"In the harem, you are walking on thin ice all the time, and once you are pregnant, you are the target of everyone." Concubine Xiang didn't get up, she still sobbed: "Your Majesty, the concubine has always been very afraid, the concubine wants this child too much......"

"Lili, don't say it, I know." Tuoba Hong is an arrogant man, but at this time, he shows a rare look of distressed women that even Lin Yuan has never seen. He hugged Concubine Xiang with both hands, sat down with her, and said softly: "There are many complicated things here, and you are frightened again, so don't stay." I ordered someone to take you to the dormitory. As he spoke, he raised his hand and instructed Yao Fusheng.

Concubine Xiang wiped her tears with her sleeve and nodded away.

And with the departure of Concubine Xiang, the soft look on the emperor's face has disappeared. He glanced at Imperial Physician Li, who was kneeling in front of him, and said coldly: "Bai's pregnancy is a deception and not reported? ”

The word deception made Imperial Doctor Li sweat coldly. He raised his sleeve and wiped his forehead, and said, "Little master...... The body is thin and weak, and then the monthly letter is not accurate, and it is common not to come to a monthly letter once every two months, and I didn't think that I was pregnant. So I didn't ask the imperial doctor to check ......"

Bai Xiuwei maintains an excessively thin figure because of her diligent dance practice, which is well known to everyone. And the imperial doctor had admonished her many times, but she just didn't listen. When the emperor heard such words at this time, a trace of disgust appeared between his brows, and he instructed Imperial Physician Li: "You go and do your duty." ”

Hearing this, Imperial Physician Li felt much more relaxed, and went to the Bai family without hurrying. The emperor did not blame the Bai family for the baby's miscarriage on the head of the imperial doctor, nor did he order him to "treat with heart", but only said that he should do his duty...... Heh, the emperor's attitude is so perfunctory, Bai Shi doesn't need to be responsible for being a doctor when he dies, it's okay, it's good luck today.

The emperor waved his hand and swept to the people in the hall and said, "Give me a thorough investigation......

Thoroughly investigate on the spot! Several concubines are all disgraced, and this matter is inseparable from everyone present!

It is not easy to get pregnant in the harem, Tuoba Hongguang accepts concubines just for the sake of an heir, and today's Bai Xiuwei is the first pregnant girl in this year's show...... Although others will feel that Concubine Xiang's belly is the most eye-catching, the emperor knows very well in his heart that only Bai Xiuwei's belly can really be regarded as the successor, not Concubine Xiang.

Now the good news has not even been reported...... This kind of thing happened many times, but Takubahiro's anger only grew.

Zhao Shuyuan began to regret why she came here today. The muddy waters in the harem really can't be avoided.

According to the emperor's will, several elderly inner eunuchs came in from outside the palace, followed by two aunts in front of the emperor. Those internal supervisors were members of the Shang Shan Bureau, and they naturally knew something about the meals they served their masters on weekdays, so they went to investigate the dishes left on the dining table. The aunt in front of the emperor dragged a few little palace maids out of the crowd and searched their clothes mercilessly.

The servants in front of the emperor are clever in their work, and the palace maids and eunuchs can search their bodies, but the masters and ladies are not allowed to offend. But this is also simple, there is an old lady who is over the age of sixteen and respectfully comes to the concubines one by one, and each master asks three or five words, which is actually to distinguish the breath on their bodies.

The former chef Chang Mama naturally did not rely on cooking skills to climb to the position of a high-ranking female official, she relied on medical skills.

The time of a stick of incense has passed, and although there is nothing to be gained, the coercion of this interrogation is breathless.

The emperor didn't have much time to entangle the harem and got up to leave. The will of thorough investigation has been given, and the aunts in front of the palace have calmed the scene, and he believes that no one dares to resist the will to return to the palace, and neither can Yun Xiurong and Zhao Shuyuan, who are in high positions. Before leaving, he instructed Yao Fusheng: "Those who confess early will be exempted from the crime of Zhulian." ”

The meaning of this statement is very clear, if you wait to find something and then beg for mercy, then you will definitely implicate your family.

This is a sin worse than death. Takubahiro knows what kind of deterrence is the most effective.

Finally, when Mama Chang walked in front of Lin Yuan, someone couldn't help but kneel down with a puff.

The sudden sound caught the attention of a room full of people, who just kept kowtowing and begging for mercy. Seeing this scene, the three or four inner supervisors next to him immediately went up to arrest the person, Chang Mama raised her eyebrows slightly, looked down at her and said: "There are really palace people who dare to murder the master." Chu Yun, is it the palace maid of the Mirror Moon Pavilion? ”

How can there be a slave in the palace who is so capable and can kill his master with his own strength. Mama Chang said Chu Yun, but her eyes were looking at Lin Yuan. And Tuoba Hong, who had left the palace gate, immediately turned around and looked at him with a cold expression.

Tuoba Hong saw the woman from the small family of Hayashi kneeling down in front of his gaze, her face full of horror and panic, just like so many concubines who suddenly encountered disaster. He suddenly felt a little funny—even though he was angry, he still wanted to joke in his heart that this woman had finally been planted.

A concubine who has no family protection has lived peacefully in the harem for so long, it must be planted once to be normal.

Tuoba Hong didn't ask her sharply, but looked at Hatsuyun with a brow. Chu Yun's body was already trembling at this time, but his words were still clear: "It was made by the little master slave!" It was the slave who listened to the order of the little master and sprinkled arsenic in the soup bowl of Concubine Xiang, and the arsenic was taken from the little master's sachet...... The slave and maid knew that this was a harmful thing, but the little master threatened the slave and maid's life......"

