long live the queen

Chapter 107

"Your Majesty, this matter has not yet been settled, you shouldn't be like this." Wei Yunqing walked in quickly and said.

Seeing that Wei Yunqing was coming, Yang Yi withdrew his angry expression, and hurriedly greeted him: "Sister Yunqing! The Ministry of Criminal Justice has found out that the person who instructed Qian Lang is from the palace. The person who wants to harm you must be among them!"

"Then you can't make trouble like this." Wei Yunqing frowned.

At this time, the concubines knelt on the ground under Yang Yi's lustful power, seeing Wei Yunqing coming, many of them looked over with different expressions in their eyes.They suffered this innocent disaster because of her, but now only she can help them.

"I...I just want to find the person who harmed you." Yang Yi was a little guilty, and lowered his voice.Every time he recalled Qian Lang's words at that time, he would tremble with anger. If he hadn't kept Qian Lang to find out the person behind the scenes, he would have chopped him up long ago!

"Then you can't use this method." Wei Yunqing said, "The Ministry of Punishment only said that the mastermind behind the scenes might have come from the palace, but besides your concubines, there are other people in the palace, if it wasn't for them , Aren't you chilling their hearts? When investigating a case, you need to pay attention to evidence, and if you don't have evidence, just mess around, what does it look like?"

Yang Yi was a little ashamed by what he said, and he was also a little annoyed.More than a month ago, he studied hard and dealt with government affairs in order to change his image in Wei Yunqing's heart, but when this incident happened, he cared about him in disorder, and in the end he did something that made her unhappy. More than a month of hard work will be in vain.

"I...it's my fault." Yang Yi said wearily.He thought, it must be that he was kind to Sister Yun Qing and made these women jealous, so he would do things to frame her. He really wanted to drive them all out of the palace, so that they would be clean and there would be no need to be wary of people from the palace. Harem menace.Sister Yun Qing has been so busy recently that she has lost a lot of weight. He feels sorry for her when she is busy with those things, and she has to guard against the back arrows from behind.But he knew he couldn't mention it. It's not like he didn't mention it before, but sister Yun Qing was very opposed to it at that time.She is always so kind, afraid that these women will be sad and unable to deal with themselves.And he also understood that the reason she was so kind to them was because she didn't like him at all, so she wouldn't be jealous about it.

"Calm down and think about it before doing something next time." Wei Yunqing dropped a sentence, then walked over to help Concubine Xu Gui who was kneeling in the front, and said softly, "Concubine Xu, I'm sorry to involve you all in this matter. There is no conclusion yet, the emperor shouldn't treat you like this, you go back first."

Although Wei Yunqing is already a queen in name, and has gold books and gold treasures, but he has not held a post-sealing ceremony, which is equivalent to receiving a certificate in the countryside without holding a banquet, which is not considered formal.But Wei Yunqing didn't care about it herself, and other people's concern would not affect her, so this matter just passed by in a perfunctory way.And she is impatient to deal with the messy things in the harem, so Concubine Xu is still in charge of the harem now.

Concubine Xu quickly said: "The emperor is right to be worried about your empress, why should we have complaints? I just hope that the person who harmed your empress can be found out as soon as possible so that this matter can be settled."

Concubine Xu's face was exhausted, and her eyes still had panic. It was the first time she had seen Yang Yi get so angry.Although he used to mess around, he wasn't very scary when he was angry, but now he looks like he's about to eat people, which is really the first time I've seen him.

"I'd like to borrow your good words." Wei Yunqing nodded and let her go.

Under the leadership of Concubine Xu, the other concubines left one after another.

Concubine Zhuang mixed in the crowd, and before leaving, she glanced at Yang Yi with only despair in her eyes.If she had had some expectations before, hoping that he would turn his eyes back to her again, then after this battle, she was completely disappointed.She could understand his eyes, even in the days when she was favored, she had never seen him look at her with that kind of eyes.She no longer needed to be persistent.

Seeing the concubines leaving one after another, Wei Yunqing also wanted to leave, Yang Yi hurriedly said: "Sister Yunqing, I am also in a hurry, don't be angry with me..."

Wei Yunqing looked back at him: "I'm not angry."

"But..." Yang Yi hesitated to speak.He has been telling himself to persevere. After a long time, Sister Yunqing will fall in love with him sooner or later. However, her attitude towards him recently makes him feel powerless-she is polite to him and often teaches him some truths. That tense atmosphere was no longer there, but he felt that the distance between himself and her was getting farther, and he could never return to the earliest intimacy. He was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do.He didn't know what to do.

It is impossible for people to fully understand each other. Wei Yunqing didn't know the powerlessness and entanglement in Yang Yi's heart at the moment. He only thought that he was afraid that she would get angry, so he smiled and comforted him: "I'm really not angry. Thank you for protecting me so much. But next time, before something happens, you should think more about it."

"...Okay." Yang Yi couldn't express the entanglement in his heart, so he nodded.

Wei Yunqing smiled, turned and left.

Regarding this case of framing, Wei Yunqing had a bad feeling that it might become an unsolved case just like the case of Sun Shoufu at that time.

However, in the early morning two days after Yang Yi lost his temper, he suddenly came to Yanxi Palace, with suppressed excitement on his face.

"Sister Yunqing, the mastermind behind the scenes has been found!" He said excitedly.

Wei Yunqing's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

Yang Yi gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Concubine Zhuang!"

