The prince is hard to serve

The information Yan Wenhao received was very accurate.

During the night of this day, Concubine Liang really secretly contacted a maid of the High Heaven Pavilion, and handed her a pack of poison, asking her to find an opportunity to put the poison into the soup that Yan Wenhao drank every day——

As Yan Wenhao had expected, Concubine Liang did use poison, not other means.

However, Yan Wenhao had already taken precautions. In the Lingxiao Pavilion, he set up many traps to lure Concubine Liang into the bait.

Fuquan and Duanyuan kept a high level of vigilance all the time. They kept a close eye on several palace servants early in the morning. Therefore, just as the palace maid put poison into Yan Wenhao's daily soup, she was "just passing by" Fuquan "happened to see" and seized the personal stolen goods.

The news in the palace always spread very fast, and this incident quickly spread throughout the palace, even Emperor Yan who was still reviewing the memorial in the imperial study was alarmed.

"It just doesn't make sense!"

He slapped the table and stood up, Emperor Yan was very angry, with a straight face and sharp eyes, he called out to Fuxi who was outside the hall, and after a while, he directly set up the Lingxiao Pavilion.

When Emperor Yan and his group arrived at the High Heaven Pavilion, the lights inside the High Heaven Pavilion were brightly lit.

Inside the main hall.

At this time, all the palace servants serving in the Lingxiao Pavilion were there. There were more than ten people in total, standing neatly in a row. out one.

Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling sat in the upper seats, in the center of the main hall, kneeling the maid who had poisoned the soup just now, and next to him, imperial physician Pei and other imperial doctors, solemnly inspected the palace maid who had been searched from the palace maid. , the remaining part of the poison.

Seeing Emperor Yan's arrival, Yan Wenhao and Mu Ziling quickly stood up and saluted.

"My son has seen his father."

"Well, get up."

After waving his hands, Emperor Yan walked up to the upper seat and sat down, then looked at Yan Wenhao again, and asked with concern, "Hao'er, are you poisoned?"

Shaking his head, Yan Wenhao replied: "Father is worried, my son is fine and has never been poisoned."

Nodding his head, Emperor Yan gave an 'hmm', and then said softly: "It's fine if nothing happens."

After all, he turned to look at the court lady kneeling in the center of the hall, his eyes became extremely sharp instantly, he had been in the upper position for a long time, majestic and shocking, even if he didn't speak, just sitting there Being motionless is enough to make people tremble with fear, so frightened that they can't speak.

I never thought that I would be caught by Fuquan on the spot as soon as I made a move, and even alarmed Emperor Yan. The maid bowed her head and knelt on the ground, her face turned pale from fright, and she couldn't help shaking, not knowing what to do. .

After only a few glances at her, Emperor Yan already looked away in disgust. He tilted his head, gave Fuxi beside him a look, and signaled Fuxi to go forward and ask questions.

"Fuxi, just ask her for me why she wants to harm Hao'er, she is so daring—"

"Yes, the slave obeys."

Respectfully thinking that Emperor Yan made a salute, Fu Xi took two steps forward, and then asked sharply, "Kneeling maid Si Ruo, why did you quickly explain why you dared to murder the Second Highness?"

"Slave...slave..."

Hearing the sound, Si Ruo's body trembled instinctively, she trembled, began to sweat profusely, her mouth faltered and couldn't make a sentence, for a long while, she couldn't utter a complete sentence.

With a serious look on his face, Emperor Yan frowned, then tapped the low table impatiently with his index finger, and then said coldly: "Raise your head and answer my question seriously!"

"Slave, slave... no, dare not."

Si Ruo's face was pale, she didn't dare to raise her head to face the holy face, so she could only press her forehead to the ground with an extremely humble attitude.

Seeing that Emperor Yan was very displeased and was on the verge of breaking out, Fuxi frowned, and asked again: "Miss Siruo, let's ask you again, because of this reason, you want to harm the second son." Your Highness? If you don't answer again, our family will order someone to punish you!"

His voice was shrill and loud, and some echoes could still be heard in this slightly spacious hall.

The punishment Fuxi mentioned was a rule set by the late emperor, that is, if a palace attendant made a mistake, in serious cases, besides death, there is another one, that is, the eunuch needs to be punished thirty times with a stick, while the palace maid is punished with a stick. Twenty strokes of the cane.

If they survived by luck, they could avoid death and be exiled from the palace. However, there are some palace servants with weak physique who died after less than ten blows.

After hearing this, Si Ruo's face turned pale, because of fear, her body trembled violently, she once witnessed Liang Concubine killing a court lady with a cane, the tragedy at that time, recalling it now, is still vivid head.

Not daring not to answer, Si Ruo slightly raised his head, although he was still stuttering, he was finally able to finish a sentence.

However, Si Ruo didn't dare to confess to the real mastermind behind this incident - the lives of her family were all in the hands of Concubine Liang.

Concubine Liang threatened her with this and asked her to do things for her.

Therefore, at this moment, she can only be freed by taking all the responsibility for her own crimes and asking for a death.

"Slave, slave, yes, it is because of being obsessed by ghosts and ghosts, talent, will do, do, such as, such, rebellious, unreasonable, immoral things, everything is done by slave... slave knows it is wrong, slave Willing to be punished."

After finishing speaking, she prostrated herself on the ground again, her face was full of tears and snot, and her voice was full of crying: "Please punish me, Your Majesty, this servant is willing to apologise with death—"

In her words, she didn't mention why she poisoned her or why she wanted to harm Yan Wenhao.

