Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Chapter 20

Yinzhen looked at what Fuling was holding in the short video, and his birth date was clearly written on it.

At this moment, he was silent. It was obvious that the crime was not committed by one person. One person buried something intentionally for Fuling to find, and the other person specifically led his mother to come and catch Fuling red-handed.

But in the short video just now, there was only the back of the person burying the things, and a piece of his finger was exposed, so his appearance was completely unclear.

But his mother only saw what Fuling was holding in her hand and didn't see anyone else. No one would believe that this thing didn't belong to Fuling.

After all, seeing is believing, which is a deeply rooted idea.

Thinking of this, he reached out and patted Yinyu's back, saying softly to him, "Fifteen, don't cry. Big brother will help your mother."

After he finished speaking, he looked around, smiled, and tugged at Concubine Hui's clothes with his hands, saying in a somewhat coquettish voice, "Mother, don't be angry. You sent Fuling to the Ministry of Punishment, can't you calm down?"

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Concubine Wang and smiled gently, "Besides, if Fuling is wrongly accused, wouldn't you be ashamed of Concubine Wang by doing this?"

Upon hearing this, Concubine Hui was immediately enraged. With a look of rage on her face, she threw the object in her hand into Yinzhen's arms and angrily said, "I saw her with my own eyes taking this object and preparing to bury it under that big tree. How could she be wrong?"

After she finished speaking, she angrily said to Yinzhen, "Look at what this is! How dare you speak for her? If it weren't for the fact that the Emperor loves Fifteen so much, do you think I would have spared Concubine Wang?!"

If Fifteen wasn't being kept in the Palace of Heavenly Purity, she would have tortured Concubine Wang to extract a confession long ago. How could she have the chance to force her?!

When Concubine Hui threw something at him, Yinyu grabbed her fingers with his chubby little hands and said pitifully, "Your Majesty."

The soft and tender voice, with a crying tone, made Concubine Hui's anger dissipate a lot.

The Yinyou in front of her was white and chubby, and somewhat similar to Yinzhi when he was a child. Every time she saw him grow up, she would unconsciously feel soft-hearted, but when she thought of what Fuling had done, she hardened her heart and pulled out her finger.

He snorted coldly at Yinzhen and said nothing more.

Yinyu pretended to be pitiful in front of Concubine Hui, but he was extremely anxious in his heart. He anxiously urged the 679 system, "679, what do you think we should do? Fuling may look strong and talkative, but if she goes to the Ministry of Punishment, she won't come out alive! You need to think of a solution quickly."

What is the Ministry of Punishment? It is where the palace maids and eunuchs are imprisoned. Almost no one who enters there comes out alive. Even if they are truly wronged and investigated thoroughly, they will be tortured beyond recognition.

Fuling has never suffered such a punishment before. If she stays in the Ministry of Punishment for a few days, will she be able to come back alive?

When he thought that he might never see Fuling again, his heart felt as if it was being gripped by a big hand, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.

System 679 was also extremely anxious. Its childish, mechanical voice lacked confidence. "Host, I want to help, but I can't. You can't talk. We know that Fuling wasn't the one who placed the voodoo doll, but you can't tell us. This matter still depends on your cheap father."

Only the emperor can investigate this matter thoroughly and clear Fuling's name.

Yinyu listened to the words of the 679 system, and with a determined heart, he stretched out his two short arms towards Concubine Hui and called softly, "Your Majesty, hold me."

The voice seemed to contain honey, sounding sweet and making people feel comfortable.

Coupled with the bright smile on his face, it is hard to refuse his request.

Concubine Hui couldn't resist Yinyu's adorable appearance, and awkwardly reached out to hug him in her arms. She said to Concubine Wang beside her, "Since you insist that Fuling was wrongly accused, I will give you a chance to investigate thoroughly."

"If Fuling is truly wronged, then I will naturally give her adequate compensation."

She paused slightly, then gnashed her teeth at Concubine Wang and said, "If it really was Fuling who did it, then don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless! I won't give her any chance to survive!"

