The emperor's tone was light, but the anger and dissatisfaction contained in it were coercive.

The queen has been with the emperor for many years, and his attitude can be heard from his tone, and he immediately stopped being tactful, and directly reprimanded: "Princess Lingji, you call yourself a minister, and you know your identity when you want to come. This is my Great Xia Palace, and it is the family members of my Great Xia officials who have been tortured by you to extract confessions, since you are both courtiers, what right do you have to make claims beyond Your Majesty? ”

Lingji has always been arrogant, how could he have been treated so harshly, and he was carried away by anger for a while, and he didn't choose to say: "The queen protects this sinner so much, does she want to protect her?" ”

The emperor has the heart to protect Zhou Jingrong, but it is by no means to protect her, but for the face of the country.

Zhou Jingrong is from the Xia Dynasty, even if she is a prisoner, she can only be tried by the emperor of the Xia Dynasty, and it is not the turn of the princess of Lanqiang Kingdom, an outsider, to be tortured privately.

Princess Lingji did not report it, and tried to interrogate the families of Xia Dynasty officials in the Xia Dynasty Palace, so presumptuous and arrogant, she did not take the Xia Dynasty and the emperor in her eyes at all.

How can the emperor retreat from such a move of meddling in the affairs of his country, exceeding his authority and despising authority.

A trace of coldness flashed in the queen's eyes, and she was no longer gentle as before, and asked aggressively: "Does the princess have conclusive evidence to prove that Princess Jingyu's poison was caused by this lady?" Time, place, motive, human witnesses, physical evidence, and please explain the princess one by one! ”

The spirit was choked, and she was speechless for a while, she just had no evidence, so she wanted to punish Zhou Jingrong and make her admit the crime, so that she could be punished.

The emperor glanced lightly at the imperial physician who treated Jingyu and asked, "What does the imperial physician say?" ”

The imperial doctor only felt that the emperor's life span had been reduced by ten years, and suddenly he trembled, cold sweat flowed, and he replied tremblingly: "Back to Your Majesty, Princess Jingyu is indeed poisoned and unconscious, but there is no big problem. The Yuhua Frost she carried with her was indeed poisonous. ”

He looked at everyone proudly and proved that he had done nothing wrong.

Suddenly, Fu Yun asked with deep compassion: "Can it be confirmed that two poisons are one?" ”

"This ......" The imperial doctor hesitated for a moment, the emperor's eye knife struck again, his whole body trembled even more, he hurriedly lowered his head, and said in panic: "For the time being, it has not yet been determined!" ”

The emperor's originally slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and the sharp light of his eyes shot straight at the spiritual machine.

Rao is spirit has a strong attitude, and he was also frightened by this sword-like eyes, and hurriedly explained: "Jingyu is poisoned, only this Yuhua Frost is poisonous, who else can there be if this woman is not poisoned!" ”

But the emperor didn't pay attention to her at all, and only said to an imperial doctor who was accompanying him: "Imperial Doctor Chang, go and take a look." ”

The inspiration was ignored, and he had to be silenced.

The imperial doctor received the order and stepped forward to diagnose Jingyu's pulse.

The tense atmosphere between the two sides made Zhou Jingrong a little worried, and she couldn't say anything in the hall, so she could only glance at Fu Yunshen worriedly.

Fu Yunshen held her hand comfortingly, regardless of the public, he directly held her in his arms and refused to let go.

After a while, the imperial doctor Chang finished the diagnosis, bowed down and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Princess Jingyu is indeed poisoned, but it is not caused by the use of Yuhua Cream, but food poisoning. ”

The queen frowned slightly: "Could it be that there is a problem with the diet?" ”

The queen presided over the palace banquet, because of the reception of the envoys, in order to avoid such an incident, all the dining utensils were strictly controlled, and there should be no poisoning.

