Chapter 100 Disposition
"However, the queen mother has persuaded you many times, and she has taken the initiative to bring you over, isn't it contradictory?" Liu Li intervened between the two and said softly: "If I commit a crime, why don't I clean up everything, why do I have to come forward myself? Second brother, calm down, let's analyze it carefully!"
"No! That can only mean that the Queen Mother is fine, and she still has nothing to do with you. Liu Zhong looked at Liu Li coldly, "If the Queen Mother doesn't summon me back, won't you be so anxious to kill my mother?" If the Queen Mother doesn't bring me over, will you be able to disguise yourself as Concubine Shu and be burned to death?"
Liu Li was excited and nervous, watching Liu Zhong become more and more angry, and couldn't help but sigh.
"For so many years, I have often maintained a relationship with you, and I am not kind to Concubine Shu. Now, why don't you want to believe me once? The body of Concubine Shu is here, her knife wounds are not fatal, and the force of her technique is the work of a woman. The most important thing is that she took poison, and her blood is black, doesn't it mean anything?"
Liu Zhong returned to Concubine Shu, probed carefully, and found that there was indeed something strange, and looked at the Queen Mother and Liu Li suspiciously. "What the hell did you do?"
"Second brother, can't you see it? Concubine Shu first took the poison and then committed suicide with a dagger, there must be a lot of hidden meaning in this! If you and I fall out here, won't we fall into the hands of others?"
Liu Zhong thought about it and was speechless for a while.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother couldn't help but feel displeased, and hurriedly said: "The second prince has finally calmed down, Concubine Shu is indeed a little strange, we can't let her go wronged." Since there are signs of poisoning, let's check it!"
"Please!"
The autopsy was conducted in public, and everyone watched and refused to disperse.
"Concubine Shu really has traces of poisoning, like poison taken an hour ago!"
"An hour ago?" Liu Li thought for a moment and suddenly recalled. "At that time, at the banquet, Concubine Shu didn't take any food, but there was a problem with the wine?"
Liu Zhong was stunned for a moment and vetoed: "I drank a lot of that wine, and nothing happened! Do you remember when my mother drank alcohol and other details, did you have a long ill-intentioned intention?
"Don't get excited, the second prince, since it's not a matter of wine, I'm afraid it's just that the wine glass is wrong. Wait for the maid to fetch it, and you will know it when you check it!"
The Queen Mother ordered to go down and carefully inspect the wine utensils, but still found nothing.
"Queen Mother, this time, do you still want to defend this murderer?"
The Queen Mother was stunned and said embarrassedly: "Now that everything has not been clarified, don't be angry and suspicious, it will hurt the harmony of the family!"
"What kind of harmony, where did you treat us with kindness?" Liu Zhong looked at Concubine Shu, and then stared at Liu Li with malicious intent. "You hypocrite, I trust you so much, but you refuse to forgive our mother and son! Tonight, either you die or I die!"
Liu Li was stunned for a moment, only to see Liu Zhong draw his sword and rush towards him. Suddenly, Gao Hai made a move to block Liu Zhong, and after a few moves, he snatched the sword from his hand.
"You don't want to see each other with swords, and listen to the mourning family!" the Queen Mother helped Liu Zhong up and sighed. "Concubine Shu can't lie here for a long time, she must be buried as soon as possible. This truth is easy to find out, return the emperor's innocence, and give justice to the second prince. Right and wrong, as the acting queen, I will naturally uphold the truth and severely punish the murderer, I hope you don't go too far, second prince!"
"Can you guarantee that the murderer will be severely punished? If the murderer is the emperor, what will you do?"
"The emperor is the top of the country, and he is the son of the mourning family, if he really committed the crime of great rebellion, the mourning family should personally send him to prison. However, the emperor has always been benevolent and loving, humble and courteous, and will definitely not let us down!"
The Queen Mother glanced at Liu Zhong and turned around to leave, which aroused Liu Zhong's strong dissatisfaction.
"Queen Mother, is it okay now? Let the evidence disappear and the murderer go unpunished?" Liu Zhong grabbed the Queen Mother, like crazy, his eyes were bloodshot.
"It's important to investigate the case, but there's no evidence here. Second prince, what are you going to do?"
