The newlyweds were replaced with new wives, and the medical concubine entered the palace and killed

He didn't know it before, but based on what he knew about Princess Jing during this period, she wouldn't be so stupid as to enter the palace and kidnap Concubine Bai to the cold palace to harm her.

Just based on how nervous that brat of his was about her, she didn't need to be jealous of others.

Queen Shen looked at Emperor Tianqi with gritted teeth, feeling extremely hateful.

He is just biased. Even at this point, he still hasn't issued an order to arrest this bitch.

"Your Majesty, if I don't explain myself clearly today, Your Majesty will believe her."

"Shut up!"

Emperor Tianqi scolded her and said, "Come here, take those people outside and torture them severely. We must find out who is behind this."

"Yes."

Queen Shen clenched her hands into fists under her sleeves, feeling angry and resentful.

Soon the group of imperial guards were taken away, and Gao Ming also hurried over with the imperial physician.

Just as the imperial physician was about to pay his respects, Emperor Tianqi said, "Alright, go check on Concubine Bai and see how she is doing."

Upon hearing this, the imperial physician hurried to the side of Bai Qimeng who was lying on the side, knelt down and took her pulse.

At this time, Bai Qimeng was breathing out more than breathing in.

After a few breaths, the imperial physician wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Bai has sustained severe lung injuries and is beyond recovery."

After hearing the words of the imperial physician, Emperor Tianqi's face became even gloomier.

Empress Shen was amused. "Your Majesty, everyone saw Concubine Bai being assassinated. This wouldn't be an injustice to Princess Jing, would it?"

Emperor Tianqi ignored Empress Shen and looked at Gu Lingyue coldly, "You said Concubine Bai committed suicide, how can you prove it?"

"Your Majesty, the wounds from suicide and homicide are different.

In suicide, the wound will be tilted to the right, slightly curved downward, and the degree of wound progression will be shallower. In homicide, the direction of the wound will be more mixed, with the wound running straight downward and the degree of wound progression will be shallower and deeper. "

Just as she said this, Empress Shen snorted coldly, "Princess Jing is really eloquent, she can actually say such words, but...what evidence do you have to prove that what you said about the wound marks is correct?"

After Empress Shen finished speaking, Nanny Jin echoed her, "That's right, Princess Jing, if you can't produce any evidence, then what you've been saying all this time is just sophistry."

Emperor Tianqi did not say anything. He also wanted to hear how Gu Lingyue would argue.

Gu Lingyue chuckled, "That's easy. We just need to perform an autopsy. Don't ask me how. I think every government office has a coroner, and they will definitely give Her Majesty the Queen a satisfactory answer."

Emperor Tianqi: ...

He knew that nothing good could come out of her mouth.

Baipin hadn't died yet, but she was already thinking about performing an autopsy.

Emperor Tianqi was so angry that he laughed.

He didn't have much feelings for Bai Qimeng in the first place. The reason he took her into the palace was just because that brat threw her into his harem. He already had so many women in his harem, and one more would not make any difference, so he took her in.

Queen Shen was also surprised.

What did this little bitch say? She wanted to transform Baipin into a corpse?

How dare she...

How could she say such a thing?

The others were so frightened when they heard this that they dared not breathe.

Would Concubine Bai be so angry that she would come back to life after hearing this?!

At this moment, they had forgotten that Bai Qimeng was still breathing and not completely dead yet.

"Your Majesty?" Empress Shen couldn't help but call out to Emperor Tianqi, "Are you really going to allow her to do this?"

Gu Lingyue rolled her eyes at her and then looked at Emperor Tianqi and said, "Father, what I just said was that there was no other way to conduct an autopsy. Now I can prove that I am pale without an autopsy."

Emperor Tianqi glared at her and said, "Then hurry up and tell me."

There are other ways, but you don't have to make it sound so bloody.

Queen Shen was so angry that her teeth were itching.

This bitch definitely did it on purpose just now. She just wanted to laugh at herself.

"Bai Bin was killed by the dagger that pierced her body."

Everyone: How could they not see the dagger gleaming on Baipin’s belly?

"Is this your explanation?" Queen Shen asked coldly.

Gu Lingyue didn't take her seriously and continued, "The only way the person who killed Baipin could kill her is to catch the dagger. So, just check if there are my fingerprints on the dagger besides Baipin's to determine whether I killed her or not."

Emperor Tianqi: "Alright."

"Thank you, Father."

Gu Lingyue asked someone to find some flour, and also brought two pieces of clean paper and ink.

No one knew what she was going to do, so they just stared at her.

Queen Shen was so angry that she gritted her teeth but could do nothing. She could only hope that there would be her fingerprints on the dagger.

