Chapter 154 Heartbroken

Why did Concubine De ask her that question just now?

Did Concubine De see through everything she did?

But why...if she had seen through it a long time ago, why didn't she expose her in front of the emperor?

What was she waiting for?

Jiang Xinyue stood beside the emperor, observing everyone's movements and subtle expressions.

When she saw Concubine Li, she obviously noticed that something was wrong with her.

She looked at Concubine De frequently, but hurriedly lowered her head in the face of Concubine De's half-smile. After a long while, she regained her composure.

Concubine De and Concubine Li?

What happened between them that she didn't know?

Jiang Xinyue retracted her gaze. It seemed that Concubine Li was either related to releasing the snake or to the art of witchcraft.

As for Concubine De...

She didn't think that Concubine De was such a fool that she would pluck the whiskers of the fierce dragon head of Emperor Xuanwu on New Year's Day.

This time, the emperor would definitely not let go of anyone who challenged his power and would investigate thoroughly.

"This man died in Shun'an Palace, but Concubine Liang didn't know anything about it. It's a bit unreasonable. Who knows if you are the thief crying thief?"

Concubine Li was not hopelessly stupid. She thought that among the four concubines, Empress Zhu's first choice was Concubine Liang, so she understood why Concubine De didn't expose her. She

also understood the purpose of Concubine De's transfer of the corpse to Shun'an Palace.

She didn't want to become a knife handle in the hands of others, but she had to obey the handle when it fell into the hands of others.

Li Guipin snorted and laughed, returning to her usual indifferent attitude: "Didn't Zhenpin almost get bitten by a group of snakes last night? Maybe it was this palace maid who released the snakes. Concubine Liang is trying to silence her!" As

soon as she said this, the whole place burst into laughter.

It's not impossible. Everyone knows that Concubine Liang had a feud with Zhenpin because she was jealous of her favor.

"Li Guipin, don't speak without thinking."

Liang Fei glared at her: "It's not your turn to speak here."

"Whether it's my turn or not, I will speak. The mouth is on my body. If you have the guts, you can cut off my tongue. If you don't have the guts, I will still speak... Your Majesty, you should check the body of that palace maid! If she is the one who controls the snakes, her fingers must be stained with snake repellent powder. You will know after a look."

Emperor Xuanwu thought it made some sense, and immediately arranged for the guards to take the imperial physician to check.

Liang Fei shook her head: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it really wasn't me. Even if I had ten thousand guts, I would not dare to harm the heir to the throne!"

"Whether it was you or not, I will only look at the evidence, not you to say."

Liang Fei had always targeted Zhenpin before, and the emperor actually believed her.

Seeing that the emperor did not believe her, Concubine Liang looked at Concubine Zhen beside the emperor and said, "Sister Zhen, please believe me. It really wasn't me. I... Although I usually have complaints about you... about you, I just vent my anger. I have no bad intentions."

To put it bluntly, she is mean and can't stand others being better than her.

Now she is fighting with her sisters. Didn't she beat up the people in her palace before to intimidate her?

Jiang Xinyue nodded repeatedly, "Of course I believe Concubine Liang. Don't worry, when the emperor finds out the truth, he will definitely clear Concubine Liang's name."

Concubine Li Gui seemed to be unintentional, but it made Jiang Xinyue sure that she was the one who put the snake in her palace.

Otherwise, how did she know that it was the unknown female corpse who put the snake?

Even Empress Zhu hadn't thought about it yet, and she reacted so quickly this time.

Either the real murderer is there or someone knows who the real murderer is.

The Pei family...

The Pei family is capable of bringing someone into the palace without anyone noticing.

Didn't the Pei family let a female doctor disguise herself as a palace maid and bring her into the palace to be with Concubine Li last year?

Jiang Xinyue bit her lip as if she had just remembered something: "Your Majesty, Empress, I remembered something that may help me figure out the identity of the unknown female corpse."

Emperor Xuanwu immediately asked: "Has my beloved concubine seen it?"

She glanced at Li Guipin with a veiled look: "Last night, Li Guipin's mother, Madam Pei, humiliated my mother at the banquet. Seeing that my mother was unhappy, I asked Xiao Xuanzi to play a little prank on her. Xiao Xuanzi said that when she was coming back, she ran into a palace maid and picked up her earrings. Later, she wanted to return them to her, but she couldn't find her. I thought, the maid who served at the banquet Palace ladies are not allowed to leave their positions at will. If someone is missing, it must not be from the palace. But if she is not from the palace, she is dressed as a palace maid, so I suspect... the person Xiaoxuanzi bumped into last night was the one who released the snake. And that palace maid should have been with Madam Pei last night."

Li Guipin was so scared that she was out of her wits, but she still insisted: "Zhenpin is really good at evading the important issues. Your Majesty, Zhenpin falsely conveyed the imperial edict last night, saying that you rewarded my mother with crabs, but they were two unprocessed crabs, which pricked her mouth and made her bleed. Zhenpin said it was a prank..." "

So, you admit that you conspired with Pei to release the snake into Zhenpin's bedroom?"

Li Guipin wanted to say no, it was not her.

But when she looked at the emperor's questioning, cold, and distrustful eyes, her heart slowly cooled.

It turned out that the emperor had stopped loving her a long time ago. She was just fantasizing that since her grandfather was dead and could no longer affect the emperor's right to speak in the court, he would let bygones be bygones and return to the way they were before.

Or...

the emperor had never loved her!

What was the reason for his everlasting favor? Was it all to confuse the Pei and Song families, to let them relax their vigilance so that they could be caught in one fell swoop?

My grandfather was older than my grandfather-in-law. When he was young, he was indeed ambitious and had great ambitions. He wanted to be the number one person in the court of the Great Yan Dynasty.

He did it.

But as he got older, he became more and more tired of fighting in the court. In his later years, he only wanted to live in peace and happiness, and he no longer had the will to fight. That's why the Song family rotted from the root.

Fortunately, my grandfather remained sober and strict with himself, so the Pei family did not follow the same fate as the Song family.

"Your Majesty..."

Wang Dequan handed over the tray in the guard's hand, on which was a pair of jade earrings: "The earring that Xiaoxuanzi picked up is a pair with the one on the ear of the unknown female corpse, and... there is special medicine powder left on the fingers of the corpse. The doctor of the Imperial Hospital said that it is the secret formula to lure snakes out of their holes. This woman should be the snake woman as people say."

Emperor Xuanwu overturned the tray and said angrily: "Li Guipin, what else do you have to say?"

Li Guipin closed her eyes, two lines of tears flowed from the corners of her eyes, she raised her hand to flick them away: "Your servant... has nothing to say."

Her heart is dead, what else is there to say?

"Someone, bring Concubine Li..."

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty! Secretary Pei tied up his daughter Pei Rongyan and made her kneel outside the palace, saying that she came to apologize to Your Majesty." They

arrived just in time.