Chapter Seventy-Six: My Face Hurts
Situ Yimo saw that the two stewards were suddenly speechless, looked at the expressionless head of the Li family, and saw that he also cast a cold look, she did not dodge, but went straight to meet it, without any timidity, which made the eyes of the head of the Li family narrow, and then the corners of his lips hooked an intriguing arc.
At this moment, the second prince noticed that the atmosphere in the palace was very depressing, so he stepped forward and walked to Situ Yimo's side, first glanced at the elegant and quiet Wang Mei, and at this moment she made him feel strange, but he had never really understood this Wang Mei, so there was no doubt on his face, but sympathy.
After saluting the king, who had not spoken from beginning to end, he said, "Father, the sons and daughters feel that although there is a personal grudge between Mrs. Li and Sister Ruorou, and Mrs. Li's death is also strange, we can't suspect that it was the poison of the king's sister based on this alone. ”
Situ Yimo listened to the second prince intercede for him, and was a little surprised, he still held a knife on her neck yesterday, and today he would defend her?
"Second prince, since the subordinates suspect that it was Princess Ruorou who poisoned her, there is naturally evidence." Hearing this, the second elder also spoke, and also signaled his subordinates to bring evidence and witnesses.
Situ Yimo saw a few warriors grabbing a maid and walked in, the maid's body was trembling, and a pair of eyes looked left and right, especially after seeing Situ Yimo, he lowered his head in fear and fear.
Seeing this scene, Situ Yimole laughed, although the laughter was very low, but everyone in the hall heard it, and the head of the Li family cast a rather interesting look.
The second prince raised his eyebrows puzzled, it was obvious that the Li clan was preparing to press the death of Mrs. Li on Princess Ruorou. Why, then, does she still laugh? Isn't she worried at all?
"Why is the princess laughing?" The second elder's face was obviously not good.
Situ Yimo glanced at the maid's trembling body, the corners of his mouth rose, hooked slightly, and replied, "Naturally, I think it's funny, so I laugh." ”
The second elder's face froze, and when he saw the ridicule on Situ Yimo's face, he was so angry that he was about to grind his teeth.
The second prince asked, "Why do you think it's funny?" ”
Situ Yimo smiled very frankly, raised the corners of his eyebrows, looked at the trembling maid who was kneeling on the ground and was restless, and replied interestingly.
"I guess this maid came to identify the princess, and she probably said that the princess forced her to poison the incense burner of Madame Li, and then she hid poison in her sleeve."
As soon as the words fell, she deliberately asked, "This poisonous incense is purple grass?" The colorless and odorless kind? The kind that can kill popularity? ”
As soon as Situ Yimo's words fell, the two stewards tensed, subconsciously looked at the second elder with a bad face, and saw that he had no intention of speaking, so he immediately stood up and said.
"Princess Ruorou has admitted it?"
"Admit it?"
"What did Princess Ben admit?"
"Isn't what Princess Ruorou just said the truth?" Another steward said.
Situ Yimo didn't answer directly, but walked up to the maid, raised her chin, and forced her to look directly at herself with a dodgy gaze, her extremely soft voice spared her ears, making her tremble with fright.
"Princess, princess......"
"Don't be afraid, just answer Princess Ben's questions honestly."
"Yes, yes......"
Situ Yimo glanced at the dirt stained by her shoes and said softly, "Since you are here to identify Princess Ben, let me ask you, did I personally give you this poison?" Was it given to you in my palace? When was it given to you? Do you always carry it with you? Did you poison the censer yourself? When did you leave Madame Li's palace? ”
A few questions were thrown down in succession, and the maid was a little dizzy, and she was tense, but she felt the coldness coming out of her jaw, and she endured her fear, and almost answered in a crying voice.
"Yes, it was the princess who gave it to the slave maid herself, yes, at the time of the o'clock last night, she gave it to the slave maid in the princess's palace, because at that time it was the slave maid who went to the room of Mrs. Pear to add incense, and the princess asked the slave maid to sprinkle the poison on the incense burner, and the slave and maid waited for the fragrance to fade before leaving, about three o'clock."
Situ Yimo nodded with satisfaction, smiled and asked, "So, Purple Grass, you have been staying with you, from the time of the hour to the present, you have not left your body for the past four hours?" ”
The maid nodded uneasily, she didn't know why Situ Yimo asked her that.
"Hehehe--"
Situ Yimo laughed again, and when the Li clan heard this sarcastic smile again, their faces were already dyed with anger, but because of the presence of Wang Shang, who had been watching the play, they had no choice but to endure it first.
"If that's the case, Princess Ben really thinks it's too funny."
Situ Yimo's smile was even stronger, and her face was still a little surprised, she pointed out her doubts and said, "Purple grass is colorless and tasteless, but it is strangely poisonous, although it is also colorless and tasteless when ground into powder, it is non-toxic."
But if the ground purple grass collides with the fragrance of the blood charm flower, it is highly poisonous, and Mrs. Li loves the blood charm flower very much, so it is obvious that Mrs. Li's death is because of this. ”
The words landed for a moment, and I didn't see them say anything, Situ Yimo raised his eyebrows, and continued, "You are the flower lady in charge of Mrs. Li's flower garden, Mrs. Li's flower garden is planted with many strange flowers and plants, among which there is Mo Lan, this Mo Lan has a strange fragrance, but unfortunately the flowers are black, and not many people like it." Perhaps that's why it blooms at night, usually around 2 o'clock and less than a quarter of an hour. ”
Seeing that her body trembled for a moment, she asked with pretended curiosity, "You said that you left at three o'clock, so how can you have the fragrance of Mo Lan on your body?" ”
"This ......"
