Seeing Emperor Xuan looking at him, Miao Shangshan hurriedly responded in a low voice: "Early this morning, the saint did order the imperial chef to make the golden silk honey bean cake, but after it was done, the saint did not enjoy it, but let people give it to Princess Cheyue. ”

Long Jingming, who seemed to have just remembered this, nodded slightly, "Then let's go and pass on King Cheyue and the princess first, I will definitely find out about this matter tonight, I will definitely not let the child in Feng Zhaorong's womb die innocently!" ”

Immediately, someone from the palace should go to Fengyi Pavilion with a holy decree, and invite King Cheyue and the princess, who had already slept at that time, to Yixin Xuan.

Long Jingming asked directly: "The imperial doctor found the saffron powder that caused Feng Zhaorong to have a miscarriage in the golden silk honey bean cake sent by the princess at noon, how does the princess want to explain." ”

"My sister had a miscarriage?" Feng Huanling was still a little sleepy-eyed, but when he heard this, he was completely awake, "What saffron pollen?" The courtiers didn't understand what the Holy One was saying, but at noon today, the courtiers just remembered that her sister loved sweets, so she shared the pastries given by the Holy One with her sister, and she didn't add anything more. ”

"Oh? Does Princess Cheyue mean that I deliberately gave you a pastry mixed with saffron powder, but I didn't want to indirectly kill my dragonborn? Long Jingming's dark eyes stared straight at Feng Huanling, as if she wanted to see a little truth from her confusion, "But everything that the imperial chef makes for me will be checked by the full-time imperial doctor before it will be delivered. ”

Not long after, the imperial chef and the imperial doctor who was dedicated to checking the safety of Emperor Xuan's daily diet were also summoned to the scene, and they all proved that the golden silk honey bean cake delivered to Jiulongju today had never been mixed with saffron powder.

Seeing this, Feng Qingwan said with a smile on her face: "Fourth sister, we just shared lunch together at noon today, and at that time, the palace also mentioned the rumors that have been circulating recently, and I once said that I don't believe that you will turn against your sister because you suspect that the relationship between the second sister and King Cheyue is extraordinary." Who would have thought that you would do such a thing! ”

There was no problem with the golden silk honey bean cake presented to Emperor Xuan, and when it was transferred to Feng Zhaorong by the hand of Princess Cheyue, there was more saffron powder, and Feng Zhaorong said it as red bean powder when he enjoyed it, and the palace maids and eunuchs present at the time could testify.

Although Princess Cheyue and Concubine Guan also ate golden silk honey bean cake at that time, saffron is not a poison, and there is no harm in ordinary people taking it, but those who are pregnant alone must not take it, because reaching a certain amount will lead to miscarriage.

In this way, all the evidence was directly poisoned to Feng Huanling, and the reason was also broken by Feng Qingwan's words.

Long Jingming asked in a deep voice, "Princess Cheyue, what else do you have to say?" ”

Although Feng Huanling was still kneeling on the ground, he straightened his back and said: "The courtiers have never poisoned Zhaorong Niangniang, and they will not bear this charge in vain." Dare to ask the saint, the courtiers and the prince came with the royal car, and the items they brought with them were all counted, and there was absolutely no saffron among them. In the summer palace, if anything is requested, it will be recorded, and if one asks to check whether the courtiers have ever asked for saffron, they can prove their innocence. ”

If Princess Cheyue had never applied for saffron at all and had never brought it with her, naturally she would not have been the one who poisoned her.

Emperor Xuan immediately sent someone to investigate, but instead of just investigating whether King Cheyue and the princess had asked for saffron, he had called up all the records of saffron in recent times.

As a result, there is no record that King Cheyue and the princess have asked for saffron, but it is the female official Wei in Yixin Xuan, who has recently asked the Imperial Pharmacy for a large amount of saffron in the name of being unwell and lacking in blood.

was named in public, and the Wei Nuguan was so frightened that her face was bloodless, and she just knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, but she didn't even dare to raise her head.

"So it's you,, who did evil! caused the palace to almost misunderstand the fourth sister, it is really hateful! Feng Qingwan seemed to be so angry that she didn't personally step forward to teach Lady Wei a lesson, "If you don't hurry up to the saint, why do you want to murder your master and murder the second sister of the palace in the womb of the dragon fetus?" ”

The female official Wei said sneeredly: "Shengshang, Niangniang, the slave and maid are wronged, even if the slave and maid have great guts, they will never dare to murder Zhaorong Niangniang and the dragon descendant." ”

Feng Qingwan said: "Since you came to the summer palace, you are the only one who has asked for saffron, and the evidence is ironclad, you still want to deny it?" ”

"The slave doesn't, the slave and the maid will ask for saffron, but it's not the slave's intention, it's because ......"

Speaking of this, Female Official Wei didn't seem to dare to say any more, and her timid eyes were about to cover up and secretly glanced in the direction of Princess Cheyue.

"The murder of the dragon descendant in Feng Zhaorong's womb is not trivial, if you don't honestly confess the truth, I will definitely punish your nine clans!"

As soon as Long Jingming said this, the thin Wei female official trembled like a fallen leaf, and the panic and sorrow that could no longer be suppressed sounded in a low voice.

"Holy forgiveness, the slave and maid will be able to leave the palace next year and return to their hometown, and I will never be able to burden my family to suffer this heavy punishment for me! The slave and the maid are willing to summon all that they know, and only ask the saint to be merciful, and let the innocent family members of the slave and maid go, and the slave and the maid will bear all the punishment alone. ”

Female Officer Wei kept kowtowing again, as if she didn't know the pain, she hit her forehead on the cold hard ground, and there was a bang.

Long Jingming said: "You tell the truth and make it clear, if you are not guilty of the Nine Clans, I will not implicate the innocent." ”

"Thank you, Holy Ron."

