Chapter 98: Concubine Rong Gui ordered the servants

Xu Jilin pondered in her heart.

She certainly couldn't let Cheng Jin go to the Dali Temple, otherwise the matter would be out of her control.

But Qu Wanxin's noise was not good for her. If Qu Wanxin knew that this matter was her handiwork, she might have a different mind, and then things would be difficult to handle.

Xu Jilin could only comfort Qu Wanxin first. She whispered to Qu Wanxin: "You don't have to be so anxious. I have my own mind."

Qu Wanxin nodded and stood quietly beside Xu Jilin, with a look of pride that could not be concealed between her eyebrows.

Xu Jilin used her eyes to signal the man who was pressed to the ground, and the man immediately understood.

Xu Jilin said, "Since Concubine Rong is going to the Dali Temple, she must think she is innocent. Since I am here, I will not wrongly accuse Concubine Rong."

Cheng Jin was speechless and wanted to laugh.

[You are not wronging me, you want to wrong me to death.]

Cheng Jin said perfunctorily, "Thank you, Queen Mother."

Xu Jilin nodded, "Since that's the case, Concubine Rong said she was wronged, why not ask who this man is, so as to clear Concubine Rong's name."

Cheng Jin lowered his eyes and looked at the man.

The man also raised his head and met Cheng Jin's eyes.

Cheng Jin said coldly, "I have never made enemies with anyone in the palace. Who sent you?"

The man just shook his head.

You really don't make enemies with others, but you are too ostentatious. People who are too dazzling in the palace will never have a good ending.

Although Cheng Jin has Chu Chengye's back, Chu Chengye is the king of a country after all, and he can't always be in the harem.

Cheng Jin looked at him for a while, and seeing that he had no intention of saying anything, he told Xu Jilin the truth.

"I don't know who he belongs to, so why not send him to the Dali Temple? When the time comes, torture will be used on him, and he will have to confess no matter how stubborn he is."

Xu Jilin ignored Cheng Jin's words to send the man to the Dali Temple. "Since Concubine Rong says she doesn't know, I will ask."

Xu Jilin stood up, walked to the man, pretended to know nothing and asked:

"Don't be afraid, tell me the truth."

"If you tell me, I guarantee that nothing will happen to you. But if you don't tell me, and you want to protect the person behind you and allow her to bring harm to the harem, I will make you regret it too late."

Cheng Jin looked like she was watching a show. "Empress Dowager, if you want me to say that since he has offended Concubine Hui, it would be better to just drag him out and beat him to death. This will also make the harem clean."

Xu Jilin glanced at Cheng Jin without saying a word.

Qu Wanxin said sarcastically, "Noble Concubine Rong has a cruel heart. He worked hard for you and was instructed by you. As his master, you don't want to save his life. You have a cruel heart."

Cheng Jin smiled, "It's really funny what Noble Hui said. Not to mention that I spoke to you to vent your anger and seek justice, you are ungrateful. You have framed me several times. Maybe you directed and acted this matter to frame me."

When Cheng Jin said this, his eyes deliberately looked in the direction of Xu Jilin. Cheng Jin's eyes were so obvious that Xu Jilin must have noticed it, but he still pretended to be ignorant and listened to the two people's conversation without changing his expression.

[Qu Wanxin, I reminded you. ]

[Whether you can hear it depends on your awareness. 】

Qu Wanxin didn't hear anything, she just thought that Cheng Jin was humiliating her. She glared at him fiercely and turned to look at the man in front of her.

Qu Wanxin said, "Look, your loyal master, you work hard for her, but she doesn't know how to pity you, and even wants you to die. You might as well tell the truth, maybe you can still save your life."

Qu Wanxin saw that the man was trembling, as if he would confess soon.

She continued, "If you tell me, I will pretend that I don't know what happened today and I won't pursue it. The Queen Mother just said that she will save your life. What should I choose? Do you still need to think about it?"

The man seemed to have figured it out, kneeling on the ground and kowtowed vigorously. In fact, Xu Jilin gave him a look.

He cried, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything, I just ask the Queen Mother and the young lady to spare my life."

"I'm just a guard in the palace. Concubine Rong found me a few days ago and asked me to act out a play to frame Concubine Hui. She said that if I listened to her, she would give me endless wealth and glory, but if I didn't, she would kill me."

"I was forced to do such a disrespectful thing."

Cheng Jin had long guessed that Xu Jilin was going to use this trick.

Qu Wanxin was delighted when she heard the guard say that, and raised her eyebrows proudly at Cheng Jin.

The guard knelt down and crawled to Xu Jilin's side after he finished speaking, "I have already said it, please spare my life, Your Majesty."

Juxiang, who was beside Xu Jilin, stepped forward and slapped the guard several times, until the guard's face became swollen and bleeding slowly from the corners of his mouth.

"You were disrespectful to the noble Hui, and you deserve to die, but you have revealed the mastermind, which is considered to be a timely stop to the damage, so I will spare your life."

Xu Jilin looked at Cheng Jin, "Noble Concubine Rong, what else do you have to say now?"

Cheng Jin was not anxious about being accused, but found it funny. She said to Xu Jilin calmly, "Empress Dowager, please don't rush to convict me. I also have witnesses to prove my innocence."

Xu Jilin looked at Cheng Jin. Now that there was evidence, she wanted to see what else Cheng Jin had to say.

Cheng Jin turned around and glanced at Cui Zhu.

Cui Zhu immediately understood what Cheng Jin meant and knelt on the ground.

Cheng Jin said, "Cuizhu, when have I ever seen this person?"

Cuizhu shook her head and said, "I serve the queen every day. The queen has never seen him, and neither have I."

Xu Jilin thought Cheng Jin was driven crazy. Everyone knew that Cuizhu was Cheng Jin's personal maid. How could she be a witness? How could her words be trusted?

"Rong Guifei, Cuizhu is yours. How can she be a witness?" Xu Jilin asked.

Cheng Jin smiled and said, "I was so anxious that I was confused. But since Cuizhu's words cannot be trusted, how can the words of this guard be trusted? Maybe his master is present and is trying to frame me."

Xu Jilin heard Cheng Jin's hint and said nothing.

Qu Wanxin couldn't hold it in any longer and said, "Noble Concubine Rong, the truth is in front of us. It's useless for you to try to make excuses."

Cheng Jin ignored Qu Wanxin's provocation and looked at the bruised guard. "You said that the Queen Mother came to you a few days ago to frame Noble Concubine Hui. How many days ago was it? What time was it? When did the Queen Mother see you? Did I give you any token?" The

guard was so confused by Cheng Jin's long string of questions that he looked at Xu Jilin for help.