Chapter 108: Scheming against Shu Fei 5

The atmosphere in the hall was solemn and anxious.

Song Zhao was still terrified and said, "Did someone close to me do this? The flowers in my palace were all picked by Yunshan from the flower garden every day. But Yunshan is my maid, and I trust her..."

Xiao Jingheng said coldly: "I remember that everyone in the palace knows that you like winter jasmine. I'm afraid that someone has had evil intentions from the very beginning. Jiang Deshun, take someone to the flower garden where winter jasmine is often in full bloom and take a look."

Jiang Deshun came and went for only an incense stick of time, and he had found out everything.

"Your Majesty's guess is correct. The forsythia flowers in the flower garden have indeed been tampered with! Dirt has been mixed into most of the forsythia buds."

"How dare you!" Xiao Jingheng was so furious that all the palace servants knelt on the ground in fear.

Song Zhao was so frightened that her face turned pale. She looked at Xiao Jingheng with tears in her eyes and sobbed:

"Your Majesty...I have never offended anyone. Who on earth would want to harm me in such a cruel way?"

Xiao Jingheng wiped away her tears, suppressed his anger and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, I will investigate this matter thoroughly and give you justice."

In fact, Xiao Jingheng already had a suspect in his mind as to who did this.

Judge Chu said bluntly that what happened to Song Zhao today and the madness of Concubine Yang in the past should be the reasons for the separation of souls.

Then the person who did this must be an old man in the palace.

There are only a few people in the hot spring villa now, and the only elderly people are Concubine Chen and Concubine Shu.

However, Concubine Chen had a conflict with Song Zhao before, and her brother was the one who led troops to defeat the Miao region. It was not difficult for her to get something as dirty as the Soul-Separating Powder.

Although I know that there is a 90% chance that it was done by Concubine Chen,

But Xiao Jingheng couldn't just arrest anyone.

He said, "Jiang Deshun, go and call Concubine Chen and Concubine Shu over to me, and tell them that I have something to tell them. After they leave, take someone to thoroughly check their residence to see if there is anything wrong."

It was already past midnight, and the concubines should have gone to bed.

But when Concubine Chen and Concubine Shu arrived, their states were completely different.

Shu Fei was wearing no makeup, pajamas, and she looked dazed and seemed to have not woken up yet.

The Concubine Chen was dressed in gorgeous clothes and had bright makeup on. She didn't show any sign of being in a hurry. It was as if she had known that Xiao Jingheng would call her tonight, so she dressed up deliberately.

It is beautiful, but it arouses suspicion.

But she also had her own explanation for this, "I had just finished listening to the opera and was about to wash up and rest when Jiang Deshun came."

As she spoke, she yawned and said lazily, "I wonder why the emperor summoned me in the middle of the night?"

"But is there something important you want to tell me?" Concubine Shu looked around blankly and muttered, "Why can't I see Concubine Xiao?"

Xiao Jingheng had a calm expression and did not answer their questions. He just asked them to sit down first.

After the two of them sat down, Concubine Chen glanced at Song Zhao and said, "Noble Lady Song, what's wrong with you? Your eyes are red, as if you just cried."

Shu Fei frowned slightly and asked in a low voice, "But what taboo did you commit to make the emperor unhappy?"

Song Zhao shook his head timidly, then lowered his brows and said nothing more.

The hall was extremely quiet, so quiet that even the breathing of others seemed abrupt.

This depressing atmosphere lasted for about a quarter of an hour before there was some noise outside the door.

Jiang Deshun led two palace servants in and presented a tightly wrapped dark blue bag to Xiao Jingheng.

He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the contents of this bag are indeed the Soul-Separating Powder!"

The dirty stuff was found, and there was solid evidence.

Xiao Jingheng was so angry that he picked up the bag and threw it at Concubine Chen.

The bag fell at the feet of Concubine Chen, and she took two steps back in fear, saying:

"Your Majesty, what does this mean?"

Xiao Jingheng fixed his sharp eyes on Concubine Chen, and was about to reprimand her, but unexpectedly Jiang Deshun said:

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This thing... was found in Concubine Shu's residence..."

When these words were spoken, everyone in the hall was shocked.

Especially Shu Fei,

Everyone's eyes were on her, but she asked Jiang Deshun in confusion,

"This bag was found in my residence?"

Jiang Deshun said: "It was indeed found from under the warm seat in the queen's bedroom."

"But I have never seen it before." Shu Fei asked again: "What is the Soul-Separating Powder?"

"The Soul-Separating Powder is a poison from the Miao region. The user will go insane without knowing it. Concubine Yang was probably killed by this drug that day, and today, Concubine Song's residence was also planted with this drug..."

After hearing this explanation, Shu Fei finally felt scared.

Her horrified eyes met Xiao Jingheng's solemn scrutiny.

She was so frightened that she didn't know what to do for a moment, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to explain:

"Your Majesty! This thing does not belong to me. I have never seen it before!"

"Great! I didn't expect you to do such a vicious thing?"

Before Xiao Jingheng could speak, Concubine Chen was eager to throw dirty water on Concubine Shu, "How did Concubine Yang offend you? How did Concubine Song offend you? You are so cruel that you want to kill them!"

"It's not me! I didn't do it!" Shu Fei cried out in fear, "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me!"

Xiao Jingheng looked gloomy. He stood up from his seat and approached Shu Fei step by step.

Standing behind her, he glanced at her coldly.

Suddenly he stretched out his hand and grasped Shu Fei's chin, lifted her head up, and forced her to look straight at him.

"Tell me, why did these dirty things appear in your room?"

"I don't know! I really don't know! I have never seen that bag before... Besides, I have no grudges against Concubine Yang and Concubine Song, so why would I do such a thing?"

Shu Fei's words were sincere and her face looked innocent, as if she really knew nothing about the matter.

Xiao Jingheng actually didn't quite believe that these things were done by Shu Fei.

After all, she never fought for anything in the harem. Although she was a concubine, she never had any grudges with other concubines.

But the Soul-Separating Powder was indeed found in her room...

Xiao Jingheng groaned, shook Shu Fei's chin away with force, stood with his hands behind his back, and looked intimidating without even getting angry.

Shu Fei fell to the ground, gasping for breath. After a while, she suddenly set her eyes on Chen Fei.

"Someone must have deliberately framed me in this matter!"

The Concubine Chen looked at her and said fiercely, "Why are you staring at me? Do you think I want to harm you? This is ridiculous!"

As she spoke, she raised her hand and stepped forward, wanting to slap Shu Fei in the face.

Song Zhaoli stood beside her and quickly stopped her, "Your Majesty, calm down. Let the emperor decide on this matter."

Just now, Xiao Jingheng threw the bag of Soul-Separating Powder at the feet of Concubine Chen.

When Song Zhao tried to stop Concubine Chen, he accidentally kicked the bag.

Shu Fei saw it clearly,

As the bag rolled, it shone with a luster like rippling waves under the candlelight.

She hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! There's something wrong with this bag!"

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