Chapter 122: Take it in stride
Situ Nanyun's eyes were calm, and in the eyes of everyone who were full of aggressive condemnation and contempt, her figure looked a little thin and proud, she opened the corners of her mouth, smiled indifferently, and there was a hint of ridicule in her tone, "If I say that the medicine powder on this dress was sprinkled by someone else, and the medicine bottle was taken from someone else's hand, I guess no one believes it, right?" ”
Yan Yujun sneered, "Situ Nanyun, you don't have to quibble, you said that the medicine powder was sprinkled by others, and the medicine bottle was taken from someone else's hand, who spread it?" Where did you get it? There must always be witnesses, and they can't be fabricated out of thin air," he raised his cold eyes and looked directly at the proud figure, and his tone was condescending and unquestionable, "Besides, the reason why you left the table suddenly was because you were anxious to deal with the stolen goods in your hands, and you didn't want to bump into Princess Yulong and the Twelve Princes, so you didn't have time to deal with it, and it happened that I arrived in time to bring you back to the Qianqing Palace." ”
Situ Nanyun was not frightened by Yan Yujun's momentum, glanced at him, and sneered, "Third Highness, this is strange, since it is stolen goods, it should be dealt with immediately, right?" Then I got down from the banquet to meet Princess Yulong and the Twelve Princes, and there was a period of time in between that was enough for me to dispose of the stolen goods, so why didn't I throw them away earlier? Do you still want to stay in your hands and wait for your Third Highness to find out? Besides, wouldn't it be easier for me to go to the toilet and throw it in the hut? ”
Yan Yujun's face darkened, and a bunch of dark fire had gathered in his eyes, "Situ Nanyun, it is an indisputable fact that the stolen goods are on you, as for how you get rid of it, whether you will continue to harm others next, or blame others, it is your own business, others have no way to guess, and there is no need to guess, we only believe in the facts in front of us." ”
Situ Nanyun's eyes also faintly burned a fire, but she held back, and her cold eyes swept at the aggressive Yan Yujun, "Third Highness, you keep saying that I want to harm people, what is the motive?" I have no grievances with them, so why should I harm them? Even if I have a grudge against one of them, why don't I find an opportunity to do it quietly? And to choose the banquet of the lady concubine who is in full view of everyone and is heavily guarded, and blatantly carry out revenge? Also, if, according to what your Third Highness said, I didn't deal with the medicine bottle immediately because I wanted to continue to harm others or blame others, then why don't I hurry up and implement my next plan, and wander around the garden, waiting to be bumped into by the Twelve Princes and Princess Yulong, and then caught by your Third Highness? Besides, since I want to blame others, it's very simple, why not disguise myself as someone else and go to the imperial kitchen to drug from the beginning? Why was I bumped into by a palace maid and saw through the confronting of your third highness here, and, what's even more strange is that since I was bumped into by someone else, with my ruthless nature, why don't I just kill her, and there is no proof of death? And just ask someone to knock her unconscious with a light blow, and then wait for her to go to Concubine Shu to denounce me? After sparing such a big circle, our company Tu Nanyun just can't get along with himself, I just want to tell everyone standing here that I am the murderer who poisoned people, and I just want to taste the taste of the prison cell? ”
Situ Nanyun's majestic, self-deprecating confession was very clear and undoubtedly showed that this was a game specifically aimed at her, and the people present began to be silent, they were thinking about her words, the expression on their faces also relaxed, and the gaze that looked at her was no longer full of hatred and hostility before.
The fifth prince couldn't control himself, and came out with a chuckle, "Situ Nanyun, it seems that there is a bit of truth in what he said. ”
Yan Yujun's face turned pale, and he snorted coldly, "You are all quibbles, and you are all trying to clear your name." Then tell me, why did they all get poisoned at the banquet, but only you weren't? Don't say you didn't drink that wine. ”
Yan Yujun's words were not unreasonable, and everyone's questioning eyes fell back on Situ Nanyun.
Situ Nanyun had already guessed that Yan Yujun would question her with this question, and smiled indifferently, "If this poison doesn't work for me, you're afraid and don't believe it." I studied the art of curing poison with Zen Master Puyun for two years, and in order to learn the art of curing poison, I myself tried poison, and now ordinary poison has no effect on me. At this point, the imperial doctor can use other poisons to verify the truth of what I said. ”
The matter of floating roots and clouds and blue leaves cannot be exposed, and everyone wants to keep the treasures for themselves and reveal them, but I am afraid that it will be difficult for her to get out of this Qianqing Palace.
Her words shocked everyone, and Emperor Shengde glanced at the imperial doctor on the side and ordered, "Come and test the poison." ”
So the test was carried out on the spot, Situ Nanyun took arsenic in front of everyone, after a stick of incense, she had no poisoning reaction, the imperial doctor carefully examined her body, there was no trace of poisoning, everyone in the hall looked incredible, and believed her words.
Emperor Shengde pondered the current situation and said: "Today, no matter how much you refute, you can't come up with a reason, Situ Nanyun, what you said has some truth, but you don't have any physical evidence, and you can't convince people with a refutation." Before the facts are clarified, Situ Nanyun, you will go back to the cell first, and think about whether there are any other witnesses and physical evidence, as for Jun'er, you will also check again, whether you have omitted some details, and report to me when there is more sufficient evidence. Ladies and gentlemen, you have also seen the first trial in front of the palace today, and there are still some doubts in this case, so you should go back first, I will give you an explanation, and the rest of you should retreat. ”
Everyone dispersed, and the five princes had no intention of leaving immediately, Yan Yujun looked at him, snorted coldly, and walked away.
