Chapter 045 Shit Stick
"And Prince Lu, I don't care what grudges you and Madam Chu had in the past, but today we are in the palace, in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and I and the Queen Mother are still here. You two are so presumptuous that you called each other a nobleman. This is in the palace today. If you leave the palace, what will others say about you? You are a man, and you have a bad reputation. Have you ever thought about how much damage this will do to Madam Chu's reputation?"
Your grandma's balls!
A thousand alpacas were running through Xia Xue's mind.
In the situation just now, no one would think that Xia Xue had any ambiguous relationship with Prince Lu. Although Prince Lu called her by her nickname, Chu Zhenxuan had already righteously rebuked Prince Lu.
However, the Queen Mother's intervention reminded everyone that the reason why Prince Lu called Xia Xue by her nickname was because his relationship with Xia Xue was "not simple".
This old witch is a master of the shit-stirring stick!
In addition, many ministers are dissatisfied with the gift presented by Chu Zhenxuan tonight, and they want to take advantage of this opportunity given by the Queen Mother to discredit the Chu family and Chu Zhenxuan.
Kill two birds with one stone. This old witch has to be dealt with.
"The Empress Dowager's words seem to be intended to make everyone think the wrong thing." Chu Zhenxuan said lightly, but every word he said was very powerful.
"Chu Zhenxuan, tell me what you said again."
【Xia Xue: Compare them. 】
【Bibi: Master, I thought you had forgotten me.】
[Xia Xue: Stop talking nonsense and quickly check how that maid died. Was she poisoned?]
【Bibi: Needs to be consumed...】
【Xia Xue: Stop talking nonsense and just check it out.】
A few seconds later.
[Bibi: He was poisoned by arsenic first, and then he hit the pillar. The head was only injured externally, and the main cause of his death was the poison.]
[Xia Xue: Can you tell who gave her the arsenic? ]
【Bibi: I'll use my X-ray eyes to see.】
A few more seconds passed.
【Bibi: Only the cup that Chu Xiang knocked over just now has traces of arsenic. 】
[Xia Xue: Go check on the Queen Mother, Wei Chongyuan, and Old Madam Chu to see if any of them have traces of arsenic on their bodies?]
Chu Zhenxuan here looked at the Queen Mother calmly.
"Your Majesty, what you just said was ambiguous. It seems that you deliberately distorted the rhythm to cause misunderstanding, and you also deliberately splashed dirty water on Xia Xue."
"How dare you! How dare you! How dare you! Don't think that the emperor values you and you don't care about me. Just based on what you said, I can punish you for disrespect. Do you believe it?"
"Why don't you believe it when you want to accuse me of something?"
"You dare not accept it?"
"Of course I don't accept it."
The Queen Mother staggered, and the maid behind her hurriedly supported her.
[Bibi: The maid who helped the Queen Mother had arsenic on her hands.]
Xia Xue looked carefully, but couldn't see anything.
[Xia Xue: Ordinary people can’t see it, can you see if she has it? ]
Bibi shook her head in disappointment, [No.]
[Xia Xue: Can the imperial physician tell the dosage on her hand?]
[Bibi: It’s hard to say. And it depends on whether the imperial physician dares to say it.]
Xia Xue frowned. This was true.
if......
[Xia Xue: Bibi, get a small packet of arsenic that is exactly the same as the one that poisoned the maid, and put it on the head maid.]
【Bibi: .....】
[Bibi: Can you please not let me do such a dangerous thing? ]
【Xia Xue: Go quickly! 】
The maid behind the Queen Mother suddenly felt her face itchy and reached out to scratch it.
I felt my back was particularly itchy, so I scratched it.
I also feel my chest is particularly itchy......
Why does my whole body itch?
But thanks to supporting the Queen Mother, he continued to endure it.
Chu Zhenxuan continued to speak.
"We have always ruled the country with courtesy. In the palace, the respected Empress Dowager and Emperor are the role models of courtesy. Just now, the maid of Prince Lu's mansion deliberately walked in front of my wife, which was a violation of the rules. Then she threw the whole tray over. Let me ask, if there was no external impact on her, even if the maid fell, how could the tray fly one meter away? There are so many people here, you can just come and try it. After someone falls one meter away, where will the tray fall?"
As soon as Chu Zhenxuan finished speaking, people began to discuss in low voices.
"Prime Minister Chu is right. There was no collision. It was obviously thrown by that girl."
"I don't know who ordered that girl to do this, but it looks like she did it on purpose."
"It might be Prince Lu."
"Why is the Queen Mother so abnormal today? Is she deliberately making trouble, as if she is targeting the Prime Minister's wife in every way?"
"Maybe it was too brilliant and made the Queen Mother uncomfortable."
Listening to the discussions, the Queen Mother clenched her fists.
"What do you want to prove, Prime Minister Chu?"
"It doesn't matter what you prove. This is why I questioned Prince Lu, not the maid, because I saw this. The ministers and family members who were sitting around at the time can all testify to this."
The adults in front neither nodded nor shook their heads, but they did hear that Mrs. Chu was questioning Prince Lu.
"Later, it was Prince Lu who called my wife by her given name. I was the first to express my dissatisfaction with Prince Lu's way of addressing me, and I believe that the Emperor also wanted to punish me at that time, but it was you, the Queen Mother..."
Chu Zhenxuan paused, a faint smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
"You, the Queen Mother, avoided the main issue and not only did you not punish Prince Lu for his impoliteness, but you easily let the maid who caused the trouble go. If you had punished her a little more fairly and dragged her out of the palace, would there have been any consequences? Throughout the whole process, my wife was elegant and generous, and she fully respected and approved of everything the Queen Mother said and decided. If there really was someone who was responsible for the maid's blood spilling in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, it would not be Prince Lu, nor would it be my wife, but you, the Queen Mother!!!"
So handsome!
The stinky man looks so handsome today.
If we weren't in the palace, I would have been so handsome as to sacrifice myself for him!
If this old witch gets so angry that she spurts blood on the spot, then my idol from now on will be Chu Zhenxuan.
Chu Zhenxuan frowned. What the hell is an idol?
The Queen Mother staggered back into her chair.
"Rebellion, rebellion, rebellion! Your Majesty, shouldn't a subject like you give me an explanation?"
The emperor looked at Chu Zhenxuan and then at the empress dowager.
"Mother, please calm down. Your son should be reasonable in his dealings with others. What Chu Zhenxuan just said is not unreasonable."
"You!" The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes and lowered her voice very low, "Why, is the Emperor going to turn against Mother for a minister?"
"I dare not, but if you want to punish the Prime Minister, you must have a reason that can convince the people."
At this moment, the Queen Mother suddenly remembered something.
Turning his head, he said, "Su Ji, is this the good son you have taught for so many years?"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. Su Ji is indeed a poor parent."
The Queen Mother waved her hands and whispered, "Before, I heard you complain that your daughter-in-law is a worthless person and that your son followed her into trouble. I thought you were exaggerating. Now it seems that your daughter-in-law is really a worthless person!!!"
Old Madam Chu pulled up a bitter smile. The daughter-in-law she liked was about to marry into Prince Lu's palace.
"Then I will teach your son today."
Madam Chu did not respond, and for a moment everyone's eyes turned to the emperor.
【Bibi: Report to the master, the mission has been successfully completed.】
The corners of Xia Xue's mouth suddenly curled up into a charming smile, "Your Majesty, it seems that the maid in Prince Lu's mansion was not hit to death."