Donggong Zhangjiao

"I am not wrong!"

Lan Liangyuan's retort came.

"Do you dare to say that you treat the Sixth Princess as your own? I live in Fuxi Pavilion, and I have heard you reprimanding the Sixth Princess's wet nurse more than once. You disliked the Princess and cried every night. You got the concubine because the Emperor entrusted the Princess to you. As for you, you treat the princess like this, you are wasting your holy grace!"

"How presumptuous!" Concubine Wan shouted angrily, "Come here, give her a slap in the mouth!"

Hearing the commotion inside, Pei Yao frowned tightly and strode towards the main hall.

Yuan He also immediately followed behind and shouted, "The Emperor is here!"

When the two people in the room heard the news, their behavior was different for a moment.

Concubine Wan's face was filled with panic, while Lan Liangyuan's eyes flashed with a hint of secret joy that her plan had succeeded.

"Your Majesty, I am here to see you, Your Majesty."

Facing the sudden arrival of Pei Yao, Wanbi immediately bowed and saluted.

Pei Yao, who was in an extremely unhappy mood at the moment, only glanced at her coldly and said in a deep voice.

"What's going on? Where is the Sixth Princess?"

"Go back to the emperor, princess, the princess is taking a nap right now." Wanbi said nervously, "The emperor wants to see the princess, why don't I order someone to bring the princess?"

Pei Yao glanced at her, walked to the main seat and sat down, and then said.

"I just heard that Lan Liangyuan was arguing with you, involving the Sixth Princess. Someone has also reported to me that you fed the child soothing soup in order to keep him quiet. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Hearing this, Wanbi was immediately shocked.

But when she raised her eyes and saw Caiwei standing behind Pei Yao, following in from the outside, she immediately understood.

So he immediately shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is aware that I have never done anything wrong to the Sixth Princess. The princess was crying a while ago, probably due to a fever. I ordered the imperial doctor to see her, and she has already tried to find ways to alleviate it, so this The princess has been very well-behaved and quiet for a while, but Lan Liangyuan didn’t know who listened to someone’s gossip and decided that it was the concubine who fed the sixth princess the soothing soup. She didn’t know the cause and effect, so she made trouble unreasonably!”

And when she said this, Lan Liangyuan was not to be outdone and immediately came over and spoke.

"Your Majesty, what I said is absolutely not false. I and Xu Liangyuan discovered that Concubine Wan fed the Sixth Princess the Soothing Soup. Xu Liangyuan can testify for me!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Yao raised his eyes to look at her, and then said in a deep voice.

"Hong Zheng, go and invite Xu Liangyuan."

The latter responded and went immediately.

Not long after, Xu Liangyuan hurried over. After entering the house, she saluted first and then said firmly.

"Your Majesty is aware that I am willing to testify for Lan Liangyuan. Everything Lan Liangyuan said is true. Wan Liangyuan is indeed not kind to the Sixth Princess!"

After saying this, Xu Liangyuan saw that Wanbi seemed to be opening her mouth to defend herself, so she took the lead and continued.

"My concubine and Lan Liangyuan discovered that Concubine Wan was not treating the sixth princess well. It was on the full moon day of the sixth princess. Because the emperor was busy with the scientific examination in August, the full moon banquet of the sixth princess was full of rewards. It was not a grand affair, and in the end Wan Bin was the host, setting up two banquets in Yichun Palace to entertain the harem concubines, and Wan Bin was very dissatisfied with this."

"I was happy that day. I drank too much and felt unwell. When I went out to change my clothes to sober up, I overheard the sixth princess's wet nurse whispering. What she was talking about was that Concubine Wan had forced them to feed the sixth princess the soothing soup. The wet nurses were all worried. I couldn't bear it, but Concubine Wan felt that the princess was noisy and forced them. I was frightened for a while, but I was also worried that I had heard wrongly, so when I came back, I only quietly informed Lan Liangyuan about the matter."

Having said this, Xu Liangyuan turned her head and glanced at Lan Liangyuan next to her.

The latter understood and immediately came forward to take over the conversation.

