Chapter 249: Bite to Death

Is there any mercy?

Obviously, Hawking Chi could not answer this question of Concubine De.

She was an extremely smart woman. Seeing that tears had no effect on Hawking Chi, she simply took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from her face.

Although she stopped crying, there was still sobbing in her voice.

"Your Majesty, what do you want me to tell you? I have no idea why Xu Danying said that. I have been under house arrest since I came back from the temporary palace. I have not even left the palace. How could I have seen her, let alone ordered her to do anything?"

Every word she said was so pitiful, but the look in Xu Danying's eyes when he looked at her was almost murderous.

"It was you, it was you who sent the message saying that Shen Mei... Shen Concubine was about to give birth, and if she gave birth to a prince, she would never have a chance to revive. She also said that she had already made arrangements, and as long as she pinned the matter on Xi Concubine, it would be like killing two birds with one stone, and solving the problem once and for all!"

Hearing the words "kill two birds with one stone", Yun Qin's fingers holding the teacup shrank slightly.

Not to mention, this style of doing things is indeed very "behind-the-scenes".

"Are you really under her instructions to pin this matter on Concubine Xi?" Huo Jinchi suddenly said in a cold voice.

Xu Danying choked, and her righteousness turned into guilt. She looked away and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty was also bewitched by Concubine De and was bewitched for a while."

"What a ghost! You didn't expect that my queen happened to save Concubine Shen, which made your words completely powerless, so you failed to achieve your goal!" Rong Xin said angrily on the side.

Xu Danying was speechless because of her words. Defei beside him suddenly burst into tears and said, "Your Majesty, I am really wronged! I don't understand why Xu Danying made up such nonsense to slander me!"

"Who slandered you!" Xu Danying refused to give in and angrily said, "If it weren't for your strong instigation, how could I have the courage to harm Concubine Xi! What's more hateful is that you even have a backup plan!"

She gnashed her teeth in hatred, "You have already bribed the maids around me. No matter whether the plan succeeds or not, once the plan is exposed, you will put the whole thing on my head and make me your scapegoat. You dream!"

Xu Danying's voice became louder and louder, and the last few sentences were almost shouted out.

Defei seemed to be annoyed by what was said. She suddenly raised her hand and wiped away her tears. She looked at Xu Danying and said coldly, "Since Xu Danying said that I was the one who sent you the message, it can't be that I went to tell you in person. Then tell me, who was the one who sent you the message?"

"Isn't it just..." Xu Danying looked at Cai Jing beside her, but before she said the name, she realized something was wrong.

She immediately turned her head to look at Concubine De, trembling with anger and hatred, "You are so cruel!"

Concubine De ignored her murderous look and cried to Huo Jinchi, "Your Majesty, she kept saying that it was I who sent her the message, but the one who sent the message was not someone in my palace, but someone close to her. Don't you think this is too absurd?"

Huo Jinchi remained silent throughout. After she finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Dezi who was standing beside him.

Xiao Dezi understood what she meant, walked to Caijing, grabbed her arms which were tied behind her back, lifted her up, and asked, "Did Concubine De tell you to pass on the message to Xu Danying?"

Because of this posture, Cai Jing's head tilted up uncontrollably, and her blood-stained face was full of pain, but she still tried to turn her head to look in the direction of Concubine De.

"No, no." She finally insisted on what she said before, "It was Xu Danying. It was Xu Danying who ordered me to do everything."

After getting the answer, Xiao Dezi let go of her, stood up, bowed to Huo Jinchi, and called him "Emperor", as if he would decide the outcome.

Xu Danying immediately wanted to turn around and beat Cai Jing, calling her a bitch and looking like he wanted to tear her apart alive, but he was stopped by the eunuch beside him.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this bitch has been bought by Concubine De. You can't trust her words, Your Majesty!"

She screamed miserably, but Huo Jinchi remained unmoved. Instead, he asked Xu An, "Have the people who went to search the palace maid returned?"

Xu An turned his head to look outside the hall, and happened to see a eunuch walking in quickly.

He walked quickly to the front of the palace and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, all the masters, we only found some common jewelry and clothes in Caijing, no suspicious items such as letters, and no valuables."

After hearing this, Huo Jinchi waved his hand to let him go, and then looked at Xu Danying, "You said she was bribed, but my people found nothing. Tell me, how was she bribed?"

He didn't know who was telling the truth between the two, but judging from what Xu agreed to confess, she was not innocent either!

Yunqin looked at Xu Danying, who was like a trapped beast, and knew in her heart that her situation was already hopeless.

She said that Cai Jing was bribed, but looking at her current situation, if she is not lying, then Cai Jing must be Defei's person.

It is still unknown when he was placed next to Xu Danying.

Xu Danying is also an old man in the Eastern Palace. Maybe he was placed by her side when he was still the emperor or the prince.

Xu Danying had not been pregnant for many years, so this chess piece had never been used. On the contrary, as time went by, she gradually gained Xu Danying's trust and became her trusted maid. Her outburst at this time dealt Xu Danying a fatal blow.

Cai Jing is working so hard, either she has some leverage over Concubine De, or she is one of her trusted followers.

But no matter whether it is the former or the latter, since it was planted there, its origin must be clean and cannot be traced to Concubine De.

What a pity.

Yun Qin sighed in her heart, and she had a feeling that this matter might not be over yet.

Sure enough, since all the evidence points to Xu Danying, it can be confirmed to a certain extent that she did it, so there are some questions that Huo Jinchi cannot help but ask.

"I found out that the eunuch was originally a servant of Kong Cainu. Why would he work for you?"

The reason why he kept Kong Cainv until now was to find out the mastermind behind her. Faced with the sudden clues, he would naturally not miss them.

"What Kong Cainv? I have no idea what the emperor is talking about!" Xu Danying continued to struggle and answered loudly.

Huo Jinchi frowned slightly, looked at the eunuch and said coldly: "You tell me!"

"Didn't you hear what the emperor said? Why don't you speak quickly!" The eunuch shrank immediately after being yelled at by Xiao Dezi.

Almost subconsciously, he said, "I once served Kong Cainv and was considered her confidant. I knew that she had been working for a noble. After Kong Cainv got into trouble, I was lucky enough to escape because I was inconspicuous. Later, I was assigned to be with Concubine Xi."

"I originally thought I could do my job peacefully, but Cai Jing suddenly came to my house one day and said that although Cai Nu was arrested, we still had to do our work, so she asked me to work for Xu Danying. Not long after, she gave me a bag of pebbles..."

What happened afterwards was exactly as he had previously explained.

As he continued his story, Xu An submitted another confession, which also had a blood-red palm print on it. It was obvious that he had said these words before, which was why it was so smooth this time.