After transforming into An Lingrong, he became the King of Juan and was crowned the Sixth Palace.

An Lingrong raised her hand to signal Baojuan to help Baoping with a few words and bring all the evidence to everyone, so that the queen would not take the opportunity to make assumptions and blame her for the murder of the heir in Chungui's belly.

Since she dared to keep Chungui in the east hall of Yongshou Palace, she was not afraid that someone would dare to use the heir in his belly to make a fuss about her status and the status in the heart of the emperor.

Baojuan took the order and came up to interrupt Eichun who was talking endlessly.

Without any hesitation, he held a bowl of seemingly clear water and white paste above his head and showed it to the concubines and the emperor for a while.

Concubine Hua watched the drama with cold eyes and rarely opened her mouth to help An Lingrong.

"I see that this white ointment looks like extracted lard, specially used for cooking in the small kitchen. It's just an ordinary bowl of water. I don't see anything wrong with it."

Baojuan slowly walked off the stage, with no timid or fearful expression on her face.

She first praised Concubine Hua, and then said: "These lard ointments are specially provided by the imperial kitchen for the little mistress who has no appetite. Things that will add fragrance to the dishes are carefully selected from animals. Extracted treasure.”

"Most of the ladies and mistresses in the palace have eaten this stuff, but I didn't expect that some people with ulterior motives would pay attention to the lard ointment in the imperial kitchen."

Xinbin curiously looked at the water in the bowl that was exactly the same as ordinary water, and wondered: "Is there any difference between these white pastes and water?"

An Lingrong said calmly: "If there is any difference, just ask the imperial doctor to take a look."

Imperial Physician Wen hurriedly responded, and looked at the other imperial physicians for a moment with a solemn look on his face.

"Reporting to Concubine An, these lard ointments are mixed with finely ground cinnabar powder, because cinnabar itself is only sweet, slightly cold, and slightly poisonous. It is okay to eat it in small quantities, but over time, it is equivalent to taking cinnabar raw. and mercury, slowly damaging the fetus, and its methods are extremely sophisticated."

Imperial Physician Wen added: "Wei Chen also asked in the imperial dining room that the fish and shrimp eaten by Chun Gui and Yin Gui after they were pregnant did use a small amount of lard ointment. It is absolutely correct."

The two Imperial Physicians Jiang, who had obtained the evidence, looked at Concubine Hua who was sitting in her seat without any expression or hint.

After a few seconds, they all said the doorway in the water in unison.

The water looks extremely clear, just like the dew and spring water used for cooking in the royal study.

But in fact, as long as you put the bowl of water under the sun and look squinting, you can see a layer of silver particles floating on the top of the bowl of water.

And these silver particles are boiled mercury.

They would not believe it if they said that the royal kitchen used this water to cook and raise freshwater fish and the like without any harmful intentions.

When the concubines heard that there were so many life-threatening things in the imperial dining room, they subconsciously focused their attention on the face of the queen next to the emperor.

You must know that the only master in this harem who can really handle all the palace people and manage thousands of people is the empress.

Even if Concubine An helps Concubine Hua, she has been co-managing the Sixth Palace for some time.

But she has absolutely no qualifications or ability to get in touch with the chefs in charge.

That was an old man from a single lineage. He had been serving the emperor and his concubines since the time of the late emperor!

For a moment, Xin Bin was so frightened that she covered her mouth, opened her eyes in panic, and subconsciously pressed her abdomen.

In the past few days, she has also eaten fish and meat sent from the imperial kitchen!

Concubine Duan closed her eyes and recited several Buddhist chants, shaking her head.

Concubine Hua looked at those things with disgust and said repeatedly: "What a sinister method!"

Yin Guiren and Chun Guiren were already filled with grief and anger. They couldn't hold it back several times and were almost about to explode.

Seeing that her old friend was about to be dug out by An Lingrong, the empress Baimi Yishu winked, Huichun understood, and silently retreated.

After adjusting her expression, the queen looked ashamed and stood up hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I forgive you. I thought that with Concubine An's help, I had taken good care of the concubines' daily diet, but I didn't expect that I still did such a despicable thing. Means, please ask the emperor to convict you!"

The emperor glanced at the kind-hearted queen who had been taking care of the harem for many years, and said slowly and calmly: "Queen, you are indeed careful, but no matter how careful you are, there will always be mistakes. I am afraid that I don't want my head as a messenger in the imperial kitchen. Got it!"

At this time, Yin Guiren couldn't bear it anymore and knelt on the ground and hugged the emperor's leg.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I was pregnant for eight months and suddenly gave birth prematurely. However, I gave birth to such a child, so that I was despised by the Emperor. I never dared to blame others, I just thought it was my bad luck. Now that I think about it carefully, it turns out that there is someone This is a secret arrangement to murder my concubine and the emperor’s child!”

