Chapter 18: Interrogation in front of the Temple
Emperor Wei pointed at Shen Yanzhi, "You come on." ”
Shen Yanzhi took the bamboo in his chest and said: "According to Weichen's opinion, it must be the crown princess who instructed the personal palace maid to poison her. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall had different expressions. Mu Guogong snorted heavily, his expression was very disdainful, "Ignorant child! Empty mouth and white teeth! Looking at the crown princess, her face was calm and unwavering, as if the object of accusation was not her. As soon as Song Yin heard this, he saw that someone was standing on the same line as him, and smiled proudly at the crown princess Mu, and praised: "Lord Shen is really insightful!" ”
Shen Yanzhi smiled modestly at the prince, and then said: "The crown princess must be worried that her position as a concubine will be replaced by the concubine, so she took the risk and did that poisonous thing. ”
Song Yin agreed, "That's right, it must be so!" ”
Shen Yanzhi continued: "As we all know, the prince and the princess have a weak relationship, and the two have been married for several years, but they have no son and half daughter. Not only that, but the other concubines in the palace also did not come out. How could this be if someone wasn't behind it?! ”
Song Yin frequently agreed, nodding like pounding garlic. "That's right! That's right, that's right. ”
Shen Yanzhi walked around the posture and asked, "How long have you been serving the crown princess?" ”
Zirong listened to his clear voice, not as aggressive as others, his expression relaxed slightly, and replied: "Since the crown princess entered the Lingxiao Palace, the slave maid has followed the crown princess, and it has been more than ten years now. ”
Shen Yanzhi asked: "In the past ten years, how many times have you helped the crown princess do this poisoning?" Who did they poison? ”
Zirong truthfully explained: "The slave can't remember clearly!" As long as it is a woman who has been favored by the prince, the next day the slave and maid will secretly put a child medicine in their meal. ”
"Can't remember? It's not honest at this time! It's about human life and the emperor's heir, you can't remember three words to prevaricate! It seems that there is no need for a heavy sentence, but I can't hear the truth from your mouth. Come! Shen Yanzhi scolded sharply, and he was about to summon the guards to put on the torture tools.
Zirong heard Shen Yanzhi's voice suddenly turn cold, like a frightened bird, frightened and incoherent, begging for mercy again and again. "Shen, Lord Shen Mingjian, Mingjian, what the slave said is the truth."
Zirong already spoke with some accents, but at the moment he was extremely frightened in his heart, and his tone dropped by two amplitudes. So, when these words were heard in everyone's ears, they became "Lord Shen's life is cheap", and I saw that many people silently turned their heads to the other side, and there was an inexplicable sound in their throats, as if they were trying their best to hold back laughter. Seeing this, Shen Yanzhi's handsome face darkened by half.
Song Yin saw Shen Yanzhi's sudden silence, and hurriedly urged: "Lord Shen, hurry up and interrogate!" ”
Hearing this, the other half of Shen Yanzhi's face also darkened.
After a while, Shen Yanzhi cleared his throat and continued the topic. "You just said you can't remember, why can't you remember."
Zirong replied: "The prince has had many concubines over the years, I guess he can't count them himself, how can the slaves and maids remember it so clearly." ”
When these words were heard in the ears of everyone, the prince was extravagant, the prince was obsessed with women, and the prince was spoiled and killed. Emperor Wei's face has begun to look not very good-looking, and Queen Yu has the heart to remind her, but it is inconvenient for Emperor Wei to speak on the side. But Song Yin was ignorant and unconscious, and he was still shouting loudly, "Listen! Listen to it! This Mu is the one who has committed the most heinous crimes! Jealous woman! ”
Shen Yanzhi: "Then do you know that what you have committed is a capital crime, and it will even involve the nine clans." ”
Hearing the words "death" and "Zhulian Nine Clans", his face turned pale, his eyes were red, and he replied in a trembling voice: "I know." But the master's command did not dare to disobey the slave and maid. ”
"Then you're lucky, you haven't been found for so many years. How was it discovered this time? You can still predict the prophet, knowing that the prince is coming to arrest you, and you pack your baggage and want to run. You haven't been running for so many years, why are you running? Shen Yanzhi's questions were one after another, and his posture gradually became unbearable.
"Slave... The conscience of the slave and maid found that she couldn't bear to kill the innocent again! The prince's new entry into the palace, He, was kind to the slave maid, so he secretly told her. The more I thought about it afterwards, the more scared I became, afraid that she would tell the prince about it, so I found an excuse to ask the princess for leave, intending to sneak away. ”
"What favor does this Ho have done to you? Let you help her even if you want to save your own life? ”
"Once, she accidentally learned that the slave's father was seriously ill, and gave the slave a good amount of silver."
At this time, Shen Yanzhi picked up the burden thrown on the ground and picked a few of them. "White sapphire diamond necklaces, gem-encrusted double dragon bracelets, gold and ruby earrings, each of which is worth a lot. These are all rewards from the crown princess? ”
Zirong paused and replied, "Yes." ”
"Since the crown princess has rewarded you with such valuable items, how can your father be seriously ill and have no money to ask for a doctor? And how can you look down on those broken pieces of silver that Ho gave you? Shen Yanzhi pressed forward step by step, carefully observing the look on his face.
Zirong said: "This... The slave maid just felt that the He family was kind-hearted and could be so good to a maid, and she couldn't bear to be killed by the crown princess. ”
Shen Yanzhi: "Listen to what you mean, the crown princess is not good to you?" ”
"The crown princess usually treats slaves and maids, and slaves and maids..."Zirong didn't know how to answer at this time, not to say yes, not to say bad, and cold sweat broke out.
At this time, everyone could already see clearly, her posture did not match her words, her eyes were wandering and evasive, and they all had doubts about what she said.
The palace maid who had been waiting for her beside Mu Shi, staring at Zirong's eyes as if she could breathe fire, scolded in a low voice: "White-eyed wolf! It's in vain that you are so good to her, and she actually slanders you so much! Mu glanced at her, shook his head slightly, and motioned for her not to speak.
Shen Yanzhi stammered and couldn't answer, and he didn't care much, so he continued to throw out the next question: "Then tell me, why did the crown princess instruct you to poison?"
Zirong affirmed: "Because the crown princess hates other concubines!" ”
Shen Yanzhi was slightly surprised: "Why do you hold a grudge?" The crown princess was born noble, how could she be compared with ordinary concubines, how could she be jealous of concubines? ”
"Everyone in Lingxiao Palace knows that the prince doesn't like the princess! It is often said that the princess is ugly and shameless, and she doesn't understand the amorous feelings! If it weren't for Mu Guogong, the crown princess would have been replaced a long time ago! In a hurry, Zirong said it in a hurry.
Shen Yanzhi nodded and concluded: "According to your words, the crown prince doesn't like the princess, and he has long wanted to leave the princess?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone had a look of sudden realization. Now even the prince understands that Shen Yanzhi is inducing his posture step by step, and there is something in his words. is clearly alluding to the fact that he doesn't like Mu's, and now in order to abandon Mu's, he buys this palace maid to direct and act in a play. Immediately angry, pointing at Shen Yandao: "Shut up!" ”
Emperor Wei stretched out his hand and swept over the dragon case, only to hear a "bang", and the tea cup fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces. Seeing this, everyone knelt on the ground and shouted: "Please calm the emperor's anger." ”