One word stirred up a thousand waves, and before Taiyi He's words fell, the entire main hall boiled.

Concubines, look at me, I'll look at you, some cover their mouths and exclaim, some lose their faces, and those who are used to being bullied by the concubines in the past can't help but cast vicious glances at her at this moment, and they are mostly secretly relieved in their hearts.

"What silver hairpins are poisonous! You are talking nonsense! Liang Yanyu was furious, slapped it on the case, and casually copied the teacup and threw it at Imperial Doctor He.

Poor Imperial Physician He knelt there and didn't dare to dodge, he was splashed with tea, and a cut was made on his forehead by the broken porcelain.

Xiao Chai scolded: "Presumptuous! ”

As he spoke, Pei Yao frowned and gave the palace maid beside him a look, and the little palace maid hurriedly stepped forward to help Imperial Doctor He clean up.

Liang Yanyu couldn't care about Xiao Zhu's anger for a long time, but now, she understands that most of the queen's appearance tonight is coming at her. All she was thinking about at this moment was how to clear herself.

"Cousin, this Doctor He must have been instructed by the queen to slander his concubine!" She knelt in front of Xiao Zhu again, and said eagerly: "Cousin, if you think about it, it is difficult for the queen to justify her words at all!" The concubine sent a silver hairpin, how to apply poison to the hairpin! ”

Yes, it's a silver hairpin, how can it be poisoned? Xiao Zhu also didn't understand what Imperial Doctor He said, and was about to ask, but when he saw beside him, Pei Yao flicked his sleeves lazily and asked slowly: "Concubine, what did the palace say?" How can it be self-justifying? ”

Hearing this, Xiao Chai looked at Liang Yanyu's gaze, and he was very disgusted.

Imperial Physician He covered the wound on his head and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the queen mother!" It's not that Weichen believes in it, but on this silver hairpin, it was painted with a very thin layer of oil wax in advance, and then coated with arsenic, so that the arsenic is not in direct contact with the silver hairpin, and at first glance, it is natural to find no abnormality! ”

When a palace concubine heard this, she couldn't help but exclaim: "...... It's so vicious! ”

Xiuxing seemed to think of something, and suddenly his face showed a look of shock, "It's Your Majesty!" The slave remembered! She hurriedly said: "At dinner, after the mother cleaned her hands, she saw that the silver hairpin was confiscated on the small case, so she personally put it in the brocade box, and then handed it over to the slave to put it up!" I think it was at that time that the mother had arsenic on her hands, so that when she took the snack later, she also sent the dirty thing into her mouth! ”

Liang Yanyu stared, her breath was long and short, she grasped her heart with one hand, and pointed at the embroidered star with the tip of her finger trembling, "Your master and servant...... You guys...... You're hurting me! You are the ones who wronged me! ”

"Your Majesty," suddenly, Qin Se, who had been watching for a long time, said lightly, her gaze swept over Pei Yao, and finally settled on Xiao Zhu, and admonished him: "Why don't you let the imperial doctor check the clothes that the queen wore before she fainted, as well as the table case of the Changqiu Palace, and the brocade box containing the silver hairpin?" ”

"Lady Niangniang's words are fair." Lu Meiren also agreed: "If only the queen's fingertips are stained with arsenic, then it can't be said, the concubine Niangniang's wrongs are really right, but if so, all the places where this silver hairpin touches are stained with poison - even in the Chenghui Palace, there are traces of arsenic, then ......"

Min Dai glanced at Liang Yanyu coldly, and softly took Lu Meiren's words: "That noble concubine Niangniang, there is no argument against it." ”

Xiao Zhu turned his head to look at Pei Yao, and saw that her expression was indifferent, faintly tired, but he was not afraid of this proposal at all, so he said softly, and led Sun Zhifang to Taiyi He and Xiuxing, and in this Changqiu Palace, he checked the places that the silver hairpin might have touched one by one.

Not long after, Imperial Physician He came back to his life, only saying that from the cuffs of the queen's clothes that the queen mother had changed, to the brocade box with silver hairpins, to the small case in the warm pavilion, etc., more or less, traces of arsenic contamination were found.

“…… Even the embroidered star girl and others have a small amount of arsenic residue on their bodies, Your Majesty, if you want to come to this Changqiu Palace, you are in urgent need of a big sprinkling! Doctor He bowed worriedly.