The spirit was shocked: "Impossible! Jingyu and I must have a silver needle test for poison in our daily meals, how can we get food poisoning? ”

The imperial doctor explained: "The princess has misunderstood, this food poisoning is not the other food poisoning. It's not that the food is poisonous, but the food is mutually reinforcing, although each food is non-toxic, but when eaten together, it causes toxicity, presumably Princess Jingyu has eaten a lot of various snacks in Beijing recently, right? ”

Zhou Jingrong remembered that when she met Jingyu that day, she bought a lot of snacks and waited for her to come while eating. I thought that the food in Beijing was tempting, but I never thought that she had caused food poisoning because of eating Haisai indiscriminately.

The spirit was puzzled: "But that Yuhua frost is indeed poisonous." ”

Imperial Doctor Chang nodded, and still said to the emperor: "The minister took a drop of blood from Princess Jingyu's fingertips, and it was not detected that she had the poison in the Yuhua Frost in her body. And after the Chen test, the poison in the Yuhua frost floated on the surface, but there was no deep layer. In other words, the poison was hastily sprinkled on it. ”

Zhou Jingrong was shocked, in this way, someone deliberately framed her.

The emperor's face was suddenly cloudy, and anger rose from his heart.

Jingyu's food poisoning was clearly caused by herself, and it had nothing to do with others, let alone Xia Dynasty's inconsiderate hospitality.

But some people had bad intentions, and in order to frame Zhou Jingrong, they deliberately led Jingyu's poisoning to someone poisoning.

The accident has become artificial, triggering a diplomatic incident, and the relationship between the two countries may even become bad because of this, provoking disputes between the two countries, and its heart can be punished!

The emperor pursed his lips and was silent, his anger was ready to attack, but it was not good to attack directly.

At this time, Fu Yunshen said: "Since it was poisoned in a hurry, it must have taken advantage of the chaos when Princess Jingyu was in a coma." The person who poisoned him must be the person who Princess Jingyu served closely. ”

The emperor glanced at Fu Yunshen appreciatively, he also thought so, but this could not be said by him.

Otherwise, he, the emperor of a big country, seems to be stingy as if he shirks his responsibility.

Therefore, it is only fitting that Fu Yunshen said this on his behalf.

When I heard this, my heart sank.

The facts were in front of her, and she couldn't help but bite indiscriminately, so she could only glare at the maids who had been so frightened that they knelt on the ground and trembled like chaff.

She said in a vicious voice: "Say! Who dared to poison the five princesses! If you can't say it, you'll be hanged! ”

The maids had always known that the princess was ruthless, and they didn't dare to hide it, and they all recalled the situation of Fang Cai, and they didn't dare to miss any suspicious things.

Suddenly, a maid suddenly said, "That's right! After the fifth princess fainted, the slaves and maids were in a hurry, not realizing that the purse containing Yuhuashuang on the fifth princess fell in a hurry, and later ......"

As she spoke, she raised her eyes and glanced at everyone, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and she raised her finger and said, "It was this palace maid sister who picked up the purse and returned it to the slave!" ”

Everyone looked over with her gaze, and it was an inconspicuous little palace maid behind Ling Guifei, who was ordered to bring Zhou Jingrong to Biquan Palace.

Fu Yun looked at Concubine Ling with a deep look, his eyes were already full of murderous aura.

Ling Guifei suddenly felt a chill all over her body, and when she looked at her suspiciously, Fu Yunshen had already withdrawn her gaze.

The emperor's face became more and more difficult to look at, and he looked at Ling Guifei gloomily.

Ling Guifei hurriedly reprimanded the little palace maid: "Don't you say it quickly, what's going on?" ”

The little palace maid shouted again and again: "The slave maid just helped pick up the purse, and she didn't even know what was in the purse, how to poison it?" Besides, the slave maid and Princess Jingyu have no grievances, why poison her? ”

The queen ignored the little palace maid's argument and gave the palace maid beside her a look.

The palace maid stepped forward and slapped the little palace maid in the face, her face immediately swollen, and the whole person was stunned.

The maid then searched her rudely, but the little maid had no time to react, and soon found the poison hidden in her clothes.

Because the little palace maid was temporarily poisoned, the poison was caught before she had time to throw it away.

