imperial concubine

Chapter 222
Everyone in the past had regarded Su Wan as the murderer who poisoned the prince, but after Fang Yuanli entered the palace, he had a secret conversation with the queen. As a result, Su Wan was released from prison the next day. No one in the palace knew about it. The reason for this.

Hearing that Liu Banxia was still insisting that the poison was taken from Su Wan's hands at this moment, she was even more puzzled. If so, how could the queen let Su Wan go before?But if this is not the case, why would Liu Banxia use his life to testify against Su Wan?
The queen sitting in the hall responded lightly, "You are so sure, it seems that the fourth prince is to blame. Fourth prince, what do you have to say so far? This is conclusive evidence!"

Everyone in the main hall was taken aback by the queen's words, wondering what kind of medicine she was selling in the gourd.If the queen really believed Liu Banxia's words, how could she listen to Fang Yuanli's advice and release Su Wan from the prison?

Hearing the queen asking herself, Su Wan was very calm, put down the teacup in her hand, then stood up and saluted the queen, "The empress's eyes are like lightning, so she naturally knows whether Su Wan is the murderer."

Hearing Su Wan's words, everyone in the hall couldn't help but frowned tightly.What Su Wan said meant that as long as the queen gave an order, she would immediately plead guilty and confess all the crimes, even if the queen planted Su Wan.

The queen sitting on the main seat glanced at Su Wan lightly, and then said: "I understand what you mean. Step back!" After saying this, the queen said sharply to Liu Banxia: "Liu Banxia has been involved until now. Do you still want to frame the fourth prince and concubine?"

Since Su Wan has no problem, then the only one who has the problem is Liu Banxia.It's just that Liu Banxia bit too hard, the queen didn't know how to excuse Su Wan for a while, she could only think about letting Liu Banxia let go.

Kneeling on the ground, Liu Banxia cried and said loudly: "Your Majesty knows the lesson, even if you have ten guts, you will not dare to deceive your Majesty the Empress. What you saw in the imperial garden that day is indeed the fourth concubine. The villain has absolutely no words lie!"

The person I saw in the imperial garden that night was indeed the fourth concubine. Although I didn't know the fourth concubine at the time, the person I saw that night was exactly the same as the current fourth concubine. It wasn't her Who is it again!

Fang Yuanli on the side carefully looked at the expression on Class Six's favorite face, and then said: "Empress, since Liu Banxia insists that he has seen the fourth concubine in the Imperial Garden, why don't you bring the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Garden to ask about it?" clear."

Long before Su Wan left the undecided prison, the Queen and Fang Yuanli had guessed this matter pretty closely.The darner now needs to give everyone a proof, so the empress and Fang Yuanli will re-enact a good show in the main hall.

Hearing Fang Yuanli's words, the queen pretended to have just understood, then nodded and said: "What Fang Aiqing said is true." Turning to the guards outside, she said: "Come here, give the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Garden to me. Bring it to the palace!"

The guards outside the door responded very loudly, and not long after, Lin Xuanfang, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Garden, knelt in front of the hall, trembling unbearably.He didn't know what the queen wanted him to do, he just thought he had committed something again.

Looking at Lin Xuanfang who was trembling on the ground, the queen asked: "Lin Xuanfang, you have recorded all the people who entered and exited the imperial garden. I ask you, when Liu Banxia went there that day, did the fourth prince concubine ever go to the imperial garden?" garden?"

Lin Xuanfang was taken aback when she heard this question, and then she felt a little puzzled. Didn't the empress ask herself this question before?Why do you ask yourself again today?Could it be that the Empress has forgotten what happened before?

While thinking this way in her heart, Lin Xuanfang said: "Reporting to the empress, all the small people who entered and exited the imperial garden that day have been registered, and there are only three maids and two eunuchs. The fourth concubine did not go to the imperial garden at all that day."

When everyone heard Lin Xuanfang's words, they all looked at Liu Banxia in unison, thinking to themselves, this man is so courageous, knowing that the queen is in a rage now, yet he still dares to lie to the queen with lies, he is really desperate to the extreme!
At this time, Liu Banxia was also suffering in his heart and couldn't tell, so why didn't he know that Lin Xuanfang would say that, but the person who met him in the imperial garden that day was indeed the fourth prince concubine, and he did not lie to the queen and everyone in the palace wait!
The queen let out a light breath, and then asked Liu Banxia: "Now that there are all the witnesses and material evidence, do you still want to deny it?" The queen narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Liu Banxia and said, "You have to think clearly, otherwise you My little life is gone!"

The current empress is holding her breath in her chest, and she can only suppress it with her strong willpower. If Liu Banxia's words don't go well, the empress doesn't mind killing someone to establish her prestige.

Hearing the queen's words, Liu Banxia couldn't help shivering, and then said: "Reporting to the empress, what the villain saw in the imperial garden that day was indeed the fourth prince's concubine. Everything the villain said was true, and there was absolutely no lie!"

When everyone in the hall heard Liu Banxia's words, they really admired him extremely.I don't know who this Liu Banxia is, but he still doesn't let go at this time.With such a dead man serving, it seems that the queen can't find anything this time,

Hearing Liu Banxia's words, Su Wan, who had never spoken all this time, suddenly said: "Empress, since Eunuch Liu said so, let's find someone to confront him. Didn't three maids and two eunuchs go to the Imperial Garden that day and called them here?" Confrontation is fine."

