Mountains and rivers pray for peace

Chapter 28 The Death of the Steward
"Returning to Your Majesty, Buddha powder is a kind of yin-damaging medicine refined from the stem of ground potato. After taking it, although there is no danger of life, the whole body is covered with blood clots, and the throat vomits blood. It looks terrible. Looking at the pulse condition alone, one can only think that it is caused by the surge of blood energy, and it is presumably that the concubine Shu was harmed by this thing. If your majesty does not believe it, you can ask Imperial Physician Xu and the little girl to investigate together." Huo Qi said calmly.

Emperor Xiaowen looked at him, and Doctor Xu took two steps forward, took the osmanthus cake in Huo Qi's hand and smelled it, a drop of cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "Your Majesty, what Miss Huo said is true, there is indeed something wrong with this osmanthus cake. …It’s just that what Weichen just checked was the piece that Concubine Shu ate, so there were some omissions…”

Huo Qi's eyes flickered, and the brows were covered with a three-point chill.

The handkerchief in her hand was stained with Buddha powder left by Tingyu as a physical evidence. The piece of osmanthus cake underneath was placed on the handkerchief and was naturally stained without anyone noticing.Huo Qinglan chose the colorless and tasteless Buddha Powder to harm her. She could also use this characteristic to repay everything in full view of the public.

"Father, De'an didn't lie to you, it really is someone who wants to kill my mother and concubine!" Princess De'an followed Huo Qi's wishes to add fuel to the flames.

Emperor Xiaowen narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at Yuan Xianzhi who was seated: "This sweet-scented osmanthus cake was presented by Zhenyuan Hou's mansion, but what motive does Zhenyuan Hou have to harm his own sister?"

"Your Majesty clearly learned that Concubine Shu is the old minister's own sister. How could the old minister do such a thing! There must be villains manipulating all of this behind the scenes. I hope Your Majesty will see clearly!" Yuan Xianzhi immediately knelt down when he heard the emperor's questioning. The Zhenyuan Hou Mansion also knelt down in unison.

Huo Qi stood up and spoke at the right time, and said pointedly: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the Marquis of Zhenyuan is loyal and pure, and will never do such an unfaithful and unjust thing. But... the master has no such intention, I can’t bear the evil intentions of the people below..."

Huo Qi's words almost blatantly set the fire on Steward Lin. Everyone knew that Steward Lin did most of the offering of the sweet-scented osmanthus cake himself.Besides him, who else has the opportunity to do this without anyone noticing?
Emperor Xiaowen made a decisive decision, and said slowly: "I see that there is something wrong with the housekeeper of the Zhenyuanhou Mansion, so search him."

As soon as the words fell, several eunuchs grabbed the puffy Butler Lin in twos and outs, and touched him around. Butler Lin wriggled his inflexible body, doing the final battle of trapped beasts, but heard "dong" With a bang, a small medicine bottle slid down his trousers to the ground, which shocked Butler Lin so much that he didn't dare to move.

One of the eunuchs picked up the medicine bottle, which still exuded a faint stench. He had no choice but to frown and reply: "Your Majesty, a suspicious bottle was found."

The doctor next to him, Xu Taiyi, received Emperor Xiaowen's order and quickly took over the inspection and confirmed that the powder in the medicine bottle was consistent with the powder on the sweet-scented osmanthus cake just now. It can be said that it was both stolen and stolen.

Lin Butler was stunned for a moment, he put the medicine bottle into his obscene trousers, originally to threaten Huo Qinglan in the future, but he didn't expect that this matter would burn him so quickly, and he was even searched out.

He glanced at Emperor Xiaowen's ugly face and was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split. He knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, spare your life... Your Majesty, spare your life... villain..."

Lin Butler's actions fell into the eyes of everyone, almost confessing his crime.The truth of this matter is ready to come out. I am afraid that Lin Butler is dissatisfied with his master, so he made the move to murder Concubine Shu.

"Aiqing, what do you think of the fact that the stolen goods have been stolen by others?" Emperor Xiaowen glanced at the kneeling Butler Lin, and turned his face to look at Yuan Xianzhi.

"The old minister deserves to die. I blame the old minister for being blind and blind. This dog slave must have developed a heart of resentment towards the Hou family, so he did such a treasonous act, and even implicated the concubine Shu. If you want to kill or cut, all Let His Majesty handle it!"

