Chapter 127 Finding Concubine Lin

Jun Zechen gently held Su Jingyao in his arms and lay on the couch in the warm room.

Su Jingyao looked nonchalant and asked leisurely, "Your Majesty, do you know who is trying to harm me?"

Su Jingyao couldn't believe that three days had passed and Jun Zechen hadn't found out anything.

He even went to Kunning Palace specially to interrogate and question the concubines in front of her.

"What do you think, Yaoyao?"

Jun Zechen stroked Su Jingyao's soft little hand, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

However, Su Jingyao didn't want to get used to him at the moment, perhaps because she had a bad temper during pregnancy.

If he finds out, just tell him directly. Why pretend to be so profound in front of her?

"I think it's Your Majesty." Su Jingyao said calmly.

When Jun Zechen heard this, his face instantly darkened.

He slowly lifted Su Jingyao's head, and his deep eyes stared into hers.

She said word by word: "Yaoyao is my sweetheart. I will never hurt Yaoyao even if I hurt anyone else."

Then, he said as if he was very hurt: "Yaoyao's misunderstanding of me is like a sharp needle piercing my heart. It's painful."

"I cannot guess what your majesty is thinking. The two concubines who are suspected are your majesty's favorite concubines."

"One is an old favorite, and the other is a new favorite. No matter who it is, I just hope that Your Majesty can handle it impartially."

Let her guess everything, she is not the worm in his stomach!

What kind of person does he appear to be? Doesn't he have any idea in his heart?

Jun Zechen gritted his teeth. He had never seen a woman who slandered him like this.

"I don't like Concubine Lin and Concubine Shu." He said helplessly.

Su Jingyao's indifferent eyes met Jun Zechen's, and there was no trace of emotion in her eyes.

He said coldly: "Your Majesty does not like Concubine Lin, but Concubine Lin is the most favored among the selected concubines."

"Your Majesty doesn't like Concubine Shu, but he lets her stay in the Qianqing Palace every day."

"I....."

Jun Zechen frowned and was about to open his mouth to explain, but Su Jingyao didn't even give him a chance to speak.

"Your Majesty, I don't care which concubine you favor. After all, there are so many beauties in the harem, and there will always be one who will catch your eye and make you like her."

Su Jingyao said this expressionlessly.

"It's just that Concubine Shu or Concubine Lin, no matter who it is who attempts to harm my child, I will never let them go easily."

"If Your Majesty has found out, please let me know."

Jun Zechen knew in his heart that she no longer believed him.

In this situation, it is useless to say anything more.

"It's Concubine Lin." He said in a deep voice.

Su Jingyao's face did not fully express belief.

"I hope that Your Majesty is not deliberately protecting the new favorite and letting the old favorite take the blame."

When Jun Zechen heard her words, he almost couldn't suppress the grievance boiling in his heart.

She didn't trust him, so whatever he did was wrong in her eyes.

Before Jun Zechen could utter a few words to defend himself, Fuquan and Miaoyue and Miaoxue walked in quickly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the search has yielded results," Fuquan reported respectfully.

"Well, let's go out then." Jun Zechen said irritably.

When Jun Zechen and Su Jingyao returned to the hall, the concubines who were sitting and waiting for the results had already shown signs of fatigue to some extent on their faces.

After all, they have to sit there upright, and if they sit like this for a long time, they will feel tired.

Fuquan stood steadily beside His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, during this search, musk was found in the palaces of Concubine Lin and Concubine Shu."

When Concubine Lin heard this, her face was full of disbelief.

She had clearly instructed Yurong to properly dispose of the remaining musk, so why was musk still found in her palace?

At this time, Su Jingyao smiled at Lin Fei, and her smile was extremely gentle.

But Concubine Lin only felt a chill down her spine. Could it be the Queen?

Could it be that Yurong is the Queen’s person?

Lin Fei was totally at a loss at this moment, her hands tightly pinching each other.

I tried my best to stay awake.

Is the Queen going to start dealing with her?

Could it be that the Queen asked Yurong to instigate her from the very beginning?

The Queen did not use the evidence she had previously obtained to deal with her, but instead used her to frame Concubine Shu, and then pretended to almost have a miscarriage in order to regain the favor of the Emperor.

He even wanted to use this opportunity to get rid of her!

The Queen's plan is really deep.

But now musk has also been found in Concubine Shu's palace, and she is determined to put the entire blame on Concubine Shu.

Fuquan obviously also saw Lin Fei's uncontrollable panic expression.

Then he continued, "Your Majesty, I have checked the people in the flower room. Most of the palace servants are just doing their own work every day and rarely pay attention to others."

"But the people in the flower room have seen that Concubine Lin and Concubine Shu have visited the chrysanthemums many times."

At this point, he paused, "However... the eunuch in charge of the flower room said that only Concubine Lin's maid inadvertently asked which chrysanthemums were to be sent to the queen..."

Lin Fei's face turned pale instantly, and she was so frightened that she jumped up from her chair.

Then she knelt down in the hall with a plop. Her body was shaking slightly as she cried out in a sobbing voice.

