Chunman Palace

Chapter 17

"You can't believe what Xiaotao says, so let's do it." The queen raised her eyes and said "hmm" in a high voice, only to see Liu Xishan coming in from behind the door escorting a young eunuch.

The little eunuch was covered in bloodstains and the corners of his clothes were torn. It was obvious that he had been tortured, and he knelt on his knees crookedly.

Lin Qingyu looked at the little eunuch, and asked with some doubts, "Xiao Xizi, is that you?"

"Young master...is a slave." The little lady listened, and put her head on the ground and kowtowed a few times, looking very frightened.

"Why are you here? Who hit you." Lin Qingyu's words were still a little gentle.

The queen coughed lightly, and looked away a little impatiently, "Xiao Xizi, tell me what you saw that night."

Xiao Xizi said tremblingly, "Yes." Then she kowtowed to the ground a few times, and said to Lin Qingyu in a very low voice: "Little master, I'm sorry for you."

Lin Qingyu's heart turned cold, and she pinned her eyes on Xiao Xizi angrily, to see what he could say.

"Returning to the empress's words, after the Dragon Boat Festival, our lord went to visit Mrs. Mu Gui, and on the way there was a conflict with the concubine Chang. On the night of May [-], the servant saw our lord handing over a pack of medicinal powder to Mo'er, the close maid, and left the palace gate. It's been a long time since I came back." Xiao Xizi said so.

That day, Lin Qingyu did ask Mo'er to do something, but Xiao Xizi found out that Lin Qingyu had become the basis to sue herself.

Lin Qingyu clenched her sleeves tightly, she really shouldn't trust the people in the palace too much, she is extremely disappointed now.

The queen glanced at Lin Qingyu with great interest, and then asked Xiao Xizi, "Oh? What kind of medicinal powder?"

"The slave doesn't know either. He only sees the color of the medicine powder, which is orange."

"Biography to Imperial Physician Liu." The queen picked up the cup on the side and took a sip. The strong smell of Jiukeng tea wafted out, disturbing Lin Qingyu's mind.

Imperial Physician Liu came in and reported back: "Go back to Empress Madam, according to my investigation, Madam Chang's allergy was induced by violet vetch pollen, which caused itching and unbearable scratching, and the color of violet vetch pollen is orange."

After hearing this, the Queen was about to speak, but Concubine Min snatched her away: "Now that the evidence is convincing, Lin agrees, I think you should admit it as soon as possible. A stubborn mouth will only make you suffer in vain."

Between these words, there was a little more impatience.

Realizing that she was being watched, Concubine Min looked indifferent and sipped her tea as if nothing had happened.

The queen's expression was quite displeased, she only thought that Concubine Min was too troublesome and didn't want to sit for a long time, so she comforted Lin Qingyu: "Lin promised, if you feel wronged, you can also produce evidence."

At this time, Mo'er hastily stepped forward and knelt down, "Empress, our young master has never said anything against others to Xin Changzai! I was by my side the day my young master passed out, and I never left. Xiao Tao only came in to pick up the food box when Xin Changzai was about to leave, how did she hear those words?"

"My servant really heard it with my own ears. Although I have been outside the house, my servant's ears can hear me very clearly." There was some grievance in Xiaotao's words.

This is really talented, his nose is not as sensitive as a dog's, but his ears are more powerful than Shunfeng's.

Lin Qingyu didn't feel it was funny, and asked upwards: "Since that's the case, can the empress allow my concubine to talk to Aunt Shuxiang outside the house, if Xiaotao can really hear clearly, she can definitely say it verbatim."

"That's a good idea." The queen nodded to her appreciatively, and waved for Shu Xiang to take her out.

After a while, Shu Xiang and Lin Qingyu came back.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

That's all for now?Even the concubine who was closest to the seat didn't hear anyone talking, and couldn't help but look at each other with puzzled expressions.

Could it be that Xiaotao really has amazing abilities?

The queen had already seen some clues, and said in a cold voice: "Xiao Tao, it is much closer to the outside of the house from your place than to Lin's promised residence. Since you can hear the conversation outside Lin's promised residence, then tell me that you just heard it." What is it, Shu Xiang, you come to testify."

Shu Xiang obeyed and stood beside Xiao Tao.

Xiaotao rolled her eyes left and right as if in a daze, her teeth chattered, and she faltered, "Go back to Empress Empress, what Lin promised was... yes... that she was wronged!"

The queen remained calm, turned her head and asked again: "Shu Xiang, tell me."

"Yes, back to the empress and all the ladies and lords, what Lin promised to say just now is: the pure will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid. Judging right and wrong is up to oneself, and reputation is up to others."

The queen was quite appreciative and said: "So Lin promised to use these two poems to prove himself." She smiled knowingly at Shanglin Qingyu, and then glanced at Xin Changzai in the distance.

Xin Changzai had stood up from his seat, with a slightly different expression.

"Xin Changzai, since Xiaotao is not enough to prove it, did you bring her other maid with you that day?"

After listening to the queen's clear words, Xin Chang shook his head lightly in regret.

