Chapter 114 Don't Get Angry
When Bai Wutong looked up again, her face was already covered in tears, almost breaking.
"Your Majesty, I have become the most suspicious person just because I am not injured. How ridiculous! Concubine Jin has gone to such great lengths to slander me as the murderer. How pathetic I am! I swear by the child in my belly that if I have done such a vicious thing, I will die with the child!"
"Shut up!" the Queen Mother shouted, "Who told you to swear such a poisonous oath? How dare you swear on the throne? I think you are really tired of living!"
"I have nothing to hide, so I am not afraid of retribution! What I should be afraid of is the person who framed me!"
After hearing this, Zhang Chengyan already believed Bai Wutong.
No mother would be willing to swear by the child in her belly.
He glanced at Jin Weige coldly and said, "Shut up, everyone. I will investigate who the murderer is. Mr. Lin."
"I am here."
"Bring here all the people who have been to the Imperial Garden in the past two days. Don't leave any one behind!"
"Yes!" Lin Sheng responded and left quickly.
Zhang Chengyan gently pulled Bai Wutong up, "You are still pregnant, sit next to me."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
He looked at the red rash on Bai Wutong's hands and found it extremely annoying.
That fair skin was completely ruined. "Don't touch fish again in the future."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty. I will remember this." Bai Wutong pretended to be touched and sobbed softly, "As long as Your Majesty is willing to believe in me, I will never do such a thing."
"Well, I believe you."
Since the Emperor wanted to investigate, the Queen Mother went to look after Wen Chuyun.
The pain-relieving medicine finally arrived.
Wen Chuyun had almost fainted from the pain and had a hard time swallowing the medicine.
The palace maids finally dared to let go of her hands, each of them panting with exhaustion.
It takes a lot of strength to hold down a plump woman who is struggling wildly.
The hall fell into an eerie silence.
An hour later.
The palace servants entered the palace courtyard and stood in rows.
Wang Decai flicked his sleeves and said, "The pearl-embracing koi exploded today. The fish blood contained a corrosive poison and injured the ladies in the palace. Whoever did this can still keep his body intact if he stands up now. Otherwise, he will be torn into pieces and his entire clan will be implicated!"
The courtyard was completely silent and no one dared to answer.
Wang Decai looked unhappy. "Humph, you guys really won't cry until you see the coffin. Anyone who knows the inside story, or sees someone suspicious, please tell us. Not only will you be exempted from punishment, you will also be rewarded."
Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.
"Since none of you are willing to say anything, well, let's fight together! Come on!"
The guards brought by Lin Sheng raised the board.
"Fight! Don't leave any one behind. How dare you hurt the queen and the heir to the throne? You really don't know how to live or die!"
Bang bang bang!
The board fell.
There was wailing on the field.
After just a few strokes of the board, one of the palace maids could not bear it any longer. "Eunuch Wang, please stop beating me. I suddenly remembered that I saw Xiao Guizi sneaking into the imperial garden yesterday evening."
Wang Decai immediately ordered his men to stop, and looking around, he finally found Xiao Guizi in the crowd.
His face turned pale, and he hurriedly explained, "Eunuch Wang, I was in charge of weeding the Imperial Garden yesterday, and suddenly I remembered that I forgot to do something. I was afraid of being punished, so I turned back."
Wang Decai didn't want to listen to his explanation and looked at Zhang Chengyan, "Your Majesty."
Zhang Chengyan played with the beads and said, "Drag it out."
Xiao Guizi was dragged to the palace gate by two people. He looked up and saw Zhang Chengyan. He was so scared that he trembled like a sieve, "Your Majesty, I really didn't do anything!"
The imperial physician stepped forward and whispered in Zhang Chengyan's ear, "Your Majesty, I have carefully checked and found that the fish blood should have been spiked with a kind of poison. This substance is very corrosive and ordinary people would be injured if they touched it, even if they used something as a cushion. However, the koi is gone and we have no idea how that substance survived in its body until now... I will be able to figure it out after I go back and study it."
Zhang Chengyan's eyes flashed, "Look at his hands."
Wang Decai immediately stepped forward and pulled open Xiao Guizi's hanging sleeves.
The hands below were rough and had traces of frostbite, but there were no corrosive injuries.
Xiao Guizi shouted excitedly, "Your Majesty, you see, there is no wound on my hand, it was not done by me!"
Bai Wutong suddenly spoke up, "Pull up his sleeves again and look at his elbows. Your Majesty, I just noticed that although he was lying on his stomach, he only raised his head when he faced you, and never used his elbows to support himself. This is not in accordance with the rules. I suspect that his injury is most likely there."
Xiao Guizi's face suddenly changed, and his eyes, which were originally full of excitement, instantly lost their luster.
The sleeves were torn open, with two circles of cloth wrapped around the elbows.
After opening it, it was found that there were the same corrosion wounds as those on Wen Chuyun's body.
He was completely limp as mud, emitting the aura of death.
Zhang Chengyan's jaw was clenched, veins popping out on his neck; he was extremely angry.
He took long steps and approached Xiao Guizi step by step. "Tell me, who told you to do this?"
Xiao Guizi didn't dare to look at him, nor did he answer. His mouth was slightly puffed up and a look of pain appeared on his face.
Lin Sheng's eyes widened, and he quickly pinched his chin, "Your Majesty, this guy wants to bite his tongue to commit suicide!"
Zhang Chengyan turned around and looked into the hall.
Almost all the concubines in the harem were inside.
I can't conduct the interrogation myself.
Otherwise the scene would be too bloody and might scare them.
Zhang Chengyan held the red sandalwood beads tightly in his hand and said, "Send it to the Ministry of Punishment first."
After he has dealt with things here, he will go and interrogate the case personally to find out who is behind this!
His eyes, as sharp as a sword, swept across the faces of all the concubines.
No one showed any suspicious intent.
The queen put down her handkerchief, revealing a completely bitter face, looking sickly, "Your Majesty, now that we have found the murderer, we will surely find the person behind him soon. Please do not get angry."
"What's going on?" A cry of surprise suddenly rang out!
Zhang Chengyan turned back suddenly.
Xiao Guizi opened his mouth and blood gushed out of his mouth and nose. His ears and eyes were all filled with blood, which soon soaked his clothes on his chest.
The two guards beside him loosened their grip and he fell heavily to the ground.
Mr. Lin went forward to check and found that the person was already dead. His body was poisoned and bleeding from all seven orifices. Even if Hua Tuo were alive, he would be powerless to save him.
"Your Majesty, the person is dead..."
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