Zhao Shangshu was blocked by Shang Jingcheng, and his heart was even more flustered, he raised his voice and said: "Who is in a hurry, the minister just thinks that since the palace maid did not tell the truth from the beginning, then the words behind it are not credible, and there is no need to try her again!" ”

"That's right, father, that dead girl should be executed, she dares to talk nonsense to deceive her father!" The third prince also agreed with Zhao Shangshu's words very much.

The emperor looked at them with interest and said, "When did the third prince and Zhao Shangshu have such a unified opinion?" ”

The third prince choked for a moment and didn't speak again, but the look on his face was very bad.

Zhao Shangshu saw that the emperor was suspicious, and he didn't dare to say anything, but wiped his forehead with his sleeve, and his heart became more and more afraid.

The emperor stared at them for a while, and then waved his sleeves and said to Li Dehai: "You go and let you bring that palace maid in!" ”

Li Dehai quickly went down, and soon brought people in, and the palace maid trembled with fright, as if she was afraid of something, and she was the same as the calm at the beginning.

Looking at the blood-red clothes on her body, and the ten fingers of her hands and feet are so red and swollen that people can't bear to look at them directly, it seems that she has been tortured just now.

"Your Majesty, the slave is wrong, Your Majesty, please spare the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid will no longer dare to talk nonsense." As she spoke, she jerked her head to the ground, and she looked like she was going to knock herself to death.

When the emperor saw her like this, he said in a deep voice: "You tell the truth of the matter again, this time, if you dare to lie again, there will be no forgiveness!" ”

The palace maid hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, the emperor, the slave and maid will definitely tell everything they know, please ask the emperor to spare the slave and maid's life!" ”

"Then tell me what happened tonight?" The emperor's voice was full of majesty.

The palace maid shivered and turned her head sideways to look at Zhao Shangshu, and then looked at the third prince and Zhao Xinlan, and saw that they were all staring at her with an unfathomable face, so frightened that she didn't know what to do.

Xie Chuyao looked at her and said, "Don't be afraid, and tell everything again." She could tell she was afraid of someone.

The palace maid glanced at her with a little complication, she could have been the one who had testified against her just now, but she was tolerant of herself, which made her full of guilt.

"Your Majesty, Miss Xie has nothing to do with the death of the Four Princes, Miss Xie is right, originally the slave maid invited her to the palace of the Four Princes, but when she was halfway there, she suddenly disappeared, and now I know that she was pulled away by the Five Princes." The palace maid finally spoke as if she had made up her mind.

The emperor stared at her and said, "Go on." ”

Zhao Xinlan began to be afraid, she was afraid that this damn woman would confess herself, so she glanced at a slave next to her, only to see that the slave secretly took out a secret weapon from her arms and was about to throw it at the palace maid, but before she could act, she was grabbed by Qing Cang, and she screamed in pain.

Qing Cang threw her off, and threw her to the ground, and the hidden weapon in her hand was also thrown out, rolled on the ground a few times, and rolled to the feet of the palace maid, so frightened that her face turned pale and white, and she was almost killed, can she not be afraid?

When the emperor saw this sudden change, he slapped the table in anger and shouted: "What a big dog, dare to openly commit murder in front of me, come on, take this woman to me and put it to death!" After speaking, his eyes swept a glance at Zhao Xinlan, and the danger in his eyes was extremely strong, so frightened that Zhao Xinlan's hands trembled.

Dare to play tricks in front of the tiger, is it fatal?

Immediately, two Praetorian Guards stepped forward and took the slave out.

"The emperor spares his life, the emperor spares his life! Miss, help, help, ......" With a scream, there was no more sound.

Zhao Xinlan closed her eyes slightly, trying her best to calm down, calm down, calm down, if you don't calm down, the next person who will be dragged out will be herself.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I want to testify, I want to testify, it's Miss Zhao, these things are all done by Miss Zhao, she forced me to do it!" The palace maid was so frightened that she forgot to call herself a slave, and she kept shouting at the emperor in a trembling voice.

Zhao Shangshu immediately shouted as soon as she spoke: "What are you talking nonsense, you, you dare to pour dirty water on my daughter, see if I don't kill you!" After scolding, he stepped forward quickly, and wanted to lift the palace maid up and beat him, but he didn't want to be stopped by Shang Jingcheng.

"What is Zhao Shangshu anxious about? Let's listen to what this slave has to say! Shang Jingcheng's voice was very flat, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth made him feel dazzling.

Zhao Shangshu stared at him with slightly squinted eyes and said, "What do you mean by the fifth prince, do you still believe the words of a cheap maid?" ”

"Don't believe it and listen to her, I believe that the emperor has his own decision, and it is not Zhao Shangshu's turn to announce the throne here!" Shang Jingcheng had a smile on his face, but his eyes were full of ruthlessness when he stared at him.

Zhao Shangshu was stared at by his eyes uncomfortably, he snorted coldly and shook off his hand, and then retreated, just glanced at Zhao Xinlan, and blamed her in his heart for something bad.

