Chapter 152: Busy yet affectionate
The queen asked in confusion, "What happened at the hunting ground?"
"Bring the person up." said Emperor Hong Qi.
"Yes." Pei Jing and others brought up the animal trainer, Yan Fu and others.
The queen's face suddenly changed.
Nanny Liang suddenly became panicked.
Emperor Hong Qi looked at the Empress and asked, "Do you know them?"
The Queen calmed herself down, ignored the animal trainer and the others, and asked, "Your Majesty, why is Fu Ge'er here?"
"Does the Queen only know Yan Fu?" Emperor Hong Qi asked directly.
The Queen looked at the animal trainer and the others seriously, and answered seriously: "Your Majesty, I really only know my nephew Fu Ge'er."
"The Queen is unwilling to tell the truth?"
"Your Majesty, I don't understand what you are saying."
Emperor Hong Qi stared at the empress for a moment, then suddenly said, "Beast Tamer, speak!"
The animal trainer knelt on the ground with a plop. "Your Majesty, it was Madam Liang. It was Madam Liang who gave me the money and asked me to lead the two wild boars to the concubine's room to attack the Crown Princess and the others."
"Nonsense! I don't even know you!" Nanny Liang couldn't help but curse.
Emperor Hong Qi turned his head and gave Nanny Liang a cold look.
Nanny Liang fell to her knees in fear and said, "Your Majesty, I have been diligently serving the Empress in Shunning Palace and I don't recognize the person in front of me."
"Evidence." said Hong Qidi.
The trainer took out a bag of gold.
Nanny Liang was puzzled.
Jiang Zhaoyue explained, "There's nothing wrong with the gold, but the purse that holds the gold is made of a fabric unique to the Shunning Palace maids. The maids in other palaces don't have this privilege."
Nanny Liang was also used to staying in Shunning Palace. She enjoyed too many benefits of being the queen and forgot that the fabrics she used were more expensive than those used by other palace maids.
The queen took a look and cursed Liang Ma for being stupid in her heart.
Emperor Hong Qi asked, "Queen, what do you say?"
"Your Majesty, I have always been in charge of all matters in the harem, big and small, and I don't know what's going on outside the palace." The queen quickly removed herself and angrily scolded, "Madam Liang, why did you do this?"
"Empress, I know I was wrong!" If the Empress was fine, Nanny Liang knew that she might be able to save her life; if the Empress collapsed, she would definitely not survive.
So she wanted to take all the blame on herself: "This old slave sees the Crown Princess——"
Seeing this act of sacrificing the chariot to save the king, Emperor Hong Qi said mercilessly: "Diao Nu, can you bear these charges?!"
Nanny Liang was so frightened that she dared not speak anymore.
Emperor Hong Qi said: "Return!"
Yan Fu took a step forward: "Your Highness."
"Do you admit your guilt?" asked Emperor Hong Qi.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what I have done wrong." Yan Fu was listening to his concubine singing in his house when he was inexplicably summoned by the emperor.
However, the autumn hunt had happened some time ago, and there had been no progress or movement from the prince's side. He thought the storm had passed, so he came here openly.
Now hearing the emperor say this, he realized that the emperor and the prince still remembered this matter and had some evidence, and he became afraid.
Fortunately, his aunt was right next to him, so he had a backer and pretended to know nothing.
Emperor Hong Qi snorted and laughed. "During the autumn hunt, while I, the Crown Prince, and the others were hunting, you rushed back to the camp, changed into night clothes, and hid in the palace. When the wild boar scared the Crown Princess and the others outside, you took advantage of the chaos and drugged her, then took her away."
Yan Fu immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I am loyal to the Great Jin Dynasty and would never dare to disrespect the Crown Princess."
"Don't cry until you see the coffin!" Hong Qidi suppressed his anger and said, "Show me the evidence!"
Pei Jingzhou called out, "Pei Jing."
Pei Jing came up with a tray.
Handkerchiefs, medicine sheets and other items were placed on the tray.
"Look up and take a look." said Emperor Hong Qi.
Yan Fu raised his eyes and took a look, his expression instantly turning ugly.
"Is this handkerchief yours?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
The handkerchief... The handkerchief was lost in the panic after Jiang Zhaoyue was knocked unconscious. Later, Yan Fu did not find it when he returned to the hunting ground. He thought it was lost on the way to Yihualou and must have been picked up by a passerby, so he did not take it seriously.
Why are you here?
He learned from Nanny Liang's lesson and quickly thought about the fabric of the handkerchief. There was nothing special about it, so he said, "Your Highness, this handkerchief is not mine."
Pei Jingzhou asked: "Where is the drug on the handkerchief?"
