Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 162

"You said it was found from Huo Qi's house?" Concubine Shu frowned, as if she was surprised and disbelieving, but she cleverly reminded everyone present that the musk was found from Huo Qi's house.

The doctor waiting on the side watched the nose, the nose, the heart, and took the cloth bag wrapped in more than ten layers, and carefully inspected the wrapped things before reporting truthfully: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, here is a bag of bread. It is indeed musk, and it has strong medicinal properties."

Only then did Emperor Xiaowen move slightly, his cloudy eyes glanced at Shao Zhen who was replying, and then slowly fell on Huo Qi: "Huo Qi, do you have something to say?"

Emperor Xiaowen's tone was not full of anger, but there was an obvious danger.If one is not careful, the head on Huo Qi's neck may fall to the ground in an instant.

At this moment, Queen Zhou, who had always been respected by the emperor, did not dare to speak rashly.She glanced at Huo Qi with pity and couldn't help sighing in her heart.

Normally, when there were any cases in the palace, Si Zhengsi's people would first find out the results and then send someone to report the case in front of Emperor Xiaowen.But this time it was different. Emperor Xiaowen actually planned to stay at Shuchunxuan all night and try the case in person.

She understood that His Majesty was really furious this time, and it was really bad luck for Huo Qi to bump into him.

Huo Qi was neither surprised nor angry, and said word by word: "Returning to Your Majesty, I don't know where this musk comes from."

"What do you mean, this matter has nothing to do with you?" Emperor Xiaowen asked, his tone not arguing.

"This matter has nothing to do with the maid. Your Majesty knows that the court lady has no grievances or enmity with the concubine. Why would you risk your life to harm the child in the womb of the concubine? Besides, if this matter is really done by the maid , Why didn't the courtier destroy the stolen goods, but instead hid them in her room and waited for someone to search them? Your Majesty, this is really not in line with normal people's thinking."

Emperor Xiaowen stared at her without any surprise on his face.He had long been impressed by Huo Ruhai's daughter. She was a sharp-tongued and fearless woman.At this time, she argued hard and took her time, which was completely as expected by him.

Shao Zhen didn't expect Huo Qi to be so courageous. He was not afraid at all even if he met Tianyan, and he would try his best to excuse himself.

Facing Concubine Shu's burning gaze, she took the conversation away: "Miss Huo, the reason why the lower officials led people to search the Yupeng Palace first, instead of interrogating the people in the Shangfu Bureau, is precisely because the imperial hospital's booklet registering the entry and exit of medicinal materials It was recorded that five days ago, a court lady received twenty musks in your name. How do you explain this?"

Huo Qi understood: "Since there is a court lady pretending to claim Musk in my name, you can bring that court lady up and confront me on the spot."

Shao Zhen acted like she had been prepared for a long time, and ordered the people around her: "Bring people in."

Soon, a round-faced palace maid about seventeen or eighteen years old was brought in.

Shao Zhen got Emperor Xiaowen's permission, and then began to cross-examine: "Biyun, you once said that the reason why you went to get those musks was ordered by Miss Huo from Yupeng Hall, is there such a thing?"

Biyun glanced at Huo Qi timidly, and replied without any hesitation: "Exactly."

Huo Qi met her eyes and said, "I've never met you before, how did you know me?"

"Girl, you can't turn your back on me! I'm the one who works in the kitchen. A few days ago, when you went to Yupeng Hall to deliver dinner, you caught me off guard and gave me an jade bracelet. Let the slave collect twenty coins of musk in his own name! It was just that the girl had just arrived, but she didn't know that at the Imperial Hospital, Doctor Liu stopped the matter on the grounds that the slave was not of a high level. The slave had no choice but to use the girl's name. , and then successfully obtained the medicinal materials! The slave really didn’t expect that the girl wanted to use musk to harm the concubine! Fortunately, Liu Yizheng was there at the time, otherwise the girl would have been accused of murdering Long Si because of her ruthlessness. On this slave!" Biyun was angry and anxious, with tears in her eyes, and she took out an jade bracelet.

That jadeite bracelet is so good that even a ignorant person can tell at a glance that it is definitely not a good thing that ordinary maids can have.

At this time, Liu Yizheng also spoke: "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case. A minor official was on duty at Ritai Hospital that day."

