Zhihui took the water and moistened her throat, and continued: "The origin of the matter can be traced back to last year, after Concubine Xi went to bed for the first time, the slave maid served Concubine Xi to bathe, and found that the birthmark on her body could actually be scrubbed off! The slave was surprised, and the concubine was also flustered, and she threatened the slave and the maid not to leak the matter, otherwise she would kill the slave and the slave's family. The slave maid was so frightened that she didn't dare to say anything until the birthmark of the reappearance of the concubine in the Hot Spring Palace faded again. That time, the slave and Zhiya both saw it, and Concubine Xi threatened us again...... Then this year, rumors spread in and out of the palace, and the slaves and maids found that Concubine Xi and Mama Jin were even more panicked. Xi Concubine and they trust the slave and maid very much, and they don't guard against the slave and maid when they talk behind their backs, and the slave and maid also want to swear to keep this secret! But...... But the last time she heard a conversation between the two of them, the slave was deeply disturbed; Plus Zhiya's violent death...... The slave really didn't dare to hide it anymore! ”

"Then what reason do you have for Zhiya to be killed?" Miao Qing asked further.

"Auntie, do you remember that time in the imperial dining room, you accidentally burned Zhiya with boiling water?" Ji-hye looked at Miaoqing and asked.

"Naturally remember, if you want to say that it's not good to blame me, Zhiya's injury must be quite serious, right?" Miaoqing pretended to blame herself, all of this was deliberately arranged by her.

"Yes, my whole back is burned. also blamed Zhiya's bad life, but because of this injury, he aroused the suspicion of Concubine Xi. Jihye shook her head regretfully.

"You're saying that the rumored Zhiya may be the real princess? Concubine Xi suspected her because of this? Miao Qing pretended to be puzzled.

"Only the four of us know about the fading of Concubine Xi's birthmark, and she suspects that Zhiya heard the rumors and took the opportunity to take advantage of Li Daitao's stiff idea and deliberately injured her back...... Therefore, it is better to kill by mistake than to let go. Jihye shuddered as she spoke.

"Zhiya died without proof, why do you think she will persecute you?" Feng Wu said lightly.

"Because the slave knows that Zhiya died in vain, she has always been loyal to her master, and she will not do such a thing! Moreover...... Besides, she wasn't the one who really had the mark on her back...... It's a slave! I think Aunt Miaoqing noticed this early on, right? Ji-hye glanced at Miaoqing sadly, it turned out that she also knew that her secret had been revealed during that hot spring bath.

"That's why you thought of coming to this palace for protection?" Feng Wu thinks that this girl is still a little clever.

"This is only one of the reasons, the most important thing is that Niangniang is the master of the harem, and the slave believes that innocent souls like Zhiya will never be allowed to appear in the palace governed by Niangniang! Ask the mother to be the master of the slave! As he spoke, he knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Highness the Eldest Princess! You...... Get up! "Rika suddenly appeared from the shadows, and she couldn't bear to see the princess of her mother country humble and begging for mercy like a slave, which made the subjects feel so sad.

"Pear blossom? Why are you here? Could it be ......" Ji-hye was first surprised by Rika's sudden appearance, and then immediately understood that Rika had already served the queen.

"Your Royal Highness Zhihui, you are the incomparably noble eldest princess of our Juli Kingdom!" Rika excitedly knelt down on one knee to worship Ji-hye, and Ji-hye hurriedly helped her up.

"Lihua, don't be like this, I'm not sure I'm a princess. Maybe...... Is it all just a coincidence? Ji-hye still can't accept the fact that she might be a princess.

"Coincidence? Then ask them if it's a coincidence? Bring people up. Feng Wu gave an order, and Dequan brought four people into the house, a middle-aged couple among the three women and a man were Zhihui's parents, and the other two women were Mama Park and Widow Huang of the fishing village.

"Father, mother, why are you in Dahan? And Mama Park too? "Three of the four are people that Zhihui is familiar with, but she has never seen Widow Huang.

"It was the palace that sent someone to bring them in." Feng Wu sent fast horses to travel day and night, and finally arrived at Dahan within a month. Feng Wu pointed to Zhihui's mother, and then to Zhihui and said, "Tell her the truth." ”

Ji-hye's mother, Cai Yuanshi, replied tremblingly, "Yes, yes." Ji-hye is not actually the biological daughter of the woman and her father...... It's adopted. At the beginning, the woman and her father had been married for five years and had nothing to do, and they heard from the villagers that if they raised a child from elsewhere to be used for 'pressing', they would soon be able to have their own children. The woman remembered that she had a distant cousin who lived in a fishing village quite far away from her village, and asked her cousin to help find a suitable child in their fishing village. Later, my cousin agreed to help the woman find it, and finally it was from the hands of the yellow widow...... Bought and bought Zhihye. "If it weren't for Cai Yuan's cousin who had passed away, he would be indispensable to be present today. But fortunately, the deed of the two parties to buy and sell Zhihui is still there, and there are three parties on it to prove it.

"Widow Huang, what she said is the truth? Did you sell your own daughter to their husbands and wives? The queen asked in a solemn voice.

Where had the yellow widow seen such majesty, her legs trembled with fright, and she fell to her knees with a plop: "The queen mother spares her life!" The women were also forced to make a living to do this human trafficking, and the women were convicted! Please don't kill the people's women! Huang kowtowed like garlic.

"Who told you to say this? Niangniang is asking you where Zhihui came from? Where did you sell it again? Miao Qing saw that she was panicked, and reminded sharply.

