Chapter 61: Shang Wan'er's hair is broken
"I received the osmanthus cake that day from Wan Concubine Niangniang, and the poison in it was brought by me from home, and I didn't want to kill her originally, but I was jealous of her relationship with Wan Concubine Niangniang, why is she the master, but I can only be a maid......" After interrogation, Yu promised the maid Xiaoju to confess to her murder of her master, Yu Promise.
"In that case, you can rest first, and tomorrow you will be innocent."
Xiao Ju lowered her head and didn't reply to me, her beautiful face under the cover of her hair still had a hint of childishness, and I couldn't connect her with a murderer at all.
However, since I got the answer I wanted, then there was no reason for me to stay here any longer, so I left the little barbarian to take good care of it, and led the little autumn fragrance to the Rouyi Palace.
"Li Xiaoxiao, you go to the emperor's palace and tell the emperor that I will wait for him in the Splendid Pavilion at noon tomorrow."
"The emperor probably slept with it." Xiao Xiao glanced at the sky and reminded him in a low voice, I naturally knew what he meant.
"If you don't sleep, you can go with confidence." The reason why I am so sure is because I know that Li Yu has been busy with the military recently, and the rest time has been greatly postponed, and the prince is worried about Li Yu's health, so he specially begged me to persuade him.
"Yes."
At noon on the second day, I sent Qiuxiang to arrange the meal in Shang Wan'er's palace, and for the sake of fairness, I specially invited Yuan Guifei, Lady Yao, Qingnu and others to come over.
"The queen was in such a hurry to invite me last night, is it just for this lunch?" As soon as Li Yu entered the hall, he asked suspiciously.
"Today is Concubine Wan's birthday, so the concubine specially arranged this table of meals, which can be regarded as a small celebration for Concubine Wan." Of course, the celebration is small, and the innocence of the concubine is true.
"Look at my busyness, I forgot about it." Although Concubine Wan is now inseparable from Yu Yu's death, Li Yu still loves Concubine Wan after all, and I guess in my heart, like me, I don't believe that Concubine Wan is the murderer of poison. "Go back and ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make up the gift for you." Li Yu looked at Wan Concubine and said.
"The concubine thanked the emperor, and there is no need to make up for it." Concubine Wan coldly refused.
"The Internal Affairs Office naturally understands the emperor, and it didn't take long to send a lot of things to Concubine Wan, all of which were sent according to Concubine Wan's preferences." Concubine Yuan hurriedly played a round.
"It's good, it's good." Li Yu nodded with satisfaction. "Don't stand, sit down and eat."
"Yes." The crowd replied.
After the meal was almost ready, I sent someone to bring up the osmanthus cake prepared in advance, and the atmosphere of the banquet dropped to freezing point for a while.
"Go and bring Chrysanthemum up." I whispered to Li Xiaoxiao.
"Yes."
After a while, Li Xiaoxiao brought Xiaoju up, and I sent someone to disperse all the dishes on the table.
A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Ju was still standing.
"Be bold, don't kneel down when you see the emperor and the queen." Seeing that Xiao Ju had been standing, Wang Gonggong angrily reprimanded.
"Oh, why am I kneeling?" When Xiao Ju said this, her eyes kept staring at Concubine Wan Niangniang.
"Daring, are you dying?" Wang Gonggong's face was already very ugly at this time.
Despite this, Xiao Ju still stood up straight without humility or arrogance, and her eyes were firm.
"Xiao Ju, kneel down." Seeing the situation clearly, Concubine Wan hurriedly spoke.
"The slave and maid meet the concubine." Seeing Wan Concubine speak, Xiao Ju knelt down straight towards Wan Concubine, ignoring Li Yu throughout the process.
Seeing this, everyone pulled their faces down, especially Li Yu, who had never suffered such humiliation.
"Xiaoju is not sensible, I hope the emperor and my sisters will forgive me." Concubine Wan hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to intercede for Xiao Ju, her expression was full of worry.
Why is this happening, I whispered in my heart, if the relationship between Concubine Wan and Yu Promise is really as close as sisters as mentioned earlier, then now that the murderer of Yu Promise is in front of her, how can Concubine Wan do not hate but care. Besides, I insisted that it was Concubine Wan who poisoned and killed Xiao Ju who promised Yu, why did she respect Concubine Wan so much at this moment.
The eyes can't deceive people, Xiao Ju and Wan Concubine only have care and no hate in their eyes. Didn't they tell me the truth in the first place?
"Ahem, ahem...... This is the maid Yu promised? Li Yu asked after coughing a few times.
"Yes, after the concubine's private interrogation, it was found that Concubine Wan did have grievances, so I specially invited the emperor and the sisters to come over today, which can be regarded as a clean lady of Concubine Wan."
"So, the poisoner has been found?" Li Yu put down the teacup, and the expression on his face was slightly better.
"Yes, the person who poisoned it was Xiao Ju, last night, Xiao Ju had already confessed." I glanced at Xiao Ju who was kneeling on the ground, she was still kneeling proudly, thinking that everything had nothing to do with her, but Wan Concubine on the side, when she heard me say that the murderer was Xiao Ju, a trace of panic flashed in her eyes.
The concubine who was calm in front of me yesterday and exonerated herself is now like a ruined eggplant. Am I missing something important?
"The slave confesses, this matter has nothing to do with Wan Concubine, I brought the osmanthus cake that Yu promised to eat from Wan Concubine, the poison was given by me, and everything was done by me...... Xiao Ju told all the facts with a fearless face.
"No, it can't be done by Xiao Ju, the concubine can testify, the relationship between Xiao Ju and Yu Yu must not poison Yu Yu." Concubine Wan hurriedly excused Xiaoju.
"This is interesting, but I heard that you have been throwing the responsibility on each other a few days ago, and now it has only been a few days, and you have taken the responsibility on each other again, and you are used for singing as a harem?" Although he loves Wan Concubine, Li Yu can't be defended in front of everyone, and what should be said still has to be said.
"It was made by the slave maid, and the slave and maid have nothing to say." After Xiao Ju finished speaking, he hit the pillar on the side.
"Ah......h
Xiaoju died, the scene was chaotic, and Qiu Xiang quickly covered my eyes. The prince hurriedly led people to clean up the corpses and bloodstains, Qiushui's body was already weak, and he was frightened for a while, trembling and trembling, Li Yu asked Niang Qingnu to accompany him and retreat first.
The scene slowly returned to calm, everyone had their own concerns, Xiao Ju died too suddenly, I originally wanted to confront him face to face and be innocent, who knew that it ended up with this result, what information did I miss?
Concubine Wan lay quietly on the ground, her eyes staring at the place where Xiao Ju died, her hair fluttering on both sides of her cheeks, and her thin face was as white as paper......
I looked at Wan Concubine, and for some reason, I felt that I could feel her sadness to the bone.
"Wan Concubine ......" Li Yu took the lead in opening his mouth, and then turned to the prince and said: "Help Wan Concubine in, let the imperial doctor take a good look, Yu promised that the matter is already clear, so close the case like this." ”
"No, it's not over, it's not Xiao Ju......" Just when the princess stepped forward to help Wan Concubine, Wan Concubine suddenly waved around frantically, "It's not Xiao Ju." ”
It's the first time I've seen her lose control of her emotions since I met her, and it seems that Xiaoju's death has indeed hit Shang Wan'er hard.
"No, no, no...... Wan concubine don't want it......"
Just when everyone was about to step forward to persuade, Wan Concubine suddenly took out a pair of scissors from her sleeve, and the knife fell in her hand, and in a moment, the ground was covered with green silk......