Ling Guifei scolded angrily: "Cheap maid, there are all the human and material evidence, and you should not invite it truthfully!" ”

The emperor took a deep look at Concubine Ling, had a plan in his heart, was solemn and majestic, and said to the little palace maid: "Why did you poison Princess Jingyu's Yuhua Frost?" ”

The little palace maid still wanted to refute, but when she heard the emperor's words that seemed to have convicted her, her heart sank.

It seems that her death date has come today, and she can only ask for a decent way to die, but please don't affect her family.

The little palace maid knocked out her teeth and swallowed blood: "The slave maid poisoned not to poison Princess Jingyu, but the slave maid had a holiday with Mrs. Fu, so she took advantage of Princess Jingyu's coma to poison Yuhua Frost in an attempt to blame Mrs. Fu." ”

When Ling Guifei heard this, she was obviously relieved, and said with a distressed look: "You are so confused! ”

Lingji said angrily: "You have a personal relationship with others, why do you use my sister as a raft?" ”

After that, she turned to the emperor and pleaded: "Your Majesty, although Jingyu's poisoning is its own cause, it has nothing to do with the person who poisoned it. But this person has bad intentions, and he is so blatantly murderous in the palace, it can be seen that he is rampant, and he begs His Majesty to punish him severely! ”

In fact, there are still many loopholes in this matter.

For example, what personal grudges does a little palace maid have with the family of officials who have not been to the palace a few times, why does she carry poison with her, and is there a mastermind behind her......

But at this time, she learned to be obedient, after all, Jingyu's fainting had nothing to do with this poisoning incident, since there was no damage, why did she bother to dig deeper, just say a few words.

The emperor pondered for a long time and said slowly: "This woman is guilty of sabotaging the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and she should be punished." For the sake of you not harming the princess of your friendly country, let's leave you with a whole corpse. ”

The little palace maid thanked her with tears.

Zhou Jingrong was stunned, and couldn't help but stand up and plead: "Your Majesty, although she did something wrong, she didn't hurt anyone, can she be exempted from the death penalty?" ”

The emperor sighed: "Her original intention was to harm you, but you pleaded for her, so generous, you should be a model for a life wife." ”

The emperor praised Zhou Jingrong, but did not mention sparing the lives of the women in the small palace.

Zhou Jingrong had to argue a few more words, but Fu Yunshen took her hand and shook his head lightly at her.

That's it.

Coming out of the palace, Zhou Jingrong was tired.

This night, she experienced almost being wronged and almost being tortured, but in the end, she didn't even get an apology.

The little palace maid must have been instructed by someone, and she did not hurt Jingyu, nor did she frame Cheng Zhou Jingrong, at most it was an attempted crime, but she was condemned by the emperor to life and death with a word.

All these things made her realize once again the unfairness of the powerful society to people, and she felt very cold.

Fu Yunshen sat beside Zhou Jingrong, gently opened her sleeves, and saw her wrist with purple and red marks pinched by the maid of Lanqiang Kingdom, a touch of pain appeared in her eyes, and she said guiltily: "I'm sorry, Rongrong, I'm late." ”

Zhou Jingrong came back to her senses, leaned on Fu Yunshen's shoulder, and said slowly: "Fu Yunshen, did you say that this little palace maid is taking the blame for Concubine Ling?" This time's methods are not very clever, could it be that Ling Xie and the others saw that the Qianqiu Festival was almost over, but they hadn't found trouble for you yet, so they did whatever it took to do so? ”

Fu Yunshen said: "This matter should be planned by Ling Guifei herself, the five princes seizing the throne and Ling Xie taking power are all based on the strength of the Xia Dynasty, how can they play with state affairs." ”

Zhou Jingrong sighed: "If that's the case, then Ling Guifei is simply a pig teammate, taking the initiative to give away people's heads." What we all know, it is impossible for the emperor to be deceived in the past, not to say it for the sake of face at this time, and will definitely settle the account afterwards, Ling Xie and the fifth prince must be angry now, right? ”

Zhou Jingrong said, and sighed again: "Why am I so unlucky, why can't I avoid this Ling family?" ”

Fu Yunshen gently stroked her long hair and comforted her softly: "Don't worry, it won't be in the future." ”