The Lady's Code for Raising Her Husband

Hua Zixu turned to the prince and asked, "May I ask, Your Highness, if these pills were found in the small house near the east city gate?"

The prince nodded: "Yes, your house is very secretive, but that doesn't mean that I don't know about it."

Hua Zixu suddenly laughed: "Your Highness, those pills were not made by me at all, but were made by my concubine Xie Ziyan for fun. The life-sustaining pills I made were naturally given to me by the emperor. How could it be placed in such a cramped room in a big house?"

The prince was stunned, and his back tensed involuntarily. This is impossible. Xie Ziyan swore that Hua Zixu had always stored all his valuables in that small house, including the life-extending pills. How come the life-extending pills in the small house now were made by Xie Ziyan? Is this Xie Ziyan lying, or Hua Zixu making up nonsense?

Hua Zixu cupped his hands towards the Queen Mother and said: "The Queen Mother can send someone to the imperial residence of the minister. All the life-sustaining pills are stored in the warehouse."

The Queen Mother immediately waved her hand and ordered people to check.

Soon, a guard came back with a stack of black lacquer boxes to report. In Hua Zixu's imperial residence, they found almost identical life-sustaining pills, and the bottom of each life-sustaining pill was engraved with " The tiny word "华".

The Queen Mother also handed this pill to Ye Yuxiao and Chen Pingan, and ordered them to check the ingredients on the spot.

After testing, the two agreed that the pills were non-toxic.

Hua Zixu's two houses actually had life-sustaining pills stored in them. One of them had a mark on it, and the other didn't! The prince had never thought of such an unexpected situation, and quickly made up for it: "Royal grandmother, even if the pills in the two places are different, but everything is just based on Hua Zixu's mouth, who knows whether it is true or false? What my father took is The life-sustaining pills were all donated by Hua Zixu himself, and the box of poisonous ones must have been sent in by him as well."

Makes sense. The Queen Mother looked at Hua Zixu and her eyes darkened again: "How do you explain the box of poisonous life-sustaining pills in the Emperor's cabinet? It is impossible that you first presented the non-toxic pills and then someone took them from your small house. Did you steal a box of poisonous pills to replace them?"

How is it impossible? According to him, this is the truth. Someone must have replaced the non-toxic life-sustaining pills with poisonous pills, and they had laid the groundwork in advance to replace all the life-sustaining pills in the small house with poisonous ones. Hua Zixu already knew something in his mind, but he did not say it directly. Instead, he said: "Your Majesty, every box of life-sustaining pills presented by me has been personally inspected by the Emperor. If there is any problem with the record, Your Majesty He would have pointed it out at that time, how could he wait until he was poisoned? According to Yichen, since the box of poisonous pills was made by Xie Ziyan, the Queen Mother should ask her to ask. "

Xie Ziyan was told that it would be easy to come and ask, so the Queen Mother naturally agreed and sent someone immediately.

Ye Yuxiao's heart suddenly lifted.

Summoning Xie Ziyan was not a big deal in itself, but around her waist was the heirloom jade pendant. Who knows whether the Queen Mother's attitude towards Xie Ziyan will change after seeing the jade pendant, which will affect the direction of the whole matter.

But now it's too late to steal the jade pendant. What should she do...

Ye Yuxiao was in a hurry when Ouyang Sheng moved to her side as if unintentionally, squeezed her hand, and whispered: "Go to Tan Shizhao and ask for a truth worm."

Want truth worms? For whom? Could it be that with the truth worm, the jade pendant becomes useless? How can this be? Ye Yuxiao was puzzled, but still quietly left the palace and asked Eunuch Wei's apprentice to help him leave the palace to find Tan Shizhao.

Xie Ziyan was quickly brought into the palace. As expected by Ye Yuxiao, as soon as she entered the palace door and before she spoke, the Queen Mother's eyes fell directly on the jade pendant around her waist, and she could no longer move it away. .

However, the Queen Mother was still the Queen Mother, and it didn't take long for her to return to normal: "Are you Xie Ziyan?"

Xie Ziyan obviously did not notice the abnormality of the Queen Mother just now, lowered her head and replied: "To the Queen Mother, I am Xie Ziyan."

The Queen Mother pointed to the box of life-sustaining pills taken out from the cabinet in the side hall on the table: "Go and see if those pills were made by you?"

Xie Ziyan said without even looking at it: "Your Majesty, I don't know any medical skills and have never made life-sustaining pills."

The Queen Mother looked at Hua Zixu: "Why are your words different?"

Hua Zixu raised the three fingers of his left hand: "Queen Mother, I swear to God that the pills in the small house in the east of the city were made by Xie Ziyan. As for why the pills are poisonous, only she knows."

Although everyone reaffirms their oath, the Queen Mother has been immersed in prostitution in the palace for many years. How can she believe this and immediately refute it.

When Ye Yuxiao saw that something was wrong, he quickly bumped Ouyang Sheng with his elbow.

Ouyang Sheng understood and said to the Empress Dowager: "Empress Dowager, if Xie Ziyan is not interrogated, this matter will reach a deadlock. It is better to send her and Hua Zixu to prison and torture her to extract confessions. We can always find out something."

The Queen Mother was unwilling in every possible way, keeping a straight face, frowning, and saying nothing.

The Queen Mother now started to defend Xie Ziyan and was not willing to let her be tortured? Ye Yuxiao expected this situation and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there are drawbacks to torture to extract confessions. It is very likely that they can't bear the severe punishment and say things that are completely inconsistent with the facts. It is better to lock them up and starve them for two meals." , I must have recruited everything.”

Hua Zixu's words were so conclusive that it was impossible not to ask Xie Ziyan. Compared with execution, starvation is the lightest way to extract a confession. The Queen Mother pondered for a moment, nodded, and ordered Hua Zixu and Xie Ziyan to be locked up separately.

As they were imprisoned, the people in the palace went back to their homes and gradually dispersed.

The emperor's condition is relatively stable at this time. Although his mouth is crooked and his eyes are slanted and he cannot speak, his vital signs are stable and there is no immediate danger of his life. Ye Yuxiao planned to go to the side hall to rest with Ouyang Sheng first, and then come back after Hua Zixu and Xie Ziyan had the results.

But before she could walk out of the palace, she was called to Cining Palace by the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother turned the beads in her hand and sighed, but remained silent for a long time.

Ye Yuxiao suddenly realized that the Queen Mother was telling her the secret of the jade pendant, and suddenly felt on pins and needles.

She does have a strong desire to gossip, but as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat. Once she knows the secret of the Queen Mother, what if the Queen Mother becomes unhappy one day and wants to kill her to silence her? She thought about it again and again, but stood up before the Queen Mother spoke: "Your Majesty, I don't know how Princess Shaoyang's poison has been cured. I have to go and see her."

The Queen Mother didn't want to let her go, but Shaoyang's poison had not been completely eliminated. She hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to let Ye Yuxiao go.

Ye Yuxiao quickly disappeared outside the gate of Cining Palace. The Queen Mother looked at her back and sighed again: "If the Ai family doesn't explain clearly the relationship between the Dou family and the Ai family, they want to save Zi Yan later. There is no helper.”