Chapter 58 We All Don’t Accept
Mo Yunzhu looked at the emperor firmly and began to tell him what happened on the island yesterday.
The other young people in the room nodded, proving that what Mo Yunzhu said was true.
"Your Majesty, before my second sister Huaiqing entered the Prince's Courtyard, she met two of Miss Ye's guards. Miss Ye can prove it." Mo Yunzhu looked at Ye Yuqing.
Ye Yuqing nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Mo Yunzhu is right. I did ask the guards, and they saw the time when Mo Huaiqing entered the prince's courtyard."
The emperor nodded, and Mo Yunzhu continued, "Master Xu and Master Wang Feiyang went to look for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and found that something had happened inside. It took at most one-third of an incense stick of time for my sister to go in. Miss Ye's two guards can prove how long it took."
Ye Yuqing nodded again and said, "Yes, when Mo Huaiqing entered the prince's courtyard and Master Xu entered, he saw something was wrong. My two guards said it took at most one-third of an incense stick of time. Before that, Mo Huaiqing was having a meal in the pavilion, and many people saw it."
The emperor nodded and said, "Mo Yunzhu, why do you want to prove this time?"
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and the guards took an overdose of the Five Poison Powder. If the Five Poison Powder is an overdose, I asked Master Ji Xingyun, and he said that at least five times more of this medicine pack would be needed. Master Yun, am I right?"
Ji Xingyun immediately said, "Your Majesty, Miss Mo is right. The Crown Prince and his guards had a total of 15 people who took the Five Poison Powder. To cause the subsequent killing, it is certain that they took too much and became unconscious. The dosage must be very large. Miss Mo said that five small medicine packs are not enough, but my uncle should know more about the specific amount."
The emperor's expression was very gloomy, but he nodded.
"Your Majesty, please take a look at this medicine bag first." Mo Yunzhu handed the medicine bag to Eunuch Gao.
Eunuch Gao immediately took it and placed it on the emperor's desk. The emperor took a look and found it to be a very rough bark-colored powder. But even so, it would take a long time to crush the medicinal material.
"Your Majesty, Lord Sun said that the Five Poison Powder must have been put into water or rice for the Crown Prince and the others to take. But with such a color and size, it may not be possible to dissolve it in water even in an incense stick of time. And among the fifteen people, is there not one person who can see that the water is not clean and the rice is not white?"
In an instant, everyone in Mo Tiancheng understood Mo Yunzhu's excuse.
Lord Sun and the Empress Dowager had both arrived outside, and Imperial Physician Ji was running behind them, sweating all over.
"Also, five packs of Five Poison Powder are needed to be effective. How could my sister have so much Five Poison Powder on her? Besides, she is going to be the prince's concubine soon. What motive does she have to harm the prince?"
After the Empress Dowager and Lord Sun arrived and paid their respects to the Emperor, they stood aside and listened to Mo Yunzhu's narration again.
The Queen immediately sneered and said, "Maybe your sister doesn't want to be a concubine?"
Lord Sun said with sweat all over his forehead, "Mo Yunzhu, the powder of the Five Poison Powder was found on your sister. Many officials were watching."
Mo Yunzhu sneered and said, "Okay, even if my sister didn't want to be a concubine and wanted to harm the prince, why did she poison him and not leave? Knowing that the prince would lose his mind, she still waited to be killed?"
Everyone nodded. In fact, everyone who was interested in the whole thing knew that the Queen was going to take the blame for Mo Huaiqing.
How could a little girl like Mo Huaiqing be so brave as to take so much Five Poison Powder and poison her future husband?
Because if the real person who poisoned the prince cannot be found, everyone will think that the prince took the drug himself, and then the emperor will definitely depose the prince under pressure from his court officials.
"Maybe she wants to go back to see the results?" The queen's dignified face was full of sinisterness. At the age of forty, she still didn't look old, which showed that she took good care of herself.
"Does the emperor believe it?" Mo Yunzhu looked at the emperor and smiled.
The emperor glanced at the queen, and the couple looked at each other. There was a moment of silence, and the queen's hands were clenched into fists, exposed under the emperor's eyes.
"Ahem, there is indeed something strange about this matter. Does the Ministry of Justice have no other clues?" The emperor looked at Lord Sun and asked.
Lord Sun immediately said anxiously, "Your Majesty, the Five Poison Powder was found on Mo Huaiqing, and the prince's guard Xiao Nan also said that it was Mo Huaiqing who poisoned the prince. The evidence is all there, and it must be her who poisoned the prince."
"That's right. Mo Huaiqing was jealous of her sister being the Crown Princess before, and now my son only gave her the position of concubine. She must be unwilling and wanted to prevent the Crown Prince from choosing a concubine. But maybe she didn't expect that the weight was too great, and the Crown Prince almost lost his life. General Mo, do you think I'm right?"
The queen stared at Mo Tiancheng with sharp eyes.
Mo Yunzhu immediately stood in front of her father, directly blocking the Queen's warning gaze to her father.
"Hehe, Your Majesty, where do you think my sister got the Five Poison Powder?"
"How do I know? Although the Five Poison Powder is a banned item, anyone who wants to buy it can certainly get it."
"So my sister got five packets of Five Poison Powder and put them in the water and rice of the prince and his guards. It took only one-third of an incense stick of time for the prince and his guards to go crazy and kill each other, right?"
Mo Yunzhu stared at the empress with cold eyes, and of course glanced at the emperor.
"Mo Yunzhu, stop making excuses for your sister. It was your sister who did this! The prince is innocent and is the victim! Your Majesty, you have to stand up for Shanhe." The queen knelt down in front of the emperor.
Mo Yunzhu also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, our Mo family is loyal to the court. My eldest uncle and third uncle are still guarding Qingyun on the border. The prince was my fiancé before, and he will be my sister's husband after that. The wedding date has been set. This is an honor for our Mo family. How can we destroy this honor ourselves! Your Majesty, please understand!"
"Mo Yunzhu, are you threatening the emperor?" the queen shouted angrily.
"Your Majesty, you are a mother and you have to protect the prince. Yun Zhu understands. But Huai Qing is my sister and my father's daughter. I believe you can understand our feelings.
If my sister did it, we in the Mo family will admit it. But if not, please don't wrongly accuse my sister! There are so many people here, and it's impossible to do so according to the time my sister showed up. The witness is the prince's guard, and Xiao Nan said that the Five Poison Powder was found on my sister. How can this convince everyone?
Are we in Qingyun so careless in handling cases? We can identify the murderer when there are so many doubts? How can the people of Qingyun trust the law in the future? "
Every word Mo Yunzhu spoke was full of wisdom and her aura was so strong that it suddenly filled the entire study room with a gloomy mood. Everyone seemed to be having a hard time breathing.
"If the Queen and Lord Sun cannot produce other reliable evidence today, they will definitely slander my sister. Our Mo family will not accept it! Your Majesty is wise, please investigate!"
"Your Majesty, please look into this carefully!" Mo Tiancheng also shouted loudly, and then Xu Changyong also shouted, followed by Doctor Ji, Ji Xingyun, and finally Ye Yuqing followed in a low voice.