Chapter 034 Chapter 34
Chapter 34
The support was placed on the table next to Yan Shiyu, and the cloth bag with new mud on it could not be fake.
His black eyes looked towards Ruan Jun, but he saw an expression of grievance on her little face. Her almond-shaped eyes were filled with tears, and she bit her lips stubbornly to prevent the tears from rolling down.
Shen Chongyi knelt down and grabbed the hem of Yan Shiyu's clothes, crying uncontrollably, saying, "Your Majesty, the little princess is still so young, but someone used such a cruel method, really wanting to take the little princess' life, and also wanting to take my life."
Concubine Shu knelt beside Shen Chongyi, holding her with her hands, and said, "Even if my sister is on guard, she can't stop someone with a vicious heart. This vicious woman will naturally attack innocent children."
Yan Shiyu looked at Concubine Shu and Shen Chongyi with cold eyes, and Concubine Shu immediately shut up and didn't say another word.
Shen Chongyi sobbed and almost fainted from sadness.
The Queen couldn't help but frown and said, "Although the things were found in Ying Cairen's palace, it can't be proved that Ying Cairen did it."
Yu Ronghua felt a spring breeze on her face, and she couldn't hide the pride in her eyes as she said, "The Queen is too kind to Ying Cairen. She found it from Ying Cairen, and under her nose, is there anyone who could hide it from the whole palace and put it in?"
The queen looked at Yu Ronghua sternly, but Yu Ronghua had nothing to be afraid of and lowered her head in a pretentious manner.
At this time, Concubine De noticed a palace maid in the kitchen who was looking around, wanting to say something but stopping herself, and specifically reminded Yan Shiyu.
Yan Shiyu knocked on the table and Wei Maoyuan hurriedly took the things off the table.
"What do you know?"
The maid was so scared that she trembled all over and said, "Ms. Yingcai's meals are packed in a food box by me every day, and then taken away by Tingxu, a maid beside her. Recently, Ms. Yingcai wanted to eat hotpot every day, so the kitchen prepared all kinds of hotpots. It happened that five days ago, Tingxu saw another hotpot next to her, so she asked me who it belonged to. She also opened the lid and took a look. When she found out that it belonged to the little princess, she hurriedly took Ms. Yingcai's meals and left."
The De Fei's voice was a little colder than usual. She said, "That doesn't prove that Ying Cairen did it."
The maid shrank back and said, "Yes, but I saw it and I have to tell you the truth."
Concubine Shu said something without any context, "Concubine De really loves the concubines. She even speaks up for the concubines suspected of murdering the heir to the throne."
"Shut up!" Yan Shiyu shouted, looking at Ruan Yun, his voice was not as cold as before, "You stand up first."
Shen Chongyi was stunned and looked at Yan Shiyu in disbelief, "Your Majesty..."
Seeing Ruan Yun kneeling on the ground without moving, she turned around and said with tears in her eyes, "Sister, you know that on that day in Zichen Palace, you forgot to take the little princess to the front of the enemy, so you let me freeze outside. The little princess is still young and doesn't know etiquette. Do you want to be so cruel and put the little princess to death?"
Ruan Jun's face was full of calmness, with no other expression. There was a hint of coldness on her face, and her fingertips, hidden under her sleeves, were tightly clenched into her palms.
Yan Shiyu's words just now had already made his attitude clear. Yuan Baolin suddenly said, "Didn't the maid in the kitchen say that she saw the maid next to Ying Cairen open the little princess's food box? Why not send it to the Ministry of Punishment? Maybe we can get an answer."
Seeing this, Tingxu was about to stand up, but was held down by Ruan Yun. Her face was fragile, yet unusually firm. She only turned her head slightly to the side. She had been kneeling for too long, and her whole body was leaning on Tingxu. She said, "If it is really as Yuan Baolin said, whoever enters the Ministry of Punishment and is tortured will get nothing he wants."
Yan Shiyu felt annoyed when he saw Ruan Jun kneeling on the ground and being reluctant to get up. He didn't know what she was insisting on. She didn't even care about her own body. She thought the cold air entering her body was not enough!
He strode over, placed his big hand directly in front of Ruan Yun, and said in a deep voice: "Stand up."
