Luo Lan rubbed the mung beans with his fingers, then raised his eyebrows and said:
"I just looked at this mung bean. It has a mark left by that person."
After saying this, she blinked a few times cunningly, looked at Leng Yu, and said seriously:
"My husband, have someone make a wooden box with a hole just big enough for a hand. Put some mung beans in it, then blindfold everyone and have them touch the beans. I'll then compare the fingerprints left on the beans with the ones in my hand, and I'll know who the culprit is."
After saying this, she winked at Leng Yu, who nodded in understanding. He whispered something to Xiao Lingzi and told him to prepare mung beans.
The Emperor saw this and waved his hand with a serious expression, saying:
"Since we are going to investigate, then we must investigate thoroughly. Pass on my order that everyone present, whether they are princes, concubines, or ministers who are watching the excitement, as long as they have been here recently, must be investigated together."
Hearing this, everyone held their breath and dared not speak.
After a while, everyone except the emperor, Luo Lan, and Leng Yu were blindfolded. Xiao Lingzi held a wooden box covered with a black cloth and stood in front of Leng Yu to ask,
"Your Majesty, shall we begin?"
Leng Yu looked at Luo Lan from the side. Luo Lan looked at the people standing in rows and nodded to Xiao Lingzi.
"Now go over there and have everyone put their hands in and touch the green beans. No one can remove the blindfold until everyone has touched them."
After receiving the order, Xiao Lingzi came to Leng Xi first. Leng Xi was a little dismissive of this. Would he harm his own child? However, his father's words did not allow him to refute, so he reached into the wooden box and rubbed the mung beans vigorously.
Next is Leng Ming, then Imperial Concubine Li, Imperial Concubine Chang...
Although this matter was done by the order of Concubine Chang, she did not do it herself, so she was not worried about being discovered. However, she just gave a wink to Nanny Yu, and she didn't know whether she could see it.
In this way, these people put their hands into the wooden box one by one, kneaded the mung beans for a while, and then took their hands out.
The emperor looked at everyone with a serious expression. Leng Yu's eyes were cold and fierce, while Luo Lan stared at every hand that touched the Green Bean Man.
After a while, Xiao Lingzi came back with a wooden box.
"Princess, I've touched you all, what should I do now?"
Luo Lan twitched the corner of his mouth and shouted to everyone:
"Now, everyone, please stretch out your hands that have touched the mung beans. Let me see your hands..."
Hearing this, Leng Xi raised his head and was the first to stretch out his hand. Luo Lan could clearly see that there were marks left by green paint on his hand.
She looked at them one by one, and without exception, all of them had green paint on their hands, but when she walked in front of Nanny Yu, she found that her hands were very smooth and there was no paint at all.
She suddenly snorted coldly and said to Xiao Lingzi:
"Tie up this nun."
Hearing this, everyone panicked. Xiao Lingzi and his men dragged Nanny Yu before the Emperor and removed the mask from her eyes. She panicked and cried out in injustice:
"Princess Yu, what are you doing? I don't have anything on my hands. You can't accuse a good person."
Luo Lan came up to her, looked at her hands that were as smooth as a wall, and said to Xiao Lingzi:
"Let everyone take off the blindfolds!"
After hearing this, everyone pulled down the cloth, and one of the palace maids exclaimed:
"My hands...why are my hands green?"
Seeing this, the others also exclaimed in surprise that their hands had turned green. Leng Xi looked at his green hands and his brows were immediately twisted into a knot.
Luo Lan held his waist with one hand and said to the emperor:
"Father, everyone's hands are green, proving that they have all touched the mung beans. However, Nanny Yu's hands are not stained with green at all, proving that she didn't touch the mung beans at all. This is enough to show that she has something to hide and doesn't dare to touch them. Therefore, she must have put the mung beans there."
Hearing this, Nanny Yu suddenly became a little flustered. Concubine Chang frowned and said nothing. She wanted to wait and see how the situation developed before making any plans.
The emperor suddenly shouted,
"Madam Yu, you are so bold that you actually dared to harm Princess Xi. Tell me, who told you to do this?"
Hearing this, Concubine Li showed a hint of pride, and when she looked at Concubine Chang, she had a gloating expression on her face.
Seeing that the matter could no longer be concealed, Yu Ma hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy:
"Your Majesty, this is my fault. I accidentally spilled the mung beans I was preparing for porridge, and it caused Princess Xi to fall. I was wrong, please punish me, Your Majesty."
"Stop talking nonsense."
Concubine Li suddenly took two steps forward and shouted sternly:
"Before the flower viewing banquet began, I ordered every inch of the back garden to be cleaned. Not to mention these mung beans, even a single hair was cleared away. Yet you said you used these mung beans to make porridge? What are you doing in the Imperial Garden making porridge? It's obvious that you did this on purpose. Tell me, who told you to do this?"
Concubine Li was eager for her to say that it was Concubine Chang who ordered her to do so, but Nanny Yu had followed Concubine Chang for more than ten years after all. How could she possibly betray her master?
So, she gritted her teeth and replied directly:
"Yes, I spilled those mung beans on purpose. I wanted Princess Xi and Princess Yu to fall and have a miscarriage..."
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