"yes."
Seeing that her great revenge was about to be avenged, Concubine De couldn't hide her joy and told everything she had said in the imperial study:
"Empress, the black snake in the imperial garden was brought out by the master's method, right?"
As soon as these words came out, not to mention the concubines and the queen herself, even the queen mother who looked decadent just now clenched her fingers.
How long has this been going on? Why are you bringing it up now?
The concubines looked at each other in confusion. Who didn't feel strange about the fact that the imperial concubine was chased and bitten by a black snake that day?
But nothing was found at that time, so even if everyone was muttering in their hearts, no evidence could be found.
Now that this matter has been uncovered and evidence has been found, the concubines lowered their heads slightly to hide the excitement in their eyes.
It was really fruitful to come to pay respects to the Queen Mother today, because I wanted to see all the excitement of their aunt and nephew.
"You're talking nonsense!" Of course the Queen couldn't admit it. Her palms almost bled from being pinched by the armor, and she pretended to be calm:
"There was indeed a master that day who said that beef heart should be used in the method. You are simply slandering me!"
No matter how stupid the queen is, she still knows that the current situation is very detrimental to her, and she must refuse to admit it in this case.
"Slander?" Concubine De smiled. If there was no strong evidence, they would not choose to attack today.
She looked at Jingqiu beside her: "Jingqiu, go and bring people in."
Jingqiu felt blessed, turned around and went out, and soon led three people in.
One of them was wearing a monk's robe. After entering the temple, he put his hands together and recited Amitabha Buddha.
Seeing this person, Roubi covered her mouth and couldn't hide her surprise: "Isn't this Master Yinming?"
After saying that, she remembered that she was from the Queen's side, realized that she should be pretending to be a quail at this time, and hurriedly lowered her head.
"That's right," Concubine De looked at the empress, who was already a little panicked, and said with a smile, "This is Master Yinming who the empress invited to the palace that day."
"Master Yinming, the empress keeps saying that you want beef heart to be cooked that day. I wonder if this is true?"
Concubine De did not waste any time and went straight to the topic.
The queen's body was trembling slightly, thanks to the fact that she was standing next to the table and chair, secretly using the table and chair to support her body.
She was looking closely at Master Yinming, trying to wink at him. But Master Yinming looked straight ahead with a compassionate expression, as if nothing could enter his eyes.
"On that day, the poor monk only asked for wine and incense candles, but he never asked for the heart of the cow."
Master Yinming is a direct disciple of the abbot of Guoan Temple. After the current abbot passes away, he will be the future abbot. What he says has always been very weighty.
The queen had expected this before, so she took advantage of the opportunity to do something and used the name of Master Yinming to say that beef heart was needed.
No one would have thought of this unless someone was dedicated to investigating it. Because many rituals themselves also require the use of things from livestock.
But now it has been found out...
The queen's body softened and she no longer dared to look directly at Han Xianzong.
However, Concubine De became more powerful and continued: "The Empress also heard it. Master Yinming said that he never wanted anything from the heart of an ox. However, on that day, the Empress cleverly made a name for herself and put all this on Master Yinming. The Empress Take this cow heart and say you didn’t lure the black snake out on purpose?”
"My family also has this tradition. If a new building is built, it must be built with the heart of an animal. I am just continuing the tradition at home. How can I bring up the black snake?" The queen was still unwilling to admit it, still saying struggle.
Concubine De smiled. The evidence that Xie Ziyue handed over to her could easily kill the queen.
The other two people who followed Master Yinming in, one was an imperial physician, the other was simply dressed and had a shivering look on his face. At first glance, he was someone from outside the palace.
Concubine De first signaled the imperial doctor to speak, and the imperial doctor said that the black snake died of being infected with the red crane's crown. Because the cow's heart was too rotten, it was impossible to tell whether the cow's heart was infected with the red crane's crown.
But recently, only Kang Delu of Jinghe Palace took Hedinghong from the Taiyuan Hospital. He said that there were more and more rats in Jinghe Palace recently, and he wanted to take Hedinghong back to kill the rats.
After saying all this, the imperial doctor bowed his hands and saluted:
"It was Weichen who took the medicine that day. Weichen felt that the poison of Hedinghong was too strong, and he was worried about accidentally injuring others. He even advised Eunuch Kangdelu to use less toxic poisons, which could also kill rats. However, My father-in-law said that it would be done once and for all, and the red crane crown is just right."
"Although black snakes are venomous, they are also afraid of strong poisons. Crane-crested red is a strong poison that can kill snakes."
Han Xianzong looked at the queen coldly. The queen still wanted to quibble, but he didn't want to hear a word: "Concubine De, let these people finish talking quickly!"
"Yes." Concubine De gave the queen a look full of hatred, and then looked at the last man who looked honest and courteous.
The shivering man never thought that he would meet so many noble people one day. According to his statement, he was a farmer who made a living by catching snakes.
They snake catchers have their own method, using snake attracting powder to lure the snake out first, and then capture it.
Snake-attracting powder is something they only have in this industry. Someone bought snake-attracting powder from him before. Because he was wearing a mask, he didn't know the specific appearance of that person.
"You don't even know what I look like, why are you here to slander me?" The queen finally found the confidence to speak, with tears in her eyes:
"Your Majesty, everything is just a coincidence! You must not believe Concubine De's slander! Concubine De is slandering my concubine!"
How can one word explain everything? Does anyone who can't see the face clearly think he is the queen?
The queen felt that she had the evidence, but she didn't want Concubine De to look sarcastic.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the man took out a fifty-tael silver ingot, with the seal of the treasury at the bottom.
The amount of silver engraved with the treasury's steel seal is large, and usually only concubines above the imperial concubine rank can receive the monthly silver.
There are only three people above the rank of concubine in the palace.
Concubine De and Concubine Huang were both victims of the Queen Mother's birthday party, and everything seemed to point to the Queen.
The queen was still struggling to explain, saying that it couldn't be her money and that it was framed by Concubine De.
Seeing the queen's hysterical appearance, Concubine De's eyes flashed with joy.
She did it on purpose. It was she who brought out the money. The Queen was not too stupid when she sent someone to buy the snake-attracting powder that day, and she gave her money that showed no flaws.
She took out this piece of silver that could represent the people in the palace just to make the queen feel that she was unable to argue. If everything was beaten to death, how could the queen's posture like a dead dog be interesting?
It's interesting to look like a madman in such a hysterical manner!
With all the previous evidence, who would think that this silver does not belong to the Queen?
At least Han Xianzong would not.
He didn't want to hear the queen's sophistry at all, and he hated seeing her face again:
"Queen, you are the middle palace, but you are not virtuous at all! You have murdered the emperor's heirs and concubines. How can such a vicious woman deserve to be in the middle palace? You haven't learned the lesson I gave you before! "
"In consideration of Prime Minister Zuo's meritorious service to the court, you will go to Guo'an Temple to pray for blessings from now on. You will not be allowed to enter the palace without an imperial edict!"
As soon as the cold announcement came out, the queen completely collapsed to the ground.
Although Han Xianzong did not depose himself as queen, what is the difference between deposing her in disguise?
As a queen, she had to go to Guoan Temple to pray for blessings and could not enter the palace... How shameful and humiliating would it be if word spread?
