Marry a Duke

Fu Ran is now pregnant, her body looks even more fragile and petite, her belly is bulging, and she walks slowly. At first glance, she looks like someone who needs care.

Wei Xuan looked at her steadily with his dark eyes.

Fu Ran first paid her respects to the emperor, but because her big belly made it inconvenient for her to kneel and kowtow, the emperor exempted her from the kowtow.

She bowed to several adults again.

"Just now I heard the Duke of England asking, who does this poison belong to?" Her black and white eyes fell on the white porcelain bottle in front of the doctor.

She walked over a few steps and *** looked at her with narrowed eyes.

But Fu Ran pretended not to see it.

This time, the thief took advantage of the mute woman but did not spare the lives of her nephew and his family, which really made Fu Ran see through it.

Maybe, her brother and sister-in-law are long gone, so what does she have to worry about?

*** has no guilt in killing people.

She was just telling the truth so that Wei Xuan could protect her and let her leave after she was safe.

"Your Majesty, this thing does look familiar to me." She never called herself a subject's wife, because she did not think of herself as the noble wife of the Duke of Weiguo.

"A few days ago, *** invited me to his house, and I also took the same thing, which is the Tianshan Cloud Needle. Once the poison takes effect, it will be like thousands of needles piercing the flesh and blood. The symptoms will become more severe every day without an antidote, until the poisoned person dies in pain."

Her face looked calm as she said this.

"You said you took poison, why haven't you taken any effects yet?" the Duke of England pressed her.

"The Duke of England asked a very good question, that's because *** gave me the antidote." She blinked and replied clearly.

"Your Majesty, the *** has the Cloud Needle and the antidote for the Cloud Needle. That day, after I took the poison, the *** gave me the antidote. The antidote cannot be cured in one go, but once a month to relieve the symptoms of poisoning."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood that *** was relying on this to control others.

"Fu Ran, I am your stepmother, so you should be careful with your words." *** said weakly and sternly.

"I dare not. Fu Ran is of humble origin, how dare I marry a noble lady." Fu Ran knelt down on both knees, "Your Majesty, Fu Ran is just the daughter of an ordinary farmer. She was sold into slavery in China, and her family was imprisoned and forced by the Chinese. She had no choice but to marry the Duke of Wei."

"The Duke of Wei was also forced to do so. I don't know the affairs of the court, so I did have some disagreements with him secretly, so much so that he tried to frame him again and again."

Wei Xuan narrowed his eyes.

***I can't listen any more.

She has always been a traitor and now she is helping Wei Xuan.

"Fu Ran, do you know what the consequences of saying these things are?"

Fu Ran's face froze, then he smiled slowly.

"What *** is reminding is that the lives of common people like me are worthless, so why should we care about death? My family should have been dealt with by ***, just like the family of the mute woman. Why does *** think he can still control me?"

Her face was determined. Today, she wanted to seek justice in front of the emperor.

If even the emperor can't give her justice.

Then there is no need for this world to exist.

"Your Majesty, what I said is absolutely true. I am willing to swear on my life and the fetus in my belly that if even a single word I said is false, I will die without a burial place."

Wei Xuan’s dark eyes narrowed.

"Madam, that's enough. The emperor will give us justice." He stepped forward and tried to help her up.

Fu Ran broke free from his hand.

"Your Majesty, the empress used me but did not trust me completely. She probably guessed that I would not do what she told me to do today, so she bribed someone in the imperial guards."

Fu Ran pointed directly at the imperial guards who had placed the white porcelain bottle.

"In the Duke of Wei's study, I saw him stuff the white porcelain bottle into the book. I took the porcelain bottle and put it in the cabinet in my room. He knew it was me who did it, so he had already checked my room. He took his men back."

The imperial guard knelt down immediately when his name was called.

His head was covered in sweat.

"Your Majesty, I am wrongly accused. I was only conducting a routine search and there is no frame-up as the wife of the Duke of Wei said."

The emperor looked at Fu Ran.

"How does Mrs. Wei defend herself?"

Fu Ran bowed again.

"Your Majesty, since he was following a routine search and had already searched my room, why did he go back and search again?"

The emperor looked at the imperial guards.

"Yes, why did you turn back?"

The imperial guard bowed his head.

"Your Majesty, I saw Madam Wei coming in and out and was worried that she might have moved something, so I went back to her room to search again."

The imperial guards looked very determined.

There is nothing wrong with what he said.

"So, you are just doing your duty, while my wife is sneaky." Wei Xuan's expression is no longer as gloomy as before.

There was a faint smile between his eyebrows.

But those who know him well know that once he shows such an expression, people in front of him should be careful.

"I dare not." The imperial guard felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

But thinking that *** and the Duke of England were here, he still had support, so he was not afraid.

"I think it's easy for someone to bribe you, but it's not easy to bribe the entire Imperial Guard, Commander Hu."

The person Wei Xuan called was the commander of the imperial guards, Hu Youyu.

Hu Youyu immediately called the colleagues who had just searched with this imperial guard.

Indeed, *** can only bribe one person, but cannot bribe the entire imperial guards.

The more people know about it, the greater the chance of it being revealed.

After Wei Xuan's questioning, all the criticisms were directed at the imperial guard.

"Chen Shu, why don't you tell the truth?" Hu Youyu said softly, "If you dare to speak nonsense in front of the emperor, you are deceiving the emperor."

Chen Shu's face turned pale instantly.

He has progressed to a dilemma.

He thought it was a simple matter, but in the end, he put himself in a desperate situation.

He cannot give out the truth, so he has to admit it himself.

Once he admitted it, he would only be sentenced to death.

"Your Majesty, please be wise. I really did not do that. Everything I did was in accordance with the rules." He gritted his teeth and refused to reveal anything.

"What? Are you trying to force a confession?" *** asked coldly, "Finding a scapegoat means it has nothing to do with the Duke's Mansion?"

She looked at Fu Ran with murderous eyes.

"Fu Ran dared to speak nonsense, implicate me, and throw dirty water on me. It is obvious that Duke Weiguo is very good at using tricks. He has completely won the hearts of the people in just a few months."

*** looked in pain and cried out.

"Your Majesty, can you bear to watch me being bullied?"

The emperor had no choice.

"In that case, take Chen Shu back to the Ministry of Justice to investigate this matter."

"Your Majesty, I am a witness. Even if Officer Chen doesn't want to explain or doesn't dare to explain, my family is indeed in the hands of the traitor. This matter has nothing to do with the Duke of Wei. What I said is true. I can also go to the Ministry of Justice to help find out the truth."

The emperor was quite shocked.

She was a pregnant woman, yet she dared to ask to go to the Ministry of Justice.

Does she really think the Ministry of Justice is a good place?

If this matter is handed over to Wei Xuan for investigation, there will be results within half a day. However, this matter involves ***, and if it is handed over to Wei Xuan, *** will definitely not agree.

The emperor was also in a difficult situation.

It's not that he only trusts Wei Xuan, but he knows that with his elder sister's scheming, she would never let anyone poison her easily.

"Okay, then take them back to the Ministry of Justice."