Chapter 257: Hints
The time for two teas passed quickly.
Most of the people in the room were waiting a little anxiously, and they had to look out from time to time, but only Emperor Jianxi still maintained the initial silent posture.
The courtyard suddenly became noisy, and it seemed that many palace people had come out of the side hall.
Qiu Shi also ran into the main hall again at this time, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said softly, "Back to the master, ladies and gentlemen, Bai Siyao left four people down, and the rest came out." β
Concubine Ning straightened her upper body at once, "Which four?" β
Before Qiu Shi could answer, Jin Zhi had already walked in quickly, and she glanced at Concubine Ning with a bit of arrogance in her eyes, and then stood back in the corner where she had been waiting before.
Concubine Ning didn't see this look, but seeing Jin Zhi come back already made her suspicious in her heart - Jin Zhi was the one who deserved to be tried! Why did Bai Ling let her go?
Qiu Shi said softly, "Of the four people left by Bai Siyao, three are palace maids waiting in the courtyard of Chuxiu Palace, and one is a eunuch who has been keeping vigil for the past few days. Among the three palace maids, two are serving Rose on weekdays, and one is serving by Jieyu's side on weekdays, and they happened to bump into Bao Yuan's tonight. β
"How did you choose these four people?"
"It should be chosen based on whether you can see the change of the black dots, because there are three people in it who say that you can see the black dots getting bigger and smaller." Qiu Shi said softly, "But there is another one that said that I didn't observe it, and I don't know why it was also selected by Bai Si Yao." β
"What about Bao Yuan, where is Bao Yuan now?" Concubine Ning asked.
Qiu Shi was just about to speak, but Huang Chongde entered the house again at this time.
Qiu Shi nodded to Huang Chongde from afar, and then said to Concubine Ning again, "Back to Niangniang, Bao Yuan is waiting outside now, she has already come back earlier, but Si Yao also let her come out." β
Concubine Ning's hand grabbed the armrest on the side of the chair.
Didn't she say she wanted to interrogate Bao Yuan? Why is even the treasure duck released now?
Huang Chongde said softly in a timely manner, "Master, Niangniang, Bai Siyao is almost ready. β
Emperor Jianxi only opened his eyes at this time, "What the hell is she doing over there." β
Huang Chongde shook his head and said with a smile, "This slave can't tell clearly, let's wait for her to come in a while, and the master will ask in person." β
Before the words fell, Bai Ling had already re-entered the door of the main hall of Chuxiu Palace.
"It's a mystery." Jin Zhi squinted his eyes and looked at Bai Ling, the voice was neither high nor low, but it was just enough for everyone in the room to hear.
Concubine Ning didn't bother to pay attention, she just looked at Bai Ling, and said with a little worry, "I heard that this palace didn't interrogate Bao Yuan?" β
"Yes." Bai Ling nodded
"Why?"
"It's not that the minister doesn't want to be tried, it's that the minister can't be tried." Bai Ling said softly, she looked at Jin Zhi, "It is said that the two elder sisters of Bao Yuan and Jin Zhi are the people I want to ask the most, but neither of them passed the suggestive test - I know that there are still a few mothers in the emperor who are probably waiting for me to answer what I am doing, and I will explain with a few of them now." β
Only then did Concubine Ning lean back with her body leaning forward slightly, waiting for Bai Ling's next words.
"The so-called hypnosis, literally understood, is to use some means to make people slowly approach the time of sleep in a state of clear consciousness."
She thought for a moment, omitted all conceptual descriptions, and quickly relived a similar experience in her mind.
"I believe that the emperor and Niangniang also had similar feelings, when people are dreaming and drunk, they often say something that they dare not say when they are awake, or even dare not think about it, so theoretically speaking, if you can let people enter this state, and then ask them what has happened in Chuxiu Palace in the past few days, you can hear the truth."
Lin Jieyu frowned slightly, and turned her head to look at Emperor Jianxi, "This is not ...... Hexology? β
Emperor Jianxi looked at Bai Ling with deep eyes, "Go on." β
"However, it is not easy to lead people into a hypnotic state. The success of hypnosis often depends not on the technique of the hypnotist, but on the suggestibility of the hypnotized person. Because the latter has to follow the guidance of the former to guide his own ideas step by step. The more suggestive it is, the easier it is to do this, and of course, the relationship of trust between the hypnotist and the hypnotized person can also have an impact on success, but that is beyond the scope of today's discussion. β
Bai Ling raised her handβshe held a piece of paper in her hand, with a small black dot the size of a fingernail in the center of the paper.
"I drew a small dot on the paper, and it is impossible for the black dot on the paper to change, but after hearing the question, 'Can you see the dot getting bigger or smaller?', the people who can really feel the black dot changing can be imagined, and these people are the ones who can be hypnotized...... It was at this step that Jin Zhi and Bao Yuan were brushed down, because they both firmly gave 'invisible change' feedback. β
"But not all of the four people you elected can see this change." Huang Chongde added, "Isn't there also one who also says that he can't see it? β
"Of course, you can't look at the answers she says, but also look at the expressions and actions to judge whether what they say is the truth." Bai Ling said softly, "Some people claim to be able to see, but the minister didn't choose. The only palace maid who said that she didn't see the change and was left behind by the minister, felt that it was moving at first, but because the two people around her insisted that she would not move, she didn't feel that the point was moving after a while...... This kind of is quite in line with the standard. β
After that, Bai Ling looked at Emperor Jianxi again, "That's all I want to say, if the emperor is willing to listen to the interrogation process of the minister, the minister still has a reluctant request." β
"Huh?"
"Please give me the testimony of these four people tonight." Bai Ling said softly, "For the sake of fairness, the minister does not plan to introduce the topic to other places, it is better to ask the minister to re-examine the 'facts' that have been in the testimony to see if there are any discrepancies before and after." β
Emperor Jianxi nurture his jaw, and Huang Chongde walked out quickly, and when he came back, he had an extra document in his hand that had been wound with a thread. He opened it in front of everyone, then took out four pieces of tissue paper from it and handed them to Bai Ling.
On the side, Qiu Shi brought a candlestick to Bai Ling's eyes, and she looked at the candlelight one by one.
In the quiet room, Qu couldn't help but glance at Lin Jieyu.
Lin Jieyu's gaze never left Bai Ling, and so did her maid Jin Zhi.
It's just that the former is calm, and the latter is already pale.
Seeing this scene, Qu Shi only felt an unspeakable hatred and tiredness welling up in her heart, she slowly stood up and bowed gently to Emperor Jianxi, "Your Majesty, the concubine wants to go to the courtyard to take a look at the treasure mandarin ......"
"Mother, stay here." Bai Ling raised his eyes, with a little helplessness in his eyes, "Let's let Sister Baoyuan come to the side hall in a while, let's end this matter as soon as possible, and you can go back if you have something to say." β
Looking at each other, both of them instantly understood the emotions in each other's eyes, Qu's five fingers were twisted together, and finally sat down with discomfort.
After a while, Bai Ling raised his head again.
"I'm done." Bai Ling said softly, she knocked the four confessions in her hand on the ground, and straightened the corners neatly, Huang Chongde stepped forward to take them, and was just about to put them back into the testimony collection, Emperor Jianxi reached out and took the four confessions.
"Now, please come with me to the side hall of Chuxiu Palace."
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