Chapter 248 The Emperor Hates the Empress Dowager
Four years ago, the Queen Mother wanted Ah You to be with Shen Yuanwei, and she even gave Shen Yuanwei an abortion drug!
He had warned his mother when Shen Yuanwei suffered heavy bleeding. Shen Yuanwei was his Concubine Zhao and Ayou's sister-in-law. If his mother wanted to take his woman away and give her to his brother, then he and his two children would not be able to live as human beings!
If his mother forced him to this point, he would no longer recognize his mother and brother, and would send them to a remote county!
He thought his mother was scared, but he didn't expect that Shen Yuanwei had been away for four years and now returned to the capital. His mother used the same old tricks again and drugged Shen Yuanwei in order to let Ayou take Shen Yuanwei for herself!
Why is his mother so paranoid?
Why doesn't his mother care about his and his two sons' reputation at all?
The youngest son is important, and seeking revenge for the stabbing by Shen Yuanwei is important. Everything else can be ignored, right?
Damn it!
Damn it!
Now his mother has made things like this, and the dignified Empress Dowager has been caught having sex with a strange man in public by all the civil and military officials in the court. What should he do?
Xie Junlin pressed his brows with trembling fingers, trying to calm himself down.
He removed his fingers one by one and stared at Aunt Cui.
He parted his lips slightly.
"You said that you put two cups of tea on the lacquer tray. You remember very clearly that the one on the left was for Madam Xiao, and the one on the right was for the Queen Mother. You put drugs in the left cup, and later you handed the left cup to Madam Xiao. You and the Queen Mother both saw Madam Xiao drink a few sips of tea—"
"Then why would the one who was poisoned become the Queen Mother?"
"If you can't explain this matter clearly, then I can treat you as a fabrication. Everything you did tonight was instigated by someone else. You have been slandering my mother!"
Faced with Xie Junlin's questioning, Nanny Cui was a little panicked.
She really didn't know why the tea given to Madam Xiao was drunk by the Empress Dowager.
She tried to recall who had touched her teacup from the time she gave it to Mrs. Xiao until she handed it to her.
Suddenly, her eyes fell on Xie Chengyun and Xie Congyuan.
She was a little confused and shocked.
Could it be that these two four-year-old kids had tampered with her tea?
This shouldn’t be the case…
What can a four-year-old child understand? He probably doesn't even know what drugging is. How could he find out that there is something wrong with the teacup and swap it without anyone noticing?
Aunt Cui shook her head and murmured, "Impossible... Impossible..."
Xie Junlin narrowed his eyes and stared at her, "What's impossible? Did you remember something?"
Nanny Cui looked up at Xie Junlin.
She pursed her lips and said hesitantly, "Your Majesty, I have thought about it again and again. From the time I made the tea to the time I handed it to Madam Xiao, no one touched my lacquer tray and teacup. Only..."
Xie Junlin immediately asked, "Only what?"
Nanny Cui looked at the two princes in disbelief again, and then said truthfully -
"When the Second Prince was walking out of the long corridor, he happened to fall down. When I went to help him up, I put the lacquer tray on the stone table next to him."
She bowed her head.
"Your Majesty, I can guarantee that if someone really swapped the two teacups and tampered with them, it could only have happened during the time when I put down the lacquer tray and turned my back to the stone table to support the Second Prince."
She wondered again.
"But the strange thing is that I didn't hear anyone appear behind me at that time, and the eldest prince and the second prince didn't notice anyone approaching. It is absolutely impossible for someone to appear at the stone table without anyone noticing and replace the teacups..."
She looked at Xie Chengyun cautiously.
"As for the eldest prince who was circling around this old slave and approached the stone table more than once, he was only four years old. It should be impossible for him to switch the teacups..."
After hearing what Nanny Cui said, everyone looked at Xie Chengyun.
Looking at the young appearance of the four-year-old child, everyone shook their heads.
impossible.
They would rather believe that there are ghosts in this world than believe that a four-year-old child could calmly do such an earth-shattering thing.
Xie Junlin didn't believe it either.
Although his eldest son was smarter and calmer than other children of the same age, he was just a little child after all. How could he know in advance that the teacup had been tampered with? And how could he quickly replace the teacup when Aunt Cui wasn't paying attention?
That little hand was so tender that if it held two scalding hot teacups, it would probably get burned and drop the cups at the first moment. The noise of the cups colliding would have alarmed Aunt Cui long ago, so how could Aunt Cui not notice it?
Xie Junlin shifted his gaze from his eldest son and looked at his youngest son, Xie Congyuan.
The younger son didn't fall down earlier or later, but he fell down suddenly when Aunt Cui passed by. This was too much of a coincidence...
Xie Junlin rubbed his fingers, glanced at Shen Yuanwei, and then at Xiao Lingzhao.
He suddenly asked Xiao Lingzhao and everyone else.
"After Madam Xiao left the table earlier, did General Xiao also leave the table for a while?"
The officials looked at each other.
Someone nodded and said, "Yes, General Xiao left. I was sitting next to the Xiao family and I did see General Xiao leave for a while before coming back."
Xiao Lingzhao himself admitted frankly, "Your Majesty, I did leave, but I drank too much and had to go to the toilet urgently."
Xie Junlin narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a deep voice, "Oh? Really? Then does the general have a witness who can prove that you did go to the toilet and not go somewhere else?"
Xie Junlin sneered, "With the general's martial arts skills, it shouldn't be difficult for you to suddenly appear when Aunt Cui has her back to the stone table, switch the teacups, and then quickly jump onto the roof and leave, right?"
Xiao Lingzhao shook his head.
"Your Majesty, this is difficult."
He said.
"Although I am extremely strong and have extraordinary martial arts skills, my lightness skills are limited. I am not the kind of bandit who can climb walls and fly over rooftops without making any sound."
"When I landed, there was a slight movement."
"When I take off into the air, I need to tap the ground with my toes to gain momentum. This will make a sound. At such a close distance, it is impossible for Madam Cui and the two princes not to notice it."
He stared at Xie Junlin with his dark eyes.
"What's more, I have the witness that the emperor mentioned."
Xie Junlin's pupils constricted when he heard this.
There are actually witnesses!
Under Xie Junlin's gaze, Xiao Lingzhao turned and looked at Lord Wei who was slightly drunk in the crowd.
He smiled and said, "Master Wei, please bear witness for me."
Lord Wei is the Queen's elder brother. Seeing that what happened tonight had nothing to do with his sister, the Queen, he stayed out of it and watched the fun.
Hearing Xiao Lingzhao calling him, he rubbed his head, slightly drunk, and suddenly remembered.
He quickly asked his son to help him walk forward and bowed to Xie Junlin.
"Your Majesty, I can indeed testify for General Xiao. During the time when General Xiao was away from the table, he was indeed with me."
Talking about what happened before, Lord Wei felt a little embarrassed.
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