Transmigrated into the daughter of the prime minister, and thrived in space

After a confrontation, Xiao Zhang turned pale and admitted that he had bribed Zhang San and swapped the goods in revenge for the humiliation at the poetry gathering, but he firmly denied the incident with oleander and stammered.

"I just want to vent my anger... my skin will be allergic after using it, but I definitely... definitely didn't put any oleander in it... I feel wronged!"

"For being so despicable, he shall be punished by being beaten with fifty sticks, and then thrown into the Heavenly Prison and handed over to the Dali Temple for interrogation." The emperor said sternly with a look of disgust in his eyes.

"Ah...ah..."

The sounds of slaughtering pigs came into my ears.

The screams were like wooden boards hitting Concubine Jing's heart, and her worries and struggles grew more serious.

Concubine Jing made up her mind and knelt down.

"I have heard that Concubine Zhao was faking her pregnancy. There is absolutely no way that oleander could have poisoned the heir to the throne. My brother is truly wronged. Your Majesty, the Queen, please understand."

Yu Xiaoqiao was secretly delighted, but her face remained calm as she sighed: The relationships in the palace are complicated, and Concubine Jing is also a thousand-year-old vixen. If she wasn't afraid that her own brother would die under the fifty court sticks, she wouldn't have brought trouble upon herself.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Concubine Zhao.

Concubine Zhao's face turned even paler, she clutched her skirt tightly with both hands, then she pretended to be calm and fell to the ground crying.

"Although I am not close to Sister Jingfei, you should not wrongly accuse me like this."

Concubine Jing said slowly.

"I, Gong Ling'er, and Concubine Zhao's Gong Cui'er, are from the same hometown. A month ago, I overheard them whispering to each other that Concubine Zhao asked her to secretly wash her underwear that was soiled by her period. I didn't take it seriously at the time and thought I had heard it wrong, but now I think back to it, today's facts are really strange, so I have no choice but to risk my life to report it."

The emperor was furious. He glanced at Concubine Zhao and slapped Concubine Jing on the face, saying, "You bitch, you're talking nonsense!"

The crisp slap seemed to hit Concubine Zhao on the face. She immediately collapsed to the ground and it took her a long time to recover.

The Queen was also dismayed and stood up and rebuked: "The palace rules are strict, Concubine Jing is not allowed to speak nonsense!"

"Whether I am talking nonsense or not, we will know it after checking. You can call the midwife to ask her the truth." Concubine Jing knelt on the ground and said with a serious face.

The emperor was about to call the imperial guards, but was stopped by Li Lingyan before he could say a word.

"Father, I am willing to go and capture the midwife." Li Lingyan bowed and requested.

The emperor looked at Li Lingyan deeply and said calmly, "Okay, go quickly and come back quickly."

At this time, Concubine Zhao, who had just recovered from her shock, looked extremely pale. Although it was late autumn, her clothes were soaked with sweat.

When everyone saw this, their expressions varied.

At this time, Ling'er and Cui'er were already kneeling in the garden.

The queen sat upright, her voice steady, "Cui'er, you can tell Ling'er that Concubine Zhao is still having her period."

The two looked at each other, and Cui'er said timidly: "Your servant ..."

Cui'er raised her eyes and was glared at by Nanny Liu beside Concubine Zhao, so she quickly fell silent.

The queen frowned slightly, looking a little annoyed, "I am asking you a question. If you lie, you will be beaten to death immediately."

Cui Er looked frightened, glanced at Concubine Jing, and kowtowed, saying, "Concubine Zhao is indeed pregnant... and has her period. I will clean the soiled underwear for you."

"You bitch! The Queen has treated you well, how could you do this..." Nanny Liu didn't care that the Emperor and the Queen were in front of her, and she scolded and kicked Cui'er.

"Don't stop!" the queen shouted.

Nanny Liu stopped and glared at Cui'er fiercely.

"I know how eager you are to protect the master, and I know you are old. If I don't punish you, I will not forgive you if you are rude in front of the emperor again." The queen said coldly.

Madam Liu knelt and bowed, "Your Majesty, Queen, please allow me to confront Cui'er."

The Queen sat still, her eyes agreeing.

"Cui'er, were the panties handed to you personally by the Empress?" Madam Liu asked sternly with a calm look in her eyes.