"Your Majesty, Queen, I am innocent. I really don't know which maid in my palace did such a thing. Eunuch Fuquan, do you know who it is?"

Her eyes were flustered and anxious.

"Someone in Changle Palace must have done this evil thing behind my back."

Fuquan ignored what Concubine Lin said.

"It is true that several people have been to Concubine Lin's palace. The people in the flower room have recognized them one by one. I have also interrogated the palace maids in Changle Palace. The witnesses and evidence have definitely confirmed that Concubine Lin is the one who murdered the Empress."

Afterwards, Fuquan turned to His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Lin is indeed the most suspicious person now. To be on the safe side, I think we can take Concubine Lin's personal maid Yuqi to the Ministry of Punishment for strict interrogation. In this way, everything will be revealed."

When Concubine Lin heard this, she suddenly became nervous, although she firmly believed that Yuqi was loyal to her.

But how could Yuqi possibly endure a terrifying place like the Ministry of Punishment where one could never return and air could enter but not leave.

Yuqi knew clearly all her plans after entering the palace.

If Yuqi couldn't hold it in and told everything, she would be completely finished.

Thinking of this, Lin Fei's eyes were filled with fear and panic, and her voice was a little hysterical.

"You little dog slave, Yuqi is my personal maid, how can you just take her to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning? The physical evidence you are talking about should be musk, right?"

"There are cases in my palace and in Concubine Shu's Yongning Palace. Why don't you suspect Concubine Shu, but directly convict me?"

Fuquan's eyes dimmed slightly. Concubine Lin really wouldn't cry until she saw the coffin.

Your Majesty had already discovered through secret channels that Concubine Lin was the person behind the plot.

However, as the emperor, Your Majesty naturally has to carry out punishment openly, and he is unwilling to expose some of the spies planted in the former court and the harem, so he is conducting the investigation openly today.

Jun Zechen frowned, his eyes full of disgust, and stared at Lin Fei coldly, as if he was looking at a disgusting reptile.

What a woman with a heart as vicious as a snake.

"Shu Fei disagrees with your maid Yuqi entering the Ministry of Punishment. Could it be that she wants to enter the Ministry of Punishment herself?"

Jun Zechen's voice, without a trace of warmth, slowly rang out.

When Concubine Lin heard this, her eyes widened in horror, tears streaming down her face like a flood, her lips trembling.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I, your concubine..."

Her face was filled with panic and helplessness, and she had no idea how to justify her dire situation.

When Concubine Shu heard His Majesty's cold words towards Concubine Lin, she couldn't help but feel a little relieved.

When Concubine Shu heard that there was musk in Changle Palace, she felt a little scared.

She thought she was doomed today and that someone must have deliberately framed her.

After all, she had never used musk.

Concubine Lin sat paralyzed on the ground, looking around, then looking at the emperor and the empress who were high above her.

There was something crazy in his expression.

"Your Majesty, there is also musk in Concubine Shu's palace. Just because you favor Concubine Shu, do you have no suspicion of her at all?" Concubine Lin shouted hysterically.

After hearing this, Jun Zechen's face instantly turned gloomy. He wanted to turn around and look at Yaoyao's expression, but he held back.

This damned Concubine Lin actually dared to sow discord between him and Yaoyao!

At this time, Concubine Xian, who had been watching the show for a long time, also slowly opened her mouth.

"Your Majesty, even if the musk in the Concubine's palace was not used to murder the Empress, there should never be such a dirty thing as musk in the concubine's palace."

After Concubine Xian finished speaking, she looked at Concubine Shu and asked, "Concubine Shu, why don't you explain it?"

Concubine Shu looked at Jun Zechen with a firm and innocent look on her face, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I really don't know why this musk is in Changle Palace. I was framed."

Concubine Lan (the second princess of Canglang Kingdom), who was sitting below Concubine Xian, glanced at Concubine Shu meaningfully.

With the help of that person, Concubine Lan successfully put musk into Concubine Shu's Yongning Palace.

I originally thought that the real murderer who murdered the empress could hide himself well, letting Concubine Shu take the blame.

But no one would have thought that Concubine Lin, who plotted to murder the empress, was such an unintelligent person.

Something like musk was not dealt with early on, and was discovered by His Majesty's men.

Yuqi, who was beside Concubine Lin, was kneeling on the ground in a daze.

She asked herself again and again in her heart: Do I really want to go to the Ministry of Punishment?

She had been imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment once last time because of Concubine Shangguan, and she knew that she would not be able to bear it.

Fuquan had already ordered the eunuch to take her away. Yuqi immediately cried for help: "Master, save this servant, Master."

Concubine Lin felt very sorry when she saw Yuqi crying.

But she was powerless at the moment.

When Yuqi saw that his master had turned his back, he felt extremely desperate.

"Your Majesty, Queen, this matter was indeed the master's attempt to frame Concubine Shu, and thus murdered the Queen. I confess everything, I confess everything."

Lin Fei turned her head in shock and stared at Yuqi, "You..."

Her lips trembled, but she could no longer utter a word.