Seeing her hesitation, Jin Xin had no patience and immediately told Xiao Fuzi, "Go and invite the emperor."
The emperor must let the emperor see what's going on.
Concubine Lan stared at Xiaochun. She didn't expect that Xiaochun, who had been with her for so long, would do such a thing. She didn't notice it at all.
Concubine Lan asked herself, she had always been tolerant to her servants, she never beat or scolded her, and she was never stingy with rewards.
Unexpectedly, Xiaochun would do such a thing.
"Xiaochun, who ordered you?" Lan Fei asked coldly.
Xiaochun shivered and finally cried out. The queen's words frightened her.
She thought about exposing herself, she could die in repayment, but she sold herself into the palace as a slave just for her family, and now she has to be buried with her family, how could she accept it.
"Empress, my servant said, can you exempt your family from the crime of sitting together?" Xiaochun raised her face and cried like pear blossoms and rain.
"I can go and intercede with the emperor, but I can't guarantee that I can keep your life."
Xiaochun slowly kowtowed, sighed deeply, and sat up, "It was Empress Xuanbi who found me and asked me to make it for her. She also gave me this medicine, but I only agreed to cooperate once because she helped me once before. , my mother was seriously ill and had no money to treat her. It was Concubine Xuan who gave me one hundred taels to save my mother, and also gave some soft goods to send home. I am really grateful, but I swear that I will do this just this time and I will be sorry for Concubine Lan. Your Majesty’s business.”
Concubine Lan was disappointed and looked away. She had been waiting by her side for such a long time. Her heart turned toward outsiders. Concubine Lan was also sad.
"Go and invite Concubine Xuan." Jin Xin ordered coldly.
Concubine Xuan lived not far away. When she heard that it was Ronghua Palace or Xiao Fuzi came to announce herself, Concubine Xuan had a bad premonition.
Xiao Fuzi said that he was invited to go over, but there were many people brought there. He looked at Xuan Bin with a smile and said, "Ms. Xuan Bin, the queen has an order and needs to search the palace. I'm sorry."
Upon hearing this, Xuan Bin immediately blocked the way of these people and said coldly, "Who dares! There is no evidence that the matter has anything to do with me. If you are searching the palace like this, where will you put me?"
"This is not the responsibility of the slaves. This is the Queen's order. If you have anything to say, Xuan Bin, go to the Ronghua Palace and say it." Xiao Fuzi did not give in at all. He tilted his head slightly, and the people he brought immediately started to work. .
Xuan Bin gritted her teeth, her palace was absolutely clean, but how could she be convicted based on the instructions of a maid.
She angrily went to Ronghua Palace.
Xiaochun, who was on the ground, had already told the story clearly and clearly, and also marked her testimony.
Seeing Xuan Bin coming, she immediately lowered her head, not daring to look at Xuan Bin.
"Empress, my concubines have always been disrespectful to you, but you blatantly bribed your maid to slander me. Isn't that justified?" Concubine Xuan was not guilty at all, she was even quite forceful.
"Is this a slander? You know it well. Xiaochun has already confessed that you ordered her to poison the third prince. You brought this aconite powder from outside the palace."
"Do you think so?" Xuan Bin snorted, not panicking at all.
"Xiaochun, you now have a chance to get away with it. If you can prove that you were instigated by Xuan Bin, you will be freed from half of the crime." Jin Xin looked at Xiaochun and reminded.
When Xiaochun heard this, he immediately took out a ring from his arms and said, "This is what Empress Xuanbin gave to the slave before. She said it was to be exchanged for money for the family's emergency. At that time, one hundred taels was enough to settle the family. This ring is for the slave." Being greedy, I didn’t pawn it and gave it away, so I kept one piece.”
When the ring was brought to Jin Xin, Concubine Lan immediately said, "This ring does belong to Concubine Xuan, and it was given to her by Concubine Chen."
Concubine Lan said, looking at Xuan Bin with complicated eyes.
When they entered the palace, the relationship between the two was quite good. They wanted to support each other and go on together. The two also sent things to each other. There were no more and no less small items. No one could remember what they gave.
But this ring is a dove blood gemstone ring specially chosen by Concubine Lan. How could she not recognize it.
Concubine Xuan's heart skipped a beat when she heard Concubine Lan's words. Her greedy slave didn't even sell the ring.
"Xuan Bin, what do you have to say?" Jin Xin looked at Xuan Bin and asked.
"If you want to incriminate someone, there is nothing to say. I have nothing to say." She turned her head away and insisted that the matter had nothing to do with her.
Jin Xin was not in a hurry and said, "Then we will arrest all the slaves and eunuchs who are serving Consort Xuan closely, and torture them severely. Under severe torture, the truth will come out."
"Queen, you have repeatedly made things difficult, so you have to frame me?" Xuan Bin said angrily.
Xiaonan may not know anything, but the eunuch in charge around her also does a lot of things for her, and it's not just this one. Just spitting out one thing is enough to make her guilty.
"If you don't do it, no matter how severe the punishment is, nothing can be done. Xuan Bin, don't worry, just go through the process." Jin Xin said with a smile.
When things got to this point, Cuigu was completely free of all charges, so she naturally felt better.
Concubine Xuan couldn't stop what happened. She could only watch the queen's people arrest her people and take them to the Criminal Investigation Department.
Seeing the queen sitting in the first place with a calm look on her face, Xuan Bin realized that things were different now.
She looked down upon the maid outside the Hou family, and she took the position of queen in a serious manner. Her own methods seemed so ignorant, and she could end her plan with just one order.
"The Emperor has arrived." Huang Wanshun's voice sounded outside the Ronghua Palace.
Everyone hurried forward to salute.
The emperor sat down and looked at Jin Xin, "Didn't you say that the real culprit who murdered the third prince was caught?"
Jin Xin looked at Xiaochun, "Tell the emperor what you know."
Xiaochun quickly knelt down in front of him and told Jin Xin truthfully what he had just said.
After hearing this, Xuan Bin angrily said, "Lying, someone is clearly paying you to frame me!"
After hearing this, the emperor frowned and said immediately, "Isn't this girl from the Ronghua Palace? Why is she related to Concubine Xuan?"
"Back to the emperor, Xiaochun was ordered by Xuan Bin to poison the prince." Jin Xin explained.
The emperor nodded upon hearing this, "Continue."
"That's what happened. Concubine Xuan ordered Xiaochun to murder the third prince with the intention of framing my concubine. This matter is really bad, please let the emperor make the decision." Jin Xin said, and knelt down, as if she wanted an explanation.
The emperor was stunned at first, and then thought that he had dismissed Cui Gu without asking last night. Then he felt that he had been too arbitrary last night and had mistakenly blamed the queen.
Although the emperor was ashamed, he was the emperor. He turned to look at Xuan Bin with anger, "Xuan Bin, you have been stubborn and stubborn over and over again. It's really abominable."
Xuan Bin quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Xiaochun's words cannot be trusted."
"Then how do you prove yourself?"
"I can't prove this frame-up, but the emperor is aware of the queen's slanderous behavior."
At this time, the people who went out to search the palace came back.
Seeing this, Jin Xin raised a smile at the corner of her mouth.
Xuan Bin thought she couldn't find any evidence, but Jinxin people were sent there, so how could she not create some evidence?
"Reporting to your Majesty, a bag of remaining aconite powder was found in Yilan Hall."
