Mugui

Yang Mu looked around at the reactions of the people present and found that Duan Jiulang had entered the hall at some point. Empress Dowager Sheng really cared about her life.

She raised her head slightly and continued: "Master 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 must be very cooperative, right? What she doesn’t know is that I had already replaced the package of life-threatening poison with flour. Yin Zhu did not betray me. "

Queen Mother Sheng subconsciously asked, "What did you say?"

She was praising the cleverness of this matter last night, but what did Yang Mu say?Are they all just following the plan? !
Yang Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "Didn't Concubine Xue feel her throat was a little sticky after taking the flour? It turned into a paste after drinking some water."

Queen Mother Sheng: "..."

Yang Mudao: "When I came here, I had already ordered the Suzaku Army to guard all the maids and eunuchs who participated in the poisoning in the palace, including the palace manager - Wang Qing. Do the two empresses want to interrogate them?"

Queen Mother Sheng's face became a little ugly, and she looked at Yang Mu with a warning look.

Empress Dowager Tao became interested and asked, "So the princess was aware of this matter early but did not report it to the palace?"

These words were filled with questions. After all, it involved people in the harem. How could Yang Mu, a princess, handle it privately?

Yang Mu straightened his back and said, neither humble nor arrogant, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, but the truth about the assassin has not been found out yet. I'm afraid that someone has other tricks behind the scenes, so I'll report it after I expose the conspiracy in one fell swoop."

Queen Mother Sheng's eyes shrank when she heard the word "assassin".

Empress Dowager Tao turned to look at Empress Dowager Sheng and said, "Sister, do you think this matter still needs to be brought to trial?"

The first person told Concubine Xue that she was "recuperating from poisoning" in the palace at the moment. Concubine Shu and her son were not poisoned at all. Yang Mu said the same thing again 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 court trial.

Empress Dowager Sheng naturally wanted to stand trial so that she could hand the charges to Yang Mu herself, but Yang Mu acted too quickly, and the Clan's Mansion was present. If she stood trial, the scene would be even more ugly.

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

Therefore, Queen Mother Sheng said calmly: "In that case, my sister means that the matter should be interrogated by Dali Temple."

At this moment, Queen Mother Sheng didn't know that her right-hand man, Jin Luo, had died in the nunnery.

When Empress Dowager Tao was about to speak, Lin Mao, who had been silent, said, "Two ladies, this matter should be handed over to the Clan's Mansion for investigation and interrogation."

He glanced at the minister of the Zongren Mansion who had been standing aside and said: "Today, the two empresses invited the Zongren Mansion to attend instead of Dali Temple. Isn't this the same consideration?"

Cases in the capital that occur in the palace are handled by the Internal Affairs Office; cases that occur outside the palace and involve the royal family are handled by the Zongren Mansion; cases that involve courtiers are handled by the Dali Temple; and the rest are handled by the Jingzhao Mansion.

The Prime Minister of Dali Temple is a member of the Empress Dowager Sheng. Although he is dead, there is no guarantee of the attitude of the people who come to Dali Temple.

The Zongren Mansion is different. The Zongren Mansion belongs to the royal family, and the ministers in it are all royal people, and most of their affairs are impartial.

Empress Dowager Sheng said: "Although this matter is caused by the poisoning of a member of the royal family, it does involve the princess who protects the country. It is okay for Dali Temple to come forward."

Lin Mao said: "Then it is 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: "Why would Prince Ding talk about such a trivial matter at the court meeting?"

The DPRK meetings usually talk about major events in the DPRK, such as disaster relief, military affairs, etc.

Lin Mao paid no attention to the anger of Empress Dowager Sheng and said firmly: "This matter involves Concubine Shu and her 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 family and the No civil and military officials in the court would agree!" Empress Dowager Sheng fell silent and looked at Lin Mao more sharply, not prepared to give in at all.

The ministers of the Zongren Mansion looked at each other in confusion. What Lin Mao said made sense.

Lin Mao continued: "If the two empress dowagers feel that this matter should not be handed over to the clan government, then I will go to the mourning hall and ask my colleagues. I believe there is someone who knows Dashun's rules."

His words were already a clear threat. Queen Mother Sheng stood up and looked at Lin Mao oppressively. After being the Queen Mother for so long, this was the first time she 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 from Dashun who held military power and killed people like crazy.

Lin Mao looked at Empress Dowager Sheng without fear. Today he was here to overthrow this old lady. How could he still be afraid of her?

Empress Dowager Sheng was furious at Lin Mao's eyes, but she could not give in because if the matter was handed over to the Clan Mansion, she would definitely find out that she was behind the scenes.

Empress Dowager Tao came out and softened her words: "Sister, don't be too stubborn. What King Ding said is indeed the rule set by our ancestors. Why don't we just leave the matter to the clan mansion to resolve, maybe we can get the answer faster." ?”

She smiled lightly at Queen Mother Sheng, and Queen Mother Sheng felt cold. It seemed that Queen Mother Tao was going to use this opportunity to hit herself.

Empress Dowager Tao said: "I have already decided on this matter and will leave it to the clan mansion!"

She is the first wife of Emperor Xi Bao, and Queen Mother Sheng is just a concubine who is more valuable than mother and son. If it is really said, her status is higher than Queen Mother Sheng.

As soon as these words came out, Queen Mother Sheng suddenly looked at Queen Mother Tao, with warning in her eyes.

But Queen Mother Tao gave Queen Mother Sheng a comforting look, as if there was room for change in the matter.

Empress Dowager Sheng immediately remembered that if Empress Dowager Tao was the spy in the clan's mansion, one or two key witnesses would be killed and she would not be implicated.

But if she wants Empress Dowager Tao to do things, I'm afraid she has to give up some power in exchange.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Sheng felt confident and stopped talking.

But she didn't speak, but Yang Mu had something to say.

"Two ladies, I have something to report. I got the news this morning that the assassin who assassinated Princess Shu confessed."

When Queen Mother Sheng heard this, she suddenly stood up again and exclaimed: "What!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she realized that she had overreacted. She immediately slowed down her tone and asked, "What did you confess to?"

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

Yang Mudao: "The assassins confessed that they were killers from the Life and Death Sect. The reason why they assassinated Concubine Shu and her son was because a palace maid paid for the assassin to kill her, claiming that she was the one who wanted to kill her. Otherwise, how could they, the gangsters of the Life and Death Sect, dare to kill her? royal?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a eunuch shouted outside the door, "The Empress Dowager has arrived."

Everyone didn't care about anything else and saluted one after another.

The corners of Yang Mu's lips curled up proudly. When she first entered the palace, she found the Lin family's hidden secret and asked her to send a message to the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother is indeed a good person, she came to the rescue so quickly.