"What kind of drug?" Yan Fu pretended to be stupid.
Pei Jingzhou smiled. He used to work in the Seal Verification Department of the Ministry of Personnel. In addition to dealing with some old foxes, he also came into contact with many unspeakable things.
For example, drugs.
The laws of the Jin Dynasty prohibited the production and sale of drugs, but there were always some people who took risks. He led the officers and soldiers to destroy many dens and arrested many people.
It just so happened that there was someone in the prison who knew how to make drugs. Just by studying the handkerchief, I knew who made the drugs.
He successfully found the seller and also found a booklet of buyers' fingerprints.
He turned over Yan Fu's handprint, pointed at it, and asked, "Is this your handprint?"
Yan Fu was stunned.
Pei Jingzhou said, "Don't be surprised. Making and selling drugs is against the laws of Dajin. However, you can get a reduced sentence if you report your accomplices. That's why this seller secretly took the buyer's fingerprint when selling the drugs to save his life. And your fingerprint happened to be on it."
Fearing that his servants might leak the information, Yan Fu didn't dare to ask anyone else to buy the drugs himself. He unexpectedly became a handle on him. He was still unwilling to admit: "This person is not trustworthy——"
"I still have evidence." Pei Jingzhou said without turning his head: "Hongyao, bring someone in."
Hongyao dragged Jinhuaer in.
Jinhuaer never thought that she would enter the palace and see the royal family. She immediately knelt on the ground and saluted.
"Tell me, who gave Qianhua to you?" Pei Jingzhou asked.
Jin Huaer didn't even dare to raise her head and said, "He's a tall man with a black mole behind his ear."
Yan Fu immediately touched the mole behind his ear.
Hong Qidi and others saw it clearly.
Jin Huaer continued, "He also took one hundred taels of silver from me."
Pei Jingzhou glanced at Hongyao.
Hongyao walked towards Yanfu, ripped off his purse, and took out a silver note from it. The information on it was exactly the same as the information provided by Jinhuaer.
Yan Fu was stunned: "This banknote..."
Yan Fu committed many evil deeds and treated his servants harshly. This banknote was deliberately put in by his maid. Of course, he will never know that it was Pei Jingzhou who instigated the maid to do it... Pei Jingzhou asked: "Yan Fu, you secretly bought drugs, seduced the Crown Princess, and sold her to Jin Huaer. Do you know what crime you have committed?"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." The autumn hunting incident had been peaceful and smooth, and his aunt had not expressed anything. Yan Fu thought that what he and his aunt had done was perfect.
As a result, Pei Jingzhou sent people to investigate step by step on the surface, but secretly used various despicable means to collect all the witnesses and material evidence, catching him off guard and leaving him unable to fight back.
He couldn't refute it at all.
Emperor Hong Qi said angrily: "They even dared to murder the royal daughter-in-law. Come, take Yan Fu away and execute him on a chosen day. The Yan family has no way of educating their children—"
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I, a sinner, have no choice!" Upon hearing the word "execution," Yan Fu lost all reason and only wanted to save his own life. He shouted, "It was my aunt! It was my aunt who ordered me to do this!"
The queen was stunned. She had not expected Yan Fu to betray her so easily.
"Aunt! Aunt! Please tell the emperor quickly that you asked your nephew to do all this. Your nephew is innocent." Yan Fu knelt down in front of the queen and hurriedly threw off the accusation.
The queen's eyes went dark and she fell to the side.
Nanny Liang quickly supported him.
Jiang Zhaoyue quickly leaned over to take a look and breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, thank goodness."
"Fortunately, what?" Pei Jingzhou asked in a low voice.
"Fortunately, she is not like your aunt, who faints at every turn and evades responsibility." Jiang Zhaoyue whispered about Pei Jingzhou's aunt Wang.
Pei Jingzhou turned his head and glanced at Jiang Zhaoyue.
"What are you looking at?" Jiang Zhaoyue asked.
"You..." Pei Jingzhou hesitated to speak.
Jiang Zhaoyue asked back: "Me what?"
Pei Jingzhou had to admit: "You are right."
Jiang Zhaoyue looked a little proud: "I'm smart, right?"
Pei Jingzhou nodded.
Jiang Zhaoyue asked again: "Do you like it?"
Pei Jingzhou glanced around furtively and lowered his voice a bit: "Be mindful of the occasion."
Jiang Zhaoyue said disapprovingly, "The atmosphere was too tense just now, just relax a bit."
"I like it." Pei Jingzhou said quickly.
Jiang Zhaoyue smiled with pursed lips.
Pei Jingzhou also curled the corners of his lips.
At this moment, Hong Qidi's deep voice rang out: "Queen, do you have anything else to say?"
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