After three more knocks, the official Wei Nu raised her already flesh-and-blood face slightly, and said in a trembling voice: "Qiqi Shengshang, in fact, Princess Cheyue asked the slave maid to ask for saffron, and also rewarded the slave maid with a full hundred taels of gold for this. The slave maid thought that she would leave the palace next year, and wanted to bring more silver taels back to her hometown to live a stable life. At that time, the slave maid didn't know what the princess wanted this saffron for, so she readily accepted it, and handed over all the saffron she had taken from the imperial pharmacy to the princess. ”

Hearing this, Su Yue couldn't help but reprimand angrily: "You are untrustworthy, my master has never asked for any saffron, let alone exchanged it for a hundred taels of gold!" ”

Female official Wei still trembled, even in the face of Su Yue's questioning, she trembled, but the words she said were clear and not chaotic at all, "The slave maid is burdened with the lives of the nine clans, and she will never dare to lie again, and the hundred taels of gold will still be under the slave maid's bed, and it has never been touched." ”

Obviously, as long as someone was sent to the residence of the Wei female official to search for a hundred taels of gold, Princess Cheyue's crime would be basically implemented.

"Fourth sister, if this incident is really committed by you in a moment of confusion, it is better to admit it earlier, maybe the Holy Lord will remember your sincere attitude and reduce the punishment." Taking advantage of the fact that Emperor Xuan had not yet ordered to search, Feng Qingwan persuaded bitterly, "If you are really taken out of a hundred taels of gold later, it will be too late for you to take the initiative to admit your guilt and reduce the punishment!" ”

Feng Huanling smiled awe-inspiringly, and raised his head and said: "What you haven't done is what you haven't done, how can the concubine let the courtiers admit that they have never made mistakes at all?" ”

"Hey, you girl, you really don't bow your head when you don't see the coffin, it's just that, you can't live if you do your own evil." Feng Qingwan shook her head and waved her hand again and again helplessly and sadly, as if she had completely given up on the fourth sister who came out.

Long Jingming asked Miao Shangshan to personally take people to the house of the Wei female official, and ordered that even if he dug three feet into the ground, he had to find tangible evidence.

However, the people in the hall failed to notice that as early as after the female official Wei said that she had hidden a hundred taels of gold under the bed, there was a strange black shadow as fast and light as the night wind, flying out from the dome above the main hall.

While waiting, Long Jingming looked at King Cheyue with a smile and said, "I wonder what Uncle Huang thinks about this matter?" ”

Long Yucang, who knelt side by side with Feng Huanling, said: "Weichen believes that the princess will not murder Feng Zhaorong, and there must be another person with ill intentions who want to kill two birds with one stone, not only harming the dragon descendant in Zhaorong Niangniang's womb to achieve his wishes, but also placing the crime on others." ”

Long Jingming nodded slightly when he heard this, and turned to look at Feng Huanling's gaze quietly deepened, "Recently, there are indeed many rumors that the princess and Feng Zhaorong have turned against each other, but the premise is naturally that King Cheyue really changed his mind and no longer loved the princess, so that other red apricots could be provoked." The princess thinks that the heart of the imperial uncle is still in you, or can you be sure that the relationship between you is true or false? ”

When everyone asked this, not to mention that Feng Huanling was stunned, everyone else also looked at each other secretly, and couldn't figure out what Emperor Xuan was thinking when he said this.

According to the meaning of Emperor Xuan's words, could it be that King Cheyue's true feelings for the princess to protect him would be fake?

Where does this possible "hypocrisy" begin? Why?

Could it be that Emperor Xuan, who has his hands and eyes to the sky, happened to discover some secret secrets, so he wanted to hint at Princess Cheyue with such a pun?

Feng Huanling pondered for a long time before he said slowly: "Back to the Holy Lord, the courtiers only realized today that the so-called true and false in this world are difficult to tell clearly. It's like a courtier's wife who obviously never murdered the second sister, but she was pointed out as the culprit, and the reason is just the rumors that have been circulating recently. ”

At this time, Xiao Quanzi, the inner supervisor who was huddled beside him, interjected: "Holy Rongyu, the slave also saw the princess and the female official Wei talking secretly for a long time in a place to avoid people's eyes and ears, so the slave dared to say a word for the sake of the master Zhaorong Niangniang, and Princess Cheyue was really quite suspicious. ”

"Since they chose a place to avoid people's eyes and ears, how did you see it?"

Long Yucang glanced at Xiao Quanzi coldly, and immediately frightened Xiao Quanzi to kowtow like a sieve chaff and said: "The slave also saw it from a distance by accident, and he never dared to lie, but he only felt that it was necessary to make this matter clear, so he would say it, and he definitely didn't want to use this to determine the princess's crime, and please don't misunderstand." ”

Feng Qingwan said: "Hey, it's useless to talk about these now, I think only that one hundred taels of gold will be tangible evidence." After all, it is impossible for Lady Wei to have so many silver taels herself, and the only possibility is to be bribed. This palace has also seen with my own eyes how eagerly the princess of Wei is today, although I don't know if it has anything to do with the bribe, but these hundred taels of gold are obviously the most powerful and important evidence at the moment, what does the saint think? ”

Long Jingming, whose face was solemn but difficult to argue with anger, nodded slightly, but pursed his lips and did not speak.

It wasn't until the sky was about to dawn that Miao Shangshan, who looked a little gray-faced, went and returned, looking at the dust and soil on those who had returned with him, and it seemed that he had really dug the residence of Lady Wei three feet into the ground.

Glimpsing Miao Shangshan holding a black lacquer brocade box that looked like it was not light, Feng Qingwan's originally nervous expression suddenly relaxed, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise slightly.