"I already know that Concubine Lin killed Concubine Chen Zhaoyi. But what about the Empress Dowager? Do you know how Concubine Lin caused her to become seriously ill?"
Xiao Shuangbao looked at Zhao Zhi and asked in a cold tone.
"This...I don't know."
Zhao Zhi shook his head somewhat frustratedly.
Only at this moment did he realize how stupid he was.
He thought he knew all of Concubine Lin's secrets, but in the end he found out that with his background and vision, he could never compete with a noble lady like Concubine Lin who came from an official family.
He was completely fooled by Concubine Lin!
"Mrs. Lin, are you sure you don't know either?"
Xiao Shuangbao looked at Lin Bin again and asked.
"I don't know!"
Lin Bin thought of the dead Xiaofu, her eyes flickered, but she still denied it.
"Mrs. Lin, do you know that Sister Xiaofu herself doesn't know?"
Xiao Shuangbao said again.
Lin Bin frowned.
Xiaofu didn’t know?
Could it be that she killed the wrong person?
But what's wrong with that?
Xiaofu was just a lowly slave, like livestock. As she was a concubine, killing one or two slaves was no big deal.
"Empress Lin, you thought Sister Xiaofu had discovered your secret, but in reality, Sister Xiaofu is so innocent. Even if she saw or heard something, she would never have thought that you had caused the Empress Dowager to be seriously ill."
There was a hint of depth and helplessness in Xiao Shuangbao's tone.
The death of palace maid Xiaofu was truly an unexpected disaster.
"A year ago, you had contact with the Imperial Grandmother and infected her with a kind of insect. It was this insect that made the Imperial Grandmother seriously ill. There was a pair of these insects. One was used on the Imperial Grandmother, and the other was kept by you, hidden on your dressing table."
Xiao Shuangbao explained the whole story clearly, "Besides you, not even the palace servant you trust the most knows about this matter.
“Xiaofu accidentally found the remaining bug in your dresser and thought it was an ordinary bug, so he destroyed it.
"You were suspicious and thought Xiaofu knew your secret, so you wanted to kill her. Later, you used Zhao Zhi to kill Xiaofu.
"Is this princess right?"
When Concubine Lin heard Xiao Shuangbao tell her everything in such detail, her face turned pale.
But then she thought about the fact that the bug had been destroyed, and even if Xiao Shuangbao knew it clearly, there was no evidence.
"I don't know what the princess is talking about!"
Lin Bin still gritted her teeth and denied it.
"Madam Lin, I know the bugs are gone. If you insist on denying it, I can't use it to convict you. But there are some things you can't completely shirk responsibility for simply denying."
Little Shuangbao's pair of black, clear eyes seemed to be able to see through everything as she stared at Linpin, "A year ago, my father, the god of war, died on the battlefield, and my father, the emperor, returned to the palace seriously injured on the battlefield.
"At that time, someone took advantage of this and sneaked into the palace of Dongqi State, killing the real Concubine Luo and taking her place.
“If my guess is correct, the pair of bugs you have were given to you by this person.
"And the poison you used to kill Chen Zhaoyi was also given to you by this person.
"This person was kind to you, and he used that kindness to blackmail you, asking you to use insects to harm the Imperial Grandmother. The Imperial Grandmother was seriously ill, so she left the palace to go to the temple to practice and recuperate. From then on, Concubine Luo was the only one in the palace.
"Everything you did was to cooperate with her and to repay her."
This time, Xiao Shuangbao did not ask Lin Bin whether these were her original motives, but said it directly in an affirmative tone.
Emperor Chengxuan listened and couldn't help but admire it.
The little baby is so young, but his mind is so delicate and he can think of all these things. He is really talented!
But what he didn't know was that although Xiao Shuangbao looked very calm at this moment, he was actually a little panicked inside.
Because the results of these analyses were told to her by Zhongli Yu.
She was trying hard to remember the words Zhong Liyu taught her.
"Mrs. Lin, you thought no one knew what you did, that the dead would keep secrets forever. But you didn't know that the dead are the most receptive. Those who knew your secrets have died and turned into ghosts. It would be easy for this princess to learn your secrets from them."
Little Shuangbao's soft white face now held a noble and cold air.
Her dark, bright eyes were as sharp as fire, which made Lin Pin feel ashamed, guilty and panicked.
She continued in a crisp voice, "Madam Lin, no matter how much you deny it, everything I've learned from these ghosts is your crime. Furthermore, even without this, Daddy can still sentence you and your family to death."
When Lin Bin heard this, her brows suddenly frowned.
"I don't know what the little princess is talking about..."
It's ridiculous.
If there is no evidence, how can the crime implicate her family...
But before Concubine Lin could fully express her joy, she heard Emperor Chengxuan say in a cold tone, "Yes, I have sufficient evidence.
"Princess Lin's father served as the Left Vice Minister of the Honglu Temple, specifically in charge of receiving foreign guests. He was bribed by spies from the Southern Yan and Northern Rong kingdoms, allowing them to infiltrate the imperial palace! This single piece of evidence is enough to implicate the entire clan!"
Emperor Chengxuan's verdict made Concubine Lin feel dizzy.
Her mind suddenly became a little dazed.
At one moment I heard Xiao Shuangbao say, "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself."
Suddenly, Xiao Shuangbao's words came to mind again: "The dead are the most honest. She can learn all the secrets from the mouths of those ghosts..."
Suddenly, Emperor Chengxuan’s firm words of “punishing all nine generations of the clan” came to mind again!
Lin Bin's body suddenly began to tremble violently.
"Your Majesty, please spare my life! I know I was wrong! I did it all! It has nothing to do with my family! Please, Your Majesty, spare my family!"
Only then did she become truly obedient. She knelt on the ground obediently and kowtowed to Emperor Cheng Xuan for mercy. Soon her forehead was covered in blood!
But it was too late to beg for mercy.
The crime has been committed.
Then you must accept the punishment of fate.
"Empress Lin, you are so considerate of your family. In your heart, the deceased palace maid Xiaofu, and those others you killed, including Chen Zhaoyi, are their families not human beings? You don't regard other people's lives as your own, and you don't treat others as human beings. How can you have the nerve to plead for your family now? The guilt your family will face is nothing but the retribution for your evil deeds! Why is there anything you can't accept? You should accept it!"
Xiao Shuangbao spoke again, like a ruthless judge, once again declaring Lin Bin's guilt.
Lin Bin shook her head desperately.
She couldn't accept it!
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