Chapter 332: Betrayal
Xu Xiangjin didn't understand where I found so many people she didn't know at all, and she could be so justified in framing her.
She is like this, she has no shortage of food or drink, she doesn't care about those things at all, let alone the person who comes to bring her food, and the eunuch who is kneeling on the ground, no matter how she thinks about it, she still can't remember whether she has seen him or not.
"The slave knew that it was wrong to do this, but the slave couldn't disobey the master's order at all, and the concubine used the slave's life as a threat, and asked the slave to secretly add cinnabar to the charcoal fire of the concubine when he sent something to the Changchun Palace, and I was not alone, there was also a father-in-law Liu from the Internal Affairs Office, and the concubine asked for a lot of cinnabar from him."
Xu Xiangjin was almost laughed at, if these people were put in modern times, they would definitely be a powerful actor, they were really talking nonsense one by one, and they didn't even blink their eyes when they said it.
Just as Xu Xiangjin was thinking about how to exonerate herself, Zhan Qing seemed to understand her thoughts and spoke one step faster.
"Concubine Lian is not such a person, she will not be able to hurt a pregnant person, let alone a child, I am afraid that there is another hidden reason in this matter."
As long as the emperor has always been interested in Xu Xiangjin, Queen Yuan is like a cannonball, and she has to throw it out, not wanting to reassure anyone.
"The concubine also thinks that the concubine is not such a person, but we don't know the face but don't know the heart, we are not the roundworms in the belly of the concubine, naturally I don't know how many twists and turns he has, maybe when the concubine was happy, the concubine had already begun to plan, so she made the illusion that she had been hiding in Yong'an Palace."
Xu Xiangjin was almost angry with this nonsense queen, and at this time, she didn't care about the question of identity or not, and directly refuted it.
"If I really wanted to harm Concubine Xuan, I wouldn't have waited so long, let alone let her have the opportunity to have a relationship with Your Majesty, and I went around in such a big circle to hurt people, isn't that just to leave evidence for the queen to expose me?"
Xu Xiangjin spoke politely, and the queen naturally said even more ugly.
"Who doesn't know that wealth and wealth are in danger, and the viciousness of the concubine is not something that ordinary people can see."
"That queen mother is really not an ordinary person, everyone feels vicious, could it be that the queen mother opened a pair of vicious eyes, or she has already been different from others in her bones, so she will plan like this!"
The two of them wanted to quarrel in front of everyone, Zhan Qing had a headache from the noise, and interrupted them with a loud voice,
"After all, these people are not from Yong'an Palace, not to mention that they can't be trusted, the testimony of these people is uncountable!"
Empress Yuan guessed that the emperor would be so partial to Xu Xiangjin, she had already made all preparations, and signaled to Liu'er, and soon Liu'er brought Shuang'er in.
"Your Majesty! Empress! As soon as Shuang'er entered the hall, she knelt on the ground with a plop, and pointed at Xu Xiangjin viciously, "The slave maid has been serving the concubine for so long, and she has already understood her deeply, and the concubine is jealous, seeing that His Majesty and the Queen Mother attach so much importance to the first child of Concubine Xuan, for fear that the little prince will take away the favor of the concubine, so he will kill the killer and instruct people to harm the little prince!" ”
She said and glanced at Gao Gonggong, who knew that Gao Gonggong suddenly stood up, and when everyone was caught off guard, he slammed into the pillar of the main hall, and immediately his head broke and blood flowed, and the others also fell to the ground softly, without breath.
All the concubines present were so frightened that they all screamed, but no one dared to move, and the Queen Mother was disgusted and asked people to dispose of the corpses and the stains on the hall.
Xu Xiangjin couldn't recover from the shock for a while, she never thought that this person would use such drastic means to frame her, and, it seems, she just saw that it was obviously Shuang'er who signaled to him that he would commit suicide so crazy.
She stared at Shuang'er on the hall tightly, feeling a little pain in her throat, so stuck that she couldn't speak, her nose was sour, she wanted to cry but couldn't cry, why, she couldn't understand that she trusted Shuang'er so much, she went to Lian and others to betray her here, at this moment, she felt that her heart was mixed, helpless, angry, shocked, and even like ashes, and she didn't even have the heart to explain.
"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, since this matter has come to light, and Your Majesty has also said that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, please Your Majesty do not favor anyone, give everyone justice, and also give Concubine Xuan an explanation, and deal with the concubine according to the law of etiquette!"
Queen Yuan saw that Xu Xiangjin was a little sluggish, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot to ask the emperor and the queen mother for help, hoping to punish Xu Xiangjin quickly.
"I didn't do it, I didn't want to hurt anyone at all, I just wanted to be honest, really, I never hurt anyone."
