Chapter 471: Scapegoat
After pondering for a moment, Duanmu Youning looked at Wen Po: "You said that Concubine De bought you to drop the two children, didn't you?"
Wen Po was so frightened that she didn't dare to raise her head, but just knocked her head with a bang: "Yes, the queen mother spares her life, the people should not see the money and do such a wrong thing, beg the queen to spare her life!"
Duanmu Youning sneered: "Don't be busy begging for mercy first, this palace asks you, are you responsible for taking the stillborn out to dig a pit and bury it?"
Wen Po still nodded again and again: "Yes, it is the people's woman, in order to avoid a lot of dreams at night, naturally she must destroy the stillborn as soon as possible, so that it is not easy to arouse suspicion." ”
Duanmu Youning nodded: "Okay, in that case, you can tell me where the stillborn was buried, if you can find it, and you can prove that the stillborn is the dragon fetus born by Concubine De for the emperor, then this matter must be ruled separately." ”
Wen Po suddenly hesitated when she heard this, and only after a moment did she kowtow and said, "Yes." The woman wanted to take the stillborn child to the mass grave to dig a pit and bury it, but as soon as she arrived there, suddenly a few wild dogs or wolves jumped out and pounced on the woman. ”
If you can't find a stillbirth, it can only mean that she was taken away and eaten by wild wolves and dogs, and you can't say that Concubine De didn't give birth to a child, right?
But Duanmu Youning had to admit that Mo Yaxi's game was indeed very clever, at least for a while, she really didn't know how to expose these tricks.
Of course, if she wants these people to tell the truth, she has the means, but it is difficult to get rid of the suspicion of torture to extract confessions. After all, Mo Jingxuan is a dignified imperial doctor, if he can't be convinced, then he will go out and talk nonsense, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will be suspicious. It's just that since the truth is all in her hands, does this little problem still want to stump her?
Nodding, she said calmly: "In this case, the palace will immediately send someone to the mass grave to see if you can find clues." But in any case, Xia Zhixiu's use of his own child to pretend to be the prince is conclusive evidence, and it cannot be denied, so he will be temporarily detained, and he will make a decision after finding the prince's bones!
As soon as the order was given, a guard stepped forward to set up Xia Zhixiu and left. Because of fear, Xia Zhixiu's face was already pale, but she suddenly screamed loudly: "Queen Mother, the courtiers have committed such a serious crime, and they know that the death penalty is inevitable, but the child is innocent, I beg the queen mother to let go of the courtier's child, the queen mother is gracious......"
The voice gradually faded away, and Mo Yanian, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but tremble lightly, and also kowtowed again and again to beg for mercy: "The minister doesn't know about this matter, and the child is indeed innocent, I hope the emperor and queen will be gracious and let go of the minister's child!"
Duanmu Youning sighed slightly: "Don't worry, neither the emperor nor the palace are easy to kill, and as you said, the child is innocent, he will be fine." ”
Mo Yanian couldn't help but be overjoyed when she heard this, and knocked her head more and more: "Emperor Xie!
Duanmu Youning looked at Mo Yaxi next to him silently, and then said: "Since Ruixi is your son, you will take him back to take care of him, and everything will be said after the prince's bones are recovered!"
Mo Yanian kowtowed and thanked him, and then got up and stood aside. But without waiting for Duanmu Youning to say anything, Mo Yaxi suddenly fell to his knees with a thud, and burst into tears: "Your Majesty, the concubine is guilty! The concubine failed to take care of the dragon fetus, and actually made the fetus stillborn, the concubine deserves death, please punish the emperor!"
Receiving Duanmu's condensed eyes, Tanglin Guyun was also silent, and just said lightly: "This matter is not your fault, if it weren't for Xia Zhixiu's ill intentions, you wouldn't have mistaken someone else's son as your own flesh and blood for so long, if you really want to talk about it, you are the most pitiful one." ”
Mo Yaxi immediately nodded again and again, gritted his teeth and said: "What the emperor said is extremely true, I really can't imagine that Xia Zhixiu is so harboring evil intentions, I knew that this is the case, why did the concubine have mercy on her and persuade the eldest brother to accept her as a concubine? ”
Tanglin Guyun nodded lightly: "After tossing for a long time, you are also tired, so go back and rest." Although you were stillborn before, you don't have to be too sad, now that your body has fully recovered, are you still afraid that you won't be able to get pregnant in the future?"
