"Where is the Emperor now?"

The father-in-law frowned and glanced at me lightly, with some contempt in his eyes. He probably thought that I still hoped for some room for change and wanted to beg for mercy, so he said impatiently: "

The emperor is currently in the imperial study room, discussing state affairs with the Grand Tutor, but he cannot take care of such trivial matters in the harem."

It turns out that Pei Yuanhao is still in the imperial study.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually - I don't want him to come, I'm just afraid that he will come.

He is a person who is suspicious and wary of everything, and no clues can escape his deep eyes. As for the matter at hand, I just hope that it will end like this today.

So I nodded and said, "Father-in-law, wait for me outside the door. I'll clean up and come right away."

Although he was a little impatient, I was still a talented person after all, and it was not easy to criticize my face openly. He urged me twice and walked out. At this time, Aunt Wu and the others gathered around me, and Shuixiu's eyes were red.

, said: "Talent, what should I do? Why are there medicinal materials in the small kitchen?"

"Did someone frame us?"

I didn't want to say anything more to them, so I said to Shuixiu: "If you want to die, or want me to die, just talk nonsense today."

She was stunned and looked at me with her eyes wide open.

I continued: "If you want to live and atone for my sins, don't say anything today."

"..."

"Remember, if you dare to say a word, I will kill you."

I didn't sound stern and spoke in a calm tone, but these words made Shuixiu's face turn pale with fright. Aunt Wu and the others were also stunned. After a while, they nodded stupidly: "Slave

, this slave knows."

"Okay, come with me."

I stretched out my hand, and Shuixiu came up tremblingly and helped me out. The father-in-law was already waiting impatiently outside. When he saw us coming out, he flicked his fly whisk and hurriedly led us out.

There was no sedan this time. We walked to Jingren Palace in the morning light, but we didn’t expect that everyone here was actually here. Chang Qing was still sitting upright in the huge lobby, and the concubines on both sides were sitting on their own, with their heavily rosy faces

Expressions of contempt, resentment, or sarcasm are particularly vivid.

And among these, there is a particularly soft and charming face.

Like everyone else, she looked like she was watching a good show. The only difference was that she already knew the ending of this show.

I slowly walked forward and knelt down to Chang Qing: "I, my concubine, pay my respects to the Queen."

This time, Chang Qing didn't say "flat body", so I could only kneel down. She looked down at me for a while and said, "Yue Cairen, yesterday you said that the medicine bag was not from your Fangcaotang."

"..."

I didn't answer, I just knelt down and said nothing.

"Then please explain why the steward found these things in the stove of the small kitchen of Fangcaotang."

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and Kou'er came over with a shallow wooden plate. Inside was a pile of stove ashes, but a closer look revealed that there were some medicinal materials mixed in the stove ashes, some of which had been burnt, and some of which were mixed with herbs.

There is still a little bit left unburnt, which is exactly the medicinal material used in the medicine bag.

"What else do you have to explain?"

"I have nothing to explain."

I said this lightly, and the people around me suddenly screamed in shock, as if they didn't expect that I would admit it so easily. Even Chang Qing's face, which was used to being calm, had a wave of emotion. She looked at it.

He looked at me and said, "So, you admit that you asked Shui Xiu to put that medicine bag in?"

Shuixiu's face suddenly turned pale. I just glanced at her from the corner of my eye and said, "I put it there myself."

"What?!"

Chang Qing looked at me in shock, Shuixiu also opened her eyes wide, and I said calmly: "Chen Concubine knew that Shui Xiu was going to secretly enter Jingren Palace to release rats. Chen Concubine came in behind her, so others saw it.

The water is beautiful, but I didn’t see my concubine. I made this medicine bag myself and put it in it myself.”

"Talented person..."

Shuixiu was frightened. Just when she was about to say something, I gave her a cold look and she suddenly became speechless.

Chang Qing frowned: "Is it really you who entered Jingren Palace that night?"

"Shui Xiu just released the mouse and went back soon. She didn't know about it at all. Besides -" I turned to look at Yuwen who was shrinking aside: "You can ask Miss Yuwen, Xu Jieyu

Have you been feeling unwell since that day?"

When Yuwen heard this, she couldn't wait to say: "Yes, Jieyu has been feeling unwell since that morning, Queen Mother." As she said this, she knelt down towards Chang Qing: "You must do it for Jieyu."

You are the one who made the decision. Yue Cairen was jealous of our family Jieyu, so she actually committed such a murderous attack. Jieyu died so unjustly!"

I didn't even bother to look at her, there was no expression on her cold face.

Naturally, the concubines around me would not miss this opportunity, pointing at me and angrily scolding me——

"What a vicious person! Xu Jieyu, a kind person like her, actually committed such a vicious act!"

