Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 308
Lan Ruo had completely lost her composure just now. She moved the corners of her mouth and said blankly: "Crown Princess... I just made flower cakes for Princess Yaoguang. What does it have to do with Princess Nanxing's vomiting?"

For this sake, if you can still keep your mind and don't confess, either you are really innocent, or your heart is very strong.

"I don't know what it has to do with it." Zhao Xiwei looked directly at her, with a pair of almond eyes clear and cold, and said with a faint smile: "To tell you the truth, this is the meaning of His Royal Highness, and I am just following orders. "

It has to be said that the prestige of His Highness the Crown Prince has been tried and tested.

Lan Ruo, who was struggling to hold on a moment ago, softened her knees the next moment, and knelt on the ground: "I beg the princess to spare her life! The servant did indeed make flower cakes for Princess Yaoguang, but the servant did not poison Princess Nanxing! Please!" The Crown Princess Mingjian!"

Zhao Xiwei said: "If you want to survive, you'd better tell me the truth about the flower cake. As for whether you have poisoned or not, this palace has its own judgment. Remember, if there is a word of concealment, it is considered a god." I can't save you either."

Lan Ruo paralyzed, fell on the ground and cried out, "Princess Concubine, this servant is wronged, please save this servant!"

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In the main hall, the Empress Dowager looked gloomy.

She looked at Li Xuanye, narrowed her long and narrow phoenix eyes slightly, and said in a faintly angry tone, "Prince, it's fine if you arrest Taoist Xuanshan, do you still want to gag Lingtailang?"

Li Xuanye put down the teacup and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager doesn't know something, but it's just for the sake of your face!"

The queen mother was about to laugh angrily, and said unceremoniously: "Stop beating around the bush with Ai's family, who doesn't know that you are protecting your crown princess? It sounds so high-sounding, as if you are so filial!"

Li Xuanye raised his eyebrows, with a look of surprise on his face: "The queen mother's words really hurt Gu's heart!"

He bowed slightly, and said unhurriedly: "Lingtai Lang deceives the people with his gossip, and he is alone as the crown prince of a country. If he stands by and watches, wouldn't he be disrespectful of the royal family? If he loses his royal dignity, where will you put your embarrassment, Queen Mother? For the honor of the Empress Dowager, she would rather bear the burden of being discussed by the officials and ridiculed by the people of the world, but also stand up and arrest this treacherous official, what is this not filial piety?"

The Queen Mother choked.

Lingtai Lang Fuhua threw himself on the ground, dripping with cold sweat, and cried again when he heard this: "His Royal Highness, spare me!"

The Empress Dowager's eyes fell on Fu Hua's face: "Lingtai Lang is an important official of the Taishi Academy. You arrested him casually. I don't know how the historian will write about you in the future? What will future generations think of you?"

"Believe in ghosts and gods, and indulge Taoist priests to spread rumors." Li Xuanye smiled lightly, "I don't know how future generations will treat the Queen Mother?"

The queen mother sneered: "Oh? How can the prince conclude that what they are talking about is a rumor?"

Li Xuanye's smile remained unchanged: "Nan Xing's illness has not yet been diagnosed, how can Ling Tailang prove that what he said is not a rumor?"

He coldly glanced at Fu Hua, who was kneeling on the ground, and his voice was cold: "There are too many people born at the same time in this world. Are they all arrested because the princess is sick? This kind of thing has spread, and it has attracted the hearts of the people. Unsteady, anxious all day long, I wonder if the Empress Dowager can bear this responsibility?"

"Oh?" The queen mother raised her eyelids, "Then how did the Ai family hear that the princess also had vomiting symptoms as early as the day of the prince's wedding? If it weren't for your prince concubine and the princess being in conflict, how could it happen one after another? What a coincidence thing?"

After the queen mother finished speaking, she took a cup of tea and sipped it leisurely.

