Chapter 197 Witnesses and Evidence
The incident of Qin Beiyuan being poisoned was eventually brought to the attention of Emperor Ren De.
Faced with the pressure from the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, the crying of Mrs. Shi, and the threats from the Shi family's side branches, Kaifeng Mansion could only temporarily imprison Shi Mingyan. As for the witnesses in the restaurant and the people in the underground casino, they wrote confessions.
After Qi Zhan collected these, he went to the palace.
Qin Shiyuan and the Shi family also went to the palace to meet Emperor Ren De.
As the Empress Dowager said, Emperor Ren De only met with Qin Shiyuan in handling this matter and avoided talking about the people of the Shi family.
While Emperor Ren De was talking with Qin Shiyuan, Qi Zhan from Kaifeng Prefecture was also called into the hall.
The people of the Shi family were helpless and could only kneel outside Emperor Ren De's hall and cry out for justice.
At the same time, Mrs. Shi had already arrived at the Empress Dowager's Yanfu Palace.
Today is destined to be a turbulent day in the palace.
The Empress Dowager finally walked out of Yanfu Palace for the sake of Madam Shi and Shi Jiuyue.
Only in Changle Palace, the years are peaceful and quiet.
The Concubine Chen held the teacup elegantly and learned from the eunuchs what happened in Emperor Ren De's palace.
"The Empress Dowager has arrived at His Majesty's palace. Her appearance means that the person behind the Shi family is the Empress Dowager, and she is not shy about it at all." The eunuch said in a low voice.
Concubine Chen's face was full of smiles: "I just want to know how much the incident of the Shi family's kid poisoning the Qin family's third master has to do with Xie Rongying."
"I feel that Mr. Shi must have fallen into Xie Rongying's trap this time." said the eunuch.
The Concubine raised her eyes and looked at the eunuch: "Does this mean that Shi Mingyan approached Mr. Qin Sanye in order to take revenge on Xie Rongying? Did he know that Shi Yang was in Xie Rongying's hands?"
"Your Majesty, the Shi family's skills are simply inferior to others." The eunuch stepped forward and massaged the Concubine Chen's shoulders, whispering, "I think Your Majesty should just watch the show, but Xie Rongying is indeed a very useful chess piece. If Your Majesty could win her over, I think it would be of great benefit to Her Majesty."
After taking a sip, Concubine Chen's eyes darkened a bit: "It's a good chess piece, but it should be difficult to control."
"I heard that Xie Rongying and Young Marquis Qin are only married in name only. I think Your Majesty can cater to their wishes." The eunuch's voice was very low. "First, test what Xie Rongying wants. If she wants marital harmony, then let her have marital harmony. If she wants to escape from the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, Your Majesty can completely use Your Majesty's help to let Xie Rongying leave. This way, Xie Rongying will definitely be more sincere to Your Majesty."
The more the Concubine Chen listened, the more satisfied she looked.
The eunuch continued, "The Xie family is different from other aristocratic families in Bianjing. They only value the eldest son, regardless of gender. Xie Jing only has one daughter, Xie Rongying. In the future, Xie Rongying will definitely have a say in the Xie family. Building relationships with the Xie family will only benefit the Second Prince."
"What's more, the Xie family now has Xie Yi. In this case, winning over the Xie family will only benefit you, Your Majesty."
The Concubine Chen patted the eunuch's hand that was pinching her shoulder and chuckled, "You are still reliable. Find an opportunity and let Xie Rongying come to the palace to see me again."
"Yes, my lady."
*
In Emperor Ren De's Yanhe Hall, the atmosphere reached freezing point with the arrival of the Empress Dowager.
The Shi family thought that things would turn around with the appearance of the Empress Dowager, but all the evidence pointed to Shi Mingyan, and Marquis Yongyi was begging for justice for his brother in a wheelchair. Emperor Ren De would certainly not be disappointed with Marquis Yongyi.
The Empress Dowager originally wanted to get someone she trusted to participate in the re-investigation.
Qin Shiyuan said coldly, "What do you mean, Madam?"
"What I mean is that there must be a misunderstanding here. My Lordship doesn't want the real murderer to be at large in secret, right?" The Empress Dowager did not expect that the disabled Qin Shiyuan's temperament was so different from before.
Now he is too aggressive, with a murderous aura all over his body.
"I think the Empress Dowager wants to defend the real murderer and let him go unpunished." Qin Shiyuan said coldly.
Emperor Ren De, sitting high up in the throne, slammed his hand on the imperial table and shouted, "Enough! What else is there to investigate in this matter? The witnesses and evidence are all here. What is the Shi family trying to do by inviting the Empress Dowager here? Are they trying to question me? Do they think the evidence presented to me by the Kaifeng Prefecture is fake? Or are they trying to frame the murderer with all the witnesses there?!"
The Empress Dowager looked extremely unhappy after hearing what Emperor Ren De said.
Qin Shiyuan's expression eased a lot.
Mrs. Shi and Shi Jiuyue were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
It was obvious that Emperor Rende was truly furious. He shouted, "Come here! Shi Mingyan poisoned an official of the imperial court. He will be executed in three days!"
The Empress Dowager's expression suddenly changed.
Mrs. Shi fainted on the spot.
"Mother!" Shi Jiuyue knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager upon seeing this. "Elderly Dowager, please save my brother. It's impossible for my brother to poison Mr. Qin San. Elderly Dowager, I kowtow to you."
Shi Jiuyue kowtowed while speaking.
Upon seeing this, Nanny Li immediately stepped forward to stop her, whispering, "Young lady, please don't do this. The Emperor is here, and you're only making things more difficult for the Empress Dowager."
Upon hearing this, Shi Jiyue knelt down in the direction of Emperor Ren De and said, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, my brother has been wrongly accused. Your Majesty, please have mercy on me!"
Emperor Ren De was so annoyed by the noise that his head hurt. He waved his hands and said, "Pull it down, pull it down!"
Before he finished speaking, several eunuchs came forward and dragged Shi Jiuyue to the outer hall.
*
The news that Shi Mingyan would be executed three days later was told to Xie Rongying by Luo Jin when he came to the Yongyi Marquis's mansion.
Xie Rongying was curious about why Luo Jin came to her. Before the two of them could talk in detail, Qin Junyi came to the East Garden.
Xie Rongying glanced at Luo Jin and said, "Don't go out here."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Junyi walked into the room.
When Qin Junyi saw Luo Jin, surprise flashed in his eyes: "Your grandmother sent another maid?"
Xie Rongying glanced at Luo Jin and said, "You go down first."
Luo Jin bowed and said, "Yes, Madam."
After Luo Jin left the room, Qin Junyi sat down at the pear blossom round table and said, "I heard from the Crown Prince that the Concubine Chen is indeed Shangguan Yan's cousin."
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