Xu Xiangjin didn't know how to explain it at this moment, just blindly looked at Zhan Qing, his voice was full of grievances and stubbornness, which made Zhan Qing extremely distressed.
"I believe in you, anyone can and definitely can't be you."
In the eyes of the Queen Mother, this matter is already a certainty, but I didn't expect that in front of everyone, the emperor would say such things, and he was immediately dissatisfied.
"Could it be that the emperor doesn't plan to deal with the concubine, are you planning to shield her?"
At present, it is naturally impossible to blatantly cover up this situation, which may attract more people's dissatisfaction, but it will only cause more people's dissatisfaction, and it may probably bring greater danger to Xu Xiangjin.
But it was even more impossible for him to watch Xu Xiangjin being punished, so she knew that there was a way to alleviate this matter first.
"After all, this matter is related to the issue of the royal heir, we can't draw conclusions so easily, the evidence is not enough at the moment, and we still need to find out carefully!"
"Humph!" In the eyes of the Queen Mother, the emperor was shielding Xu Xiangjin by doing this, and her face became even more ugly, "You can let her go temporarily, but you have to demote her to a noble person and send her to the cold palace." ”
As long as she can save her life, now that the Queen Mother has taken a step back, Zhan Qing is not good at gaining any more inches, so she can only reluctantly agree.
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Xu Xiangjin sat in a daze in the somewhat dilapidated cold palace, it seemed that she had not yet come out of what had just happened, what happened today simply made her desperate, first Gonggong Gao suddenly committed suicide to die Mingzhi, and now the so-called Gonggong Liu of the Internal Affairs Office, whom she had never even seen, was biting her.
Of course, these are not the most desperate, the most chilling thing for her is Shuang'er, she trusts him so much, she actually betrayed her at a critical moment, and those words are not leaky, it seems that she is not afraid of punishment at all, she still can't understand why she has to put herself to death.
It's just that one thing she can be sure of is that Shuang'er will never be able to do that alone, there must be someone behind her who is fueling the trouble, but she can't figure out who this person is.
Shuang'er has now become a key witness in this matter, and has been imprisoned in the Criminal Division, Zhan Qing personally sent someone to investigate this matter, of course, he also knew the importance of Shuang'er's witness, so he specially sent someone to protect her secretly.
"Your Majesty!"
One of the guards sent to the Punishment Division hurried to the imperial study, still wounded.
"Your Majesty guessed right, some people hope that Miss Shuang'er will die in the Shen Penal Division, it has only been a day, and there have been several waves of people in a row, although they have all been stopped by us, but these people are really a little difficult, so I really have to come and tell Your Majesty first."
This is indeed a troublesome problem, those killers they can stop once, but they can't stop them every time, after all, the killers are in the dark, they are in the light, and this situation is not good for them.
"Hasn't she let go yet, I'm really looking at the wrong person..."
After all, this person was sent to Xu Xiangjin by him, so Zhan Qing always felt that he was sorry for Xu Xiangjin, and he was a little out of breath because of the guilt in his heart.
The guard shook his head, and Zhan Qing fell into deep thought again, the queen had already come to him several times today, and asked him openly and secretly how to deal with the matter of Shuang'er, which was really a bit abnormal.
"In any case, you must protect her first, and then bring others directly to the imperial study, be careful on the road, and don't let people take the lead."
"Yes!"
These people are forbidden troops, so naturally they will not easily embarrass the emperor, but they are also afraid that something will happen, plus they are the people the emperor wants, so many steps are directly exempted, and soon Zhan Qing saw the frost that was already a little disgraced.
The news of this frost's entry into the palace Zhan Qing did not hide from anyone, and the queen naturally knew about it for the first time, so she hurried to the imperial study and happened to see Frost Er kneeling on the ground.
"Your Majesty, it's really a bit of a fuss for you to interrogate this palace maid personally, but since everyone has already been brought, now Your Majesty should also say how to deal with her..."
I don't know if it's Zhan Qing's illusion, he just felt that Shuang'er's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at him with some hope, which made him frown.
"Shuang'er, I ask you, do you want to leave the palace?"
What kind of question is this, Shuang'er couldn't figure it out, so she could only kowtow and swear.
"Since the slave maid entered the Forbidden Palace, she has never thought about going out again, the slave maid is born as a person in the Forbidden City, and she is a ghost in the Forbidden City when she dies, and the slave maid just wants to serve Your Majesty one by one, and please fulfill Your Majesty."
At the moment, in the eyes of the queen, Shuang'er is simply wishful thinking, she has framed His Majesty's favorite woman in the main hall, if she is not still a little useful, it is estimated that she would have been dismantled a long time ago, and now she still wants to stay here.