Chapter 540: Presenting Evidence
The prince's words undoubtedly focused everyone's attention on Wen Xiuyan, and with the queen mother's stern color, no one could refuse her request at all.
"The Queen Mother, the concubine has never given His Royal Highness the Crown Prince any sugar at all, he must have remembered it because of his mental disorder just now!"
Wen Xiuyan's eyes flickered, her brain also thought quickly, and quickly answered the Queen Mother's question.
"Imperial grandmother, Concubine Yue Niangniang just gave me a strange kind of white sugar, and when I was with Concubine Yue Niangniang in the afternoon, I mistook Concubine Yue Niangniang for my most beloved you."
Jin Qilan raised her eyes to look at the Queen Mother, her moist eyes looked very innocent.
The Queen Mother patted the prince comfortingly and comforted: "Grandmother naturally believes in you."
After that, her cold gaze quickly swept to Wen Xiuyan, Wen Xiuyan held the embroidered handkerchief tightly, and then knelt down in front of the Queen Mother, bowed her head and said weakly: "The concubine will not admit that she has not done something, besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince comes to the Heart Cultivation Hall every day, maybe he was instigated by someone to deal with the concubine." ”
I haven't seen her for just three years, this Wen Xiuyan is really amazing!
If she is just an ordinary palace concubine, I'm afraid that she Wen Xiuyan will do nothing, and just one mouth can make her fall into a situation where she can't turn over, right?
Shang Kelan's eyes flashed slightly, and she glanced back at Jin Yantang, who smiled lightly at her, signaling that she didn't need to be afraid.
The smile quickly disappeared, and everyone's attention was on Wen Xiuyan again, so that no one noticed the interaction between the two.
And Wen Xiuyan's sophistry made the Queen Mother a little infarcted, this Wen Xiuyan bit the bullet and refused to admit that she had eaten anything for the prince, and Scholar Su was on her side, so she couldn't be as hard as she was with Lan Ke.
In addition, Jin Yantang is the king of a country, so it is inconvenient to get involved in the affairs of these women, and to find out who is the real murderer of the prince, Lan Ke and Wen Xiuyan are very suspicious for a while.
The Queen Mother's eyes were thoughtful, as if she was going to make a decision, but her lips moved slightly, but at this moment, Shang Kelan said calmly: "Queen Mother, first find out the source of the poison that poisoned His Royal Highness the Prince, and then we can track down who came up with this poisonous plan." ”
When the Queen Mother heard this, she glanced at her lightly, and after being silent for a moment, she said to Li Chen, who had just come to the main hall: "Imperial Doctor Li, do you know the source of the poison given by His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”
"Back to the Queen Mother, this poison can only be bought outside the palace, in the afternoon after the concubine Niangniang found this poison, handed it over to the minister to investigate, the minister inquired that this poison is only sold in the Chunfeng Hall outside the palace."
Li Chenxiu saluted respectfully and reported to the Queen Mother.
Li Chenxiu likes to study medicine, and he also knows some about some pharmacies in the capital, he will go to check the source of an unknown poison, which is also expected by Shang Kelan, but to Shang Kelan's surprise, she didn't expect Li Chenxiu to actually announce the news she found.
After a while, she withdrew her gaze from Li Chenxiu and explained to the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, the pharmacies in the capital are no less than three fingers, among which Chunfeng Hall is known for having the most complete medicines in the capital, and Chunfeng Tang is the industry of Su University's scholars. ”
After Wen Xiuyan entered the palace, Shang Kelan didn't do nothing, she sent someone to check Wen Xiuyan's identity and background.
As soon as these words came out, Wen Xiuyan's hand holding the embroidered handkerchief couldn't help but tremble.
Shang Kelan noticed that her emotions were not as calm and calm as she had been at the beginning, and she knew that after the prince came out, Wen Xiuyan was a little panicked.
Then, she took out a small oiled paper bag from her arms: "Queen Mother, this is what poisoned His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
She opened the paper packet to reveal the disorienting white powder inside, and then she poured some of the powder into her teacup and sprinkled a little on the pastry on the table. Battle
Suddenly, the powder melted in at a speed visible to the naked eye, and there was not the slightest trace to be seen.
The Queen Mother was shocked and looked at this scene in disbelief.
Jin Qilan clapped her hands and said to the Queen Mother: "Imperial grandmother, the white sugar that Concubine Yue gave me is like this!" ”
"Concubine Yue, Chunfeng Hall, the industry under the Su University Scholar's Mansion, you can get this kind of thing from outside the palace, and you are the only one in the palace who has such a ability, right?"
Shang Kelan was aggressive, and her originally soft eyes were slowly dyed with a layer of fierce color at some point.
let Wen Xiuyan make a lot of calculations, but she didn't expect that a prince and Li Chenxiu would appear halfway, disrupting her overall plan.
Especially this Li Chenxiu, he will actually stand on the side of Lan Ke's slut!
But Wen Xiuyan can't admit that she did this, otherwise the charge of murdering the prince will fall, and she will never have a place to turn over!
The Su family will also abandon her.
Wen Xiuyan gritted her teeth, slowly raised her head, and explained to the Queen Mother with tears in her eyes: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged, the concubine really doesn't dare to murder His Royal Highness the Prince, but she only cares about His Royal Highness the Prince, so she brought you to visit the Prince!" Concubines...... The concubine didn't expect this to happen......"
This Wen Xiuyan looked at him left and right, Shang Kelan's eyes had a sense of playfulness, and she turned around and went to the dormitory, and after a while, she walked out with two purses.
"Concubine Yue, don't be in a hurry to change the topic, just now you entered the palace and saw the prince's lost appearance, it didn't seem to show surprise, didn't you already know that there would be such a scene, these two purses are the money you used to buy gardenias, two bags of gold, Concubine Yue Niangniang is really generous! I don't know where the moon concubine got so much money? ”
"Besides, the bottom of these silvers also has the font number of Jingtai Money Village printed, and this money village seems to be an industry in the name of the Su family, right?"
Shang Kelan unhurriedly opened the purse containing the gold in it and presented it to everyone.
Wen Xiuyan subconsciously raised her head, her eyes flashing with shock: "How is it possible?" Hongu didn't give so much money at all! And there is no seal at the bottom of the silver! ”
As soon as these words came out, Wen Xiuyan suddenly realized that something was wrong, and without waiting for everyone to speak, she hurriedly explained: "Wait, I didn't mean that, I meant that I didn't buy the gardenia, this matter has nothing to do with the concubine!" ”
She even forgot to use her concubine to claim herself, and the more she continued to talk about it, the more she wanted to cover it up.
Suddenly, the air was quiet, and the Queen Mother gradually looked at her with disappointment, Jin Yantang sat down at the table and took a sip of tea.
"Poof!"
Suddenly, Shang Kelan chuckled, breaking the silence.
Then, she poured all the silver in the two purses on the ground, and the silver and gold intertwined and fell in front of Wen Xiuyan, stinging Wen Xiuyan's eyes alive.
I saw Shang Kelan looking at her condescendingly: "Concubine Yueniang is right, but how do you know that there is not as much money as two bags of gold in it?" And the official silver circulating in the market has the seal of the imperial court, and even if there is none, there will be the seal of an ordinary bank, how do you know that there is no mark at the bottom of this silver? ”
Two simple rhetorical questions made Wen Xiuyan freeze in place and couldn't say a word.
"Oh, the folk girl answered for you, because you did buy the gardenia and wanted me to be poisoned!"