In this way, I think too much, and what she said is probably true.

I looked at her coldly and said lightly: "Other people's things are not still your business, but I have to tell you, I can find out about this, and others can do the same." If you don't return it and keep these things on you, if someone else catches you, you can imagine what will happen to you. ”

After I finished training, I was ready to take back the bracelet and concentrate on cleaning the dormitory.

I don't know whether I was afraid or deliberate, but the girl's hand suddenly trembled, and everything fell to the ground, and my bracelet was broken in half.

She was even more panicked, and quickly squatted down to pick up the bracelet, her hands were still shaking, she raised her head cautiously, looked at me timidly, and said tremblingly: "I... I'll pay you ......."

I withdrew my outstretched hand, and although I was a little displeased, I just said to her indifferently, "No need, just throw it away if it is broken." ”

It's just a bracelet, and it's not precious in my eyes, and I really don't want to embarrass her.

"Thanks... Thank you, sister......" She stood up, lowered her head and said to me, "I will return the rest quietly......"

I ignored her and cleaned up the dormitory on my own.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, when I was pruning the flower branches in Concubine Qing's bedroom, I suddenly heard a shrill voice outside: "Concubine Qing, the emperor has summoned, please rush to Fengqi Palace immediately." ”

I stopped what I was doing and looked out a little suspiciously.

Concubine Qing turned her back to me, and I couldn't see the expression on her face clearly, I only heard her say, "Father-in-law, wait a while, and I'll go as soon as the palace changes clothes." ”

Concubine Qing returned to the dormitory and walked straight towards me, her tone could not be refuted: "You follow the palace." ”

Although I had doubts, I only replied lightly: "Yes." ”

I followed Concubine Qing and once again stepped into the palace gate of Fengqi Palace, in the main hall, the emperor and the queen sat directly above, kneeling a few cooks at the bottom, and there was a imperial doctor on the side.

"The concubines greet the emperor and the queen." Concubine Qing sat down facing up, and greeted the two of them in a proper manner, and I followed her movements and saluted together.

"Get up."

The emperor's tone was very cold, and even mixed with some anger.

Concubine Qing stood up, looked at the emperor suspiciously, and asked slowly, "Is there anything important for the emperor to summon his concubines?" ”

The emperor coughed lightly and said slowly: "The queen's meal was poisoned by someone with a heart, and according to the confession of the people in the small kitchen, it was you who bought them and let them poison the queen's meal." ”

Concubine Qing was very calm, there was no trace of panic on her face, she stepped forward and said to the emperor unhurriedly: "The queen's meals need to be tested with silver needles, the concubine is not stupid, how could she do such a stupid thing." ”

The emperor glanced at her lightly, and then said to the imperial doctor on the side: "Imperial Doctor Gao, you come." ”

After Doctor Gao replied "yes" to the emperor, he turned to face Concubine Qing and said slowly: "This poison is ruthless, and the silver needle cannot be measured, if it weren't for the fact that the cat raised by the queen mother knocked over the meal and accidentally ate it, the queen mother is probably in danger at this time." ”

When Concubine Qing heard this, she lowered her head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the concubine has lived in the deep palace for a long time, how can she obtain such a cruel poison." After finishing speaking, she turned to look at the few cooks kneeling on the ground, and asked in a deep voice, "When did this palace let you poison the queen?" ”

The cook closest to Concubine Qing turned around, knelt down in front of her, and said tremblingly: "Niangniang, now you can admit it, this murder of the queen is a big crime to exterminate the nine clans, and the slave really can't hide it for you." ”

Concubine Qing sneered and asked in a deep voice: "This is not used for punishment, you jumped out to testify against the palace, and dare to say that you are hiding it for the palace?!" ”

"Concubine Qing, do you want to push the slave out to take the blame? Obviously, you asked the little palace maid in your palace to give the slave a stack of silver tickets, and then ordered the slave to poison the queen mother. ”

Concubine Qing glared at him viciously, and scolded: "Tell me, which of the little palace maids in your mouth is in this palace?" ”

The cook looked at me, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

Are you ready to say it's me?

Just when I was ready to retort, he suddenly lowered his head again and slowly said to Concubine Qing: "There are so many people in Niangniang's Palace, how can a slave remember that person's name." ”

The emperor understood what he meant, so he ordered someone to bring all the palace maids in Concubine Qing's palace.