Yin Guiren cried heartbrokenly, and everyone present felt sympathy.

Chungui also turned his back, biting the silk and crying.

Dr. Wen said: "Don't be sad, Mr. Yin. According to Weichen, the person who wanted to harm the empress used the medicine very cautiously at the beginning and almost slowly. That's why the empress delayed giving birth to such a child in August."

"But fortunately, Concubine An has mastered rejuvenation and knows some folk remedies that others are unwilling to delve into. Now my brother is much healthier. I believe that it won't be long before he can return to the concubine."

Dr. Wen's words were so accurate that Xia Dongchun's pale face finally looked better.

"As for Chungui, that person seems to be more confident and bolder, and uses more powerful medicine, so it will cause Chungui to be pregnant for four months, with redness, and almost..."

Being a mother for the first time, Chungui, who had been worried for so long, finally couldn't help crying.

"Since Concubine An has found out so much, please tell me who is plotting to kill my child?"

An Lingrong looked at the gloomy and uncertain emperor, and the expressionless queen standing there, and calmly said: "Not only you, I also want to know that there is such a sinister person in the harem, who is crazy and murders the dragon fetus." , what exactly do you want to do?

"So when I invited everyone to be present, I also took the Queen Mother's advice and asked Jinxi to lead people to search all the concubines' bedrooms. I think there will be news soon."

Hearing this, the queen showed a relieved smile.

Even if An Lingrong accepted the Queen Mother's wishes, Jin Xi, who had served the Queen Mother in the palace, would never dare to find out her bedroom.

Besides, even if she checked, those things would still be there...

Before An Lingrong finished speaking, Jin Xi hurried in with someone, Fu Yifu said: "All the slaves that Concubine An has given her have done, and sure enough, a package was found under the drawer of one of the concubines' palace. Cinnabar, please ask Concubine An to take a look at it."

An Lingrong handed the bag of cinnabar to the emperor: "Your Majesty, smell it, what's the smell of this bag of cinnabar?"

The emperor took it and sniffed it gently, and the pupils in his eyes suddenly shrank, and the stern look turned into a sharp long needle, which could almost stab someone to death.

He turned his head and silently looked at the queen who thought she was strategizing.

All the concubines also held their breath and did not dare to speak.

When the queen saw the emperor looking at her, she even felt a little strange.

The emperor said solemnly: "It smells like fruit! Queen, you are the only one in the palace who likes to use fruits for fragrance!"

"What?" The concubines covered their chests and looked at the Queen in disbelief.

Could it be that the Queen did this?

Why did she frame Chun Guiren and Yin Guiren! It stands to reason that she is the emperor's mother who gave birth to children among the concubines in the harem!

The queen was shocked. Seeing the emperor looking only at her, she couldn't help but kneel down.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know this, let alone when there will be this bag of cinnabar in the dresser drawer!"

As she said that, she pointed her armor directly at An Lingrong.

"What a concubine An, she dares to send people to search my palace and frame her to blame!"

Hearing the queen's struggle, An Lingrong closed her eyes and sighed: "Jin Xi, please tell the truth."

Jin Xi said: "What the emperor said is true. The slaves were indeed found from the Queen's Palace. However, this palace is not the place where the Queen lives, but was found under the bed of Aunt Jianqiu, who has been ill for a long time. .”

"According to what Aunt Jianqiu said, it was Jiang Fuhai who had been bullied by Yin Gui and the resentment in his heart, and he colluded with Manager Huang Guiquan to take mercury and cinnabar in front of Jianqiu, who was seriously ill."

"And after successfully framing Yin Guiren, they wanted to drag Chun Gui and An Fei into trouble."

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Hua and Guiren Cao looked at An Lingrong sitting there in shock.

The Queen breathed a sigh of relief silently and touched her heart, whose heartbeat was gradually accelerating.

Concubine Hua did not expect that with such a good opportunity, An Lingrong would not instruct Jin Xi to frame the Queen's old aunt.

How could Huang Guiquan and Jiang Fuhai, two eunuchs without roots, dare to murder two noble people?

There must be someone instigating this!

Therefore, Concubine Hua couldn't bear her temper and asked: "Then Jianqiu met two wives and conspired to murder his children? Don't you know how to report it to the Queen?"

Jin Xi replied: "Back to Concubine Hua, after Aunt Jianqiu became seriously ill, most of her voice was damaged. She couldn't explain herself, and she didn't have any strength in her body. She could only lie on the bed and watch Huang Guiquan and Jiang Fuhai in front of her. Cinnabar and mercury are refined in the room.”

