Transmigrated into the daughter of the prime minister, and thrived in space
Chapter 27: The Imperial Trial
These past few nights, Si Wenming would come to see Yu Xiaoqiao, bring her some medicine, and chat for a while.
Li Lingyan has been put under house arrest by the Queen and has not been able to come out recently.
However, the concern and regards did not diminish, and people were sent every day to deliver messages and gifts.
"Ouch!"
Si Wenming applied medicine to her carefully. Yu Xiaoqiao's hand trembled slightly and she groaned.
"Does it hurt?" Si Wenming stopped his hand and lowered his head to gently blow on his injured finger.
The wind blows across my fingertips, gently and softly.
Warmth ripples in my heart, and I feel numb and tingling.
The man who was cold in front of others was like spring at this moment.
Yu Xiaoqiao's face flushed, her eyes smiling, "I'm sorry for causing you to be fined ten thousand taels of silver."
"Worth it!" Si Wenming smiled.
Yu Xiaoqiao smiled without saying anything, with a hint of loneliness in her eyes.
Someone once said that if the Titanic sank, they would definitely leave the last piece of driftwood to her. But...
"Don't be afraid, I will personally judge you before the Emperor!" Si Wenming said softly, his magnetic voice full of warmth.
"Don't be afraid, the sky will collapse and I'll use it as a blanket, and the ground will sink and I'll use it as a bed." Yu Xiaoqiao said with a smile, not caring or afraid.
A few days later, Ganlu Palace.
Concubine Zhao's eyes were red and swollen, and her face was haggard, as if she had just had a miscarriage.
Yu Xiaoqiao looked at her and shouted in her heart: Get ready - cry!
Concubine Zhao seemed to have heard an order, and she covered her face and cried, "Your Majesty, Queen, the skin care products I used from Zirongtang were mixed with oleander powder, which caused my miscarriage and the fetus died in my womb. My life is miserable, please help me!"
The emperor's face was calm, his eyes slightly opened with a hint of pity, but he said nothing.
The Queen glanced at the Emperor and said slowly, "This is a matter concerning the heir to the throne. This is a serious matter. Concubine Zhao must not speak nonsense."
Concubine Zhao bowed three times and said solemnly: "That day, I gave birth to a stillborn baby. I know that I have let my ancestors down and I just want to die to atone for my sin. During the struggle, Madam Liu accidentally broke my skin care products. Doctor Wang became suspicious and checked them. He didn't expect that oleander was mixed in them..."
Before he finished speaking, everyone's faces showed panic and they began to whisper.
"Oh my god, it turned out to be oleander. Concubine Zhao is so pitiful!"
"Yu Xiaoqiao, what grudge do you have against Concubine Zhao? Why are you harming people like this?"
"Tell me! Are we using oleander? You are the real culprit."
Imperial Concubine Rong, whose face had fully recovered, frowned slightly, her fingers trembling in her sleeves, and after hesitating for a moment, she spoke in a cold voice.
"The truth is still unknown. How can we convict someone based on the words of Concubine Zhao's family?"
Li Lingyan stood beside the queen, without revealing any expression. He glanced at Yu Xiaoqiao slightly, and a trace of imperceptible worry flashed in his eyes.
Yu Xiaoqiao didn't take people's doubts and attacks seriously. She was calm and just shook her head slightly. She thought: The women in the palace are so stupid. They don't even learn some common sense when framing others. Do you think I'll see if I put oleander skin care products there?
I couldn't help but burst out laughing, and it sounded particularly crisp in the heavy atmosphere of the hall. "Your Majesty, Queen, please allow me to demonstrate to you. Can you give me some oleander powder and a set of Zirongtang skin care products?"
Concubine Zhao was startled at first, her eyes flickering, and she looked nervously at Nanny Liu, who had taken care of her since she was a child. Only after receiving Nanny Liu's steady response did she calm down.
Everyone turned their eyes to Yu Xiaoqiao. No one noticed the complex changes in Concubine Zhao's expression. Only Li Lingyan saw it all.
The emperor half-closed his eyes, expressionless, and said nothing, but glanced at Yu Xiaoqiao meaningfully.
The queen coughed lightly and ordered, "Eunuch Li, ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare."
After a while, all the items were ready and placed on the table in the hall.
Yu Xiaoqiao knelt down and bowed, then stood up and whispered to Yu Chuwan.
The two men walked to the table calmly.
Yu Chuwan put a small amount of oleander into water, essence, lotion and cream respectively, stirred them evenly with a bamboo stick, and placed them on the table.