Yuan Xianzhi didn't expect that this matter would really have something to do with Steward Lin, so startled and angry, he directly poured all the dirty water on Steward Lin's head, taking Zhenyuanhou's mansion completely out of this matter.Yuan Xianzhi is worthy of being an important military general in the court, and he can use the trick of abandoning his car to protect his commander more easily than anyone else.

Butler Lin next to him was already in tears after hearing this. His wrinkled face and muscles were trembling slightly, but he couldn't say a word.He did not expect that he had stayed in the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion for decades, and now he had a low life. His master would give it up at his will, and he felt nothing but resentment and hatred in his heart.

At this time, a light voice came over: "Your Majesty, my servant is a little strange about this matter. Steward Lin is a servant of the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion. He has been with the Hou Ye for decades. How could he betray the master so easily? Back off a little." For Wanbu, even if Steward Lin really felt resentment towards Marquis Zhenyuan, he could do it in the mansion without anyone noticing it, so why did he do it in His Majesty's nose? He didn't even aim at Marquis Zhenyuan, but rather It might be a bit illogical to attack Concubine Shu."

If it wasn't Huo Qi who said this, who else?
When everyone heard the words, they felt that Huo Qi's words were very insightful, and some even whispered: "Miss Huo's words make sense, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."

The second prince Shen Yuxing, who was sitting on the seat, watched the play for a long time, with admiration in his eyes: "Ning Guogong's daughter is quite interesting."

Shen Yuning looked at the group of people in front of him crying, feeling dizzy, and a sneer escaped from the corner of his mouth.He saw clearly that Huo Qi was leading the situation in front of him. Although the entire Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion was powerful, it was just a room full of idiots.

This play can almost already see the head.

"Oh? Then what do you think?" Emperor Xiaowen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"According to my daughter's opinion, Steward Lin probably doesn't have the guts to do this. He should have been instructed by others. The person behind the scenes is not the Marquis of Zhenyuan, but he is inextricably linked with the Marquis of Zhenyuan's mansion. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen Steward Lin as the young bird."

After finishing speaking, Huo Qi looked at the kneeling Butler Lin again, seeming to have a little kindness, and comforted him: "Butler Lin, are you willing to die so vaguely? Do you complain?"

After hearing these slightly seductive words, Butler Lin glanced at Huo Qinglan secretly from the corner of his eye, but he didn't expect her to completely avoid his sight.Feeling anxious and angry, he finally couldn't help but point at Huo Qinglan and shouted: "That's her! It's the imperial concubine who threatened the old slave and asked him to do something to the sweet-scented osmanthus cake. If he doesn't obey, the whole family of the old slave will be killed!"

Huo Qinglan, who was spotted, has been hiding in the crowd. From the moment Butler Lin was caught, she secretly thought that it was terrible, but she always took chances.

Now she was suddenly pulled out by Steward Lin, her body shook violently, her eyes were reddish, and she said pitifully, "Your Majesty knows that, because my wife accidentally discovered that Steward Lin had embezzled thousands of taels of silver from the house, Steward Lin climbed up Biting the courtier's wife and waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. The courtier's wife is the concubine of the Marquis of Zhenyuan, what reason does she have to harm the concubine Shu!"

"My mother-in-law is not happy for you to marry the prince's brother. I'm afraid you will hate my mother-in-law during Qiu Ju's banquet!" Princess De'an retorted sharply.

"Of course it's not Concubine Shu that you want to hurt. What you really want to hurt is your own sister, Huo Qi, the eldest daughter of the Huo family!" Lin Butler let out a few breaths of foul air from his chest, and hurriedly told the truth.

Since Huo Qinglan brought out the matter of the few thousand taels of silver, he might as well die, anyway, he will be dragged behind him if he dies!

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the seat took a breath of air.

Looking at Huo Qinglan again, her face was pale, and her lips muttered: "My wife didn't..."

But in the eyes of others, it is clearly an irrefutable appearance.

Yuan Shao, who had been kneeling on the ground silently, suddenly spoke, with a hint of evil in his eyes: "Your Majesty, Butler Lin and my wife each hold their own opinions. But from my point of view, I am afraid that Butler Lin is more suspicious. First, the physical evidence is What was found from Butler Lin's body was both stolen and stolen. Secondly, my wife and the eldest daughter of the Huo family have always had a close relationship. Compared to Butler Lin, my wife has no motive for murder. I hope your majesty will understand clearly. "

Huo Qinglan was a little moved when she heard Yuan Shao's pleading for her, and her eyes that were originally dead still became a little bit more alive.

