Yang Mu looked at the reactions of the people present and found that Duan Jiulang didn't know when he also entered the main hall, and the Empress Dowager Sheng really spared her life.

She raised her head slightly and continued: "Lord Cao Lu hid the letter and poison in the roots of the peach blossom tree, bribed my deputy Yin Zhu, and sent a message to Concubine Xue, asking her to dig up the roots late at night to find the letter and poison. Concubine Xue should be very cooperative, right? Unfortunately, what she didn't know was that I had already replaced that bag of deadly poison with flour. Yinzhu didn't betray me. ”

Empress Dowager Sheng subconsciously asked, "What did you say?" ”

She praised this clever thing in her heart last night, but what did Yang Mu say? It's all a plan?!

Yang Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't Concubine Xue feel a little sticky after taking the flour?" Drink some water and it's a paste. ”

Empress Dowager Sheng: "......"

Yang Mu said: "When I came, I had already instructed the Suzaku Army to take care of all the palace maids and eunuchs who participated in the poisoning in the palace, including the head of the palace, Wang Qing. Does the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces want to interrogate? ”

Empress Dowager Sheng's face became a little ugly, and she looked at Yang Mu's eyes with a warning meaning.

And Empress Dowager Tao was interested and asked: "So, the princess noticed this early, but she didn't tell the palace?" ”

This is a question, after all, it involves the people of the harem, how can Yang Mu, a princess, deal with it privately?

Yang Mu straightened his back, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The Queen Mother forgives her guilt, it is really the assassin's matter that has not yet been found out, and I am afraid that someone has the means in secret, so after exposing the conspiracy in one fell swoop, I will tell you." ”

When Empress Dowager Sheng heard the word "assassin", her eyes shrank.

Empress Dowager Tao turned her head to look at Empress Dowager Sheng and said, "Sister, do you think this matter is still necessary for a royal trial?" ”

The first told Concubine Xue that she was "poisoning and recuperating" in the palace at the moment, and Concubine Shu's mother and son were not recruited at all, and Yang Mu made such a statement, and even took care of a group of palace maids and eunuchs.

This matter is already somewhat obvious, and it seems that there is no need for a royal trial.

Empress Dowager Sheng naturally wanted the royal trial, so that she could personally detain the charges to Yang Mu, but Yang Mu inevitably acted too quickly, and the Zongren Mansion was present, if she was tried in the royal court, the scene would be even more ugly.

It's better to hand over this matter so that you can figure it out slowly.

So, Empress Dowager Sheng said indifferently: "Since this is the case, my sister means that Dali Temple will interrogate this matter." ”

At this moment, Empress Dowager Sheng didn't know that her right-hand man, Jin Gong, had died in the nunnery.

Empress Dowager Tao was about to speak, but Lin Mao, who had not spoken, spoke: "Two mothers, this matter should be handed over to the Zongren Mansion for investigation and interrogation." ”

He glanced at the minister of the Zongren Mansion who had been standing aside, and said, "Today, the two ladies invited the Zongren Mansion to listen instead of Dali Temple, isn't it also this consideration?" ”

Cases in the capital that occur in the palace are handled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs; If it occurs outside the palace and involves the royal family, it will be handled by the Zongren Mansion; If the courtiers are involved, it will be handled by Dali Temple; The rest is Jingzhao Mansion.

Dali Temple is the person of the Empress Dowager Sheng, although the person is dead, but it is not possible to keep what the attitude of the people who come up from Dali Temple.

The Zongren Mansion is different, the Zongren Mansion is royal, and the ministers in it are all royal, and most of them are not biased.

Empress Dowager Sheng said: "Although this matter is poisoned by the royal family, it involves the princess of the foreign minister to protect the country, and it is okay for Dali Temple to come forward." ”

Lin Mao said: "Then it's better to discuss this matter at the court meeting." ”

Empress Dowager Sheng had already put her anger on her face, and said in a deep voice: "Such a trivial matter, does King Ding want to say it at the court meeting?" ”

The court meeting generally talks about major events in the DPRK and China, such as disaster relief, military affairs, and so on.

