Chapter 20 Think it over first
Zhang Chengyan's body tensed.
Bai Wutong was equally incredulous.
Xu Bin actually said that it was Jin Weige who did it?
She had previously found Biyun and let her know Meng Dong's identity in order to frame Jin Weige.
She and Gao Jingwan were old acquaintances, and her mother's families had a good relationship with her. Even if Gao Jingwan spoke rudely behind her back, given Jin Weige's personality, it was absolutely impossible for her to kill her directly to vent her anger.
Gao Jingwan is not a cat or a dog, but the emperor's concubine!
Jin Weige is not stupid, he must know that Gao Jingwan is still useful.
Gao Jingwan is so stupid that she can be used as a sharp knife in your hand at will. Why kill her directly? If the matter becomes a big deal, it will be easy for someone to find evidence of her. It is totally unprofitable.
Xupin burst into tears and kowtowed desperately, "Your Majesty, I will tell you everything, I just ask you to let my mother go! I am willing to die, but my mother is innocent, she is a good person, it is my own self-interest that blinded me!"
Zhang Chengyan came back to his senses, his jaw tensed, "Speak!"
"Two days ago, Concubine Rong found me and asked me to kill Concubine Gao, who was most likely pregnant. She would then help me save my father! For the sake of my father, I had no choice but to agree to take the risk."
At this point, Zhang Chengyan believed most of it. "What your father did is useless, not to mention Concubine Rong, even if the Queen Mother intervenes! Mr. Lin, call Concubine Rong over!"
In the past few years, Concubine Xu has been following behind Concubine Rong and following her lead, which has increased the credibility of this matter.
Bai Wutong remained silent, standing in an inconspicuous corner, his eyes moving back and forth on Concubine Xu.
The palace maids in Lanxin Pavilion had already been awakened by the crying and shouting, but seeing that the emperor was here, they did not dare to get close and could only watch secretly.
It was already the hour of Hai.
The voice arrives before the person arrives.
"Your Majesty, it's so late, you haven't rested yet!" Jin Weige dressed up specially, but not as grandly as during the day, and looked much fresher. "Have you found the murderer?"
Zhang Chengyan's eyes were deep and cold, "Rong Fei, Xu Fei said that you are the murderer."
Jin Weige was stunned in the same place. After two full breaths, she came back to her senses and almost jumped up in anger. "Nonsense! How could I be the murderer!"
She looked at Concubine Xu lying on the ground, wishing she could skin her alive. "Concubine Xu, who gave you the guts to frame me?"
Xupin raised her head and looked at him fearlessly, "Rongfei, it was Concubine Gao whom you asked me to kill. I only agreed to it because you said you would protect my father!"
"I didn't! You damned bastard, you killed someone and you dare to drag me into this, come on, slap me in the face!"
Zhang Chengyan frowned in dissatisfaction, "I am still here, is it your turn to take action?"
Jin Weige's ferocious face instantly changed to a pitiful one, "Your Majesty, I really didn't kill Lady Gao. I have always been thinking about Your Majesty. If Lady Gao could be pregnant with a dragon heir, I would be so happy that I would not have time to kill her! Although I am jealous, this is a big deal. I naturally know what is more important!"
Xupin suddenly laughed, and her laughter became louder and louder. "Rongfei, you are not afraid of being struck by lightning for saying this! You are jealous by nature, how could you allow other women in the harem to get pregnant! Any woman who is more likely to get pregnant than you will either be harmed by you and never get pregnant again, or be framed by you and fall out of favor. Your only child was not born because of the many evil things you did!"
"Shut up, shut up!" When the child was mentioned, Jin Weige pounced on him like a madman and slapped Concubine Xu hard in the face.
She didn't make a sound. "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill your whole family!"
Concubine Xu collapsed to the ground as if she had lost her strength and said nothing more.
Zhang Chengyan hated this kind of crazy look on women's faces the most. "Hurry up and pull Concubine Rong away!"
