The three-day period passed quickly, and the Queen Mother sent someone as promised and invited Shang Kelan to Cining Palace.

Cining Palace, the queen sits under the queen mother, Concubine Ning sits on the right side of the queen mother, Concubine Hua sits under Concubine Ning, and the rest of the concubines are given seats by the queen mother according to their positions.

In the main hall, Shang Kelan came in a lilac tulle pleated skirt.

"See the queen mother, see the queen mother."

The Queen Mother's hair is meticulously combed, wearing a set of exquisitely crafted jade headdresses, and her expression is majestic, which makes people respect her from the heart.

After glancing at Shang Kelan lightly, the Queen Mother said in a deep voice: "Well, the three-day period has arrived, have you found any clues?" If you hadn't murdered the dragon heir, then who secretly poisoned the fetus in Concubine Ning's womb? ”

Shang Kelan smiled quietly and replied: "Back to the Empress Dowager, the concubine has found evidence that can clear the charge of the concubine, and the person who really murdered the fetus in Concubine Ning's womb is her confidant palace maid, Cui'er!" ”

"Bang dang!"

Suddenly, the teacup in Concubine Ning's hand trembled.

Cui'er raised her head in shock, glared at Shang Kelan in disbelief and said, "Concubine Chen, why did you say this?" The slave maid is Concubine Ning's personal palace maid, how could she do such a poisonous and assassinating thing? Besides, what motive does the slave have to murder Concubine Ning's womb?! ”

Concubine Ning's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and then she put down the teacup, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and said suspiciously: "Sister Concubine Chen, everything must pay attention to evidence, Cui'er is a palace maid who has been with me for many years, and she knows a little bit about her temperament and temperament, she has no reason to do such a thing, right?" ”

On the side, Concubine Hua, who was waiting to see Shang Kelan's joke, saw Shang Kelan actually say this, and suspected that Shang Kelan's dog jumped off the wall in a hurry and wanted Cui'er to be her substitute ghost.

So, Concubine Hua laughed a few times and said, "Sister Chen, if you say that someone else did this, then this palace may believe it, but if you say that this murderer is Cui'er next to Sister Ning, this palace will not believe it!" ”

The queen sat quietly in her seat, her appearance was docile and dignified, and she did not say anything about the matter.

After the rest of the concubines heard Shang Kelan's words, they also began to discuss:

"Why did this Concubine Chen say this? How could Cui'er murder Concubine Ning? She is the big palace maid next to Concubine Ning! ”

"That's right, that palace maid and Concubine Ning are both prosperous and lossy, how could they do such a stupid thing?"

"Could it be that Concubine Chen is trying to frame the blame and evade punishment?"

Seeing that everyone's remarks were pouring towards her, Cui'er couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the cold sweat on her forehead stopped rising.

Concubine Ning coughed, covering her lips with a handkerchief, covering a smile at the corner of her lips.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother, who was sitting on the main seat, couldn't help frowning, and said coldly: "Bold Concubine Chen, what evidence do you have for saying this?" ”

Shang Kelan stood quietly in the main hall, like a purple orchid blooming in the wind, her expression remained unchanged, her hands folded in front of her, and said with a light smile: "The concubine naturally wants to speak with evidence, can the queen mother reward the concubine for two quarters of an hour, so that the concubine can prove her innocence?" ”

The Queen Mother snorted, looked at Shang Kelan impatiently and said: "It's only two quarters of an hour, the mourning family will give it to you, and see how you play tricks!" ”

Shang Kelan smiled, looked at Mama Chen who was standing beside her, and said, "I'm tired of Mama Chen asking Li Chenxiu from the Tai Hospital for her concubine, and Imperial Doctor Li will come over; In addition, please ask Mama Chen to go to the imperial dining room again, and invite Li Xiulian and Manager Li from the imperial dining room to come to visit. ”

These two people didn't seem to have anything to do with the whole case, and everyone was confused when they heard it, but the smile that Concubine Ning covered with a champa froze on her face.

