Volume 1 Spoiling Chapter 53 The evidence is conclusive
After Cao Ziqing finished searching the East and West Palaces, it was already evening. But still nothing.
returned to Yikun Palace to resume his life, and bumped into Mu Hui to go to the small kitchen.
"Master Cao, do you have any clues?" Mu Hui put the empty bowl in her hand on the stone table beside her, and walked up to him a few steps forward to ask.
"Nope." Cao Ziqing replied truthfully, although he preferred that he could make up a lie to deceive her.
"Oh!" Mu Hui lowered her head, turned around and was about to pick up the empty bowl and go to the small kitchen.
"Miss Muhui." Cao Ziqing stopped her, and when he saw that she didn't move, he turned around to look at him, and then he asked, "I don't think I can find anything now." If someone really deliberately planned it, they would definitely not leave it with them. I'm afraid I've already destroyed everything. ”
"Wouldn't that be without a clue?"
"Not really. I came back, first, to get back to the emperor; The second is to search Yikun Palace again. I think that if the poison is not a one-time entry into the body, it must be something that the little master often touches. ”
"But haven't you checked the little master's clothes and utensils? It's all right for Lord Lu to see it. Mu Hui was puzzled, and suddenly, she remembered something and exclaimed, "Could it be that thing?" But when I think about it, I don't think so.
Cao Ziqing saw that her expression was different, and said this again, and hurriedly asked, "But what do you remember?" ”
Mu Hui shook her head, feeling that she was wrong. But after thinking about it, perhaps, my guess was not wrong.
She took a step and walked towards the side hall. Although Cao Ziqing didn't know what she remembered, she also followed and wanted to find out.
Mu Hui stopped in front of the statue of Guanyin, knelt on the futon, and buckled the head of the statue of Guanyin and the statue of Guanyin.
Cao Ziqing stood behind, not understanding her intention to do this, but saw her make an amazing move.
Mu Hui carefully held Guanyin in her hand and slammed it to the ground. Where can this Guanyin statue be smashed casually?
Cao Ziqing also thought that she was angry that the Guanyin statue was not effective, although she gave away her son, but she made the noble man lose her child. I was about to step forward to stop her, so as not to cause more trouble. But when she saw what she was looking for in the pile of debris, her hands were cut.
"What are you doing?" Cao Ziqing pulled her up and roared angrily, looking at her left hand distressedly, cleaning up the scratched wound for her. But he saw a tear fall on his hand. Of course, he knew that he wasn't crying, and when he looked up, Mu Hui was looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"Why are you crying?"
Mu Hui raised a hanging right hand and released her clenched fist, and a small cloth bag lay inside.
"What is this?" Cao Ziqing picked up the cloth bag, which was already stained with Mu Hui's blood.
"How could it be her." Mu Hui couldn't believe it, but the evidence was in front of her eyes, but she had to believe it.
"Come on, please ask Imperial Doctor Lu." Cao Ziqing saw that Mu Hui ignored herself and was obsessed with her own world, and muttered some inexplicable words in her mouth.
Mu Hui wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said to Cao Ziqing: "Since the worship of this Goddess of Mercy, the little lord will come to worship every day, even if the body is getting heavier and heavier, we have to support and kneel." But we never thought that the daily begging of Guanyin, a child, gave her hope, and immediately plunged her into despair. It's cruel. ”
Cao Ziqing persuaded: "Maybe it's just ordinary things, you also know that there may be some things in the Buddha statue to be more effective." ”
Mu Hui didn't seem to listen at all, and said directly: "Impossible...... Impossible. ”
After a while, Imperial Doctor Lu came over, cut open the cloth bag, and confirmed that the contents were the same thing that caused the baby's poisoning.
Cao Ziqing immediately pulled Mu Hui and asked how this thing came about, and Mu Hui had no choice but to tell the truth.
"Two months ago, Song Chang went out of the palace with the Empress Dowager to worship the Buddha, and he specially begged for the little master."
After getting the answer, Cao Ziqing immediately reported to Xuan Ye. Xuan Ye was furious and ordered Song Changzai to be beaten into the cold palace, and all the palace maids and eunuchs around her were taken down, and he personally interrogated.
Xuan Ye also specially ordered that Chun Xi should not be allowed to know until the matter was investigated. He didn't want Chun Xi to know at this time that he had taught such a vicious friend with his heart.
Song Changzai has been crying out for injustice since he entered the cold palace.
Xuan Ye returned to the Qianqing Palace and personally interrogated Song Changzai's personal palace maid Bingqin.
"You follow Song Chang by your side every day, don't you know what she did?" Xuan Ye said coldly, he tried to calm himself down, otherwise he would make the truth farther away from him because of his anger.
"The emperor spares his life. My little master only likes embroidery on weekdays, and occasionally goes to Yikun Palace to walk around and meet the nobles. She has a very good relationship with the nobleman, how could she poison her children. Bingqin has been in the palace for many years, and she has long been accustomed to seeing such a scene, but when it happened to her today, she felt terrible.
"This evidence is conclusive, and you still want to deny it? The more faithful you are, the more you will harm your master. Xuan Ye threw the bag containing the poison to Bingqin and said slightly angrily.