The exclamations in the hall came and went, intensifying, "Liang Guifei," Xiao Zhu took a heavy breath, twisted his eyebrows and looked at Liang Yanyu, and asked word by word: "What else do you have to say?" ”

"The concubine is wronged!" Liang Yanyu burst into tears, and begged bitterly: "Cousin! Cousin, you have to be aware of it! The concubine has never done it! The concubines don't know anything about this! Queen-" Her eyes were fierce, she looked at Pei Yaowei like a sharp sword, and said angrily: "Cousin, it must be her, it must be her who remembers me for exposing her affair with the King of Chu, so she united with this old thing to frame me!" Cousin! You know Yanyu best, Yanyu has listened to you the most since childhood, you know that Yanyu will not do these things! It had to be her, this slut-"

"Enough!"

Xiao Chai shouted angrily, which scared Liang Yanyu into shrinking, but seeing the tears on her face, her face was flushed, obviously holding back many words that had not yet been finished in her throat.

"Sun Zhifang!"

When Sun Zhifang heard this, he stepped forward and listened to Xiao Zhu's cold order: "Take someone to Chenghui Palace and search for me!" ”

Sun Zhifang hurriedly received the order, personally took a few little eunuchs, and hurried to Chenghui Palace.

It was getting late.

Probably, the early dynasty will be postponed after a while. Pei Yaowei thought silently.

Suddenly, outside Liang Yanyu's crying, there was a sound. Min Dai frowned, her eyes swept over the people in the hall, and finally landed on a small palace maid who came with Liang Yanyu.

She was about to speak, when Sun Zhifang returned.

Coming back with him was a small palm-sized paper bag found from the Chenghui Palace.

"Your Majesty, the old slave turned this thing out from under the box of the concubine's clothes."

Xiao Zhu glanced at the small paper bag, and boredom was vaguely visible in his eyes, "Show it to Imperial Doctor He." ”

Imperial Physician He respectfully took it, tried it with a silver needle, and immediately said, "Your Majesty! It's arsenic! ”

Landing with his words, there was also the little palace maid who was targeted by Min Dai first.

The little palace maid fell to the ground softly, startling everyone, and someone said unhappily: "Which one is so reckless?" ”

As soon as Sun Zhifang made a look, two clever little eunuchs went to pull the palace maid in front of everyone, and Min Dai saw her clearly, so he said to Xiao: "Your Majesty, the concubine saw that this girl didn't look like she was in a daze, and she wanted to ask her, but it happened that Sun Gonggong came back." ”

Xiao looked at them one by one, and knew that this was the person next to Liang Yanyu, and he asked lightly: "How long have you been in the palace?" Can you know what the crime is for the failure of the emperor? ”

The palace maid knelt on the ground, her expression was stunned, as if she was greatly frightened, and she muttered for a long time: "Return, return to Your Majesty...... Slave maid, slave maid Huan'er, has been on an errand in Chenghui Palace for three years, slave maid ...... The slave is not intentional......"

Three years, well, it seems that Liang Yanyu entered the palace to seal the concubine, and she has been serving by her side. Xiao Zhu thought to himself.

His eyes were heavy, he was silent, and he was about to ask carefully, but he didn't want Huan'er to suddenly wake up from a nightmare, came back to his senses, and fell to his knees violently.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty! Your Majesty's forgiveness! The queen forgives her sins! ”

She was hoarse: "It's the concubine Niangniang - it's the slave maid ordered by the concubine Niangniang, so that the slave maid poisoned the silver hairpin for the queen's mother, and the slave didn't dare or want to, and couldn't help it...... I can't help but threaten the lives of the slaves and maids of the whole family, and the slaves and maids ...... There is no way for the slave and the maid, there is really no way for the slave and the maid! As she spoke, she kept kowtowing in despair, "Slaves and criminals are monstrous, ashamed of the queen and your majesty!" Ask the queen for forgiveness, the queen forgiveness! ”

When Sun Zhifang presented the arsenic, Liang Yanyu thought that the situation would not be worse.

But obviously, she was wrong.

"You scumbag who betrays the glory of the Lord! You're here to frame Hongu too! She got up angrily, put a foot on Huan'er's body, and twisted and beat her with her hand: "Okay! All right! How much benefit did Changqiu Palace give you, so that you can do such a shameless thing without blushing! ”

"Niangniang, now that it's over, just tell the truth......" Huan'er endured her punches and kicks, trembling with fear, and persuaded in her mouth: "The emperor is merciful, as long as you are willing to tell the truth, the emperor will not-ah!" ”

Before he finished speaking, he saw Liang Yanyu pick up a piece of broken porcelain from the ground, and was about to stab her neck-

Thanks to Huan'er's vigilance, she flashed to the side in a panic, the porcelain piece grazed her shoulder, and her pale clothes were instantly stained with blood, but fortunately, her life was not damaged.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Zhu couldn't sit still anymore, he strode forward, slapped Liang Yanyu in the face, and said angrily: "You slut! I'm here, and you still want to kill people?! ”

Over there, Pei Yaowei also stood up and shouted Fangyue, Fangyue understood, and hurriedly went to take care of Huan'er.

