"Ouch......" The atmosphere in the hall stiffened, and then Qing Concubine exclaimed in surprise and then covered her stomach.

"What's wrong?" On the side, Li Shuyi looked so busy and asked worriedly.

"It may be that I have a bad stomach, it hurts, no, I have to leave." As soon as Concubine Qing spoke, she got up and walked to the entrance of the hall.

Li Shuyi looked at Qing Concubine in astonishment, and a deep gloom crossed her eyes.

When Concubine Li saw Concubine Qing like this, a sarcasm flashed in her eyes.

Concubine De looked at Concubine Qing with unpredictable eyes.

"Come on, go to the imperial doctor! Zi'er, you personally follow the concubine and take care of the concubine. The moment Bai Yuzhu saw the Qing Concubine get up, she raised her voice, and then added: "If the imperial doctor doesn't find out what illness Qing Concubine has, the imperial doctor will be dismissed on the spot, and then start the investigation with Qing Concubine first!" ”

The Qing concubine who walked to the door of the hall stiffened, and her steps suddenly stagnated, she bit her lower lip tightly, because she was facing away from the entire hall, her face was full of anger at this moment, she gritted her teeth, and then turned around The moment the expression on her cheeks returned to flat, she smiled slightly and said: "Suddenly it doesn't hurt!" ”

Concubine Li immediately sneered, and she sneered: "Stupid people always like to lift a stone and shoot themselves in the foot, embarrassing!" ”

"Yo, I can't see how smart some people are, and I don't know who ...... a few days ago" Qing Concubine immediately looked at Concubine Li with cold eyes, and her tone was mocking, but unfortunately, she was interrupted before she finished speaking.

"I've finished reading everything that should be recited, now, let's start interrogating!" Bai Yuzhu interrupted Concubine Qing's words loudly, because she was not like Queen Zhen who could tolerate these concubines scolding Huai for half her life, and she still had something to do.

"Come on, bring everything in!" The next moment, Zi'er said loudly.

Soon, seven or eight palace maids walked in from outside, each holding a large black wood tray in their hands, which was tightly covered with a black cloth, but when they uncovered the black cloth, even Queen Zhen was shocked.

"Crown Princess, ...... are you" Empress Zhen looked at the torture instruments in shock, and she looked at Bai Yuzhu.

"Don't worry about the queen mother." Bai Yuzhu looked at Queen Zhen beside her, and then she raised her voice and said: "Not everyone will be lynched, liars, shielders, anyone who frames others for self-protection, or who is afraid of power and wants to protect themselves, this palace will let these torture instruments be used one by one." ”

The silver needles shining with cold light, the long black and shiny whip are inlaid with iron nails, the bamboo cut between the fingers, the palm card of the palm, and the most frightening thing is a pot of burning hot coal, any of which can make people lose their lives.

The palace people were naturally panicked when they saw this, because no one wanted to be punished by the palace.

The faces of all the concubines were ugly, and a few of them were uneasy and looked flustered.

Bai Yuzhu glanced at it, Zi'er lowered her head slightly, and the next moment, she said loudly: "Now, whoever reads it, who will go to the front of the hall." ”

"Slave maid...... The slave maid is the maid of the tea palace next to the crown princess...... "The first thing I read is naturally the first palace maid to appear."

In fact, in the entire palace, except for the head of the first palace and the chief father-in-law, the maid of the Fengcha palace is the one who has stayed by the master's side for the longest time, so this is a major position, and naturally the person behind it will not be an ordinary character.

"On March 8, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was ordered by the queen to send a headdress made of pearls from the West Sea to the palace of the four concubines. From the palace maid's room, it was found that the jasper vine flower inlaid with pearls and jade pendants, and the gold inlaid with Western pearl earrings were all items belonging to Concubine De. Zi'er read it according to the booklet.

"Concubine De, what else do you have to say?" Bai Yuzhu looked at Concubine De and asked in a flat tone.

The evidence is conclusive, and there is no way to quibble, but Concubine De calmly looked directly at Bai Yuzhu and said: "There are a lot of concubines, maybe when they are lost, maybe when they are lost, the crown princess must know that few of the servants in the palace are clean hands and feet, maybe the slaves in the palace of the concubines stole the things of the concubines and transferred them to the slaves in the East Palace, so the concubines will not admit that the blood of this palace maid is spewing people." ”

Bai Yuzhu knew that Concubine De would not admit it, and if she simply admitted it, she would not be like Concubine De's scheming person, she did not forget that she was planted in Concubine De's hands once.

"Give the booklet of the Grand Governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the main palace." She said in a deep voice.

On the side, Zi'er hurriedly held another purple booklet in her hand and held it high above her head and handed it to her young lady.

