Chapter 45: The Scheme
"Coincidentally, what are you talking about? You said that Nian Xia poisoned me with blood citrine?" Min Qingrou pretended to be incredulous.
"Master, don't hide it for Nian Xia anymore! The evidence that Nian Xia poisoned you is conclusive, and the slave knows that you are soft-hearted and can't bear to be harsh, but this is a big crime! How can it be easily forgiven?"
Yuan Qiao couldn't help but persuade again.
In fact, if it weren't for the master's soft-hearted heart and letting Nian Xia go, Yuan Qiao would not have united with Concubine Shen to expose Nian Xia's evil deeds! This must not stay with the master, even if the master blames her for making her own decisions afterwards, she will find out this and the culprit behind her and bring her to justice!
"Concubine Rou, is this really the case?" Situ Yue looked at Min Qingrou. Listening to Yuan Qiao's tone, Min Qingrou seemed to know about it.
Min Qingrou frowned slightly and said: "These days, the concubine's body is shivering for no reason, and at the beginning, I thought that the evil wind was entering the body, so I didn't care. Later, the symptoms became more and more aggravated, and the concubine also suspected this girl, but this girl has always been well-behaved and obedient, and her cooking skills are good, and this time she came to visit the princess and specially offered flowers and cakes made by herself! The concubine never thought that she would really do such a thing!"
"Concubine Rou Niangniang, save the slave and maid! The slave and maid are loyal to you, and they will never dare to do anything harmful to you!" Nian Xia knelt and crawled in front of Min Qingrou, crying and begging.
"Nian Xia, blood citrine is not something you can buy, now you better hurry up and make it clear where this thing came from, otherwise, I won't be able to protect you!" Min Qingrou sighed lightly and said to Nian Xia.
Nian Xia couldn't hide it anymore at this moment, she gritted her teeth, kowtowed and said: "The slave confesses, this blood citrine was given to the slave by Mrs. Mei, and she asked the slave to go into the diet of Concubine Rou and get rid of Niangniang quietly!"
"Sophistry! My sister will take you out of the Xiangyuan Garden, and she will be kind to you and rebuild you! Even if you have no conscience, you shouldn't help Madame Luomei poison the old master! You must know that although Madame Mei has been demoted to the Xiangyuan, she is still the master, and if you slander the master at will, it will be a crime of one more degree! Nian Xia, you still don't tell the truth! Is it because you resent your sister for keeping you as an inferior maid and were dissatisfied that you deliberately poisoned your sister?"
Shen Miaoling swept Nian Xia with sharp eyes and scolded.
"Concubine Shen! What the slave said is true! Blood citrine was really given to me by Mrs. Mei! It was she who asked the slave and maid to poison Concubine Rou, not what the slave and maid meant! Concubine Rou saved the slave and maid's life, no matter how wolf-hearted the slave and maid are, it is impossible for the slave and maid to poison the maid! The slave and maid were really forced to obey Mrs. Mei's orders to poison Concubine Rou!"
Nian Xia cried and mourned, and couldn't help but defend himself.
"How can I be forced to do so?" Shen Miaoling immediately asked.
"This ......"
Nian Xia looked at Min Qingrou for help, but Min Qingrou sighed lightly and said: "Nian Xia, you still have to tell the truth, otherwise your crime will be confirmed, and I am afraid there will be no day to turn over!"
Nian Xia wiped a handful of tears, and then said: "The slave maid was framed by Mrs. Mei and the guards of the Pujia Palace, and she was afraid that Mrs. Mei would be blackmailed by her, so she had to agree to Mrs. Mei to put the blood citrine into the diet of the concubine Rou Niangniang! The slave and maid knew that they deserved to die!
With that, tears rolled down, and he fell to the ground and began to cry bitterly.
"Alas, you girl, why are you so confused?" Min Qingrou reprimanded Nian Xia with hatred of iron and steel.
"Concubine Rou, this maid poisoned you, why don't you complain about her, why do you still have some pity for her?" Situ Yue moved his gaze to Min Qingrou with a little scrutiny.
