knife? Hua Chun frowned, with a look of incomprehension: "You were the one who attacked me, what evidence do you have to prove that Concubine Hui ordered it?"
Lan Zhaoyi was stunned for a moment, feeling a little discouraged: "Concubine Hui is impeccable in everything she does. Apart from a confession, the guilty concubine can't provide anything."
Without a token, and without witnesses from other people besides her, it is indeed difficult to sue Concubine Hui. But when things got to this point, it was already destined that either Concubine Hui would fall, or she would die.
Hua Chun whispered: "I don't like to cause trouble, there is no reason for it, and there is no need to make things difficult for Concubine Hui. Since you have said so much, I can beg the emperor for you to send two more One guard is in the cold palace. The rest, I can't do much."
Lan Zhaoyi was a little anxious, she let her talk out, how could concubine Hua be so weak
"Your Majesty." She said hastily: "With your current favor, as long as you use the confession of the guilty concubine, and then find someone to investigate the case of Nie Cairen back then, you will definitely be able to bring Concubine Hui down!"
"Nie Cairen's case..." Hua Chun hesitated and said, "It's been so long, the witnesses and material evidence should be gone..."
"No!" Lan Zhaoyi thought for a while, "A few of the palace servants who kidnapped Nie Cairen were given to concubines by concubine Hui, and they were in the concubine's original palace. I don't know where they are now. Where. If the empress can be found, coupled with the trust of the emperor, this case can be turned over."
Qing Ling was dumbfounded when she heard that, at first she thought she was going to find a way to extract a confession or something, but she didn't expect Lan Zhaoyi to be so impatient, that she did all the tricks, and even encouraged Hua Chun to sue Concubine Hui
Turning her head to look at her master pretending to be stupid, she couldn't help but sigh, life is like a play, it all depends on acting skills.
Hua Chun struggled for a long time before reluctantly said: "Okay, I'll give it a try."
"Thank you, ma'am!" Lan Zhaoyi saluted gratefully, then put on her cloak, and followed the maid back to Youyang Palace.
She didn't realize it until she walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, frowning and muttering: "Strange, what should I thank her for?"
With Lan Zhaoyi's confession and the clues of Limaba flower, Huachun thinks that the net can basically be closed!
Hua Chun entrusted Eunuch Qin to do the job of looking for the palace servants in Lan Zhaoyi Palace, and the person who went to check the mountain eggplant came back in the middle of the afternoon, and the news he brought was:
"In the medicinal materials that were tributed to the palace, it was true that the banyan flower was entrained in the palace, but it was not entered into the imperial pharmacy, and was sent directly to the Qinghe Hall for fragrance."
"Are you sure it only went to Qinghe Hall?"
"yes."
Hua Chun nodded, immediately sorted out the evidence and confession, and then waited for Youshi to greet the Queen Mother.
Concubine Hui didn't know anything about what happened last night, she only found out that concubine Hua didn't come to pay her respects this morning, she felt that she was getting more and more crazy, so she tidied up and went to the Queen Mother to blow some air.
The queen mother is not in good health recently, she leans on the soft couch and doesn't like to talk very much, so she listened to what she said for a long while about the concubine Hua's fault, and finally said: "I don't care about other Ai family, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the emperor's review of the book is more important than usual. It’s a lot faster, yesterday an old official came into the palace and said to Ai’s family that the emperor has never been obsessed with women, but he is more diligent than before.”
As a mother, she naturally doesn't care about who is fighting for favor in the harem and who is the most powerful. Her old woman will support whoever the emperor stays with.
Concubine Hui was startled, and smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty has... really worked very hard recently."
"The Ai family also thinks it's a good thing to hold a scientific examination." The queen mother said, "It's just that there are still many people in the court who are dragging the emperor's hind legs."
Among the "many people", Li Zhongtang was the first to bear the brunt.
Heart sank, Concubine Hui shut up and remained silent. She was just Li Zhongtang's niece, and she didn't have many relatives, so how could she be expected to say anything nice to her uncle? Her status can bring him benefits, but his position in the court always embarrasses her in the harem.
It's really unfair.
"Empress Dowager." Yue Jian said, "Concubine Hua is here to pay her respects."
"Let her in."
"yes."
