The palace concubine is charming and chaotic: the country is still the same

Chapter 39

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"Concubine Xinhui, what do you have to say?" The queen mother was not in a hurry to get angry, but just waited for Bai Xin's explanation.

Bai Xin got up from the chair, looked at Su Chen: "Can the emperor show the letter to my concubine?"

Su Chen handed the letter to Bai Xin expressionlessly, she took a look at it and said with a smile: "Although the handwriting looks like mine, it's not from me."

"At this moment, you naturally only have this sentence to explain, but this letter was found from Zi Lan who is beside you. All Zi Lan has been recruited. No matter how much you explain, it will be useless." Mu Yanran sneered.

"Your Majesty can send someone to the Hehuan Palace to fetch the Buddhist scriptures copied by his concubines on weekdays, and compare it with this handwriting to know the authenticity."

"An Yao, go to Hehuan Palace to get Concubine Hui's handwriting." Su Chen waved his hand, Eunuch An could not be neglected, and immediately went to Hehuan Palace.

At this time, Concubine Yun stood up and spoke for Bai Xin: "The emperor looks at Zilan who has been beaten to such an inhuman shape, how can a mere weak woman bear such a punishment, there is no guarantee that she is not beaten into a trick."

"If I don't beat her, can she confess?" Mu Yanran immediately judged for herself.

"How trustworthy is the confession after torture?" Yun Bin replied coldly.

"Okay." The Queen Mother interrupted coldly, cast her eyes on Mu Yanran, and asked, "Apart from these, what evidence do you have? You know, treasonous things are extraordinary, and you must not convict them hastily."

"The concubine knows, so the concubine's elder brother Mu Piaoyu also sent someone to search Bai Yan's study for a letter between him and the state of Qi. The letter is full of evidence of Bai Yan collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country."

Su Chen frowned slightly, glanced at the confident Mu Yanran, and said, "Tell Mu Piaoyu to enter the palace."

After about a stick of incense, Eunuch An came back, still holding a stack of Buddhist scriptures copied by Concubine Hui, divided into two stacks, and handed them to the emperor and queen mother respectively.

Su Chen carefully compared the letter with the copied Buddhist scriptures, the Empress Dowager also looked sideways, compared carefully for a long time before saying: "The handwriting of the two letters is indeed very similar, but they look similar in spirit but not in spirit, don't you think so, Your Majesty? "

Su Chen handed the letter and Buddhist scriptures to Mu Yanran: "Look for yourself."

Mu Yanran took it in astonishment, lowered her head and compared the letters for a long time, she was indeed similar in appearance and not in spirit, she never expected this, let alone made any preparations, she was a little caught off guard for a while, she could only say: "Maybe it's Concubine Hui Deliberately, this is what she wants to guard against."

Bai Xin ignored Mu Yanran's explanation, walked directly to Zilan's side, and said softly: "Zilan, I know that you must have been threatened by someone, so I slandered me under severe punishment. In front of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, you don’t have to be afraid, you can say it boldly.”

Zilan raised her head and looked at Concubine Hui with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, I am sorry for you! I beg the emperor to be the master of this servant!"

The queen mother immediately said: "If you have any grievances, just say it."

"The servant girl was kidnapped by two guards on the way back to Bailu Palace last night. Mu Zhaoyi asked the servant girl to testify that Concubine Hui was collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country. Under the severe punishment, the servant had to compromise, and could only follow what Mu Zhaoyi taught me. Everything the servant said just now was not true. The fact that the concubine has always loved the emperor deeply, so how could she betray the emperor and even do What about plotting against Wei? The emperor must trust Concubine Hui..."

"You lowly maidservant!" Mu Yanran never thought that Zilan would say such words suddenly, and she was extremely angry: "This letter was originally found from you, and everything you said just now was all about you last night. I confessed it myself, when did I teach you to say this!"

"Mu Zhaoyi, you are so cruel. In order to slander me, you actually treat a weak woman like this. Even if she is a slave, she is still a human being!" Bai Xin said every word clearly, without any falsehood.

The turning point at this time made the palace concubines present suspicious for a while. Watching the confrontation between the two, it was difficult to tell who was real and who was fake for a while, and they didn't dare to speak indiscriminately, they could only wait and see what happened.

(End of this chapter)