long live the queen

Chapter 106

After hearing what Wei Yunqing said, Qian Lang's expression changed drastically.

Now that the truth is clear, Qian Lang can't tolerate any more nonsense.According to his timeline, he had an affair with Wei Yunqing first, and then she was with Yang Yi. However, the so-called "birthmark" he said as proof was acquired after Wei Yunqing. Know.

"I, I..." Qian Lang's face was pale, and after a long while, he suddenly knelt down and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, empress, please forgive me, villain! The villain is also instigated by others!"

"Tell me, who ordered you?" Wei Yunqing said.The only person who knew that there was a "birthmark" on her left shoulder was a maid in her palace who saw it while she was taking a bath.Moreover, the other party is not close to her, unlike Lan Tian and Lu Cui who know that it is not a birthmark at all, but a scar.At that time, the arrow wound was very deep. Although the scar removal plaster was used later, it still left a shallow scar. At first glance, it was indeed mistaken for a red birthmark.And those who can put eyeliner in her palace should be those concubines in the harem.

Recalling the time he got along with the harem women when he was leading them to study and practice, Wei Yunqing sighed slightly.It is really difficult for people to understand each other.They felt that she was a thorn in the side and should be removed, but she never hurt their hearts, let alone compete for favor.

"The villain doesn't know!" Qian Lang shouted in panic, "When the man found the villain, he only said what he wanted the villain to do, and even lowered his voice, and the villain didn't know who the other party was. He gave I gave the villain a lot of money, and said that I will give the villain more after the matter is completed... The villain is fascinated by ghosts for a while, and I ask the emperor and empress to spare the villain's life!"

"Dare to slander the empress, you are so audacious, and how can you be fooled for a while!" Wen Huai said angrily from the side.He has always despised such indecent frame-ups.

Mao Yirong also said: "Your Majesty, this matter must be thoroughly investigated!" It's one thing he doesn't like Wei Yunqing, and the dignified Empress Liang is insulted in this way, it's like slapping them on the face, I can't swallow it no matter what Take it easy!
"This matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple for a thorough investigation. It must be investigated within three days!" Yang Yi said angrily. Thinking of the insulting words Qian Lang said to Wei Yunqing just now, he was so angry that he wished to immediately reveal Qian Lang's behind-the-scenes information. The main messenger was dug out, and his body was broken into pieces!

Wei Yunqing didn't say a word, acquiescing to investigate the matter thoroughly.Although it was because the other party made a mistake about the "birthmark", she easily resolved the framing this time, but what if the other party did not make a mistake and she really had a red birthmark?Then she's probably going to have a hard time saying it this time.Even if other people believed in her character, they still couldn't stop Youyou from talking—how could the people behind the scenes not take advantage of this to spread the word?Since the other party is so vicious, she always has to catch him to be at ease.

Back in Yanxi Palace, Wei Yunqing asked Lan Tian to call over everyone who had the opportunity to see the scar on her shoulder.Wei Yunqing didn't strictly order people to go out when she was taking a bath before, so although not many people could see the scar, there were some.

Lantian and Lucui were directly excluded by Wei Yunqing. They knew that it was an arrow wound, and they knew where the arrow wound came from, so they would not make that kind of mistake.Apart from these two, there are four other palace officials who had the opportunity to see her scar.Among them, one is Yunxin and the other is Mingzhu, both of whom she was very optimistic about in the past and entrusted them with reuse. age.

"Which of you told others that I have a red birthmark on my shoulder?" Wei Yunqing asked straight to the point.

Yun Xin and Ming Zhu looked calm, Yu Xiang and Yu Lian didn't know what happened at all, and their expressions were pure panic of being called by Wei Yunqing for questioning.

Yun Xin and Ming Zhu looked at each other, and spoke first: "Your Majesty, I have never talked about this matter with others... I just talked about it with Ming Zhu once."

Her expression was a little apprehensive, because talking about Wei Yunqing's "birthmark" behind her back was not very respectful after all.

Mingzhu also said: "Yes, empress. After discussing it with Yun Xin, the slave girl also felt that it was inappropriate. At that time, it was agreed not to mention it again...and...it doesn't seem to be a birthmark..."

Mingzhu hesitated a bit when she said the last sentence, as if she didn't know whether she should say it or not.

Wei Yunqing frowned: "What did you say that day?"

Mingzhu settled down and said: "Go back to your mother, the servant girl told Yun Xin that there was an arrow wound on the mother's shoulder, and Yun Xin said that she had seen it too, so the two servants and servants were guessing how the mother got the arrow wound... But the servant girl promised that after The servants and servants did not mention this matter again!"

Wei Yunqing nodded noncommittally, and had ruled out the two suspects in his heart.These two people knew that it was an arrow wound, so there were only two other suspicious people left.

"What about you?" Wei Yunqing asked.

Yulian bit her lower lip and shook her head in a panic: "Your maidservant, my maidservant has never told anyone about this!"

Yuxiang said: "Slaves are too!"