Concubine Hui frowned, got up and sat on a chair beside her, and looked at the door in puzzlement. Concubine Hua often stays in her own palace and does not go to the court meeting this morning, why is she here to pay her respects to the Queen Mother now
Hua Chun came in with a smile on his face, and bowed obediently: "Concubine pays respects to the Queen Mother."
Smiling slightly, the Empress Dowager beckoned her to go and sit down, and said a little sadly: "It's rare for you to come here to say hello to Ai's family."
"Is the queen mother complaining that the concubines don't come here often?" Hua Chun pouted and said aggrievedly: "But the emperor said that the queen mother just returned to the palace recently, and she is in Qingxiu, so no one will disturb her."
"Why would the Ai family blame you?" The queen mother said, and glanced at Rui'er behind her: "What did you bring?"
Hua Chun smiled, got up and lifted the tray in Rui'er's hand, and said: "It's the jade ruyi that the emperor asked his concubine to send to you. He said it was newly made by your favorite craftsman. Let's keep it for good luck."
"The emperor has a heart." Seeing that wishful glance, the queen mother sighed: "I still think about Aijia's preferences."
Concubine Hui felt uncomfortable beside her, she forced a smile and said, "I still have something to do in the palace, so I'll go back first."
The Empress Dowager tilted her head and was about to wave her hand, but she heard the concubine Hua shout: "Your Majesty, stay!"
Concubine Hui paused and looked at her.
Hua Chun stood up, knelt down in front of the Queen Mother and said, "Concubine is here today, and I have one more important matter to report."
With a slight movement in her heart, Concubine Hui had a bad premonition, but she still sat down slowly and stared at her intently.
"What's important?" The Queen Mother half-closed her eyes: "Is it related to Concubine Hui?"
"Yes." Hua Chun nodded: "This matter can only be decided by the Queen Mother, there is no outsider now, so the concubine wants to speak clearly in front of Sister Hui."
Concubine Hui pursed her lips and said with a light smile: "It looks so serious, is it possible that Concubine Hua is going to speak ill of me?"
"It's not a bad word, it's just a fact." She raised her head, looked at the queen mother and said, "The concubine was invited to the lotus pond in the name of the emperor the day before yesterday, and she almost died. Lan Zhaoyi was arrested after the incident, and she also admitted that she had treated the concubine for a long time. I used drugs to kill my concubine. But today, something unexpected happened to my concubine."
The Queen Mother frowned. She never intervened in the harem battles, and she was not interested in listening to these to uphold justice. She was about to wave her hand to tell her to stop, but suddenly saw her eyes.
Concubine Hua's eyes showed no calculations or resentment, she was clearly targeting Concubine Hui.
Coincidentally, the Empress Dowager also dislikes Li Zhongtang very much recently, and this attack hits her heart. For this reason, the Queen Mother withdrew her hand and decided to listen to her.
"Lan Zhaoyi confessed to my concubine, saying that all this was ordered by Concubine Hui." Hua Chun's expression suddenly became serious, and he glanced at Concubine Hui: "My concubine doesn't believe me, so I want to confront Concubine Hui today."
Concubine Hui was dumbfounded, and frowned at her: "What did you say? Lan Zhaoyi confessed?"
"Yes." Hua Chun said: "There is a confession here, the Queen Mother can also come to see Lan Zhaoyi."
Concubine Hui reached out and snatched the testimony she took out, glanced at it with a black face, and tore it up: "This is simply a big joke, how could this palace order her to murder the concubine of the harem?"
The queen mother glanced at her and frowned: "The Ai family hasn't seen it yet, how can you just tear it up?"
"This concubine deserves to die!" Concubine Hui hurriedly knelt down, "Concubine acts aboveboard, I don't want to be framed up like this today, get angry for a while, and behave badly, please forgive me, Queen Mother!"
"It doesn't matter." Hua Chun stretched out his hand and took out another confession from his sleeve: "The concubine had a lot of sheets copied, and the concubine Hui still tore up two more sheets. The empress dowager please have a look."
Concubine Hui: "..."
The queen mother nodded, glanced at Hua Chun, took the things she handed over, and looked carefully.
After a long time, she said: "Concubine Hui, what do you want to say?"
