The imperial physician looked at Bai Lingling tremblingly. Everyone in the hall followed the imperial physician's gaze and looked at Bai Lingling, but then changed their focus and looked at the eldest prince.
The eldest prince's heart sank and he was about to say something when he saw Bai Lingling kneeling down crying.
Bai Juncheng's previous act of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys had already caused Bai Lingling a huge psychological burden. Now the imperial physician's gaze was also focused on Bai Lingling, and she could no longer bear it.
"Father, I confess that it was the eunuchs around the eldest prince who asked me to do this."
The eldest prince looked at Bai Lingling in shock. What was she talking about? What did this have to do with Li He?
Li He saw that Bai Lingling was throwing dirty water on him, but he could not refute Bai Lingling. Although he was the eldest prince's confidant, he would not say anything if the eldest prince wanted to use him to take the blame.
Everyone was shocked. They didn't expect that this was done by the eunuch beside the eldest prince. But why?
Bai Juncheng certainly didn't believe what Bai Lingling said. He suppressed his anger and asked, "Oh? Then tell me why the eldest prince's eunuch asked you to drug Mo Yunqiu."
Hearing this, Bai Lingling was speechless for a moment, and could only tell about the little quarrels between the eldest prince and Mo Yunqiu when he was a child, which evolved into the murder of Mo Yunqiu.
"This Li He has been serving the eldest prince since he was a child. When he saw Mo Yunqiu, he suddenly came to me and told me to put drugs in Mo Yunqiu's medicine."
Bai Jinjin was simply amazed by Bai Lingling's ability to make up stories.
"So, Sister Ling, are you just going to drug Mo Yunqiu just like that?"
Bai Lingling thought her testimony was flawless, but she didn't expect that the villain in Bai Lingling's heart had tried to kill Bai Jinjin thousands of times.
"He said that if I didn't do what he said, he would find a way to make the eldest prince ignore me."
The eldest prince glanced at Li He and saw that although Li He wanted to say something, he never opened his mouth. He knew that Li He did this for himself, and he looked at Li He with some guilt in his eyes.
Li He has been loyal to her for so many years and never said much about her arrangements.
Bai Jinjin looked at the eldest prince. The eldest prince seemed to feel hope and turned around to see Bai Jinjin looking at him. The eldest prince felt a little ashamed of Bai Jinjin at this time. He actually did that kind of thing for Bai Lingling.
Bai Lingling was still trying to excuse herself, saying that it was all Li He's fault. The eldest prince's expectations of Bai Lingling were extinguished by her own hands, and he was full of disappointment in Bai Lingling.
But Bai Lingling was thinking that if she did something wrong she would probably be punished to a point where she would be worse than death. But it was different for the eldest prince. He was a prince and very likely the future crown prince of the Qin Kingdom. Nothing would ever happen to him.
She had no idea that the eldest prince was already extremely disappointed in her when she mentioned Li He. She had lost a brother who was so good to her.
Seeing that Bai Lingling was still going on to throw dirty water on others, Bai Juncheng impatiently stopped Bai Lingling from defending herself.
"Li He, are you going to admit your mistake?"
Li He felt a little depressed when he heard this. The eldest prince did not give an order telling him that he did not have to admit the mistake. Perhaps he was telling him that he would admit the mistake on behalf of Bai Lingling.
When Bai Lingling heard Bai Juncheng's question, her red eyes turned back nervously to look at Li He, or to be more precise, at the eldest prince. As long as he didn't stop her, Li He would listen to him and admit his mistake.
He is just a confidant. If he is gone, I can cultivate him, but I must do it myself.
Seeing the pleading look in Bai Lingling's eyes, even a sense of entitlement, the eldest prince stepped forward in disappointment and said to Bai Juncheng, "Father, this incident was caused by me. I know I was wrong, and I beg for your punishment."
Bai Jinjin looked at the eldest prince in shock. He would rather take the blame himself than reveal that it was Bai Lingling who poisoned him. Li He was even more shocked. His master actually endured the mistake for Bai Lingling and took all the blame on him.
What on earth is so special about Bai Lingling that would make her master go to such lengths for her?
But the reason why the eldest prince admitted his mistake was because he was the one who gave her the medicine. He knew it was wrong, but he kept making mistakes for Bai Lingling and implicated so many people.
When Bai Juncheng saw the eldest prince admit his mistake, he became even more furious.
"Bai Jing! As the eldest prince, you actually did such a despicable thing."
The eldest prince knelt on one knee and clasped his fists.
"I know I was wrong, and I beg Your Majesty to punish me."
Bai Juncheng, still furious, snorted coldly.
"Punishment, do you know what you have done? If you really did this, you would be committing murder!"
After saying that, he closed his eyes and sighed deeply. Bai Jing actually stopped this matter for Bai Lingling. How could the future crown prince do such a thing as knowingly making a mistake and still doing it?
The palace people were also shocked to see that the eldest prince had stopped this matter. It was quite exciting as things always had twists and turns.
A few brave palace maids whispered in the audience.
"How could this gentle and refined eldest prince do such a thing?"
"Alas, who can predict what's going on in the palace?"
"But I always feel that the eldest prince took the blame for the sixth princess?"
The eunuch beside him heard this and echoed: "Of course, the eldest prince is a good person. Everyone has seen the fight. How could he do such a thing? The Sixth Princess must have said something to the eldest prince."
The palace servants who were listening nearby nodded in agreement. It must be because the Sixth Princess said something that the eldest prince did this.
Of course the Fourth Prince heard this, and he couldn't believe that Lingling would actually push this matter onto her eldest brother. Although all the brothers doted on Bai Lingling, the one who doted on her the most was the eldest prince.
The queen was indeed a little happy. If the eldest prince lost the right to compete for the position of crown prince because of this incident, then her Yu'er would be the first to suffer. However, she still looked at Bai Juncheng hypocritically.
"How could the eldest prince do such a thing? The emperor must have something we don't know."
How could Bai Juncheng not know? He had seen his son grow up, so how could he not know his temperament? But he insisted on admitting that it was his fault. What else could he do?
The eldest prince had been kneeling on the ground for some time, his legs were already numb, but he didn't dare to move at all because Bai Juncheng hadn't given any instructions.
Bai Juncheng glanced at the eldest prince and said, "From now on, the eldest prince will be taken back to his palace and placed under house arrest! No one may plead for him without my permission. Let him reflect on his mistakes in his own palace!"
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