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Chapter 161 What I broke into was not a forbidden area, but Fengyi Palace

"This..." Chu Huanyan's expression froze slightly and she did not answer immediately.

Even Xiao Jinzhi frowned and avoided Queen Wei's gaze.

Queen Wei obviously refused to let it go. With sharp eyes, she continued to speak: "Why don't you speak? Is it because you can't explain where you just went?"

She believed in Taoyao. Since Taoyao saw Chu Huanyan and Xiao Jinzhi entering Meilin with her own eyes, there should be no lie.

Even if the two of them left Merlin successfully, there must be problems because they were so late.

"Mother, since it has been proven that the little eunuch is lying, why do you have to be aggressive and get to the bottom of it?" Xiao Jinzhi said in a veiled way.

Seeing Xiao Jinzhi's appearance, Queen Wei became more and more sure that something was wrong.

"Your Majesty, I also want to make it clear to avoid misunderstandings. Moreover, although Miss Chu is responsible for investigating my sister's case, it is really strange that she appears in private even though she has left the palace."

Emperor Xiao looked at Chu Huanyan and Xiao Jinzhi suspiciously, "Where were you just now?"

Xiao Jinzhi and Chu Huanyan looked at each other, but neither of them spoke.

"I'm asking you a question!" Emperor Xiao said in a majestic tone.

But Chu Huanyan and Xiao Jinzhi still looked embarrassed and said nothing.

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Xiao was completely angry, "Come here, take..."

"Your Majesty, forgive me." Chu Huanyan knelt down to Emperor Xiao, "I made a mistake, Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

Queen Wei curled her lips inwardly, "Miss Chu, what mistake did you make?"

"Huanyan..." Xiao Jinzhi shook his head at Chu Huanyan, obviously disapproving of what she said.

"Jinzhi, how could you lie in front of your father?" Empress Wei immediately said, "Miss Chu, no matter what happens, you must explain clearly in front of the emperor, otherwise it will be a serious crime."

Chu Huanyan pursed her lips and said sorry to Xiao Jinzhi, and then she seemed to have finally made up her mind and spoke.

"I would like to report to your Majesty that my daughter and His Highness the Crown Prince have indeed never trespassed into the forbidden area, but I have asked His Highness the Crown Prince to take my daughter to another place."

"Where?" Emperor Xiao asked.

"Happy face!" Xiao Jinzhi quickly stopped him.

"Prince!" Emperor Xiao's cold eyes fell on Xiao Jinzhi, "If you stop like this again, don't blame me for being rude."

Xiao Jinzhi frowned and hesitated to speak again.

Queen Wei stood aside watching the show. She wanted to know where Chu Huanyan had gone to make Xiao Jinzhi so nervous.

Chu Huanyan glanced at Xiao Jinzhi again, took a breath and said: "To inform the emperor, I did not break into the forbidden area without permission. The place I went to was the Queen's Empress's Fengyi Palace."

"What?" Queen Wei's face froze as she watched the excitement. Did Chu Huanyan go to her palace?What was she doing in her bedroom?
Emperor Xiao did not expect such an answer, "What are you doing in Fengyi Palace?"

Chu Huanyan raised her head in embarrassment, "When I was investigating the case of Concubine Xue, I found some clues, and the place those clues pointed to... was the Queen's Phoenix Palace."

"Absurd!" Queen Wei suddenly turned cold, "Chu Huanyan, do you know what you are talking about?"

"Empress, this matter is of great importance, and His Highness the Crown Prince has always believed that you are innocent and has been trying to persuade and stop me, so I don't plan to tell everything now. But..." Chu Huanyan sighed He took a breath and looked helpless.

"But your attitude just now was really aggressive. I'm afraid that if you continue to conceal it, it will cause misunderstanding to the Emperor."

"What's going on? What did you find out?" Emperor Xiao asked.

"My daughter found out that the queen used Youlan's family as a threat to force her to poison Concubine Xue."

"That's nonsense!" Queen Wei looked at Chu Huanyan angrily, "Qingzhi is my own sister, how could I poison her? Chu Huanyan, how dare you slander me!"

"Everything my daughter said is true, your Majesty, please take a closer look." Chu Huanyan straightened her back and spoke.

Emperor Xiao looked at Chu Huanyan and then at Empress Wei, his expression already filled with suspicion.

"Chu Huanyan, I ask you, do you have any clues to prove that the Queen did it?"

"Your Majesty, I have discovered an important piece of evidence in Youlan's room."

"Those scratches on the wall? Aren't those scratches already damaged?"

"Besides the scratches, there is also a pot of orchid placed in the room. I heard that it was Youlan's favorite orchid during her lifetime, and the imperial concubine specially left it there as a memorial. However, my daughter discovered that the leaves of the orchid were yellow."

"What does that mean?" Queen Wei frowned and asked.

"Since it was my favorite when I was alive, I naturally take care of it carefully on weekdays. In addition, in this season, orchids do not need to be watered every day. Even if they are left in the room without anyone taking care of them, it stands to reason that they will not die so quickly. The leaves began to turn yellow. So, after the scratches on the wall were destroyed, I carefully inspected the orchid again."

Chu Huanyan took out a brown paper bag from her sleeve and handed it to Emperor Xiao respectfully.

"My maid found this in the flower pot."

The attendant beside Emperor Xiao immediately took it and opened it carefully.

Inside the brown paper bag was a child's longevity lock, a folded paper bag, and a note.

The note said: You must take action within three days.

"After investigation, we learned that Youlan's family, including her little nephew, suddenly disappeared two years ago. The folded paper bag was also checked by someone, and the powder remaining inside was the same as the snow before. The poison in the imperial concubine. Coupled with the note, it is enough to show that Youlan was threatened."

"My daughter guessed that maybe Youlan buried these things in the flower pot in a panic, or maybe she wanted to leave evidence, but accidentally hurt the roots of the orchid during the burial process, which caused the orchid leaves to turn yellow. .”

"Based on these, you are suspicious of me?" Queen Wei looked at the things on the kraft paper and secretly gritted her teeth.

That bitch Youlan really had some backup plans, but fortunately, these alone couldn't prove that she was related to him.

Chu Huanyan said calmly: "Of course it won't work if it's just this, but when I checked the note, I discovered that the ink used on it is very special."

She examined it carefully and found that the ink glowed faintly purple under the candlelight and had a faint scent of peony. It was obviously not an ordinary ink.It is most likely that this year's new tribute of yan velvet ink is due to the fragrance that lingers after the pen is written, plus the extremely light purple color, which is like yan velvet purple peony, so it is named after it.

"I heard that there was very little cigarette velvet ink. In the entire palace, it was only found in the palaces of the Emperor and the Queen. So I boldly entered the Fengyi Palace privately, and actually saw it in use in the palace of the Empress. cigarette velvet ink.”

Chu Huanyan took out a piece of paper from her sleeve again and wrote the word "snow" on it.

"This is written by the maid using the velvet ink from the Empress' Palace. After comparing it with the ink used on the note, it can be confirmed that it is exactly the same."

(End of this chapter)