"Slave ......"
The two stewards who were restless only understood Situ Yimo's intention at this moment, and they were dumbfounded, standing in place in a daze, and had nothing to refute for a while.
The second prince was also a little surprised, he didn't expect that Ruorou Wang Mei would refute the maid's false accusations from the time, and some admired her sense of smell, this maid is the palace person in the flower garden, and there are many fragrances on her body, although Mo Lan has a strange fragrance, but the flowers in the lady's flower garden are all strange fragrances, the fragrances are cross, and it is not easy to distinguish.
But Ruorou Wang Mei can find Mo Lan from hundreds of fragrances, which shows how sensitive her sense of smell is, and it is no wonder that she can use the Phantom Heart Bell!
"This also shows ......"
"Want to explain?"
Situ Yimo saw that the second elder of the Li clan wanted to say something, but she didn't want to give him a chance to speak, so she interrupted him and said, "Mo Lan alone doesn't mean anything, maybe this maid walks fast and just in time for Mo Lan to bloom, or maybe this maid remembers the wrong time?" ”
"Yes, yes, I ......" When the maid heard this, she reacted very quickly and wanted to explain, but Situ Yimo didn't give her a chance.
"Then do you think that you only have the fragrance of Mo Lan on you?"
Situ Yimo smiled, stared at the dirt on her boots, raised his eyebrows and said, "Purple grass is colorless and tasteless, I have emphasized it many times, but when it meets a flower that is more beautiful than it, it will bloom with a strange fragrance and release poison, such as the purple butterfly outside my palace?" ”
"You said that Princess Ben gave you the purple grass at the end of the hour, and you should be in my palace at that time, right? Then why don't you have the scent of purple butterfly and purple grass colliding? There was no rash on the face? ”
The maidservant trembled and said, "Servant, you didn't go to the princess's palace...... Servant ......"
"What are you? Because you were already in Madame Li's palace at that time, and the pink dirt on your boots told me, do you need me to tell you why? ”
"I ......"
"Okay, you didn't go to the palace of this princess, it was just an accident in Mrs. Li's palace at that time, it was the purple grass that this princess gave you personally, right?"
As she spoke, she untied the sachet on her waist, shook it in her eyes, and said with a smile, "There is a fragrance in my sachet called Seven Fennel, which collides with the purple grass, which will emit severe poison and make people fester......
"Ahh
When the maid heard this, she threw out the purple grass in her sleeve in a panic, and fell to the ground so frightened that she did not dare to speak.
Seeing this scene, the second prince smiled sarcastically, he looked up and saw that the faces of the Li clan were not very good, he snorted coldly, "This maid is full of lies, and the preface does not match the afterword, does the head of the Li family think she can still convict Princess Ruorou?" ”
Seeing the second prince's sneering gaze sweeping over, the two stewards of the Li clan felt that their faces were very painful, and they slandered in their hearts, what else should they decide? They all feel ashamed!
It's also strange to Mrs. Li, I have nothing to do with a flower garden and plant so many flowers! Otherwise, where did this Ruorou princess come from so much evidence to accuse them?
At this moment, the palace fell into a strange depression, and after a long time, I heard the king speak, "Mrs. Li's matter, this king will find out, the head of the Li family, but what else do you have to say?" ”
The corners of the Li family's eyebrows trembled, and the king did not mention Princess Ruorou, so it can be seen that the matter has been decided, so he has nothing to say, and after saluting directly, his voice was steady and there was no emotion.
"It's up to the king to decide."
Wang Shang raised his eyes and glanced at Situ Yimo, who was standing quietly, and said, "Prince Yi, have you seen it?" ”
Situ Yimo was slightly stunned, and then nodded, "Back to my father, my son has already met Prince Yi, and at this moment he is admiring the sea cherry blossoms in the Meilan Garden." ”
"Well, Prince Wing is here to pick you up and go to Yeyue, don't let the honorable guest alone, you can go."
"The minister is gone."
Tsuno-en
Prince Wing is sitting on the purple jade pier, admiring the purple flowers, and leisurely drinking tea. But Ou Guan Ze was not as relaxed and calm as him, he looked at the sea cherry blossom velvet from time to time, and looked at the front hall from time to time, obviously absent-minded.
"I heard that the sea cherry velvet is raised with people's blood, but I don't smell any blood." Min Yangu looked at this flower carefully, it was indeed pleasing to the eye, but thinking that this flower was raised by people's efforts, he was not in such a good mood to appreciate it.
"That's right."
Ou Guanze nodded without thinking, and then he asked them angrily, "You really just admire the sea cherry blossoms?" ”
"We're all here, aren't we here to see the sea cherry blossoms? Otherwise, what else can we do? Min Yangu asked puzzled.
"Aren't you curious about Princess Ruorou? It's obvious she's in trouble, but I've heard that this Princess Ruorou doesn't have a good status in the palace? What if she is bullied? ”
"No matter what she says, she is also our future prince and concubine, if something happens to her, we can't stand idly by, right?"
Min Yangu had also heard about Princess Ruorou, but he wasn't worried about what would happen to Princess Ruorou, so he replied very calmly, "She, nothing will happen." ”