Chapter 119 It’s her, she is the murderer!
Two days passed in a flash.
The harem was quiet and peaceful.
Bai Wutong held the handkerchief and looked out the window.
The time should be about right. If the queen is a smart person, she will definitely understand her hint.
We have been preparing for two days, and something will definitely happen tomorrow at the latest.
Bang--!
There was a loud noise.
Bai Wutong was startled and looked towards the door.
Yingchun ran too fast and accidentally fell. She didn't care about the pain and hurriedly got up and opened the door. "Your Majesty, something happened. The Queen asked you to go to Fengyi Palace. She said she found the murderer of the Koi Carp Holding the Pearl!"
"Okay, I knew she would understand what I meant." Bai Wutong changed his clothes and came to Fengyi Palace.
Many people had already arrived, even Zhang Chengyan had arrived. Except for Wen Chuyun, she was the last one.
"I pay my respects to the Emperor and the Empress."
The queen was still as dignified and elegant as ever. "Hurry up, you don't have to perform formalities when you are pregnant. Now that everyone is here, I will begin."
Zhang Chengyan next to him had a blank expression on his face, just sitting in his seat, his eyes were deep and dark, no one could guess what he was thinking, but for no reason it made people feel a chill on their backs, as if it was a sign of the coming storm.
A young eunuch, carrying a piece of black and tattered cloth covered in dirt, walked quickly into the hall and knelt on the ground.
The queen looked at Zhang Chengyan, raised the handkerchief soaked in flower oil, covered her lips, and drove away the smell of medicine that had been lingering on her body for years. "Your Majesty, this is what I dug up in the imperial garden. It is the thing used to wrap poison."
There was silence in the hall. Many concubines looked over and stared intently, trying to see something.
The Queen continued, "Your Majesty, the reason why I went to the Imperial Garden to search was mainly because I thought of something. You see, that eunuch carried poison to the Imperial Garden. In the case of corrosion and injury, how should this thing be destroyed? Take it back and burn it? I don't think it is reasonable. Instead, burying it on the spot is the safest."
"This way, the cloth will not cause any more damage, and the evidence will be handled cleanly, which is less noticeable than burning it. So I sent people to dig for two days. I didn't expect that I actually found it. This is it. Hurry up and present it to me."
The young eunuch immediately brought the tray to Zhang Chengyan.
Due to corrosion, most of the cloth is no longer visible. Only a few places are still intact, which should be the extra parts at the end of the wrapping.
The queen glanced at Bai Wutong and whispered, "Your Majesty, I had someone check this piece of cloth and found that it was very common snowflake cotton, which is found in every palace. But I found a few silk threads in it..."
Zhang Chengyan also saw it.
They were several half-corroded silk threads, with only a small part of the front end left.
But even this point can be seen clearly.
This is a very special silk thread that comes from a fabric called brocade. There is a gold thread among every few silk threads, so it is very conspicuous.
And this kind of fabric is only possessed by Jin Weige in the entire harem!
Gold brocade comes from the Western Regions, and only a very small amount is tributed every year. Most of the colors are bright, so the Empress Dowager does not like it. The Empress hardly goes out, and the material is not used much every year, and is not wanted.
In the end, all this fabric was given to Jin Weige, and over the years, it became her exclusive property.
Seeing Zhang Chengyan not saying anything but just staring at the thread, the Queen suddenly became a little unsure, and after a while she said, "Your Majesty, look..."
Zhang Chengyan raised his head and said in a cold voice, "Since you have found it, then you should say what you want to say. You are the queen, and you should be in charge of the affairs of the harem."
After getting the promise, the queen took off the handkerchief and said, "Since the emperor has said so, I will follow the palace rules. Concubine Jin, do you recognize this thing?"
Jin Weige leaned slightly and was about to watch the show, but she didn't expect her name to be called suddenly.
Her heart skipped a beat and a bad feeling spread over her.
She stood up and looked at the black thing. "My Queen, I don't know what this is. Aren't you going to find the murderer of the Koi Carp holding the pearl? Why are you looking for me?"
The Queen sighed, "Princess Jin, if you admit it now, perhaps the punishment won't be too severe, but if you say nothing and keep making excuses..."
Jin Weige didn't like what she heard. She had always looked down on the queen and didn't know how to respect her. This contempt had been ingrained in her bones and would be revealed even when the emperor was present.
"Your Highness, what do you mean by that? Are you saying that I am the murderer? You must be kidding. I have never seen this thing, and I have never done anything so evil!"
In contrast, the queen's momentum was much weaker. "This cloth is indeed common, but it has... woven gold brocade. Now, only your Yaoguang Palace has it in the entire harem. I heard that you just made a dress with this cloth a few days ago."
Jin Weige finally realized that something was wrong at this time.
It was true that she was the only one who had that gold brocade, and she had indeed made clothes from it some time ago.
If you use this thing to frame her, it will easily succeed.
But she was already extremely careful, and whenever she needed to weave gold brocade, she would let her maids do it themselves and never send it to the Imperial Household Department.
Where does this thread come from?
Could it be... that there is a traitor in my palace!
The queen coughed lightly, "Princess Jin, why are you silent? How do you want to explain?"
Jin Weige came back to her senses. Although she was a little flustered, she didn't show it at all. "I didn't do it, so I didn't do it. Maybe someone is using the brocade to frame me! Your Majesty, even though I am the only one who has the brocade, it doesn't mean that others can't get it. You can't convict me just because of a few threads!"
Bai Wutong sat below, watching quietly, and like the other concubines, did not reveal much.
After all, this stuff can't be considered as evidence.
Just a few silk threads, it is simply the lowest level of frame-up.
The Queen sighed, "Princess Jin, you still haven't told the truth. If I hadn't obtained more evidence, why would I let you come here? The fabric of this cloth is indeed in every palace, but you can't deny what is embroidered on this cloth, right?"
She waved her hand, signaling the eunuch to bring the evidence over.
It turned out that there was a handkerchief inside the cloth wrapped around the poison. The embroidered part of the handkerchief had not been corroded too much and could still be seen clearly, but the color was darker.
This embroidery technique...
She suddenly looked up at Bai Wutong!
That was clearly Bai Wutong's embroidery technique. She had to learn it temporarily in order to save her elder brother, and she actually used it in the end.
But she had only demonstrated it in front of the emperor, so now whenever outsiders see this kind of embroidery, the first person they think of is her!
But in fact, except for that time, she never used it again!
"So it was you who framed me!" Jin Weige rushed to Bai Wutong angrily, "Your Majesty, it was her, Concubine Zhao, she is the murderer!"
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