The news of Shuntian Mansion reached the Yongding Hou Mansion, saying that the case of Zhaoyi Niangniang had been revealed and would be tried in Yuanhua Hall tomorrow.

This is a matter of royal face, and naturally it is impossible to hear it in public.

But the Yongding Hou Mansion is Duanmu Zhu's maiden family, and Duanmu Qing is the eldest daughter of the Hou Mansion, so she naturally wants to be present.

Others, such as the Three Princes' Mansion and the Five Princes' Mansions, the two princesses had appeared that day, so naturally they also had to go.

As for the harem, there was a lot of turmoil in this matter, and what should be known and what should not be known is completely understood.

Duanmu Zhu naturally didn't need to say it, he sat in his place early in the morning with a cold face.

Several other people who were quite prominent in the harem were also present at this time.

Therefore, when the emperor came to the Yuanhua Palace, he found that there were indeed a lot of people coming.

Shuntian Mansion Yin Yuan Tianchong and Zongren Mansion Zong Ling had already arrived, waiting respectfully aside.

"Regarding Yi Zhaoyi's case, I have already handed it over to the two Aiqing for trial, and today I am just listening." After speaking, he sat down on the Taishi chair on the side, completely listening to the posture.

Yuan Tianchong was originally a person who took the trial of cases as his life, and at this time, the emperor opened this mouth, and he did not have the slightest intention of refusing.

"Take the suspect."

was shocked, as if he was doing business.

Duanmu Jun and the others stood below, their faces worried.

Han Lingyan was also present at this time, but the expression on his face was not much different from usual.

It's just that when Duanmu Qing and Cai Wei were brought up, a trace of coldness flashed in the depths of their eyes.

At this time, the two of them, although they looked a little haggard. But he was in good spirits, and he didn't look like he had suffered any pain on his face.

Duanmujun and the others also put their minds at ease.

"See Your Majesty."

Walking to the center of the main hall, Duanmu Qing took Cai Wei to kneel and salute, there was no mistake, let alone a trace of embarrassment.

With a secret sigh of admiration in his heart, Yuan Tianchong asked, "Duanmu Qing, this official is asking you now, what else do you have to say about Yi Zhaoyi's case?" ”

Raising his head calmly, Duanmu Qing's expression was carefree and fearless, and his voice was sonorous and powerful: "Yi Zhaoyi's childbirth has nothing to do with the courtiers, and I also ask Lord Yuan to give the courtiers justice." ”

"This is just your side of the story, there are a few questions for you below, and you have to answer them truthfully one by one."

"The courtiers must know everything and say everything."

"Well, on the day of the crime, when did you enter Yi Zhaoyi's bedroom? What was the situation in the bedroom at that time? And then what happened? ”

After thinking about it for a while, Duanmu Qing said: "At about the beginning of that day, I was sitting in the garden, and Aunt Qin ran out in a panic, saying that Niangniang was not very good.

I rushed into my mother's bedroom with my maid.

Because there were many people who went that day, the third princess and the fifth princess left at the same time, and the palace maids were busy.

So there was no one else in the house, and the mother was lying on the bed, and there was a strong smell of blood in the room.

I saw that the situation was not very good, and I was afraid that my mother would give birth prematurely, so I asked Aunt Qin to ask the imperial doctor and Wen Po, and my maid went to tell the little palace maids of Yonghe Palace to boil hot water and prepare things. ”

Yuan Tianchong frowned, and said with a whim: "That is, you were the only one left present at that time?" ”

"Yes!"

"According to Imperial Physician Wen, the prince's untimely death at that time was because of that cup of poisonous water, but you gave it to the mother?"

"Yes!"

"Did you put anything in the water?"

"No, at that time, the mother's mood was a little more stable, and she felt thirsty, so she asked me to bring her water, and there was just one on the table, so I served it to her, and that's it."

"What have you done after this? And when did the others arrive? Who came first? ”

"About a quarter of an hour later, His Majesty and the Imperial Physician arrived at the same time, and during this time, the mother complained of abdominal pain, and I did not leave half a step, nor did I do anything.

