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"I don't know what's wrong, I just can't hate him."
——Jin Suting
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Jin Suting continued to speak fiercely, "Tell me, who gave you the courage to drug His Majesty?"
Li Xianxian became even more frightened when she heard this, in front of so many people.
She was about to lose all her face, but who would care about face in such a situation? She just knelt on the ground and kowtowed madly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I know I was wrong."
Jin Suting was impatient: "Speak or not?!"
Li Xianxian's forehead was oozing blood, and she looked shocking. Any man would feel distressed when seeing her tears, but Jin Suting was not a man. "I'll give you one more chance. Where did you get the medicine? How can a sixteen-year-old girl like you know all that?"
Everyone present had more or less understood what happened last night. Li Xianxian was directly sent back to Fushou Palace by Eunuch Bai. This was something everyone knew.
Giving drugs to the emperor is not a glorious thing, but unexpectedly, the empress brought this matter to the table and did not give Li Xianxian any face at all.
"Empress, I was momentarily bewildered. I was afraid that the Emperor would not favor me, so I resorted to this desperate measure. I know I was wrong. I was wrong. Please forgive me, Empress..."
Li Xianxian climbed up the steps in front of the Phoenix Throne crying, trying to beg for forgiveness.
"The Emperor has already ordered you to sleep with him," Jin Suting said, emphasizing each word. "How could he be so foolish as to drug you again?"
Li Xianxian seemed to be awakened. She pointed at Lu Yuewen with a trembling hand, "Your Majesty, it's her! She was the one who told me that the emperor would not favor me, so she asked me to drug you!"
Lu Yuewen was very nervous when she was accused, and she quickly stood up to defend herself, "I am innocent. I did mention this matter to her. But I only reminded Sister Li a few words, and she directly drugged the emperor! I was slandered!"
Lu Yuewen looked up at Jin Suting, who seemed unconvinced, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, everything I said is true! My family has fallen on hard times, how dare you instigate others to do such a thing!"
She wiped the few tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "I just want to live a good life in the palace and don't want to cause any trouble."
At this point, Concubine Li couldn't stand it any longer and intervened, "I think Li Baolin is just trying to drag Sister Lu into this. They're from the same palace, so who knows what they're saying? False accusations are just lies, but who can prove what you said is true?"
Li Xianxian was furious, "That medicine was given to me by Lu Yuewen! I don't even know how to have sex, how could I get that kind of medicine!"
Lu Yuewen cried even more sadly, "Sister Li, you can't just talk nonsense like that. I don't even know what medicine is..."
Jin Suting couldn't bear it any longer, "Alright, stop arguing. I'm speechless."
She originally wanted to question Li Xianxian, but unexpectedly exposed Lu Yuewen.
She was so upset by the arguing that her head ached. "Li Baolin, since you said Concubine Lu gave you the medicine, it was Concubine Lu who instigated you to drug me. We need to find the physical evidence and verification first to be convincing."
Li Xianxian felt wronged. Where could she find the evidence? It sounded nice, with all the witnesses and physical evidence. How could they prove what they said in private?
"Your Highness, there is no evidence."
Lu Yuewen secretly curled her lips into a smile, then changed her face to Jin Suting, "Your Majesty, she really wronged me."
Jin Suting frowned and sighed secretly, "Alright, alright, let's go home today."
"Li Xianxian, please stay. I have something to tell you."
Lu Zhiqi stood up and said, "My Lady, I have something to share with you about the winter hunt."
It's really not easy for this talkative and honest child. Jin Suting nodded and said, "Okay, then you stay too."
Lu Zhiqi was asked to wait outside first, leaving only Jin Suting and Li Xianxian in the hall.
"Are all the words you just said true?"
Li Xianxian was overjoyed. She knew that the Queen was the one who could distinguish right from wrong and would not believe Lu Yuewen's nonsense.
"Of course it's true! Not a single word is fake!"
Jin Suting raised an eyebrow, "Can't you produce evidence?"
Li Xianxian was dejected again: "We said these things in private, and she also gave me the medicine in private. There is no evidence."
Li Xianxian's tone didn't sound like she was lying, but she couldn't be 100% sure it was true.
Jin Suting thought that Lu Yuewen was great, taking action so quickly.
Start with the people around you and step on them to get to the top.
If she is really Jin Xiwen...
"This matter is over."
"It's over?" Li Xianxian's eyes widened, as if what she heard was not true. "Your Majesty, won't you make the decision for me? How can I swallow this!"
Jin Suting: "Even if you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it!"
"Conviction requires evidence. Last night, you were the one who put the drug in His Majesty's bowl and was seen with your own eyes. But no one heard what she said to you. How can anyone be convinced with just your words?"
She continued, "If you feel resentful and want revenge, you can use other means."
Li Xianxian became interested: "What method?"
"People always reveal their flaws." Jin Suting had a plan in mind, "Maybe she isn't the real Lu Yuewen."
Jin Suting had been investigating these days and had never heard of a sixteen-year-old girl in the Lu family. This one was completely unfounded. The Lu family claimed to have adopted her, but was it really an adoption?
Jin Suting asked Li Xianxian to help her observe Lu Yuewen. Li Xianxian was of course happy to do so. That man was now a thorn in her side and her enemy.
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