Rong Yunxi saw that Zhiqiu was so scared that she was almost delirious, and knew that it was not a way to go on like this. The more Zhiqiu is afraid, the more the emperor will think about the murder on her, and with the conclusive evidence on Qin Yingyue's side one after another, Zhiqiu is likely to fall into an irrefutable situation.

Of course, judging from the current situation, they have nothing to argue with. But at least they should be able to explain what they haven't done. As for whether others believe each other or not, it's someone else's business, and it has nothing to do with whether they try their best or not.

Therefore, he raised his voice here and said to Zhiqiu: "Zhiqiu, don't be afraid, right and wrong, Your Majesty has a conclusion in his heart, and you will come forward at your behest as ordered." ”

Hearing Rong Yunxi's voice, Zhiqiu's heart was somewhat settled, and he responded with a little trembling "yes", so he strengthened his courage and slowly approached.

Before knowing that autumn was approaching, with the cool breeze in the night, the emperor could smell it more clearly. He was sure that the smell on Zhiqiu's body was the same as the taste on this small piece of brown paper.

"Zhiqiu, before this moment, you can see Xia Guo?" The emperor asked directly.

Zhiqiu shook his head again and again, and said in horror: "The slave has never seen it!" Your Majesty Mingjian, the slave has really never seen Xia Guo! ”

Rong Yunxi heard that Qiu answered so scared, and secretly said bad in her heart. I thought that Zhiqiu's reaction was so strong, everyone would think that she was afraid of sin. But at this time, I couldn't say anything to her. Because no matter what she says, in the eyes of others, it is like a reminder to Zhiqiu.

At this time, it is too wrong to say more, only by speaking carefully, you may be able to find a glimmer of life.

"If you haven't seen it, you say you haven't seen it, but I'm just asking you routinely, what are you so afraid of?" Sure enough, Zhiqiu's reaction made the emperor very suspicious.

"How long has it been since you were dead?" The emperor did not continue to ask Zhiqiu, but instead asked the two imperial doctors.

The two imperial doctors took a closer look, discussed it, and gave a unified answer: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers think that it should be in the unitary time." ”

"Unitary time...... That's when the feast begins. ”

"It should be that time." Doctor Zhao said.

"Little Peach, why do you think Xia Guo died?" After listening to Imperial Physician Zhao's words, the emperor nodded, and suddenly asked Xiao Tao again.

The emperor asked one sentence at a time, which made people confused. But Rong Yunxi understood in his heart that at this time, the emperor already had a judgment in his heart, but he was just confirming his judgment.

Judging from Xia Guo's death, he should have taken the almonds for his master and didn't go back immediately, so he hid outside and ate them first, but for some reason, he found the kraft paper with strange powder, fought with others, and was killed by that person. Of course, this is only the most superficial thing from Xia Guo's death.

With Qin Yingyue's meaning, it is natural to let the emperor go deeper. As long as you think about it for a while, it is not difficult to understand the whole process of Xia Guo's death.

After listening to the emperor's question, Xiao Tao thought about it for a while, and then shook her head again and again, and said, "Your Majesty forgives me, the slave really can't figure it out." ”

"Do you not understand, or do you dare not say it?" The emperor asked.

Xiao Tao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "There are things I don't understand, and there are things I don't dare to say." ”

This was all taught to her by Qin Yingyue. Qin Yingyue instructed carefully, saying that if the emperor asked her what she thought of Xia Guo's death, she must not answer anything the first time, and when the emperor asked again, she said that there were things that she couldn't understand, and there were things she didn't dare to say. Sure enough, as Qin Yingyue expected, the emperor really asked her opinion, and really asked twice. When he was so nervous, he couldn't help but admire Qin Yingyue so much.

"Where you can't figure it out, where you don't dare to say it, you can talk about it carefully." The emperor said.

"Yes......" Xiao Tao looked very scared, and said, "The slave maid thinks...... The slave maid felt ...... It should be that Xia Guo hid here to eat secretly after taking almonds in the imperial dining room, but unfortunately saw something that should not be seen, such as ...... For example, someone is burying something or throwing something. Xia Guo just picked up the thing, maybe he grabbed it, anyway, the two of them tore up because of it......"

"It's just strange that since this kraft paper has the smell of perfume on it, it should be used by women, right? In fact, Xia Guo's strength is not small, two women tear up, she may not necessarily fall into the disadvantage, how can she be killed so neatly? And ......"

Xiao Tao hesitated in confusion, glanced at Zhiqiu, and said, "The slave is brave and bold to make a hypothetical...... If this thing belonged to Miss Zhiqiu, Miss Zhiqiu would not have had such a big smell of narcissus just by holding it in her hand or taking it all the way...... The slave maid and the slave maid really think that it was the girl Zhiqiu who did it, but she really can't figure this out. ”

"The slave just said what she thought in her heart, and she didn't dare to deceive Your Majesty, and I hope that Miss Zhiqiu is not strange!" After Xiao Tao finished speaking, she hurriedly apologized to Zhiqiu.

Zhiqiu was shocked, scared and angry at this time, where else could he respond? In the face of Xiao Tao's seemingly timid and honest words, but in fact he is clever, he can't think of a way to deal with it. "You" hesitated for a long time, and didn't say anything useful.

The emperor said: "You think about it carefully, but there are some places that are not so deep......"

Others looked at it, and it was estimated that they couldn't think of any of the emperor's tendons that were out of place, but they didn't expect the emperor to suddenly have patience with a little girl who didn't treat her very well on weekdays. I heard the emperor explain to Xiao Tao: "Didn't you see that Xia Guo still has half-bitten almonds in his mouth?" It can be seen that the murderer attacked her and killed her while she was unprepared......"

