At the prince's first birthday banquet, all the people in Zhang Wanrong's palace went to see the prince's excitement, but Zhang Wanrong said that she was sick that night and had a headache, and said that her personal maid could prove it.
The maid's words were consistent with Zhang Wanrong's at first, saying that there were not many people in their palace, and she was the only slave who served them wholeheartedly.
During His Royal Highness the Prince's birthday banquet, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was very lively with singing and dancing. All the people in the palace left their posts and went to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to watch the fun. She was the only one to serve the sick Zhang Wanrong.
The other palace servants, under severe torture, also admitted that they looked down on others and were unwilling to serve a mere Wanrong who had no favor, no status or power, and was always against the Queen.
They didn't see Zhang Wanrong's personal maid come out that night. They thought that Zhang Wanrong didn't lie and she did have an alibi.
Unfortunately, the emperor, like Jiang Xinyue, did not believe their testimony at all.
He didn't say anything, he just brought Zhang Wanrong into the Xuanjing Division, and then imprisoned her separately from the maid.
Tell Zhang Wanrong that the maid has told the truth about that night, that she killed Cheng Guiren, and then disposed of and buried the body with the maid. Now the maid claims that it was Zhang Wanrong who committed the murder, and that she was just following the orders of her master. She is seeking justice from the emperor. Show mercy.
The slave did not dare to disobey his master. If he did not listen, he would end up dead. She had no choice but to join Zhang Wanrong.
Regarding the slave, the emperor also said that Zhang Wanrong had admitted that it was his maid who accidentally killed Cheng Guiren and that he accidentally bumped into her. The maid cried so pitifully that he helped bury the body out of compassion. I want the emperor to be dealt with lightly.
Words passed on from both sides came out of nowhere.
Zhang Wanrong was already suspicious, but after being told this, she would be tempted to do anything if she asked a few more questions.
However, she cursed the maid who was a bitch in the dungeon, and promised not to confess her, but to bite her to death and make her sick. Who can find evidence to prove that she lied?
She is a transparent person in the harem. No one cares whether an unpopular transparent person is really sick or fake.
So there is no way to find out the truth.
The maidservant was scolded by her so much that she made her evil deeds public that night. Only then did Zhang Wanrong realize that the emperor had deceived her and that the maidservant had not betrayed her at all.
But after being scolded by her, it was too late for me to regret even if I didn't betray him.
Tang Shiliang shook his head: "Zhang Wanrong is worried that your concubine is deliberately promoting her concubine and assigning her to the imperial dining room. You just want her to capture the emperor's stomach with delicious food and then recommend her to the emperor's favor. When she is at home, I bullied my concubine at a young age and killed my concubine's mother. I felt very guilty. I was afraid that one day she would get powerful and take revenge on her, so I thought of teaching you a lesson. I first incited Cheng Guiren to do it, and then secretly helped her succeed. Several of Zhang Wanrong's internal agents in the Ministry of Internal Affairs have all been executed by the emperor."
As for the dead Cheng Gui and the still alive Zhang Wanrong...
Cheng Guiren's father was originally demoted, but now he was directly dismissed from his official position, and the whole family was exiled to the Bingzhou mines to dig coal.
The culprit, Zhang Wanrong, was found guilty of murdering the prince and was directly sentenced to execution of the Nine Tribes.
This is the first time Jiang Xinyue has seen the emperor punish the nine tribes since he traveled to the Yan Dynasty.
She knew that Emperor Xuanwu was a very good emperor. He never regarded human life as contemptible. On the contrary, he respected life very much and would never take anyone's life easily unless his bottom line was touched.
Not to mention the nine clans that killed people.
Jiang Xinyue was very lucky that the emperor was not as soft-hearted towards Zhang Wanrong as he was towards Concubine De. If he was not severely punished, the tragic ending of the former prince would happen to Xiao Tuanzi again.
She is not a god, and she is not sure whether she can help her son avoid every poisonous attack.
All she knew was that if there was something that threatened her son's growth, then this threat must be eradicated at all costs.
The emperor was probably afraid of a recurrence of the past, so he decided to eradicate the problem.
In the imperial dining room, a girl with sleeves tied up heard that the Zhang family was being punished. Her legs softened and she fell to the ground and cried loudly: "I knew she was a mourning star. She killed my mother and she wants to kill me. I can finally do what I like to do, but she can't see me well. She is so anxious to send me to see the King of Hell... Anyone in the Zhang family can die, but I can't die! I promised my aunt, I will definitely Hui Guangzong Yaozu helped her get revenge! Ahhhhh... I don’t want to die!"
"Who told you to die?"
The magpie held a big cucumber in his hand and gave it a crunch, which was crisp and refreshing: "Little Master Xiuzhu, our empress said yesterday's sauce-flavored chicken dish was very delicious, and the emperor also liked it, and asked you to make another dish today."
Zhang Xiuzhu's crying stopped abruptly: "You won't kill me?"
"Why do I want to kill you? You have already entered the palace, and you belong to the emperor and the queen. What does the nine clans of the Zhang family have to do with you?"
In Zhang Xiuzhu's heart, she has only one relative in the Zhang family, and that is her aunt.
However, my aunt had been killed by her sister Zhang Wanrong many years ago. In order to cover up her crime, her father and aunt claimed to the government that her aunt died of a serious illness.
How can it be?
She saw with her own eyes that Zhang Wanrong pushed her aunt into the well and drowned.
She was not convinced and went to her father to seek justice. Not only did she not get justice, her aunt was also beaten for half her life by her aunt for being disobedient and falsely accusing her aunt.
From then on, she knew that she had no home.
She wanted to resist the injustice of fate, so she could only use the superb cooking skills that her aunt had taught her, but she was trapped in the Zhang family's backyard without even a chance to go out.
She also secretly disguised herself, sneaked out of the house, worked as a chef in a restaurant incognito, saved a lot of money, and gained fame as a chef in the capital under a false name. However, after she was discovered, she was replaced by an imposter.
Moreover, after her father and aunt found out, they treated her like a family and scolded her for being shameless and shameless.
She just wanted to cook, what did she do wrong? Why is it so embarrassing?
Should she follow her family's arrangements and take it as her own duty to marry in this life, and follow her aunt's ways, even if it means remarrying a corrupt official who is decades older than herself? Should she be grateful to Dai Ze and accept everything she has to offer?
Why?
So when she learned that there was a draft in the palace and the sister selected by her father was not willing to enter the palace, she secretly discussed with her sister and changed the name on the draft list to hers.
If she was destined to be manipulated by her aunt, ignored by her father, trampled on and bullied in this life... then she would rather enter the palace and escape far away.
She never expected that her cooking skills would be appreciated by the Queen, and she would actually be admitted to the imperial dining room.
The news of the execution of the Nine Clans just now came, and she really hated Zhang Wanrong, even more than before.
But, Magpie Girl just said, don’t kill her?
"Wuwuwu... Every day, I am scared out of my wits sooner or later..."
