Story of Yanxi Palace: Fu Ying's banner will never fall

Facing Liu Yang's rebuttal, Wei Yingluo was not afraid at all and fell to her knees with a thud.

He said respectfully, "I can guarantee that the Second Prince was indeed poisoned by the thunder god vine."

At this moment, the entire palace was in deathly silence, and everyone's eyes were focused on Wei Yingluo.

Finally, the Empress broke the silence: "Your Majesty, I also think that Yonglian's symptoms are not just a cold. I am willing to believe what Yingluo said."

The emperor was unable to make up his mind for a moment and was in a dilemma: on one side was the royal physician who had served in the Imperial Hospital for many years, had superb medical skills and was loyal; on the other side was his wife who had shared his joys and sorrows.

The Queen naturally understood the Emperor's inner struggle and entanglement at this moment, so she smiled slightly and said softly: "Your Majesty, then summon Zhang Jianyi and Mingyu into the palace."

Zhang Jianyi bowed and walked quickly towards the queen, lowering his voice and whispering in her ear: "Your Majesty, everything has been done."

However, when Concubine Gao and Concubine Jia saw Zhang Jianyi appear, they were like they saw a ghost, and their faces turned pale in an instant.

According to the original plan, Zhang Jianyi should have "committed suicide out of fear of crime" in Changchun Palace at this moment, and left a suicide note, putting all the blame on the Queen, accusing her of abusing him out of jealousy, and deliberately poisoning the Second Prince out of resentment. Knowing that he was deeply sinful, he chose to end his life.

Unexpectedly, the current situation was completely beyond their expectations. Zhang Jianyi was not only alive and well, but he even knelt directly in front of the emperor in front of everyone, shouting loudly with an angry face.

"Your Majesty, I want to sue Concubine Jia! She ordered Xiao Leizi from Changchun Palace to frame me for poisoning the Second Prince. Fortunately, I discovered it in time and captured him on the spot!"

Mingyu then said, "Your Majesty, I have just captured the eunuch Xiao Lizi from the Imperial Tea and Food Office who poisoned the Second Prince. He took advantage of the chaos in the palace and tried to replace the Biluochun tea can used by the Second Prince with this one."

Hearing this, the emperor's expression instantly became extremely gloomy. He turned his head abruptly and stared at Jiapin with sharp eyes.

Jiapin was horrified and panicked, but she still forced herself to remain calm and acted innocent.

She cried, "Your Majesty, I am innocent! As a mother, how could I do such a cruel thing? This must be a deliberate frame-up by that servant. Please investigate!"

The Queen was furious when she heard this: "How could such a thing happen? Yingluo, come here and check whether these two cans of Biluochun tea are poisonous." Wei Yingluo responded and walked forward, carefully looking at the two cans of Biluochun tea in Mingyu's hands.

"In reply to the Emperor and Empress, there is indeed a problem with the jar of tea on the right. A large amount of Tripterygium wilfordii powder has been mixed in it, which is highly poisonous. The initial symptoms of poisoning are dizziness, palpitations, bloating and nausea. In the later stages, it will cause convulsions in the limbs and unbearable pain in the liver and kidneys. If not treated in time, I'm afraid the patient will not survive a day." Wei Yingluo said angrily.

The emperor was furious. He slammed his hand heavily on the table and shouted angrily, "How dare you! Don't you want to live?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall was terrified and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, especially the doctors in the Imperial Hospital, who were so frightened that they trembled all over.

Jiapin's heart was filled with endless fear, but more of it was shock and surprise.

She never expected that the plan she had carefully planned for a long time would be so easily discovered, and all this was due to that hateful Wei Yingluo!

At this moment, her hatred towards Wei Yingluo had reached its peak, but in front of the emperor, she did not dare to show it at all.

"Your Majesty, please believe me! I would never dare to do such a thing. How could I possibly have the ability to bribe Eunuch Lei? He is a close confidant of the Empress!"

Jiapin was crying with tears in her eyes, looking so pitiful, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

Zhang Jianyi saw this and waved his hand behind him, signaling his men to escort Lei Gonggong and Xiao Lizi forward. The two men knelt in front of the emperor, their bodies trembling constantly, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

The emperor ignored Jiapin's crying and shouted to Lei Gong and Xiao Lizi who were kneeling below: "Tell the truth quickly. If you dare to hide anything, I will never let you off easily!"

Hearing this, Concubine Gao couldn't help but nervously pinched the handkerchief in her hand. You know, it was actually her who sent someone to bribe Eunuch Lei. If this matter implicated her, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Reply, reply to the emperor, it is true, it is... Concubine Jia, who bribed me to poison Eunuch Zhang. I dare not lie!"

Eunuch Lei raised his head tremblingly, quickly glanced at Concubine Gao standing beside him, and then quickly lowered his eyes.

When Concubine Gao saw this, the stone in her heart finally fell to the ground, but she pretended to be surprised on the surface, and gently kicked Concubine Jia, signaling her not to talk nonsense and not to involve herself.

However, Concubine Gao was still a little worried.

Then she fell to her knees with a plop, and whispered in Jiapin's ear, "Don't forget, you still have the Fourth Prince."

Then she stood up, turned to the emperor and continued in a long voice: "Your Majesty, I lived with Jiapin in Chuxiu Palace. I never expected that she would be such a vicious person. She dared to do such a vicious thing behind my back. It is really treasonous! This time it is also because I did not discipline my subordinates and failed to detect this matter in time. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Hearing this, Jiapin was furious. At this point, Concubine Gao not only wanted to take all the blame on herself, but also tried to shift all the responsibility onto herself.

But considering her son Yongcheng, and in order to protect Yongcheng, Jiapin had no choice but to swallow her anger.

The emperor turned a blind eye to the "performance" of these women. He raised his hand slightly and signaled to Little Leo to speak.

After Li Yu caught a glimpse of the emperor's expression, he immediately kicked Little Li hard and shouted, "Report the truth!"

Little Li was so frightened that he trembled all over and kowtowed hurriedly, saying, "Your Majesty, I, I really just went to deliver tea to the Second Prince. I don't know anything else! The Second Prince usually drinks a lot of tea, so the Imperial Tea House has always been very diligent in delivering tea to the Prince."

Little Leo knew that if the truth was revealed, he would be dead, so he gritted his teeth and refused to admit it.

Mingyu was so angry that her face turned red. She cupped her hands and said, "Your Majesty, we just sent a can of new tea yesterday. Why are you sending another one today? It's obvious that they want to take advantage of the chaos to destroy the can of poisonous tea!"

"This... this is just because my brother studies hard every day, and the imperial tea and food room found out and sent more medicine over." Little Li still tried to quibble.

At this time, Zhang Jianyi quickly interrupted and reported: "Your Majesty, I have just sent someone to summon Wang, the steward of the Imperial Tea and Food Room."

"Pass it on." The emperor's tone was concise and clear, but his face was still gloomy and solemn.