Granny Liu swallowed hard and said terrifiedly, "Because I knew the secret of Wan Zhaoyi's fake pregnancy, Wan Zhaoyi wanted to kill me to silence me. Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince is not of royal blood, and Wan Zhaoyi was not pregnant at all."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall took a deep breath, and a chill quickly gathered in Zhao Yuancheng's eyes, as cold as a winter wind.
"That's nonsense!" Concubine Wan suppressed her panic, pointed at Granny Liu and shouted, "Tell me, who ordered you to slander me?"
"You said she wronged you. Could it be that Songluo, who was beside you, and the imperial physician who was in charge of taking your pulse that day were also wrongly accusing you?"
As she spoke, Nanny Song clapped her hands lightly, and Songluo was brought out tied up. Even the Imperial Physician Xu, who had retired and returned home, and the young eunuch Xiao Fuzi from the Qingning Palace all knelt beside Concubine Wan.
Nanny Song then handed the confessions of several people to Zhao Yuancheng and said slowly, "Your Majesty, these people have confessed the entire story of Concubine Wan's fake pregnancy, and the child is indeed the child of Madam Ming's niece. I secretly asked human traffickers in the capital, and they said that the Ming Mansion sold a group of slaves a few months ago, and these slaves were the ones who served Madam Ming's niece that day. Someone personally said that the child had a red birthmark on his left shoulder."
"Not only that, Songluo served Wan Zhaoyi personally. According to her, Wan Zhaoyi used Concubine Xi to poison the imprisoned Imperial Noble Consort. In order to ensure her son ascended to the throne of Crown Prince, she boldly poisoned the Imperial Noble Consort again, but accidentally killed the Second Prince."
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