In fact, she didn't have to have trouble with a little princess, but seeing the Zhao family getting more and more powerful, she felt a little itchy...

If you don't give the Zhao family a little bit of trouble, how can her Wang family have a great reputation in the court?
Before Li Xuanye could speak, the emperor looked anxious, and asked the palace man beside him: "On the day of the crown prince's wedding, did the princess also fall ill?"

"I don't know..." The palace man looked at a loss, and didn't know if he really didn't know or if he didn't know.

The emperor thought about the little princess who was still in a coma, and thought that he didn't know anything about her condition, and suddenly his heart felt tight, and even his breathing became short of breath.

He couldn't get up or down in one breath, choking him so much that he coughed repeatedly: "Cough, cough, cough..."

Li Xuanye's complexion darkened: "Father!" hurriedly ordered the servant, "Go get some hot water!"

"Yes!" Cao De hurriedly took hot water and cotton towels, and handed them tremblingly.

Li Xuanye soaked the cotton towel in hot water to wet it, then gently wrung it dry, skillfully and gently wiped the emperor's face, and said with concern: "Father, why don't you go back to the palace to rest, and leave it to my son." gone."

"It's okay, it's okay..." The emperor slowly regained his strength, and said with a gentle smile: "Nan Xing hasn't woken up yet, I can't rest assured, I have to stay here..."

Li Xuanye remained silent.

The emperor sighed, looked at the concubines, and said in a deep voice: "Just now, on the day of the prince's wedding, did the princess vomit like this?"

"..."

The crowd fell silent.

It's not that they dare not say it, but that no one really knows about it...

Concubines, you look at me and I look at you, but you don't know how to answer.

"Grand Concubine, you are in charge of the Sixth Palace, don't you know that the princess is sick?" The emperor was a little angry.

Concubine Pei felt her temples throbbing when she heard these words.

What does it mean that if she is in charge of the sixth house, she should know about the princess' illness?She is not a queen!The princess was not raised by her!
What's more, being in charge of the Sixth Palace is not in full control, and half of the power can't be taken back!
What is she so passionate about making wedding clothes for others! ?

Therefore, Concubine Pei snorted coldly, not bothering to answer the emperor's words at all.

She didn't want to answer, but someone in the crowd was smart enough to seize the opportunity.

That's Concubine Ming: "Returning to Your Majesty, the princess did vomit on the day of the prince's wedding, but..."

After her tone paused, the emperor raised his heart, and his voice was a little tight: "But what?"

Concubine Ming sighed, and said quietly: "It's not Princess Nanxing, but Princess Yaoguang."

"What?" The emperor was startled, "Mingfei, do you know what you're talking about?"

Concubine Ming's face turned pale immediately, and she hurriedly lifted her skirt and knelt in front of the emperor: "Sister Concubine Shu told the concubine, how dare the concubine make something out of nothing? Sister Concubine Shu said that she didn't want to disturb the celebration of the East Palace, That's why I didn't invite the imperial physician, and Princess Yaoguang didn't have any serious problems at the time, so I didn't tell His Majesty, but just talked to my concubine unintentionally."

She pinched the handkerchief and wiped the wet corners of her eyes. This worried look made the emperor feel a little better, and he raised his palm: "Get up, I don't mean to blame you, I just think... This is too much of a coincidence..."

If he didn't take the words of Ling Tailang and Taoist Xuanshan seriously at first, then now he can't help but feel suspicious.

At this time, a concubine from below came out to speak: "Your Majesty, I think...the words of Ling Tailang may have some truth?"

"Yeah..." When one person speaks, a second person will chime in: "If it's really not Xiangke, why does Concubine Shu keep it from His Majesty?
Then there was the third, fourth, and fifth, all of whom started to talk about it.

Concubine Pei Gui, on the other hand, still stood there with a face full of disdain and did not participate.

The emperor looked at Fu Hua on the ground, his eyes became a little hesitant.

(End of this chapter)