Bai Yuzhu took it, she turned her head to look at Queen Zhen on the side, she said: "Queen Mother, Erchen will never embarrass anyone, and no one in the palace knows the rules better than the Queen Mother, every jewelry is unique, and I can't find the second one, and this batch of jewelry made of Xihai Pearl was awarded to the four concubines of the harem in the early spring of the Queen Mother. ”

Empress Zhen stretched out her hand to take the booklet, she looked at Bai Yuzhu deeply, turned a few pages, and then she said, "Take it to Concubine De." ”

"Yes." The palace maid on the side took the booklet and walked to Concubine De's side and said respectfully: "Please take a look at Concubine De." ”

Concubine De's sleeves were clenched tightly, she raised her eyes to look at Bai Yuzhu but saw that her eyebrows were calm, but she knew that there was a conflict between Concubine Li and the crown princess last time in order to protect it, and this time I was afraid that it would be difficult to resist.

finally stretched out her hand to take it, and after she saw it, she said indifferently: "Although the evidence is conclusive, it is not these that the concubines reward the palace maids around them, so the bribes in the East Palace have nothing to do with the concubines." ”

"Concubine De, you also know that the evidence is conclusive, and you dare to deny it!" Empress Zhen shouted.

"Back to the queen's mother, the concubine said that maybe it was stolen by the palace maids around her who were greedy for money." Concubine De immediately responded respectfully, and her momentum did not appear weak at all.

When Concubine De said this, Bai Yuzhu instantly guessed Concubine De's thoughts, smiled, and said in a loud voice: "Concubine De, what you mean by this means that your hands and feet are not clean from a slave in the palace, presumably Concubine De can say this, Xu has already guessed in her heart that it was the slave who took your things......"

Concubine De's calm face appeared a crack at this moment, she looked at Bai Yuzhu in the high position, and she said: "The concubine just said so, and she didn't find out who took it, otherwise the concubine would have been punished a long time ago." ”

Bai Yuzhu said to Queen Zhen with a disappointed look on her face: "Queen Mother, the ministers have no time to ask about the affairs of the harem, but Concubine De, as the head of the four concubines, can't even govern herself in the palace, so what qualifications do you have to become the head of the four concubines." ”

She didn't know who the forces behind Concubine De were, but she knew that Concubine De's means that the servants in the palace had long been all Concubine De's henchmen, and Concubine De wanted to borrow the slaves from her own palace to evade responsibility, so she laid a trap and let her drill into it.

Empress Zhen deliberately looked embarrassed, she looked at Concubine De and said: "Concubine De, this palace has always felt that you are stable, and now it seems that you can't even handle the affairs of your own palace, which is too disappointing for this queen." ”

When Concubine De heard Bai Yuzhu say that, she felt bad, and when she heard the queen's words, she hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, please give the concubine two days, and the concubine will immediately return to the palace to thoroughly investigate those minions and give the princess an explanation." ”

Queen Zhen is really useless, she wants to bring down Concubine De but refuses to cooperate with herself, Bai Yuzhu's heart is full of coldness, she said: "Give you two days to let you find a scapegoat!" ”

"The crown princess, the concubine definitely didn't mean that." Concubine De immediately retorted.

"You don't?" Bai Yuzhu suddenly slapped the table, and this voice frightened His Highness's worried people, their faces were as pale as paper, and their whole body trembled slightly, and she shouted: "The evidence is conclusive, and you dare to deny it!" Everything in the palace is recorded, even the loss of a needle is a big deal, not to mention these precious ornaments! As the head of the four concubines, you are very strict with your own palace on weekdays, and this palace absolutely does not believe that the servants in your palace dare to steal such a valuable thing easily, and if you steal it, you haven't resold it, but it actually appeared in the palace of the East Palace, hehe......"

She sneered and said angrily: "Come on, bring the head of Zhong Cui Palace to this palace!" ”

In an instant, the head of the first palace who was standing beside Concubine De was caught by two palace maids, and she immediately looked at Concubine De with a panicked expression, with a look of distress in her eyes.

Empress Zhen looked sideways at Bai Yuzhu, whose eyes were cold and attacking, she did not stop her, but looked at this scene indifferently.

Concubine De pursed her lips, she handed the head a cold look, and then she looked at Bai Yuzhu and said, "Crown princess, how can you punish the head of the concubine because of this palace maid's nonsense." ”

Almost instantly, she was furious, and Bai Yuzhu angrily reprimanded Concubine De and said: "The master made a mistake and the slave made a mistake, and after saying that, this Fengcha palace maid also directly pointed out that it was Concubine De that your boss gave her these precious ornaments, and asked her to tell Concubine De everything about the whereabouts of the palace and the prince, what she said and did, do you think you can get rid of it?" ”

"The concubine doesn't know anything!" Concubine De immediately denied it, and she said in a deep voice: "Or does the crown princess Niangniang treat her concubine like this because she hated her concubine because of what happened in Fengzao Palace last time?" ”

"Heh......" Bai Yuzhu sneered, she looked at Concubine De coldly and said, "You thought this palace would take that little thing to heart last time?" Concubine De, don't forget, not only your name is on this booklet, but also Concubine Li, Concubine Qing, all of you, everyone is responsible for this matter. ”

"Anyway, the concubine doesn't know anything!" Concubine De gritted her silver teeth and said coldly, she had no other way than to quibble like this for the time being.

Bai Yuzhu's eyes flashed with anger at this moment, she looked at Queen Zhen and said: "Queen Mother, the sons have checked the palace rules, if the concubine does such a disobedient thing, she will be punished with a cane at the lightest, and she will be demoted to the cold palace at the worst!" ”

Concubine De was stunned instantly, she looked at Bai Yuzhu in disbelief, as if she didn't expect Bai Yuzhu to dare to really move her!