The entire Cikang Palace was brightly lit with candles, giving people an inexplicable invisible pressure that made people almost afraid to take a deep breath.
"I found this thing in the Zhongcui Palace of Concubine Hui."
Until now, few people present knew what the 'thing' Lu Yuncheng was talking about was.
Only Concubine Hui's expression was obviously stiff, and then she calmly walked to Emperor Ming to salute, her face full of confusion and innocence.
"I wonder what Prince Ling found in my Zhongcui Palace?"
Emperor Ming raised his hand and removed the silk covering the tray, and the small dark red box on the tray immediately appeared in everyone's sight.
Concubine Hui's expression froze, but she quickly regained her composure.
"Concubine Hui, can you explain to me what is in this box?"
Emperor Ming's mood seemed to be very calm, but Concubine Hui had been by his side for such a long time, so how could she not know that his tone was extremely cold at this moment.
"This box is indeed my concubine's."
If Lu Yuncheng was the only one to find the box from her Zhongcui Palace, she could just pass it by casually. But the people who went to find the box were not only Zhou Lin, but also a large number of forbidden troops.
Right now, she had no choice but to accept the box and then find another way.
"This box was originally used by Lan Yin to hold birthday gifts for my concubine. It has been sitting there unused since then and has never been used again."
Emperor Ming stared at the top of her head calmly: "You mean, this box is empty?"
Concubine Hui said calmly: "Yes."
King An had been looking at it for so long, and he probably guessed that the box might be related to the Queen Mother's assassination or poisoning, and he suddenly became anxious.
"Father, it's just an empty box, it doesn't mean anything."
After saying that, he turned to point at Lu Yuncheng, his eyes full of resentment: "Although I don't know what my father asked my seventh brother to find, I can't guarantee whether my seventh brother has tampered with this box!"
Lu Yuncheng tapped the back of the chair with his fingers and said gently: "This box has never been opened. How can brother Liu Huang be so sure that I have tampered with it? What if this box is empty? What about?"
"Besides, I have no grievances against Concubine Hui, so what reason do I have to frame Concubine Hui? Brother Sixth Emperor said these words too soon."
"How come there is no grievance or hatred? Back then, pure..."
"Chong'er, how can you be so presumptuous in front of His Majesty! Why don't you shut up!"
Concubine Hui interrupted Prince An's words without leaving any trace, and then bowed deeply to Emperor Ming: "Your Majesty, it's okay for me to teach you, but I let Chong'er act so presumptuously in front of you."
"Since this box was searched from Concubine's Zhongcui Palace, it must contain evidence that harms the Queen Mother. Although I have no intention of harming the Queen Mother, I also caused harm to the Queen Mother because of my negligence. I am guilty. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Emperor Ming raised his hand and patted the box, and asked very calmly: "Why don't Concubine Hui Ruo come and guess what is in this box?"
Concubine Hui lowered her eyes to cover up her evasive emotions.
"Maybe it was the poison or the antidote that poisoned the Queen Mother."
Emperor Ming sneered and did not speak. Instead, under everyone's gaze, he opened the box and revealed a dagger that shone with cold light.
Concubine Hui's eyes trembled, and besides the accident, there was also a trace of undetectable panic.
And Emperor Ming also cast his eyes on Lu Yuncheng: "Yuncheng."
Lu Yuncheng's expression remained unchanged and he calmly talked about something from the long past.
"Father, you know that Concubine Hui once worshiped the head of Qingsong Mountain as her teacher and learned a good swordsmanship."
Emperor Ming's eyes were reserved, and his thoughts followed Lu Yuncheng's words and returned to the scene when he first met Concubine Hui.
At that time, Concubine Hui was just Jiang Fangfei, the most favored daughter of the Jiang family. When he passed by the Jiang Mansion, he saw her wielding a short sword gracefully in the courtyard, and he was immediately attracted to her. This is how he became today. Concubine Hui.
"The Wuwei sword technique created by the chief of Qingsong Mountain is quite interesting. Wherever the short sword touches, it will leave a unique mark."
Su Qingyu recalled the wounds on the Queen Mother and slowly added: "The blades are short, shallow and numerous, giving people the illusion that they will not be killed immediately. In the end, they will kill the opponent with one knife when they relax!"
Emperor Ming suddenly tightened his fingers: "You mean, the knife wound on the Queen Mother's body was caused by the Wuwei sword technique?"
Concubine Hui tried her best to calm down: "Your Majesty, I have indeed learned master's sword skills, but there are so many similar sword skills in the world. How can we conclude that I am the murderer of the Queen Mother?"
"There are indeed many similar sword techniques in the world, but only Wuwei sword technique can increase the strength uncharacteristically when retracting the sword."
Lu Yuncheng took out the short knife from the box in front of everyone and continued: "Besides, I did not identify Concubine Hui as the murderer of the Queen Mother just now."
Everyone was stunned by Lu Yuncheng, but they could only wait for him to answer their questions.
Only Concubine Hui's hand holding the silk handkerchief became tighter.
"The mountain leader of Qingsong Mountain has only had two apprentices in his life. One is Concubine Hui, and the other is the mountain leader's only son, Cangyi."
As if he couldn't see Concubine Hui's resentful expression, Lu Yuncheng pointed to the carvings on the handle of the knife to show Emperor Ming.
"What is engraved on the handle of this knife is the word 'Blue Wing'. Presumably this short knife belongs to him."
Emperor Ming's face already showed the terror before the storm. Although King An was afraid, he still used his body to block Concubine Hui.
"Father! It's just a short knife, it doesn't mean anything!" He thought about it, and seemed to have thought of a perfect retort: "What's more, my mother and concubine just said that this box was originally empty! Since it is empty , then who can guarantee who put this dagger in?"
King An's words were so unconvincing that Emperor Ming didn't even look at King An.
"Concubine Hui, what did you say?"
Concubine Hui lowered her head and did not speak for a long time, but Emperor Ming suddenly seemed not to be in a hurry anymore, and just waited for Concubine Hui with everyone to see how she could make excuses.
When she raised her eyes, the first thing she looked at was not at Emperor Ming, but at Lu Yuncheng.
Seeing the other party's calm expression, she suddenly remembered, so what if she had been silent for five years? Lu Yuncheng is still the same Lu Yuncheng.
Besides, what was originally contained in this box was not a short knife...
It can be seen that he knows everything...
After thinking about this, Concubine Hui no longer had any doubts: "Yes, this dagger belongs to my concubine, and the injury to the Queen Mother was also caused by my concubine!"
"Why?" Emperor Ming thought she would make a few more excuses, but he didn't expect her to accept it so happily.
"Why?" Concubine Hui looked up at Emperor Ming and suddenly laughed.
She smiled, but countless tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes, and then she stood up calmly.
What no one expected was that the first thing Hui Fei did after standing up was to slap Prince An hard.
"What a waste!"
"Mother Concubine..." Prince An fell to the ground and looked at the almost crazy Concubine Hui in disbelief.
"Don't call me concubine!"