"If this slave hadn't entrusted my aunt who knows sign language, I wouldn't have been able to find these harmful things from under Jianqiu's bed!"

An Lingrong also smiled and said: "Yes, it was precisely because of the two men's murder of their children that indirectly worsened Jianqiu's condition. After all, the patient had inhaled a large amount of mercury and cinnabar, and his body and bones must not be as good as before."

She ignored Concubine Hua's eyes and the puzzled look from Zhen Huan.

Because An Lingrong knew that the Queen Mother would not allow her to take this opportunity to overthrow the Queen.

If she tells the truth, maybe the Queen Mother will enter her Yongshou Palace to rescue her like Concubine Duan did back then.

By then, she would undoubtedly be a second thorn in the Queen Mother's eyes, one who was smarter and more conspicuous than Concubine Hua.

So after careful consideration, An Lingrong decided to suppress the queen's arrogance and then eliminate the two uncertainties, the dishonest Huang Guiquan and Jiang Fuhai.

As for Jianqiu, he absorbed a lot of mercury and cinnabar. Even if he can continue to serve the queen in the future, he will not be able to participate in any important things.

The emperor, who was sitting in his seat, had a gloomy face and said, "Inform them to come in!"

The weather outside the window was obviously good at the end of March, and the sunlight was as bright as pure gold. It shone on the jade screen in the hall, and the light turned into a golden splendor.

There is a tall Xinyi tree in the atrium, its deep purple buds blooming like dull flames.

Huang Guiquan, who was pressed down, and Jiang Fuhai came up.

The two of them had spent the whole morning in the Sentence Department, and their bodies were no longer as good as before.

In accordance with the emperor's wishes, the two men tremblingly explained their motives for framing the concubines, but did not express their thoughts on framing the queen.

The queen closed her eyes tightly, holding back the raging hatred in her eyes, and opened her eyes and said: "Very good, very good, I don't know that Huang Guiquan and Jiang Fuhai conspired to murder Yin Gui and Chun Gui. They really did it perfectly."

Huichun, who came from behind, wiped his hands and stared at Huang Guiquan who raised his head.

Huang Guiquan, who was watched by Huichun and the Queen, hesitated twice, then suddenly stood up and bumped his head against the pillar in the main hall.

Suddenly blood splattered three feet, and the concubines screamed in fright.

Xia Dongchun couldn't help but rushed up to Jiang Fuhai and slapped him twice in the face without saying a word.

She wanted to fight again, but was held tightly by Eharu who was following her.

Seeing the opportunity coming, Hui Chun secretly threw a few small pills into Jiang Fuhai's cuffs.

At the same time, Xia Dongchun was still cursing to himself: "You are such a cruel slave, you dare to say that I have insulted you. I am not Li's concubine. You are mouthing something that has no root. You, a damn eunuch, are so cruel." Even the child in my belly refused to let go, and he almost died in front of me!"

Jiang Fuhai was beaten so dizzy, his head was buzzing and dizzy, his face felt hot, and a stream of hot liquid flowed out of the corner of his mouth.

He stretched out his hand and wiped it, only to find a scarlet streak on his hand. It turned out that Yin Guiren's hand was too heavy and the blood was drawn.

Jiang Fuhai took the pills and looked at the hateful Xia Dongchun and smiled.

Not only was he laughing at Xia Dongchun for not being able to tell the difference between the situation, but he was also laughing at himself for being a cheap man whose life was unworthy of human protection.

He just looked at the blood slowly dripping from the big incense burner, one drop after another. Huang Guiquan, whose head was shattered by the impact, was dragged out.

In such a warm weather, Jiang Fuhai actually felt a bone-chilling chill.

Not long after, black and red blood leaked from the corner of his mouth, and he was lying on the ground, motionless.

Huichun's face turned pale and she said to the concubines, "Empress, it seems that Jiang Fuhai committed suicide by taking poison."

After taking care of the servants who helped with the work, the queen sighed and said: "It is inevitable for slaves who can't stand the criminal law to commit suicide out of fear of crime."

"It's just that something like this happened in the harem. It turned out to be the fault of my concubine. There are all the witnesses and physical evidence, and they are all people of this palace. I have no way of denying it. How does the emperor want to investigate and deal with it? I just obey your orders. .”

"It's just that Jian Qiu is really pitiful, and she has no way to report it to me and tell me the truth. It has made everyone worried and afraid for so long in vain. This queen of my house is not as good as my sister!"

As soon as the Queen said this, there was a gelatinous sluggishness and depression in the air.

The fragrance of the flowers in the courtyard wrapped around me lightly and for a long time, almost suffocating me like a bundle.