"When I heard the news, I didn't believe it. But it was about the emperor's heir. I would rather believe it or not. I had to verify it. So from that day on, I paid special attention to the movements of the Sixth Princess. , so my concubine discovered that Wanbi said that the princess was angry and irritable, so she always cried and fussed, and ordered the wet nurse to feed the princess a decoction to reduce the fire, but every time she drank the decoction, the princess would fall asleep soon, which is really strange. "

"So one day, my concubine took advantage of the little eunuch who poured out the medicine dregs and secretly took some away. After giving it to the Taiyuan Hospital for investigation, she found that the medicine dregs was actually mixed with the calming soup that adults drank. The princess was young. How can this kind of medicine be used?" When Lan Liangyuan said this, there was a look of indignation on her face.

After hearing this, Wanbi immediately retorted.

"You are talking nonsense, how could I harm the princess!"

He turned to look at Pei Yao and said, "Your Majesty, if your Majesty doesn't believe it, I will order someone to get the dregs of the medicine that the princess took. Your Majesty, please ask the imperial doctor to investigate and you will know!"

There was no emotion or anger on Pei Yao's face. After hearing this, he glanced at the three people present and then gave orders.

"Hong Zheng, go and ask Judge Guo to come."

"Yes!"

Hong Zheng responded and went immediately.

Not long after, Judge Guo arrived. After inspecting the dregs of medicine that Wan Bin took out, he handed it over.

"Back to the emperor, there is nothing wrong with this medicine residue. It is a medicine that young children can take to clear away heat and reduce fire."

After hearing this, Wan Liangyuan immediately raised her chin, glanced at Lan Liangyuan and Xu Liangyuan with sharp eyes, and said.

"You must listen clearly, there is nothing wrong with this medicine!"

"Impossible, Your Majesty!" Lan Liangyuan immediately stepped forward, "I also have the medicine residue I picked up that day, please ask the imperial doctor to check it!"

After she said this, Pei Yao ordered Hong Zheng to bring the dregs of medicine and have it tested by Guo Yuan.

What is surprising is that this medicine residue does contain the ingredients of calming soup.

Two portions of medicine dregs brought the matter to a deadlock for a while.

Lan Liangyuan immediately said, "Your Majesty, I thought that this medicine residue would not make such a mistake for no reason. I also asked the Emperor to send someone to search the Yichun Palace. I will definitely not lie. I thought that, tactfully There is something wrong with the medicine residue that the concubine took out, and it is related to the safety of the emperor’s heirs, so please let the emperor take a closer look!”

"You are talking nonsense and spewing blood. You might as well investigate and clear my name!" Wan Bin glared at her angrily.

The two argued, and Pei Yao felt dizzy when he saw it. He wished he could take the Sixth Princess away and punish them one by one.

But as Lan Liangyuan said, the safety of the Sixth Princess was important, so Hong Zheng was ordered to lead a search of Yichun Palace.

Unexpectedly, this investigation actually found another problematic medicinal residue.

When he caught the little palace maid, she was secretly checking something near the flower bed in the back hall of Yichun Palace. After Hong Zheng found out, he asked someone to check, and found traces of loose soil. He dug down and started digging. Many packets of medicine dregs came out.

These medicinal dregs, without exception, were all formulated to clear away heat and reduce fire, with added calming ingredients. The amount of these medicinal dregs matched the number of times the Sixth Princess had taken the medicine.

After the little palace maid was caught, she was also panicked.

Everything was explained immediately.

It is said that Concubine Wan ordered her to cook two portions of medicine every day. The one with the soothing soup was fed to the Sixth Princess. The one without soothing ingredients was used to deceive others. The problematic medicine residue made her secretly leave the palace at the end of the month. Take it out and throw it away.

Now that things have developed to this point, with all the witnesses and material evidence available, Wanbi can be said to be unable to argue.

Although Pei Yao was suspicious of Wanbi's actions, now, the previous dynasty was busy with matters related to scientific research. Over in northern Xinjiang, Shangyang Kingdom was also watching her movements. In the harem, the most important thing was still cleaning up. Yan Fei and others, he had no intention of finding out what was going on in Yichun Palace.

In particular, in the final analysis, this matter involved the sixth princess being injured and the emperor's heir was involved, so Pei Yao had zero tolerance.

Therefore, Concubine Wan was punished on the spot and grounded for two months. The sixth princess was temporarily taken to Fengxuan Palace, and the queen took care of her on her behalf. (End of chapter)