Chapter 164 Who instructed you?
Zhang Chengyan frowned, and the queen immediately came to her senses, "I didn't do it, and I will naturally prove my innocence."
After saying that, she already wanted to leave.
Zhang Chengyan waved his hand, and she turned and ran without hesitation.
We walked so fast and I didn't hear her coughing anymore.
Wang Decai stepped forward cautiously and asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"
"Have someone bring that maid here. It's not good to let her talk nonsense outside all the time. Tell her that I promise to investigate thoroughly and give her justice. After today's matter is dealt with, let her leave the palace alive tomorrow."
As long as she doesn't die, no matter what happens in the case, no one will think that the royal family is wrong.
If the royal family really wanted to hide something, they would definitely kill the person.
Wang Decai understood that the emperor still intended to protect the queen.
But then again, this case is an internal matter of the royal family and does not really involve the safety of ordinary people outside, so the royal family's reputation should be given priority.
"I'll do it right away."
Wang Decai personally led people out from the small door next to them and arrived in front of the Meridian Gate. "Madame Li, right?"
"Eunuch Wang!" The nanny raised her voice, "I didn't expect you to come. But now that the emperor knows about this, will you give this old slave justice?"
"Of course, the emperor is a truly wise ruler and will definitely handle this matter impartially. Now please go in."
Since the emperor has spoken personally, Nanny Li has to go even if she doesn't want to.
She glanced at the crowd with a grim expression, but still didn't see any members of the Gao family.
Wang Decai frowned slightly, but he didn't dare to show any impatience. After all, there were so many people around. "Madame Li, why don't you come in with me?"
"I will go right away."
There were whispers among the crowd.
"Do you think she can come out alive? She's the queen!"
"I don't know, just wait, there will always be a result."
"Alas, I didn't expect this good show to end so soon."
…
Nanny Li followed Wang Decai and entered the palace again.
Away from the crowded environment, she felt as if she had lost her support, and her originally high spirits fell to the freezing point.
She was a little scared.
Sometimes you are not afraid of death for a short while, but once that moment passes, you suddenly don’t want to die anymore…
Wang Decai brought the person to the Yangxin Palace and said, "The emperor is waiting for you inside, go in quickly."
"this……"
Before Li Ma Ma could speak, Wang Decai pushed her and said, "Why don't you go in? Do you want to keep the emperor waiting?"
Squeak——
The door opens.
Nanny Li had looked at the door from afar several times before, but had never gone in.
I didn’t expect that I could enter the Palace of Tranquil Longevity in my lifetime. It really isn’t my life in vain.
She took a deep breath, hunched over and walked in with small steps, "Your Majesty, I kowtow to you."
There are nearly a thousand palace servants in this palace. Except for those who often serve him, Zhang Chengyan doesn't remember most of them.
Even though Nanny Li was an old lady, she looked unfamiliar to him. "You want to sue the Queen?"
Nanny Li swallowed her saliva and knelt on the ground, not daring to look up. "Yes, I want to sue the Queen!"
"You said she was trying to murder the heir to the throne. Do you have any evidence?"
"Yes! The poison in the Koi Carp Embracing the Pearl was actually found by me. As long as I tell you about the poison, it will prove that I am not lying!"
"Then tell me." Zhang Chengyan did not embarrass her, but asked Wang Decai to call over the imperial physician who was in charge of the koi holding the pearl.
The other party knows about the poison and can also prove whether Nanny Li is lying or not.
The gentler the emperor's attitude was, the more afraid Li Ma became for some reason.
This was totally different from what she expected.
Even if the emperor scolded her for talking nonsense and dragged her out to be beheaded, it would be better than what is happening now!
"Your Majesty, that poison is a kind of grass from my hometown, called rotten skin grass, which can corrode human skin. When I was a child, I went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables and accidentally touched it. As a result, I was injured and still have scars."
She exposed her skin, and sure enough, there was a bumpy scar on it.
The potholes are small but very noticeable, more like small uneven dots.
After a while, the imperial physician arrived.
When he heard the words "skin-rotten grass", his eyes lit up. "Your Majesty, there is indeed such a grass. I have heard of it before, and it is also recorded in the pharmacopoeia. It's just that I rarely see it on weekdays, so I didn't think of it before. The juice of the skin-rotten grass can indeed corrode people's skin, and it has a fragrance similar to celery. I have smelled it on Concubine Wen before!"
Nanny Li is just a servant. How could she know something that even the imperial physician hasn't thought of?
It seems that what she said is true.
Zhang Chengyan looked down at her, "Are you sure it was the Queen who ordered you to do that?"
"Yes, it was Madam Miao who asked me to do it. I also have the money and reward she gave me. Besides, I have done many things for the Queen!"
Nanny Li told him everything she had ever done.
This includes the death of Concubine Gao and what the Queen had done to other concubines before.
Zhang Chengyan tapped the table with his hands. It turned out that the Queen took advantage of his poor health and did so many things in secret.
No wonder he couldn’t find anything in his previous investigations.
The queen is so meticulous and has so many people at her disposal, and they are in the harem. As long as she handles the matter properly, there will indeed be no evidence left.
If it were a concubine of lower rank, it would be difficult to do so.
Zhang Chengyan asked Li Ma to come in, not only to maintain his reputation as a holy monarch, but also to know what the queen had done.
And who ordered her to do so?
"Madame Li, who asked you to come here and sue the Queen?"
Madam Li swallowed her saliva and said, "Yes...I asked to come here myself."
Zhang Chengyan gave a look and Wang Decai immediately brought the two people in.
These two men were from the Ministry of Punishment and were very skilled in torture.
"I won't take your life, but I will make your life worse than death."
The two men took out the torture instruments and walked up to Nanny Li.
Looking at the terrifying thing that glowed with cold light, Li Ma was trembling with fear, "Old slave...I am really myself..."
The words haven't finished yet.
The two have already started.
"ah!"
As soon as the shrill scream came out, Wang Decai quickly stuffed a piece of cloth over it to avoid disturbing the emperor.
A moment later, Nanny Li was covered in sweat, lying on the ground like a dead dog, her voice trembling, "It was Concubine Jin! She was the one who sent me out of the palace and locked me up outside. She was also the one who asked me to sue the Queen!"
Jin Weige?
Zhang Chengyan frowned, but soon relaxed.
This makes sense. After all, the person the Queen framed in the end was Jin Weige.
If it weren't for the koi holding the pearl, she wouldn't have been demoted from a concubine to a royal concubine.
But why say it now?
Could it be that he took action because he saw that the Queen was pregnant with a prince?
"Someone, call Jinpin over!"
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