After Zixuan finished her statement, Shangguan Bu looked at Concubine Jing coldly with a solemn expression, "My dear concubine, do you have anything to say."
"Your Majesty, I don't understand why this slave who has only met twice would make up such stories to frame me. Please make the decision for me." Concubine Jing's face remained calm, and even these words were an understatement.
It seems that this matter has nothing to do with me.
"Don't worry, my beloved, it's hard to convince me with just one slave's words. When I order someone to find out the truth, if this is not the case, I will definitely restore your innocence." Shangguan Bu's voice was extremely gentle, but his eyes narrowed dangerously.
He stood up, but no one dared to look up at his holy face.
"Concubine, thank you, Your Majesty." Concubine Jing said calmly. Xing'er, who was kneeling on the ground, raised her head slightly and gave her a reassuring look.
"You said that Concubine Jing threatened you to do these things. Do you have any evidence?" Shangguan Bu said coldly.
"The jade pendant that Concubine Jing's personal maid broke just now belongs to my sister, and it is exactly the same as the one on my body. She said that she took out a green jade pendant from her arms.
Li Youfu took the jade pendant and the broken jade pendant fragments, put the fragments back together, and presented them to the emperor's desk.
"Well, they are indeed a couple." Shangguan Bu's voice was neither loud nor quiet, and Concubine Jing beside him could just hear it.
"Your Majesty, this jade pendant was given by Concubine Jing to this slave and Zixuan. I didn't expect that this slave not only did not want to repay the kindness, but also used it to frame our queen. Please, Your Majesty, take a closer look and return your queen's innocence." Kneel down next to Zixuan.
Myolie spoke again.
Zixuan knew that relying on her own words alone, convincing the emperor that Concubine Jing was the murderer who hurt Shangguan Feng'er would be as difficult as climbing to heaven.
"Your Majesty, the fourth prince has brought witnesses and is waiting outside the palace." Someone from the palace came forward to report.
"Witness?" Shangguan Bu glanced at Concubine Jing who looked confused next to him, and then said, "Let him in."
Shangguan Bu frowned, thinking that this palace maid was brought by Shangguan Chen, what kind of witnesses would he bring now, and what relationship did he have with this matter.
No, Chen'er has always been close to Feng'er, and looking at what he did today, it didn't look like his style. Could it be Feng'er? Shangguan Bu's brows furrowed even more tightly, and he suddenly felt powerless towards this pair of children.
After a while, Shangguan Chen led a guard, a boy dressed in ordinary clothes, into the palace. The guard's name was Zhong Xin. He said that a few days ago, a palace maid named Xiaoqi from the Clothing Bureau came out of the palace. She said it was the favor of the palace manager.
She came out of the palace to visit relatives.
There were so many people coming in and out of the palace every day that Zhong Xin couldn't remember them even if he wanted to. But it happened that the guard named Zhong Xin and Xiao Qi were cousins, so he was deeply impressed.
Xiaoqi returned to the palace a day after leaving the palace. When she came back, she gave Zhong Xin a pack of gold sore medicine, saying it was from Renyitang. She was very happy at that time, but no one thought that Xiaoqi would be there the next day.
Dive into the well.
It is common for concubines to die in this palace, not to mention the death of a palace maid, which is completely normal, but Zhong Xin didn't know about it, and only found out later when his family informed him.
One time, when Zhong Xin was chatting with his family, he accidentally mentioned to them that Xiaoqi had left the palace to visit relatives the day before yesterday. As a result, the family members said that Xiaoqi had not returned home in the past two days.
Now Zhong Xin felt something strange, and it happened that Shangguan Chen came to check the situation of entering and exiting the palace in the past half month. Zhong Xin mentioned this matter to Guan Chen. Shangguan Chen ordered people to go to the medicine shop called Renyitang in the capital.
I sold arsenic a few days ago, and according to the description of the young man at the drug store, it was Xiaoqi who bought the medicine.
The boy who followed Guan Chen into the hall was the boy from Renyi Hall. The boy confirmed Zhong Xin's words. Finally, Zhong Xin also took out a hairpin and said that it was given to Xiaoqi by Empress Jingfei half a month ago.
Ask him to take it home.
Shangguan Bu signaled the palace attendants to take the hairpin and handed it to Concubine Jing, but Concubine Jing just smiled.
"Your Highness?"
Xiaoqi went to buy arsenic and these things were all instigated by the slave and have nothing to do with the queen. I am willing to die to apologize." After saying that, he hit the pillar nearest to him. Before the people around him could react, Xing'er had already
Crumbled to the ground.
Seeing Xing'er lying limp on the ground, Concubine Jing quickly picked her up. She saw blood pouring out of Xing'er's forehead, and her face and lips became increasingly pale.
Xing'er, who was dying, seemed to feel the liquid falling on her face. She tried her best to open her eyes, and saw tears constantly falling from Concubine Jing's eyes. She never thought that at the moment of her death, her master would shed tears for her. For such a person,
As far as the slave is concerned, she is contented in this life.