Lan Xin came in response, followed by Wei Chang, who was red and swollen with eyes. "Your Majesty, the concubines think that there must be something strange about this matter, and it will not be as simple as it seems on the surface." With a slight blessing, Lan Xin got the emperor's acquiescence and asked Li Yudao: "Where was the slave who was carrying the pear juice at that time?" Did he fake the pear juice in the middle of the way, or who had ever touched the soup cup and porcelain bowl full of soup? ”

Li Yu said respectfully: "Back to the queen's mother, the slave holding the soup bowl at that time was the little horse serving in the Old Summer Palace. The servant brought people up and asked the queen to interrogate. ”

They are all slaves, and Li Yu didn't dare to convey Xiao Mazi's words to the queen casually. What's more, the queen may not be willing to believe it, but it is better to hand over the pony to the queen, and she will ask in person, so that she can rest assured.

Glancing sideways at Wei Changzai, Lan Xin rubbed his eyebrows, and said widely: "It's not something that can be asked clearly in just a few words, it's useless to be in a hurry." You all get up, Wei Changzai is also here, and you all sit and listen to the palace slowly interrogation. Right and wrong, at ease in people's hearts. ”

Hongli agreed with Lan Xin's words very much, and couldn't help but echo: "What the emperor said is reasonable, I happen to be free today, and I am very interested in figuring out this matter." ”

So Concubine Jia and Concubine Yu got up together and sat down beside the queen. And Wei Yating can only sit in a position close to the emperor. Of course, at this moment, she doesn't care about things like where she sits, and she only thinks about finding out the real murderer and avenging her grandmother.

"Slave pony, please say hello to the emperor and queen." Xiao Mazi couldn't stop trembling, knowing that he had made a mistake, and he couldn't escape the blame, how could he not be afraid when he saw such a battle.

Lan Xin glanced at Li Yu and motioned for him to ask in person.

Li Yu understood, sank his voice, and said cautiously: "Xiao Mazi, you were ordered to carry the pear juice to Wei Changzai on the way to it, did you have a fake hand to others, or who had touched this bowl of soup?" What is the situation along the way, in front of the emperor and queen, not a word is allowed to be deleted, and it is truthfully replied. ”

"Huh." Xiao Mazi only felt that his heartbeat was strong, and the sudden attack was very scary. It seems that even he can't control himself. After the servant brought the pear juice from the small kitchen, he didn't dare to delay for a moment and went to Wei Chang's residence. When I passed through the corridor on the side of the pavilion, I saw the fifth elder brother running from afar.

The slave was afraid that he would go in front of the fifth elder brother, so he hurriedly leaned aside. Who is worthy of the fifth elder brother didn't want to pass by the minion, but climbed onto the board of the cloister in front of the minion. The slave was flustered for a while, afraid that the fifth elder brother would make a mistake, so he hurriedly put down the tray in his hand and went to help the fifth elder brother. Xiao Mazi didn't dare to raise his head, and said truthfully: "When I helped the fifth elder brother, the slave didn't notice if anyone behind him had touched the pear juice. ”

Jin Peizi couldn't help frowning when she heard this, although today's incident came suddenly, and when she heard it, she had another inside story, but she had been involved, and I was afraid that it would not be so easy to get out. So she got up slowly and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, can you allow the concubine to ask Xiao Mazi a few words?" ”

Hongli also understands in his heart that Concubine Jia is not a person with a fighting heart. Although she has followed the queen for so many years, she has never tried to gain favor with the help of the queen. Let's say, if she really has the heart to be favored, and whenever she is alone with me, why is it not a courtesy to please, but to say something that makes her disgusted and displeased.

Where is this competition for favor? She didn't even have the heart to compete for favor, how could she be jealous of Wei Changzai's grace. Thinking so, Hongli felt a lot more relieved: "You ask." There was a slight trust in his tone, and everyone present felt very comfortable listening to it.

"Before I went to look for Yongqi, there were already nurses and servants following. Xiaomazi, you said that you only saw the fifth elder brother running over at that time, have you ever seen the palace people accompanying you? In addition, although it is a little far away, but this palace heard the sound of overturning things from you, as well as the cry of the fifth elder brother, what did you knock over? Jin Peizi kept recalling the situation several times in her mind. So that I will not let go of every doubt.

Xiao Mazi thought for a while, and hurriedly said: "When the slave went to help the fifth elder brother, I did see someone from the palace chasing this side in a panic. Later, the fifth elder brother's jade pendant fell off, and the slave hurried to see the location of the jade pendant falling into the water. When the slave took the fifth elder brother off the board, the palace people had already arrived.