Jiayue and the other two immediately stepped forward and pulled Jin Weige aside, "My queen, please don't get yourself hurt by being angry."
"How can I not be angry? This damn bitch framed me! Your Majesty, I did not kill Lady Gao. I really did not!"
A figure rushed out from the darkness.
Biyun knelt in front of Zhang Chengyan and kowtowed very hard, "Your Majesty, I can testify that it was Concubine Rong who killed the queen!"
She raised her bleeding face and said, "A few days ago, another maid of the queen broke her leg, so she brought back a maid named Meng Dong from the Ministry of Internal Affairs! She was actually Rong Fei's person. Because the queen was in a bad mood that day, she said a few words to Rong Fei behind her back, and Meng Dong told Rong Fei everything, which led to her death!"
Biyun continued to kowtow, "Your Majesty, please make a decision for the queen! Although the queen was disrespectful at first, she only said a few words in private. The crime is not punishable by death! Your Majesty, please make a decision for the queen!"
Jin Weige looked at the people who appeared again and finally panicked, "Your Majesty, I didn't do that. They must have been instructed by someone to frame me!"
Biyun turned her head suddenly. Since she dared to come out today, she didn’t think about going back alive!
Life will be hard in the future anyway, so why not seek justice for the Queen!
"Do you dare to say that Meng Dong is not yours? Your Majesty, if you torture her properly, Meng Dong will definitely tell you everything. She has a purse on her body, and inside it is the access token to the Yaoguang Palace!"
Zhang Chengyan gave Lin Sheng a wink, and the other party understood and quickly brought the person over.
Meng Dong had been peeking, and when he saw Rong Fei being framed, he was already terrified, and now he was trembling with fear all over.
Biyun rolled and crawled to her front, looking for the purse, but it was nowhere to be seen. "Where's the purse? Where did you put it?"
Lin Sheng's men came over and said, "Your Majesty, we found a purse where Meng Dong was standing just now."
There was still some dirt on the purse, apparently it had been hidden in a hurry just now, but was eventually turned out.
After opening it, there was indeed the token of Yaoguang Palace inside.
Zhang Chengyan's eyes were grim. He raised his hand and threw the token fiercely at Jin Weige's feet. "What else do you have to say?"
"Your Majesty..."
"Think about it first." Zhang Chengyan had a blank expression on his face, but he was really angry.
The person he once loved the most was actually so vicious as to kill people!
Jin Weige knelt on the ground, "Meng Dong is indeed my concubine's, but I definitely did not kill Lady Gao!"
Thinking of the tragic death of Lady Gao, Biyun cried out in sobs, "How did Concubine Xu get into the Lanxin Pavilion? And why did she know so much about this place? She had never set foot in the Lanxin Pavilion! There must be an insider! Meng Dong was the Majesty's personal maid. She must have knocked us unconscious first, and then worked together with Concubine Xu to kill the Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, please help the queen! She has only been in the palace for more than half a month, and she has passed away. How tragic! The queen was killed before she could conceive a heir. If anyone in the harem really gets pregnant in the future, unless it is Concubine Rong, I am afraid she will die!"
Cries and shouts of injustice rose one after another.
Zhang Chengyan stood there quietly.
a long time.
His voice was cold, "Enough! Shut up!"
The Lanxin Pavilion fell silent in an instant.
Jin Weige didn't dare to say anything and could only look at him pitifully.
Although Zhang Chengyan had only been on the throne for a few years, he was ruthless enough to be afraid of him except for the empress dowager.
"Biyun, Mengdong, take them away and give them poisoned wine!"
"Xupin, grant me white silk!"
"Considering that Concubine Rong has been with me for a long time and was once pregnant with the heir, I will put her in solitary confinement and not allow her to leave without my order!"
"From today on, the matter of Lady Gao is completely settled, and no one is allowed to mention it again!"
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