Under everyone's gaze, Gu Lingyue took a piece of white paper and walked to Bai Qimeng's side. At this time, she was already a corpse, and her personal maid was squatting beside her body and crying.

Seeing Gu Lingyue coming, she quickly stood in front of Bai Qimeng's body, her eyes red as she asked, "Princess Jing, what do you want to do? Isn't it enough that you've already killed my queen? Do you still want to destroy her body?"

Gu Lingyue rolled her eyes at her. Since her master had died, she didn't bother with her. She just said calmly, "You better be careful with your words. The emperor is still here. What are you saying? I killed your queen. It was clearly her who tricked me into coming here to kill me and then committed suicide when she failed."

The maid was stunned. She did know her young lady's plan, but even if she failed to kill Princess Jing, it was impossible for her young lady to commit suicide, right?

"Go away and don't hinder me from proving my innocence, otherwise I will let the emperor punish you." Gu Lingyue said coldly.

Emperor Tianqi was so angry that he laughed. She was just taking advantage of the power of the tiger, but he still scolded her, "Get out of the way."

If Gu Lingyue knew what Emperor Tianqi was thinking, she would definitely sneer at him.

Just this little maid, who does she need to rely on for her power? If he wasn't here, he wouldn't be able to get angry and would just leave her there.

The maid was so frightened when she heard this that she trembled and quickly stood up and stood aside.

Gu Lingyue glanced at Bai Qimeng, who looked pale as a flash of blood, and felt no emotion at all.

She squatted down, wrapped the dagger with white paper, pulled it out directly from Bai Qimeng's body, and then wiped the blood stains on the dagger on the corpse's clothes.

Everyone felt a chill, and they all thought in their hearts: Princess Jing is definitely a ruthless character, and they must never provoke her in the future.

Gu Lingyue walked to the broken table beside her and asked Yun Jin for a towel to wrap the dagger blade. Then she grabbed the paper on the dagger blade, opened it, picked up flour and blew it at the dagger handle, and several clear fingerprints appeared.

Everyone: I didn’t expect this could be done. Why didn’t they know this before?

Then, she placed the dagger on the broken table, dipped her index finger in the ink, pressed it on another piece of white paper, and said to Emperor Tianqi, "Father, can you send someone to check and see if the fingerprints on your hand match mine?"

Emperor Tianqi looked at her confident expression and knew that her fingerprints must be different.

"Gao Ming, go over and take a look."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Gao Ming took a step forward, came to Gu Lingyue's side, and said respectfully: "Princess Jing, this old servant has come to take a look."

"Thank you, Eunuch Gao." Gu Lingyue made way for Gao Ming.

Gao Ming stepped forward and carefully identified the two people's handprints for a moment and confirmed that they were not the same. He nodded to Gu Lingyue and then returned to Emperor Tianqi.

"Your Majesty, the handprints on Princess Jing's hand are not the same as those on the dagger handle."

Queen Shen looked disappointed, but she knew she couldn't say anything more at this moment.

Emperor Tianqi glanced at Bai Qimeng's corpse not far away, then looked at Queen Shen and snorted coldly, "Queen, what else do you have to say?"

Empress Shen quickly knelt down and said, "I never thought that Concubine Bai would collude with Qingbai to murder Princess Jing. I have failed in my duty for a moment. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Emperor Tianqi looked at her with cold eyes.

Everyone knew whether it was negligence or complicity, but she couldn't afford to get into trouble right now, so he let her go this time.

"Come here, thoroughly investigate all the palaces and make sure Qingbai is caught.

Concubine Bai bribed the imperial guards to assassinate Princess Jing but failed. She then wrongly accused Princess Jing of committing suicide and her case will be brought to justice even if she dies.

Pass on my decree: from this day forward, Concubine Bai's title will be abolished and she will be demoted to a commoner. Her body will be sent back to the Bai family for her father to deal with.

The Queen failed to supervise effectively, and she has surrendered her authority over the six palaces and been confined to her residence for one month."

As soon as Emperor Tianqi finished speaking, Gao Ming ordered the eunuchs to carry Bai Qimeng's body away.

Empress Shen was heartbroken, "Your Majesty..."

Emperor Tianqi interrupted impatiently, "If you continue to plead for mercy, go to the Imperial Ancestral Temple and pray for blessings."

Queen Shen didn't dare to say anything after hearing this. She just looked at Gu Lingyue coldly. If looks could kill, Gu Lingyue would have died countless times by now.

Gu Lingyue sneered in her heart. She was so angry that she knew that not only would she feel heartbroken, but she would also bleed.

Emperor Tianqi looked at Gu Lingyue with a complicated expression. He had originally thought it was a good thing for his son to find such a woman, after all, she saved his son. But now it seems that this girl's ability to cause trouble is enough for his son to suffer.

