Rebirth: The flatterer prince I raised couldn't be so clingy

Xian Zhi gasped and couldn't help but secretly glance at Wu Heng behind Queen Zou, but she gave him a fierce look and he quickly lowered his head again.

"Maybe... maybe he heard it wrong. Yes! He must have heard it wrong. If I killed Concubine Hui, why would I go around telling people about it? I must have kept it to myself."

Cao Shuyi took over the conversation and said, "Your Majesty! This is all their trick! Concubine De, Gao Ye, and Prince Duan, they are all in the same group!"

With a "bang", the fruit plate on the table was overturned by Emperor Yu, and all kinds of fruits in it were scattered on the ground and rolled in front of Cao Shuyi and Xianzhi.

"What does this have to do with Concubine De and Gao Ye? Why should they be wronged by you? It seems that I have been too indulgent to you and made you so ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth!"

Everyone in the room was so frightened that they sat up straight. Emperor Yu's protection of the Gao family made Empress Zou's face even uglier.

Concubine De smiled faintly and spoke slowly:

"You two, master and servant, must have something to hide today. You are afraid that Prince Duan will come to the palace and expose all the unscrupulous things you have done, so you came up with this method to make him shut up. If he didn't have some martial arts skills, you would have killed him."

"You! You spit on others!"

Cao Shuyi's rebuttal became increasingly weak, and she could only point at Defei and glare at her.

"Then may I ask Cao Shuyi, how can I explain that I have no grudge against you, but you suddenly want to kill me today?"

Feng Zhanye didn't intend to give them any time to catch their breath, and continued to interrogate them.

Now Cao Shuyi was in a dilemma as to whether to admit it or deny it. She clutched the corner of her clothes in embarrassment. The more anxiously she tried to deny, the more unclear she became.

"That's because... No! I, I didn't do anything! It was you who wronged me!"

"The assassin's confession, Mrs. Chen Qi's testimony, the evidence, and what the young master of Yongning heard, are all the results of my wrongful accusations against you?"

Everyone present already had a vague guess as to what the truth was. All the evidence pointed to Cao Shuyi and Xian Zhi as the ones who had previously murdered Concubine Hui and who wanted to eliminate Prince Duan today.

The Prince of Duan has no power at all in the palace. It doesn't make sense that he would set up such a big scheme just to frame these two people.

Cao Shuyi and Xianzhi could also clearly feel the changes in the expressions of the people around them, and their hearts became increasingly flustered.

"That's not the case! It was you who murdered your mother that day. You are doing this now just to exonerate yourself and use us as your scapegoats."

As soon as Xian Zhi said this, everyone was shocked.

"What is she talking about? The prince killed his mother? This is not a joke, right?"

"But it's not true that that person might be able to do such a thing?"

Amid the discussions of the concubines, only Emperor Yu, Empress Zou, Concubine Shu and Concubine De, who knew the inside story, looked solemn.

Seeing that Feng Zhanye remained silent, Cao Shuyi felt that she had finally caught him, and pointed at his nose and said to everyone:

"It wasn't actually the maid Lan Yi who poisoned Concubine Hui that day. It was this unlucky guy who did it himself. He poisoned and killed his own mother! Now he has the nerve to pin the blame on me. He is just like Concubine Hui and thinks I am easy to bully."

Feng Zhanye didn't understand why people could be so evil. Now that they couldn't even protect themselves, they still didn't forget to drag him and his mother out to step on them.

His expression became more and more indifferent. He looked at the smug faces of the master and servant and slowly spoke: "You and your servant were not present that day, so how did you know that it was actually me who killed my mother? The emperor has issued a clear order to forbid this matter from being spread outside. I guess no one dared to tell you secretly, right?"

The concubines looked at Feng Zhanye in astonishment. Only then did they understand why Concubine Hui was murdered and why the emperor wanted to vent his anger on him and expel him from the palace.

It turns out that Lan Yi's poisoning of Concubine Hui was just an excuse all along, and the real situation at the time was actually like this.

The young man in front of him was so wronged, but he was able to endure it for more than a year without saying anything. He just searched for evidence secretly until he found an opportunity to enter the palace, and then he revealed the truth of the matter in such a straightforward way.

He is truly calm, decisive, and thoughtful, and has nothing to do with the previous rumors that he has a sinister temperament and bad behavior.

The two people kneeling on the ground were stunned.

"That...that's..."