"How can we keep this evil woman in the palace anymore!"

"That's right, we can't keep her, otherwise would anyone in this palace dare to get pregnant?"

There was a lot of criticism, but Shen Rou, who originally had an expression of watching a good show, frowned slightly at this time, and looked at me as if she was a little uneasy. I knelt in the middle of the room with my eyelids lowered, motionless.<

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Chang Qing slowly stood up and walked to me, looked down at me for a while, and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"Nothing to say."

Chang Qing frowned again, looked at me for a while, and finally said: "The talented Yue Qingying is jealous by nature——"

Before he finished speaking, Eunuch Yu's voice suddenly came from outside: "The Emperor has arrived!"

When the concubines around heard her "sentence", several of them held their breath with excitement. When they heard that the emperor was coming, the expressions on their faces changed a few times, but they still stood up immediately. I frowned.

When I turned around, I saw a tall shadow slowly moving over from the ground, covering my shadow.

"I pay my respects to the Emperor."

"Everyone, get up."

His voice was deep, with a hint of hoarseness, as if he had endured a night of sleepless nights. I listened to the familiar footsteps and walked slowly over, until he walked behind me and faced Chang Qing, who was standing in front of me.

, said: "Queen, how are you asking?"

"Your Majesty, everyone in Yue Cai has recognized them."

"Oh? You all admit it?"

His voice was light, but it seemed that there was something hidden under the calmness. I subconsciously looked back at him. His face was also pale, and his eyes were bloodshot. It seemed that he had stayed up all night, and his expression was also...

He looked a little tired, but when he looked at me, his eyes were a little redder.

I turned around calmly and continued to kneel in silence.

Chang Qing said: "Yue Cairen said that she was the one who put the medicine bag. That night when Shuixiu sneaked into Jingren Palace to release the mice, she was behind Shuixiu, so the people in Jingren Palace saw Shuixiu,

But he didn't see her. Yuwen also said that Xu Jieyu's body started to act strange after that day."

"Oh?"

His voice became longer and seemed a bit playful: "That night?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Yuwen came over on her knees and said while crying, "Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for Jieyu!"

He didn't speak, but slowly walked up to me, and slowly squatted down to look at me. I kept my head down, but as soon as he reached out, he pinched my chin and raised it slightly,

I was lifted up to look at him.

"That night..."

I looked at him calmly: "I know that my sins are serious, but I want to die to atone for my sins, and I hope that the emperor will fulfill my wishes."

As soon as he heard my words, others were okay, but Shui Xiu next to him was almost crying: "Talent, talent is useless!"

"..."

I didn't say anything anymore. I just held my chin up and looked at him with a light and indifferent gaze, as if my eyes were completely transparent.

He was still looking at me, but there were faint waves in his deep eyes, and there was an almost twitching expression on his face. I heard him grind his teeth and suddenly slapped me hard.<

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With a "pop!" sound, I was beaten so hard that I fell to the ground.

"Talented person!"

Shuixiu hurriedly knelt down and rushed over to help me up. I was beaten until my eyes turned white for a while, my face was in burning pain, and the corners of my mouth seemed to be cracked. She licked it gently, and I immediately tasted a trace of blood on the tip of my tongue.<

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Looking at me, Shuixiu cried with tears streaming down her face. She turned around and kowtowed to Pei Yuanhao, banging her head: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please stop beating me. Everything is my fault."

, Your Majesty, please beat this slave!"

Pei Yuanhao stood up straight and looked down at me, and said solemnly: "You want to die? If you die, everything will be over, right? If you die, you will get your wish, right? I won't let you die!"

I'm still lying on the ground, that slap was really heavy, and my ears are still buzzing.

But his voice still sounded so clearly in my ears: "Take off her title as a talented person and throw her into the cold palace. I won't let you die, I will torture you well!"

Relegated to the cold palace...

When I heard this sentence, I just smiled lightly in my heart. But when the concubines around me heard that they wanted to throw me into the cold palace, they were all stunned and looked at each other. But when they heard the word "torture", some people

A sneer appeared on his face again.

Chang Qing looked at me, then at Pei Yuanhao, and said, "I will make arrangements immediately."

After saying that, he waved his hand and said to the old eunuch standing at the door: "Take him down."

"Yes."

The father-in-law came in. He was quite honest in front of the emperor. He was neither respectful nor humble. He said calmly: "Come with us."

I stood up slowly, but the slap just now was too hard, and now my mind is still a little dazed. Shuixiu hurriedly came up to help me. I just took a step out of the door, but stopped again and looked back at him.

, said: "Your Majesty, I have one more request."
Chapter completed!