Zhangjia Jinzhi

Chapter 136
The queen arrived very quickly, and she led a group of maids to guard outside Chongxi Palace. Nanny Yu supported her and went straight into the bedroom to visit Changping.

When Li Taiwei saw the queen stepping in quickly, even her fingertips were trembling, she hurriedly comforted her:
"Empress, don't worry, the imperial physician has just tested the soup, it is not poisonous, the princess is fine."

Not poisonous?
The queen's heart fell to the ground, and she still looked at the prince with some fear:

"You child. How can you hide such a big matter from me?"

"What's going on? Who dared to tamper with Changping's soup?"

The prince bowed to the queen and said slowly:
"Mother, please forgive me. Just now, on the way to Qiwu Palace, Erchen happened to meet Mother Qiu, and when he learned about this, he asked her to keep it a secret until Erchen came over to find out what happened."

"The imperial doctor just tested the soup and it is indeed non-toxic. It just added a taste of Tianshan snow lotus. The little court lady who was tampering just now was caught by Erchen's people on the spot. She is waiting for the mother to interrogate later."

"Tianshan snow lotus?"

The Queen was surprised,
"Such a precious medicinal material, why did she secretly put it in Changping's soup behind someone's back?"

The prince also shook his head helplessly, saying:

"He has been escorted to the side hall, and he is only waiting for his mother to interrogate together later."

The queen collected herself, comforted Chang Ping for a while, then turned around and said to Li Taiwei:

"If Princess Chonghua is free, I will also go with the palace to have a look. This person is the maid you just met."

Li Taiwei naturally agreed, she and Chang Ping have been in love since childhood, since the queen opened her mouth, she has absolutely no reason to refuse.

The prince glanced sideways at Li Taiwei, with deep eyes:
"The princess was with Lu Xiao just now?"

As soon as these words came out, the inner room suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Li Taiwei in unison.

Rao Li Taiwei had been in the harem for many years in his previous life, and now he was stared at by a group of people, especially because of Lu Xiao couldn't help but feel a little hot.

"Yes,"

Mrs. Li responded in a low voice,
"I just met in the side hall."

The prince nodded, stared for a moment, did not make another sound, and lifted his feet out of the inner room.

The queen glanced at Li Taiwei meaningfully, and it was inconvenient to ask any more questions at this time, so she led her to the side hall together.

The side hall was quiet, and the palace servants had just cleaned it. The water stains on the smooth bluestone bricks were still wet, and the blurred outlines of people could be vaguely seen.

The two gold-armored guards were dignified and dignified, and kneeling in front of them was a thin little palace lady, trembling and about to cry.

Seeing the empress and the crown prince coming in person, the little palace maid trembled violently, tears streaming down her face, she bit her lips so that she could not cry out.

"This palace asks you, who ordered you to tamper with the princess's soup?"

The empress looked coldly, staring at the little palace maid lying on the ground, said in a deep voice.

"Return to your mother. Slaves, servants, servants"

The little maid did not dare to raise her head, trembling and unable to speak clearly.

However, Li Taiwei was sure that it was the little maid in front of her that she bumped into earlier.She took two steps forward and said in a soft voice:
"Don't be afraid, the empress already knows about your father and mother being held hostage outside the palace, as long as you tell the truth, the empress will decide with you."

"I see that you are not very old, maybe you have only entered the palace not long ago, if someone uses you to hurt the princess, it is a serious crime against the nine clans! Not to mention your parents, even relatives of the same clan will inevitably die."

The little maid suddenly raised her head when she heard the words, stared at Li Taiwei in a daze, and begged:
"Slaves... Slaves have no choice..."

"Yes... it's Qian Momo... she forced the slaves..."

"Which palace maid?"

The prince said coldly.

"Yes...it's Yaohua Palace...the nanny in charge of Pei Zhaoyi from Yaohua Palace..."

The little maid was so frightened that her face was as white as paper, her body was shaking violently, and she stumbled to finish speaking.