When Concubine Wang heard this, she immediately revealed a pleasantly surprised smile. She bowed to Concubine Hui and said, "Thank you, Concubine Hui. I will definitely find evidence and clear Fuling's name."

After she finished speaking, she helped the man up from the ground.

Yinyou listened to Concubine Hui's words, held her face with his hands, slapped it, and then hugged her neck and rubbed it like a spoiled child.

Concubine Hui was amused by Yinyou's actions, and her tense face could no longer be maintained. She reached out and pinched the tip of his nose, saying somewhat dotingly, "You are the best at this. This time, I am giving your mother some time out of your kindness."

Just as she said this, she saw her fingers being grabbed by Yinyu, and she couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Alright, alright, Your Majesty understands."

After she finished speaking, she sighed to Concubine Wang and said, "Concubine Wang is so lucky to have given birth to a good son."

Kangxi came in from outside with big strides. He smiled at Hui Fei and said, "Why don't you say that you have a good son too?"

After saying this, he took Yinyu out of Huifei's arms and said gently, "You, at such a young age, are already using beauty tricks."

When he walked outside, he happened to see the last scene of the picture.

He didn't know the details, but the voodoo doll was right in front of him, and he would definitely not tolerate it.

Yinzhen was finally imprisoned because of witchcraft. Now someone is using witchcraft on him again, how could he let it go?!

After listening to Kangxi's words, the 679 system suddenly realized what was going on with Yinyou's abnormal behavior. He actually used the beauty trap on Concubine Hui and actually coaxed her into falling in love with him.

Thinking of this, he said to Yinyu in a somewhat exaggerated tone, "Wow! The host is really amazing. He actually used the beauty trap, acted coquettishly and cutely, and actually bought Fuling some time."

"Now that your cheap father is here, tell him to investigate quickly. If we go too late, we might not be able to find any good clues."

As soon as System 679 finished speaking, Kangxi understood what he meant. He paused for a moment while holding Yinyu, and his eyes fell on Liang Jiugong, who was standing beside him. He said to him, "Liang Jiugong, seal off the entire Zhongcui Palace. No one is allowed to leave. Also, take this voodoo doll to the Imperial Household Department to investigate and find out where this cloth came from."

Having said this, he paused slightly, then said to the others, "Send another person to search the entire Zhongcui Palace for anyone with unusual fingers!"

He also saw the black mole on his finger. It was not impossible for someone to take advantage of this abnormality and injure the finger directly. Anyone with abnormalities on their fingers would be brought here.

He will be able to find out the real murderer from among them.

Yinyu's eyes brightened as he listened to Kangxi's arrangements. He put his arm around Kangxi's neck and said in admiration, "Wow, 679, my father is amazing. He actually knew there was something wrong with his finger?"

"I didn't even see the mole on the finger clearly, so how did my father know about it?"

Yinyou's words made Kangxi's back stiffen suddenly. He couldn't say that he saw it in a short video, right?

Not to mention that in addition to being able to watch short videos with him, he could also hear the conversation between him and the system, and knew exactly what the two of them were planning.

Upon hearing this, System 679's childish, mechanical voice was filled with laughter. "Of course he is. He's the emperor after all. How could his brain not be working?"

As Kangxi froze, Yinyu nodded to System 679 and said, "You're right. After all, he's been the emperor for so many years. He must know how to handle this."

When Kangxi listened to Yinyou's words, his stiff back suddenly relaxed. He didn't expect that such a small mistake was almost discovered by this person. It seems that he needs to be more careful in the future.

Yinzhen listened to the words of Yiren Yitong, looked at his royal father, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Well, he has nothing now. Even if he supports Fifteen, I’m afraid it won’t work.

Looking at his mother, she was so attracted by Yinyou's little actions that the corners of her mouth were raised and she was reluctant to let them fall. What else could he say?

