Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 409 Framed must be trusted!
Baili Qingcang looked at the third prince and several courtiers, and the corners of his eyes twitched uncontrollably: "You all think the fifth prince is suspected?"

The courtiers who came out to speak are already riding a tiger. They were the most noisy when Baili Junyi lost his power. Now they want to hold back their heads. It is estimated that Baili Junyi will not let them go. Therefore, they can only fight hard. A gamble: "For the safety of the emperor, please send someone to investigate clearly."

Baili Junyi sat on the seat nonchalantly, and looked at the kneeling courtiers with cold eyes. Some of them belonged to the second prince, some belonged to the third prince, but now they came together to deal with him. It's really a shame for him. It's not small, but a group of people who don't know the truth of the matter boldly stand up to attack him, it's really ignorant and fearless!Thinking about it, he couldn't help mocking the third prince, picked up the wine glass and took a sip slowly.

The third prince's heart sank, what did Baili Junyi's expression mean just now?Is he laughing at himself?The plan, which originally felt like a sure thing to win, suddenly felt uneasy.

Hearing the answers from the courtiers, Baili Qingcang sneered: "Do you all think so?"

The crown prince took the lead to stand up: "Reporting to the emperor, the ministers do not agree with the remarks of several ministers. The life experience of the fifth emperor's brother has been investigated very clearly. His biological mother is a noble concubine. How could he have any connection with the Dayue Kingdom? Reasons such as revenge do not make sense at all. Brother Wuhuang is a prince, so how can he use such calculations to deal with a small servant of the Ministry of Rites? Besides, Brother Wuhuang has been grounded before, and he has only been out for a few days. How can he have time for the banquet? If you do something wrong, please ask Father to watch over it."

As soon as the prince's words came out, the third prince and concubine Li couldn't believe their ears. In their plan, even if the prince didn't make trouble, he would still protect himself wisely. Why did he suddenly help Baili Junyi speak?
The prince lowered his head, his eyes were gloomy. If he could, he wished that all his younger brothers would die. How could he help Baili Junyi to speak, but when Baili Junyi and Buyunqing returned He was there at the time, and he also knew the truth about Yunqing's murder at the beginning. That person was his mother, Zhao Huiying. Back then, Baili Qingcang was concerned about the face of the prince and the Zhao family, and did not directly deal with Zhao Huiying. Now everyone To criticize Baili Junyi, if he doesn't stand up and say something fair, isn't that showing his cold-bloodedness in front of his father?

Hearing the prince's words, Baili Qingcang looked a little more satisfied. Buyunqing was disfigured and left the palace in the fire. He was not in the palace, so he didn't know that the culprit was Zhao Huiying. Now, Zhao Huiying is dead. Even if Li Junyi has hatred, this hatred can be regarded as revenge. How could he find it on his own head? Moreover, he now has extremely deep trust in Baili Junyi, and he is getting more and more annoyed that this group of people will do anything to frame Baili Junyi Your courtiers!
"The prince is right." Baili Qingcang's words changed the faces of the ministers below, "You ministers, you don't want to share your worries on weekdays, but framed my son repeatedly. This intention is really sinister. .”

Baili Junyi, who had been watching the excitement, stood up and said, "Father, these people are clearly trying to frame my son on purpose. I just took a closer look at the evidence of corruption that I found at the beginning. The evidence of these people The crime is the heaviest, but as I said at the beginning, if they do their job seriously, it's fine, if they do something wrong again, they will be punished for several crimes, and the emperor asked the father to pick off the crowns of these people and hand them over to Dali Temple disposal."

"Your Majesty, I've been wronged, I'm just thinking about the Emperor's safety."

"Your Majesty, the appearance of poisoned wine at the banquet is really sensational. The humble ministers and others just want to protect the emperor's dragon body. Please forgive me."

Baili Junyi looked at them impatiently: "Father, these people have not pleaded guilty until now. They simply don't know how to repent. At the beginning, you personally issued an imperial decree to announce that the sons and ministers of the world are the sons of the noble concubine. These people Wouldn't it be disrespectful to openly question your will? Ministers, you keep saying that you are thinking about your father, but what you are doing is questioning his majesty, isn't this contradictory?"

"The emperor forgives the crime, but the humble minister dare not."

Baili Qingcang looked at the ministers in disgust, and waved his hand to let the guards in: "Take off the feathers on the crowns of these ministers, and send them to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to wait for disposal." These people repeated those words, He was tired of hearing it.

The third prince sat on the seat, but his hands and feet couldn't stop being weak. The father didn't suspect Baili Junyi at all, why?It shouldn't be...

Baili Junyi coldly glanced at the people who were doing it: "Father, although those criminal officials are hateful, there is some truth in what they said. At the banquet you held, the wine was poisonous, and there is no solution like Hedinghong. The poisonous nature of the poison, the sinister intentions of the people behind this can be seen, we must thoroughly investigate to the end, and catch the black hands behind the scenes!"