"The prince forgives the sin!" Min Qingrou immediately knelt down in front of Situ Yue and said frankly: "The prince doesn't know, this girl was originally a maid of Poria Xuan, but she was abused and beaten by Luomei in Fuxiangyuan for a long time, and the concubine also saw that she was really pitiful, so she took her out privately!
"You don't need to report such a trivial matter to me, you can just call the shots!" But what's the matter with this maid being abused?" Situ Yue raised his hand, not having the slightest condemnation of Min Qingrou's self-assertion, but asked more about Nian Xia's abuse and beating.
"This, don't let Nian Xia talk about it! I'm afraid the specific reason is only known to her!" Min Qingrou got up, turned her head to Nian Xia and said, "Nian Xia, now that the prince is in charge of you, don't you tell me what happened to you in Fuxiangyuan?"
"Yes!" Nian Xia saw that Min Qingrou had spoken for her from beginning to end, and did not doubt him, so she immediately spoke: "Lord Qiyu, the slave maid served Mrs. Luomei in Fuxiangyuan, but she was repeatedly abused! It was not that the slave maid did anything wrong, but that Mrs. Luomei was jealous of Concubine Rou's favor, and because the slave maid had served in Poria Xuan, she deliberately took the slave and maid out of anger! The slave and maid were powerless to resist, and she was beaten all over her body, but fortunately, Concubine Rou sent someone to take the slave and maid back to Lingling Xuan, otherwise the slave and maid would have died a long time ago! So, how could the slave and maid poison Concubine Rou Niangniang? What the slave and maid said is true, please check it out!"
After Nian Xia finished speaking, he fell on the ground and kowtowed deeply.
After Situ Yue heard this, his face immediately became gloomy. raised his voice and ordered: "Wei Chenfeng, immediately send someone to bring Luomei over!"
"Lord Wang! Luomei Xueliu has always been inseparable, I'm afraid that Mrs. Xueliu can't get out of this matter, please bring her two together, so I can confront them face to face!"
Shen Miaoling immediately admonished.
Situ Yue listened, glanced at Shen Miaoling, and ordered after a moment's silence: "Wei Chenfeng, bring both of her over!"
"Yes!" Wei Chenfeng immediately took the order and left.
After a while, Luomei Xueliu was taken to the Agarwood Palace. Originally, the two of them were overjoyed to learn that they had been summoned by the prince, but when they entered the Agarwood Hall and saw such a scene, their hearts chuckled at the same time, especially when they saw Nian Xia kneeling on the ground with tears stained, Luomei's heart was even more uneasy.
"The concubine body sees the prince!"
Luomei Xueliu knelt down and saluted, Situ Yue glanced at the two, but did not tell the two to get up.
"Let me ask you, is that girl your person?" Situ Yue looked at Luomei, with a little indifference in his eyes.
Luo Mei's heart sank, and she didn't look at Nian Xia, and immediately replied: "Back to the prince, I once served the concubine for a few days, but I didn't know what tricks I played a few days ago, so I let Concubine Rou forcibly take her away and go to Lingxuan!
Luo Mei deliberately emphasized the words 'forcibly picked up', but unfortunately Situ Yue was indifferent.
"I heard that this maid was abused and beaten by you in Fuxiangyuan, but is there such a thing?" Situ Yue looked at Luomei with a slightly sharp gaze.
"The concubine is wronged, how could the concubine do such a thing?" Luo Mei hurriedly defended when she heard this, looking aggrieved, and glared at Nian Xia fiercely from the corner of her eye.
Dare to sue her in front of the prince, and when she passes this level, she will definitely want this cheap maid to live rather than die!
"Mrs. Mei, don't quibble anymore! Nian Xia has already told all about what happened to her in the Fragrance Garden! You are jealous of the favor of Concubine Rou's sister, and you are not convinced by the prince's demotion to the Fragrance Garden! You actually took out your anger at Nian Xia, who had served in the Poria Xuan, and almost beat her to death! What a sacred place is the Fragrance Garden? The prince belittled you to make you meditate on your own mistakes, and you not only did not repent but also committed such a vicious act of defiling the Buddha Hall, are you worthy of the prince's painstaking efforts?"