Liang Yanyu collapsed on the ground, covering his face, crying, "Cousin, Yanyu is wronged...... Yanyu is really wronged......"

Xiao Cha moved his breath and turned around with his hands in his hands, not wanting to look at her more.

It was Pei Yaowei, with the support of Xiuxing, who walked in front of Liang Yanyu step by step.

Xiao Zhuben didn't want her to get close to Liang Yanyu, so he stopped her when she approached, but saw her shake her head.

She stood in front of Liang Yanyu for a while, took out a plain white handkerchief, and slowly squatted down.

She took the handkerchief and wiped the tears on Liang Yanyu's face.

Liang Yanyu was afraid and angry, but when she met her emotionless gaze, she didn't dare to move easily.

After a while, she saw Pei Yao smiling, the smile was very shallow, with banter, but also with pity that seemed to be fake and true.

"Alas......" Pei Yaowei sighed lightly and said to her: "There are all human and material evidence, your 'wronged' sentence is worthless." ”

Xiao Zhu, who was standing there, suddenly trembled when he heard the words.

Who is she talking about?

Liang Yanyu?

I'm afraid not.

"Pei Yaowei - you, you poisonous woman! If you have harmed me so far, are you not afraid of retribution? ”

Facing Liang Yanyu's beast-like questioning, Pei Yaoyu still smiled faintly. She gently stuffed the handkerchief into Liang Yanyu's hand, got up, turned around, walked back to the high seat, and sat down.

Xiao Chai looked at her, and she also looked at Xiao Chai and were silent to each other.

After a while, Min Dai spoke, breaking the short silence: "Your Majesty loves the queen mother, and Chrysostom will be the master of the queen's mother." The concubines and others are waiting to see what happens to this poisonous woman. ”

She rarely said such mean words, but Xiao Zhu couldn't blame her.

Liang Yanyu seemed to have finally accepted the situation in front of him, and his voice of shouting grievances gradually lowered, but he couldn't stand it, and there were still many people who relied on the concubine for a long time, and they still didn't give up.

Wei Jieyu was the first to pounce, pulling the hem of Xiao Zhu's clothes and pleading: "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty! You look at the Queen Mother! Our Lady has always loved the concubine, and even if the concubine is at fault, she is just confused for a while! Please be magnanimous and forgive your mother this time! ”

There was a burst of teasing, and it was Lu Meiren who spoke: "Joke! When the right person wronged the virtuous concubine, but the concubine herself said that she murdered the middle palace, and her crime should be punished! No matter who it is, what kind of family background it is, but if you do it, don't blame this palace rules and family laws can't tolerate it! She stroked the forbidden step on her lap at once, glanced at Min Dai, and chuckled: "Concubine Xian Niangniang is still here, they are all from the big family, isn't the Xiang family worthy of the Liang family?" Wei Jieyu said this, didn't she detain the charge of partiality and perversion of the law on the Queen Mother? Not to mention that His Majesty is filial, he will definitely not tolerate it, even the concubines and others will not dare to watch the reputation of the Queen Mother be tarnished and not say a word! ”

When she said this, it was very effective, and now that the concubine was guilty, no one dared to risk offending the Xiang family to defend Liang Yanyu.

I don't know how long it took, Xiao Chai suddenly said, "Spread my will-"

Everyone held their breath, he and Pei Yaowei looked at each other from afar, and said word by word: "Guifei Liang, with a vicious heart, murdered the Middle Palace, abolished as a concubine, and moved into the cold palace——"

He paused for a long time, then waved his hand, lowered his gaze, and said casually: "Give wine after autumn." ”

Liang Yanyu's gaze seemed to be a hole in time and space, she sat down on the ground and opened her mouth, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make a sound, so she went crazy and grabbed her throat.

Xiao Zhuduo looked at her and felt irritable, and waved his hand, and Sun Zhiyi immediately pulled Liang Yanyu down.

"Tonight's toss, hard work for all the concubines." Xiao Chai sat beside Pei Yaowei for a long time, and said tiredly.

Pan Ruohui said: "The queen mother is wronged, she is worried about her mother, and the concubines and other concubines should do anything, and they dare not say that they are hard." ”

Xiao Zhu nodded, and was about to let everyone disperse, but Pei Yaowei spoke.

