Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 164

"Nightmare scent?" Emperor Xiaowen tapped his fingers lightly on the handle of the chair.

Doctor Zhang did not dare to hide anything and immediately reported back: "Your Majesty, it is the Nightmare Breathing Fragrance. At first, this Nightmare Breathing Fragrance makes people feel trance-like and full of worries and dreams. However, as long as it is used continuously for a year, it will make people as stupid as a three-year-old child. . It turned out to be a dirty thing made by some charlatans in the previous dynasty to defraud money. I didn’t expect to see it again at Shuchunxuan tonight."

"Your Majesty, my concubine concubine has been suffering from nightmares recently, and I'm afraid it's caused by these dirty things." Queen Zhou frowned and said, "In my humble opinion, as long as I find out who is tampering with the incense burner, I can follow the clues to find it." The real culprit who murdered the concubine. The musk found in the Yupeng Palace is probably a cover-up."

A normal person would be able to think that if the murderer was really Huo Qi, since she had already tampered with the incense burner, why would she bother to add any extra effort to a piece of pajamas?
Emperor Xiaowen was clicked by Queen Zhou's words, and then looked at Huo Qi: "Girl of the Huo family, please get up first."

Huo Qi has been kneeling since he entered the room, and now he has been kneeling for a long time, and his legs are almost numb.But she didn't show any emotion, she just stood up silently, without even rubbing her knees.

Concubine Shu looked at the scene in front of her, and a layer of anger suddenly emerged in her heart.Emperor Xiaowen clearly had a loosened attitude and no longer believed that Huo Qi was the murderer of Concubine Zhen.

The duck that reached the mouth flew away, which was really unpleasant!
There is also Shen Yuning's shit-stirring stick, who is as silent as a dull gourd on weekdays, and it's a good thing to ruin her as soon as she speaks!

Chunxiao's continuous sobs were like hot oil, fueling the fire in Concubine Shu's heart even more.Hadn't Zhang Rang been ordered to clean up those nightmare-smelling incense ashes a long time ago?How could it fall into the hands of a cheap servant like Chunxiao!What went wrong!
Concubine Shu was thinking deeply, but was suddenly awakened by Emperor Xiaowen's anger.

After Emperor Xiaowen finished speaking with Huo Qi, he turned his head and threw down the jade bead bracelet wrapped around his wrist in anger: "How could these dirty things flow into the palace, and how could they enter the incense burner of Shuchun Xuan?" Go!" His eyes fell on Chunxiao's back, and his tone was dangerous: "Since you found out something was wrong, why didn't you tell the truth earlier?"

Chunxiao's eyes were already swollen into walnuts, and he kowtowed several times in a hurry: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! My mother is still awake, and my servant sees that this matter is of great importance, so I dare not bite others at will! It's all because of my cowardice, I dare not say anything just now!" Tell the truth!"

Everyone was silent.

Chunxiao was the dowry maid who followed the concubine into the palace, so her words were naturally the most credible.

The situation was already chaotic tonight, not to mention that the concubine had not yet woken up. Chunxiao had no master to protect her, so it was understandable that she would be timid.If His Majesty Seventh Prince hadn't pushed her out, she would still be hiding in the corner and not daring to say a word.

The Seventh Highness was able to spot something wrong with Chunxiao at the right time, leading to the clue of Yan Xixiang, which can be said to have seen the light of day.And since Huo Qi has been picked out of this matter, it means that there may be someone else who is unlucky.

Seeing Chunxiao's frightened rabbit look, Queen Zhou comforted her and said, "Your Majesty, now is not the time to be angry. If you want things to be clear, you still have to find this jadeite first." Then she turned to Chunxiao and asked, "Where is the jadeite?"

Chunxiao looked around and said in horror: "Mother, no! The jade is missing!"

Emperor Xiaowen suppressed his anger and ordered Eunuch Li beside him: "Immediately follow my instructions and ask the Imperial Army to search for people. We will turn the palace upside down tonight to find this jade!"

Eunuch Li did not dare to delay and immediately took Chunxiao to find someone.

As soon as Chunxiao left, Emperor Xiaowen made a move, so naturally he had to deal with Liu Yizheng that she had just talked about.

His gloomy gaze shot at Liu Yizheng: "Bold Liu! You are responsible for taking care of the concubine's mother and child, and you have been in and out of Shuchun Pavilion so many times, don't tell me that you know nothing!"

Doctor Liu suddenly felt the dark clouds pressing down on him, and kowtowed to Emperor Xiaowen repeatedly, "Your Majesty, spare your life. It's all because of my lack of medical skills. It's only because of my negligence that this caused a catastrophe!"

Emperor Xiaowen would never believe that he made a mistake unintentionally. Seeing that Liu Yan's death was imminent, he even tried to shirk and deny it.