Feng Zhanye interrupted Xian Zhi and turned his gaze to Empress Zou beside Emperor Yu, saying meaningfully, "Or, everything was done by you, so you know it so clearly."

Empress Zou's hands on the rosewood chair suddenly tightened, her knuckles turned white, and a thin layer of coldness gradually crept up her face.

The young man was not talking about Cao Shuyi and Xianzhi, but she, the queen of a country.

He knew everything, and this was his response.

At this moment, Xian Zhi, who had been silent from the beginning, suddenly fell to the ground and kowtowed three times, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was indeed Cao Shuyi who took the opportunity to kill Prince Duan in the side hall. Before, she was also because she hated Concubine Hui for harming the Seventh Prince, so she forced me to find someone to poison and frame Your Highness Prince Duan. Cao Shuyi is my master, and I dare not disobey, but now I really can't cover up for her anymore!"

At the same time, outside the side hall, He Chongjin asked for a meeting again, and Emperor Yu ordered Han Neiguan to let the person in.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial City Envoy Cao He has been arrested. We also captured a messenger eunuch at the Imperial City Office, who confessed to Cao Shuyi's conspiracy with Cao He to assassinate His Royal Highness Prince Duan. The more than 40 guards who were sent to pretend to be eunuchs have all been brought to justice."

Now, all the crimes are confirmed.

Cao Shuyi was confused. She didn't understand why Xian Zhi suddenly turned against her, nor did she understand why the number of people sent by Cao He didn't match what she said.

"What? More than 40 assassins? How could father send so many..."

Perhaps because she had just argued too vigorously, her voice had become hoarse. The more she spoke, the softer her voice became. Then, as if she had realized something, she stared fixedly in the direction of Empress Zou and suddenly laughed softly.

"Cao Shuyi! Watch your words and actions. Why are you laughing like a madman in public? Someone, drag her away first!"

Empress Zou's heart tightened and she hurriedly gave orders. However, before the imperial guards entered the room to take action, Cao Shuyi suddenly pulled out her hairpin like a madman, screamed and stabbed Feng Zhanye fiercely.

Seeing the pointed hairpin heading towards the boy's chest, he quickly dodged to the side without panic, slapped the hairpin out of her hand, twisted her entire arm behind her back, and pressed her to the ground.

Everything happened so fast that no one could react and they watched without daring to breathe.

Cao Shuyi's hair was disheveled and she fell to the ground in a miserable state. Tears were falling from her eyes and she kept cursing.

"You evil creature, your mother killed my child. I did this just to avenge my child, but you ruined everything. It's you who made me like this. I want you to pay with your life! You and your son should be buried with my child!"

Seeing that she was still struggling, Feng Zhanye tightened his grip and looked down at this desperate woman, without a trace of pity in his eyes.

"You are so confused. The person who harmed you is right beside you, but you just think that my mother killed the Seventh Prince without thinking. Think about it carefully, who is proficient in acupuncture and can insert the silver needle dipped in oleander juice into your son's acupuncture point so accurately."

Cao Shuyi's body stiffened and she suddenly stopped struggling. Then she tried hard to turn her head to look at the expression on Feng Zhanye's face, but her body was restrained and she could only stare at him viciously with one eye slanted.

"What did you say? You know something, don't you?"

Feng Zhanye handed her over to two imperial guards for restraint, straightened his clothes, took two steps back, and met the eyes of Cao Shuyi, who was picked up from the ground by the imperial guards.

"No matter how my mother explained, she would suffer your hatred and be banished to the cold palace, and poisoned to death by you, while you enjoyed the false testimony of the real murderer. When I was acupuncture-treated every day, didn't you have a single doubt?"

Cao Shuyi slowly turned her gaze to Xian Zhi, who was already frightened pale by Feng Zhanye's words, and stared at her with his eyes.

"It's... Xianzhi... it's you? You killed my child? You bitch, I'm going to kill you!"

"enough!"

After hearing what Feng Zhanye had just said, Emperor Yu was also shocked, but he could no longer tolerate Cao Shuyi's noise in the side hall. Seeing that Cao Shuyi, who was held by the imperial guards, was still trying desperately to tear her own maid apart, he quickly gave the order.

"Cao Shuyi, you are acting crazy and perverse. You must be banished to the cold palace and never be allowed out. The palace maids must be restrained and taken to the prison. You must be tortured severely and must tell the truth."