Chapter 35: Ordinary Jade
"It's true. Lin Yayin knew that Xin'er was allergic to osmanthus and would die if it was serious, and she dared to come up with such a poisonous plan, which was simply an unforgivable sin! It was Xin'er who begged me to suppress this matter that day, and did not pursue them. ”
"This ...... But did Sister Zhou and Imperial Daughter Lin do it? Concubine De looked a little embarrassed.
"This matter has nothing to do with Imperial Lady Lin, as for Zhou Cairen, what do you say?" After speaking, Li Yiqian looked at Zhou Yunqing.
Receiving Li Yiqian's gaze, Zhou Yunqing unconsciously shivered. She replied calmly: "The concubine has no reason to murder Xin Jieyu. At that time, when Xinjieyu moved to the palace, the concubine did send her a Ziyun forging, but it was Imperial Girl Lin who proposed to smoke some osmanthus incense on it, and the fragrance was still given to the concubine by Imperial Girl Lin. The concubine didn't know that Xinjieyu couldn't touch the osmanthus! Besides, how can a concubine have a little talent, how can there be osmanthus fragrance! ”
The concubine thought that what Zhou Cairen said was reasonable. Aromatherapy has always been a five-grade beauty or above, and she doesn't have the ability to get these from the idle palace. What's more, Imperial Girl Lin did take some osmanthus aromatherapy from her concubine to use it before, so it matched Hongmei's words. For some reason, Wang Jinyun opened his mouth to speak for Zhou Yunqing.
Zhou Yunqing was also a little puzzled by the comparison, but at the moment she was not in the mood to think so much, and getting rid of the crime was the most important thing.
"Imperial Girl Lin murdered her sister, presumably because of the resentment that Xinjieyu has accumulated for many years. And the concubine's carelessness almost hurt Xinjieyu, and the concubine knew her mistake and asked the emperor to punish her. ”
Although Zhou Yunqing admitted her mistake, she did not admit that she deliberately hurt others, but said that she was carelessly used and put all the charges on Lin Yayin. After all, she's dead.
Seeing that Zhou Yunqing's possibility of being convicted was very small, and Li Yiqian didn't speak, Liu Yuyang stood up and was a good man. You must know that Zhou Yunqing's father is the secretary of the Ministry of War, if she can win it over, no one knows the benefits better than her.
"Your Majesty, most of the things that the concubines look at this osmanthus fragrance are because Imperial Lady Lin herself wants to kill Xin Jieyu by the hand of Zhou Cairen, and it has nothing to do with Zhou Cairen. After all, we really haven't heard of Xinjieyu not touching osmanthus flowers. Such a secret is only known in the palace by the Imperial Lady Lin, who grew up with Xinjieyu. ”
"Moreover, this palace maid has only heard about it, and there is no evidence to prove that Zhou Cairen is the one who knows about this matter, and it is good for the emperor not to wronged Zhou Cai."
"Ask the emperor to investigate clearly, and give justice to the concubines!" Seeing that Liu Yuyang had already said it to such a point, Zhou Yunqing was naturally not stupid, and hurriedly knelt down and asked Li Yiqian to give her justice.
No matter what Hongmei says, she is just a palace maid, and there is no evidence for what she said, as long as she doesn't admit it, she can't be convicted. It's just that you have to think of a way.
"Hongmei, do you have anything to say about this?" Li Yiqian didn't seem to hear their words, and asked Hongmei directly.
"The slave and maid dare not deceive the emperor, what the slave and maid said is what the slave and maid have seen and heard with their own eyes, and ask the emperor to be the master!" Red Rose knew she had no choice but to follow the plan she had made at the beginning.
Li Yiqian thought for a moment and made a conclusion about Ziyun Forging.
"The matter of Ziyun forging should have been done by Lin Yunu, and it has nothing to do with Zhou Cairen, Hongmei slandered the master, and the staff was twenty. Hold it down. ”
"Wait, the emperor's concubine still has something to say." Just when everyone thought that the matter had settled, Wu Yuyan suddenly opened her mouth to stop the execution of Hongmei's punishment.
"Presumptuous, Concubine Xian, do you know what you are doing, how can the emperor's order be resisted!" Liu Yuyang reprimanded Wu Yuyan in a timely manner, "Don't think that you can question the emperor's order by taking care of the palace affairs now." ”
"That's it, the rules of this palace to see the virtuous concubine have not been learned yet!" Zhao Qinyue was naturally unwilling to be left behind.
It seems that these two people are maintaining Li Yiqian's authority, but in fact, they are alluding to Wu Yuyan's pampering and unworthy of power.
The concubine just heard that Hongmei also talked about the death of the Lin Imperial Girl, and the concubine thought that it would be better to find out together and then deal with Hongmei. Imperial Girl Lin is dead, and only Hongmei is the only one left related to this matter, if she is also, I'm afraid it will ......" Wu Yuyan ignored the accusations of the two, and just said her reasons to Li Yiqian.
"Imperial Lady Lin's death is obviously a deliberate killing, and there is only one in this palace who has an enmity with her."
"Presumptuous!" Li Yiqian suddenly became angry when he heard Zhao Qinyue's words.
"Do you mean that Xin'er killed Lin Yayin? If she wanted to kill Lin Yayin, why bother? On that day, I directly took advantage of the matter of Ziyun Forging, and I was able to kill this poisonous woman who wanted to murder her sister for her! ”
"Your Majesty, the concubine just guessed, and didn't say that Sister Xin killed Imperial Daughter Lin. After all, Sister Xin is naturally generous and decent as a concubine, and she will never do such a vicious thing. It's just that the cloak has Sister Xin's name written on it. ”
Zhao Qinyue's words seemed to be speaking for Lin Yaxin, but in fact, he wanted to sit on the rumors that Lin Yaxin was killing people.