Everyone looked curious and leaned over to look.
Li Lingyan no longer looked worried and looked at the table curiously.
Si Wenming's lips curled slightly, and a hint of tenderness appeared on his cold face.
The facial muscles of Concubine Zhao, which had just relaxed, tensed up again. Her eyes suddenly became a little flustered. She swallowed hard a few times and leaned over to look at the table.
The emperor opened his eyes slightly, his lips moved slightly, and he said calmly: "Empress, you and the concubines go forward and take a look."
The queen nodded slightly, stood up with the help of the old nanny, walked slowly to the table, suddenly opened her eyes wide, and looked surprised.
At this time, everyone gathered around the table, looking at the various skin care products on it, some were surprised, some were confused, and some were puzzled.
"The ingredients in our Zirongtang skincare products contain special skin growth factors, which are composed of 53 amino acid residues and can greatly enhance the skin's healing, regeneration, anti-aging and anti-wrinkle abilities."
Yu Xiaoqiao spoke calmly, and did not forget to take the opportunity to do product marketing for high-end customers.
When the concubines heard about the magical effects of skin growth factor, they were all full of interest and discussed it at once. They just wanted to know the answer, especially what the "amino acid residue" was that they had never heard of before?
For a moment, he even forgot about his harsh questioning and malicious attacks on Yu Xiaoqiao, and even forgot that this was an interrogation concerning the royal heir.
After the queen coughed lightly, everyone shut up, calmed down and returned to silence.
Yu Xiaoqiao smiled slightly and continued.
"However, growth factors are completely incompatible with oleander, so they will form lumps when put into water, become threads when put into essence, and become residue when put into lotions and creams. May I ask, how can such skin care products be sold? How could our Zirongtang damage its reputation by mixing oleander into skin care products? Your Majesty, Queen Mother, please understand."
The emperor looked at Yu Xiaoqiao meaningfully, but had no intention of getting up to check.
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement, and looked towards Concubine Zhao. Some of the concubines who were on good terms with Concubine Zhao looked a little worried.
Just as the Queen was about to speak, Concubine Zhao took the lead and knelt on the ground, crying with tears in her eyes.
"Your Majesty, Queen, I am innocent! I don't understand the reasoning, but oleander powder was indeed found in the skin care products, and I'm not the only one with problems. A while ago, wasn't Concubine Rong's face red and swollen because she used Zirongtang skin care products?"
Imperial Concubine Rong frowned, her face covered with a layer of clouds and worry, and was about to explain.
The Prime Minister's second wife stepped out first, knelt down and kowtowed, then spoke slowly.
"Your Majesty, the Empress, and all the ladies, please allow me to report. The matter of Imperial Concubine Rong has been investigated. Someone deliberately made trouble and replaced the goods."
Then, the second wife called the maid beside her, "Bring Zhang San up."
In the hall, where everyone's eyes were focused, a thin young man dressed as a servant walked over.
There was a lewd look in his triangular eyes. As soon as he entered the hall, his legs went weak and he knelt behind the Second Wife. He kowtowed three times and spoke tremblingly.
"I, Zhang San, pay my respects to His Majesty and the Queen."
The queen frowned and said, "Raise your head and speak."
The boy raised his head timidly and looked around with shifty eyes.
The emperor said coldly, "Hurry up and tell me!"
The servant was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He fell to his knees and said tremblingly.
"I know my crime, I know my crime... Xiao Zhang, the son of the Grand Tutor, gave me fifty taels of silver... He instructed me to create chaos and exchange goods. The goods used for the exchange were also given to me by Xiao... Xiao Zhang."
Concubine Zhao took a deep breath, her facial muscles slightly relaxed, and her expression turned slightly calmer.
Everyone exclaimed in surprise, with different expressions on their faces, and all looked at Concubine Jing.
Concubine Jing's face changed drastically. She knelt on the ground and said anxiously, "Although my brother has always been naughty, he would never dare to do anything to harm the heir to the throne."
Yu Xiaoqiao frowned, her eyes were gloomy, and then the corners of her lips moved slightly, thinking secretly in her heart.
This cockroach is really haunting! It is undoubtedly him who harmed Concubine Rong's face. As for the oleander incident, it is most likely that he was taking the blame for someone else.
After a while, Xiao Zhang was brought into the hall with a confused look on his face. Seeing Zhang San was also there, his face suddenly turned panic-stricken, his legs trembled, and he knelt down to salute.
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