"Lan Zhaoyi spitting blood!" Concubine Hui said with a cold face: "The concubine has never done anything that she framed, and the fact that she wanted to kill Concubine Hua because of jealousy has nothing to do with the concubine!"
"The empress didn't know what Lan Zhaoyi was going to do from the beginning to the end, and didn't she give her any help?" Hua Chun asked.
Concubine Hui shook her head: "No!"
"That's strange." Hua Chun said: "Queen Mother, Lan Zhaoyi's potion contains wild eggplant flowers. The concubine has already been checked. All the wild eggplant flowers in the palace are in the Hall of Qinghe. Concubine Hui If you were really honest, why would you give Lan Zhaoyi the forbidden medicine and not ask her for it?"
Lime Blossom.
The Empress Dowager's face darkened upon hearing these three words, and her eyes fell on Concubine Hui like a knife: "Why is there such a thing in the palace?"
Concubine Hui kowtowed and said, "The empress dowager calms down, I can't sleep well at night, and the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor has the bougainvillea flower, which is said to have the best effect. The concubine tried it, and other medicines made incense It's useless, but the bougainvillea can make the concubine sleep well, so... "
"The Ai family issued a decree at that time not to allow that thing to enter the palace again." The queen mother said: "It seems that you didn't take this old woman of the Ai family seriously?"
Is the point the bougainvillea? It's clearly a murder case, okay? Hua Chun choked speechlessly, seeing that the queen mother was really angry, it was also very inexplicable.
Concubine Hui was really panicked, kowtowed repeatedly, the Empress Dowager closed her eyes, threw the confession on the ground, and said: "As a concubine in charge, she used her power to disobey Yi's order, and persecuted the concubines in the palace many times. Concubine Li, removed from the position of concubine, demoted to Zhaoyi, entered Youyang Palace, and awaits the emperor's punishment!"
"Empress Dowager!" Shit Li was dumbfounded, she didn't expect this punishment to come as soon as she said it, and directly demoted her from the concubine to Zhaoyi. This... is an unprecedented heavy punishment!
Knocking her head so loudly, Mrs. Li cried and pleaded: "The queen mother listened to the concubine's explanation! There is a misunderstanding, the concubine did not murder Nie Cairen, let alone the concubine Hua, queen mother..."
The eunuch outside came in and dragged her out directly. Hua Chun was a little surprised by the high efficiency.
The Empress Dowager's face was extremely ugly, she dropped the confession on the soft couch, looked at Hua Chun and said, "You should go back first too."
"… yes."
After exiting the Huiming Hall, Hua Chun picked up Rui Er and asked, "What is the relationship between the Empress Dowager and the mountain eggplant?"
Rui'er pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "There used to be a concubine Ling in the palace who was pregnant with the emperor's flesh and blood, but she accidentally ate a bougainvillea flower, resulting in one dead body and two lives, and the entire Imperial Hospital failed to save her. "
Huachun was startled.
The emperor's flesh and blood
"The Empress Dowager has always placed great importance on offspring. It was the emperor's first child, so she lost it like that. Naturally, her old man was furious and executed many people. After that, the mountain eggplant became a forbidden drug in the palace." Rui'er whispered: " The servant feels that the Empress Dowager didn't read the confession much, and she was so annoyed simply because Concubine Hui violated a taboo."
She thinks so too! Hua Chun nodded, shrugged and said, "Anyway, I've finished my mission, so I can go back and rest for a few days."
Rui'er nodded, followed her master to be happy, and trot all the way back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.
The news that Concubine Hui was demoted by the Empress Dowager and sent to the cold palace instantly spread throughout the harem, and even the emperor took the time to go to the Huiming Hall to ask about the situation.
"In this harem, the most undesirable thing is a woman with a vicious heart who murders others." After coughing twice, the queen mother said with a serious face: "The emperor will hand over the power of the harem to someone else."
All the concubines lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound. Those who usually marry Concubine Hui are naturally upset, while the concubines from other camps are happy to watch the joke.
But, who is going to have the power of the harem now? Judging from the emperor's current preferences, I'm afraid... Concubine Hua has to go up a new level, right
Many people were displeased. Hua Chun had already been promoted not long after entering the palace. Could it be possible that she will be promoted again now