Qiaoque, who was close to her body, was ordered by her to invite the imperial physician at first, but soon after she came back, she went back to the Empress Dowager Ming, staggering the time when Lin Qingyu talked to herself.

The queen slammed the table and said angrily: "Xiao Tao, it can be seen that your words are all fabricated by yourself. You are slandering the master. Come and drag it down."

Xiaotao was dragged out involuntarily, screaming like a frightened wild goose, the moaning elongated in a melodious way, and finally broke into pieces with a whimper.

There was a chill in Lin Qingyu's heart, she closed her eyes tightly, and felt that scream turned into bright red blood, climbing into her dark vision.

The road to the palace is very long, and she needs to get used to it.

She stuck her nails into her palms resignedly, let the pain distract her from her thoughts, and opened her eyes again.

Xin Changzai stepped forward suddenly and said: "But the Empress, and Xiao Xizi saw with their own eyes that Lin promised to appoint Mo'er, the personal maid, and Mo'er sneaked out with the medicine bag, so what should I say."

Sure enough, Xin Changzai came after her.

How can there be any good people in this palace who will pour out their hearts and souls for you for no reason, without hiding them?Fortunately, she didn't tell Xin Changzai everything.

Lin Qingyu simply stopped pretending, and her voice returned to calm: "Xin Changzai, the pack of violet vetch pollen you gave me is very good, so I asked Mo'er to take the violet vetch pollen to the Imperial Hospital and ask Dr. Li to make ointment , it should still be in the hands of Taiyi Li."

The Queen's smile gradually became brighter, "Tell Tai Physician Li."

Afterwards, Imperial Physician Li rushed over with the medicine box, and knelt down to salute: "Empress, Miss Mo'er next to Lin promised that she did give a medicine package to Weichen, saying it was violet vetch pollen, but the hospital is busy. , Weichen has not had time to make ointment in the future."

Lin Qingyu's status is low, so the Taiyuan Hospital naturally wouldn't rush to do things for her, which actually helped her.

Imperial Physician Li then took out the package of unopened medicine. After opening it, a red sachet fell out, and he and Imperial Physician Liu opened it for inspection. After a while, they said in unison: "Ms. Milk vetch pollen."

Shu Xiang presented the red sachet again, the queen glanced at it briefly and asked, "How can you prove that this is Xin Changzai's sachet?"

Lin Qingyu said: "Empress, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival, I gave Xin Changzai a five-poison sachet, Xin Changzai thought the orchid pattern was tacky, so he changed it to something else, just check the embroidery stitches to know. "

Xin Changzai did not expect that Lin Qingyu would bite himself back, his pupils opened slightly, and he denied it: "I have already lost that sachet!"

If it's not a guilty conscience, why throw it away?The queen has already seen his revealing feet, but for the sake of justice, she still does not expose her in person.

She couldn't deny it and said to Shuxiang: "Then take this sachet to Yaohua Pavilion and check it out, don't wrong any good people."

Seeing that the truth was about to surface, Xin Changzai suddenly became extremely irritable, and said angrily, "Even if the sachet is mine! But it doesn't prove that Lin Xu didn't keep it secretly, and Lin Xu and Concubine Chang have hated each other for a long time! The concubine has no reason to frame her, right?"

Lin Qingyu shot back sharply: "Really? If Xin Chang hadn't been here to frame your concubine, how could Xiao Xizi in the concubine's palace come out to testify and help Xin Chang together to slander me? I think if we checked Xiao Xizi's room, Then you can find a lot of benefits from Xin Changzai."

Xin Changzai stared at her with rounded eyes, the red blood streaks were clearly visible, as if he was about to pounce on her in the next moment.

The sisters the day before yesterday, and the enemies today, are making such a scene, it's really frightening.

Imperial Physician Li added: "Go back to Empress, Empress Chang is always in good health, if you want to cause such severe allergies, the dose of violet vetch pollen is more than half a sachet!" Imperial Physician Liu also echoed A few words.

"But Concubine Chang and Concubine Lin have been at odds for a long time. She wants to harm people, so naturally there are other ways to get the milk vetch pollen." Xin Changzai's words have lost their logic, they don't use honorific words, and they are full of loopholes.

The queen understood the current situation, and she explained it one by one: "Now is not the season for vetch flowers to bloom. If you want to get pollen, you can only go to the Tai Hospital. It's easy. You only need to check the records of the Tai Hospital. Sending this sachet to the imperial hospital means that she already knows that it is not poisonous, and she does not know whether Concubine Chang is allergic to milk vetch pollen, if she does it rashly, it will cause trouble for her body?"

"But Lin promised to be hostile to Concubine Chang, and it's unknown if Lin promised to inquire about Concubine Chang's intentions to harm Concubine Chang." Xin Changzai explained as he was still dying.

But she seldom went out of the palace due to illness, so how could she find out the news?Xin Changzai's words are self-defeating.

And at this time, a burst of voice gave Xin Changzai a blow in the head.

"Xin Chang was joking, our empress has never been against Lin Xu."

(End of this chapter)