The fifth prince didn't pay attention to him, and walked straight towards Emperor Shengde, "Father, the son feels that Situ Nanyun is not the kind of person who is ruthless and poisonous. She is the only disciple of the respected Puyun Zen Master, Puyun Zen Master's vision will not be wrong, and Erchen has met Situ Nanyun several times, and has witnessed her feat of sacrificing her life in order to save a strange little girl, so Erchen asserted that the person who poisoned her was not her, as she said, she was blamed. ”
Emperor Shengde glanced at the fifth prince thoughtfully, "Chi'er, the father has his own conclusion on this matter, if it is found out afterwards, Situ Nanyun is indeed innocent, so he will naturally release her, if we can't find evidence to return her innocence, even if we can't bear it, but in order to calm the anger of the public, we have to imprison her." After a pause, his sharp eyes stared at him, "Chi'er, among all the princes, you are the only one who is most optimistic about your father, remember, don't let your mind be swayed by momentary emotions." Seeing that Yan Yuchi was still digesting his words, he patted him on the shoulder, "Ren Sili, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is afraid that he hates it this time, his wife is nearly forty years old and finally conceived a child, and now it is gone, he doesn't know how much he hates me in his heart, you comfort him on my behalf, lest he get angry and do something wrong." ”
Soon after the twelfth prince Yan Yulin returned to the Feiliu Palace, the "flower destroying hand" had an attack, and more than a dozen imperial doctors circled around the twelve princes, for fear that the emperor's precious prince would have any accidents, and they were busy one by one, but fortunately, because of the timely treatment and the accumulation of experience in treating the female guests before, Yan Yulin only had a stomach ache for a while, but it was not a big deal, and he did not hurt the essence and fell into the root of the disease.
When Emperor Shengde hurriedly arrived from the Qianqing Palace, Yan Yulin's "Flower Destroying Hand" had already been relieved, and his tense face relaxed.
When Lin Yuelan and Situ Han rushed to the palace, the trial of the Qianqing Palace had ended, and Situ Nanyun had been escorted to the heavenly prison, so Lin Yuelan and Situ Han had no choice but to run towards the heavenly prison again.
Entering the dim and dark prison, seeing the figure sitting alone on the grass, Situ Han walked over quickly, his eyes full of distress and worry, "Yun'er, are you okay?" ”
Situ Nanyun stood up, pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled, "Dad, I'm fine," his eyes looked at the white shadow standing aside, "Lin Yuelan, you're here too." ”
Lin Yuelan stretched out her hand and took her in her arms, and at this moment, her tense heartstrings and strong self-supporting strength disappeared in this strong and warm embrace.
Situ Nanyun recounted what happened at the banquet and the conversation with a cadre and others in the Qianqing Palace.
Lin Yuelan pondered for a while, "Yun'er, the palace maid who is in charge of serving the food is obviously designed to be the one who poisoned you in disguise, so that she can identify you, and the palace maid who frequently pours you wine at the banquet uses the time to pour the wine to sprinkle the medicinal powder on your clothes, as for the girl you met in the garden, the purpose of her appearance there is to stuff the medicine bottle for you, which is the same as the purpose of the palace maid who poured the wine, which is to plant physical evidence." In addition, the seventh princess Yan Yulong is also very suspicious, she is not very easy to approach people, and she frequently toasts you at the banquet, and suddenly appears in the garden with the twelve princes to meet you, this can't be just a coincidence, she may still play something in it, and that Yulin, she was also poisoned, she was present during the whole process of the banquet, she should also know something, and some clues may be found from them. ”
"Yun'er, it's also crucial to find out the two people who planted your powder and medicine bottle now, do you remember what they looked like?" Lin Yuelan continued.
Situ Nanyun nodded, "In the entire Zhaoyi Palace, I am most impressed by the two of them. ”
Situ Han glanced at Lin Yuelan, "Yuelan, what are you going to do next?" ”
"I have already sent Qingying to investigate the source of the poison 'Flower Destroyer', and the place where this poison is sold is nothing more than a dozen pharmacies, they not only do business with the imperial court but also deal with the rivers and lakes, so it is not difficult to investigate. If you find the source of the poison, you can find the person who poisoned her, and the two palace maids who poisoned and planted the poison, they are very critical, I will notify Qingyue to find out the whereabouts of the two, in addition, that Yan Yulong I will also send Qingfeng to keep an eye on her to see what tricks she is playing, as for that Yulin, I think I will meet her. Lin Yuelan said her own arrangement.
Situ Han nodded, "At present, there are only these three clues, I have a question in my heart, what is the motive of the people behind this curtain who want to frame Yun'er, Yun'er has just come to Yancheng, and she has never had any grievances with people." He thought for a moment, his face puzzled, "Is it another ghost?" ”
Lin Yuelan's dark eyes frowned, "Uncle Situ, you guessed right, the person behind this scene should be a ghost, or Yan Yujun, the biggest suspicion is that they know that Yun'er will not be poisoned, only the ghost knows about this; The banquet was held in the Zhaoyi Hall of Yan Yujun's mother, Concubine Shugui, and was presided over by Concubine Shugui, which was convenient for them to plan early in the morning; The timing of Yan Yulong's appearance in the garden was so coincidental, she was close to Yan Yujun, and it was easy to be instigated by him, so it was not surprising that she became his pawn. ”