Fu Ningyan only glanced at the things on the ground and was so frightened that her back trembled, no wonder Shen Luyi had been gone for so long, presumably Fenghua Palace should be no different from the ruins now, for a moment, she couldn't help but want to tear Shen Luyi to pieces immediately, she tried her best to force herself to remain calm, kowtowed to Xi Ze and said: "Your Majesty, these things are not the concubine's, this is a sob! ”

When Shen Luyi heard this, his face changed: "Guifei Niangniang, these things are all searched by the concubines from your Fenghua Palace, so many minions are watching, you think about things with a sentence of 'planting' and evade responsibility, isn't it too whimsical?" Do you take everyone for a fool?! ”

Fu Ningyan kowtowed to Xi Ze again, and defended herself: "Your Majesty, these things are really not the concubine's, the concubine really didn't threaten Concubine Xuan with a snow kiss to poison the little princess, the concubine is innocent, please let the emperor know!" ”

Xi Ze heard the words like adding fuel to the fire, and shouted: "Everything has been searched out of your Fenghua Palace, and you still don't admit your guilt?" How long do you want to quibble? Do you want me to be punished? ”

As soon as she heard that she was going to be punished, Fu Ningyan couldn't help despairing, and the last trace of reason told her that it was useless to just shout injustice, so she said: "Your Majesty, that snow kiss is not the concubine's, it must be someone else's spy around the concubine, the concubine asks the emperor to allow the concubine to interrogate the concubine's slaves and maids, and ask the emperor to summon all the palace people in Fenghua Palace!" ”

Xi Ze laughed angrily: "Okay, I'll convince you today!" Fu Shi, if you can't judge anything today, I'll see how you explain it to me! Come on, summon all the palace people in Fenghua Palace to the Middle Palace! ”

Not long after, all the palace people in Fenghua Palace were summoned to the Middle Palace.

Fu Ningyan tried her best to keep her composure and got up, came to them, and said to the palace maid kneeling in the first row: "Yongxu, Yonghuan, Yongyu, Yongquan, all four of you are on duty in the inner hall, this palace asks you, Concubine Jing went to Fenghua Palace to search the palace today, are you all present?" ”

Yongxu, Yonghuan, Yongyu, and Yongquan all nodded, but some were fast and some were slow.

Fu Ningyan asked again, "Are you all waiting in the yard?" ”

The four of them all nodded again, still fast and slow, and their movements were not consistent.

Fu Ningyan then asked, "Concubine Jing found these things, are you afraid?" ”

All four nodded again, just like the previous two.

Fu Ningyan continued: "This palace has suffered this catastrophe this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to get out lightly, I am afraid that you will be affected by this palace, will you complain about this palace?" ”

This time, Yongxu immediately shook his head, Yonghuan, Yongyu, and Yongquan also shook their heads.

At this moment, Fu Ningyan suddenly pulled Yonghuan out, threw it to the ground, and reprimanded: "You traitor, you dare to betray this palace!" No matter what questions this palace asks, you are always the last to nod or shake your head, not for fear that you will make a mistake and expose your identity as a spy, so why should you be so cautious? While speaking, Fu Ningyan's eyes swept towards Concubine Xuan, only to see that there was an unconcealable surprise on her face, and she suddenly had enough confidence, so she came to Xi Ze, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Yonghuan is the spy next to the concubine, I implore the emperor to strictly judge Yonghuan and return the concubine's innocence!" ”

Xi Ze stared at Yonghuan, who was dodging his eyes, and coldly ordered: "Serve with a cane, and beat her until she tells the truth!" ”

Yonghuan's face was like ashes when he heard this, and he immediately begged for mercy loudly: "The emperor spares his life, the slave and maid are wronged, and the slave and maid don't know anything......"

However, the cane punishment was still carried out in an orderly manner, and when the thirty-second cane was carried out, Yonghuan's cry for mercy finally changed: "The emperor spares his life, the slaves and maids recruit everything, and the slaves and maids recruit ......."