Su Wan knew that the queen was in a dilemma. If Liu Banxia was beheaded, the clues would be broken, and the truth would not be found out; There is no way to continue.

So Su Wan built the most suitable steps for the queen at the most suitable time.As long as the queen walks down the steps, the next thing will happen naturally, without any effort at all.

Hearing Su Wan's words, the queen nodded approvingly, and then said to Lin Xuanfang: "Did you hear what the fourth concubine said? Hurry up and report the names of those five people, I want to see who has such great ability Dare to pretend to be the fourth concubine!"

When everyone in the hall heard the words of the queen, they immediately understood.No wonder Su Wan was so calm just now, it turned out that she had discussed it with the queen long ago.Otherwise, how could the empress know that someone was pretending to be the fourth concubine before she met anyone?
Lin Xuanfang hurriedly named the five names that she could remember by heart, and then the queen ordered someone to bring these people.Then he said: "Liu Banxia, ​​if you have half a false statement, I will definitely let you live or die!"

When Liu Banxia heard this sentence, the sweat dripped down his face, and he kept saying that he didn't dare.Not long after, the people brought by the queen had already brought up, but the number was wrong, there were only four, but one was missing for some reason.

Looking at the slaves in front of her, the queen asked indifferently: "I called out the names of five people just now, why only four came now? Could it be that what I said now has no effect on you at all? "

Now that the crown prince has just died from the poison, the entire deep palace is panicked, and everyone is thinking about their own plans.It's just that because things happened so suddenly, most people haven't had time to react at all.

Hearing the queen's words, beads of sweat appeared on the guard's head, and he quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Reporting to the empress, one of them is a maid in the Shangjin Palace, but the Shangjin Palace said that there is no such person, so Only the small ones will return without success.”

When everyone in the hall heard the words Shangjin Palace, they finally knew why the Queen made such a big circle.It turned out that in the end, the queen's abandoned son fell on the Concubine Shu's family from the most unlikely place, what a good trick!

The empress who was above the throne glanced at the second prince and concubine lightly, and then said: "There is such a thing? I don't know if there is a mistake in the records of the Royal Garden, or the steward in Shangjin Palace remembered the wrong name?"

Everyone knew that this time the Queen was here for Concubine Shu, so naturally she would not speak out at this time to relieve Concubine Shu.The empress' aura is unstoppable now, even if His Majesty is here, I'm afraid she can only retreat for the time being, let alone others.

Lin Xuanfang, who was kneeling on the ground, heard the queen's words, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the records of the Imperial Garden are absolutely correct. I have checked the badges of those people, and they are indeed from the Shangjin Palace. Please also ask the Empress Mingjian."

Now Lin Xuanfang has only one thought in her mind, to get herself out of this matter as soon as possible, if not, I'm afraid her life will be lost.As for other things, let's put it down for now!
Hearing Lin Xuanfang's words, the second concubine on the side smiled lightly and said, "Then Eunuch Lin means that the people in my Shangjin Palace are lying? Eunuch Lin, you must have evidence for what you say!"

Regarding the matter of the imperial garden, the second princess thinks that she has done a perfect job, so of course it is impossible to admit it.Besides, even if the queen guessed that she did it, so what, the queen has no evidence in her hands, so she can't do anything to herself at all.

The empress above the throne glanced at the second concubine, and then said: "What does the second concubine mean, there are no such people in your palace?" After receiving the affirmative answer from the second concubine, the queen said: "That's good!" Do it, come and bring the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Since the second concubine said that there is no such eunuch in her palace, one only needs to check in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find out if it is true.The Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of the personnel affairs in the palace, and all the maids and eunuchs are recorded in the register.

The guards outside the door went away in response, and after a while brought a calm and ordinary eunuch to the main hall of the East Palace. This person was the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Jiang Baohua who was dispatched by the staff.

That Jiang Baohua's demeanor was extremely calm, and he didn't panic when he saw the queen. He knelt on the ground and saluted several people, "Jiang Baohua, the little housekeeper, has seen the empress, the empress, the princess, and the prime minister."

I am used to seeing eunuchs who were timid and timid before, but Jiang Baohua's calm and calm eunuch is somewhat rare.No wonder he was able to sit on the post of chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.It seems that there are some extraordinary skills.

The queen nodded and said: "Jiang Baohua, you are in charge of personnel dispatch in the House of Internal Affairs, so you must know exactly how many maids and eunuchs there are in each palace, what their names are, and what they do in the palace, right? ?”

Of course, Jiang Baohua knew all these things clearly.It's just that he wasn't sure what the queen wanted him to do today, so he could only say vaguely: "Thanks to the compliment from the empress, I know a little bit."

Although I don't know what the Empress Dowager wants to do, but be careful to make the Ten Thousand Years Boat, it's better not to talk too much about yourself, so as not to annoy the Empress Empress, and in the end deliberately make things difficult for myself and create problems for myself.

Hearing Jiang Baohua's words, the queen glanced at the second prince and concubine and asked, "That's good, I have something to ask you." The queen asked, "In the Shangjin Palace, there is a maid named Shengjing ?”

As soon as these words came out, all eyes in the main hall fell on Jiang Baohua.

(End of this chapter)