"Your Majesty, please help me! This witchcraft doll has so many silver needles stuck in it, no wonder I can't rest in peace every day. Your Majesty is so cruel!"
Shui Ling's tears rolled down her cheeks. She knelt on the ground helplessly, sobbing, her eyes red from crying.
She looked at the emperor with pity and grievance, waiting for him to support her.
However, the emperor remained unmoved. Instead, he looked cold and frowned, as if he was thinking about something.
"Oh my god, one of these voodoo dolls even has the Queen Mother's name written on it!"
The virtuous concubine deliberately leaned over to take a look at the voodoo doll in the empress dowager's hand, then screamed exaggeratedly and knelt down.
She looked at Shen Mingyue in disbelief: "Sister, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person! Although the Queen Mother is harsh and doesn't get along with you. But you can't curse her to death!"
"Who said that Ai Jia and the Imperial Concubine are at odds? This matter has not been thoroughly investigated yet, so don't jump to conclusions."
The Queen Mother casually threw the voodoo doll into the box and suppressed her anger.
"Empress Dowager, the voodoo dolls are all here! The imperial concubine not only wants to harm me, she also wants to harm you!" Shui Ling cried in dissatisfaction.
The Queen Mother snorted coldly, "If this witchcraft really worked, I would have died eight hundred times already, and the grass on my grave would probably be three feet high!"
The moment the Queen Mother saw the voodoo doll, she was furious.
But after hearing Su Qiqi's true feelings, she reacted instantly.
In fact, Shen Mingyue simply disdained to use such a crude and ineffective method to curse her.
Shen Mingyue is a martial arts expert. If you really want to kill her, wouldn't it be faster and more accurate to just attack her directly?
The virtuous concubine's trick of framing others is too low-level.
But if she hadn't heard Su Qiqi's inner voice, if she hadn't discovered the true face of Concubine Xian, she would probably have been deceived by Concubine Xian and would have to punish Shen Mingyue.
Thinking of this, the Queen Mother raised her eyes and looked at Shen Mingyue: "Bring Qiqi here, I will hold her for a while."
"yes."
Shen Mingyue didn't know what the Queen Mother wanted to do, but she still obediently carried Su Qiqi over and handed her to the Queen Mother.
Xian Fei said unwillingly, "The Empress Dowager is blessed by the royal ancestors, so naturally those dirty creatures dare not approach. But the person who practiced witchcraft had a vicious mind and almost killed Sister Shui Ling!"
Shui Ling nodded in agreement: "That's right, our ancestors were always too busy! If the imperial concubine dares to harm me today, she will dare to harm the prince tomorrow and the emperor the day after tomorrow!"
"Mother, you are wise. My sister-in-law would never do such a useless and stupid thing."
Seeing that Shen Mingyue was at a disadvantage, Lu Qingyuan quickly stood up to speak for Shen Mingyue.
"This box was given to me by my fourth brother. I never opened it and had no idea it contained such a disturbing thing! If the Imperial Grandmother wants to punish me, please do so. This matter has nothing to do with my mother."
Lu Hongxuan knelt in front of the empress dowager, looking like he had done something wrong and was willing to be beaten.
"You deserve to be punished. Kneel down and reflect on your mistakes."
The Queen Mother said this, then ordered, "Zhao Xu, go to Yuxiu Palace and bring the Fourth Prince and the First Princess here. Don't say anything, I will question them myself later."
"yes."
Zhao Xu responded and ran out immediately.
The virtuous concubine clenched her fists and said in a tense voice, "Yue'er and the Third Prince are brothers. They often study and practice calligraphy together. It's normal for them to occasionally give each other small gifts, but you can't put the blame on Yue'er just because of this, right?"
The Queen Mother's voice was cold and distant: "I will know who is right and who is wrong after a quick investigation."
Su Qiqi snuggled in the empress dowager's arms, chattering and complaining non-stop.
[Alas, thankfully the Queen Mother is here. If we investigate carefully, we should be able to find some clues, right? I wonder if we can clear the Imperial Concubine's name.]
[In the original plot, when Concubine Xian framed Lu Hongxuan, the Imperial Concubine died, the Empress Dowager went mad, and the Emperor was also mentally unstable. Ten-year-old Lu Hongxuan was forced to take the blame...]
[It wasn't until more than ten years later that the emperor discovered that the voodoo doll was made of ramie fabric. Lu Hongxuan and the imperial concubine were allergic to ramie, and they would break out in rashes when touched...]
[Alas, belated family affection is worth less than grass. The emperor apologized but Lu Hongxuan refused to accept it. In the end, the emperor was so angry that he vomited blood...]
[Tsk tsk tsk, a little pitiful, and a little deserved! ]
Shen Mingyue listened carefully to Su Qiqi's chatter and sorted out all the useful information in her mind.
She turned around, picked up the voodoo doll in the box and looked at it carefully.
Well, the little guy was right, it was indeed ramie cloth.
"What are you doing? Do you want to destroy the evidence?" Shui Ling stared at Shen Mingyue warily.
The virtuous concubine feigned kindness and advised, "Sister Noble Concubine, knowing your mistakes is the best way to improve. If you sincerely admit your mistakes and apologize, the Queen Mother will surely forgive you."
Shen Mingyue ignored her and presented the two voodoo dolls to the Queen Mother. "Queen Mother, if I'm not mistaken, these should be made of ramie cloth, right?"
The Empress Dowager glanced at it and nodded, "Ramstone is moisture-wicking and breathable, lightweight and precious. Last year, Lingchuan made its first tribute, a total of four bolts. I kept one, and the remaining four were awarded to the Imperial Concubine, the Virtuous Concubine, and the criminal Zhang."
The criminal Zhang was Concubine Jing, whose entire clan had already been executed.
Of course, this voodoo doll cannot be related to Concubine Jing.
Obviously, the person who makes the voodoo doll is the one holding the ramie cloth.
so……
Everyone's eyes fell on Concubine Xian.
The virtuous concubine was a little flustered.
Damn Dongmei! There are so many fabrics in the closet, why did she choose to use ramie to make voodoo dolls? She's more likely to cause trouble than help!
Dongmei, who was behind Concubine Xian, was filled with regret.
When she was making the voodoo doll, she was afraid that other fabrics would be too conspicuous, so she specifically found a small, inconspicuous piece of cloth at the bottom of the cabinet, but she didn't expect that it would backfire.
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