Only then did Xi Ze order to stop the cane punishment. looked at Yonghuan coldly and said, "Say, tell me what you know!" ”

Yonghuan trembled her lips and said intermittently, "Yes...... It's Xuan's concubine...... It was Concubine Xuan who ordered the slave to poison the snow kiss with ...... and the antidote hidden in Fenghua Palace to frame the concubine Niangniang...... Slaves and maids are not hearted...... The emperor spared his life...... The slave didn't dare anymore...... The emperor spared the slaves......"

When Xi Ze heard this, he looked at Li Zuiwu coldly, at this time, Li Zuiwu was already paralyzed on the ground, his face was like dirt, Xi Ze asked unceremoniously: "Li Shi, what else do you have to say?" ”

Li Zuiwu was so shocked that he hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy: "The emperor spares his life, the concubine is guilty, and the concubine is ......."

Xi Ze interrupted coldly: "Enough! Say, who is your real mastermind behind this? ”

Li Zuiwu only knew how to tremble and cry, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Xi Ze waited impatiently, and shouted: "Say it quickly! ”

Li Zuiwu was yelled at and softened, and finally replied with blurred teary eyes: "The concubine has no mastermind behind the scenes...... It's all the concubine's own idea, the emperor spares his life, the concubine doesn't dare anymore......"

Xi Ze became more and more impatient: "Tell me the mastermind behind the scenes, and I will spare you from death if you say it!" ”

Li Zuiwu still only knew how to cry: "Your Majesty, there is really no mastermind behind the scenes......"

Xi Ze knew that he might not be able to ask now, so he ordered with a cold face: "Concubine Xuan poisoned the little princess and falsely accused the concubine, which is a great crime, and now she is demoted to a concubine and sent to the cold palace!" Execute it now! ”

After Li Zuiwu was dragged out of the middle palace, Xi Ze's eyes finally fell on Fu Ningyan's body, and he said coldly: "Concubine, are you guilty?" ”

Fu Ningyan trembled, and immediately argued: "Emperor Mingjian, now the concubine has proved that the Li family's murder of the little princess has nothing to do with the concubine!" ”

Xi Ze said coldly: "You colluded with officials, interfered in court affairs, cursed the queen, and committed the crime of great disrespect, if you are dealt with severely, I can immediately give you death, and you don't admit your guilt?" ”

Layer after layer of cold sweat seeped out one after another, Fu Ningyan could no longer control her expression, and hurriedly leaned over to the ground, trying her best to make her voice sound calm: "Emperor Mingjian, those things are really not the concubine's, the concubines never dare to interfere in the government, let alone disrespect the queen, the concubines ......"

"Enough!" Xi Ze interrupted her impatiently, "Fu Shi, you have been serving by my side for more than a year, don't I know your handwriting?" Who else do you want to blame? ”

When Fu Ningyan heard this, she didn't dare to argue anymore, leaning over the ground and not even daring to breathe.

The eerie silence crept in, almost suffocating.

After a long silence, Xi Ze slowly spoke: "Fu family, I remember that you are a first offender, and I also think that the Fu family worked for me in the previous dynasty, and the contribution is indispensable, especially for you, from today onwards, you will be titled, demoted to a noble concubine, and grounded for half a year, you have thought carefully about me in the Fenghua Palace, if you commit it again, I will not indulge lightly!" Do you remember clearly? ”

Fu Ningyan replied tremblingly: "Thank you for the emperor's grace not to kill, the concubines have all remembered it, and they will never do it again!" Long live my emperor, long live, long live! ”

"Stand down!"

After Fu Ningyan and the concubines retreated, Shen Luyi couldn't wait to ask Xi Ze: "Third brother, such a good opportunity, why do you want to let Fu go lightly?" The matter of Taimiao was instructed by her to Liu Manyu, although I don't have enough evidence, but I'm very sure! ”

Looking at such a manic Shen Luyi, Xi Ze frowned slightly: "The matter of Taimiao, I have already found out, it was indeed Fu Ningyan who instructed Liu Manyu to do it, but the previous dynasty was intertwined, and there are still many places where Fu Jingchuan and the Fu family need to be used, Fu Ningyan is indeed hateful, but now is not the time to bring her down, Lu'er, you are too anxious!" ”

With this reply, Shen Luyi had no choice but to give up.