"Let's talk about the second piece of evidence." Li Yuebai took a deep breath, and then pointed to the letter.

A few days ago, he ordered someone to hand over the letter to the empress in front of a group of eunuchs and maids. It is said that the empress burst into tears after reading it.

This also became the fuse for Concubine Shan to decide to frame them.

However, no one, whether it was Concubine Shan, Shan Lan or anyone else, had read the contents of the letter.

The letter had always been kept in the empress's jewelry box, which was locked tightly. It was only during the search just now that the emperor, in a fit of rage, ordered the eunuchs to smash the jewelry box and only then did they take out the letter.

"Your Majesty, please read this letter carefully." Li Yuebai said.

The emperor unfolded the letter with a look of relief.

The handwriting was not from anyone else but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

This is a letter from the prince to the queen.

Teacher Bai often holds parent-teacher meetings and guides students in writing letters home every day, so he is naturally very familiar with this kind of thing.

Although the content of the letter does not show off its literary talent, every word is sincere and tear-jerking.

After reading the letter, the emperor handed it to Shan Lan and Shan Fei, and their expressions were very interesting.

"This...this...how could this be..." Shan Lan had already cursed in her heart, but she still had to keep a straight face.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was concerned about the Empress, so he wrote a letter and asked me to pass it on." Li Yuebai said solemnly, "When I passed it on, I didn't want to hide it from others, thinking that as long as I was open and aboveboard, I wouldn't attract criticism. I didn't expect... I was careless."

Who would have guessed? Who would have guessed that this damn mother and son would be in the same room and write letters, and that the letters would be delivered by Yun Leshi! Unbelievable! This is a conspiracy, it must be their conspiracy!

Concubine Shan was furious, but because she was pretending to be sick, she had to maintain a sad and weak expression. She exclaimed softly, "This is strange. I heard that the Crown Prince has been living in Yuanheng Palace these days and has met the Empress every day. Why did he need Master Yun to help convey a letter?"

"This matter should not be explained by outsiders, but as an outsider, I have no choice but to intervene." Li Yuebai said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now seventeen years old, which is the age of stubbornness. Although the mother and son have a close relationship, they are unwilling to communicate in person, so I have to ask someone to do it for me."

Middle school boys and rebellious teenagers have always been the same since ancient times. I have never heard of a boy who is so embarrassed as to say sweet words to his parents at the age of seventeen. Even if he really wants to express his feelings, he will definitely do it in a very awkward way. This explanation makes perfect sense.

Concubine Shan was so angry that she cursed many times in her heart, but she couldn't refute it.

But it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if this evidence is gone! The most important thing is the Ten Fragrance Words! As long as the Ten Fragrance Words are still there, it will be enough to overthrow the Queen!

"How is Master Yun going to excuse himself for the matter of the Ten Fragrance Lyrics?" Shan Lan said angrily.

"I don't know about this matter. You should ask the people around the Empress." Li Yuebai looked at the door of the main hall through the screen: "Just now, the Empress's personal maid Ruyi has gone to get the red paper poem. It's time for her to bring it back now, right?"

"The Empress is here!" When Ruyi heard Li Yuebai's voice, she walked out of the main hall with small steps, carefully holding a piece of red paper in her hand.

When Shan Lan and Shan Fei saw the red paper, they were immediately shocked!

"How could it be! How could this piece of red paper--Ah!" Just as Shan Lan cried out in surprise, Shan Fei covered her mouth.

"Why did the queen stop Madam Shan Lan from speaking?" Li Yuebai sighed with pretended regret: "Are you worried that Madam Shan Lan would say something inappropriate?"

Concubine Shan had a calm expression, but she couldn't hide her doubts.

"Can I borrow this red paper poem to have a look?" Li Yuebai asked.

The emperor first took the red paper from Ruyi and looked through it. The red paper was thin and transparent, and the words on it were written in yellow-white ink, which was very special.

Several great scholars came forward to identify it, and they all acknowledged: This is the "Ten Fragrance Poems" that we just translated, word for word.

After identifying it, Eunuch An carefully handed the red paper poem to Li Yuebai and instructed: "Master Yun, please do not destroy the evidence. His Majesty and we have seen it. It is too late for you to play tricks now."

Li Yuebai took it carefully, holding the red paper with her slender fingers, and did not dare to make any unnecessary movements. After taking a closer look, she smiled and said, "Empress Shan and Madam Shan Lan must be confused. They think that the red paper poem should not appear here, but should have been burned to ashes long ago."

