Marriage Princess: The Alluring Concubine of the Evil Emperor

Chapter 270 The Trial Begins

After interrogating the man in Changchun, he came over to report and said softly, "Father, according to Gao Lingfeng's investigation and the testimony of the servants in the palace, it is preliminarily concluded that the concubine set the fire on her own."

"Why did she do this?" The emperor asked calmly, no matter what this woman did, he would not be surprised.

Because there is nothing this woman can't do.

Chang Chun said: "According to the palace people's confession, Master Qi entered the palace today to discuss with your concubine for a long time. After Master Qi left, your concubine called Xiu'er, who was serving her personally, and told her to let them go first if there was a fire. She ran for her life, but she had to wait for the emperor to arrive before letting people in to rescue her. In fact, the fire could not reach her. She left a way out for herself. The wall on the right side of the palace is very thick, and the fire cannot pass through. , but I didn’t expect that when the palace servants were running for their lives, they overturned the tung oil, causing the fire to burn through.”

The emperor sneered, "Hasn't she been in a coma all this time? Why does Master Qi enter the palace and she recovers?"

Changchun said: "The people in Ningfu Palace said that Master Qi gave her medicine before she fell into a coma. Every time Master Qi entered the palace, he would give her an antidote to wake her up, and it is the same today."

"Pretend to be sick? To avoid interrogation? Can't hide for a lifetime, procrastination? If it is procrastination, there must be something behind. I really want to see what they can do to deceive me." The emperor's forehead showed blue veins, The anger is soaring.

Changchun said sadly: "It seems that the tricks have been exhausted, but this time it almost killed her."

"That's because Yun'er doesn't want to let the fire burn her to death. She has too many sins on her body and must be judged!" The emperor turned to look at Changchun, and resolutely ordered, "I order you to thoroughly investigate the case of Concubine Yun. Wake up, you will interrogate immediately, and the case must be closed before the sun rises tomorrow."

"Yes!" Changchun took the order, waiting for this sentence, this fire was to force Concubine Shang Gui to "wake up" in front of her father.

"Where's Yili?" the emperor asked, she and Changchun were handling the case together, why didn't she come over when there was such a commotion in Ningfu Palace.

Changchun said: "Yi'er is not feeling well today, she has already taken medicine and fell asleep."

"Is it important?" asked the emperor.

"Father, don't worry, it's just a bit of wind and cold, it doesn't matter." Chang Chun said.

The emperor said: "Well, after it's done, you can enter the palace with the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry. You can discuss with him how to deal with the Ningfu Palace. I want to see that it is exactly the same as before!"

"Yes!"

Before the emperor turned to leave, he said coldly: "According to the law, you can deal with it as you like."

"Yes, my son knows!" Changchun's eyes flashed, this opportunity was finally seized.

After the emperor left, Changchun's eyes were condensed, and he ordered: "Bring Concubine Shang to the Palace of Compassion, and Concubine Qi and Concubine Ru are also invited to listen together!"

"Yes!" Everyone ordered.

Concubine Shang Gui was taken away while she was still receiving treatment.

The imperial guards who took her away acted very rudely. She struggled and fought all the way, but the imperial guards didn't let her go and dragged her to the Compassion Palace.

After entering the main hall, the imperial guards pushed her and shouted sharply, "Kneel down!"

Concubine Shang Gui looked up and saw the Queen sitting on a chair in the center of the main hall, on the left and right were Princess Changchun and Concubine Qi, and Concubine Ru was also present.

Aunt Luqian, a female official in the palace, was in charge of recording the case, sitting at the side, with the decree spread out on the table, just waiting for the record to be included in the case.

Aunt Luqian was single-handedly promoted by the empress dowager. She had been in the palace for many years and had won the empress dowager's trust. During the years when she was in charge of internal affairs, she hardly made any mistakes.

She yelled in her heart that something was wrong. Her father said that Bai Suqing only acted tonight. If she interrogated herself tonight, would there still be time?

Just when she was panicking, she was pushed by the imperial guards, she staggered forward and knelt down, raised her head hastily, and saw the empress looking at her with a serious face.

Ever since she entered the palace, she had never thought highly of this empress. Outsiders said that the empress was plain-tempered, but she knew that it was not plain, but cowardly and fearful.

Why are you cowardly and fearful?Because they are not favored, in the harem, even if they are as honorable as a queen, as long as they are not favored, they are not as good as a noble person. Therefore, in the past, when I came to the Compassionate Palace to greet her, the queen always had a smile on her face, and she was careful not to offend others.

Maybe it was because she was used to her fearful look, but now that she had a calm face and a bit of majesty in her sternness, Concubine Shang Gui had an illusion, as if her cowardice all along was just a disguise.

She suddenly remembered what her father said, in this deep palace, everyone is crouching tiger, hidden dragon, no one is simple, especially her father said that the empress is definitely not a cowardly and timid person.

Although Concubine Ru and Concubine Qi did not speak, their eyes were deeply gloating. These people would never dare to provoke her. Now that I think about it, I just find it really funny. How could she think that the dignified empress and concubine are afraid of her? ?
The queen signaled Changchun to speak, Changchun took the file in Jinglan's hand, and said coldly: "Qi family, now my father is investigating the case of Concubine Yun with me. After days of investigation and interrogation, all the confessions point to you. , designed to frame Concubine Yun and Prince Li, and falsely accused them of having an affair, can you plead guilty?"

Concubine Shang Gui snorted, "I don't know what nonsense you are talking about. What happened that day, the emperor saw it with his own eyes, so there is nothing wrong with it? Concubine Yun and Prince Li met outside the palace first, and they had a private meeting in the palace. Later, I was smashed by Bengong and tried to cover up the denial, if it wasn't for Bengong's ingenious trick to let the emperor see their private meeting, the emperor is still kept in the dark."

Because she had confessed in front of the emperor that she did design the imperial garden scene, so this point cannot be denied no matter what, so she simply admitted it. Now that Concubine Yun is in Bai Suqing's hands, even if they have the ability to invite her Ghosts can't be invited, and if there is no confession from Concubine Yun, then the confessions of other people don't count.

Changchun sneered, "You are still talking out loud here. What the father sees is all designed by you. Although Concubine Yun and King Li knew each other outside the palace, they have always treated each other with courtesy. It was you who deliberately designed it to win favor. framed."

"What evidence do you have?" After listening to Changchun's words, Concubine Shang Gui's panic just subsided quietly, and after careful discernment, she actually had nothing in her hand except the confessions of those palace maids. Moreover, these Cailing's confession is the most important, since Cailing is now Yili's person, she can bite back and say that Yili has a personal grudge with her, so Cailing deliberately made excuses to frame her.

Changchun picked up the file and walked down, "Look carefully, among these confessions, there are confessions from your most trusted girl in the past, the confessions from the old nanny who has served you for more than ten years, and the confessions from your guards in the palace. Have a look, have you been wronged?"

Concubine Shang Gui took the file, rolled her eyelids, then threw it on the ground, and said contemptuously: "It's just an excuse to frame the palace, what's so interesting?"

Changchun sneered, "False grounds? Your concubine's popularity is so good, even the people who serve you in front of you will make false grounds to frame you."

Concubine Ru said coldly: "Isn't it? Just one or two framing you, and framing you with all the correct confessions, is it justified?"

(End of this chapter)