Chapter 30 Song Zhao is under house arrest

"Great! It's you, a bitch, who wants to harm me!"

Li Changzai suddenly got angry and grabbed Song Zhao's arm and was about to slap her.

Fortunately, Yunshan rushed forward to stop Li Changzai, allowing her to use herself as a target.

"Bitch! I have no grudge against you, why do you want to kill me?"

Li Changzai lost control of her words, and the Queen said in dismay, "You are crazy, how can you be so rude!"

After he finished speaking, he quickly signaled the palace servants to pull Li Changzai away.

At this moment, Song Zhao had not yet recovered from his shock.

She didn't know who wanted to harm her, and for a moment she found it difficult to prove her innocence.

But reason told her that she couldn't panic.

If you panic at this time, everything will be over.

So her eyes were filled with tears and she looked straight at Xiao Jingheng.

At this moment, Xiao Jingheng's eyes were cold and sharp, filled with the ruthlessness and majesty of an emperor.

He walked up to Song Zhao step by step, looking down at her.

"Is that you?"

Song Zhao shook her head with tears in her eyes, "I have never done that."

Ying Fei said, "You and Shu Fei have no grudges, why did you want to harm her unborn heir? Or... did you do all this deliberately just to suppress Li Changzai? After all, she was a noble lady when she entered the palace, and she lived under the same roof with you. I often heard that she was giving you a look, openly or secretly, so you had the evil intention of framing her?"

Concubine Yun said, "I just heard from Xiao Anzi that the medicinal powder hidden in the wild ginseng contains a peach kernel?"

Xiao Anzi nodded in agreement, and Concubine Yun frowned and looked at Song Zhao.

"That's it. You are not accustomed to peach pollen, so naturally you are not accustomed to peach kernels. No wonder you had a rash all over your face before entering the palace. It turned out that you prepared these dirty things secretly, and you got retribution when they got on you!"

Li Changzai continued to say along with Concubine Yun's words:

"She is just jealous of me because we have the same background as her. I was a noble lady when I entered the palace, but she was just a concubine, so she wanted to frame me! Poor Concubine Shu and the little prince, they became your pawns to frame me without knowing it! Song Zhao! You have such a vicious heart!"

Song Zhao listened to them throwing dirty water on her one after another, and even thought about her motives for doing this. She wished that Xiao Jingheng would wave his hand and directly order people to drag her out and behead her in public.

Although she secretly took refuge with the Concubine Chen, when faced with such a big incident, the Concubine Chen would not speak well of her for the sake of self-preservation, and not adding insult to injury was already giving her face.

Song Zhao understood that in this game, whether he lived or died could not depend on anyone else but himself.

She ignored the gossip and just looked at Jamel Xiao and asked:

"Your Majesty, do you think that I would do these things just to win your favor?"

There was a hint of arrogance in the way she spoke.

Xiao Jingheng looked solemn, and kept stroking the ring on his thumb, "I hope it's not you. Do you have any explanation?"

Song Zhao knelt on the ground, straightened his back, and said in a deep voice:

"I cannot prove my innocence, and I don't know why those dirty things got into my bedroom. But I want to ask, if I wanted to set up such a big scheme to frame Li Changzai, the wild ginseng has been sent to Concubine Shu's palace for more than a month. Why did I keep those dirty things and wait for the truth to be exposed and pointed out?"

Seeing that Xiao Jingheng's expression had eased a little, she looked at Li Changzai and asked:

"Li Changzai said that I did all this to frame you. Since I have such a sophisticated way of poisoning, why don't I just do it to you directly? Why do I have to go around in circles and make such a big fuss, which will only be disadvantageous to myself?"

Li Changzai said: "You are the only one who knows why you did this! Your Majesty, now the evidence is irrefutable. Song Zhao plotted to murder the heir to the throne and harm the imperial concubine. She deserves death! Please punish her severely!"

Faced with Li Changzai's impassioned speech, Xiao Jingheng seemed somewhat indifferent.

As an emperor, you should think three steps ahead.

How could he not see that there was something fishy going on here?

Besides, he was really reluctant to deal with Song Zhao in such an unclear manner.

The Queen saw Xiao Jingheng's hesitation and knew that he would not easily come to a conclusion on this matter.

In this case, she might as well do a favor first, and then said:

"Your Majesty, I feel that this matter is quite suspicious. Murdering the heir to the throne is a serious crime that will implicate the entire clan. If we jump to conclusions without knowing the whole story, and end up blaming the wrong person and making the wrong judgment, it would be a huge injustice."

"What the Queen said is right." Xiao Jingheng stretched out his hand to help Song Zhao up from the cold ground and said:

"I have told you that I will not let you suffer an unjust accusation. If you have not done it, I will definitely clear your name. Do you believe me?"

Song Zhao looked extremely aggrieved.

She bit her thin lips, staining them with blood. "I don't know why things turned out like this, and I don't know who wants to kill me. I can't prove my innocence, but I believe in the emperor."

She raised her eyes, and tears as big as beans burst out accurately, "I know that the emperor will definitely clear my name. But I don't want to embarrass you. Now all the evidence points to me, I am willing to ask to be imprisoned, and when the truth comes out, I will serve the emperor with an innocent body."

Xiao Jingheng looked at the beauty in front of him, his nose was red and his eyes were filled with tears, looking pitiful.

Warm tears dripped onto the back of his hand, burning his heart.

How could he still have the heart to blame?

Then he said, "If I send you to prison, wouldn't it be a preconceived evidence of your guilt, which would chill your heart? In this case, you can still live in Yaohua Palace, but I will have someone take down the keys to the West Side Palace. You will be confined to your room for a few days, and I will find out the truth as soon as possible and give you and Shu Fei justice."

Song Zhao nodded while crying, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The farce of the day came to a temporary end here.

The west side hall where Song Zhao lived was locked, and the palace maids were not allowed to serve by the side.

She leaned against the warm seat alone, listening to Li Changzai's scolding in the courtyard, thinking it was just the barking of a wild dog.

She didn't believe that Jamel Xiao would clear her name.

She couldn't put her life in the hands of a man she had only known for a month and had slept with twice.

She had to find a way to climb out of this mud pit.

So the first thing she had to do was to figure out who was trying to harm her.