Chapter 277 Just a Little Oversight
"I didn't!" The nanny was instantly panicked, and fear surged through her body. She suddenly thought of something and turned her head, glaring at Chan'er fiercely, "Yes, it's her! She was the only one who touched me just now! She must have rubbed this thing on me and deliberately framed me! I understand, the algae powder on the palace gate must have been made by her!"
Chan'er's eyebrows immediately raised, and she immediately glared back, loudly retorting, "Don't slander me! When did I ever touch you?"
"You touched me when we were making tea, and you must have taken the opportunity to get the algae powder on me!"
Chan'er knelt on the ground with a plop, "Your Majesty, I really have never done this. She is clearly slandering me! I am willing to prove my innocence!"
After saying that, she suddenly grabbed the salt water and poured it on herself without hesitation.
When everyone looked closely, they found that there was no green anywhere on her body.
"Your Majesty, if this servant had really touched this algae powder, how could there be no traces left?"
Bai Wutong spoke at the right time, "Yes, Your Majesty. Chan'er is definitely not someone who would do such a thing. She has a pure heart and has always been loyal to me. She has never done anything evil."
Zhang Chengyan ignored her. He had seen the Queen's panic and guilt, and he had already made up his mind.
"Empress, I will give you one last chance. Was it you who poisoned the prison?"
"No!" The queen gritted her teeth and firmly denied, "I have never done it!"
"Okay, come here!" Zhang Chengyan no longer hesitated and gave the order decisively, "Right here, torture this maid severely. I want to see how long she can keep her mouth shut!"
He could not rashly torture the queen, but he could take action against the palace maids around her.
"No!" The Queen tried desperately to stop him, but she was already suffering from a heart attack and was weak and powerless. How could she defeat the ferocious Royal Guards?
The nanny was roughly pressed to the ground by several people.
A royal guard took out a prepared silver needle and stabbed it fiercely into the gap between her fingernails!
Ten fingers are connected to the heart!
This kind of pain is comparable to lingchi!
"Ah——!" The nanny's shrill scream instantly resounded throughout the Fengyi Palace.
When the queen saw this, she covered her chest with her hands, her face ashen, "Your Majesty, why don't you believe me! I... my heart aches so much!"
Zhang Chengyan was unmoved, his eyes were cold and indifferent, "As long as you don't confess, I will not let anyone in your palace go! I don't believe that I can't get to the bottom of it even if I interrogate them one by one!"
The queen could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground, her chest heaving violently as if she was about to die in the next second.
Bai Wutong couldn't let her die like this. "The Queen is dying, please call the imperial physician here. Your Majesty, I'm afraid that her sudden death will damage your reputation."
When the queen heard this, she became so angry and anxious that her eyes rolled back and she fainted from anger.
Not long after, the imperial physician hurried over.
He didn't even glance at the nanny who was suffering from torture on her hands and feet, and ran straight towards the queen for fear of getting into trouble.
Bai Wutong admired the crying and struggling nanny, and suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is very strange. You see, she has algae powder on her body, which means she must have come into contact with that palace maid. But why is she just crying out for injustice, but not even mentioning confronting that palace maid?"
Generally speaking, if someone is wrongly accused, they will try every possible means to prove their innocence.
And the palace maid covered with algae powder is undoubtedly the key.
Anyone else would have shouted for the maid to come over for a confrontation.
But the nanny just kept protesting her innocence, insisting that both the Queen and herself were innocent, and she did not mention a word about the palace maid.
Zhang Chengyan stepped forward and kicked the maid in the chest, angrily asking, "Why don't you ask the maid to come over?"
The nanny's voice trembled with pain, "I...I don't even know who that palace maid is, how can I ask her to come over?"
How could Bai Wutong let her get away with it so easily? She immediately retorted, "But the emperor knows. You could have asked him to call the maid over. Your reason is too far-fetched."
The nanny stopped talking. The severe pain in her body made it difficult for her to think, and she really couldn't think of any other excuses.
The emperor came too suddenly and she was not prepared.
The algae powder appeared too suddenly, making her panic. She was only focused on recalling how she got infected and whether Chan'er had done something to it. She had no time to think about anything else.
In addition, she knew that the palace maid was dead, so she had no preconceived idea of confronting the other party.
Unexpectedly, such a small omission was discovered by Concubine Zhao!
Bai Wutong held Zhang Chengyan's arm, "Your Majesty, looking at her like this, I'm afraid that the maid is in danger. Since this was done by the Empress, and the maid was from Concubine De's palace, in order to frame Concubine De, the maid must have died in Concubine De's palace."
After hearing a few words, Zhang Chengyan became more certain that it was the Queen who did this, and this nanny must know the inside story!
He ordered coldly, "Come here, go to Concubine De's palace and find that maid! Bring her here to me, dead or alive!"
If the palace maid is dead, it will further prove the guilt of the queen and the nanny!
The Imperial Guards received the order and quickly headed to Concubine De's palace.
The nanny was disheartened, but she still clenched her teeth and refused to give in.
I must not implicate the Queen!
In Fengyi Palace, screams were heard continuously.
The other concubines heard the noise but did not dare to ask.
Only a few palace maids were sent to see what was going on. When they saw the three layers of imperial guards surrounding Fengyi Palace, they were so scared that they dared not get close and hurried back to report.
Wen Chuyun was a little worried when he learned about this.
After all, she had stood on the side of the Queen before and took action against the princes Yun and Yunxi.
What if the Queen tells this?
But she felt secretly pleased.
The emperor should just kill this bitch for letting her ruin his appearance!
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The queen took the medicine and was awakened by screams not long after.
As soon as I opened my eyes, what I saw was a swollen corpse.
She screamed in fright and almost fainted again.
Fortunately, the imperial physician was always by her side. He was quick to give her a needle in time, keeping her conscious.
Zhang Chengyan pointed at the corpse and asked angrily, "What else do you have to say? You, the servant, and you didn't mention confronting the palace maid who was stained with algae powder, because you already knew she was dead! I will give you one last chance, did you do this?"
The queen glanced at the blood-stained nanny and bit her lip tightly, "It wasn't me who did it!"
"It seems that you really won't cry until you see the coffin! I tell you, the people in the imperial prison are safe and sound! From the beginning, I have been deliberately choosing Wang Decai's people. No matter who you bribe, I will arrange for him to deliver the medicine. Not only that, that person still remembers who gave him the plague handkerchief! I have sent people to search outside the palace. As long as that person is alive, I will definitely find him!"
The queen looked pale and sat on the ground, leaning against a cushion to ease her heartache.
As long as you don't admit it, there may be a chance for this matter to turn around!
Her family will definitely handle everything properly outside the palace.
The emperor used torture, but after all, didn't he still have solid evidence to convict the queen?
She smiled miserably, "Your Majesty, what can algae powder prove? It just shows that the maid may have been to Fengyi Palace! As the queen, even if I am under house arrest, there are many people coming in and out of this palace. Maybe it was the maid that Madam came into contact with outside the palace. You can't just rely on this point to conclude that it was my fault!"
Zhang Chengyan laughed in anger, "Okay, you have plenty of reasons! Continue the torture! Arrest all the servants in Fengyi Palace and torture them all!"
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