The fifth elder brother cried because of the loss of the jade pendant, and the palace people who arrived thought that something big had happened, so they hurriedly came to help. In the panic, it seemed that a little eunuch who was delivering something knocked over the tray he was holding. And it was the sound of overturning the tray that shocked the fifth elder brother to cry even more. It's just that the palace people surrounded the five elder brothers, and no one noticed who knocked over things and what they knocked over. ”

Qi Qige's eyes rolled, as if he understood what was going on: "It's not difficult to know what you've knocked over, and it's easy for people to look at it." ”

Jin Peizi was a little worried: "I'm afraid that the minions are neat and clean." If it was a bowl of pear juice that was overturned, then the matter would be clear. But if it's just a side thing, maybe it's a coincidence. It's just that I don't know if we caught up with this ingenuity by mistake, or if someone deliberately arranged for us to catch up with this coincidence. ”

"Queen Mother, do you want to send someone to take a look?" She was a little uneasy, or she was more uneasy than anyone else. Just because she has seen too much of the Queen Mother's methods, isn't it that she has not acted for a long time, so the Queen Mother couldn't bear it anymore and let Li Yu do it? If the person who did it was really Li Yu, once the emperor and queen found out about it, Li Yu knew his identity and was bound to bite people indiscriminately.

Lan Xin bowed slightly, and said with relief: "Concubine Yu doesn't need to be frightened, this palace has already let Jinlan take someone to take a look." Since the incident happened under the corridor, no matter how clean it is, I am afraid that there will be clues, so you can rest assured. ”

Jinlan is also quick to do things, and the queen has just finished speaking, and she has news from her side. "Niangniang, please see, this is the broken porcelain piece that the slave maid picked up on the ground near the things under the porch."

Wei Yating recognized the thing at a glance, and her heart slammed: "Queen Mother, although this broken porcelain piece is not big, it is exactly the same porcelain bowl as the poisonous pear juice that Mama drank." Just by the blue and white on this broken porcelain piece, you can tell it. ”

"Show me Hongu." Lan Xin took the piece of broken porcelain from Jinlan's hand, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it gently, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face. "Your Majesty, it's really pear juice, I think someone took advantage of the chaos of the crowd scene to drop the bowl that was originally not poisonous. Unexpectedly, because of the chaos of the crowd, he accidentally knocked over the bowl of pear juice that was not poisonous. ”

The queen's words, Hongli naturally believed it. Even when he took the broken porcelain, he only sniffed it lightly: "What the queen said is good, and I think so too." It's easier than that. Gently resting the things in his hand on the table beside him, Hongli coldly instructed Li Yu: "Who cleaned up the debris and soup that were scattered on the ground just now, and brought people up." ”

Qi Qige also thinks so, whoever is in a hurry to clean up must have nothing to do with this matter. It's just that her fear is an unspeakable fear, and she can't tell the emperor that she has been a thief for a long time, and her heart is very weak. Even if this matter has nothing to do with her, she is only afraid.

Wei Yating saw that the general direction of the matter had been identified, and her heartstrings were not as tight as Fang Cai. But the annoying hatred did not subside at all. "Your Majesty, the concubines can serve by the side again, thanks to the dedicated training and care of Mama Huai'an. The days of Zhulinyuan are dull, the work is hard, at first the concubine did not have a calm mind, if it were not for the meticulous care and teaching of the grandmother, the concubine did not know how to endure those bitter years.

Now, the concubines are fortunate to be by the emperor's side and the queen, and they have fulfilled their duties as palace concubines, and the concubine died in vain for the concubine. This is really difficult for the concubines to accept. Wei Yating slowly got up and knelt down at the moment: "I beg the emperor to find out the real culprit no matter what, give justice to the concubines, and give justice to the grandmother who died in vain." ”

"Your Majesty, someone brought it." Xue Guining had been guarding outside, and after listening to the queen's order to bring in the minions who had cleaned up the traces, he crossed Li Yuxing and rushed away. At this time, he took the person, and naturally he didn't want to delay, so he came back awake. "Queen Mother, this person's name is Xiao Lu, and he is a servant of the Old Summer Palace, and he is the one who cleaned up the debris all over the ground. Also, the bowl of pear juice was also held by him and accidentally knocked over. ”

"Say it." Hongli didn't look at Xiao Lu, just fiddled with the mutton fat white jade wrench on his thumb.

"Your Majesty, the slave was wronged, the slave was really just ordered to send a bowl of pear juice, and he didn't poison it. And that bowl of pear juice really didn't spill on purpose. The emperor is a good guide. Xiao Lu had already been bluffed, and because he was afraid, he spoke very quickly: "The emperor Mingjian, even if he gives the slave great courage, the slave does not dare to disobey the little master, let alone commit the capital crime of beheading." ”

Jin Peizi's face was as cold as frost, but her angry eyes were burning with fire: "You said that you were ordered to deliver Sydney pear juice, whose order did you take?" Who will give Sydney juice to? ”

When Xiao Lu heard this, he hurriedly said: "The slave was ordered by Concubine Xian Niangniang to bring a bowl of pear juice to Niangniang to moisten her throat." This pear juice was sent to Concubine Xian's room by the slave. Because it was broken, the slave had to go back to the small kitchen and send another bowl. Concubine Xian Niangniang can prove that he personally ordered his servants to do these things. And the slave really didn't do anything else except give this bowl of pear juice. ”

"Concubine Xian?" Hongli hooked the corner of his thin lips: "It's really lively, I'm afraid that even Concubine Hui will be involved in it after a while." That's it! Hongli slapped the table and said sharply: "I have a word first, everyone involved in this matter must be brought to me for personal inquiry." Li Yu, you go and pass Concubine Xian over. ”