"What do you mean?"

"The Empress did not lie. Last night, it was Concubine Shan who brought this red paper to give as a gift and asked the Empress to copy it." Li Yuebai said, "And Concubine Shan has already determined that by today, this red paper will burn into ashes and cannot be found anywhere!"

"What a joke." Concubine Shan's face turned pale. "Master Yun, please stop slandering me. I don't know any witchcraft or magic, and I can't call the wind and rain. How can I make a piece of paper burn to ashes?"

"Because this is not ordinary paper, nor is it ordinary ink." Li Yuebai said: "The paper is soaked in red wax, and this yellow-white ink is phosphorus powder."

"Phosphorus powder?" Eunuch An was puzzled.

"Phosphorus powder is extremely flammable," said the Grand Maester. "If placed under the scorching sun in summer, it will catch fire on its own!"

"But, but it's winter now!" Shan Lan argued.

"It is winter, so you held the red paper in your hands and put it in your sleeves all the way to deliver it to the Queen, and it did not burn even when you copied it for her." Li Yuebai said, "But, Concubine Shan probably already expected that after the Queen finished copying, she would put it in a warm place, such as next to the brazier."

"Yes." Ruyi hurried forward and reported: "The Queen has a habit of putting the newly obtained poems on the bedside before going to bed every day!"

"What about the bedside?"

"There is a heater and an incense burner next to the bed, both are burning all night long." Ruyi said anxiously, "If your majesty doesn't believe me, you can go and take a look at the bed."

It is true.

"Ordinary paper, ordinary objects, placed next to the heater will only be slightly heated, nothing will happen." Li Yuebai said: "But that piece of red paper will definitely burn into ash!"

"Among all the palaces, Concubine Shan knows the Empress' habits best." Ruyi raised her eyes, her face showing grief and anger: "Every night before going to bed, Concubine Shan would come to pay her respects and see everything! The placement of objects, even the type of incense in the incense burner, apart from the servants, Concubine Shan knows the most!"

Shan Lan immediately felt her hands and feet go cold. That's right, that's right. She was seen through by this Yun Leshi! The red wax paper and phosphorus powder and ink were all prepared by Zhao Ne. There were many strange things like these in the Tai Shi Mansion. They were very accurate in framing people, but they were all seen through!

"No." Concubine Shan showed an extremely innocent smile. Although she had been seen through, she was sharp enough to grasp the point of turning the tables: "My sister and I have never seen this red paper."

"Never seen it?"

"Yes, I haven't seen it." After saying these three words, Concubine Shan became more certain in her heart.

Last night, she took out the red paper poem after the Queen had dismissed all the servants. No one could prove that she had ever given the Queen the red paper poem.

"Yes, yes!" Shan Lan also hurriedly agreed: "We don't know what this is!"

"Empress Shan is right!" Huanxiang also reacted and quickly argued, "Perhaps the queen prepared this red paper poem herself, and now she is using it to frame Empress Shan!"

Concubine Shan breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on her lips.

But she didn't laugh for long.

"Unfortunately." Li Yuebai smiled and said, "Today, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was talking to me, he mentioned that the Queen was not feeling well last night, and after receiving the red paper poems sent by the two of you, she did not copy them down at all!"

"No copy?" Shan Lan was shocked: "Then the Ten Fragrance Poems written in black and white on the paper that Your Majesty found is..."

"Then it must have been done by someone else." Li Yuebai said with a smile.

The emperor was shocked and hurriedly ordered people to compare the handwriting. Sure enough, the handwriting was not that of the empress at all!

The Empress's handwriting is elegant and graceful, while Shixiangci's handwriting is steady, heavy and simple.

"That was written by someone ordered by the Queen. Of course, one cannot expose one's handwriting when engaging in an affair!" Huanxiang shouted hurriedly.

"Do you know who copied this?" The queen sneered.

"Who? It must be one of the queen's maids or eunuchs." Shan Lan sneered, "It's not uncommon for someone to copy erotic poems for their master."

"I wrote it myself." A cough was heard in the main hall, and an old lady came out. She was short, with silver hair and wrinkled face, but she had a dignified demeanor and dressed solemnly, which made people respect her.

"Madame Sun?" Even the emperor had to show some courtesy to her: "Why are you here?"

Nanny Sun is the Empress Dowager's personal maid. She has followed the Empress Dowager since she was in her teens. She has been in the palace for many years and is highly respected. Now the Empress Dowager worships Buddha every day and does not care about worldly affairs. All affairs are taken care of by Nanny Sun.

