The Princess of the Fairy Phoenix Road

Chapter 178 The Palace Thorn (4)
Tuoba Rongyao saw her maidservant die suddenly and tragically, and her whole body was in a huge shock. At this moment, her mind was confused and she didn't know what to do.

After reacting for a while, she looked at the emperor expectantly, and said anxiously: "Your Majesty—"

The emperor only glanced at her, but ignored her.

Empress Luo has quickly recovered her senses and said: "The things the emperor touched just now are the same, they are all here, Lord Yanling, please take a closer look, where did the mistake come from?"

"Yes, ma'am!" Lord Yanling took the order, and checked all the items on the several cases in front of the emperor in the past, and finally left only an emerald green fruit plate and said: "Silverware for serving meals is not easy to make. Hands and feet, the problem is on this fruit plate, the outer edge of the plate is rubbed with poison, probably because His Majesty touched it a little bit!"

As soon as these words came out, Tuoba Rongyao's face turned ashen, and he said loudly: "This is impossible!"

Empress Luo's eyes flashed sharply, and said: "The lychee in this plate is said to be liked by Concubine Rong, so she asked her maid to hold it up, and gave half of it to her!"

Halfway through the conversation, there was a change in the subject right after, raising his hand and pointing at Tuoba Rongyao, "Concubine Rong, you are so courageous, how dare you instruct your servant to poison the emperor!"

"I didn't!" Tuoba Rongyao panicked.

Standing behind the emperor, Li Ruixiang's eyes moved suddenly, he walked over with Fuchen in his arms, and pulled the hands of the maidservant Rong Yan through the sleeves to check. It was impressive to see that her hands were swollen, and she almost couldn't tell what she looked like at the beginning, poisoned. especially serious.

"Your Majesty." Li Ruixiang said, "If the servant's prediction is correct, the servant girl should have wiped the poison with her own hands, and then deliberately stained the utensils at His Majesty's hand. Later, Lord Yanling discovered it in time and prevented her from using it. Those who can take the antidote in time and die."

Everything that comes from the imperial dining room has to go through countless checkpoints. It is not easy to tamper with, and above the state banquet in this palace, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at it. It is easy to attract the attention of others, so poisoning food and assassination with open weapons are not easy to operate.

It was also difficult for this maidservant to use her body as bait to directly present the poison with her own hands.

The emperor's face was as deep as water, but there was no obvious anger, but the haze covering his eyes was too thick, and Tuoba Rongyao trembled all over.

"Concubine Rong, explain!" the emperor said, only giving such an understatement.

Tuoba Rongyao's eyes widened, and he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, do you also suspect my concubine? I—"

"She is your maid!" The emperor said, his words were cool and indifferent.

Tuoba Rongyao only felt chills all over her body, her mind was muddled, she couldn't say anything, she just shook her head in panic and said: "It's not me, Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on, I—"

"It's not you? Who is that?" The emperor interrupted her coldly. He didn't know what he was thinking of, and his eyes suddenly swept down.

The courtiers and wives below, who were silent like cicadas, shuddered again.

In the end, the emperor's gaze was fixed on the seat of Tuoba Huai'an brothers and sisters.

The corners of his lips curled into an arc, but he didn't show any emotion related to the smile. He just said coldly: "You are her brother, if she can't explain it clearly, you can tell me! You came from Mobei to do a good deed." , she said it has nothing to do with her, so it has something to do with you?"

"Your Majesty, I've been wronged!" Tuoba Huai'an immediately left the table and knelt down in the hall with his face livid.

Tuoba Yunji also followed, kneeling beside him with a solemn expression.

Tuoba Huai'an was also flustered because of the emperor's questioning, but compared to Tuoba Rongyao, his concentration was much better, so he immediately adjusted his state and said earnestly, "Xiao Wang is bringing me Mobei Wang Ling I came here with 12 points of sincerity to marry the Qin and Jin Dynasties with your dynasty forever, and I am grateful for the unprecedented courtesy and hospitality of His Majesty the Emperor. The king is fair!"

"Fairness!" The emperor sneered, "Your visitors from Mobei openly assassinated me at this highly anticipated state banquet on such a day, and you still ask me for this justice?"

"This—" Tuoba Huai'an was burning with anxiety.

Tuoba Rongyao's close friends were not only brought by her from Mobei, but also old people who had been with her for many years. At this time, someone blatantly attacked the emperor at the state banquet. This is an indisputable fact.

"Your Majesty, there is a contingency in everything. There are too many people here, and there is no guarantee that Rongyan has been bought and used by others." Tuoba Huai'an said after gathering his composure.

"Buy?" Before the emperor could speak, Su Lin had already taunted, "Tuoba Huai'an, I think you are clearly aiming at the fact that there is no evidence of death at the moment, so you clung and bit at random and diverted your attention!"

Now that he has hated Chu Lingyun to the core, thinking about it, if Tuoba Huai hadn't intervened to fuel the flames, he would not have been forced to propose marriage to Nanhe Palace in public, and thus caused such a big farce.

Now that Tuoba Huai'an is involved in the murder case, there is absolutely no reason for him not to step on the ground.

Tuoba Huai'an also knew that he was acting like a villain, but in the current situation, he didn't want to be quick with others, so he hurriedly raised the corner of his robe and bowed to the emperor again, saying, "Your Majesty, as long as you According to what Wang Shizi said, there is no proof for today's matter. This girl came from my imperial court in Mobei. This little king dare not deny it, but this important relationship cannot ruin my king's desire to have good relations with your country. Sincerity. Your Majesty is a sage king, please investigate this matter carefully, you will definitely find out the truth, find out the real culprit, and return Xiao Wang and Mobei to be innocent."

"The Fifth Highness said this. This is the important harem of my Xiyue court. For more than ten years, there has never been such an outrageous thing. It happened after you, Mo Bei, offered your beauty to enter the palace. The big thing is coming—" Another person spoke, his tone was slow, even a little careless, but there was no kindness at all.

The person who spoke was Chu Yijian.

Compared to other people's restraint or nervousness, he is quite calm.

Everyone knows that this young prince Jian is not in the capital all year round because of his leg disease, so he has a very loose temper, so he doesn't think there is a problem with his tone of voice.

Such plausible two sentences made Tuoba Huai'an suddenly feel a huge sense of crisis——

Because there was a hidden needle in the words, it was clear that Tuoba Rongyao was once again pointed at.

He knows exactly how much Tuoba Rongyao weighs. If these people only target him, he can still handle one or two——

But Tuoba Rongyao may not be.

(End of this chapter)