Wei Yunqing glanced over the four people evenly, and said slowly: "You guys have to think about it. Now it's just me asking, so naturally I won't be rough on you. But if I can't ask, I have to hand you over to the Ministry of Punishment The emperor has ordered a thorough investigation of this matter, and it is impossible to stop it if you can't find the person behind the scenes. If you don't want to suffer, you should say it earlier. The prison of the Ministry of punishment is not a good place to go, it is probably better than the imperial prison A little bit."

Wei Yunqing's persuasion and persuasion caused the four of them to kneel down one after another.

Yun Xin and Ming Zhu still talked about it at the beginning, and they insisted that they did not discuss this matter with other people.And Yuxiang and Yulian also blindly begged for mercy.

Wei Yunqing sighed: "It seems that there is no other way but to send you all to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation."

"Mother!" The four exclaimed.

Wei Yunqing got up, shook his head and said: "Do I treat you harshly? Using such a vicious scheme to harm me is despicable. But I have never been a cruel person. If you tell the truth, I can still plead with the Ministry of Punishment. Be lenient. After all, I am fine now and have not been successfully framed."

When Wei Yunqing summoned the four people before, she didn't explain what was going on, and asked questions directly when she came, so her vague words at the moment made the four people puzzled, but they were also quite panicked.From what she said, it looked like something big had happened!

At this time, the little girl Yuxiang suddenly crawled over with her arms and legs together, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, servant girl, I seem to have accidentally talked to someone about the birthmark on your shoulder...but I didn't do it on purpose, my servant! I don't know This matter will be so serious that this servant will never dare again!"

"Who did you tell?" Wei Yunqing asked.

Yuxiang hurriedly replied: "Yes, it's Xuelian from the Shangshi Bureau, the maidservant entered the palace in the same year as her, and sometimes they would get together to talk, but the maidservant didn't mean it at that time, and she only said it to her alone! "

"Okay, I'll write down your words first." Wei Yunqing said, "You four go back first. If you have anything to ask in the future, I will come back to you."

The four quickly thanked her and left, among them, Yuxiang was still a little confused, she didn't expect the empress to let her go back like this, if she knew she would have said it earlier...

As soon as the four of them left, Wei Yunqing immediately ordered Lan Tian: "Go and bring the snow lotus here."

Lan Tian took the order and went.

Lu Cui said: "Madam, tell me, could it be Zhuang Concubine and the others who want to harm you?"

Wei Yunqing replied with a downcast face: "There is no evidence yet, so don't talk nonsense."

"Yes, empress!" Lu Cui hurriedly responded.

Wei Yunqing looked at her desk, which was written by the concubines. After so long, she had roughly figured out what they were good at, and had already figured out what to do for them. After so long, she treats them sincerely, and some of them may still want to harm her.

But she also had some hope in her heart. She was looking forward to the final truth, and the person who wanted to harm her was not among the women she got along with every day.

Lan Tian came back soon, but his expression was serious.

"Your Majesty, when the slaves left, Xuelian had already hanged herself!" Lan Tian gritted his teeth.

Wei Yunqing stood up suddenly: "Dead?"

"When the maidservant arrived, she had already passed away for a long time!" Lan Tian was also worried.

The speed of the person behind the scenes is really too fast.Presumably, if Wei Yunqing left the conference room intact, the other party would know that the matter had failed, so they would have silenced the people involved.

"Is there someone over there to deal with it?" After all, it was a human life, Wei Yunqing's expression was not hesitant.

Lan Tian said: "Eunuch Cao has already sent someone to deal with it, saying that he wants to find out whether he hanged himself or was killed!"

A life is a major event, not to mention that this matter is also involved in the conspiracy to frame the queen, so Cao Jun personally supervised the matter, and he had to investigate to find out the truth.

At the same time, the officials of the Ministry of Criminal Justice are also investigating who the person who was in contact with Qian Lang is. The two lines run parallel inside and outside, and they can always find out something.

For the next two days, Wei Yunqing ran around inside and outside the palace as usual, and did not show any abnormalities in front of the concubines, but after they heard about the incident, they had different expressions when facing her, and she didn't care.

Just came back from teaching outside the palace that day, Xuemei ran over and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor is losing his temper in the harem right now, you should go and have a look!"

"Having lost your temper?" Wei Yunqing frowned.

Xuemei said: "I heard that the investigation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice came to the conclusion that the person who contacted Qian Lang came from the harem and was a father-in-law, but he couldn't find who it was. The emperor summoned all the concubines and asked the people behind the scenes to stand alone Come out!"

"Take me there quickly." Wei Yunqing frowned, and hurriedly followed Xuemei there.Unexpectedly, without staring at him, Yang Yi started messing around again!

Yang Yi summoned all the concubines from the harem to the side hall of Qianqing Palace. When Wei Yunqing arrived, Yang Yi was sitting there staring fiercely at the concubines below, but the concubines who were rushed by him could only kneel on the ground .

"Who on earth is trying to harm the queen?" He said angrily, "Stand up for me! If you are willing to surrender, I will spare your life! Otherwise, when I find out, I will destroy your nine clans!"

(End of this chapter)