Chapter 191: Testimony Full of Flaws
"Your Majesty, I have evidence. I can prove that the sachet belongs to Xie Yingmian." Fang Yilin kowtowed to the empress dowager several times.
The Queen Mother was delighted to see Xie Yingmian and Fang Yilin confront each other.
Xie Yingmian is Fang Yingwan's daughter-in-law, and Fang Yilin is Fang Yingwan's niece.
No matter who wins or loses between these two people, one of them will have to pay the price.
No matter who pays the price, Fang Yingwan will not feel good.
When Fang Yingwan felt uncomfortable, she felt better.
"What evidence do you have, please present it all," said the Queen Mother.
Fang Yilin said, "Xie Yingmian's name is embroidered on the sachet."
"This sachet originally belonged to Xie Yingmian. Xie Yingmian deliberately took advantage of the chaos to stuff it on me to slander me."
"Your Majesty, please take a look. In the crack at the bottom of the sachet, there are three words sewn: Xie Yingmian."
The Queen Mother picked up the sachet and looked at it.
Sure enough, Xie Yingmian's name was found in the corner.
The Queen Mother asked Xie Yingmian, "Princess Ling, don't you admit it?"
Xie Yingmian asked curiously, "Empress Dowager, just because my name is embroidered on the sachet, does that mean it belongs to me?"
"If this alone is enough to slander someone, then if I let the embroiderer embroider someone else's name on a handkerchief or sachet, wouldn't that mean I can just throw dirty water on them at will?"
"Besides, although I am not smart, I am not stupid enough to use a sachet embroidered with my name to slander others."
The Queen had a good impression of Xie Yingmian.
She said, "Mother, I think what Princess Ling said makes sense."
"Who would be so foolish as to use a sachet with their own name embroidered on it to frame someone else?"
The Queen Mother said, "The Queen is still young."
"As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place. Similarly, what if Princess Ling deliberately left her name to confuse people?"
The Queen said, "What Mother said makes sense."
"But, with so many people in Donghua Palace, if Fang Yilin and Princess Qi hadn't pointed out Princess Ling, she wouldn't have been affected."
"Princess Ling made herself a suspect by using a sachet embroidered with her own name. This is unacceptable both morally and logically."
Xie Yingmian said, "The Queen is wise."
"Miss Fang, you keep saying that I stuffed the sachet into your clothes while I was in chaos."
"Except for the period when the Grand Princess fell ill, Donghua Palace has always maintained good order. Miss Fang, are you saying that I took advantage of the chaos during the Grand Princess's illness to stuff the sachet into your body?"
"Then may I ask, as soon as the Grand Princess fell ill, Princess Qi turned her wrath upon me. In public, with you and I so far away, how could I have stuffed the sachet into your body?"
Fang Yilin couldn't utter a word to refute.
The Queen said, "Mother, Princess Ling is right."
"In my opinion, Fang Yilin's words are full of loopholes."
The Queen Mother pondered.
Fang Yilin's words were indeed full of loopholes.
However, Fang Yilin knew the Grand Princess's taboos. Even if Fang Yilin was stupid, he would not put the osmanthus sachet that induced the Grand Princess to become ill on himself.
However, the osmanthus sachet was indeed found on Fang Yilin.
This is really unreasonable.
The Queen Mother looked at Fang Yilin and asked, "What other evidence do you have?"
Fang Yilin's back was covered in cold sweat.
She clenched her hands tightly and her head was buzzing.
She knew very well that her words were full of loopholes.
She made these up on the spot, it would be strange if there were no loopholes.
It's really weird.
Princess Lan Ning must have stuffed the osmanthus sachet into Xie Yingmian's body.
Even if Princess Lan Ning didn't succeed, the sachet should have been on Lan Ning's body. How could it have ended up on her for no reason!
What's even more bizarre is that the scent of the osmanthus sachet was so strong, but she didn't smell it at all.
Not only did she not smell it, but no one around her could smell it either.
If the Imperial Guards had not found it on her, she still would not have believed that the osmanthus sachet that was supposed to be on Xie Yingmian would have ended up on her.
Fang Yilin bit his lips hard.
If she couldn't find a suitable excuse, she would be the murderer of the Grand Princess.
If this crime is brought against her, even the Dowager Auntie cannot save her.
We must find a way to get rid of the dirty water!
Xie Yingmian took in Fang Yilin's reactions.
If she hadn't found the osmanthus sachet, if the Grand Princess hadn't been rescued by her.
She was facing only death.
When Fang Yilin formulated this plan, his intention was also to kill her.
Now, the backlash has begun.
If Fang Yilin wants to kill her, he must be prepared to be killed.
"Her Majesty the Empress Dowager, Her Majesty the Queen," Xie Yingmian said, "While I was treating the Grand Princess, I discovered that Nanny Tu, who was by her side, had been bribed and was doing everything she could to obstruct my treatment."
"The four imperial physicians can testify to this matter."
"Why don't we start with Aunt Tu."
The Queen was shocked and furious: "What did you say? Is Aunt Tu going to harm the Grand Princess?"
The Queen Mother was also shocked.
Nanny Tu came out of her palace.
When the eldest princess returned, she was very weak. Aunt Tu knew how to cook medicinal food and was her right-hand man, so she gave Aunt Tu to the eldest princess.
She had never ordered Aunt Tu to do anything detrimental to the Grand Princess, so how dare Aunt Tu betray her?
"Doctor Cheng, is what Princess Ling said true?" asked the Queen Mother.
Doctor Cheng said, "Madame Tu did indeed hinder Princess Ling's treatment."
Finding fault is also considered as hindering treatment, there is nothing wrong with that.
"Someone, bring Nanny Tu up here." The Queen Mother said angrily.
The blood in Aunt Tu's nostrils had been cleaned up.
But she was still weak.
When she was brought up, she was breathing in but not out, unable to even perform a salute, and could only crawl limply on the ground.
The Queen Mother said in an unhappy tone: "Did you torture Madam Tu?"
Doctor Cheng was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood."
"The eldest princess's throat is severely swollen and she can't be fed medicine in the normal way."
"Princess Ling came up with the nasogastric feeding method."
"Nasogastric feeding uses a bamboo tube to feed the baby through the nose. We've never heard of this method before. The Grand Princess is a princess, so we can only find someone to practice with her."
Doctor Chen didn't finish his words.
But the Queen Mother understood.
It is the servant's duty to test medicine for the master.
She couldn't find any fault with it.
"Madame Tu," the Queen Mother asked, "can you still speak?"
Aunt Tu opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
Xie Yingmian said, "Madame Tu must have injured her throat. Please ask Imperial Physician Cheng to give her a few injections."
The Queen Mother agreed.
Xie Yingmian whispered a few words to Doctor Cheng.
Doctor Cheng understood immediately.
He followed the acupuncture point Xie Yingmian had instructed.
Soon, Aunt Tu was able to speak.
"Her Majesty the Queen Mother." Madam Tu's tears and snot were all over her face. "This old slave knows his fault."
Nanny Tu's voice was hoarse: "I shouldn't have accepted the five thousand taels of silver from the Fang family, and I shouldn't have taken this opportunity to find fault with Princess Ling."
"Please punish me, Madam Dowager."
Xie Yingmian raised her eyebrows slightly.
This Tu Ma is a smart person.
If Aunt Tu had reported her as soon as she opened her mouth, she would have been killed today.
Nanny Tu admitted her mistake and gained a glimmer of hope.
The Queen Mother's face turned pale: "You bold servant, did you accept five thousand taels of silver from the Fang family?"
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