Now the successive noises made the emperor and the empress look bad, and Concubine Shu was also stunned, and said angrily: "Bold palace maid, what are you doing?!" ”

"Mother, look at that fruit fly!" The palace maid beside Concubine Shu was obviously frightened, and her face turned white.

In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on the little insect that had already stiffened on Concubine De's case.

Rao has always been a calm and calm concubine, and her face is also like earth at the moment, who would have thought that someone would be so bold and openly poison the queen's birthday banquet.

The Ninth Emperor Prince Zhao Yuhong was even more panicked, and immediately ran from his seat to Concubine De, holding her hand tightly.

The faces of the concubines and ladies were even pale, and no one knew if the glass of wine in front of them would also be poisonous.

The emperor's face was gloomy, and he only said one word: "Check!" ”

The imperial doctor soon came tremblingly, listened to the emperor's words, where did he dare to delay, took out a set of tools, and studied the cup of wine of Concubine De for a long time, before he unanimously affirmed that the poison in the cup was the Broken Intestine Grass.

Other people's cups are not poisonous.

Concubine De had regained her composure, but the Nine Emperors' faces were as gloomy as iron, and she knelt down to the emperor stiffly, "Erchen implores my father to investigate this matter thoroughly. ”

The voice was not loud, but he fell to the ground and smashed the pit, obviously very angry in his heart.

The queen stabilized her mind, turned her head to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is very strange, Concubine De has also drunk wine just now, and she was not poisoned, but at this time, there was suddenly poison in the cup, which means that this poison was not originally there, but was added later." ”

The emperor nodded, very much in favor of the queen's sober analysis, and then his eyes were cold, "It seems that the person who poisoned him is only afraid that he is still in this pavilion." ”

After speaking, he shouted: "Someone! Fence this place, strictly prohibit anyone from entering or leaving, and keep all the palace and subordinates down for an investigation. ”

Li Ningshuang's eyes rolled, and she immediately cast a look at the queen.

Duanmu Qing saw it in his eyes, but he didn't speak, just lowered his eyes quietly, but a thin layer of sweat appeared on Cai Wei's forehead next to him.

"Your Majesty, Rong Chen's concubines are vain, today's affairs are very important, since this poison has fallen into Concubine De's cup like this, the emperor and the princes are also there, if you don't notice, I really don't know what irreparable consequences will happen."

When the emperor heard the empress say this, his expression was dazed.

Oh, yes! No matter who the poisoner is targeting, if he dares to openly poison here, his mind is already very simple, if he and the prince drink poison, what will happen.

Seeing the emperor's expression, the queen continued: "Although Yu etiquette is not in agreement, the concubines think that it is necessary to check everything from top to bottom to show justice." ”

After being silent for a while, the emperor bowed slightly, "According to what the queen said, send more people to investigate separately." ”

After a while, the grandmothers and chamberlains who were older and trusted by the emperor and queen came over and took everyone to different rooms, leaving only the emperor and queen sitting in the pavilion, and even several princes were taken down to search.

In this way, all the women dare not be unconvinced.

After a while, everyone turned back one after another, and when Li Ningshuang saw Duanmuqing coming back safe and sound with an old woman, her face suddenly became extremely ugly.

And Duanmuqing walked up to her, but suddenly smiled at her, the smile was extremely bright, but it never reached the bottom of her eyes.

I don't know why, seeing this smile, Li Ningshuang suddenly felt her heart tremble, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead one after another, sticky.

It didn't take long for the women and ladies to come out, and the rest of the palace and subordinates, due to the large number of people, would inevitably be slower.

It's just that the original smug mood was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water on his head, Li Ningshuang's mood became a little upset, and he didn't even notice the queen's eyes.

"It's not me, it's not me...... It's true...... Not me. The panicked voice became clearer and clearer as the two grandmothers, five big and three thick, escorted the maid in blue clothes over.

After all, the palace has done a lot of things, and the two old ladies are not ambiguous at all, their movements are smooth, and their words are clear.

Handed a small purse to the emperor's personal attendant, and one of the grandmothers had a calm breath, "Your Majesty, the two slaves and maids found this purse on this girl, and it has been identified by Imperial Doctor Zhang, and it is indeed the powder of the broken intestine grass." ”

The faces of the emperor and the Nine Emperor Princes suddenly darkened, but what was even more surprised was Duanmu Zi's mother and daughter, Li Ningshuang's lips trembled for a long time, but he couldn't say anything.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the slave and the maid are wronged, the slave and the maid are wronged!"

The person who was arrested, whose name is Pearl, is the right-hand girl next to Li Ningshuang, she is young, but she has a lot of ghosts, Li Ningshuang is very dependent on her, yes, her position in the Yongding Marquis Mansion is also rising, and on weekdays, she has not done anything less to Cai Weilu.

In the last life, she also followed Duanmu Zi into the palace with her, but at that time, she was close to Duanmu Zi, and she had never treated this girl before.

Later, thinking about it, Duanmu Zi was not easy to come forward for such a thing as giving Zhao Yufeng eye medicine, and this clever and cunning maid was afraid that she would resolutely do this job well.