However, before she could be happy for long, a tall figure on the seat flashed from beside Shen Yuning to Emperor Xiaowen, knelt down and bowed: "I am the bodyguard of the seventh prince, Cheng Chang. Because His Highness is dizzy, I went to the kitchen with a stick of incense. I was getting mint leaves for His Highness, and I saw the Crown Princess and Butler Lin talking in the kitchen. I'm afraid the Crown Princess and Butler Lin are in the same group."

Cheng Chang is the person close to Shen Yuning. Shen Yuning has never been involved in court affairs and has no reason to favor anyone on the court. These words almost confirmed Huo Qinglan's accusation.The appearance of Cheng Chang also caused several people at the prince's table to look at Shen Yuning thoughtfully.

When Huo Qi saw Cheng Chang, he froze for a moment. She had already prepared a plan, but she didn't expect Shen Yuning to help her.

Following the trend, she immediately stepped forward and knelt down, with a sad look on her face: "Your Majesty, I didn't expect that this matter would eventually happen to me... Although I don't know why my sister wanted to murder me, but because of the sisters' personal grudge, innocent people were implicated. Concubine Shu, I hope your majesty will forgive me."

"This is not your fault, get up." Emperor Xiaowen glanced at her.

"As Yuan Shizi said, when I was at home, my daughter and my younger sister had a close relationship. I don't want my younger sister to change her mind after marrying into the Marquis of Zhenyuan's mansion for more than a month. My daughter didn't know what she had done to offend her relatives. It's a sin for my sister to want to murder my courtier's daughter."

Huo Qiben lay on the ground and sobbed softly. When she straightened up again, there were a few obvious tear marks on her originally stubborn face, and she looked extremely sad.

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and wanted to strangle Huo Qi to death.

As soon as he used their sisterhood to offend Huo Qinglan, she used this matter to talk about the Hou Mansion.Huo Qi has a lot of appetite, and it's not enough to prove Huo Qinglan's crimes. Now that he has said so much falsely, what he said clearly means that the entire Zhenyuanhou Mansion wants to murder her, and Huo Qinglan is just a cover.

In front of the Bodhisattva, the heart of a poisonous woman is really to be punished!

How could Yuan Xianzhi, who has been in court for decades, not be able to see what Yuan Shao could see?
In a moment, Yuan Xianzhi made a decisive decision: "Your Majesty, I never thought that the daughter-in-law of the family would want to murder her own sister. The court cannot tolerate such an immoral daughter-in-law. I hope Your Majesty will allow the Yuan family to issue a letter of divorce!"

The wall collapsed and everyone pushed, Princess De'an proudly said: "Uncle is right. Father, Huo Qinglan is a snake and a scorpion. He murdered his own sister and made his mother and concubine suffer. He should be killed!"

There are more and more characters in this play. Even though Emperor Xiaowen hasn't said anything yet, everyone already understands that today's farce is probably caused by Huo Qinglan instructing Butler Lin to poison the sweet-scented osmanthus cake to assassinate Huo Qi, but in the end he didn't expect to harm Huo Qi. Wrong person.As for why Concubine Shu was the unlucky one in the end, it is somewhat intriguing.

The audience was silent for a moment, and Emperor Xiaowen made the final verdict: "The steward of the Marquis Zhenyuan's mansion was killed with a stick. The concubine murdered Miss Huo's family, and she was temporarily detained in the ear room. After returning to Beijing, he handed it over to the Tingwei Mansion. The matter, play it."

As soon as the decree was given, Steward Lin was dragged down by the guards next to him, his fat body left a scratch on the ground, and his hoarse and muddy voice overflowed with continuous curses: "Huo Qinglan, you will die! I'm waiting in the underworld. You, hahaha!”

Huo Qinglan prostrated on the ground, listening to Steward Lin's unbearable curse, terrified in his heart.She never expected that she wanted to harm Huo Qi, but ended up killing Butler Lin, and she even got a life lawsuit!If she really entered the Tingwei Mansion, she might have to stay in prison for three to five years, and even be kicked out by the Zhenyuan Hou Mansion, how could she be reconciled?

Finally, she couldn't help throwing out her last hole card:

"Your Majesty, the minister's wife is already pregnant with the son's child!"

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　　Today is the death day of Lin Butler Lin Butler is the snobby who first poured poisonous wine on Huo Qi (sigh
　　


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