Zi Xing, who had been wandering around to gather information, heard that this matter actually involved the Queen, and immediately ran back to inform Concubine Rong. Then the concubines living nearby also rushed over, and the small Lichun Palace was crowded with people.

Emperor Qin Huan did not stop the other unrelated concubines from coming in. This matter involved a lot of consequences, and he wanted to make an example of them.

"You said it was the Queen who ordered you to use witchcraft to curse Concubine Heng and her unborn child?!"

The Queen Mother was shocked and questioned Kim Soo Min.

Emperor Qin Huan's eyes were cold and icy. "Great Qin strictly forbids witchcraft and sorcery. Now you are trying to implicate the Queen. If I find out that the truth is not as you say, I will not only kill you, but also send troops to attack Goryeo."

Jin Xiumin had been afraid for a long time, and now when he heard Emperor Qin Huan say that he wanted to attack Goryeo, he dared not tell a lie at all. Even if his internal organs were in unbearable pain, he had to tell the truth.

"I would never dare to lie to you in the slightest!"

She told the whole truth.

"I was possessed by a demon, and I still harbor a grudge against Concubine Heng for being forced to kneel in Jixian Palace that day. But, but how could I have such great ability to conceal this for so long!"

"It's all the Queen's fault! It was the Queen who covered up for me, telling me that if I could get rid of Concubine Heng this way, she would find a way to give me a high position and a life of wealth and glory!"

Bai Yuzhi looked at the queen and found that she still hadn't spoken to defend herself. It seemed that she had a backup plan.

As expected, as soon as Jin Xiumin finished speaking, the ignored palace maid Yuyan loudly refuted and confronted him.

"Your Majesty, please listen to what this servant has to say!"

"explain."

Yuyan's expression of grief was not fake. "I am Princess Xiumin's personal maid. Over the past few days, I haven't seen the Empress instigating Princess Xiumin in any way. Instead, it's Princess Xiumin who often angrily scolds Concubine Heng in the palace!"

What this means is that everything was done by Kim Soo-min on his own initiative and had nothing to do with the Queen.

We have finally got hold of the evidence, and we can't let this palace maid resolve it with just a few words.

Bai Yuzhi seized the opportunity and lifted the black cloth covering the voodoo doll, pretending to be surprised: "This... so many silver needles!"

She blinked and tears welled up in her eyes: "What kind of deep hatred could make Princess Xiumin risk being punished for adultery and send people out of the palace to buy so many silver needles!"

In the Qin Dynasty, adultery not only refers to the concubines in the harem having affairs with others, but more importantly, it refers to the people in the palace secretly communicating and purchasing with people outside the palace.

In order to avoid causing harm to the nobles, there is a certain amount of sharp objects such as scissors and silver needles in the palace. Normally, except for the queen who is in charge of internal affairs, everyone who receives silver needles will have their records recorded. If Kim Soo-min received so many silver needles from the Palace Household Department, the Household Department would have reported it long ago.

This loophole was discovered, and Jin Xiumin immediately shouted: "Yes! Yes! The silver needles were given to me by the Queen! Yuyan was sent by the Queen, she framed me! She framed me!"

If the Queen remained silent at this point, she would arouse suspicion. She could only condescend and confront Jin Xiumin: "How presumptuous of you! You said that I gave you this needle and that Yuyan was sent by me. Do you have any evidence?"

Kim Soo-min's loud laughter, coupled with her mouth covered in blood, was truly "spitting blood" in the physical sense.

No matter how stupid she was, she realized that she was just a chess piece used by the Queen to deal with Bai Yuzhi, but fortunately, she was not completely defenseless.

Jin Xiumin suddenly got up from the ground, threw herself on the bed and tore the pillow open. It turned out that the fabric under the pillow had a small tear already, which seemed to have been cut with a needle.

The crack revealed a fabric of a different color from the pillow's surface. The queen was shocked when she saw it, but it was too late to stop it. Jin Xiumin pulled out the fabric, and it turned out to be an exquisitely embroidered handkerchief!

Jin Xiumin held up the handkerchief and presented it: "This is the embroidered handkerchief that Baoqin used when she came to Lichun Palace to give me the silver needle. The embroidery on it is exquisite and rare. Just compare the embroidered handkerchief in your Majesty's hand with the one in Baoqin's hand now, and you will know which one is real and which one is fake at a glance!"

At the glance of Emperor Qin Huan, someone naturally went up and snatched the embroidered handkerchief from Baoqin's hand. Comparing it with the one in Jin Xiumin's hand, the pattern direction was indeed different from others and could be recognized at a glance.

"Empress," Emperor Qin Huan threw two embroidered handkerchiefs at the Empress's feet, "Do you have anything else to say?"

After all, there is always a loophole. Baoqin is left-handed, and her embroidery technique is different from others.

Bai Yuzhi sighed, it was really risky to take advantage of a fool. This fool was obedient, but it was also really convenient to do some small tricks.

Just like the queen never expected that she would lose over a small embroidered handkerchief.

The Queen is one step behind. After today, things will change in the palace.

Baoqin crawled out and knelt on the ground to kowtow, trying to take the blame for the queen. Unfortunately, Nanny Chen was able to take the blame for the poisoned wine alone because Emperor Qin Huan and Bai Yuzhi had intended to let her go, but this time, Emperor Qin Huan had no reason to forgive the queen.

Soon someone dragged Baoqin away and beat her to death with a stick. Jin Xiumin was also dragged out to await his fate. The hall was completely silent. The queen looked at the embroidered handkerchief at her feet without saying a word.

The Queen Mother couldn't bear it anymore.

"Queen! Did you really order this?"

At this point, the queen had no right to defend herself. She did not kneel down and beg for mercy like Kim Soo-min did, but still stubbornly wanted to maintain her dignity as the queen.

She ignored the Queen Mother's questioning, but tried to play the old friendship card in front of Emperor Qin Huan again.

"Your Majesty, if I were to say that this was not my fault, but someone deliberately framed me..."

"Then who does the Queen suspect framed you?" Bai Yuzhi didn't give her the chance to play the victim. Such vague words were not what she wanted.

She was still quibbling when she was about to die, and even tried to put the blame on others. The high-ranking concubines present were not fools. If the queen really cleared herself, they would be the ones who would be in trouble.

Whether it was Concubine Rong, Concubine Wei or Concubine Meng, they all joined in.

The first to bear the brunt of the suspicion was Concubine Rong, who was the most suspected. "Your Majesty, this is wrong. Even if I once assisted in the management of the six palaces, that was a few months ago. I don't have the ability to come up with such things now."

Before the incident with Concubine Jiang, Concubine Rong, as the most favored concubine by Emperor Qin Huan and the Queen Mother, had the power to assist in the management of the six palaces. However, after the incident with Chu Yue, Emperor Qin Huan took back this power.

Meng Jieyu repeatedly agreed, saying that she and Bai Yuzhi had never had any conflicts and always kept to herself.

Wei Zhaoyi hit the nail on the head: "The Empress must have harbored a grudge against you since the Jixian Palace envoy mistakenly identified Concubine Heng. That's why she teamed up with Jin Xiumin to commit witchcraft and sorcery to disrupt the harem. This is a capital crime!"

When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. The queen is unpopular to begin with. She always acts superior to others. In fact, when it comes to family background, who among those present is not much better than the queen except Bai Yuzhi?

No one wanted her to be the queen.