"Your Majesty, the slaves don't dare. The slave maid believed that Song Changzai would not do such a thing. Bingqin naturally believed in her little master, but she couldn't help but be afraid. The evidence in front of him, no matter how you look at it, is the same as the craftsmanship of the little master.
"What good did she give you to shield her like this? Song Changzai has always been unfavored, and although he is friendly with the nobles, he is inevitably jealous. So in the name of sending Guanyin, in fact, this strange poison was put in it. ”
"The slave doesn't know what's in it." Bingqin returns.
"You don't know, but your little master knows." Xuan Ye saw that she still didn't admit it, and he lost his patience. If you want Cao Ziqing to take people down and hand them over to the people of the Internal Affairs Office for interrogation, you must get some answers from her.
"Your Majesty, the little Lord Song is wronged...... It's wronged...... The emperor spared his life. Bingqin's voice pierced the entire Qianqing Palace, passing through the thick palace walls, but she could still hear her heart-rending cry of injustice.
After thinking about it for a few days, but there was still no result, Xuan Ye was bored. If he didn't figure it out, he felt that he had no shame to go to see Chunxi, so he went to the cold palace again.
"Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged." The moment he saw Xuan Ye, Song Changzai was very pleased. She felt in her heart that Xuan Ye was her life-saving straw.
The matter was not clarified, and Xuan Ye did not let people move her place, even if she wanted to inquire about her, she was always asked to come to the cold palace for questioning. After all, she is a harem concubine, if she is not the real murderer, it is not good to make trouble.
"Wronged? You made this thing? Xuan Ye took out the cloth bag.
Song Changzai took it, took a closer look, and returned: "It was made by the concubine." The things in this are also put into the statue of Guanyin by the concubine herself. ”
"That means admitting that you gave the poison?" Xuan Ye was shocked when she heard this, how could a woman who was not as vicious as she was seen on weekdays come up with such a method because of jealousy? The key thing is still the person who treats her as a sister.
"It's not. What's in the bag is just a stick. Song Changzai immediately denied it, crying: "This is a sign that the concubine asked for for the nobleman, and the host said that this is a good intention." If you put the sign in the statue of Guanyin and worship sincerely, you will definitely be able to get your wish. The concubine just wants the noble person to be able to make her wish come true, how can she pay her back?"
"How not? Since this statue of Guanyin can make you get your wish, then you will naturally not let go of this opportunity. Are you jealous of being favored and dissatisfied, and want to harm her and the child in her womb? Xuan Ye asked.
"It's not...... It's not like this......" Song Chang is trying her best to deny it, how could she do such a vicious thing, not to mention, the object is still a person who treats her sincerely.
At this time, Gonggong Liu of the Internal Affairs Office came and saw that Xuan Ye was also there, so he immediately returned: "After being severely tortured by the slaves, Bingqin, the palace maid of Changchun Palace, finally relented and admitted that Song Chang was putting poison in the Guanyin statue and wanted to murder the nobles. She confessed that Song Changzai was very dissatisfied with the fact that the nobles were always deliberately showing off in front of her because they were favored, and she had already been dissatisfied. It's just that I wanted to borrow the nobles to get closer to the emperor before, but I still didn't get any benefits. is even more resentful. Taking advantage of leaving the palace with the Empress Dowager, I saw that the Empress Dowager had prepared a picture of a hundred sons and thousands of grandchildren for the nobles. came up with a plan, so he asked people to find a poison from outside the palace and put it in the statue of Guanyin, hoping to make the noble people lose their lives. ”
"No, not the concubine." After listening to Father-in-law Liu's words, Song Changzai felt anxious and frightened. How could these words come from Bingqin's mouth?
"Now, the human evidence is there, do you still want to quibble?" Xuan Ye was furious, looking at Song Chang's appearance of kneeling on the ground and begging, he felt that she was pretending and disgusted. Don't look away and don't want to look at her.
"It's not like that, they lie...... They lie. Song Changzai's crying was heartbreaking, and he kept shouting, but he couldn't say anything to defend himself.
"Drag it down" Xuan Ye said angrily: "Always in the Song family, my heart is like a poisonous scorpion." Blinded by jealousy, he murdered the harem concubines and poisoned the prince, and now he has taken away his title and put him in prison for strict interrogation. ”
"No...... Not me...... Not me. Song Chang was escorted out, and he didn't know where he got the strength, he broke free, knelt down at Xuan Ye's feet, and begged bitterly: "Your Majesty, the concubine is wronged...... It's wronged......"
Xuan Ye pulled out the clothes she grabbed and walked out.
Song Chang was looking at Xuan Ye like this, and all his thoughts were discouraged. Now, no one will believe what she says, and it will only be used as a quibble. She suddenly sneered, and the laughter penetrated the palace wall and spread far, far away.
"It's this cold palace, how many unjust souls have been killed, how many unjust souls have been killed...... Hahahaha...... Oh, trembling, not seeking glory and wealth, glorifying the lintel, just wanting to live in peace. But he still stumbled on this. Injustice...... ...... unjust injustice" Song Changzai's desolate voice made everyone stunned, and even Xuan Ye, who walked outside the door, stopped. With that, she slammed into the wall, so fast that even the people around her didn't have time to stop her.