imperial psychologist

Chapter 257 Choice
Chapter 250 Five

Emperor Jianxi leaned back slightly, and the anger on his face was suppressed a bit.Huang Chongde understood the expression on his face, bowed aside and said, "Come on, servant girl."

Emperor Jianxi really acquiesced and said nothing.

Huang Chongde looked at Bai Ling, although there was no smile on his face, but his brows and eyes were calm but reassuring.

"Tonight, two cats were hit in the flower garden of Chuxiu Palace, which shocked Jieyu." Huang Chongde said softly, "When the servants were cleaning up the cat's body, they found that there were signs of loose ground under the nearby flower branches. Then I found the paulownia doll."

——Sure enough, it is exactly the same as the previous guess!
"Which palace worker discovered the doll?" Bo Ling asked.

"Golden branch."

Bai Ling's eyes fell on the ground, and he sighed as if talking to himself, "... I never thought that sister Jin Zhi would do such dirty work by herself."

"...Then, the servants of Chuxiu Palace immediately went to report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As soon as they went out, they saw Baoyuan sneaking around outside Chuxiu Palace. Someone is here. Baoyuan claims to have come here following the bloodstains, but I don’t know what dolls are there.”

Huang Chongde narrated slowly.

Jin Zhi at the side interjected at this time, "The poor servant girl has a dirty mouth, and she opened her mouth to curse our empress, and everyone in the palace at that time—"

"Presumptuous! It's your turn to interrupt Eunuch Huang's speech," Concubine Ning snapped, "I haven't heard anyone scolding Lin Jieyu for dying, but I heard you say it!"

Jin Zhi was shaken by Pinning Ning, his face turned red with anger and fear, and he had no choice but to lower his head.

"Anyway, there was blood and mud on Baoyuan's hands at that time, and it happened to pass by at that time, so it can basically be regarded as stolen goods." Huang Chongde said in a low voice, "Zhang Shenxian happened to be in the palace tonight, and Long Live just now Invite him to come over and have a look. The doll is made of century-old paulownia wood, which has a lot of grudges. You need to take one of his favorite things from the cursed person, lock it with the horoscope of his birth date, and finally put it back By the side of the person involved, the curse will take effect."

Bai Ling smiled, and glanced at the court lady who was talking to him earlier, "No wonder you asked me if I wanted to pick flowers in the garden."

The maid lowered her head, her voice was still terrified, "What this servant girl said is the truth, your majesty, empress... Mingjian."

"Where is Baoyuan now?"

"It has been ordered to take it to the Punishment Department for interrogation." Huang Chongde said softly.

Hearing the word "Following the Decree", Bo Ling somewhat understood that since Emperor Jianxi had personally ordered to be interrogated by the Punishment Department, it was unlikely to re-enter from Baoyuan's end tonight.

When Baoyuan was in Chengqian Palace on weekdays, when did Baoyuan mention Lin Jieyu? Baoyuan didn't gnash her teeth... There is no need to describe the golden branch here, Bai Ling can already imagine that when Baoyuan was arrested, she scolded her. Lin Jieyu would scold so badly.

The pretext she gave at that moment probably couldn't be pulled back by ten cows.

Lin Jieyu, who had been silent all this time, let out a groan, and raised her eyes to look at Emperor Jianxi, "Your Majesty, with a temperament like Baoyuan...you can say that she can do it all by herself if she makes witchcraft and curses..." The whole thing, the concubine absolutely does not believe it..."

Concubine Ning was about to have a fit when Lin Jieyu choked up, "The concubine never believes that Sister Qu would do such a thing. Sister Qu is kind-hearted, even if others tell her to do it, she won't touch it..."

Bai Ling looked at Lin Jieyu, and already guessed what she was going to say next.

A trace of uneasiness flashed in Bai Ling's heart for no reason.

The most paradoxical thing about this matter now is that to break this situation, the means in front of me are too ready.Lin Jieyu launched an attack on Chengqian Palace at this time, trying to drag herself into the water, which is tantamount to courting death.

Bai Ling had silently held the life gate of the femme fatale in front of her, but she didn't know anything about it.

But that Duke Ming, who was hiding behind the scenes, knew all of this—not only did he know all of this, but he also wanted Lin Jieyu, who knew nothing, to kill him...

Lin Jieyu bit at her frantically, and Bai Ling revealed her identity. Once this trick is used, no matter how hard the opponent struggles, they will surely die.

However, in order to reveal Lin Jieyu's identity, he would have to fully expose his own investigation and evidence collection during this period of time—to some extent, it would count as killing a thousand enemies and damaging himself by eight hundred.

Is this the effect that Duke Ming wants to see?

Bo Ling's thoughts on this side were full of thoughts, while Lin Jieyu on the other side had already continued on her own, "Bao Yuan is just a servant who is eager to protect the Lord. First, the concubine will only envy Sister Qu's good fortune..." Lin Jieyu gently wiped her tears, "But now, it seems that such a servant is the easiest to be deceived..."

Lin Jieyu spoke intermittently, but Emperor Jianxi did not come to comfort her as usual.He sat there, looking forward, never bending down to take a look.

It has been a long time since there has been any witchcraft incident in the palace, and it happened to coincide with the special period of recent turmoil.This made him feel ridiculed in the dark. If it was a coincidence, then he could only be tempted and forbear, but he always felt that behind everything, there was a shadow of man-made disaster.This intuition for no reason made him irritable and made everything around him suspicious.

And what Lin Jieyu said was exactly what he suspected in his heart.

This maid, Baoyuan, is more brave than witty, so it is impossible to complete the paulownia puppetry alone - Zhang Shenxian has already given the conclusion that the effort required in this process is far beyond ordinary people's imagination, and the main difficulty is concentrated in the method. If there are no people with exquisite minds who strictly follow the regulations, the curse will only be backlashed on the caster himself.

It can be seen that there must be others helping her.

The troublesome thing about things today is that they have to be investigated, let alone carefully investigated.

It doesn't matter what the truth is at all, the key is to completely end this matter—whether Chuxiu Palace or Chengqian Palace, both sides must be severely punished to serve as an example.

Emperor Jianxi looked at Bo Ling—and Bo Ling was also looking at her.

"Just say something." He said coldly.

Bai Ling leaned over slightly, "It's a bit rude to say this now... Please forgive me. Why did I not want to come to Chuxiu Palace at the beginning, because I knew that as long as I came, something would happen later But the empress is still soft-hearted. Now that the matter involves witchcraft, even if I can get away with the death penalty by chance, it will inevitably hurt my vitality..."

Lin Jieyu looked over blankly, "What does Xiao Siyao mean by that?"

"Jieyu will understand what it means after a while." Bai Ling glanced at Lin Jieyu, raised his eyes and said to Emperor Jianxi, "I have a way to find out the truth, and on the premise of not causing too many entanglements, I can really return the noble concubine and empress. There are others who are innocent."

(End of this chapter)