Chapter 60 There are drugs in the room
The Queen looked at Ruan Yiyu, "Madam Ling, you said that Princess Wanyue drugged them..."
"Did you see it with your own eyes?"
Ruan Yiyu was stunned. How could she have seen it with her own eyes? "Your Majesty, I concede... I didn't see it."
The Queen looked back at the Emperor with satisfaction, "Your Majesty, after serving the last dish today, I was exhausted, so I left from the rear hall of Yongming Palace. When I passed by the rear hall of Chunhua Palace, I happened to run into Princess Wanyue who had just changed her clothes."
"Because the princess gave me a nice toy today, which I really appreciated, I wanted to give her a gift in return."
"So I invited her back to the palace."
"As far as I know, Ling Xuehui followed the ladies out after I left."
"If that's the case, how did Princess Wanyue drug Ling Xuehui?"
"Prince Huai, Ling Xueyao, and Ling Xuehui were all drugged by the same drug, so they must have been knocked unconscious by the same person."
"Since Princess Wanyue couldn't have drugged Ling Xuehui, then she definitely wasn't the one who knocked Prince Huai and Ling Xueyao unconscious."
Ling Chan wanted to give the Queen a thumbs up for her logic.
Even if there are some loopholes, no one will point them out due to her identity.
"Ling Chan, Yao'er brought you here to change clothes, why did you change clothes and leave by yourself without waiting for Yao'er?" Ruan Yiyu knelt on the ground, staring at Ling Chan with a murderous look in her eyes.
At this time, Ling Xueyao, who had fainted, woke up again.
Ling Chan looked at Ling Xueyao calmly, "This princess asked Ling Xueyao to go in with her, but she refused."
"So this princess went in alone, and when she came out after changing her clothes, she was no longer outside."
"I thought she had returned to the banquet, so I was about to go back, but I ran into the Empress at the gate of Chunhua Palace."
What she said makes sense.
The Queen looked at Ling Xueyao, only one glance before turning away in disdain. "Ling Xueyao, what happened to you after Princess Wanyue went in to change her clothes?"
She completely believed Ling Chan's words.
Ling Xueyao thought about what happened to her and pointed at Ling Chan angrily, "Empress, it was her, it was Ling Chan who pushed me into the room, and I refused to go in..."
"Why don't you want to go in?" the queen asked immediately.
"There are drugs in the room..." Ling Xueyao blurted out without thinking.
By the time Ruan Yiyu and Qiu Lan came to their senses, it was too late to stop it.
Ling Xueyao was in a daze and didn't realize the problem until the Queen asked her.
"How did you know there were drugs in the room?" asked the queen.
Ling Xueyao was startled, "I...I..."
She asked Ruan Yiyu and Qiu Lan for help again, but they lowered their heads.
Ling Xueyao turned to Xiao Yi, but found that he also turned his head away.
She collapsed back powerlessly. It was over, completely over.
"No, no." She murmured in her final struggle, "It's not like that."
"It was Ling Chan. It was Ling Chan who knocked me out first."
The Queen snorted softly, "It seems that Miss Ling doesn't believe what I say."
Ling Xueyao lay on the ground, "Your Highness dare not, please calm down, Queen."
"The Empress Dowager has arrived, Concubine Rou has arrived, Concubine Li has arrived, and Concubine Wan has arrived."
Everyone was still kneeling on the ground, and they saluted Rong Ruxiang and the others.
The queen also stood up and gave her seat to Rong Ruxiang.
Seeing Rong Ruxiang, Ruan Yiyu became energetic again.
She took a few steps and knelt in front of Rong Ruxiang, "Empress Dowager, please make the decision."
"Yao'er came out with Ling Chan, why is she fine, but my Yao'er..."
"It must be her doing."
The Queen saw that she was attacking Ling Chan again and was about to speak when Rong Ruxiang suddenly looked over.
"Queen, it's not that I can't testify for Wanyue, but..." Rong Ruxiang looked up at the calm Ling Chan, feeling disgusted. "Just because Wanyue didn't drug Ling Xuehui doesn't mean she didn't drug Ling Xueyao."
"So what if it's the same drug? Is this drug something very rare?"
The imperial physician stepped forward and replied, "Your Majesty, the drug I have found is a very common one, extracted from the Datura flower."
"Just now, this old minister woke up because he allowed King Huai and the two Miss Ling to smell the smell of hay."
All things in the world are interdependent and mutually exclusive, and hay is the natural enemy of Datura.
Rong Ruxiang was very satisfied with the imperial physician's answer. She continued hypocritically, "Wanyue, it's not that I don't protect you, but this matter is of great importance. I can't wrongly accuse others."
Ruan Yiyu and the others nodded repeatedly.
Ling Chan cursed the old hag in her heart, but kept it hidden from her face. "The Empress Dowager is absolutely right."
"Actually..." She paused, and everyone looked at her curiously. Only then did she look at Zeng Hongbao.
Zeng Fu had been trying to lower the profile of himself and Zeng Hongbao, and now that everyone was staring at him, his face flushed red.
"Master Zeng is just drunk, he's not drugged, so he should know something."
Zeng Hongbao was called out and looked at Ling Chan blankly. What could he know?
"Young Master Zeng, why did you come to Chunhua Palace?" Ling Chan asked.
Zeng Hongbao looked at Zeng Fu hesitantly, "I...I..."
"Why are you looking at me? Tell the truth in front of the emperor." Zeng Fu slapped Zeng Hongbao on the head.
"I..." Zeng Hongbao stammered, unable to explain himself for a moment.
Zeng Fu was furious and kicked him on the butt.
Then Zeng Hongbao staggered and rolled to Ling Xueyao's side.
Ruan Yiyu and Qiu Lan quickly carried Ling Xueyao and moved a few steps to the side.
Zeng Hongbao steadied himself and said, "Your Majesty, I, this humble servant is..."
Zeng Fu immediately made a gesture of drawing his sword upon seeing this.
"I came to Chunhua Palace to look for Caihui."
Having said the beginning, the rest will be easy.
Zeng Hongbao lay on the ground and confessed everything, "Caihui is a maid in the imperial kitchen. She and I have an appointment to meet at Chunhua Palace."
Zeng Fu almost couldn't catch his breath, and fell to his knees at Xiao Heng's feet with a plop. "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have failed to educate my son well, and I deserve to die."
"Go on." Xiao Heng ignored Zeng Fu.
Zeng Hongbao swallowed his saliva and continued, "I came to Chunhua Palace, and Caihui came over hurriedly saying that she was in trouble and asked me to leave Chunhua Palace immediately."
"But I was drunk and couldn't see the way. I wandered around in Chunhua Palace until I arrived at this courtyard."
"Then... I saw a beautiful woman in bed..."
Rong Ruxiang frowned slightly: "In trouble? What trouble?"
"I don't know." Zeng Hongbao didn't dare to look up. "I dare not lie to the emperor or the empress dowager. Caihui said that she was in trouble and asked me to leave quickly, otherwise something bad would happen."
"I didn't expect...something really happened."
"Go and find this palace maid named Caihui." Rong Ruxiang ordered.
Caihui came crying and shouting. The sound was so loud that people who didn't know her would think her bones were broken.
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