Liu Zhong walked to the door in two steps, blocked the way, and stared at Liu Li viciously. "Concubine Shu's palace is over there, and all the places she has been to should be carefully investigated, and the dormitory is also the most crucial. If the time drags on for a long time, someone will definitely destroy the evidence, so why don't you all go and see it now?"
The Queen Mother smiled softly, and then pretended to be very hesitant. "I'm afraid it's not right!"
Liu Li walked between the two, "It's okay to go, lest you all think it's me!"
Liu Li took Gao Hai in front, and Liu Zhong and the Queen Mother followed. Concubine Shu's body was carried to the mourning hall by a group of people, and the other palace people also dispersed.
The Queen Mother looked at Liu Li's back and couldn't help but secretly rejoice: Your Majesty, why are you so confident?
Most of the courtyard of Concubine Shu had been burned, but the dormitory was intact, except for the smell of smoke.
The three of them walked in, and the maids and guards stood in two columns, and everyone's eyes wandered around the room.
"Please allow the Queen Mother and the Emperor, I want to check it carefully!" Liu Zhong said indignantly.
The Queen Mother nodded, and her eyes seemed to say: You have to check carefully!
"Second brother, please!"
Liu Li said, and followed Gao Hai to inspect and investigate in the house. There seems to be nothing suspicious here, except for the dust on the furnishings, everything and furnishings are exactly the same.
Suddenly, a clear sound erupted in the air, and Liu Zhong smashed a vase. The vase fell to the ground and shattered into many pieces, which was eye-catching and amazing.
"This vase was Concubine Shu's favorite during her lifetime, and the second prince sent it to your mother in advance at that time!" said the Queen Mother deliberately.
After listening, Liu Zhong stopped what he was doing, squatted down and looked at the vase carefully. The shards were normal, but the contents of the vase were strange, a ball of paper wrapped in a sticky gelatinous mass.
"What is this?" Liu Zhong asked in surprise.
"Second brother, be careful!" Liu Li walked over, "Second brother, let's ask my father-in-law to study it, what if this is poisonous?"
The Queen Mother sighed softly: "The mourning family doesn't look like it's poisonous, it's like "
"Like what?" Liu Zhong stared at him and asked coldly, "Does the Queen Mother also think that this thing is weird?"
Liu Li couldn't help but worry when he saw that Liu Zhong was about to reach out and take it. "Second brother, be careful, let's let the palace people do it!"
"Hehe, why are you so nervous?" Liu Zhong glanced at Liu Li coldly, stubbornly peeled off the gelatinous material, took out the paper ball, and ignored Liu Li's concern at all. "This thing seems to be a letter paper, it seems to be something useful!"
The Queen Mother smiled slightly and asked curiously, "What is it?"
"This is this"
Liu Zhong became more and more excited, looked at Liu Li angrily, stood up resentfully, and held the letter paper in his hand. "You are all optimistic, this is the emperor's letter. Now, the human and material evidence is complete, and I see what you say!"
"Second brother, is this a misunderstanding?" Liu Li walked over, took a closer look at the letter, and couldn't help but be frightened. "What's going on, how can there be my letter here? I've never written to Concubine Shu, why is it the same handwriting?"
"Second prince, calm down!" The Queen Mother persuaded Liu Zhong and looked at Liu Li fiercely. "Your Majesty, what the hell is going on? Why did you say these rebellious words in your letter, it turned out that you were the one who instructed Concubine Shu to take poison, meet up, and set fire!"
Liu Li couldn't argue, but he was very cold. "Queen Mother, you don't believe in your son?"
The Queen Mother stopped talking, and clenched the letter tightly.
Gao Hai frowned and was silent, and only after a long time did he come up with a sentence: "Imitating handwriting is a common trick of traitors in the palace, isn't it?"
"This?" the Queen Mother opened the letter again and confirmed it repeatedly.
Liu Li sighed and whispered to Gao Hai: "This time, I'm afraid it's not that simple, don't rush in." If you become the hatred of others, I am afraid I will not be able to protect you!"
The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Liu Zhong's mind was the most intense. He looked at the crowd, his eyes were full of grief and murder, and he quickly endured it.