Shen Miaoling's sharp accusation made Min Qingrou and Situ Yue glance at her at the same time, both of them were moved in their hearts, and they thought in unison: Shen Miaoling is usually well-behaved and quiet, but I didn't expect to have such a sharp side, but it is surprising!
"Lord! The concubine has been wronged! The concubine has never been resentful! She has never done anything to defile the Buddha Hall! The concubine is dedicated to cultivating herself in the Xiangyuan, just to be forgiven by the prince one day! The princess! The concubine's loyalty to you can be learned from the world! Ask the prince to learn from it!"
Luo Mei saw that Situ Yue was angry when Shen Miaoling said something, and hurriedly rushed over and hugged Situ Yue's leg and cried and begged.
Xueliu and Luomei were originally grasshoppers on the same rope, but when they saw that they had nothing to do with themselves, they were actually brought over, and they knew that they had already been regarded as a thorn in the side of this group of people!
I couldn't escape left and right, and at this moment, I hurriedly stepped forward to help Luo Mei defend herself: "Lord Wang, the concubine can testify, this maid is slandered because her sister broke through her ugly mind of trying to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix!
As soon as Xue Liu's words came out, Nian Xia's face immediately changed drastically, and she knelt down in front of Situ Yue and cried in her defense: "Lord Wang! The slave and maid have no such thoughts! It was Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Liu who wanted to rectify the slave and maid, and deliberately designed to frame the slave and maid! The slave and the maid were wronged! The slave and the maid were wronged!"
"Wronged, you cheap maid thinks you have a little bit of posture and wants to climb up the branch and become a phoenix, it's just a toad who wants to eat swan meat, wishful thinking!"
Xue Liu glanced at Nian Xia and snorted coldly: "Lord Wang, this girl has bad intentions, Concubine Rou was down-and-out and tried her best to slap Sister Mei, but now Concubine Rou has gained power, and she has returned to Poria Xuan with her old skills!
"Lord, the slave and maid are wronged! It is Mrs. Luo Mei Xueliu who is deliberately slandering! Lord Wang, please see, the slave and maid have evidence! These are all the scars left by Mrs. Meiliu's torture! Please take a clear look!"
Nian Xia couldn't care about anything else at the moment, and rolled up her sleeves to show Situ Yue the scars on her body, trying to get a little attention.
Situ Yue glanced at the scars on Nian Xia's arms, and sure enough, there was a bit of gloom in his eyes.
"Lord Wang, can't you see it clearly until now? This master and servant are clearly dog-eat-dog, and they have confessed all the ugly things they have done!"
Shen Miaoling looked down at Luomei Xueliu Nianxia, and made a conclusion in a cold voice. In fact, there is no need for her to say, but anyone with a little brain already understands the trickiness in it.
"Luomei Xueliu, this king asked you, Nian Xia poisoned Concubine Rou, but you instructed it?"
Situ Yue swept his eyes and glared at the two kneeling on the ground.
Luo Mei's heart sank, and she hurriedly replied: "The concubine is wronged! The concubine has no idea about this matter! It is the cheap maid who slanders the concubine! Lord, you can't believe the words of that cheap maid!"
"Yes, Lord Wang, it must be this who deliberately slandered our sisters in order to please Concubine Rou, please ask the prince to be the master of our sisters!" Xue Liu also stepped forward immediately.
Shen Miaoling looked at the two of them and snorted coldly, "That kind of poison is so cold that it is expensive, how can a maid get it? Mrs. Mei and Mrs. Liu still want to justify, are we all fools when the prince and us?"
"Although blood citrine is expensive, it is also a commonly used medicine, and a little means can naturally be obtained!
As soon as Luo Mei's words came out, Shen Miaoling suddenly showed a strange smile.
Xue Liu's face was already pale.
Shen Miaoling sneered, "Since Mrs. Mei doesn't know anything about this matter, how can she know that the thing that is most yin and cold I am talking about is blood citrine?
When Luomei heard this, she was suddenly dizzy. It's over! She actually fell for Shen Miaoling's slut's trick!