Lin Mao didn't care about Empress Dowager Sheng's anger, and said stiffly: "This matter involves Concubine Shu's mother and son, and it is already a court matter. Emperor Xibao only has such a posthumous son, if it is handed over to Dali Temple, I am afraid that the royal clan and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will not agree! ”

Empress Dowager Sheng fell silent, her eyes looked at Lin Mao more sharply, and she was not ready to back down at all.

The ministers of the Zongren Mansion on the side looked at each other, and what Lin Mao said was very reasonable.

Lin Mao continued: "If the two empress dowagers feel that this matter should not be handed over to the Zongren Mansion to deal with, then the ministers will go to the mourning hall and ask their colleagues, presumably someone knows the rules of Dashun." ”

His words were already a clear threat, Empress Dowager Sheng stood up and looked at Lin Mao oppressively, she had been the empress dowager for so long, and this was the first time she had encountered a courtier who dared to contradict her.

But she forgot that the person standing in the hall was not a simple courtier, but an iron-fisted general of this Dashun, who held military power and killed people like hemp.

Lin Mao looked at the Empress Dowager Sheng without fear, today he is here to overthrow this old lady, can he still be afraid of her?

Empress Dowager Sheng was on fire by Lin Mao's eyes, but she couldn't give in, because if this matter was handed over to the Zongren Mansion, she would definitely find out that she was behind the scenes.

Empress Dowager Tao came out and softened and said: "Sister, don't be too stubborn, what King Ding said is indeed the rule set by the ancestors." Why don't you leave this matter to the Zongren Mansion to solve, maybe you can give an answer faster? ”

She smiled indifferently at Empress Dowager Sheng, Empress Dowager Sheng's heart was cold, it seemed that Empress Dowager Tao was going to use this opportunity to attack herself.

Empress Dowager Tao said: "I have already decided on this matter, and I will hand it over to the Zongren Mansion!" ”

She is the wife of Emperor Xibao, and the Empress Dowager Sheng is just a concubine of her mother and son, if you really talk about it, her identity is higher than that of the Empress Dowager Sheng.

As soon as these words came out, Empress Dowager Sheng suddenly looked at Empress Dowager Tao with a warning in her eyes.

But Empress Dowager Tao gave Empress Dowager Sheng a reassuring look, as if there was room for the matter to turn around.

Empress Dowager Sheng immediately remembered that in the Zongren Mansion, I was afraid that with the eyes of Empress Dowager Tao, when the time came, I would not be able to involve myself if I killed one or two key witnesses.

It's just that if you want to do something for Empress Dowager Tao, I'm afraid that I will have to exchange some power.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Sheng was able to think of her heart and stopped talking.

It's just that she doesn't speak, but Yang Mu has something to say.

"Qi Yu two mothers, the minister has something to tell. I got the news this morning that the assassin who assassinated Concubine Shu has confessed. ”

When Empress Dowager Sheng heard this, she suddenly stood up again and exclaimed, "What! ”

As soon as she spoke, she realized that her reaction had been excessive, and she immediately slowed down her tone and asked, "What did you confess?" ”

Yang Mu raised his eyebrows, took out the confession that had been prepared a long time ago, handed it over with both hands, and a eunuch took it and placed it on the desk of the queen mother of the two palaces.

Yang Mudao: "The assassins confessed, they are the killers of the door of life and death, and the reason why they assassinated Concubine Shu's mother and son was because a palace maid paid for the murder, and said that it was Shangyi." Otherwise, how would they dare to kill the royal family? ”

When the words fell, a eunuch outside the door shouted, "The Empress Dowager has arrived." ”

The crowd didn't care about anything else, and saluted one after another.

The corners of Yang Mu's mouth curled up proudly, when she just entered the palace, she found the secret line of the Lin family and asked her to pass a message to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager is really a good person, and she came to the rescue so soon.