What happened after that, everyone knows. ”

Kneeling on the ground, Duanmuqing's back was straight and his eyes were firm.

"Do you know why Niangniang has abdominal pain?"

"I don't know, the courtiers also suspected that they had come into contact with something that could easily cause a slippage, but they didn't have a chance to investigate."

"You said that before you got to the room, only Aunt Qin was there?"

"Yes!"

"Aunt Qin!"

"Lord Qiqi, when the three princesses left, Niangniang asked the palace people to send them off, and only slaves and maids were left in the house.

The mother said that the bird's nest porridge boiled in the morning was just cold in the dormitory, so I served her.

But the mother has a bad appetite, so she stopped eating after a few bites, and gossiped with the slave maid, who knew that after a while, she said that she had abdominal pain.

The slave maid was flustered, thinking that the eldest lady knew how to heal, and her first reaction was to call the eldest lady. ”

Saying that, Aunt Qin looked at Duanmu Qing with resentful eyes.

These days, she has been in the courtyard under the mountain behind the Yongding Marquis's Mansion, and from time to time she thinks about the events of that day.

I was sad, and I couldn't stop my tears, because at this moment, she looked a little haggard than Duanmuqing, who had just come out of the prison.

"Duanmu Qing, these are all your dictations, but we have investigated and dealt with some things these days, but there are some discrepancies with what you said."

Yuan Tianchong waved his hand, asked Aunt Qin to stand aside, looked at Duanmu Qing and said solemnly.

frowned slightly, and then returned to normal: "What I said is true, I don't know where the discrepancies are in what the adults said." ”

"We found out, but the housekeeper aunt in Yonghe Palace left a few little maids there.

Someone pointed out that at that time, in addition to ordering your maid and Aunt Qin to go out to pass on the imperial doctor Wen Po, you also asked others not to come in.

Is there such a thing? ”

Duanmu Qing looked calm, not half panicked, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"We have witnesses."

Saying that, Yuan Tianchong ordered to bring someone up, and she was a very naïve little maid.

"What's your name, what did you say before?"

Seeing so many big people present, the little maid looked very restrained, looked at everyone, and then bowed down and replied timidly.

"My name is Xiao Shao, and I am the maid in charge of sprinkling and sweeping in Yonghe Palace, and I shouldn't have gone to the front to serve.

That day the palace was lively, and my aunt instructed us to be clever and serve in front.

Because it was the first time we could serve in front of Niangniang, we were all very careful, and when we heard Aunt Qin's shouting, we all ran over.

Before we could go in, we saw her and another sister hurrying out, and we were about to go in, but the county gentleman stopped us and told us to wait outside, saying that Niang Niang needed to be quiet. ”

When she said these words, the little maid kept her head down, so that Duanmu Qing had no way to see her face.

"Duanmu Qing, you said that everyone was not present at the time of the incident, but Xiao Shao said that you told them not to go in, what do you say?"

"She's lying." Duanmu Qing said lightly.

"Is there any evidence?"

Turning his face and squinting at the girl, Duanmu Qing smiled: "Lord Yuan, you should ask her if she has any evidence." ”

"There were three of us at the time, but the two of them left me to clean up the garden for the sake of the credit, and they all stayed in the house.

As a result, when His Majesty was angry, he and his aunt were killed with a cane, so I was the only one who knew, and there were no witnesses. ”

"Is this death without proof?" Duanmu Qing's expression was still faint, and he couldn't see his thoughts, "Who does Lord Yuan believe?" ”

In fact, calmness is only on the surface, Duanmu Qing knew in his heart that the reason why this matter was said to be clear was probably only because the emperor had decided how to deal with it.

But how many people will be involved? What the consequences would be, she did not know.

She still doesn't know how big a bargaining chip she is for Zhao Ye.

"Zhaoyi Niangniang, the lower official wants to ask you a question."

Duanmu Zhu's hand was held tightly, and there was a flush on his face that appeared because of nervousness, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said, "You say." ”

"Xia Guan wants to ask Niangniang, since Aunt Qin and the others went out, has Duanmu Qing ever left the room?"

