inside. She went straight to Yifang, and before Liu Heng could ask a word, she slapped Yifang fiercely.

This crisp sound surprised the entire room, and the palace people quickly lowered their heads, not daring to continue watching this scene. Yifang covered his face and was stunned for a moment, but immediately thought in his mind that when the Queen Mother came out like this, someone must have said something inside. Now that the eldest prince has woken up, maybe he said something unfavorable to him.

"Queen Mother, what's the matter?" Liu Heng took a step forward, seemingly wanting to protect Yifang, but after thinking about it, he retreated. At this time, if he tried his best to protect Yifang, it would be bad for her.

"You still ask what's wrong with the mourning family? Ask your beauty! The Queen Mother flicked her sleeves and sat on the chair, but the anger on her face did not disappear at all.

"The eldest prince has woken up and regained his senses, but his legs are not very good." Rong Yang saw that the Queen Mother was angry, so he explained to Liu Heng, "The Queen Mother asked the eldest prince about the situation, and the eldest prince said that when his leg was caught in the trap of the beast, he saw a figure running hurriedly not far away, and the back was exactly the same as Su Meiren. ”

"What?! Do you really see it clearly? Liu Heng was also taken aback.

Rong Yang nodded: "Although the eldest prince was injured at the time, he was still conscious, and he fainted only because of excessive blood loss later. He said that he could see it very clearly, and he would not be wrong. ”

"Yifang, ...... you?" If there was only Hua Lu's testimony, Liu Heng would not believe that Yifang would hurt the eldest prince, but now that even the eldest prince himself said so, it is difficult not to doubt it.

"The evidence is conclusive, how else do you want to deny it?" The Queen Mother's eyes could burst into flames, and Yifang seemed to have turned into ashes in front of her.

"The concubine has not done it, and the queen mother is asked to see it." Yifang knew that it was useless to argue at this time, so he could only insist on not admitting that he had done it.

"Queen Mother, my son still has some doubts when he sees this, why don't you check it again?" Liu Heng called Wu Ping over, "You go and ask Wu Xiangyuan to take someone to the place where the eldest prince was injured to take a look, and carefully check if there are any clues." ”

"No." Wu Ping hurried to run an errand with a sound.

The Queen Mother seemed to be tired, rubbing her temples and propping herself on the table: "Heng'er, what are you going to do with this woman?" ”

"Mother, this matter has not been fully investigated, although there is a testimony from Hehualu, but it appeared in the hunting ground at the time of the incident, it does not mean that the trap was put by Su Meiren!"

"Why are you still looking at her?" The Queen Mother's eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

"The son is not shielding Su Meiren, but if the real murderer is not eliminated, but the innocent person is burdened with this black cauldron, it will leave a future trouble!"

"That's it, it's your son, this matter will be handled by you, the mourning family just wants to guard their grandson well, and it's inconvenient to interfere." The Queen Mother waved her hand, looking tired.

"Su Mei stayed at her residence until this matter was clarified, and she was not allowed to go out unless she was edicted." Liu Heng's decision is still very beneficial to Yifang.

Yifang knew that it was useless to argue at this time, so he accepted the punishment and left with Tengling and Zi. When they walked out along the way, everyone was pointing and pointing, as if they had determined that she had harmed the eldest prince. Yi Fang's face was very calm, and he didn't seem to care about what they said at all, but Teng Ling was filled with righteous indignation, and wanted to argue several times, but was pulled back by Zili. In their current situation, it is not good to talk too much.

"What to do? I know that the beauty was assassinated, but we can't do anything, and we have to be locked in the house and can't get out. Teng Ling stomped his feet as soon as he returned.

"If you think about what the eldest prince and Hanalu just said, do you find anything wrong?" Yifang is calmer than them.

Zili was just outside the door just now, and did not follow in, only listened to the discussion of those people, and she said tentatively: "I heard that the eldest prince and his maidservant insisted that they saw you in the place where the trap was kept?" ”

"Yes, but I just paid attention to asking, the place where the eldest prince was injured is in the eastern part of the hunting ground, and there are many people passing by that place, if it is released early, I am afraid that someone else will be hit first. If this person's target is the eldest prince, he will inevitably wait until he gets close before releasing the trap. Yifang recalled carefully, "At that time, because I fell off the horse, I had already been allowed by the king to come back to rest first, and I met the queen mother on the way." I haven't been out since then, but both the eldest prince and Hanaji said that they saw the man wearing the exact same clothes as me, and you think about it, what could this be? ”

"In this way, if the eldest prince and Hanaji are not lying, then someone must be pretending to be you." Zili in one sentence.

"Yes, I think so too, and now we can only continue to investigate thoroughly if we start from this aspect." This incident came unexpectedly, although it was not confusing, but it was also troublesome to deal with.

Yifang really doesn't like to deal with this kind of emergency, she has always liked stability, no matter what she does, she must prepare in advance, so as not to be in a hurry when the time comes. But she likes this, and those who want to harm her will not consider her feelings, and since this has happened, she still has to face it head-on.

"But now that we're grounded, we can't go out if we want to!" Teng Ling reminded with a sad face.

"Just because you can't go out now doesn't mean you can't go out at night!" Yi Fang smiled slyly and raised an eyebrow at Tengling.