His Majesty spoke, how could Concubine Yang De disobey, she could only comply.

In this way, Lin Botao took Jinyiwei and followed Concubine Yang De back to Concubine De's palace to investigate the body and room of the palace maid Zicui to see if there were any other finds.

Concubine Yang Defei quickly pinched the letter handed to her by the palace maid in pink clothes in her hand, this letter originally she didn't want to keep, but now it seems that she has to take it out after all, damn it, how can there be such a bold palace maid in her palace, she wants to be negligent in disciplining them on weekdays, closing her eyes, Concubine Yang Defei kneaded her swollen temples.

The palace is watching this matter, with His Majesty's support for Lin Botao, Concubine Yang De bowed her head, and then it will be up to Lin Botao to find out, whether Concubine Yang Defei instructed the palace maid to drug the prince behind his back and damage the prince's reputation.

Concubine Yang De said that she was indeed suspicious, and the second prince under her knees, King Yu, was on an errand in the criminal department at a young age, and he was quite valued by His Majesty. On the other hand, the prince is weak and can only lead idle errands in the Ministry of Works. If Concubine Yang De can make His Majesty and the courtiers disgusted with the prince in one fell swoop, in this way, it will naturally benefit from King Yu under her knees.

His Majesty, who watched Concubine Yang Defei and Lin Botao leave, picked up the fold in his hand, and couldn't read a word at all, and he was also guessing whether Concubine Yang Defei framed the prince in order to plan for King Yu? He is still upright and in the prime of life, and one by one they can't wait for him to die so that they can inherit the throne? His Majesty pinched the fold in his hand, then stood up and said to Yang Gonggong: "Follow me to Concubine De's palace." ”

Gonggong Yang respectfully received the order, His Majesty has an order, how dare he disobey.

Lin Botao took Jinyiwei to investigate in the palace maid Zicui's house, and suddenly, Jinyiwei shouted, and he found a bottle of Hehuan San and a letter under Zicui's pillow.

Hearing this, Lin Botao walked over to the bed, quickly opened the letter and read it.

It reads: Concubine De Niangniang, the slave and the maid are ashamed of your teaching for so many years, the slave and the maid have become hated for thousands of years when they stumble, and the slave and maid have no face to live in the world. The slave maid was just pestered by Baiye and brought three bottles of Hehuan San from outside the palace, Baiye said that Lan Qian of the Huanyi Bureau liked the prince very much and wanted to serve the prince, but her status was humble, and she was afraid that she would have to think of other ways. Last month, the slave maid went out of the palace to procure, Baiye begged the slave maid bitterly, and the slave maid agreed to her with a soft heart, but she didn't expect that Lan Qian was forced to commit suicide by the eldest princess at the queen's birthday banquet, she already loved the prince, but she was insulted by the eldest princess and was not worthy of the prince. Later, Jinyiwei found Baiye, Baiye bit his tongue and committed suicide that night, the slave was very afraid of implicating the mother, this matter was the slave's fault, and the slave and the maid had died to apologize. I hope that there will be a chance in the next life, and the slave and maid can serve the mother again. Purple Emerald is a masterpiece.

This letter was handed to her by the pink-clothed palace maid at that time, and Concubine Yang De naturally had to be placed in its original position. If it weren't for this letter, the charge would have been laid on her. Concubine Yang Defei hated iron not steel, damn Zicui, something that could not be made, and she brought back three bottles of Hehuan San from outside the palace with a few good words from Baiye, which was extremely stupid.

At first, Concubine Yang Defei wanted to keep this letter, she still didn't believe in evil, Lin Botao really dared to target her! But I didn't expect Lin Botao to be a ruthless character, and he showed no mercy. His Majesty's attitude made Concubine Yang Defei change her mind, there was no need to twist with Lin Botao for a breath, and the matter ended with the death of the palace maid Zicui.

Lin Botao, who read the letter, looked at Concubine Yang De and said: "Concubine De Niangniang, Weichen will go back to report to His Majesty, I have offended a lot before, please forgive my mother." Zicui's letter is very clear, she conspired with Baiye and Lan Qian, all because Lan Qian loves the prince, and now that the three of them have passed away, what to do next has to ask Your Majesty, he can't make his own decisions.

