Yun Shang knew that her dumb acupoint had been released, and what was churning back and forth in her heart was anger. Originally, she thought that if she told her father that Abbot Wuna ordered her not to get married within three years, the problem would be solved, but she didn't want to, but she was swayed by Prince Jing like this.
She doesn't like this kind of fate being held in other people's hands very much, Yun Shang slightly hooked the corners of her lips, "Father, son..."
Before the words fell, she heard several exclamations and exclamations. Yun Chang was taken aback, turned her head, and saw Li Yingying, who was sitting under her hands, fell to the ground, with blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.
Seeing this, Emperor Ning quickly stood up, "Come here, tell the imperial physician."
Before Yun Chang woke up, she was hugged and stood aside. Yun Chang frowned, pushed away the hand that was holding her waist, and said sharply, "Uncle Huang, please respect yourself."
King Jing's low voice came from next to his ear, which was different from his usual indifference, but even with a bit of a smile, "Self-respect? Shang'er, all the ministers in this palace know that you will soon become the king's The princess is gone."
Yun Chang frowned, broke free from King Jing's restraint, walked to her place and stood still, looking at Li Yingying who was lying on the ground, the blood at the corner of her mouth was black, could it be that she was poisoned
A woman hurriedly walked over to the side. Seeing Li Yingying's appearance, tears quickly filled her eyes, and she knelt down on the ground suddenly, holding Li Yingying in her arms, "Yingying, Yingying, what's wrong with you, don't you Scary mother..."
Yun Chang's eyes flickered, this woman should be the daughter-in-law of Li's parents, after a while, an imperial doctor hurried in, took Li Yingying's pulse, and said after a long time, "Your Majesty, Miss Li, this It was poisoned. This poison is a bit strange, and I have never seen it before."
"Poisoning? How can there be poison in this palace? Who wants to harm Ms. Li?" Emperor Ning frowned, "Come here, take Ms. Li to the side hall, and send all the imperial doctors of the imperial hospital to come for diagnosis. Imperial physician, you Check everything on Miss Li's desk."
The palace lady carried Li Yingying down, and the imperial physician hurriedly obeyed and checked the items on the table one by one, but found nothing, "My Majesty, I did not find any poison..."
"Oh?" Emperor Ning was slightly taken aback, but he was relieved, he heard that Li Cheng loved this granddaughter very tightly, if something happened in the palace, there is no guarantee that Li Cheng would not take the opportunity to make trouble.
But Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, Yingying was obviously fine just now. By the way, besides the things on this table, Yingying also played the pipa, and she played the pipa just now."
Emperor Ning frowned, slightly displeased, Li seemed to think that the poison must have come from the palace.
"The emperor calm down, my sister-in-law is only a little excited because her daughter was hurt, why don't you ask the imperial doctor to check the pipa as well." The queen on the side smiled gently.
"Then let's investigate." A look of displeasure flashed in Emperor Ning's eyes.
The imperial doctor took the order, went to the side of the pipa to check it, took out a clean white handkerchief, wiped the strings of the pipa, and saw some black stains on the white handkerchief. The imperial doctor held the handkerchief to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and said in a convincing way, "Your Majesty, there is poison on the pipa, and it is the poison that Miss Li suffered from."
"Absurd! They openly poisoned the palace banquet. Come, let me investigate! Bring everyone who has touched this pipa here." Emperor Ning patted the handrail and said angrily.
Yun Shang suddenly noticed a look looking towards her with malicious intent, Yun Chang followed the gaze, but saw Hua Jing was looking at her, smiling a little weirdly.
Yun Chang's heart tightened, could it be that this game is aimed at her
It's just that it doesn't make sense, even if it's framed, I don't know this Li Yingying before, and I can't find a reason to harm her, a little courtier's daughter. All kinds of past lives flashed in Yunshang's eyes, but she suddenly remembered a scene in the previous life that was similar to the present. Yun Chang hooked the corners of her lips, thinking that this life was different from the previous life, but she didn't want to, some things still had to happen.
