"But, said the maid in the dining room...... It was the queen mother who instructed her to poison Wei Zhaoyi," Wang Gonggong said truthfully.

The queen glared angrily: "How dare you slander this palace like this!" The emperor believed the words of a palace maid? ”

"The emperor doesn't believe it, it's just that the palace maid is willing to apologize with death and want to make things clear."

The queen laughed angrily: "This palace wants to see who is so bold!" ”

Fanghuazhai gathered a lot of people, and after the queen arrived, she saw that the palace maid in the dining room kneeling on the ground was not someone she knew.

"Your Majesty." The queen stepped forward to salute, and Meng Tingyu also stood up and saluted.

"Sit down." The emperor asked someone to move another chair over.

"Now you can make it clear."

The emperor opened his mouth.

Bai Shao kowtowed and began to say: "The queen mother asked her maid Yanshu to tell the slave maid that the meals in Meng Zhaoyi's palace have been in accordance with this recipe in the past few days, and there can be no changes.

The slave and maid felt that it would rather be believed or not, and today's meal, the slave and maid have reduced the amount and added a few more side dishes, but they never thought that it would still be so toxic. ”

"Full of nonsense! Do you think that just a few words can be said to be the instigation of the mourning family? The queen didn't care at all.

"The slave and maid also didn't believe it, but the slave and maid saw the prescription list dropped by Yanshu, which said that these ingredients would be toxic, and the aroma on the list was Fengyi incense."

Bai Shao presented a slip and wrapped it in a clean handkerchief.

After the emperor took it, he smelled it, and it was indeed Fengyi incense.

Fengyi incense is exclusive to the queen, and its fragrance is long-lasting and fresh, which makes people feel happy.

"Your Majesty, although Feng Yixiang is for concubines, the Internal Affairs Office also has Feng Yixiang, if someone wants to frame him, it is also possible to take some from the Internal Affairs Office and smear them on paper."

The queen did not panic at all.

The emperor nodded: "This does not prove that it is from the queen's palace." ”

"When the slave saw this list, she was stepped on behind her back, leaving half a shoe print, which the emperor can check."

The emperor turned the list over, and sure enough, there was a seal on the heel.

"Let's compare it with Yanshu's shoes."

Father-in-law Wang took out a blank piece of paper from the room, then asked Yanshu to step on it, and then compared it with the list, and then presented it to the emperor.

The queen and Meng Tingyu were also very concerned and stepped forward to check.

The emperor overlapped the two pieces of paper in front of the light, and sure enough, it was the footprints of Yanshu.

"Yanshu, what do you have to say?"

The queen couldn't believe it, this list was obviously burned, how could it appear again? And he also let Yanshu throw it on the ground and step on it?

Yanshu knelt on the ground and shouted wronged: "The slave doesn't know! ”

At this time, Ouyang Zheng came out and replied: "Your Majesty, Miss Xia Zhu's poison has been controlled, it is indeed because of vomiting blood and fainting caused by eating two kinds of food with similar temperaments, fortunately, the amount of food tried is not much, so it will not hurt her life, but she also needs to recuperate." ”

"Your Majesty, Yanshu was wronged, and the concubine has no reason to frame Meng Zhaoyi!"

The Empress argued again.

Bai Shao said: "Actually, that day, Yanshu said the reason why the queen mother did this. ”

The emperor looked at Bai Shao and asked, "Why?" ”

"Meng Zhaoyi once went to Rongjin Wangfu to be a maid, but was sent out of the palace within a few days, and then Meng Zhaoyi entered the palace to serve the emperor as a show girl, when she was in the palace, Meng Zhaoyi seemed to be at odds with a girl in the palace, and this girl was Xia Zhu, the queen wanted to poison Meng Zhaoyi, and then blame Xia Zhu, Xia Zhu is a palace maid, and murdering Zhaoyi is also a capital crime."

The emperor didn't know that Meng Tingyu had been to the Rongjin Palace, so he looked at her.

"But so?"

Meng Tingyu looked dazed: "The concubine has been to the Rongjin Palace, but the prince is weak and has not seen it a few times, and then Mu Jiaren served the prince closely, and the concubine did not fit with her, so she was driven out, could it be that Xia Zhu ......?"

Meng Tingyu covered her mouth and seemed to be surprised: "No, if she is really Mu Jiaren, why do you want to help the concubine try the dishes?" ”

Saying that, she pressed her chest, showing discomfort, and the emperor hurriedly asked Ouyang Zheng to check it.

At this time, the queen angrily reprimanded Bai Shao: "You and I don't know each other, how can this palace tell you these things?" ”

"Bai Shao has been in the palace for eight years, and she has never been out of the palace during this period, if you don't listen to Yanshu, how can you know these things?"

Yanshu turned her head and retorted: "You usually get close to Xia Zhu, maybe she told you!" ”

"If Xia Zhu told me, why should I continue to poison? If I knew she was trying food, how could I hurt her? What's more, Xia Zhu knew about this, she would definitely stop it, how could she murder Meng Zhaoyi in front of the emperor? ”

The emperor felt that this matter was very strange: "That's true, Xia Zhu didn't say that he was unwell after trying the dishes, and I and Meng Zhaoyi also planned to eat, as long as there was a little deviation, Meng Zhaoyi would vomit blood and faint like her." ”

The queen immediately got up and explained: "Your Majesty, the concubine really didn't frame Meng Zhaoyi, let alone want to blame!" ”

"Your Majesty, Meng Zhaoyi is already two months pregnant."

Ouyang Zheng stepped forward to report.

"Seriously!" The emperor was overjoyed and immediately got up to check.

The queen looked at Bai Shao outside the house, and stepped forward and slapped her angrily.

"Say! Who the hell instructed you! ”

"Queen Mother, slaves and maids don't want to hurt people with their conscience."

"Huh! Don't say yes, come on, give me fifty rods! Hit her and say! ”

"Yes!"

At this time, the subordinate stepped forward to take Bai Shao away, and the emperor stopped him: "I haven't finished asking yet." ”

"Your Majesty, do you really believe her words? The concubine is the queen, how could she murder a Zhaoyi? What's more, Xia Zhu is just a palace maid! ”

"The slave maid is a palace maid, but she knows things that she shouldn't know, but she didn't expect that the queen would sacrifice Meng Zhaoyi's life if she wanted to kill her."

Mu Jiaren was helped out by the palace maid.

The emperor looked at her with a pale face: "What do you know?" ”

"What the queen did to Concubine Chen, the slave knows."

"Don't be a fool! Pulled Concubine Chen again and said what is in the palace? Concubine Chen is in good health, the fetus is stable, and the doctor can prove it! ”

"The dragon descendant conceived by Concubine Chen Niangniang is indeed healthy, but when the dragon descendant is born, Concubine Chen Niangniang is likely to die of blood, and a prince without a mother concubine will naturally not threaten other princes."

Mu Jiaren looked at the emperor after speaking: "The slave maid was in the imperial dining room before, Concubine Chen's dietary slave maid has seen it, it is very good for the fetus, but the maternal body loss is serious, if the emperor does not believe it, you can ask the imperial doctor who diagnoses the pulse, whether the dragon descendant of Concubine Chen Niangniang is much larger than the average fetus, and Concubine Chen's physique cannot give birth to the imperial heir safely." ”