Chapter 298: Drag her out and smash her mouth

The Queen Mother did not respond.

She just wanted Xie Yingmian to plead guilty and be punished.

If Xie Yingmian could confess her guilt voluntarily, then it would be natural for her to punish Xie Yingmian in any way she wanted.

I’m afraid that Xie Yingmian won’t recognize me.

If Xie Yingmian did not plead guilty or the evidence was insufficient, even if she was the empress dowager, she could not put Xie Yingmian in jail without sufficient evidence.

Xie Yingmian was an imperial concubine listed in the royal imperial book, not just a random person on the street.

To deal with Xie Yingmian, a series of regulations are needed.

The Queen Mother was silent for a long time, but finally agreed.

Xie Yingmian said to Du Fengting, "Du Fengting, from now on, you will only answer yes or no. Don't say a single extra word. If you say even one more word, it will be considered a lie and slander against me. Do you dare?"

Du Fengting clenched her fists.

Xie Yingmian sneered: "Why, you dare to slander me but not confront me?"

"Empress Dowager, since Du Fengting doesn't dare to confront me, it means she is slandering me. According to the regulations of the Dayu Dynasty..."

Du Fengting was a little anxious: "Who said I don't dare?"

Xie Yingmian: "Okay, first question, when Princess Mu Ning saw the beautiful sight of falling peach blossoms, she suddenly had the urge to dance with a whip in the peach blossom forest. Is that right or wrong?"

Du Fengting: "Yes, but..."

Xie Yingmian: "You only need to answer yes or no. Don't say a single word. This is a warning. I hope Miss Du won't do it again."

Du Fengting bit her lip.

Just now, she was only thinking about asking the Queen Mother to punish Xie Yingmian as soon as possible, and did not notice the trap in Xie Yingmian's words.

After Xie Yingmian asked the first question, she realized that Xie Yingmian was setting a trap for her.

Now is not a good time to stop.

She could only bite the bullet and continue on.

Xie Yingmian: "When Princess Mu Ning danced with her whip, it knocked down a lot of peach blossoms, didn't it?"

Du Fengting: "Yes."

Xie Yingmian: "Princess Mu Ning lost control of her whip when she was wielding it, causing it to hit her face, right?"

Du Fengting poked her sleeves hard with her fingers, wishing she could poke ten holes in them.

She had been roasted over the fire by Xie Yingmian.

To be honest, it's not good for her.

Not telling the truth would be even more detrimental to her.

She could only tell the truth.

"Yes." Du Fengting said.

Xie Yingmian: "From the beginning to the end, Princess Mu Ning and I had no physical contact, right or wrong?"

Du Fengting was silent.

If the answer is yes, it means admitting that Xie Yingmian has nothing to do with Princess Mu Ning's injury.

If she answers no, she is lying.

Lying to the Queen Mother is as serious as deceiving the Emperor.

Given Xie Yingmian's personality, he will definitely make a big deal out of this matter.

By then, it would not only affect her, but also the Du family.

"Yes." Du Fengting could only answer reluctantly.

Xie Yingmian bowed to the Queen Mother and said, "Your Majesty, I have finished asking my questions."

"According to Du Fengting's testimony, Princess Mu Ning suddenly had the urge to dance with a whip in the peach blossom forest. She made a mistake while dancing and accidentally injured herself. I never had any physical contact with Princess Mu Ning from beginning to end."

"So, Princess Mu Ning's injury was not caused by me."

The Queen Mother didn't expect that Xie Yingmian could stop Du Fengting with just a few words.

She was very disappointed with Du Fengting.

Du Fengting caught the Queen Mother's disappointment and said hurriedly, "Now that Princess Ling has finished asking questions, I can say a few more words."

"It was Princess Mu Ning who was wielding the whip, and it was Princess Mu Ning who hit herself. However, it was Princess Ling who deliberately set a trap for Princess Mu Ning and led her into danger."

"If Princess Ling hadn't deliberately misled us, Princess Mu Ning wouldn't have been so seriously injured."

Xie Yingmian: "Empress Dowager, Du Fengting is not the only witness."

"The people present at the time, besides Du Fengting, were Tao Caiyue, the Fu Mo guard from Prince Ling's mansion, and my two maids."

"You may not believe the testimony of my two maids and Fu Mo."

"But you can summon Tao Caiyue. Tao Caiyue and I have no connection. She is also the cousin of Princess Mu Ning. Her words are more convincing."

The Queen Mother summoned Tao Caiyue.

Tao Caiyue bowed to the empress dowager without looking at Xie Yingmian or Du Fengting.

She was crawling on the ground, her face covered with tears and her eyes were swollen like walnuts.

"Empress Dowager..."

"Your Highness, please punish me for not taking good care of Cousin Mu Ning."

The Queen Mother frowned slightly. "What happened? Tell me in detail."

Tao Caiyue choked up and said, "When cousin Mu Ning saw Princess Ling and the others, she came forward to greet them. Then, seeing the beautiful sight of falling petals, she wanted to improvise a peach blossom whip dance."

"There were dense peach trees in that area. When the long whip hit the peach blossoms, they fell down one after another. Cousin Mu Ning was so excited about dancing with the whip that she increased the strength and amplitude."

"However, there were too many peach blossom petals, which affected her vision. Cousin Mu Ning was careless and didn't control the strength well, and the tail of the whip swept across her eyes."

"If it had hit somewhere else, at most I would have been injured, but it happened to hit my eyes. Eyes are so fragile that they can't even withstand a grain of sand. Furthermore, the whip happened to hit my eyeball, and the three imperial doctors were helpless."

"Empress Dowager." Tao Caiyue's eyes welled up with tears. "Cousin Mu Ning trusts you the most. Please counsel her. After such a big incident, I'm afraid she will be unable to get over it."

Du Fengting's body stiffened.

She looked at Tao Caiyue in disbelief.

She didn't understand why Tao Caiyue lied?

"Caiyue, why are you..."

"Shut up!" Tao Caiyue interrupted Du Fengting angrily, "If you hadn't instigated cousin Mu Ning to dance with the whip, she wouldn't have had this accident."

Du Fengting shook her head: "It's not me."

"I didn't ask Princess Mu Ning to dance with the whip."

"Princess Mu Ning was displeased with Xie Yingmian because of Prince Ling's affairs and wanted to whip Xie Yingmian, so she used the excuse of whipping. Princess Mu Ning chased Xie Yingmian and beat her, and Xie Yingmian was playing tricks on Princess Mu Ning..."

"Shut up!" the Queen Mother suddenly shouted.

"Someone, drag her out and smash her mouth."

Du Fengting's face turned pale in an instant.

She said nothing wrong!

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it was Xie Yingmian who deliberately did something bad and caused Princess Mu Ning to blind herself. She was just telling the truth. Why did the Queen Mother hit her?

Du Fengting still wanted to argue.

The executioner's nanny had already covered Du Fengting's mouth.

Soon there were loud slaps and screams.

Tao Caiyue lowered her eyes.

Du Fengting always boasts about being smart.

It's ridiculous that she can't understand such a simple truth.

Princess Mu Ning's eyes are already blind, this is an unchangeable fact.

If we tell people that Princess Mu Ning was so engrossed in whip dancing in the peach blossom forest that the peach blossoms blocked her vision and caused the tail of the whip to hit her eyes, people who don't know the truth will only lament that Princess Mu Ning was unlucky.

Princess Mu Ning's reputation will not be damaged, nor will the reputation of the Queen Mother's maternal family.

The Queen Mother could even reward her mother's family on the grounds that Princess Mu Ning was injured during the Spring Festival tour and was protecting the royal family from disaster.