"Yes, yes, the woman is wrong!" Huang slapped himself in the mouth and continued: "This girl is not born to a folk woman!" It was about 20 years ago, on a dark and windy night, the women got up at night to go to the thatched house, only to see a figure sneakily wandering around the door of the women's house. The woman was so frightened that she quickly woke up my house, and we caught the suspicious figure together! Catch it and take a look, yo he, it's still a handsome little daughter-in-law holding a baby! We thought she was a thief, so we wanted to tie her up and wait for dawn before sending her to the town's official mansion. But the woman wept and begged for mercy, pretending to be pitiful, and said that she was not a bad person, but just wanted to find a good home for the baby in her arms. When the wife asked her why she had abandoned the child, she said that she had a child out of wedlock, and that the family could not tolerate the child, so they only asked a good Samaritan to adopt her. If any family is willing to adopt a child, she is willing to thank her with a red gold bracelet in her hand! That's a lot of gold! The woman couldn't afford to buy such expensive jewelry in her life, so she agreed to adopt this girl in a moment of greed...... "A year later, Huang's husband was killed at sea, and she became a widow, so she naturally showed that Zhihui was a drag, so she sold Zhihui to the Cai couple through Cai Yuan's cousin."

"Where's the gold bracelet? You sold it? Miao Qing couldn't wait to ask.

"No, no! Although I thought about selling it when my family was struggling after his death, I didn't want to give it up, this is the only treasure that a woman can get her hands on! Reluctant, reluctant. Huang flatteringly took out the gold bracelet from his bosom and handed it to Miaoqing.

"Do you remember what the woman who sold you her child looked like? If you see her again after many years, will you still recognize her? Miao Qing continued to ask.

"Remember Qing, remember Qing! When the man took off the bracelet for the woman, the woman saw it really, and there was a burn mark on the man's mouth! Just like this girl, doesn't she have a scar on her shoulder blade? Coin size. The woman could tell at a glance that it had been burned with a spoon, and that the woman's hand must have been burned while holding the spoon. Tell me, this woman's heart is so vicious that she is willing to burn her own children! As he spoke, he sighed a few words.

"It seems that this palace doesn't need to confirm your relationship with Zhihui anymore, since you know that she has a mark on her body, you must not be wrong." Feng Wu motioned to Miao Qing to hand the gold bracelet to Mama Park on the side, and asked, "Mama Pu, look, this thing came out of your palace?" ”

Mama Park looked at it carefully, nodded and said, "That's right, this bracelet old slave will not admit that it is the makeup that the queen rewarded her when Jin Lingzhi got married." ”

"The birthmark that appears and disappears from time to time in Hee, Mama Kim's unknown past, and Ji-hye's unique scar...... Plus witnesses and exhibits. Hongu felt that it was almost time for the truth to be revealed. Feng Wu showed a victor's smile.

Lee Yoon-hee's defeat was doomed.

The next day, the emperor was invited to Fengwu Palace by Dequan, who was waiting outside the Qinzheng Palace. Duan Yulin was a little surprised, the queen rarely didn't take the initiative to get close to him, and inviting him to Fengwu Palace was probably something big in the harem.

Sure enough, as soon as Duan Yulin entered the main hall of Fengwu Palace, he saw a black press on a human head, and the beauties of his harem gathered here, as if there was an illusion that he was still in the "Halloween" family banquet.

The concubines knelt down one after another to salute, Duan Yulin walked through the crowd, and saw Lee Yunxi who was kneeling in the middle and crying.

He walked to Feng Wu and sat down, excused himself from everyone's courtesy, and pointed to Li Yunxi, who had never gotten up, and asked, "Queen, what mistake did Concubine Xi make again, did you punish her?" Why did you cry so aggrieved? ”

"Is it true that the emperor 'ignores the affairs of the harem and is only busy with the previous dynasty'? The rumors about Xi Concubine haven't been around for a day or two, and Your Majesty hasn't heard of it at all? Feng Wu sneered in her heart, she didn't believe that the emperor didn't know about it, he just didn't bother to pay attention to it.

"The queen has said that it is a 'rumor', how can the rumor be believed? Besides, I was busy with things before me, how could I have the energy to pay attention to these rumors? Duan Yulin leisurely picked up the best red robe presented by Miaoqing and drank.

"I'm afraid it's not groundless this time." Feng Wu flicked his armor and said in a casual tone: "The concubine is not a person who has no wind and waves, and this time she does have some evidence." ”

"Oh? Then bring out the evidence quickly, so that the wrong person will be punished convincingly. Duan Yulin glanced thoughtfully at Lee Yun-hee, who was kneeling with his head down.

The emperor didn't ask what the concubine had done, so he asked the concubine to take evidence to convict him, which shows that the emperor is not completely unconcerned about the situation in the harem. What crime did she commit, since the emperor knows it in his heart, he must know that the consequences are not trivial, so do you want to listen to Concubine Xi's own words? The concubines did not dare to act arbitrarily in this matter. Feng Wu was humble in her words.

"It's okay, it's not good to wronged the noble daughter of the Li Dynasty. Concubine Xi, the queen has determined that you are guilty, can you tell me what crime you have committed? Although Duan Yulin's tone of voice was as calm as usual, the gloom in his eyes began to gather rapidly.

Li Yunxi looked up at the emperor in horror and cried: "Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged!" The concubine really doesn't know what mistakes she has made, so that the queen mother is so laborious! Concubines, concubines, concubines......" Halfway through the words, he couldn't stop crying.

Duan Yulin looked at the pretentious Li Yunxi and was silent, and Xu Ying, who saw that the emperor was displeased, took the opportunity to reprimand: "Enough, crying upsets people." If the emperor tells you to say it, just say it, cry and pretend to be pitiful, who will show it! ”

"Concubine...... I really don't know ......" Lee Yoon-hee plans to hold on to the end, she just hopes that Mama Kim, who realizes that something is wrong, can escape from the palace in time.