Harem Daily Life

Chapter 221 1 stone 2 birds

"Your Majesty, please spare my life, please spare my life, Your Majesty! I'll say it all, Your Majesty, please spare my life!" The third child was so scared that he begged for mercy just after he was dragged out two steps.

He Linzhang gave Manager Li a look, and Manager Li ordered his men to let the man go.

Tao Yanyan spoke first, "Little Sanzi, there is a saying that those who confess will be treated leniently, while those who resist will be treated severely. I advise you to tell me everything clearly. Maybe I will ask His Majesty to spare your life first, considering that it is forbidden to kill in the first month of the year."

Xiao Sanzi weighed the pros and cons, then gritted his teeth and drank it all.

When he finished speaking, everyone was stunned, especially the emperor, who did not come back to his senses for a long time.

The imperial concubine was both happy and angry. She was happy because Concubine Xian had been in the palace for four years, but now she had dug her own grave and would probably never be favored again. She was angry because Concubine Xian had resorted to this trick when she was in charge of palace affairs, poisoning a former concubine and pinning the crime on another concubine. It was really killing two birds with one stone!

Tao Yanyan looked at the emperor with a dark and unclear look in his eyes.

In fact, she was not surprised at all when she found out that Shu Fei had sent people to secretly throw dirty water on her, because Shu Fei was the only one who knew about the affairs between Prince Yong and her, and no matter how she extrapolated, it could be blamed on Shu Fei.

But when it comes to poisoning, she would never think of Concubine Xian, because in Tao Yanyan's eyes, Concubine Xian's brain is good enough to compete for favors and men, but she always feels that she is not so smart in using tricks to harm people.

When Eunuch Zhang heard the word "Xian Fei", he thought of poisoning. Combined with the fact that Xian Fei had previously tried to win over Xu Cairen, he suddenly felt that Xu Cairen might have been involved in this matter as well.

He gave Li Zongguan a look, then left the palace and sent a trusted eunuch to find the young palace maid he had placed with Concubine Xu, asking the young palace maid to look around to see if Concubine Xu had any mute medicine.

Previously, Cairen Xu used the Heart-Eating Powder to control Cairen Fan, causing Cairen Fan to become extremely powerful, lose her mind, and beat Concubine Tao severely.

He concealed the matter for Xu Cairen because Lord Xu had done him a favor, and only took away and destroyed the Heart-Eating Powder. But if the investigation this time revealed that Xu Cairen was still involved, then he would never tolerate her continuing to do evil.

Inside the palace, He Linzhang pinched his brows and said, "Come here, call the virtuous concubine."

In Changxin Palace, as soon as they heard that the matter was accomplished, Concubine Tao was called in for questioning early in the morning, and Concubine Xian wanted to open a jar of wine to celebrate.

"Hahahaha, the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. They probably never thought that after Shu Fei sent people to instigate Zhao Liangyi, I would listen to Xu Cairen's advice and directly poison the person to silence him! Everyone will think that it was Concubine Tao who poisoned him out of hatred. Concubine Tao should not think of getting out of this matter this time. I want to see how Your Majesty can protect her since she is the most suspicious!"

Jing'er was a little worried and said, "I don't know if Concubine Xu can be trusted. Your Majesty should be more careful. If anything happens, you must protect yourself first."

The virtuous concubine smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? The medicine was not made by me, and the people were not arranged by me personally. Even if the third son betrayed me, he has no evidence. He is just framing me."

Before Concubine Xian could be happy for long, a eunuch came to ask her out, saying that His Majesty wanted to ask her to go to Qingyun Palace for questioning.

The virtuous concubine had not seen the emperor since the New Year's Palace Banquet, so she hurriedly dressed up and went to meet the emperor in beautiful attire.

As soon as she entered the room, Concubine Xian felt the atmosphere was oppressive. However, she thought she had no evidence left, so she greeted calmly.

"I wonder why Your Majesty has summoned me here?" The virtuous concubine's voice was gentle and pleasant. Tao Yanyan looked at her for a few times and had to say that this woman was indeed born with a good appearance. No wonder the emperor couldn't be cruel to her.

"Do you know him?" He Linzhang glanced at the third child kneeling on the ground and said coldly.

Xian Fei took a look and shook her head: "I don't know him."

The emperor looked at Xiao Sanzi, who said quickly, "Your Majesty, the Concubine Xian did not give the order directly. She sent a eunuch to give the order and gave me twenty taels of silver. The poison was also given to me by that eunuch. He told me to report Concubine Tao after I succeeded and put the blame on her. Every word I said is true and I dare not lie."

Concubine Xian frowned: "You little eunuch, why are you slandering me? What did I tell you? What silver? What poison? Why don't you understand?"

The virtuous concubine refused to acknowledge him and looked puzzled.

He Linzhang looked at Concubine Xian and said, "Zhao in the cold palace was poisoned and became mute. The third son said that you sent someone to tell him to feed Zhao the mute drug and then put the blame on Concubine Tao. You didn't know about it?"

The virtuous concubine's eyes were red. "Your Majesty, how could I do such a thing? This eunuch must have been bribed by someone to make false accusations and slander me!"

Xian Fei looked at Gui Fei, then looked at Jie Yu Tao, and said coldly: "Since I entered the palace, I have been loved by your majesty. I have offended many people because of my outspokenness. I don't know who is against me and wants to frame me like this."

The imperial concubine stroked her forehead. Her head was buzzing and she felt like her brain was not enough.

I originally thought that Concubine Xian would not be able to escape this time, but who would have thought that she would not admit it? Now, apart from the confession of Xiao Sanzi, there is no evidence at all.

"Xiao Sanzi, do you still remember what your father-in-law looked like?" Tao Yanyan asked.

Xiao Sanzi thought for a while and said, "That person didn't seem to have any obvious features, and he came at night, so I couldn't see him clearly." Xiao Sanzi was a little panicked now. If he couldn't find the eunuch who came to deliver the message, he would have no way to explain himself.

"Your Majesty, the messenger eunuch that Xiao Sanzi mentioned cannot be found, and we don't know where the mute medicine came from, and we don't know if there is any left. If we want to find out the whole story, I'm afraid we have to... search the palace." The Imperial Concubine glanced at the Concubine Xian and said, "Since the Concubine Xian is a suspect, we must search the Changxin Palace first."

The virtuous concubine remained calm and composed.

When Tao Yanyan saw her like this, he knew that it was likely that neither the person nor the medicine would be found in Changxin Palace, and it would all be in vain.

Reluctant to let Concubine Xian escape like this, Tao Yanyan's brain worked frantically, trying to come up with a solution.

At this time, Eunuch Zhang came in and reported: "Your Majesty, I received a report that someone in Concubine Xu's palace found a small bottle of mute medicine. Concubine Xu has been controlled. Please make your decision, Your Majesty."

The virtuous concubine tightened her grip on the handkerchief and sat up slightly.

Tao Yanyan raised her eyebrows. She had only met Xu Cairen a few times and her impression of him was a little vague.

Could it be that Concubine Xu was using the name of Concubine Xian to do evil?

Not long after, Xu Cairen was brought to Qingyun Palace. When she saw that Xianfei was also there, she knew what was going on.