Hearing this last sentence in her ears, Mo Yaxi couldn't help but shudder, but she immediately put on a grateful face: "Yes, thank you for the emperor's relief, the concubine retired!"
When she turned to leave, Mo Jingxuan couldn't stay still, and immediately took two steps forward and bowed down and said: "I really can't imagine that the minister's grandson is still alive in the world, this is really great news!
With a salute, he hurriedly retreated. Waving his hand and ordering the guards to take Wen Po down, Tanglin Guyun sneered: "Youning, what should we do next to make Mo Yaxi irrefutable?"
Duanmu Youning raised her lips and smiled: "The emperor doesn't believe Mo Yaxi's words? Xia Zhixiu has already admitted it herself, she dropped the two children, doesn't all this sound logical?"
Tanglin Guyun glanced at her: "Are you a fool when I am a fool? How can there be such a coincidence in the world? What's more, I have always been trustworthy in your medical skills, you said that Mo Yaxi can no longer get pregnant, she just can't get pregnant, and it is absolutely impossible for me to give birth to a prince!"
This trust naturally made Duanmu Youning very useful, and he couldn't help but smile slightly: "Since this is the case, the emperor can rest assured, the concubine will definitely let the truth be revealed to the world, and Mo Yaxi will be irrefutable!"
Mo Yaxi almost crawled back to her dormitory, until she sat down at the table, she was still panting rapidly, and her head was covered with cold sweat!
It's really too dangerous! I really can't imagine that Donglin Guyun and Duanmu Youning's movements are so fast, and they will immediately have to drop blood to recognize their relatives! If it weren't for the fact that they had already made all the preparations, I was afraid that they would really not be able to pass this level!
Looking at the appearance of Donglin Guyun and Duanmu Youning, they should have believed everything Xia Zhixiu said, in other words, this catastrophe was finally avoided. And even if the people sent out really can't find the bones of the so-called prince, they will only think that they were swallowed by wild wolves and wild dogs, and they will give him a death without proof, even if they still have doubts in their hearts, they can't do anything to themselves!
So the most important thing now is that Xia Zhixiu must not have any problems, as long as she does not retract her confession, at least she can keep her position as Concubine De! As long as she is still Concubine De, who knows what will happen in the future? The situation in this harem is never static, it is simply changing rapidly!
Of course, with Rixi in hand, Xia Zhixiu didn't dare to retract her confession, unless she didn't want the life of her own son!
Knowing that Tanglin Guyun had already doubted Rishi's true identity, Mo Yaxi certainly couldn't sit back. She had been secretly thinking about how to escape the catastrophe in case of future incidents. So after thinking about it, she finally came up with a plan that she thought was perfect.
So she immediately sent someone to secretly inform her mother Liu to enter the palace, saying that the plan to steal the dragon and turn the phoenix was about to fail, and asked Liu to go back to Shangxia Zhixiu immediately, tell her all the truth, and tell her Mo Yaxi's next plan.
Liu didn't dare to slack off, and immediately returned to the mansion to tell Xia Zhixiu through Mo Yanian's mouth that Mo Yaxi couldn't be pregnant at all, and the so-called fact that she was pregnant with a dragon fetus was fake, and the reason why Mo Yaxi persuaded Mo Yanian to take Xia Zhixiu as a concubine was to use the child in her womb to pretend to be the prince. So the so-called birth of a stillborn baby that day was fake, and her child was Rishi!
But now the emperor has begun to doubt Rishi's identity, and he is about to confess his relatives with blood. But if Xia Zhixiu is willing to sacrifice herself and tell the emperor that she saw Mo Yaxi give birth to a stillborn baby that day, so she will transfer the two children, then the emperor will not blame the Mo family, but will only punish her alone. As long as the Mo family does not fall, Rishi's life can definitely be saved.