Tuoba Hong's eyes were fixed on Lin Yuan again. Mama Chang habitually grabbed Chu Yun's fingers, and sure enough, she saw the powder in the nail of her right index finger, and said with a sigh: "It's really this girl's hands and feet!" He looked at Lin Yuan with a gloomy old face: "Little Master Lin, I want to trouble you to take off the sachet and give it to the old slave to take a look." ”

Lin Yuan's face was frightened, but she still reluctantly took off the sachet and put it in front of her, bowed her head and said, "This is not done by the concubine." ”

"Oh? But what your palace maid said is very credible. Tuoba Hong slowly paced forward, sat on the chair brought by the inner supervisor, and looked at Lin Yuan slightly. Mama Chang took a silver needle and probed the light yellow powder into the sachet, and then exclaimed: "Your Majesty, it is indeed arsenic!" ”

The silver needles drawn from the sachet were the same as those used to probe the soup, both stained with dark rust at the ends, glowing with cold light under the broken light that seeped into the temple in the afternoon. "No, the concubine didn't poison the Bai family's soup bowl!" Lin Yuan raised her head and shouted, and then grabbed Tuoba Hong's sleeve to argue: "Someone framed me, obviously it was Chu Yun, and it was her recipe for beautifying her concubine, saying that applying arsenic to her face can make her skin fair, so the concubine carried arsenic with her...... What harms people, the arsenic of concubines is not used to harm people......"

At this time, the hall was already cold, and the only answer to her was Yun Xiurong's mocking voice: "Everything has been searched, who will it be except you, with poison on your body, you still quibble that it is not used to harm people, it is really ridiculous......"

Tian Shuji naturally spoke to her sister, and laughed: "Guiji has always been sharp-tongued, and what she said today is so untrustworthy that it can be seen that the facts are so indefensible ......and irrefutable."

"That's enough, you all stand down." Tuoba Hong spoke.

Zhao Shuyuan and the sisters of the Chu family breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor's words showed that they had nothing to do with this matter, and they hurriedly retired and returned to the palace. The palace maids and concubines in the house quickly walked clean, and the dining table was also cleaned up, leaving only Lin Yuan and Chu Yun on their knees.

In the empty palace, Tuoba Hong saw Lin Yuan's thin back. He didn't pity it, he was just thinking about how to deal with it to give justice to his unborn heir. Compared with the imperial heir, Lin Yuan has no weight at all, if it is really her poisoning, Tuoba Hong will not mind the punishment of the clan.

It's just that Lin really looks like he was framed, although the physical evidence is conclusive...... This matter should still need to be investigated.

At this time, Mu Shuang, the palace maid of Yuelou, was invited to come in and kowtow, and said, "Concubine Xiang is frightened, and I ask the emperor to ......."

In fact, Concubine Xiang was more effeminate in front of the emperor than the woman next to her - although in fact she was known for her courage and coldness, how could a hard-hearted person be frightened and sick at the sight of Bai's bleeding fetus. Takubahiro understands this woman's hypocritical tricks very well, but as a man, he is always very useful.

"I'll go over and take a look." Tuoba Hong lifted his feet and walked out of the temple gate.

So there was really only Lin Yuan left here.

Lin Yuan knelt and waited for his disposal. She thought that she would soon receive the order to be escorted to the Criminal Division-that was a special place in the palace for interrogating female prisoners, and if there was a murder, she would naturally be interrogated.

However, it didn't take long for Takubahiro to come back. Lin Yuan was a little surprised that he would come to see his sin concubine again.

Takuba Hiroshi looked down on the woman condescendingly. Lin Yuan didn't cry, but just said word by word: "The concubine is not guilty." ”

"You and Concubine Xiang have a deep grudge, who else will you be." Tuoba Hong said plainly.

Lin Yuan understood that such an interrogation was already an extrajudicial favor, with Tuoba Hong's temperament, if an ordinary concubine committed a crime, he would be angry on the spot and ordered to be sent to the Shen Criminal Division, where would he personally interrogate. In the end, it was he who got a little place in his heart that allowed him to have more patience.

Lin Yuan carefully controlled her expression, she knew that she couldn't be too flustered and afraid to let the emperor despise her at this time, and she must not be calm and calm to let him suspect that she had already understood this matter. So when she replied, she tried her best to straighten up, but the corners of her lips trembled: "Yes, the concubine is not as benevolent as Concubine Rou, but the concubine will never kill Concubine Xiang's belly...... Because it was the emperor's child, a concubine...... Concubines won't harm the emperor's children......"

Tuoba Hong's face was slightly loose. He knew that although this woman was smart, she was as sincere to herself as the group of stupid women in the palace.

He leaned over and ran his finger over Lin Yuan's jaw: "Yuan'er, I actually can't bear to let you die......"

"Dead?" Lin Yuan's face was shocked, and when she looked at it again, she saw that the three inner prisoners were each carrying a tray covered with red satin.

She understood what Tuoba Hiroshi meant: he was going to die immediately!

According to the laws of Daqin, people who shout injustice cannot be convicted, even in the palace, there is a special process to verify such a suspicious case on weekdays, until the ironclad evidence is like a mountain of criminals willing to draw a prisoner, of course, it is okay to torture into a trick.

There is infinite hatred rising in my heart, Concubine Xiang! That hateful woman...... Tuoba Hong decided to die after going to see Concubine Xiang!

Regardless of whether Lin Yuan was really framed and couldn't turn over or had another way to escape, she would no longer have time to save herself if she died at this time.