After being reminded by Bai Yuxian just now, the emperor asked the imperial doctor to come over and check whether there was anything wrong with the bowl and water. After the inspection was completed, the emperor took the lead and cut his finger with a knife and dripped blood into the bowl.
"Yu Shiling" was so nervous that she almost lost her grip on the knife. She stared at the two drops of blood in the bowl, her face turned pale, and her eyes were filled with despair.
As expected, the two drops of blood never fused together.
The emperor's face turned darker than the bottom of the pot at this moment. He glared at "Yu Siling" angrily and said in a solemn tone: "How do you explain to me what you just saw?"
"Yu Shiling" saw that the matter had been exposed and could no longer hide it. She was so frightened that she knelt down with a thud. "Your Majesty, I am not the Sixth Princess. I am a fake..."
"You finally admitted it?" The emperor slapped the case angrily, with cold eyes, "Who gave you the courage to deceive the emperor and frame the sixth princess in front of me? Who instigated you?"
The emperor actually already had the answer in his mind. He just wanted to hear the woman's confession with his own ears before he could believe it. He didn't expect that his children would end up killing each other just like he and his brothers and sisters did.
The woman cried and said tremblingly: "Yes, yes..."
She was very hesitant whether to confess Princess Ba. If she did, Princess Ba would definitely not let her go.
Bai Yuxian reminded her "kindly": "If you confess the person who ordered you now, you can avoid the pain of your flesh and blood. Maybe the emperor will spare your life if he is merciful, but if you are like this
If you are hesitating, then you can only use torture."
The woman was really frightened and quickly confessed. "It was Princess Eight, Princess Eight, who asked me to do this. She said that as long as I performed the play well and obeyed her arrangements, I could replace the Sixth Princess and enjoy the glory and wealth. I
In a fit of greed, I agreed."
"How did she find you?" the emperor asked.
The woman shrank her shoulders and replied timidly: "I was originally a beggar. The princess accidentally saw me on the street and took me back. After that, I started this plan. That's it."
Bai Yuxian asked seriously: "What is your name? Where do you come from?"
"My name is Xiaohong. I am an orphan. I have been begging in the capital for a living since I can remember. I don't know where I am from." The woman said with a sincere face.
Bai Yuxian frowned, a little displeased, and said no more. Originally, she wanted someone to check the details of this woman, but now it seems that nothing can be done to kill her.
The emperor was already very tired, but at this moment he was really not sleepy at all. Suddenly, he heard Xiaohong say that he was an orphan, and he couldn't help but think of the couple who were still standing in the corner.
"Aren't they your parents?"
Xiaohong shook her head.
The emperor then cast an inquiring look at Bai Yuxian, and Bai Yuxian said bluntly: "These two people were just brought by me to act in a show. They just deceived the emperor. Please forgive me."
It turns out that Bai Yuxian specially asked this couple to act out a realistic drama of parents looking for a daughter, just to make him doubt the fake Yu Siling, so that he could do a blood test again.
The emperor had to admit that after decades of living, he was not as good as these young people who were decades younger than him.
It will snow soon in the Western Kingdom, and every household has planted plum blossoms. Every year, they always brew one or two jars of plum blossom brew, bury them under the trees, and wait until the twelfth lunar month of winter to dig them out and drink them.
Because Westerners love plum blossoms, every year when the plum blossoms are in full bloom, people hold large and small plum blossom appreciation feasts. A group of people gather together to drink plum blossom wine, which is very lively.
The same goes for the palace.
In previous years, such matters were handled by the Queen or Concubine Yun, but this year the Queen is dead and Concubine Yun is in the cold palace. Concubine Xian is in charge of all major and minor matters in the harem. Naturally, she will also host the Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet.
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The Plum Appreciation Banquet is different from other banquets. In general banquets, men and women sit together at the same table, but at the Plum Appreciation Banquet, men and women are separated. Not only can they not sit at the same table, but they cannot be in the same place.
There is no special reason for this, it is just a custom passed down for hundreds of years, and people in the future will always abide by it.
When Ye Fuxun and Bai Yuxian arrived at the palace, there were already a lot of people. Not long after they arrived, they met Yu Xiunan and Xiao Lanxin.
It had been some days since he had seen Xiao Lanxin. Ye Fuxun looked at her more and couldn't help but feel that she seemed much more beautiful than before. It seemed that she was taking good care of her.
I just don't know if she is taking care of herself so carefully to tie up Yu Xiunan, or if it is for another person.
Thinking of this, Ye Fuxun couldn't help but glance at Bai Yuxian beside him, but saw that he was looking at the crowd in the distance with his head tilted, without even glancing in Xiao Lanxin's direction.
On the contrary, it was Xiao Lanxin who peeked at Bai Yuxian from time to time, just like this in front of Yu Xiunan.
Ye Fuxun was still a little proud, thinking, this is Luo Hua's purpose and ruthlessness, so what if Xiao Lanxin is still thinking about Bai Yuxian? She will never fall into his eyes.
"Did the second emperor brother just come here? Why didn't you see the second sister-in-law?"
Yu Xiunan smiled and said, "She went to the palace first and is now with her mother and concubine."
Ye Fuxun nodded, glanced at Xiao Lanxin, and said, "Concubine Chu looks very good today. She must be in a very good mood, right?"
Xiao Lanxin withdrew her gaze and said with a smile: "I'm naturally in a good mood if I can come to the Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet and see the world."
Ye Fuxun actually didn't like talking to Xiao Lanxin. After saying this, he stopped communicating. He turned his attention back to Yu Xiunan and mentioned what happened to Princess Eight some time ago.
"I wonder what the eighth sister's situation is now. She hasn't been seen here today. Has the Second Emperor seen her recently?"
Yu Xiunan shook his head and said: "Ever since the incident with the fake sixth princess, my father has explicitly prohibited her from entering the palace, so naturally she cannot come today.
I've been busy with work lately and rarely go out, so I haven't seen her." As he said that, he gave Ye Fulun an inquiring look and said, "My eighth sister deliberately tried to harm you and wanted to kill you, but you still did it?
Do you care about her so much?"
His words were obviously sarcastic, and Ye Fuxun could tell.
Ye Fuxun smiled: "No matter how sorry she is to me, she is still my sister, isn't she? It's normal for me to care about her, just like you. You have repeatedly opposed me and made things difficult for me. I don't want to do that now."
Are you talking to you calmly?"
Yu Xiunan showed a faint smile, as if sarcastically.
"I seem to have always been tolerant towards Sixth Sister, and I only want to get along with Sixth Sister on an equal footing. It's just that you, Sixth Sister, don't appreciate it and insist on being my enemy."
Ye Fuxun knew that he was referring to the treasure, so he immediately smiled and said: "You and I just have different positions. I don't want to be your enemy. Besides, when you say you want to live in harmony with me, I'm afraid you don't really mean it.