"The Queen Mother is clear, the human and material evidence is all there, and if she continues to investigate, she will definitely be able to convict her. The Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, please don't ignore the Beihua Decree!" Liu Zhong knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.
"It is said that no one dares to imitate the handwriting of the Son of Heaven, after all, this is the crime of Xulian! On this letter, there is not only handwriting, but also the dragon seal, how did this come about?"
Liu Li was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't explain it clearly. The dragon seal has always been kept by him, and it is difficult for ordinary people to see it.
"Third brother, what else do you have to explain?!"
"Queen Mother, Second Brother!"
Liu Zhong pushed Liu Li away, "I'm not your second brother anymore!"
Seeing this, the Queen Mother sighed again and again, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, you really disappointed the Queen Mother!"
"Erchen absolutely not, this is a misunderstanding, you believe me!"
Liu Zhong glared at Liu Li and drew his sword. "You don't deserve to be called me, a cold-blooded killer like you deserve to die, how can you be worthy of my identity as the son of heaven in Beihua?! Today, no matter how you deal with it, I have to avenge my mother!"
Gao Hai fought with Liu Zhong for Liu Li for a few rounds, and in the end it was the Queen Mother who stopped them. "Don't make a fuss, the mourning family has its own conclusion. The emperor made a terrible mistake, which is unforgivable, and he will pass on the will of the mourning family"
"Wait!"
A male voice suddenly came from outside the house, and Father-in-law Liu walked in quickly. "Queen Mother, wait!"
"Father-in-law Liu?" The Queen Mother was so angry and anxious that her eyes were about to burst out. "What are you doing here? You don't take care of your illness, what are you here to talk about?"
"The old slave is here to give the emperor a justice and a justice to the world. Gonggong Liu looked at Liu Zhong, "Half of all this is in Concubine Shu and half in me, and the two of us made a big mistake together." I know what is in this vase, and I wrote the letter. I love to imitate the most, and the emperor's words are beautiful, so"
"Where did you get the dragon seal?"
"The old slave has served the emperor for many years, so he naturally has the opportunity to come into contact!"
Liu Zhong didn't believe it, and asked suspiciously: "How could it be you? What are you writing this thing for? Why are you only revealing it now?"
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth and glared at Gonggong Liu fiercely. "You are loyal to the emperor, how can you fall into such a situation? Isn't it that the head of the household is anxious and wants to take all the blame?"
Gonggong Liu shook his head, "Empress Dowager Mingjian! This letter is withered and yellow, and the imprint also has a sense of obsolescence, it must have been designed by someone a long time ago." The old slave remembered that he was once controlled by someone and wrote a great rebellion, but he never knew where the letter was, and he thought it was a dream at the time."
Gao Hai was overjoyed, and couldn't help but talk: "It seems that someone has set up a situation, and I am afraid that it is the devil who can control his mind and implicate the Son of Heaven, maybe it is the Blue Bird Lake some time ago."
"Shut up!" The Queen Mother glared at Gao Hai, "If Lord Gao talks about it again, the mourning family will give you the duty of guarding the lake!"
Liu Li pulled Gao Hai over and whispered: "I'm afraid this matter is not simple, there is a ** chaotic dynasty, with the intention of separating the royal relationship, and I also ask the queen mother to investigate!"
Liu Zhong snorted coldly, "I still have questions!"
"Second prince, please ask, the sin of the old slave must be borne, don't blame the wrong brother!"
The Queen Mother was so angry that she had nothing to say, only Liu Zhong kept asking, and Father-in-law Liu answered everything like a stream.
"You?" Liu Zhong pointed at Gonggong Liu with his sword, "You are a hero of the two dynasties, is this how you treat Beihua? Since you recruited, then I will kill you!"
The Queen Mother walked up to Gonggong Liu, "No, although he is at fault, he will not die, and the case of Concubine Shu is still strange." Maybe there really is an outsider's design, and we can't mess with ourselves!"
"Then what does the Queen Mother want to do?"
"Second prince, stay in the palace, investigate the case well, and give the world the truth. Liu Gonggong was designed, but he told the truth in time, and the merits and demerits were offset, and he was forbidden to go out without a call. The emperor was framed, but he was also wrong, and it was difficult to convince the people of the world, so he abolished his title, holy decree, and power of life and death, and repented until the truth was clarified!"