Liang Jiugong was very fast. In less than half an hour, he brought over five or six people from the palace who had problems with their hands. Some had injured fingers, some were burned, and some had black moles on their hands. Anyway, they were all different.

These people had never seen such a scene before. The moment they saw Kangxi, they were so scared that they fell to their knees on the ground and dared not move.

Kangxi's eyes swept over several people, then pointed at a palace maid in green clothes and a eunuch in brown clothes, and said to Liang Jiugong, "Leave these two behind."

Upon hearing this, Liang Jiugong quickly waved to the remaining people, indicating that they could leave.

Several people got up from the ground, saluted Kangxi and others, and quickly retreated.

Although they didn't know what happened, they were grateful that they were able to escape death.

Yinyu looked at the two people below, but after a while he couldn't figure out what was going on. He asked the 679 system in a baby voice, "679, why do I remember that the person squatting on the ground burying the voodoo doll was a palace maid? And the clothes she wore were very similar to Fuling's. How come there's still a eunuch left behind?"

If it was the young palace maid, he might have believed it a little, but this young eunuch and the young palace maid were two completely different people. How could he become the object of suspicion?

System 679 said to Yinyu, "It's possible that the young eunuch was pretending to be a palace maid to confuse the audience."

"And his finger was injured, and the injury was right where the mole was. Your cheap dad might not know this, but the injury to his hand is definitely a key point."

He paused slightly, and then added with a hint of doubt in his childish, mechanical voice, "But why is there something wrong with this palace maid's hand?"

Yinyou listened to the words of the 679 system, put his arms around Kangxi's neck and looked at the two people in front of him. The two were not very old, both with their heads lowered, looking frightened, especially the little palace maid, who had tears in her eyes and her chubby face was full of fear.

Seeing this, he said to System 679, "I suspect these two were colluding inside and outside. One buried something, and the other lured Concubine Hui to capture Fuling. It's just that their hands were injured at the same time, perhaps to save one person."

At this point, Yinyu suddenly paused, and then said lazily: "Anyway, these two people have bad intentions. I don't know who did this on purpose."

He hadn't used his brain for a long time, and now when he did, he felt a little hungry.

If I had known this earlier, I would have just lay on his cheap dad and wait for the result.

Upon hearing this, System 679 said to him in surprise, "Wow, host, you're so smart! You guessed this?"

As he spoke, a screen appeared in front of Yinyou.

There were two people on the screen. A man in gray eunuch clothes was sewing a doll with needle and thread in his hands. The doll was exactly the same as the one that Concubine Hui threw to Yinzhen.

Next to him, a woman dressed in palace maid's clothes smiled and said, "Wow, big brother is really amazing. The dolls you make are all so beautiful. Whoever marries you will be so lucky."

The moment the man heard this, he raised his head and looked towards the woman, the tenderness in his eyes was enough to make one sick to death.

Yin Yu looked at the man's face, then at the other woman with an innocent smile. He sighed to the 679 system and said, "System, this is a beauty trap. Look at how shy she is."

He was just acting coquettishly and cutely, how could it be a honey trap?

System 679 nodded and said, "Yes, you're right. Look at the person in front of you, she looks so shy. Doesn't she want this man to take the blame for her?"

Kangxi sat on the chair, looking at the person in front of him, the coldness on his face became more and more intense. He asked the person kneeling on the ground: "Why did you give the Prince of Zhi a witch doll?"

The two people kneeling on the ground became anxious when they heard this.

The young maid kowtowed directly to Kangxi and said, "Your servant, I am wronged. I don't know what the emperor means by this. I beg the emperor to understand!"

The man in eunuch attire said nothing. He lowered his head and looked at the ground. After a long while, he kowtowed to Kangxi and said, "I am innocent. I beg Your Majesty to investigate."

Yinyu looked at the man in eunuch clothing, who looked so careless, and couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "This little eunuch is really capable. Believe it or not, once the evidence is found, he will take the blame for this woman."

At this moment, a guard came in holding a package. He bowed to Kangxi and said, "Your Majesty, I saw this in Zhang Feng's residence."

