As soon as Su Lijin said this, everyone present looked at her.
Concubine Jin scoffed and sneered, "Empress, do you really think you can convince everyone with just one sentence? We are all knowledgeable people. The evidence is irrefutable. Don't think you can get away with it by just empty talk!"
The Empress Dowager's expression was extremely grim. Everything now pointed to Su Lijin's adultery. This kind of thing was intolerable in the harem. How long had it been since the incident with Concubine Xi that this situation had occurred?
Xiao Shengxing just looked at Su Lijin and saw that she looked calm and composed. Something flashed in her deep black eyes, but quickly disappeared.
"If I didn't commit adultery, and you falsely accused me, do you know the price?" Su Lijin said slowly.
Concubine Jin sneered inwardly, thinking this woman wouldn't cry until she saw the coffin. She said defiantly, "If the Empress didn't commit adultery, I'm willing to become a nun and pray for her day and night, begging the Buddha to forgive my sins!"
With a bang, Xiao Shengxing slammed the teacup in his hand onto the table, his eyes blazing. "Alright, since you say so, then I will bear witness! If the Queen has truly committed a shameful act, I will not condone it. But if the Queen has not committed adultery, you must keep your word and become a nun."
Everyone else was a little nervous about this situation. Seeing that the queen was really going to be dealt with, they felt a little scared besides laughing at the joke.
If this matter is confirmed, how will the emperor convict, and what should those who know about it do?
Su Lijin glanced at Xiao Shengxing with some surprise. She didn't expect him to say that.
Regardless of what his intentions were, coincidentally, his words were actually beneficial to her, because... the next good show was about to begin!
Hearing the emperor say this, the confident Concubine Jin almost couldn't hide the smile on her face: "Then I will read the evidence to everyone and let everyone see the shameful things the queen has done!"
Under everyone's gaze, Jin Guiren unfolded the letter, took a deep breath and prepared to read it.
But the breath was suddenly blocked, and the whole person froze in place, his eyes wide open, his face full of disbelief.
"How could this happen? Why is it all blank? Where are the words on the letter?" She frantically turned the letter over, but could not find a single word!
The letter at this moment is basically a blank piece of paper!
For a moment, everyone in the imperial study was confused by this situation.
Those who had been expecting to hear the letter evidence could not hide their surprise on their faces.
Su Lijin looked at Concubine Jin's panicked look and raised her eyebrows. You know, she had specially written the letter with octopus ink, and the handwriting would naturally disappear over time.
No matter how hard Ren Jingui tried, she could never have imagined this result.
"Mr. Jin, why don't you read it?"
"It's you! You planned all this! You set a trap for me!"
Jin Guiren suddenly pointed at her and shouted angrily in shock.
The words on the letter disappeared for no apparent reason, and Lady Jin didn't realize that she had fallen into a trap!
The Queen Mother and others looked at Concubine Jin and then at Su Lijin, and for a moment they didn't know who to believe.
Su Lijin sighed and said, "You came here and framed me with this scandal. The evidence proving adultery was false right under everyone's noses, and now you turn around and accuse me of harming you..."
She stopped talking here and left it to others to figure it out for themselves.
Everyone looked at the weak and aggrieved queen, and then looked at Concubine Jin who was aggressive from beginning to end, and seemed to turn around and believe the queen.
"Stop pretending! I'll tear off your hypocritical face!" Jin Guiren was extremely panicked, shocked and angry. She shouted and pinched Su Lijin with her sharp nails.
Xiao Shengxing's eyes narrowed.
The guard dodged and knocked Concubine Jin to the ground, and the imperial study was in chaos.
Concubine Jin struggled and cursed, "Su Lijin, you are so cruel and scheming! You will not die a good death!"
Su Lijin shook her head, her grievance evident in her words: "I have always been kind and gentle in managing the harem. I never expected that my efforts would result in such a result."
Xiao Shengxing patted her shoulder gently and said soothingly, "Don't be sad, Queen. I know you are kind and compassionate, but some people are just too vicious and are targeting you."
The Queen Mother watched from the side and her head began to hurt.
"I should have read the letter then. Now I feel so ashamed."
She shook her head and looked at Jin Guiren with disgust.
This drama of adultery, with solid evidence, clearly had the opportunity to bring down the queen, but unexpectedly, it turned into a disaster for Concubine Jin.
The Prime Minister really didn't expect such an outcome. If he didn't really think he could win a great victory this time, why would he rush to the palace?
Cursing him inwardly as a fool, he fell to his knees with a plop and said bitterly, "Your Majesty, I am guilty!"
"Oh? What crime has the Prime Minister committed?" Xiao Shengxing said calmly, without any emotion.
Su Lijin glanced at the empress dowager, then at the prime minister, with a hint of sarcasm on her lips, as if she already knew what the prime minister would do next.
Sensing the scrutiny, the Prime Minister leaned forward and said with deep sorrow, "I was negligent. I trusted Lady Jin too much and believed her words. I almost tarnished the reputation of the Empress."
Xiao Shengxing didn't say anything.
A thin layer of sweat broke out on the Prime Minister's forehead. He continued with a stiff upper lip, "This noble lady Jin is truly despicable. She actually did such a vicious thing as slandering the Queen!"
These words actually directly put all the blame on Jin Guiren.
Su Lijin understood clearly.
The old fox was indeed cunning. With this statement, he cleared himself of all charges.
Even if the emperor blames me, it will only be a mild punishment.
"Prime Minister, why are you..."
Concubine Jin, who was pinned to the ground, looked at the Prime Minister in disbelief.
But the prime minister just gave her a sneer and never looked at her again.
Her heart skipped a beat and Jin Guiren's pulse began to beat wildly. The Prime Minister clearly regarded her as an abandoned pawn!
Moreover, he was the abandoned pawn who was pushed out to bear all the blame!
"Your Majesty, please spare my life! I have been framed!"
Her body began to tremble, and Concubine Jin kept begging for mercy: "I really did not slander the Queen. I found the letter in the Imperial Garden."
"It must have been thrown by someone with ulterior motives. Everything, everything was planned by someone else. It really wasn't my intention. Your Majesty, please understand!"
Faced with Jin Guiren's plea for mercy, everyone fell silent. No one dared to step forward to beg for mercy at this time, for fear that if they made any noise, they might be angered.
They all knew how to protect themselves, not to mention that even the Prime Minister, who was behind Concubine Jin, was like this, so they had no reason to care.
Each family takes care of its own business; this is the rule of survival in this palace.
Xiao Shengxing looked at her, a smile forming on his thin lips: "Are you being wronged?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I am innocent. Someone is deliberately framing me. There must be something wrong with the source of that letter!"
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