Li Chenxiu, Imperial Doctor Li?

Could it be that this slut knows something?

Suddenly, Concubine Ning raised her sharp eyes and looked at Shang Kelan, but Shang Kelan smiled lightly at her, and that smile looked quiet and soft, but it made Concubine Ning involuntarily feel a chill down her spine.

For a moment, Concubine Ning couldn't help but clench her handkerchief and looked at Shang Kelan's eyes narrowed slightly.

This Concubine Chen must have come prepared! It seems that no matter what happens later, everything will have to be improvised!

After listening to Shang Kelan's instructions, Mama Chen was ordered to retreat.

After Mama Chen left, Shang Kelan clapped her hands, and after a while, an old lady doctor wearing a pale pink gauze skirt and a pale cyan embroidered official uniform walked in.

After the two came to the main hall and knelt down, they saluted the queen mother, the queen and the concubines.

The Queen Mother rubbed her eyebrows, waved her hand and said, "Okay, Concubine Chen, what do you want to do?" Can you find so many people to prove your innocence? In the eyes of the mourners, you are just messing around! ”

"Poof!"

As soon as the Queen Mother's voice fell, Concubine Hua on the side couldn't help laughing, and the sarcasm in her eyes when she looked at Shang Kelan couldn't be more obvious.

Shang Kelan lowered her eyes and said to the old lady and Xiaoxia: "Two, please get up, besides, Xiaoxia, you take out the pastries that the Japanese Palace gave to Sister Ning Concubine and show them to the Queen Mother." ”

"Yes, sissy."

As she spoke, Xiaoxia respectfully opened the food box in her hand, and Mama Chen immediately sent someone to carry a table up.

After putting the two boxes of pastries on the table, Shang Kelan opened the box of white and delicate pastries and said: "This is called Yunzhi cake, the skin made of glutinous rice, the trap made of sesame seeds and lotus flowers, the food is soft and glutinous, sweet, but not greasy, and it will not easily accumulate food. ”

Saying that, Shang Kelan looked at Concubine Hua, Concubine Hua's throat moved, and she turned her face and said, "Isn't it Yunzhi cake?" What's the big deal? The people around Hongu can do it, too! ”

The Queen Mother frowned, and was about to ask a question, when Shang Kelan looked at the old lady doctor and said, "Old lady doctor, that day you saw Concubine Ning Niangniang and found out that the pastry sent by the palace was poisonous, but the pastry looked like this?" ”

The skin of this Yunzhi cake was stained with a layer of fried brown sesame seeds, exactly the same as the poisonous pastry that the old lady had seen that day.

So the old lady doctor nodded and said, "Back to Concubine Chen, the pastries that the old minister saw that day were exactly like this." ”

Shang Kelan nodded, and opened another food box, which also contained a stack of Yunzhi cakes.

The two stacks of Coriolus chinensis cakes look exactly the same, but the crushed sesame seeds on the second stack of Coriolus chinensis cakes look darker.

Shang Kelan asked the old lady again: "Then take a look at it, which stack of Yunzhi cake is closer to the one you inspected that day?" ”

The old lady doctor was only asked to prove which stack of pastries was poisonous, so he replied honestly: "Back to Concubine Chen, this second stack of pastries is more similar to the poisonous pastries that the old minister inspected that day. ”

After the old lady finished speaking, Shang Kelan turned around and folded her hands in front of her forehead, and respectfully bowed to the queen mother and said: "Qi Qi Empress Dowager, the process of the concubine's self-proof of innocence can only be carried out here for the time being, only after Mama Chen brings Manager Li and Imperial Doctor Li here, can the following process be continued, and the concubine can also find out the real murderer who framed the concubine!" ”

Seeing that Concubine Chen spoke sonorously and loudly, and she looked confident in her words, could it be that Cui'er was really tired?

For a while, the eyes of the concubines looking at Cui'er were dramatically reversed!