Kangxi glanced up, then closed his eyes and said, "This brocade was a tribute from Jiangnan. There were twelve pieces in total. I remember giving three pieces each to Consort De, Consort Yi, and the Empress Dowager. The rest is still in the storehouse."

When he said this, he met Defei's somewhat resentful eyes, and pretended that he saw nothing.

The voice said calmly: "Liang Jiugong, take your men to Concubine De, Concubine Yi, and the Queen Mother now, and see if the brocade is still there."

As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, Zhang Feng, who was kneeling on the ground, did not move. The palace maid beside him spoke directly to Kangxi, "Your Majesty, this was done by me alone. I got some scraps of brocade from Concubine Yi and gave them to Zhang Feng, who made a doll like this for me."

"I admit everything I did. I beg Your Majesty to spare Zhang Feng."

As she spoke, she took out a wooden hairpin from her bosom, looked at Yinwei with a ferocious expression, and stabbed it hard into her throat.

Zhang Feng didn't react at all. After he heard clearly what the people around him said, he suddenly looked up and saw that the palace maid had fallen to the ground, with blood constantly flowing out of her throat and down her neck.

He suddenly crawled forward two steps on his knees, hugged the maid's body, and said tremblingly, "Xuemei, please don't die. Didn't you say that we can leave the palace after this is over? How can you die? How can you die?!"

Xuemei raised her hand and touched Zhang Feng's face. After opening her mouth, her fingers suddenly dropped and hit the ground heavily.

Yinyu was caught off guard by what he saw. He thought Xuemei had used a honey trap on Zhang Feng, but why did Xuemei commit suicide? Was it just to protect Zhang Feng?

He was really confused, so he looked up at Kangxi's large, angular chin, blinked, and wanted to see what he would say.

System 679 said with some regret, "Xuemei is dead? It's really unexpected."

Kangxi was silent for a moment, then said to Liang Jiugong, "Liang Jiugong, take Xuemei away, put Zhang Feng in the Ministry of Punishment, and then investigate Xuemei's family."

Xuemei's death was definitely not for Zhang Feng.

After he mentioned investigating Consort De, Consort Yi, and the brocade in the Empress Dowager's possession, Xuemei confessed her suicide. This meant someone among these three had threatened her. As for who it was, I'm afraid we haven't found out yet. Judging by Fifteen's expression, I'm afraid I won't be watching any more of today's short video.

It's difficult to find out the real murderer.

A hint of coldness unconsciously crept onto Concubine Hui's face. She had been in the harem for so many years, how could she not know these people's methods.

If she had not given Concubine Wang time today, or had insisted on sending Fuling to the Ministry of Punishment, then she would have been truly fooled today.

Her son was the one who really broke up with Fifteen. Even if Fifteen grew up, he would still resent this incident, let alone help her son.

Once the matter is investigated thoroughly, the emperor will definitely punish her for Fifteen's sake. Even house arrest will be unacceptable to her. By then, the relationship between her and Concubine Wang will never be eased.

No matter who wins or loses in the end, it will not be a good thing for her.

Thinking of this, her breathing became a little rapid at this moment.

Yinyu obviously noticed Huifei's heavy mood and understood her thoughts. During the long time he had been with Kangxi, what he had seen most was palace fighting. In just a few months, first Defei made Fourteenth Prince eat ice to win his favor, then someone coerced and bribed Sun to murder him, and now there was a case of witchcraft.

If he doesn't have any brains anymore, I'm afraid even his adoptive father won't be able to protect him in the future.

Now he has to use his brain and find an ally for his stepmother.

Thinking of this, he stretched out his small, fleshy hands towards Concubine Hui and said in a soft voice, "Your Majesty, hug me."

Yinyou's words froze the coldness on Concubine Hui's face for a moment. She put on a smile and looked at him. When she met his clear eyes, she couldn't help but reach out and take the person from Kangxi's arms.