Zhao Xinlan is now scared to death, she tried her best to maintain the elegance on her face, and walked towards the emperor and said: "Your Majesty, the courtiers are wronged, a few days ago, the courtiers entered the palace with their father, and accidentally bumped into the palace maids, and then taught a lesson, she may be resentful of the courtiers to splash dirty water on the courtiers like this, the emperor, please the emperor must return the courtiers a clean slate!" ”

"It's her, it's her, the emperor, it's Miss Xie who she asked the slave to invite!" Saying that, she wiped a handful of tears and told the matter in detail, "In the evening, the third prince and Zhao Shangshu and this Miss Zhao Xinlan came, and the fourth prince ordered the slave and maid to prepare a lot of food and drink, and halfway, I didn't know what was going on with the four princes, and suddenly it didn't work, and the slave maid thought that she had to ask the imperial doctor to go over and have a look, but Miss Zhao asked the slave and maid to invite Miss Xie, and threatened the slave and maid to invite her to the palace, otherwise she would take the slave's life!" ”

The more she talked, the more angry she became, if she hadn't been threatened by her to invite Miss Xie, she wouldn't have participated in this troubled water, blaming this Miss Zhao family!

Now that I think about it, the poisoning of the four princes is also strange, and it must have something to do with their father and daughter!

Zhao Xinlan covered her face and sobbed softly, she wiped a handful of tears and looked at the palace maid and said: "Even if you hate me in your heart, you shouldn't have tarnished my reputation like this, this matter has nothing to do with me, why do you want to slander me like this?" ”

She looked pitiful, which made Xie Chuyao sneer, heh, this woman is really good at acting.

The emperor glanced at Zhao Xinlan, then at the palace maid and asked, "You mean that the third prince and Zhao Shangshu are in the palace of the fourth prince?" ”

The third prince didn't wait for the palace maid to finish speaking, and hurriedly said loudly: "Father, I can't believe this woman's words, she made it clear that she deliberately planted a false accusation for her son!" After he finished speaking, he glared at the palace maid fiercely, and there was a kind of appearance that she was going to destroy her if she continued to say more.

The emperor snorted coldly and said, "San'er, don't worry, and listen to what she has to say!" ”

The palace maid was frightened by the eyes of the third prince, she lay on the ground tightly, and did not dare to say another word.

When the emperor saw her like that, he ordered her to be dragged down.

At this time, I saw a palace maid striding in from the outside, and as soon as she came in, she knelt directly in front of the emperor, and said with a righteous awe-inspiring face: "Your Majesty, the slave has something to say!" ”

"Who are you?" The emperor didn't have any impression of this palace maid, but when he saw that her appearance was quite delicate, he couldn't remember which palace she was in for a while.

The palace maid bowed to him before raising her head and said: "Back to the emperor, the slave maid is the palace maid in the womb of the four emperors, such as a flower, when the four princes happened, the villain was present, and the slave and maid can testify that the three princes and Zhao Shangshu and the eldest lady of the Zhao family were indeed present at that time, if the emperor does not believe it, he can call the other palace maids to confront them one by one." ”

The third prince didn't expect that the palace maids would suddenly come out to testify, and his face turned green all of a sudden, didn't he let people block the mouths of these palace maids? Thinking of this, he glared at the eunuch next to him fiercely, what a good thing this dog slave has done!

The eunuch was stunned by his glare, and his face and body were soon stained with sweat, he knew that this matter was messed up, and his master was going to be miserable.

The emperor glanced at the third prince lightly, hum, he is really his good son!

The third prince sneered and said: "Father, the son was indeed present at the time, and just now I was afraid that this would be pulled on the son of the son, so I wanted to clear up the relationship, father, the son just went to the fourth brother's palace to drink some wine, and other things really have nothing to do with me!" ”

The emperor ignored him, just looked at the palace maid below and said, "You continue to tell everything you know." ”

The palace maid nodded, and said with some sadness on her face: "Your Majesty, the four princes are good to us on weekdays, and the villain doesn't want him to die so unclearly, although the father-in-law around the third prince used money to buy the slave and maid and wanted to seal the slave's mouth, but after thinking about it, the slave and the maid still decided to get justice for the four princes!" As she spoke, she took out a money bag from her sleeve and put it on the ground, and then kowtowed to the emperor.

The emperor looked at the money bag on the ground, his eyes were already full of anger, he slapped the table, pointed at the third prince and scolded angrily: "Shang Jingman, isn't it you?" Did you kill Si'er?! "Use money to buy people's hearts, hehe, if you don't be a thief, will you use money to buy these palace maids?

The third prince was so frightened by the anger in the emperor's eyes that he quickly knelt on the ground, he quickly kowtowed and said, "Father, father, father!" This matter really has nothing to do with Erchen, Erchen was dragged to the fourth brother's palace by Zhao Shangshu, saying that he wanted to discuss state affairs, and Erchen really didn't know anything! ”