"Can't it be that someone wants to deliberately frame Sister Xin? Does Sister Concubine De just want Xinjieyu to be charged with murder? Who in the palace didn't know that Xin's sister was poisoned, and her legs were not conducive to walking, how could she appear in the Floating Cloud Palace in the middle of the night to kill people! Wang Jinyun couldn't tolerate Zhao Qinyue buttoning his hat on Lin Yaxin's head, and went back directly.
"You don't have to do it yourself, it's okay to let the people around her do it."
"Enough!"
Li Yiqian interrupted their confrontation and motioned for the palace people who were holding the red rose to retreat.
"Concubine Xian, you come to check."
"Yes."
Liu Yuyang and Zhao Qinyue saw that Li Yiqian ignored Wu Yuyan's overstepping of the rules, and they were annoyed, but they had no choice but to sit down and continue to watch the development of the situation.
"Hongmei, this palace asks you, what you just said, is there half a falsehood?" Wu Yuyan asked quite seriously.
"What the slave said is true, ask the mother to be the master of the royal maid."
"Did Imperial Maiden Lin bring a cloak when she went to Fuyun Palace?" Wu Yuyan first asked about what had caused them to argue just now.
"The maid only wore a pink cloak, and the rest of the clothes were still in the Bamboo Snow Palace."
"Pink? Are you sure? Liu Yuyang couldn't sit still when he heard this.
"The slave maid is sure, it is the one that the maid wore when she went to Qinghua Palace that day, and many people have seen it."
"But the cloak that the palace people found from the Floating Cloud Palace was obviously white. This ......," Liu Yuyang stopped when he said this.
Everyone understood what was going on. Obviously, that cloak was deliberately left in the Floating Cloud Palace to blame Lin Yaxin.
There is a new discovery in the matter, which makes some people think about something again.
"Where is the jade you just talked about?" Wu Yuyan quickly asked about the most critical evidence in this matter.
"The slave was afraid that the jade would be lost if she put it on her body, so she specially buried it in the flower pond of the Floating Cloud Palace, thinking that she would not lose it."
"Your Majesty, look at this."
"Little Muzi, you go and find it yourself."
"Yes."
"Red Rose, have you seen that person's appearance?" Although she was not hopeful, Wu Yuyan still asked this question.
"No, the slave was suddenly knocked unconscious at that time, and the murderer was never seen."
"Where did you faint?"
"Neck. Someone slapped the slave in the neck from behind. ”
"Do you feel what you hit with what?"
"It seems to be hit directly with the hand, and the slave only feels a pain, but it doesn't hurt as much as the stick."
"Are you sure?" Wu Yuyan was obviously a little excited about this answer.
"Slave is sure."
"Your Majesty, this person knows martial arts!"
"I know."
The murderer will be martial! There are many people in the hall who know martial arts, and being able to stun a person so accurately is not something that a person without the power of a chicken can do. In this way, the scope of the murderer has narrowed down a lot.
The people in the audience whispered.
Li Yiqian didn't know what he was thinking, and rarely spoke today. You must know that in the past, as long as it involved Lin Yaxin, he always "rushed" to the front.
"Your Majesty, the slave has been found."
After a while, Mu Xiu came back, still holding a piece of jade in his hand.
Li Yiqian took the piece of jade and looked at it carefully.
On the surface, there is nothing special about this piece of jade, and it is a very common style in the palace. Whenever there is a reward, this kind of jade will most likely appear.
Handing the jade to Wu Yuyan, Li Yiqian closed his eyes.
Wu Yuyan looked at the things in her hand and was a little embarrassed.
"This is just an ordinary piece of jade, nothing special."
Suddenly, she noticed a small notch at the edge of the jade.
"Huh? There's a notch here. ”
Before everyone could react, Li Yiqian opened his eyes.
"Zhou Cairen, I remember that you also have such jade."
Zhou Yunqing's face froze, and then she laughed.
"What the emperor said is that there are several pieces of such a jade concubine. I guess all of you sisters have a few pieces there. ”
Everyone was a little puzzled why Li Yiqian asked Zhou Yunqing alone.
"Do you still have to quibble?" Li Yiqian suddenly raised his voice.
Zhou Yunqing knelt down, "The concubine doesn't know what she did wrong, the emperor wants to impose such a charge on the concubine?" ”
"Imposed? You should be familiar with the gap on the jade, do you want me to continue? Li Yiqian calmed down.
"Gap? That piece of jade was lost yesterday, and the concubine has not been found, please check it out to the emperor! ”
"Lost? You just lost the jade pendant, and then you appeared in the Floating Cloud Palace so coincidentally? Are you playing me like a fool? Li Yiqian slapped the table violently.
This sound made everyone stunned for a moment, although it was rumored that Li Yiqian was brutal and abnormal, it was still normal for them to be harem people, and they were not often angry on weekdays, except for the last time Lin Yaxin was drunk by a beauty.
"Your Majesty, there is no reason for the concubine to do this, the concubine is wronged!" Zhou Yunqing cried bitterly.
But no one in the hall sympathized with her, and even more so than a few. Although Zhou Yunqing's position is not high, but behind her is the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of War, it is inevitable that she will not grow up, for this kind of person, their approach has always been to strangle it in the cradle.
Zhou Yunqing knew that no one would believe anything she said, so she knelt on the ground in despair. She didn't know why she was where she was.
Li Yiqian's voice once again sent her into the abyss of despair.