"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yikun Palace was not far from Chuxiu Palace, and the booklet was quickly retrieved. The Empress personally looked through it and then handed it to Yinzhen. Yinzhen looked at the ink marks on it and knew that it had been made for at least a month, not just temporarily.
"Your Majesty, it seems that we should interrogate Wang Hai more thoroughly."
"Go ahead with the interrogation! Su Peisheng, you personally oversee it."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Su Peisheng was very efficient, and he quickly brought back the results.
“Your Majesty, Wang Hai said that Bao Chun accidentally learned about his relationship with his brother and used ten taels of gold to bribe him and his brother to let Wang Jiang pour oil in the Imperial Garden.”
Jia Yue looked wronged: "That's impossible. Why would I harm Consort Nian? I have no grudge against Consort Nian."
"Wang Hai said that you and the Imperial Concubine were pregnant at the same time, and he was afraid that the Imperial Concubine's child would receive more attention."
Jia Yue looked at Yinzhen and the Empress with a firm gaze and explained, "The imperial physician said that the child in my womb needs careful nurturing to have any chance of being born. Since entering the palace, I have been focused on protecting the safety of my unborn child and have no interest in anything else. As for the idea of bribing the Wang brothers with ten taels of gold, that's utter nonsense..."
She paused for a moment, as if she had made a great decision, and said with an embarrassed look, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, when I first entered the palace, my family lived far away and I had many children. My father and stepmother only gave me one hundred taels of silver. I received some rewards after entering the palace, but I spent a lot of it on daily expenses."
Furthermore, I need to take care of the child in my womb, which has already cost a lot in the kitchen. Currently, I have less than a hundred taels of silver and less than ten taels of gold in my palace account. Wang Hai's claim that I ordered Bao Chun to bribe the two brothers with ten taels of gold is utterly absurd. I implore Your Majesty and Empress to uphold justice for me.”
Honestly, it wasn't very dignified of her to say these things in public.
He publicly declared that he was very poor.
In fact, she had a lot of gold and silver jewelry in her space. While not enough to make her richer than a country, it was enough for her needs. She bought some in modern times just in case.
The Chuxiu Palace indeed has very little money left in its accounts.
As she finished speaking, she feigned shame and lowered her head: "Your Majesty, I am willing to prove my innocence. I assure you that Your Majesty and the Empress searched the palace."
After she finished speaking, everyone seemed to notice the clothes she and Bao Chun were wearing. To be honest, they were quite old, and if you looked closely, there were traces of embroidery and patching at the edges.
Jia Yue felt that the old clothes were safe and comfortable, so she continued to wear them.
As a result, people gained some understanding of her poverty.
It seems impossible for someone so poor to spend ten taels of gold to bribe someone.
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