Chapter 245 Your Majesty, are you doubting me?
"I'm asking you a question, what are you looking at, huh?"
When Xie Junlin saw that Nanny Cui did not answer his question but looked around instead, he was so angry that he kicked Nanny Cui to the ground!
He glanced in the direction of Shen Yuanwei.
He pointed at Aunt Cui and asked, "Could it be that among these people, there are your accomplices?"
Nanny Cui covered her abdomen which was in severe pain, spitting blood from her mouth, her face full of fear.
She was the most capable person around the Empress Dowager. In the past, both the Emperor and Prince Rui would show some respect to her for the Empress Dowager's sake. But now the Emperor had kicked her so mercilessly. If she didn't clear herself of her guilt, the Emperor would never let her go...
She bit her lip and looked at Queen Mother Jiang.
Faithful Servant...
When her master was in glory, she was of course a loyal servant. She would do whatever bad things her master asked her to do. But her master couldn't protect himself, and the master wanted to sacrifice her, then she...
Then she didn't want to be a stupid loyal servant anymore.
Nanny Cui took a deep breath, stood up, kowtowed to Queen Mother Jiang, and choked with tears.
"Empress Dowager, I...I am sorry for you. If I continue to lie and conceal things, it will only put you in a worse situation. I told the emperor everything for your own good. Please don't blame me, Empress Dowager!"
After kowtowing, Nanny Cui turned to Xie Junlin again, kowtowed again, and confessed her guilt truthfully.
"Your Majesty, I recognize the man kneeling beside you. He is the Second Young Master Zhao. The Empress Dowager secretly asked me to bring him here—"
When Aunt Cui said this, everyone was shocked.
Wow!
Even Aunt Cui admitted it!
This Zhao Er was actually found by the Empress Dowager herself. If it weren't for Nanny Cui's confession, who would have dared to believe that the Empress Dowager could be so shameless!
It would be fine for the Queen Mother to find a man, and why not bring him back to the palace to favor him? But how could she drag a man to mess around in this pavilion? How could she do such a shameful thing with someone in public?
While everyone was shocked, the second young master Zhao seemed to have been pardoned.
He couldn't help but scream with joy.
"God has eyes! God has eyes!"
He looked up at Xie Junlin excitedly.
"Your Majesty, please listen. Madam Cui admitted it. She admitted that it was the Empress Dowager who asked her to call me here. I really did not commit treason and hurt the Empress Dowager. I really love the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty!"
In response to the second young master Zhao, Xie Junlin kicked him in anger.
Xie Junlin kicked the second young master Zhao to the ground, and then stared at Nanny Cui.
lie.
This beast from the Zhao family was definitely not summoned by his mother!
It must be that Nanny Cui was bribed to betray the Queen Mother and slander her!
Xie Junlin's jaw was clenched. If the murderous intent in his eyes could be transformed into reality, he could almost torture Madam Cui to death in an instant!
"My mother has been a widow for decades. She is pure and innocent and has never had any affair with anyone. Even if she is brainless, she would never behave like this at a palace banquet! The way she looks now, it is obvious that she has been drugged and is unconscious. She must have been murdered!"
He slowly turned his head and looked at Shen Yuanwei in the crowd.
The murderous look in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.
He stared at Shen Yuanwei and spoke again -
"Madame Cui, tell me the truth. Is there someone behind tonight's events? Did you accept favors from others and betray our mother against your conscience? Hmm?"
“…”
Shen Yuanwei, who was in the crowd, raised her eyes and met Xie Junlin's eyes.
She chuckled.
She walked out slowly and stood ten feet away from Xie Junlin.
"Your Majesty, when you asked Aunt Cui if there was someone behind this, you kept staring at me. Do you think that what happened tonight was done by me? Do you think that I bribed Aunt Cui and teamed up with her to hurt the Queen Mother tonight?"
Xie Junlin was speechless.
But those cold eyes without any warmth had already shown his suspicion clearly.
Shen Yuanwei bowed and saluted.
"Your Majesty, please understand that what happened tonight has nothing to do with me."
"I am the daughter-in-law of the Xiao family, not a concubine in the palace. I do not live in this palace, so naturally I have no conflicts of interest with the Empress Dowager. Why would you risk the lives of the entire Xiao family to harm her?"
"Besides, I have been living in the border areas for the past few years and have only been back in Beijing for a few days. How can I reach into the palace in just a few days? How can I bribe the loyal servants of the Empress Dowager?"
Xiao Lingzhao also stepped forward with his parents and stood beside Shen Yuanwei.
They bowed together and saluted.
"Your Majesty, please understand. Even if someone harmed the Empress Dowager, that person would not be Yuan Wei. Yuan Wei really has no reason to harm the Empress Dowager."
Xie Junlin sneered.
"Naturally, no one of you would dare to admit to such a heinous crime!"
He raised his eyes and saw the imperial physician had squeezed through the crowd and ran over. He immediately waved to the imperial physician to go and treat Queen Mother Jiang.
The imperial physician wiped the sweat off his face and ran over. After trying to calm his breathing, he slowly placed his fingers on Empress Dowager Jiang's pulse.
After a moment of hesitation, the imperial physician immediately told Xie Junlin.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has indeed been poisoned by a strong aphrodisiac. Her heartbeat and pulse are abnormal, and she is in a state of excitement and unconsciousness. It is obvious that she is controlled by the drug—"
Xie Junlin breathed a sigh of relief.
He asked the doctor, "Is there an antidote?"
The imperial physician was embarrassed for a moment, and whispered, "Your Majesty, there is no need to use any more medicine. The medicine in the Empress Dowager's body has almost dissipated. She will wake up in a few more moments..."
When Xie Junlin thought about how the medicinal properties were dissipated, his face became even uglier.
He kicked the second young master Zhao hard again, then turned around and looked coldly at Madam Cui.
"You said that it was the Queen Mother who asked you to invite this beast here. Could it be that the Queen Mother also took the medicine herself?"
"Oh, there are no such stupid people in this world. No one would take such dirty and despicable drugs and become unconscious and allow others to bully them. This kind of drug has always been used to harm people!"
As he spoke, he stared at Shen Yuanwei, with a chill in his eyes that was enough to kill someone.
Shen Yuanwei glanced at Nanny Cui who was trembling with fear and dared not speak, then looked at Xie Junlin again.
"Your Majesty, you don't have to stare at me like that. I didn't buy the medicine, and I didn't harm the Queen Mother."
"I know that you are suspicious of me for inviting the Queen Mother to the garden tonight, but I really have nothing to do with the Queen Mother's murder!"
"You saw it too. The Queen Mother scolded my son for no reason and made him cry. I felt sorry for him, so I invited her to sit in the garden for a while. I wanted to talk to her about Yuan'er."
"Later, I sat with her for a while. When I saw that the two children were missing, I quickly got up and left the pavilion to look for them. As for why the Queen Mother was in the pavilion like this with the Second Young Master Zhao, I have no idea!"
"Perhaps someone has murdered the Queen Mother after I left?"
Xie Junlin sneered when he heard this.
"You were the one who asked the Queen Mother to leave. You were the only one with her when she got into trouble. You are the biggest suspect! I ask you, is there anyone who can prove that you are innocent? Is there anyone who went in and out with you to prove that you had nothing to do with this incident?"
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