Chapter 323: The Muppet Leads to the Witch Gu Case
It's good to love the concubine! Liu Biao desperately stepped forward to support the owner.
Lord Yi's face was pale, he gently pushed Liu Biao away, and stepped forward to salute the Queen Mother with "difficulty".
"Jieyu is exempt! Can it be better? What happened? The Queen Mother still had a cold face.
"Empress Dowager Qiyu, the concubine doesn't know, it seems that she felt a cold last night and had a nightmare, I only feel that someone wants to ask for the concubine's life, and it seems that someone stabbed the concubine's head with a needle. The concubine had a splitting headache. Lord Yi rubbed his head and reported to the Queen Mother with a crying voice.
"Does it still hurt now?" Liu Biao stepped forward again and caressed Lord Yi's head.
Yizhu showed a bitter face and "hidden" again.
"Your Majesty, the blessing of the Queen Mother, Jieyu Niangniang is fortunate to be fine, please retire." Geng Xiaofan saw that Lord Yi woke up and was about to slip away, he was really afraid that he would not "cooperate" well with Lord Yi and spoil her big thing.
"Geng Aiqing has made another miraculous feat today, and I will definitely be rewarded!" Liu Biao, this can be regarded as "approving" Geng Xiaofan's retirement.
But the Queen Mother waved her hand to stop it.
"Since the mourning family is here today, let's sort out the things here! Captain of the Guard! ”
After a while, the guard captain entered the temple with the feather forest soldiers.
"Recently, this Weiyang Palace is not peaceful, you should search carefully!" The Queen Mother commanded with a cold face.
Empress Xu's eyes flashed with a hint of pride, which Geng Xiaofan could see clearly, and he couldn't help but start worrying.
Looking at Lord Yi again, she was not in good spirits and looked very tired, but she didn't seem to be uneasy.
After a long time, Yu Lin Bing returned to the main hall with a box and opened it, and inside was a pile of clothes and dolls, among which the two with golden hairpins and copper needles were inserted.
Wei Wei came to the Queen Mother's side and reported softly, the Queen Mother couldn't help but look at Yizhu, Geng Xiaofan was obviously surprised to find Yizhu.
"Zhao Jieyu, these puppets are yours?" The Queen Mother asked in a cold voice with a gloomy face.
"Yes, it's a concubine, but, it's ......" Lord Yi looked at the two puppets, and then looked up at Queen Xu, his face full of incredulity.
"You dare to practice witchcraft in this palace!" Seeing that Lord Yi was timid, Queen Xu strode forward, full of momentum.
"Queen Mother, this puppet is indeed a concubine's, but the concubine doesn't know any witchcraft!" Lord Yi hurriedly knelt down.
"Queen, don't be impatient!" The Queen Mother glanced at the two of them and got up, "This puppet is Zhao Jieyu's, do you know where you found this puppet?" ”
This time it was Queen Xu's turn to be surprised and dumbfounded.
"Bring people in!" The Queen Mother roared.
A middle-aged palace maid was escorted and pushed in.
Geng Xiaofan looked carefully, he had never seen this palace maid, and then looked at Lord Yi, and found that she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Ying Niang!" Empress Xu was taken aback when she saw someone coming.
"Let's talk about it! Why did Jieyu Niangniang's puppet appear in your room? The Queen Mother asked sharply.
"Yes, it was all ordered by Jieyu Niangniang! Ask the Queen Mother to spare her life! Ying Niang glanced at Queen Xu and kowtowed to the Queen Mother.
"You're spewing blood! I don't know you at all! Yi Zhu seemed to have gathered strength and shouted.
"Jieyu, don't be impatient!" The Queen Mother interrupted the Lord.
"Your name is Ying Niang, you are the queen's personal maidservant, how did you know Jieyu?" The Queen Mother asked in a cold voice.
"This, this, is Jieyu Niangniang who found the slave and gave the slave a lot of money, let, let the slave and the maid frame the queen." Ying Niang quibbled.
Geng Xiaofan laughed "poof".
"Geng Aiqing, what do you have to say?" The Queen Mother saw Geng Xiaofan's gaffe and smiled slightly.
"Don't dare! Queen Mother, I just feel a little funny. Geng Xiaofan stepped forward, he had to stand up for Yizhu's sister.
"Let me ask you, when did Jieyu Niangniang find you? How much money was given to you? ”
"I, I don't remember exactly." Ying Niang looked open-minded.
"That's good! Let me ask you again, when was this doll given to you? But Jieyu Niangniang gave it to you herself? ”
"Yes, she gave it to me herself."
"When you gave it to you, but like this?" Geng Xiaofan stepped forward and picked up the two dolls and began to examine them carefully. He couldn't see what the copper needle was used for, but the golden hairpin was worth a lot.
"That's what it was like when I gave it to me, she, she let me hide in the queen's bedroom!" Ying Niang insisted on it.
Geng Xiaofan didn't ask, Ying Niang's answer was full of loopholes, as long as she was discerning, she would definitely be able to see that she was lying.
Geng Xiaofan got up and saluted the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, you know, Jieyu Niangniang is my sister. My sister, I know it very well. Needless to say, she is not smart, but she is not stupid! If she were going to frame the queen, would she use her own things? Will she risk her own and go to a servant girl herself? Also, this doll obviously has a finger, a finger, a finger, obviously a curse on the dragon Wang Meimei and Jieyu Niangniang herself! What is the rationale for this? ”
"No, I remember wrong! It wasn't given to me by Jieyu Niangniang herself, yes, it was given to me by her maidservant Yan! Ying Niang also seemed to feel that her confession was a little "excessive", so she quickly changed her words.
"Queen Mother, the Yan family is not the maid of the concubine, but the servant of the Zhaoyang Palace." Lord Yi hurriedly replied.
"Take Yan!" The Queen Mother continued to summon without mercy.
Yan was quickly brought up, and he was also startled when he looked at the two puppets.
"Yan, tell me what's going on with these two puppets!" The Queen Mother spoke sternly.
Yan glanced at Lord Yi a little timidly, "Niangniang, Ying Niang came to borrow this puppet, you know, you promised!" ”
"I didn't know they were going to do this kind of thing!" Yizhu cooperated and started acting.
"Yan, when did this puppet lend to Ying Niang? You are truthful! The Queen Mother asked sharply.
"Empress Dowager Qi, yes, about half a month ago, Ying Niang found a slave maid and said that the queen mother had seen my Jieyu Niangniang's dolls, and she loved them very much, and wanted to borrow them and imitate a few. She, she gave the slave maid half a penny, two zhang silk. Although the slave didn't dare, and she was greedy for her profits, she gave Jieyu Niangniang, and Jieyu Niangniang didn't care much at that time, and agreed with her mouth. ”
Yan's voice and color narrated, Geng Xiaofan was a little convinced.
At this point, the Queen Mother had already "understood" and glanced at Queen Xu viciously.
Empress Xu was already frightened, and she hadn't figured out what was wrong. obviously asked Ying Niang to return this puppet to Zhaoyang Palace, didn't she have time?
Seeing that Ying Niang has taken the blame, although her "confession" is full of loopholes, at least she has left a way out for herself. But this sin is too big, can she afford it?
"Ying Niang, you have been with me for many years, and I treat you well, how could you do such a thing!" Empress Xu can only abandon her pawn and protect her handsome at this time, and first clear her suspicions.
"Slaves and maids have unspeakable secrets! Slave, I'm sorry mother! Ying Niang glanced at Queen Xu with tenderness, kowtowed respectfully to her three times, suddenly got up, grabbed the golden hairpin on the puppet, and poked it at her neck!