"And when people are extremely ruthless, their strength is surprisingly great, and it is not difficult to kill an unsuspecting person with similar strength to their original strength in one blow. As for the smell of narcissus juice on the vellum paper, how do you know that it was contaminated along the way? Maybe this brown paper has been hidden in this villain's house for a long time? ”

The emperor's careful explanation to Xiao Tao surprised everyone, including Xiao Tao herself, but not including Rong Yunxi. Because Rong Yunxi knew clearly, the emperor's explanation was clearly for Xiao Tao, but it was actually for Zhiqiu.

After the emperor explained to Xiao Tao, he said to Imperial Physician Zhao: "Scrape off all the powder on that piece of kraft paper, put it in your hand for a while, and smell it again." ”

"Yes." Although Imperial Physician Zhao didn't understand the emperor's intentions, he also responded.

As the emperor instructed, the emperor threw the piece of empty paper on Xia Guo's corpse and instructed Li Zhonggui: "Find someone to clean it up." ”

Immediately, there was no next command, just stood with his eyes closed and his hands closed, as if he was quietly practicing his internal skills in the deep forest at night.

Without the emperor's orders, the others naturally did not dare to act rashly, so they could only wait quietly......

After a while, the cold wind blew everyone present to wake up, and Zhiqiu was not as scared as before. Just when everyone who was sober was thinking about the emperor's intentions, they heard the emperor say to Imperial Doctor Zhao: "Do you smell the smell of narcissus juice on these powders?" Might you tell what this thing is? ”

"Yes." Imperial Physician Zhao responded, twisted a small pinch of powder with his fingers and put it under his nose, sniffed it carefully for a while, and reported: "Back to Your Majesty, there is no daffodils on it anymore, and you can tell that this thing is arsenic." ”

The emperor nodded and said, "Zhiqiu, take me to your room to have a look." ”

"Your Majesty goes...... What do you do in the slave's house? Zhiqiu said nervously.

The emperor didn't answer her, but just ordered the two imperial doctors and Xiao Tao to retreat, and only took Dongxue and Yunsheng, as well as Rong Yunxi and Zhiqiu's master and servant, and went to the direction of Yilan Palace.

Xia Guo's body was taken away by Li Zhonggui, and the emperor ordered Xiao Tao to step down, and Xiao Tao did not force him to follow, but looked very concerned, and went with Li Zhonggui to dispose of Xia Guo's body.

Halfway through, the emperor suddenly stopped, turned around and ordered: "Yunshang, you and Dongxue go back to Penglai Hall to take care of Concubine Bo." "Even the two of them didn't take it, only Rong Yunxi's master and servant were left around.

But the more the emperor is like this, the more Rong Yunxi feels that the situation is not good. If the emperor hadn't already decided on something in his heart, there was no need to order them all to step down. Now that the emperor has ordered these outsiders to retreat, I am afraid that they have already decided on something in their hearts. I didn't want the scandal to be publicized, so I dismissed these idle people.

If you think about it a little deeper, maybe ...... Maybe the emperor wants to settle this matter with her in private, and wants to give her a chance.

After Yunshang and Dongxue retreated, Rong Yunxi wanted to say something to the emperor, at least when there were only the two of them left, she was not afraid to ask him about his attitude. But the emperor didn't give her this opportunity, but just strode all the way in the direction of Yilan Palace, regardless of whether she could keep up or not.

"Miss, the slave really didn't kill anyone...... Miss must believe in the slave and the maid, and must save the slave and the maid! Zhiqiu grabbed Rong Yunxi's arm and said nervously.

The more she looked at her nervous appearance, the more angry Rong Yunxi felt in her heart, and she didn't know where the bad temper came from for a while, and said in a low voice: "Now that the evidence is conclusive, what use do I believe you have?" What did you think when you read the note from Dongxue? Why don't you want to believe me, why don't you want to come to me? ”

But as long as Zhiqiu trusts her and is loyal enough to her, it is impossible to do the thing of peeking at Dongxue's note behind her back. Even if he didn't dare to tell the note at the time of the incident, he wouldn't go to the point of peeking and stealing behind his back, so he had to take out the note and discuss it with her.

She treats Zhiqiu very well on weekdays, and has always treated her as a sister, but she doesn't want Zhiqiu to hide her thoughts with her like this, how can Rong Yunxi not be chilled? How can you not be angry?

But the cold heart is cold, and the anger is angry, but it is just a matter of saying angry words, how can you really let Zhiqiu go and ignore it?

After receiving Rong Yunxi's cold words, Zhiqiu withdrew his hand in a daze, not daring to say anything. It's just that I secretly hate myself in my heart, and I hate that I shouldn't intercede with Miss. It's all wrong, the more she pleads, the more angry she becomes, and the less she will forgive her. It's better to let things develop, anyway, in the end, if she doesn't plead, Miss will find a way. After all, saving her is also equivalent to saving Miss herself.

Rong Yunxi thought that Zhiqiu was scared, and it was inevitable that she was a little soft-hearted. After a slight pause, he turned around and whispered, "Don't worry, what kind of character you are, I don't know yet?" Naturally, I believe you haven't. Since you haven't done anything, we always have a way to prove your innocence, you just have to calm down, and I will do my best to save you. ”

She knew how dangerous it was to talk to Zhiqiu at this time, and the emperor noticed it, and maybe thought she was telling Zhiqiu something. It can be seen that Zhiqiu is so scared, she really can't bear it, so she has to give her a reassuring pill. And only when Zhiqiu calms down, the situation is likely to be beneficial to them......

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