A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 534 Who Is Not Kind?
Getting back to the topic, the emperor sent people to enter the palace for proof.

Meng Yan looked back, yes, they were indeed two eunuchs.

After the two eunuchs came in, they knelt down tremblingly.

The Queen Mother said: "Report everything you know as it is."

The two eunuchs talked about what they had seen and heard on the path by the lake tonight.

"Tonight, the two servants were also ordered to do something. It was convenient to take a shortcut from the lake, but I didn't expect to hear the sound of water coming from the front when I was walking halfway."

"The servant saw and saw someone struggling in the water, and Princess Yin Wu, she... was standing on the shore at that time, struggling with the people in the water..."

When Chongyi heard this, she was so angry that she wanted to refute on the spot, but Meng Yan held her down in time.

Since the opponent wants to play cards one by one, they can't be in a hurry.

After the two eunuchs finished speaking, they kowtowed again and said, "The slaves were scared at the time, so they turned around and wanted to find other people to help, but it was a step too late..."

Ming Yanjun who was sitting in the hall said at this time: "Princess Yin Wu sat with me for a while tonight, when do you say she appeared by the lake?"

The eunuch recalled it for a while and gave an approximate time.

During that period of time, after Ming Yanjun and Meng Yan separated, even if Ming Yanjun wanted to testify for Meng Yan, he had no way to do so.

The Empress Dowager said: "Princess Yin Wu, how do you explain it? You said that your bag was stolen. If you have never been to the lake, why did you ask your servant to look for it along the lake?"

Meng Yan sighed, and said: "Originally, my wife didn't want to make a big fuss, but since the queen mother asked, I have to explain.

"After I parted ways with the Seventh Prince and Concubine tonight, I did go along the lake. I was going to the pavilion by the lake to wait for the prince to return home after the banquet. Unfortunately, before I got there, I saw a murderer in front of me. Sink in the lake.

"At that time, I struggled fiercely in the water, and there was no one around, except for the eunuch standing on the bank. But when the eunuch saw me, he must have turned around and ran away out of guilty conscience. The maid next to me immediately ran after seeing me."

Meng Yan said: "After the maid went after her, the minister's wife saw that the person in the lake was about to sink, and she couldn't think much, so she ran over to catch her and dragged her to the shore with all her strength.

"The court lady is not sure whether what the two eunuchs saw was when the escaped eunuch committed the crime or when I dragged him ashore. But the palace lady who went ashore at that time was indeed the one lying right now."

The queen couldn't help but asked aloud, "What about the eunuch?"

Meng Yan replied: "He ran to the dark place, and the court lady's maid failed to catch up. But the court lady rescued by the court lady was terrified, and told the court lady that the eunuch said when she was drowned, because She ran into me in the hall before, so I can't tolerate her wanting her to die."

Meng Yan paused, and found that the whole hall was listening carefully.

The emperor also asked: "And then?"

Meng Yan said: "If the court lady really wants her to die, there is no need to drag her up. This court lady also understands this truth, knowing that someone deliberately planted her life on me, so she recruited everything."

With that said, Meng Yan raised her eyelids unhurriedly, and looked at Xie Chuying who was beside the Queen Mother.

Xie Chuying was inexplicably shocked by her look, and said, "What is the meaning of Princess Yin Wu?"

Meng Yan said: "The maid said that when I entered the palace tonight, I was instructed by Miss Xie to trip over the corner of my skirt."

Xie Chuying's face froze, and she said: "Wangfei, please be careful. If I really instructed her, I will ask Wangfei to show evidence."

Meng Yan said: "I don't have any evidence, and I don't fully believe what the maid said, so I haven't mentioned it all the time. But now that someone testifies against me, I have no choice but to tell the truth.

"The court lady said she would help me testify against Miss Xie, but I saw that she was drenched and cold, so I asked her to go back and change first, but I didn't know that she was gone before it was too late."

Everyone has different expressions.

The queen mother had a slightly solemn face, but Xie Chuying's face turned pale.

What's the meaning?It sounds like she was afraid of being exposed, so she killed the maid in advance to silence her?
It's just that there was no time for her to argue, Meng Yan also said: "As for the sachet, I really don't know when it disappeared, so I had to ask the maid to help me find it along the way. The court lady never thought that it would end up in the hands of this maid."

The queen said: "That is to say, instead of pushing this maid into the water, you rescued her ashore, and when you left, this maid was still alive and ran back to change her clothes, right?"

Meng Yan said: "The empress is wise, that's exactly what she is."

The emperor pondered and asked: "Apart from the princess and your maid, who else can prove this?"

Meng Yan said: "There is no witness to the minister's wife, but the minister's wife was afraid that the maid would freeze to death on the way, so she gave her her cloak. So she went back wrapped in the minister's wife's cloak. I don't know where she was salvaged. , have you found the cloak?"

The emperor looked at the salvaged eunuch questioningly.

The eunuch stepped forward and replied: "I have never seen Princess Yin Wu's cloak."

Meng Yan asked, "Where did my cloak go? It doesn't make sense that such a small bag can be found, but such a big cloak can't be found."

Someone analyzed: "Your Majesty, since Princess Yinwu said that she has a cloak, as long as she finds that cloak, it can prove that the court lady has been wrapped in the cloak of the princess and went to other places, which also means that she was indeed alive when she saw the princess."

The emperor nodded and said: "This is not unreasonable. Empress, you will send someone to look for this matter. Make sure to find the cloak of the princess."

When the matter came to an end, Xie Chuying had no choice but to stand up and defend herself: "Your Majesty, Chuying has been by the Queen Mother's side all night, and she has never done such a maddening thing. Please look into it clearly."

The Queen Mother shouted: "Chuying has been with Aijia for a long time, how could Aijia not know what kind of heart she is, and she often eats fast and recites Buddha with Aijia, how could she commit murder."

Xie Chuying said gratefully: "The Empress Dowager Xie is willing to trust Chuying."

A female family member of Xie's family also said: "Chuying is kind by nature, even if she is at home on weekdays, ants will not trample to death."

Yin Heng glanced over lightly, and said: "Who is not kind? When the princess was in the country, you asked her why she had trampled half a grasshopper to death?"

Xie family members: "..."

Meng Yan was silent, and replied: "I really haven't stepped on it."

Yin Heng said: "She is cowardly, she doesn't even dare to kill a chicken, you can raise it until it dies, you let her kill?"

Meng Yan looked timid: "Killing people is more terrible than killing chickens! How can I do it! That's why I said someone wanted to kill me!"

The emperor said: "This matter will be investigated and the truth will come to light. We will make a conclusion after the investigation."

Tonight's banquet is over here.

When the crowd was about to disperse, the queen mother looked at Meng Yan, and said coldly: "The truth is not yet known, and all the evidence now points to Princess Yin Wu. According to Ai's family, the princess should stay in the palace until the truth is revealed."

(End of this chapter)