Li Shengyuan had already anticipated her prediction.
Raise your hand to signal, but don't make a sound.
"Empress, do you intend to defy the imperial decree?"
"Your Majesty, I dare not! But Mi—"
The Empress's eyes flashed, and she wanted to say something to remind the maid,
With one mouth,
Mi Shan flicked her finger,
A tiny Gu worm flew out and quickly burrowed into the Empress's throat.
"Mi Huifei, don't even think about calling a deer a horse!"
As a result, for some reason, she couldn't utter a single sound.
Taken aback,
Empress Rouci clutched her throat, bewildered and wide-eyed in surprise.
He could only stare intently at the trembling, wounded maidservant whose eyes were filled with uncertainty.
Mi Shan glanced at her coldly. Being infected with the Silent Insect would render her speechless for a moment.
The Empress stretched out her hand and pointed desperately at Mi Shan.
But Mi Shan was standing right in front of me at that moment.
The maidservant thought the Empress was referring to her, and became even more flustered.
Recalling the agony of being tortured and having his flesh torn open, he kowtowed repeatedly and blurted out:
"Yes, Consort Mi Hui, that Consort Mi Hui!"
She crawled to Xia Ranxue's side.
He gripped her skirt tightly.
"It was her. Consort Mi Hui gave me a packet of medicine powder,"
"Let me add a small dose to Consort Qin's bird's nest soup every day!"
Those around her suddenly realized that Mi Shan had been lying to her!
This servant girl has been tricked!
By the time the Empress was able to speak, it was too late. She could only remain silent, her expression one of disappointment and frustration.
"Are you sure! It was this Consort Mi Hui who gave you the poison? Consort Mi Hui, what do you have to say for yourself?"
Mi Shan chuckled and looked at Xia Ranxue, her eyes filled with gratitude for her tacit understanding.
Upon hearing this, the servant girl became even more certain and nodded vigorously:
“This servant is not mistaken, it is her.”
She said that Consort Qin had offended her many times.
They used mung bean powder to slander her at the poetry gathering.
"We must make sure she can't give birth to the baby in her belly!"
Xia Ranxue chuckled softly: "Is that so? Then do you know that I am not Consort Mi Hui at all, and I have never even met you before."
"You probably don't know who the real Consort Mi Hui is, do you?"
"This...this..."
The maid was startled, then panicked. She looked around the room.
She truly did not know who Consort Mi Hui was.
The Empress only told her to follow these words and obey her instructions.
But now, the Empress looked at her with disappointment, and hadn't said a word to remind her.
She panicked, which is why she followed Mi Shan's instructions and mistook Xia Ranxue for Consort Mi Hui.
As a lowly servant girl, she spent her days cooking in the kitchen; how could she possibly have the chance to see Consort Mi Hui?
I've only heard that Consort Mi Hui was beautiful, but every woman here is exceptionally beautiful...
"I was lying to you just now. She is Consort Xia, and that person is Consort Mi Hui."
After Mi Shan finished speaking, she pointed to another Consort Yu who was standing there in a daze.
The maidservant panicked and nodded hurriedly.
"Yes, yes, I made a mistake, it's her!"
She's so beautiful.
This time it definitely won't be wrong.
"What a joke!" Bai Lingyu scoffed, pulling off her cloak.
She revealed a full head of white hair and gave a light, graceful smile.
"Are you sure I asked you to poison me?"
Not wanting to frighten anyone, Bai Lingyu developed a habit of wearing a cloak when going out at night.
It's you!
"Enough, Consort Mi Hui, you—"
The Empress couldn't help but scold him.
"Shut up, all of you!" the emperor roared, pointing at the servant girl. "You're full of lies!"
"Guards, give her a good slap in the face!"
"Wait, Your Majesty!"
Empress Rouci took a deep breath. "Even so, we cannot rule out Consort Mi Hui's involvement."
"Perhaps the person this little maid saw was Consort Xia?"
"Everyone knows that in the palace, Consort Xia and Consort Mi are close."
"Is it possible that Consort Mi Hui instructed Consort Xia to do this on her behalf?"
"Impossible," Qiao Yunsheng denied faster than anyone else.
After saying that, he paused,
Realizing that given his status and position,
I shouldn't have spoken up for Xia Ranxue at this time.
She could only cough lightly and frown: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, based solely on this servant's words, it is insufficient to determine that Consort Mi Hui secretly instigated it. Moreover, she doesn't even recognize the person. What she says is not credible."
"Yes, even if this servant mistook Xia Ranxue for someone else, she can't possibly mistake Consort Yu for someone else too."
"It's clear she's talking nonsense."
The concubines also spoke up one after another.
Mi Shan calmly said, "Your Majesty, you just randomly found a maid and tortured her to extract a confession? You think that's enough to convict me? That's rather biased."
"I have already sent people to search the six palaces. If evidence of the murder of Consort Qin is found in your residence, let's see how you try to deny it."
Empress Rouci narrowed her eyes, but she wasn't angry.
Instead, he continued in a cold voice, seemingly quite confident that he would be able to bring Mi Shan to justice today.
The words were spoken.
A series of heavy footsteps sounded.
It was the guards who led a group of people to report that they had made a discovery.
Mi Shan turned her gaze.
The leader was holding a sachet.
It was the pendant she usually used.
"Your Majesty and Empress, your subordinate found this sachet in Consort Mi Hui's palace."
"It was placed in a hidden drawer and locked."
I sensed something was amiss, so I brought it over.
"This is it!" the kneeling maid suddenly shouted, pointing at the sachet. "It was from this sachet that Consort Mi Hui took out the poison and gave it to me."
"Although I don't recognize the person, I recognize this sachet and the yellow powder. There's absolutely no mistake this time!"
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