In the face of the prince's aggressive questioning, Heng Xinyuan's internal organs were about to explode, especially Wan Bingyu's injuries were getting more and more serious, and the blood had soaked through his clothes and dripped on the ground.

"That's it! Don't make any noise! The emperor slapped the table suddenly, "It's a headache!" So, lock her up first, and then make a decision tomorrow......"

"Your Majesty! Ice Jade is now seriously injured and needs immediate treatment! Heng Xinyuan shouted loudly.

The crown prince was afraid that the emperor would change his mind at this time, so he hurriedly gave the guards a look, and they rushed up and grabbed Wan Bingyu's injured arm, she gasped and shivered.

Min Yue, who had been watching coldly from the sidelines, couldn't sit still at the moment, and ran to the front of the hall and knelt down, "Father, this fireworks were made by my daughter and Sister Bingyu, every step was seen by my daughter with her own eyes, there will be absolutely no problem, Sister Bingyu definitely doesn't deliberately want to hurt you!" ”

"Since you did it together, why did this problem occur!" The emperor's brows were almost twisted, "A good Chinese New Year's Eve banquet is like this, and it must be investigated to the end!" What the hell went wrong! ”

At this time, Wan Bingyu had gradually recovered from the fright just now, thought about it carefully, faintly felt that something was wrong, and stepped forward with his injured arm in his hand and said, "Your Majesty...... This firework must have been tampered with, otherwise there would not have been such a consequence......"

"Tricked? Stop quibbling about who else but you would touch this kind of thing! Could it be that at this time, do you still want to drag others into the water? The prince looked at her with disdain.

Concubine Wu on the side also helped, deliberately pretending to be nervous and scared, pulling the emperor's sleeve and wiping her tears, "Your Majesty, you must punish her severely, you see, the concubine's arms are all burned red, if she is disfigured, how will she serve Your Majesty in the future...... This Wan Bingyu is clearly uneasy and kind! ”

However, she lifted her sleeves, but she was only slightly scraped by the flying sparks, and it was not in the way at all, but she said that it was as serious as a broken arm.

"That's not likely......" Wan Bingyu looked at the prince coldly, a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth, "Just now I took the fireworks to the palace and handed them to a father-in-law outside the palace, who will keep it on his behalf, I don't know where this father-in-law is at the moment?" ”

"Yes, yes, send someone to bring that father-in-law in!" Min Yue shouted at a guard standing beside him in a daze, and the guard quickly took the order and walked out.

After a while, a thin eunuch with a roe deer and a hunched shoulders was brought in, and stammered, "Participate in Your Majesty's ......"

"Just now this firework is in your hands, have you done anything to do it? Or did you find something suspicious that someone had come into contact with? The emperor asked coldly.

"I didn't ...... No, not at all...... The slave didn't move at all, only this girl had contact with Princess Minyue......" He kowtowed again and again, but his expression was panicked, and Wan Bingyu saw the horse's feet at a glance.

In addition, the prince on the side kept his eyes wandering, and she was even more sure that this was just a means for the prince to buy the palace people and take the opportunity to get rid of himself and Heng Xinyuan, but it was too vicious!

It is clear that he wants to put the two of them to death, and he even disregards the safety of his father, queen mother and sister!

"In that case, why do you smell of gunpowder?" Li Wenyao, who had been silent during the banquet, suddenly got up and stepped forward, saluted the emperor, turned to stare at the eunuch and said, "Why is this?" ”

"I didn't ...... No......" The eunuch quickly hid his hands in his sleeves, his face immediately became panicked, and his eyes swayed, full of fear.

Li Wenyao couldn't help but resist, pulled his arm, exposed his hands in front of everyone's eyes, and said loudly, "Flying locusts, Erchen has already seen those unlit fireworks, all of them are wrapped in brown paper bags, and it is impossible for normal people to touch the gunpowder inside, in other words, if anyone's hands are contaminated with the smell of gunpowder, then he must have opened the kraft paper bag and touched the gunpowder." ”

"Wen Yao, what do you mean?" The emperor squinted and thought for a moment.

"Father, you can check it yourself, there is a strong smell of gunpowder on this eunuch's hand, I smelled it as soon as he entered the hall just now, and you actually said that you have not touched it!" Isn't it a thief with a weak heart? ”

As soon as the eunuch saw that he had been recognized, he had no way to defend himself, so he could only kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the slave has no heart!" I beg your Majesty forgiveness! I beg your Majesty forgiveness! ”

"Humph!" The emperor glared angrily and threatened, "Why are you doing this!" Did someone instruct you, or did you do it yourself! Recruit from the truth! Otherwise, I'll kill you!" ”

The eunuch hesitated, broke out in a cold sweat, the corners of his eyes kept skimming at Li Gaotang, his lips opened and closed several times, presumably he must have struggled in his heart, but in the end he still cried and said, "Your Majesty, no one instructed the minion, but the minion is too curious about this thing...... I wanted to disassemble it to see what was inside, but I didn't expect it to be impossible to restore after dismantling...... The minion casually put it in, and the minion really didn't mean to! Your Majesty! I beg your Majesty forgiveness! ”

This ridiculous and lame excuse, even Wan Bingyu felt funny when he heard it, when he gave him the fireworks just now, he had obviously explained again and again, he must not touch the things inside, why did he make his own opinion, if it was said that no one instructed him, he would not believe it anyway, but at the moment, she had no evidence to prove that it was Li Gaotang, so she could only endure it for the time being.

The emperor tossed all night, and he was already exhausted, so he waved his hand, "Suppress him, tomorrow at noon, behead the public!" As for Heng Xinyuan and Wan Bingyu, since this matter has nothing to do with you, then you should go back quickly and ask the imperial doctor to take care of your wounds...... After a night of trouble, I was tired and went back to the palace to rest...... Disperse y'all, too. ”

Everyone held their breath and dispersed, and in the huge palace, only the eunuch's voice was still echoing miserably, "Your Majesty, please forgive your sins!" Your Majesty! ……”

Heng Xinyuan helped Wan Bingyu to walk towards the outside of the hall step by step, and the blood couldn't stop flowing and spilled all over the ground.

She forced herself to the stone steps in front of the temple gate, and then she had no more strength, her legs weakened, and she collapsed in Heng Xinyuan's arms.

"Bing Yu, Bing Yu, are you okay! Hold on a little longer, and I'll go to the Imperial Doctor right away! Heng Xinyuan's voice was already trembling, and he looked at the big hole on Wan Bingyu's arm, which was almost more painful than being stabbed himself.

"I'm fine...... You don't have to worry. Wan Bingyu squeezed out a smile, she didn't want Heng Xinyuan to worry.

Min Yue also followed them anxiously, holding her hand and shedding tears, "It's all my fault...... Let's go back to Wangyue Tower first, so that it will be more convenient for the imperial doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment. ”