"Lin Shizi is impartial in handling the case, how can this palace punish him, this palace is not in a hurry to appreciate it, Lin Shizi should go to Your Majesty as soon as possible......" Concubine Yang De wished that Lin Botao would disappear in front of her eyes as soon as possible, out of sight was pure, so naturally she would not keep him.

The palace people outside the palace pinched their voices: "Your Majesty has arrived, and the crown princess has arrived." ”

Concubine Yang De lowered her eyes and frowned, Your Majesty and the crown princess are here, what are they doing? Isn't it the crown princess who is playing right and wrong in front of His Majesty and wants to implicate her?

His Majesty and Han Jinxiu walked into Zicui's house one after another, and the palace people and Jinyi guards led by Concubine Yang De and Lin Botao saluted the two of them one after another: "See Your Majesty, see the crown princess." ”

His Majesty said softly: "Let's all be even!" Botao, how is the investigation? ”

Hearing this, Lin Botao took two steps forward and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, this is the suicide note of the palace maid Zicui, and a bottle of Hehuan San was found under her pillow, she committed suicide in fear of sin, please look at it." "The evidence is conclusive, so it is natural to present it to His Majesty.

Without hesitation, he stretched out his hand to take the suicide note handed by Lin Botao, His Majesty looked at it at a glance, and then handed it to Han Jinxiu, signaling her to take a look at it too, which made Han Jinxiu flattered and grateful to His Majesty.

At this time, I saw Concubine Yang De trembling and kneeling on the ground: "Your Majesty, the concubines have no way to discipline them, and there is a palace maid like Zicui in the palace, who dares to collude with the other two palace maids to frame the prince, please punish Your Majesty." "Zicui is the palace maid of her dormitory no matter what, and she has the responsibility to do it. This time she will take it as a harsh lesson, and always keep it in mind, to ensure that there will be no such passive situation in the future.

His majesty is not strict, Concubine Yang De really has to accept the punishment, if they succeed, then the prince's reputation is lost, who can compensate for it? His Majesty will want to favor Concubine Yang De, I am afraid that it is not appropriate, after all, the crown princess Han is behind him. After thinking for a moment, His Majesty looked at Concubine Yang De: "Concubine De's Yang family's restraint and discipline are not good, I order you, personally go to the prince to make amends, and punish him for another year, and think about it behind closed doors in the palace for three months, I hope you can strictly discipline the palace people in the future, and don't have this incident again!" ”

This is a better punishment for Concubine Yang De, she breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and replied respectfully: "Yes, the concubine obeys the order." "In my heart, the dog who scolded Zicui was bloody, but her ears were soft, and she listened to the bewitchment of others, and the prince was actually what they could calculate, but in the end, it affected her. A one-year fine is nothing, but if you think about it behind closed doors for three months, it means that you can't sleep.

There is a rule in the palace that all concubines who have been thinking behind closed doors in the dormitory cannot sleep, which is a fatal blow to her. At the same time, for her at the head of the four concubines, it is even more humiliating and humiliating. Thinking of the mocking expressions of Empress Chen, Concubine Wu Xian and others, Concubine Yang Defei's half-inch-long nails under her sleeves were pinched into the flesh, and the pain was incomparable.

Suddenly, Han Jinxiu walked over to the palace maid Zicui, pinched the suicide note handed to her by His Majesty, and looked up and down. Just as His Majesty was about to leave with Lin Botao, she spoke: "Your Majesty, wait, the concubine has something to tell." ”

Concubine Yang Defei glanced at Han Jinxiu contemptuously, what else did she want? His Majesty has already punished, what qualifications does she have to continue to investigate?

His Majesty and Lin Botao turned around, only to hear His Majesty say lightly: "Say." "He wants to hear what the Crown Princess Han is going to do?

Han Jinxiu lay on the ground reverently, and said amazingly: "Your Majesty, Zicui did not commit suicide in fear of sin, but was strangled to death!" ”

"What did you say?" His Majesty and Concubine Yang De asked in unison.

Lin Botao also had doubts, the crown princess Han really knew how to talk about it, what did she know?