"Why am I here?" Grandma Sun tapped the cane in her hand and snorted, "If it weren't for me, the queen would have been framed!"

"Last night was the Lantern Festival. The Queen Mother went to worship Buddha and went to bed early, so the Queen Mother invited Madam Sun to come to Yuanheng Palace to give a talk." Ruyi said, "While she was talking, unexpectedly, Concubine Shan came. Madam Sun was old and didn't want to get up to greet her, so the Queen Mother ordered someone to set up a screen and let Madam Sun sit behind it, and she went to greet Concubine Shan herself."

Concubine Shan shuddered, and her face turned pale in an instant.

Last night, she thought she was flawless, but she didn't expect that there was a bystander hiding behind the screen!

Nanny Sun had been trained in the palace for many years, and she could breathe and move quietly without making any sound, and was not discovered at all.

"After the Queen dismissed the servants, I was still behind the screen and saw it clearly." Nanny Sun sneered, "Concubine Shan took out a piece of red paper and handed it to the Queen. The Queen said she would copy it carefully, and Concubine Shan was very satisfied."

"This poem... was copied by Nanny Sun?" The emperor still found it unbelievable.

"Yes, after Concubine Shan left, the Queen brought the red paper poem to me and asked me to help copy it." Nanny Sun said, "The Queen always copied it herself, why did she ask me to help this time? I was also very skeptical, but the Queen said that we should be on guard against others, so I agreed."

"This...this..." No matter how eloquent Shan Lan and Huan Xiang were, they dared not accuse Nanny Sun of lying.

"I thought I was just copying a poem left by Wu Zidao for the Empress, but I didn't expect it to be such a filthy thing!" Madam Sun was furious: "I saw Concubine Shan hand the red paper poem to the Empress with my own eyes, how could it be false?"

Grandma Sun is highly respected and everyone admires her character.

"Concubine Shan, how dare you frame the Empress?" The Emperor cast a stern look at Concubine Shan.

"I dare not! I dare not! I just... forgot everything!" Concubine Shan quickly apologized with tears in her eyes: "Yes, it's all because of Baiwangsan that I can't remember anything! I didn't frame the queen!"

"Your Majesty, even if Concubine Shan was wrong about the red paper poem, what about Baiwang Powder?" Shan Lan was unyielding: "Concubine Shan drank two cups of tea at the Queen's place, and was poisoned by Baiwang Powder when she came back. Is the Queen really completely innocent?"

"The crime of poisoning is serious, so we must carefully investigate it." Li Yuebai said seriously, "We will know who poisoned us once we investigate."

When Ruyi heard what he said, she clapped her hands quickly and called out to the main hall.

In the main hall, several maids brought out a table with two cups of tea on it. There was still a little water left in the cups and tea leaves at the bottom.

Concubine Shan was in despair again.

That was exactly the tea she drank at the Queen's place last night!

The queen always loved cleanliness, and once the guests left, she would immediately order people to pour out the tea dregs and clean the teacups. Even if she had planned everything, she could not have imagined that last night, the queen actually left the teacups on the table as they were, untouched!

Of course she couldn't guess, because all of this was instructed by Li Yuebai.

"I can testify that this is the cup that Concubine Shan drank from last night." Nanny Sun said seriously.

"There is still a mark of Concubine Shan's rouge on the rim of the cup." Ruyi added carefully.

"My dear doctors, please check the tea and leaves at the bottom of the cup to see if there is any Baiwang Powder dissolved in them," said Li Yuebai.

Naturally, several imperial doctors checked repeatedly but found nothing. Finally, they asked a maid to drink the rest of the cup herself, but there was no reaction and she was not poisoned.

Shan Lan had nothing to say anymore and collapsed to the ground trembling all over. Concubine Shan had already started to plead with the emperor for mercy.

Three pieces of evidence and all doubts were dispelled.

In addition, countless eunuchs and maids could testify that since Yun Leshi entered Yuanheng Palace, he had never approached the Empress, let alone had an affair with her! Even when talking to the Empress, he had to use a screen. As for other concubines and palace maids, they fainted at the sight of her.

In any case, there is no connection between the Queen and Master Yun.

The emperor was originally angry about the empress, but now the target of his anger has changed.

"Shan Hui was immoral and framed the empress. She was demoted to a commoner. Shan Lan was accomplice and went to Jingsi Temple to repent. She was executed by beating with a fragrant stick. This matter will continue to be thoroughly investigated!" The emperor left the order and left with his men.