After a while, the imperial guards brought up three court ladies, "Your Majesty, these three court ladies are the ones who have touched this pipa tonight. This lute is usually kept by court lady Xi'er. There was a banquet, so Xi'er gave the pipa to Que'er, and Que'er wiped the pipa, and gave it to Yunxi who was beside the empress dowager, and Yunxi brought it here."
Emperor Ning squinted his eyes, and looked at the three court ladies kneeling in the hall, "You three, when did you come into contact with the pipa, and who witnessed it, carefully recall it."
The maid who was kneeling in the middle quickly said, "My servant is Xi'er. Normally this pipa is kept by my servant. Today, because of the banquet in the palace, this pipa needs to be wiped every time I use it. Therefore, my servant will take care of it. The pipa was given to Que'er, and all the court ladies in Cangzhen Pavilion can testify that after the slaves gave the pipa to Que'er, Que'er even tried the sound."
Everyone in the hall heard her subtext, and Que'er tried the sound test, so it was naturally not poisonous, if Xi'er put poison on the strings of the pipa, Que'er would definitely not stand in this hall up.
Que'er heard the words, and said quickly, "Yes, the pipa in the palace will always be inaccurate if it is played for a long time, so the servants are used to the palace to try the sound before taking it, and then wipe it with a clean cloth. At the time, there were two court ladies taking care of the pipa and the zither, and then the slaves gave the pipa to Yunxi."
The last maid looked a little timid, and when Queer mentioned she quickly kowtowed to the main seat and said, "This servant went to get the pipa with the other two maids, and they have always accompanied this servant to carry the pipa all the way." Sent to the palace."
It seems that there are witnesses, Yun Chang lowered his eyes, watching with great interest, to see how the play will continue.
Emperor Ning snorted coldly, "Are you sure that no one else has touched this pipa during this process?"
The three maids shook their heads again and again, but the maid named Que'er seemed to be a bit hesitant, and the hesitation was just right for everyone in the palace to feel it.
Hua Jing on the side stood up and walked in front of the three of them, "Your name is Que'er, right? Did you remember something? If you remember something, just say it. There are so many people in this hall, we will naturally feel sorry for you." You are the master, this princess promises, no one will harm you."
The Que'er raised her head and looked at the crowd in panic, before she hesitated and said, "Your maidservant... The maidservant remembered it in a daze. When the maidservant and other maids were cleaning the pipa, Aunt Qianyin who was beside Princess Yunshang came Later, it was said that it was early in the morning, and a maid in the Princess Palace broke a vase. Aunt Qianyin said that although it was safe to break it, it would not look good to have an empty piece there, so I came to get a vase and said yes It's New Year's Eve, the princess specially brought some cakes for everyone to taste, and the servants went to eat cakes, at that time, Aunt Qianyin had entered the Cangzhen Pavilion."
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, oh, it turns out that this is the reason why the Empress Empress sent a letter asking Qian Yin to go to Cangzhen Pavilion to get a vase today. Yun Shang once thought that the queen should want to make a fuss on the vase, but the vase was brought back, and Yun Shang couldn't understand it after looking at it for a long time. It turned out that it was for the situation tonight.
Yun Chang was about to speak, when she heard a "pop", Que'er, who was kneeling in the hall, suddenly flew far away, bumped into a pillar in the hall, and fell down, only to hear moans, and everyone His whole body trembled, and he seemed to be in some pain.
"Prince Jing, what are you doing? Are you trying to kill someone to silence you?" A roar came, Yun Chang raised her eyes, and saw Prime Minister Li's hideous face.
Yun Chang turned her head to look at King Jing, but saw that his expression was indifferent, as if the one who kicked the little maid flying just now was not him, "Intent to slander the princess, why do you keep such a maid?"
The veins on Prime Minister Li's forehead popped up, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Prince Jing, don't bully others too much. Seeing Princess Yunshang's crimes are about to be exposed, do you want to cover up for her?"
