The person next to him presented the wooden sign together with several notes, and the queen mother took it, and compared it with the wooden sign with a complicated expression.
It's really the same characters, it's written on the note, and it's engraved on the wooden sign.
Hua Chun gritted his teeth, looking at Wan's distressed appearance, he was extremely anxious, but he was afraid that the Queen Mother would be suspicious, and the crime would be aggravated, so he could only whisper: "Prime Minister Hua is dead, since this is Hua How could the prime minister's biological mother do such a thing as cursing the concubine? Concubine Wu Gui and her should be strangers to each other."
The Queen Mother frowned, looked at Wan Shi and said: "The Ai family can't figure it out either, do you know Concubine Wu Gui?"
Wan shook her head again and again: "Queen Mother, the women are wronged. The women don't know anything, let alone curse anyone!"
"Then is this your handwriting?"
After a slight pause, Wan Shi said: "It's true that the handwriting of the women on the note is true, but the wooden sign, the women have never seen it before!"
The Queen Mother's face darkened: "The exact same handwriting, can there be a fake?! If you tell the truth, the Ai family may spare your life. If you continue to lie, don't blame the Ai family for letting you down!"
Wan's face was pale, and he looked extremely helpless, but he didn't even look at Hua Chun, and anxiously scratched the carpet to think of a way.
"Empress Dowager." A palace maid came out from the inner hall and whispered, "Empress Wu Gui is awake."
The queen mother was taken aback, and immediately got up and went to the inner hall to have a look.
Hua Chun took the opportunity to look at Wan Shi, his eyes turned red with anxiety, and asked her, what's the matter
Wan secretly looked up at her, with tears in his eyes, and shook his head desperately, it wasn't her doing it, it had nothing to do with her at all, God knows how to blame her!
Taking a deep breath, Hua Chun tried to calm himself down, his mind was running fast, and he began to think of ways to excuse Wan Shi.
However, before she could think of any solution, the voice of Concubine Wu came lightly from inside: "Are you from the Hua family? Concubine knows that there was some conflict with Concubine Hua last time..."
His heart couldn't stop sinking, Hua Chun felt his eyes darkened.
It's over, why did she forget that there is a Hua Xunyue in the palace.
The Empress Dowager came out holding Yue Jian's hand, angrily said: "Bring Concubine Hua to Ai's family!"
"Yes." The people outside responded, and Wan's knelt on the ground, not daring to lift his head.
Huiming Palace came one after another to watch the fun, Xu Guibi seemed to be okay with the beating, she ran over quickly, stood beside her and murmured: "This man's heart is not old, Huabi usually looks at it. To be honest, I didn’t expect such a trick to be used behind the scenes.”
Hua Chun gave her a displeased look: "Why must it be Hua Bin who did it? Wan is not Hua Bin's biological mother, so how could he help her do such a thing?"
Xu Guipin was taken aback, thought for a while, nodded and said: "It seems to be the reason, only a biological mother would think of her daughter so much and do such a thing."
My heart sank slightly, and Huachun lowered her eyes.
These people, don't they know something
The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, completely ignoring what she said next, and only waited for Hua Concubine to be brought over before she opened her eyes and said, "The only Hua Concubine left in this palace is Hua Concubine, who is the mistress of the Hua Family. The Ai family still remembers those who had dinner in the palace. If you can give birth to a son like Prime Minister Hua, you will not do such a thing for no reason, so the Ai family wants to hear your explanation, what is going on?"
Wan still could only kowtow: "This is really not a wooden sign carved by a woman, please check it out!"
Hua Xunyue knelt on one side, frowned and said: "Queen Mother, you put what Wan Shi did on the concubine, it's inevitable... The Queen Mother should also know that the Hua family used to have a lot of fights, and the Wan family has never treated Hua's prime minister. Seeing a concubine, how could it be possible to curse Wu Guifei for the concubine's sake?"
"Previously, when the concubine wanted to enter the palace, Prime Minister Hua and the Wan family obstructed it in every possible way. After the Hua family broke up, the concubine took care of the biological mother and supplemented the family alone. She had no contact with the Wan family at all." Hua Xunyue said, still He glared at Wan Shi: "If that sign was really carved by Wan Shi, it should be used to frame concubines."
The Queen Mother frowned and looked down at Wan Shi.
In fact, she and Hua Zhengrong have a little friendship, so she also understands what kind of temperament this Wan Shi is. She is arrogant and domineering, and it is really not surprising that she wants to do something like today.
"The handwriting is the same. The wooden sign can only be carved by Wan Shi. As for the motive, you can check it again. Now, in order to solve the bad luck on Concubine Wu Gui, hand her over to Master Zhili outside, and use it to do it."
"Queen Mother!" Hua Chun still couldn't hold back, frowned and said, "The matter hasn't been investigated yet, how can the case be settled like this?"
Taking it into practice, it doesn't sound like a good thing.
The Queen Mother glanced at her and said, "You seem to care about Wan Shi very much."
"Yes." Xu Guipin nodded: "Look, my face turned pale with anxiety, those who didn't know thought Wan Shi was the biological mother of Empress Defei."
Wan was taken aback, and immediately lay down on the ground and said: "The woman and the empress do not know each other, thank you for speaking for the woman, but if the Queen Mother is not willing to investigate more, if the case is decided like this, the woman will not be able to resist I can only thank the Queen Mother for taking care of Jinghua back then."
Hua Chun bit her lip, covered her stomach and said: "The concubine's face is pale because her stomach is a little uncomfortable. Master Hou and Cheng were sworn brothers at first, and the Wan family also lived in the Hou's mansion for a while. It is a very kind person to know this concubine. It is only natural for me to speak for her as an elder."
"Since it's not a particularly deep relationship, why do you have to do it for her?" The Queen Mother sneered: "Do you really understand what kind of person she is?"
Nonsense, who can understand Wan Shi better than her? Although she is indeed domineering and has a loud voice, she has an upright temper and has never done anything bad. All her life, she has been frightened by concealing her daughter's identity. The rest of the time, she is really frank. How is it possible to engrave that kind of brand
However, it was impossible for her to say that to the queen mother, so she could only persuade her with good words: "After all, the Wan family was once considered a royal lady. Although the glory is gone now, Hua Cheng still has influence on the court. If you dispose of the Wan family so hastily, It will inevitably lead to a lot of unnecessary trouble.”
"The evidence is already here." The queen mother looked at her displeasedly: "Is it considered sloppy? Does it mean that she has to admit it? Well, the Ai family ordered her to beat her fifty times. Until you plead guilty, it won't cause trouble, right?"
The queen mother, who has always been calm and fair, suddenly became irritable for some reason. It seemed that she couldn't listen to her words at all. Hua Chun clenched her hands, gritted her teeth and asked, "Then how do you do things?"
Xu Guifei smiled and said: "If you catch the person who cast the spell, just take her blood and hair and do it, but ah, the crime of cursing the concubine, especially the concubine who is pregnant, is not a small crime. That's the punishment."
"In this palace, it is the Queen Mother who has the final say." Hua Chun pursed her lips and said, "The Queen Mother insists on convicting Wan Shi, even the concubines can't stop her. I don't know how to make up for it."