"Your Majesty." She stood in front of Xiao Zhu, "Taking advantage of this moment, the concubine has the intention to merge another public case, I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to delay for a while?" ”

Her eyes were calm, and Xiao Zhu had vaguely guessed about the other public case in her mouth.

After a while, he nodded.

Pei Yao summoned Sun Zhifang, "In the Chongtian Palace that day, the Liang family came to testify that the three sisters-in-law in the palace are you taking care of them, right?" ”

Sun Zhifang was startled, and hurriedly looked at Xiao Zhu, and when he saw that the latter allowed it, he gently replied.

"Good." Pei Yao bowed his head and said lightly: "Bring someone to me." ”

Sun Zhifang took the order and left, hurried slowly, and brought the three sisters-in-law who had been detained in the riot room.

The three of them were dirty and disheveled, their faces were unbearable, even if they were brought to this prosperous and solemn Changqiu Palace in the middle of the night, they didn't dare to be ambiguous at all, they all wanted to be more sober and sober, kneeling on the ground, all worried.

Pei Yaoyan glanced at them lightly, and was not in a hurry to talk to the three of them, but said to Sun Zhifang: "Chief Manager Sun-"

Sun Zhifang was unexpectedly named, and hurriedly stepped forward, "The old slave is here!" ”

"His Majesty has preached the holy decree, and the palace can't remember the content clearly." She said, "You are the chief steward of this imperial palace and the close attendant of the Son of Heaven, you come-"

"You come to repeat the content of His Majesty's decree aloud to the palace."

On the side, Min Dai was the first to realize the purpose of her move, and couldn't help but smile.

Sun Zhifang didn't dare to slack off, and immediately retold the holy decree of abolishing the concubine word for word according to what she said.

After finishing speaking, the three sisters-in-law turned pale one after another, and they were frightened as if they had seen jackals, tigers and leopards.

"Guifei-" Pei Yao snorted, "No, it's time to call the Liang family!" ”

She said: "The Liang family is guilty and has recruited all the evil things she has done, what do you guys say?" She casually asked, "Do you confess yourself, or do you ......?"

Before the queen could finish her words, a crying voice spread in this palace.

Pei Yao frowned, and unconsciously glanced in the direction of the side hall where Qing Tan lived, thinking, I don't know if such a big movement will disturb the child's rest.

"Your Majesty, Niangniang! Poor nuns are guilty! ”

One opened his mouth, and the other two also scrambled to confess, as if they were afraid of falling behind, and rushed to confess.

“…… It's a concubine...... No, no! It's Liang! It was the poor nun instructed by the Liang family, it was the poor nun who asked the poor nun and others to testify that the queen mother had fornication with others, and it was the poor nun who ordered the Liang family to say that he had seen a man enter and leave the queen in the middle of the night! She also said that when the matter is completed, she will definitely not treat us badly, it is the poor nuns who are blind and have rotten lungs, so they have committed such a heinous crime! I beg your Majesty's forgiveness! Beg the mother to spare her life! ”

“…… Your Majesty, the Queen Mother! The Liang family used to be a noble concubine, and the poor nun was afraid that if he disobeyed, he would be killed, so he didn't dare not agree! ”

Min Dai's eyes were resentful, she exhaled a long breath, and asked slowly: "Then did you see the man sneaking into the mother's line?" ”

"No, no!" A sister-in-law hurriedly waved her hand and said: "When the queen mother is in the temple, the walk is quiet around, and there are indeed no outsiders in and out!" ”

"How can it be!" Xiao Chai was furious, "Pull these wicked women down to me!" As soon as the morning dawns, the cane will be killed immediately, and let the six palaces go to watch the execution! Let's see who dares to climb the slander! ”

"Your Majesty spares your life! Your Majesty spares ......"

The endless cry was pulled out of the hall, but Pei Yaowei knew very well that in Xiao Zhu's heart, the matter of Zhaoye Temple was far from the past.

"Do you really want to give Liang Yanyu death?"

When the six palaces were dispersed, Xiao Zhu personally helped her back to the dormitory and lay down on the bed, she asked.

"I said I would call the shots for you." Xiao Chai covered her with a quilt, looked up at her and said, "I won't break my word to you." ”

Pei Yaowei didn't want to care about how credible his words were, so he only turned his head sideways and smiled faintly. Suddenly, her face was warm, and she looked at it slightly, but it was Xiao Zhu who stroked her cheek.

His eyes were deep and affectionate, and he asked her, "I won't break my word to you, what about you, Yaowei?" ”