Hall of Qinzheng

As Su Yuejian arrived outside the palace, she heard Concubine Ru's tragic cries coming from inside.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You must take charge of Chang'er! My Chang'er died such a tragic death!"

"Yue'er."

Su Yue turned around when she heard the sound and saw the guards escorting Su Yanzhou, whose face was pale, towards her. Her expression suddenly turned cold.

"Brother! How did you get hurt like this?!"

Su Yanzhou's body was covered with whip marks, his five fingers were bloody purple from being tortured, and blood was seeping from his fingertips.

Su Yue saw a flash of murderous intent in his eyes, "Master Qin, this case is not yet decided, and you actually resorted to lynching!"

"Prince Gong is of the emperor's bloodline. To murder the prince is a heinous crime. I am only acting according to the rules!"

Qin Wei disagreed and glanced at the two of them coldly with confidence.

Su Yue was furious. According to the rules? It's only been less than an hour! How can it be so fast?

It's obvious that he wants to force a confession!

"I'm fine, why are you here?"

Su Yanzhou was puzzled. He didn't know that the Grand Tutor's Mansion had been searched. Qin Wei sneered. Huang Zhongsheng said loudly, "The Emperor summons you."

"Your servant Su Yanzhou/Qin Wei pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Dowager."

"Your humble servant Su Yuejian pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Dowager."

"It's you! It's you who killed my son! My Chang'er! You're a witch! Not only did you bewitch him and turn him into something half-human, half-ghost, but you also had to do this to him!"

Concubine Ru rushed to Su Yuejian without saying a word, raising her hands to grab and hit her. Su Yuejian had no choice but to dodge and was about to be hit when golden armor appeared in front of her. The Queen's hand grabbed Concubine Ru's wrist and stopped her.

"Stop it! You're crazy! How disgraceful!"

Everyone knelt down and bowed, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Your Majesty, and Your Majesty the Queen Mother."

Su Yuejian raised her eyes and met the queen's gentle gaze.

"Get up." The emperor glanced at the queen, then glanced at the people on the ground, and his gaze stopped at Su Yanzhou. "What's wrong with this injury?"

Qin Wei, "..."

Su Yuejian lowered her head and said first, "Just now, I asked Lord Qin outside the palace. It was according to the rules that Su Hanlin was punished and questioned."

The emperor frowned. Qin Wei glanced at Su Yuejian and replied with a folded hand, "Prince Gong was poisoned and murdered. Su Hanlin is the main suspect. I am really..."

"That's enough, it's just a little torture. Can you tell me anything?" The Queen Mother waved her hands, a gloomy and puzzled look on her face.

After the Queen Mother spoke, Qin Wei seemed to have found his backbone and ordered people to move up all the things they had found in the Grand Tutor's Mansion.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, please look, these poisons were found in Princess Minghua's courtyard. In addition to the poison used to murder Prince Gong, there are many more."

There was a large box as wide as the table, with poison bottles of various sizes neatly arranged inside.

The Empress Dowager's face instantly darkened, and shock flashed across the faces of the Emperor and the Empress. The Emperor walked down and took a closer look. Not only was the name of the poison marked on it, but there was also a small label with instructions for use and the symptoms of the poison taking effect.

"Emperor!--" the empress dowager shouted anxiously. Seeing the emperor pick up the medicine bottle casually, she was afraid that something might happen to him.

Corpse powder has no harm when applied to intact skin, but will turn into bloody water within half an hour when it comes into contact with blood.

Dripping Guanyin, just one drop of water, suffocated and died of cardiac paralysis within a quarter of an hour.

Life and Death Talisman, Ghost Devouring Pill, Yin and Yang Pill...

The emperor took a look and his expression changed from curiosity to shock to dark, and finally he even felt a little fear.

Su Yuejian raised her head slightly and met the emperor's gaze.

"Did you do all this?" the emperor asked coldly.

Su Yuejian nodded, "Yes, they all belong to me."

The emperor was speechless for a moment, his lips twitching coldly. How could such a well-behaved girl be messing with such a vicious thing!

I used to think she looked like her mother, but that's crazy, they don't! They don't look alike at all!!

Qin Wei stepped forward and picked up a bottle of poison. "Your Majesty, this Red Lotus Burning Heart is the poison that killed Prince Gong. Wanbao Pavilion only has one bottle, and it was sold to Su Yanzhou. I have just interrogated Su Yanzhou, but he refused to reveal the whereabouts of the poison. I didn't expect it to be in Princess Minghua's courtyard."

Su Yanzhou retorted hastily, "I didn't buy this poison! It has nothing to do with Yue'er!"

Qin Wei laughed and said, "Princess Minghua, this bottle of poison is not the one you bought. Then where did you use the poison you bought?"

This is obviously a trap, a trap targeting the Su family. One of Su Yanzhou and Su Yuejian will not be able to escape.

"One bottle from the Wanbao Pavilion, one from Princess Minghua. May I ask, Princess, do you know where the missing bottle went?"

Qin Wei looked at Su Yuejian, with a sneer in his eyes, and was certain that Su Yuejian could not produce another bottle of Red Lotus Burning Heart.

That person had told him long ago that the Red Lotus Heart Burning Technique required the Red Lotus as the inducement. The Red Lotus only grew in Nanwan and was rare and precious. Even the Wanbao Pavilion had only had one Red Lotus in all these years.

One red lotus can make two bottles of poison at most. No matter how capable Su Yuejian is, it is impossible for him to produce another bottle out of thin air.

"Is that the bottle of Red Lotus Burning Heart that Lord Qin mentioned that my brother bought?" Su Yuejian smiled, "I know where it is."

She had already taken the Red Lotus Burning Heart. If she said she knew about it now, wouldn't it expose the matter of the medicinal blood?

"Yue'er..." Su Yanzhou wanted to stop her, but Su Yuejian had already said it.

"The other bottle of Red Lotus Burning Heart was used by this servant."

"you..."

When Concubine Ru heard her admit it herself, she glared and bared her teeth, "It's you! It really is you who killed my Chang'er!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen Mother! Your Majesty..."

"Shut up!——" the emperor scolded Concubine Ru.

Concubine Ru was frightened. It was obvious that the emperor had always doted on her, so why did he scold her again and again today when their son died? She was filled with grief and anger, gritted her teeth, and glared at Su Yuejian fiercely.

The Queen Mother looked at Su Yuejian with a gloomy expression, "So you admit to poisoning?"

Su Yuejian nodded, then shook her head.

"Your Highness, I did poison Prince Gong with the Red Lotus Heart-burning Poison, but it was not directed at Prince Gong. This is a private matter within the palace, and I'm afraid it's inconvenient to bring it before His Majesty."

Qin Wei sneered, "Princess Minghua is thinking of getting away with it just by talking. That's too much of a fantasy!"

Su Yuejian looked at Qin Wei and said, "Of course not. Red Lotus is rare but not impossible to obtain. There are thousands of people in the world who can poison people. It is a fantasy for Sir Qin to convict someone based on just a bottle of poison."

Qin Wei bowed to his superior and said, "Your Majesty, I have witnesses who prove that the person who poisoned me is from the Taifu Mansion."

The emperor glanced at Su Yuejian, who frowned in confusion, and said, "Announce."

Qin Wei had just mentioned that he had witnesses. Su Yuejian looked at Qin Wei's confident look and became even more confused.

Not long after, the guards led a woman in blue into the hall. The woman in blue glanced at Su Yuejian and quickly lowered her head.

Su Yuejian was shocked for a moment.

Why is it her? !

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