"That jade bracelet, I saw Huo Qi wearing it!" Nie Ying suddenly shouted boldly in the corner.

"Your Majesty, my concubine once heard that Liu Fang, the cousin of my concubine's concubine, had some feud with Huo Qi, but I don't know if it was because of this reason that Huo Qi's thoughts went wrong for a while..." Concubine Shu said with tears in her eyes. Among them, it actually meant to convict her.

Huo Qi's eyes were heavy, but he was sneering in his heart.

Now that things have come to this, what else doesn't she understand?
What happened tonight was conceived by Concubine Shu, and the purpose was to make her die without a place to bury her.Concubine Shu really thinks highly of her, so she did not hesitate to recruit so many people to deal with such a yellow-haired girl like her.If you guessed right, Shao Zhen, Wang Quan, Liu Yizheng, and even this Biyun who came out of nowhere were all arranged by Concubine Shu.

It's just that Concubine Shu's attack was so sudden that there was almost no sign.If she hadn't known that Shao Zhen and Wang Quan were Shu Fei's people, she would still be dreaming now and not even know who harmed her.

Emperor Xiaowen's expression became more and more serious, and the imperial pressure on his body was like a huge boulder, making everyone in the room breathless.

However, Huo Qi did not follow the train of thought of the crowd to counter Bi Yun's testimony, but instead asked Shao Zhen: "Shao Sizheng, how long has it been since the maiden put on pajamas to the miscarriage?"

"Two hours." Shao Zhen wasn't sure what Huo Qi wanted. In front of so many people, she could only tell the truth.

Huo Qi looked at Liu Yizheng again: "Liu Yizheng, I heard that you have been watching the womb of the concubine Zhen, dare to ask, before today, the dragon in the concubine's belly was still healthy?"

"Naturally, you are in good health. Madam, although her nightmares have been severe these days, she is young and healthy, and she has not been pregnant." Doctor Liu thought that Huo Qi wanted to get off the crime on the grounds that the concubine's dragon veins were unstable, so he hurriedly said.

Suddenly, Huo Qi laughed softly, with an unstoppable sarcasm in his smile: "Shao Sizheng, although this musk is strong, if it is used to smoke clothes, the efficacy of the medicine will be greatly weakened. Since the Empress Zhen is pregnant, I had a healthy fetus, but how could I have a miscarriage within two hours of wearing this pajamas? Isn't this a contradiction?"

There were other doctors beside him, and when they heard Huo Qi's words, they couldn't help echoing in a low voice: There is some truth in these words.

Huo Qi quickly suppressed his smile: "This is absolutely impossible! Your Majesty, my daughter asked to check the archives of the Imperial Hospital! See if anyone else has received a large amount of musk!"

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. Sister Zhen is still suffering inside. We must not bring injustice to anyone, and we must not let go of anyone who is suspected. I think it is better to retrieve the Taiyuan Hospital files and take a closer look. ." Queen Zhou advised.

Emperor Xiaowen was silent for a while: "Yes."

Eunuch Li quickly took the files from Taiyuan Hospital. His fingers flicked around for a while before he handed the files to Emperor Xiaowen. He pointed at one place: "Your Majesty, in addition to Miss Huo, there are also people who have received a lot of musk in the past ten days. There is one person.”

"Who is it?" The Fifth Prince, who had been silent all this time, spoke suddenly, and his hurried and tense voice seemed particularly abrupt in the room.

Eunuch Li said calmly: "It's Le Sile - Le Xuan. And Le Sile received a full fifty dollars of musk, even more than Miss Huo."

Empress Zhou flew towards Shao Zhen with a dagger: "Shao Zhen, why didn't you report such an important clue?"

Shao Zhen was dripping with cold sweat. Seeing that the always gentle Queen Zhou rarely spoke harshly, she hurriedly said: "My Majesty, Rong Weichen reported that when Le Si Le took the medicine, he also took bezoar, toad, pearls, etc., which are just for sore throat. Fang Zi, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it... and Le Si Le is not like Miss Huo, who has the opportunity to touch pajamas... That's why I went to the Yupeng Palace to search for people..."

"Xuan Lexuan came to Shuchunxuan." Emperor Xiaowen said solemnly, without giving Shao Zhen a chance to explain.

(End of this chapter)