Ruan Yun turned her face to the other side, and the tears she had been holding back just now began to fall. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said awkwardly, "I can't get up. I am going to be wrongly killed by them."
Yan Shiyu's eyebrows twitched, and his words were tough. He looked at Ruan Yun with cold eyes. His voice seemed to roll through the wine, but it fell into Ruan Yun's ears very clearly, "I believe you."
Shen Chongyi ignored the rules and stood stupidly aside. He quickly came to his senses and said in a sad voice: "Your Majesty, the hemp leaves were found in Ying Cairen's palace. Xin'er is still lying on the bed unconscious. How can Your Majesty believe Ying Cairen's one-sided words!"
Ruan Jun placed her soft hand in Yan Shiyu's big palm. Without looking up, she could tell that his deep eyes were on her. Her heart was in a state of panic. She didn't say anything, but was wondering who was able to enter Ruiyu Pavilion and who had the reason to harm her, making her an enemy of Shen Chongyi. However, she didn't expect Yan Shiyu's words to clear her of suspicion first.
Yan Shiyu glanced at Shen Chongyi coldly and said, "Does it mean that whoever found it must have committed the murder?"
Everyone was still in shock from Yan Shiyu's actions just now. Everyone knew that the emperor disliked artificial women the most. And in such a situation, when Yingcai was angry with the emperor, there were countless people waiting to see her make a fool of herself, but the emperor personally helped Yingcai up. No one knew whether they should be jealous or what.
Ruan Yun pulled Yan Shiyu's sleeve and said with a nasal tone, "Those things are not mine."
When facing Shen Chongyi, Ruan Yun changed her expression, with a little determination in her almond eyes, "That day I didn't feel resentful because Shen Chongyi and the little princess were in there. The little princess was still young. Could it be that I should be angry with her? The little princess fell into the water in Taiye Lake, and I was the one who rescued her. Shen Chongyi's words are really unfounded."
Yu Ronghua immediately said: "Who knows if that is your way of seducing the emperor!"
The queen said in a stern voice: "How dare you! You are becoming even more unruly now."
Ruan Yun's words made people think in another direction. If you think about it carefully, she is now in the emperor's favor, so why would she take the risk to poison the little princess? After all, she is not a fool.
Wen Yunu knelt in front of Yan Shiyu and pleaded for Ruan Yun, "Your Majesty, Sister Ying is definitely not such a person. How could she do such a thing? Please understand clearly."
Yan Shiyu winked at Wei Maoyuan, who led his men to restrain the maid who had just been guarding the kitchen, and asked, "Did you see clearly that it was Tingxu beside Lady Ying who opened the little princess's food box?"
The maid hesitated for a moment, then said, "Yes."
Yan Shiyu looked at the palace maid coldly and said, "Drag her away. When she tells the truth, we will release her."
The incident happened so suddenly that even the maid herself was not prepared. The guards held the maid down and tried to take her away. When the maid passed by Yuan Baolin, she suddenly grabbed Yuan Baolin's clothes and said, "Yuan Baolin, you can't do this to me. You said you would protect me."
Yuan Baolin hurriedly pulled out her dress, slapped the maid fiercely, pointed at her and said, "How dare you slander me? You are full of nonsense and deceived the emperor. You are really bold."
The maid's eyes were filled with disbelief for a moment, but she smiled sadly and said, "I worked for you, but you didn't want me to die. If that's the case, why should I cover up for you?"
Turning around, the maid knelt down and said, "Yuan Baolin ordered me to do all this."
The Queen asked sternly, "Is everything you said true?"
When the maid raised her head, she looked neither humble nor arrogant, and said, "I dare not deceive the emperor. Yuan Baolin found me one day and gave me fifty taels of silver. I dared not accept it, but Yuan Baolin threatened me with my relatives outside the palace. I had no choice but to secretly put hemp leaves in the little princess's food. Today, he said such a thing again." She looked at Yuan Baolin with hatred in her eyes, "The fifty taels of silver were all in the ear room, and I didn't touch them at all. At that time, I was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so I secretly took a silver hairpin from Yuan Baolin and put it together with the silver. If the queen doesn't believe it, you can ask people to search."
The eunuch Zeqin who was beside the empress led people to the palace and found Yuan Baolin's silver hairpin and fifty taels of silver in the palace maid's side room.
