Chapter 465: Unjust
I just asked everyone to go to Fengzao Palace. Such a big event cannot be hidden from the harem.
This way, there is room for maneuver.
Everyone was in Fengzao Palace, and Zhen Chongyi was kneeling there, not a bit of dignified demeanor left in her.
As the Queen Mother sang in response, endless hope burst out in her eyes.
The Queen Mother glanced at her and ignored her: "I'll come over and listen as well. Is the Emperor and Empress okay with that?"
"Mother, are you blaming your son?" Qi Yixiu said, standing up and giving him his seat.
The Queen Mother waved her hands and said, "I am your biological mother, why should I blame you? But Zhen Chongyi is from the Li family after all, and I am also worried."
When she said this, she was already begging the emperor.
She also stated openly in front of the concubines in the harem that Zhen Chongyi was different from them.
Although things were different in the past, the Queen Mother still had to pretend to be fair.
"Please sit down, mother, and listen to me first." Qi Yixiu said.
The Queen Mother sat down, and then the Emperor and Empress sat down, and then everyone was brought in.
It was the Sun couple and her brother-in-law. The eunuch Xiao Chuanzi had committed suicide, so we could only get his confession. Fortunately, the confession was complete.
All the people around Zhen Chongyi have been sent to the Internal Criminal Department. After all, the origin of the drug that poisoned Xiao Chuanzi has not been found out yet.
Zhen Chongyi had just begged and cried, but now she felt powerless all over, until she heard the confession of the Sun couple.
Although the Sun family still didn't know who was behind this, they already knew that they were all going to die.
Sun hated Zhen Chongyi so much for a moment that she even told him many bad things that Zhen Chongyi had done in the past.
As for giving the Eighth Prince poison, it was really easy.
She just needed to mix the powder with some snacks or something and make it into small balls. It just so happened that the Ninth Prince and the Eighth Prince were not on good terms at that time.
The servants often ran into the young masters in the small garden of Ruiqing Palace, but the Eighth Prince's servants did not take them seriously, so Nanny Sun only approached them several times under the guise of apologizing to the Eighth Prince.
She didn't even need to say anything, she just stuffed the meatball directly into the Eighth Prince's mouth.
The eighth prince was slow to react and didn't know how to spit out what went into his mouth, so he ate it too.
Because the taste was not that hard to swallow, Nanny Sun later pretended to feed him some real snacks. Not only did the Eighth Prince not notice it, he was even a little happy.
As soon as these words came out, the Queen was furious: "The people who serve the Eighth Prince are all dead? Go, tell me what I have said, send them all to the Internal Criminal Department! The master doesn't even keep an eye on them, and I don't know how many dirty things they have done on a daily basis! Send the Eighth Prince to the Second Princess first, and ask her to take care of him for a few days."
The queen was confident and said this without even getting the emperor's consent.
The emperor just nodded and said, "The queen is right. Let's ask Yu'er to take care of him for a few days."
Wen Chongrong knelt down hurriedly and said, "It is my fault that I neglected to discipline him."
The emperor neither called her nor paid any attention to her. He just waved his hand and told Sun to continue.
Sun was determined to say whatever he could and whatever he couldn't say.
Zhen Chongyi wanted to interrupt several times, but she didn't dare to do so when facing the emperor's cold eyes.
When Sun finally finished speaking, she trembled and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know... It was not my fault, Your Majesty..."
"Where is Zhu Sizheng of the Internal Criminal Department?" Chu Si asked.
Outside the hall, Zhu Sizheng came in holding Xiao Chuanzi's confession: "Your servant Zhu Xulin is here."
"Read it." The emperor waved his hand.
Zhu Xulin then repeated Xiao Chuanzi's confession. Everyone in the palace was shocked.
"Is your mind so meticulous?" Concubine Jin was surprised.
"The Sun family tried to identify someone but found that there was no such person." Qi Yixiu sneered.
"If the plan had been made long ago, it would not be difficult to find someone to disguise as a eunuch. What's more, he is a refugee. After doing this, we don't even know if he can survive." Shen Chuliu said.
Indeed, this kind of thing... How can you just take the money and leave after you've done it? If he was really a lone civilian who had fled, I'm afraid his bones would be exposed by now.
Concubine Shun had been silent for thousands of years, but now she couldn't hold back any longer: "But... why is this? The Eighth Prince... is putting so much effort into dealing with the Eighth Prince?"
This is what everyone is thinking, and it is also the biggest strange thing about this matter.
If Zhen Chongyi wanted to harm the Eighth Prince, there was no need to make such a big fuss.
If drugs are involved, then it is impossible not to investigate strictly.
Besides, she spent all the money and arranged the battle, just because she was angry at the time? It doesn't make sense.
"Your Majesty, I am innocent, I am innocent! How could I do that? I hate Wen Chongrong and her son for harming the Ninth Prince, but I just hate them. I have never done anything. Besides, even if I have to deal with someone, it would be Wen Chongrong. How could I deal with a child? Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Zhen Chongyi cried.
Wen Chongrong said nothing. She also felt that this matter was strange, but she also knew nothing.
The more you say, the more mistakes you make. It’s better not to say anything.
"It's hard to say about this matter." Concubine Qian Shu suddenly spoke up: "Your Majesty, don't forget that the imperial physician said that it was because the Eighth Prince was in poor health and too weak that the poison took effect several months earlier. In these few months, what else did the person behind this arrange? Now it seems that this matter is strange. But what about in a few months? What if this matter is only half done now? Who knows who this game will target in the end?"
Concubine Kangde actually nodded: "What Concubine Qianshu said is not without reason."
"Yes, there are many concubines of the prince in the harem now. Now it seems that they are competing against the Eighth Prince. But..." Concubine Li paused and continued: "The Eighth Prince is not in good health. He can't say anything in time if he is uncomfortable. This makes it easier to make this plan. What if he uses the Eighth Prince to deal with other people?"
It's not impossible.
After all, in the harem, people who look innocent right now may not really be innocent, and people who seem to be the target of public criticism may be innocent.
It’s hard to say.
Shen Chuliu looked at Concubine Qian Shu for a few times and then turned around and said, "I feel that this little Chuanzi died too easily. If he really wanted to silence the witness or to protect the master, why didn't he just die? He died after saying what he said. Are you really afraid of being tortured?"
"It's just that they are afraid of being punished. We have heard about the methods used by the Internal Criminal Department." Concubine Li said.
Shen Chuliu nodded, and seemed to agree with Concubine Li, as if she had no opinion at all.
After listening to the concubines' comments, Qi Yixiu said, "We need to investigate this matter thoroughly. Zhen Chongyi, your own people made a mistake. No matter what the final result is, you can't escape the fault of not governing your subordinates strictly. You will be demoted to Xiaoyi and temporarily live in Shuyu Pavilion. Without my order, you are not allowed to leave the pavilion. If I find out that you did it, I will issue another order."
Zhen Xiaoyi? She was a beauty when she entered the palace. Now she has no energy to beg for mercy. She is really wronged. But the evidence points to her.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am innocent..."
(End of this chapter)
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