"Say! Whose maid are you, and who instructed you? The Emperor's voice was very gloomy, like the eve of a thunderstorm in June.

At this time, Pearl was quickly turning her brain, looking for a way out.

Originally, this purse was clearly stuffed into Duanmu Qing's arms by Li Ningshuang when he got into the carriage, how could he find it on his body at this time.

Thinking about it, I suddenly remembered the dispute I had when I was in the carriage because I saw Cai Wei drinking tea and eating snacks by herself without taking care of her.

It's her! Suddenly, I went to see Cai Wei, who was standing quietly behind Duanmuqing, and saw her face calm, her eyelids drooping slightly, as if this matter had nothing to do with her.

But Li Ningshuang was so frightened that she was in a cold sweat at this time, and when she saw the gaze cast by the pearl, her heart was even more fluttering.

"Pearls? What's going on? How did you find that thing? ”

Duanmu Zi didn't know about Li's plan at all, and he was only very surprised to see the pearl being pressed into the ground at this time.

"It turned out to be the maid of Yongding Houfu, I don't know how Yongding Houfu should explain this matter!" The Nine Emperors looked at the pearl kneeling below with a pair of eagle eyes, but their eyes were on the three ladies of the Yongding Houfu.

The queen's face changed greatly, and she tried to control it without revealing any clues, but she looked very majestic.

Duanmu Zhu was a little restless, believing in his heart that his mother's family would not make a move to murder Concubine De, and there was no reason to do so, but there was nothing he could do at this time.

If he intercedes directly, the emperor will definitely associate the matter with himself, and at that time, even the entire Yongding Marquis Mansion will be involved.

Just when she didn't know what to do, Li Ningshuang suddenly spoke, "Pearl, you have been following the eldest lady for so long, and my Yongding Marquis Mansion is also very generous to your family, the eldest lady has been very knowledgeable and polite since she was a child, why in the end, you have to do such a rebellious thing." ”

As soon as he said this, with Pearl's cleverness, how could he not know what the Li family meant, but he still had to follow the original plan and plant all these on Duanmu Qing, but in this way, he had to take his own life.

And what she said just now, it was clear that she was threatening herself with her family, if she dared to say half of what she was not satisfied with, I was afraid that the family would not want to live.

Thinking of this, I knew that there was no way to live at this time.

Closing her eyes, Pearl turned her face to look at Duanmu Qing, her expression was solemn, and she stretched out her hand to her, "Miss, I ......"

Duanmu Qing interrupted her words with an indifferent face, "Pearl, think about Aunt Li's words, she really treats you well!" Look at the red gold bracelet in your hand, in terms of workmanship, it is no worse than the one in my hand! ”

When Li Shi heard this, his face immediately turned pale, and he realized that Pearl was wearing the dowry bracelet that she took out painfully when she enveloped her.

The queen naturally saw that this thing was Li Ningshuang's dowry, and there were accounts to check in the Hou Mansion.

Duanmu Qing ignored the changing expressions of everyone here, and still said lightly: "Because of your poor family, you were sent to the Hou Mansion at the age of six, and now you have Aunt Li's support to sit in the position of the eldest girl, why and what you have paid, I think only you know best." ”

"I Duanmuqing can't teach you anything, what I really learn is often not given to you by others, but what your own life teaches you, you think about what you have gotten, whether it is the handpiece in your hand, or something else."

When others listened to this sentence that seemed to be a philosophy of life, they were confused, only pearls, but they fell into deep thought.

Duanmu Qing didn't force her, and still sat there with a faint expression after speaking.

Just because she knows this pearl too well, her family is poor, and because she is a daughter, she was sold to the Yongding Marquis Mansion, from a little maid who worked as a handyman in the backyard to Li Ningshuang's right-hand man.

On weekdays, her style of acting made Duanmu Qing clearly know that Pearl is definitely a person with low self-esteem and is not willing to be humble.

Otherwise, he would not dare to accept Li Ningshuang's dowry, and he would not dare to wear it on his hand openly at this time.

Most of these people are selfish, she entered the house at the age of six, and then rarely went home, but the younger brothers and sisters at home lived a free life in the countryside because of her face, but I was afraid that the relationship was not as good as imagined.

Li Ningshuang's words were obviously threatening her, no matter what kind of person a person is, but under the influence of childhood, the importance of family is almost the root of the tree in consciousness, and it instantly grabbed her firmly.

But Duanmu Qing's words dragged her into her own nature, she would think of the hardships she had come through, the blessings of her younger brothers and sisters at home, and the cruelty of Li Ningshuang who abandoned her like a shoehorn at this time, so she would be unwilling.

And Duanmuqing, what she wants is that she is unwilling.

So she wasn't worried, just watched lightly.

Pearl lowered her head and was silent, finally raised her head, looked at Duanmu Qing, and then at Li Ningshuang, her expression suddenly firm, and she turned her face to look at the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the person who instructed the slaves and maids to poison them is ......"