The cook glanced at the palace maids, and soon his eyes were fixed on the girl who had stolen my belongings, and he looked at the emperor, pointed at the girl, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, it is her, who gave the money and poison to the slaves." ”

The little girl was suddenly frightened and panicked, knelt on the ground with a "plop", and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty... Emperor... The slave was coerced by Concubine Qing to do this... If the slave doesn't do it, Concubine Qing will kill the slave's family. ”

Concubine Qing walked in front of the little girl, her expression was slightly angry, and she reprimanded: "Ling'er, this palace doesn't treat you well on weekdays, why do you want to slander this palace?" If you say that this palace threatens your family, why do you dare to say it? The preface does not match the afterword, and he dares to slander the palace. ”

After Concubine Qing finished speaking, she turned to face the emperor, and was about to say something, but the queen suddenly said: "There is no basis for what you say, but you can't believe the words of these subordinates so easily." ”

After the queen finished speaking, she turned her head to look at the palace maid beside her, and said slowly: "You go and take someone to search the palace of Concubine Yiqing." ”

The palace maid lowered her neck slightly, replied "yes" and left in a hurry.

Concubine Qing squinted at the queen, and her dissatisfaction was revealed.

I remained silent, just stood by and watched to avoid being implicated.

In my opinion, this matter is very likely to be a ploy by the queen to get rid of Concubine Qing, and the queen is not an ordinary person, so she will take the first step against Concubine Qing.

After a while, the palace maid beside the queen finished searching Concubine Qing's palace and returned to Fengqi Palace with a small white porcelain vase.

She handed the things in her hand to Imperial Physician Gao, and after careful examination, Imperial Physician Gao determined that it was the kind of poison that poisoned the queen.

The queen frowned lightly and wondered, "Where did you find this?" ”

"Hui Niangniang, it was found in Concubine Qing's bedroom, in Concubine Qing's jewelry box."

The queen was silent for a moment before she asked, "Concubine Qing, why did you plot to kill this palace?" ”

Concubine Qing took a deep breath, lowered her head, looked very displeased, and her voice was full of a little forbearance: "The concubine has never done it, please let the queen know about it." ”

The emperor looked at Concubine Qing coldly, and his tone was implied with anger: "There are all human and material evidence, what else do you have to quibble?" ”

"Your Majesty!" Concubine Qing raised her head and looked at the emperor, her expression was very aggrieved, she bit her lower lip, and she said to the emperor with a little crying: "How can the concubine be so stupid, murdering the queen and leaving poison in her palace, isn't this digging your own grave?" ”

After Concubine Qing finished speaking, she said to Ling'er again: "Ling'er, this palace doesn't know who instructed you to slander this palace, but this palace will naturally not let you be wronged in vain." ”

Concubine Qing lifted the hem of her skirt, faced the emperor, and slowly knelt on the ground, with some tears in the corners of her eyes, and her voice was very aggrieved: "Your Majesty, the suddenness of this trap, the concubines are unpredictable, and they know that they have no way to justify, but the words of these subordinates are full of errors and omissions, and they have never been criminalized, so it is really difficult to know whether the words are true or false." ”

The emperor lowered his eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he said slowly: "Then pull these cooks down and put them on the sticks until they can spit out the truth." ”

The cooks panicked all of a sudden, and hurriedly kowtowed to the emperor and said, "The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life—"

When the guard at the door received the order, he entered the temple, and quickly dragged the cooks on the ground and went out.

But a moment later, I heard shouts one after another from outside the hall, and I couldn't help laughing, and glanced slightly sideways at the door, and saw that the hands and feet of the cooks were clamped with sticks, and they were crimson, and one of them fainted because of the pain, but soon someone came over with a touch of water, poured the man's head, and continued to carry the torture after he was sober.

Blood slowly flowed down their clothes and bodies, and it was terrifying to watch. When Ling'er saw that scene, she was even more frightened, slumped on the ground, and looked at the scene outside the door with a frightened face.

Concubine Qing seized this opportunity and suddenly grabbed her hand from behind Ling'er, who was startled and her body trembled suddenly.

Concubine Qing narrowed her eyes and asked coldly, "If you confess your instructions as soon as possible, you can avoid the pain of this stick." ”

Ling'er lowered her head, not daring to raise her eyes to see Concubine Qing's eyes, she said in a trembling voice: "Niangniang, what the slave said is true......

"Ahh ——”

A sudden scream from outside the hall interrupted Ling'er's words, and Ling'er's eyes were drawn to it again.

The man outside the hall was paralyzed in a pool of blood, probably in excessive pain, fainting deeply, and he did not wake up even after pouring cold water.

Concubine Qing glanced at Ling'er's panicked appearance, turned her head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that it is time to execute Ling'er." ”

Ling'er's every move was within the emperor's sight, so the emperor agreed with Concubine Qing's words without hesitation, and said coldly: "Pull it out and carry out the execution." ”

The guards entered the house again, and before they could pull up the bell, the bell was already panicking and shouted, "The slave said... The slave and maid will tell the truth. ”

Seeing that Ling'er was relieved, the emperor ordered the people who were being tortured outside to stop.

I looked at the queen and found that she didn't have any worries because of Ling'er's panic, which made me wonder if the queen was the mastermind of the matter, or maybe what Ling'er said next was not the truth at all......