Baili Qingcang nodded, feeling a little scared in his heart, his eyes could not help but glanced at the princes and concubines, the only ones who could tamper with the palace banquet were probably the people in the palace...

Concubine Qi was the first to speak out: "Your Majesty, my concubine is in charge of this banquet. If something goes wrong, my concubine has an unshirkable responsibility. Please punish me by the emperor."

Concubine Qi was in charge of the banquet, if she made a move, she would be shooting herself in the foot, so she is not suspected, but she still needs to investigate.

Baili Qingcang said, "Where is the Dragon Scale Army?"

"The slave is here!"

"Strictly investigate all the people who have been in contact with food and drink from the imperial dining room to the palace banquet, and bring suspicious persons to the hall immediately."

"Yes!"

The Dragon Scale Army moved very quickly, and the Imperial Dining Room had already received the news, and their faces were already pale with fright, and all the small stewards hurriedly counted the number of their subordinates, for fear that the problem was on their side, while other palace people Look around to see if there is anything abnormal, and when the time comes to report meritorious service, you can barely save a life.

Not long after, the Dragon Scale Army found out that there was one missing maid in charge of serving dishes, and quickly sent people to check around, and finally found the person in a utility room, but he had already hanged himself.

The leader of the Dragon Scale Army could only report the news: "Reporting to the Emperor, a servant girl was found hanged in the utility room."

Baili Qingcang frowned: "Did you hang yourself?"

"Yes, the palace maid has been in charge of the cleaning work outside the imperial dining room. It was called because of the temporary shortage of manpower. The slave asked and found that this palace maid was usually quiet and had no relationship with other people."

Baili Junyi's eyes moved slightly: "Father, how can this little maidservant have the ability to get poison like Hedinghong and pour it into the wine smoothly? There must be other people's help !"

"The old five is right, what can you do?"

"Father, my son asked Ninghua just now, and said that Hedinghong is a liquid, and it should be stored in a special jade bottle or glass bottle, because there will be a banquet, there will be guards and palace people everywhere, and the bottle must be disposed of. It's inconvenient, so first gather all the palace people and search side by side, won't it be easy to check if you find physical evidence?"

"According to what the fifth prince said."

The guards of the Dragon Scale Army hurriedly took orders, and the search was completed in a short while: "Your Majesty, nothing special was found on those palace people outside."

Shen Ninghua glanced at the third prince, and found that he didn't look panicked, she couldn't help but frowned slightly, the matter should have been planned by the third prince, but he was extraordinarily calm, could it be that he was sure that he couldn't find any physical evidence?In that case... She couldn't help but look at the maid standing beside her, her eyes moved suddenly: "Father, can I have my son check it out?"

"Huh? What did you see?" Baili Qingcang raised his head. Just now he had hinted to the Shadow Guard to investigate. It will take some time to find out the results.

Shen Ninghua got up and walked to where Zhang Xun was originally sitting, looked at the remnants in the wine glass, and then looked at the maid standing aside: "Come here."

The palace maid trembled, her face became paler and paler: "Servant... this servant has seen Princess Zhaohua."

The third prince's hand tightened suddenly, and his face was a little ugly.

Shen Ninghua looked at her coldly: "Pull off the hairpin on your head and let me see."

"Slaves... the hairpins used by the slaves are jade hairpins distributed uniformly in the palace, there is nothing special about it."

Baili Junyi stood beside Shen Ninghua, afraid that the maid would bump into her: "If I tell you to take it, you can take it, why are there so many nonsense?"

The palace maid tremblingly pulled out the hairpin, but instead of handing it to Shen Ninghua, she held it with her hand and stabbed at Shen Ninghua: "Go to hell!"

The third prince's eyelids twitched, this maid is crazy, when did he let her do this?Concubine Li also turned pale with shock, this maid did not follow their plan!How is this going?

Baili Junyi reacted in time, hugged Shen Ninghua to hide, and then kicked the maid's arm with a bang.The hairpin flew out in response, fell to the ground and split in two, and a little liquid flowed out from the broken place.

Baili Qingcang was shocked: "Come on, detain her!"

The guards escorted the maid to the palace, and the imperial doctor stepped forward to check the hairpin on the ground: "Reporting to the emperor, the middle of this hairpin has been hollowed out, and what is in full bloom is the red crane crest."

Baili Qingcang was furious: "Okay, what a good way, you even came up with such a method. Bold maidservant, who ordered you to do this?"

The maid raised her head and looked straight at Concubine Qi: "Concubine Qi, this servant is Qingyu, please save this servant!"

Baili Qingcang suddenly turned his head to look at Concubine Qi: "Concubine Qi, is this maid from your palace?"

Concubine Qi nodded: "Reporting to the emperor, this maidservant is indeed from the concubine's palace, named Qingyu, this time she was called here because of lack of manpower, but I didn't expect her to have such a bold mind, concubine There is no shame in the problem, please look into it clearly, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)