Chapter 378 Unwilling
At the moment, Li Concubine was inside listening to the noise outside and was so scared that she almost died. However, Xuanyuan Ling ordered a search of the palace, so she could not be left there. Naturally, someone came to ask Li Concubine to come.
Concubine Li had to go out. The moment she went out, Xuanyuan Ling looked over with fierce eyes. Concubine Li was already panicking, but now nothing had been found out, so she couldn't say anything.
She still held on to a glimmer of hope. Since she had used up all the poison, even though the medicine bottle was difficult to deal with and had to be left behind, the pills inside were gone, so there was no way she could have any evidence. Now there was no evidence, and they could not find any evidence to convict her.
So don’t panic, don’t get confused!
Xuanyuan Ling looked at Concubine Li. She seemed scared, but the Fourth Prince was her son after all. He had seen Concubine Li crying when he came before. Now she was so scared that he couldn't tell whether she was guilty or not. But even though he couldn't tell, he still felt very disgusted because of this guess.
If this was done by someone else, it would be fine, but if it was done by Concubine Li herself... Xuanyuan Ling felt murderous in his heart.
At this time, all the suspicious items in Concubine Li's room were searched out. Things like poison would naturally be examined by the imperial physician.
Li Bin suddenly realized that someone had searched out the empty bottle that she had previously used to store pills.
Zhao Hai presented the item to Xuanyuan Ling: "This item is hidden very well."
Xuanyuan Ling took a look and said in a heavy tone: "What is this?"
This shout was naturally directed at Li Concubine, who said, "I have already taken all the pills I used to nourish my skin, but this bottle was given to me by my mother, and I couldn't bear to throw it away, so I have been keeping it properly."
This sounds reasonable.
But it was no use saying anything reasonable now, because the imperial physician was still here.
The imperial physician was standing by, watching the whole process, and he couldn't believe it. Are there any women in the palace who don't care about their children? Could Concubine Li harm her own child? But when he took the bottle and smelled it, he knew what was going on.
The doctor's expression changed. "Your Majesty, the pill smell remaining in this bottle is definitely not a beauty pill. It must be poison."
Who could have thought of this? In this case, it was actually the mother who harmed her own son. Thinking about the miserable state of the Fourth Prince just now, it was really pitiful.
After the imperial physician finished speaking, he pretended to no longer exist. Naturally, the matter was left to the emperor to decide.
"How dare you!" Xuanyuan Ling's face changed drastically. He went to Li Bin and said, "You're still talking about this beauty pill?"
Li Concubine's knees went weak and she fell to the ground. She had clearly used up all the elixirs, but the imperial physician could still smell the remaining odor. She was shocked, but she couldn't admit it. If she did, it would be all over. "Your Majesty, it was definitely not me. How could I harm the Fourth Prince? The Fourth Prince is my child!"
"I also want to know why you want to harm him. Come, torture him." Xuanyuan Ling's tone was extremely bad.
The queen was shocked. This was a concubine, the emperor's woman. How could she be tortured by her subordinates?
As soon as Zhao Hai heard it, he knew that the emperor was really angry. The affairs in the harem were enough to make the emperor upset. The prince was injured, but it was said that it was Concubine Li who did it? It was really poking at the emperor's weak spot! So, he ignored the rules and wanted to know the truth.
With such a trial, even if Concubine Li is innocent, she will be destined to be in the cold palace from now on.
Lipin knew this truth, and because of that, she panicked. She thought she would be fine if she refused to tell him, but the emperor was obviously trying to force her to tell him. She was so scared that she shook her head and said, "No, it's not yours." She kowtowed to Xuanyuan Ling, "You really don't know."
At this point, she suddenly had an idea: "This, this is someone trying to frame me. Your Majesty, I will never harm my own child!"
Xuanyuan Ling was extremely disgusted when he heard what Li Bin said.
However, the queen frowned when she heard the blame. She thought of Shen Qing. She was worried about Shen Qing's current trend. He would definitely target her position as queen next. Thinking of this, she felt that it was natural for Shen Qing to take action.
In fact, Li Bin has always been timid in front of the Queen. She doesn't think Li Bin has the courage to do so. However, in the Queen's heart, Chen Qing has long been the embodiment of deep scheming. In the Queen's heart, Chen Qing's scheming is unfathomable. Now that Li Bin said it was to put the blame on someone, she immediately felt that there might be something fishy going on here.
I'm afraid even Concubine Li herself didn't expect that no one present believed her. Instead, the Queen firmly believed that Concubine Li could not do such a thing alone.
Xuanyuan Ling no longer wanted to listen to Li Bin's explanation. She glanced at Zhao Hai coldly, and Zhao Hai looked at her so much that white sweat broke out on her back.
Zhao Hai made a prompt decision and signaled to his left and right to have Concubine Li subdued.
Li Bin screamed the moment she was pinned down.
Zhao Hai was also scared when he heard this, but he didn't dare to cover Li Bin's mouth and even pointed at her while talking.
The punishment used on the concubines in the harem was naturally not beating with a stick or the like. Moreover, since it was a concubine's punishment, it could not be the eunuchs, but the maids. The maids would naturally use the torture instruments that the queen had previously shown to Concubine Li.
Li Concubine went crazy when she saw all that: "Queen, please don't do that. I won't dare to do that again. I will definitely teach the Fourth Prince a lesson. Don't use torture, don't use torture."
She struggled and screamed, and her screams were so shrill. Xuanyuan Ling looked at the queen, and the queen's heart skipped a beat. She had been thinking a lot just now, and only thought that this matter was related to Shen Qing. She didn't expect that Concubine Li would bite her at this time.
The Queen's face immediately turned pale: "Li Concubine is talking nonsense and is unconscious. Is she scared stupid?"
Xuanyuan Ling felt that what Li Bin said did not seem to be a lie, and the disgust in his eyes was so strong that it was about to show. This was his queen, his legal wife. She was dignified in public, but secretly, he even used this kind of private punishment on the concubine?
How could the Queen not sense Xuanyuan Ling's disgust? At this moment, she clenched her teeth.
Concubine Li was really scared to death. She was terrified these days. If she wasn't so afraid of these things, how could she take such a risk? She always thought in her heart that the Queen would not let her stay. The Queen wanted to kill the mother and keep the child at the beginning, and now she hated her even more. The Queen did such a thing as torturing her in private. The Queen wanted to kill her, it was that simple.
Now the emperor is actually torturing her, which clearly shows that he doesn't want her to live. At this point, she thinks back then that she had to give the child to the queen, until she knew that the queen wanted to kill the mother and keep the child, and now, every step has been so ridiculous. She has to say nothing at this point, but is she the only one who is guilty?
She was unwilling to accept it! She had come to this day step by step, thinking about the humiliation she had suffered under the hands of the queen over the years, and also thinking about the fourth prince. Now she thought of the fourth prince. This child was injured like this. If it weren't for the queen's cruelty, would she have to do this? In the final analysis, everything was because of the queen!
"I want to report the Empress for using castration for private use, oppressing concubines, and abusing the prince. I beg the Emperor to take the matter into consideration!"
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