Wei Yunqing was startled: "Where's the evidence?" She couldn't believe that Concubine Zhuang did it. Although she and Concubine Zhuang had always been at odds, she still admired Concubine Zhuang's character of daring to love and hate. Working together is also a good time to get along, she never thought that Concubine Zhuang would do something to frame her.

"In the early hours of this morning, a servant from Concubine Zhuang's Palace escaped to Qianqing Palace, saying that Concubine Zhuang wanted to kill him to silence him. He said that he was the one who came into contact with Qian Lang, and he always obeyed Concubine Zhuang's orders! "Yang Yi said.He came to Wei Yunqing first, instead of arresting Concubine Zhuang, precisely because what she said that day made him think more before doing it. Wei Yunqing thought that he was too arbitrary, so he came to her first.

"Where's Qian Lang? Have you confronted him?" Wei Yunqing said.

Yang Yi nodded: "I sent someone to take him into the palace early in the morning, and I think he will be there in a while."

Wei Yunqing didn't say much, and accompanied Yang Yi back to Qianqing Palace.

After a while, both Qian Lang and Concubine Zhuang were brought to Qianqing Palace.And the servant who said that it was Concubine Zhuang who wanted to silence her also stood aside tremblingly.

The servant who invited Concubine Zhuang to come over was quite polite, she didn't know why she was called here, she looked around, glanced at the servant who was standing aside, paused for a moment, and quickly took it back.

"Qian Lang, is he the one who ordered you?" Yang Yi raised his hand and pointed at the servant.

Qian Lang glanced at the waiter quickly, and said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it is him! The villain will not admit it wrong, it is this person!"

Yang Yi looked happy, and looked at the servant again and said, "Tell me the inside story you told me before!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The servant tremblingly said, "Everything that this servant did to frame the Empress was instructed by Concubine Zhuang. Last night, Concubine Zhuang wanted to silence this servant, and this servant managed to escape from death!"

"You spitting blood!" Concubine Zhuang yelled angrily.

"Concubine Zhuang, is he from your palace?" Yang Yi asked.

Concubine Zhuang was silent for a moment, then nodded: "He is from my palace, but everything he said was a false accusation! I will not deny what I have done, but I will never admit to this trumped-up charge. !"

"Back to the emperor, this servant did not lie!" The maid eagerly rolled up his sleeves, "Look, there are still injuries from this servant's escape last night from chasing and killing!"

Concubine Zhuang glared at the servant angrily: "You eat things from the inside out! As a person in my palace, but you join forces with outsiders to frame me, it's really vicious!"

The servant didn't dare to look at Concubine Zhuang, and kowtowed on his knees, looking terrified: "Your Majesty, this servant is not lying! Please learn from me!"

Yang Yi scolded: "Concubine Zhuang, what else do you have to say now?!"

Concubine Zhuang looked at Yang Yi coldly, raised her chin and said proudly: "Is there anything I can't say? I have never done this. Your Majesty, you should interrogate this person and find out who instructed him to frame me. !" She paused, her eyes flickered slightly, she turned her gaze to Wei Yunqing, then moved away after a while, and sneered, "Thinking about it, the only people who dislike me in the palace are those few people."

"There are witnesses and material evidence, how dare you deny it!" Yang Yi was full of anger.

Wei Yunqing coughed: "There are only witnesses, not physical evidence."

Yang Yi was stunned for a moment, nodded quickly in response, and said, "There are all witnesses, how can you argue?"

"I just want to say one thing, he framed me, the emperor, do you believe it or not?" Concubine Zhuang stared at Yang Yi with a tense expression.

Yang Yi snorted: "I only believe in evidence."

Concubine Zhuang's lips trembled slightly, she bit her lower lip and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty will believe what these two untouchables say, but you won't believe what I say, Your Majesty?"

Yang Yi remained silent, acquiescing to this point.

Daliang puts more emphasis on witness testimony than physical evidence in the judiciary, which is also due to historical and technical factors.After all, in this day and age, it is impossible to check fingerprints and DNA, and only personal certificates are the easiest to obtain.However, Wei Yunqing is very clear about how fragile witnesses are, not to mention the ones deliberately framed. Even real witnesses may have false statements due to various reasons. Sometimes even witnesses He didn't even realize that he had committed perjury.

Therefore, Wei Yunqing had reservations about the servant saying that Concubine Zhuang ordered him to go to Qian Lang to frame him.The current evidence is that this servant came from Concubine Zhuang's palace, and he himself said that Concubine Zhuang wanted to kill him to silence him.Moreover, what she is very concerned about is that the Ministry of Criminal Justice said that the clues were broken, and they only know that they are people from the palace. Others can't be found out, but at this juncture, Concubine Zhuang couldn't hold back and wanted to kill people to silence her. And let him escape?How did Xuelian die so smoothly before?

Wei Yunqing felt that there were too many suspicious points in it, and it shouldn't be so simple to assume that it was Concubine Zhuang who did it.

Concubine Zhuang straightened her clothes suddenly, looked at Yang Yi and said, "Your Majesty, whatever you say, I will accept it!" Anyone can see that she is disheartened at the moment.

Yang Yi was slightly taken aback, and looked sideways at Wei Yunqing.

Wei Yunqing said: "Your Majesty, I don't think this matter is that simple, so don't make rash judgments."

Yang Yi felt that what Wei Yunqing said was right, and raised his voice: "Come here, bring Concubine Zhuang back to Jingren Palace and lock up all the people in Jingren Palace. Without my order, you are not allowed to enter or leave at will!"

(End of this chapter)