"What does the prime minister mean by this? Why did this princess kill your granddaughter? Even, before today, this princess has never seen your granddaughter..." Yun Chang opened her mouth lightly, and glanced at the cold-faced Prince Jing frowned slightly.
"Hehe, the old man doesn't know why you attacked Yingying. The old man only knows that the evidence is convincing. You must have ordered the maid next to you to apply the poison on the pipa. Come on, don't you call the one next to Princess Yunshang?" Take Qianyin's court lady away!" Prime Minister Li snorted, with a bit of coldness in his eyes.
"Really? The princess would like to ask the prime minister. Maybe one of the princess's maids happened to go to the Zangzhen Pavilion today, but why did the princess poison the pipa? Besides, tonight This game was proposed by the empress, but the rules were set by the emperor, how could this princess know that Miss Li just happened to be able to get the pipa?" Yun Shang watched everyone's eyes fall on her, Full of doubts, but his heart became more and more calm, he simply sat down on the seat, and said with a smile,
The palace lady named Yunxi seemed to have something to say, and after a long time, she said in a nasty voice, "The empress was still recuperating before, so this banquet was hosted by the empress dowager. A few days ago, the princess went to the empress to greet her." At the time, the concubine made a special trip to discuss this game with all the empresses... "
Yun Shang squinted her eyes, oh, this means that she knew at that time that she would play this game, so she had plenty of time to fiddle with the lottery.
Someone in the crowd said again, "Miss Li's family seems to be interested in marrying Prince Jing just now, if Princess Yunshang likes Prince Jing, will she..."
"Could it be something? Will it be jealous? Will it be jealous? Will it be because of this reason that you will do everything possible to get rid of this potential competitor?" Yun Shang couldn't help laughing as she spoke. "My princess doesn't know that the princes and ladies in the imperial city have such rich imaginations..."
Prime Minister Li was furious, "Princess Huiguo, I didn't expect you to be so ruthless. You said Yingying wasn't poisoned by you, but you showed evidence!"
"Evidence?" Yunshang raised her head, smiled and walked in front of the court lady named Que'er, saw her face full of pain, bent slightly, and was about to speak, but heard Prime Minister Li's roar, " Princess Yunshang, do you also want to kill this court lady to testify? It's just that so many people here are watching..."
Yun Shang ignored it, and said directly to Que'er, "Aside from cleaning up musical instruments in the Cangzhen Pavilion, where have you been today?"
That Que'er coughed twice, as if she was suffering from the pain from King Jing's foot just now, "My servant stayed in the Treasure Pavilion all day, but just now I was brought here by the guards from the Treasure Pavilion."
"Really? Really don't think about it?" Yun Chang smiled lightly.
Que'er lowered her head, hiding the flash of panic in her eyes, "The servant has always been in the Treasure Pavilion..."
Yun Chang smiled slightly, "Cangzhen Pavilion, but this princess remembers that it seems that only Plum Shadow Pavilion has plum blossoms in this palace. You have never been to Plum Shadow Pavilion. Why, there are plum blossom petals under this shoe?" It was just when King Jing kicked the court lady over, Yun Shang suddenly found the plum blossom petals under her feet, and she felt a little bit of music in her heart.
Que'er flinched slightly, then said softly, "Slave, I don't know, maybe someone went to the Plum Shadow Pavilion, stained the petals of plum blossoms, accidentally fell on the road, and was stepped on by the slave."
Yun Shang smiled slightly, and walked in front of Yunxi, "I don't seem to have seen you by the concubine's side before, what do you do in Changchun Palace?"
The palace maid hurriedly said, "The servants are waiting outside the palace."
"Oh? Can you hear what we are talking about outside the palace? Then tell me, what did the empress dowager say this morning? Huh?" Yun Shang smiled calmly.
Yunxi trembled all over, "Servant, servant... forgot."
"Oh? Forgot? I forgot what I said this morning. I only remember discussing how to set up the gameplay for tonight. It's a good memory."
Almost everyone smelled the conspiracy, and Prime Minister Li smiled coldly, "Princess Huiguo Gu Youyou said what is he for?"