Gu Lingyue didn't know what Emperor Tianqi was thinking. At this moment, she looked at him pitifully with a look of grievance and said, "Father, please make the decision for me, your wife?"

Emperor Tianqi frowned and looked at Gu Lingyue, not understanding what she was doing.

Gu Lingyue didn't need him to think too much and said directly: "I was living well in the palace, but I didn't expect that the queen would send me a letter asking me to enter the palace.

If I hadn't entered the palace, I wouldn't have suffered this unforeseen disaster. Now I'm still a little scared. I have to see a doctor when I return. Also, my prince will surely be heartbroken about my assassination attempt. His health was already poor, what if he develops a chronic illness?"

Everyone was secretly complaining in their hearts, as they didn't notice that Princess Jing was afraid.

Queen Shen was so angry that her teeth were itching. This bitch had taken away her right to govern the six palaces. What else did she want?

After Gu Lingyue finished speaking, tears flashed in her eyes. Anyone who saw her pitiful look could not help but feel pity.

Emperor Tianqi's face was full of black lines. If he didn't know that his son's illness had recovered and was not in the mansion at the moment, he would really believe her words.

However, before leaving, the brat specifically told him to take care of his woman and not to cause trouble for his woman.

He thought that the Queen would be quieter during this period because of the issue of selecting the Crown Prince, but he didn't expect that she would actually join forces with the Bai family to assassinate this girl. If that brat knew about this, who knows how he would lash out. It would be better to deal with this matter thoroughly now.

Emperor Tianqi coughed twice and asked, "Just tell me what you want."

Gu Lingyue said cautiously, "I don't have any requests. It's just that seeing a doctor costs money. Since it was the Empress who sent me to the palace and this happened, please ask the Empress to pay for my medical treatment and the money I need to buy the 'medicines'."

Queen Shen had a look of contempt on her face. Although she knew that she was talking nonsense, she could still afford to pay for the consultation and medicine.

Emperor Tianqi thought that it would only cost a few silver coins to see a doctor and prescribe medicine. He felt that Gu Lingyue was still a little stingy. However, he still said, "Okay, you tell me how much silver coins to give, and I will let the Queen give it to you right now."

"Thank you, Father. Your Majesty is wise." Gu Lingyue finished flattering him and said, "Your Majesty, please give me 100,000 taels of silver. If it's not enough, that's all. If it's not enough, I'll pay some myself. Consider it my filial respect to you."

"What did you say?" The queen couldn't believe her ears.

How dare she say that?

She thought she would ask for a few hundred or a thousand taels of silver at most, but she didn't expect her to ask for such a huge amount.

Queen Shen was furious. This was clearly a deliberate blackmail. She looked at Emperor Tianqi.

The emperor will definitely not agree to her unreasonable request, right?

It's a pity that she will be disappointed in the end.

Before Emperor Tianqi could say anything, Gu Lingyue spoke again, "Father, I heard from the Empress that I don't believe that the prince's medicine would cost so much silver..." With a wry smile on her face, she said, "Actually, I'm dissatisfied with you, Father. The Jing Palace has been struggling to treat the prince for the past six months, but now the Empress is suspicious, and I don't want people to criticize my prince for his princess blackmailing the Empress. So, I have decided to donate the silver the Empress compensated me to the soldiers on the border."

After Gu Lingyue finished speaking, Emperor Tianqi immediately praised: "Princess Jing is thoughtful, let's do as Princess Jing says."

If it was really this girl who wanted the 100,000 taels of silver, he would still consider it, but if it was to be given to soldiers on the border, that was another matter.

Empress Shen nearly fainted. She glared at Gu Lingyue with gritted teeth, then looked at Emperor Tianqi, "Your Majesty, isn't one hundred thousand taels too much? Your humble concubine..."

Emperor Tianqi looked at her indifferently and interrupted her, "Is it a lot? How about I ask the Imperial Concubine if she's willing to pay this amount..."

Empress Shen was startled and quickly lowered her head to hide her panic, saying, "I will go back and find a way to collect the silver."

After saying this, he quickly left with the palace servants serving him.

After Queen Shen left, Emperor Tianqi, along with Gu Lingyue and others, left the cold palace and returned to the imperial study.

He looked at Gu Lingyue standing there and squinted his eyes and said, "Princess Jing, do you admit your guilt?"

Gu Lingyue's mouth twitched. Was this old emperor going to settle accounts with him for his lie? He was really petty. Hadn't he just been cooperating well?

Besides, I raised 100,000 taels of military funds for him, so why would he repay me with evil?

Although she was unwilling, Gu Lingyue still knelt down obediently, "I know I am wrong."

Emperor Tianqi snorted coldly, "Tell me, what have you done wrong?"