Yan Shiyu threw the things in front of Yuan Baolin, "What else do you have to say!"
Yuan Baolin looked around in panic, his eyes sliding across everyone's faces, finally landing on Concubine Shu's face.
Concubine Shu took a step back subconsciously, quickly steadied herself and said, "Why are you looking at me? Did I ask you to do this?"
Yan Shiyu's dark eyes were also fixed on Concubine Shu, who said with a face full of grievance: "How can the emperor not trust me? The emperor has seen my love for the little princess over the years."
The palace was completely silent. Ruan Yun looked at Yuan Baolin thoughtfully. If it was really Yuan Baolin who did it, who put the broken hemp leaves in the backyard? Now there was probably only one possibility, that is, someone in Ruiyu Pavilion had done something dishonest and colluded with the outsiders. Moreover, she didn't believe that Yuan Baolin could do it alone. The maids in the kitchen were all very loyal. How could they be easily bribed? That's why Yuan Baolin looked at Concubine Shu just now...
Ruan Yun looked at Yan Shiyu hesitantly. Yan Shiyu lowered his black eyes slightly, and his expression became less salty and indifferent. He said to Concubine Shu: "I know."
The Queen then asked Yuan Baolin, "Is there someone behind you who is instructing you?"
This time Yuan Baolin shook her head quickly and smiled bitterly, "No, it was because I hated Yingcai that I did this. It was I who had people bury the broken hemp leaves in the backyard of Ruiyu Pavilion, and it was I who bought the palace maids in Tongyu Kitchen."
Ruan Jun looked at Yuan Baolin and felt that her words were full of loopholes, even she could see them. She didn't believe that the emperor didn't hear something wrong. Now it all depended on whether the emperor was willing to continue investigating and let the truth come out.
The queen looked embarrassed, "Your Majesty..."
Yan Shiyu lifted the curtain slightly, his eyes fixed on Yuan Baolin, "Baolin Yuan is plotting to murder the heir to the throne, and is being banished to the cold palace, never to be summoned again!"
The corners of Ruan Jun's lips twitched. It seemed that this was the only way today's events would end.
Yan Shiyu strode out of Yuechun Palace. Ruan Yun had a sullen face but didn't move. Yan Shiyu turned around and said clearly, "You leave with me."
Ruan Jun had no choice but to follow Yan Shiyu under everyone's gaze.
The queen stood up and saw her off respectfully. She looked at the maid in the kitchen with disgust and ordered Ran Xia, "Leave her body intact and send her back home."
Shen Chongyi's body went limp and she sat completely on the ground. Concubine Shu looked at Yuan Baolin with disgust. He was so hateful. How dare this bastard bite her!
Yan Shiyu stood not far away and reached out his hand to Ruan Yun, but Ruan Yun said sullenly, "I dare not. I am already a thorn in the eyes of the people in the palace. How dare I do this to the emperor?"
With his eyebrows furrowed, Yan Shiyu grabbed Ruan Yun's face unhappily and said, "You are still angry with me."
Ruan Yun stepped back to avoid Yan Shiyu's hand, but he grabbed her waist and she could not move. Ruan Yun said angrily: "Everyone in the palace bullies me. I said that even if I stay in Ruiyu Pavilion all day and don't go out, there will still be trouble."
Yan Shiyu looked at Ruan Yun's frustrated expression, stroked her cheek, took the cloak from Ting Xu's hand and gently placed it on Ruan Yun's shoulders:
"I will protect you."
Ruan Yun eventually went up to the imperial carriage with Yan Shiyu. Sitting in the carriage, she was in a bad mood. Yan Shiyu rubbed her earlobe and said, "I haven't punished you yet, but you have a bad temper."
Ruan Yun quickly turned aside and said in a sweet voice, "What have I done wrong?"
Yan Shiyu lazily sat back and said, "How did the hemp leaves get into the backyard of Ruiyu Pavilion? Is this how you discipline the palace maids?"
Ruan Jun buried her face in Yan Shiyu's chest, "Your Majesty has wronged me again."
Then, after hearing Yan Shiyu's words, Ruan Yun blushed from her earlobes to her heels:
"I have found a new string of pearls for you."
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