Yun Chang turned her head to look at Prime Minister Li, and said with a smile, "I heard that the princess has to settle the case with evidence, but now that the testimony of these two maids is full of loopholes, is Prime Minister Li going to convict the princess? Prime Minister Li usually settles cases so hastily?"
Just as he was talking, another guard came in holding a servant, "Your Majesty, this is the eunuch who is in charge of preparing the lottery today."
The eunuch suddenly fell to his knees, "Your servant is wronged, it's none of your business, this servant just obeys orders, Princess Yunshang's lady-in-waiting ordered this servant to exchange all the signatures for pipas when it's Miss Li's turn."
As soon as the words fell, the hall seemed to be on fire suddenly, "So it was really her..."
Yun Shang was not in a hurry, "You said that this princess ordered you, do you have evidence?"
The eunuch quickly took out a small ingot of silver from his sleeve, "This is given to the servant by the maid beside the princess. She said that if the matter is completed, there will be another reward. The servant was confused for a while, so he agreed."
"Oh?" Yunshang walked up to the eunuch, took the silver ingot, inspected it, smiled at the corner of her mouth, and said to Emperor Ning who was sitting on the high seat with an unpredictable expression, "Father, my daughter wants Test this father-in-law."
"Sure." Yunshang recruited a few maids, stood in a row, and said with a smile, "Since this father-in-law said that it was the father-in-law who was looking for by the maid next to the princess, then the father-in-law will point to the big guy, where is it?" Where is the father-in-law that the court lady is looking for?"
The eunuch was shocked, and raised his head to look at it for a while. The maids' costumes were almost the same. When the eunuch saw one of the maids in pink quietly pointing at the other maid who was more outstanding, the eunuch gritted his teeth and stood up quickly. Standing up, pointing to the beautiful court lady, "That's her, the servant she went looking for."
Yun Shang looked at the accused maid, and said with a smile, "It really is her? Are you sure?"
The eunuch nodded repeatedly, "Slave is sure."
Yun Shang turned around and looked at the empress who was on the throne and said, "Queen mother, look, this eunuch is slandering people indiscriminately. She even said that Aunt Xiuxin beside you was sent by her daughter."
The queen gritted her teeth and said, "Nonsense."
Yun Chang smiled, "It's nonsense, but Chang'er discovered an interesting thing. Chang'er found that there was a scent of plum blossoms on this ingot of silver. Could it be that this father-in-law has also been to plum blossoms?" Shadow Pavilion?"
Yun Shang handed the silver to Mr. Zheng, and Mr. Zheng presented it to Emperor Ning. When Emperor Ning heard it, he frowned, "It's plum blossoms, come here, and pull these two slaves down to beat twenty big boards. Let them have a good confession, who on earth dared to slander Princess Ningguo!"
However, Prince Jing stood up, "Brother Huang, for such a trivial matter, it is better to let the younger brother come, the younger brother is best at entertaining such people, so there is no need to take them down, just stay here, two slaves dare to slander Princess, you can't let it go lightly, come here, bring a needle."
Everyone was taken aback, needle? What are the needles for
The attendant at the side brought up a box of needles, but it was a bit different from the usual embroidery ones, much bigger. Prince Jing curled the corners of his lips coldly, "Execution."
Then an attendant took out a needle, pulled the hand of the maid and the attendant, and poked the needle through the nail. He said, ten fingers connected to heart, Prince Jing's move is really very ruthless.
Unexpectedly, this was just the beginning. After the attendant poked the needles into the nails of the two, he brought a basin of water and threw the hand with the needles into the water. As soon as it touched the water, The two screamed again, their faces turning blue from the pain.
"How does this salt water taste? If I don't talk about it, I think the chili water is pretty good too." Prince Jing walked in front of the two with a sneer.
The people around were all shocked, and many of them turned pale.
"My servant said, my servant said, my servant said everything, begging King Jing to let me go, yes..." Que'er's voice was a little hoarse, as if the pain had already reached its peak, but she hadn't said the last crucial few words. word, then suddenly fell to the side...