Liu Yizheng also knew that he would not survive tonight.

He really wanted to say that Concubine Shu had instructed him to do this, but he didn't dare.Once he bites Concubine Shu, all his family will have to see the Lord of Hell!Moreover, even if he was willing to tell the truth, now that the concubine Zhen had a miscarriage, according to Emperor Xiaowen's ruthless character, he probably would not be given a chance to survive.It would be better for him to die and keep his family safe.

A low cry suddenly sounded in the room: "He wants to kill himself!"

When everyone reacted, Liu Yizheng had already stood up suddenly and hit the wall. There was a muffled "boom", and he fell to the ground, already out of breath.

Soon someone took Liu Yizheng's body away.

As soon as Dr. Liu died, the atmosphere in the room became even more depressing and depressing. Everyone felt like they were trapped in a huge steamer, unable to breathe.

After an unknown amount of time, Eunuch Li finally came back with Chunxiao, and a woman dressed as an eunuch was tied to her hand, presumably it was the jadeite who had just disappeared.

Eunuch Li unceremoniously kicked Jade's kneecap from behind, causing her to stumble to the ground.Then he took three steps forward and reported back in front of Emperor Xiaowen: "Your Majesty, the imperial army found Jade at the inner right gate. Hundreds of taels of silver notes were also found on her body. It seemed that she wanted to escape from the palace, just because At this time, the key to the palace gate did not succeed."

Chunxiao hurriedly knelt down and said: "Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for my mother-in-law. It must be this jade that harmed the child in my mother's belly!"

"Jade, Chunxiao testified, she saw you sneak out from the corner door of Shuchunxuan tonight to pour incense ash. The incense ash contained nightmare incense and musk. You are so brave!" It was Concubine Shu who scolded you.

She didn't know what went wrong tonight, but she already felt a faint sense of danger.Now all I can do is give up the car and save the handsome man.Since Jade's flaws have been revealed, he might as well let her kill this matter completely.If not, if things continue to develop, I am afraid that the fire in Emperor Xiaowen's heart will soon burn to his own head.

Jade was shocked. After she left Shuchunxuan, she never poured out any incense ashes. Instead, she wrapped the incense ashes as usual and gave them to Zhang Rang according to the rules.If Zhang Rang hadn't come late today, she would not have missed the time to leave the palace.Concubine Shu's attitude now clearly means she wants to blame everything on her.

Could it be that Chun Xiao was also a hidden game arranged by Concubine Shu, in order to testify against her at a critical moment, so that she could be justified in killing her?
The more Fei Cui thinks about it, the more she thinks this is a possibility, heh, how could she be so stupid that she really believed that Concubine Shu would let her out of the palace?
She met Concubine Shu's eyes and completely understood the murderous intent in Concubine Shu's eyes. She could only break the pot and say sternly: "Yes, Concubine Zhen's miscarriage was all planned by this servant!"

"Why are you doing this?" Queen Zhou said.

Fei Cui twisted her neck and made up: "Because the concubine is not good to the servant. The father of the servant's family is suffering from a serious illness. The servant wants to ask the empress for a favor to let the servant out of the palace, but the empress refuses to let him go."

It's ridiculous!It's not something that a palace maid can get out of the palace with a simple touch of words, but she never expected that Fei Cui would kill the concubine for this matter!

Queen Zhou said again: "Then do you recognize this Biyun?"

Jade didn't know that Biyun had just slandered Huo Qi, but she had seen this Biyun in Concubine Shu's palace, so it goes without saying that he was working for Concubine Shu.

An evil thought arose from the bottom of her heart. If she couldn't bite Concubine Shu, could it be that she couldn't cure Biyun?They were also working for Concubine Shu, so why was she about to die but Biyun was safe and sound?
Her heart skipped a beat: "Biyun is my slave's accomplice."

Everyone gasped. If this was true, what happened tonight would make sense.

In addition to the selected girls of Yupeng Palace, Jade also has a great chance to come into contact with pajamas.I'm afraid that he did something wrong and worked with Biyun to blame Huo Qi.Huo Qi can be considered a disaster.

Biyun had long noticed the drastic change in the situation and had been kneeling behind him, pretending to be dead.At this moment, when I suddenly heard Jade say this, I didn't expect the disaster to come suddenly.The panic in her heart almost overwhelmed her completely. She found sadly that she couldn't even utter a strong argument. She could only deny it with a trembling voice: "I don't have it! I don't have it!"

But in this room, who would listen to her explanation?
Emperor Xiaowen seldom showed obvious disgust. He seemed to be tired of watching this clumsy drama, so he ordered directly on the spot: "This is the end of tonight's affairs. Fei Cui and Bi Yun will be killed immediately! Throw the corpses into a mass burial." Gang feed the dog!"

(End of this chapter)