Seeing this, Kangxi immediately released Yinyou.

Yinyou hugged Huifei's neck with a bright smile on his face. He held Huifei's face with both hands, kissed her cheek, and laughed so hard that his saliva flowed out.

At this moment, Concubine Hui's smile suddenly became sincere. She held Yinyu's face and kissed it twice, then smiled and said, "Fifteen is such a good boy."

Then she turned to Yinzhi and said, "Yinzhi, go and get Fuling out quickly. And give her a ginseng from my courtyard to calm her down."

She had indeed wronged Fuling. Giving her a ginseng pill would be considered an apology.

This ginseng is not something that ordinary people can get, especially the ginseng that comes out of her warehouse, and none of them are of poor quality.

Yinyu was somewhat surprised when he heard Concubine Hui's words. He said to System 679 in his mind, "Concubine Hui seems quite smart, but why doesn't she know how to judge people's needs?"

"A young palace maid like Fuling doesn't have much monthly allowance. It would be more practical to give her a few hundred taels of silver than ginseng, right? I think if Fuling had to choose, she would definitely choose silver."

System 679 nodded, a smile lingering in its childish voice. "Actually, we can't blame Concubine Hui. After all, in Concubine Hui's heart, ginseng is something money can't buy. She considers it precious, so Fuling would definitely think the same way."

He couldn't help laughing as he said, "But speaking of ginseng, I found a very funny short video here. Do you want to take a look?"

Kangxi looked at Yinyou nestled in Concubine Hui's arms, and said with a casual smile, "Concubine Hui, it's okay for you to give Wang Shi something like ginseng, but if you want to give her Poria cocos, it would be better to give her a handful of golden melon seeds."

At this time, he felt that what the 679 system said was right, and it was also in line with Fuling's idea. Having ginseng on hand was not necessarily a good thing.

At the same time, I was also interested in the funny short video mentioned by the 679 system.

Yinzhen listened to Kangxi's words, smiled, and took two steps forward to stand beside Concubine Hui. He pinched Yinyu's nose with his hand and echoed, "Yes, mother, I think the emperor is right. After all, it is a crime to possess a treasure. Fuling may not be able to use the ginseng herself. If she becomes jealous, it will not be worth it. It is better to give her a hundred gold coins instead of ginseng."

During this period, he clearly felt that the 679 system was improving, and his fifteenth brother was also improving.

Although this one-man unification was unreliable, he began to integrate into it little by little and thought a lot more than before.

Concubine Hui listened to the two people's words, looked at Yinyou in her arms, smiled and nodded, and said, "Okay, I will give Fuling a hundred gold as compensation. What do you think, Concubine Wang?"

When Wang heard Concubine Hui's words, she smiled and bowed to her, "Then I, your concubine, would like to thank Concubine Hui on behalf of Fuling."

Yinyu was pinched on the nose by Yinzhi. He reached out and slapped it away. Then he said happily to the 679 system in his mind: "Look, look, play it quickly, let me see how funny it is."

As Yinyou finished speaking, a screen suddenly appeared in front of him. The screen showed the ginseng processing room, where ginsengs of all sizes were placed in a ventilated and cool place to dry.

Yinzhen knew what this place was at a glance. This was the place where the Imperial Household Department collected ginseng from all over the place, brought it back here to dry, process it, and then sent it to the masters of each palace.

The ginseng of Concubine Hui also came from here.

But the scene suddenly changed and they entered another room. The whole room was full of radishes. Someone soaked the radishes in a special medicine liquid and then took them out to dry.

Two supervisor-like people casually picked up a real ginseng, chuckled, and put it into the brocade box. Then they threw it to another person and said, "Take it. A lot of this stuff is delivered every day. We can't eat it all by ourselves."

The man frantically held the brocade box, breathing a little hurriedly, "What if the emperor finds out if we do this?"

"What are you afraid of? As long as the Imperial Hospital doesn't tell anyone, who would know that the Emperor's ginseng is actually half-real, half-fake radish?"