Chapter 388: Never Turn Over 2

The arrest of all members of Prince Qi's mansion caused quite a stir in Kyoto.

In theory, even if the royal family members violated the law, they should be taken to the clan house for interrogation.

However, Xiao Jingheng had all of Prince Qi's family members imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment, and the remaining distant relatives, retainers, and servants were also imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.

The onlookers were talking about it, saying that the emperor was so powerful that they were afraid that Prince Qi had committed a serious crime.

Concubine Hui, who was taken to the torture chamber, has been interrogated by the criminal officers of the Anbu in the past few days.

She was stubborn and refused to confess anything, only complaining that she was wronged.

When asked about her relationship with Prince Qi, she only said that they had only met a few times at family dinners over the years and were not familiar with each other.

Later, the criminal officer simply made it clear that Xiao Jingheng suspected that Concubine Hui and Prince Qi had an affair.

After hearing this, Concubine Hui's uneasy mood suddenly calmed down.

"Ridiculous! How could I have an affair with Prince Qi? Could it be that His Majesty suspected that I had beaten his child to death because of such a false accusation? The Fifth Prince's body is still warm. If His Majesty doesn't believe it, you can just do a blood test to prove our innocence!"

In the face of Concubine Hui's firm words, the judge just said coldly:

"This matter has been verified. The fifth prince who died young was indeed the emperor's biological child, and the emperor ordered a grand funeral. But whether the third prince who died earlier was the emperor's biological child or not, there is no way to verify it."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Concubine Hui was extremely angry and asked loudly, "Cheng Jing's eyes, nose and mouth are almost the same as the emperor's. How can his identity as a dragon descendant be fake?"

The criminal officer said, "But how do you explain, Your Majesty? The palace maids who were responsible for performing the 'Qilin Offering Auspiciousness' at the Jiqiao Workshop that day had clearly been mercifully sent out of the palace by the Emperor. Why did Prince Qi rush to send people to silence them?"

The Anbu has already investigated Prince Qi in detail. Someone has seen Chunlan frequently entering Prince Qi's mansion before entering the palace. Chunlan was assigned to serve the Empress for only a few months. Why would she risk her life to protect the Third Prince in the incident with the poisonous butterfly?"

All the questions he raised one after another were crucial, and all of them left Concubine Hui speechless.

However, even with such "ironclad evidence" in front of them, Concubine Hui remained tight-lipped. Even when she was tortured, she just said that she was innocent, which gave the people in the Anbu a headache.

On the other hand, Zhaohua was weak after giving birth, so Ning Wanshuang took over the affairs of the six palaces. Xiao Jingheng asked her to take people to thoroughly investigate Huifei's Zhaochun Palace.

That afternoon, Ning Wanshuang was on her way to Chaoyang Palace to reply to Xiao Jingheng. She passed by Changle Palace, so she went in to visit Zhaohua.

As soon as he entered, he saw Zhao Hua sitting on the edge of the couch, looking like he was about to get up and walk around, so he hurriedly shouted:

"What are you doing? Lie down."

She hurried over to Zhaohua, held her arms, and pulled her back to the couch.

"It's only been a few days since the birth, what are you doing?"

Zhao Hua looked at her angry expression and couldn't help laughing:

"President Guo said that I had persistent lochia and asked me to get out of bed and walk around more."

As he spoke, he lay down, covered himself with the quilt, and deliberately joked:

"If Sister Wan doesn't let me go, I'll just lie down. I'm so lucky that Sister Wan still takes care of me while I'm suffering from the constant bleeding. "

"Who will take care of you?" Ning Wanshuang rolled her eyes at her, still saying unforgivingly: "I actually hope that you will be ill and bedridden. You are not able to handle your duties as a queen, and if you are hypocritical for one day, I will take care of the harem for one day, and I am more than willing to do that."

She said the most sarcastic and disgusting words.

But the movements of his hands did not stop at all.

He lifted Zhaohua's quilt and helped her to stand up slowly. Seeing that she was unable to bend over, he even bent over to get a pair of soft-soled cloth shoes for her to change into.

This was a job for servants. Zhaohua was shocked that such a spoiled woman would do this.

She hurriedly stopped him, "Sister, you can't..."

But before she could finish her words, the shoes were already on her feet.

"What's the problem? Don't think I'm concerned about you. You're cunning. I'm afraid you'll run to the emperor and say I stopped you from passing lochia and then sue me again, which would make me suffer in secret." The concubines of the emperor went to Changle Palace in three shifts. When they saw her, they all greeted her with a smile and said flattering words without repeating themselves.

But for Yu Zhaohua, all these were not even a fraction as bad as Ning Wanshuang's current "disdain".

Later, when Ning Wanshuang supported Zhaohua and strolled in the courtyard,

Zhao Hua asked her, "Is Concubine Hui still unwilling to confess anything?"

Ning Wanshuang sneered, "The bitch is stubborn. I heard that the Anbu people have already tortured her. Let's see how long she can hold on."

As he spoke, his eyes narrowed, as if he had thought of something, and he asked with a hint of doubt:

"When Shunpin and I were chatting the other day, we mentioned Huifei, and we both thought there was something very strange. Huifei has an ordinary appearance and an ordinary figure. The only good thing about her is her youth, which is also a fake. It is said that she does not meet the emperor's wishes at all, but why can she frequently give good news about her pregnancy?"

Zhao Hua chuckled and sighed, saying something else: "I have heard the emperor mention this privately before. He said that whenever he was alone with Concubine Hui, he could not help but be passionate and could not help himself..."

"Are you saying that Concubine Hui drugged the emperor?" Ning Wanshuang pondered for a moment, then quickly shook her head and said, "Impossible. Every time after serving the emperor in bed, the imperial physician would check the emperor's pulse the next morning. If he was really drugged by Concubine Hui, how could the imperial physician not notice it?"

Zhao Hua said quietly, "The Emperor rarely calls Concubine Hui. When she and the Emperor have sex, she usually forces the Emperor to go to her palace. Although Concubine Hui is not good at cooking, the wine she brews tastes good. The Emperor likes the plum wine very much, and he always drinks a few glasses when he is at her place."

She spoke slowly, holding Ning Wanshuang's hand, and looked at her calmly.

"Sister, if Concubine Hui used a scented drug to induce aphrodisiac, and the Emperor drank alcohol, which accelerated the blood flow in his body, the drug's effect would have worn off before the next day. Even if the imperial physician examined the Emperor's pulse, what would he be able to diagnose?"

Ning Wanshuang's eyes darkened, and she felt that Zhao Hua's speculation was not unreasonable.

But it is difficult to find evidence for this kind of thing.

"Even if it's as you said, Concubine Hui is so cautious, how could she leave evidence for people to check? Kang Yubin has searched Zhaochun Palace just now, and told me that Concubine Hui's place was very clean and nothing was found. I was just planning to report this to the emperor after I finished examining you."

Hearing this, Zhao Hua smiled more calmly and said:

"She was a very dirty person. How could the place she lived in be clean?"