When Xia Zhixiu heard all this, she was naturally shocked and overjoyed, in vain she thought that her child had already died, and secretly didn't know how many tears she shed! Thinking that the white and chubby child was her son, she was naturally impatient to get the child back!
However, this looks like she can be reunited with her child, but she has to bear such a crime in vain, in case the emperor is angry and takes her down and beheads, isn't she still unable to accompany her child?
Seeing that she had been hesitating, of course the Liu family understood her thoughts, so she went on to say that if she was unwilling, of course the Mo family would not be reluctant, so she had to tell the emperor the truth and let him know that it was fake that Mo Yaxi was pregnant. And this is undoubtedly the crime of deceiving the king, which will naturally affect the whole family, and when the time comes, the emperor will take down all the people in the Mo family for questioning, and Rishi is the same as a different head!
This is undoubtedly the most fatal point, if Xia Zhixiu does not agree, the entire Mo family will be convicted, and she, as Mo Yanian's concubine, will naturally be unable to escape death. But if she bears the charge of stealing the dragon and turning the phoenix, although she is still a capital crime, she can save the entire Mo family, and most importantly, Rishi's life. As a mother, it was self-evident what choice she would make, even though it was painful for her.
In order to keep her son, Xia Zhixiu finally nodded and agreed, the only condition was that the Mo family must do their best to save Rishi, otherwise she doesn't care about telling the truth and making everyone who has done something wrong pay the price.
Of course, the Liu family was full of promises, and swore on the spot, saying that if she couldn't save Ruixi, it didn't matter how she retracted her confession, even if the entire Mo family wanted to bury Ruixi, they would admit it!
So Liu immediately told Mo Yaxi the good news, and the family went through what they thought was a very careful arrangement, and made a confession. Because of this, when Tanglin Guyun said that he wanted to confess his relatives with blood, Mo Yaxi would behave so fearlessly.
Now, this plan is really going very smoothly, and unexpectedly, there is no need for them to intercede at all, Tanglin Guyun asked Mo Yanian to bring Ruixi back, which can be regarded as completing the conditions proposed by Xia Zhixiu. In this case, she should not retract her confession, as long as her head falls to the ground......
Mo Yaxi, who finally breathed a sigh of relief, had a grim light in her eyes, and she unconsciously clenched her hands.
In order to bring this matter to a conclusion as soon as possible, Mo Yaxi heard that Tanglin Guyun really quickly sent some guards to the mass grave to try to find the prince's body.
According to Tanglin Guyun, this matter is naturally difficult, firstly, it may have really been taken away by wild wolves and wild dogs, and secondly, even if it has not been eaten very cleanly, I am afraid that there is nowhere to look for it, so I can only do my best, as for the result, it is not something that can be changed by manpower. Of course, if it weren't for that, Mo Yaxi wouldn't let Wen Po say such an excuse.
After spending two days in anxiety and anxiety, Liu suddenly entered the palace and told Mo Yaxi that Xia Zhixiu, who was imprisoned on death row, repeatedly asked to see his son, and they didn't dare to make their own decisions, so they came to ask Mo Yaxi's opinion.
From the bottom of her heart, of course, Mo Yaxi didn't want Xia Zhixiu to see Ruixi, for fear that as soon as their mother and son met, Xia Zhixiu's survival instinct would be stimulated. When she tells the truth again, won't she be completely finished?
But if she resolutely refuses to agree, in case she angers Xia Zhixiu again, she may still be able to tell the truth. After thinking about it again and again, Mo Yaxi had to nod and agree, but repeatedly told Liu and Mo Yanian to always accompany him, and once he found anything wrong, he could take measures in time.
Liu agreed to retreat again and again, and then asked for the consent of Tanglin Guyun, and then immediately went back to the house to tell Mo Yanian, and the mother and son packed everything up, and carried Ruixi into the palace to death row.
Xia Zhixiu was already anxious, grabbing the railing with both hands, and desperately stretched her neck to look out. Seeing the two of them coming over with the child in her arms, she stretched out her arms desperately, eager to squeeze her whole body out of the gap in the railing: "Child, child, my child, give me, give me ......."
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