Emperor Ming's eyes wandered back and forth between Prince Ling and Prince An.
His preference over the years led him to give the opportunity to speak to Prince An's princess, Su Qingxue.
"Princess An, tell me clearly what happened. If there are even half-truths, you should know the consequences."
Su Qingxue was overjoyed. As long as she had the advantage of speaking first, she would have a way to make Su Qingyu die in the palace today.
"Go back to Father, we have to start talking about this matter last night."
"After serving the imperial grandmother last night, the eldest sister called my daughter-in-law to the courtyard. She said..." As Su Qingxue spoke, she did not forget to glance at Su Qingyu timidly, and then made up her mind. , suddenly became determined.
"The eldest sister said that now that she is married to Prince Ling, she should consider everything for His Highness Prince Ling. So she wants to seek justice and revenge for the grievances and harms caused by Prince Ling in the past five years."
"Back then, the Imperial Grandmother grounded His Royal Highness Prince Ling in the palace for two years. It seems that this good intention was misunderstood by Prince Ling and the eldest sister, so the eldest sister was allowed to say treasonous words and do treasonous things under impulse."
"Father! My daughter-in-law had already persuaded the eldest sister at that time, and she also promised that her daughter-in-law would not do such a rebellious thing. It is only because my daughter-in-law trusted her too much that she allowed her to stay with the imperial grandmother when neither I nor Granny Wei were with her. The time is poisonous!”
"The moment my daughter-in-law discovered that she was poisoning, she pulled her and tried her best to stop her. But the eldest sister insisted on pouring medicine into the mouth of the imperial grandmother, and she also talked a lot of nonsense..."
"Father! It's my useless daughter-in-law who failed to stop my eldest sister! Please forgive me, Father!"
The entire dormitory was silent. After a while, it was Lu Yuncheng who broke the silence first.
"Sixth sister-in-law said that Qingyu poisoned the imperial grandmother when you and Aunt Wei were away. Then where is Aunt Wei now?"
After Su Qingxue told the 'entire' story, she already felt confident that she would win. At this moment, facing Lu Yuncheng's questions, he didn't have any worries at all.
"Mama Wei said she went next door to get the soup, but I don't know why she hasn't come back yet."
Lu Yuncheng nodded and asked: "Sister-in-law Six, when you saw Qingyu pouring poison into the Imperial Grandmother, why didn't you call the Imperial Army to stop her? Instead, you waited until the Queen Mother drank the poison before calling for help?"
Su Qingxue's eyes were stunned for a moment.
Prince An secretly thought something was wrong, and immediately returned: "What is the attitude of Seventh Brother? Don't forget, you and Princess Ling are the sinners who poisoned the emperor's grandmother. Who are you qualified to ask questions?"
Lu Yuncheng raised his eyes and looked at King An: "I only know that my father has not yet issued a decree to convict us. Since Qingyu and I have been framed, we should naturally have the opportunity to defend our innocence."
"Sixth brother, why do you need to say so much? Who doesn't know that you must have held a grudge against my father and my grandmother all these years? It's not surprising that Princess Ling would do such a thing. I advise you to plead guilty to avoid upsetting my father. .”
Su Qingxue continued to add behind King An: "Yes, when the eldest sister was feeding the poison to the Queen Mother, she kept saying that the Hou Mansion was almost gone and she had nowhere to go now. Fortunately, King Ling did not dislike her and returned her Take care of her in every possible way, so even if you die for King Ling, she will not regret it."
Su Qingyu couldn't bear it anymore and grabbed Lu Yuncheng, who was about to speak, with her hands on her hips.
"It's really hard for you and your wife. One of you kept talking and insisted on carving the word 'hatred' on Lu Yuncheng, as if Lu Yuncheng told you personally. The other one, I wish we didn't open our mouths." opportunity, so that she can tell it all by herself, and what she said is all made up."
"Look at you two, are you wishing that your mouth could grow on His Majesty's body so that you can give orders for him?"
Prince An's face changed drastically, and he did not even dare to look at Emperor Ming: "Princess Ling! My father is here, why don't you slander anyone?"
The more Su Qingyu thought about it, the angrier she became: "You know best who is spitting blood!"
"Su Qingxue, I don't know who instigated your thief-calling-catch-the-thief scene today, but what I want to tell you is that as long as you do something outrageous, there will always be a flaw! As long as I find this flaw, I will definitely make you pay for this!"
Su Qingxue seemed to be very scared. She grabbed Prince An's arm and said pitifully: "Sister, I know that I will make you unhappy if I tell the truth in front of His Majesty. But Sister, I can't lie and deceive you without conscience, let alone watch. The emperor's grandmother was poisoned by you!"
Su Qingyu almost laughed at her words: "Conscience? Do you have such a thing as conscience?"
"Okay, stop talking nonsense. Didn't you accuse me of poisoning the Queen Mother? You have to have evidence to show it, right?"
As soon as these people started arguing, Emperor Ming not only did not interrupt, but also stood on the sidelines like an outsider.
He doesn't seem to care about the process, he just wants a result.
Seeing that Emperor Ming didn't speak for a long time, Su Qingxue couldn't guess whether he had completely believed what she said just now, so she could only resist the pressure of Prince An and walk a few steps to the front.
"Father, since eldest sister can poison, it means she must have poison on her body." Su Qingxue whispered: "As long as you search her body or search the things she brought, you will definitely find it."
Emperor Ming did not hesitate, just raised his hand, and soon the nun in charge came over and took Su Qingyu to the side behind the curtain.
When the two came out again, the nun in charge knelt down and said bluntly: "Your Majesty, there is nothing suspicious about Princess Ling."
King An suddenly looked at the food box next to the bed: "What is that?"
After receiving Emperor Ming's nod, the steward opened the food box again and inspected it inside and out.
"found it."
The old and hoarse voice of the stewardess successfully focused everyone's attention.
In the hand of the nun in charge, there is a small green bottle.
Emperor Ming's face suddenly turned cold, and with just one look he asked the hospital administrator to come over and test the medicine.
After some observation, Yuan Zheng affirmed: "The poison in this bottle is exactly the poison that the Queen Mother was poisoned by."
"Su Qingyu, what else do you have to say!" Emperor Ming slammed the table, scaring everyone to the point of kneeling on the ground and not daring to speak.
The more times like this, the calmer Su Qingyu's thinking becomes.
"Your Majesty, this food box is indeed brought by my daughter-in-law, but it does not mean that this bottle also belongs to my daughter-in-law!"
"Furthermore, if my daughter-in-law really wanted to poison someone, she would feed all the poison in without stopping. How could she put such an important handle in such a conspicuous place as the food box?"
Su Qingyu turned to look at Su Qingxue: "What happened today? We can't just listen to Su Qingxue's words. Please give your daughter-in-law a chance to prove her innocence!"
Su Qingxue subconsciously retorted: "Your Majesty! Don't believe her words!"
After the words came out of her mouth, she immediately realized that she had been too aggressive.
When she looked up again, she found Emperor Ming's eyes staring at her faintly, which scared her so much that she buried her head and dared not speak.
"Princess An is so proud. Now she can teach His Majesty how to do things!"
No one expected that the eldest princess, who had just recovered from a serious illness, would appear in the palace with Huo Jiao.
After the eldest princess saluted Emperor Ming perfunctorily, she gave King An a question that could directly extract her soul: "Princess An is so capable, it must be that His Highness King An has taught her well."
