"Where is the emperor now?"

The father-in-law's brow furrowed, and he glanced at me lightly, with some contempt in his eyes. He probably thought that I still hoped that there was some room for maneuver, and wanted to beg for mercy, so he said impatiently: "The emperor is now in the imperial study, discussing state affairs with Lord Taifu, but he can't take care of these small things in the harem." ”

It turned out that Pei Yuanhao was still in the imperial study.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, I don't want him to come, I'm afraid he will.

He is a man who is suspicious and wary of everything, and no clue can escape his deep eyes. And for now, I only hope that this matter will end today.

So I nodded and said, "My father-in-law is waiting for me outside the door, and I'll come right away after I pack up." ”

Although he was a little impatient, but I am still a talented person in the end, and it is not good to refute my face clearly, so he urged me twice and walked out, at this time Wu Mama and they all surrounded him, Shui Xiu's eyes were red, and said: "Talented, what should I do?" How can there be herbs in the kitchen? ”

"Is someone framing us?"

I didn't want to say anything more to them, so I said to Shui Xiu: "If you want to die, or if you want me to die, talk nonsense today." ”

She was stunned and looked at me with wide eyes.

I continued: "If you want to live, if you want to atone for my sins, don't say anything today. ”

“……”

"Remember, dare to say a word, I want your life."

I didn't speak loud, and my tone was very calm, but this sentence frightened Shui Xiu's face, and Mama Wu and the others were also stunned, and after a while, they nodded stupidly: "Slave, slave knows." ”

"Alright, come with me."

I stretched out my hand, Shui Xiu came up a little tremblingly and helped me out of the door, the father-in-law was already waiting impatiently outside, and when he saw us coming out, he shook off the dust and hurriedly led us out.

This time there was no sedan chair, we walked to Jingren Palace in the morning light, but we didn't expect the people here to arrive, Chang Qing was still sitting upright in the huge lobby, and the concubines on both sides were sitting peacefully, and the expressions on those heavy faces were particularly vivid.

And inside these, there is a particularly feminine face.

Like everyone, she also has a good look on her face, the only difference is that she already knows the ending of this play.

I slowly stepped forward and bowed down to Chang Qing: "Concubine, meet the queen." ”

This time, Chang Qing didn't say "flat", so I could only kneel, she looked down at me for a while, and said, "Yue Cairen, yesterday you said that the medicine bag was not from your Fangcaotang. ”

“……”

I didn't answer, just knelt and didn't say anything.

"Then explain why the steward would find these things in the stove in the kitchenette of Yerba Caotang."

After speaking, she waved her hand, and Kou'er walked over with a shallow wooden plate, which was a pile of stove ashes, but if you looked closely, there were still some medicinal herbs mixed in the ashes, some of which had been scorched, and some of which had left a little unburned, which were the medicinal materials used in the medicine bag.

"What else do you have to explain?"

"The concubine has nothing to explain."

I said this lightly, and the people around me suddenly shouted in shock, as if they didn't expect me to admit it so lightly, and even Chang Qing's usual calm face passed a trace of waves, she looked at me and said, "So, do you admit that you let Shui Xiu release that medicine sachet?" ”

Shui Xiu's face suddenly turned white, I only glanced at her out of the corner of my eye, and said, "That was put by the concubine herself." ”

"What?!"

Chang Qing looked at me in astonishment, Shui Xiu's eyes widened, and I said indifferently: "The concubine knows that Shui Xiu is going to sneak into Jingren Palace to release mice, and the concubine came in behind her, so others saw Shui Xiu, but they didn't see the concubine, this medicine bag was made by the concubine herself, and it was also put by the concubine herself." ”

"Talented people ......"

Shui Xiu was frightened, and just about to say something, I glanced at her coldly, and she suddenly became dumb.

Chang Qing frowned: "It's really you, who entered Jingren Palace that night?" ”

"Shui Xiu just let go of the rat and went back soon, she didn't know about it at all, besides-" I turned my head to look at Yuwen who was shrinking to the side: "You can ask Miss Yuwen, has Xu Jieyu been unwell since that day?" ”

As soon as Yuwen heard this, she couldn't wait to say: "That's right, Jieyu has been unwell since that morning, Queen Mother," she said and knelt down towards Chang Qing: "You must be the master of Jieyu, Yue Cairen is jealous of our family Jieyu, she actually made such a poisonous hand, Jieyu died so unjustly!" ”

I didn't bother to look at her, and there was no expression on my indifferent face.

And the surrounding concubines naturally won't let go of this opportunity, and they all pointed at me and scolded me angrily-

"What a vicious person, Xu Jieyu is such a good person, she actually did such a poisonous act!"