Obviously, this answer did not satisfy Emperor Yan, and even made Emperor Yan even more displeased, frowning, just as Emperor Yan was about to ask questions, a eunuch reported loudly outside the door, saying that Concubine Xian and Concubine Degui were together visit.

Hearing this, Emperor Yan pursed his lips, a look of strangeness flashed in his eyes, and then he nodded, motioning for them to come in.

After a while, Concubine Degui walked in gracefully, while Concubine Xian was half a step behind her.

Yingying bowed down, Concubine Degui saluted Emperor Yan with a smile, "Your Majesty, peace." After a pause, she consciously explained her reason for coming: "I heard that there are maids in the palace who dared to murder the Second Highness. His Majesty the Second Highness couldn't sit still in the bedroom, and he expected that His Majesty would be here, so he came here directly without avoiding suspicion."

After finishing speaking, she cast her eyes on Yan Wenhao, and asked with concern: "Second Highness, are you okay?"

Yan Wenhao said softly: "Thank you for your concern, Concubine Gui, I am fine."

There was a faint smile in Emperor Yan's eyes, he took Concubine Degui's hand, pulled her to sit beside him, then raised his eyes and looked at Concubine Xian: "Why are you here?"

She first politely bowed to Emperor Yan, "The concubine sees Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe." Then she lowered her eyes and replied softly: "The concubine is Wen Hao's mother and concubine. It's over, because I was worried about Wen Hao, so I came."

Slightly nodding his head, Emperor Yan said in a calm tone: "Okay, Concubine Xian, get up."

Hearing this, Concubine Xian stood up, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Unlike Concubine De Gui, who went to sit beside Emperor Yan, she turned around and walked in front of Yan Wenhao, looked at him carefully for a while, and finally breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was really fine , The brows that had been furrowed all the way relaxed a little.

"Wen Hao, did something happen to you?" Not very relieved, so Concubine Xian hurriedly asked again.

Shaking his head, Yan Wenhao smiled at Concubine Xian, and said warmly: "Mother and concubine are worried, and my son and minister are fine. When that palace lady was poisoning, Fuquan happened to bump into her, so I haven't touched a drop of the soup yet."

Although Concubine Xian still had lingering fears, she still smiled softly at this moment, and said softly: "Fortunately, you are fine."

After she finished speaking, she turned her head again, looked at Mu Ziling who had been standing quietly by the side without making a sound, and smiled at him: "Are you Ziling?"

"I am." Mu Ziling nodded and smiled back at Concubine Xian.

After looking at Mu Ziling for a while, Concubine Xian couldn't help nodding secretly in her heart, and there was a look of appreciation in her eyes. She pondered for a while, and then asked: "I heard Wen Hao say that you were sick, but now, are you sick?" Are you ready?"

Hearing this, Mu Ziling was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this might be an excuse Yan Wenhao made for himself, so he nodded and said, "Thank you, Ma'am, for your concern, I'm already fully recovered."

Smiling, Concubine Xian's eyes were extremely gentle, she said slowly: "This is good." After a pause, she said meaningfully: "The body is always your own, no matter what, you should take good care of it."

After finishing speaking, she didn't stay any longer, turned around and returned to the center of the hall, and sat down on the chair under Emperor Yan.

At this moment, Emperor Yan's anger had been reduced a lot after being coaxed by Concubine De Gui. The cold pool is average.

After a while, Emperor Yan frowned, and asked Siruo again why he poisoned him.

However, Siruo still responded respectfully with a weeping voice as before, but never answered Emperor Yan's question directly. She took all the blame for the crime, but she couldn't explain the reason for poisoning.

She had no reason to act at all, and she couldn't make up a reason.

Yan Wenhao had always treated the servants in the Lingxiao Pavilion very well, and never beat, scolded or punished her. After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't find an excuse to cover it up.

Seeing this scene, Concubine De Gui cast her eyes on Si Ruo who was kneeling on the ground, she was silent for a while, and suddenly said softly: "Your Majesty, if you don't want to hand over this court lady to this concubine, you give it to my concubine." After half an hour, Chenqie promises that after half an hour, she will definitely let her tell the truth."

Naturally, she knew that this play was directed by Concubine Liang, and she could roughly guess that the court lady had something to do with Concubine Liang, so she dared not easily confess that the person behind her was Concubine Liang.

She came here today because she wanted to see Concubine Liang's fate with her own eyes, so she didn't mind at all, she made a move like this, pushed her, and "helped" Concubine Liang.

Emperor Yan thought for a while, then agreed: "Since Aifei has a solution, I will leave it to you."

Concubine Degui was extremely happy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face at all, she smiled softly at Emperor Yan, and said softly: "This concubine will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust."

"Your Majesty." At this moment, Concubine Xian suddenly called out to Emperor Yan, then straightened her sleeves and stood up.

Her demeanor is still cold, repelling people thousands of miles away, and there is not much expression on her face, but at this moment, there is a hint of sternness hidden in her eyes, she pursed her lips, and said in a deep voice: " Your Majesty, please allow my concubine to interrogate this court lady together with Concubine De."

She was worried about Concubine Dexin.

She knew that in this palace, Concubine Degui also regarded Yan Wenhao as a thorn in her flesh and wanted to deal with him quickly. Therefore, she had reason to suspect that this maid was actually sent by Concubine Degui.

She needs to know who is really trying to harm her child!