Everyone in the palace had different thoughts, but most of them hoped that Ye Jun would be convicted and completely fall out of favor.
Moreover, if the charge of murdering the royal heir is proven, it would not just mean losing favor, it would be a capital crime and would also implicate the family.
Even if the emperor did not kill Ye Jun out of consideration for their old friendship, he would at least banish her to the cold palace or order her death.
It is true that Ye Zhe of the Ye family has made military achievements, but the Wan family behind Miss Wan is not just any small family.
"Please, sir, reconnect her jaw."
Facing everyone's gaze, Ye Jun said calmly.
Yuan Jiu looked at Ning Chen, and after getting his approval, he motioned to the people next to him to step forward and do the same.
My jaw was dislocated just now, and I couldn't swallow my saliva, which was all over the place, which was very disgusting.
After his chin was taken, he released his hands, wiped them roughly and kowtowed hard.
"Your Majesty, please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me. I will never dare to do it again. I was greedy for money at the moment, so I helped Ming Shunyi do this. I didn't know that the thing was poisonous. The person who gave it to me didn't say anything. I just did what I was told."
Ye Jun lowered his eyes slightly, squatted down and looked at the palace maid.
"Let me ask you, you keep saying that I ordered you to do this, do you have any evidence, for example, can you identify who gave you the thing?"
Lingjiao trembled and shook his head, "I have never seen that person's face, so I cannot identify him."
"Then why do you say that I ordered you to do so?" Ye Jun asked faster.
"That person told me that she claimed to be someone close to Ming Shunyi." Lingjiao answered immediately, and after thinking for a moment, he quickly added, "I have seen her three times, and she always claimed to be someone close to Ming Shunyi!"
When these three times were spoken, Yao Xiang was mentally prepared, but the Queen was panicked for a moment.
Chu Yun had clearly only been there twice, the first time to introduce them and the second time to give them medicine, so how could he have been there a third time
His hand shook and knocked over the drinking glass next to him, making a noise.
"What's wrong with the Queen? Are you feeling unwell from sitting for too long?" The Queen Mother caught a glimpse of this and spoke immediately.
As she spoke, everyone's eyes were immediately focused on the queen.
For a moment, the queen was extremely embarrassed and a little flustered.
He secretly cursed the old woman for being nosy, but he tried hard to keep calm.
"My daughter-in-law was disrespectful. I heard that the villain had met this palace maid three times. I was angry that the person who poisoned her was too bold and audacious. I got a little excited."
"That's good." The Queen Mother looked at the Queen inquiringly, "As long as you're not panicking and short of breath, that's good."
The queen's face froze, she lowered her head and didn't say anything else.
But her strange behavior finally attracted Ning Chen's attention.
Ye Jun continued to interrogate the maid and asked her to tell him which three times they had met.
The water chestnuts told the truth one by one.
The first time was when she was on her way back to rest after finishing her work, she was kidnapped by two people in the dark, and they used threats and bribes to force her to work for "Ming Shunyi". The second time was when she agreed, and the other party came to her residence in the middle of the night to give her the things and silver that they put in Wan Meiren's soup.
The third time, he informed her during the day that he would meet her at the old place in the evening, gave her new medicine, and took away the packet that was originally given to her.
When Ye Jun heard this, he finally realized something was wrong.
Get up immediately.
"Your Majesty, I think there may be two people involved in this matter, and the latter is more ruthless."
"I don't know. I don't know how many people there are. I just followed orders. It was Ming Shunyi who asked me to do it. That person told me personally. Your Majesty, I dare not lie!"
Lingjiao was anxious, fearing that what he said would be useless and he would be sentenced to death, so he quickly crawled forward a few inches and grabbed Ye Jun's skirt tightly.
"Ming Shunyi, I don't want your money anymore. I just want to live. I just want to live. Please tell the emperor quickly that I really didn't know that thing was poison. I don't have the courage to murder the heir to the throne!"
Ye Jun frowned, squatted down again, and tried to take the other person's hand away.
"Don't be anxious. Tell me everything you know. We were both tricked. Think carefully about it. Is there anything I missed?"
She stretched out her hand, but Lingjiao grabbed it and wouldn't let go, crying with her head down.
After just a moment, she suddenly opened her eyes wide, leaned over and smelled Ye Jun's wrist, and immediately screamed.
"It's this fragrance. I've smelled this fragrance on that person before. It's not as strong as this one, but it's this fragrance! It's because I have a keen nose that I was assigned the job of watching the heat when boiling soup. I will never smell it wrong!"
For a moment, everyone thought that Ye Jun could not escape, and they all stared at him.
The Queen Mother couldn't wait to speak, "Great, it's great. Ye, you are so vicious. Not only did you plot to murder the heir to the throne, you also wanted to exterminate Lady Wan's offspring. Now that there is evidence, what else do you have to say? You have really wasted the Emperor's love for you!"
After saying this, he slammed the table and said, "Someone, drag this vicious woman out of here!"
“Who dares!”
Ye Jun's eyes turned cold and he shouted loudly.
"The Queen Mother wants to execute me just by listening to one side of the story. Are you guilty? The incense I have been using recently is the Western Regions fragrance gifted by the Emperor. This fragrance is unique. Besides me, only the Queen Mother and the Empress have it. If there is any doubt, it is not just me!"
She wasn't the only one who smelled this kind of fragrance. What Lingjiao said actually helped her narrow down the scope.
After her scolding, the servants really didn't dare to come forward.
"Ridiculous!" The Queen Mother pointed at her angrily, her face flushed. "Would I harm my own grandson? Fuzhi, go get me my bottle of perfume and ask this palace maid to compare them carefully!"
Aunt Fu obeyed the order and went to do it immediately.
It's so neat, it doesn't seem like he's done anything wrong.
But the queen was not so decisive, instead her expression began to look a little unnatural.
Before Ye Jun could speak again, Ning Chen spoke.
"Yuan Jiu, go to the Queen's palace and bring the Queen's two bottles. I personally gave them down, two gold bottles and three silver bottles. The Queen Mother likes simplicity and elegance, so she gave the silver bottles. The remaining bottles are for the Queen and Ming Shunyi, two each."
"Then there is no need for Eunuch Yuan to make the trip. What I am using today is the golden bottle. The Empress Dowager does not have it. Only the Empress has it." Ye Jun said coldly.
At this time, everyone in the hall had probably guessed what was going on.
Ye Jun, the person involved, is particularly clear about this.
But the queen naturally refused to admit her guilt easily and immediately made an excuse.
"Your Majesty, I already have a son, how could I murder someone else's child? I..."
"Order the people from the Dark Chamber to investigate." Ning Chen had no intention of listening to her and interrupted her directly, "All the people in the Queen's Palace and Ming Shunyi's Palace should be arrested and interrogated. Don't let any of them go!"
The emperor listened to Ye Jun's explanation just now, but this time he completely ignored the queen's words.
It is obvious who to believe.