"No, it was given to me by Madam Liu." Cui'er said timidly.

"Then how can you say it belongs to the Empress? Your Majesty and Empress, in order to clear the Empress' name, I will not give up my old face. The underwear is mine. I looked for some folk remedies to maintain my body, but I didn't expect that my menstruation would come. I was lazy, so I took advantage of Cui'er's power and asked her to wash it for me." Madam Liu said seriously.

The emperor's expression was solemn. He glanced at Concubine Zhao with a cold look in his eyes.

A faint smile appeared on Yu Xiaoqiao's lips, and she thought that this old slave was quite loyal.

It was almost dusk and everyone had gone into the hall.

The emperor pinched his forehead with his right hand and leaned half on the Nine Dragon Throne.

The Queen's expression became more solemn under the candlelight.

Concubine Zhao looked ashen and slumped to the ground.

Concubine Jing had a solemn expression on her face and knelt upright.

The second grandma sat in the middle, calm and composed.

Yu Xiaoqiao looked tired, closed her eyes and stood leaning against the wall in deep thought.

In the huge palace, there was no sound at all, only the slow ticking of the night watch.

Li Lingyan stood in front of the emperor, and a middle-aged man with messy clothes and gray hair stood behind him, with a money box at his feet.

Li Lingyan bowed and said, "The midwife is dead. This is her husband Chen Fu. I also found 100 taels of silver at home. The word 'imperial' was written on the bottom of the silver. It is palace silver."

Concubine Jing said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this must be murder to silence the witness."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Jing is slandering us. She committed suicide out of fear of punishment." Concubine Zhao said strangledly.

The emperor's eyes slowly swept over the crowd, and everyone lowered their heads wherever his gaze fell.

He shouted sternly, "Shut up, you are like a street shrew. How disrespectful!"

Yu Xiaoqiao smiled secretly, but the smile soon disappeared. She slowly approached the cash box, bent over to search, and spoke while holding up a piece of white silk.

"Your Majesty, Empress, here is a suicide note." Sha You opened the silk and read aloud, "I was greedy for money and accepted 100 taels of silver from Concubine Zhao to find a baby for her and lied that it was the prince's. But the baby was suffocated to death and I put the blame on Zirong Hall. I couldn't bear the guilt, so I committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

Concubine Zhao's face turned pale and then livid, the corners of her lips trembled, and she screamed, "You are talking nonsense. The suicide note clearly said that she failed to deliver the baby properly, killed the prince, and committed suicide out of fear of punishment to appease the grace of heaven."

"Ah, Concubine Zhao is so amazing. She can predict the future and get every word right!" Yu Xiaoqiao smiled at Concubine Zhao and presented the silk to the nanny beside the queen.

Concubine Zhao immediately realized that she had made a mistake in her words and whispered in a mosquito-like voice, "I guessed."

Yu Xiaoqiao smiled slightly, turned around and walked to Chen Fu, and asked, "Uncle Chen, can your wife read?"

"We can't even write our names," Chen Fu answered honestly.

Everyone exclaimed "Oh" and looked at Concubine Zhao.

Concubine Zhao collapsed to the ground, her hair disheveled and her whole body trembling. She crawled to the emperor's feet in a panic, tugged at the corner of his clothes, and begged.

"Your Majesty, I am truly innocent. I am a coward and just said nonsense out of fear. Unless it is proven that the baby is not yours, I would rather die than admit it."

The emperor's face became uglier and uglier. He slightly exerted force on his hands that were holding the dragon chair, and veins were visible. He looked at Concubine Zhao in anger and suddenly kicked her down, "Evil woman!"

The Queen looked at everyone and said loudly: "Call the Imperial Physician!"

Doctor Zhang said: "You can use the bone dripping method, dripping the blood of a living person on the bones of a dead person. If it seeps into the body, it means there is a direct blood relationship."

Doctor Li shook his head and said: "The bone dripping method is nonsense. I think we can use the 'joint learning method', which is to drop blood to identify relatives."

Doctor Liu said: "These two methods are just legends. They have no basis at all and are not credible."

Several imperial doctors argued for a long time but could not reach a conclusion.

Yu Xiaoqiao bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Empress, I have a treasure." Then she gestured to Yu Chuwan.

Yu Chuwan placed an exquisitely carved sandalwood box on the table.