"Come here! Tell me about Pei Zhaoyi!"

The queen clenched her fingertips, her face turned pale, but she still couldn't hide her hostility.

As soon as the words were finished, the Jinwu Guard escorted a person in, it was Nanny Qian from Yaohua Palace.

"Reporting to Empress Empress, Your Highness the Crown Prince, under the order of Colonel Lu, this person will be escorted here, and I beg your empress to make a decision!"

Jin Wuwei paid a big salute to the queen and the prince, and bowed.

"it is good!"

The prince praised loudly,

"Bring people in!"

Qian Momo's hair was loose in a bun and her clothes were wrinkled. She was escorted into the hall in a state of embarrassment, and she knelt on the ground with a plop.

Turning his head, he saw the little palace maid who was also kneeling on the ground, with beads of sweat rolling down her forehead, she cried out in panic:
"Queen... Empress Empress..."

The queen sneered:

"You know Ben Gong! Tell me! Who gave you the guts to murder the princess!"

"Miss!"

Qian Momo leaned over and kowtowed, her body trembled involuntarily, and she said in a trembling voice:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's lesson! Slave... How dare I murder Her Royal Highness? It's just... I just asked someone to add some snow lotus from Tianshan Mountain to make up the princess... Slave... Slave never dare to think of murdering the princess! Please! Empress, check it out!"

"Empress—! Empress Empress——!"

Pei Zhaoyi's voice came from outside the door. As soon as she entered the palace door, she knelt down, moved her knees and begged the queen, kowtowed and said:
"Empress Empress...all this is my concubine's fault...I beg your empress to forgive me..."

The queen stared blankly at Pei Zhaoyi who was kneeling in front of her, and couldn't help but exchanged glances with the prince, as if she didn't expect that Pei Zhaoyi would plead guilty so easily.

The queen took a breath and said sharply:

"Pei Zhaoyi! You are telling me the truth! If you dare to speak half a lie, I will not forgive you lightly today!"

Pei Zhaoyi hurriedly kowtowed to the queen, then choked up and said:
"Empress... The concubine and the deceased Concubine Jing were handkerchiefs... Back then she was persecuted and died with hatred... The concubine... The concubine is incompetent... Can't clear up her grievances..."

"A few days ago, there were rumors in the palace that Her Highness the Princess was bewitched by an evil spirit, and she seemed to have seen Concubine Jing's wronged soul... Later, the Lingxiao Palace caught fire for no reason... The concubine... The concubine ordered someone to secretly put some Tianshan into the princess's soup Snow lotus powder, I want the princess to get well as soon as possible... It is even more true that the princess's illness is due to the lingering ghost of Concubine Jing..."

"Chenqie...Chenqie just want to tell the concubine Jin to suffer some rumors and make her restless every night...I will never dare to have the intention of murdering Princess Changping...I beg your empress to investigate clearly..."

As soon as these words came out, the Queen's eyebrows frowned:
"Chang Ping was frightened that night, but it was related to you!"

Pei Zhaoyi hurriedly shook her head in panic and said:
"No no! Empress... Chen Qie... Chen Qie would never dare to have such thoughts..."

"During the few days when Her Royal Highness was ill, the concubine didn't know about it, and at that time, she was busy embroidering the hundred blessings picture of the Empress Dowager's birthday with Xu Liangyuan every day, and never asked anyone to step out of the Yaohua Palace! If you don't believe in ministers and concubines, you can ask someone to ask Xu Liangyuan!"

It was about the safety of the chief, so the queen naturally refused to believe it. She winked at the servant next to her and asked someone to invite Xu Liangyuan...

Only then did the servant bow in response, and the little maid's frightened cry came from outside the hall:
"Empress Empress...it's not good...Xu Liangyuan...she...she threw herself into a well..."

"what!"

The queen was shocked!

There was a glint in Li Taiwei's eyes:
This harem... is more interesting than the previous life!

(End of this chapter)