"This wicked woman, how can she stay in the palace anymore!"

"That's right, you can't keep her, otherwise there will be anyone in this palace who dares to get pregnant?"

A thousand people pointed out, but Shen Rou, who originally had a good expression on her face, frowned slightly at this time, as if looking at me with some uneasiness, I knelt in the center of the room with my eyelids lowered, motionless.

Chang Qing slowly stood up and walked in front of me, looked down at me for a while, and said, "Do you have anything else to say?" ”

"There is nothing to say."

Chang Qing frowned again, looked at me for a while, and finally said: "Talented Yue Qingying, jealous—"

Before he finished speaking, the voice of Gonggong Yu suddenly came from outside: "The emperor has arrived!" ”

The surrounding concubines originally heard her "verdict", and several of them were so excited that they held their breath, but at this time, when they heard that the emperor was coming, the expression on their faces changed a few times, and they still got up immediately, and I also frowned, only to see a tall shadow slowly moving from the ground, covering my shadow.

"The concubine visits the emperor."

"Get up."

His voice was very low, with a hint of hoarseness, as if he hadn't slept all night, I listened to the familiar footsteps and walked slowly over, until I walked behind me, and said to Chang Qing who was standing in front of me: "Empress, how are you asking?" ”

"Your Majesty, Yue Cairen has already recognized it."

"Oh? Admit it all? ”

His voice was faint, but it seemed that there was something hidden under that calm, I subconsciously looked back at him, his face was also pale, his eyes were full of bloodshots, it seemed that he really stayed up all night, and his expression looked a little tired, but when he looked at me, his eyes were a little redder.

I turned my face calmly and continued to kneel in silence.

Chang Qing said: "Yue Cairen said that she put the medicine bag, and when Shui Xiu sneaked into Jingren Palace that night to secretly release the mice, she was behind Shui Xiu, so the people in Jingren Palace saw Shui Xiu, but they didn't see her, Yuwen also said that Xu Jieyu's body began to be abnormal after that day." ”

"Oh?"

His voice was elongated and playful: "That night? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Yuwen knelt and walked over, crying and saying, "Please ask the emperor to make the decision for Jieyu!" ”

He didn't speak, but slowly walked up to me, slowly squatted down and looked at me, I kept my head down, but as soon as he reached out, he pinched my chin, lifted it slightly, and I was lifted to look at him.

"That Night......"

I looked at him calmly: "The concubine knows that she is deeply guilty, but she begs to die to atone for her sins and hope that the emperor will fulfill it." ”

As soon as he heard my words, others were okay, but the water show next to him was about to cry: "Talented, talented!" ”

“……”

I didn't say anything, just was lifted by his chin, and looked at him with a shallow and light gaze, as if there was a transparency in front of me.

He was still looking at me, but there was a faint ripple in those deep eyes, and there was an expression on his face that was almost twitching, and I heard him grind his teeth and suddenly slap me hard.

"Smack!" With a bang, I was knocked to the ground.

"Talented!"

Shui Xiu hurriedly knelt down and pounced to help me up, I was beaten so that my eyes turned white for a while, my face was hot and painful, the corners of my mouth seemed to be cracked, I licked it gently, and the tip of my tongue immediately tasted a trace of blood.

Looking at my appearance, Shui Xiu cried tears on her face, turned around and kowtowed to Pei Yuanhao, and knocked loudly: "Your Majesty, the emperor begs you not to beat talented people, every qiē is the fault of the slave maid, the emperor, you beat the slave maid!" ”

Pei Yuanhao stood up straight, looked down at me, and said, "Do you want to die?" If you're dead, you're gone, right? When you die, you got your wish, right? I won't let you die! ”

I'm still on the ground, and the slap is really not light, and it's still buzzing in my ears.

But his voice still sounded so clearly in his ears: "Cut off her talented title, enter the cold palace, I won't let you die, I will torture you well!" ”

Break into the cold palace......

When I heard this, I just smiled faintly in my heart, but when the concubines around me heard that they were going to beat me into the cold palace, they were all stunned and looked at each other, but as soon as they heard the word "torture", some people sneered on their faces again.

Chang Qing looked at me, then at Pei Yuanhao, and said, "The concubine will arrange it immediately." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand and said to the old eunuch standing at the door, "Take it down." ”

"Yes."

The father-in-law walked in, and in front of the emperor, he was still honest, neither respectful nor humble, and said calmly: "Come with us." ”

I got up slowly, but the slap just now was too heavy, and now my brain is still a little dizzy, Shui Xiu hurriedly came up to help me, I just took a step out of the door, but stopped again, looked back at him, and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine has another request." ”

He looked at me: "What more could you ask for?" ”