Ever since the maid opened her mouth to talk about it, Duanmu Zhu has been trying to recall the events of that day, but ......

Duanmu Qing looked at her, with a faint expectation in her heart.

Did she listen to what she said in the prison that day? What exactly does she want?

The reason for her betrayal in her previous life was something Duanmu Qing had always wanted to figure out, and now she wanted to know what Duanmu Zhu was thinking at this moment.

"I don't know."

The final answer surprised everyone.

"I was a little groggy that day, and I don't really remember what happened."

This is also reasonable, Yuan Tianchong did not continue to ask.

But when Duanmu Zhu saw Duanmu Qing's gaze, he was faintly disappointed.

"Duanmuqing, now it's not up to the official to believe anyone's words, but now, there are human and physical evidence, and if you don't admit it, I'm afraid that there is nothing."

"Your Majesty, Lord Yuan, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not?"

Li Jingzi suddenly spoke.

"If you have something to say, just say it!" The Emperor spoke coldly, not showing much enthusiasm.

"Yes!" Encountering such a cold face, Li Jingzi was no longer embarrassed, "Niangniang has not yet reached the labor period, but she feels abdominal pain inexplicably, which is mostly caused by drugs."

As far as I know, Duanmu Qing understands pharmacology. ”

"Then do you know that the third princess is also a master of pharmacology?!"

Before the emperor could speak, Han Lingyan interjected diagonally.

Such presumptuousness is indeed his style.

The emperor did not reproach at all, but put on a faint smile.

Looking at him again, his face was dark with disdain, but his eyes shot at Li Jingzi like an arrow.

Han Yuyan's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Zhao Yufeng spoke first, and there was still a gentle smile on his jade-like face: "No one doubts the fifth princess, why is the princess so eager to clear up?" ”

Such words are simply not like they came out of the mouth of someone like Zhao Yufeng.

For a while, everyone's eyes were on the face of this prince, who had always behaved very gently.

There are all kinds of looks, only a shallow shyness appeared on Han Yuyan's face.

Everyone knew that it turned out that the new three princesses were the lifeblood of the three princes, and if they provoked the princess, they would provoke the prince.

Li Jingzi's face suddenly became very ugly, and her words actually provoked a two-sided argument between Han Lingxi and Zhao Yufeng.

And Zhao Yuxuan was just annoyed at this time, and didn't say a word at all, this anger was still towards her.

But Yuan Tianchong's words made her face better.

"Your Majesty, so far in this case, it can be summed up as follows: 1. When the palace maid pointed out that Duanmu Qing was in the case, she prevented the palace maid from entering the house.

Second, Zhaoyi Niangniang must have poisoned the water that was indeed sent by Duanmuqing.

3. Duanmuqing is quite knowledgeable about pharmacology. ”

The emperor nodded and understood: "Then the result now is that Yi Zhaoyi's mother and son are indeed killed by Duanmu Qing." ”

There was nothing strong in the words, as if it was just a light summary of a sentence.

"Your Majesty, there are still doubts in this case, no certainty!" Duanmu Jun couldn't be as calm as Duanmu Qing who was kneeling in the hall, and hurriedly jumped out and said.

The viciousness in Li Jingzi's eyes flashed.

If he was kneeling below at the moment, would Duanmu Jun be so anxious?

No, it won't! When he was humiliated and kicked out of the Hou Mansion that day, he didn't say a word for himself.

This time he was facing the emperor, and he wouldn't open his mouth for himself.

Looking at Duanmu Qing who was kneeling below with a gray face at this time, he couldn't help but show a little smile on his face.

Aren't you proud? Today I want to see how long you can be arrogant.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there are still doubts in this case."

Yuan Tianchong followed Duanmu Jun's words and said to the emperor.

"Oh? Let's talk about it. ”

"The key is why this lady suddenly has abdominal pain, and for this, what we found out is that the key is the Qionghua Jade Dew Cream used by the mother that day."

"What?" When Duanmu heard this, he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Qionghua Jade Dew Cream? How is this possible? After speaking, Duanmu Zhu glanced at the emperor.