Xiao Yan looked down at Concubine Xu and threw the incense stick in front of her. "Concubine, the imperial physician said that this incense stick contains safflower and cinnabar. I handed over the power of the palace to you, and this is how you manage it?"
Mrs. Xu's back stiffened when she saw the incense sticks. How could they be discovered so quickly?!
Concubine Xu had been invading the harem for many years, and she slowly smiled, "I wonder what Your Majesty is talking about?"
Xiao Yan was not in a hurry. His face was stern and his voice was piercing. "Come here, lock up all the palace maids and eunuchs in Changle Palace in the Ministry of Punishment and torture them thoroughly. Make sure to interrogate me thoroughly."
Concubine Xu was stunned for a moment and looked at Xiao Yan in disbelief.
Your Majesty actually sent her people to the Ministry of Punishment for the Queen's sake, without any evidence at all. This is clearly a slap in her face!
But only about an hour.
The Ministry of Punishment reported, "Your Majesty, Concubine Xu's personal maid Qiuju is willing to confess!"
Soon, two eunuchs dragged up Qiu Ju, who was beaten half to death. Qiu Ju endured the pain and reluctantly bowed, telling her everything that Concubine Xu had done.
"The noble lady instructed the servants to secretly put safflower and cinnabar into the incense sticks..."
Before Qiuju could finish her words, Concubine Xu glared at her fiercely and pleaded, "Your Majesty, she has clearly been bribed and wants to drag me into this! Your Majesty..."
Xiao Yan glanced at Concubine Xu coldly, full of warning.
When Concubine Xu saw Xiao Yan's impatient and disgusted look, her throat seemed to be strangled and she could not make any sound. She sat down on the ground with her whole body limp.
His Majesty...
He was tired of her.
Qiu Ju took a deep breath and continued, "...Even the Empress's little prince was drowned in the Taiye Lake at the behest of the Imperial Concubine, including the concubines..."
Xiao Yan was furious, his face filled with hatred and displeasure. "Announce my decree. Imperial Concubine Xu has failed to demonstrate her virtue as a woman and has attempted to murder the heir to the throne. She deserves death. Her authority as assistant to the six palaces will be stripped away, she will be demoted to the position of a dresser, and banished to the cold palace, where she will never be allowed to leave."
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